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Dir. Amando de Ossorio
Crypt of the Blind Dead
Mark of the Devil Part 4: - Tombs of the Blind Dead
Night of the Blind Dead
Revenge from Planet Ape
The Blind Dead
The Night of the Blind - Terror
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Whilst on holiday, glamorous couple Roger and Virginia bump into Betty – an old friend of Virginia's. Roger invites Betty to join the couple on a train ride the next day but Virginia, confused and embarrassed by her boyfriend's obvious interest in Betty – and by the lesbian fling she and Betty had whilst in college together – jumps from the train to seek solace. Finding refuge after nightfall in the ruins of an ancient monastery, Virginia is horribly murdered and her blood greedily guzzled by the resurrected corpses of the Templar knights buried in the ruins. When she doesn't return to the hotel, Roger and Betty set out to find her. They don't however bargain on running into centuries old living-dead knights, hungry for young, nubile flesh…
After directing several non-descript westerns and bizarre vampire flick Malenka (1969), Spanish filmmaker Amando de Ossorio really made his mark on the landscape of horror cinema with his series of Blind Dead films, the first of which was Tombs of the Blind Dead. The film and its sequels (Return of the Evil Dead, The Ghost Galleon and Night of the Seagulls) revolve around the exploits and murderous rampages of a group of living-dead Templar Knights. The Templars, medieval knights who were put to death for their wicked ways and satanic practices, rise from the dead as mummified skeletal beings, shrouded in their bloodied and soiled hooded garbs, to drink the blood of the living. As a result of having their eyes plucked from their hanging bodies by crows, they rely on sound to track their victims.
Tombs of the Blind Dead has such a simple premise, and while the story is paper thin, the direction is handled so effectively by de Ossorio, who really shows his strengths when it comes to concocting an overwhelmingly creepy atmosphere dappled with inventive and utterly nightmarish visuals throughout. As this was the Seventies though, he does have a tendency of relying a little heavily on his zoom lens; which leads to more than a few unintentional laughs.
The fact that the Templars rely only on sound to stalk their victims is a great twist. It just so happens that the idiotic characters inhabiting this particular story are some of the noisiest ingrates imaginable: stomping and thumping around wildly, listening to transistor radios whilst being all 'groovy' and becoming ludicrously hysterical when confronted with the spectacle of the hideous and bloodthirsty Templars. When the small group of survivors eventually realise how the Templars are tracking them, they quieten down and the tension can at last mount higher. Templars, crafty scoundrels that they are however, can even hear the beating of a human heart…
The eerie atmosphere and morbid visuals are really what makes this a horror film worth checking out. The acting is wildly uneven, the characters are utterly useless and the dialogue is absolute trite. One of the most random flashbacks imaginable is inserted into the narrative; not to shed some insight on the characters or add depth or intrigue to proceedings - but rather to provide some 'kinky', and downright laughable, lesbian 'action', in which Virginia and Betty canoodle on a sun-kissed bed and stroke each other's hair whilst dressed in VERY skimpy underwear. Jess Franco, eat your heart out. This is here purely for exploitative purposes and to titillate. Obviously. Though anyone 'titilated' by this probably shares de Ossorio's assumption that when two women are alone they like nothing better than to strip down to frilly lingerie, brush each other's hair and have giggly pillow fights. The flashback, accompanied by the noise of the steam train the characters are travelling on, is to say the least, unintentionally hilarious. Even some of the steam from said train wafts into the flashback, making it all soft-focused and, erm, 'highly erotic.'
Also hilarious is when Roger and Betty team up with a smuggler and his bitchy girlfriend they initially believed to be responsible for Virginia's disappearance. The smuggler's father, conveniently enough, is a highly regarded professor and expert on the Templar knights who is able to shed some highly expositionary light on the history of the fiendish creatures. Cue a flashback to the Templars in their heyday, sacrificing a young woman and drinking her blood. Cue also many close-ups of a large knife being plunged into latex breasts and bright red gore effects.
When Roger, Betty, the smuggler and his girlfriend stay the night at the ruins in order to try and find out what happened to Virginia, there is a lot of wandering around through dusty, cob-webbed hallways, slowly opening doors and splitting up to investigate, well, completely inconsequential stuff. It's just a lazy excuse to get the characters by themselves so they can be devoured by the creepy knights.
A couple of gratuitous sex scenes are present too, you know, just in case things aren't quite exploitative enough for ya. There's really no need for the aforementioned lesbian flashback or indeed the rather dodgy rape scene. Neither holds any relevance to proceedings whatsoever and de Ossorio needn't have bothered, as there are far more interesting things going on. Like the whole living-dead Templar knights murderlising people and drinking their still warm blood thing…
Speaking of which, it is without a doubt the Templars who steal the show. De Ossorio himself crafted the unique appearance of their horrid features - he designed the make-up effects that were utilised to create their ghastly visage. To his credit, they are indeed the stuff of childhood nightmares. The images of the rotting and fetid knights wearily rising, empty-orbed, from their graves are striking and supremely sinister. The knights also ride on the backs of spectral horses, and they do so in slow motion, which adds to the spooky and surreal atmosphere. Even the day-for-night photography, a staple of most low budget horror films from yesteryear, adds a touch of the uncanny to the film. The fact that these mummified and shambolic ghouls are decomposing doesn't stop them from slowly but surely closing in on their prey. To begin with, the frantic, panic-stricken and hysterical actions of the victims as they desperately try to flee their attackers, contrasts nicely with the shuffling, yet unstoppable advancement of the Templars, and quite a bit of tension is created. However it soon becomes quite tiresome. There's only so much care and concern you can invest in characters that seem to have problems with such basic tasks as simply opening a door, or, I don't know, just stepping out of the way of the advancing, arms-outstretched living-blind-dead.
Aside from the eerie appearances of the Templars, another memorable moment occurs right at the end of the film, just as the two remaining survivors board a packed train to seek rescue. The knights also board the train just as it moves off and wreck bloody havoc on-board. When the train plunges into the busy station the ghouls disembark to slaughter more innocents on the platform and we are left with the haunting image of the sole survivor of the carnage as she huddles helplessly in the coal bunker.
Tombs of the Blind Dead is a good old fashioned schlocky horror fest with genuine moments of tension and jaw-droppingly astounding visuals. As the first in the series of de Ossorio's Blind Dead films, it serves as an eye-opening and appropriate introduction to the ghastly escapades and spectral ridings of the gruesome Templar knights. The series is quite significant in Spanish horror cinema - because of its commercial viability for one reason - and it has a deserved cult following today. Of course, while watching the film, and depending on how much rioja has been consumed, it is not difficult to draw parallels and read into an intriguing, if rather tenuous subtext centring around the brutality and oppression of the Fascism that was rife throughout Spain when the film was made. Horror films have long been claimed to mirror what is particularly extreme and controversial in the societies and times in which they were produced. Franco's dictatorship crumbled only a few years after the release of this film. Now, I'm not saying that Tombs of the Blind Dead, or indeed any of the Blind Dead films, had anything to do with that… although everyone knows Fascists only come out at night to drink the blood of the living…
Highly recommended for those who like their horror atmospheric, creepy and at times sporting that inimitable Seventies retro kitsch that we all love so much.
Travia: When Tombs of the Blind Dead was initially released, in some places it bore the forehead-smackingly stupid title Revenge of the Planet Ape. Obviously greedy and unsympathetic execs wanted to shamelessly cash in on the recent success of Planet of the Apes (1968). The mind still boggles though.


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Nice score! Haven't been looking much lately... but I'll keep an eye out for that one.
Nice score! Haven't been looking much lately... but I'll keep an eye out for that one.
A friend got me a Two-Face and Batgirl. Don't have them in hand yet. I told him to pass on Bane and the latest Bats repaint.
BTW, the Mattel Store has the Wizard World Man-Bat figure. Anyone know if the regular one is coming soon? I'd like a Man-Bat, and will get this one if the other isn't likely to come out (and I figure if it's not within the next two waves, it's a long shot). However, he costs more, and he's not comic accurate at all. Cool package, though.
That's my jacket!
Brown Man-Bat isn't planned for release anytime soon, I believe the Four Horsemen have mentioned he's not cancelled but due to Mattel getting the Master license they're going in a different direction right now. I think Clayface, Catwoman, Tech-suit Mr. Freeze (repaint) and Grey/Black Batman (repaint) are supposed to be the last DCSH wave.
They're looking at ways to get brown Man-Bat out though.
"Hokey packaging and ancient gimmicks are no match for good detail on your figure, kid."
"I am a Klingot from Oklahoma in human boy form."
"We came, we saw, we conquered... We, woke up!"
I would hope that they get them out. Clayface and Man bat are on the back of Dent's box. Let me know if you want me to post a pic
"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
Hmmm. So do I get an albino Man-Bat for twice retail, or hope I can get the proper caramel-colored Man-Bat at retail?
I hate Mattel for screwing up these Batman figures. Who gives a rat's *** about stupid "Kal-El, King of Made-Up Kryptonian" garbage when there are Two-Face figures to be had?
I want a frigging Ventriloquist sculpted by the Four Horsemen. And Clayface III, and Black Mask, and Anarky, and Ragman, and Harvey Bullock.... Heck, everything DC that isn't Batman-related kinda sucks.
That's my jacket!
I was referring to the actual Kal-El figure, which is total made-up nonsense just like the weird black suit, not Superman himself.
Though Batman still dominates.
That's my jacket!
"You know I love the guy but I swear he writes like freaking Yoda."-Dean Winchester
R12:2-Be Transformed
And we know who was entrusted with the only piece of Kryptonite on Earth, too.
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According to my dentist, I have an odd (watch it!) shape palate, off the rack calls don't fit without a lot of custom cutting / trail and error.
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Oktagon results: Andrei Kulebin cuts Angelo Campoli for the Win
- Written by Dave Walsh
In the lone Full Muay Thai rules fight of the night, it's decorated veteran Andrei Kulebin vs. the significantly less experienced, late replacement Angelo Campoli. Five rounds here, and right off the bat, they're doing it right with live Thai music and Wai Khrus. Very cool.
And from there, sadly, there's not a ton going on. Kulebin is clearly the better fighter, but Campoli is staying close. With every round, Kulebin takes a bit more of a lead, using superior clinch work to gain the advantage throughout rounds 1-3.
In the 4th, Kulebin scores with a nice slicing elbow, catching Campoli above the right ear coming out of a clinch. There's definitely blood, but it's nowhere near the eyes, but the ringside doctor waves it off anyway. Kulebin takes the 4th round TKO win in, while not a bad fight, nothing particularly memorable.


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The tinny monophonic blips and beeps that come out of the VL-1 provide a childishly funny accent to your music, if you're into that sort of thing. The VL-1 is analog, it's tiny, it has a built-in speaker and a useless built-in calculator. The synth itself is quite small, light-weight and portable when running on batteries. The keys are unreliable and cheap soft buttons with absolutely no natural feel, response, aftertouch or velocity. The VL-1 was succeeded by the VL-10 (same spec, smaller case) and VL-5 (4-note polyphonic version with a useless bar-code reader). Strangely, the simple cheesy sounds of the VL-Tone have been used by Apollo 440, Devo, the Talking Heads, the Cars, Dee-Lite, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Vince Clarke, Beastie Boys, The Human League, Trio, White Town, and Bill Nelson.
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By Patsy R. Brumfield / Daily Journal
OXFORD – Paul Kevin Curtis faces a Friday hearing on his bond and government charges that he threatened President Obama and others with poison-laced letters.
Curtis of Corinth appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander about 11:50 a.m. today in an initial hearing, with his attorney Christi R. McCoy by his side.
He was arrested Wednesday after an FBI and local investigation into letters someone sent allegedly containing the poison, ricin.
Alexander asked Curtis if he understood what was going on in today's proceeding.
"Yes, ma'am," he said to her with a firm voice.
Before the hearing, the government issued a news release with documents formally charging him with two counts of intentionally mailing threats to public officials. Besides Obama, authorities claim Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Lee County Justice Judge Sadie Holland were among the alleged recipients.
Curtis, 45, was brought to court by marshals and entered the small courtroom in leg shackles and chained handcuffs.
He wore black jogging pants with white stripes down each side and a black T-shirt emblazoned with a Johnny Cash logo with orange flames drawn at the top.
He acted normally during the 10-minute proceeding, but his attorneys or prosecutors, or both, will ask for his psychological evaluation as soon as possible.
Oxford attorney Hal Neilson will assist McCoy with Curtis' defense. Prosecutors today were assistant U.S. attorneys John Marshall Alexander and Chad Lamar.
U.S. Attorney Felicia Adams appeared briefly in the hall outside the courtroom but did not attend the initial hearing.
His attorney, Chrisi R. McCoy, tells the Associated Press Curtis "maintains 100 percent that he did not do this." She says she knows him and his family and that it is hard for her to believe the charges against him.
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OXFORD – Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, suspected in sending poison-laced letters to President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland, faces initial charges today in Oxford with defense attorney Christi R. McCoy at his side.
Curtis' appearance is scheduled at 11:50 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander. Booneville native McCoy met with him after he was processed by the U.S. Probation Service, then dealt with by other agencies before the hearing.
The formal complaint against Curtis states that there is probable cause to believe that Curtis "knowingly and willfully" mailed a letter "containing (a) threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States" and others.
According to the complaint, the three letters to Obama, Wicker and Holland contained the same verbiage, referencing "Missing Pieces," which Curtis had previously identified online as a novel he was writing about missing body parts. The text of each letter was the same:
"No one wanted to listen to me before.
There are still missing pieces.
Maybe I have your attention now.
Even if that means someone must die.
This must stop.
To see a wrong and not expose it,
is to become a silent partner in its continuance.
I am KC and I approved this message."
The complaint also revealed that Wicker had previously received "multiple communications" to his office from Curtis and that U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo received an email in December 2011 from Curtis that referenced "Missing Pieces."
Curtis in 2000 was fired from his position with a cleaning service at North Mississippi Medical Center, which he accused in social media posts of being involved in the sale of body parts conspiracy he envisioned.
McCoy associate Hal Neilson, a former FBI official, will assist with Curtis' defense.
They and the government are expected immediately to seek psychological evaluations of Curtis.
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CORINTH — A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and claimed "various parties within the government" were trying to ruin his reputation.
Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line.
Authorities were waiting for definitive tests on intercepted letters that were addressed to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. Preliminary field tests can often show false positives for ricin. Ricin is derived from the castor plant that makes castor oil. There is no antidote and it's deadliest when inhaled.
An FBI intelligence bulletin obtained by The Associated Press said the two letters were postmarked Memphis, Tenn.
Both letters said: "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." Both were signed, "I am KC and I approve this message."
It was not immediately known what charges Curtis faced. He was being held in the Lafayette County jail in Oxford, a booking officer, who declined to give his name, said Thursday.
The letters had Washington on edge in the days after the Boston Marathon bombing. As authorities scurried to investigate three questionable packages discovered in Senate office buildings Wednesday, reports of suspicious items also came in from at least three senators' offices in their home states. The items were found to be harmless.
In Corinth, a city of about 14,000, police cordoned off part of a subdivision where Curtis lived. At least five police cars were on the scene, but there didn't appear to be any hazardous-material crews and no neighbors were evacuated. The one-story, single-family home is similar to the others in the neighborhood, with red brick with white trim.
Neighbors, who said Curtis kept to himself and did not seem violent, were concerned by the idea that someone was making poison in the house that sits so close to their bedrooms and front yards.
Next-door neighbor Kayla Latch, 18, lives with her mother and her two brothers and said they were worried that toxic chemicals could be released when investigators enter the home.
"I'm afraid they might open it up and it (poison) might go into the air and hurt someone," Latch said.
Latch said Curtis lived with a woman and a teenage boy when he first moved in, but they appeared to have moved out.
Matthew Latch, Kayla's brother, said he would sometimes hear Curtis playing his guitar outside the house late at night.
Ricky Curtis, who said he was Kevin Curtis' cousin, said the family was shocked by the news of the arrest. He described his cousin as a "super entertainer" who impersonated Elvis and numerous other singers.
"We're all in shock. I don't think anybody had a clue that this kind of stuff was weighing on his mind," Ricky Curtis said in a telephone interview.
Ricky Curtis said his cousin had written about problems he had with a cleaning business and that he felt the government had not treated him well, but he said nobody in the family would have expected this. He said the writings were titled, "Missing Pieces."
A MySpace page for a cleaning company called The Cleaning Crew confirms that they "do windows" and has profile photo of "Kevin Curtis, Master of Impressions." A YouTube channel under the name of Kevin Curtis has dozens of videos of him performing as different famous musicians, including Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Kid Rock.
"As far as him being anti-government, I'm not going to say that, but he had some issues with some stuff that happened with his cleaning business," the cousin said.
Multiple online posts on various websites under the name Kevin Curtis refer to the conspiracy he claimed to uncover when working at a local hospital from 1998 to 2000.
The author wrote the conspiracy that began when he "discovered a refrigerator full of dismembered body parts & organs wrapped in plastic in the morgue of the largest non-metropolitan healthcare organization in the United States of America."
That description fits North Mississippi Medical Center, and in 2001, Curtis sued the hospital. The lawsuit ultimately was dismissed.
Curtis wrote that he was trying to "expose various parties within the government, FBI, police departments" for what he believed was "a conspiracy to ruin my reputation in the community as well as an ongoing effort to break down the foundation I worked more than 20 years to build in the country music scene."
In one post, Curtis said he sent letters to Wicker and other politicians.
"I never heard a word from anyone. I even ran into Roger Wicker several different times while performing at special banquets and fundraisers in northeast, Mississippi but he seemed very nervous while speaking with me and would make a fast exit to the door when I engaged in conversation…"
He signed off: "This is Kevin Curtis & I approve this message."
The FBI said there was no indication of a connection between the letters and the Monday bombing in Boston that killed three people and injured more than 170. The letters to Obama and Wicker were postmarked April 8, before the marathon.
Obama's press secretary, Jay Carney, said mail sent to the White House is screened at a remote site for the safety of the recipients and the general public. He declined to comment on the significance of the preliminary ricin result, referring questions to the FBI.
At a House hearing, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe noted there had been ricin alerts since the notorious 2001 anthrax mailings and procedures are in place to protect postal employees and help track down culprits.
"Over the course of years we've had some situations where there have been ricin scares," Donahoe said. "Until this date, there's never been any actually proved that have gone through the system."
Associated Press writers contributing to this report from Washington were: Eileen Sullivan, Laurie Kellman, Donna Cassata, Henry Jackson and Eric Tucker.


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Shelly Bachus, Policy Director
Administration 208
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Phone: 660-543-4730
Nepotism Policy
Board of Governors Policy 1.2.060
Approved by the Board of Governors on June 21, 2000
I. Purpose
The university upholds Article VII, Section 6 of the Missouri State Constitution, which provides that: any public officer or employee in this state who by virtue of his office or employment names or appoints to public office or employment any relative within the fourth degree, by consanguinity (blood) or affinity (marriage), shall thereby forfeit his office or employment.
II. Policy
Pursuant to the Missouri Constitution, no officer or employee may participate, either directly or indirectly, in a decision to appoint or hire an employee of the university, either part-time or full-time, who is related to such officer or employee within the fourth degree of consanguinity (blood) or affinity (marriage). Similarly, an employee may not supervise, either directly or indirectly, the work of another employee who is related within such fourth degree, unless the supervisory role is specifically approved by the president of the university. In the event that the president of the university is prohibited from acting on a personnel matter by the provision of this section, the procedures listed below shall apply.
III. Procedure
The president, vice president, and secretary of the Board of Governors will act as a committee of the Board of Governors with full authority to act on the board's behalf in all personnel matters in which the president of the university is prohibited from acting by the provisions of the policy above. This committee shall have all the authority normally delegated to the president of the university, and shall act in place of the president of the university, with respect to evaluation of applicants for initial hiring to position with the university, appointments, reappointments, assignments, reassignments, promotions, consideration for grant of tenure, and all disciplinary matters including, but not limited to, suspension and discharge. The usual and customary procedures and policies relating to these activities shall apply, except that this committee of the board shall perform the duties of the president of the university. This standing committee shall review the recommendations generated by the usual and customary procedures and policies and make its own independent determination as to whether such recommendations should be accepted. The president of the Board of Governors is authorized to carry out the determinations of the standing committee and to execute such documents and take such steps necessary for this purpose.
If an officer or employee other than the president of the university is prohibited from acting on a personnel matter by the provisions of this policy, the president of the university shall determine the proper course of action to avoid any violation of this policy.
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Bacalaítos - Fried Codfish Fritters
Cod Fritters The Puerto Rican WayBacalaítos are an immensely popular staple in Puerto Rico. All over the island you'll find these cod fritters sold from small roadside kiosks, and any street fair there will usually feature several stands of crispy Bacalaítos.
With the help of GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning and some garlic, our Bacalaítos recipe yields traditional Puerto Rican cod fritters, prepared as they have been for generations.
Origin: Puerto Rico
Makes approximately 30 fritters
Prep time: 15 min.
Total time: 45 min., plus soaking time
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2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning with Pepper
2 cups water
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2 tsp. fresh cilantro, minced
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My brother bought the Rebo Band Set on clearance that day too.
I still remember seeing that $0.75 clearance tag, especially when I had to pay $45 for a loose Barada a year ago.


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Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber addresses the Class of 2014 and their guests at the University's 267th Commencement on Tuesday, June 3, advising graduates to embrace their uncharted futures and encouraging them to continue learning throughout their lives. The University awarded degrees to 1,244 undergraduates in the Class of 2014, seven from other classes and 996 graduate students.
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Katherine Pogrebniak, a computer science major from Jacksonville, Florida, gives the valedictory oration, telling her peers that it is their time to "venture into the unknown and create a new path."
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Alexander Iriza, a mathematics major from Astoria, New York, delivers the salutatory address in Latin — a tradition dating to 1748 and Princeton's oldest student honor.
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Education has prepared students for success and lifelong learning, Eisgruber tells graduates
Posted June 3, 2014; 06:45 p.m.
In his first Commencement address as president of Princeton University, Christopher L. Eisgruber advised graduates on Tuesday, June 3, to embrace their uncharted futures and encouraged them to continue learning throughout their lives.
"My colleagues and I could not possibly teach you everything you need to know for your path beyond Princeton. We have not even tried to do so," said Eisgruber, who became Princeton's 20th president on July 1. "But we have tried to teach you how to learn what you need to know to travel that path and to flourish in the places that it takes you. Indeed, the twists and turns in the path beyond FitzRandolph Gate are not only inevitable. They are to be relished. Twists and turns bring discovery, they demand new learning — and that is a good thing."
Watch highlights of Reunions and Commencement events. (Video by Danielle Alio and NIck Barberio, Office of Communications)
Speaking to a crowd of about 10,000 students and guests on the front lawn of Nassau Hall, Eisgruber offered the example of an 1879 Princeton graduate, Tommy Wilson, who was adrift after earning his degree and failing as a lawyer. Wilson went back to school, earned a Ph.D. in political science, dropped his first name in favor of his middle name (Woodrow) and became a Princeton professor and University president and the 28th president of the United States, living "a life of leadership, service and consequence."
"There is a lesson for us in this story — and, no, the lesson is not that all of you should start using your middle names. Believe me, my own middle name is 'Ludwig Maria.' Maybe Wilson's change would work for you, but it definitely won't work for me," Eisgruber joked.
He added, "You have emerged from this University with a liberal arts degree that prepares you for the long term — that prepares you to adapt and to confront challenges and to seize opportunities that you may not now be able even to imagine."
On a warm, sunny day, graduates listen to the Commencement ceremony on Princeton's front campus. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Eisgruber said that Princeton faculty members, like all great teachers, work to inspire a love of learning in their students.
"Even those of us who teach spectacular students like you find ourselves using all sorts of tricks to get your attention and engage your imagination. We will use whatever it takes: provocative questions, fanciful stories, in-class experiments, free food, bad jokes, … dramatic pauses, demonstrative gesticulation," he said, waving his hands.
Eisgruber emphasized that teaching is a personal act built on personal, individual relationships. For that reason, he said, massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) lack the benefits and impact of an in-person learning environment. Because investing in personalized education is expensive, Eisgruber urged students to "become advocates for the kind of personal teaching that has made a difference in your own lives." He said, "As we know from Tommy Wilson's story and your own stories, an investment in the personal art of teaching is one of the best investments that our society, or any society, can make."
Eisgruber said he hoped students would continue to seek out the joy of learning after leaving school. "You will need to sustain the will to learn — you will need, in other words, to find the inspiration to read, the time to think, and the provocation and the energy to break away from the daily routines that enable you to cope with the responsibilities of adult life," he said. "Honoring the value of learning is not always easy, but if you do, it will make your life's journey more fulfilling. Your teachers on this campus have sought to kindle a deep and persistent love of learning within you, and, if you nurture that flame, its glow can illuminate your path and warm your soul."
In closing, Eisgruber wished the graduates well as they began their journeys beyond Princeton's gates, saying: "We send you our heartfelt congratulations, and we will watch your journeys with affection and with pride. We are thrilled that on this auspicious Commencement Day, you are now, and shall be forever into the future, Princeton University's Great Class of 2014. Congratulations and best wishes!"
Before the ceremony, Eisgruber (center) meets with the faculty members recognized with the President's Awards for Distinguished Teaching: (from left) Simon Gikandi, Robert Sandberg, Anthony Grafton and Claire Gmachl. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Pomp and circumstance
The ceremony's two other speakers were valedictorian Katherine Pogrebniak, a computer science major from Jacksonville, Florida, and salutatorian Alexander Iriza, a mathematics major from Astoria, New York.
Pogrebniak spoke about the many unknown challenges and choices facing her fellow students. Yet because of the variety of skills each had learned, she said, they were well equipped for their futures. "I am a computer science major, but I am also a mathematician using numerical methods to solve complex differential equations, an artist using creativity to see problems in a new light, a historian learning from my previous mistakes, and an English major looking for incorrect syntax in code," she said. "Princeton has given us the knowledge and self-confidence to be trailblazers. Now it is up to us to venture into the unknown and create a new path."
Iriza delivered the salutatory address in Latin, which he studied intensively in high school. This Princeton tradition dates to the first Commencement in 1748, when the entire ceremony was conducted in Latin. The Latin Salutatory, Princeton's oldest student honor, began as a formal address but today often contains humorous tributes and a fond farewell to Princeton campus life.
Iriza reminisced about the senior class's "shared experiences," such as "fires celebrating our victories in the battles of the game of feet," referring to bonfires held for football wins over Harvard and Yale. Said Iriza, "But most of all, we will remember the bonds we have made with each other."
Undergraduates cheer as their names and departments are called, officially conferring their degrees. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
The University awarded degrees to 1,244 undergraduates in the Class of 2014, seven from other classes and 996 graduate students at its 267th Commencement. It also conferred honorary doctoral degrees upon five people for their contributions to human rights, public life, business, the humanities, education and engineering: Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chair of the nongovernmental development organization BRAC; Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. secretary of state; Herb Kelleher, co-founder of Southwest Airlines; James McPherson, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton; and James West, an inventor and research professor of electrical and computer engineering at Johns Hopkins' Whiting School of Engineering.
Following tradition, Princeton also honored excellence in teaching at the Commencement ceremony. Four Princeton faculty members received President's Awards for Distinguished Teaching and four outstanding secondary school teachers from across New Jersey also were recognized for their work.
Seniors line up with friends and file onto the front lawn of Nassau Hall for the ceremony. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Students received other honors over the last few days of the academic year. Advanced degree recipients participated in the Hooding ceremony on Cannon Green on June 2, where the keynote speaker was former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. Norman Augustine. Augustine, who holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University, told students that Princeton has prepared them to take a leadership role in solving challenges facing today's globalized and quickly evolving world.
"With your new degree each of you is exceedingly well prepared to address both the challenges and opportunities that await you — for indeed you will be entering a world unlike any that has ever been known before," he said. "Furthermore, the world in which you will spend most of your careers cannot even be imagined today. That is why Princeton's focus on fundamentals is so valuable."
Earlier that day, seniors were recognized at the Class Day ceremony, which featured former U.S. Vice President Al Gore as the keynote speaker. Gore told the graduates that they had the power to move society toward confronting the world's biggest challenges, particularly climate change, saying "The will to act is itself a renewable resource."
"Young people who take the time to get a quality education and empower themselves with the kind of skills that you have acquired here at Princeton can change the world," Gore said. "The fact that the world has resisted change thus far is of no import."
Christopher Lu, a 1988 alumnus, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, former White House cabinet secretary and assistant to President Barack Obama, spoke at the interfaith Baccalaureate service on June 1, urging students to devote a portion of their lives to public service.
"At its core, public service is a mindset. It is a commitment to address the problems of our time — and not simply pass those problems on to the next generation," Lu said.
Said Lu, "By looking beyond yourself, by understanding how we are all connected as one people, by fighting for greater opportunity for all, and by continuing the legacy of progress that defines our nation, you choose the better history of this proud University and its graduates."
Webcasts of Princeton graduation events are available on the University's Media Central website.
In the Faculty Room of Nassau Hall, Eisgruber (center) gathers with honorary degree recipients (from left) Herb Kelleher, James West, Madeleine Albright, James McPherson and Fazle Hasan Abed. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Provost David Lee (at lectern) applauds as four New Jersey school teachers are recognized for exceptional teaching: (from right): Christa Cordes, Luke De, Daniel Foerg-Spittel and Lily Lee. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
David Kanter (center) and his family celebrate the completion of Kanter's Ph.D. in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Students pose with friends for photos as they walk out of FitzRandolph Gate as newly minted graduates. (Photo by John Jameson, Office of Communications)
David Parker shows his Princeton spirit while watching the procession with his sister Brooke. (Photo by Amaris Hardy, Office of Communications)
Jenesis Fonseca-Ledezma of the Class of 2014 shows off her mortarboard, decorated to show her appreciation to her mother. (Photo by Mark Czajkowski for the Office of Communications)


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When it went off the air, in 2006, Arrested Development had already cemented its status as one of the great TV comedies of all time. And though many have tried (Modern Family and 30 Rock, most notably), no show since has been able to match its blend of ridiculous characters, rapid-fire punchlines, and constant callbacks to jokes from previous episodes. Now, Arrested Development's creator, Mitchell Hurwitz, and one of its principal actors, Will Arnett (who played clueless magician GOB Bluth on AD), have reunited in Fox's Running Wilde, a show with many surface similarities. Both of Arnett's characters (on Running Wilde, he plays a lonely rich trust-fund guy trying to reconnect with his high-school sweetheart) are self-absorbed and immature. Both shows use voiceover narration; both feature David Cross as an incompetent. And in both, the nominal "straight" character (here played by Keri Russell) has just as much of a crazy side as everyone else. But there are also differences, as Arnett pointed out to me when we spoke by phone.
How has shooting gone so far?
It's been going really well. I'm really happy with the shape that the show is taking. We're just starting to find our groove.
I've noticed lately that a lot of shows start to get better and better around the fourth or fifth episode.
What's very difficult — if you were to ask a person whose job it was to create a TV show, like a writer of some sort, to create a perfect pilot episode, I don't think that they would necessarily do it in a way that you're used to seeing a pilot on TV. The idea of a pilot, especially a comedy pilot — the deck is stacked against you, because you can't just tell jokes and be a comedy. You have to serve a lot of different masters. You have to tell a story, you have to introduce all these characters — you have to do all of these other things before you can even start getting into writing funny scenes. That seems like it's the most important thing to the powers that be. So that's kind of a tall order. Oftentimes in TV comedies, you're starting in the hole, and you've got to fight your way out of it.
Is David Cross going to be a series regular, or is he just a guest for the pilot?
Oh, no, he's around. He's on the show. Whether he likes it or not. I've never even asked him how he feels about it. [Deadpan] And, frankly, I don't care. We had always wanted him on the show. He was supposed to do the original pilot, but he was stuck behind the volcano, the volcanic ash.
I notice that you're credited as a writer. How much of a collaborative process has it been so far? Has it still mostly been Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Vallely?
I wrote the pilot with those guys. Originally, I thought that Mitch was going to write it, and then he told me that I had to do it too. He kind of made me do it, you know? I had never written a TV show before. I'd written a few things — nothing that's ever been made. I'm not one of those people that's like "I'm a writer," or "I need to do this."
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A third Big Dada EP from "UK bass legend" (Mixmag) Dobie heralds the arrival of his first full-length for the label, "We Will Not Harm You." Thirteen tracks of deep, beautifully worked instrumental music, based in hip hop but touching on techno, house, dubstep, latin, twostep, jazz, soul, funk and everything in between, "We Will Not Harm You" is a work of art from one of the pillars of the Black British music scene.
Taken from the album, "She Moans" is an exercise in the interaction between percussion and bottom end, a kind of deconstruction of dubstep back into its consitutuent parts which shows exactly why everyone in the know is always careful to check what this consumate producer's producer is up to. Remix duties are ably dealt with by the one and only FaltyDL. Falty reimagines the original as abstract drum and bass, complete with double bass played by the man himself. Dobie rounds out the package with two brand new tracks. "Time Is Running Out" rams bloco rhythms up against bleeps and electronic squalling, while "She's Stopped Now" represents one of those moments when the sun breaks through the clouds, a kind of epiphany in sound.
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I tried to post this as a news article but it never went through. I thought the readers out there would like to know a couple more finer details about Dark Horse's plans for the Marvel series. Here's the reply for Dark Horse and my email:
Hi, Charles,
As far as I can determine, we'll be reprinting only the original
Marvel run that was done in the US. And we don't have any plans to reprint the Marvel Droids material. But that doesn't mean that we won't consider that material at some later date.
Hope this helps,
Hi! Your automated response didn't help very much, so I'm trying
again. I know you'll be reprinting the Marvel Star Wars comics
later this year. Will you be doing the same with the Marvel Droids series?
Back to the Marvel Star Wars series. I know they were reprinted in the UK but it was on a weekly basis. So to fill the time they
printed issues that were not seen in the states. Will you be
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Does anyone have an official count as to the number of UK weekly issues that were not printed in the States? I want to know what my hunting will involve. Thanks!


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Just heard that it was a big first series and took a day and a half. 24 back to land blind. Sorry don't know callbacks or what kind of setup for the first.
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Rumor is third series is a land double in a big hay field with round hay bales scattered throughout.. Have no idea if that is correct or not.
Am first series was a land triple with two retired. Good set up. 21 back to second series which is a double land blind. Not sure if it finished or not.
Durwood McGuffie won the Q. Q finished on Friday.
Nice trial on beautiful grounds and hard working club members.
Lucyana's Chicago Hope MH QAA- 5/9/98-6/28/11. Thanks for the memories.
Mark Medford won the tough open with Sugar. Qualified for National Open and AM. Alex Washburn got second with Punch also qualifying for National Open.
AM was won by Pam Park and Will. (congratulations Pam). Second went to Alex Washburn and Ruger (in his first AM). Third to Alex Washburn and Allie. Sorry I don't have the other placements but Congratulations to all.
Lucyana's Chicago Hope MH QAA- 5/9/98-6/28/11. Thanks for the memories.
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So I have been talking to Charlie Elk and arrowsonly about spring turkey hunting in the St Croix National Park and I got a zone 4 tag lined up for time period E, May 11-15.[:D] However arrowonly asked about the river levels. Darn, I never thought about that. Right now I figure by looking at the current river levels in Stillwater and by using Google Earth I figure the river needs to drop about 12-15 feet in 3 weeks.[:@] So I am starting to think about plan B.
Anyone have any information on some public land hunting in zone 4 or where to look.[8|] Thoughts?[8|]
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Novelist Picoult to read, Oct. 10
Posted October 3, 2007; 02:58 p.m.
Novelist Jodi Picoult, a 1987 Princeton graduate, will read from her work at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in McCosh 50.
Picoult is the author of 14 novels, including her most recent work, "Nineteen Minutes," which debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list earlier this year. Her other novels include "The Tenth Circle," "Vanishing Acts," "My Sister's Keeper" and "Second Glance."
Picoult has received the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association and a lifetime achievement award for mainstream fiction from the Romance Writers of America, among many other awards. Her books have been translated into 30 languages in more than 40 countries.
The event is part of the Althea Ward Clark Reading Series sponsored by the Program in Creative Writing.


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Fakuma visitor numbers dip in 2012Comments Email Print
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY (Oct. 24, 11:30 a.m. ET) — The number of visitors to the Fakuma plastics trade fair in Germany dipped 1.5 percent this year, compared with the event's turnout in 2011.
Schall, the company which organizes Fakuma, held in the small German town of Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, said that 44,176 visitors attended the trade show last week, compared with 44,823 last year.
The group said roughly 1,700 companies exhibited at Fakuma this year, vs. 1,670 in 2011.
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Kids Coming Home For Christmas
Posted 13 December 2012 - 12:00 PM
A NJ man calls his son in Atlanta the day before Christmas Eve and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough".
"Dad, what are you talking about?" the son screams.
"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer" the father says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Boston and tell her".
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.
"Like *** they're getting divorced", she shouts, "I'll take care of this".
She calls her Dad immediately, and screams at her father, "You are not getting divorced. Don't do a single thing till I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up.
The old man hangs up the phone and turns to his wife.
"Good news", he says,
"The kids are coming home for Christmas and they're paying their own way for a change."
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Thanks for the Christmas giggle, Laura!
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"I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us." Anne Lamott.
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"If you start over often enough, you begin to look consistent." --Dave Barnhart's Dad
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Soooooo good!
"Life is not the days that go by, but the days you remember"
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Red blood cell (RBC) indices are part of the complete blood count (CBC) test. They are used to help diagnose the cause of anemia, a condition in which there are too few red blood cells.
The indices include:
See also: RBC count
Erythrocyte indices; Blood indices; Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH); Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC); Mean corpuscular volume (MCV); Red blood cell indices
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
The values for MCHC, and MCH are calculated from the hemoglobin (Hgb), hematocrit (Hct), and RBC count:
The MCV is measured directly by a machine.
No special preparation is necessary.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
RBCs transport hemoglobin which, in turn, transports oxygen. The amount of oxygen tissues receive depends on the amount and function of RBCs and hemoglobin.
The MCV reflects the size of red blood cells. The MCH and MCHC reflect the hemoglobin content of red blood cells. These RBC measures are used to diagnose types of anemia.
Anemias are defined based on cell size (MCV) and amount of Hgb (MCH).
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different samples.
This test is used to diagnose the cause of anemia. The following are the types of anemia and their causes:
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
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2001 Legislative Session
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Each year the Director's Staff Division reviews all new legislative bills and compiles transportation and government related bills into one manual. The 2001 Session Laws manual includes 44 of the 198 bills passed by the General Assembly during regular session and signed into law by Governor Thomas J. Vilsack.
The Subject Listing shows the bills by category and bill number. The five subject listing categories are: Appropriations, Highway, Motor Vehicle, Transportation-Other, and Government and Administration.
The Index by Code Section identifies certain Code sections amended by the bills included in Session Laws, along with the bill number and a brief explanation of the change.
The Studies Required page lists those studies which affect the DOT.
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Finally got around to fixing up my perl module to manipulate RCS/CVS files enough that it might actually be useful for manipulation.
It is now able to read and write RCS/CVS files, to retrieve the text for any version in the file, and to add new versions on an already existing branch. It is robust enough on the read/write that I couldn't find any errors in a full pass through the FreeBSD repository (reading in every single file, writing it out, and looking through the diffs between the original and the new copy.)
Forward steps:
- Check that adding deltas on a branch work correctly
- Extend the Invariant check to be closer to a complete check of the invariants for the object
- Add support for adding new branches
- Add more useful accessor methods
- Add documentation
- Declare project complete, upload it to CPAN, and go for SCCSFile.pm
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Jumpstart January 2012
Posted 07 January 2012 - 12:26 PM
I just finished organizing my newest SG sale purchases. My organization is a folder in my "Documents" File named "SCRAPBOOKING".
Into this folder are separate files for purchases - I keep each collection, etc together and file them according to purchase date.
In addition, each time I download, I drag the 600jpg marketing photo for each product into a Word Document that was started with my first SG purchases.
I then print these and they are in a binder in sleeves - so I can easily "browse" through my products when starting a new project.
Strange, but works for me!
Posted 07 January 2012 - 12:45 PM
I've actually spent the past couple of week organizing my kits, finishing it this morning. All my kids are stored on a flash drives. (one day I hope to have an external hard drive) I have all my kits store under digi scrap kits. General kits organized by designer. Then I have folders for alphas (with no kit associated), birthdays, christmas, thanksgiving, easter, halloween and food & drink. I use the folder previews for all the general kits so I can quickly browse them by color palette. I guess I have a kinda photographic memory because I don't tag anything, but can visualize what's in the folder when I see the little preview and am usually spot on when I look for a particular element or paper. Brushes (which is really the only extra I can think of!!) is saved directly in PSP. Things like overlays and brushes I like but don't translate well into PSP are in their own, respective folders. I don't use them as much and keep them separately from the kits.
Posted 07 January 2012 - 01:02 PM
"Running is a gift I give to myself. It is a never ending journey that keeps giving me more than I ever imagined."
Posted 07 January 2012 - 01:09 PM
Posted 07 January 2012 - 01:35 PM
I actually was behind in this thank goodness you made me do it!!
I unzip and just place into folder right away. I try to back up my scrapbooking folder onto my external after purchasing stuff so I own't loose anything. But I didn't do that part yet. Should do that now!!
Posted 07 January 2012 - 01:46 PM
It took me a while & I must say there were a few moments when I wasn't sure what I was doing. But they are all unzipped & sorted into their proper folders! Actually this is a usual Saturday chore for me, so it wasn't really that bad except for the fact that I had done a lot of internet surfing & had downloaded quite a few new styles & brushes.
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Maria Robinson
Posted 07 January 2012 - 01:47 PM
I am fairly up to date on this. I have all my scrapping supplies on an EHD and I back them up on DVD's. I had fallen a bit behind getting things off my desk top (which my DH was kind enough not to complain about) and I got everything ordered and moved and backed up. I will spend some time today trying to install styles on my new PSE 10, but I'm not optimistic about having much success with that effort.
Posted 07 January 2012 - 01:52 PM
left love for Jode2771, MBC72,Mellissamargret,CRS and Kelda
so neat to see all the different layouts. so hard with so many of us leaving lots of love!! That's a good sign.
Posted 07 January 2012 - 03:35 PM
I organize my purchases in a folder under ScrapGirls>Purchases>Zip Files by the date they are purchased. I unzip the folders for easy access so I can browse, keeping each purchase in its own folder. I have an excel spreadsheet where I enter every purchase under alphas, collections, templates, styles etc. I also have one by designer that list everything I have by designers name.
Posted 07 January 2012 - 04:22 PM
Posted 07 January 2012 - 04:34 PM
I am happy for this task -- because I am always wondering if there is a better more efficient way of organizing my growing Scrap Girls products. So to have insight on what others are doing is very helpful! ** I will be incorporating saving my PSDs as TIFF files as mentioned by Jenna. And doing an actual print out of all my wonderful items like Marilyn (MariJ) does.
My method for Collections:
- Download files from SG site -- New Folder is created for collections and so named.
- UNZIP - usually one folder at a time --- All Zipped folders go into a single Folder named ZIP
- EMBELLIES / PAPER / WORDART -- I remove them from their own folders and place all items in the MAIN folder -- for easy viewing & one step less in searching, Their download folders are discarded.
- ALPHAS -- I leave in their own folder.
- MARKETING Sheets -- I place into a Folder named AVIEW--(COLLECTION NAME) -- its a digital binder and is at top of all items in folder -- for when I want a quick glance at everything in the collection.
Posted 07 January 2012 - 04:37 PM
TASK 5 done
TASK 6 done
This task is always in progress for me. I have folders for paper, embellies, templates - those folders are split into sub-folders like neutrals, patterns, theme specific; embellies gets broken down to templates, frames, ribbons & fibers, scatters, theme specific, holiday (the list goes on). So I split it all up into these categories. If the kit comes with the png sheets I keep those & discard the individual files in the interest of disk space. I also have started saving my PSD files as Tiff because they save as layers but are smaller than the PSDs. If I need to (or want to) use only one colletion I search by designer or collection name.
Still procrastinating on Task 4...
Posted 07 January 2012 - 05:05 PM
QUESTION -- I see that you discard your individual png files if you have a png sheet. So then how do you transfer the item from the png sheet to your layout document? I know it is probably obvious - but... ??
TASK 5 done
TASK 6 done
This task is always in progress for me. I have folders for paper, embellies, templates - those folders are split into sub-folders like neutrals, patterns, theme specific; embellies gets broken down to templates, frames, ribbons & fibers, scatters, theme specific, holiday (the list goes on). So I split it all up into these categories. If the kit comes with the png sheets I keep those & discard the individual files in the interest of disk space. I also have started saving my PSD files as Tiff because they save as layers but are smaller than the PSDs. If I need to (or want to) use only one colletion I search by designer or collection name.
Still procrastinating on Task 4...
Jo, with PSE you can use the Marquee Tool (M) to draw a shape around the item on the png sheet, then use the Move Tool (V) to drag and drop the item to your layout. HTH
Posted 07 January 2012 - 05:18 PM
Posted 07 January 2012 - 05:25 PM
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Posted 07 January 2012 - 05:47 PM
I am always pretty up to date with this as I can't wait to open the Club deliveries and my freebies! I use a filing system that I think Ro designed. I have sub divided the embellies rather more than in the original plan. I also have a folder for new downloads where I keep recent purchases and Club deliveries. That way I get a good look at them as a group before they are filed into their separate places. I keep the marketing pages too in a folder - which I can browse if I'm looking for something in particular. The LO suggestions that often accompany a collection are kept - I find these useful for inspiration.
Posted 07 January 2012 - 06:44 PM
Instead of uploading new photos, I scanned some old photos that I only had prints of. Hope that's OK.
As these photos were already quite old when I scanned them, I used the Fade Correction tool and then sharpened them. For the first photo I also selected the land mass at the top of the photo using the smart edge Selection tool and then applied-33 brightness and +39 contrast just to that selection.
I extracted the background out of my second photo and cropped it just leaving the bougainvillea.
The thumbnail of my first photo is below.
I thought all of these would be fun to use with my two photos:
Posted 07 January 2012 - 06:47 PM
Task 4 Rudolph
Posted 07 January 2012 - 07:56 PM
I basically download into my scrapbook folder, which is then divided into collections. I keep Christmas collections and Christmas freebies separate. Besides collections, I have folders for papers, templates, and embellishments. I divide my embellishments into other categories such as buttons and fasteners, ribbons, flowers and leaves, frames, and tags/journaling items. A lot of the freebies wind up there, but if they come from a collection I own, I put them with the collection.
I've recently begun tagging in PSE so I spent a little time on that; it's definitely a work in progress! I'm trying to tag based mostly on use. E.g., borders; swirls; small, round embellishments, and several other categories. For papers, I tag based on color and pattern. I like tagging because the same object can be tagged different ways.
Posted 07 January 2012 - 09:14 PM
Posted 07 January 2012 - 11:13 PM
You folks have fun! ....as if I have to tell ya! lol.
-Gringa in Mexico
Posted 07 January 2012 - 11:21 PM
Posted 07 January 2012 - 11:31 PM
I usually download supplies to 2 separate ehds. I use the marketing picture of the collections in a file by collection name with designer initials at the end of the file name so I can search by designer in my files containing the actual collections. I then also have files for SG sets, alpha, embellishments, jifs,papers, word art, etc. I tag files after downloading in Adobe Bridge try to in Picasa, but am about to give up on it it throws stuff at me in what seems to be no rhyme or reason. I save the original zip files and after I've got a significant number, I burn a data dvd. I know I sound obsessive perhaps I am. There are times I use organizing to procrastinate actually doing a layout.
Posted 08 January 2012 - 12:20 AM
Done at last! Loloata Island
I used the St Croix Collection
I merged my first photo and the extract of my second photo. Then I applied a Corel PSP mask frame, recoloured the frame with a selection from the St Croix paper and then merged it the photo an frame into the background paper using the eraser tool at 100% opacity for the centre of the photo and 24% for the sand edges. I used Sand Font as a template the erased my title at 654% opacity into the background paper using an brush that I created out of a sample of my background paper to give it a sandy look. I used an emboss effect on my sand background to frame the photo.
Posted 08 January 2012 - 12:23 AM
I unzip my files and sort them into folders. I use an external hard drive to store all my supplies, so I have some mobility. I save my zipped files to a different external hard drive for back up and long term storage.
I have one folder for backgrounds and another for word art that I don't subdivide. I use picassa to tag and search these.
The rest of my files get sorted into a folder called SCRAP CUPBOARD, with subdivided folders organized like a village market square:
Fabric & Crafts (buttons, baubles, bows, ribbons....)
Flower shoppe (fresh, silk, stems, leaves, clusters...)
Food market (produce, bakery, coffee shoppe...)
Foundations (Jiffy layouts, digital layout templates, sketches....)
Framing Studio (Frames, photo templates, masks....)
Holiday Headquarters (Christmas, Valentines....)
Home & Garden Supply (gardening, architectural elements...)
Hearth & Home (Indoor decor elements, kitchen...)
Library (SG Instructions, Product instructions, tutorials....)
Music shoppe (instruments, sheet music...)
Nature preserve (bugs, birds, critters....)
Office supply (school supplies, stationery, fasteners, tapes, tags....)
Sports & Fitness (althletic gear, diet, exercise...)
Sporting goods (outdoor gear, hiking, camping, fishing....)
Toy store (baby stuff, boy stuff, girl stuff...)
When I have an embellishment in mind, I just go shopping in my SCRAP CUPBOARD, only I don't have to drive anywhere or mess with parking!
Posted 08 January 2012 - 12:48 AM
I unzip my supplies and keep them in their collections. I use Picasa which was recommended to me some time ago by one of you lovely ladies. I've configured Picasa to update as I unzip my supplies. I've developed a the following categories and I tag each of my supplies in Picasa. That means I can filter my supplies. For example, I can run a filter for papers that are yellow, gold, orange. Gee whiz! Im organised!
- Frames Borders
- Fastenings Buttons Brads
- Household
- Plants Animals Nature
- Tag Journal Label
- Clothes Accessories
- People
- Flowers Hearts
- Swirls Scatters Clusters
- Black White Grey
- Green Teal
- Blue Aqua
- Pink Purple
- Red Rust
- Yellow Gold Orange
- Brown Tan Taupe
- Photo Scene
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Task #6 Done - Being a "librarian" (Lib_grrl is Library Girl), organization was fairly easy for me once I decided how I want to find things. Everything is on a portable external drive, but I back-up the original zip file on the external hard drive hooked to the home server. The originals are filed by year acquired. I also keep a running Excel spreadsheet of what I've bought because sometimes I can remember. Late last year I added a tab for Wish List. If you want the details of how I organize the spreadsheet, let me know.
On the portable drive, I have folders for ScrapLift Ideas (layouts I like and use for inspiration), Alphabets, Embellishments, Instructions (instructions, tutorials, eBooks) Layout Templates, Papers, and Tools (brushes, styles, actions). Everything except ScrapLift, Insturctions, and Tools are organized by collection. The "Preview" or printable sheets go in the main folder for the item type, so I can quickly scan the collections I own to find specific colors or styles.
Embellishments have a further breakdown in the collection folder with folders for: Borders-Frames, Brads, Buttons, Eyelets, Journaling Boxes, Photo Corners, Ribbons, Tabs, Tags, Word Art. I added a new one in December called "clusters." It just makes it easy for me to find specific items quickly with a search.
Another couple of idiosyncracies from my organization - I have a folder in Embellishments and Papers called "_Loose & Fancy Free" which contains all the freebies acquired thoughout the year. The one in the embellisments folder has all the same sub folders as a collection. I name all the collection folders with "Collection Name (Designer Initials)" and for things where I have multiple freebies from the same collection its named "Collection Name (Freebie)". I have a "Master Embellishment Folder" I duplicate for each new collections so they have all the same subfolders. And of course, everything is organized alphabetically.
I wish I had a version of windows that would let me add tags to items so I could tag them by color or season.
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im so n2 ths. I was planning on cancelling after the new year anyway, even with the $150 cancellation fee. This makes it all that much sweeter.
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The Chupacabra had a great weekend last week at the Lone Star Retriever Field Trial. I was telling a friend of mine about our weekend and when I got done he asked "So Will that dog hunt?" I laughed and said "Yeah, Chupa will hunt."
So let's see some pics of our dogs with their awards & rewards (Ribbons & Ducks)!!!!
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Kiwis are very good at throwing extra money at their homes to fix up the bathroom or kitchen but when it comes to putting more money aside for their golden years the appeal is more akin to eating broccoli, says ASB Bank's Blair Turnbull.
He believes that is one reason why 70 per cent of the KiwiSaver investors ASB surveyed admit they need to save more, but 90 per cent have no plans to increase their contributions.
"We are still very good at investing in kitchen and bathrooms but retirement savings is more like eating broccoli and vegetables." Six months ago the bank highlighted a major shortfall in retirement savings.
It found that two-thirds of survey respondents would like an annual income of $50,000 when they retire - requiring the average person to have more than $500,000 accumulated at retirement age to keep them going over 20 years.
But the actual average saving rate for KiwiSaver investors is about $50 a week, which the bank says will grow to only $70,000 at retirement for someone who starts saving at age 35.
Turnbull said the latest survey showed the message was not getting through.
"At the current savings rate people will not even get to half of what they are aspiring to."
He said affordability was a big issue for many people.
"Times are tough - housing is a real challenge, particularly in Auckland."
Others were taking a "she'll be right attitude", he said, which was "not a great strategy".
Turnbull said it had to be accepted that many of the people who most needed to save faced an affordability crunch but even small amounts could make a difference.
"Every dollar does count. People can't keep kicking it down the road." He said the industry also needed to make it easier for people to increase their contributions or make a lump sum payment by allowing this to be done online.