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How to Knit Baby Booties: 25 Adorable Patterns
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The only thing cuter than tiny baby feet are the adorable knit booties that keep them warm. Sweet, soft, and small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, it's hard not to love these little shoes. Baby shoes have exploded in popularity throughout the years. Celebrities have been known to pay thousands of dollars for these shrunken versions of top designer kicks. It's not enough for babies to have just any baby booties pattern; they have to have baby Air Jordans or petite Pradas.
Here at AllFreeKnitting, we've always thought the most adorable baby shoes are the ones that are handmade with love. Knitting baby booties is an adorable way to celebrate the birth of a little one, especially because you can make multiple pairs without sparing much time or yarn. These little shoes are more than just a delightful article of clothing. Knit bootie patterns can be used to decorate a baby's room by stacking them on shelves or stringing them along a wall.
How to Knit Baby Booties: 25 Adorable Patterns
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Classic Knit Bootie Patterns
Designer Knit Bootie Patterns
Funky Knit Bootie Patterns
Classic Knit Bootie Patterns
Looking for a timeless look? You can't go wrong with the basic baby bootie design. These sweet knit bootie patterns are great examples of the classic baby bootie.
- 5-Hour Baby Booties
- Basic Baby Booties
- Royal Baby Booties
- Pom Pom Baby Booties
- Bundle of Joy Baby Booties
- Bev's Stay On Booties
- Shimmery Simple Knit Baby Booties NEW!
- Simply Sweet Baby Booties NEW!
- Crazy Easy Knit Baby Booties NEW!
- Easiest Baby Booties Pattern NEW!
Designer Knit Bootie Patterns
Want to dress your baby in the latest designer fashion without breaking bank? Learn how to knit baby booties sure to make everyone jealous with these easy knit bootie patterns. These patterns make for festive winter accessories or fun autumn knits.
- Bitty Baby Uggs
- Teeny Tiny Mary Janes
- Baby Mary Janes
- Tiny Striped Moccasins
- Warm Boot Slippers
- Knockoff Baby Uggs
- Mary Jane Baby Booties NEW!
For these absolutely adorable baby booties and more, check out our 301 Too Cute to Handle Baby Knitting Patterns!
Funky Knit Bootie Patterns
Time to play make believe with baby in these quirky little shoes. There's a pair for every special fairytale you read!
- Little Lady Bug Baby Booties
- Peppermint Baby Booties
- Hermes Winged Baby Booties
- Little Sheep Booties
- Knit Monster Baby Booties
- Bird Toggle Booties
- Ruffled Rosie Baby Booties NEW!
- Precious Panda Baby Set NEW!
Baby booties aren't the only baby essential. If you're looking for more knits for baby, check out our eBook Knitting for Baby: 6 Knit Baby Blankets.
Your little one will soon outgrow these tiny little knits, but the love-filled stitches will still remain as a sign of how much you care. Though these little knit bootie patterns will be worn for a fleeting amount of time, they will be kept as a keepsake forever.
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lynniespost 891551 5
Nov 19, 2015
Hi can someone tell me if anyone has or know a pattern for Baby booties for hanging in the pram please Thanks lynniespost 891 not the best knitter mainly scarfs i do or knitting lace stuff i do
dorothymaybell 378 0236
Aug 16, 2014
I would like these patterns please how do i get them
Editor JD
Aug 18, 2014
Hi dorothymaybell 3780236, The pattern links next to each image will take you to the individual pattern page. Hope this helps! -Editors of AllFreeKnitting
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Though the rumor hasn't yet gotten great traction, the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox reportedly could be a match for outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury. The 29-year-old outfielder is an interesting option for the Phils, writes Bob Brookover for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In exchange for Ellsbury, who's signed through the 2013 season, the Phillies could deal 25-year-old pitcher Vance Worley, Brookover writes.
The Red Sox, who gutted their roster late last season and fired manager Bobby Valentine, are rebuilding and in need of starting pitching. Worley is a budget-conscious option with an affordable salary and club control through 2017.
Ellsbury has five-tool ability, but has missed significant time with injuries in two of the last three seasons and, at times, moved from the leadoff spot to lower-leverage positions in the order.
Ellsbury is a .297 career hitter with 162-game average of 16 home runs, 107 runs scored and 53 stolen bases. He finished second in American League MVP voting in 2011 when he hit .321 with 32 homers and 105 RBIs.
Worley is 18-13 in three seasons with the Phillies, including a 6-9 record last season and an 11-3 mark in his first full season in 2011. Worley is arbitration-eligible in 2014 and eligible for free agency in 2018.


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GALESBURG -- Claude Harper had talked for months about floating down the Kalamazoo River.
Tonya Carey, who last saw Harper on July 16, said her friend wanted to go to the Dollar General Store in downtown Galesburg, buy an inflatable raft or something else and drift down the winding river.
When she heard on Thursday that Harper, 49, was found dead in the river, she thought he had done just that.
"I think he had too much to drink, and he didn't know how bad the current was when he got in there," she said. "It swept him off his feet."
Friends, neighbors and patrons at the Time Out Lounge, where Harper was a fixture, said Harper was a generous man with an abundance of friends and no enemies.
"He had a heart of gold," said Carey, who Harper had been living with since April.
Carey's 17-year-old daughter, Skyler Carey, added that Harper helped out with the groceries and gas for the small apartment. He bought Winnie the Pooh toys for her baby on the way.
"If he could help, he'd pretty much do whatever he could do to help," she said.
Bob Blodgett, who lives near Carey in the Galesburg Village Apartments, called Harper a good friend and said the man "liked his cocktails." Harper had recently quit his job at a local greenhouse, Blodgett said, and fallen on hard times.
Deputies retrieved Harper's body out of the Kalamazoo River on Thursday morning after his body was spotted about one-half mile west of the 35th Street Bridge.
Friends at the apartment complex where Harper was living and at Time Out Lounge had not seen him since July 16. Jessica Yingling, a bartender at Time Out, said Harper gave her and her mother, Jan Yingling, the owner of Time Out, his wallet and other personal belongings before heading up stream to float down the river at around 6:30 p.m. on July 16.
Jessica Yingling said Harper often floated down the river from near the East Michigan Bridge to the bar or to the park just past the bar without the use of a raft. She said she saw Harper float past the bar later that evening and keep going.
When Harper did not return to Time Out Lounge after several days to get his wallet, the Yinglings became worried.
Jessica Yingling said Harper's son, Justin, 20, reported him missing around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The young man became alarmed after friends of Harper's -- who'd known that he was headed to the river -- called Justin Harper to inquire whether he'd seen or heard from his father; Claude Harper had not been reported missing before his son called, according to Sgt. Jeff Heppler, of the Galesburg Police Department.
Heppler said the case is still being investigated, and that he does not know how long Harper's body might have been in the water.
Galesburg investigators and the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office are working on the case.


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Binghamton -- When Utica Notre Dame senior Jaclyn Hajec hit a layup off a nice assist from teammate Emily Durr to start the fourth quarter, the Jugglers led Oneonta 39-25 in a Class B girls regional final.
Seven minutes later, the score was tied 44-44 and Notre Dame was in a dogfight with 58 seconds to play.
But Durr and her teammates turned up the defense, and hit six free throws down the stretch to hold off No. 1 state-ranked Oneonta 50-44 today at the Binghamton University Events Center.
No. 2 Notre Dame (20-3) advances to a Class B state semifinal and will face No. 4 Tamarac (21-2) at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Hudson Valley Community College.
"It feels great," junior guard Anari Harris said of her team avenging a five-point loss to Oneonta in last year's regional final. "Last year, the feeling was terrible."
Durr led the Jugglers with 19 points, while Harris had 11 and Hajec added 9.
In a battle of first-team, all-state players, Oneonta's Mariah Ruff scored a game-high 22 points, but this year it was Durr who made more plays - especially at the end.
Durr scored four of her team's final six points in the game, all of them from the free-throw line.
Ruff missed the front end of a one-and-one with 40 seconds left with her team trailing 45-44. She also missed a pair of three-point tries in the last 15 seconds.
Notre Dame coach Michael Plonisch said his team struggled through parts of the fourth quarter, but he was happy at how the Jugglers regrouped at the end.
"We made it interesting by not taking care of the basketball here and there, and not making free throws down the stretch. But our girls had a lot of heart," he said.
Plonisch had high praise for Harris and senior guard Alexia Patterson, who took turns trying to keep Ruff from taking over the game in a variation of the box-and-one defense.
"They're two of our better on-the-ball defenders, and I thought Lex did an outstanding job on her - keeping Mariah in front of her and making her shoot over her," Plonisch said.
"We tried to make her uncomfortable," he added. "When she's comfortable on the floor, she's one of the most dangerous kids I've ever seen play."
Harris said the idea was to keep a fresh pair of legs on Ruff as much as possible.
"We kind of switched, me and Lex, every so often so neither one of us would get fully tired," she said.
Ruff showed her mettle in Oneonta's fourth-quarter run, scoring nine points and causing a number of turnovers as the Yellowjackets pressed the Jugglers throughout the final eight minutes.
"We've seen a little bit of pressure, but nothing like that," Hajec said. "They're a very good team. We just had to handle it."
Durr said the senior-dominated Jugglers pulled together down the stretch.
"When they pressured us we kind of got down and made some stupid turnovers. But in the end we stuck together, and we wanted it," she said. "People forget that we're a team."


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The late dismissal of George Bailey to a brilliant catch by Graeme Swann at square leg left honours even at the end of the first day of the second Test. England can be pleased with the disciplined way they bowled on a docile pitch, but they still missed an opportunity to claim a clear initiative by dropping both Bailey, Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin early in their respective innings.
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That wasn't a trial balloon Nick Saban floated into the atmosphere Thursday night in Fort Payne at his latest stop on the Crimson Caravan.
It was college football's version of the Hindenburg.
The idea behind it would blow up the sport as we know it.
When the most powerful coach in the nation suggests that the most powerful programs take their ball and keep it to themselves, it should send shock waves from UAB to Boise State and beyond.
"I'm for five conferences," Saban said. He didn't elaborate, but presumably he meant the SEC, Pac-12, Big 12, Big Ten and ACC. That would leave C-USA, the Sun Belt, the Big East, the Mountain West, the MAC and the WAC on the outside looking in.
The Alabama coach didn't stop there. He said he wants to see "everybody playing everybody in those five conferences." Again, he didn't dive into details, but do the math.
His suggestion implies going beyond the Big Ten's discussion of a ban on playing teams from the Football Championship Subdivision to shutting out the lesser half of the Football Bowl Subdivision, too.
That would mean, say, Louisville instead of Western Kentucky on SEC non-conference schedules. Miami rather than Florida Atlantic or Florida International. North Texas? No. TCU, Texas Tech or Texas? Yes.
Saban's not the first person to hint at a handful of superconferences breaking away from their mortal conference brothers in some way, shape or form. His is one of the most prominent voices to chime in on the subject.
Combine Saban's five-conference suggestion with Mike Slive's recent thinly veiled threat about what could happen if the SEC and other major conferences don't get their way in their desire to provide a full cost-of-attendance stipend for their student-athletes.
How soon before these heavyweights turn their saber rattling into civil war?
Saban's scheduling proposal would force the members of these superconferences to radically alter their non-conference schedules. The prevailing attitude at the moment is to challenge yourself by playing one prominent team from another major league and then reward yourself by lining up three dogs with different fleas.
Alabama has played 24 regular-season non-conference games since Saban arrived in 2007. Here's the breakdown of those opponents by conference or division:
Sun Belt: 8.
Football Championship Subdivision: 5.
Big Ten: 3.
Conference USA: 2.
As much as Alabama gets and deserves credit for going nose-to-nose with such traditional powers as Michigan, 17 of Saban's 24 non-conference games to date would be off-limits to the Crimson Tide in the future if his notion came to pass.
If the big boys played only the big boys - stretching the definition of "big boys" to its breaking point to include the likes of Kansas and Indiana - it would send dominoes falling in every direction.
The budgets of FCS schools such as Samford and less-affluent FBS programs such as UAB and Troy would take a major hit if those guarantee games they like to play against SEC teams dried up and blew away.
Counterargument: When did it become the SEC's job to pump money into C-USA and the Sun Belt?
At the upper level of the game, everyone from players to coaches to fans to media members would have to adjust their attitudes about what constitutes a successful season.
"The Giants won the Super Bowl, and what did they lose?" Saban said. "Six or seven games a couple years ago? It's called competition."
Easy for him to say. He's turned the BCS Championship Game into his own private island.
The reality is, the NCAA has more have-nots than haves, and they would almost certainly vote down any proposal to allow five superconferences to exist in their own bubble. For that reason alone, there's really only one way this radical reconstruction can happen.
The big boys would have to turn their backs on the rest of college football and not look back.
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MAHWAH — A county worker died after injuries he suffered on the job Friday at Campgaw Mountain Reservation, officials confirmed Monday.
Jeanne Baratta, the chief of staff for County Executive Kathleen Donovan, said the 21-year-old seasonal worker got into an accident and was hospitalized Friday night.
He died in surgery while at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson early Saturday morning, she said. Baratta would not say how he was killed, citing an ongoing investigation by Mahwah, county and state police.
Grief counselors were available to county workers at Campgaw Monday morning, Baratta said.
The accident occurred as the park was closing, Baratta said. She declined to reveal the man's identity until all of his family members are notified.
"The county at this time expresses their sympathies to the family members and our prayers are with them," Baratta said.


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TUSCALOOSA - Kid Rock is rocking, Lynyrd Skynyrd is rolling and crimson is everywhere on the University of Alabama campus, where in a few hours the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide plays its home opener.
The scene is festive, as usual. The weather is good (partly cloudy). Everyone is hoping that the rain south of here holds off at least until the end of the 6 p.m. game against Florida International.
The Denny Chimes quad is packed with tents - tailgating without the tailgates - and the tents are packed with people. Along with dishes filled with meat and chips, portable satellite dishes are the rage.
Cornhole toss seems to be the game of choice for those passing the time until the gates to Bryant-Denny Stadium open. That would be now. Students are taking their seats.
Before long, the teams will be on the field, and not long after that, the 2009 home season will kick off.
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Who is a real American? A recent writer gave her opinion. Of course, she's entitled to it. What is my opinion? I refer you to Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
It states that any person "born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen." The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Anyone who disagrees with the aforementioned quote needs a refresher course in U.S. history.
My parents came to the U.S. from Italy in the early 1900s. The made it their business to become naturalized U.S. citizens. Their four kids were born in the U.S.
The Constitution has defined who is an American. It is the supreme law of the land. It speaks for all of us.


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There's nothing kids love more than a circus performance and Budapest offers a fantastic display of this Hungarian tradition. The Great Circus (Nagy Cirkusz) features an array of clowns, animals, jugglers and acrobats of all kinds to keep children happily entertained. Of course, adults should also be enthralled and impressed by the various acts. Many of the performers are world-famous in their field and they do travel overseas to perform as well. MACIVA, or The Hungarian Circus and Variety Ltd., plays an important part in Hungarian cultural life and is one of the oldest cultural establishments of Hungary. It was built in 1954 and has come to be well known around the world. The circus has a school for performing artists and holds circus camps for children who want to learn some of the skills on display. Shows vary and there are special events like parades and festivals at certain times of the year. Show times, availability and prices vary according to the season so please check the website for details; it is possible to book online.
Address: 1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 61
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Re: The Walking Dead
on: December 13, 2010, 02:04:56 AM
So I watched Season 1 of the show prior to reading the first complete book of comics and I have to say I don't really like the direction they are taking the show. Maybe my opinion will change after reading the next 2 books. Don't get me wrong, the first few episodes were great, but the last few just kind of seemed like filler. I also read they fired all of the writers from season 1, although I don't really know why. I know it's fairly normal to get new writers in between seasons, but to fire ALL of them? Seems odd.
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Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: November 06, 2010, 12:53:13 PM
This seems a bit obvious, but uh..I'll throw it here anyways. Try to sneak up on enemies and always shoot while you're crouched. If there's something you really can't beat, get 2 followers and make sure they engage first while you sit back (crouched) and pick things off with your highest DAM weapons. Try to find something that has high DAM but still allows you to get off quite a few shots in VATS. I preferred the 10mm Submachine Gun. It has decent damage, fires very quickly, has plenty of ammo and I was able to get off atleast 4-5 squeezes in VATS. Also make sure you're not using the -wrong- ammo vs certain enemy types, this has a tendency to gimp you instead of making you stronger. I'm inclined to agree with Danku here, I can't really argue Fallout being too hard - especially if you have high Gun skill.
Worst case, use ED-E and try to avoid enemies you don't want to fight, ED-E's perk let's you see any NPC within a very wide radius. I've heard Melee is much better than Fallout 3 (not hard to accomplish) but Guns are the most powerful. This would go hand in hand with my experience.
Quote from: Leyviur on November 06, 2010, 07:15:27 AM
That's like saying a Mario game is too easy, so if you wanted more of a challenge you should play with your feet.
It's more like saying if you think Mario is too easy, don't use mushrooms or any other things that effectively give you an extra 'hit' before death. But I'm not really a fan of saying "that's like saying...', it's much too easy to skew things to fit your argument.
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Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 31, 2010, 02:20:56 PM
I didn't bother using that companion, as I knew he would make the game much easier. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets nerfed, but you also have to be very careful using him because he attacks a certain faction on sight. But honestly, all of the companions are pretty strong, as long as you do their sidequest and get their upgrade perk (typically +armor or +attack, but not always) they become very beefy. I didn't even find this particular companion immediately because I had visited that town mostly in the daytime. Veronica was the first companion I found and I found her equally as powerful, considering she wears Power Armor and uses Melee Weapons, she's an ideal tank.
I finally went through the storyline missions and beat the game. The storyline felt really short, but I have to blame myself for that mostly. Whereas the storyline missions are typically there to point you in the right direction, I had already explored most places and finished the faction quests. Either way, I put 40 hours into this game before beating it and there was still plenty left to do, I didn't even hit Level 30 yet. This game is excellent.
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Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 27, 2010, 04:12:40 PM
Cazadores are by far my most hated enemy. They aren't so bad with Grim Reaper's Sprint, but that makes everything easier. I'm level 22 with 32 hours clocked and I've still yet to really focus on the storyline missions. Really enjoying this game, I don't think I'm even gonna bother with Fable 3 until I've completed Fallout NV. Seems like most people who can only buy one or the other are going with Fable, which really baffles me. I think Fallout is a superior series in just about every way, but that's just personal opinion.
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Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 25, 2010, 12:35:00 AM
Why don't you guys turn the difficulty up? Or maybe play Hardcore mode where your companion really dies, instead of going unconscious. I dunno, I don't think the game is 'too easy', it's just really easy to make it too easy. I think it's the opposite Cyril, once you give Veronica some power armor and do her sidequest you can choose to give her a Defense bonus perk, so she's basically the tank and you just pick off the stuff she can't handle. Don't forget you can have 3 companions as well, as long as your third is Rex or ED-E. I haven't used Boone yet, but from what I've heard he basically kills everything in sight before you can even really see it. That sounds like too easy.
I think my next play through is going to be on Hardcore and I will mostly focus on storyline missions. After that I might try an Unarmed/Melee/TotalDoucheBag playthru. I dunno, we'll see if Fable 3 holds my attention long enough to get me to quit playing this game. Definitely my Game of the Year so far.
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Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 23, 2010, 04:59:35 PM
Everything kills you in 1-2 hits at level 1. What are you spec'd? And are you one of those people that likes to 'roleplay' the game instead of treating it like a video game? Because if that's the case then our experience with the game is going to be completely different. As Prime (lol I said Mesh..) said, just run backwards and shoot it in the face. Unless you're roleplaying a Warrior with low str who never runs from enemies... :P
Edit : I'm gonna agree with Prime here too, Fallout 3 was literally raping my face at the beginning. I remember running from Super Mutants with Rocket Launchers only to get mauled to death by fish people trying to swim away.
Edit 2: Just a general question for everybody, what did you guys put your SPECIAL points in and what are you focusing skill points into? I mostly went for AGI/LUCK/INT and kept my STR at 5. I'm low CHR, but I made that up by going with Speech. I've got Guns, Speech, Lockpick and Science all up near 50-60. I'm really happy that the way you build your character has a much bigger effect on what happens in the game.
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Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 23, 2010, 01:12:16 PM
Quote from: ZeronHitaro on October 23, 2010, 09:43:10 AM
And don't even get me started on the Nightkin under REPPCON...ugh. I finally had to pop Stealth Boys like Stimpacks and play a game of "save after every kill" almost like I was trying to save-state a speedrun. Only reason those would even die is I hard-killed the first one then used Stealth + Rebarb o Doom to Two-Hit KO every other one in the entire building. I don't expect to beat the game guns blazing but it almost feels like I have to cheat to kill anything "tougher" than a Powder Ganger. And don't get me started on the NCR Prison. ~.~;
You don't have to fight those Nightkin, just so you know. Why are you guys getting raped by Radscorpions? I'm curious what everybody specced their points into, cause I went for a fairly decent amount in guns and the only thing I had a hard time killing early on was robots. But if a radscorpion is rocking you 2 hours into the game, your character is probably better made for avoiding conflict. I will second the Cazador flies or whatever being the hardest hitting enemy I've run into thus far. I'm wondering if people just expect the game to play as Fallout 3 and didn't bother reading about Damage Threshhold and DAM/DPS. Also, there's plenty of companions to be found within 10 minutes of the first town with basically no requirements to recruit them, maybe a quest or two. I can name 2 female companions who use Fist weapons and are absolute beasts when it comes to taking hits. At the start I would die in 3-4 hits if I ran into stronger enemies, but once I bought some armor with a decent amount of DT/DR on it I found myself living twice as long.
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Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 23, 2010, 02:40:11 AM
I'm not really feeling much forced linearity, I'm now 16 hours in and I've yet to complete the 2nd storyline quest. Granted I didn't try to run to the corners of the map directly from the start of the game, but that's not really my style. The west side of the map seems to have lot harder enemies then anywhere else I've explored so far. There are definitely certain areas you're not supposed to go to for awhile. Just like Fallout 3, the beginning has been the hardest part of the game so far. At this point I've got more money then I can really bother to spend and I still have atleast 10 unfinished quests to do with plenty more to be found in places I've yet to even begin exploring. Unless you guys want absolutely no linearity whatsoever, I don't really know what more you could want.
Single-Player RPGs
Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 22, 2010, 10:19:50 PM
The radio does suck, I turned it off within 2 hours of playing. Got tired of the music. I don't think this game is supposed to feel 'to scale' of Nevada. If anything, it feels like they tried to compress all that 'nothing' so that you -wouldn't- have to run for miles without finding anything. I like this. I also enjoy not having to go through subways to get to every god damn place I want to go. It basically feels like the west side of the map is supposed to be fairly close to California. East is close to Utah. That's my interpretation anyways, from talking to the NPC's and listening to some of their backstory.
I'm 14 hours in, Lvl 12 and I've yet to even enter the strip. There's just been way too many things for me to get sidetracked doing to bother opening up another huge area with a ton of shit to do. The sidequests are just more fun to me too. They just feel better, more interesting. There also seems to be a lot more. The dialogue is really awesome too, some of the stuff these people say is kind of racy. It sucks that all the regular NPC's say the same stuff. 'Blah blah makes me wish there was a nuclear winter' - I'm sure you've all heard that atleast 10 times. I haven't had any glitches so far, aside from the game freezing twice now 12 hours in. I've had 2 enemies fall through the ground, only 1 made me have to reset the game since I had to kill the enemy for a quest. Both times it was a radscorpion falling through the sand. I just make sure I save a lot, on top of having quick saves enabled. I haven't lost any significant progress yet, knock on wood.
I'm also loving how many options you have as far as companions go, before entering the strip I've already found 4 or 5 companions that I can switch between. I also have a 3rd companion with me at all times, which freaked me out at first because I figuerd this would make me succeptible to many glitches but so far, nothin'. Whenever I dismiss them I can always find them in the place I originally recruited them. It seems to me that there's a vocal minority that is making it seem like this game is far more buggy then it really is. Maybe I'm just lucky..
Multiplayer RPGs
Re: FFXIV Thread
on: October 20, 2010, 06:38:38 PM
How do you review an MMORPG exactly? Do you update the review score everytime the game gets updated? That seems like a lot of work.
Single-Player RPGs
Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 20, 2010, 06:24:23 PM
Quote from: Annubis on October 20, 2010, 05:17:15 PM
So you love paying 60$ for crap?
No wonder quality is dropping =/
I would argue that quality is dropping because of microtransactions and DLC, not because a game is released with a few bugs. I would also argue that you're in the minority if you think FNV is 'crap'.
Cumulative score of 85. I'd say that's a little bit above average.
Single-Player RPGs
Re: Fallout New Vegas
on: October 20, 2010, 04:49:02 PM
I'm playing it on 360, probably about 7 hours in. Not really seeing any crazy bugs or game ruining stuff yet, although the game did freeze up on me once when I was running around the Mojave. Maybe it'll get worse, but at this point it's no worse than Fallout 3 was before it was all patched up. I just leave Auto-Save on incase something bad happens and I try to save in any major spots when I haven't auto-saved in awhile. I don't really know why people are complaining about the bugs so much, how about complaining about areas being literally copy/pasted from Fallout 3. Or the graphics not being updated whatsoever at all.
I'm not sure what people expected when they bought this game, but I got exactly what I was expecting. Solild game, more of the same from Fallout 3 and some buggy/glitchyness - but nothing that is ruining the experience thus far.
Brush and Quill
Re: Some RPG monster sculptures I made recently
on: September 13, 2010, 03:17:48 PM
You should be a professional hand model.
Single-Player RPGs
Re: Dragon Age 2
on: August 07, 2010, 10:40:54 PM
Ahem. Electronics Arts does not care about PC gaming. I'm sure they'd be happy to throw in Top-Down View for like 5$ as DLC. Is that cool?
General Games
Re: League of Legends
on: July 18, 2010, 04:59:56 AM
I play Heroes of Newerth. Best equivalent of DOTA, imo.
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Following Ronda Rousey's 16-second victory over Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Saturday night, UFC president Dana White fielded the mandatory Cyborg questions from the media.
When talking about the chances of signing former Strikeforce Women's Champion Cris "Cyborg" Santos, White told members of the media on Saturday night, "I just don't want to hear your bullsh*t if I do [sign her]."
White continued, "Because this sh*t is going to flip as soon as I sign her – about drug testing and all the other bullsh*t. It'll be the biggest f*cking topic. It'll be the biggest f*cking story for you to write. Oh my f*cking God. The script will flip immediately."
Many are considering this progress, as White would generally dismiss the Cyborg issue altogether when it was brought up during various media scrums and press conferences.
The UFC president also treated the MMA media to a back-story regarding Cyborg and the end of Strikeforce. "Just so you know, when we bought Strikeforce, we offered them [Cyborg and her people] the same exact deal that we offered Ronda, and they turned it down." White reiterated, "They turned their deal down when we tried to sign her."
White also talked about how fighters know how to get into the UFC if they truly want to fight for them. "Listen, there are certain things to do to get out there. If you really want to fight for the UFC and you want to fight for the title," said White. "There are ways to get that done. There are ways to do it. It's not like we never offered 'Cyborg' a deal. We offered 'Cyborg' a deal, and they turned it down."
The UFC president concluded, "She got offered the same deal that Ronda got offered, and she turned it down. She was on a medical suspension too, for performance-enhancing drugs."


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Rachel Griffiths
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Griffiths on the set of Underground: The Julian Assange Story
18 December 1968
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Rachel Anne Griffiths (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian actress and director. She came to prominence with the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding and her Academy Award nominated performance in Hilary and Jackie (1998). She is best known for her portrayals of Brenda Chenowith in the HBO series Six Feet Under and Sarah Walker Laurent on the ABC primetime drama Brothers & Sisters. Her work in film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Australian Film Institute Awards.
Early life[edit]
Griffiths was born in Melbourne, but spent her early childhood on the Gold Coast. She is the daughter of Anna, an art teacher and arts/education consultant, and Edward Griffiths.[1] She moved to Melbourne at the age of five, with her mother and two older brothers. When she was 11, her father left home with an 18-year-old woman.[2] She attended Star of the Sea College, a high school in Gardenvale.[3]
After earning a Bachelor of Education degree in drama and dance at Victoria College, Rusden, she began her career as a member of Woolly Jumpers, a Geelong-based community theatre group. She had her first success as the creator and performer of Barbie Gets Hip, which played at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 1991.
Griffiths and Toni Collette were relative unknowns when they were cast as best friends and fellow outcasts in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding. Her performance won her critical acclaim and both the Australian Film Critics Award and the Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She followed this triumph in 1996 with the role of an earthy, ill-mannered pig farmer's daughter in Michael Winterbottom's Jude.
In 1997, Griffiths sparked a controversy after attending the opening of the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Topless and uninvited, her stated reasoning being the protest of the views taken by the media and state government towards the new casino, and inspired by the story of Lady Godiva.[4][5][6]
Griffiths joined forces again with Muriel's Wedding director P. J. Hogan for her American film debut, My Best Friend's Wedding, in 1997. That same year she starred in My Son the Fanatic, a British film in which she portrayed a tough Yorkshire prostitute who becomes involved with a considerably older Pakistani taxicab driver, played by Om Puri. Griffiths received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of real-life flautist Hilary du Pré opposite Emily Watson as her sister, famed cellist Jacqueline "Jackie" du Pre, in Hilary and Jackie (1998).
She then appeared in 2001's Blow, opposite Johnny Depp and Ray Liotta. In 2001, Griffiths was cast as one of the leads in Six Feet Under. Her performance as emotionally scarred massage therapist, Brenda Chenowith, earned her Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as two Emmy Award nominations. In the third season, she missed four episodes due to her first pregnancy.
Her second pregnancy was written into the show's final season and she appeared in almost every episode of the series.[7] She also played a supportive housewife in the film The Rookie opposite Dennis Quaid for which she garnered generally good reviews.
As of 2006, she became part of the ensemble cast, co-starring alongside Sally Field, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty and Matthew Rhys, of the dramatic series Brothers & Sisters, in which she portrays Sarah Walker, who inherits control of the family business after her father's death. Griffiths received a 2007 Emmy nomination and a 2008 Emmy nomination for her work on the series. Griffiths received 2008 and 2009 Golden Globe nominations for her work on Brothers & Sisters. Additionally, she appeared as "Inez Scull" in the 2008 mini-series adaptation of Larry McMurtry's Comanche Moon.
Griffiths made her Broadway debut in Other Desert Cities, directed by Joe Mantello and co-starring Judith Light, which began previews on 10 October 2011, opening on 3 November 2011.[8] In 2015, Griffiths made her debut as a television director when she directed three episodes of the second series of the Australian teen drama Nowhere Boys.[9][10]
Personal life[edit]
Griffiths married Australian artist Andrew Taylor on 31 December 2002 in the chapel of her high school, Star of the Sea College, in Melbourne.[11] They have three children: a son born in 2003, and two daughters, one born in 2005 and the other in 2009.[12]
Griffiths is a devout Catholic.[13]
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- ^ "Rachel Griffiths Biography IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ Clohesy, Bernadette (15 December 2012). "Two of us: Kate Kennedy and Rachel Griffiths". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Crown protest led to naked ambition". Melbourne Herald Sun.
- ^ Feinstein, Howard (18 December 1998). "The Rachel capers | Culture | guardian.co.uk". London: Film.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ^ Rachel Griffiths at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ McWhirter, Erin. "Family comes first". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Gans, Andrew; Hetrick, Adam (21 July 2011). "Rachel Griffiths and Judith Light Will Join Stockard Channing in Broadway's Other Desert Cities".
- ^ Mathieson, Craig (13 November 2014). "Nowhere Boys: Rachel Griffiths directs in ABC3's second season". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Nowhere Boys: Episodes 8–13 Guide (Series 2)". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Griffiths gets hitched". Los Angeles Times. 3 January 2003.
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A study which lasted years, and involved some extremely close encounters, has shed light on the female migratory pattern of the fiercest predator in our waters.
For the first time researchers tracked several female sharks from specific great white populations (Carcharodon carcharias) off the coast of Mexico over a three year period instead of just several months by attaching tracking equipment to the species' dorsal fins in order to gain an insight into their breeding cycles.
Their findings revealed the sharks have widely separated mating and nursery areas, posing fresh issues for efforts to protect the species.
Despite their legendary status as so-called killing machines, great whites are actually elusive and scientists say relatively little is known about the species. Their fearsome reputation was clinched after the 1970s Hollywood film, Jaws. Since then great whites have earned the synonyms "man-eater" and "white death".
Great White Sharks are highly adapted predators and their mouths are lined with up to 300-serrated triangular teeth arranged in several rows. They have exceptional smell and also have organs that can sense tiny electromagnetic fields generated by other animals. Their numbers are decreasing and there is no reliable data on current populations, so new information on breeding cycles has caused excitement among marine conservationists.
The latest study published in the journal Animal Biotelemetry, used specialist satellite tagging and long-life batteries. "It's surreal and humbling," said lead author Dr Michael Domeier. "It is also stressful since the shark's life is in our hands during the short time it takes us to capture and tag each individual."
The study revealed that females have a two-year migration and breeding cycle with four distinct phases.
Firstly pregnant females left Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico and remained offshore for most of their 18-month gestation (on average 465 days). This open water area was much larger than the foraging area used by males and females tended to avoid the males' foraging area while the males were present.
The sharks behave aggressively during mating, and afterwards the females deliberately avoid the males.
Dr Domeier added: "Male sharks bite the head, flank or pectoral fin of females during the mating ritual, but certainly these sharks are biting each other out of aggression as well. Males may be battling it out for access to females or preferred hunting grounds. While the females return to mate every two years, the males only return every other year. When they're not mating, both males and females may range as far afield as the waters off Hawaii."
The second phase was a two-month sojourn in the coastal waters of Baja in California where the sharks gave birth. But here the females not only put themselves at risk of running into shipping traffic on their journey along the shore but also put the lives of their pups at risk too which has raised conservation concerns.
Once the young sharks are born the females leave the nurseries and return to Guadalupe Island in such a way as to avoid males until they are ready to reproduce.
Finally the mating phase at Guadalupe Island was found to last up to four and a half months before the two year cycle began again. Females that skipped a year of reproduction returned to the breeding site after only a single year migration.
Dr Domeier president of the Marine Conservation Science Institute said: "Our tracking has highlighted a previously unknown period of vulnerability when the females are exposed to commercial fishing off the coast of North America." Overfishing is one of the major threats to this species which is listed as endangered.
(Pictures courtesy of Michael L Domeier)
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- Two year migration area of adult female white sharks www.animalbiotelemetry.com


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Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has moved one step closer to joining the Eagles.
He was in Philadelphia on Wednesday night and is scheduled to meet with the Eagles on Thursday, according to a league source. The person requested anonymity in order to speak freely on the matter.
The Jets cut Sanchez and replaced him with Michael Vick, who spent the past five seasons with the Eagles. Vick will compete with Geno Smith for the starting job entering this season.
Sanchez, if he joins the Eagles, would be the backup to Nick Foles, who is established as the starter after supplanting Vick last year.


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It seems there are many ways of handling the current spate of Arctic temperatures, and everyone has their own parameters for keeping their horses going when the temperatures drop precipitously.
Retired world championships driving medalist Tucker Johnson enjoys Florida now, but the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation president is a veteran of winters training horses at this family's Oldwick farm.
"These are animals that do well in cold weather," he said, while noting, "extreme cold weather presents its own dangers. So if you're losing feeling in your fingers, your horse is probably losing feeling in its ears. And when you're working on frozen ground, you have more impact on the legs to consider.
"But for people who are forced to train in cold climates, the biggest thing is that the horse has enough energy -- food being energy -- to expend the calories without losing weight or consuming muscle."
He said it is possible to view the cold as a positive and there are "ways to take advantage of it. The Germans felt like their winter work in carriage driving prevented them from doing too many circles. It made them do more relaxed road work that built long-term conditioning that put them in a stronger position in the spring shows."
He worked for six months with Per Henriksen, a very successful Norwegian-born standardbred trainer, who once was based a New Jersey farm.
Johnson noted the trainer didn't clip his horses much.
"He felt the long coat and the winter conditioning was a positive."
The traditionalists, Johnson said, "brush the sweat out, they don't wash them."
In the old days, he noted, "they didn't have indoor rings and nobody was sending them to Florida for the winter. They worked in the conditions they had and had very good responses and performances."
Dressage trainer Sara Schmitt of Pittstown notes, "I'm not a great believer in clipping. I think horses are better in their natural state. I believe it's just healthier for them. I don't understand taking all the hair off for a 45-minute ride, then piling blankets on them for 23 hours of the day."
She tries not to get the horses too sweaty when she rides, but notes competition horses have to keep working. Schmitt cautioned, however, that if the surface of the ring is frozen hard, it's not a good idea to do anything but walk.
Her horses are turned out all winter, and they have heaters in their water tubs to make sure it is always available for them.
Mary Babick, the hunter vice president of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association, generally has a 20-degree cutoff for riding at her Knightsbridge Farm in Middletown.
She notes, however, "Just because we're cold doesn't mean the horses are cold."
It's simple to figure out whether the horses are faring well in the chill.
"If the ears are freezing cold or the hair is standing up, the horse is probably cold. When the horses get ice on their whiskers when they're breathing, the air is too cold for them to do faster work," she said.
At that point, her students ride the horses at a walk and trot while the animals are blanketed. She doesn't let little children ride when it's cold, however, because they don't have enough body fat to keep them warm.
While her indoor ring holds at a pretty steady 40 degrees, it has frozen solid in the past. It's now treated to stop it from freezing and keep down the dust, but she noted the dust in an untreated ring can do respiratory damage to a horse, as does ammonia when a barn is shut tight.
In her barn, she said, "We crack the doors, and that helps a lot," she said.
Knightsbridge sends a contingent to Ocala, Fla. for the first three weeks in February.
Since it's "a harder transition to go from the cold to the warm, the first week there they don't show."
Karen Murphy, a master of the Peapack-based Essex Fox Hounds, said that while some hunts stop after New Year's, Essex tries to keep going twice a week into March.
"If it gets much lower than 20 degrees, we don't ride that long or we don't go out," she said, but cold weather hunting has its pluses.
"You put a bunch of hounds in front of horses, and their adrenaline starts to kick in and they love it," she said.
While the upper body on most hunt horses is clipped, Murphy noted that the legs remain unclipped "for protection through briars and whatnot."
It's very rare that Essex riders are permitted to wear parkas.
"At Essex, we've always tried to stick to tradition. You can get kind of creative with vests and whatnot underneath your wool coat. I'm a true believer in handwarmers," said Murphy, who uses them in her vest pockets as well as her gloves. She said the heat packs people use for sore backs also are a good way to keep warm under formal hunting clothes.
Carey Williams, the Rutgers extension specialist, noted "Every person has their own level of what's too cold and so do the horses," saying it should be evaluated on an individual basis.
"We have a hard time breathing when it's really cold; so do they. When I ride my horses, I look at how they're breathing. Is it labored? If that's the case, slow down to a walk or maybe decide not to ride that day," she suggested.
If horses are fully clipped and get blanketed, she said using a quarter sheet that goes over their loins, "might not be a bad idea, at least during the warm-up and cool-down process.
"The horse's hind end is the major muscle and powerhouse of the horse, and it produces a lot of heat. So I don't recommend leaving the sheet on the whole time, especially if they're doing a good training session, because that might overheat the horse and cause a lot of sweat," she explained.
"Then it's even harder to cool them off when it is so cold out."
As far as clipping goes, she said, that depends on "how much do you plan on riding in the winter? If you don't plan on riding a whole lot, or maybe just some light trail rides and the horse isn't going to be at risk for sweating, you probably don't need to clip.
"If you're going to train all winter long, the horse is going to be sweating a lot more, and it's going to be hard for them to cool off with a thick coat full of sweat." She suggested a partial, or trace clip, for areas that tend to sweat the most.
Williams also noted that while it's fun to ride in the snow, "people need to be cautious and only go places they are really familiar with. I've seen horses get injured on something buried in the snow, whether it's a farm implement or some jumps or lawn decorations."
She pointed out that unseen frozen divots and rough ground beneath the snow can be hard on tendons and also lead to sole bruises.
Williams noted that riding in snow is similar to riding in sand. There's a lot of resistance, and a horse might be sore after a long ride through the white stuff.
At the Somerset County Park Commission's Lord Stirling Stable in Basking Ridge, manager Margie Margentino said throughout the winter, "We try to get the horses turned out, even if it's for a short time, so they can get exercise and fresh air. We monitor the horses, you can tell when they're ready to come in.
"We'll throw hay out in the field to keep them occupied, the chewing helps keep them warm. It's just like a person. When you eat, you generate energy."
Approximately 20 degrees is Lord Stirling's breaking point for canceling lessons. Before making a decision,she looks at the dewpoint and the "feels like" rating.
"If the "feels like" is four to five degrees lower, then we cancel. It's not healthy for the horses, the riders' fingers and toes get cold. Little kids can't feel their fingers, so that's a control issue."
Instructors check the trails for ice patches and only use barefoot horses for the winter trail class. The stable's horses generally aren't clipped or blanketed, although very old horses kept in run-in sheds will be blanketed.
"Horses have a winter coat for a reason," Margentino said.
"It stands up and traps air in between those hairs and that's what keeps the horse warm. So when you put a blanket on a horse's coat, it folds the hair down and it can't trap the air."
The weather conditions led to the cancellation of this weekend's Palermo show in Bedminster.
"We feel it is best for everyone's health and safety, especially the horses and ponies," said the stable's announcement, advising next month's show will have double circuit points. The facility also canceled its show during the first weekend in January for the same reason
"We're hoping for a heat wave in February," said the stable's statement.
ON THE RAIL -- Today is the deadline to get a discounted registration for the horse management seminar, "Caring for Your Equine Athlete," presented by the Rutgers Equine Science Center and the Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
The 9 a.m.-4 p.m. seminar Feb. 9 in New Brunswick offers presentations by a variety of equine industry experts, as teams prepare for this summer's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in France.
Discounted registration, which includes breakfast and lunch, is $50 for adults; $20 for children, students and seniors. After today, the prices increase to $65 and $35.
"Our goal in presenting this workshop is to give participants a glimpse into the life of a WEG rider and valuable advice for any equine athlete, whether it's an international champion or a trusted lesson horse," said Carey Williams.
Experts will include endurance rider Meg Sleeper, combined driving/dressage rider Sara Schmitt, reiner Matthew Palmer and eventer Carol Kozlowski. They will talk about getting started in their disciplines and what it's like to compete at the elite level.
Jim Wolf, chef de mission for the U.S. WEG team, will discuss getting competitors ready for the WEG, and there also will be sessions on saddle-fitting and hoof balance and performance.
Details and registration information are available on the Equine Science Center website at esc.rutgers.edu. For more information, contact Laura Gladney at (848) 932-3229, email@example.com, or Williams at (848) 932-5529, firstname.lastname@example.com...
The world's number one- and two-ranked riders demonstrated their expertise yet again last night in the $125,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla.
Both are British and were members of their country's 2012 Olympic gold medal show jumping team. But this time, number two, Ben Maher, won the class on Cella, with a time of 38.68 seconds to lead a 10-horse jump-off. He was able to do just enough to shave a few instants off the 39.05-second time of number one-ranked Scott Brash, who went right before him on Ursula XII, who is not his number one horse.
The best U.S. finish was McLain Ward, fourth on Rothchild, with a slower 4-fault round than third-place Alvaro de Miranda of Brazil aboard AD Narson.
The grands prix are being livestreamed this year by Equestrian Sport Productions, which runs the WEF.
The series got off to a rocky start earlier this month when its cables were submerged during a torrential storm that doused the $125,000 Trump Invitational.
But the programming is on track now, and benefits from educated commentary by grand prix riders Jimmy Torano and Mark Leone...
The Essex Foxhounds will hold a Chinese New Year's party Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Champions Club, Tranquility Farm, 300 Old Chester Road in Chester. There will be a Chinese buffet and music. Admission is $100 and goes toward the Essex Centennial fundraising campaign. RSVP by Feb. 4 to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Today: Changewater Stables Show, 483 Route 519, Stewartsville.
Saturday: Dressage Schooling Show, Horse Park of New Jersey, Route 524, Allentown; CJL Farm Show, Baymar Farms, 38 Harbor Road, Morganville; Duncraven Winter Circuit, 1300 Trenton Harbourton Road, Titusville (through next Sunday).
Next Sunday: CJL Farm Show, West Milford Equestrian Center, 367 Union Valley Road, West Milford.
Nancy Jaffer may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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An Algiers man found shot to death on Friday has been identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office. Cedric Brown, 22, was found by New Orleans Police at the corner of Maumus Avenue and Mansfield Avenue in Algiers at about 9:23 p.m. Police were responding to a report of gunfire when they discovered Brown's body.
Brown was found lying near a bicycle at the intersection. Police have not identified a suspect or motive in his death. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111.


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Deal With It
May 7, 2012 in Community, Tech
My love affair with Flash goes back to 1998 and Flash 3. I was a hard-core Director user and teacher and, frankly, I didn't think it could get any better than that. Of course what I didn't expect was to have my Course Coordinator toss a box with a red swirl on the cover on my desk at the College and ask, "You know anything about this application?"
I gave the standard Director-centric response. "It's a wind up toy." I said.
"Get over it," he said, "You are teaching it next semester."
I installed the app – Flash 3– opened it and, 15 years later, I finally closed Flash CS 5.5 and walked away.
For me, the five years between 1998 and 2003, were the absolute best years. Nobody really had a clue what the app could do and, as is so typical in this business, we made it up as we went along. Branden Hall, some kid out on the East Coast, was doing amazing stuff with ActionScript. Eric Natzke was exploring Flash as an artistic medium. Hillman Curtis was quietly using it as a story-telling medium. Joe Cartoon put frogs in a blender and showed Flash could be a serious animation tool. Todd Purgason was moving Flash into the corporate market. Lynda Weinman was running FlashForward, which became the Flash equivalent of Woodstock. Local Flash User groups were springing up like weeds and the Flash Player was being installed at an astounding rate.
For me, my move away from Flash started, slowly, when Flash tried to go mobile.
In spite of all of the "Whiz Bang Smoke and Mirrors" presentations Adobe dropped on its Fanboyz at Max and elsewhere, they just never seemed to get it right.
My moment of clarity around that point happened in, of all places, Adobe's Head Office in San Jose, California in 2009. I had just finished a presentation to the Adobe Education Leaders crew and someone in the audience asked me why I didn't teach mobile to my students. My response? "I would rather drive chop sticks into my eyeballs."
I went through my reasoning for that statement in typical academic fashion but the bottom line was something I had been feeling for over a year: There was no consistency of the experience. It changed from device to device and trying to develop a Flash movie that did that was futile.
When Adobe announced it was suspending mobile development of the Flash Player it was greeted with the usual storm of hair pulling, teeth gnashing and self-righteous sputtering. The way it was announced was "bone headed" but for me it was something I had sort of expected and I used my Google + page to explain my ambivalence and how I saw it as an opportunity to learn and teach something new. I also felt, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, that this was "déjà vu all over again". As I wrote:
"… A good example is the rise of devices and smartphones and, in a certain way, the death of Flash on these devices. Having lived through, and taught through, a few of these things – the rise of the internet, the decline of print publishing and the rise of Desktop Publishing, the rise and death of the Interactive CD, and the rise of web interactivity and motion graphics – the common factor behind this disruption is not a "new way of doing things". It is a "new way of talking about it."
That something "new" crossed my radar in the oddest place … a Flash Conference.
Doug Winnie, former Adobe Edge Product Manager, corralled me at FITC 2011 in Toronto, and asked if I was interested in looking at a new product – code name "Helium" – that was in the process of being developed. He sat me down in a corner, flamed up Helium and, as he handed me the laptop, said, "Tell me what you think."
When I finished, all I could think was, "The magic is back."
With the rapid pace of technological change within our industry we tend to have a short-term perspective on new technology. We focus on the immediate and the short-term future, which is dangerous but understandable, considering the pace of change we experience and embrace.
What we don't tend to have is an historical view of this change. This sort of thing tends to arrive quietly, explode across the industry and disruption takes hold until we get a collective handle on the technology. Back in the late 80's and early 90's Digital Publishing literally wiped out art departments, type houses, printing shops, highly skilled trades (Film Strippers, PrePress, Typesetting) and, once the dust settled, a funny thing happened – these guys mostly went back to work once they discovered the computer was a tool and that nothing had really changed other than how we talk about it.
Are you seeing a trend here?
The current debate about HTML 5 and Flash, on this site and elsewhere, is nothing more than our dealing with disruption. Edge, through its use of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and so on, gives us a consistent experience across platforms ranging from the 32' monitor on my desk to touch screen devices mounted in the back of taxis in Beijing to the smartphone in my pocket. How can this be a "bad thing"? The other point I have discovered is moving to Edge or other interactive motion graphics technology from Flash is not hard. The Flash skills developed over the years are easily transferrable to Edge. It is the same way of doing what we have always done. It is just a different way of talking about it.
Still Edge is a hammer . Flash is a wrench. HTML 5 is a screwdriver. They are just tools. This is something the HTML 5 zealots seem to overlook. Whenever one of those guys tells me HTML 5 is the way to go I simply flip them a video and ask them to get it to run it in a touch screen mounted on the back seat of a Beijing taxi crashing around the city. You use the tool best suited to the job at hand and if it is Flash … so be it. If it is Edge … then use it. Something else? Knock yourself out because the bottom line hasn't changed: "Does it work?"
As I tell my students, nobody cares how you did it. They just care that it works.
So where's the magic I was talking about? We are back where we were with Flash 3. We have a technology that is disrupting our lives and businesses and, this early in the game, we really don't have a clue how to use it. Standards are in flux . Clients are confused. We are making it up as we go along and that is fine. It's the way it worked in the past and is the way it will always work.
Deal with it because, in the final analysis, you have to admit …. Damn this is fun.
About the Author: Tom Green has been teaching with the Interactive Multimedia Program at Humber College since 1995. He was appointed to his current full-time faculty position in 2004. He is also the author of over a dozen books published by Pearson Education and Friends of Ed, including such best-sellers as Foundation Flash CS5 for Designers, Foundation Flash CS3 Video, and From After Effects to Flash: Poetry in Motion Graphics, and has produced an online and DVD video training series on Fireworks CS3.
Tom is an Adobe Community Professional, a member of Adobe's Higher Education Leader Program in the post-secondary area, and a member of the Product Advisory Boards for Flash Media Server, Edge and Fireworks at the Adobe Corporation and the Camtasia Studio Advisory Board at TechSmith Corporation. He is also in great demand as a speaker and regularly does presentations at major industry conferences around the world, including D2WC, FlashintheCan, Spark Europe, TODCON, FITC, Adobe Max, Web Design World, and Digital Design World. He has conducted expert lectures at such post-secondary institutions as the Rochester Institute of Technology, Pasadena Community College, the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, the University of Wisconsin, the Sloan Merlot Consortium, the EMMA Foundation Master Classes for Post Secondary students in Hamburg, Germany and Toronto, and Red River Community College in Winnipeg.
Along with these industry efforts, Tom regularly contributes articles and tutorials to Layersmagazine.com, webdesign.tutsplus, the Adobe Design Center, and the Adobe Developer Center. His personal site is http://www.tomontheweb.ca.