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What are the keys for victory Saturday night for North Carolina as they head to Greenville for an 8:00 kickoff against in-state rival East Carolina?
Our '10 Keys' feature provides this week's breakdown of the battle between the Tar Heels and Pirates that can be seen on the CBS College Sports Network Saturday evening.
There's no question that Saturday night's atmosphere in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium is going to be raucous. Pirate fans will have had all day to get themselves energized and pumped up for the game, and many of them will bring their alcohol-infused hatred of the Tar Heels out in full force.
UNC prepared for this all week by simulating crowd noise in practice, but it's not quite the same as hearing just how loud Dowdy-Ficklen gets when the Pirate faithful is up on its feet and screaming.
This is going to be Bryn Renner's first test in a truly hostile road environment. Sure, Georgia Tech wasn't exactly Kenan Stadium, but Yellow Jacket fans are stately by comparison to Pirate fans. And that's not a knock on some of the most passionate fans you'll find in college football. ECU unquestionably creates a much less cozy environment for opposing teams in Greenville than they do down in Atlanta.
For UNC to win, they have to work through this particular unique nuance of this game. They obviously can't control the crowd volume, but they have to play through it. It's absolutely essential that the communication between the quarterback and center is sound through all the noise, lest they give ECU a freebie by putting the ball on the ground. The Tar Heel defense needs to use its hand signals and work with each other to make sure they're all on the same page.
This is one area of this particular game where right off the bat East Carolina has a big advantage. The question is will UNC allow the Pirates to have this advantage all night, or will they progressively quiet the crowd and have them leaving early if they make plays and execute?
Committing two turnovers was in so many ways 'victory kryptonite' for Carolina last week against Georgia Tech. You simply can't give the Yellow Jackets that many extra opportunities with the way they control possession. Although East Carolina's offensive system is different by leaps and bounds compared to Georgia Tech's, the fundamental concept of protecting the football remains the same. With the way the Pirates spread the field and move the ball around, they're capable of doing plenty of damage.
Keep in mind that ECU led South Carolina 17-0 earlier this year when they played in Charlotte. The Gamecocks lost two fumbles early in that particular contest, which allowed the Pirates to build their early advantage (which they subsequently squandered after getting outscored by South Carolina 42-13 in the second half).
It's time for Renner to get back to some of the things he was doing earlier in the season and try his best to avoid throwing an interception. If he does make a single mistake and throw a poor pass into coverage that gets picked, make it just one. UNC simply cannot afford to get into another game where multiple interceptions flips field position and gives the opposing offense extra scoring opportunities.
North Carolina has the offensive firepower to make his a miserable night for an East Carolina defense still learning the 3-4 that has really struggled at times to slow down opposing teams. Virginia Tech and South Carolina did what they wanted when they weren't giving the ball away to East Carolina---and UNC can do the same. But they can't do the Pirates any favors.
With little doubt, this is the biggest game on East Carolina's schedule this entire season. The opportunity to hand North Carolina a second straight loss in Greenville and just the third ECU victory ever over the Tar Heels would be like an early Christmas present to the Pirate coaches, fans, and players. As such, the Pirates are going to come out fired up and extremely spirited. Their players are going to be eager and looking for ways to motivate themselves, which could manifest into some of the typical jawing out on the field that we often see in college games, as well as expressions of exuberance when they make good plays---expressions that can often rub opposing players the wrong way.
For North Carolina, the key is going to be not to get baited into anything because of East Carolina's attempts to keep themselves fired up. Football is a game of emotion, and although on paper the Tar Heels have considerably more talent than East Carolina, a certain level of emotion can take a football team a long way. UNC has to match ECU's intensity and come out charged up themselves.
While it's not an ACC contest, this game is absolutely huge for Everett Withers, as its hard to see him realistically being a candidate for the permanent head coaching job at UNC after this season if he can't beat East Carolina. For the players, it's essential not to be goaded into any unnecessary penalties due to East Carolina trash talk. These games are always a little chippy because ECU puts such a tremendous emphasis on this game. But since it's mostly the guy who retaliates who gets called for the penalty, UNC has to make sure they keep their heads and don't get baited into anything.
North Carolina's play calling inside the 20 yard line---both offensively and defensively---needs to be crisp tonight. The Tar Heels, despite some criticisms of the defensive play-calling this fall by some, have been fairly solid in the red zone. This season teams are just six-of-14 (43 percent) scoring touchdowns inside the red zone on the Tar Heels, and that needs to continue against the Pirates. Conversely, the UNC offense has scored touchdowns on 12 of its 14 red zone possessions this fall.
John Shoop has done a solid job of getting multiple players besides the wide receivers the ball, as non-wide receivers have made a combined 31 catches for the Tar Heels this season. Most of those have gone to Giovani Bernard, and since everyone knows the Pirates are going to be keying on Bernard out of the backfield in the red zone, Shoop might be able to catch ECU off-guard once or twice by throwing to him instead of handing the ball off.
But clearly when UNC gets in the red zone, it's more important to tighten the screws on the Pirates and churn up real estate with a power running game.
East Carolina's offense---especially when it gets around the goal line---employs a lot of 'fade' routes, which are intended to make it extremely difficult for opposing defenses to make plays on the ball because of the ball's location in the corner or edge of the end zone. The Tar Heels themselves have used this particular play to great success at times in the past---think T.J. Yates' touchdown toss to Jheranie Boyd in the Virginia Tech game back in 2009.
For the Tar Heel defensive backs, and especially cornerbacks Tre Boston, Charles Brown, Tim Scott, and Jabari Price, it's going to be important to play strong against these 'fade' routes. Jamming the opposing receiver at the line of scrimmage certainly helps, but it's also important not to give the ECU receivers too much space between where they line up and the sideline. The more space between the defender and the sideline means more space for the quarterback to hit his mark. So the Tar Heels need to be physical with ECU's receivers, while also limiting the space they have to work along the edges of the field.
East Carolina knows full-well that UNC is going to try and get Dwight Jones the football. And considering Jones has as many catches as UNC's leading receiver (27) than Carolina's second and third-leading receivers combined, it makes sense to try and limit his opportunities as much as possible. Even that won't work against a talent like Jones, who is sure to get open and make plays, but the point is that the respect East Carolina shows to Jones through rolling coverages could open some other things up.
We suspect that UNC might take a couple of chances to run the end-around play Saturday night with players like Jheranie Boyd, Reggie Wilkins, or T.J. Thorpe. And in the case of Wilkins or another former high school quarterback like A.J. Blue who could potentially get the ball on such a play, there's always the possibility of an 'end-around halfback pass.'
UNC tried similar plays twice against Virginia---one worked and one didn't---and depending on the defensive schemes of the Pirates and just how much attention they pay to Jones, we wouldn't be surprised in the least if Carolina runs another similar play or plays.
Carolina may not need a big play on an end-around to win Saturday night's contest, but such a play could definitely point things in the right direction. And the ability to be diverse offensively while utilizing the speed of players like Boyd, Wilkins, Thorpe, or Blue could be a real ace up Coach Shoop's sleeve.
Given East Carolina's propensity to throw the football, we fully expect UNC to spend a lot of time in the 'nickel' package Saturday night. The 'nickel' package essentially means a fifth defensive back is on the field to replace one of the outside linebackers, theoretically giving the defense an extra defensive back capable of running with a receiver in multi-WR sets and giving the defense a better chance of avoiding a big play through the air.
But it's not just about avoiding giving up the big play.
When UNC goes into the 'nickel' Saturday night---whoever that player might be, whether it's Todd Harrelson, Jabari Price, Tim Scott, Alex Dixon or whoever else---they have to be able to be responsive to shorter, three-step routes that ECU is surely going to run in order to limit the effectiveness of Carolina's pass rush off the edge with Quinton Coples, Donte Paige-Moss, Tim Jackson, and Kareem Martin.
ECU quarterback Dominique Davis remembers the last two seasons getting harassed by the pressure of the Tar Heel front four, and rest assured the Pirate coaches have taken a look at last year's film and devised ways to try and give Davis more time to throw. The easiest answer? Don't leave him in the pocket with longer drop-steps.
With this in mind, Carolina's 'nickel' back has to be able to see when such plays are developing. If timed just right, this could very well lead to a key interception---even an interception that could be returned for a touchdown.
While it's absolutely essential for any 'nickel' package to stay focused on keeping the opposing wide receivers in front of them to avoid the long pass plays, it's also self-defeating to play so softly away from the line of scrimmage to open up shorter pass plays. How well the UNC nickel backs respond to ECU's efforts to employ the short passing game will go a long way in determining how effective the Pirate offense will be.
Bottom line for North Carolina---Bernard has a good game, Carolina probably wins tonight. If he doesn't, all bets are off.
East Carolina's rush defense has been suspect so far this fall, to say the least. The one thing is that ECU has faced good competition, but they haven't yet shown ability to successfully neutralize good offenses on the ground. South Carolina lined up and ran for 220 yards against the Pirates resistance, while Virginia Tech did even better, accumulating over 230 yards of rushing offense.
Carolina had a golden opportunity last week to play offensively against a tough 3-4 scheme at Georgia Tech, and that should only serve to help the UNC blockers as they prepare to face the 3-4 again.
For UNC the objective is simple. Without wearing him down, let Bernard do his thing. Give him the ball on the outside, and then feel free to come back between the tackles. While it's a little discouraging not to see more of an emphasis on using all three running backs---talking about Bernard, Ryan Houston, and A.J. Blue---Bernard is clearly earning his carries.
Carolina can win handily over East Carolina if UNC rushes for over 200 yards and doesn't turn the ball over. But those are two questionable 'ifs.' The Tar Heels have committed nine turnovers over its last three games, although certainly one can't lay that blame at Bernard's feet.
The point is that Bernard could have a monster game against the Pirates if everything falls into place. The matchup, the past performances of Bernard, everything points to him having a nice performance tonight---at least over 100 yards. But if Bernard really blows up with a huge outing against ECU, it could send a message to a lot of people who didn't already know that North Carolina once again has a big-time running back.
Carolina's offensive line, coming off a game in which the Tar Heels allowed seven sacks, has to be pretty fired up for Saturday night. This is a great chance to let go of that subpar performance and get back on track. East Carolina runs the same 3-4 scheme as Georgia Tech, but aside of a couple of solid linebackers, this unit just isn't as talented as the Yellow Jackets.
UNC should feel confident that it can line up and win the line of scrimmage on both sides of the football tonight. Although East Carolina can make some things happen offensively, their offensive line is going to have its hands full in the middle with Sylvester Williams and Tydreke Powell. This is why we suspect ECU will implement some shorter-drop routes for the quarterbacks and receivers.
Along those same lines, UNC's veteran offensive line should like its chances of having more success in the running game given the way Bernard has been running the ball lately. The Tar Heels have had ample opportunity to study East Carolina, and we believe that UNC will make an effort, particularly early on, to establish the run while using it to potentially set up a big play through the air.
On both sides of the ball, Carolina can take strategic control of the game by getting it done in the trenches. That holds true for every football game most of the time, but it bears repeating.
This sort of goes hand-in-hand with not committing turnovers or stupid penalties, but the truth of the matter is that UNC can't afford to make anything easier for East Carolina than it already is. They'll already have the benefit of a highly-supportive home crowd. The Pirate players will be extremely spirited---especially early on as the residual pre-game hype melts itself down.
For Carolina, there's absolutely nothing good that's going to come out of committing penalties or by doing things that give East Carolina extra opportunities to score. That can be fanned out into an array of things the Tar Heels need to avoid. Interceptions and lost fumbles are a given. Trying to keep away from mindless penalties is another. So is staying focused on the specific schemes and plays at hand and not deviating from them to open up an opportunity for ECU to exploit it.
From a purely talent perspective, North Carolina is the better of these two teams. But they still have to go out and play. ECU is dangerous in a lot of ways for Carolina because they're playing at home, they've already played very tough competition in South Carolina and Virginia Tech, and most of all, they take the UNC game more seriously than arguably any other on their calendar. UNC doesn't have to worry whether or not the Pirates will show up ready to play. But Carolina can't fall into the trap of poor execution and mental lapses. If they do, it could make the evening much, much longer than it has to be.


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Disaster can strike anytime, anywhere.
It's not just wildfires that threatens our safety and financial well-being. It could be a flood, earthquake, landslide, or even a home or office break-in.
Regardless, the old adage applies: Be prepared. Here are some ways:
Take the video
One important precaution is a room-by-room inventory of the contents of your home. In case of fire, flooding — or even a break-in — you want a clear record of your home's contents, including the garage and back yard, in order to make an insurance claim.
CPA Perry Ghilarducci learned that the hard way. About 20 years ago, he and his wife returned home from a weekend vacation to find their home had been burglarized. Thieves had carted away computers, electronics, a TV — and drove off with all of it in the family car.
"It's amazing how much stuff you accumulate but don't realize," said Ghilarducci, who said he and his wife "struggled to remember everything we had in the house." Trying to make a complete inventory for an insurance claim, they did their best from memory.
To avoid that time-consuming headache, there's an easier solution: make a home inventory video.
"Take your digital camera and walk through your home. Do a room-by-room narrative," said George Yee, a homeowners' insurance agent.
Open cupboards and closets, pull out drawers. Zoom in for close-ups of valuables. Put your hand or a ruler up to give scale to smaller items, he said. If you have a valuable collection — coins, guns, jewelry, collectibles, etc. — spread them out on a solid, dark surface, such as a dining room table to photograph.
Wherever possible, state the value or provide photos of documents that back up the purchase price, said Yee.
When you're done, make a duplicate copy of your camera's digital chip and store in a safe place, such as safe deposit box, that's away from your home. Do the same room-by-room inventory with the contents of your office.
If you don't have a digital camera, you can also create a home inventory video using your smartphone, Yee said. Be sure to store it digitally somewhere safe, such as a "cloud-based" storage device.
"The key is to just do it and be able to keep it someplace where you can retrieve it later," if necessary, said Yee, a 28-year veteran of the insurance business.
Don't call home
"The desire to call loved ones after an emergency or disaster is natural," said the Safe America Foundation, a nonprofit that launched a "Text First. Talk Second." campaign after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks in New York City and other locations.
In emergency situations, too many frantic cellphone calls often overwhelm wireless phone service and can prevent essential 911 calls from going through, the foundation warns.
"Just a single one-minute phone call takes up the same bandwidth as 800 short text messages," it says on its website, SafeAmericaPrepared.org.
Instead, if you need to contact family or friends, send a text message. It can be as simple as, "R You OK?" or "IM OK." The idea is to quickly get in touch, without needlessly jamming essential phone lines.
Have a family plan
When disaster strikes, it's easy for families to become separated — by work, school or other circumstances — and face the panic of being unable to communicate with one another. Emergency officials recommend that you sit down together and create a family emergency-response plan. Designate a location where you will meet in case you're displaced from home, such as a familiar destination, a family cabin or another home of friends or relatives. Name an out-of-town or out-of-state contact who can relay messages. Make sure your kids know how to contact you or a designated relative.
On the Ready.gov website, there are simple wallet-sized cards that you can fill out for each child or family member, listing emergency contacts for neighbors, an out-of-town contact and the family's designated meeting place in case of an emergency. You can fill them out, clip and save for each family member's wallet, purse or backpack.
Prepare an EFFAK
In emergency-preparedness jargon, that's an Emergency Financial First Aid Kit.
Regardless of the size of your income or bank accounts, the EFFAK is essentially one place where you assemble a copy of all your pertinent financial documents. The idea was born in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, when federal emergency-response officials and a nonprofit, Operation Hope Inc., realized that Americans needed a tool to ensure "financial stability in the wake or an emergency or evacuation."
"Emergencies often come when we least expect it, yet many of us do not think to prepare our financial interests in advance," said the Federal Emergency Management Agency on its website, www.FEMA.gov.
The website has an official EFFAK list of essential financial documents that should be included: home mortgage or property records; bank accounts; power of attorney forms; certificates for death, divorce, marriage, birth; passport, insurance policies; credit card accounts.
If your house burns down, these documents can be useful in speeding up the process for applying for loans and sorting out financial assistance.
It's recommended that the documents be kept in a waterproof, grab-and-go box or binder. Ideally, it's portable enough to stash in a backpack or tuck under your arm on the way out the door.
Of course, an emergency or natural disaster isn't limited by time, date or season. It could happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Taking a few steps now can minimize the financial and emotional upheaval none of us wants to face in an emergency.
Grab and go: What you need in an emergency
Here's what the American Red Cross suggests that every household have on hand, in case of an emergency or evacuation:
Water: One gallon per person, per day (3-day supply for evacuation, 2-week supply for home)
Food: Nonperishable, easy-to-prepare items (3-day supply for evacuation, 2-week supply for home)
Flashlight (with extra batteries)
Radio: Battery-powered or hand-crank
First aid kit
Medications: At least a 7-day supply of prescriptions
Multi-purpose tool: Should include can opener, knife, etc.
Personal hygiene items
Personal documents: Copies of medications list, proof of address, mortgage or property deed, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies
Cellphone (with chargers)
Emergency contacts (Names of family members, insurers, etc. )
Extra cash
Emergency blanket
Map(s) For local area, as well as designated family meeting spot in case of emergency
Other: Baby care items, pet supplies, hearing-aid batteries, spare eyeglasses or contact lenses, extra car keys

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Giving away carbon offsets for the holidays isn't exactly glamorous, but it does help the environment. Joellen Easton reports on how the market for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions is doing this holiday season.
With the dust settling from the Madoff scandal, Harvard professor Richard Parker tells Tess Vigeland that more scams may yet be uncovered during this downturn. It's part of what economist John Kenneth Galbraith called "the bezzle."
Bernard Madoff built the foundation for his Ponzi scheme by word of mouth at charity balls and country clubs from New York to Florida. And he's not the only one. Amy Scott reports.
Slovakia has rebuilt itself since the end of communism, succeeding where many thought it would fail. In three weeks it will become a member of the eurozone. Stephen Beard reports.
In the face of a worsening economy, a small construction company in Oregon has laid off nearly all of its employees. Tess Vigeland speaks with Keith Knowles from Robert Knowles Construction about where his business goes from here.
A new survey says companies are scaling back on pay raises. Employee benefits may also take a hit in the near future as out-of-pocket expenses like co-pays are expected to rise. Mitchell Hartman reports.
In a bold move to revive the economy, the Federal Reserve dropped the federal funds rate to 0.25%. Tess Vigeland talks with Bob Moon about the impact of the rate cut.


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The Colorado Dragon Boat festival is thrilled to invite you to our 2011 gala event, which promises to put the FUN back in fundraising. We're hosting an Asian Game Night on Friday October 14 from 5:30-9 pm with lots of cool traditional games including Mahjong (pictured here), Go, Hanafuda and others from various Asian communities, as well as a selection of entertaining arcade games for kids of all ages.
Don't know how to play Mahjong but have been curious ever since you saw "The Joy Luck Club," or ever since you saw Go being played on "A Beautiful Mind?" No worries — we'll have people on hand to teach you how to play these ancient games.
Dinner and an evening of games costs only $50 and goes towards making CDBF bigger and better for next year: The Year of the Dragon!


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September, 2011
Despite all the gloom, Berkeley continues to be in much better financial shape than many of our neighboring cities. Although real estate values have dropped, we are fortunate to still be able to enjoy high property values. And there are commercial areas of town that are thriving....have you been to the Elmwood or Fourth Street recently? They are definitely buzzing. I have been advocating for a more business-friendly process that will make it appealing for small businesses to locate in Berkeley, stay open longer hours, and be able to have sidewalk seating. I also actively worked on changing zoning regulations to allow research and development uses in areas of West Berkeley. Hopefully, these small changes will add up to making a difference and will help to make Berkeley a financially healthier and more vibrant city.
Included in this newsletter is information about:
With the coming threat of fire season, it is particularly important for hills residents to pay attention to the vegetation around their homes.
The Berkeley Fire Department has published a very comprehensive checklist of things to do to protect your home from wildfire. Please take some time to read the pamphlet.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Help feed innocent children and other civilian victims of war in places like Darfur and Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Congo -- where survivors or refugees are fighting for their lives. Funds will be sent through the Friends of the UN's World Food Program - the world's largest humanitarian organization that annually saves hundreds of thousands of lives.
Help educate the American people and especially the youth to ensure that the next generation of leaders is skilled at conflict resolution, through the world-class programs of the United Nations Association of the East Bay.
To register online: click here
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It has been 100 years since Berkeley was lobbying to be the capitol of California. The Fountain at The Circle was going to be the grand entrance to the capitol building, which was to be located on Indian Rock. Many of the streets that radiate out from The Circle are named after counties in California. The politicians ultimately chose Sacramento over Berkeley.
On Sunday October 16th, from 2-4pm, the community will celebrate the 100th anniversary by gathering at The Circle at Mendocino and Los Angleses to have some treats.
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Founded at All Saints' Episcopal Church and now living in the diocesan offices, CROSSwalk is an effort of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago to engage people of faith and community organizations in addressing the escalating violence against youth in Chicago. CROSSwalk began as a four-mile procession across the city during the Christian Holy Week in April 2012. The procession brought together 1,500 people from across Chicagoland to remember the more than 800 young people who have been killed since 2008. We held a second procession in March 2013, remembering the youth who had died in the previous year.
We are now moving into a phase of direct action, focusing on providing jobs for at-risk youth and educating communities about the complex issue of gun violence. We will continue to build relationships between people of faith from all walks of life; stand with youth, families and communities affected by violence; and create a world where youth have opportunities and hope for the future.
If your faith community or organization is interested in partnering with us, or if you have questions, contact CROSSwalk.


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This ones over.
I thought the foul was clearly before the shot attempt
We may as well live and die by our best players going for it at this point.
Lin, Chandler, Melo.
And just as I say this, STAT misses another open one.
Clyde just said it best: Lin isn't doing what he's been doing. Not taking over. Just deferring to STAT and Melo.
Coincidence we are folding now in crunch time like a cheap, bitchass suit?
Damn, where's Tmac when you need him
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Wind in 2011
Some people like the concept of wind/renewable power. There are some who do not. Nevertheless society needs energy to run its desired lifestyle. So how are we in 2011 so far? The AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) indicated that the first quarter of 2011 saw over 1,100 megawatts (MW) of wind power capacity installed -- more than double the capacity installed in the first quarter of 2010. The U.S. wind industry had 40,181 MW of wind power capacity installed at the end of 2010, with 5,116 MW installed in 2010 alone. The U.S. wind industry has added over 35% of all new generating capacity over the past 4 years, second only to natural gas, and more than nuclear and coal combined. Today, U.S. wind power capacity represents more than 20% of the world's installed wind power. Today, the U.S. wind industry represents not only a large market for wind power capacity installations, but also a growing market for American manufacturing. Over 400 manufacturing facilities across the U.S. make components for wind turbines, and dedicated wind facilities that manufacture major components such as towers, blades and assembled nacelles can be found in every region.
The following are some recent US wind power capacity figures:
Total U.S. Utility-Scale Wind Power Capacity, Through 1st Quarter of 2011: 41,400 MW
U.S. Wind Power Capacity, Installed in 2010: 5,116 MW
U.S. Wind Power Capacity, Installed in 1st Quarter of 2011: 1,118 MW
U.S. Wind Power Capacity Under Construction as of 1st Quarter of 2011: 5,600 MW
U.S. Wind Power Capacity, Installed in Previous Years:
The first quarter's 1,100 MW of new capacity came online in 12 different states. The states with the most capacity additions include: Minnesota (293 MW), Illinois (240 MW), Washington (151 MW), Idaho (119 MW) and Nebraska (81 MW). While three of these are in the Midwest, the west coast is the current leader in wind project activity, according to AWEA. A third of project under construction are in California, Oregon and Washington.
AWEA reports that the under-construction figure of 5,600 MW is nearly twice the megawatts that the industry reported at this time in both 2009 and 2010. Furthermore, the total wind capacity now stands at 41,400 MW—producing enough clean energy to supply 10 million American homes
The state of Iowa is continuing its tradition of leadership in wind energy and showcasing the state's forward-looking strategy to develop alternative energy sources.
Well on the path to generate 20 percent of its electricity from wind turbines, Iowa is receiving recognition from several key government and industry leaders who say Iowa will play an important role.
Finally the article photo illustrates one novel way of re-capturing some of the energy expended by vehicles moving at high speeds on our nations highways which is being proposed by an Arizona State University. Knowingly, air turbulence is generated by vehicles moving at speed particularly trucks and the proposal would involve mounting horizontal wind turbines above the roadway that would be driven by the moving air generated by the passing traffic. The electricity generated by spinning these turbines could be fed back into the grid. Analysis indicate that based on vehicle speeds of 70 mph each turbine could produce 9,600 kWh per year.
For further information: http://www.awea.org/learnabout/publications/factsheets/index.cfm or http://blog.cleantechies.com/2011/05/27/on-a-roll-wind-energy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cleantechies+%28CleanTechies+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – It was the bottom of the ninth with two outs, and then came the grand slam homerun. Alcon, the international eye-care products manufacturer owned by Swiss-based Novartis, had already merged its headquarters with Ciba Vision and relocated the new national headquarters to Texas. Then Novartis was rumored to be shutting down its Johns Creek campus of 850,000 square feet entirely and the leaving the city.
Since then much has happened. Now, according to a Novartis filing on the Securities and Exchange Commission, its subsidiary Alcon will invest $250 million in the Ciba Vision campus in Johns Creek to expand operations to produce a breakthrough contact lens product.
Eventually, 300 jobs, many of them top research and development jobs, will be coming to the city.
Why the turnaround? When ominous noises started coming out about Novartis leaving, that's when Georgia's economic development engine got cranking.
Johns Creek authorities, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and North Fulton Progress Partners teamed up with the Governor's Office and the Georgia Department of Economic Development to show Novartis why the campus should remain open, a knowledgeable source said.
Last summer, Gov. Nathan Deal was in Switzerland to negotiate with Novartis officials. For instance, Alcon concerns about adequate water for production were satisfied. Georgia officials were able to convince Novartis that it would be cheaper to produce its innovative contact lenses in Georgia than overseas.
Alcon plans a 70,000-square-foot addition to the existing plant, which is scheduled to start in September. The project will take three to five years.
Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker said he was more than pleased when the news came about the expansion.
"We're still waiting for the official announcement," Bodker said. "But we will welcome all of their new employees and their expanded facility when it arrives."
Asked about his assessment of the job so many had in the successful negotiation, Bodker said it shows what can be accomplished when everyone works as a team.
"While certainly the state played a very, very important role, it took others to finally make it happen," Bodker said. "The combined efforts proved that it was worth it."
As in any deal of this size, there were many complexities that had to be dealt with.
"Businesses today have to be very careful with their investments. And they are doing their due diligence to make sure things are done in the right place, in the right way," he said. "The competition was heavy, and the jobs and this expansion could easily have gone into a different location.
"We're excited that it is happening here and staying here," Bodker said. "But you have to remember that as much as this was about the expansion, it was also the retention of the existing jobs that were here."
Alcon already has 1,500 employees in Johns Creek involved in contact lens research and development and manufacturing.
Alcon had considered sites in Texas, Asia and Europe, one source said.


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"American Idol," from its opening note in 2002, has proven a balancing act as much as a singing competition.
It's a show not only with three judges, but with three categories of needy – and needed – players: the panelists, the wannabe household names and the fans, who hold the real power. In the middle stands host Ryan Seacrest, the one mainstay through more than 500 installments.
Now as "Idol" begins its 15th and final season Wednesday, the quest for equilibrium shifts: With appearances expected in the weeks to come from past judges and contestants, as well as from some major stars, the challenge turns to balancing nostalgia against relevance.
Perhaps it doesn't matter that we're in for a lopsided last season. "Idol," after all, has spent nearly half its run tempting viewers to look back to its glory days.
We'll never again see a judging lineup like the original trio of acerbic Simon Cowell, loveably loopy Paula Abdul and patter-happy voice-of-reason Randy Jackson.
We'll never again see winners like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, who became superstars – or an inexplicable also-ran like Jennifer Hudson, the greatest voice ever to seize the "Idol" stage.
We'll never again see a regularly scheduled primetime show grab 30 million viewers a week – and get people voting in numbers rivaling presidential elections.
We'll also never again see a successful show get thrown out of whack so quickly when the judges' (mostly) good-natured bantering morphed into bitter sniping that overshadowed the singers.
The Fox moneymaking machine never fully regained its footing after Abdul quit in 2009. Sure, Jennifer Lopez gelled well with Steven Tyler, and later with current co-panelists Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. But bringing in big names didn't always work, as evidenced by Ellen DeGeneres, who seemed out of place, and the toxic combination of Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj.
"Idol" stuck around long enough to become eclipsed by talent competition shows for which it paved the way, but that were unable to ever match its initial success, which belongs to another era.
The best "Idol" can hope for with its victory lap isn't to go out on a high note as much as to give fans the TV equivalent of a greatest hits album. That would be appropriate for a show in which the contestants' fates rose or fell with their renditions of comfortable and familiar tunes.
For "American Idol," spinning the same old song heralds a swan song as fans prepare to offer a final judgment on a one-time phenomena that could soar when it kept its balance.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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The report, filed May 16, stated Skyline Joint Venture LLC paid $5,015 to 17 signature canvassers and $325 to the UPS Store for copying.
A separate document filed with the Ethics Commission on May 16 outlined the organization of Skyline Joint Venture LLC as a ballot question committee (BQC). Committee members listed in the document were Richard Peel, Kent Dollar, Dow Dollar, Jim Lieblong, William S. Lewis, Ormond Peters and Charles Brown. An amendment to the BQC statement of organization filed May 21 listed only Peel.
Skyline Joint Venture LLC was listed in documents filed with the Ethics Commission as the sole contributor to the BQC.
Documents from the Pope County Assessor's Office show Skyline Joint Venture LLC as the owner of property located at 3301-3303 W. Main Place, which houses the Cash Saver grocery store.
Peel, who was listed as the authorized contact for the BQC and also signed both documents, did not respond to requests for comment by The Courier.
The petition was submitted in May to City Clerk Kathy Collins, who verified 917 of some 1,400 signatures submitted, which exceeded the needed 878 signatures required to put the matter to vote.
The referendum election, scheduled for Aug. 13, will allow voters to confirm or overturn a zoning ordinance, passed 6-2 by the City Council in April, that establishes a planned unit development (PUD) for property located at West Main Street and South Vancouver Avenue. The PUD zoning would allow for construction of a Walmart Neighborhood Market at that location.


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Vermont governor: Don't ban windmills
BRATTLEBORO -- Gov. Peter Shumlin wants no part of a moratorium on wind turbines.
The second-term Democrat is well aware that commercial-scale wind power is a controversial topic in his native Windham County.
But he also has pushed hard for more renewable energy sources. And during a visit to Brattleboro on Tuesday, Shumlin said he does not agree with a proposed three-year moratorium on all wind-power development.
"Climate change is our single greatest challenge," Shumlin said. "And I don't think banning renewables is wise or prudent when we're losing the battle on climate change."
The moratorium, which is part of a Senate bill introduced last month, has won support from wind opponents. That includes officials from the Town of Windham, who last year unsuccessfully fought the planned installation of wind-measurement towers that could lead to the county's first wind farm.
State Sen. Peter Galbraith, D-Townshend, backs the moratorium and said he expects it to be considered by the full Senate, though he predicts that the vote would be "very close."
Galbraith also has introduced legislation that bans industrial wind turbines on state land and allows "affected" communities to vote on whether to allow a wind project to move forward.
"It gives the affected towns a say," Galbraith said.
Shumlin has supported the idea of allowing communities that would host a wind farm to vote on the matter. But he also advocates for an "inclusive, thoughtful, expedited process" for pursuing all forms of renewable energy -- including wind power.
"My own view is, we should harness all of the renewables in a thoughtful way in this state," he said. "We're leading on that. We're growing jobs because of it."
Shumlin added that "the biggest threat to our ridgelines is not a few windmills. It is climate change."
The governor also took a dim view of a House bill that would impose new gun regulations. That includes banning high-capacity magazines and requiring instant background checks at gun shows.
Shumlin said that's a matter for Washington, D.C., not Montpelier.
"I believe that any attempt to legislate gun control has to be a 50-state solution and must therefore come from Washington," Shumlin said. "It's only good, common Vermont sense that if you have one rule in Vermont and a different rule in Kentucky and New Hampshire ... you're not going to fix the challenge by having different laws in different states."
Shumlin applauded President Barack Obama for attempting to tackle the always-thorny gun-control issue. But he's also not sure that lawmakers have a good understanding of firearms.
"The devil is always in the details. It does make me a little nervous to have a bunch of city boys trying to define what an assault weapon is," Shumlin said.
"Although I happen to use a bolt action, there are many people hunting deer in Vermont who don't use a bolt action," he said. "I don't want to do anything to take away their guns or their pursuit of their sport and their management of their wildlife."
Shumlin is much more supportive of the idea of labeling a food as genetically modified. But he is not sure about the legal practicality of a recently introduced state House bill mandating labeling for "genetically engineered foods."
He compared the effort to the state's ultimately unsuccessful attempt in the 1990s to require labeling of dairy products from cows that had been given a growth hormone called bovine somatotropin (BST).
"I wish that we could figure out a way to have GMO labeling in Vermont. I just think it's a basic right for consumers to know what they're buying," Shumlin said. "The legal challenges there are tremendous because of the Second Circuit (court) decision that overturned the BST bill back when we required BST labeling."
"I'm all ears if some smart lawyer can figure out a way to not repeat the case we've already had," Shumlin said, adding that "it doesn't mean it can't be done, and we're going to work on it, but it's not easy."
In other news from local legislators:
-- State Rep. Mollie Burke says a conversation with a tow-truck driver led to a new bill that could better protect used-car buyers.
The Brattleboro-based Progressive Democrat said the driver told her "we need a lemon law for used cars." After looking into the issue, Burke found that another legislator and staffers from the state attorney general's office also were interested in the issue.
The result is a bill that would establish a 30-day or 2,000-mile warranty for vehicles that were sold for $4,000 or more.
A buyer or lessee also could return a used car and get a refund if the vehicle did not pass inspection within 10 days and the estimated cost of repairs exceeds 10 percent of the car's price.
The law would apply only to those who sell four or more cars per year.
"It's basically a consumer-protection bill," said Burke, a House Transportation Committee member. "We tried very hard not to make it punitive for dealers."
The bill has been referred to the Commerce Committee.
"Testimony is being taken on it now," Burke said.
-- There will be no shortage of testimony on the proposed gun bill. But state Rep. Mike Hebert, a Republican who represents Vernon and Guilford, already knows that he does not support the law.
Hebert said he wants more exploration of the mental-health issues behind gun violence.
"The clip size is not what's important. What matters is, why is this person doing this in the first place?" Hebert said.
He added: "We've got to do better than feel-good legislation. We need legislation that actually does something."
-- Also expressing skepticism on Friday was state Rep. John Moran. The Wardsboro Democrat's target was Shumlin's proposal to tax "break-open" gambling tickets to raise $17 million for the Low Income Heating Assistance Program, weatherization efforts and clean-energy development.
Moran, vice chairman of the General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee, said that plan leaves "good programs without a viable funding source" because Shumlin's revenue projections aren't realistic.
"Break-open tickets, also known as pickle cards, jar tickets, or rip-off tickets by those who don't win, are games of chance sold in bars or veteran clubs, with the proceeds going to nonprofits," Moran said in an e-mail to the Reformer.
"The legislative Joint Fiscal Office puts the $17 million figure closer to $6 million and, after testimony in my committee and Ways and Means, I think the estimated revenue would be closer to $2 million, if even that. The financial and social cost to service organizations and nonprofits, in my opinion, make this proposal a nonstarter."
-- Five Windham County House members signed onto a bill that would make low-level marijuana possession a civil matter rather than a criminal offense.
The measure mandates a civil fine of not more than $100 for those who are at least 21 and are caught with up to 2 ounces of marijuana, two mature marijuana plants or seven immature plants.
Violations would "not result in the creation of a criminal history record of any kind," the bill says.
Anyone under 21 would be "subject to the same penalties as provided in law for underage possession of alcohol."
Supporting the measure are Burke, David Deen of Westminster, Dick Marek of Newfane, Mike Mrowicki of Putney and Tristan Toleno of Brattleboro.
Mike Faher is the political beat writer at the Reformer. He can be reached at email@example.com or 802-254-2311, ext. 275.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs came to town Tuesday as supporters and opponents of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's proposed casino shared their views and concerns, occasionally clashing with one another.
"Acquiring the land that is subject to this land-in-trust application is essential to the sovereignty of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe," Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell said.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs came to town Tuesday as supporters and opponents of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's proposed casino shared their views and concerns, occasionally clashing with one another.
"Acquiring the land that is subject to this land-in-trust application is essential to the sovereignty of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe," Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell said.
The BIA held the hearing Tuesday at Taunton High School to solicit public comments on the draft environmental impact statement. The study details impacts the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's proposal to build a $500 million resort casino on 151 acres in and around Liberty Union Industrial
Park in East Taunton would have on infrastructure and the environment.
The issuance of the draft environmental impact statement and the public review of the study is a standard step in the complex land-in-trust application process the tribe is undergoing.
Tribal Vice Chairwoman Jessie "Little Doe" Baird said the land is part of the Mashpee's ancestral territory. She then told the BIA officials that they would hear comments from all types of people, including "xenophobes", "skinheads" and "NIMBYs", as well as tribal members and their allies.
Some casino opponents said they found Baird's comments unfair.
"Jessie 'Little Doe' Baird has offended me," said Francis Legace, who lives on Stevens Street, 1/8 mile away from the proposed casino site. "I'm not a xenophobe; I'm trying to protect my home... Her statement was very inflammatory."
The tribe's plans call for a 400,000-square-foot resort casino featuring a 15-story hotel tower, a total of 900 hotel rooms, a 132,000 gambling floor and multiple restaurants. A 25,000-square-foot water park would be added in the final round of construction
"This project will create jobs that are desperately needed in southeastern Massachusetts," casino supporter David Fenton said.
Some opponents questioned the conclusions in the report.
"I find so many half truths, lies of omission and outright lies in this report, I can describe it only as fraudulent," Middleboro Selectman Allin Frawley said.
The Mashpee signed an agreement with Middleboro in 2007 to build a casino in that town, and Frawley accused the tribe of failing to uphold the terms of the pact.
The report describes the current conditions at the proposed casino site, projects the impacts a casino would have on the area and details planned mitigation. It also describes the impacts two scaled-down alternatives would have, as well as a no-build option.
The tribe's preferred plan would result in a number of impacts on existing infrastructure, including more than 20,000 new vehicle trips on peak days, an increase of more than 300,000 gallons per day drawn from Taunton's water system and 225,000 additional gallons of wastewater generated each day, according to the report.
The traffic figure includes more than 10,000 trips in and out of the casino.
Epsilon Associates Project Manager David Hewitt, who helped prepare the study, said the proposed infrastructure mitigation would make traffic flow "equal to or better" than it currently does at many intersections in the city, despite the large increase in volume.
Proposed mitigation includes enhanced water infrastructure and dozens of improvements to offsite roads, including routes 24 and 140 and the Hart's four Corners intersection.
"How many businesses come to Taunton, come to your community, and mitigate everything?" casino supporter Terry Quinn said.
Some casino opponents, however, said the mitigation wouldn't cover all the affected intersections. State Rep. Keiko Orrall, R-Lakeville, also noted that the study doesn't examine impacts in Lakeville, Berkley or Middleboro, or address the Route 79/Route 140 interchange.
Taunton casino opponent Dave Littlefield urged the BIA to more closely examine potential impacts on Taunton Municipal Airport. He cited a 2008 letter Gov. Deval Patrick wrote in opposition to the tribe's Middleboro casino proposal, in which the governor listed impacts on airports as a concern.
The hearing came as questions continue to swirl regarding the tribe's ability to qualify for sovereign land, which is needed to build a tribal casino. A 2009 Supreme Court decision ruled that tribes that were not under federal jurisdiction prior to the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934 are ineligible to have land taken in trust. Mashpee leaders claim that although the tribe wasn't federally recognized until 2007, they were under a form of federal jurisdiction.
The draft environmental impact statement is available online at www.mwteis.com, at the Taunton Public Library or at Mashpee Wampanoag tribal Headquarters in Mashpee.
The BIA is accepting written comments until Jan. 17. Comments can be mailed to: Mr. Franklin Keel, Eastern Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Region, 545 Marriott Drive, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37214.


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"With winter behind us, volume growth has picked up strongly, and we have visibility to several million new tons of domestic coal as inventories are normalizing and natural gas prices have risen," Eliasson told the gathering. "With the broader economy remaining healthy and with this improved environment for our domestic coal business, we expect to produce modest earnings growth in 2014."
Through the first five weeks of the second quarter, CSX volume increased 9%, with broad-based growth across nearly all markets. Expectations for 2014 will represent the ninth time in the last 10 years that CSX has produced earnings growth for investors, despite a 55% loss in domestic coal volume over the last several years, the railroad reported.
"We have emerged from the reshaping of the energy markets as a stronger, more flexible and more customer-driven company," Eliasson said. "CSX is well positioned to deliver compelling results for our shareholders as we support manufacturing renewal, energy independence and global trade."
CSX expects to again produce double-digit earnings growth and margin expansion beginning in 2015, and expects to sustain an operating ratio in the mid-60s longer-term. This builds on a foundation of success over the last 10 years during which CSX increased EPS nearly 2,000% with total shareholder return of nearly 500%.


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There May Be a Road Rage Killer On the Run In Pennsylvania
Authorities are warning motorists that a man who shot and killed another driver near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border in a fit of road rage is still at large and may strike again.
The FBI is currently investigating the murder of 28-year-old Timothy Davison, who was driving down Pennsylvania's Interstate 81 in Franklin County around 2 am on Saturday when a man in a dark Ford Ranger style vehicle began trying to run him off the road.
Davison called 911 and told the operator the man was shooting at him. According to reports, the man then rammed Davison's car into a center divider, got out of his own car, and shot Davison multiple times.
Police believe Davison, who was driving home to Maine after visiting family in Florida, was randomly targeted.
A similar attack was reported in York County, Pennsylvania seven hours before. A man reported that the driver of a dark pickup truck pulled up beside him and began shooting at him but missed. Police are investigating if the two are connected.
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QuickerTek releases Apple Juicz external battery for iPad
Date: Thursday, June 10th, 2010, 10:31
Category: Accessory, iPad, News
Accessory maker QuickerTek has announced a new line of external batteries via its
Apple Juicz for iPad. The unit, a 9400mAh lithium polymer battery is claimed to be rated for over 2000 charge cycles with the web site claiming that the battery pack adds an additional 20 hours of usage time for the iPad with each charge.
The pack features advanced safety circuitry with failsafe protection, temperature and charge/discharge controls and automatic cell balancing. Per iPodNN, the Apple Juicz can fully recharge an iPad in three hours, while a second USB port can charge a second device such as an iPhone or iPod touch. It can power any USB-chargeable device, but has special circuitry guaranteeing compatibility with Apple's range of products.
The battery is housed in a machined aluminum case with an anodized finish. The design also integrates a 10-LED gauge that allows users to quickly view the remaining battery power.
The Juicz for iPad is now shipping for US$250 and includes a year's warranty with parts and labor.


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This tutorial is on a new third-party keyer plug-in called ROBUSKEY. What's so great about ROBUSKEY is that it allows you to make a great key out of poorly shot footage. It's a third-party utility that's recently come to market that plugs in really well to EDIUS. I'm going to show you how to clean it up and have your keys looking the best they can be.
Basic Keys with the EDIUS KeyerFirst let's look at the EDIUS keyer and see how well it works. I'm starting with a pretty good greenscreen (Figure 1, below). You can probably see there's not a whole lot of issues other than a few spots in the subject's hair where we would have difficulty making a clean key.
To begin, let's go to the Effects palette and locate the keyers. Find the chromakey and drop it onto your transparency track. You can see in Figure 2 that with this type of footage, EDIUS' built-in keyer does a pretty good job. There's really no need to venture outside of EDIUS for this type of key.
More Challenging KeysLet's find some more difficult footage. In the section of the EDIUS timeline shown in Figure 3, you can see I've got some more challenging footage. I did a search on the Internet for "challenging green screens" and found a site called HollywoodCameraWork.us, and they had a number of greenscreen keys that were very challenging for one reason or another, and so I grabbed a few of those as examples to show off what ROBUSKEY can do.
To begin, go to Effects > Keyers > Chroma key and drop it on your transparency track. As you can see in Figure 4, EDIUS has keyed out the green pretty well from the screen, and I've got a white background behind it; however, we do have a lot of reflection around the edges picking up the green. The next step is to open up the chroma key and see if you can clean that up just a little bit. In my experimentation I've discovered that the circle gives me a little bit better quality key, so if I drag this up a little bit you can see my greens are getting a little bit more washed out and we're losing those a little bit.
As you can see in Figure 5, by moving the circle around, I've brightened it up and flattened the image somewhat, making it more washed out. But it's also much more usable as well, compared to the bright greens in the original. We still have a little bit of green, but it's pretty well cleaned up and looks much better, for the most part. But in some areas, such as the edges of the subject's hair and some spots on her coat, it's become desaturated. It's not the perfect green screen and it's not the perfect key, but it's fairly usable.
Using ROBUSKEYLet's see how close we can get to that "perfect key" with ROBUSKEY. To begin, mute the EDIUS track and open up the ROBUSKEY track. We'll work with the same shot we used in the previous section.
Go back to the beginning of the clip and go to your Effects palette. Note that ROBUSKEY it's not a keyer; it's a greenscreen filter (Figure 6). The fact that ROBUSKEY acts as a filter and not a keyer is huge in EDIUS. Within the EDIUS workflow you're allowed to use only one keyer on the key track, but you can use unlimited filters, so this opens up the opportunity for you to use ROBUSKEY as a filter on your filter track and then still apply other keyers of different types to the keyer track. You get more flexibility this way.
Open the ROBUSKEY information dialog, and you'll see the controls (Figure 7). Let's go through these and study some of them a little bit. Begin by clicking on your eyedropper to select it, then click on something green in your image.
As you can see in Figure 8, we've already got a much cleaner key than what EDIUS was giving us. Scrubbing through, I can see that with the ROBUSKEY filter we're not getting quite the desaturation around her hair that we got with the EDIUS version of the keyer, so this is already a big improvement over what we saw before.
Let's go through some of these controls now and see just exactly what they mean. Up across the top we've got three different options. We can see the result. We can see a matte, where we can help dial in some of our keying to get the fine details worked out, and by clicking on the source, we can see what our original footage looked like. Our next option is Smooth BG, aka smooth background. If we scrub through some of our footage in the example clip, we can see those shadows behind her (Figure 9). That could pose a problem to some keyers. What Smooth BG does is to flatten the background up in the keying process and make it much more consistent, helping us grab a better key.
The next option is Shadow. This will adjust the amount of shadow of objects when the clip being synthesized, so if we start dragging this back and forth we can see some of the results of it. If I go all the way over, it just gets messed up. You can see a little bit of bleed-through on her chin there (Figure 10).
You can see the hair's being affected, so I'm going to have to put it back to 100, back to its default setting. It looked pretty good there. If I come down to the clip black, it adjusts the portion you'd like to move the post-chromakeying alpha channel, so if I start adjusting the black up you can see again her hair is being affected, and there's that chin problem again (Figure 11). If I go all the way over to the edge it just goes white on me. You can also see along the edge of her sleeves that we're losing some of her coat. So I'm going to put that back to the default, zero.
If I start adjusting my white down, it will start to introduce some of those shadows from our greenscreen, the portion behind her that wasn't keyed very well or that was going to affect and give us problems with our key. We're going to ramp that back up to the default settings, because overall those three settings looked pretty good right out of default settings.
The next option down is D-blocking. If I turn that on and I've got footage that has pixel noise or block noise on it, this can help clean it up, and you can adjust the amount of sensitivity. This can come in handy if you're using, say, MPEG footage or HDV footage that could have compression artifacts in it. This could help your keying of those types of files come out much cleaner.
The next option down is the edge contract. If we want to shrink the amount of edge being worked with on our footage, we can adjust our number up and it changes. If you've got a really messy edge this might help it a little bit. You can change the contract threshold and you can ramp that up and it'll just adjust the threshold for how sensitive it is. I'm going to mess with those a little bit, and I still think even right at the default settings of zero and zero for those I still get my best key, so on this particular greenscreen I'm going to turn that option off, but I did want to tell you about what it does.
The next option, Edge Blur, is pretty self-explanatory. This could be handy sometimes if you've got really, really razor-sharp edges on your key that just don't look right. Once it's blurred, you can change the blur value and do some other things that will affect how it looks. Blue removes a bluish reflection in transparent material.
Now, we're almost done with our ROBUSKEY Information palette. We have an area that's advanced for de-spill. The white/gray will remove white spilled to black and gray objects, so if we adjust that and there was a lot of green on there it's going to bring back some noise from the background.
The Skin/Hair Color control removes green spilled into the skin and brown hair. If I adjust this in the example clip, we don't see a whole lot of change unless we drag it all the way down to zero. I'm going to leave that again at the regular setting. If we had a lot of the green bleeding over like we did in the EDIUS version, then this little trick here would've been really good to clean that up. The blue removes green spilled into transparent objects.
Screen Gain, our last option, is used when the color range of the background is too wide to perform a chroma key correctly. If you have GPU acceleration with the right kind of graphics card in your computer, you can get accelerated playback and easier playback if you have that option checked. You can see the final results of what we did in the example clip with ROBUSKEY in Figure 12.
Now let's compare the settings we applied with the ROBUSKEY filter to what EDIUS did. I'm going to turn this channel and turn EDIUS back on. As you can see in Figure 13, we still retained a little bit of that green and we had the washed-out areas in her hair, and if we play that it still played in real time, but you can see it was a really bad, bad key. It just didn't work too well around some of the edges and we've got a lot of green spilling over. In the ROBUSKEY version, you can see that it didn't wash out as much. We still retained a lot of the shadows and the depth in our image. In the EDIUS version you can see the loss of depth; it's much flatter. On this particular type of problem key, the ROBUSKEY does a really good job of cleaning that up.
EDIUS has a great keyer when you've got a good greenscreen shot, but when you've got a challenging greenscreen shot, you can see how much of an improvement ROBUSKEY will give you over the EDIUS keyer. So, if you do a lot of greenscreen work, it's important to your business, you may just want to check out this new ROBUSKEY third-party plug-in available for EDIUS.
For more advanced examples of what ROBUSKEY can do, watch the video tutorial that accompanies this article at the top of the page, or check out the 6-part video tutorial series on the EventDV.tv EDIUS 6 page on Vimeo.
Philip Hinkle (philip at frogmanproductions.com) runs Madison, Wis.-area video production company Frogman Productions. A 2008 EventDV 25 honoree and nationally recognized EDIUS instructor, he won a 2008 WEVA CEA Gold in the Social Event category and a 2006 4EVER Group AAA Diamond. He was a 2009 WEVA CEA judge and a featured speaker at WEVA Expo 2009. He is co-founder and vice-president of the Wisconsin Digital Media Group.


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I've always wanted a little delivery truck so I decided to build one, still in progress
Sweet ~~! Little picture too....
Looks great Rex. I am working on a similar rig. Jim
Looks good! I hope you show more photos as you progress.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
Really hoping for some more photos, that thing is beautiful!
What are you doing to deliver? Model T parts?
Nice truck. Nice patina. Looks like you are matching what is there as you go. I like it.
What's the plan for your windshield? When building my hack, I couldn't figure an easy way to do the windshield, so I let the front of the roof float freely and used an extra 15 windshield frame I had. Quick, easy, and functional.
this is my progress.....
Wooden Frame?
Yup, all wood.
Thanks for the update!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2