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Every April the major players that make up the Bowl Championship Series meet in the city that will host their next national championship game. The commissioners of the 11 Division I-A conferences (plus the Notre Dame athletics director), representatives of the four participating bowls (Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, Rose), and the television partners (FOX, ABC, ESPN) hold a series of meetings to determine how the BCS is doing and what, if any changes, need to be considered for the future.
While I didn't make it to Pasadena for this year's meetings, which started yesterday, I've been to most of them. So I pretty much know how it went on Tuesday when Commissioner Craig Thompson of the Mountain West Conference made his proposal for an eight-team playoff.
At the behest of his presidents, Thompson has been pushing the issue since Utah went 12-0 last season but was not selected to play in the BCS championship game. Oklahoma and Florida, each of whom had a loss, were selected. Thompson has gone to the nation's capital to lobby lawmakers, and he's found a sympathetic ear or two, especially Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. No surprise there.
Congressman Joe Barton of Texas says he's going to have hearings on the BCS. Barton also said in a recent radio interview that if he can get a bill passed to dismantle the BCS and replace it with a playoff President Obama has promised, on more than one occasion, to sign it.
With that as a backdrop, Thompson presented his plan to the other BCS commissioners. It would select 10 teams to participate, which is the case now. It would do away with the BCS formula and use a selection committee to pick the 10 teams and seed them. The bottom two teams would be placed in a BCS level bowl (with BCS level money) and the other eight teams would participate in a three-week tournament to decide the national championship.
Not surprisingly, Thompson's proposal would call for a restructuring of how the revenue of the BCS revenue is distributed. The six original conferences in the BCS (ACC, SEC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10) are guaranteed a spot in a BCS championship game and the $18 million payout that goes with it. The five Coalition conferences (C-USA, MAC, WAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West) collectively are guaranteed about $9 million each year with another $9 million if one of the teams qualifies for a BCS game. In four of the past five seasons, a Coalition team has made the BCS and picked up the additional check.
Remember that at last year's meetings down in South Florida the commissioners heard a proposal backed by the SEC and ACC that would have called for a "Plus-One" model, which is essentially a four-team playoff. The response then and the response to Thompson's proposal on Tuesday was the same. They listened politely, had a thorough discussion and then said, in so many words: "Thanks for dropping by. We'll take it under advisement."
I know Craig Thompson. He's a smart guy and has done a lot to raise the profile of the Mountain West. He knows this is an uphill climb. Change in something as big and rich as the BCS does not happen because there is a new resident in the White House or because a couple of politicians wanted to do a little chest thumping.
But like SEC Commissioner Mike Slive did a year ago, Thompson put something on the table yesterday to get the conversation going. So with five years left on the contracts for the current model (one with FOX and the next four with ESPN), a four-team playoff and an eight-team playoff have now been put into play. The commissioners promised Thompson that they would take his idea to their annual spring meetings in order to get comments from their members and their presidents.
If the past is a guide, there will be very little support from the Big Six presidents. Georgia's Michael Adams and Florida's Bernie Machen have publicly supported such a playoff. Florida State's T.K. Wetherell has been in that camp for a while. But that's about it in the South. The Big Ten and Pac-10 don't even want to discuss it. They have threatened to walk away from the BCS if such a thing is forced upon them. They are making a ton of money from the Rose Bowl and want you to believe they could survive just fine without the BCS.
When I sat down with ACC commissioner John Swofford, the current BCS coordinator, he said that making significant changes in the BCS is like turning around a battle ship. It comes very, very slowly.
So was Thompson's sales pitch and exercise in futility? Not really. Getting these ideas out for public discussion is always good.
Is the BCS going to switch to a playoff anytime soon? Nope. The current contracts are in place through the 2013 regular season.
Remember that President Obama told Congressman Barton that he would sign the bill IF IT GOT THROUGH CONGRESS and gets to his desk.
Based on what I've seen out of Congress lately, they couldn't organize a one-man parade. I doubt they could get this one right.
April 22nd, 2009
8:35 am
Plus one is the answer. The bowls and the magnificent regular season are retained in its full glory and the mad dogs get their playoff. Just don't turn this beautiful sport into the NHL please.
People are already salivating for various regular season matchups next fall. Who can name any early regular season game in any other sport that will be as meaningful as Va Tech vs. Bama or Ohio St. vs USC?
April 22nd, 2009
9:07 am
Good post Tony. BTW, what's up with ESPN College Gameday? I read that Fowler & Corso are out. Will you be back this fall?
April 22nd, 2009
9:09 am
As long as Fox goes away it's all good…
One more excruciating year and we are done with them.
April 22nd, 2009
9:12 am
Leave ALL politics out of it. Plus if Obama has anything to do with it, it would turn out just like Marta,Grady,Harsfield, and the city of Atlanta. I'm just saying.
April 22nd, 2009
9:13 am
In addition, you're never going to please all the people. As soon as TV gets involved they will be dictating who the matchups should be. Then some teams will cry because their game was harder etc. I say leave it alone.
April 22nd, 2009
9:14 am
Of course the Big 10 and Pac 10 don't want any part of a playoff. With the exception of Ohio State, their best shot at beating a an SEC or Big 12 team for the national championship is in a one-shot, winner take all deal. If they had to actually go through a series of tough games (similiar to the SEC regular season), we may not see another titleist from one of those conferences for who knows how long. For their relative quality of competition against the rest of the college football landscape, it sure seems that the Pac 10 and the Big 10 especially hold way too much leverage. If we see no significant changes after the next tv deal is signed, maybe we should follow the example of Governor Rick Perry and secede from the BCS.
April 22nd, 2009
9:20 am
How come Florida has 2 presidents? I believe you meant to say "Florida State's T.K. Wetherall…"
But, as I have proposed before, there is nothing wrong with letting all 119 teams participate , while cutting back the "regular season" to 10 games. Everybody gets at least 11 games (the number one ranked team gets a bye the first week), while the final 16 (the highest ranked team that loses in the 3rd round to a lower ranked team also gets a 2nd chance). The eventual top two play a total of 6 or 7 games, which would make the time from the week before Thanksgiving (still incorporating all of the bowl games, but now they mean something) to the time of the championship game in January much more enjoyable for everyone who loves college football – and you have a "real" champion rather than a MNC!
April 22nd, 2009
9:23 am
Whats up with Game Day? I have not heard anything about it. If Fowler and Corso are gone, who will do it, Herbstreit? God Help us, because then you can call it GAME-Ohio State-Day. Plus, who else will kiss USC's arse?
April 22nd, 2009
9:24 am
T.K. Wetherell is Florida State's president, not Florida's
April 22nd, 2009
9:27 am
The "battle ship" example always comes to play when there's really no impetus for change, i.e., the television contracts are in place for a while and thus the BCS will "hold its course." When, however, the contracts expire, we'll have some form of a playoff. Though Congress may not be able to organize a one man parade, the commissioners will certainly have to grab this inevitable bull by the horns – a playoff will make college football better.
April 22nd, 2009
9:29 am
If the committee can take out PAC-10/Big 10 teams, i say let those 2 clown conferences keep playing each other and the other "real" conferences can go for the playoff format. This is so pathetic, Rose Bowl every year will feature USC vs OSU, Penn, or Mich. Lame & Boring. Now if they were to use the Rose Bowl as a playoff game, a winner moves to the next bracket, then i would be interested.
April 22nd, 2009
9:31 am
National Championships need to be won, not crowned by third parties.
April 22nd, 2009
9:34 am
If you go back and look at it historically a plus one would have solved the controversy every time. Usually when there is controversy at the end of the season its usually a 3rd team that gets left out like Auburn in 2004 and sometimes but very rarely there may be a 4th team that also has a very legit argument for being one of the top 2 teams to get into the title game. Its usually the 5th ranked team where the argument gets very weak that they should be one of the 2 teams in the title game.
Also, while I personally like the 8 team format better its not realistic for the simple reason that it takes too much money away from the bowls and the money made from the bowls is the entire reason we don't have a playoff of some sort to begin with. Some people will start suggesting a 16 team playoff but again it will never fly in a million years because of the money made in the bowl system.
April 22nd, 2009
9:36 am
Blah, blah, blah, blah…….they are not going to change their cash cow or give up any control no matter how loud and right the people are!!!!
April 22nd, 2009
9:39 am
A playoff would not make college football better. You would ruin college football and turn it into the NFL or college basketball and all for nothing.The top teams, the big named schools would still win in the end just like in college basketball.Even in the NFL the Giants were put at a big disadvantage compared to the other teams that made the playoffs.The Giants had just beat there rival the Eagles then turned around and had to play them again in the playoffs.So we ruin college football and change it and yet we get the same out come – the big named schools win in the end eventhough the little teams get a chance to lose.Is it really worth it? I mean sure 1 out of 10 times a little named team might get lucky but it would not be worth it.Florida was the best team last year and won the NC a playoff would not have changed it.
April 22nd, 2009
9:41 am
I thought that Bobby Bowden was president of FSU.
April 22nd, 2009
9:44 am
For all the flaws of the BCS, there is no reason that any idiot politician should be involved. There are too many other important issues that they need to address prior to worrying about how a National Champion is crowned. Boo hoo Utah, you got left out last year because of your schedule, UGA got left out 2 years ago despite playing better than anyone else in the country, Auburn got left out after going undefeated (in the SEC no less). The system is never going to be perfect.
Maybe FSU should petition to have the goal posts widened so that they didn't miss so many FG's in the past. The system isn't perfect, and it is likely that no system ever would be.
April 22nd, 2009
9:49 am
D-1 football is the ONLY NCAA sport not to have a true champion. It's OK to drag basketball on and on, but oh no, not football because this would rob the greedy bowls and some greedy conferences of their payola. What B(c)S.
Here's the answer.
1. 8 top final BCS poll teams to play it off (No freaking committee)
2. Top 8 chosen by giving the computer rating 2/3 of the weight factor to minimize the human polls beauty contest (Otherwise, ND wins their last game, ends up 1-10 and ranked 6 or higher)
3. Quarterfinals at highest ranked host schools starting the second week of December
(Their fans deserve this. Screw the bowls)
4. Losing 4 teams still eligible for other bowls
5. Semi-finals on New Years at 2 bowl sites submitting highest bids to NCAA
6. Final one week later at bowl site submitting highest separate bid to NCAA
7. All other bowls still played for also-rans.
This puts more money in the schools, NCAA, TV, and bowl pockets, gives fans a break, and it eliminates the never-ending drama with the current system.
Win-win-win-win situation.
April 22nd, 2009
9:50 am
bama12*titles is right. The simple way to get this done initially is either a true plus-one format (a post-bowl, single-game playoff, with the participants determined after the January bowl games), or a four-team, three-game playoff (with participants selected by similar means to the current BCS).
Sorry, but a fifth or sixth-ranked, one or two-loss team would have very little room to whine. In college football, the regular season has always mattered a lot, and the regular season win-loss records will continue to determine the teams' post-season fates.
An 8-team playoff would be too large to swallow initially, but could follow a plus-one or four-team playoff. A 16-team playoff is even less likely to ever happen because it would have the finalists still playing in late January or even February in competition with the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl.
April 22nd, 2009
9:51 am
I don't know why we keep hearing these stories about non-BCS Commissioners pitching playoff plans!!! The six BCS commissioners are saying "Mountain West????" and laughing at this guy when they walk out of the room after his "proposal". IT IS NOT GONNA CHANGE!!!! The only way this will EVER change is if ALL the networks bidding for the BCS games want a playoff before they buy the rights to the BCS!!!! Until then shutup because it doesn't matter what ANY fan thinks!!!!!! ROLL TIDE!!!
April 22nd, 2009
9:56 am
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April 22nd, 2009
9:59 am
There has to be a playoff. How can anyone argue that we don't deserve a natinal championship determined on the field instead of by subjective votes? If the Big 10 and Pac 10 don't want to do it then leave them out and let in two of the smaller conferences. They probably have better football teams top to bottom anyway. I bet after the first year those two conferences would be begging to get back in. College football, as much as I love it, is a joke untill they get a playoff to determine the champion.
April 22nd, 2009
10:00 am
The problem with your idea is that you have ulterior motives that have nothing to do with with making college football better.Your issue is about money which is a totally different agenda.And yet even with your system Florida still wins the NC and Utah loses in the system you would like to have.
April 22nd, 2009
10:04 am
The Big 10 and Pac 10 know what the score is. They aren't dumb. In every year that they have won a national title this decade they have done so by avoiding an SEC opponent. 2002 OSU did not have to play Georgia. 2003 USC did not have to play LSU. 2004 USC did not have to play Auburn. Obviously they don't intentionally avoid the SEC, but they aren't going to intentionally put themselves in a position where they have to play them with a playoff either.
If you think the SEC dominates the BCS now, wait until there is a playoff. An SEC team would win the whole ball of wax darned near every year. It would get pretty boring actually.
April 22nd, 2009
10:05 am
"UGA got left out 2 years ago despite playing better than anyone else in the country.." HA! Didn't even win their division.
April 22nd, 2009
10:08 am
BTW, for everyone who advocates an 8 or 16-team playoff, may I remind you of the physical status of the Alabama and Florida football teams after the 2008 SEC Championship Game? According to Urban Meyer, neither the Tide nor the Gators were in any shape to play another SEC-caliber opponent the week after the SEC game last year. Meyer said, point blank, that the Gators would have struggled with any SEC opponent the following week because of the physical and emotional exhaustion and the number of injuries. Meyer also suggested Nick Saban had said something similar to him regarding the Tide's post-game status, too.
Having these 17 to 23 year-olds play four additional back-to-back games after the end of a 12 or 13-game season is too damn much. This is a college sport, not gladiatorial combat. When the kids are exhausted, they are even more injury-prone. The champion following a 16-team playoff would be more of a survivor, and less of a winner, because the original starting line-ups could be decimated. This would make the regular season results even less meaningful.
April 22nd, 2009
10:14 am
Well since the BCS, Big 10 and Pac 10 don't want to budge then the Coalition should add another conference(like combining the MEAC and SWAC for example or heck adding a strong "FCS" conference like The Southern) so they have a total of 6 conferences and have their own "Coaliton Championship Series" and then you will have a "College Football National Championship" with the BCS vs The Coaliton. Will it ever happen no but hey the higher up the corporate ladder you get the more common sense you lose and that is especially true of the BCS, NCAA and it's people.
I would love to see the Big Ten and Pac 10 leave the BCS, that would be wonderful and they could have the "Rose Bowl Championship" and it's winner could play Notre Dame (who can only schedule 6 games vs Big 10 and 6 games vs Pac 10 opponents in the regular season) every year no matter how bad ND is and that winner would play the winner of the BCS(w/4 conferences,SEC,ACC, B12 and BigEast,and they cannot schedule anybody from the Big 10, Pac 10 or Norte Dame during the regular season)/Coalition Championship (who can only schedule BCS or other non-conference Coalition games). Problem solved, everybody gets the money and the right to say "we got a shot at playing for the national championship" TV rights could be spewed all over the place, people would watch, advertisers would buy and ratings would fight amoungst the TV people. I thought I never say this but all I care about are the Conference Championships now, the BCS is a wash, I don't like watching anything where the players don't have control, and I'm talking about more POSTEASON control for you nitwitts out there that will say "the regular season is their shot" becasue as we see that's "BS", PUN INTENDED, also.
April 22nd, 2009
10:15 am
April 22nd, 2009
10:17 am
Okay, I know it's a pipe dream but here is an idea I've had. Shorten the season back to 10 games and get rid of the non-conference cream puffs. Then, force the 3 Independent teams to one of the 11 remaining conferences. Then you let in every conference champion. So that is 11. then you let in 13 other at-large teams. Teams ranked 9-24 play while the top 8 get a first round bye. After that round you have 16 teams left to fight it out. The absolute most that any team could play would be 17 games if they had to play the Conference championship game and a first round game while going all the way to the NC. That's 4 (more liekly 3) more games than we get currently and this would only be for the best of the best. You get rid of all that dead time between November and January and have great football every weekend. I know it will never happen but it sure would be entertaining and alot more satisfying than what we have now.
April 22nd, 2009
10:18 am
Atlanta Gator, I think its pretty much well settled that there wouldn't be 12 or 13 regular season games if there were a full fledged 16 team playoff. It would be more like 10. Moreover, can you explain how those 17 to 23 year olds in the lower divisions are able to shoulder the load of a playoff? They seem to be doing just fine.
A 16 team playoff will never happen in a million years anyway. It will be more like a plus one or a 4 team playoff. Again, if those lower divisions can handle it I see no reason why the BCS big boys can't.
On a more sarcastic and smacky note, Meyer's comments are not surprising. Florida very rarely has to play tough SEC opponents in consecutive weeks during the regular season. Look at their schedules over the years. I am not making this up. They just aren't used to it. I'm sure your AD would push for plenty of off weeks and time off if there were a playoff. No worries my friend.
April 22nd, 2009
10:18 am
Brock – if you think anyone in the country would've preferred to play Georgia over LSU for the 2007 MNC, then you're either a liar or delusional.
April 22nd, 2009
10:21 am
LOL! If you think the BCS is a mess now…Wait til the Democrats get a hold of it. Anyone ever heard of the U.S. Postal Service????
April 22nd, 2009
10:23 am
If the Big Ten and Pac-10 are threatening to walk away if a playoff is implemented then the other conferences need to call their bluff. After the last 2 Rose Bowls and the complete debacle that was Ohio State getting their brains beat in by UF and LSU, it's become very apparent to everyone involved that the Big Ten is a joke, and the Pac-10 is basically USC. Let them go. The Big Ten is ruining college football anyway because they continue to put crap on the field and then whine when nobody gives them any respect. Could you imagine if Penn State had not lost to Iowa last year? They would have been demolished by anyone that played in any of the BCS bowls. The Big Ten is awful and the Pac-10 is a joke. Let them have the Rose Bowl, nobody cares about it anyway.
April 22nd, 2009
10:25 am
Tide4U2C, actually, my proposal is not about making money. It's about determining a true nationial champion, but I realize that money is a driving factor for everyone involved, and to get what is needed, the money also has to come into play. Hint: the word greedy in my comments. As to who would win in your scenario, you can only speculate. Anyway, wouldn't you love to have one of the play-off games in Tuscaloosa in front of the Bama fans who deserve it?
April 22nd, 2009
10:26 am
A 4 team play off at the minimum. College Football shouldn't be like Ice Skating…where a VOTE determines who wins.
April 22nd, 2009
10:28 am
This subject is like talking religion or politics. As a very simple minded layman, I've a question for our resident attorney we keep on retainer in the blogosphere…
Atlanta Gator: You see a case for colluded behavior somewhere down the line using the above mentioned format..?
April 22nd, 2009
10:29 am
April 22nd, 2009
10:35 am
Seriously, it's nice to get some political analysis with my football in the morning.
April 22nd, 2009
10:43 am
Hey Capitol Hill -
Are you related to Dorsey?
April 22nd, 2009
10:44 am
Somebody else will just get all that money atleast now it is divided up.I am against a play-off system, I once was for it but after I sat down and thought it through and paid ttention to college basketball I realized nothing would change with a playoff and tht college football would be ruined for nothing. The big-named schools would win 9 out of 10 times.In basketball who won in the end this past season? It was a big-named school – North Carolina.
April 22nd, 2009
10:57 am
As a coach I just cant imagine walking into
the locker room and telling my team at the start of the season that no matter how hard they played and if you win every game there is no way to win the Championship….. its really unbelievable!
April 22nd, 2009
10:59 am
There can never be a playoff, ever – period. How dense are you people? Few colleges are in big cities, like Northwestern in Chicago. So most don't have a fixed fan base like NFL teams. Their fans are transient. You will never-ever see a college football game in December (between semesters) played in empty stadiums. Who do you think are going to fill those stadiums, alumni? Presidents will never let college football be a two semester sport – ever. So, there you go. It will never happen.
April 22nd, 2009
11:15 am
I'm in favor of real playoffs (I like sixteen teams, 11 conference champs + 5 at-large, but 8 teams with no autobids is workable; 4 teams is not, though it's better than 2 — there are more than 4 legit contenders far too often). But the 'pure plus one' idea — playing the traditional bowls and then picking the BCS title game participants — would have been useless every year but one from 2001 to 2008. I wrote about this last year at http://cusefaninsocal.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-pure-1-playoff-model-is-bad-idea.html
April 22nd, 2009
11:19 am
Gutrake, you mean the same service that for less than $.50 will deliver a letter mailed from LA to New York in 3 days? What is wrong with the post office? Seems like a pretty good service to me.
April 22nd, 2009
11:19 am
Billy Bob -
Football is already a 2 semester sport – the regular season is played in the fall semester and the MNC is played in the spring semster. And, basketball is a 2 semester sport, too. And, take UGA for example – 15000 students get tickets for each game, yet 77,000 "other fans" show up, too. Iguess those 77,000 would not show up in December!!!
What bridge are you living under, North Avenue?
April 22nd, 2009
11:28 am
Tide4u2c, the point of a plus one or a playoff is not always to allow the smaller schools a chance. Sometimes the big schools all finish the season with the same record and we need a better way to determine the champion in that scenario. A plus one format would have been perfect in 2004 so Auburn could have their shot at the NC.
As for your basketball argument, UNC may not have even played in the championship game with a BCS type formula for basketball. The final AP poll going into the tourney had Louisville #1 and UNC #2, the final ESPN/USA Today poll had Louisville #1 and Memphis #2 so UNC may not have even made it into a BCS championship game for Basketball. On top of that, UNC did not win their conference tournament, and as us UGA fans are reminded often, you cannot play in the championship game if you did not win your conference. Not saying a big name school would not have won it, but it would probably have not been UNC under a BCS type system.
April 22nd, 2009
11:34 am
Tide4U2c, aha, your real position is that you are simply against the playoff system, and you certainly have a right to your opinion. But, as to money, everyone is getting a taste anyway. With my system including the initial playoff at a school site, your school, assuming you're in the top 4, gets a little more, which is good for your school. If everyone else gets a little more, too, fine, but let's a least stop the hyprocisy by the BCS.
April 22nd, 2009
12:00 pm
I, too, favor a 16 team playoff with ALL conference champions getting in and 5 at-large teams, seeded 1-16. A true champion. Also, shorten the regular season to 10 games.
April 22nd, 2009
12:07 pm
Keep it the way it is. If anything add more weight to the computer ranking and add more to SOS recalculating it every week.
Who were the 4 yeams in the Final 4? I can only remember who the team were tht played for the title. How much have NCAA tournament ratings fallen? We're not even talking about the snoozer of a regular season. Lets not turn the magic of the Football regular season into the bore of basketball.
April 22nd, 2009
12:07 pm
Keep it the way it is. If anything add more weight to the computer rankings and add more to the SOS recalculating it every week.
Who were the 4 yeams in the Final 4? I can only remember who the teams were that played for the title. How much have NCAA tournament ratings fallen? We're not even talking about the snoozer of a regular season. Lets not turn the magic of the Football regular season into the bore of basketball.


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There's a statistic saying one out of five people has eaten an entire pie solo. Hoosier Mama is your place to do it. Pastry chef Paula Haney hand rolls and crimps her dough, then plumps it with fruit or creamy fillings.
There's a statistic saying one out of five people has eaten an entire pie solo. Hoosier Mama is your place to do it. Pastry chef Paula Haney hand rolls and crimps her dough, then plumps it with fruit or creamy fillings.
These fresh-baked doughnuts are what doughnuts dream of being, so get here early so you don't miss out. Although opening hours are from 6am to 2pm, the doughnuts are usually greedily polished off by mid-morning. If you can't decide between Raspberry Jelly, Banana Coconut, S'mores or Red Velvet, just stick with the most popular order: the Bacon Maple Syrup.
This clapboard corner shop has moved locations but still makes the same superfine shave ice as it did back in 1940, and we'd argue that it's got the formula exactly right. Get yours doused with 20-plus flavors of syrup and topped by azuki beans, lilikoʻi cream, condensed milk, Hershey's chocolate syrup or spicy-sweet li hing mui (crack seed).
Operated by third-generation chocolatier Françoise Payard, this exquisite place offers fresh takes on bistro classics and outrageously indulgent dessert-only dinner menus. Take-out pastry and espresso bar.
Margie's has held court at Bucktown's edge for over 90 years, dipping ice-cream sundaes for everyone from Al Capone to the Beatles (check the wall photos). Sure, you can admire the marble soda fountain and the booths with mini-jukeboxes.
Not pretty by any means, this warehouse/factory–style building, across from Omoide Bakery & Wong's Chinese Deli, houses some of the most appreciated boxed treats on the island. Though some argue the Kauai Kookie is more novelty than delicious, it has an island cult following rivaling that of the Girl Scout cookie.
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It's hard to make it out the door before polishing off your purchase in this island favorite. Try the fudge and truffles with creamy ganaches, mousses and delicate creams of papaya, lilikoʻi (passion fruit), coconut, guava, Kauaʻi coffee and sugarcane that fill the display cases.
Breck's most popular snack stand, you can't miss this yellow gypsy cart on Main St – or the line snaking down the block in front of it. Sweet and savory crepes are made to order and folded up in the iconic Parisian wedge, but when it gets busy, oh mon dieu, the wait can be brutally long (like 30 minutes). Come with time to spare and cozy up at the adjacent fire pit.
A detour to this chocolate factory and shop is mandatory for every sweet tooth. Try the ʻaʻa lava (chocolate bark with coconut and macnuts), Kona coffee swirls, lilikoʻi truffles or dark chocolate-covered crystallized ginger. The cheesecake is dynamite. They give good samples and ship worldwide. Turn mauka on Hina Lani St off Queen Ka'ahumanu Hwy 19 and right on Kamanu St.
For reprieve from the avant guard ice-cream trend, find the red-and-white awning of Bonnie Brae. Their extensive list of homemade ice cream includes time-tested favorites such as butter pecan and spumoni and a short list of gentle experiments, such as Grand Mariner chocolate chip. The waffle cones (also homemade), dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, are simply delightful.
Sweet-toothed Aussie Max Brenner is expanding waistlines in NYC with his cafe-cum-chocolate-bar. It's a Wonker-ful spot for a cocoa rush, whether it's from sipping a chocolate martini, gobbling down peanut butter and banana chocolate crêpes, or nibbling nicely on an artisan truffle. There is a full menu (great breakfast), but it's the chocolate that'll leave you gaga.


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Incoming faculty member Dr. Brandon C. Moore, Assistant Professor of Biology has his reproductive biology research Highlighted.
The biology department provides an outstanding and rigorous classroom- and laboratory- based education to majors and non-majors and is committed to developing and supporting interdisciplinary innovations. The department places a high value on developing skills in critical thinking, collaborative work, communication, and problem solving, while also fostering the values of integrity, responsibility, and empathy for other organisms. Promoting science as an integral part of the liberal arts, students are prepared for careers addressing societal challenges. A broad biological foundation combined with opportunities for exploration of specific areas is emphasized.
Incoming faculty member Dr. Brandon C. Moore, Assistant Professor of Biology has his reproductive biology research Highlighted.
Dr. John R. Palisano, Department of Biology and Dr. Francis X. Hart, Department of Physics, have collaborated during the last four years on a project. This investigation was presented in two posters at the Gordon Research Conference on Bioelectrochemistry in July, 2014.
At the Meeting of The Southeastern Microscopy in May, 2014, Professor John R. Palisano presented a poster showing his research. His findings are the first report of labeling lamin B with quantum dots.


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- $39,500.00
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- Model Year
- 2000
- Category
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- Model
- Status
- Used
- Length
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- 24
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- Engine Model
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- Displacement: 3,800
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45 U.S. Code § 797i - Limitations on liability
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(1) The Corporation, Amtrak Commuter, and commuter authorities shall incur no liability under an agreement entered into or benefit schedule prescribed under section 797 [1] of this title or for the payment of a termination allowance under section 797a of this title.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until April 1, 1984, the Corporation shall have no liability for employee protection in the event of a sale of any asset to a purchaser, and such purchaser shall assume the liability for the application of employee protection conditions imposed by the Commission for all employees adversely affected by such sale.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a),Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667.)
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Section 797 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4024(c),Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1904, effective on the sale date (Apr. 2, 1987).
Section 797l of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4033(a)(2),Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908, and a new section 797l of this title was subsequently added by Pub. L. 104–88, § 327(5).
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Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 ofPub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, see section 205 ofPub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of Title 49.
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43 U.S. Code § 391 - Establishment of "reclamation fund"
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All moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, including the surplus of fees and commissions in excess of allowances to officers designated by the Secretary of the Interior, and excepting the 5 per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the above States set aside by law for educational and other purposes, shall be, and the same are, reserved, set aside, and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the "reclamation fund", to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands in the said States and Territories, and for the payment of all other expenditures provided for in this Act.
The provisions of the Act entitled "An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands," approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to include and apply to the State of Texas, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands.. [1]
[1] So in original.
Source(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 1 (part),32 Stat. 388; June 12, 1906, ch. 3288, 34 Stat. 259; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1,42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 99–396, § 17,Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 843.)
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This Act, referred to in first par., and the Act entitled "An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands," approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, referred to in second par., are act June 17, 1902, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this Title and Tables.
The first paragraph of this section is comprised of act June 17, 1902, and the second paragraph is comprised of act June 12, 1906, as amended.
1986—Pub. L. 99–396inserted reference to American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands in second par.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Words "officers designated by the Secretary of the Interior" substituted for "registers" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Previously, references to register and receiver changed to register by acts Mar. 3, 1925 and Oct. 28, 1921, which consolidated offices of register and receiver and provided for a single officer to be known as register.
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Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
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A government task force recommended last Monday that women at high risk of breast cancer consider taking drugs to prevent the disease. The primary care physicians on the panel reaffirmed their previous recommendations made back in 2002, but few high-risk women have opted to take the estrogen-blocking medications — either tamoxifen or raloxifene — and I'm guessing very few will likely do so in the future.
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A main break sent water rushing in an area along Hurricane Road Saturday night.
Huntsville city workers met with the public Monday night to hear their thoughts on how to enhance the area's entertainment district.
Those in attendance discussed concerns ranging from location, to local businesses - even drinking in public.
Lynne Williams attended the meeting out of sheer curiosity.
"I'm here to find out what is being talked about," she said. "I get really excited about economic development in Huntsville and really what they accomplish when a lot of the different groups come together."
Williams has an idea of what she would like to see to spruce up downtown.
"More restaurants and maybe a movie theatre," she said. "We've already got some movie offerings, but maybe more venues where musicians can go and perform."
Mayor Tommy Battle said there are still a lot of things to consider when it comes to what the area needs and what it can handle.
"You look at hours of operation, what type of support it requires, do you have to have police officers on hand all during the times that it's open, what kind of support it requires in cleaning up afterwards…" Battle said.
Workers with the city have spent months visiting other cities' entertainment districts to find out what works for them. Now it is down to finding what works for Huntsville with the help of the public and applying it.
Battle said in the next month or so, city workers will come with an ordinance to go on the books that will enact the entertainment district.
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The Cast of 'D.E.B.S.' Dish About Kicking Ass, Short Skirts, and Girl-On-Girl Action
Director Angela Robinson and D.E.B.S. stars Sara Foster, Jill Richie, Meagan Good, Devon Aoki, and Jordana Brewster share the dish on Sony's hot new girl-spy film, including why wine coolers are a lady's best friend when it comes to filming those intimate girl-on-girl action scenes.
What was your inspiration for the film?
Angela Robinson: I met this girl in film school who told me a story of how she was recruited by the CIA from a secret test on the SAT. She totally had me going. I totally believed her and then everyone told me that she was lying and that it didn't happen. But the story stuck with me, and I always thought it would be a great premise for a movie. I drew a little comic book, and drew one called D.E.B.S. and made up all these characters. I basically created a list of things for each character – Dominique is sexy in a French way, Amy is sexy in an uptight way, and so on. That's what ultimately became D.E.B.S.
Why should people see DEBS in theaters on March 25?
Sara Foster: It is an hour and a half to go hear some music, look at cute girls, watch a little bit of butt-kicking, watch a little bit of a love story and laugh. It is a fun movie!
Jill Ritchie: Why not? Look at that (referring to the poster). Come on. But there's a lot beyond the poster. It's a really fun story.
Meagan Good: Plus there are a lot of life lessons, like small undertones within each character. They're actually really important life lessons that are put in such a simple way, not like shoved down your throat. That way, you can really appreciate it.
What is it like to work with an almost all female cast?
Angela: This has been a labor of love for so long. It was so fun to write these characters, see the cast come together and take it to another level because they were all so amazing in their particular roles.
Devon Aoki: It was great, especially with the group of girls. I had been friends with Jordana and Sara beforehand. So when I found out they were doing it, I was super excited.
Sara: No one believes it, but there was zero fighting. None at all.
Jordana Brewster: I was just saying to Sara that oddly enough the biggest divas we were working with have been the guys. There really were no problems on the set, it was fun. We're all close in age, we're all really different, different background, and different personalities so it worked out well.
What is it like to play a secret agent?
Meagan: Shooting guns, action, running around in teeny tiny skirts, and beating boys up. It was just a lot of fun.
Devon: When I was younger I would do little things and spy on my parents. This is the closest I will ever get to that.
Jill: As a little girl you look at Wonder Woman, Charlie's Angels and all of that.
Meagan: You're just like, "I want to do that one day."
Sara: What girl wouldn't want to be in a film where she gets to be a kick-ass cute girl? It is fun and it is nothing like me, so it is fun to have a month where you dress up, learn how to fire a gun and throw a couple of punches also. It was pretty cool.
Jordana, did you have fun playing a villain?
Jordana: I loved playing the villain. I was so scared playing the villain at first. I thought I can't do it; I'm weird, and I am shy. Angela was like, "No, you're the guy who takes her out on a date, is really aggressive and is a rock star." And I was like, "I get it!" and I played it that way. Lucy doesn't have one iota of insecurity, she has vulnerability, but she's not full of that BS adolescent girl stuff that I was plagued with when I was a teenager. So it was so refreshing.
Sara: No, you're nothing like her. You did an amazing job being that tough. You took control.
Jordana: I didn't want to overcompensate and be too tough because that would be really annoying. I tried to strike a balance.
Was it hard to do the action sequence in that tiny little skirt?
Jill: No, I didn't find it to be hard and my skirt was the longest. So I didn't have to worry about it like Meagan and Devon.
Devon: Fortunately no one gets to see them, but I wore a pair of shorts under the skirt. So obviously when I do a high kick it is not problematic. It was fine.
Meagan: I had the little briefs underneath also, so it was okay.
Jill: Sometimes you just forget that you are in the uniforms. When you're really getting into it and then all of a sudden they're like cut.
Meagan: And then it is like, oh my gosh.
Sara: I was definitely paranoid in the skirt. Am I in, am I in, am I out? I was nervous about it, but after the second week it was normal, and I was in a mini-skirt running around. I don't wear skirts in my life, especially short skirts, and I had to shave my legs every day.
Jordana: Which is weird since she has stilts for legs.
What were your favorite aspects about your characters?
Jill: I really like that she is so innocent and vulnerable.
Jordana: Confidence for Lucy.
Sara: The vulnerability of my character. It's very hard for me to be vulnerable.
Meagan: I liked that in the end, she realizes that the most important thing was for her best friend to be happy, whatever that was for her. Stop focusing on what she thought was best for her and let her do her thing and genuinely is happy for her.
Devon: Dominique is this evanescent, crazy character and she has her own nuances. She is really unique and so playing her was awesome. Plus the French accent was the icing on the cake.
Devon, did you help come up with Dominique's "Frenglish" yourself?
Devon: Yes, sometimes we worked on it together.
Angela: Devon came up with all sorts of stuff. We would always write in stuff for her that she would generate.
Meagan, are you as tough as Max?
Meagan: A different kind of tough.
Jill, did you bring home a box full of cardigans after the shoot?
Jill: No I didn't get to keep the cardigan, but I do have a couple myself at home. So it was ok.
Did you girls have to do anything to prepare for your kissing scene together?
Sara: Gum.
Jordana: Wine coolers, I shouldn't say that. Haha.
Sara: Gum and wine coolers. It's fine we're over 21.
Jordana: I feel so dorky saying that.
Sara: We had two love-scene-kind of things. The first time we had a couple wine coolers because we were a little nervous. The second time we just jumped right into it and no alcohol was involved.
What would you want teenage girls to take away from this film?
Jordana: Be yourself, take risks, and be open.
Jill: I think ultimately for Lucy and Amy, especially for Amy because she has to face disappointing a lot of people and coming forth with who she really is, what she really wants and eventually she gets there. In the end of the film we all support it and all of us make a turn. So take that into life, don't worry about what others think and eventually they will come around if they're true to themselves.
Meagan: And if they're truly your friends and if they truly love you, then they will come around.
Sara: I think these are definitely girls to look up to.
Angela: This film is really about following your heart and being who you really are. I think that is a really positive message.
D.E.B.S. is currently playing in theaters nationwide. For more information, visit the official D.E.B.S. site.


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Shares of JetBlue Airways (JBLU) were down about 7% in early afternoon trading after Deutsche Lufthansa said it would effectively sell its stake in the airline, currently around 16%, by issuing a corporate bond exchangeable into shares of JetBlue.
According to Dow Jones, the notes will be exchangeable into 46.7 million shares in JetBlue, though the airline has an option to redeem the bonds in cash instead. Shares of JetBlue closed Wednesday at $5.22. Lufthansa bought its stake in January 2009 for about $7.27 per share. JBLU shares traded around $4.86 Thursday afternoon.
The news comes just two days after a JetBlue pilot, Clayton Osbon, had a complete meltdown midair on a flight from New York to Las Vegas. After the co-pilot locked Osbon out of the cockpit, he asked passengers to subdue Osbon, who was ranting about Jesus, Iran, Iraq, al-Qaida and a possible bomb on board. Passengers and crew tackled and restrained him for about 20 minutes until the plane landed in a diverted location in Amarillo, Tex.
JetBlue suspended Osbon, who now also faces criminal charges, saying he suffered from a "medical situation." But with heightened sensitivity to flight security the incident raises many questions about pilots, licensing procedures and screening.
According the New York Times, pilots are indeed required to have annual medical exams. But these checkups don't include psychological evaluations and rely on pilots to voluntarily disclose any problems. Many of them, however, are reluctant to do this for fear of losing their jobs and because of an Federal Aviation Administration ban on certain psychiatric drugs while flying.
A further investigation by Bloomberg reveals that a pilot's salary in the first year is about $42,000, based on 80 hours of flying a month, and goes up to an annual salary of nearly $190,000. Pilots are also getting older (the average age is 49).
When it comes to training, pilots are only required to have 250 hours of training to get licensed, which is a third as much as military pilots. The workday limit is 16 hours, followed by only eight hours rest. The FAA has proposed much stricter regulations, such as increasing the hours of training and reducing the workday.
But then, of course, there is the issue of cost. The industry suffered a downturn after the 9/11 attacks, and cost pressures have reduced the screening of newly hired pilots. With airline workers facing increasing pressures because of cost cuts, some analysts are surprised such meltdowns aren't more frequent. Perhaps with increased traffic and capacity, as JetBlue reported for February, the pressures would be lessened.
The JetBlue pilot's meltdown, while serious in nature, was not nearly as serious as Carnival's (CCL) grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia. JetBlue also didn't suffer a major asset loss -- or future revenue as a result of an asset loss. But with the Lufthansa sale, shares are suffering.
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Hey all. I posted these in my sketchbook already, but I figured that it couldn't hurt to leave them out here for everyone. These are all for for Painter IX, but some might work with older versions.
so, here they are
To install: Close Painter. Expand the zip file directly into your Painter/Brushes/Painter Brushes folder. On most systems that folder is CProgram Files\Corel\Corel Painter IX\Brushes\Painter Brushes
Here's what's in the new brush category:
The Scratchy Sculptor - All purpose crosshatch-style painter.
This is certainly my favorite brush. I recommend frequent color changes (using the alt-click method) along with an even crosshatch. Using this brush you can get a blended look without blurring. I do all my modeling work with this while zoomed in rather close. Let me know if you find this brush working well for you -- I'm curious.
Just Plein Quick - Speedy Tweaked Artist Oil
This brush is low-processor, and it moves smoothly no matter how large the brush size. There's a nice dab, thick-to-thin pressure, and a semi-constant flow of paint that I really enjoy. There's also just a touch of HSV variance to give the stroke a just-mixed sort of look. The 'Plein' comes from Plein Air. When painting plein air, this is the digital brush I wish I had on hand while I spend my time playing with actual oil paint.
Just Plein Empty - Artist Oil's based blender.
This is the "Just Plein Quick" brush without any paint on it. It's like using a bristle blender. It seems more painterly and closer to the real thing than some ready-made blenders like Just Add Water. You can see a quick before and after in the pic above.
The Sketchy Tendril - Expressive Sketching Pencil
This takes a light hand and some getting used to. Once you're used to it though, it's a smooth way to tackle a sketch. I made this with the intention of drawing very deliberate pencil strokes. If your hand gets ahead of you, you can find the results too unpredictable. This is also great for strands of hair etc...
Pressure Pits - Texture Brush
This is a texture brush that responds very well to pressure. Start out with a light hand and work up to a heavy dab. The brush is based upon a scan of a small section of orange peel. It's great for lots of stuff beyond citrus though.
The Hermes Marker - Sketching Marker
One has to watch out for the build-up with this, but the line quality and responsiveness of this brush has grown on me over time. It's useful for sketching, especially with a light touch.
The WC Crutch - Quick and Simple DWC Coloring
This is the comfortably-tweaked dwc brush I turn to when I want to quickly color a digital sketch. It gets the job done without a lot of fuss. It works well as an opaque cover that nonetheless appears rather transparent, giving the impression of deliberate color.
They all take some getting used to, but I use em all happily. Feel free to post anything you manage to create with em. I'd be more than curious to see the results. Oh, and feel free to ask any questions/complain.
cool stuff, i'm gunna gank these and play a bit
Hi Craig,
Great demo's and explanations!
I've downloaded your brush category and tested the variants. Very nice!
For "The Sketchy Sculptor", I found that I needed to move the Min Size slider up a bit, then decided to move it all the way to 100%. Otherwise, the stroke began with a clump where all the bristles met and ended with a small gathering of bristles at another point, or clump.
The stroke was much more narrow, too, and the bristles much closer, not like in your demo, so I moved the Size up to about 32 and Feature up to 8.0.
An easy fix and now it's working just fine. (I liked it the other way too.)
Thanks for your generosity!
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davi - have fun
Jin - Many thanks!
Here's some more scratchy sculptor info. As is often the way with variants, it's a product of my own peculiar habits. In particular, that initial clumping and the bristle spread goes away if you sort of slam down each stroke with a degree of force and pressure in a given direction without hesitation. I tend to be heavy handed when I'm not doing my best avoid it. When hatching away that's how I tend to use it. It also might have something to do with my indelicate Aiptek tablet. Also, I leave the min size that low so that I can move the brush very softly and slowly and paint a single thin line without switching brushes.
I'm glad you found a fix that works for you -- that's exactly what I do at larger brush sizes as well. The larger the brush size the higher the feature needs to go in order to get that same spread. Interestingly enough, 8.0 is exacltly the spread I use on larger brush sizes.
thanks again,
You're welcome.
Thanks for the extra info on how you work with The Scratchy Sculptor variant. I try to avoid "slamming" since my tablet cover's surface suffers and so does the nib after a while... and my hand.
Still, when I'm tired and rushed, I tend to press harder than needed, so my tablet surface has worn areas.
I do "slam" when painting splatters with the Liquid Ink's Graphic Bristle variant as I haven't found another way to make them splatter randomly the way I want.. without "slamming".
Isn't it fun working with brush controls to get the effects we want, and often something even better than we expected?
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awesome, thanks for sharing these!
thanks very much!
Craig thanks for the brushes....nice demo pics to go along with them as well!
That Digital Watercolor...is exceptional!
Hyung Tae Kim...is gonna have some competition if the right people get a hold of these!!...LOL
Again..many thanks
awesome blender brush! I have been trying to make something like this forever.
My work: [link]
Is it compatible with the Mac version of Painter ? If it does, where should I install the brushes?
Painter 7, Painter 8, and Painter IX brushes are Mac/PC compatible.Originally Posted by Sheun CheunIs it compatible with the Mac version of Painter ? If it does, where should I install the brushes?
These brushes, as Craig says in his first post, were created for Painter IX.
Read Craig's first post to learn where to instell them.
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Hi Craig,
thanks alot for sending the brushes to me in E-mail. However, I'm not sure how to install them? I read the instructions in your original post, and followed them (I think) exactly, copied the folder into /brushes/painter burshes/
But when I launch painter 9.1, they don't show up. Now, I have never used custom brushes before except custom varients I made (those that you can manager from the organizer menu), and I have just recently switched to Mac, so may be I am doing something wrong? please help!
I'd try them out on my old PC but I only have IX on the Mac.. darn
Never mind my previous post, I've figured out how to install the brushes, it works a little differently in Max OS X than in windows:
1. The file needs to be placed in /library/application support/corel/painter IX/brushes/painter brushes rather than the directory where painter is installed.
2. A .JPG file with a filename matching that of the folder's is required for the brushe category to show up in Painter. I copied one of the default category pix and renamed it to craig's.
and now it works, haven't tried them yet, will do later.
Really rating the 'sketchy tendril pencil' and the 'WC crutch' - slightly tweaked variants of them have been added to my custom brush palette. I'll post some work I've done with them when it's finished.
Not too keen on any of the others, but two new brushes I'll probably use at some point on almost any painting? Not bad...
Cheers Craig!
sry for not reading the 1st post carefully
thx for the brushes, craig !
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iHub Robotics Meetups – A Recap
By Muuo Wambua,
Robotics Intern
As promised, Friday the 15th saw a bunch of hardware and software enthusiasts meet-up and hack on the Raspberry Pi, a small, barebones computer developed by The Raspberry Pi Foundation, a UK charity, with the intention of providing low-cost computers and free software to students. The Raspberry Pi can run a number of linux distributions and allows for the attachment of a number of peripherals using the conventional USB, Ethernet and 3.5mm sound ports along with low-level GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) pins.
Kingsley Ndiewo started by introducing the Raspberry Pi, showing the participants how to run it in headless mode via ssh. He also explained how iHub Research and Funtrench had been using the Raspberry Pi to make an automatic door.
Participants were able to see just how easy it was to program the Pi's GPIO ports using high level programming languages (In this case, Python). Kingsley demo-ed how to turn an LED on and off using python and the nifty RPi.GPIO module. We went on to learn how to accept digital inputs using pushbuttons and neat ways to filter out unwanted inputs using software.
Next up was Tom Denton (http://blogs.africanmathsinitiative.net/tomd/), who's involved in number of projects that are aimed at increasing people's passion for math and tech in Western Kenya. He showed us how to use cron tabs, a useful service that executes scheduled commands in linux. He also showed a copy of Sage (http://www.sagemath.org/) that he's modified to run on the Raspberry Pi: He hopes to use Sage, in combination with the Pi, to help show children and young adults how to use computation to solve Math problems.
The meet-up was more of an introduction to embedded development on the Raspberry Pi and might have been a little disappointing for the more experienced members. However, it was just a primer for the next few meet-ups, where we plan to work on several hands-on projects that utilize the Pi. Please join iHub_Robotics (https://www.facebook.com/IHubRobotics) on Facebook and send in ideas on possible projects that we can work on.
March 1st Meetup: Once again, we had Robotics enthusiasts gathered at the iHub on the 1st of March to discuss the various projects that they're working on and hack on interesting projects together.
The session started with William Karumba giving a talk on his Solar Sun tracker. William built his tracking system from scratch, with the purpose of making a mechanism that maximises solar exposure of solar panels, thus increasing their energy throughput.
The most interesting part of his device is that it is made from purely analog components… (Digital systems are a convenient abstraction of analog systems. This results in analog systems being much harder to construct and design, requiring more skill, than comparable digital systems.) which is cool in an age when people find any reason to stick an arduino almost everywhere.
Image from http://xkcd.com/730/
He uses a bunch of op-amp comparators and other discrete components to come up with a [deceptively] simple circuit that orients a panel towards the direction the most light is coming from. He served as a reminder that we shouldn't be afraid to get our hands dirty and use more complicated analog electronic circuits in our projects.
Robotics Mini-Projects
Next, we moved on to the mini project of the day. As a primer: In the next couple weeks, the robotics group will be working on mini-projects to encourage member's creativity and build electronics and programming skills. The projects that we'll be working on are:
- Pi Synthesizer:
Objective: Construct a circuit that will allow one to play and mix different sounds using push buttons and the raspberry pi.
- Handshake Gorilla:
Objective: Use art and the raspberry pi/arduino to make a gorilla that shakes your hand when you touch its hand.
This project is based on a workshop conducted by Jens Dyvik (http://www.dyvikdesign.com/site/research/fablab/handshake-gorilla-workshop-at-fablab-kamakura.html)
- Polling Station:
Objective: Use the raspberry pi to make an electronic polling station for the presidential elections
On the 1st we decided to start work on the Polling Station. We got lots of good ideas for its design from the attendees and eventually we came up with a basic design for the polling station:
The final design consisted of push buttons for [a hypothetical] four elective positions; A green LED to indicate that one can now make their vote and a green LED to indicate that one should wait a little while before voting.
Here's a more clear schematic of the simple circuit we came up with:
After setting up the circuit, the task of programming the Raspberry Pi to tally the votes and control the voting process remained. We decided to do this in Python using the RPi.GPIO module. Unfortunately, we weren't able finish up the coding bit (due to time constraints), but we'll be able to pick up where we left off when we meet this Friday(15th March). See you there at 4pm!
You can also join iHub_Robotics (https://www.facebook.com/IHubRobotics) on Facebook and send in ideas on possible projects that we can work on.
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