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November 11, 2012 - November 17, 2012 Fishing Report
BONES: Some really big bonefish were landed this week from the Crab Caye area – 5 to 8 lbs! Love that Gotcha! Frank and Aoife were here from Ireland to celebrate their honeymoon. They both landed their first bonefish, and Frank landed a huge one in front of the lodge this morning before they departed. Eric took Tammi out to Bonefish Island for her birthday. They waded around the day and both had some quality bonefishing. Nancy was here with her husband Rob – she didn't think she would fish, but ended up learning to cast the flyrod and landed her first bonefish on fly, actually two! Big 'honey hole" schools of fish – maybe 500 plus fish all schooled up allowed beginner angers to land ridiculous numbers of bonefish. This is exactly what Archie wanted, numbers. Joe was pleased with his sight seeing for giant bones with Captain Carlos down by Congrejo. He landed 5 really nice big bonefish hunting them with stealth! Mark and Morie, Scott and Rebecca….nice bonefishing on fly this week!
PERMIT: Big permit – several over thirty pounds are schooled up in the deep water. Captain Emir had Brad P. from Dillon seeing "armies" of big permit. Brad said, "Even if nothing else happens, just seeing that, made my trip." Brad understands when you see something special, he has guided in Alaska and now opening a new fly shop in Dillon, Montana. He and his partner in crime, John A. brought a group here to EP and plan on returning in February. Wonder why? Phil K. and Niel N. both landed permit with Captain Emir. They had others on, but not landed. Look for photos on Facebook!
TARPON: Eric T. landed two tarpon on fly with Captain Sinoe. Yeah! Some days Savannah cleared enough to see them and get some bites. We had bites daily on fly. Bob and Mary went out with Captain Luis and had bites on live bait. They loved seeing the action. Rebecca had a bite on live bait with Captain Gilberto. The guides have been going to the mainland when it's NW. I landed a nice 15 pounder on a 3/0 black death in one of the lagoons down south during a Simms photo shoot, so that was bonus! Love that.
SNOOK: The guides are seeing more snook as we move into our winter months
Christmas Island Specials in size 8, 6 and 4 for both bonefish and permit in orange, pearl or pink. Weedguards on size 8 is helpful in the turtle greass. Gotchas, same thing – 8, 6 and 4 for bones and permit. Avalon in size 2 on 30 lb used by Captain Emir for the big pemit in the deep. Captain Kechu has been going down to 12 lb for permit in the shallows with both crab and shrimp patterns. Merkins size 4, and bead chain as well as lead eye crabs in tan and pink in size 6. On the resident tarpon we are using 3/0 bunny's in tan, pink and white, on 40 or 60 lb shock. Black death, and cockroach patterns as well.
Captain Emir for getting Phil and Neil into permit on fly, and basically being in large schools of giant permit all week.
We immediately felt like we all knew each other when John and Brad showed up with their group. Maybe the Montana connection had something to do with it - but good people are just magnetic. I think Tracy and Rachel are moving here and we should see them as bartenders in San Pedro in the near future. Neil from Dubois knows one of my life long friends….the connections just keep happening and we love it. Tammi celebrated her birthday and nailed her double haul. Eric comes here and lands two tarpon on fly like it is no big deal. Morrie got her double haul and from the possessed look in her eyes, I'm sure we have added another crazed angler to the tribe. We had rain, sun and smiling faces all week.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email us at [email protected]. Happy fishing!
- Dates:
- 11/11/2012 -11/17/2012
- Weather:
- The week began with some overcast skies which made it challenging to find fish, but when the skies cleared, it was great! We had a weak cold front (the temperature doesn't drop much), moving the wind around a bit. The week ended with sunny skies and another rainbow!
- Air Temp:
- High - low to mid 80s, Low - low 70s. Winds: Mostly from the NW 5-15 knts. switching to NNE 10 – 20 later in the week.
- Water:
- Temps about 80
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Blogger Brittany Gibbons and her husband woke up one morning last week and realized they had forgotten their nine year anniversary. Or was it their 10th? It was their ninth, but you know, it was so nonchalant, they forgot. I kind of get it.
She made the video below to show the way a couple who has been together a really long time "celebrates." It is so, so sweet. Watch below:
My husband and I do tend to still celebrate our anniversaries. We go out to nice meals and go away for the weekend, leaving our two (soon to be three) kids with my parents. But the truth is, we don't need to do that.
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As a dame on her way to a divorce (not of her choosing) I'm envious. This could have been us in 2 years.
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The low-budget film wows audiences, while the mega-budget 'The Lone Ranger' bombs.
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Two films that opened over the July 4 holiday weekend had drastically different results along with drastically different budgets. One movie scored big and one will likely find company with the biggest Hollywood flops ever.
First, the winner. "Despicable Me 2" brought in $142.1 million from Wednesday to Sunday. The impressive haul edges it past "Toy Story 3" as the top five-day grossing animated feature ever, according to Time.
Adding international revenue, "Despicable Me 2" has grossed a total of $293.2 million since opening. Comcast (CMCSA)-owned Universal has to like these numbers, especially since the movie only cost $76 million to make -- a bargain by modern-day animated movie standards.
The original "Despicable Me" earned $543.1 million, but the second installment is expected to earn more than $700 million worldwide.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for "The Lone Ranger." Disney (DIS) has to be happy that, "Oz the Great and Powerful" did so well because the studio will likely have to take a big write-down for what appears to be a giant flop. "The Lone Ranger" earned about $29.4 million over the five-day period ending Sunday.
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"The Lone Ranger" might be setting up for the same fate. The film was plagued with a ballooning budget and filming delays that forced Disney to invest $225 million into the it, according to, The Wrap.
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Second, Westerns are uniquely American and because of that they don't do well in international markets. Some films that bomb in American markets find success overseas, but "The Lone Ranger" isn't likely to be one of those.
The low budget "Despicable Me" wowed audiences, while the mega-budget "The Lone Ranger" will likely be one to forget.
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Why do idiots like the author of this article continue to quote the $73 million number when the movie grossed $283 million WORLDWIDE. That doesn't even include the $20.2 million it has made on DVD sales.
This myopic "domestic" viewpoint distorts the reality of large budget movies like the Long Ranger and John Carter. They are made just as much for the international viewer as for American viewers.
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Stuffed Pepper
Stuffed peppers are an easy weekday evening meal to whip up, no matter what your cooking skill level is.
Makes: 1
Prep Time: 5 min | Cook Time: 30 min | Ready In: 35 min
- 1 whole Bell pepper
- 3 ounces of Ground turkey
- 1/2 teaspoon of Oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon of Garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons of Tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons of Diced mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons of Almond flour
- 1 tablespoon of Olive oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. In a skillet, cook ground turkey, oregano, garlic powder, tomato paste, and mushrooms in olive oil until turkey is cooked all the way through. Prepare pepper by cutting the top off of the pepper and removing seeds and inner membrane. Keep the pepper top. In a large bowl, combine turkey mixture with almond flour. Stuff into pepper, place pepper top onto the mixture, and bake for 30 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts per Serving
Serving Size: 1 stuffed pepper
Calories 400
Total Fat: 28.7g
Saturated Fat: 3.4g
Trans Fat: g
Cholesterol: 70mg
Sodium: 110mg
Total Carbohydrates: 14g
Dietary Fiber: 6g
Sugars: 0g
Protein: 21.8g
Key Nutrients
Vitamin A: 116%
Vitamin C: 92%
Iron: 13%
Vitamin K: 14%
Riboflavin: 18%
Niacin: 23%
Phosphorus: 17%
Magnesium: 14%
Zinc: 13%
Selenium: 29%
Manganese: 42%
Calcium: 17%
Vitamin E: 13%
Vitamin B6: 17%
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The rumors began on an online forum page, SEKChatter.com, where users post about politics, news, and other topics.
Earlier this week a user posted the message "Empire is closing Riverton power plant".
Empire Electric says they are not closing the plant but there will be a change. The plant will switch from burning coal to natural gas in order to follow environmental guidelines.
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With the change of coal to natural gas and an expansion the staff at Riverton will decrease but current employees will not lose their jobs. Instead they will be transported to other plants, and that is a concern for Kansas state senator Jake LaTurner.
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The two drivers have denied speculation that they will leave their respective teams at the end of the season.
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F1 team bosses have identified high ticket prices as a major problem for the sport, according to the Telegraph.
Pascal Wehrlein's 2014 has had both its dizzying highs and its appalling lows.
Marco Wittmann may be the newly-crowned DTM champion, but he is not dreaming about a future in Formula One.
Jean Todt insists Ferrari is not in the sort of crisis today that he found at Maranello more than two decades ago.
Before the long-haul flight to Singapore, world champion Sebastian Vettel and his team have denied the latest sensational 'silly season' rumour.
Nick Heidfeld has defended the new Formula E series following criticism from within the F1 paddock.
Luca di Montezemolo says there is no correlation between Ferrari's successes as a business as opposed to success in Formula One.
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Andrea Caldarelli has counted himself out of the running to race for Caterham in the near future.
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The English team will fight to keep the third position in the constructors' championship.
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Ferrari's management revolution will have no impact on the driver lineup, new president Sergio Marchionne insists.
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I forget that I'm in trapped in a house of cards
until the wind comes blasting through
And I'm left again with nothing
Nothing but grief and this pile of all that I knew
I had to forget how much I cared for you
Something no one should ever have to do
Can you remember? Do you remember?
Those darkly happy days when you felt that way too?
Love so many bitter times unrequited
Two hearts broken----too broken to break anymore
You've become my dark horse in this race against time
And I hope to God we're not about to lose
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We shouldn't have to work so hard
To fall flat down on our faces
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I wish you'd come out of your shell
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In theoretical discussions rotating around film photography, line pairs per millimetre (LP/mm) is mentioned as resolution unit. The modern image resolution unit is megapixels. To make any sense of such discussions, resolution units translation is needed. Most often line per mm is translated into to pixels (white and black) in either vertical or horizontal direction. Let's see how this is described by Image Engineering site:
As a line pair is always a black and a white line, the maximum resolution one can achieve is 1/2 LP/pix.
While completely correct in general terms, this definition becomes very limited if one takes into consideration the physical nature of modern sensor. What I mean here, because of colour filter array use, a dot on a black or white line in the image is not formed by a single pixel but ( for example in case of a simplest Bayer pattern ) by a 4-pixel block, or 2 pixel vertically and 2 pixels horizontally. Separate case present diagonal lines - here we will have 6 pixels responsible for a pair of lines.
So, even with very optimistic approach to unit translation, the definition should rather look like:
In practical terms maximum resolution one can achieve is 1/4 LP/pix.
Taking decent B&W film resolution at about 50 LP/mm we have (24*50*4)=4800 pixels vertically by (36*50*4)=7200 pixels horizontally. This gives us an optimistic estimate of 34.56 Mp per full-frame Bayer sensor - which "accidentally" comes very close to Nikon D800 36,3 Mp count.
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I think it can be said the B&W film does manage in some cases to achieve the resolution you mention, but not too often, up the ISO and the grain size gets involved it all gets messy. In reality I believe the calculation is fairly complex because you are covering the Bayer method of generating colour which is not quite the same as the shade resolution as you can use the pixel by pixel data plus interpolation. And then when talking about Bayer sensors you do need to factor in the anti-aliasing filter (if it has one) as that can limit the captured resolution, as will in some cases lens aberrations diffraction etc.
There has often been idle talk of a monochromatic sensor coming from Leica but to my knowledge it never turned up.
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Under its new proposal to replace the Medicare physician payment formula, the House GOP plan would provide physicians with a stable, pre-set fee schedule to allow an eventual transition to alternate payment models. After that transitional period, payments would be linked to performance measures and other quality metrics.
Medpage Today: Congress Moves Forward On SGR Replacement
Physicians' Medicare payments in the future would be based in part on quality metrics relative to their peers, their own performance from previous years, and clinical improvement activities, according to an updated proposal from House Republicans. GOP lawmakers released on Wednesday a more fleshed-out proposal of their plan to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula which determines physician payments and replace it with a plan to reward value and efficiency. … The plan still calls for providing physicians with a stable, predetermined fee schedule for a period of years -- which lawmakers still haven't specified -- to allow providers to transition to alternative payment models. But after that transition, payments would be based on performance measures, which the lawmakers provided more detail on (Pittman, 4/4).
Medscape: House Plan Would Ease Medicare Into Pay-For-Performance
Physician reimbursement in Medicare would gradually shift to a hybrid of fee-for-service (FFS) and pay-for-performance with an option for unspecified "alternative payment models" under a plan that leading House Republicans unveiled yesterday. The plan, not yet in the form of legislation, gives provider organizations such as medical societies the job of developing ways to measure physician performance (Lowes, 4/4).
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A federal agency and a senior senator Thursday launched separate probes into whether news of an important government announcement was improperly leaked to traders about 30 minutes before it was made public. The leak, which was the subject of a Page One story in The Wall Street Journal, caused a run up in stocks of major health-insurance companies in the final few minutes of trading Monday (Mullins, 4/4).
The Hill: Grassley Probes Early Intel On Medicare Advantage Shift
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is asking how a political intelligence firm learned about a major shift in Medicare policy before it was announced by the Obama administration. Grassley wrote to Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner Thursday seeking to find out who knew, and when, that the administration would scrap its proposed cut to Medicare Advantage (Viebeck, 4/4).
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Oh oh! But will you join me then?
Of course my love~You know the person who was my special someone has seemed to disappear. . I think I may have been rejected for the first time in my life..I could most def use a wing woman…Get me back in the game. A dry snake is never pretty…
Lets take this city by storm.
Nate paced around, checking the sheet of paper in his hand that lists all his classes and watching where he was going at the same time. The campus was so huge, he didn't know where his first class was! And to make it worse, he was late too- as always.
"Oh man, I could've sworn it was this way…" He spoke under his breath, clutching tightly to the strap of his backpack. This was not how he wanted to start his first day here.
Without thinking he bumped into someone, dropping the paper from his hand. "Ow, hey!"
Realizing what just happened, he quickly spoke again, "I-I'm sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going…" Well this was embarrassing, he hoped the other wasn't angry at him- that's the last thing he wanted.
In spite of Lucy's height she often made an attempt to blend in. So when she was not teaching a lecture she often dressed in a so-called 'unprofessional' manner. Today she was in a: messy bun, a white knit cap, glasses, leather jacket, an oversized black and white sweater with a seviper on it, black straight legged jeans, and black lace-up leather boots. So on first glance one would not be able to tell that she was the Dean of Nimbasa University.
Stuck in her notes, Lucy walked on giving little attention to those around her. Normally her immense size caused people to move out of the way. So when someone bumped into her, it caused her notebook to fall out of her hands. "Oh," she said apathetically, "that is inconvenient."
Once Lucy picked up her notebook, she finally acknowledged the boy and looked down at him. "One should always look where they are going. If you do not that seems inefficient. " She tilted her head and looked him over, "Cute. You are new yeah? I have not read your file yet. How strange. I guess I should introduce myself, I am Lucy."
I don't know whether to drink or soak up the last few days of the break before the beginnings of next semester…
Drink and soak up the last day hottie~
Lucy had taken a sabbatical to further her research for the past semester. It had proven to be beneficial for her manuscript, but not for Nimbasa University. From her paper work to her students, everything was in disarray. If it were not for the notes she had compiled by her 'colleges,' she would have been completely lost. The management of the university was the least of Lucy's problems though. Her number one problem was Red.
Whilst Lucy had called Red, he had rarely answered his phone. All the phone calls really did was confirm that he got her shipments. The phone calls told her little of his mental state. So after she settled back in, she immediately made her way to Red's. She was unsure if he had cleaned himself or his house since she had been gone. So she had brought it upon herself to bring what was necessary to do both.
With a deep breath Lucy took off her motorcycle helmet and knocked on Red's door. "Baby, it is me Lucy~! I am back from my research! I brought fresh goods over! I thought I could make you dinner! I brought those banned violent European movies you like."
Does anyone want to start a thread with Lucy?
Lucy muse is lonely.
Lucy stared at the snake ring that made its home on her ring finger. Her entire life she did not believe she would have a normal life. This ring meant more then just a promise, it was her chance to have a family. A true family. Gently she rubbed her stomach. Perhaps she would even bare a child. The thought made her chuckle a little. "A family…" she whispered to herself.
Puts out an apb on Clair.
Lucy has received a package. That was not unusual, she often did. She was quite used to being showered in gifts. Just like most of her packages it was unmarked, so that did not cause any concern. She took out a box cutter and opened the package, inside was a Pikachu onsie.
A pikachu onsie was something Lucy knew quite well. For her darling Red had taken upon himself to wear one. All she could do was hope that he changed his clothes for his lectures. She had enough problems as it is.
"Why not…?" Lucy looked down at the onsie and she removed her clothes. With ease she slipped into the Pikachu onsie. She looked into one of her many mirrors and said,'Chu,' with a slight laugh. It was strange for her to be dressed like a mouse, when she was snake.


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Packaged rolls of tulle (available in the wedding aisle of many craft stores) make this dress-up darling a cinch to fashion. Simply tie snipped strips to an elastic band for a fancy-dance accessory that's just right for ballet class or an after-dinner show.
To start, stretch the elastic band around a pot or wide book. Cut a 14-inch length of tulle from each roll. Stack the two pieces and tie them onto the elastic band as shown. Continue adding strips in this way until the elastic band is covered.
Have your child try on the tutu. Add more tulle, if necessary, then even out the ends with scissors, if needed. For an even more fanciful look, we tied on about a dozen 15-inch lengths of satin ribbon.
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PS Tutorial – Showing the "Bump" for the Hidden Part of a Paperclip
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When using a paperclip in real life, you can see the shape of the hidden part of the clip as a bump or raised area on the top of the paper. Getting this effect with a digital paperclip element on a digital layout is very easy. The following picture shows the end result of the tutorial.
NOTE: I am using Photoshop CS 3 for this tip. I don't know if Elements or other graphics programs have the features I will be using. I am using Katie Mann's Alice kit for this example.
Place your papers and elements. In the example, I have layered two papers and a tag, and set a paper clip to look like it will clip the tag to the top paper layer. At this point the paperclip should be the top layer in your layers palette. I have added a basic drop shadow to my layers.
I am going to put the inner part of the paperclip (here shown in red) under the paper.
I will show two different ways to accomplish this selection. Option 1 is the most exact, and will work best if the color contrast in your paperclip element is not too great. Option 2 will work in any circumstance, but will work better than option 1 if your paperclip has high contrast highlights or colors.
Selection Option 1:
Click on the paperclip layer to make it active. Then hold Ctrl and click on the thumbnail of the green paper strip layer. At this point you will see marching ants around the green paper, showing that just the part of the clip that covers the green paper is selected. However, we only want to select the inner part of the clip. Press W to switch to the magic wand tool. Note that depending on what tool you used last, W may activate the Quick Selection tool; in that case, click on the tool in the Tools palette and hold for at least one second to bring up the tool picker sub menu, then choose the Magic Wand tool.
In the options bar set the tolerance to 99 and check the contiguous option (see red circles in above diagram for location of these options).
Now, holding Shift and Alt down, click on the inner metal part of the paperclip (you may need to zoom in to do this effectively). Holding Shift+Alt tells Photoshop to create a selection union, or in other words, to just select areas where the two selections overlap.
You should now see "marching ants" around the inner loop part of the paper clip, with a clean line at the edge of the paper (see below diagram to show what should be selected.)
If your selection is good, you can now skip to STEP 3. Otherwise, press Ctrl+D to deselect, and try Selection Option 2.
Selection Option 2:
We are going to make a loose selection using the polygonal lasso tool. The most important part is to get a clean edge where the clip crosses the paper. Press L to select the Polygonal Lasso tool. Depending on what tool you used last, L may activate a different lasso tool; in that case, click on the tool in the Tools palette and hold for at least one second to bring up the tool picker sub menu, then choose the Polygonal Lasso tool. (See above for diagram of this when we chose the Magic Wand tool.)
Zoom in (I used 200%) and click exactly on the paper edge inside the paperclip loop (see diagram for mouse cursor position.)
Move the mouse cursor across the paperclip wire and click, again exactly on the paper edge (see below diagram for this second click position.)
Now continue moving and clicking the mouse, creating a selection which completely contains the inner loop of the paperclip. See next diagram for how your completed selection should look.
Once your inner clip area is selected, press Ctrl+Shift+J to cut that area and paste it onto a new layer above the paperclip layer. Rename this layer "inner clip".
Click on the inner clip layer to make it active. Right click on the fx symbol of this layer and choose Clear Layer Style. Then set the Fill to 0% (see below for location of the Fill option.) This will make the inner clip disappear. The below diagram shows the location of the Fill option, as well as the visual result when Fill is set to 0%.
Create a new layer style choosing Bevel and Emboss. Adjust the following three settings.
- Style: Emboss
- Soften: 16
- Shadow Mode Opacity: 90
And there you have it! Note, you may need to adjust these settings differently based on your elements and papers, or play with the other options in this dialog to get the desired effect. For example, I noticed when using a darker piece of paper it helped to increase the shadow mode opacity value and decrease the highlight mode opacity value.
This same technique can be used when you have a hatpin element sticking thru a piece of paper. In some cases, the designer will give you a hatpin with the middle missing—all you would need to do is create a skinny rectangle of the appropriate size and fill it with any color (since it will be invisible).
I hope this tip proves helpful in making your layouts more realistic!
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Sherry (livingoutloud)
What a great tutorial, never thought of anything like this! Thanks a million!March 5, 2012
Thanks for the great tutorial.March 6, 2012
great tut, thanks, I added it to pinterest for future playing!
Sue : )March 7, 2012
susan aka suslyn
fabulous!March 13, 2012
WOW! Just what i needed – great tutorial, and the pictures were large enough to actually see the steps! Thank you so much – it always bothered me that the paper clip didn't look right – even though i knew how to put part of it behind the object clipped, it just didn't look right! Thanks for showing so clearly how to make it look "real."March 13, 2012
nice tutorial! thank you:)March 13, 2012
Thanks so much for all the details! I'm definately going to give this a try.March 13, 2012
This is awesome! Always trying to accomplish this with very poor results. I can't wait to give this a try! Thanks!March 13, 2012
fantastic! WAY easier than the dodge and burn method I was using! THANKS!!March 13, 2012
Excellent tutorial! I also really liked that the examples were really large enough to see well without squinting. Thanks so much!March 13, 2012
Great tutorial! Thanks for making this so easy.March 13, 2012
Great tutorial.March 13, 2012
Excellent tutorial. Thank you.March 13, 2012
Thanks. Love these tutorialsMarch 13, 2012
Do you have instructions for doing this with Photoshop Elements?March 13, 2012
thank you for a great tutorial!March 14, 2012
Question. I had an issue with both set of steps, and never did get the end result. So I'm hoping you can help me out! I'm going to go with the 2nd set of steps because I got the furthest there. Here's the part.
Click on the inner clip layer to make it active. Right click on the fx symbol of this layer and choose Clear Layer Style. Then set the Fill to 0% (see below for location of the Fill option.) This will make the inner clip disappear. The below diagram shows the location of the Fill option, as well as the visual result when Fill is set to 0%.
My 'inner paperclip' layer has no fx symbol. Is there a way to change that?
Thanks!May 7, 2012
Oh, and I'm in Photoshop CS5.May 7, 2012
Update! In case anyone ran into the same problem as me on Step 4 (as stated above). You don't need to do the Clear Layer style if you have no fx symbol, just keep moving forward with the rest of the steps. Turns out my issue was I kept moving the Opacity to 0 and it's suppose to be the FILL to 0%. Haha, ya, not so proud of myself! I'd like to thank the author of this tutorial so much for helping me figure it out!May 16, 2012
Such a nice tutorial, thank you!April 19, 2014


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The social media giant has built its fortune on targeted ads to its 1.2 billion users. But its new $19 billion acquisition, the messaging service WhatsApp, is fundamentally opposed to them.
By Spencer E. Ante, The Wall Street Journal
Facebook (FB) has built a nearly $175 billion company in part by letting brands create targeted advertisements for the social network's 1.2 billion users.
Now with its $19 billion acquisition of the mobile-messaging app WhatsApp, Facebook appears to be taking on a new kind of challenge: a business that doesn't want to be based on ads.
WhatsApp's founders aren't just against ads -- they seem downright hostile to them.
"Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought," wrote WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum in a blog post in 2012 explaining why it doesn't sell ads.
Products suffer too, Koum said. Instead of spending a lot of time collecting, mining and packaging data, WhatsApp engineers are freed to focus their time fixing bugs, adding new features and creating a better product, he said. "Remember, when advertising is involved you the user are the product," Koum wrote.
WhatsApp is free for the first year but costs 99 cents a year after that. Its revenues may be large, but they aren't known.
So far, Facebook and WhatApp are downplaying their divergent advertising philosophies.
In a press release, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the deal would help "make the world more open and connected." The company also said the acquisition would "bring more connectivity and utility to the world by delivering core internet services efficiently and affordably."
Zuckerberg and Koum both made the requisite statements about how the acquired start-up would remain autonomous and operate independently. WhatsApp has 450 million active users and Zuckerberg said it is on track to reach to one billion users.
The point was hammered home in a blog post by Jim Goetz, a partner at Sequoia Capital, the Silicon Valley venture-capital firm that made a killing by investing in WhatsApp. In the post, Goetz published an image of a note that he said Koum keeps on his desk that reads "No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!"
He said the note serves as a daily reminder of WhatsApp's "commitment to stay focused on building a pure messaging experience."
WhatsApp's contrarian approach, Goetz said, explains the app's success and how the founders outran more than a dozen rivals' apps that were all supported by ads.
"Rather than target users with ads — an approach they had grown to dislike during their time at Yahoo — they chose the opposite tack and charged a dollar for a product that is based on knowing as little about you as possible," Goetz wrote.
He added that WhatsApp doesn't collect personal information like your name, gender, address or age. It registers a user based on their phone number. Once delivered, messages are deleted from the company's servers.
Goetz said Facebook has assured the WhatsApp co-founders that the service "will remain ad free and they will not have to compromise on their principles." On a conference call about the deal, Zuckerberg reiterated the message, saying "I don't personally think ads are the right way to monetize messaging systems."
That's an eyebrow-raising message for a company that plans to keep its own Messenger app, and has been hyper-focused on collecting and monetizing user data through advertising. (Facebook is in the early stages of introducing ads to Instagram, the photo-sharing app it bought for $1 billion.)
Ultimately, the WhatsApp deal could be a smart move by Zuckerberg to take out an aggressive rival and diversify away from ads in a world where users continue to express concern about privacy. Any about-face by Facebook on ads would risk alienating the WhatsApp user base.
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Ios is well known as a party island among the Cyclades. From the moment I arrived there I sensed this lively atmosphere and knew that I was going to have a great time. To go to Chora, we followed the wide stone steps of the old road that comes from the port. Before entering the village you will...
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My relationship with Ios was love at first sight! From the moment I stepped down the ferry, I was amazed at the lovely colours of the village on the slopes of the hill. Blue and white in all its brightness! As the taxi was approaching to Chora, I counted more churches than in any other island....
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I have now been living in Ios for 21 years. It is a truly magical island, I don't exactly know what it is about the island but you either fall in love with the place immediately or dislike it so much that you never come back. Personally I think its quite gob smacking the amount of return visitors...
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Ios is a dream!! It has something for everyone (except ancient sites!). Beautiful beaches, plenty of sun, Aegean architecture, a rich history, and lots of entertainment. I had a great time in Hora, the main city of Ios, famous for its lively night life and endless fun. Come evening, and the bars...
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Ios is a great place to chill out and have fun. Chora and the beaches around Chora seem always on the move, restless and loud. Mylopotas have the best water on the island and the best beach bars!! I loved that music was on from early in the morning till next morning!! Chora also had some nice bars...
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Ios is typical Cyclades. White houses, nice beaches, clear sky and delicious gyros. Chora was obviously the only village on Ios. The rest places were just organized tourist resorts. You know the type, with lots of hotels and taverns and bars that try to give a traditional view but in fact they seem...
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Ios is like the twin island of Mykonos! Girls and boys dancing all over, bars, parties, the overcrowded beach of Milopotas and of course fun fun fun! The island is full of Irish and Italians and most of them own really good spots for food, drink and music as the majority of locals also speak at...
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The trip from London to Ios was very very long but interesting and rather beautiful! The village of Chora is so beautiful and romantic, sunsets are like in dreams, sea is incredible clear and blue. I found most beaches of Ios incredible, especially Manganari beach and Agia Theodoti. What I actually...
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Ios was our next stop to the Greek islands. After five days in Paros, we thought about going for 3 days to Ios before we set home. Well, actually, these two islands look much alike, only Iosis more quiet. There are bars but they are concentrated in Chora. In the beaches, there are beach bars but...
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Ringo gets distracted while getting a shot.
"Richard Starkey?" the nurse at the counter called. Reluctantly, he left his comfortable chair to go to whatever room the doctor was waiting for him in.
"Hiya, Ritch!" the doctor greeted. "You know what today is, don't you?"
Tonight, Ringo wanted to correct him, It's almost 9 o'clock. "Another shot," he replied instead.
"Right! The Hypobispeakia vaccine just came in! I heard it was quite popular in your heritage, but, hopefully, it shall be no more! You might even be commemorated! But I'm sure you'd just like to get it over with, wouldn't you?" Ringo nodded. "Good! Then let's get started!"
The teen looked outside the nearest window as the doctor got out a needle. Suddenly, as sight caught his eye. Outside, he noticed a distinct bright path in the nighttime sky. It was beautiful, looking like a dark silhouette. I know what that is, he thought. I know I've learned about them... It's... It's... "A nebula," he thought aloud.
"Pardon me?"
Ringo looked at the doctor. "Sorry... I was just--"
"Don't worry about it," the doctor interrupted. "I just wanted to say that you can leave now." Ringo looked at his arm and realized he was right; a small bandage confirmed that the shot was over with. He looked back up.
"Thanks," he replied. "Have a good night."
"You too!" the doctor gushed as he practically pushed Ringo out of the room.
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The incident -- just two days after deputies say her husband -- 61-year-old Robert Moulton shot and killed the couple's neighbor, 41-year-old Sergey Chepchugov. Investigators found him dead outside his Naples home.
Today, the victim's daughter told us Deborah Moulton returned to the home. She claims Moulton was standing near her fence, yelling into their yard and threatening her mother, Olga Kolesnikova. The daughter tells us her mother called 911.
"Olga don't need it right now. She has a lot on her shoulders with her husband and everything," Lardie said.
Other neighbors tell us the two neighbors have a history of fighting.
A video from 2010 was obtained by our news partners at the Naples Daily News. The Moulton's accused neighbors -- including Chepchugov -- of hiring a company to cut down queen palm trees in their backyard.
In the video, Deborah Moulton is in the backyard screaming and threatening her neighbor.
"You're going to wish you never bought that house," she said.
According to court documents, Chepchugov's wife filed for a restraining order against Deborah Moulton in 2010.
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I quit again about a month ago. Was 11/12 in ICC, pugging it...got tired of weeks going by without a group willing to put the attempts in on Lich King to finish the place off. I have also just slowly been losing interest in the game, overall. I've played since the open beta, taking three major breaks along the way...and while I never say never, what I'm seeing of the Cataclysm beta is not getting me fired up to return, at all. Pretty sure I'm done with the game, finally. Now it's just a wait for Diablo 3.
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Tommorow he will show the bill of underwears.Answered by GOVINDA SHAH, 24 Sep '13 10:07 pm
People like Digvijay Singh gain eminence because we the people and the media gives importance and wide coverage to statements given by him. We should learn to simply ignore such people.Answered by Manoj Adwani, 24 Sep '13 09:52 pm
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Cincinnati, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - The Cincinnati Bengals announced on Friday that middle linebacker Rey Maualuga has been ruled out for Sunday's matchup at Baltimore.
This will be the second consecutive game missed for the former USC product, who sprained his knee and suffered a concussion in the second quarter of Cincinnati's 49-9 rout of the New York Jets in Week 8.
Rookie running back Giovani Bernard (ribs) was limited at practice for the third straight day and is considered questionable for the divisional tilt.
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Defensive tackle Devon Still (elbow) has been ruled out while linebacker Michael Boley is listed as doubtful (hamstring).
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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Redditor bbilbay asked the Reddit community if they would be so kind as to cheer up his daughter and her best friend, who had recently been diagnosed with leukemia, by photoshopping "something pretty or fun" into the background of this photo of them together.
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Two pieces of mail are hitting mail boxes in the 4th Supervisor's District from the Orange County Labor Federation on June 1st. The first is a general mailer pointing out Shawn Nelson's TEA Party credentials. My guess is it isn't going to Republican households.
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Across the country, Tea Party activists protested on April 15 against the expansion of government. Thousands of these activists also formed a new "Contract for America" which lists their beliefs in how the country should be run.
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As we do every week, tonight we hold our Drinking Liberally gathering in Santa Ana. In response to the rallies of people across the country who have been fooled, by an astro-turf movement created by corporate interests that care nothing about the people they are whipping up into mini-riots, we raise a glass to democracy. We are not loosing it. We are actually gaining it back, bit by bit, through the efforts of a few bold Democrats in Congress working to free us from the grip of corporate control of our government and elected officials.
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There are a number of "Tea Party Protests" being planned throughout Orange County tomorrow. But recent CBS/New York Times polls show most of the Teabaggers still don't realize that their taxes went down last year under President Obama's stimulus package. This report, from Citizens for Tax Justice, provides a sobering picture that strikes a contrast with…
Teabagging with Chuck DeVore and Bill Hunt in Laguna Hills Today
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On the heels of last week's national Tea Party convention, two of OC's leading teabaggers are geting together to headline a Laguna Niguel protest in which most of the attendees got a federal tax cut this year. State Rep. Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) who is running for the US Senate seat now held by Senator Barbara…
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With Rep. Michelle Bachman, who will be speaking to the Lincoln Club of Orange County tonight in Newport Beach, escaping the frigid temperatures of Minnesota (a high of 7 degrees in St. Paul today) for the sunshine of SoCal, perhaps our conservative friends can ask the Congresswoman why she decided to cancel her appearance at…
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Obama spoke at a joint news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma. The White House says Obama will meet Saturday with Mandela's family, but won't visit him in the hospital, in line with the family's wishes.
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(11/15/12) - Bay City commissioners met in closed session Wednesday to talk about a proposed new water plant.
The estimated cost - nearly $60 million.
Thursday, the city sat down with representatives of Bay County, a potential partner in the project.
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Bay City's water contract with Bay County expires in 2015.
City manager Robert Belleman supports building a new water plant, but not everybody is happy with the price tag.
"If they're going to build something else that could probably raise the prices of our water, that's ridiculous. They're killing us," said Mark Curran, who lives in Bay City.
Curran, who just moved to Bay City, doesn't support the proposed new plant. City leaders say the current one is aging. It's been in service for more than 30 years.
"We should have a say in this. It's our tax money that's paying for everything," Curran said.
City commissioners have been talking this week about who would own and operate the new plant. They're also discussing the costs.
Bay City pulls its water from the inner Saginaw Bay.
Sometimes, that leads to customers complaints about the smell and the taste.
"That requires us to make about $36 million worth of improvements to meet
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with the existing plant or investments with this new plant," Belleman said.
Belleman says rates will increase. He believes future rates won't be as high if the city maintains a joint system.
"Something needs to be done about Bay City water and something needs to be done to lower the prices of the water, not raise it," Curran said.
City leaders are thinking about building the new plant in front of the current one on Euclid Road.
The group would purchase raw water from the Saginaw-Midland Municipal Water corporation, then process it at the new facility.
The city has been awarded project funding from the state for $12 million, under the drinking water revolving loan program, to build a new plant.


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