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Today's digital devices are more available than ever, and are very popular these days. Many are discovering how powerful and convenient the technology can be. However, digital technology isn't a solution if it isn't understood, and understanding the technology completely is far from easy.
In the last article of this series, PPI was introduced. Before the discussion continues, some clarifications and corrections concerning PPI must be made. PPI was incorrectly identified as the total number of pixels in a square inch. PPI, rather, is the number of pixels in an inch.
As such, every inch in a 12 PPI image is 12 pixels tall and 12 pixels wide. Therefore, a 12 PPI image will contain 144 pixels in every square inch (12x12 or 12^2=144).
Using this definition of PPI, a 300 PPI image contains 4-times the number of pixels in a 150 PPI image. This is because when you double the PPI, the pixel width and height of each square inch within the image is doubled.
For example, a 150 PPI image contains a total of 22,500 pixels (150x150 or 150^2). If you double the PPI to 300, you will find a 300 PPI image contains a total of 90,000 pixels (300x300 or 300^2). Note that if you multiply 22,500 by 4, you get 90,000.
Please remember that a digital image does not have physical dimensions by itself. PPI information gives an image physical dimensions by simply defining how many pixels equal an inch.
Similarly, a map may use a legend to indicate that every inch is equivalent to 1.2 miles. Without that legend, you have no way of knowing what the distance is (in absolute terms) between two points on the map. Without PPI, who's to say how wide or tall (in inches) a digital image is?
The terms PPI and DPI are often used interchangeably, which should be discouraged. PPI and DPI are similar in many ways, but are not the same thing. PPI always means "pixels per inch." DPI, in contrast, refers to "dots per inch." Many think of pixels as "dots" and equate the two terms. However, "dots" typically refer to dots printed on some sort of physical medium, like paper.
Furthermore, PPI should never be confused with a digital camera's "mega pixel" rating. Both measure the number of pixels in an image. However, PPI measures pixels in an inch, where mega pixel measures the total approximate number of pixels (in millions) in the entire image.
Like mega pixel ratings, PPI is often used as a measure of digital image quality. However, a very high PPI does not guarantee a good image. Nor does low PPI guarantee a bad image.
For example, suppose a photographer using a traditional film camera takes a picture using high quality film. The quality of the film does not guarantee a good picture. If the camera had scratched lenses or was simply out of focus, for example, the picture is likely of poor quality, regardless of what film was used. Similarly, a very high PPI is comparable to high quality film because although it has a greater potential to capture detail, it captures what the camera tells it to capture. Regardless, the higher the PPI, the more detail the image is capable of holding.
So what is considered low PPI and what is considered high PPI? Unfortunately, there isn't an easy answer - it depends on the situation. A detailed answer is beyond the scope of this article; however, 300 PPI is considered reasonable by many for average quality prints, especially if they're being printed on photo paper using a reasonably priced home ink jet printer.
Changing PPI alone does not alter the pixels in your image, or photo. Resampling, however, does alter pixels. Resampling simply means that you're adding or subtracting pixels from the image.
Any time you resample an image, you are also altering the resolution (the pixel dimensions) of the image. Removing pixels from an image is often called downsampling, and often used to bring overly large photos down to a reasonable size. When a photo is downsampled, the computer strategically selects pixels for removal. The photo is then recreated with the selected pixels removed.
When pixels are added, it is done using a process called interpolation. Interpolation "fills in" the gaps between the pixels that are created when the image is made larger. It does this by intelligently inspecting each pixel in the image and determining where pixels must be added, and what colors the added pixels should be.
In other words, when you make an image larger (in terms of pixel dimensions, not print sizes), it requires adding pixels to the image that aren't already there. As a result, the computer must intelligently "guess" what the image will look like at the larger size. Once it knows what the larger image should look like, it draws that image over the old one. This is also how the infamous digital zooms (in contrast to optical zooms) in modern digital cameras work.
Again, understanding all the facets of digital images (whether they're created from digital cameras, or scanners) is not an easy task. However, understanding the technology does require some knowledge of basic concepts. Without this knowledge, using digital imaging technology to its full extent is pretty tough.
In subsequent articles in this Digital Imaging series, digital images will be discussed in further detail and how the technology applies to scanners, printers and other digital imaging technologies.
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Posted on 04/26/2006 11:46:03 AM PDT by prairiebreeze
(AP) MILWAUKEE Four Democratic presidential campaign workers were sentenced to jail time ranging from four months to six months Wednesday for puncturing the tires of Republican vehicles on Election Day 2004.
The men had pleaded no contest in January to misdemeanor property damage. A fifth worker was found not guilty.
Those who pleaded no contest were Sowande A. Omokunde, the son of Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee; Michael Pratt, the son of former acting Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt; and Lewis Caldwell and Lavelle Mohammad, both from Milwaukee.
They originally were charged with felony property damage but accepted plea deals on the lesser charge.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Michael Brennan rejected prosecutors' recommendation of probation and no jail time.
"This case had to be a public example of what can happen when you interfere with voters' rights," Brennan said. The men faced a maximum nine-month jail term and fines of $10,000.
Congresswoman Moore said, "I love my son very much. I'm very proud of him. He's accepted responsibility."
The state Republican Party had rented more than 100 vehicles that were parked in a lot next to a Bush-Cheney campaign office to give rides to voters and poll monitors on Nov. 2, 2004. The vandalism caused some delays in the GOP's Election Day work as party workers rounded up different vehicles.
Democrat John Kerry won Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes in a close race.
Omokunde was sentenced to four months, Mohammad to five months and Caldwell and Pratt to six months. All were granted work-release privileges.
Brennan also ordered them to pay a $1,000 fine each, in addition to the $5,317 in total restitution ordered earlier.
Justin Howell was the only one who did not take part in the plea deal, and jurors found him not guilty.
At least the judge had the good sense to reject the DA's recommendation of probation only. Milwaukee DA must be a friend of Fitzgerald.
I won't hold my breath waiting for one of the various flavors of CNN to cover this.
This judge is a GREAT AMERICAN!
A little justice...finally. ping
Media: ZZZZZZZZ
I hope they all drop the soap and...
RATS tend to serve very little jail time so you are absolutely correct.
I don't think any of them are smirking or laughing now.
Oh, and the congresswoman who's proud of her little boy for taking responsibility....suuure she is.
Thanks....love the mother that is "proud" of her son...he only owned up to it because he was caught..and his lawyer told him to plea bargain...
Stage name ?, joke ?
His loser buddies so hate him right now. I hope they are going to PMITA prison.
It only shows how out of touch he is with the real world and the meaning of right versus wrong. And to think he came close to being POTUS.
No, that's one of those made up, almost African sounding names the libs like to humiliate themselves with. Like Jafari Washington.
Omokunde...yeah, dats da ticket
Lewis Caldwell:
Lavelle Mohammed:
Also, its Late April 2006. It takes this long to prosecute these petty criminals?
Maybe they will write to Edwin Edwards while they are in jail...
He took a hit for the party like a good comrade. If more Brownshirts for Kerry had done their dirty deeds (at whatever the cost), their boy John Kerry could have won the White House.
He probably got a better lawyer then the others
You are SO right...and every time Kerry opens his mouth, I am more and more convinced there had to be "divine intervention"...
Wonder who got to him?
Young Mr. Caldwell will certainly have a full dance card in the slam.
I'm sure you're really proud of your Dem operative, tire-slashing thug son, Congresswoman Moore!
Four Democratic presidential campaign workers were sentenced to jail time ranging from four months to six months Wednesday for puncturing the tires of Republican vehicles on Election Day 2004.
Which car maker builds "Republican vehicles"? That's right up there with the headline I saw in a local paper saying the SUV killed a kid.
DFU SONG: Brady Bunch (Supreme Solar Allah, really, slashes tires of GOP vehicles)
DFU SONGS | 11-2004 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland
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Here's the story...Supreme Solar Allah
Friends, I swear to you I didn't coin that name
He had been out playing tricks and slashing tires
That's how he's come to fame
Here's the story...of his mom named Gwen Moore
She had raised him to hate the GOP
She will soon leave to go serve in Congress
Maxine she'll love to see
As we watch this story playing out with interest
We all know just where this thing is gonna go
Supreme Solar Allah was arrested
He's a victim as a black man, don't you know
You ought to know...you ought to know
He's arrested because he's black, you know
If these weasels had done this to a Democrat for the local Bush re-election effort this would have been a scandal of Nixonian proportion...after all, we all know Bush lies.
30 Republican Party rented vans had tires slashed (Milwaukee, WI)
Kweise Mfume's love child?
Bump; ping.
Omokunde was sentenced to four months, Mohammad to five months and Caldwell and Pratt to six months. All were granted work-release privileges.
What does "work-release priveleges" mean? They are going to spend 4 months of Friday nights and Saturdays in jail minus time off for good behavior, bringing the total sentence down to 4 Friday nights?
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It looks almost like a hand about to take flight on a breeze – as light and delicate as a feather. This effect has not been achieved by accident, as the creator of the winning logo has combined the universally recognized symbols of a hand and a bird. His name is Predrag Stakić, and in September 2011, he was honoured in New York as the winner of the global competition to find a human rights logo.
Announcing Stakić's design as the winner was the final stage in a global competition which had mobilized people around the world. The goal was to create a globally valid symbol for human rights because, as nearly everybody knows, a heart symbolizes love and a dove stands for peace – but a logo of that order did not yet exist for human rights.
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This was in spite of the fact that a human rights logo would have much more than a simply visual meaning, being also a means of drawing attention to human rights abuses and giving a voice to those affected by them. The thing about a logo is that it is recognizable – and so helps encourage people to identify with human rights. However, it also serves to convey a message quickly and without words, beyond the confines of one particular language. This, as we find ourselves inundated with information by television and the Internet, has become more important than ever.
Foreign Minister Westerwelle, patron of the competition, called the awards ceremony with the young Serbian winner "an emotional moment". As the Foreign Minister put it, the idea had been to find a logo which would be understood in all countries by people from different cultural and language backgrounds. Now, he said, a logo "by the people, for the people" had been found.
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle launched the worldwide competition in Berlin on 3 May. He said on that occasion that a globally recognizable symbol for human rights was especially important for humanity "living as we do in times so steeped in visual imagery". People from more than 190 countries answered that call, sending in a total of 15,369 logo designs.
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text: What if, by some odd chance, Natsu is Zeref's brother, and the only one immune to his Death Magic. Or Natsu is "E.N.D". That would be a major twist. Enhanced Natsu Dragneel. Lol. I just wonder why Zeref is so interested in Natsu. I hope to see the Dragons soon. From what Future Rouge said, the world is sorta apocalyptic, and I wonder what happen to his Cat after the year is up, what kills him.


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
This season's Emery High Lady Spartan softball team is young and inexperienced. Last week, the Spartan team traveled to St George for a two-day tournament to help prepare themselves for the fast-approaching region season. This season's team consists of 18 sophomores and freshmen on the 25 member team roster with five of those sophomores starting for the varsity team.
Both the Emery varsity team and the Emery junior varsity team played five games at the Snow Canyon tournament and each came away with a record of 3-2. The varsity defeated West High, Wasatch High and Manti High and lost to Canyon View and Union. The JV team defeated West, Bountiful and Union and lost to Canyon View and Wasatch.
For the varsity, they started off with a 9-7 victory over the bigger school. West scored a run in the first inning thanks to a pair of Emery errors. West scored five more runs in the third inning as they got three singles and Emery committed another pair of errors. West scored a final run in the fourth inning as Emery committed two more errors.
The Lady Spartans scored a run in the bottom of the first inning as Jaiden Huntington singled and eventually scored. Emery scored twice more in the second inning. Shelby Mason singled, Auminee Bennett singled and Makiah Sherman doubled and scored the two players. Emery added four more runs in the third inning. Huntington singled, Whitney Roper walked, Mason doubled, Bennett doubled and Jeridi Price got on due to an error.
Emery's final two runs came in the bottom of the fourth inning. MarKette Tanner singled, Huntington walked, Roper singled and Mason singled to drive in the two runs.
In the Canyon View game, Emery spotted the Falcons their eight runs, thanks in part to walks, errors and a hit batsman. Emery scored six runs in the fourth inning and left a runner in scoring position to keep the game close.
In that final inning, Mason got on base to lead off the inning, Bennett was out at first, Price walked and Jolynn Jennings singled to score a run. Sherman singled, Tanner singled, Huntington singled and Roper tripled for three RBI's. The last two batters got out to end the inning and the game.
Against Wasatch, Emery scored twice in the second inning, three more times in the third and once in the fourth to edge Wasatch. Roper walked and Bryton Hess doubled and both would eventually score in the second inning.
In the third inning, Huntington doubled, Hess got on due to Wasp error, Mason got hit by a pitch and Price doubled. In the final inning, Sherman singled with Tanner hitting into a fielder's choice. Roper singled home Tanner for the winning run.
Against Manti, it was a game of long ball. After not seeing any hit out of the park, there were five homeruns in this game with four of those coming off the bats of Emery players. Whitney Roper had a two-run shot in the first inning followed by Jeridi Price having a three-run shot later in the same inning.
In the top of the fourth inning, Manti's clean-up hitter hit a grand slam to give Manti the lead for the first time. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Auminee Bennett hit a two-run shot and to end the game, Whitney Roper cleared the right field fence for another homer and scored three runs for the win.
Emery scored 10 runs on seven base hits. Besides the home runs, Hess doubled and Sherman and Tanner singled. Emery assisted Manti with their scoring by committing several errors in the game. Six of the Templar runs in the game were unearned. These things should correct themselves with experience.
In the final game, Emery and Union took extra innings before Union got away with a one-point win. All in all, it was a good couple of days in St George even though it could have been warmer. Preseason experience will help get the team to where it needs to be before tough region play begins.


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IPT wrote:I am sitting here drinking some shupu and just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone out there a truly lovely day. Life is so short, and I hope you are all enjoying every moment of it.
I know I am getting philisophical, but I just got through one of the hardest weeks of my life. My wife was diagnosed with kidney cancer a few weeks ago and last week had her left kidney removed. Sadly, the cancer has spread to her ovaries and lungs. The doctors are waiting for the results before decing where to go from here.
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Bloomington, Minnesota. The Mark Travel Corporation was honored as the Shop America Tour Operator of the Year, in recognition of its leadership in the travel industry. Caterina Westfahl, Product Manager, Mark International was presented with the award by Rosemary McCormick, President, Shop America Alliance at the ONE Travel Conference SASI-ONE Awards Breakfast at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Thursday, January 30th.
Mark Travel and its vacation companies are actively engaged in marketing Shop America Tours and promoting Shop America VIP offers. Mark International has co-sponsored the annual Shop America IPW Reception, "IPW's Most Fashionable Event" for the past decade.
The Mark Travel Corporation is a global organization and recognized leader in the business of making vacation dreams come true. With service to more than 1,100 destinations worldwide, Mark Travel and its vacation companies provide value, superb care and complete End-to-End service. Mark Travel's focus is on providing customers with the ultimate vacation experience including special Shopping, Dining and Cultural packages. High profile vacation companies owned, managed, or affiliated with The Mark Travel Corporation include: Blue Sky Tours in Hawaii, Brand G. Vacations, Funjet Vacations, Funway Holidays International - UK, Mark International, MGM Resorts Vacations, My Destination Wellness, United Vacations and Southwest Airlines Vacations.
"Shop America salutes Mark International and all its partners for their leadership in the travel industry and congratulates them on receiving this well deserved honor. Shop America Alliance has been very fortunate to have partnered with Mark Travel for over 15 years and sincerely value their leadership and commitment to excellent customer service," said Rosemary McCormick, President of Shop America Alliance.
The Tour Operator of the Year is one of four special SASI-ONE Awards (SASI = Shop America Salutes Innovation) for marketing excellence presented at the SASI-ONE Breakfast. Brandace Bruning, of CenterCal Properties was the SASI-ONE Awards Chairperson and awards sponsor. SASI-ONE Awards recognize prominent leaders in the tourism industry for their vision and commitment to developing shopping and cultural tourism.
Along with the 7 SASI-ONE Gold Awards and 12 SASI-ONE Merit Awards for shopping and cultural tourism marketing excellence, 4 SASI-ONE Special Award Recipients were honored in the categories of Shop America Tour Operator of the Year, TravMedia Tourism Journalist of the Year, Cultural & Heritage Tourism Destination of the Year and the SASI-ONE Chairman's Award. The achievements of SASI-ONE Winners from throughout the USA, Mexico and Latin America and the winners of the special awards were showcased in a video presentation that can be viewed at ONEtravelconference.com
About ONE Travel Conference:
ONE Travel Conference for Shopping, Dining and Cultural & Heritage Tourism is produced annually by Shop America Alliance and the U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council. The Conference brings together leaders in the travel industry to focus on The Power of Partnership, speaking with ONE Voice. The 2015 Conference will be held in January at the Hyatt Regency, Tysons Corner Center, Virginia. For more information visit ONETravelConference.com or call 843.341.6392.
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Shop America Alliance is the travel trade organization representing hundreds of the premier shopping tourism destinations, retailers, shopping centers, museum stores and outlets in North America. Founded in 1998, Shop America Alliance co-produces the annual ONE Travel Conference and SASI-ONE Awards and The Cultural Traveler guidebook, publishes Shop America Magazine and markets more than 200 shopping tours in 40 cities. For more information, visit shopamericatours.com or call 707.224.3795.
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US Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council (USCHT) is a travel trade association marketing US cultural and heritage tourism experiences both nationally and internationally. USCHT represents leading U.S. tourism destinations, attractions and travel partners engaged in marketing U.S. cultural and heritage to travelers throughout the United States and around the world, co-produces the annual ONE Travel Conference and SASI-ONE Awards and The Cultural Traveler guidebook and sponsors market research on the Cultural and Heritage Traveler. For more information, visit USCHT.com and TheCulturalTraveler.com or call 843.341.6392.


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G-Star Raw is making holiday shopping a bit easier this year for state side fans of the brand by opening up their US webstore just in time for the hottest e-retail season of the year. Shop.G-Star.com also features global e-retail links, so more consumers than ever can jump on their latest styles. Here you'll shop favorites like the Arc Super Skinny jean, 3301 Program, and the garments you saw on Gemma Arterton and Vincent Gallo in the latest campaign. Joris Aperghis, G-Star's Chief Marketing Officer, said "The US is an important market for G-Star and we are proud to offer our quality denim to a wider range of consumers through Shop.G-Star.com, to further fuel our American growth plans."
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With so much sunshine, it's hard to stay put in Tallahassee! The City offers a wide variety of ways for its citizens to enjoy nature, build social networks and stay active throughout their lives.
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April 17, 2013
There are more than 550 homeless children in Tallahassee. Changing that is simple.
That is the message that was shared today by a coalition of city, business, religious and educational leaders. They gathered in support of Change for Change, a program that allows City utility customers to make a monthly contribution on their utility bill that goes directly to address homelessness.
Nearly a decade ago, a passionate group of Tallahassee citizens, known as the Tallahassee Equality Action Ministry (TEAM), brought a recommendation to the Tallahassee City Commission. Their recommendation would allow citizens to help address homelessness in the community by making a monthly contribution on their City utility bill.
Change for Change was adopted by the Commission in 2004 and currently generates an estimated $60,000 a year to help address homelessness. Currently, only about two percent of utility customers contribute to the program.
While the funding for Change for Change has remained fairly consistent over the years, the number of families and individuals facing homelessness in the community has continued to grow. According to the 2012 Homeless Management Information System report from the Big Bend Homeless Coalition, 20 percent of the homeless individuals in the community are children.
Today through the end of May, area businesses, schools, religious organizations and service providers will be working to double the number of people contributing to Change for Change.
WCOT, the City's local government access station on channel 13, interviewed children at HOPE Community, a transitional housing program for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, about what they miss most about having a home. Some of their responses are captured in this 60 second Public Service Announcement. The City is sharing this PSA with the community to raise awareness about the impact that homelessness is having on children in Tallahassee.
"When you see young children missing the basic things all children appreciate, like having a meal with their family, being able to play in their own backyard or sleep in their own bed, it makes you stop and say, 'No child should have to live like that in our city.'" said City Commissioner Gil Ziffer, lead commissioner on the Quality of Life Target Issue Committee. "This campaign is a way for us to directly help these children."
You can join Change for Change today by completing the form included in your April City utility bill, visiting Talgov.com or by calling Your Own Utilities at 891-4YOU (4968). The money collected goes directly to service providers who work to help prevent and address homelessness in Tallahassee. To learn more about Change for Change, visit the Frequently Asked Questions page on Talgov.com for additional information.
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The Phillies Phanatic joined NJEA President Wendell Steinhauer, fourth grader Ethan Levine and teacher Tracey Meister from Seaview Elementary in Linwood, and ninth grader Alexandra Robinson and teacher Kristin Lagg, both formerly of Dennis Township Middle School, on the field of Citizens Bank Park to celebrate NJEA Day with the Phillies on Sept. 8.
Steinhauer threw out the first pitch and the students and their teachers were recognized in a pre-game ceremony. The students were winners of the NJEA/Phillies Educators Who Help Me Grow Essay Contest. Levine wrote about Mrs. Meister, his third grade his language arts teacher, who "inspires me to be a better writer."
Robinson, who is in ninth grade, wrote about her seventh-grade teacher Ms. Lagg. Robinson noted that she has dyslexia but with the help of Lagg she learned to "write sophisticatedly and to take chances." As a result, she is one of the highest achieving students in her class and hopes to one day become a teacher.
A third winner, Allison Jiang of High Technology High School in Lincroft wrote about band teacher John Koryat. They were unable to attend but were represented by Allison's teachers Jonathan Olsen and Sarah Gross.
The essay winners and their guests were treated to a VIP tour of Citizen's Bank Park where they met Phillies interim manager Ryne Sandburg. Their families and guests also enjoyed a pre-game tent party.
All fans at the game ages 14 and under received a NJEA/ Phillies Ben Revere growth chart. Students at the Horace Mann Elementary School in Cherry Hill received a special surprise on their first day of school Sept. 3 courtesy of NJEA and the Phillies. When students chanted, "Let's go, Phillies," Ben Revere and the Phillies Phanatic magically appeared in the school cafeteria to encourage them to eat right, exercise, work hard, and listen to their parents and teachers. All Horace Mann students received growth charts and ticket vouchers.


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Three tries lead Premiership champions Harlequins to a 30-21 win over Premiership strugglers Sale Sharks on Friday.
Three tries lead Premiership champions Harlequins to a 30-21 win over Premiership strugglers Sale Sharks on Friday.
Cameron Shepherd's try took Sale into an early lead, but Quins controlled the rest of the half with Tom Williams touching down and Ben Botica adding eight points with the boot.
Botica continued his fine form in the second period with another penalty before converted scores from Easter and Charlie Matthews sealed a fine victory, their 12th in 13 games.
Richie Vernon and Sam Tuitupou scored consolation efforts in the last few minutes for Sale, but the result means they still reside at the bottom of the league.
After securing four wins in succession, the Sharks were handed a further boost when Rob Miller and Dan Braid put pen to paper on new deals.
Although Miller sat out this game, his replacement, former Australia international Shepherd, got the Sharks off to the perfect start.
Just two minutes had elapsed when Quins were turned over in the contact area. Will Cliff then fed Henry Thomas and good hands from Tuitupou and Mark Cueto sent the full-back away.
Danny Cipriani converted impressively from a difficult angle and the league's bottom club led 7-0 but the visitors, in typical fashion, went on the attack.
Jordan Turner-Hall made indents in the Sale defence and, after they infringed at the breakdown, Botica slotted the resultant opportunity.
Despite their fine opening, it was the London-based outfit that began to dominate. Ill discipline at the tackle area was proving costly and Harlequins' Kiwi stand-off added a second from the tee to reduce the arrears further.
Another penalty then forced referee Martin Fox to send Tuitupou to the sin-bin and the away side profited when Williams touched down.
Karl Dickson took advantage of the space left by Cueto, who was lying injured on the ground, and his surging run was finished by the right winger.
Botica was successful with an easy conversion as Quins deservedly led 13-7 at the interval.
The second half continued with the defending Premiership champions controlling proceedings and their fly-half took them nine points clear after another Sharks' indiscretion.
Sale had barely touched the ball throughout the match but a penalty chance allowed them an opportunity to get back into the encounter. However, Cipriani was off target with the attempt.
Harlequins' back-row Maurie Fa'asavalu then received a yellow card for punching Marc Jones, but it was one of Europe's outstanding outfits that were by far the more inventive.
Dickson in particular was causing problems around the fringes and his piece of quick thinking nearly ended in another score. Although the hosts initially held out, a lineout drive saw Easter touch down, Botica converting, to take the score to 23-7.
Further pressure on the home team's line then led to Matthews going over as they crumbled under Quins' sheer power. Vernon and Tuitupou crossed late on as the home side rallied, but it was too little too late.
The scorers:
Tries: Shepherd, Vernon, Buckley
Cons: Cipriani 3
Yellow Card: Tuitupou
Tries: Williams, Easter, Matthews
Cons: Botica 3
Pens: Botica 3
Yellow Card: Fa'asavalu
Sale Sharks: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Charlie Amesbury, 13 Jonny Leota, 12 Sammy Tuitupou, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Will Cliff, 8 James Gaskell, 7 David Seymour (c), 6 Dan Braid, 5 Kearnan Myall, 4 Fraser McKenzie, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Tommy Taylor, 1 Ross Harrison.
Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Tom Holmes, 20 Richie Vernon, 21 Cillian Willis, 22 Nick Macleod, 23 Will Addison.
Harlequins: 15 Ross Chisholm, 14 Tom Williams, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Karl Dickson, 8 Nick Easter (c), 7 Luke Wallace, 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 5 George Robson, 4 Charlie Matthews, 3 James Johnston, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Mark Lambert.
Replacements: 16 Rob Buchanan, 17 Darryl Marfo, 18 Will Collier, 19 Sam Twomey, 20 Joe Trayfoot, 21 Jordan Burns, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 George Lowe.
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At the November public lands meeting an update was given on the status of the Emery County land use bill. Commissioner Jeff Horrocks said recently the commissioners attended a Constitutional Defense Committee meeting along with public lands director Ray Petersen. They presented the process of how the lands bill came about and the process Emery County went through to get to the point where they are ready to send the land use bill to the Utah State representatives in Washington where their staff will place the document in bill form and language.
Commissioner Horrocks said they will take the suggestions of the CDC and enhance the bill with their comments. He said they are still working with Senator Mike Lee to send the bill onto the Washington staff. "I want to thank everyone on this committee for what you've done. This is a quality piece of work. We want approval of the process, not necessarily of the content (from the state)."
Petersen said Rep. Mike Noel has a checklist of things he wants. He doesn't want any wilderness above the current wilderness study areas.
Commissioner James Nelson said Senator Lee's office had informed him that Congress won't pass a bill with hard release language. Randy Johnson said there is hard release language in the Washington County Bill. Johnson said the county wants hard release language in their bill and it's better to have that battle back at Congress and to send the bill back with that language in it.
The county is following the standards set up by the state. Other counties will be able to use Emery County's land use bill as a model and standard if it passes Congress.
Johnson commented that the county doesn't want to fight it out in the full state legislature to get approval to send the bill back to Washington, but would rather have the Natural Resource committee pass it off with an approval of the process Emery County has been going through.
Commissioner Nelson said the sense of urgency to get a bill passed has to do with the current administration and the fear they may do something drastic at the last moment of their administration similar to what Pres. Bill Clinton did when creating the Grand Stair-Case Escalante National Monument.
Petersen said it's always been the intent of the lands council to control the process instead of the county being controlled by the federal government. The county doesn't want to be stuck with a designation coming from Washington, but rather a grass roots land use bill.
State Senator David Hinkins was on hand to give an update to the council. He said he has concerns with the SITLA lands which are within the Emery County public land use bill. He agrees with the lands council that the natural resources committee of which he is a member is the direction to take in gaining state approval for the county land use bill. His concerns lie with SITLA property and in other instances the only thing that has kept a road open was because it was accessing SITLA property. "In some places the roads have been kept open due to SITLA lands being there," said Senator Hinkins.
He does understand the sense of urgency the lands council feels. He said the San Rafael Swell is filled with resources. He sees the need for counties to address issues and concerns with uniformity. "I am concerned about taking SITLA lands out as far as grazing and mining interests," said Hinkins. He is also concerned about loss of access to areas.
Gary Kofford, lands council member said when the council began the land use bill process, SITLA didn't want lands within the areas proposed for some type of designation whether wilderness or national conservation areas. They wanted the lands traded out. "Are they important where they are or do you want them traded out. They need to decide how they want it," said Kofford.
Johnson said SITLA hasn't been left out of this process as they were involved since the beginning. After the bill went through it would be determined how to appropriately handle the SITLA lands within the bill. In the Washington County bill SITLA benefitted from land sales. "SITLA has said they want to trade their lands out of any lands with designation," said Johnson.
Senator Hinkins said he is concerned with the grazers on SITLA lands and our resources on these lands. He sees there is a lot of work to do with SITLA. That's why he wants the county officials to meet with the natural resources committee again to address these concerns. He said at the last natural resources committee where the county came to present there wasn't adequate time and the resource committee didn't really know what was going on as far as an Emery County land use bill.
Commissioner Horrocks said in the draft bill there is language which states historical uses will remain and grazing is a historical use.
The county has been told the bill will be difficult to get through Congress with hard release language.
Val Payne, public lands consultant, said Kevin Carter from SITLA views these county land processes as beneficial to SITLA.
Hinkins said the natural resource committee will need more time to look at the issues.
Mistie Christiansen, lands council member said they met several times with the grazers in regards to grazing on SITLA lands. If SITLA lands are traded out then the grazing leases will transfer from SITLA to BLM.
Johnson said there needs to be a standard check list to follow in regards to getting the SITLA issues resolved as there is no way to proceed without these issues being resolved.
Senator Hinkins reminded everyone there are other resources out there on the Swell, too including tar sands and perhaps others yet undiscovered.
Johnson said Emery County has met the standards that the state has already set up.
Christiansen wondered what additional resources are out in the Swell and what the council needs to do to find out what they are.
Payne said the county has looked and sorted through a variety of data on resources in the Swell. "I disagree that the county hasn't been diligent in looking into resources."
Guy Webster, lands council member said, "The language is in the bill that solidifies grazing. You can graze and can continue to graze and fix ponds and if you read it (the bill), that's ensured."
Senatoar Hinkins said, "Personally I disagree with it (the bill), but I will do whatever you want me to do." He said he disagrees with giving up state's rights and turning it over to the federal government.
Christiansen said they have made every effort to contact grazers and water users for the last two years to gain their approval. She feels like the county residents are behind the bill. She stated the farm bureau has a no wilderness policy. Senator Hinkins said that as a grazer he disagrees with the bill.
Commissioner Horrocks said he would like to meet with the natural resources committee when they have more time and give a presentation. He would like their support.
Johnson requested the county be given a list before hand of what the committee would like to have addressed and the concerns they have so the county can specifically address those issues.
Webster said this has not been a rushed process and there have been meetings, field trips, talks and he feels a good draft has been prepared during the past two and a half years and everyone has been involved.
Johnson said it's not fair for fears involving other counties like Grand County to interfere with our process. "Don't use it (Grand County) as a damper for the other counties process."
Payne feels like the hesitancy of the natural resources committee lies in the fact they don't know enough about the Emery County lands use bill and they aren't familiar with it.
Petersen said there is a lot to gain by meeting with the natural resources committee.
Bruce Wilson, committee chairman said his main concern is the natural resources committee support the process of a county driven land use bill. The process is important and not focus so much on the specifics of the bill.
Kofford said in regards to the SITLA lands that the natural resources committee needs to define how they feel about these lands. Are we better off trading these lands out or leaving them where they are? If we trade them out then we lose all freedom in regards to those lands. "If the legislature likes the state lands where they are then leave them where they are, they need to say that."
It was pointed out that Senate Bill 221 gives specific language on how counties are to proceed in these matters.


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Lots of new footage in this trailer for Riddick. Once again it is all a bit spoilery.
The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.
The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won't leave the planet without Riddick's head as their trophy.
The film also stars Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, David Bautista, Jordi Mollà, Matt Nable, Bokeem Woodbine, Raoul Trujillo, and Nolan Gerard Funk.
Riddick is out on 6th September.
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