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Seafood Chowder
Chowders are thick, chunky soups. Traditionally, all chowders included seafood — and this seafood chowder recipe holds true to the original chowders: Seafood is its main ingredient. In addition to clams, it includes mussels, oysters, and salmon.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
1/4 cup unsalted butter
2 medium onions
1 bunch celery
3 to 4 medium carrots
1 large potato
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 cup white wine
4 cups clam juice
Juice reserved from oysters
1 sprig fresh thyme
Fresh parsley
1 can (6 1/2 ounces) chopped clams
8 ounces shucked oysters, or 1 jar (8 ounces) shucked oysters
8 ounces mussels in shell
8 ounces salmon fillets
Salt and pepper
1 cup heavy cream
Dice the onions, celery, carrots, and potatoes.
Slice the mushrooms.
In 7- to 9-quart cast-iron Dutch oven, melt the butter over medium-high heat.
When the butter is bubbling, add the onions, 1/2 cup celery, 1 cup carrots, 1 cup potatoes, and 1 cup mushrooms.
Sauté for 10 minutes.
Chop the parsley.
Add the wine, clam juice, oyster juice (however much you have), thyme, and 2 tablespoons parsley.
Bring the mixture to a rolling boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Debone the salmon and cut it into 1-inch cubes.
Add the clams, oysters, mussels, and salmon, stirring well.
Cook for an additional 15 minutes or until the salmon begins to flake and the mussels open and rise to the surface.
Discard any mussels that don't open.
Season to taste using salt and pepper.
Add the heavy cream and continue to simmer for 5 minutes.
Ladle the chowder into soup bowls and serve hot.
Per serving: Calories 319 (From fat 182); Fat 20g (Saturated 11g); Cholesterol 138mg; Sodium 549mg; Carbohydrate 13g (Dietary fiber 2g); Protein 21g.

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Creating a better climate future depends on you too. The things you do every day have a big impact on our climate.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Whole Foods Market Inc. is launching a charitable organization that aims to provide children with access to healthy foods.
The natural and organic grocery chain, based in Austin, Texas, said its Whole Kids Foundation, will work with schools, educators and other organizations to help improve children's food choices.
The foundation's first initiative is a program to help put in place or expand teaching gardens to help build children's relationships with food through the power of gardening.
"We are excited to formalize our commitment to improving childhood nutrition and wellness through our new Foundation," said Walter Robb, the company's co-CEO and chairman of the foundation. "By collaborating with schools and parents, we believe we can increase fruit and vegetable consumption both at schools and at home and make a significant contribution in the fight against childhood obesity."
Whole Foods has worked on healthy foods initiatives before, such as programs to improve school lunches and partnerships with schools that it will continue under the foundation.


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As I said in my post this morning - "2011 in Review: The Personal Portion" - it's that time where we're all taking stock and reflecting back on 2011.
In this post's case, I'm taking stock of the things that changed for me - things that stick out in my mind and projects I've either started, floundered or run completely into ground.
Design and Experience Matter
Perhaps the biggest shift for me in Python-as-a-whole is a movement more towards the social / management aspects. I'm a Python Software Foundation board member, so obviously me needing to take a "bigger view" isn't that surprising. What has been surprising to me is that everywhere I turn, I see things we as a whole can do better.
Now, before you think I'm about to go off the deep end; let me assure you - I wouldn't trade the community I'm lucky to be part of for anything, as I've said more eloquently before. However, only a fool believes that anything is perfect, and only the insane only focus on the flaws.
Taking a step back, I've seen more and more things that I think we can do a better job at, and these realizations all revolve around my continued "transition" from more back-end to more front-end design and coding. As I've become more focused on the users/community and those who are new, I've grown to internalize the fact that design and experience matter not only in code, and in a GUI, but they matter to a community and language as a whole.
I've spent the better part of this past year focused on issues around this - encouraging people to get involved in the "softer" side of things - helping out with documentation, mentorship and education, trying to get people to think more about one another and those just getting started and introduced to things.
I think that we as a community - and I mean everyone - from Django to Plone, from Twisted to Tornado, from PyPy to cPython can take a look at the "more human" aspects and find things to improve. Sometimes it requires fresh eyes to show you what's broken - people who do code reviews regularly know this.
For an example, look at Kenneth Reitz' Requests module - billed as "HTTP for Humans" - this might be a perfect example of the point I'm trying to get across. Built on top of "less friendly" libraries, it's API is a joy to use. It's simple, it's clear - the documentation is well done and the entire project feels very welcoming. Perhaps "Welcoming" is the best word for what I'm looking for.
I get stuck in wanting to fix "all the things" - and I can't help but get mired down in the details of how we make everything more welcoming and the experience better, how do we lower the barrier and reduce friction. The result is that I've broken my promises to myself and taken on more things than I can possibly hope to do justice.
How do we make things more welcoming, how do we help the new people, how do we help those of us growing stuck in our ways to find and explore new things? How can we do this as a community to lift us all up? What I think we need is a series of small, positive changes. Little things like, say:
- User friendly READMEs and Documentation. Yes - I said friendly - don't assume your users are magical super smart engineers and users. While the article is more web focused, I enjoyed "The Myth of the Sophisticated User" - please don't assume people are running bleeding edge version of everything, and please don't assume everyone knows 20 years of Python package development.
- Mentorship! Set up something within your project or team that is focused on mentoring people to a point where that person is comfortable to be a contributor.
- Stop the vitriol. If you find yourself angry when you're typing that reply to a mailing list; walk away. If you see others being hostile or just flat out rude, call them out on it (privately first, no reason to be a jerk). Aim to be polite and welcoming.
- The next time you're putting something up on the web? Take a moment to think about or learn about making something - yes - pretty and usable. Even if it's something simple, take a moment to realize that you're building something that may be your future user's first experience with you. It may be as simple as picking up "Design for Hackers" (which I quite liked) or just going with something with sane defaults - like twitter bootstrap.
- Speaking of sane defaults - please be opinionated. When a new user wants to install something, don't give them the complete history of packaging, just gently explain to them how to do it. Even if I don't agree with the way you do that, it's a far cry from 20 years of development history being dumped on someone when a simple pip install <blah> could work. The same goes for your software: Pick sane, rational defaults and abstract away as much as you can. Put examples of usage before the API in documentation.
- APIs and syntax matter: your communications channels to your users are APIs and syntax just as much as your actual code and libraries.
Moving on - I hate to say it this way; but think of the Users and target audience. Remember, you - the person reading this - and I - are in a tiny minority of the population where software (for the most part) isn't magic, we understand history and we're very tolerant of unfriendly things and failures because that's how we "grew up".
Not everyone knows how to build an interpreter; or a web framework - it doesn't mean they still can't contribute.
The Python Software Foundation
As most of you know - I am one of the directors of the Python Software Foundation, and have been the past two years. 2011 was another year where the PSF got to do some pretty cool things. I've been stressing and pushing more and more that the PSF has to be focused not just on the "IP" of Python, or just on cPython development - we have to take a larger view of the entire community - this means encouraging projects such as PyPy, outreach workshops, conferences, etc via grants and support.
You should really take a look at the Python Software Foundation's blog - Doug Hellmann, Brian Curtin and others have done their best to document and showcase what the PSF has been up to, and where we're trying to help.
My primary focus has been encouraging things such as the Outreach and Education committee, and working behind the scenes with a lot of people to improve the Python.org infrastructure. More recently I've been working on a project which should hopefully become public soon - but is tied to my first point about Design and Experience and the PSF.
I want the PSF to grow in the good works it performs - more grants as we can afford it, getting better hosting for things as needed, helping out projects like Read The Docs or helping push forward Python 3. The PSF is the Python Software Foundation - we need and should be supporting and helping everything from PyPy to PyPI, cPython to Scipy.
I think the best way for me to help here is to pick up where I left off documenting the PSF. Once again - the design and interface matter.
The Sprints Committee
As part of my board work back in 2010 I helped start the Python Sprints project - and under Brian Curtin's guidance in 2011, it has continued to make small donations in places it matters. In 2012, I'd like to see if I can spin back around and help it grow more and flourish, perhaps even be able to provide more money where it's needed. It's growth has been slow - but that's also due to us seeing less sprints overall it seems.
Started as a side project (yes. another one. sigh.) Get Python 3 is meant to serve as a pile of information and resources about Python 3 - and as many of the aspects of Python 3 as possible. Where to get funding, how to port, what is ported. I've actually gotten some excellent help from others (see github) and I'm hoping to grow it more. I've gotten pretty good feedback on it - and I never turn down a patch!
Python (Core) Mentorship
Driven from my experience with the first point about being welcoming, I've done my best to spin up the Python Core Mentorship group, a team / list focused on mentoring new people into contributing to core Python. To quote the home page:
The mission of the Python Core Mentor Program is to provide an open and welcoming place to connect students, programmers – and anyone interested in contributing to the Python Core development. This project is based on the idea that the best way to welcome new people into any project is a venue which connects them to a variety of mentors who can assist in guiding them through the contribution process, including discussions on lists such as python-dev, and python-ideas, the bug tracker, mercurial questions, code reviews, etc.
While traffic is low, I think it has done it's job - as with everything else on my list, I'd like to see growth - as it is, due to everything else on my plate, others have stepped up to help lead and guide the group. As it is, I've run into a case where as I've found with many other projects like this - people are already "tapped out" - myself included. More on resource contention later - and I should really do a poll and gauge the list for the relative level of success they feel the group has engendered.
Python Speed Project
Another side-burner project is the Speed.python.org project - this one makes me sad(der) than my other time-starved projects. While we have finally been able to set it up as a PyPy build slave and have it feeding results to speed.pypy.org (see the speed-python results), it has not taken off as much as I hoped. We have a beast of a machine (see my initial announcement) - but we've hit the resource wall like everything else. Not enough people with enough time and the right skills.
The Elephant in the room: PyCon 2012
My single biggest project this year has been getting PyCon 2012 ready to fly - everything from getting the new website launched, the staff assembled, writing a code of conduct, and providing white-glove service and support (and getting) our amazing list of sponsors.
I can't really estimate how many hours I've "worked" on Python - but I can tell you every hour has been worth it. Even though it's sucked my time from other things and projects, it looks like it's going to be an amazing conference. We have robots, we have amazing talks, amazing keynote and plenary speakers (Paul Graham and Stormy Peters for starters). We have awesome tutorials and even more to come.
PyCon represents the single biggest "community act" that the Python Software Foundation performs - not only does the PSF fund PyCon, but it manages it, assumes the risk, etc. I wrote about it in detail in my post "Making the Case for Sponsorship" and in the "Everybody Pays" post. I'm hoping to continue to write up more and more of the details of the inner workings of PyCon, as I think it's an important series of data points and lessons. Remember - any funds "left" from PyCon go the PSF which allow the foundation to issue grants to other conferences, to developers, groups and workshops. It helps us help you.
PyCon 2012 is the thing I am most proud of; we have 80 sponsors and partners (Such as OpenHatch and PyLadies), we have a solid team of organizers working together to bring PyCon 2012 to fruition. We have a robust financial aid program as is tradition. I can only hope that I have the tenacity and will to see it come together and be able to look at a sea of 1500 Pythonistas - new and old in Santa Clara.
ps: You can register here. :)
Blood from a Stone
How do you get more time from people who are busy? Time and Time again, I've found myself asking that question. Each one of the projects I've listed has hit the same issue over and over again. How do you get the volunteers necessary to help? Heck, even my call for help with multiprocessing in August fell on a mostly flat note - probably due to me.
I no longer feel "ok" asking for help with new projects simply due to the fact that I know everyone is busy - it's insane of me to ask people to take their time away from their projects or families or jobs.
What that means however is that I have completely failed in the not-taking-on-new-things department - and I don't see this changing much without me flat out learning to tell myself "no". I believe in this community - I believe in the people, the friends I have, the language and everything involved. It's not just another tool for me; it never has been. I'm still learning, and mostly failing (or flailing, depends on where I'm standing).
Finishing this one off
Looking at the list I've typed out above, I suddenly have the feeling that I didn't actually do much last year, I know thats wrong (a nasty look from my family members would easily remind me of that). I have been able to help out where I can making things more friendly, more welcoming and to reach out when and where I can to offer help, and support.
I've watched the community change in some dramatic ways, I've looked on as PyPy has gained amazing momentum, more and more vendors and companies have come out with Python support and stating that they're using Python (and are hiring). I've gotten to work with PSF members, the board, and many, many others - all I can do is keep at it, and hope I do things justice.


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I have scanned my target and got the vulns list by running the vulns command, so i get something similar to this (3NEXPOSE-udp-ipid-zero
vulns):[*] Time: 2012-11-13 09:08:23 UTC Vuln: host= name=ICMP timestamp response refs=CVE-1999-0524,OSVDB-95,XF-306,XF-322,NEXPOSE-generic-icmp-timestamp[*] Time: 2012-11-13 09:08:23 UTC Vuln: host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx name=TCP timestamp response refs=URL-http://uptime.netcraft.com,URL-http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/TCP_timestamps,URL-http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1323.txt,NEXPOSE-generic-tcp-timestamp[*] Time: 2012-11-13 09:00:50 UTC Vuln: host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx name=UDP IP ID Zero refs=NEXPOSE-udp-ipid-zero
what can i do from this point to start exploiting the vulnerabilities ? I've tried reading the metasploit book but there's no mention about what to do without db_autopwn (older version of metasploit). It only assumes that we somehow know that the target has a specific vulnerability and continues from there, it doesn't mention how we can exploit the vulnerabilities found from a nexpose scan.
in other words:
I was wondering how on earth does this relate to selecting an exploit from the list of exploits and trying to run a payload ... how does autopwn find the exploit to work with from the above results? There's a reference (e.g. NEXPOSE-udp-ipid-zero) can i find the module to use from the reference somehow ?


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Men's Fellowship Breakfast
Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 AM - Tuesday, May 21, 8:30 AM
Chapel Library
Men's Fellowship Breakfast group gathers to discuss everyday issues in light of Christian faith. It is a great opportunity to meet other men in the church and share insights and fellowship. Coffee and doughnuts are served for $5.00 per person. No reservation is required.
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- Spanish GP
Hamilton holds off Rosberg to win in SpainLaurence Edmondson at Circuit de Catalunya May 11, 2014
Lewis Hamilton just managed to hold off Nico Rosberg for victory at the Spanish Grand Prix as the two Mercedes dominated the race but kept battling until the final lap.
The Story of the Race
- Shock: Mercedes lapping Kimi Raikkonen while on the same strategy was the most eye-opening moment of the entertaining final stint. Forty seconds on Red Bull was impressive enough but effectiely seeing both Ferrari's a lap down (Alonso wa just a little further up the road) shows just how far ahead Mercedes is this year..
- Shocker: Pastor Maldonado is making quite a meal of things at Lotus and he did himself no favours on the first lap, getting too wide through a kerb, and flying into Marcus Ericsson. He earned himself a penalty and another blot on his reputation.
- Best overtake: Sebastian Vettel had several during the race, with honourable mention going to his passes on Esteban Gutierrez and Felipe Massa earlier on in the race, but his cheeky dive down the inside on Kimi Raikkonen on lap 56 edges it. The world champion seemed to catch Kimi completely unawares, diving up the inside of Turn 10, which allowed him to reel in Valtteri Bottas for a memorable fourth.
- Best lap: Although he probably needed at least one more lap to catch Hamilton, Nico Rosberg made a real fight of it in the final stint. Victory looked to be his for the taking after a great effort on lap 50 and 51, as he trimmed a second off Hamilton's lead, and set up an entertaining finish.
- Worst lap:Kevin Magnussen had a bit of a mare on his opening lap, dropping behind Vettel and then nearly taking the world champion out of the race, running wide and just missing the Red Bull on his return to the track.
- Drive of the day: He's come under fire from all corners this season but Vettel deserves all the plaudits for what he achieved, driving a spectacular final stint to reel in Raikkonen and Bottas. It was a fighting drive which should silence the critics and could have been more were it not for his pre-race penalty.
- Nate Saunders
Hamilton won by just 0.6s after seeing his lead narrow lap after lap in the final stint as Rosberg's alternative strategy nearly paid off. The race had been a dull affair for the first 58 laps, but came alive in the closing stages as a number of different strategies came to fruition ahead of the finish.
Daniel Ricciardo finished third to take the first podium of his career after being disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix at the start of the year. His position never looked in doubt once he passed Valtteri Bottas for position in the first round of pits stops, while Sebastian Vettel proved that the Red Bull was the best of the rest by hauling his RB10 from 15th on the grid to fourth at the finish.
Bottas went on to finish fifth ahead of the two Ferraris, with Fernando Alonso getting the better Kimi Raikkonen just three laps from the end. Romain Grosjean took Lotus' first points of the season in eighth ahead of the two Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg.
Hamilton and Rosberg made a clean start to settle into the lead while Bottas moved up to third and Ricciardo had to bide his time in fourth. Most of the field managed to stay out of trouble on the opening laps, but Pastor Maldonado clashed with Marcus Ericsson further down the order and was given a five-second stop-go penalty at his first pit stop.
By lap 10 the Mercedes duo had a 15-second lead over Bottas in third, with Ricciardo looking for a way past but unable to make a move stick. Vettel was the first to pit on lap 12 as he opted for a three-stop strategy and the advantage of fresh rubber over the two-stopping cars around him to allow to carve through the order. Ricciardo also pitted relatively early, even though he was planning on a two-stop strategy, and that gave him a tyre advantage over Bottas, who pitted seven laps later. It was an easy way for the Red Bull to move up a place, even though any hope of catching the Mercedes was long lost.
At the front Rosberg pitted four laps later than Hamilton and moved on to hard tyres to give him an alternative strategy to Hamilton who had stuck to the conventional choice of another set of mediums. Crucially he kept within range of Hamilton to allow him to stop for mediums at the end and still be within striking distance of the Mercedes. In the final stint he was able to take 0.4s chunks out of his team-mate's lead each lap, but despite getting within DRS range for the final two laps, he was not close enough to attempt a move.
Meanwhile, differing strategies outside of the top four started to spice up the race in the final few laps, with Vettel passing Alonso into Turn 1 as the Ferrari returned to the track after its final stop. He then picked off Raikkonen and Bottas to cement an impressive recovery drive to fourth after a nightmare weekend with reliability issues.
After putting up a fight, Raikkonen's two-stop strategy was finally beaten by Alonso three-stop on lap 64 with a competitive overtaking manoeuvre at Turn 4. To rub salt into Raikkonen's wounds he was then lapped by Hamilton and Rosberg in the final two laps, underlining the extent of Mercedes' advantage over the rest of the field.
The result has moved Hamilton ahead of Rosberg by three points in the drivers' standings, while Fernando Alonso remains third ahead of Sebastian Vettel in fourth.
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Editor's Note:
The feature story below on women's sailing senior captain Megan Watson, is part of a year-long commitment to highlight Harvard's captains and other intriguing student-athletes. For more question-and-answer features click here and enjoy the high-caliber student-athletes whom we have come to enjoy.
After four years with the Harvard women's sailing team, her last
spent as captain, senior Megan Watson closed out her season as an
ICSA All-America selection. Watson has previously received honors
on the honorable mention list and is a three-time All-New
She competed in the ICSA Women's National Championship where she along with her teammates claimed 10th overall in San Francisco, Calif. Her presence and shadow will be missed at the boathouse, but her legacy will be remembered among the Crimson sailors.
What is your area of concentration at
History and Literature
How has it prepared for life when you graduate?
History and Literature emphasizes teaching its students how to analyze, research, think critically, and express oneself eloquently in both speech and text. More importantly, the intense requirements have really taught me to constantly push myself and strive to meet high expectations.
How have your studies helped you athletically? How have athletics helped you academically?
It is a notoriously demanding concentration, so I think that it has coupled nicely with the intensity needed to succeed on the water. Both have demanded excellence and have encouraged me to improve through hard work and dedication.
How did you get started in sailing? How old were you?
I started sailing when I was eight years old. Neither of my parents are big sailors, but they enrolled me in the local summer sailing program with my cousin to keep us busy that summer. I had so much fun out on the water and met so many new friends that I came back the next summer... and the next... and the next...
If you could crew for a famous captain of fiction, who would it be?
Well my favorite captain of fiction is Conrad's Marlow, but I think that crewing for him in the Congo/South Seas would probably include several traumatic and perhaps deadly experiences. So maybe being on Jack Sparrow's ship would be a little more fun.
If you could be any Disney character for a week, who would you be?
I've always really wanted to fly so any character who is capable of that - Peter Pan, maybe? I'm also a girl so the whole tights thing would be slightly more acceptable.
How many different types of knots can you tie? Which knot is your favorite?
Enough to make sure that sails and rigging don't come crashing down on me when I'm out on the water. The bowline is a unanimous choice for the favorite - fun to tie, very secure, and easy to untie when you want.
You were active in other sports in high school, which sport do you miss the most?
I miss playing lacrosse. If sailing weren't a spring sport, I would have liked to play club/JV lacrosse here.
Other than sailing of course, which Harvard sport do you most enjoy watching?
Unfortunately, the sailing schedule is rather inhospitable to watching other teams. I really wish that I could have seen my roommate Bailey Vertovez play softball more.
Graduation is rapidly approaching, what are your plans for the rest of the year?
My plans until graduation include No. 1 trying to win a National Championship and No. 2 spending as much time as I can with my roommates and friends.
If you could leave this weekend to sail to another country, where would it be?
Well I have zero interest in sailing anywhere in the whole world this weekend other than San Francisco (where our National Championships are!). However, if we could bump the itinerary back a couple weeks, I'd love to sail someplace in the Mediterranean where the water is warm, the wind is good and the waves are big. I've actually never sailed outside of the country, so I don't have too many specific ideas.
Rank the three major sports teams in Boston (Bruins, Celtics and Sox) in order of your preference. Why is your No. 1 team No. 1?
No. 1 Celtics
No. 2 Sox
No. 3 Bruins
The Celtics are number one because we have season tickets.
Which class has been the hardest for you all semester long?
My thesis! (Which translates to my senior tutorial).
Which final was the toughest this semester?
My oral exam for History and Literature - I was responsible for the past 400 years of British and American history and also every text I've read for the concentration in college! Glad that one's over...
Obviously the sailing team is full of talent and the captain always knows best. If you could take all the members of the sailing team and join another team at Harvard with all of them, which would Harvard Sailing dominate in?
Difficult question because we have such a diverse group of people - from tiny girls to big boys. Perhaps skiing? We could use all of our sailing gear to keep us warm and we're used to the cold.
What's the last good movie that you saw in theatres?
I've only seen two movies this past year in theatres - Slumdog Millionaire and Adventureland - and both were great.
What's your favorite spot in Massachusetts?
North Falmouth, Cape Cod! But shhhh, don't tell the tourists.
Pick your poison, Cookies n' Cream or Cookie Dough ice cream?
Tough. Cookie Dough.
What will you miss most when you are all finished here at Harvard?
Everything! I will miss the people the most - never again will I get to live with eight of my best friends in a room overlooking the river and never again will I get to sail (almost) everyday with my teammates and coaches in the Charles River Basin watching the sun go down behind the Mass. Avenue bridge. Now you've made me sad.


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Editing Images in Dreamweaver MX 2004
New features in Dreamweaver enable you to make minor image editing inside Dreamweaver, without opening Fireworks or any other graphics-editing program. These tools are available from the Properties inspector, when an image is selected.
You also find two buttons that enable you to use Macromedia Fireworks to edit images. The Edit button launches Fireworks and opens the selected image in the main window of the program, which makes using all the Firework editing features easy. Macromedia's careful integration of these programs means that when you save changes to the image, they are reflected in the page in Dreamweaver. A new button, just to the right of the Edit button, is designed to make optimizing an image fast and easy, which makes downloading faster.
Before you get carried away editing your images, remember that Dreamweaver is primarily a Web page creation application and not really designed to edit graphics. Although these tools can be useful, they shouldn't take the place of doing serious work on your graphics in an actual graphics application, such as Fireworks or Photoshop.
When you do use the tools for cropping, adjusting brightness and contrast, and sharpening an image, beware that you are changing the actual image (not just a copy of it). Make sure you're happy with these changes before you save the page you're working on. You can use the undo feature in Dreamweaver to revert back several steps, but after you save the page, you can't undo changes to an image. To protect your original image, considering saving a copy before editing it.
Cropping an image
Essentially, cropping an image is trimming it. To crop a graphic or photo, follow these steps:
1. In the Document window, select the image you'd like to crop by clicking it.
The Properties inspector changes to display the image's properties.
2. From the Edit icons, click the Crop tool.
A dialog box appears warning you that cropping changes the original image.
Don't make the change if you're concerned about needing to keep the entire image available. If you're concerned, the best thing to do may be to make a copy of the image and apply your cropping to the copy.
3. Click OK.
A dotted line with handlebars appears in the image.
4. Outline the area of the image you want to keep with the handlebars.
Any part of the image that is darkened is deleted when the crop completes.
5. Double click inside the box, or press Enter.
The image is cropped.
You can undo cropping by choosing Edit –> Undo, but remember that, after you save the page, changes permanently apply to the image and cannot be undone.
Adjusting brightness and contrast
Adjusting an image's brightness allows you to change the overall amount of light in an image. Contrast controls the difference between the light and dark areas of an image. To adjust brightness and contrast, follow these steps:
1. In the Document window, select the image you want to alter.
The Properties inspector shows the image properties.
2. From the Edit tools, click the Brightness and Contrast icon (a circle with light and dark halves).
A dialog box appears, indicating that changes you make are made to the original file.
3. Click OK.
The Brightness/Contrast dialog box appears.
4. Adjust the brightness and contrast settings of the image with the sliders.
Make sure to select the Preview check box if you want to see the changes affect the image as you move the sliders around.
5. Click OK.
The settings take effect permanently when you save the page.
Sharpening an image
When you apply sharpening to an image, you increase the distinction between areas of color. The effect can be one of increased definition to the shapes and lines in an image. To sharpen an image, follow these steps:
1. In the Document window, select the image you want to sharpen.
The Properties inspector shows the image properties.
2. From the Edit tools, click the Sharpen icon (a blue cone).
A dialog box appears, indicating that your change is made to the original file.
3. Click OK.
The Sharpen dialog box appears.
4. Adjust the sharpness of the image with the slider.
Make sure you select the Preview check box if you want to see the changes affect the image as you move the slider.
5. Click OK.
The image is sharpened and changes are made permanently when you save changes to the page.


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Morrissey has announced his first full UK tour since 2015.
The live shows in February and March 2018 will follow the release of his new album Low In High School.
The former Smiths frontman will play shows in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham, Brighton and London's Royal Albert Hall and Alexandra Palace, as well as the 3Arena in Dublin.
Tickets for the UK shows go on sale on November 3 at 10am with priority access from November 1 at 10am.
Fans who pre-order the album on Amazon before 11.59pm on October 27 will receive access to tickets to UK shows before they go on general sale.
Following in the footsteps of Frank Ocean and Kanye West, there will be two previously announced pop-up shops to celebrate the release of Low In High School, one in Camden in London and one in West Hollywood in Los Angeles.
The shops will have 100 album Test Pressings available for purchase at each location on a first come, first served basis each day.
Low in High School will be Morrissey's first studio album since 2014.


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The Monday Playlist: Divas at Home and Abroad, Voice Goes Live, Logo Gets Felt Up
May 6, 2013 9:38 AM EDT
Cher loves her mom. No reason to think Rihanna doesn't, but for now, the career comes first. Two of pop's highest-profile divas take the spotlight in new docu-specials, with Lifetime's Dear Mom, Love Cher (Monday, 10/9c) going for the heart-strings a… Read more


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There are four national holidays during this period: Showa Day (April 29), Constitution Memorial Day (May 3), Greenery Day (May 4), and Children`s Day (May 5). This is a very busy travel season in Japan and most tourist destinations are extremely crowded. Many Japanese offices close for about a week to 10 days, depending on the calendar with many people taking a vacation, travelling abroad or to a tourist attraction in Japan. Airports and train stations are usually overflowing with people during this time and it can be very hard to get reservations for accommodation and transportation during Golden Week.
The first national holiday during Golden Week is April 29 and is the birthday of the former emperor Showa, and is called showa-no-hi (Showa Day). The second holiday on May 3 is kenpou-kinenbi (Constitution Memorial Day). The new Japanese constitution was put into effect on May 3, 1947. May 4 is called midori-no-hi (Greenery Day) during which we show appreciation for the environment and nature. The last holiday is kodomo-no-hi (Children`s Day) on May 5. It`s a Japanese Boy`s festival and is a day to pray for healthy growth of boys. It`s a Japanese tradition for families with boys to hang up carp streamers (koinobori) outside their houses around this holiday. Carps are believed to symbolize successes in children`s lives. Also, samurai dolls called gogatsu ningyo (May Dolls) are displayed in their houses. May is a great time to travel in Japan and I would advise planning a trip to Japan after the Golden Week travel rush has ended.
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2015.11.22 – Lumpy's Links
Lumpy's Links for 2015.11.22
Greetings Reader,
Thank you for checking out the first list of weekly links I have shared in a good while.
Here they are:
- Ludicrous – While I am all for freedom of religion, wearing a spaghetti strainer helmet for you driver's license photo, in my humble opinion, is ludicrous. Although I confess, she looks happy in the photo.
- Useful – I find TweetDeck the ONLY way to use Twitter, without it, the 1K+ tweeps I follow would be nothing but noise. This article at at The Verge explains how to use the filters.
- Music – Alice Cooper plays a suprise gig. (some video is embedded below)
- PPhoto – Most likely, this bright streak, is from the Taurids meteor shower. Regardless, it is a great photo.
- Yours (Something tweeted to me or emailed) – This being the first one in a long while, to date, I have received nothing.
- Science – How about using plasma to grow diamonds?
- I had to mention this one as a bonus. It is just a really kewl looking Alien
Since it has been a while since I have published one of these and also the week of Thanksgiving here are a few links for the black shopping days. I originally heard of or found all of these and many more useful tips, hacks and tricks Lifehacker.
- 8 Things Almost Always Cheaper at Target
- Best Buy and Target will Match Some Online Prices – A List of Those Stores
Thanks for reading, feel free to share, comment or even send me a PayPal Tip. Feel free to send me any and all suggestions you wish or hit @Lumpy on twitter
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- Alice Cooper owns the 'O' in the Hollywood sign (fusion.net)


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Check out our video review and highlights of Splitsville Luxury Lanes in Downtown Disney.
Bowling as a family is so much fun and Splitsville's brand new luxury lanes at Downtown Disney are a joy for the entire family. Add this item your Must Do list for a vacation in Orlando near Disney. Splitsville luxury lanes are GORGEOUS and an ideal activity for an off park day when you decide to hit Downtown Disney instead.
Check out our video of the kids and I enjoying Splitsville here:
Even the littlest members will be able to participate since all lanes have side rails that can go up to prevent the "gutter balls" kids are likely to toss. Plus, they have cool ladders to help the kids manage and roll those heavy bowling balls to insure they can push it hard enough that it makes it all the way down the lane.
I especially always recommend Downtown Disney days for families looking to stay outside of the park resorts – as this is a great way to get a giant taste of Disney without actually spending money in the parks or dealing with lines and crowds. Great for a "rest" day in the middle of your vacation.
Splitsville is known for it's gorgeous luxury lanes – 2 floors with 22 bowling lanes. Clean, brand new, and pristine. This is NOT your grandmother's bowling alley – Splitsville even serves sushi!
Note: We bowled for free as we attended this session at Splitsville during a media preview. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.


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Pierre Sauve Plantation's, Lone Star and Providence, were seized during the Civil War from some time period in October of 1863 until October 1865. Mr. Sauve was a sugar planter. It was said that Pierre Sauve was loyal to the United States. He died 12 May 1867 in New Orleans at 62 years of age. A claim was made by Suave's heirs in November 1894 after Pierre Suave's death for compensation. The heirs are not specifically named in the document. The claim lists over $408,000.00 in losses, however, it does not indicate compensation was given. Obviously, in looking at the plantation inventory before the Civil War and after the Civil War, there was much lost.
Valcour Aime's diary mentions Mr. Sauve's plantation oak trees in 1854, citing that all but eight of the twenty-eight oak trees located on Lone Star or Providence plantation were standing after a 29th March storm. Aime pointed out that the storm traveled from Point Coupee on down damaging homes, blowing down sugar houses, and uprooting trees. The congressional document cites over 1,400 acres was owned by Mr. Suave where his plantation grew sugar cane.
Among some of the most interesting aspects of Suave's inventory noted were 55 negroes. 45 of which were women and children, seven books titled "American Archives" and a small hospital. My questions: Of the 55 negroes, were 10 men? Could there also be a small cemetery located on the property? Most civil war era hospitals also had a cemetery just as most family plantations during this period. What are the 7 book titles, American Archives? Were these personal bits of Americana from his father or were these books concerning the early 1800's Legislative Council of New Orleans?
Lone Star plantation is noted in the Mississippi River Commission reports and is located along the Mississippi river. There were levees and railroads near and just North of Lone Star Plantation. The reports also list Lone Star Plantation as a Mississippi River landing with a distance of 938 miles from Cairo, placing Destrehan Plantation upriver and Speranza Plantation downriver in St. Charles Parish. Markers were placed in 1893 by the Mississippi River Commission US ARMY. The document follows the river and names nearby plantations. Here is a list of those nearby plantations:
Terre Haute Plantation 918 mi
Bonnet Carre, LA (place name) 924mi
Hermitage Plantation 930mi
Propsect Plantation 933mi
Hahnville, LA (place name) 933mi
Speranza Plantation 935mi
Detrahan Plantation 937mi
Kennerville, (place name) 945mi
Nine Mile Point, LA (place name) 953mi
Here is a description of the markers placed along the river:
Mr. Suave's plantation was quite controversial. His name is noted as having issues with his mortgage during the bankruptcy of the Bank of Louisiana and it is mentioned again in a lawsuit over taxes owed.
May 3, 1849 Map facimile of Suave's Crevasse Inundation
The area above the Mississippi River that is shaded had water from four to six feet deep. Oddly enough there is a map from the Mississippi River Commission in the late 1890's that describes an unknown cemetery on Toledano Street across from the New Orleans Canal near S. White Street. Both the 1849 map and the 1890's map show the palmetto. This area is flooded in 1849 due to the Suave crevasse and under six feet of water from May until June. I seriously doubt that the Mississippi River Commission would place a cemetery on their maps that did not exist at all. When I pointed this out to others, it was said that the cemetery icon was for "planning purposes". Highly unlikely in my opinion. I have yet to see a Mississippi River Commission map that was "imaginative" in its source material.
"The 1849 crevasse at Suavé Plantation was eventually plugged by driving a line of timber piles and piling up thousands of sand bags against these on the land-side of the pile wall. This work was of unprecedented proportions until that time and took six weeks to complete before the river's waters were once again confined to their natural channel." —HISTORY OF THE NEW ORLEANS FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEM c. 2006
In 1817 this excerpt below indicated that Suave's plantation was known to flood. Pierre Suave was only 12 years old in 1817 having been born abt 1805.
NOLA wrote a story on Suave's Crevasse in August 2011 and shared the historical newsclip from the Picayune. The Creoles of Louisiana by George Washington Cable devotes an entire chapter to Sauve's Crevasse citing over twelve thousand people were flooded, two hundred-twenty inhabited squares, and two thousand tenements.


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Many subjects have a range of whites, none of them pure white.
In this diner still life, there's the white paper placemat in shadow, the placemat in light, and the white "PEPSI" lettering painted on the near side of the glass.
And then there are white highlights. The highlights are lighter than the values of the placemat, but even still they aren't pure white.
Highlights are specular reflections of the various light sources. As a consequence, they take on the relative color of the source: cool for the highlights of the window light, and warm for the highlights of the artificial indoor light. That's why I mixed a little yellow into and a little blue into my lightest specular highlights.
Controlling the white values in a painting means keeping even your brightest highlights a little down from pure white, and always comparing one white against another. Mixing accurate values is one of the features in which gouache excels.
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Moose2 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 52 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a creative, inviting logo for our new Vacation Log Cabin Rental Business. We'll use this logo on our website, business cards, signs, brochures, T-Shirts, hats, and etched glassware. We may also ask for two more logos -- one for our Cabin Building Dealership and a Jewelry Business using the same "Creek's Crossing" logo, but with a different subtitle in lieu of "Cabins".
Creek's Crossing Cabins
Our cabins are located in an area with a high concentration of rental properties, so the more we can differentiate ourselves the better. The area is known for its hemlock, rock formations, caves, and creeks. It draws outdoor enthusiasts to explore lots of outdoor activities (especially hiking and exploring several local state parks natural attractions). It also attracts those who just want to relax in nature.
We chose our business name on what is indicative to the area -- there is a bridge over a creek to cross in order to get to the cabins. Also, we have gorgeous authentic log cabins -- not just a rental home or cottage. Our opening line on our website reads, "Visit one of our cabins and you'll discover a place where the peaceful surroundings of unspoiled nature combine with the homespun charm of a woodland retreat."
At a minimum we'd like to incorporate a simple cabin with a high pitch roofline (no chimney, but we do have large covered porches), a creek, and a hemlock or some hemlock trees (the bridge would be nice, but is optional). (Hemlocks are whispy evergreens with short needles and tiny pine cones. A link for more definition is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuga) Also... these images don't have to be depicted in their entirety or in great detail if you want to show portions in order to keep it a little cleaner. We're open to font style, but don't want it stiff. We want "Creek's Crossing" text to be on one line with "Cabins" underneath in a smaller font.
- Must be in Vector Graphics or Adobe Illustrator
- Limit it to 2-3 colors
- Unique font treatment or creative lettering
- "Creek's Crossing" text should be prominent, with "Cabins" in a smaller font under "Creek's Crossing"
- Black & white version/ reversed also -- we may put on etched glassware
- No stiff or rigid fonts
- No generic clip art
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Snowe cool toward GOP nominee
When Maine Republican Charlie Summers took a swing through Washington last week to meet with party officials, there was one notable absence: Sen. Olympia Snowe, the most prominent Maine Republican of them all.
It wasn't a huge surprise that Snowe was nowhere to be seen.
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Snowe has been at odds with Summers since he refused to endorse the 33-year Capitol Hill veteran over a prospective tea party challenger when she was still considering running for reelection.
Even though she now plans to retire, Snowe is still irked over what she sees as an act of disloyalty after she helped prop up Summers's political career and after the two built a close relationship of more than two decades. Snowe isn't about to start campaigning for Summers in his uphill battle to win the Maine Senate seat, and she's not yet planning to donate any of her $2 million campaign war chest to him, a move that has caused some tension within the party.
Snowe's lingering resentment toward the man who wants her Senate seat stands in contrast to Maine's reputation for moderate, less cutthroat politics. But the Maine political legend's standoffishness with Summers also speaks to the intimacy of small state politics — everyone knows everyone else among the political elite, and snubs aren't easily forgotten.
In an interview, Snowe said she had a prior engagement the evening Summers was in Washington: a fundraising event for a House GOP candidate from Maine, her former chief of staff Kevin Raye — who did happen to endorse Snowe over tea party challenger Scott D'Amboise. Snowe said she will support Summers, noting that the two are both Republicans. And she was listed as a co-host on the invite for the meet-and-greet for Summers at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters near the Capitol.
But asked if she would appear at any fundraisers for Summers this year, give him a donation or stump with him on the campaign trail, Snowe said matter of factly: "Not at this moment."
When pressed for the reason, Snowe was equally as blunt: "He didn't endorse me in my own primary."
Summers, elected as the Maine secretary of state in 2010, was not available for an interview, his aides said. But his campaign manager, Lance Dutson, chalked up the whole flap to a simple "miscommunication and a misunderstanding," saying his boss meant "no slight at all" to Snowe and "regrets" that the senator was irked by the episode.
Dutson said when a Snowe aide initially reached out to Summers for an endorsement last year, his boss had just become Maine secretary of state, a largely nonpartisan office, and believed it was an "inopportune time" to offer a "public endorsement." Dutson denies that the politically ambitious Summers was worried about angering the tea party by supporting the Maine moderate, who tends to vote with Democrats on some hot-button national issues.
"Certainly, he supported her and would have been a strong advocate for her in the race," Dutson said, adding that Summers "thinks the world" of Snowe.
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18 Nov 2012 14:42
Striking farm workers in Swellendam. (Shelley Christians, Gallo)
Bongile Ndleni (40) was found dead in his home on Saturday morning, Lt-Col Andre Traut said.
"Indications are that he was shot on Wednesday on a farm in the Prince Alfred Hamlet area by individuals driving a LDV.
"He was admitted to hospital and subsequently discharged on Friday evening," said Traut.
A murder case had been opened and investigations were underway. No arrests had been made yet.
Traut said there was no evidence to suggest that Ndleni died as result of police action.
On Wednesday, a stand-off between police and protesters resulted in the death of 28-year-old tractor driver Michael Daniels.
A farmer was also injured when he went to collect his bakkie close to the scene of the protests.
The 82-year-old was hospitalised after being hit on the arms and legs.
The farmworkers strike was suspended on Friday while wage negotiations were continuing.
The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said should no agreement be reached, then farmworkers would go back on strike on December 4.
On Thursday, around 400 farmworkers marched to the Wolseley municipal offices to meet community leaders and the police, following unrest over wages.
Workers agreed to suspend the strike on condition that the sectoral determination for agriculture be looked at by the Employment Conditions Commission next week.
Protests about wages and living conditions started in De Doorns last week and had spread to 15 other towns in the Western Cape by Wednesday.
Farmworkers were calling for wages of R150 a day.
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I picked up a great bargain in our local Red Cross charity shop the other day. For the meagre sum of 5 euros, I came out with a big bag full of brand new yarn. Red, pink and white yarn, with labels still intact, 34 balls in all. My, was I happy! I smiled all the way back home, and then set to work.
As soon as I saw that yarn, I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. I'd be crocheting items for Knit-a-Square. KAS, as it's also known, is a charity based in South Africa that collects knitted and crochet squares and sews them into blankets for AIDS orphans throughout South Africa.
There are many associations and organisations around the world that accept crocheted goods. Many of them are based in the US, but I hail from Europe and hadn't seen the same level of interest from hospitals, care homes and charities over here.
But why did I choose Knit-a-Square? Well, like most things, it was a chain of events that led me there. It's almost as if Knit-a-Square chose me.
Early in 2012, a close friend of mine who knows how much I love to crochet sent me a link via Facebook. It was a short article about a group of women in Denmark who knit blankets, hats and clothes for babies and children in Tanzania. At the same time, at work we had started getting busy preparing a huge congress that would be held at the end of 2012 in Durban, South Africa.
I knew I would be leaving for South Africa a few months later. And I decided to have a look on the Internet if there were any charities there to which I could donate some crocheted goods. A quick search for "crochet charity South Africa" ensued, and the first link was, yes, Knit-a-Square.
To quote from their website: "It is estimated that there are 14.8 million orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. 1.9 million live in South Africa.
Many of these children are AIDS orphans or have been abandoned. Many live in great poverty in informal settlements. Some head up families of their siblings together with other children. Some live alone, without shelter, in hills and dumps around the cities.The knit-a-square project was started as a family project in 2008 and is now a world-wide community numbering an estimated 12,000 people in 54 countries round the world.
Together we work hard to help warm and comfort the children and we'd greatly value your contribution to this knitting project for the AIDS orphans of southern Africa. We ask the world's knitters and crocheters to send 8"/20 cm squares to South Africa, where we have them sewn into blankets for the children."
Local charities ensure the children are cared for, and Knit-a-Square works towards keeping them warm and happy. A group of KAS volunteers in South Africa collects the squares that are sent from all over the world and sews them into blankets for the children. KAS then deals with distribution. There are some beautiful photos on their website of the distributions, showing the children wrapped in their blankets. KAS also accepts donations of knitted and crochet vests, hats, pull-overs and baby sleeping bags, as well as toys, socks, gloves and stationery for the children. You can also make a financial donation via the website.
Why crochet for charity? After all, crochet can be a lucrative business. There is a market for patterns, and crocheted goods sell well. I make and design crochet toys, and even though my patterns are available for free, I do sell a few finished articles, mostly so that I can buy more yarn to make even more. Some people have made crochet their business and make their lives from it.
But I wanted to help. And I believe that's what drives people to crochet for charity. Here in the western world, we hardly ever see poverty. Of course there are people who are less well off than others, but a vision of real poverty is rare.
I knew how fortunate I was to live in relative ease. I was going to visit a country thousands of miles away. I would be staying in a comfortable hotel, and after the conference I would be going on a great safari. But away from the tourist routes and the posh hotels, there were 1.9 million orphans who needed my help.
So I started crocheting. And in the few weeks before I left for South Africa, I managed to crochet 15 squares and a hat. I also added six crocheted or sewn toys to my parcel. In December, I flew over to Durban and from there, I posted my parcel to Knit-a-Square. When I got back home, I carried on crocheting squares.
I continue to design, make and sell crochet toys. But I set aside some time and yarn to continue to crochet for charity. Making the squares is quick and easy and a great way to try out some new techniques and designs. And most of all, while I'm crocheting, I imagine the face of a child, far away, for whom my very small act of kindness may be making a huge difference.


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Srooli necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 28 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Frooli is a family owned business looking to get online.
We do not have graphics designers on staff therefore we plan on using online resources to continue to find unique and creative talent for the graphics on our site. We are looking for uniqueness and creativity, we will not hold back on displaying a logo because it is not the run of the mill logo.
Every potential customer coming onto our site should be greeted by a worm homey logo / mascot that they will learn to trust and familiarize themselves with and will feel confident to shop with us.
No hold backs here, if you have a logo that was just too wild to submit to any other competitions this is your chance to use it and make $200.00.
Push your talents and creativity to the limit. We are open to all suggestions, creativity and uniqueness. We are not afraid to display something new or different as long as it is creative. The only thing we do ask is
1.Logo most have our name, Frooli
2.Logo is color flexible in case we change the site look (the mascot doesn't need to be).
3.Mascot should be friendly and appealing to users (we don't want to chase anyone away)
4.Mascot should be position flexible; we will want to have it in different areas of the site doing different things (see http://bit.ly/dlqTBy for a sample).
5.Mascot should be emotion flexible, it should be able to show sad, happy, confused, by moving its eyes and arms.
Feel free to submit ANYTHING, animal, person, object, cartoon,anything with life we will be judging by creativity and by how well it fits with the above requirements.
Let the challenge begin.
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Jason43141 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 17 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Character Liquor Brands
liquor company that develops private label liquor brands and helps develop brands for marketing
our company is developing a line of products and needs characters to go along with it. we will have about 15 - 20 in total, but want to start out with 1 to see how it comes out.
1. Tommy Tuff Nuts (irish....short...red hair....drinker....tough guy), it would be someone who acts like he is a tough guy, maybe in a bar and thinks he is a member of a gang, but he's really just putting on a show.
Primarily for liquor bottles, so the crowd is adult. so the characters would be adult and for all intent and purposes "stereotypical" so that when someone sees the picture they will easily be able to tell the relationship with the name.
We are not sure if we just want face or 3/4 body or full body.
Long term plans would be ability to use the pictures in magazines / ads / cartoon / video games / etc.
i have attached an example of a characature of brat pitt. this character does NOT have to look like him at all, i'm just showing an example for reference purposes. he wasn't considered as representative of the company or the brand, again, it's just example so you can see example size proportions, etc.
I have attached some more pictures of example persona
Try and keep it as "stereotypical" as possible, it's not meant to offend, but more so when someone sees the picture they will easily be able to tell the relationship with the name.


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Ingram: Bad Traffic, Blown Calls And Diffusers
From the Monday Morning Crew Chief™:
If controversy fuels motor racing – and what racing writer is going to argue with that premise? – it was a banner weekend for the sport.
It started early at the first ever Sprint Cup race held by Kentucky Speedway, where some fans never did get in due to traffic problems. They might have been the lucky ones according to fans who had trouble getting out. In the race itself, drivers complained of traffic jams in the low lane due to such a rough surface at a track with historically bad drainage issues. Kyle Busch ran away with it after re-starting in the high groove with the checkers in sight.
Conspiracy theorists, meanwhile, may have noticed track owner Bruton Smith flying a helicopter with the governor of Kentucky over the traffic mess down on the local roads. Although not privy to this conversation, Smith undoubtedly was pointing out why the Speedway needed more public investment in highways around his track. Pardon me, but any fan who attended some of the early IndyCar races at Kentucky Speedway could have foretold of terriffic traffic problems any time the facility's grandstands are partially full, much less sold out after new grandstands were added.
In any event, it was a new twist on NASCAR having trouble getting fans into the stands, a relatively delightful controversy.
Despite the rain, there was no problem filling the stands at Silverstone for the British Grand
Prix, which has managed to gradually figure out how to handle what were once abominable traffic problems. Writers and broadcasters did not have any problem filling cyberspace, cable lines and satellite signals with controversy over the FIA's methodology for enforcing its rules against blown diffusers, either. It seems there were different rules for different manufacturers according to which way the exhaust was being used to fill up the rear diffusers that generate downforce – and how it affected the different engines.
Funny thing, though. Ferrari had nary an unkind word to say about the rule changes and seemingly was perfectly prepared for 2011's whole new era while rivals Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes had their knickers in knots. The FIA claimed it was merely enforcing rules that were already in the rule book – without elaborating on its tardy wake-up call. To many, it seemed like yet another obvious plot to get Ferrari, previously suffering from the Italia's lack of pace, back into the winning ways that drive ticket sales and TV ratings for F1, which has been suffering a bit from the dominance of Red Bull.
On the other hand, maybe Ferrari had been following the rulebook all along and merely benefitted from everybody else's wake-up call. Hold on to that idea of turning on sprinklers at spontaneous times during F1 races to spice up the action with artificial rain. It's not going to be necessary as the blown diffuser controversy carries on following, ahem, Ferrari's breakthrough victory at Silverstone by Fernando Alonzo, his first of the season.
How scared is Red Bull of a late-season charge by the Scuderia and Alonzo? Red Bull had driver Mark Webber back off from his passing attempts of second-placed teammate Sebastian Vettel in the closing laps to guarantee the championship leader the runner-up points. (Not that I'm interested in stirring controversy about team orders, but isn't this only fair since a poor pit stop had cost Vettel the lead and a victory? It wasn't Vettel's fault – so why not blame Webber?…)
Speaking of blame, there was plenty being passed around in Toronto during the IndyCar
race and its aftermath. Will Power said Dario Franchitti "whines about everyone" and then "races everyone dirty." Race winner Franchitti acknowledged that Power might have reason to be angry, although it's clear from replays that championship rival Power might have given Franchitti a bit more room. But what really had the pit lane up in arms was the notion, whether based on reality or just rumor, that IndyCar officials were going to penalize Franchitti for the contact with leader Power at Turn 3, then subsequently backed off on its decision.
Not to try to stir the pot unduly, but it seems to me that the dominance of the teams of Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi, the respective entrants for Power and Franchitti, has given IndyCar's pit lane a bad case of CART-itis. In the old days, i.e. when CART ruled the open wheel universe, it was perceived that rules enforcement was constantly at the beck and call of the most powerful team owners, which included Penske and Ganassi.
IndyCar needs to explain its penalty procedures at Toronto and make the procedure more transparent if officials would like to move beyond this controversy. Otherwise, this disputed non-call that radically altered the points standings in favor of Franchitti will be blamed for a lopsided championship, which concludes in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, out on the West Coast in the Rolex Sports Car Series, Max Angelelli was
penalized once for a controversial pass of Scott Pruett by using the pit lane at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, then escaped penalty after contact with Ryan Dalziel during the closing laps in the track's famed Corkscrew. Two weeks ago, Angelelli and Dalziel got into a heated argument after the race at Road America, where Angelelli banged past in the waning moments. "Max the Axe" again had contact in this overtaking maneuver at Laguna – set up by his earlier penalty – and kept on motorin'. Again.
In all cases, call 'em as you see 'em. Then order tickets to a motor racing event near you.
Quote of the Week: "Disappointed about Dario, a guy that mouths off about everyone and then whinges about everyone and he's the guy who races everyone dirty and then never gets a penalty from IndyCar. It's just not right." — Will Power on the incident with Dario Franchitti during the Honda Indy Toronto race.
See ya! …At the races.
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