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Part 2: Getting Started with the Grid App Template
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In lesson Bob takes the first steps towards building the Contoso Cookbook by creating and walking through a new Grid App Template project and modifying the project name displayed on the start page.
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thanks bob...for me as a student your tutorial videos are so much helpful
Nice Video!
I'm having this exception while loading xaml designers:
Designer could not be started because of a permissions issue on the drive to which it is installed. Please check the permissions of the folder before trying to start the designer.
I did google the problem and tried some methods but it doesn't work. I'm using Visual Studio Ultimate with Blend. Help! -
@Rayky: Hmm... never heard that one before. Have you tried running Visual Studio as Administrator on your machine? From the Win 8 Start screen, right-click on the Visual Studio icon, in the app bar, select Start As Admin. Try again ... do you still get that message?
I did try that but it didn't work but i found a solution online anyway. It's very nice to know that you tried to help. Love your stuffs.
I have to design a metro fitness app as a homework, but I have no experience in windows8 apps. I also have to include a BMI calculator to the app and my lecturer won't help me with the coding... so can u please help me get started? my email is firstname.lastname@example.com thanx in advance!
@Rayky: You might want to give a link to where you found the solution for your problem if someone in the future comes around this page via a search for System.Security.SecurityException they would leave empty handed.
@Bob: Thank you for an excellent series on C#. Just finished your beginner's series and though I'm unfamiliar with programming it gave a good insight to the language and I'm going to see through this series also.
I have created a project with Grid template. When I open the XAML file, I am unable to get the designer. I am using VS 2012 ultimate with blend.
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Dheeraj -
@Dheeraj: did you compile the application?
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Why Can't I find callisto in vs 2013 ???
I have created a grid template project using VS2013 in windows8.1 OS. I am able to compile and run the default project but I am not able to get any default content on clicking on grid icon tile . It is taking me to blank page. But I am getting content on clicking on Group Title icon. Am I missing anything here?
@Ajay: I don't have an environment up and running at the moment, but if you created a new Grid App template and ran it, then that is the default behavior. Are you saying that is different from what I explained? Please let me know.
@Bob - I am not seeing any content on clicking on grid icon tile as it was present in your case.
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@Ajay: Honestly, I have not attempted to create a WinPhone app using VS 2013 so I'm unaware of any changes, however I suppose it's possible that they changed something?
re: Windows 8.1 development ... make sure you have VS 2013 Express for Windows (or Pro, Ultimate, etc.). I'm sure there's a good tutorial on getting started with 8.1 development somewhere on MSDN. Good luck!
Hello Bob,
I have just started your this series,previously i watched your HTML5 & CSS3 one, that was pretty awesome.
Ihave studied C# recently, and i really want to get into windows 8 app dev thing.
1.My qustion is that am i late for this tutorial? cos its for windows 8 (i have windows 8 ) and right now windows 8.1 is out ,will i be able to publish my app in the store if i program my app learning from here?
2.I have VS2012 Ultimate on windows 8 .Do i need to upgrade to 8.1 to publish my app?
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@Bob - I think it will help to me as an IT student .. hopefully I can create now a project Windows 8 Apps with a C# platform, I just want to ask if there's a PDF file for this whole project?
@Jasneet: It seems as though things have changed significantly with the project templates and other dependencies like Callisto. I don't know that there's a plan to update the Contoso Cookbook or Hands On Labs ... I would say if you do want to follow in this series, just know up front that what you see in VS 2013 will not match what you see on screen in all cases. Having said that, this could still be a valuable learning experience.
I think you need VS 2013 (at least, the VS 2013 Express for WINDOWS) to build apps for Windows 8.1. Honestly? I've not kept up with it since 8.1 was released. I've been heads down working on other stuff. You may just need to try it for yourself.
Good luck!
@BobTabor :Thanks for that, i would still complete this series,as it would help me to revise my c# concepts and definitely i will learn XAML,which is a plus point,good to have some encouragement to look up to when i start some new project in 8.1.
Its amazing that you find time to reply to almost all individual questions, really appreciate your initiative.
Thanks again, ciao!
@Jasneet: "You can get what you want out of life if you help enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar.
I also notice the empty items issue on VS2013. Anyone been able to solve this?
@Mike: Could you point me to the posts where other people had this "empty items" problem? I'm a bit embarrassed, but I don't know what you're referring to. I'll help if I can.
FYI The new ContosoCookbook app for Win 8.1 Visual 2013 is on wintellect.com see blogs, whats new for developer in windows 8.1. The reference to Callisto has been removed.
@abbytar: That's not "official" / "from Microsoft" but it may suffice.
Bob man am loving you to bits , thanks alot mate for being so helpful :)
I am a newbie to this field of computer sciences, I m doing my bachelors from DCS-UBIT Pakistan , We are being taught C# here and even before our teacher started teaching us , i started with your tutorials and many they are so helpful .
Can you please Add stuff related to Graphics and basic Game Programming to your tutorials of C# . -
I'm having exception while loading App.xaml designers:
Designer could not be started because of a permissions issue on the drive to which it is installed. Please check the permissions of the folder before trying to start the designer.
Also , run as Admin didn't work .
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1 The "GenerateAppxPackageRecipe" task was not given a value for the required parameter "ProjectDir". App1
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What do I do when the project creates the grid, but the individual pages don't have a place for the image and there is no text column?
@Murtaza Hasan: Yikes! I'm not a gave dev. Sorry. :(
@Devinder Kaur: Please ask your question here:
@mahitej: Sorry, I have no idea.
@Calvin Headley: Can you type in the correct XAML even if it isn't part of the template? I'm guessing they updated the templates and changed what you see on my screen. >:(
Hello,i made an application, when i change the data in SampleData.json with chinese characters ,i crashed,how can i use chinese characters, thanks a lot
@Changweihua: Hmm... I really don't know. Sorry ... I've never tried. I would recommend asking here:
I have this problem when I try use network drive. Move project to local drive. I hope that will handy for you.
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Dead Trigger 2: How Madfinger Wants to Make Their Zombie Survival FPS Better Than Ever
Making a first-person shooter with zombies is a safe bet for a game concept, and if Dead Trigger 2 promised to just be more of the same there's certainly the possibility that it could do just as well as the original. After all, it has zombies and the series' creator Madfinger is known for its gorgeous-looking games. But Marek Rabas, Co-Founder of Madfinger, says that for Dead Trigger 2, visuals were not the focus. "We didn't focus on improving graphics quality this time around, instead, our main focus was on gameplay and other aspects of the game."
This is the first thing that is apparent when playing Dead Trigger 2, perhaps after the still-impressive visuals: it's a much better experience.
The core concept remains the same: players trying to survive an onslaught of the zombie apocalypse. But something just feels different. Early on, it's a much more engaging experience. Rabas says "we have changed and enhanced [the] core gameplay. We are monitoring combat intensity and allowing gameplay to adapt to it. We have added bosses in the game and players have to change their behavior in the game when they spawn." These include enemies like the Vomitron and Kamikaze, powerful enemies that require the player's full attention as they can kill quickly.
The story missions feature more of a narrative backbone: there's rudimentary interaction with other characters such as an escort mission early on, albeit with a character who knows how to handle his gun. They're little things, but they make the game feel less like a soulless collection of missions and more like a game with actual progression. There's still the assortment of side missions with their own challenges, but the main story mode should be more motivating.
The controls show great promise as well. It's a version of the dual virtual stick control scheme, but set up with just swiping to move and to aim. Most importantly, aiming is incredibly accurate with the touchscreen to where I had no complaints early on. It's a Halloween miracle!
Of course, with Apple's MFi gamepad protocol on the horizon Dead Trigger 2 would be a natural fit. Madfinger loves their gamepads on Android – their games support them, and almost all of the controller manufacturers I met at GDC were demoing the original Dead Trigger on their controller – and Rabas says "Dead Trigger 2 supports MFi gamepads already. We haven't tested it yet, because we don't have MFi gamepads here. I hope we will get some before they will release them on the market." However, the feature should be ready for when the dual-stick gamepads do come out. Until then, the touchscreen on iOS should do a bang-up job for most.
Dead Trigger 2 releases on October 23rd worldwide, and it's showing great promise as a game that takes a familiar concept and iterates on it to make it possibly the most ideal version of what it could be.
Why Core Games Like XCOM: Enemy Unknown Are Important to Mobile Gaming's Present and Future
Why is there such a buzz around XCOM: Enemy Unknown arriving on iOS? Sure, It's not just a high-quality title, but it's also a current-generation console and PC game that is being brought to iPhones and iPads. But why does this buzz exist? Why is the mobile gaming community excited about getting to play a game that already exists on multiple other platforms?
I believe it's because mobile gamers not only want to play core games like XCOM, but they also want them to succeed because they want more of them. The mobile market just hasn't been the friendliest environment so far for the kinds of experiences available on consoles and PC. Developers and publishers have been scared away from making either ports or even original core games thanks to the pricing race to the bottom, despite hardware becoming more technically-capable of handling core games. $19.99 is cheap for XCOM, but not in the wider context of $0.99 and free-to-play games that are so prevalent on mobile.
It feels hopeful to see promising titles take a blowtorch to the current system. The mobile market should be able to support games worthy of higher prices as well as the lower-cost indie titles and the free-to-play games, in a similar way to what Steam has done. That service is not the most accessible for indies, and it still reinforces the archaic notion of 'publishing' in a digital distribution system. Despite the drawbacks, at least it's possible for games at smaller price points to thrive along with the big-budget, big-price games. Mobile gaming is largely beholden to the free-to-play (or almost free) pricing scheme.
Providing additional hope for core games on mobile is the promise of gamepads. There are going to be some core games that just aren't going to be great on touchscreens. Sure, it's possible to create passable interfaces for many games, but many games are just plain better with physical controls. Hello, Grand Theft Auto 3. That Apple is making physical controls a possibility, and with the sleeping giant that is TV gaming via the Apple TV lying in wait, core gaming feels like it is nearing takeoff on 'mobile' platforms.
With this movement, there is definite potential for drawing in core gamers who have rejected mobile gaming. If they see that mobile can support the kinds of games they love, then perhaps they'll give the platform its just due. On the flipside, I think that mobile gamers want to see their platform of choice become accepted. Is it insecurity? Perhaps to a small degree, but there's no reason for this platform to be so disrespected.
Sure, the gaming handhelds have tried to provide core gaming experiences while on the go. But there's just so much less creativity on those platforms because they're not completely open to all developers yet. The Vita's getting to that point with Playstation Mobile, but its single-use focus means I don't see a need to carry it around with me at all times when when my iPhone is just more handy. I can use that to do everything, including playing games. But what reason is there for my iPhone to not have the kinds of games that I can have on my Vita and 3DS?
Mobile gaming is great, and it's opened up avenues for new types of games and for new types of gamers. Yet there's no reason the core gaming experience, and those that enjoy it, shouldn't be welcome on mobile too. So yes, get excited about core games like XCOM coming to mobile, and support the worthy ones, because it can lead to more great games coming to mobile, and that's a very good thing.


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On February 18, 2014, British Columbia's Minister of Finance, the Honourable Michael de Jong, presented the province's budget.
BC's budget does not change corporate or personal tax rates, but does extend its Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit and enhance its Distant Location Tax Credit. It also phases out preferential income tax treatment for credit unions and increases Medical Service Premiums. This Tax Insights discusses these and other tax initiatives introduced in the budget.
The budget also unveils a framework for the province's much-anticipated liquefied natural gas (LNG) tax. For information on the LNG tax, see our Tax Insights, 'British Columbia unveils its liquefied natural gas (LNG) tax' at www.pwc.com/ca/taxinsights.Corporate income tax rates
BC's corporate income tax rates will remain as follows:
Income | Rate |
General1 | 11% |
Small business2 | 2.5% |
Combined federal/BC corporate rates are in the following table:
2013 | 2014 | ||
General and M&P income | 25.75% | 26.00% | |
Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) | active business income to $500,000 |
13.5% |
investment income | 45.42% | 45.67% |
Credit unions
BC will phase out its preferential income tax treatment for credit unions over five years, beginning taxation years that include 2016.
This parallels the phase out of the federal preferential income tax treatment for credit unions over five years beginning in 2013.
Scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED)
BC's Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit is extended three years to September 1, 2017.
Distant Location Tax Credit
For productions with principal photography starting after February 18, 2014, the Distant Location Tax Credit will apply in the Capital Regional District for purposes of the:
Personal tax measures
As previously announced, for 2014 and 2015, taxable incomes above $150,000 will be subject to a provincial personal income tax rate of 16.8%, up from 14.7%.
As a result of a decline in the federal gross-up for non-eligible dividends after 2013, BC's non-eligible dividend tax credit rate will decrease from 3.4% in 2013 to 2.59% in 2014.
The following table takes these changes into account.
Top combined federal/BC rates
2013 | 2014 | ||
Ordinary income & interest | 43.70% | 45.80% | |
Capital gains | 21.85% | 22.90% | |
Canadian dividends | eligible | 25.78% | 28.68% |
non-eligible | 33.71% | 37.99% |
Home owner grant
The threshold for the phase-out of the home owner grant will decrease from $1,295,000 to $1,100,000 for the 2014 tax year.
The grant is reduced by $5 for every $1,000 in assessed value exceeding this threshold.
Medical Services Plan
Effective January 1, 2015, Medical Services Plan maximum monthly premiums will increase for:
Premium assistance will be enhanced to ensure those receiving assistance will be unaffected.
BC Early Childhood Tax Benefit
The budget provides a reminder that, commencing April 1, 2015, the BC Early Childhood Tax Benefit will provide eligible families up to $55 per month ($660 annually) for each child under six.
The maximum benefit will be paid when family net income is under $100,000. The benefit will start to phase out when family net income is $100,000 and will be eliminated when it reaches $150,000.
The benefit will be administered through the Canada Child Tax Benefit system. To be eligible, individuals must file their annual personal income tax returns.
BC Mining Flow-Through Share Tax Credit Extended
As announced on January 27, 2014, the BC Mining Flow-Through Share Tax Credit is extended to December 31, 2014.
Provincial sales tax measures
Exemption for settler's effects
Commencing February 19, 2014, the exemption for tangible personal property brought, sent or delivered into British Columbia by a new resident is expanded to include non‑business tangible personal property that enters the province within one year from the date the individual becomes a resident of British Columbia if the property was owned at least 30 days before becoming a resident of British Columbia.
Purchase price of accommodation sold with meals and services
Effective February 19, 2014, if an accommodation provider sells only packages of accommodation, meals and services for a single price, the purchase price of that accommodation is the lesser of:
This is the case regardless of the type of services provided or the type of the accommodation provider.
Multi-jurisdictional vehicle exit tax
Effective April 1, 2013, the multi-jurisdictional vehicle exit tax will be payable only when a vehicle, previously licensed under a licence to which a prorating agreement applies, is licensed for use solely within British Columbia.
A refund can be claimed if the tax was paid when the vehicle was not licensed for use solely within British Columbia.
Technical amendments
Technical amendments are made to clarify:
The amendments also expand voluntary and mandatory registration to include certain out of province businesses, such as direct sellers.
Effective on royal assent, deferment of property taxes can continue when the property becomes subject to an easement, statutory right of way or similar interest, if the homeowner continues to meet the minimum equity requirements of the program.
For registrations after February 18, 2014, of eligible residential property under the First Time Home Buyers' Program:
As a result, eligible first time home buyers can save up to $7,500 in property transfer tax.
In 2014, British Columbia will continue to apply its longstanding rate setting policies for:
Other budget measures affect:
The property tax exemptions described in 2 and 3 are effective on royal assent, but retroactive, as necessary, to give them effect for the 2014 taxation year.
Collector appointments and vendor penalties
To facilitate vendor compliance with collector obligations, the director is authorized to appoint a vendor as a collector up to four years retroactively, to a date that is on or after the first day of the month in which the vendor's first sale of fuel in British Columbia after its manufacture or importation occurred.
The penalties that may be imposed on a vendor who sells fuel before being appointed a collector are clarified to recognize retroactive collector appointments.
Assessment of interest
The assessment of interest is clarified, particularly when before a notice of assessment is issued there is both a refund claim and an amount owing for the same period. This is consistent with similar provisions under the Provincial Sales Tax Act.
Tobacco tax
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I really liked the story. I was rarely bored, and almost always hooked. I'm pretty sure I finished the entire series in a period of three days. It had an extremely good plot, and was very original. It wasn't a corny shoujo/romance where everything runs smoothly for the two characters in love, and everything ends happily. No, if that's what you're looking for, then I recommend you stop reading this right now and go watch Kimi Ni Todoke or something. It's a very dramatic anime, where the two characters in love face many obstacles. Not only the two characters in love, but friends, comrades, you name it, there's a whole shit load of drama between the characters.
As for the animation...it was made in 1995, what do you expect? I honestly despise old animation, because I am extremely picky about animation. But I somehow got pass that, and finished the series easily. Even if you're like me and hate bad animation, you'll definitely forget how bad the animation is once your hooked.
The sound was fine. I liked the voice acting, though I usually like the Japanese voice acting in comparison to the English dubs. God, I despise English dubs so much, that I can't tell whether or not the Japanese voice acting is bad or not. Anyway, the quality of the sound isn't amazing like it is today obviously, but again, you get pass that while watching all the drama. :)
I fell in love with the characters. I don't know what more I can say. xD They were all different and unique, and kept the story interesting. I know that anyone who watches this anime will probably love them just as much as I did, if not more.
Overall, definitely worth watching. If there was anybody who watched this and didn't like it, I'd be amazed. I recommend this to anybody who likes Action, Romance, Shoujo, and Fantasy.
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a resident of Alamo
on Apr 6, 2009 at 9:37 am
And the parents were WHERE?????
a resident of Monte Vista High School
on Apr 6, 2009 at 10:37 am
My thoughts exactly. The parents were obviously "out of town" since this event took place over two days. What's up with that? Not OK to leave teenagers home unsupervised while Mom and Dad are off to..wherever. At the very least, have a responsible mature neighbor check in frequently with the "older" teenagers.
a resident of Danville
on Apr 6, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Oh, puleese! Teenagers in the San Ramon Valley are empowered, entitled and catered to by their parents and it starts from birth. The parents are their peers in many ways so the kids act like their equals and mirror what the folks do. Parents have very little control and the kids know it. Most of them drink, do drugs, have sex. I live off Camino Tassajara and neighbor's kids live with their boyfriend du jour in the parents home, do drugs and drink (I've seen it) but the parents are home too! No big deal obviously. Welcome to the real world. Now get over it.
a resident of Danville
on Apr 8, 2009 at 11:16 am
I have seen Danville parents lie, cheat, and do many undesirable things right in front of their own children and other children. All of the trouble makers have parents that allow them to get away with everything and anything. It is disgusting! These parents need to grow up and realize that they are only hurting their own child's future. Start disciplining, start saying "no", stop being your child's friend and be their parent!!! In the long run, they will love and respect you more.
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Phillips trying to keep his cool as he cools off at plate
Going into Tuesday's game, Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips had hit enough balls hard in his 3-for-25 funk to understand that redemption probably is just around the corner.
If Wee Willie Keeler was famous for "hittin' 'em where they ain't," Phillips is the poster player for hitting them where they are.
He's swinging better than he's getting. Of course, when he was red hot, he had a little bit of Wee Willie working for him, so things have a way of working out.
That's baseball.
And that's what outfielder Adam Dunn reminded him of the other day when Phillips had scorched another line drive directly into a defender's glove, and cursed his luck.
"Adam came over and quieted me down," Phillips said. "He told me, 'Don't worry about it. Just go up there the next time and act like you've got a 1,000-game hitting streak going.' I said, 'OK,' and the next time up I got a hit."
Dunn grinned when he heard that Phillips had recounted the exchange.
"Nobody could keep the pace he had going - well, nobody I've seen, except Junior (Griffey) - so there's no sense going up there thinking there's something wrong when there's probably nothing wrong," Dunn said. "(Phillips) carried us for two or three weeks, whatever it was. We wouldn't have won 17 games in the first month if it wasn't for him."
Phillips said he hasn't let the funk affect him in the field. "We're still winning; we're still in first place; that's what counts," he said.
All he is concentrating on at the plate is "having a quality at-bat," he said.
"For me, a quality at-bat is seeing a lot of pitches, waiting for a pitch I can drive and not just swinging at everything that comes up there," he said.
Going into Tuesday's game, Phillips' numbers were still very good: .287, 23 RBI, three home runs and five stolen bases. He was third on the team in RBI. He went 1-for-3 Tuesday.
HOW QUICKLY THEY FORGET: Some Reds followers are down on Edwin Encarnacion's fielding at third base (nine errors), but does anybody remember Barry Larkin? The Reds great was as sure-handed as they come at shortstop, but it wasn't always so automatic. When Larkin was Encarnacion's age (23), he made 29 errors.
BUT DOES HE DO WINDOWS? Reds pitching sensation Bronson Arroyo (5-1) will anchor sports on today's WKRC-TV (Channel 12) 6 p.m. telecast. He's following in the shoes of another local sports sensation, Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson, who also has anchored Local 12 sports.
MILTON IMPROVING: Reds starting pitcher Eric Milton is working his way back from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. He took pitcher's fielding practice Tuesday and is scheduled to throw a simulated game or at least face a few hitters today.
"We'll see where he is after that," Reds manager Jerry Narron said.
Might Milton pitch in the Hall of Fame exhibition Monday in Cooperstown, N.Y., against the Pittsburgh Pirates?
"There's a good chance of it," Narron said.
BONG LEAVES FOR KOREA: Nothing, as it turns out. That's what the Reds got for pitcher Chris Reitsma.
The Reds' relationship with Jung Keun Bong effectively ended when the club agreed to release him to allow him to return to his native Korea and enter the draft there.
"He didn't want to be here anymore," said Johnny Almaraz, Reds director of player development/international operations. "His father isn't in the best of health, and he wanted to go back and play closer to his family."
By rule, Bong can't pitch for the Reds for nine more years.
Bong, along with Bubba Nelson, was obtained for Reitsma from Atlanta on March 26, 2004. It was former general manager Dan O'Brien's first trade.
Nelson was released earlier this spring. So the Reds basically have nothing to show for dealing Reitsma, who has been a setup man/ closer for the Braves since the trade.
Bong, a 25-year-old left-hander, had been pitching at Double-A Chattanooga. He was 1-1 with a 5.09 ERA in four games, including two starts. Bong was building up innings after being used as a situational left-hander by the Korean team during the World Baseball Classic.
"We still considered him a prospect," Almaraz said. "He's only 25.
"But in the Asian culture, families are very close. It was something he believed in. He wanted to play in front of his father."
HOMER ON: Homer Bailey, the Reds' No. 1 prospect, has proven that when he's on, he's too much for Florida State League hitters to handle.
Bailey took a no-hitter into the sixth inning Monday for the second time in three starts in Single-A Sarasota's 2-1 loss to Jupiter. Bailey got a no-decision. He left after reaching his 90-pitch limit.
Bailey walked one and equaled a career high with 11 strikeouts.
Bailey is 1-3 with a 3.35 ERA after seven starts. He has allowed only 24 hits, striking out 44 in 372/3 innings.
"We're working on some mechanical things with Homer," Almaraz said. "When he gets consistent with them, we'll move him - probably to Double-A at the halfway point."
FLARE-UP: Paul Wilson wants nothing more than to contribute this season, but a fatigued shoulder stalled his progress last week.
The Reds pitcher, who is trying to come back from June surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and frayed labrum, returned to Cincinnati after making the second start of his rehabilitation assignment.
"We just pushed it too much," Wilson said. "My velocity went way down. We hit a wall, man."
The velocity on Wilson's fastball hovered around 86 mph during a seven-inning rehab start with Single-A Dayton on April 27. It dropped into the low 80s during a six-inning start with Triple-A Louisville on May 2.
"I was still getting guys out," Wilson said. "But I did everything I could to loosen it up, and it wouldn't get loose."
An examination showed inflammation in the shoulder but no structural damage. The Reds hope anti-inflammatories and rest will do the trick.
Wilson threw off flat ground Monday and Tuesday. It has not been determined when his rehab assignment will resume.
"It's just bad timing," Wilson said. "There hasn't been any good timing with this."


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I came into the earnings long Apple and with the intent to buy Netflix.
Netflix earnings are a thing of beauty. They came at $0.13 vs. the consensus call for a loss of $0.13; this is a beat of $0.26. Revenues came at $945 million compared to consensus of $934 million.
Netflix added 2.1 million new streaming customers in the U. S. for a total of 27.2 million. This is better than expectations. Surprisingly, the company has managed to hold on to its DVD subscribers.
In my analysis, Apple's earnings and conference call is better than our expectations and it is certainly better than most bearish expectations. Earlier I wrote that the most important number to watch was iPhone sales. Apple beat the whisper number with 47.8 million iPhones sold. However, Apple stock is in weak hands. Some investors are feeling a letdown after good earnings from Google (GOOG) yesterday. This is why it is important to analyze tick trade data in addition to fundamentals.
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How can it be three weeks since I braved the BQE on a Saturday morning to join my fellow jetBlue lovers for Terminal 5's tryout day? My excuses for not posting sooner include Hurricane Gustav (thankfully more of an inconvenience to my family than a disaster), a quick trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming (highly recommended), and, well, life!
I think all participants would agree that the day was a success. While the experience wasn't without its small snafus, like the escalator that lurched to a stop while I was standing on it, I think the folks at jetBlue should be proud. They should be proud of their new terminal, which is gorgeous, but also proud that their company's level of brand loyalty is so high that a large group of people showed up on the weekend, unpaid, to be a part of the trial.
I haven't mentioned this yet, but almost as soon as I hit "publish" on my previous jetBlue post, the company's Vice President of Corporate Communications, Todd Burke, emailed me to say hi and thank me for my enthusiasm. I got to meet Todd on-site, thanks in no small part to jetBlue's Corporate Communications Manager (and web guru) Morgan Johnston. I was only one of the many participants Morgan chatted up through the course of the day. As busy as they were escorting high profile news outlets like The Wall Street Journal through the terminal, they were still as friendly as can be.
And really, that's what stuck with me during the T5 trial. It was obvious that jetBlue does an amazing job of recruiting employees that are incredibly articulate and friendly. They were having fun! I'm sure they were nervous (Heathrow's T5 debacle came up in my conversation with Morgan), but it didn't show at all.
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This is the true definition of a hole-in-the wall eatery, hidden away in a nondescript strip mall stall near the Century Cinemas 16 movie theater. Despite its relatively un-charming location — it appears rather dull from the outside, and is next door to Subway — Sunny Bowl is an unusual Mountain View restaurant that should appeal to the area's many frugal and health-conscious food lovers.
For about a year, owner Daniel Choi has been serving up bibimbap, or "mixed rice" bowls, to patrons. These are the only entrees available, but the simplicity of Sunny Bowl's menu is consistent with its interior space — a tiny pastel-colored room with fewer than 10 tables — and the food served there.
The dining area's main attraction is a very large chalkboard listing the menu along with a detailed diagram of the bibimbap, which is a crucial help for first-timers.
Each bowl consists of steamed jasmine rice with a layer of freshly cut vegetables neatly organized on top. Green and red cabbage, cucumber, radish, carrot, romaine lettuce and scrambled egg are presented in a pinwheel-like display, along with choice of meat, chicken, fish or tofu and a small grape tomato for garnish. Each also comes with a side dish of kimchi, Korean pickled cabbage. Add a bowl of miso soup for 92 cents.
Most bibimbaps are in the $4 to $6 range for a regular-sized bowl, which is more than enough for an average appetite. Add 92 cents for a large bowl, except in the case of fish (add $1.84) or sashimi (add $2.76).
Those looking for a safe choice should stick with the chicken or beef bibimbap (both $5.50). Lightly marinated in a teriyaki-like sauce, the meats are served up steaming hot on the bed of vegetables, creating a satisfying mix of hot and cold, sweet and refreshing.
The egg-battered fish ($6.42) is a slightly more daring option. The thinly sliced white fish is moist and flavorful, with a crispy and light exterior and just enough crunchy batter to make the bowl substantive but not overly indulgent.
An absolute must-try for sushi lovers is Sunny Bowl's tuna sashimi bowl ($7.45). Seasoned with salt and pepper, the raw fish is flavored just enough. Served diced in sizeable squares, the tuna, mixed with the veggies and rice, makes for a thoughtful departure from Japanese nigiri-style tuna.
Vegetarians may choose from the asparagus bowl ($5.50) or tofu and broccoli ($4.54). Though a fellow vegetarian diner said he expected the tofu to have more distinct seasoning, he said the simplicity of the tofu and raw vegetables in his bibimbap worked nicely once they were combined with hot sauce and sesame oil (provided at every table).
Try one of Sunny Bowl's affordable appetizers to satisfy cravings for salt and oil. The chicken potstickers ($2.76) came four to an order, and arrived sizzling, with a thin, crispy casing and surprisingly flavorful filling. The kimchi pancake ($2.76) was sweeter than the typical pickled kimchi flavor. It was pan-fried though not overly heavy.
To sweeten the deal, Choi throws in a frozen-yogurt dessert with every bowl — the perfectly sweet, smooth finish to a lively meal.
Sunny Bowl provides cheap, convenient, high-quality food, without too many added calories. Its success lies in the simplicity of its bowls. This food cannot hide behind butter, oil or grease, and it doesn't need to. In the words of one diner: "I'm going back!"
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Men typically develop "bald spots" and/or a receding hair line as they age. The most common measurement used in classifying the level of hair loss in men is the Hamilton-Norwood Scale. Dr. James Hamilton first developed The Hamilton Scale in the 1950s, which was later revised and updated by Dr. O'Tar Norwood in the 1970s. Today, this scale is commonly referred to as the Hamilton-Norwood Scale.
The Hamilton-Norwood measurement system ranges from a level one, which represents little to no hair loss, to a level 7, which is characterized by severe baldness where only a rim of hair remains. It's important to remember that there are many variations in hair loss, but the classifications on the Hamilton-Norwood Scale are the most common.
Why is the Hamilton-Norwood Scale important? Well, your position on the scale can help determine which hair loss solutions will work best for you. Additionally, it can help you refer to the type of hair loss you're experiencing or concerned about in conversation with hair loss professionals. It can also serve as a tool to help you monitor how your hair loss is progressing over time.
- A normal head of hair with no visible hair loss
- There is only a small amount of hair loss; A receding hairline and widow's peak on the forehead are present
- Same receding pattern as level 2 except the hairline has receded deeper into the frontal and temporal areas
- Hairline has receded more significantly in the frontal region and temporal area than level three and there is the start of a bald spot at the back of the had
- Similar in pattern to level 4 but hair loss is more noticeable on the top of the vertex and crown
- The strip of hair connecting the two sides of the head existing in levels 4 and 5 is no longer present
- This is the most severe level of hair loss; Hair is receding all the way back to the base of the head and the sides just above the ears
Luckily, no matter where you currently fall on the Hamilton-Norwood Scale, there are proven hair loss solutions available to help you get your hair back. However, you should still try to seek treatment as early as possible. That's because the lower the level you are currently at when you seek help, the more options will be available to you.
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Updated 12:02 pm, Friday, April 22, 2011
If you've yet to experience the time-traveling adventures of Britain's iconic "Doctor Who," this is the season to get onboard.
The good Doctor, played by the goofily charismatic and bow-tied Matt Smith, has come to America via his police box-shaped time and space machine (the TARDIS) — and he has taken to wearing a new "cool" hat, a Stetson.
Season 6 of the revamped science fiction series, which kicks off at 8 p.m. Saturday on BBC America, marks the first time that "Doctor Who" has filmed in America. Specifically, the opening two-parter brought the cast and crew to the spectacular rock formations of Monument Valley, Utah.
"The landscape was incredible," Smith, who at 28 is the 11th and youngest actor to play the Doctor, says in press materials. "And I think being in America, filming in that terrain, has definitely added a sense of scale and a filmic quality to this season. It was an amazing experience and . . . I have to confess that I think the Stetson has been my favorite hat for the Doctor so far."
Though the first 10 minutes or so of the new season consists of fun and games, it doesn't take long for the alien Doctor and his human companions to become embroiled in a chilling two-part conundrum that should ring plenty of bells with the U.S. audience.
We're taken back to 1969, where the gang visits President Nixon, Apollo 13 and Neil Armstrong's historic walk on the moon. Goosebumps alert: They also encounter an alien force that looks like a scarier version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream."
As the Doctor might say: Brilliant! It's always great to have a good monster for our hero to face off against, and the first two episodes deliver a doozy: "The Silence." They are described as "super-parasites" that control the people of Earth by editing themselves out of their memories.
We're ushered into this new, 13-episode season with a little "Who" comedy: In an attempt, as his married companions Amy and Rory note, "to wave to us out of history books," the Doctor has put himself in some ridiculous situations to get their attention — including one involving nudity.
It gets a tad more serious when envelopes are received, numbered 2, 3 and 4, leading to a reunion of the show's main characters — Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill); flirtatious and daring fellow time traveler River Song (Alex Kingston); and, of course, the Doctor — in the Utah desert. Each invitation sports a date, time and map reference; they're unsigned, but in TARDIS blue.
Who sent them, and who got the missing No. 1? The action soon goes from light to deathly dark when a terrible event occurs that the Doctor's friends must never reveal to him. "Space 1969" is their one clue. They make their way to the Oval Office, where they are enlisted by President Nixon to assist enigmatic former-FBI agent Canton (Mark Sheppard of "Battlestar Galactica") in rescuing a terrified little girl from a mysterious spaceman.
Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, explains how this season has evolved from previous "Doctor Whos": "As ever, in this show, the stories all stand alone, and every episode is a perfect jumping-on point for a new viewer. But at the same time, the over-arching plot will be a bigger player this year. More than hints and whispers — we're barely 10 minutes into Episode One before our heroes face a dilemma that they'll be staring at months from now."
Plenty of horrific monsters are introduced, but they are offset by much amusement.
For instance, when Nixon, noting that the Doctor is from the future, asks what kind of legacy he'll leave, our hero responds: "Tricky Dicky, they're never going to forget you. Say hello to David Frost for me."


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Susan Hase of Larsen, Wisconsin shares a hearty potato dish that's her no-fuss favorite. And because everything is wrapped in foil and cooked on the grill cleanup in a snap.
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- 12 small red potatoes, halved
- 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted, divided
- 4 to 6 garlic cloves, minced, divided
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley, divided
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning, divided
- 3/4 pound whole fresh mushrooms
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1 medium green pepper, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1 small zucchini, cut into chunks
- 1 medium yellow summer squash, cut into chunks
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese or shredded Swiss cheese
- Sour cream, optional
- Place potatoes and sweet potato on an 18-in. x 15-in. piece of heavy-duty foil. Drizzle with half of the garlic, parsley, salt and lemon-pepper. Seal packet tightly. Grill, covered, over indirect medium-hot heat for 20 minutes on each side.
- Meanwhile, place mushrooms, onion, green pepper, zucchini and summer squash on a 20-in. x 18-in. piece of heavy-duty foil. Drizzle with remaining butter; sprinkle with remaining seasonings. Seal packet tightly. Grill, covered, over medium-hot heat for 10 minutes on each side or until the vegetables are crisp-tender.
- Combine the contents of both packets in a serving bowl; sprinkle with cheese. Serve with sour cream if desired. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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"I love veggies like this! I don't like green bell pepper so, I cleaned and halved Brussel Sprouts and continued with recipe. Came out great! For those of you who don't like Brussel Sprouts, try them roasted, much better!"


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Heh no (that would be illegal) - it's from this old cartoon called Cow & Chicken, from Cartoon Network. It was supposedly for children, but it was incredibly dark and mature. It's a sarcastic way of expressing being surprised, kind of like "You don't say..." in a sarcastic tone.
The full quote: "Well paint me red and call me a girl scout."


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BARBURY Castle trainer Alan King will only run Two Rockers at the Cheltenham Festival if the ground is on the soft side.
The six-year-old maintained his unbeaten record over hurdles in impressive fashion at Haydock on Saturday.
Stepped up in class and distance for the Grade Two Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, won by subsequent Festival winner Brindisi Breeze 12 months ago, Two Rockers did not come off the bridle in winning by five lengths.
The Milan gelding is not entered in the Albert Bartlett at Cheltenham but does hold an entry for the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle over two miles and five furlongs.
"It would have to be soft ground for Two Rockers to go to the Festival, and he is very much a horse for next year," King said.
"So, while I would not be against bringing him back in trip for the Neptune if conditions were right, equally I would not be too perturbed if we had to give it a miss."
Two Rockers is around 20-1 for the Neptune at Cheltenham.


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(a) The Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities shall, on or before August 1, 2015, post on its website suicide prevention awareness information, to include recognizing the warning signs of a suicide crisis. The website shall include information related to suicide prevention training opportunities offered by the bureau or an agency recognized by the bureau as a training provider.
(b) The bureau may assist the public middle and high school administrators in providing suicide prevention information to students in the public middle and high schools.
(c) The bureau shall annually review, for adequacy and completeness, the materials or programs posted on the websites of the institutions of higher education as required by section seven, article one-b, chapter eighteen-b of this code.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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Matt Aljanich
Some life and death issues will be decided in the 3rd Congressional District race, candidate Matt Aljanich said.
The two most important issues in this race are the war on terror and health care, Aljanich, a Steamboat Springs resident, said.
As a retired Navy fighter pilot and cofounder of Credential Smart, a health care firm, Aljanich said he is the only candidate with the background to successfully work on these issues.
"This is not the time to send someone to Washington with a learning curve on the war on terror," Aljanich said.
He was the last of the five candidates to enter the race, petitioning onto the primary ballot June 1.
Aljanich supports the war in Iraq, and said it was necessary to relieve the pressure the nation's policy of containment placed on the military. Now that the nation is liberated, he hopes the military will be able to gradually pull out to focus on nations such as North Korea and China.
The PATRIOT Act is a necessary policy for the nation to combat terrorism, because it gives the military the same tools, especially surveillance abilities, that law enforcement officials already have and use to fight the war on drugs, Aljanich said. He supports the Act as long as those accused of being terrorists are afforded their constitutional rights if they are U.S. citizens or their rights under the Geneva Convention if they are arrested as prisoners of war.
To help fix health care, Aljanich proposes allowing people to set up savings accounts to pay for preventative medical treatments, regular checkups or less inexpensive medical needs such as glasses. That way people wouldn't need to access their health insurance each time they need to pay a medical bills,
A Roman Catholic, Aljanich said he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman and he would vote for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage if the issue proceeds to that point. He said he's a pro-life candidate.
Dan Corsentino
Pueblo County Sheriff Dan Corsentino acknowledged it's difficult for him to campaign for the 3rd Congressional District in Northwest Colorado.
"One, you're unknown, and two, you have to earn trust," Corsentino said.
But after he's explained his background, he said people from this part of the state have been inclined to listen to him.
Corsentino has been elected sheriff four times in Democrat-dominated Pueblo County. While in office, he said he cleaned up a corrupt sheriff's office.
As a congressman, Corsentino said about health care that he would work to return to a doctor-patient relationship and create competition between health care entities.
He'd push for mandatory insurance for anyone younger than 10, lift the ban on importing Canadian prescription drugs, encourage tort reform to limit trials against doctors and create a tuition debt service so doctors could pay off their medical school bills by volunteering to work in rural communities.
Corsentino supports the war in Iraq and a multilateral effort in the country.
"I was the first to say if we don't take the fight to them we'll be fighting in the streets of Denver, Chicago, New York," he said.
Corsentino is a pro-life candidate, but he sometimes wonders why men are included in the abortion debate, unless the man fathered a child. In cases of rape or incest, women should be able to choose, but he doesn't think abortion should be used as birth control.
He said he believes marriage is between a man and a woman but would like to think locals get to decide the issue, rather than the federal government. He said he opposes a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
Corsentino called fossil fuels "outdated," and said the country needs to look at hybrid fuels and increase hydroelectric power.
"I would be in a position to go against our party. We need to create an America for the future," he said.
Gregg Rippy
State Rep. Greg Rippy, R-Glenwood Springs, says he's the only candidate running for the 3rd Congressional District who loses more than just the election if he doesn't win on Aug. 10.
Rippy, a one-term state representative, is giving up his seat in the state legislature in an attempt to become a congressman. Rippy owns an asphalt business with his brother.
Rippy caught some flak from other 3rd District candidates for skipping the caucus process and petitioning onto the primary ballot. But from the very beginning of his campaign, he said he had his eyes set on Aug. 10. Rippy favors eliminating the caucus system.
Rippy opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants. The country shouldn't tolerate not knowing who is inside its borders, he said. He would work to streamline the worker visa program and look to the private sector to begin bringing workers into the country.
Along with that, Rippy said he wouldn't want the government to attempt to stem the outsourcing of American jobs to overseas countries.
"I've never seen a government intervention that helped," he said.
Rippy said it is time for the international community to take part in the military intervention in Iraq. He called the Middle East a "3,000 year-old religious hotbed," and he said it's a culture clash the United States isn't going to stop. He compared the liberation of Iraq to the former states of the Soviet Union, some of which are still struggling to make democracy work.
Rippy opposes a ban on gay marriage because he doesn't believe such a restriction is a constitutional issue.
"I understand concerns about activist judges, but there are so many issues that are so important, to attempt to put out a constitutional amendment ... takes away from some very important government issues," Rippy said.
Matt Smith
For Rep. Matt Smith, R-Grand Junction, the 3rd Congressional District race is all wet.
Smith says water is the biggest issue facing Western Colorado this election cycle.
Smith, a water lawyer and twice-elected state representative, says he's the only candidate in the field of five Republicans who has a record of defending Colorado's water. Smith opposed Referendum A, which would have established funding to create new water storage in Colorado, and he drafted basin of origin protection bills three times.
Along with water, health care and the war on terror are the most important issues in this race, Smith said.
He backs the military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan and insists the country must go after terror cells located in other nations. The U.S. should first seek diplomatic solutions for nations harboring terror cells, but if the nations don't take the lead in removing the cells, then the United States will have to push them, he said.
"This conflict could take a generation to resolve," he said.
Smith supports amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage. The Constitution already said each state must recognize another state's legal rights, Smith said. Therefore, if gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, other states must recognize the marriages of homosexuals wed there. That's not right, Smith said.
Smith has voted to ban late-term abortion, require parental notification when minors seek abortions, and eliminate public funding for abortions. But he publicly committed himself to not overthrowing Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
Victims of rape and incest should have some room to make decisions when dealing with unwanted pregnancy, Smith said. But he wished people would put as much money and energy into supporting adoption as they do fighting abortion.
Smith said he's been active in promoting zero emissions coal technology, which he called "the cornerstone of the hydrogen economy." He intends to promote coal gasification, a process by which coal is exposed to heat and pressure, resulting in the production of natural gas.
Greg Walcher
Greg Walcher has raised more money than anyone else in the 3rd Congressional District race, reporting $300,000 in campaign donations by July 15.
Walcher, the former director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and a peach grower from Palisade, won nearly 70 percent of the delegate vote at the Republican 3rd District Assembly in June.
Walcher said he's the only candidate with true experience in the federal government. He was a member of Sen. Bill Armstrong's staff. He's worked on projects in every county in the expansive congressional district, he said.
If elected to Congress, Walcher said he would introduce Endangered Species Act reform as his first act as a legislator.
He called the Endangered Species Act a "failure." Though 3,000 species have been protected under the act, only 30 have recovered enough to be delisted.
On economic issues Walcher is a conservative. He favors making President Bush's tax cuts permanent and decries the estate tax, also called the death tax, saying it will be the death of family ranches. Many families can't afford to pay the taxes on their home when the ranch's owner dies, and they have to subdivide the ranch.
Walcher favors downsizing government by cutting programs such as the Endowment for the Arts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education.
"These aren't federal responsibilities," he said.
Walcher supports the war on terror and the war in Iraq. Walcher would support a congressional amendment to ban gay marriage and he's a pro-life candidate, endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee.
"I believe life begins at conception and we have an obligation to protect those unable to protect themselves," Walcher said.
Rob Gebhart can be reached at 824-7031 or email@example.com.


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How does one go about adding icons to tabs and menu items?
Sorry if this has been discussed before; I did a search but was unable to find anything.
MrSnowflake wrote:I can only say this about the menu, but when you do:Using java Syntax Highlighting
menu.addItem(0, 0, 0, "MenuItem");Parsed in 0.010 seconds, using GeSHi 18.104.22.168
It returns a MenuItem object. Use this to set an icon.Using java Syntax Highlighting
MenuItem item = menu.addItem(0, 0, 0, "MenuItem"); item.setIcon(); Parsed in 0.010 seconds, using GeSHi 22.214.171.124
For such questions there's documentation, if you looked at the Menu.addItem() you'd see there's a MenuItem returned!
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Image::ExifTool::FotoStation - Read/write FotoWare FotoStation trailer
This module is used by Image::ExifTool
This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to read and write information from the FotoWare FotoStation trailer.
Copyright 2003-2017, Phil Harvey (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Thanks to Mark Tate for information about the FotoStation data format.
"FotoStation Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, Image::ExifTool(3pm)


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Quick Tip: Improving your digital painting skills
I was having fun today digitally painting from scratch and was trying to brainstorm who to get better and more photorealistic. One problem that I found I had, like many others have, is never completely committing to changes. I found that I was working with way too many layers. A layer or groups of layers for the base drawing, the base colors, the left eye, the right eye, the mouth, the hair, the left eyebrow, well you get the idea. Therefore, as an experiment I took my usual process and throw it out of the window. Every time I made a change I would do it under 5 layers and then I would merge the visible, a.k.a. progressive enhancement. I kept moving around the painting and making big or small changes as long it was under 5 layers. All that I used to create this was a Adobe Photoshop CC and my Wacom Tablet. I tried to use only bits of reference, such as getting the eyes to look more natural (they were too dark and a little weird looking). The hair is tons of layers of using the Hair_Strands brushes from Dan LuVisi's brush pack (I think my favorite brushes ever! Found here). I don't think that I will always use this technique but I think that the results speak for themselves:
So if you are trying to improve your digital painting skills, try this out!


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Penn Jillette and Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) were introduced by Weir Chrisimer, a mutual friend, in the mid-1970s. During the latter half of that decade, Jillette, Teller, and Chrisimer performed an act called the "Asparagus Valley Cultural Society." Penn and Teller started performing as a duo in 1981, and by 1985 they had their own off-Broadway show entitled Penn and Teller Go Public and a PBS special to go along with it. Two years later, their show moved to Broadway, where it had two runs. Penn & Teller also had a series of tours throughout the 1990s before settling in Las Vegas. The duo currently has a long-running arrangement to perform at the Rio Hotel in the Penn & Teller Theater.
Penn and Teller hosted several television specials throughout the 1990s featuring their tricks and illusions, including Don't Try This At Home and Penn and Teller's Sin City Spectacular. The two also hosted a Showtime series called Bulls***!, where they discussed everything from religion to envrionmental issues with their trademark skeptic attitude. Penn and Teller are known for their political libertarian and outspoken atheist views. Find a selection of Penn & Teller tickets above.
Penn and Teller's act is known for incorporating humor and storytelling into the magic tricks and illusions. Often, while Teller performs or is the subject of a trick, Jillette will tell a story to accompany it and sometimes distract the audience in order to enhance the sense of illusion. Undoubtedly one of the most famous trademarks of their act is how both Penn and Teller interact with the audience. Jillette is outspoken while Teller usually remains silent and mimes what he wishes to express. One of their most famous tricks is their adaptation of the bullet catch illusion.


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DNA Sequencing Company RainDance Technologies Raises $37.5 Million In Series D
RainDance Technologies is a DNA sequencing company that has raised $37.5 million in Series D funding. This round of funding was co-led by Quaker BioVentures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Previous investors Alloy Ventures and Acadia Woods also participated in this round of funding. RainDance is led by CEO Roopom Banerjee.


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LG.Philips LCD to show new LCD technology at FPD International
LG.Philips LCD announced today it will showcase a new range of TFT LCD panels for high-definition TVs (HDTVs), LCD monitors, notebooks and mobile phones at FPD International 2006 in Yokohama, Japan. LG.Philips LCD will demonstrate its lineup of full HD (1920x1080) TFT LCD panels for HDTVs, including 37", 42" and 47" widescreen displays.
More here at DigiTimes.


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A Triumph of the Gilded Age
The Battle for Homestead, 1880–1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel
'The River Ran Red': Homestead 1892
In a year of important American centenaries—Columbus's landing, the Salem witchcraft trials, the death of Whitman—it may be easy to overlook the lockout and strike at the Carnegie steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania, in 1892. Yet the Homestead strike was perhaps the culminating event of the Gilded Age. The stakes were enormous, in a fight that pitted the world's mightiest steel corporation against the nation's strongest union. Several of its episodes—the workers' pitched battles with the Pinkerton strikebreakers, the arrival of the Pennsylvania state militia, the shooting of Henry Clay Frick by Alexander Berkman—these are set pieces in the history of the American labor movement.
Not that the Homestead strike was the only dramatic labor upheaval of its time, or anywhere near the bloodiest. The nationwide railroad strike fifteen years earlier had far greater economic repercussions and cost many times the number of lives. After 1877, factories and mines across America became armed camps, as industrial strife reached levels unmatched anywhere in the world in the nineteenth century. In his afterword to the anthology "The River Ran Red," the historian David Montgomery writes that in 1892 alone state militias intervened in twenty-three separate labor disputes, from the docks of New Orleans to the iron mines of Minnesota. Labor turmoil would not reach its peak for another two years, with coal miners' strikes and the Pullman strike and boycott, in which railroad management, the nation's judiciary, and federal troops ordered by President Grover Cleveland combined forces and dealt organized labor a lasting defeat.
Still, the Homestead strike stands out as one of the most dramatic and bitter industrial conflicts of the era, a parable of the bewildering economic and political forces that were rapidly expanding corporate authority over American life. On one side were the skilled, relatively well-paid members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, who had long-established rights as industrial craftsmen and a large degree of control at work. The Amalgamated also had the support of thousands of other Homestead workers, including hundreds of immigrant laborers who had recently arrived from Central Europe filled with high expectations of the New World.
On the opposite side were Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, determined to eradicate the union in order to gain complete control of the Homestead Works and affirm the principle that the property rights of a United States corporation were absolute. In this aim, they asked for, and got, the powerful backing of county authorities, the state courts, and some of Pennsylvania's leading elected officials, thus forging an alliance between government and capital that would shape the politics of industrial America for decades to come. "Never heretofore," one labor journalist concluded after the union's defeat, "has civil authority permitted itself to be employed as a tool to a corporation so palpably." Whatever the view, it became clear to observers that something alarming had happened at Homestead.
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