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Photoshop CC
Better brush organization
Organize and save your brushes in the order you want. Drag and drop to reorder, create folders and subfolders, scale the brush stroke preview, toggle new view modes, and save brush presets with opacity, flow, blend mode, and color.
Brush performance improvements
Don't be slowed down by lagging brushes. New, faster reaction time is especially noticeable when working on large documents with large brushes.
Access to Lightroom photos
Get your Lightroom CC photos from the cloud right inside Photoshop via search or the Start screen. With deeper integration between all the Adobe Creative Cloud photography desktop and mobile apps, all your photos are synced and accessible everywhere.
Brush stroke smoothing
Get a more polished look faster with a new smoothing algorithm. Vary the amount of smoothing for cleaner lines, even when using a mouse. Available in the Tool Options bar, along with Flow and Opacity.
Exclusive brushes from Kyle T. Webster
Access over 1,000 digital brushes from award-winning illustrator Kyle T. Webster, now available exclusively inside Photoshop.
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Variable fonts
With new font technology from Adobe, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, you can define variations within each supported font for weight, height, slant, and more.
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See how it works ›
Quick Share menu
Share a flattened copy of your work via email, text, social networks, and more. This feature uses native OS sharing mechanisms, including already authenticated services.
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Curvature Pen tool
Create paths more quickly, intuitively, and precisely. Push and pull segments directly instead of having to modify Bezier handles, similar to the Curvature tool in Adobe Illustrator CC. Simply double-click to switch between point types.
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Custom path color and width
Improve the look and feel of your paths. Choose the color and line thickness to make them easier to see.
Group layer arranging
Copy and paste multiple layers in groups, keeping the same order and location instead of having to drag them to reorder. Copy layers onto your clipboard and paste them at the desired specific spot in your panel, within and between documents in Photoshop.
Enhanced tooltips
Learn about the different tools in Photoshop without leaving the app. With enhanced tooltips, dynamic information surfaces when you hover over a tool.
360 panorama workflow
Edit and export 360 panoramas. Photoshop will maintain important metadata to work with third-party viewers. You can also pan and zoom around your image inside a spherical workspace for a realistic preview experience.
Properties panel improvements
Keep better track of details for Adobe Stock assets by viewing title and license state. View an image and find similar images on the Adobe Stock site. Edit type properties with multiple layers selected, change the leading, and more.
Support for Microsoft Dial
Native support for Microsoft Dial gives you quick access to important controls without having to use your mouse. Control brush parameters including size, hardness, opacity, flow, and smoothing.
Paste as plain text
Now you can paste text without the styling. No need to spend the time reformatting text after pasting.
Depth Map import from HEIF
Photoshop now supports High Efficiency Image File (HEIF) format, promoted by Apple in macOS 10.13 and iOS 11. With depth information provided by the iPhone 7 Plus and future devices, you can create a depth-of-field effect using the Lens Blur filter.
Select and Mask improvements
Get more accurate and realistic results with algorithm and performance improvements, especially in cases where the foreground and background color are similar. Other usability and performance improvements include faster Quick Mask and more intuitive view mode settings.
And so much more
Also includes: Performance and stability improvements, the ability to save large files faster, better face detection for Face-Aware Liquify, better Content-Aware Crop and Content-Aware Fill on edges, and more.
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Photoshop CC (2017.0.1)
Touch Bar Support for MacBook Pro
Get instant access to your favorite tools on the new MacBook Pro. Choose Photoshop commands, change blend modes and colors, and even access commands with just a touch.
Photoshop CC (2017)
In-app search
Quickly search Photoshop tools, panels, menus, Adobe Stock assets, Help content, and tutorials from within the app using a new search panel that's right at your fingertips.
Tighter integration with Adobe XD
Now you can copy SVG elements to your clipboard to easily paste Photoshop design assets intoAdobe Experience Design CC (Beta).
Ways to get started faster
Jump-start design projects with easy access to presets as well as free Adobe Stock templates that you can access right from the File > New menu.
Adobe Stock templates and search
Adobe Stock now includes built-in templates to help you dive right in to your designs. Plus, you can drag and drop Adobe Stock search results from the Libraries panel right into your canvas to start using right away. Right-click on a stock image to do a visual search for similar images.
See how it works ›
See how it works ›
Enhanced Properties panel
The Properties panel now displays information about common layer types as well as the document, so it's easier to make precise adjustments.
Support for SVG OpenType fonts
Access any SVG font installed on your system from the Photoshop Font menu. Great for responsive design, SVG fonts support multiple colors and gradients, and they can be raster or vector.
New Creative Cloud Libraries capabilities
Libraries in Photoshop now support Adobe Stock templates. Plus, Send Link has been updated so you can share read-only access to a public library. When you follow a library, it appears in your Libraries panel and updates automatically.
Creative Cloud Assets improvements
Archive and restore all your assets stored in Creative Cloud, including the ones in your Creative Cloud Libraries, assets created with your desktop products, and mobile projects.
Introducing Typekit Marketplace
Now you can buy fonts from some of the industry's biggest names and use them in your Photoshop projects. Adobe Typekit uses its font sync and web technologies to deliver your Marketplace fonts anywhere you need them.
Better overall performance
Photoshop now works more efficiently thanks to performance improvements, including a faster Liquify tool.
And so much more
Also includes: The ability to adjust the eyes independently in Face-Aware Liquify, an improved user experience for Match Font, and more.
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Photoshop CC (2015.5)
Better collaboration with libraries
Manage the distribution of read-only Creative Cloud Libraries so they can be used by team members, but not changed or deleted.
Updated Libraries panel
Find the assets you need faster with new filtered search of Adobe Stock and icons that make it easy to identify licensed assets.
Selection and Masking Space
This new dedicated workspace helps you make precise selections and masks more easily than ever. Use tools like Refine Edge Brush to cleanly separate foreground and background elements.
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Everyday tasks, accelerated
Photoshop CC opens documents faster and delivers greater responsiveness. Plus, Content-Aware Fill is up to 3x faster with even better results, and the Font menu shows lists of fonts up to 4x faster.
Content-Aware Crop
Photoshop uses Content-Aware technology to intelligently fill in the gaps when you use the Crop tool to rotate an image or expand your canvas beyond the image's original size.
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See how it works ›
Match Font
Photoshop can now analyze, identify, and match Latin fonts from an image or photo, taking the guesswork out of finding the perfect font for your design.
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See how it works ›
Improved artboards
Now you can duplicate a layer or layer group into other artboards, quickly change artboard backgrounds, and view artboards with transparent backgrounds.
Export enhancements
A new checkbox makes it a snap to embed color profiles in PNG or JPEG files.
Facial feature adjustment
Face-Aware Liquify automatically identifies eyes, noses, mouths, and other facial features and then makes it easy to adjust them. Great for retouching portraits.
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See how it works ›
Easier use of glyphs
Apply alternate glyphs for specific characters directly from an in-context menu.
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3D printing to Microsoft 3MF
Windows 10 users: Preserve all the rich color and texture of your 3D models by printing directly to Microsoft's open source 3MF format.
Pattern creation with Adobe Capture CC
Use Capture CC on your mobile device to turn any image into a pattern. Save it to a Creative Cloud Library, and then use it as a pattern or pattern fill in your Photoshop projects.
See how it works ›
See how it works ›
Adobe Portfolio to showcase work
Now when you use Portfolio to create a beautiful website to show off your Photoshop images, you can include custom landing and contact pages to better connect with viewers.
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Adobe XD integration
Copy and paste your Photoshop CC assets directly into Adobe Experience Design CC (Preview), the new all-in-one tool for designing and prototyping user experiences for websites and mobile apps.
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And so much more
Also includes: A new preference to use the legacy Healing Brush, improved responsiveness of touch gestures, new options when exporting artboards, and so much more.See full release notes ›
Photoshop CC (2015.1)
New Creative Cloud Libraries capabilities
Find content faster by searching across your libraries and across Adobe Stock. Drag and drop assets to and from the Layers panel, add your favorite brushes, and share your library with others. And get content into libraries faster with a new bulk import dialog box.
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See how it works ›
Design Space (Preview) enhancements
This dedicated mode further streamlines design workflows with a unified sampling experience, efficient masking, robust app and cross-document search, and integrated layer and batch export. Design Space (Preview) offers access to Creative Cloud Libraries as well as seamless movement to and from standard Photoshop CC.See how it works ›
Designing with artboards
Use artboard guides and grids to precisely place elements, sort layers by artboard for easier visualization, and quickly add new artboards to documents. Use artboard preferences to customize the look and feel of your documents.See how it works ›
Modern user experience on desktop and touch devices
The updated UI delivers a clean and consistent look throughout Photoshop, and you can quickly perform common tasks using a new set of gestures on touch-enabled devices like Microsoft Surface Pro.
Customizable toolbar and workspaces
Make Photoshop yours by customizing your toolbar and saving multiple toolbar configurations as parts of different workspaces. Included workspaces have been streamlined to give you quick access to only the tools you need.
3D characters in 2D designs
Create beautiful compositions that feature 3D models and easily adjust camera angles and lighting. Start with a model created in Adobe Fuse CC (Preview), and then apply poses and animations from the Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview) area within the Properties panel. Composite characters into any Photoshop project from a layout to a video, or print them with a 3D printer. (Available in English only.)See how it works ›
Faster font finding
Quickly find the font you need by starring individual fonts as favorites. Narrow down your search by filtering fonts by classification, like serif or sans serif, or by similarity.
Faster export with more control
The exporting experience introduced in June now delivers faster performance and better compression for all file formats, especially JPEG; the ability to export the same assets at multiple sizes; support for sRGB export; and options to embed metadata such as copyright into your files during export.
More creative options with SVG import
Open and place native SVG files — which can rescale for any size device or any resolution — in your Photoshop designs. Just double-click the object to edit it in Adobe Illustrator.
Glyph panel improvements
The Glyph panel now lets you see and insert your most recently used glyphs and sort glyphs for faster browsing.
Boundary Warp to see the big picture
Boundary Warp stretches the edges of a merged panorama in Camera Raw 9.4 so you don't have to crop out any important details. Now you can preserve the look and feel of your entire image, even if your merged pano has transparent edges.
More control with Adobe Camera Raw 9 enhancements
Remove or add atmospheric haze in specific areas of your photos using the Local Adjustment Brush, Radial Filter, and Graduated Filter. Plus, use the new Bird's Eye View feature to navigate zoomed-in images, and get support for more cameras and lenses.Learn more ›
And so much more
Also includes: The ability to see and edit type layer position in the Properties panel; reintroduction of the Oil Paint filter; ability to resize the Export dialog; Device Preview connectivity improvements; a preset value of 16pt in the Font Size menu; and more.See full release notes ›
Photoshop CC (2015)
Linked assets for global updates
Assets in Creative Cloud Libraries can now be linked so that when a change is made to an asset, you and your team members have the option of updating it across any Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign projects where it's used.
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See how it works ›
Artboards for efficient design
Ideal for responsive and multiscreen design, artboards let you create multiple layouts in different sizes, lay them out within a single document, and see them all at once. Copy and share content between artboards, and export them individually or several at a time.See how it works ›
Adobe Stock to find the perfect image
New Adobe Stock lets you find, license, and manage royalty-free images and videos from right within Photoshop CC. Select from 40 million assets, save your selection to your Creative Cloud Libraries, and then drag it into your project to use.See how it works ›
Streamlined experience for designers
A sleek new Photoshop CC experience that's currently in development, Design Space (Preview) offers a designated mode with new interactions and design-focused features that reduce clicks, mouse movements, and clutter for designers working on mobile apps and websites.
Faster, easier image export
A redesigned exporting experience lets you export a single layer, an artboard, or an entire document with one click. Plus, get better compression, advanced preview options that include canvas size, and enhanced asset extraction. It's a modernized Save for Web experience.See how it works ›
Layer styles improvements
Easily add up to 10 instances of select layer styles — including drop shadow, gradient overlay, color overlay, inner shadow, and stroke — to a layer or layer group, and re-edit any style at any time. No more rasterizing effects or stacking in different layer groups.
iOS device previews
Get precise, in-context, real-time previews of your mobile app and responsive web designs on actual iOS devices. Adobe Preview CC is a native iOS companion app that lets you seamlessly connect your devices to Photoshop over USB or Wi-Fi to view your designs as you work on them.See how it works ›
More realistic blurs with additive noise
Add monochromatic or color noise to your Blur Gallery effects to better match your original image — and to reduce banding when viewing and printing.
Faster healing and patching
The Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush, and Patch tools have been turbocharged with Mercury Graphics Engine enhancements. See your Healing Brush results in real time, and get Spot Healing Brush and Patch Tool results that are up to 120x faster than they were in CS6.
Glyph panel to work better with glyphs
Designed much like the Glyph panels in Illustrator CC and InDesign CC, the new Photoshop CC Glyph panel allows you to browse all the available glyphs in a font, view alternatives for currently selected glyphs, and access commonly used glyphs.
More control when moving objects
Adjust the scale and rotation of the object you're moving or the area you're extending thanks to Content-Aware Move and Content-Aware Extend improvements. Precisely position your final object to match the scale and position of your image using Transform on Drop.
Better panoramas with Content-Aware Fill
Check one box to have Content-Aware Fill automatically fill in the transparent edges of your stitched panoramas.
Adobe Camera Raw 9.1 enhancements
Remove or add atmospheric haze to your photos, and get more precise control over white and black levels when making local adjustments.
Better viewing experience on Windows HiDPI displays
Photoshop CC for Windows now supports HiDPI screens, so you get more pixels and sharper image displays. Previously released as a technology preview, HiDPI support now turns on automatically when the app detects a HiDPI screen.
Simplified 3D modeling
Easily reduce the resolution of 3D models to boost Photoshop performance and to extend the reach of your high-quality 3D content to tablets, smartphones, and other devices.
Automatic creation of bump maps from images
Automatically generate more accurate bump/normal maps from textures in photographs. Also, easily control the height and depth of the emboss/deboss generated from the bump/normal maps you add to the surface of 3D models.
Easier 3D printing
Produce print-ready 3D PDF and SVX files, and submit print jobs to 3D Hubs from directly within Photoshop CC for quick and easy access to local 3D printing service providers.
And so much more
Also includes: Improved behavior when moving layers, up to 80% reduction in energy usage when idling, updated pricing for 3D printing service providers, and more.
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Photoshop CC (2014.2 with Camera Raw 9.0)
HDR Merge
Create natural-looking or surreal images from extremely high-contrast scenes. Using HDR Merge, you can easily combine multiple shots taken with different exposure settings into a single high dynamic range image.
Panorama Merge
Capture superwide fields of view and amazing detail. Photomerge technology lets you stitch together multiple images, including raw files, to create seamless panoramas.
Performance improvements
Photoshop takes advantage of compatible graphics processors to boost its overall speed. And now, that includes the enhancements you make in Adobe Camera Raw, so you can perfect your photos faster than ever.
Photoshop CC (2014.2)
Creative Cloud Libraries
Browse and access your favorite creative assets — images, colors, type styles, brushes, and more — in new libraries that are available in Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and mobile apps like Adobe Sketch and Draw. Libraries sync to Creative Cloud so you always have the files you need, right when you need them.
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Extract Assets
Easily extract optimized image assets from layers and save them to various formats and resolutions, including SVG, using the simple, visual Extract Assets interface built on top of Adobe Generator. Generate either individual or real-time, auto-updated extractions tailored to your workflow.
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Improved guides
Quickly create multiple guides at one time — no more having to create or drag out each guide individually. Accurately set the width and margins of multiple columns or rows, and even save guides as presets.
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Support for Windows touch devices
Get a more interactive experience on Windows 8.1 touch devices now that you can use pinch, zoom, pan, and rotate gestures.
Rigging and animation data from COLLADA files
Now Photoshop CC can interpret rigging and animation data from COLLADA files, so you can play the animations directly within Photoshop and pose characters by pausing the animation where you want.
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Support for 3D PDF files
Export your 3D designs from Photoshop as 3D files so colleagues and clients can easily view, comment on, and manipulate them in Adobe Acrobat.
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New 3D printer profiles
Get support for additional 3D printers and printing service providers, including i.Materialise and new MakerBot printers.
SVG export
Export SVG graphics using new Extract Assets and Adobe Generator. Output includes path information, layer style information, and more for content that will scale beautifully in any browser.
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Mercury Graphics Engine performance boost
Focus Mask works up to three times faster and Content-Aware technology works up to 12 times faster thanks to a performance boost from the Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine.
And so much more
Also includes: A padding option for selections, a new Flame pattern script, and more.
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Photoshop CC (2014.1)
Expanded 3D printing support
Create print-ready 3D files for a broader range of printers and service providers. Photoshop now supports the fifth generation MakerBot Replicator 3D printer and Japanese online 3D printing service DMM.com.
Support for more 3D file formats
Broaden your 3D workflow with support for new file formats, including VRML, U3D, PLY, and IGES. Photoshop includes better integration with CAD workflows, improved support for 3D scanners, and more.
Streamlined 3D painting
Improvements in Photoshop make painting your 3D models faster and easier.
Optimized 3D printing resources
Easily lay out multiple 3D objects on a single print bed to maximize the efficiency of your print run.
3D printing workflow improvements
Load assemblies in Photoshop. Add depth and texture to surfaces more easily with normal maps and bump maps made from pictures. Get more accurate previews and higher fidelity mesh repair.
And so much more
Also includes: Line/point ray tracing, the ability to disable ray trace preview in the 3D Print Settings dialog box, and more.See full release notes ›
Photoshop CC (2014)
Smart Object improvements
Maintain the links to external files by automatically packaging them in a single directory. You can also convert your existing embedded Smart Objects to linked Smart Objects.See how it works ›
Improved Layer Comps
Save time now that you can change the visibility, position, or appearance of one layer in a Layer Comp and then sync that change to all the others. Plus, easily see the attributes of each Layer Comp, and toggle a Layer Comp within a Smart Object.See how it works ›
Blur Gallery motion effects
Use Path Blur to add blur along any path and Spin Blur to create circular or elliptical blurs. The Mercury Graphics Engine makes all Blur Gallery interactions fast and fluid.See how it works ›
Focus Mask
Let Photoshop help you start a mask by automatically selecting the in-focus areas of your image. Focus Mask works great with portraits and other images that have shallow depth of field, and the Mercury Graphics Engine delivers fast performance.
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See how it works ›
Improvements to Content-Aware technology
New technology in Content-Aware Fill, Move, and Patch smoothly blends areas containing gradients, like skies, so you can create seamless, realistic results like never before.
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Smarter Smart Guides
Forget trying to align multiple shapes or objects at exact distances from one another on canvas. Now you can quickly see the distance in pixels between objects so you can lay out content with precision.
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See how it works ›
Desktop fonts from Adobe Typekit
Choose the fonts you need from the Typekit library, sync them to your desktop, and get immediate access to them in your Photoshop font menu. Photoshop will even automatically replace missing fonts in your documents.
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Font Search
Search for fonts by name, and see instant previews of each font to zero in on the perfect one.
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Expanded 3D printing capabilities
Now you can see exactly where and how Photoshop repaired your 3D meshes so it's easy to refine your designs in third-party 3D modeling apps. Get more accurate renderings of your models prior to printing thanks to WYSIWYG previews. And get support for more 3D printers and service providers.
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Adobe Generator enhancements
Simplify the process of naming Generator assets, and get greater flexibility in organizing the output from Generator by setting document-wide defaults and specifying subfolders for exported assets. Generator also offers new APIs so developers can create even more powerful plug-ins.
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Adobe Camera Raw 8 enhancements
Heal images, fix perspective distortions, and create vignettes with greater precision. Plus, access an interactive histogram, before/after previews, and more.
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Improved Windows 8.1 stylus support
Get to work quickly and comfortably with your stylus on Windows 8.1 devices, and enjoy smoother brush strokes thanks to higher-frequency sampling.
Expanded Mercury Graphics Engine support
Upsample images up to 15 times faster (depending on file size and video card configuration) now that the Mercury Graphics Engine delivers an OpenCL performance boost. The engine powers new Blur Gallery motion effects and the Focus Mask feature, too.
Technology Previews
A new preference setting allows you to test-drive and help shape new Photoshop features before they're officially released.
Intelligent upsampling, even faster
Enlarge a low-res image so it looks great in print, or start with a larger image and blow it up to poster or billboard size. Upsampling preserves detail and sharpness without introducing noise, and now you get even more immediate results thanks to an OpenCL boost from the Mercury Graphics Engine.
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Workflow enhancements
Work faster and smarter thanks to new feature enhancements throughout your workflows. Now you have access to an expanded Color Panel; you can access your most recently used brushes, sync your workspaces, keyboard shortcuts, and menu customizations with Sync Settings; and more.
And so much more
Also includes: Support for very large PNG files, the ability to export 3D LUTs, support for new video formats including Sony RAW and Canon RAW, and more.
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Photoshop CC (14.2)
Perspective Warp
Adjust the perspective of a specific part of your image without affecting the surrounding area. Change the viewpoint from which an object is seen. For example, turn a telephoto shot into a wide-angle shot, or vice versa. And seamlessly composite images with different vanishing points or camera positions.
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Linked Smart Objects
Improve collaboration and work more efficiently. Use linked Smart Objects that reference files stored on your local system or network drive and thus can be repurposed across multiple Photoshop documents. You get smaller files and save hard-disk space as well.
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3D printing
Visualize your 3D designs in the real world using 3D printing in Photoshop. Easily create, refine, and preview your design, and then print models directly to a locally connected 3D printer or online service.
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Faster performance
Get better responsiveness when editing with key tools like Smart Sharpen, Liquify, and Puppet Warp. A next-generation Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine delivers more immediate results with OpenCL, even when editing your largest files.
Enhanced Scripted Patterns and Fills
Preview your Scripted Pattern fills and refine them with new controls. Fill along a path, and generate customizable frames, borders, and nearly two dozen unique tree graphics for new creative options.
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Workflow enhancements
Save time on common tasks, thanks to small but frequently requested features from users like you. Create paths more easily with new modifier keys, move a path with the spacebar, and more.
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Faster performance with Mercury Graphics Engine
Get better responsiveness when editing with key tools like Upsample, Blur Gallery, Smart Sharpen, Blur Gallery, Liquify, and Puppet Warp. A next-generation Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine delivers more immediate results with OpenCL, even when editing your largest files.
And so much more
Also includes: Performance boosts for Smart Sharpen, Adobe Generator improvements for rescaling Smart Objects and adding padding, and improved font transformations and shape selections.
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Photoshop CC (14.1)
Adobe Generator
Adobe Generator technology gives developers deeper access to Photoshop files, paving the way for intelligent tools that automate time-consuming tasks and provide easier workflows.
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Real-time image asset generation
Skip the hassle of manual asset slicing and export when designing for screens. As you work, Photoshop CC uses Adobe Generator technology to save tagged layers and layer groups as individual image files in formats you choose, all collected in a single folder.
And so much more
Also includes: Improvements to Camera Shake Reduction, including UI enhancements and HiDPI preview support for retina display; new controls to modify the range and fuzziness for shadows, highlights, and midtones; and more.
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Photoshop CC (14)
All-new Smart Sharpen
Rich textures, crisp edges, and distinct details. All-new Smart Sharpen is the most advanced sharpening technology available today. It analyzes images to maximize clarity and minimize noise and halos, and it lets you fine-tune for high-quality, natural-looking results.
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Camera Shake Reduction
Save shots you thought were lost due to camera motion. Whether your blur was caused by a slow shutter speed or a long focal length, Camera Shake Reduction analyzes its trajectory and helps restore sharpness.
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Adobe Camera Raw 8 and Camera Raw as a filter
Apply Camera Raw edits as a filter to any layer or file, and then enhance them any way you want. And with new Adobe Camera Raw 8, you get more precise ways to heal images, fix perspective distortions, and create vignettes.
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Image resizing improvements
The Image Size command now includes a method to Preserve Details and provide better sharpness while enlarging images. In addition, the Image Size dialog box has been updated for ease of use.
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Editable rounded rectangles
Resize shapes, edit them, and re-edit them — before or after they're created. Even edit individual corner radiuses in rounded rectangles. If a shape is bound for the web, export CSS data from the file to save time.
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Multishape and path selection
Select multiple paths, shapes, and vector masks at once. Even in multilayered documents with lots of paths, you can easily target the path (and any layer) you want right on canvas using a new filter mode.
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Adobe Edge Reflow CC integration
With just a click, bring the assets from your Photoshop mockup into Edge Reflow CC to quickly adjust your layouts to fit all your desired devices. It's responsive web design made easier by Adobe Generator.
Extended features included
Photoshop CC now includes the advanced 3D editing and image analysis tools that were previously in Photoshop Extended.
System anti-aliasing for type
Get a realistic preview of how your type will look on the web with an option that closely matches the anti-aliasing of your Mac or Windows system.See how it works ›
Behance integration
Share projects directly from within Photoshop to your Behance portfolio.
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Sync Settings
Synchronize your workspace settings — including preferences, brushes, and actions — across multiple computers.
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Expanded Smart Object support
Apply Blur Gallery and Liquify effects nondestructively thanks to Smart Object support. Your original file stays intact as you add blur effects or push, pull, pucker, or bloat the image or video. Edit or remove the effects at any time — even after saving your file.
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Improved 3D painting
Live previews are now up to 100x faster and more responsive when you paint on 3D objects and texture maps. With the powerful Photoshop painting engine, you can make any 3D model look terrific.
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Improved type styles
You spend hours getting text to look just right. Type styles let you save your formatting as a preset that you can then apply with just a click. You can even define type styles to use across all your Photoshop documents.
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Enhanced CSS support
Import color swatches directly from HTML, CSS, or SVG to easily match existing web schemes. Generate CSS code for colors and other design elements, like rounded corners, and then copy and paste the code into your web editor to get the exact results you want.
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Conditional Actions
Put routine processing jobs on autopilot with Conditional Actions. These commands use if-then statements to automatically choose between different actions based on rules you set up.
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Learn more ›
Improved 3D Scene panel
Make a smoother transition from 2D to 3D editing with a 3D Scene panel that has many of the options you already know from the Layers panel, like Duplicate, Instance, Groups, and Delete.
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Minimum/Maximum filter enhancements
Create more precise masks and selections with more powerful Minimum and Maximum filters, which now include options to preserve squareness or roundness.
Workflow time-savers
Work faster and smarter thanks to feature enhancements throughout the app. Access the expanded Color panel as well as your most recently used brushes; sync your workspaces, keyboard shortcuts, and menu customizations with Sync Settings; and more.
And so much more
Also includes: Support for Indic languages, the ability to export CSS code directly from layers or groups, enhancements to preset migration, and more.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
MindTime > Past / Present / Future
Diffusion of Innovations is a theory of how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures. [snip]
The publication of a study of Ryan and Gross on the diffusion of hybrid corn in Iowa[3] was the first sustainably visible contribution in a broader interest in innovations which was especially popularized by the textbook by Everett Rogers (1962), Diffusion of Innovations (Rogers 1962). He defines diffusion as "the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system."
Diffusion of an innovation occurs through a five–step process. This process is a type of decision-making. It occurs through a series of communication channels over a period of time among the members of a similar social system. Ryan and Gross first indicated the identification of adoption as a process in 1943 (Rogers 1962, p. 79). Rogers categorizes the five stages (steps) as: awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. An individual might reject an innovation at anytime during or after the adoption process. In later editions of the Diffusion of Innovations Rogers changes the terminology of the five stages to: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. However the descriptions of the categories have remained similar throughout the editions.
BTW: Rogers is an Iowa native who attended Iowa State [:-)]
This Weekend I Had An Epiphany >>>
That Is > One's Temporal Orientation > The Past And/Or The Present And/Or The Future ?
I Would Most Appreciate Your Thoughts On This WorldView / Please Post As A Comment
I Would Also Appreciate Any/All Relevant Cites/Sites >>>
NEW > MindTime >>> Exactly What I Had In Mind >>>
Thanks !
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- Chris RippelJune 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM
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Why doesn't Mindtime's Web site answer your question, "Would It Be (More) Useful To Consider Innovation And Its Adoption As A Matter Of One's Time Zone"?
Or put another way, what is Mindtime's Web site not answering?
Question 2
"More useful" for doing what?
Thanks for sharing MindTime link. (For better or worse, I'm near the right corner.)
My past experiences lead me to conclude that various stages of an organization's or project's time-line/maturity requires various mixtures of Past, Present, and/or Future types. (e.g. Sum(MindTimeType(t)) varies with time.) Might not be a continuous function, but possibly a piecewise-continuous function.
Do you agree that it would be a hugely interesting study to participate in a review of past successful and unsuccessful organizations and/or projects within the P-P-F framework to help inform what a near-optimal mix should be of MindTimeType(t)? (e.g. one might find it rarely helpful to have a visionary "type" with any major involvement with the minute details of implementation.)
Thanks again for sharing the link.
Regards, Bill
Thanks for your interest and comment !
To Paraphrase Wiliam Gibson >>>
"The Future Is Already Here; It's Just Not Evenly Distributed. "
Yes We All Live In P-P-F (and some of us in Other Tenses (e.g., PluPerfect)).
I'd be surprised if there have not been The Studies (I do plan to do The Lit Review [:-)]).
May Even Create (Yet Another) Blog For MindTime [:-)]
Thanks Again !!!
Yes > MindTime [ http://www.mindtime.com/ ] Seems To Have Read MY Mind [:-)]
More Useful Than Our Coverage WorldView About "The Diffusion Of Innovation" (And The World As We Know It [?][:-)]).
This is very interesting. What I might add to the mix is culture (which extrapolates the timezone). Wikipedia asserts that culture is, " An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning. And, the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group." While timezone is the longitudinal component, culture is the manifestation of the timezone behaviorally anchored to a set of norms which could be mapped to reflect the matrix.ReplyDelete

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Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul, and Christina who suffered under Decius - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
Your martyrs, O Lord, for their sufferings / Have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For strengthened by Your might, / They overthrew tyrants and destroyed the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their supplications save our souls.
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ASME Videos Highlight Two Honored ITI PI's
Two ITI principal investigators from the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Jan D. Achenbach and Zdeněk P. Bažant, received prestigious honors from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2012. Their career achievements are highlighted in two new ASME videos. More >>
February, 2013
Clever Battery Completes Stretchable Electronics Package
ITI principal investigator Yonggang Huang and the University of Illinois' John A. Rogers are the first to demonstrate a stretchable lithium-ion battery -- a flexible device capable of powering their innovative stretchable electronics. More >>
January, 2013
Hundreds Gather for Public-Private Partnership Discussion at Lipinski Symposium
"Our infrastructure is crumbling as we speak," former Illinois Rep. Jerry F. Costello told a packed audience January 28 at the sixth William O. Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy & Strategy, citing a recent study by the advocacy group Building America's Future. "We truly do have a crisis on our hands, and we cannot wait any longer to address our needs." More >>
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The 2013 Lipinski Symposium will be held January 28th at the James L. Allen Center on Northwestern's Evanston Campus. The theme is public-private partnerships for financing transportation infrastructure. More >>
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Signs and Symptoms
SMA linked to chromosome 5 (SMN-related), types 1-4
In SMA types 1 through 4, symptoms vary on a continuum from severe to mild, based on how much SMN protein there is in the nerve cells called motor neurons. (SMN stands for survival of motor neuron.) The more SMN protein there is, the later in life symptoms begin and the milder the course of the disease is likely to be.
Children who have noticeable SMA symptoms at or shortly after birth usually are very weak, have difficulty breathing, sucking and swallowing, and never reach the developmental milestone of being able to sit on their own (type 1 SMA or Werdnig-Hoffmann disease). In the past, children with type 1 SMA usually didn't survive more than two years, but today this is not always the case. With technology such as mechanical ventilation and feeding tubes to assist with breathing and nutrition, children with type 1 SMA can survive for a number of years.
When SMA symptoms begin in babies at approximately 7 to 18 months of age, who learn to sit unassisted but not to stand or walk independently, the disease usually is called type 2 SMA, or intermediate SMA. Although respiratory complications are a constant threat, children with type 2 SMA usually live to young adulthood and many live longer.
When muscle weakness begins in older children and teens, who learn to stand and walk but lose the ability later in life, the disease may be labeled type 3 SMA (also known as mild SMA and Kugelberg-Welander disease). Although some with type 3 stop walking in adolescence, others walk well into their adult years. SMA that comes on in late teens or adulthood is called type 4, or adult-onset SMA. Life span is generally normal in these two types.
In SMA types 1 through 4, the muscles closer to the center of the body (proximal muscles) usually are more affected, or at least affected much sooner, than the muscles farther away from the center. For example, the muscles of the thighs are weaker than the muscles of the lower legs and feet.
Legs tend to weaken before arms. Hands may weaken eventually, but they usually stay strongest the longest, and, even if they do weaken, they usually remain strong enough for typing on a computer keyboard and other basic functions of modern life.
The most serious danger in SMA comes from the weakness of muscles necessary for breathing. Careful attention to respiratory function is needed throughout life, with prompt attention to infections.
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SMA not linked to chromosome 5
Some forms of SMA are not linked to chromosome 5 or SMN deficiency. These forms vary greatly in severity and in the muscles most affected. While most forms, like the chromosome 5-related form, affect mostly the proximal muscles, other forms exist that affect mostly the distal muscles, those farther away from the body's center, at least at the beginning.


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Thoroughfare Gap
Other Names: Chapman's Mill
Location: Fauquier County and Prince William County
Campaign: Northern Virginia Campaign (June-September 1862)
Date(s): August 28, 1862
Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. James Ricketts [US]; Lt. Gen. James Longstreet [CS]
Forces Engaged: Divisions
Estimated Casualties: 100 total
Description: After skirmishing near Chapman's Mill in Thoroughfare Gap, Brig. Gen. James Ricketts's Union division was flanked by a Confederate column passing through Hopewell Gap several miles to the north and by troops securing the high ground at Thoroughfare Gap. Ricketts retired, and Longstreet's wing of the army marched through the gap to join Jackson. This seemingly inconsequential action virtually ensured Pope's defeat during the battles of Aug. 29-30 because it allowed the two wings of Lee's army to unite on the Manassas battlefield. Ricketts withdrew via Gainesville to Manassas Junction.
Result(s): Confederate victory
CWSAC Reference #: VA025
Preservation Priority: III.3 (Class C)
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There will be dozens and dozens of homemade centerpieces gracing various rooms in area homes this festive holiday season thanks to two Centerpiece Classes held at the Agriculture Center earlier this month. Master Gardener Linda Smith, who has been in charge of these popular classes for the past eight years, said there were 52 participants in the Dec. 6 class, many from Palencia, and 32 participated in the Dec. 13 one.
Linda said the greenery such as "Colorado Blue Spruce and Fraser Fir comes from all over the U.S." "Master Gardeners supplement this by cutting off what's available around the Arboretum" on the grounds of the Agriculture Center. In addition to the greenery from around the country, East Palatka and Youpon Holly, Leland Cypress and Red Cedar were placed on a table for participants to use. There were also such items as calamondins, a small citrus, and carnations.
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Posted by Gwen Papp Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 9:06 PM
8 months...and 9. Whoops
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7 months
Posted by Gwen Papp Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 8:57 PM
Oh by the way....someone turned 7 months old just before Christmas. I tried hard to get photos without a finger in her mouth, but it was almost impossible. She thinks her sisters are hilarious these days, their dances and silly faces are one of the few things that get actual belly laughs out of her. She's also very ticklish. She's learning to eat solid foods, although she still seems a bit skeptical. So far, pumpkin has been her favorite food. Also sweet potato and applesauce, sometimes even mixed together. She sits on a blanket on the floor and plays with toys for longer than Rowan or Saoirse ever would as babies, we are always amazed. She remains a mama's girl, although she's pretty clearly madly in love with her sisters and her daddy as well. Unfortunately, as I write this she's sleeping pretty fitfully next to me, as she's struggling with her 7th or 8th cold in her short 7 months with us. Man, she gets colds often. Poor baby.
Just for fun, here's an outtake. This is what I get when I sit down and try to take good pictures of all three girls. Lots and lots of shots like this, with the occasional good one thrown in.


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The way we hear it, Panthers DT Kris Jenkins, who missed the bulk of last season with a shoulder injury, is carrying more weight than usual, and there is some concern he will not be as effective as he once was unless he drops some pounds.
Campbell One scout told PFW the Redskins appeared to have hit it big with first-round pick QB Jason Campbell, if the rare poise and performance he showed in his first minicamp is any indication. He said Campbell looked like "the next Doug Williams" and that "Joe Gibbs knew what he was getting (in Campbell)."
Chargers WR Reche Caldwell, who tore an anterior cruciate ligament in Week 6 last season, looked good during a full-squad workout in May, just six and a half months removed from surgery. Caldwell, who last season showed signs of finally leaving his bust label behind, is expected to compete with Eric Parker and second-rounder Vincent Jackson for playing time.
We hear the Patriots likely will give second-year RB Cedric Cobbs a lot of work in training camp and the preseason to give him needed touches and build experience as a possible backup option behind Corey Dillon and Kevin Faulk.
Shelton We hear the Cardinals' release of OT L.J. Shelton is seen as vindication of a Bills brain trust that was heavily criticized by some media members for not pulling the trigger on a proposed Travis Henry-for-Shelton trade. GM Tom Donahoe caught a lot of flak for not making that trade, but he said time and again that a player-for-player swap was not equal value. The Cardinals' decision to give Shelton his outright release is seen by the Bills as proof of that fact.
We hear most of Jets CB Donnie Abraham's teammates assumed he would retire after he skipped most of the offseason to be with his family in Tampa. However, word is the Jets and Abraham have worked out a way for Abraham to see his family more often during the season, and that allowed him to be comfortable enough to return for his 10th NFL season.
With DTs Tim Bowens (back) and Larry Chester (knee) both struggling to return to form following season-ending injuries, we hear it has become clear to the Dolphins they won't be able to count on Bowens and Chester to play a big role in the defense this season. That likely will lead the Dolphins to sign the free agent who best fits the profile of what coach Nick Saban is looking for Keith Traylor, who played nose tackle with the Patriots last season.
Saints CB Fahkir Brown surprised his team when he held out of minicamp workouts, because nobody including general manager Mickey Loomis knew Brown was unhappy with his contract.
Expect the Saints to open talks with RB Deuce McAllister about a contract extension in early June, with a deal expected to be hammered out in a short time.
Panthers WR Drew Carter has impressed observers in offseason workouts with his quickness and speed, and he could challenge for the No. 3 receiver spot in camp.
We're told Buccaneers LB Derrick Brooks hasn't let rumors he was available on the trading block earlier in the offseason bother him, because none of the talk came from inside the organization.
Our sources tell us the Falcons may not miss former OL coach Alex Gibbs as much as expected, because new OL coach Jeff Jagodzinski, new TE coach Clancy Barone and assistant OL coach Chris Dalman are running things the same way Gibbs did when he was working with the team on a day-to-day basis.
We're told the Falcons intend to concentrate on getting the wide receivers more involved in the offense during the preseason to get QB Michael Vick used to looking at his outside targets more.
Gates Chargers Pro Bowl TE Antonio Gates was front and center during a May orientation and full-squad workout, despite not being under contract as an exclusive-rights free agent. Scheduled to make only $380,000 in his third year, Gates is seeking a long-term deal that would pay him something resembling market value. He wasn't about to say what would happen if a new deal doesn't get done before the start of training camp in July, but he wanted to make sure his teammates knew he was committed despite the uncertainty of contract negotiations. "I feel like I play an imperative role in this offense, and I want to make sure my team knows that I'm going to be there for them," Gates said. "I think that's more important than anything."
In an effort to get more physical up front so they can improve a league-worst running game with new RB LaMont Jordan, the Raiders showed a new-look offensive line in their late-April minicamp. Jake Grove, who played left guard as a rookie, supplanted Adam Treu at center; backup OT Langston Walker was entered in at left guard; and Brad Badger, not Ron Stone, has a handle on the ORG spot. There have been no discussions about moving last year's first-round pick, OT Robert Gallery, from the right to his more familiar left side, and that doesn't seem to bother Gallery.
Judging by a spring minicamp, it may be safe to expect to see quite a few three-WR sets in Oakland this year, with the tight end seeing more of the field than a fullback in those situations. Courtney Anderson currently holds an advantage over Teyo Johnson at the TE spot, in large part because Anderson is a better blocker and held the starting job last year as a rookie until getting hurt.
After failing to lure Allen Rossum away from Atlanta in free agency, expect the Chargers to lean heavily on rookie Darren Sproles for return duties. Sproles, at 5-6 and 181 pounds, probably isn't destined for much time as a running back unless it's a specific package catering to his strengths, but his shiftiness and burst will be welcome on special teams. At Kansas State, he averaged 9.5 yards on punt returns and 24.2 yards on kickoffs. Second-round pick Vincent Jackson, who combines size and speed, could also get a look in training camp.
Colts QB Peyton Manning, offensive coordinator Tom Moore and QB coach Jim Caldwell have reviewed much of the game tape from the 2004 season. The verdict? Manning failed to convert on a lot of TD opportunities. Manning claims the sessions turned up "17 legitimate misses," which seems absurd considering he had 49 TD passes in '04.
Freeney NFL sack leader Dwight Freeney (16 sacks in 2004) is doing well in rehab after offseason shoulder surgery to clean up a minor injury. Freeney, itching to get on the practice field, should be ready for training camp, but Colts head coach Tony Dungy said Freeney will be held back as a precaution.
Should the Lions sign free-agent CB Ty Law, one of their young cornerbacks would be moved to free safety to compete with Terrence Holt. Look for second-year CB Keith Smith (5-11, 191) to emerge as the top option for the switch. The Lions rave about Smith's athleticism and, with Dre' Bly, Fernando Bryant and potentially Law ahead of him on the depth chart at corner, moving him to safety is the best way to ensure he gets on the field.
Team trainers in Jacksonville are designing a workout to help first-round pick Matt Jones adjust to the WR position. Jones, a quarterback at Arkansas, has a history of hamstring and groin problems. He was able to mask or play through the injuries as a quarterback, but with more sprinting involved as a receiver, the Jaguars plan to be cautious of wearing down Jones, which could lead to leg muscle injuries.
The Lions haven't given up on 2003 fourth-round pick RB Artose Pinner. The 99th pick in the draft two years ago, Pinner was lost for most of his rookie year with a broken foot and lost his job to '04 first-round pick Kevin Jones last year. Jones is the undisputed starter, but Detroit really likes what Pinner provides as an inside runner.
Bailey Strong-side LB Boss Bailey will practice just once a day for most of Lions training camp. After an impressive rookie season, Bailey did not play in 2004 after undergoing surgery to repair torn meniscus cartilage in his right knee. The Lions are still deciding how to use '04 second-round pick Teddy Lehman. They consider him the future starter at middle linebacker but have no plans to bench run-defense cog Earl Holmes at this point.
The Packers drafted two wide receivers including second-round pick Terrence Murphy to provide depth behind Javon Walker, Donald Driver and Robert Ferguson. But the most impressive receiver at the Packers' first minicamp was Antonio Chatman, the 5-9, 184-pound slot receiver and return specialist. Chatman's experience gives him an added edge in a competition for the No. 4 WR job. Best case: The Packers see Chatman developing into a package receiver who can create after the catch, much as the Rams did with Az-Zahir Hakim in 1999 (36 catches, 18.8-yard average).
Team observers suggest S Nick Collins, one of the Packers' second-round picks, will be a long-range project. After practice sessions in May, it became evident that Collins had the speed but not the instincts or anticipation to help out immediately.
Vikings coaches are pleasantly surprised with LB E.J. Henderson's work ethic this offseason. Henderson, who started at middle linebacker in 2004 but was demoted when the Vikings acquired Sam Cowart from the Jets, has been far more accountable and a fixture at the team facility. Henderson said he doesn't question defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell's decision to make him a backup.
Even though Andre Carter reportedly has made some nice progress in the Niners' new 3-4 scheme, converting from defensive end to outside linebacker, we hear he still has a long way to go before cracking the starting lineup ahead of Jamie Winborn.
Word is Jed York, the son of Niners co-owner John York, officially started working full time for the team in mid-May.
We hear all of the 49ers' quarterbacks have done an impressive job grasping new offensive coordinator Mike McCarthy's complicated system in early offseason activity, particularly third-year pro Ken Dorsey.
We're told at least five rookies or first-year players are seriously in the mix to handle the Cardinals' return duties next season. Seventh-round pick LeRon McCoy and rookie free agents Roger Robinson and Dan Sheldon have been fielding kickoffs in the team's rookie development camp, with first-round pick Antrel Rolle and first-year player Luke Powell returning punts. Perhaps the most intriguing candidate is Sheldon, who has been compared with Dante Hall by offensive coordinator Keith Rowen, who spent the last six seasons with the Chiefs.
Roethlisberger A Steelers spy has it on good authority that QB Ben Roethlisberger owns no fewer than four motorcycles. Roethlisberger's riding has become a hot topic in Pittsburgh after Browns TE Kellen Winslow took a spill on his motorcycle. Roethliserger has disclosed he does not wear a helmet when riding.
A source close to the Ravens says QB Kyle Boller, after looking shaky early in the May minicamp, picked up his play as it progressed.
Texans TE Bennie Joppru likely will miss a third consecutive season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in minicamp. Joppru missed his first two seasons with groin injuries. Despite his injury history, a source close to the Texans wouldn't be surprised if the team gave Joppru one more shot in 2006. The team spent a '03 second-round pick on Joppru, who has two years left on his contract.
While it has been speculated that Victor Riley could challenge Seth Wand for the Texans' starting OLT job, we're told Riley is not in good enough shape at the moment.
At the team's May minicamp, Bengals QB Carson Palmer seemed to be more outwardly confident than he was a season ago, according to one Bengals observer.
CB Greg Brooks and DE Robert Geathers, both second-year players, were among those who stood out at Bengals minicamp. Brooks made some nice plays on the ball, while Geathers looks quicker than he did as a rookie.
Coakley We hear OLB Dexter Coakley has wasted no time becoming a team leader on the Rams. The free-agent addition, who earned three Pro Bowl berths with the Cowboys, already has been named a team captain by head coach Mike Martz.
How do we know Rams rookie QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has made a strong impression in St. Louis? The way we hear it, the seventh-round pick out of Harvard made it through the Rams' entire rookie minicamp without ever getting yelled at by head coach Mike Martz, who has been known to be notoriously tough on young QBs.
We hear Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren could be seriously considering second-string QB Seneca Wallace for punt-return duties this season. Before exclusively becoming a quarterback at Iowa State, Wallace returned punts at Oregon State and Sacramento (Calif.) City College and has been called a "natural" by Holmgren. The Seahawks could be looking to lessen the load on 32-year-old incumbent PR Bobby Engram, who also is the team's third receiver.
Mike Barrow might not be the only big name let go by the Redskins after June 1. Other candidates to be released for salary-cap purposes include WR Rod Gardner, PK John Hall (if the staff feels good about Jeff Chandler) and RB-RS Chad Morton. Gardner was offered around at draft time, but no one met the Redskins' trade demands, so he could be let go.
Taylor A source close to the Miami (Fla.) program who has talked to Redskins FS Sean Taylor this spring said the second-year player has tried to escape the limelight after a tough rookie season but one that was filled with promise. The source expects Taylor to report to training camp on time in July. Head coach Joe Gibbs also said he thought Taylor's absence from minicamp has nothing to do with unhappiness over his current contract.
The recent hand injury to Titans RB Chris Brown might be the final straw, causing the team to add a veteran who can compete with the injury-prone Brown. The two most common names in public discussion have been Eddie George and Bills RB Travis Henry, but sources in Tennessee say the team is not champing at the bit to get either. In Henry's case, the team likes him but not might be willing to match Buffalo's asking price of a first-day draft pick.
Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells confirmed what many had suspected: that the team will use the 3-4 as its base defense in 2005. What Parcells also added was that the Cowboys are likely to mix in plenty of 4-3 looks and that it could always change based on what happens in the minicamps leading up to training camp.
Nice little snippets.
good to see Hall and Morton on the Redskins cuts list
Thanks. Love the insider ish.
good read
Good article.
The part about giving DAbraham some extra time off pisses me off-- the rumor is that he won't be required to go to Monday morning meetings. If he can't be there everyday, it's very simple, cut him.
Interesting that Parcells wants to go use a 3-4 after signing Fergie-- I really don't think he's suited to being a 3-4 NT.
-in other news teddy bruschi is down to filling only 5 drool cups per day.
with you around none of us would need espn insider


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Sensing the time is nigh for leveraging their relative worth into equitable compensation, the family of TLC's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo has entered negotiations for a second season by seeking a pay raise to approximately $10,000 per episode—a figure that would more fairly reflect the ratings the show has contributed to the network, and a reward that would allow for the continued glorification of their own ignorance/purchase of pork-related products that make those contributions possible.
"Fart fart sugar butt fart fart," a representative for the family of 7-year-old beauty pageant contestant Alana "Honey Boo Boo Child" Thompson likely said in their opening remarks to a boardroom of giggling, enraptured TLC executives, outlining the strategy for increasing the cast's current $4,000-per-episode pay for entertaining the nation with their proudly "redneck" shenanigans, while simultaneously offering a reminder of the sort of indispensable entertainment they provide. According to The Hollywood Reporter, some sources believe the family will actually receive closer to $8,000 per episode, just as soon as Honey Boo Boo herself successfully closes negotiations by pointing to her 17-year-old sister's newly pregnant stomach and asking when she gonna poop all that poop in there. "YES, TAKE ALL THE MONEY YOU NEED. JUST KEEP DOING THAT," TLC execs are expected to respond.


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Elitserien Scores 2/24-28
Harju finishes the regular season in style...
Andreas Holmqvist was scoreless in Djurgardens' 2-2 tie with Skelleftea.
Johan Harju had a power play assist in Lulea's 3-2 loss to Skelleftea.
Andreas Holmqvist was scorless in Djurgardens' 3-1 loss to Sodertalje.
Janne Niskala was scoreless in Frolunda's 4-2 win over MODO.
Johan Harju had a goal in Lulea's 3-2 win over Timra.
Janne Niskala had 2 penalty minutes in Frolunda's 5-3 win over Djurgardens. Andreas Holmqvist was scoreless in the match.
The 2/28 matches were the final round of the Elitserien regular season.
Lightning Elitserien Regular Season Statistics
Johan Harju, Lulea (SWE), 55 GP, 27-22-49, 30 PIM, +13
Janne Niskala, Frolunda (SWE), 35 GP, 9-10-19, 20 PIM, +6
Andreas Holmqvist, Djurgardens/Frolunda (SWE), 42 GP, 6-13-19, 40 PIM, -10
Johan Harju finished the regular season at 7th in the Elitserien in scoring. Harju finished tied for 2nd in the league in goals, 3 back of goal scoring champion Per-Age Skroder of MODO. His 10 power play goals ended up being 4th best in the league.
Frolunda finished 3rd in the league. Lulea finished 5th. Djurgardens finished the season a disappointing 10th.
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Aaron Sorkin was 'Really Looking Forward to Returning to Broadway' with HOUDINI
As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, due to a busy television and film schedule, Aaron Sorkin has withdrawn as librettist for the new Broadway musical, Houdini. The show will star Hugh Jackman as the enigmatic illusionist, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and direction by Jack O'Brien.
"Mr. Sorkin's considerable talents are an asset to any project and we regret that he's unable to remain with Houdini," said producers Scott Sanders and David Rockwell, "However, what Hugh and the creative team continue to create is one of the most exciting projects we've ever been a part of. Our projected arrival on Broadway and additional creative team announcement will be made at a future date."
"I was really looking forward to returning to Broadway and working with such an incredible team. I am very disappointed my schedule won't allow that at this time," said Aaron Sorkin.
Academy-Award winning writer Sorkin graduated from Syracuse University with a B.F.A. in Theatre in 1983. He made his Broadway playwriting debut at the age of 28 with the military courtroom drama, A Few Good Men, for which he received the John Gassner Award as Outstanding New American Playwright. The following year saw his off-Broadway play, Making Movies and in 2007 he returned to Broadway with The Farnsworth Invention, directed by Des McAnuff. Most recently, Mr. Sorkin's film, The Social Network, earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Golden Globe, British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Writers Guild Award and the USC Scripter Award. The film, directed by David Fincher, was named Best Drama at the Golden Globes, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and appeared on over 350 critics' lists of the top ten films of 2010. His film adaptation of A Few Good Men was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and five Golden Globes, including Best Screenplay.He followed this success with the screenplays for Malice, starring Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman, and The American President, starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening. Mr. Sorkin produced and wrote the television series "Sports Night" for ABC for two years, winning the Humanitas Prize and the Television Critics Association Award. He spent the next four years writing and producing the NBC series "The West Wing," winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series all four years. For his work on "The West Wing," Mr. Sorkin also twice received the Peabody Award and the Humanitas Prize, and three Television Critics Association Awards. He also won a Golden Globe, a Writers Guild Award and three Producers Guild Awards. In 2006, Mr. Sorkin wrote and produced the NBC television series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." He also wrote the 2007 film Charlie Wilson's War, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts. Mr. Sorkin's latest television series, "The Newsroom," debuted on HBO last summer. He recently adapted Moneyball, directed by Bennett Miller and starring Brad Pitt, for which he won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay.
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Amazingly enough there are so many versions of how different we all make eggplant, breaded, floured, plain, broiled, baked, fried. I have done them every way and love them all.
This one is pretty basic to us and simple. Grandma never measured anything so this is as close as I can get it. It's shook in flour, fried, and if they happened to make the baking dish without being totally being eaten first, then they become Parmesan. So here it goes I bring you our Roman way of Eggplant Parmesan, Grandma Victoria's version.
This has Traditional Sunday Sauce and grated Romano, Parmesan blended cheeses layer with mozzarella.
1 egg beaten with 1/4 cup water
seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of each, salt, pepper,parsley, oregano, garlic powder, basil
1 pinch of fennel seed (about 1/4 teaspoon)
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
oil for frying
grated cheese long Parmesan and Romano blend
shredded mozzarella
favorite sauce
Heat oil in large fry pan. In a large plastic bag add flour and seasonings. Add eggplant slices to the egg mixture,(if you prefer a lighter coating moistened eggplant in plain water and shake in seasoned flour ) shake wet eggplant into the seasoned flour. Drop into hot frying oil about 1/2 inch of oil, fry each piece until golden brown. Spread out on paper towels to blot the oil.
At this point you are ready to layer the eggplant. Eggplant, sauce, cheese, Parmesan cheese mozzarella, then repeat. If you prefer to bake these, bake on a sprayed cookie sheet, dot with olive oil on each slice of eggplant at 425 degrees until golden brown.
Take several fried pieces and layer a greased baking dish, starting with one layer or eggplant, add sauce, grating cheese and mozzarella. Second layer, top with another layer and repeat, until all eggplant is gone. Top with more sauce mozzarella grating cheese. Bake until cheese is melted throughout and bubbly, around a half hour on 350 degree oven.....
For an eggplant sub, I cut thin slices of eggplant and fry till golden. Toast a sub roll butter on both sides and sprinkled with garlic powder. Top with favorite sauce, mozzarella, wrap in foil and bake until cheese is melted.


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I am using the information in this link, that shows explicitly $A_4$, and Klein four-group as a subgroup.
I know that there is the direct way, by definition, but is there a way that does not require actually multiplying so many permutations ?


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Leaked U.S. justification for drone killings assailed as rewriting definition of 'imminent threat'
Civil and human rights advocates Tuesday denounced a leaked Obama administration "white paper" that sets out the legal justification for killing U.S. citizens suspected of being members of al Qaida, an issue certain to arise during the confirmation hearing Thursday of White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to be CIA director.
The White House on Tuesday defended the practice of targeted killing, for which Brennan is a key overseer, as "legal . . . ethical and . . . wise." But spokesman Jay Carney rejected anew calls by lawmakers and others for the administration to release a secret 2010 Justice Department legal opinion on which the leaked Justice Department white paper was based.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee that will consider Brennan's nomination, acknowledged that the panel had received the white paper as a "confidential document" in June.
The memo has allowed the committee "to conduct appropriate and probing insight into the use of lethal force," and its release permits the public to "review and judge the legality of these operations," she said.
At the same time, she said the panel will continue pressing for the secret legal opinion written by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which she said contains "details not outlined in this particular white paper."
Separately, eight Democratic and three Republican senators sent a letter on Monday to President Barack Obama asking that he give Congress "any and all legal opinions that lay out the executive branch's official understanding of the president's authority to deliberately kill Americans."
The Obama administration has refused for years to make public the legal opinion on which it has based its use of unmanned drones to target American citizens it accuses of being affiliated with al Qaida, most notably Anwar al Awlaki, the spiritual leader of al Qaida's Yemen affiliate.
The 16-page Justice Department white paper became public late Monday after it was leaked to NBC News. It asserts that the government has the constitutional power to kill a U.S. citizen who is believed to be a leader of al Qaida or an "associated force" and is in another country "actively engaged in planning operations to kill Americans."
The unclassified and undated memo says that three conditions must be met. "An informed, high-level official of the U.S. government has determined that the targeted individual poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States; (2) capture is infeasible, and the United States continues to monitor whether capture becomes feasible, and (3) the operation would be conducted in a manner consistent with applicable law of war principles," the memo says.
Civil and human rights experts said the paper jumbles international and U.S. law. They also rejected the administration's assertion that the president's sweeping authority to kill Americans abroad is beyond court review as well as what they called an exaggerated rewrite of the legal definition of imminent threat.
"The government just gets to make decisions in secret," said Andrea Prasow, senior counterterrorism counsel for Human Rights Watch.
The administration received a vote of confidence from Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., a former FBI agent who chairs the House Intelligence Committee.
"I agree with the Justice Department's conclusion that targeting a senior leader of al Qaida is a lawful act of national self-defense in these circumstances," Rogers said. "When an individual has joined al Qaida – the organization responsible for the murder of thousands of Americans – and actively plots future attacks against U.S. citizens, soldiers, and interests around the world, the U.S. government has both the authority and the obligation to defend the country against that threat."
Targeted killing, which began under former President George W. Bush, officially remains a classified CIA program. To date, it is known to involve only missile strikes by unmanned aircraft in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen against what U.S. officials say are leaders of al Qaida and "associated groups" plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets.
An estimated 3,500 people have been killed in the strikes, the vast majority in Pakistan's tribal area bordering Afghanistan, a region largely outside government control where al Qaida and allied militants have found sanctuary among Pakistani and Afghan insurgents. The Obama administration says the attacks have decimated the ranks of the terrorist network responsible for the 9/11 attacks, but human rights groups and residents say a large number of civilians have died.
At least three Americans have been among those killed by drones, all in Yemen. Two were killed in the same Sept. 30, 2011, strike: Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico and who Obama administration officials claim was the operations chief of al Qaida's Arabian Peninsula branch; and Samir Khan, an Islamist writer who grew up in New York City and whose family now lives in North Carolina. Awlaki's teenage son, who was born in Colorado, died in a separate drone strike two weeks later.
Brennan, who has been Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, is among several U.S. officials who've outlined the administration's legal grounds for those killings in speeches aimed at quelling calls for the release of the secret Office of Legal Counsel opinion. A Manhattan federal judge ruled last month in a Freedom of Information Act case that the government was not obligated to make the opinion public.
The white paper, however, spells out rules under which such attacks can be ordered that appear to be much less stringent that what administration officials have said.
It says, for example, that the United States isn't required "to have clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future."
It also says the United States has the right under international law to act under the suspicion that an attack might take place.
"It must be right that states are able to act in self-defense in circumstances where there is evidence of further imminent attacks by terrorist groups even if there is no specific evidence of where such an attack will take place or of the precise nature of the attack," it says. "Delaying action . . . would create an unacceptably high risk that the action would fail and that American casualties would result."
Several experts called that an exaggerated rewrite of the legal definition of "imminence," something that the administration has labeled "elongated imminence."
"That is a completely nonsensical case," said Micah Zenko, an expert with the Council on Foreign Relations.
White House spokesman Carney defended the paper's definition of imminent threat, saying, "What you have in general with al Qaida senior leadership is a continuing process of plotting against the United States and American citizens. I think that's fairly irrefutable."
Carney reiterated that a pillar of the policy is the post-9/11 congressional resolution authorizing the president to use "all necessary military force" to fight al Qaida.
"Certainly under that authority the president acts in the United States' interest to protect the United States and its citizens from al Qaida," he said.
The white paper also asserted that judges cannot review or block targeted killing orders because that "would require the court to supervise inherently predictive judgments by the president and his national security advisers as to when and how to use force against a member of an enemy force against which Congress has authorized the use of force."
The memo said that the legal basis for targeted killing relies on two principles of international law: the right to kill an enemy in the course of an armed conflict and the right of a nation to defend itself against an imminent threat of armed attack.
By citing both, however, the administration is "conflating" distinct legal principles "so that it's never clear which legal basis the government is relying on," said Prasow of Human Rights Watch. "It may be able to rely on both, but what it does with the self-defense rationale is that it takes the idea that the threat is imminent and then writes away the definition of imminence."
"This idea that the government can rewrite legal terms is one that we've seen before," she said, citing the Bush administration legal opinion that redefined torture, allowing the CIA to use interrogation methods such as waterboarding that most experts regard as torture.Video: Leaked Memo Says US Can Lawfully Kill Overseas
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