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Beautify Your Design Work Within Minutes Using These Incredible Artistic Tools
Artistic effects are one of the best ways to get your design work to stand out. However, as incredibly beautiful as they can be, they also are often very difficult to produce from scratch.
This bundle is the ultimate shortcut for any designer looking to nail the artistic or creative look. It includes a vast array of best-selling design resources that were put together by some of the top talent within the creative industry. These popular packs are the result of hundreds of hours of painstaking work: Scanning, tweaking and refining, until every detail is pixel perfect.
Whether you're looking to create a hand-sketched look, realistic painted effect, wood style or floral composition – this collection has you covered.
There's a huge variety of quality resources in this collection, from robust painting kits to extensive graphic packs, effects packs, fonts, patterns, backgrounds and more. This bundle will equip you with a comprehensive toolkit, so that you can build up your compositions and achieve amazing visual effects with the click of a mouse.
Take a look at all of the wonderful products included below. We're already noticing our inspiration for new projects going through the roof with these tools at our disposal.
Here's a look at all of the amazing tools available within this collection:
Alex Dukal
AD Impastoshop – Thick Paint Machine
A real time thick painting machine that enables instant Gesso, Canvas, Wet, Carving and Varnish Surfaces to your Photoshop brush strokes. It includes a set of more than 30 special layer styles, 15 background textures and more than 70 amazing brushes that works with the pressure-sensitive capabilities of your pen tablet. AD Impastoshop also gives you the tools to apply depth to your existing artwork.
Impastoshop adds that authentic turpentine smell to your digital art universe! Use IMPASTOSHOP as a Photoshop panel in PS CC, CC2014 & CC2015 or use it as a group of presets with PS CS6 (Impastoshop Brushes, Layer Styles, Pattern Textures and Actions).
Impastoshop basically creates layers with realistic Impasto textures that gives your brush strokes the appearance of depth. So, building up your artwork with a variety of impasto layers and combining them with the Impastoshop brushes make the possibilities endless!
It's so mind blowing that allows you to add thick paint over a layer and instantly to carve over the surface you've painted.
Included in this set:
• The ad.impastoshop_CC2015.zxp (235 Mb) file containing the panel for Photoshop CC, CC2014 & 2015.
• The ad.impastoshop_CS6.zxp (127 Mb) file containing the required files for Photoshop CS6.
• .PDF reference Sheet
• .PDF User Manual
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS6 and newer.
L Store
Oh My! Designer's Toolkit
This product was created to help designers make eye-candy scenes that will arouse positive emotions. Create scenes in Photoshop easily and use graphics for individual or commercial projects.
• All the items are in high resolution and rendered with the same settings so that you can easily create customized scenes. Just drag-and-drop.
• Use mockups to customize items rapidly. Smart objects allow changing item's design in just a few clicks.
• Use color masks with different materials to instantly change the color or fine tune the item's contrast.
This is great for hero-header images, typography compositions, any print projects, branding presentations. You can also use any of these examples – all the scenes are included into our quick start pack.
Included in this set:
• Party items — make your scenes look festive
• Cinema items
• Music items
• Sport items
• High-tech
• Balloons
• Signs
• Neon items — add light effects to your scene
• Paper items with useful metaphors
• Always useful Books and paper mockups
• Devices Mockups will suit for your web projects
• Misc mockups
• Stationery items
• Help file
• 10 pre-made scenes
• Hundreds items
• Logo Creators
• Text Effects
Logo Creator: Create daring logos and typography compositions using elements of our Logo Creator. Choose a base shape, use text effect, add a ribbon and suitable items and you'll get a unique logo.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS4 and newer.
Ian Barnard
FlowerType for Illustrator
Create beautiful Typographic Floral Layouts easily in Illustrator. Gorgeous pieces of artwork using flowers and lettering are all over Pinterest, but they looks so complicated to achieve and out of reach for most designers. Yet they are super easy to do if you have the right resources.
With FlowerType for Illustrator you get a toolkit to make your own. Each flower has been expertly image traced from the original FlowerType for Photoshop and converted into a symbol library so all you have to do is drag and drop the flowers onto the artboard and within minutes you're creating designs that you never thought possible.
Included in this set:
• 6 Yellow Flowers
• 4 Blue Flowers
• 14 Pink Flowers
• 4 Purple Flowers
• 5 White Flowers
• 11 Pieces of Foliage
• Drag & Drop layouts using the Symbol Libraries
• Landscape & Portrait Example layouts
• Image Trace settings so you can make your own flowers
• Instructions .PDF
Software compatibility: Adobe Illustrator CS3 and newer.
Sticky Lollipop – Typeface
Sticky Lollipop – a hand written typeface complementing inky style illustrations.
This font was made using a vintage chinagraph pencil which I found stashed away at my grandparents house. This gives a unique waxy look to the lettering, with varying weight and texture.
Includes alternative characters accessed via the glyphs panel in your favourite editing programme.
Language Support: Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Bosnian, Chiga, Congo Swahili, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Ganda, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Jola-Fonyi, Kabuverdianu, Kalenjin, Kinyarwanda, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luo, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkish, Vunjo, Welsh, Zulu
This font includes web versions
Skybox Creative
Polarity Space Backgrounds
Everything in creation is based on Polarity/Duality. This universe background set is a celebration of the contrast that makes our lives so dynamic and full of energy.
From the grounding root chakra to the cosmic energy of the crown chakra, this set includes the full spectrum to add some extra energy to your project!
Chakra symbols included to create perfectly harmonized branding or product sets.
Included in this set:
• 9 Unique Colorful Space Backgrounds
• Color Spectrum – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Teal, Turquoise, Deep Blue, Purple & Fushia
• Super Hi-Res for Projects of Any Size – Min. 5000 x 3125
• BONUS! 7 Chakra Vector Illustrations (.AI, .EPS & .PNG files)
Original images courtesy of http://spacetelescope.org/
Software compatibility: .JPGs work with most graphic softwares.
Pixel Buddha
Watercolor Vision Vector Patterns
We're happy to present you our new watercolor set of seamless vector patterns that will definitely become a useful addition to your professional designer toolbox! It brings you 20 beautiful and vivid patterns perfect for packaging design, branding, wedding & invitation cards, apparel, scrapbooking, home decor (pillows, towels, etc.), fashion and more. These incredible assets are 100% hand-made by our colleague and wonderful watercolor artist, Daria Vinokurova.
Included in this set:
• 20 Seamless Patterns in Vector .EPS Format;
• 20 Seamless Patterns in .JPG Format (4000×4000);
• 20 Seamless Patterns in .PNG Format With Transparent Background ( 4000×4000).
We sincerely believe that Watercolor Vision will bring you a bunch of fun and joy during the working process.
Software compatibility: Vector file work with Adobe Illustrator Cs4 and newer. .PNGs work with most graphic softwares.
Retro Supply Co.
Wood & Ink – Texture Pack
Get a massive collection of wood and ink inspired Photoshop styles, brushes, textures, seamless patterns and more!
• 20 Wood Type Styles for Photoshop
• 10 Wood and Ink Photoshop Brushes
• 15 Printed Ink Seamless Patterns for Photoshop
• 5 Wood Block Photoshop Brushes
• 5 Ink Splatter Overlays
• The RetroSupply Money-Back Guarantee
Have you ever wished you owned a wood type shop? Well, know you can own your own digital version.
The Wood & Ink Photoshop Texture Kit includes over 60 textures. Each one created in the RetroSupply Co. shop from real ink, wood, water, brushes, paper and more.
Included in this set:
• 20 Photoshop Wood Type Styles: Photoshop styles are like effect shortcuts. So all the information that goes into creating a specific effect can be achieved by click on a style. These Photoshop Wood Type styles were created by printing and acquiring a massive amount of wood block prints. Then they were scanned into Photoshop and 600 DPI, carefully converted into a 100% seamless high-resolution pattern, then combined with other Photoshop effects to achieve and ink pressure look. Plus, we made it so you can easily change the color of the ink.
• 20 Wood & Ink Photoshop Brushes: Brushes always compliment Photoshop styles. They let you get more granular and add subtle ink textures, distressed areas and more. I like to think of the Photoshop style as the base (which looks great on its own) and the brushes as tools for detail work. We've packed in tons of different types of brushes. There's fine ink textures, sprays, wood block textures, and we even threw in two 19th century inspired wood block patterns.
• 15 Seamless Wood Print Textures: These are the raw bases of the Photoshop styles we've included. These are just the seamless texture patterns (no style info). They're ideal for backgrounds or even creating your own personalized Photoshop styles. Not sure how to create your own styles? Just look at the ones we've included. They'll give you some ideas on how to get started.
• 5 Wood Block Photoshop Brushes: These wood block brushes are a useful addition to the kit. I like to use them to fill in areas in my type work with some visual interest. Originally they were used in wood type work to help position letters. But they look pretty cool on their own.
• 5 Ink Splatter Overlays: Overlays are awesome! Need some ink splatters? No problem. Just File Place your Ink Splatter overlay .PNG into you work. The ink spray is isolated so it just lays on top of your work and looks awesome.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS3 and newer.
PopType – Graphic Styles and More
Have you ever tried to create simple 3D lettering in Illustrator? It's crazy complicated to do.
We created PopType to beat this problem into submission. PopType gives you 48 graphic styles that instantly (and painlessly) give your type a simple 3D effect.
But we didn't want to limit you with just these styles. So we've also created a "vault" of tutorials to help you learn how to use graphic styles (so you can customize your type and build your own styles).
Included in this set:
• 48 PopType graphic styles for Adobe Illustrator
• Instant access to the password protected PopType Vault containing 5 tutorials
• 1 PopType RoughTone halftone texture (lay it over your work for instant textured goodness)
• 1 PopType Grunge texture
• 4 brand new Photoshop brushes created from 1970s comic book ink textures
• 4 brand new Potoshop brush tool presets created from 1970s comic book ink textures with pressure sensitivity built-in
• 6 FizzleStock brand pieces of authentic retro clip art from the 1940s and 1950s
Included in the 48 styles:
• PopType Standard
• PopType Arc
• PopType Arc Upper
• PopType Arc Lower
• PopType Arch
• PopType Bulge
• PopType Shell Upper
• PopType Shell Lower
• PopType Flag
• PopType Rise
• PopType Shear Up
• PopType Shear Down
Tutorials included in the text file:
• Tutorial #1 | Installing your graphic style
• Tutorial #2 | Installing your brushes
• Tutorial #3 | Customizing your styles
• Tutorial #4 | Using your brushes
• Tutorial #5 | Converting styles to vector
Included in the distressed PS brushes:
• PopType Texture Brush #1 – Large area of ink soaked cheap comic book paper
• PopType Texture Brush #2 – Scuffed ink texture (think fine grain sandpaper on ink)
• PopType Texture Brush #3 – Another scuffed ink texture but more subtle
• PopType Texture Brush #4 – Standard ink soak texture
Included in the vector textures:
• PopType RoughTone – Real halftone texture with rough imperfect circles
• PopType Grunge – A rough and tumble vector grunge to lay over your work for fast textures
What you'll really love about this pack is that it makes you a better designer. Sure, you'll get the 48 graphic styles and other goodies. But the PopType vault tutorials will help you wrap your head around graphic styles (so you can smoothly navigate them and build your own).
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS5 and newer.
Pixelwise Co.
Marble Paper Textures 2
Presenting you a collection of freshly made marble paper textures. This pack includes 90 high resolution .JPG textures and a handy .PDF Guide. Marbled papers are hot these days, you can use them everywhere. They're perfect for wedding stationery, postcards, business cards, posters, invitations, web design, packaging, etc.
If you're wondering what "suminagashi" means, it's "floating ink" in Japanese, and it's one of the methods of making marbled papers.
All the textures are 6000x4000px .JPG files (300DPI). You will receive 90 images and a .PDF Guide. The "scale" pattern is not included, however you can contact me if you need it.
Software compatibility: .JPGs work with most graphic softwares.
Basari Design
Pencil Sketch Effects
This set of very useful layer styles for Adobe Photoshop lets your text and objects look like hand drawn pencil or crayon letterings/sketches. The .PSD file comes with three different layer styles and is very easy to use.
• Easy to apply
• Tintable in any color
• For text and objects
After purchasing this product you will get a .ZIP file containing all files. For questions or any kind of help and support regarding this product, please feel free to write a message and you will receive an answer within 24 hours.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS1 and newer.
It's me Simon
Stain-o-Matic – Amazing Paper Stain Toolkit
Amazing Paper stain toolkit, with well over 50 original high resolution paper stains designed to give your work that old damaged look and feel. Every stain is cutout and Photoshop ready — just copy and paste into your artwork and set layer to multiply.
Change the colour: You could easily change the colour of each drip by filling a layer with solid colour, and adding a layer mask. Paste the stain directly into the layer mask and you are done.
Copy parts of a stain: Most of the files are hi res, so you could copy just part of the image, scale and rotate as required.
Included in this set:
• The Stain-O-Matic toolkit Includes large marks, drips, splashes, tiny droplets, splatter, cup marks, brush marks and water damage stains.
• Lots of mess with no fuss.
• It's easy no cutting required, no masking and no layer masks.
• The toolkit is over 450 Mb of dirty mark goodness.
Software compatibility: .PNGs work with most graphic softwares.
Jim LePage
Abstract Paint Bundle
This incredible collection included all 5 sets of Abstract Paint Textures/ Backgrounds, as well as the entire Abstract ABC collection.
All paintings are created by hand and then digitally manipulated.
These vibrant, high energy pieces work great in print or on web graphics. They also pair nicely with a simple sans serif typeface.
Included in this set:
• Abstract Paint Vol. 1 (8 .JPG files)
• Abstract Paint Vol. 2 (8 .JPG files)
• Abstract Paint Vol. 3 (8 .JPG files)
• Abstract Paint Vol. 4 (8 .JPG files)
• Abstract Paint Vol. 5 (8 .JPG files)
• Abstract ABC (This alphabet comes as 26 individual .PNGs with transparent backgrounds so they can be set over any color. Set created in collaboration with Max Morin.)
• 40 .JPG files; RGB colorspace
• Variety of proportions, but long edge is always 5000px (11.8in)
Software compatibility: .JPGs and .PNGs work with most graphic softwares.
110 Marble Ink Paper Textures
The huge collection of marble effect ink textures and backgrounds is here. This pack was created by using the technique of painting on water surface and gathering these abstract flows. This was then scanned, edited and saved as high resolution textures.
Included in this set:
• 100 Unique textures + few color variations (110 Total!)
• All textures are 6000×4000 pixels, 20×13,3 In, 300 dpi
With their pretty abstract shapes and pastel colors these backgrounds can be used anywhere! At cards, invitations, banners, templates, flyers, covers, posters, at print, web design, websites, apps, presentations, art, creating patterns, cases, even in textile I think! I started to use them as a organic textures for my illustrations, for example)
Software compatibility: .JPGs work with most graphic softwares.
Abstract Paint Backgrounds Vol. 1
High resolution Acrylic Abstract Paint Backgrounds & Textures, 6000×4000 pixels, 300 DPI. These are handmade, scanned with high quality and detailing.
Awesome for any project:
• Web: Wallpapers, website, desktop, iPhone, iPad, Facebook covers, Twitter backgrounds, Youtube backgrounds, banners, apps, presentations, logo backdrops.
• Print templates: Flyers, greeting cards, posters, collages, textures, clipart, invitations, covers
You will receive 10 top quality backgrounds (.JPGs with 6000×4000 pixels., 300 dpi., RGB )
Software compatibility: .JPGs work with most graphic softwares.
Abstract Paint Backgrounds Vol. 2
This is volume 2 of high resolution Acrylic Abstract Paint Backgrounds & Textures, 6000×4000 pixels, 300 DPI. Handmade, scanned with huge quality and details and edited in Photoshop.
Awesome for any project:
• Web: Wallpapers, website, desktop, iPhone, iPad, Facebook covers, Twitter backgrounds, Youtube backgrounds, banners, app, presentations, logo backdrops
• Print templates: Flyers, greeting cards, posters, collages, textures, clipart, invitations, covers
You will receive 10 top quality backgrounds (.JPGs with 6000×4000 pixels., 300 dpi., RGB )
Software compatibility: JPGs work with most graphic softwares.
Abstract Paint Backgrounds Vol. 3
This is volume 3 of high resolution Acrylic Abstract Paint Backgrounds & Textures, 6000×4000 pixels, 300 DPI. Handmade, scanned with high quality and detailing.
Awesome for any project:
• Web: Wallpapers, website, desktop, iPhone, iPad, Facebook covers, Twitter backgrounds, Youtube backgrounds, banners, app, presentations, logo's backdrops
• Print templates: Flyers, greeting cards, posters, collages, textures, clipart, invitations, covers
You will receive 10 top quality backgrounds, .JPGs with 6000×4000 pixels., 300 dpi., RGB
Software compatibility: .JPGs work with most graphic softwares.
Abstract Paint Backgrounds Vol. 4
This is volume 4 – 25 high resolution Acrylic Abstract Paint Backgrounds & Textures, 6000×4000 pixels, 300 DPI. Handmade, scanned with high quality and detailing.
Awesome for any project:
• Web: Wallpapers, website, desktop, iPhone, iPad, Facebook covers, Twitter backgrounds, Youtube backgrounds, banners, app, presentations, logo backdrops.
• Print templates: Flyers, greeting cards, posters, collages, textures, clipart, invitations, covers
You will receive 25 top quality backgrounds (.JPGs with 6000×4000 pixels., 300 dpi., RGB )
Software compatibility: .JPGs work with most graphic softwares.
Mcraft Shop
Halftone Screen Texture Pack 1.3
15 High-resolution textures for you to use in your creative projects.
Included in this set:
• .AI and .EPS files
• .AI and .EPS files for CS2
• Beautifully layered .PSD file
• 15 transparent .PNG files
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CS2. .PNGs work with most graphic softwares
Designer Candies
99 Thick Industrial Paint Strokes
99 Thick Industrial Paint Stroke Brushes For Adobe Photoshop – created by hand
Each of the 99 HD brushes in this Photoshop Brush Set have been lovingly crafted by hand to give each brush a genuine, realistic and authentic feel, as well as being 100% unique.
This Photoshop Brush Presets pack includes 99 authentic, high quality and high resolution hand made paint strokes that are just waiting to brush up your work!
The hand-painted nature of these brush strokes helps add a natural and organic feel to your work with just the click of a button.
Included in this set:
• Photoshop .ABR file (90mb)
• Each brush is around 2,500px in Dimension (High Quality Output)
• Read Me File with Install Instructions
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS6 and newer.
Vandelay Premier
Designer's MegaPack of Vector Brush Strokes
This mega set of brushes is packed full of the essential brush strokes designers find invaluable in their designs. Included are 89 vectors (.SVG files) and 89 Illustrator brushes (.AI file) of various types of paint brush strokes.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and newer
Complete Watercolor Brush Pack
Watercolor brushes are one of those design resources that you can never have enough of. This set includes 22 high resolution Photoshop brushes.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and newer
Essential Distressed Lines Value-Pack
This set of 20 Photoshop brushes will come in very handy when you want to add distressed lines or borders to your designs. Each brushes is high res at 2500 pixels long and thin at 1-5 pixels high. Vector versions (.SVG files) are also included.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and newer
Design Something
Ink & Typography
Introducing Ink & Typography template. You can use this product to create exhibition posters, greeting cards, wedding stationery and more! You can easily change the the wording via Smart Object.
Software compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS4 and newer.
Design Cuts Licensing
This deal includes our new extended licensing. You can find all the details on our full licensing page.
Bundle Overview
Here's another look at some of the awesome resources included in this bundle:
Includes Our New and Improved Bundle Browsing Guides
We're so pleased to announce that after listening hard to our community, we've upgraded our bundle browsing guides. These now feature an updated PDF guide, and a brand new Image Gallery guide. These let you easily browse every designer and item within your bundle, using a handy table of contents, and search functionality. We hope that they will be a huge time saver for Design Cutters everywhere.
The Creative Designer's Colossal Treasure Chest: 1000s of Useful Tools Just $29
- This bundle brings you the best creative resources that the design world has to offer. We've teamed up with designers like Alex Dukal, Ian Barnard, Retro Supply Co and Pixel Buddha, to organise an unbeatable bundle of brushes, watercolour effects, a versatile array of paint textures and effects, scene creators, and much more!
- The resources are organised into carefully labelled folders. A .PDF guide is included to make browsing and downloading easier for you.
- We've focused on quality and usefulness with this bundle. These items are already hugely popular at full price. This is an exclusive chance to own this collection of contemporary resources for this kind of price.
Deal terms:
- Deal includes our extended licensing. You can use these items within commercial projects and items for resale (more details in full terms above).
- File size is approx 16.5GB (24.95GB unzipped), split into 27 parts or an optional one click download.
- A .PDF guide has also been provided for easy browsing of your download parts and overall bundle.
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Am so excited about diving into the creative process using these awesome resources.
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A "must-have" for anybody. LOL
Pity a lot of the stuff is CS6 and newer
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Wow and can I just say WOW! So many wonderful goodies. You guys have put together another fabulous deal. I have to say that AD Impastoshop is quite impressive. Sadly I don't have compatible software. If I did, I'd grab this deal in a second.
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ugh missed last bundle, can we buy elements from those budges that we may have missed with create your own bundle option?
Oh My! Designer's Toolkit….. is O.M.G I must have this bundle! I wish this was out when I was working on my class branding
design project.
I do have one question….
Are the prices for your bundles fixed prices or do you have student discounts?
Does Ian Barnard's FlowerType for Illustrator include only AI files, or also EPS so they can be used in Photoshop?
I've been looking at some of these elements and marveling over their beauty and HERE THEY ARE… ALL in ONE Design Cut's Magnificent Bundle!
THANK YOU to ALL the artists and producers of these lovelies, AND TO… Tom Ross & the Design Cuts Team, for putting them ALL together for ALL of us in ONE bundle! What an inspiration this package is!
WELCOME BACK Tom! YOU certainly know how to make a comeback with a HUGE Splash (of colors)! 😉
Roz Fruchtman
OH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY – to quote the illustrious g. takei
WOW, I think that sums it all up…


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[Monday: 3.5 miles; Today: track day 3 miles]
I still have my 30 days – for – 30 dollars deal on the county circuit court records access, so last week I checked up on my jury-duty case to see if anything had happened. Low and behold, the sentencing date was listed: Jun 12th at 9 AM.
This morning I went back to the court house and sat in on the sentencing hearing. I was the only spectator in the large courtroom where we had done the initial jury selection in May.
There were 4-5 sheriff deputies, another 4-5 court bailiffs, the two lawyers, the court reporter, the court clerk and a couple of law enforcement spectators, along with the judge, and the defendant.
The prosecution submitted some information to classify the guy as a "habitual offender", a bad thing for him. Also there was a document the defendant needed to sign in order to get a free appeal lawyer. The judge went away for awhile to examine the paper work.
When we were in session again he said that the paperwork showed the defendant had 6 other felony convictions that were applicable to the habitual offender classification. The judge ruled that he was a habitual offender. And that then triggered the maximum sentence term of 20 years.
Along the line the defendant raised his hand on a couple of points and the judge let him talk a bit, this was not via his lawyer but just the guy on his own. The 2nd time, it was after the sentence was pronounced and the guy raised his hand and said basically: the trial was on the basis of not being a habitual offender, so it was not right to later classify him one. It was literally a legal argument, probably the most sensible thing I had heard him say in both the trial and this hearing. But the judge said he should discuss that with his lawyer (meaning his appeal lawyer) and they hauled him out for "transportation" to the department of corrections.
To wrap up: The guy tried to roll another guy, probably for some money, ineptly stabbed him a couple of times, lost the fight (was knocked unconscious). He then spent a lot of time in jail and in psych evaluations and eventually had a trial and was convicted by the jury in about 20 minutes. And now he is spending the next 20 years in prison.
I don't have any disagreement with the outcome. Maybe the 20 years is a bit harsh, but the guy has spent most of the last 20 years in prison/jail, so nothing new to him. I would hope he would change over time given that his attempts to work the world by playing the "crazy card" aren't really paying off. It's a sad situation.

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Gluten Free Pineapple Upside Down Cake
1 – 20 ounce can pineapple slices in pineapple juice
7 whole maraschino cherries
1½ cup Carol's ALL PURPOSE Gluten Free Flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
3 large eggs, separated
1 cup granulated sugar
1½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup unsalted butter
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark), firmly packed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Drain the canned pineapple reserving ½ cup of the juice. Lay the pineapple slices (you should have 10 slices) and the maraschino cherries on a layer of paper towel and pat them then dry with another paper towel. Cut 3 of the pineapple slices in half.
Whisk together the gluten-free flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl.
In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the egg yolks, granulated sugar, reserved ½ cup of pineapple juice and vanilla until smooth. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and combine well.
With an electric mixer beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold the egg whites into the batter, combining well.
In a 10 inch cast iron skillet melt the butter over medium heat. When melted carefully swirl the pan so that the butter coats the sides of the pan. Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring, until the sugar has melted into the butter and is lump free, about 1 minute.
Let the sugar mixture cool very slightly then lay in the pineapple slices carefully so you do not burn yourself. Start with the center, put one whole pineapple slice in the center then arrange the other six whole slices around it. Place the halve slices in the spaces between the whole slices around the outer edge, the curved side facing toward the center. Place a whole maraschino cherry in the center of each of the whole pineapple slices.
Pour the batter over the pineapples and cherries and bake for 40 – 45 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cake cook for 2 minutes, run a knife around the outer edge then invert on a serving platter and let finish cooling. Make sure you do not let the cake cool too long before inverting or the caramel will harden and the pineapple slices will stick to the bottom of the pan.
Makes 10 – 12 gluten free servings.
Simply…Gluten-Free Desserts is now available, with over 135 recipes not featured in my blog.
Available at bookstores including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Powells, Books-a-Million and Amazon. You can get it also HERE.
"I can now have recipes I know I can count on for every Dessert and Breakfast occasion! I'm thrilled!" – A. M.
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All 12 Montana Grizzly Football Games to Be Televised [AUDIO]
University of Montana officials are putting the finishing touches on another football season in which all 12 home and away games will be televised.
UM Athletics Director Kent Haslam said Thursday afternoon that an agreement to televise all 12 games is very close.
"We're getting close to having all 12 games televised live here in Montana," Haslam said. "We've got the four conference games that have been picked up by ROOT sports as part of the Big Sky Conference package, and then, Max Media, that's ABC-Fox in Missoula, has picked up the other four non-conference games. They've also now secured the rights to both the North and South Dakota road games for the Griz."
Haslam said negotiations are nearly complete for the final two games.
"We're just about done with the two remaining non-conference games here, including Appalachian State."
Haslam said having all their games televised keeps the Grizzlies in rare company.
"When you think about it, there are so few schools that have all their games televised," Haslam said. "You're talking about the Notre Dames and the big-time schools, so for us each year to have partners who are willing to televise these games, that's really important. As I travel the state, I realize that Grizzly football on TV is an important Saturday tradition, and we're getting close to getting it done."
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Steven Schwartz will talk to just about anyone. After this interview, he's off to have lunch with Lord (Kenneth) Baker and is due to see Tim Yeo, Tory education spokesman, this afternoon. He had a jolly lunch at the Spectator the other day.
Then next month in an RSA lecture, he will be reviving a theme he tried out on the Cambridge Union last week and which puts him out of kilter with conservatism of the small c and - these days - of big C variety: why not enough people are going to university.
"The people with an education are always trying to prevent people from getting one," complains Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel University. "Every single time people have tried to restrict university education, they've always been shown to be wrong. Even the saintly Cardinal Newman, always brought up by the old folks in the senior common room because he described this ideal university which never bloody existed, in his time or any time. He wouldn't let anyone have an Oxford degree who wasn't an Anglican. I think he might have changed his mind when he became Catholic."
And as for Kingsley Amis's "more means worse" verdict from 1959: "What was he talking about? Warwick and York, they were the new universities then. They are both in the top 10 now in everybody's league table... Can you imagine not wanting to build Warwick? At the time it probably made sense: 'some crappy university near Coventry, who's going to want to go to that?' Nobody thinks that now."
He told the Spectator crowd that these days universities had 250,000 mature students upgrading their skills, and what could possibly be wrong with that? "The image many people have is that there are two million people doing PPE."
In fact, Schwartz thinks the government's 50% participation target doesn't go far enough, and instead they should simply provide scholarships for everyone who can get a place. "What you really want is a system where the money goes to the students, where we say everybody who gets into a university gets this much money, and take it where you like - and then the number of universities will be sorted by the market."
He'll dine with the Tories and once upon a time his wheeling free-marketeering would have been classified as Thatcherite. It may be a comment on the times, but Schwartz, an engaging New Yorker who spent 20 years in Australia before coming to Brunel in 2002, has an accent that spans elements of three continents and an unstuffy can-do-ness which makes him popular with the government, too.
He was one of the few vice-chancellors for whom Margaret Hodge, the former higher education minister, would have a kind word in private as well as public. Charles Clarke has entrusted him with chairing a distinguished committee to review and make recommendations on university admissions.
He is careful to say that, while he has talked informally to ministers, his committee is independent of them. Also that in this interview he is not speaking for his committee.
Nevertheless, he offers some interesting signals to the thinking that will guide the committee through its next report, which has been delayed until April but will unpack broad principles set out in its first publication last September. He's pleased that the responses to that first paper have accepted that university admissions should be fair and transparent. What the committee has got to work on now is what exactly is fair and how transparent is transparent.
"Does transparency also mean that we are into an age of consumerism; now that we are in an age where people are going to have to commit to spending £9,000, does it also mean knowing what you are getting for your money?" he says. "When you say 'the admissions process should be transparent' everybody says 'fine'. But will they also say 'fine' when you say you need to tell people what the drop-out rate is, what the employment rate is?"
Schwartz is in favour of making allowances for social background. But the responses to his consultation were split over whether universities should choose students to achieve a mix of backgrounds, and Schwartz's own view reflects some of that ambivalence. He does not support automatic positive discrimination over class, schooling or ethnicity - the kind, for instance, for which the US supreme court ruled against the University of Michigan when it tried automatically to give extra weight to applications from black students.
"The supreme court says this isn't on because it assumes that every single person who is Afro-American is disadvantaged and every single person who is not is advantaged. I think a similar kind of feeling is expressed here [in Britain]. We don't mind you looking at a particular person and making a judgment, but to treat everyone as a class and say everyone who goes to a state school is disadvantaged is probably going to lead to more unfairness than it's going to actually correct.
"The feedback I get from most academics is it's not really the job of universities to fix the problems of schools, and I'm sympathetic to that. I don't think it's reasonable to expect that universities can magically make up for years and years of poor schooling."
He's keen on rationalising the admissions process so that, for instance, would-be teachers who want to do an education degree don't have to get Criminal Records Bureau clearance each time they apply for a BEd. He wants more interviews by panels, with similar questions asked each time - a poke at Oxbridge, perhaps, whose procedures are one of the government's targets.
He has long been a fan of post-qualification entry, and hopes that changes to the 14-19 curriculum and the slow introduction of a six-term year may facilitate that. But he has retired hurt on one of his earlier ideas, a system where students would have applied before they got their results but would then have been allowed one change afterwards if they got better-than-expected grades. "Nobody liked it, I gave it up. They all just looked at me."
On the other hand, he has signed up to an idea, suggested by Ucas, of training for admissions officers, and looks to take this further - a sort of remodelling of the admissions officers' profession, which may prove controversial because it would remove working academics from their central position in the system.
These days, he says, "you pile the job of admissions tutor on top of somebody. They may have five or six other priorities that are higher than doing this: writing a scientific paper, going to meetings, preparing lectures. They don't get any training, they don't get any support, they work more or less by themselves and it's not ideal.
"The truth is a lot of it is very routine. It's tradition for academics to do this, but does it really in most cases require an academic to do it? If it does in the more dubious cases then you could just give them those ones for academic judgment."
So would that mean candidates being interviewed by a group of university personnel officers? "I don't want to get any hares running here ... you want to get to an admissions system which everybody thinks is pretty reliable and valid ... To do that you want to have people whose career depends on it and they are rewarded with prestige and recognition for doing that kind of work. At the moment nobody's really interested in perfecting the admissions system, because it's not anyone's career."
Maybe this view partly explains why Schwartz is sceptical about the impact of interviewing applicants, even though 93% of consultees to his report approved of the use of interviews as an additional means of assessment. He says they can have their place, but recounts how the veterinary school at Cornell University experimented with selecting half their candidates by interview and half without one. "A year after, nobody could tell the difference," he says.
"You interview them, you choose a group, they do very well, you say 'oh boy I'm really good at this because look, I picked them and they all did well'. What you never know is whether another 100 students who didn't get in would have done equally well.
"People believe in their ability to divine things from interview, irrespective of any amount of research evidence to the contrary. It's known as the illusion of validity."
The CV
Name Steven Schwartz
Age 57
Job Vice-chancellor, Brunel University, since 2002; chairman of review of higher education admissions since 2003
Before that BA from City University of New York; MSc and PhD from Syracuse University; research scientist at University of Texas; senior lecturer in psychology at University of Western Australia; professor at University of Queensland; vice-chancellor of Murdoch University, Perth, 1996-2001
Likes rambling (on foot)
Married with five children


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Heritage and Culture Warwickshire has received a grant of £965,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the 'Our Warwickshire' partnership project.
'Our Warwickshire' will celebrate and promote access to heritage within Warwickshire communities, as well as significantly improving the experience for visitors to Market Hall Museum, Warwick. It will also offer a new online platform enabling communities beyond Warwick to share and celebrate their heritage.
Cllr Jeff Clarke, who holds the Environment portfolio for Warwickshire County Council, said: "Collaboration is at the heart of this project. Heritage and Culture Warwickshire, Warwickshire Local History Society and the Friends of Warwickshire County Record Office will work together with partners and visitors, filling real and virtual spaces with our county's heritage."
Reyahn King, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund West Midlands, said: "'Our Warwickshire' promises to transform the way people can explore the county's rich heritage, from interactive new exhibitions and community space to an innovative online platform where people can share their own stories. Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, we're delighted to support this exciting new chapter for the iconic Market Hall."


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Customer ServiceI am a UPS Store Manager! I've noticed quite a few AMAs for the drivers, but it seems nobody from store-side mustered up the courage to do one!!
Jan 20th 2015 by MassDebates • 22 Questions • 1114 Points
I make sure that your packages get to their destinations safely. I advise on best packing methods and work on print related materials. I was a graphic and web designer by trade before that.
I may not see or respond to all of your questions as fast as you may like; I'm on a mobile device for now. If I miss yours and you want it answered, shoot it to me via PM! I'll even post the answer on the thread, if requested. :)
Proof? Heres me behind my counter: http://imgur.com/EMox5I5
I also am a fan of dem vidya games. My favorites of all time include: Starcraft, Chivalry, Skyrim, Super Mario Bros 3, Battlefield BC/BC2/3, FTL, and ToriBash.
EDIT:: OKAY I've been at it for four hours. I tried to hit everyone!! I'm going to go sleep!!
I will resume answering after I have breakfast tomorrow!!!!
Do you ever take pride in the fact that your competitor lost tom hanks on a deserted island and you have only lost my Little Big Planet Collectors Edition?
I'm sorry cam. At least we didn't lose a better game though!!!
Just kidding...
Maybe. Console peasant.
What is the funniest thing you've ever seen on the job?
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We have a glass door and people bump into it. Gets me every time. Sometimes they get saved by the box they're carrying.
Where are my damn Christmas presents for my girlfriend?
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Dude haha this Christmas was pretty bad. Idk what id do about it if I were one of the CEOs or something. We had a shit ton of stuff in our store alone. I can only imagine amazon and everyone else. They must have had like double sales this Christmas.
Honestly, idk what they're going to do in future years. I know that online shopping is going to be taking over probably, and people only ever increase the amount they ship year after year.
What is the biggest/most expensive item you've had to pack and shup thus far?
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35,000$ statue that had gold on it. Granite base. Huge crate for a relatively small statue. Heavy as shit.
Also once packed and shipped a $65,000 ring. I Quad boxed. I don't even think my driver sweat on it one bit.
What has been the worst customer that you've had?
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You know, I've had some rotten people. I don't know exactly who's the worst. Rude is always something I hate. I have this mailbox holder who is extremely rude every time she visits. A little creepy, and she is not familiar with bra use. (not a good thing this time, fellas.)
She abuses systems daily, including our mailbox policies, online product return systems, and logistics laws regarding courier vs postal service policies..
For example, returns from above. Uses it until return guarantee is over. Returns for free shipping on complaint. Creates new online shopping account. Re-engages self-created rental procedure.
Really a horrid person. I've seen how she treats her kids. Surprised she has them. Not surprised the original hubby is gone. Surprised she got a second. Not surprised that he's gone too. There's a third. I'm surprised he's still around. Dumb Shit. She abuses him and he projects/redirects it on to others. He's an ass too.
You want a surprise? I can tell you about all three because I've seen her go through all of them. I've worked at that UPS Store location for less than 1.75 years.
Not a care for anyone else. A cynic's reality wrapped up in one mean, little, abusive package.
Anybody ever have illegal shit delivered?
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Haha yeah this one guy was shipping in these box turtles from China under a false name with fraudulent IDs that we need to take copies of for acting as an agent of the post office for that person. (you know, when they sign the 6/12 month contract for a personal mail box) He'd come in, and he'd open them up, showing us what they looked like and telling us facts about them . Guy was pretty cool and chill. He collected them and loved reptilian pets. He was doing this for like 8 months before the FBI came with papers and affidavits, seizing all of his mail and stuff. Never came again.
Idk why it was illegal, they were packed well, had air, water, and food that surprisingly didn't get screwed up from shipping. Maybe box turtles can't be in the US? He had snakes come in too, but I was told they weren't the issue.
A guy offered me money to ship my own personal hairbrush (I had long hair at the time) to his house.
Of course, this was after he asked me if I would be interested in having nudes taken of myself. (said no both times)
How many conspiracy theorists do you get at your store asking to ship their manifestos to "The Director of Such-and-Such Federal Agency"?
Also, How many times a day do you have to explain that The UPS Store is not the local UPS center, and you don't have their package that a driver tried to deliver?
Or for that matter, that UPS and USPS (and even FedEx) are completely different companies?
Never. haha
AND OMG LIKE EVERYDAY The hub is the worst one. Fedex is the easiest for people to see the difference. They have trouble with usps though. I find it easy to refer to them as the post, or the post office, and to refer to USPS's pricing as postage.
Thanks man that was nice of you
So I know there's been a lot of controversy about shitty drivers throwing/ genuinely not handling packages carefully. Have you ever had to deal with this out of your store? What do you do to prevent stuff like this from happening?
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I never really order online, to be honest. If it weren't for my experience at a store, I wouldnt know how a return works!!! I hear about that stuff though, and I think it's terrible. One of the things I like about fedex is the owner operator structure, but I know that has its cons too, and it may also have drivers that abuse packages.
I think a lot of it comes from the warehouse/hub's belt, and not the employees. They're not out to get vengeance in the world, but mistakes happen, I guess. I always thought it was the machinery that has little delicacy in touch.
Honestly, it's why were so rigorous about packing in the stores. Some people just think we get our jollies by suggesting more packaging, or by complicating a seemingly simple package shipment, but it's serious stuff if it's the difference between a broken item and an intact one. Packaging won't protect against abuse or ridiculous blows. It's packaging, not armor. We have weight to consider.
Why do ups store employees try to bully and intimate me every time I don't choose to add Declared Value Coverage? Also why do y'all position Declared Value Coverage as insurance when it actually isn't?
That's really bad. I ask, and if they decline and it looks valuable, I'll ask again and state why I'm asking if they're sure, but I really leave it at that.
Adding insurance above a certain level will automatically engage a signature action that can be declined by the shipper. It lets the people that work on the trucks and in the UPS hubs how important it is to keep safe. It lets the driver know not to leave it on the porch where it may get stolen.
But hey, there are people who are immediately rude to me when I first ask. It's their loss. I don't get commission, so if they don't care, why should I? I'll still do my job my best, but I'm not in the car sales business.
Yeah, fellow UPS Store employee, I can't understand why someone would try to bully a customer into it either, unless maybe the store's manager made a big stink about it to them. Ultimately only the customer suffers if they don't get it when they needed it.
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Ik, right?
I'm a UPS Store manager as well, and I always thought about doing an ama but I figured no one would give a damn... Well I missed out. From one UPS Store employee what is the weirdest thing you've ever been asked to ship?
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Korean cabinets, ninja themed oars, apothecary sets (for sorcery, not regular) bird shit, glitter ( just a box full of the stuff)
Should I have my package shipped to the local UPS store, or just proceed to have it delivered to my house? Which will get there faster?
Depending on how far you are from the nearest hub in comparison to the store (in distance to the hub) it could go either way. It depends on the routes that the drivers are taking in your area. Id ask a driver that's not on either route to avoid bias :P (unless he delivers to both)
I used to run an Etsy shop and always had difficulty figuring out how to pack small objects for shipping (for example, a single bowl, or a very small painting). Any suggestions on the best way to pack a small item so that it won't get lost or crushed?
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There is a TON of things that go into packaging, and people don't think about it until they have to do it. It's really something that's taken for granted on a mass scale. This is something that we heavily stress in training, and often is harder for someone to perfect/master than all of the customs procedures for all other countries AND all custom procedures for corporate accounts COMBINED.
Try to use each tool or supply for what it's designed for and what it's most effective for. Peanuts aren't only tasty and good for stiffer, fluid cushion, they're also good for void-fill as well! Air-pouches/air-bags are good for void fill and even stiffer cushion (depending on the brand) , but aren't as fluid within the package.
I usually use a proprietary foam we have at this store and cut out pieces to make slots, then repeat and match together the two layers. It works wonders. It's 3 inches thick. You want it to sustain pressure evenly but not 'give' too much of dealing with items packed in boxes smaller than 8 inches cubed.
If it can fall 5.5 feet on the worst angle, I'd say you're good. (they go by 4 in our district, but that's me)
There's tons of tips. I'll come back to you and post more later.
When in doubt, double box. (product/peanuts/box/peanuts/box, in that order. Boxes are sealed and taped.)
Wow, thanks so much for the very specific response! As a further question, I am always wary of double boxing because it adds weight, do you think that affects the price much or at all?
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Absolutely. That's a high value practice to minimize risk. I don't do it for every box :P
Every box has a "dimensional weight" that is formulated by lengths of the sides. For example, I know that an 18" cubed box will be close to the same price for that destination and service level for any weights between being empty and its dimensional weight.
Size and weight weigh in pricing. If you add to either, there's a chance it will go up, depending on the circumstances.
Hey, I've got another packaging question.
Any tips on cheaply shipping skateboard decks?
Thanks in advance.
Never skateboarded but I'd stick with a cheap, flexible foam that isn't Styrofoam. Or bubblewrap. Bubbles in.
I'm not sure what a deck for it is, but if the wheels arent off of it, take them off. Unfortunately, you have a pretty heavy rigid object. Sometimes size is negotiable (folding a chair or easle) or sometimes weight is negotiable (balancing out items in multibox orders or using lighter materials) but you're already heavy and there's not much you can do for size except keep it down.
If you ship to someone in the boonies, consider having them pick it up at the hub or a UPS Store nearby it to help with costs. It won't Dave money everytime, but it might help some times.
You want to use the durability to your advantage to keep size at a minimum around the object, because it's already big. You're going to be hating shipping these. Always check both ups and usps prices at the store.
If at all possible, marry some decks together. They'll be flat and uniform curvatures which will help. Don't forget to get them isolated so they don't scratch eachother or get scratched!!!
I like design, printing's just stress, honestly.
Someone brings you a ream of special thickness and size(were not talkin' your standard demy or medium quarto or your wacky royal folio- I'm hit with everything from A10 to A4 to 4A to custom sizes), uniquely textured or colored paper, asks you to print double sided documents that are crazy long(my store is close to a University) and never have page numbers for some crazy reason. Then, they give you a (Often times, people move their document margins outside of the print zone. You know who you are. Windows tells you. We Notice. And We Remember. )
You'll have enough paper in the ream you're given for 4 copies of the document (usually a thesis of some sort) , which is what the customer ordered. But that sounds easy enough, right?
Let's say you check the margins in every page of the document, and even adjust them back to an acceptable range without extending the document's # of printed pages, okay? Oh, and don't forget, you also know your industrial copier (which is way more complicated than it should be. I swear, these copier companies have completely abandoned all principles of UX/UI development. I'm great with all things running on some sort of electricity and these things are a bitch. I owned my own (very small) tech support company and I hate these things) inside and out, so you know how to set it for their wacky paper size and thickness. You get lucky, and the copier not only recognizes the size you've put in, but also agrees with the document settings and print settings(from the OS). Then the printer doesn't agree with the thickness you've put in, saying its sensors detect something larger or smaller or thicker or thinner in the print media tray. You know, just cause. Oh, and it definitely won't change its mind for no goddamned reason in 5 minutes when you adjust the settings to what it wants. :)
So you lie. And you feel like it knows you did every time. Creepy shit. You change its settings, the document settings, the OS's settings, (which so curiously makes you lie repeatedly) and try to make it print. Then there's a feed. Now, the copier can do a lot. Mine can fold, staple, flip, and scan pages of some books on its own. But sometimes it will overextend itself and say it can do something that it can't. (most likely because you lied to it earlier) it takes in the paper and misfeeds.. Then you gotta.....
You get my point.
If you could change one thing with your online printing solution what would it be?
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The workflow process. It's well designed but horribly planned out. They could have made a much simpler solution that could still handle their customer base for much less money than what the OLP system seems to cost. It's almost as bad as a copier.
Well, not THAT bad. They made a solution that works with many many independent stores, but still. As a Web designer, I'm not impressed.
What UPS store service do you think people don't take enough advantage of?
That's a unique one. Probably binding. We comb bind and glue bind (like a book) and our unibind system rocks. Not a single complaint.
FINALLY! I've always wanted to know, but can never get a straight answer from the staff: If you were to attempt to mount a live bear sexually, what position do you think you would go with? I assume they never answered because of the corporate security cameras.
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I wouldnt mount. Id go doggy!!
Just kidding.
Do people think you can predict when a package will arrive somewhere? Can you?
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Yes, and sometimes. Closer destinations and frequent ones are easier. International parcels can be hard though. You can't even trust the computer sometimes because of customs. There are some rules of thumb that you learn to hold yourself by over time.
For example, I'll always know how many business days to nyc from any store in the US, at least within a business day of accuracy. I will always know Cross continental shipping too, because everyone does it. (Northeast to California)
I'm in NYS, just so you know.


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Six Sentence Sunday – 20 March
I didn't find out about this in time to be part of the official list, but I still want to do it. So…
Welcome to my first installment of the Six Sentence Sunday.
Here's six sentences from my debut novel — Adrienne by D. Renee Bagby:
Writing Update Thursday Author Blog Hop – Sanity
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3 thoughts on "Six Sentence Sunday – 20 March"
Wonder what's going on in that secret chamber?
Hmmm, sneaking women beneath her nose? Nothing good can come of that.
@Ella & @ Ann – It's too bad I could only put up six sentences. Adrienne's reaction was priceless. 😛
~ Renee


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Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Place the acorn squash halves and onion on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil and rub with the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast until the squash is just tender and lightly browned, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the squash to a plate to cool and return the onion to the oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the onion goes in easily, about 20 minutes longer. Remove and set aside to cool completely along with the squash. When cooled, remove the skin from the squash and cut into large dice. Cut the onion into julienne and reserve separately.
Cut each head of Bibb lettuce in half and place each half, cut side up, onto a large salad or a dinner plate. Press lightly on the lettuce to flatten and open up the leaves a bit. Divide the diced squash, julienned onion, black-eyed peas, pecans, and blue cheese evenly among the tops of the salads. Drizzle the warm vinaigrette over the tops of the salads, season lightly with salt and pepper, and serve immediately.
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and heat gently until sugar is melted, about 2 minutes. Serve warm over salad.


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Medical Device and Drug Manufacturers Impact Patient Care
Most consumers doubtlessly believe that they and their doctors should make decisions about medical care. Powerful third parties, however, can intrude on the doctor-patient relationship to exert considerable influence on many doctors as they choose among treatment options. Up until now, most patients have had no sure way of knowing about the generous incentives their doctors receive from drug and medical device manufacturers who want to promote the use and sale of their products.
According to recent analysis, these manufacturers give money to about one-fourth of the nationâs physicians, and almost two-thirds of doctors routinely enjoy complimentary meals paid for by these companies. The New York Times determined that doctors who receive gifts from the manufacturers are more likely to take risks in prescribing their drugs. They may prescribe drugs or use medical devices that have not yet been approved for certain uses â which could be tantamount tomedical malpractice. For example, they may treat children with recently developed strong antipsychotic drugs that have not been shown to be safe for this age group.
Patients are right to be concerned about these outside pressures that can make a difference in what drugs their doctors prescribe and what medical devices they decide to use. Lay people may be unaware of these influences and uncomfortable asking their doctors about them. In particular, when there is a negative outcome, patients are right to question why their medical care providers made the decisions they did and whether they had a relationship with drug and medical device companies.
Authorized by the 2010 federal health care reform legislation, the government will soon be issuing new standards requiring manufacturers to reveal payments they make to physicians. Consumer advocates believe that this transparency will reduce the likelihood that doctors will overprescribe prescription drugs or misuse medical devices as payback for favors they have received from the manufacturers.
Up to a certain point, relationships between manufacturers and doctors may be helpful, as research funding from the manufacturers can support doctors who test and develop effective, innovative treatments. The new standards will not pass judgment on the relationships. They will require, though, that the manufacturers publicly acknowledge what they give doctors, from free lunch for medical office staff to million-dollar research grants.
Requiring open disclosure will give consumers the information they need to decide whether their doctors truly have their best interests at heart, or whether their decisions are bought and paid for by drug and medical device companies. Armed with this new knowledge, consumers who feel wronged by their doctors can now consider taking legal action to right wrongs caused by inappropriate relationships and improper medical care.


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Andy Benoit's film study reveals the best players at each position
QB Tom Brady, Patriots
The argument that he hasn't played in enough games is a fair one, but here's why I've included him: the games he has played have all been nearly perfect 10s. And we were quick to credit the Patriots' culture when citing the three wins when Brady was suspended. The 17-year veteran has (obviously) been integral to creating that culture. Lastly, it has not been a top year for quarterbacks. Even the guys with big numbers on winning teams—Matt Ryan and Derek Carr—have been very good and rising, but they're not as great as their numbers suggest.
RB Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys
The offensive line deserves a lot of credit. But Elliott has also quickly developed the necessary patience for letting blocks develop, and his mix of body control and acceleration is arguably the best in football. He's also improving swiftly in the passing game.
WR Julio Jones, Falcons
There's no better in-breaking route runner. That's critical in Atlanta's masterfully constructed base personnel, play-action-driven scheme.
WR Amari Cooper, Raiders
He can afford to be the most patient route runner in football because his body control and quickness are off the charts. This also makes him viable on every type of route you can imagine (and Raiders offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave has imagined a lot).
Slot WR Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals
You always have to factor in his contributions as a run-blocker.
TE Travis Kelce, Chiefs
There might not be a better-designed offense in the NFL than Kansas City's, particularly when it comes to multi-tight end sets. The versatile fourth-year pro is the fulcrum in many of those designs. He's also a rapidly improving playside run-blocker.
TE Jimmy Graham, Seahawks
He's reemerging as the type of versatile receiving weapon we saw in New Orleans.
LT David Bakhtiari, Packers
Doesn't have a naturally strong anchor, so handling bull rushes has sometimes been an issue. But most of the time he's been an agile, rock-solid pass protector at a key spot on what's been the NFL's best pass-blocking front five.
LG Laremy Tunsil, Dolphins
Has some of the most natural feet you'll ever see, which comes in handy not just in pass protection (where he's been superb) but also in an outside zone rushing attack like Miami's.
C Travis Frederick, Cowboys
No one is better at snapping the ball and immediately crossing a nose tackle's face to pin him back inside. That's the key to Dallas's zone ground game. He's also part of an O-line that's been almost flawless in pass protection.
RG Zack Martin, Cowboys
There might not be a better on-the-move run-blocker in the league right now.
RT Bryan Bulaga, Packers
It's astounding how many teams are vulnerable at this position. Not the Packers.
Edge: Von Miller, Broncos
No pass rusher dips and bends with more velocity and litheness. He's also had dominant stretches as a force defender against the run.
Edge: Khalil Mack, Raiders
Several edge defenders have had great seasons: Ryan Kerrigan, Nick Perry, Lorenzo Alexander, Brian Orakpo, Whitney Mercilus. And yes, Mack, who by his standards ran a tad hot and cold over the first few weeks. But his hot is usually white, not red. And a lot of times when he's "cold," he's still impacting games by getting special treatment in the offense's blocking structures.
Interior DE: Jadeveon Clowney, Texans
He's found his NFL niche operating out of a three-point stance, which naturally negates his tendency to play too tall and, more importantly, accentuates his strong, explosive burst, which is what originally created all the hype that he's now living up to.
Interior DE: Jurrell Casey, Titans
Tennessee's entire defense is built on front-seven versatility, both in presnap looks and postsnap movement (think twists, stunts and zone blitz droppers). Casey is unequivocally the most valuable piece here.
DT: Mike Daniels, Packers
Possesses good initial movement skills plus the gradual strength to wear opponents down over the course of a play.
DT: Fletcher Cox, Eagles
His flourishment in Jim Schwartz's gap-penetrating scheme hasn't come at the expense of his considerable raw power.
Stack LB: Luke Kuechly, Panthers
Let's just say he hasn't been Carolina's problem this season.
Stack LB: K.J. Wright, Seahawks
There might not be a sounder all-around 'backer in football. Wright is very good in man coverage up on the line of scrimmage, picking up (and at times carrying) receivers in zone coverage, defending the run inside and outside and, as of late, blitzing.
CB Desmond Trufant, Falcons
One of the select few corners who can play both man and zone coverage outside or inside. Has done so successfully while shadowing star receivers who range in size and style from Doug Baldwin (slot) to Amari Cooper to Kelvin Benjamin. Much more of a playmaker this season, too.
CB Malcolm Butler, Patriots
In a man-to-man centric scheme, he's the stopper designated for the opposing team's quickest receiver. Has excellent physicality and understanding of passing angles.
Slot CB Chris Harris, Broncos
Outstanding hip pocket man-to-man defender. Hasn't been quite as the same as in recent years (bigger receivers have posed problems at times), and it would have been nice to recognize Los Angeles's versatile, hard-hitting slot man Lamarcus Joyner here. But Joyner plays in a zone scheme, while Harris is integral to Denver's man-to-man foundation. Man coverage always presents more flexibility for a defensive play-caller.
S Earl Thomas, Seahawks
He's been much more than just a centerfielder in 2016 (though he remains the NFL's smartest and rangiest there). He's a critical component in the increased snaps of man coverage that Seattle is playing on crucial third downs, both as a pure matchup guy and as a robber over the middle.
S Harrison Smith, Vikings
The MVP of what's been one of the NFL's best defenses. He's a rangy read-and-reactor out of two-shell coverages (Minnesota's foundation), a rock-solid tackler (including in space) and a shrewd presnap disguise artist (including on blitzes).
1. Tom Brady
2. Julio Jones
3. Andrew Luck
The Colts have struggled, but they'd be all but eliminated if not for him.
4. Von Miller
We think offense when talking about clutch performers. But you could argue no player has made more late fourth quarter impact plays than this guy.
5. Desmond Trufant
Coach of the Year*
* This award should be thought of as a staff award, with the head coach being the representative.
1. Bill Belichick
Besides rewriting the offense when Brady was out, his defense (which is led by coordinator Matt Patricia) remains, from a fundamentals standpoint, the soundest in football.
2. Dan Quinn
Has mixed and matched personnel on defense to concoct an improving bevy of packages. More notable has been the job done by offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. There isn't a harder team to face with two backs or two tight ends on the field.
3. Andy Reid
All things being equal, from purely a schematic standpoint, his offense is the NFL's best constructed.
4. Jason Garrett
No matter how well your offensive line plays, you don't win seven of your first eight games with a rookie quarterback and running back if those guys aren't being coached well. And consider that this defense has overachieved thanks to two things: the gap-exchange concepts taught by coordinator Rod Marinelli up front (think stunts, twists and D-line slants) and the success that corners Morris Claiborne and Brandon Carr have had after flip-flopping positions.
5. Mike Zimmer
Offensive line injuries might ultimately sink this team, but injuries at quarterback and running back could have easily sunk it long ago.
Offensive Rookie of the Year
RB Ezekiel Elliott
Defensive Rookie of the Year
DE Joey Bosa, Chargers
Guys with his lateral agility and burst come around maybe once every five years.
Comeback Player of the Year
Andrew Luck
Has been better about protecting himself but hasn't sacrificed the play-extending abilities that make him great.
Most Improved Player*
* It's not an actual NFL award, but it should be.
1. DB A.J. Bouye, Texans
He's been stingy in matchup coverages, both at safety and, more recently, outside corner.
2. OLB Nick Perry, Packers
A fierce edge-setter against the run; on film he's looked as noisy rushing the passer as his six sacks suggest.
3. DL Kerry Hyder, Lions
Most natural as a nickel defensive tackle, but has also been superb against the run and pass as a base down defensive end.
4. TE Jack Doyle, Colts
A sound, thorough lead-blocker who also has the ability to catch balls away from his body.
5. DT Grady Jarrett, Falcons
Flashes with initial quickness and strength every week.
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May 13th, 2018, 08:30 PM #1
2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
Just had a noteworthy encounter at the Five Guys on the west end of Allentown.
And it reminded me that I had an encounter last weekend that was also worth noting.
So I'll start with last weekend's encounter.
I was in the Wendy's, on Lehigh St., on the South side of Allentown.
I had just finished placing my order at the counter and was waiting for my items.
When a family of mom, dad, and grade school aged (over 5 and under 10 ?) daughter came in and walked up to the counter to the right of me.
While mom and dad are looking at the menu deciding what to order. I hear daughter whisper something to mom.
Mom then replies loud enough for me to hear. She says "Because it's his right.".
I turn towards them and smile.
Mom then says to me; that with all the school shootings in the news and being talked about at school.
They've been trying to teach their daughter that not everyone with a gun is bad, how this is America and people have the right to carry guns to protect themselves.
If I recall correctly. Mom had the daughter say hello to me and ask me if I was a cop. After which she apologized because they've met some people who don't like being asked.
I responded that those people are idiots. And it sounds like she is doing a good job as a mom and is raising their daughter right.
Mom chuckled at my remarks about those people being idiots. And then thanked me for saying she is being a good mom and raising her daughter right.
Dad was quiet the whole time, kept to himself, and spent most of the time eyeing the menu. I think he was very hungry.
Now for that encounter I just had at Five Guys on the west end of Allentown.
I was sat down at a table and eating. I saw I guy come in that looked very familiar to me.
But I could not determine from where I knew him.
After he got done ordering and went to sit down. He saw me and said "Hey; don't I see you at all the City Council meetings ?".
I said "Yup."
He then started to ask me why I carry. And before I could respond; he began to ask me why I felt the need to carry specifically in Five Guys and at City Council.
Well that started a 2 mins back-n-forth, very polite debate/conversation.
I can't recall the whole conversation. But I do recall these highlights.
To his why do I carry and feel the need.
I responded that you never know where you are going to be attacked.
As the conversation continued he brought up that he thinks no one should be allowed to have a gun until they are 21. "Because 18 year olds are not mature enough.".
I countered with. "But 18 year olds are considered an adult at 18, can vote, can get drafted and sacrifice their lives in defense of our freedom.".
That lead to me asking him would he ask a cop why he feels the need to carry a gun in here or city council.
He said that was different. Because they are here to defend us.
I countered. "Why must we depend upon the state or government do defend us. Why can't we defend ourselves ?".
He replied that's a good point.
As the conversation continued; he said a fudd sounding statement of "Don't get me wrong. I'm not against guns, carrying, or hunting. I just wanted to know why you are carrying.".
At the end of the conversation. I asked him if he knew PA gun laws. He said nope. So I handed him one of our LVTP-2A trifolds.
After I was finished eating; I walked to the restroom to wash my hands. Which was near where he was sitting. So we said goodbye to each other and said seeya at the council meeting.--ET
May 13th, 2018, 10:09 PM #2
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
Good encounters all around! Sounds like the gentleman you were speaking with is open to your viewpoint, so hopefully good things will come from that exchange.
May 13th, 2018, 10:28 PM #3
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
OMG. Next council meeting THAT guy is going to make a motion to have guns banned statewide.
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May 13th, 2018, 10:58 PM #4
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...The Communist Manifesto is now the Constitution of the democrat party
May 13th, 2018, 11:57 PM #5
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
Thanks for being a responsible representative for our rights. I think you handled both situations very well especially the 2nd one.
Take it easy with the fast food, that will kill you faster then some nut job open carrying a gun.Join the GOA & save $5.00. https://www.gunowners.org/mac-subs-join-goa.htm
May 14th, 2018, 07:04 AM #6
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
Good job at not being a Dick. We must educate the people just like the young lady's school was doing.
May 14th, 2018, 07:17 AM #7
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
Last time I ate at 5 guys I damn near had to take a loan out to pay for it.
Good job BTW.
May 14th, 2018, 05:40 PM #8
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
Never mind the gun....that fast food will kill you.NRA Benefactor Member
May 14th, 2018, 06:03 PM #9
Re: 2 noteworthy encounters: Good job Mom. + Why do feel need to carry ? But ...
Until recently (thanks PA AG), I carried when I visited my son or just went into PA. I concealed carried and I never had anyone approach me or give me "that" look as far as I know. My daughter in law's family aren't gun people and they had a little hard time until they realized I wasn't some demon with a gun. I'm just the guy they knew who could protect them in the event I needed to do just that.
May 15th, 2018, 11:13 AM #10
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UPDATE: FMATS will not be holding another TAP process or calling for project nominations. For future TAP funding, apply with the State of Alaska program .
The 2016 program awarded the funds allocated for FFY13: $227,744. The total amount including the non-federal share (match) is $250,351.
The FMATS Policy Committee awarded the following projects on July 20, 2016:
The Erosion Damage project scored a 20 and was the fourth and final application received for the program.
View the Scoring Committee memo: FFY16 TAP Recommendations Memo
View the submitted applications:
- Bjerremark Application – City of Fairbanks
- Bike and Pedestrian Count Equip Application – City of Fairbanks
- Sidewalk Survey Application -City of Fairbanks
- Multi-Use Path Erosion Damage Application- UAF
The ICAP increased from 4.65% to 4.96% during the application process.
A Pre-Application Workshop was held on July 7th. Read the Questions and Answers: 7.7.16 TAP Program Workshop
Who can apply?
The eligible entities to receive TAP funds are:
- local governments
- school districts
- public land agencies
- transit agencies
- natural resource agencies
- local education agencies or schools
- tribal governments
- any other local or regional government entity with responsibility for oversight of transportation or recreational trails (other than a metropolitan planning organization or a state agency).
The State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) and FMATS are not eligible Sponsors for TAP funds but may partner with eligible Sponsors to carry out a project. Non-profit organizations are not eligible as direct Sponsors unless they qualify through one of the eligible categories but are eligible to partner with any eligible entity on a TAP project.
What can they apply for?
Eligible projects are:
- bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
- safe routes to school (Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education Program for Grades K-8)
- recreational trails
- environmental mitigation
- historic preservation if related to a transportation facility
- archaeological activities related to transportation impacts
Ineligible projects include roadway capacity, transit, landscaping, and resurfacing or reconstruction.
View the Full Packet: TAP Program FFY13
Get the Application: Local TAP Application
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