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Reed Gunther: An interview with Shane and Chris Houghton
Shane and Chris Houghton are pretty excited. Reed Gunther Volume 1 came out last week, and it's the first graphic novel ever for their hit comic book series about the affable misadventures of the beguiling, bear-riding cowboy of the same name. Created, written and drawn by the Houghtons, this trade paperback from Image Comics collects the first five issues of the lively and delightful western series that USA Today has called "goofy fun." Today, I have the pleasure of talking with this talented and good-looking brother duo about cowboy games, creating a comic book series, and why "all-ages" doesn't mean "kids only."
I heard someone say that once they thought you were twins, but you're actually brothers who are two years apart. What was your relationship like growing up? Any fun shenanigans from your childhood years that will make us think, "Yup, those are two boys who will definitely create a cowboy comic one day?"
SHANE (writer): Growing up, we would spend a lot of time outdoors using our imaginations to pass the time. We lived in the country with corn fields on all four sides of the house, so we had lots of landscape to play on. Between swimming in our pond, climbing trees, and running through corn stalks in the fall, me, Chris, and our older brother Peter had plenty of locations to set our imaginary wars, expeditions, and adventures. I'm not sure if there was anything that would definitely define us as future cowboy comic creators, but I do remember a really adorable picture of Chris wearing a cowboy hat and his favorite pair of cowboy boots.
CHRIS (artist): I did have quite the obsession with cowboys and Native Americans as a kid. My favorite toy when I was about five was my pair of black cowboy boots, which I still have, but sadly do not fit my feet anymore. Shane, Pete, and I were always using our imaginations and playing outdoors as kids. We didn't have cable TV or video games and our parents always encouraged music and art. All three of us spent a lot of time drawing together too. Pete was the one who got me into drawing and I've just never stopped. We had a very nurturing childhood that definitely set us each up for a life in the creative field.
How did the concept and characters for Reed Gunther develop? Was it a joint-effort?
CHRIS: I initially created the rough idea of Reed and his bear Sterling — named after our noble family dog when we were kids. I did a short comic with Reed and Sterling but they were very much different characters than you see today. Shane was the one who came in and revamped the characters, breathed new life into them, and took over writing duties. I couldn't be more happy with that!
SHANE: I loved Chris's idea of a bear-riding cowboy and tweaked the universe and the characters to make them a bit more friendly and adventurous. Chris was ready to ditch the characters and I wouldn't have been able to re-invent them if they hadn't already been invented, so the comic that you see today is definitely a joint-effort. As for new characters and concepts, we do both spend a lot of time collaborating on who everyone/everything is, but the bottom line is fun. Whatever is the most fun for our book usually makes the cut.
You both have some interesting thoughts on the distinction between "all-ages comics" and "kids comics". Can you talk a little bit about that?
SHANE: Reed Gunther is not a "kiddie" book, or specifically a book targeted at children, but rather an adventurous all-ages book in the vein of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Indiana Jones. With all of those properties, I've met adults who love the characters as much as kids, and yet, those properties aren't marketed as "kids" material. Sometimes, comic book retailers will put Reed Gunther in the "kids" section instead of with all the other comics, so it is sometimes overlooked. We urge retailers to place Reed next to all their other books, mature and otherwise, and see how it sells. At conventions, we are constantly surprised at who exactly our audience is. We get men in their mid-forties, kids twelve and under, guys in their mid-twenties like us, high school girls, and middle-aged single women who do not have kids. Our book is truly enjoyed by folks of all ages!
CHRIS: I think we also have an additional hill to overcome because my art style is very cartoony, which has a stigma of being for kids. Whoever thinks our series is for kids should read the comic. I'm sure they'll change their mind. And while kids may definitely enjoy the series, they are not our sole audience, nor are they our targeted audience. Our targeted audience is Shane and myself. We create stories that we want to read.
Reed Gunther began as a self-published comic and was picked up by Image Comics in June of 2011. Can you tell us about Reed's transition from a self-published book to an Image title? Was pitching the book to a larger publisher your ultimate intention from the beginning, or was it a possibility that came up later?
SHANE: We enjoyed creating the book a lot more than the business of getting it printed and available in shops. After we came out with three self-published issues, we decided we should at least try submitting to a few companies and see if we could get some assistance. Image was very receptive to Reed and didn't want to change anything. Chris and I wanted to see the book in color so we went back and colored our previous issues for the Image release.
CHRIS: Yeah, there really wasn't too much of a change. Image is perfectly set-up for self-publishers. We are used to doing our own promotions and advertising, so to have Image take over some of that has been icing on the cake! However, getting the book to Image was never our initial intention. Our initial intention was to simply complete one issue. After we did that, we thought we'd try and complete another issue. We've still got the same mindset, just on a larger scale now. It's always been about baby steps. If we would have set out to create an ongoing series with one of the biggest comic publishers in the US, it would have simply been too overwhelming.
There's a cute story about the unusual Reed Gunther submission parcel you sent to Image Comics. Can you tell us about it?
CHRIS: When it came time to put together a submission package for a few publishers, Shane and I really wanted to do something special. So I went to a craft store and bought a few wooden boxes that would fit a few comic books inside perfectly. I stained up the box, roughed it up, and wood-burned our logo on the outside. We then included our three self-published issues and a pitch bible inside the box and shipped it out. I even used excelsior as the packing material around the box so it was an all around Western theme. Since you usually don't hear back from publishers right away, Shane and I planned to send out a friendly reminder in the form of an old telegram. However, we never needed to because our first choice publisher, Image, got back to us right away. We were happy to take them up on their offer.
What's the current plotting process for Reed like? Do you work out storylines and new characters together?
SHANE: Normally, I'll have one or two really good ideas I want to work into a script. It could be a character, or a moment, or a situation, but there's usually one thing I really like. Then I build a plot around that and find the backbone or theme to the story. But all this vague general talk is kinda boring so I'll give you an example. Issue #6 is an origin story of sorts for Reed and Sterling. Reed recalls to Starla the first time he and his bear met, which involves us flashing back in time to the Civil War and when Reed was a youngster. Since Reed is not a superhero and never had something as simple as a radioactive bug bite him to make him who he is, this is a story about character, flaws, and fake mustaches. One day I was thinking about what Reed would look like as a kid and I realized he'd HAVE to have a mustache. Without it, he's like Mickey Mouse without his ears. So I decided he needed to be wearing a fake mustache. But then the problem became WHY? I thought it might be cool if Reed was imitating someone he admired. And suddenly the story became about how Reed Gunther grows into the man he becomes — which is why we titled the story, "From Cowboy to Cowman!" New characters pop up either to service a specific story or because the character is the first cool thing I'm basing the story around. Usually, the really good characters are villains or obstacles for Reed to overcome, like our John Henry zombie or Special Agent Mundy (an evil version of Uncle Sam. Get it? S.A.M.). Both those characters also have roots in American History or folk lore, which I like to pull from.
CHRIS: Shane definitely takes care of the writing portion of the series while I take care of the art side of things. However, we definitely collaborate on the big ideas. I may have some big idea or scene I'd love to see in an issue, but I have no idea how to make it fit or how to write it into a story. Shane's a fantastic writer and not just because of the stories he writes, but in the fact that he's willing to listen to my ideas and concerns and what I'd like to draw. He's constantly aiming to please. I also show him my artwork and get feedback from him, especially on the designs of new characters or monsters. Again, just like me on his writing, he may have a big idea for a design but it's my job to do my best to visualize it and make it work.
The first Reed Gunther trade paperback, which collects the first five issues, came out on November 9th. What's next for the book? Can you give us any sneak peeks into the next story arc?
SHANE: Oh man! There's a pretty good look into issue #6 in the last question, but after that, there's a really fun and interesting werewolf story in issue #7 that has a twist I've never seen done before. In issue #8, Reed takes a backseat as Starla takes the lead in a story where she has an identity crisis while fighting resurrected mummies! The really cool thing about the next three issues of Reed Gunther is that they are all stand alone, or done-in-one stories, which means they have a complete story in each issue. If you've never read an issue of Reed before, you can jump in at 6, 7, or 8 without any confusion!
CHRIS: Readers are going to love our new issues!
You both have interesting creative jobs outside of Reed Gunther as well. Can you tell us about the other work that you do?
SHANE: I work as a freelance filmmaker, and just this year I have directed promotional videos for a video game company, was the cinematographer for a Comedy Central webseries featuring Sarah Silverman, Bob Saget, Fred Willard, and Howie Mandell, and my current gig is editing for two reality TV shows on HDNet. I do it all! Write, direct, shoot, edit, dance… Especially dance.
CHRIS: Besides comics, I draw storyboards for Nickelodeon and do the occasional freelance job for clients like MAD Magazine and BOOM! Studios. I'm very happy to be able to work on a variety of projects with some really fantastic people, including my brother. And that's not just smiley bullshit, I really mean it!
Last year you also collaborated on the short indie comics "Moon Gloom" and "Blood Brothers". Any other collaborations or projects in the works right now?
SHANE: I really loved "Moon Gloom" and "Blood Brothers," but Chris and I have been plenty busy this year with making Reed Gunther come out on time every month. We do have four different mini-comics that we give out for free at conventions and signings! Our newest one debuted in San Diego this year. This year I did get hired to write for a few licensed properties which was very exciting! I have a 16-page story in Casper's Scare School #3 that comes out in December, and I'll also have a few adapted stories in the new Peanuts series from BOOM! Studios. But of all the video, film, TV, or comic projects I work on, nothing beats collaborating with Chris!
CHRIS: Agreed! Working with Shane is fantastic. We do have a few ideas for other series, one of which may become a reality sooner than later. But I don't want to give anything away…
Buy Reed Gunther Volume 1 at your local comic shop or on Amazon.com
Watch an unusual Reed Gunther video interview with Shane and Chris on YouTube
Follow Reed Gunther news and find extras on reedgunther.com
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[…] I have some fun Idler interviews with some delightful and talented people to share today. First, writing-and-drawing brother duo Shane and Chris Houghton talk about their all-ages western comic book Reed Gunther. This creator-owned comic about a bear-riding cowboy started out as a self-published title before finding a home with Image Comics. Read about the Houghtons' journey with Reed Gunther and their first graphic novel, which USA Today called "goofy fun", in Reed Gunther: An interview with Shane and Chris Houghton […]


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Production agency Unit9 teamed up with TBWA/CHIAT/DAY and Gatorade to create an ad for their new low calorie electrolyte water, featuring a "true-to-life water athlete, animated it in mid air, and caught on camera."
Film director Cole Paviour was inspired by the work of Shiro Takatani to create this incredible million dollar experiment in the space of just 10 weeks:
Our custom-made "rain rig" dripped water in complete sequence and harmony. It recreated the figure of a real athlete in a liquid animation. Each unit contained 64 litres of water, with 8 units running at any one time. This meant we used half a tonne of water to bring the whole system together.
This incredible creation was made by firstly capturing a human athlete running, jumping and kickboxing, then using that data the software told the the water rig when to turn the nozzles on and off, using over 2000 switches. The life-like human shape was brought to life by using flash-lighting to illuminate and 'suspend' the water droplets in mid air (above), so each frame had a microsecond accuracy. "As a result we transmitted an entire layer of data through the entire system in just a microsecond. We had to take each frame and process it in two ways. First of all to squash it, to compensate for gravitational acceleration, and second to slice it. We stored the data for each frame in a controller unit and triggered it using the camera."
You can view BTS footage here:
I recommend reading more about the Director here, and you must watch the entire ad in all its HD glory. Essentially, it's an incredible 3D liquid structure created through software that I can only imagine ever understanding. What a project!

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Adequacy of education in musculoskeletal medicine
PainSci summary of Matzkin 2005?This page is one of thousands in the PainScience.com bibliography. It is not a general article: it is focused on a single scientific paper, and it may provide only just enough context for the summary to make sense. Links to other papers and more general information are provided at the bottom of the page, as often as possible.
From the abstract: " … training in musculoskeletal medicine is inadequate in both medical school and nonorthopaedic residency training programs."
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BACKGROUND: Basic musculoskeletal knowledge is essential to the practice of medicine. A validated musculoskeletal cognitive examination was given to medical students, residents, and staff physicians in multiple disciplines of medicine to assess the adequacy of their musculoskeletal medicine training.
METHODS: The examination was given to 334 volunteers consisting of medical students, residents, and staff physicians. Analysis of the data collected and comparisons across disciplines were performed.
RESULTS: The average cognitive examination score was 57%. Sixty-nine participants (21%) obtained a score of >/=73.1%, the recommended mean passing score. Of the sixty-nine with a passing score, forty (58%) were orthopaedic residents and staff physicians with an overall average score of 94%. Differences in the average scores for the orthopaedic residents compared with all other specialties were significant (p < 0.001). The average score was 69% for the 124 participants who stated that they had taken a required or an elective course in orthopaedics during their training compared with an average score of 50% for the 210 who had not taken an orthopaedic course (p < 0.001). When the scores of those in orthopaedics were excluded, the average score for the participants who had taken an orthopaedic course was 59%; this difference remained significant (p < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Seventy-nine percent of the participants failed the basic musculoskeletal cognitive examination. This suggests that training in musculoskeletal medicine is inadequate in both medical school and nonorthopaedic residency training programs. Among the nonorthopaedists, scores were significantly better if they had taken a medical school course or residency rotation in orthopaedics, suggesting that a rotation in orthopaedics would improve the general level of musculoskeletal knowledge.
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- The Medical Blind Spot for Aches, Pains & Injuries — Most physicians are unqualified to care for many common pain and injury problems, especially the more stubborn and tricky ones
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- Effectiveness of customised foot orthoses for Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial. Munteanu 2015 Br J Sports Med.
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- Effect of NSAIDs on Recovery From Acute Skeletal Muscle Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Morelli 2017 Am J Sports Med.


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The National Football League has survived more public relations crises in the past year than most multi-billion dollar organizations endure in a decade. Yet the greatest existential threat to the NFL — if not to the existence of football itself — still remains Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or "CTE."
In 2013, a team of researchers in Brazil showed that Cannabidiol has the ability to regenerate brain cells in mice, specifically in the areas of the brain attributed to depression, anxiety, and chronic stress—the symptoms of CTE.
Source: Forbes | SportsMoney | The NFL Should Be Investing In Marijuana Research If It Wants To Survive


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For a Winter's Day" Emerson's "The Snow-Storm"
For a Winter's Day" Ralph Waldo Emerson's "The Snow-Storm"
February 16, 2017
Fitting for this time of year as the Northeast and the Northwest U.S. are being pounded by snow sometimes measured in feet, not inches, is this classic winter poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Sage of Concord.
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
And veils the farm-house at the garden's end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Come see the north wind's masonry.
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, nought cares he
For number or proportion. Mockingly,
On coop or kennel he hangs Parian wreaths;
A swan-like form invests the hidden thorn;
Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall,
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and, at the gate,
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
Leaves, when the sun appears, astonished Art
To mimic in slow structures, stone by stone,
Built in an age, the mad wind's night-work,
The frolic architecture of the snow.
One of Emerson's early commentators, George Edward Woodbury, wrote in 1907 that "Imagination with Emerson usually is set in motion by some psychological thought or by the presence of something elemental in the scene. His mind expands with the greatness of what is before him, and reaches a loftier height even when he is still in the regions of description, as . . . 'The Snow-Storm,' equally admirable as a picture of human home and of the wild grandeur of nature."
So here comes the snowstorm in the first stanza compared by Emerson as a royal procession coming into town announced by heralds. The snow comes in and completely dominates the landscape. It "veils the farm house." The sled carrying the royal personages stops. The couriers' feet can go no further. That's the outside scene. Inside, all the housemates of the farmstead sit warming themselves around the fire.
Emerson follows this cozy scene by describing the aftermath of the storm, and he does so as a commentary on the essence of artistic creation compared to nature's creation. While the artist toils over his statuary columns of the finest marble—Parian marble—nature comes through and creates art far superior to that of the human hands: "Come see the north wind's masonry." Nature creates "wild work," "fanciful, savage." Nature creates organically—"nought cares he/ for number and proportion." Humanity may create with just and true proportion works that last. "Astonished art," though, "mocks" or imitates humanity's lasting monuments with its—notice the oxymoron—"frolic architecture" of the snowstorm.
Stay inside folks. Keep warm. And follow The Literary Life blog.


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I thought i'd ordered BT Sports along with BT Infinity back in July but i cannot view any of the channels........ Ok i thought i'll order it again but everytime i try to order BT Sport i get:
Due to a technical error, your Vision order cannot be progressed at this time, please try again later
I must have tried 50 times over the last 3 days
Has anyone else had the same problem???????????
Hi, welcome to the forum. Log into MY BT and check MY EXTRAS, that will tell you if you are ready to watch BT Sport.
In my extras the BT Sports button did have "Activate" on it so did this 2 days ago now it says "Find our more" but still no access to BT Sports on my TV
I do have access to BT Sports via my PC and tablet!!!
Afraid it looks like you are not properly set up to watch sports on your tv.
What box are you using? BT Vision, freeview, Sky?
Its a new BT Vision box. I did have access the BT Sports up till Friday morning, i watched the launch show on Thursday night OK.
Press BT vision on your remote, go to Help and settings> settings> entitlement info.
Every one could watch on thursday, it was unencrypted.
It says: PSB HD, Unlimited Extra
Not what you want hear mate, but it looks like your not set up for sports on your tv. I think with infinity the channels are on 507-512. Have a look at that. You could always try a channel scan. It wont do any harm.
Its got a bit out of my depth now, but there are others on here who are much better equiped to help than me. Keep watching your thread, the real experts will see your post and help if they can. Good luck.
Thanks for your help.
In the programme list i have BT sports 1 507, BT sports 2 508 and the same in HD on 510 and 511 but all are black screens
If you've activated BT Sports online for your PC or mobile app I'm afraid you're b*ggered.
See this forum topic: http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Sport/DO-NOT-TO-ACTIVATE-BT-SPORTS-FOR-YOUR-PC-OR-MOBILE-APP-ONLINE/td...


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Attending Mahama's inauguration is not a stab in NPP's back – Kufuor
Audio Attachment: Listen to an excerpt of President Kufuor's interview with Kojo Asare Baffuor Acheampong on Asempa FM, in the attached audio.
Former president Kufour has expressed dismay at attacks on him by some NPP supporters over his insistence on attending the inaugural ceremony of president-elect John Dramani Mahama.
According to him, attending the ceremony will never be a stab in the back of his party, the New Patriotic Party, but rather taking responsibility as a statesman.
The NPP has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking to invalidate the declaration of president Mahama as president-elect by the electoral commission due to an alleged rigging.
According to the party the attending the ceremony will undermine its case in court challenging the election results.
The opposition NPP on Wednesday announced the party will not participate in the ceremony of president Mahama and cautioned supporters against attending.
However a statement from the office of the former President Kufuor who is a member of the NPP, said he will attend the ceremony in his capacity as a former President of the country but some party supporters are vehemently opposed to it.
Some of the irate supporters in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi have vowed to subject former president Kufuor to bad treatments if he attends the inaugural ceremony likewise key members like Kofi Dokyi-Ampaw.
But, speaking exclusively on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen on Friday, former president Kufuor noted that he is attending the inauguration ceremony because he was invited as a former leader of the country, and not a politician.
He asserted that the attacks on his personality by the NPP supporters are reaction of people who live on emotions and not strategy.
"Anybody who says that I have betrayed the NPP by attending president Mahama's inauguration is only following his emotions. Leading a nation is not easy so where I have reached, I am more of a statesman than mere party person. Leadership comes with lots of responsibility so if I am called to a function by people who made me president some time back, who am I to decline".
The former president insisted he will attend the inauguration ceremony of president-elect John Dramani Mahama because he is a statesman. "I have been invited as a former leader of the country so I will attend".
"The Chief Justice will swear the president on Monday with Justices of the supreme court. Are we then saying that because they swore the president in, they have prejudged the court case? No, because they are doing the work of the nation and so will I. So people should leave me alone".
He admonished the NPP to focus on the court issue because what the court says is final and not the swearing in ceremony.
"The illegality of President Mahama's victory is not the swearing in but what the court will say so all must exercise restraints".
Listen to an excerpt of President Kufuor's interview with Kojo Asare Baffuor Acheampong on Asempa FM, in the attached audio.
Source: Asempa FM


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This is not "Rocket Science"! Not in the least.
I know. Everyone you have always respected is either LOST or they for no good reason whatsoever believe the opposite of these 5 things. It really does not matter how you spin it. There is no way to research these 5 things and come to any other conclusion. None.
- #1 I have plenty of posts of evidence on this fact, from the Most Popular to the actual D.N.A Evidence
- #2 is proven in just the above 2 links, but there are more on this site
- #3 should be obvious to anyone who research!
- #4 you can find in any Dictionary
- #5 should be obvious. What interest does the West have in the Middle East? If you say "Oil", then I claim you are a little short sighted. The fact is that the Oil has been controlled by "Puppet Regimes" in all but Libya, Syria, Iran, Russia (who of course are also enemies of the West) but for the most part, the expenditure of weapons to kill people in the regions far outweigh any possible benefit that could accrue to "Cheap Oil", even if the USA (for instance) was not pretty much self sufficient, and getting most of their Oil from Canada anyway, with no shots being fired.
If you are going to "Hate" someone or a regime, then you need an Agenda, much like what happened in the 1930's in Germany/Europe. How far can Islamophobia go? If we allow humanity to remain uneducated about the "Real Threat", then it could mean Genocide of an entire race, which is not "Out Of The Realm" of possibilities here.
I know I am fighting a battle (with you) against an "Seemingly Impossible To Defeat" foe, being that virtually all your Mainstream Media, Politicians and Intellectuals are busy accepting the frauds of the Holocaust. With Trump moving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Yet we are BIGGER than they are Grasshopper!
We CAN defeat them. We CAN share and share and share like crazy, and we CAN educate. Even if we lose, isn't it better that we went down with a fight?


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Because while most women can eventually find a stylist who offers a good cut at a decent rate, getting our hair colored is where we tend to really rack up the costs.
But beauty and style expert Andy Paige says that when you want to cut hair care costs, simply extend the time you spend between professional color sessions by touching up roots at home with drugstore kits.
"I go in for professional corrections three times a year, and then use at-home kits in between -- and that saves me $1,000 year," she says. "It's easy. Home kits have become so goof-proof that it's ridiculous to not at least try."
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The benefits that families receive when pre-arranged funeral or cremation arrangements are made are significant. Families often comment on two main benefits of pre-arrangement which are emotional benefits and financial benefits.
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When having to face making arrangements for a loved one, it is difficult to make the many decisions that must be made at a time when you are emotionally distraught. By having final wishes in order, this ensures that these decisions are not being left to those in grief. Additionally, this process can ensure that final wishes are followed through with and can give others the peace of mind in knowing that this is what their loved one would have wanted.
Financial Benefits
There are financial benefits to paying for funeral or cremation arrangements beforehand. By arranging a pre-arranged funeral or cremation, you "freeze the cost" of the funeral home's services and merchandise at today's cost. For example, if you purchased an arrangement at $5,000 today, and many years later this same arrangement cost $7,500, you would not have to pay the difference. Additionally, with a pre-arrangement, payments can be made at an amount that you can afford. This can be beneficial even to those with life insurance. For example, a life insurance policy that has a death benefit of $5,000 may be enough to cover certain arrangements today, however when the cost of a funeral or cremation arrangement increases, will $5,000 be enough to cover the expenses? By taking out a pre-arrangement, you guarantee the cost of the funeral, and the life insurance can be left to assist surviving loved ones.
Are my Funds Safe?
There are two funding options for pre-arrangements that are acceptable within the standards of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies who oversee Pre-Need Arrangements in Colorado. Trust and Insurance Pre-Arrangements are the two allowable funding options. At the Kent Funeral Homes, we feel that Insurance Pre-Arrangements offer the best options for families. A licensed insurance agent affiliated with our funeral homes can assist in writing insured pre-need arrangements for families. In purchasing an insurance funded pre-arrangement, the purchaser maintains ownership of the policy and can determine and change the beneficiary. In addition to being overseen by DORA, insurance policies are maintained under insurance regulations as well.
How Does "Freezing The Cost" Work?
In order for Funeral Homes to be able to "Freeze the Cost" of pre-arrangements, they are allowed to accept the growth (or interest) that is earned on the policy up to the current (at the time of death) cost of the services that were pre-arranged. If the interest or principal amount exceeds the current cost of services (which seldom happens), the additional amount will be returned to the next of kin or designee. However, if the principal and growth (or interest) are less than the current cost of the service, the family is not required to pay the difference. (Note: This does not apply to "Cash Advance" items that are paid outside of the funeral home such as gratuities, sales tax, opening and closing of the grave, etc.). As you can see, the main benefit to the funeral home is in securing the opportunity to serve a family in the future.
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If you move away from the area, it may still be possible for the Kent Funeral Homes to honor
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In this edition of NewsBusters Notable Quotables comedy web show, NBC bids "good riddance" to Sarah Palin, MSNBC's David Shuster is a defender of the faith, and ABC promotes their boy genius George Stephanopoulos. Enjoy!
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December 18, 2013
Happy Winter, Y'all!!!!!
I'm enjoying the cooler weather and boots and tights in the real world!! Hope you all are too 😀
Took a little trip to Vin Cue yesterday and gosh. I was so inspired to get cutes!!!
Also, check out that cute lil' crown there!!! It's from .::C.C. Kre-ations::. items for the J&A Expo and can be found in 3 versions, 2 of which are tintable!!! ❤
Enjoy today's post <33
Crown: .::C.C. Kre-ations::. – The Ruler (J&A Expo Exclusive)
Hair: Due – Sarah in Dark Brown
Skin: Glam Affair – Gemma Europa 01
Face Paint: Tres Blah – Slash and Dot
Teeth: + The Ugly & Beautiful Designs + – Pointed Vampire Teeth
Necklace: Maxi Gossamer – Truth Owl in White
Dress: Vin Cue – Mohi Dress in Chocolate
Tights: Sugar Heart – Lovely Tights in Bows
Shoes: Nerd P – Gacha Loafers in Yellow
Poses: DFO
Listening to: youtu.be/aFSD2IvXecs
Dan le Sac vs the Scroobius Pip "Stunner"
12 Days of Legion is Almost Here!
December 9, 2013
12 Days of Legion is Almost Here!, originally uploaded by eekabutz..
12 Days of Legion is ALMOST HERE!
December 9, 2013
12 Days of Legion is ALMOST HERE!, originally uploaded by eekabutz..
The 12 Days of Legion!!
December 2, 2013
The 12 Days of Legion, originally uploaded by eekabutz..
I am pleased to announce that the opening of The Legion Project's Holiday Gifting Festival is DECEMBER 12TH!!!!
We do still have some room for designers and DJs so if youre interested in being a part of this awesome event, please contact eeka Batz for details!
Thanks ❤
Hope to see you all there!
The Holidays are Here!
December 1, 2013
Holidays are Here!, originally uploaded by eekabutz..
And what better way to celebrate the holidays then new pretty things in SL! I was so excited to see while I was busy IRL with Thanksgiving prep that Fishy Strawberry has started putting out BEAUTIFUL mesh things!!!!
This dress!!!! Absolute cuteness!
For those of you that have followed my blog for a while may remember that I was an avid Fishy Strawberry fan back in the day so with these new releases it was like Christmas for me!!!!
Also, I wanted to give a little shout out to the store Due! My gosh! I am always excited to find stores I didn't know existed, but walking into this cute hair store was one of the best things I've ever done! I couldn't make up my mind on what to get and what colors to get it in!
Also, Due will be making an appearance at the upcoming 12 DAYS OF LEGION festival which starts on Dec 12th. I'll have more info for you all soon!
Until then, HAPPY SHOPPING!
Hair: Due – Sarah in Dark Brown 3
Skin: Birdy – Imogen Skin in Porcelaine Frost
Lashes: Al Vulo – Dolly Lashes
Stole: Fishy Strawberry – Faux Fur Stole in Dove
Ring: Leonard – Glamorous Deer Ring
Dress: Fishy Strawberry – La Belle Dame in Cabernet
Tights: Deetalez – Nylon Black Ripped Tights
Boots: Milk Motion – Floral Combat Boots in Black Flowers
Poses: DFO!
Listening to: Sub Focus "Tidal Wave" (Flosstradamus Remix)
The Legion Project Presents: THE LEGIONE SIM!
November 1, 2013
I AM THE STUPIDS., originally uploaded by eekabutz..
The Legion Project has made a new, beautiful home in the brand new Legione sim!
Please be sure to stop by on Saturday, November 2nd at 3pm for the grand opening to this beautiful sim filled with photogenic spots, great music, fun times and of course THE BEST SHOPPING IN SL!
Music Schedule:
3PM: Oblee!
4PM: Evil Laa
5PM: Heez Harvey
6PM: Nestra Careless
7PM: Guinivere Kirshner
8PM: Gavin Vidor
9PM: Gentoo Ghost
10PM: Elbowz
11PM: Mari Radikal
1AM: Zuzu
Little Bones
Central Perk
Grey November Gallery
Ghost Streams
See you all Saturday ❤
Infiniti Poses @ Bewbstock!
October 18, 2013
Infiniti Poses @ Bewbstock!, originally uploaded by eekabutz..
I love poses. Im not sure if this has to do with the fact that I have been posing people in photos in the real world for almost 10 years or what, but poses literally get me excited in the world of SL.
Typically I stick to just me in photos, but when I saw this awesome 2 person pose from Infiniti, especially a 2 lady pose called Sugar, I messaged my beautiful friend, Scarlet and ran with it. Now, I know the idea of this pose was for a girl to be touching another girls lady bewbs but, golly gee. I sure saw the cuteness in it ❤
You can check Infiniti Poses at Bewbstock from October 18th – November 8th. Not only can you find this little gem, but also a super cute 5 pose set, Peace and Love as well as some awesome body paint and called Hippy Chick that also includes all the body paint!
Please check out Infiniti at Bewbstock today before its over!
Photo taken at The Legion Project ❤


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Release: 2005 / Criminal Minds / Season 14 / Episode 15
Director: Jeff Davis
Stars: Kirsten Vangsness, Matthew Gray Gubler, Shemar Moore, Thomas Gibson
Synopsis: Watch Criminal Minds Season 14 Episode 15 online free. In Criminal Minds Season 14 Episode 15 Putlocker Full Episodes, Wedding bells are ringing as Rossi prepares to marry Krystall. But first, the BAU team travels to Los Angeles to investigate a series of fatal shootings in broad daylight following car accidents.


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A U.S.-led coalition airstrike took out an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant headquarters compound in Mosul, Iraq, on Monday morning, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters that ISIL operatives took over the former Turkish consulate in Mosul in June 2014, claiming it as one of its headquarters.
"ISIL repurposed the compound and used it as a headquarters for senior ISIL leaders, in addition to a beddown location and weapons storage facility," he said.
"That compound has now been destroyed by coalition aircraft."
The coalition airstrike was carried out "in full cooperation" with the Turkish and Iraqi governments, Davis said.
(Source: US Dept of Defense)


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The Machine Learning Engineer develops machine learning solutions to meet business use cases and to support experimentation and innovation to advance mission outcomes. The engineer collaborates with business SMEs, architects, data engineers, developers and data scientists to identify innovative machine learning solutions that leverage data to meet business goals. The machine learning engineer ensures infrastructure and data pipelines are structured to deploy machine learning solutions.
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If you just want the quick advice about whether to see the movie: if you liked the first, you'll like the second, but don't think too much about the plot.
Here be spoilers.
If I was revising the script, but had to keep to the basic outline:
1. I would've made Pike the bad Federation officer so Kirk would've had to defeat his father-surrogate.
2. I would've made the new woman a Security officer because she was too blatantly redundant, especially for a character who may be returning.
3. I would've ended the movie with Spock outsmarting Khan rather than beating him up. Emma suggested moving the bit with the torpedoes to the end, because it did a nice job of showing how Spock can be honest and tricky.


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Today, the National Council On Aging issued a call-to-action for national chronic care reform, based on the results a new survey of Americans with chronic conditions.
The survey included over 1,000 Americans 44 and older who have chronic illnesses, such as hypertension, arthritis, and diabetes. Results revealed, in a nut shell, that two thirds percent have two or more chronic conditions and one in five has four or more chronic conditions.
Sadly, these are the people who probably most need to see a doctor and/or take prescriptions, yet a quarter of them delayed their health care or haven't filled their prescriptions, despite the fact they often live in pain.
Other startling stats:
> 57percent have not been asked by their health care providers if they need help to manage their problems;
> 45 percent say they rarely or never receive referrals to resources (such as classes, counselors, educators, etc.;
> 38 percent say they don't have the money to improve their health. The numbers are much higher among Latinos and African Americans.
As a result of the study, NCOA is recommending three focus areas:
- Policy: The federal government needs to make investments in community-based programs, and in primary care and hospital settings to ensure team-based, coordinated care across all settings.
- Practice: Health care professionals have a responsibility to connect their patients to effective community self-care programs, as well as improve the quality and coordination of care to people with chronic conditions.
- Personal Skills: Americans with chronic conditions need to develop the skills and confidence to manage their health and to advocate for the help and support they need.
I hope the NCOA's study and recommendations will result in better community programs, but I also think an opportunity exists here for more pharmaceutical companies and disease-specific non-profits to do a better job of providing resources for patients in the form of informational web sites, forums and even community-based events, such as the free screenings and patient financial grants offered by the American Kidney Fund (an Edelman client).
One of my clients, the National Arthritis Foundation, does a good job offering local health programs that are evidence-based (another recommendation of NCOA). Recently, the Foundation even launched a new web site, www.LetsMoveTogether.org as a resource on how to move for better health. The emphasis isn't on arthritis; rather, it's on movement, which evidence shows helps to prevent and treat arthritis. The site also offers a free online Movement Tracker that lets you track how you make an effort to move on a regular basis. (Check it out - it's very cool. You can use the widget to challenge your friends to keep up with you, and you can print out your progress and share it with your doctor).
I'm increasingly seeing pharma companies step up to the plate to offer resources as well. They understand what Edelman's Health Engagement Barometer recently revealed: government can fix the health care problems alone, nor can business. But together, they at least have a shot at it.
If you're a Boomer caring for an elderly parent, check out the NCOA site for suggestions on how to help them, especially if they have chronic conditions and a limited income. What other ideas might you have that you can share with readers here?


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Rare Books, Manuscripts and Archives
Rare Book Collection
The Blockson Collection's rare book section is extensive in first edition Afro-American and Caribbean holdings dating back to as early as the sixteenth century. At present an estimated 3,500 volumes comprise the nucleus of the rare book holdings.
The Rare Book Collection is represented by such works as Alexandri Sardi (l557); Corippus'
Africani Grammatici
The Life and Times of Ioannis Leonis Africanus
(1632); A. Eekhof's
Jacobus Elisa Joannes Capitein
(1917); William Wells Brown's
(1853); the drama,
The Escape A Leap for Freedom
(1858), one of only five survivlng known copies in America; Frank Webb's
The Garies and Their Friends
(1857); Emma Kelly's
(1891) and
Four Girls at Cottage City
(1898), the second African-American woman writer before the turn of the century. Paul Laurence Dunbar's
Oak and Ivy Poems
(1892), David Walker's
(1829); Thomas Gray's
The Confessions Nat Turner
(1831); Charles S. Johnson's
Ebony and Topaz
(1927); and Nancy Cunard's
Nergo: An Anthology
Among the highly prized works in the Rare Book Collection are the complete and authoritative first editions of the writings of Phillis Wheatley, George Washington Williams, Booker T. Washington, Charles Chesllutt, Francis Harper, Joseph Wilson, William Wells Brown, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Chester Himes and numerous others which contribute to the outstanding holdings of the collection. The collection also contains one of the more comprehensive repository holdings of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Power 1960's period.
Another notable feature of the Blockson Collection is the assortment of rare African and Caribbean bibles. The African Bible Collection contains bibles written in a variety of African languages, including Ibo, Hausa, Twi, Yoruba, Mpongwe, Dikele, Ga, Sechuane (Setlapi dialect), Amharic, and Bulu. The African Bible collection is regarded as one of the finest in the nation. The collection also includes several bibles in West Indian Creole. The
Creole Testament
is one of four known copies in the United States.
Manuscripts and Archives Collection
The general primary source materials of the Manuscripts and Archives section of the Collection include the papers of Dr. R.R. Wright, Samuel Holmes and William Still. The Caribbean Collection contains many primary source documents, including the
Haitian Presidential Papers,
Jamaica Alamanack
Register of 1794
and the Christophe manuscripts.
The Paul Robeson Collection contains significant memorabilia, including sheet music, photographs, memoirs, posters, first edition publications and ephemera. The Rhythm Brown Collection, documenting an extensive historv of Black tap dancers and the TOBA circuit includes scrapbooks, personal papers and general information on the Black entertainment world. The Alpha Boule Society Papers of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity of Philadelphia consist of programs, social registers, oral historical materials and private papers of this important Afro-American social fraternity. The John Brown Collection provides a variety of memorabilia on John Brown's life and the Abolition Society of Pennsylvania. The Caroline Still-Anderson Papers contain manv important items on the life and times of William Still.
The Samuel Holmes Collection consists hundreds of items which document Black Philadelphia social life from slavery to the present. Many private papers and selective materials comprise separate specialized units of the Blockson Collection.
Special Collections
Slave Narrative Collection
The African and Afro-American Slave Narrative Collection contains a wide and varied compository of documented slave experiences, more than a hundred narratives make up the collection. Among the representative works are the narrative of Olaudah Equiano, Ignatius Sancho, Prince Lee Boo, Robert the Hermit, Bethany Veney, Ellenor Eldridge, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Cooper, Venture Smith, Benjamin Banneker, Robert Adams, Nancey Prince and Silvia Dubois.
Underground Railroad Collection
The Underground Railroad Collection is from the private collection of Charles L. Blockson and of the largest in the country. The bulk of the collection contains over a thousand items on the members of the underground railroad as well ad historical pamphlets, broadsides and memoirs the leading figures of this organization. Among these highly valued materials are the letter of William Still.
Prints and Photographs
The visual arts collection is the repository of hundreds of prints and Black film posters which are annually loaned for exhibit to major museum historical institutions throughout the country. This collection also contains hundreds of rare slavery broadsides and pamphlets.
This section also houses an assortment of rare African and Caribbean maps. Two of the more valuable maps are the Mercator Africana map of 1597 and the S. Boulton African map of 1800, titled
Africa, with All its States, Kingdoms, Republics, Region, Islands, &c. Improved and Inlarged from D'Naville's Map: To which have been added the Discoveries of Parke Vaillant, Brown &c. Also A Particular Chart of the Gold Coast, wherein are Distinguished all the European Forts and Factories by S. Boulton: and also a Summary Description Relative to the Trade and Natural Produce, Manners and Customs of the African Continent and Islands.
The 1985 addition of the John Mosley Photograph Collection of over 500,000 photograph prints and negatives provides a rich visual history of notable Black entertainers, social and political personalities, and general social life of Pennsylvania's African-Americans. This collection is already becoming a valuable resource to researchers and cultural historians of African-American life and culture.
Oral History Collection
The Raymond Trent Oral History Collection contains thousands of taped proceedings and radio programs on Afro-American history and culture. The collection is also augmented by add recordings from the private collection Blockson and the Alpha Boule Society.
General Research and Reference Collections
The general Afro-American Collection over 25,000 volumes of Africana and Afro-Americana. Approximately 6,000 individuals visit and use the Blockson Collection annually. Bibliographic access to most of the Blockson Collection holdings is by card catalog and through the University Libraries' online computer system. The extensive vertical file is a reference tool that has recently been added to the Collection and provides researchers with invaluable information on all aspects of Black life and culture. The Blockson Collection contains standard bibliographic reference works that focus on Caribbean, African and Afro-American life and history.
Located in Sullivan Hall 011 the main campus of Temple University, the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection is a unit of the University Libraries' Special Collections. It is one of the larger Afro-America1l collections of its kind at a major university. Comprised of more than 40,000 items, the Blockson Collection continues to grow through the acquisition of both current and retrospective materials. An estimated 25,000 volumes grace the stacks of Sullivan Hall. An additional 3,500 volumes constitute the rare book holdings. Another 15,000 items of rare Afro-Americana include pamphlets, slave narratives, anti-slavery broadsides, signed letters, posters, photographs, sheet music, original phonograph recordings and statues. The Blockson Collection also houses a number of archival collections which contain primary source material from the private papers and manuscripts of prominent African-Americans.
While the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection is recognized as an important repository of early and rare Africana and Afro-Americana, it continues to gain a national and international reputation as a leading research facility for the study of African-American life and culture.
Charles L. Blockson, Afro-American Collection Curator.
The uniqueness of the Afro-American Collection derives from its curator, noted historian Charles L. Blockson, who is an integral and knowledgeable part of the collection. The bulk of the collection, formed privately by Mr. Blockson, bears his unmistakable stamp and definitiveness in a varietv of historical materials related to the African Diasporic experience. After more than forty years of collecting and assembling his Afro-American collection, Charles Blockson's long-standing conviction that libraries are the soul of a nation has been confirmed by Temple's vision and generosity in providing a home for this collection. According to Mr. Blockson, "no race of people should be deprived of the knowledge of itself." He insists that "historical knowledge must be given unto the world to whomever will accept it." As primary custodian of the Afro-American Collection, Blockson continues the long tradition of Afro-American bibliophiles in preserving the past for the future.
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To celebrate MacGyver's birthday iFixit have released this Action Hero Toolkit.
Housed nicely inside an Altos-sized tin, this kit contains a selection of the most useful everyday items to fuel your inner MacGyver in times of need.
The kit includes a bobby pin, a single match, a rubber band, a piece of unchewed bubble gum, a birthday candle, a paper clip, a shoelace, a one-cent stamp, and a small piece of duct tape. You'll need to provide your own Swiss Army Knife and mullet though.
The kit is selling for $9.95.


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|Yu-Gi-Oh! R - Duel Round 008
Fukaki Yami no Jūnin!!
|Japanese translation
Dweller of the Deep Darkness!!
Dweller in the Dark!!
|Release date(s)
|Card Gallery
| Japanese
|Chapter listing
|Yu-Gi-Oh! R chapter listing
|There Goes Jonouchi
|A Fearsome God Descends!!
"Dweller in the Dark!!", known as "Dweller of the Deep Darkness!! in the Japanese version, is the eighth chapter of the Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga. It was first printed in Japan on November 21, 2004 in V Jump magazine. It was later reprinted in volume 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh! R.
In the next block, Yugi is confronted by Maico Kato, the next card professor.
Featured Duel: Dark Yugi vs. Maico Kato
Turn 1: Yugi
Dark Yugi draws. He then Normal Summons "Big Shield Gardna" (100/2600) in Defense Position.
Turn 2: Maico
Maico draws. She then Normal Summons "Leprechaun" (400/200) in Attack Position. She equips it with "Poison Crossbow". Whenever it attacks, Maico will take no Battle Damage and the battled monster will be destroyed. "Leprechaun" attacks "Big Shield Gardna", destroying it via the effect of "Poison Crossbow". Maico Sets a card.
Turn 3: Yugi
Yugi draws. He then Sets two cards and Normal Summons "Jack's Knight" (1800/1200) in Attack Position. "Jack's Knight' attacks "Leprechaun", but Maico activates her face-down Field Magic Card: "Deep Forest", negating the attack.[Notes 1]
Turn 4: Maico
Maico draws. She then Sets a card. "Leprechaun" attacks "Jack's Knight", destroying it via the effect of "Poison Crossbow". Yugi activates his face-down "Spellbinding Illusion", decreasing the ATK of "Leprechaun" by 500 ("Leprechaun": 400 → 0/200).
Turn 5: Yugi
Yugi draws. He then Normal Summons "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" (1500/1200) in Attack Position. "Gazelle" attacks and destroys "Leprechaun" (Maico 4000 → 2500), with "Deep Forest" unable to negate the attack due to "Spellbinding Illusion". Since a Beast-Type monster controlled by Maico was destroyed this turn, Maico pays 1000 Life Points (Maico 2500 → 1500) to Special Summon "Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest" (2600/1800) from her hand in Attack Position.
Turn 6: Maico
Maico draws. She then activates "Chameleon Colors" and equips it to "Green Baboon", enabling it to attack directly when there is a face-up Field Magic Card. "Green Baboon" attacks directly (Yugi 4000 → 1400).
Turn 7: Yugi
Yugi draws "Archfiend of Gilfer". He then Tributes "Gazelle" to Normal Summon "Archfiend of Gilfer" (2200/2500) in Attack Position. Yugi activates "Flames of the Archfiend", which would destroy "Deep Forest" as he controls a Fiend-Type monster, but Maico activates her face-down "De-Spell", which would negate and destroy "Flames of the Archfiend". However, Yugi activates his own "De-Spell", negating and destroying Maico's "De-Spell". "Deep Forest" is destroyed. The next effect of "Flames of the Archfiend" deals 1000 damage to both players (Yugi 1400 → 400, Maico 1500 → 500) and decreases the ATK of "Green Baboon" of 1000 ("Green Baboon": 2600 → 1600/1800). "Archfiend of Gilfer" attacks and destroys "Green Baboon" (Maico 500 → 0).
Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.
- ↑ In the TCG/OCG, one cannot activate a Field Spell Card during the opponent's turn.


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How to reference JSF image resource as CSS background image url
Tags: css,jsf,jsf-2,resources,background-image
Problem :
I often, change the images of my buttons using the image attribute, but someone told me that it is a good practice to do it using .css I tried but i cant, what i am doing wrong? This is what i did:
1-The resources of my project are stored like this:
2-This is how i created the style.css for accessing the image
.c2 {
background: url(/resources/images/smiley.jpg);
3-This is how i access the css from the body of my page(Im sure this is correct because other classes in the same document works in other tags in this page)
<h:outputStylesheet library="css" name="style.css" />
4-This is how create a sample commandButton that uses the appropiated css class
<h:commandButton styleClass="c2"/>
I think the problem is in the .css, i tried a few combinations but none worked:
background-image: url(/resources/images/smiley.jpg);
background: url(resources/images/smiley.jpg);
background: url(smiley.jpg);
background: url(../smiley.jpg);
Where is the mistake?
update I managed to make it work by the following code:
.c2 {
background: url("#{resource['images:smiley.jpg']}");
Notice the difference when i use css(right) and when i use image attribute(left)
How could i solve this so the hold image is shown?
Solution :
When importing CSS stylesheets by
<h:outputStyleSheet>, the stylesheet is imported and processed by the
FacesServlet through
/javax.faces.resource/*. Look at the generated
<link> element pointing to the stylesheet in question and you'll understand.
You have to change all
url() dependencies to use
#{resource['library:location']} instead. JSF will then auto-substitute it with the right path. Given your folder structure, you need to replace
.c2 {
background: url("/resources/images/smiley.jpg");
.c2 {
background: url("#{resource['images/smiley.jpg']}");
Assuming that your webapp context name is
playground and that your
FacesServlet is mapped on
*.xhtml, then the above should end up in the returned CSS file as follows
.c2 {
background: url("/playground/javax.faces.resource/images/smiley.jpg.xhtml");
Noted should be that the JSF implementation will for determine only during the first request on the CSS file if it contains EL expressions. If it doesn't then it will for efficiency not anymore attempt to EL-evaluate the CSS file content. So if you add an EL expression to a CSS file for the first time, then you'd need to restart the whole application in order to get JSF to re-check the CSS file.
In case you wanted to reference a resource from a component library such as PrimeFaces, then prefix the library name, separated with
:. E.g. when you're using PrimeFaces "Start" theme which is identified by
.c2 {
background: url("#{resource['primefaces-start:images/ui-bg_gloss-wave_50_6eac2c_500x100.png']}");
This will be generated as
.c2 {
background: url("/playground/javax.faces.resource/images/ui-bg_gloss-wave_50_6eac2c_500x100.png.xhtml?ln=primefaces-start");
See also:
- How to reference CSS / JS / image resource in Facelets template?
- Changing JSF prefix to suffix mapping forces me to reapply the mapping on CSS background images
Unrelated to the concrete problem, the way how you use the
library is not entirely right. It's meant to be the common identifier/subfolder of all related CSS/JS/image resources. The key idea is to be able to change the entire look'n'feel by just changing the
library (which can be done by EL). You seem however to be relying on the default library. In that case, you could just omit the
library from your
<h:outputStylesheet> and
<h:outputStylesheet name="css/style.css" />


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A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer.
The tech asked her if she was "running it under Windows." The woman
responded, "No, my desk is next to the door. But that's a good point.
The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his
is working fine."
Tech Support: "OK Bob, let's press the control and escape keys at the
same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen.
Now type the letter 'P' to bring up the Program Manager."
Customer: "I don't have a 'P'."
Tech Support: "On your keyboard, Bob."
Customer: "What do you mean?"
Tech Support: "'P' on your keyboard, Bob."
Customer: "I'm not going to do that!"
Overheard in a computer shop:
Customer: "I'd like a mouse mat, please."
Salesperson: "Certainly sir, we've got a large variety."
Customer: "But will they be compatible with my computer?"
I once received a fax with a note on the bottom to fax the document
back to the sender when I was finished with it, because he needed to
keep it.
Customer in computer shop: "Can you copy the Internet onto this disk
for me?"
I work for a local ISP. Frequently we receive phone calls that
start something like this: Customer: "Hi. Is this the Internet?"
Customer: "So that'll get me connected to the Internet, right?"
Tech Support: "Yeah."
Customer: "And that's the latest version of the Internet, right?"
Tech Support: "Uhh...uh...uh...yeah."
Tech Support: "All right...now double-click on the File Manager
Customer: "That's why I hate this Windows - because of the icons -
I'm a Protestant, and I don't believe in icons."
Tech Support: "Well, that's just an industry term sir. I don't
believe it was meant to-"
Customer: "I don't care about any 'Industry Terms'. I don't believe
in icons."
Tech Support: "Well...why don't you click on the 'little picture' of
a filing cabinet...is 'little picture' OK?"
Customer: [click]
Customer: "My computer crashed!"
Tech Support: "It crashed?"
Customer: "Yeah, it won't let me play my game."
Tech Support: "All right, hit Control-Alt-Delete to reboot."
Customer: "No, it didn't crash-it crashed."
Tech Support: "Huh?"
Customer: "I crashed my game. That's what I said before. I crashed
my spaceship and now it doesn't work."
Tech Support: "Click on 'File,' then 'New Game.'"
Customer: [pause] "Wow! How'd you learn how to do that?"
Got a call from a woman said that her laser printer was having
problems: the bottom half of her printed sheets were coming out
It seemed strange that the printer was smearing only the bottom
half. I walked her through the basics, then went over and printed out
a test sheet.
It printed fine. I asked her to print a sheet, so she sent a job to
the printer.
As the paper started coming out, she yanked it out and showed it to
me. I told her to wait until the paper came out on its own.
Problem solved.
I had been doing Tech Support for Hewlett-Packard's DeskJet division
for about a month when I had a customer call with a problem I just
couldn't solve. She could not print yellow. All the other colors would
print fine, which truly baffled me because the only true colors are
cyan, magenta, and yellow. For instance, green is a combination of cyan
and yellow, but green printed fine. Every color of the rainbow printed
fine except for yellow.
I had the customer change ink cartridges. I had the customer delete
and reinstall the drivers. Nothing worked. I asked my coworkers for
help; they offered no new ideas. After over two hours of
troubleshooting, I was about to tell the customer to send the printer
in to us for repair when she asked quietly, "Should I try printing
on a piece of white paper instead of this yellow paper?"
A man attempting to set up his new printer called the printer's tech
support number, complaining about the error message: "Can't find the
On the phone, the man said he even held the printer up in front of
the screen, but the computer still couldn't find it.
And another user was all confused about why the cursor always moved in
the opposite direction from the movement of the mouse. She also
complained that the buttons were difficult to depress. She was very
embarrassed when we asked her to rotate the mouse so the tail pointed
away from her.
Customer: "Hello? I'm trying to dial in. I installed the software
okay, and it dialed fine. I could hear that. Then I could hear the two
computers connecting. But then the sound all stopped, so I picked up
the phone to see if they were still connected, and I got the message,
'No carrier,' on my screen. What's wrong?"
An unfailingly polite lady called to ask for help with a Windows
installation that had gone terribly wrong.
Customer: "I brought my Windows disks from work to install them on my
home computer." Training stresses that we are "not the
Software Police," so I let the little act of piracy slide.
Tech Support: "Umm-hmm. What happened?"
Customer: "As I put each disk in it turns out they weren't
Tech Support: "Do you remember the message exactly, ma'am?"
Customer: (proudly) "I wrote it down. 'This is not a Macintosh disk.
Would you like to initialize it?'"
Tech Support: "Er, what happened next?"
Customer: "After they were initialized, all the disks appeared to be
blank. And now I brought them back to work, and I can't read them in
the A: drive; the PC wants to format them. And this is our only set of
Windows disks for the whole office. Did I do something wrong?"


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Sunglasses are high on the radar screen for this Fall. Â Here's some reasons why.
"Sunnies" are a great fashion statement. They portray exactly your mood. One pair can say "hey I'm a fitness fanatic", another may scream "I'm a hot mess". For you fashion mavens, did you know there are other reasons for wearing your delicious eye frames? They just may be saving your beautiful blues, browns, grays, or greens–you get the picture. They are great fashion accessories but more importantly, sunglasses are extremely important when it comes to maintaining good eye health. From summer to winter, you've swapped your bikini for a bomber jacket and subbed out the salt spray for heavy-duty moisturizer, but that doesn't mean you should be leaving your sunglasses at home. The sun's rays don't take a vacation during the winter, and in fact they may be even harsher with a layer of snow on the ground. Your eyes need shade in all seasons, and that's enough of a reason to pick up a new pair often.
So grab your glasses and follow along with the reasons eye framing is great for you.
â Glare Reduction
By wearing this fashion accessory the sun's glare is reduced. So why is this important? If you wear sunglasses when driving you will cut down that glare that could be a killer to you or a loved one. Keep in mind that more than 100 people die each year due to temporary blindness from glare. Â Also, you don't want to miss George Clooney as he strolls by!
â UV Rays
You wear sunscreen on your skin to prevent burning right? It's just as important to protect your eyes from damaging radiation and ultra violet rays. When your eyes have that burning feeling and become fatigued, that's a sign you may have "sun burned" your eyes. Â Those red eyes never go with your makeup.
â Protection from Debris And Wind
Debris and wind can cause havoc with your peepers. When outdoors, you have no control over what may fly into your eyes. "Sunnies" will aid in protecting your eyes from any of this harmful debris. Wearing your fashion statements may block the wind and prevent dust from gaining access to your eyes. The resultant corneal abrasions can and do on occasion lead to blindness. Dry eye is another condition that may be helped by blocking that wind. Â So prevent all this in the first place, sister.
â Prevention of Squinting and Eye Strain
Do you find yourself constantly squinting and straining to see? Did you know that squinting is not only detrimental by reducing your field of vision but it can also lead to wrinkles around your peepers? So let's prevent those wrinkles and see this beautiful world with eyes wide open.
â Looking Cool and Feeling Fab
Now let's forget all the medical reasons you need to wear sunglasses. You need them because it will add some personality and individuality to your style. They suggest that youâre confident and know who you are. And of course for the fashion mavens out there, "sunnies" can turn you from an 8 to a 10 if you put the right ones on. Â Put Um On and Look Fab!
So there you are, the reasons fashion eyewear should be part of your life.
Turn It On and Look Fab!
Juetta West


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Getting the Most Out of B-School, Starting with Orienation
First year of B-school life passed so quickly. Without a real relaxation break, I have already begun my Internship at Fenwick & West, a Silicon Valley law-firm, conducting research about Venture Capital-backed companies and companies that have recent IPOs in the U.S.
Looking back, I can tell you about the change that the first year MBA training brought to me. I am very satisfied and happy about the first year B-school life. But there still space for improvement. And if I had that chance to do it again, I would change my actions in this way:
The internship search should begin on the first day. The #1 purpose of the MBA for most of us is to get a better career, and summer internship is a very important step in working towards this goal. Time goes by very quickly. Intensive classes, networking opportunities, club activities, and all your personal life will occupy your calendar. So if you don't think about internship search from the very beginning, you may miss it.
Siamac, one of our classmates, attended national career fairs right after orientation and he is the first person who got several offers and took an internship with a well-known, large company. All your efforts will be paid back, and you can see it as all of our classmates who got internship offers early began their searches early. I began my internship search a little late and I felt the growing pressure later. I may have the best excuse in the world – I gave birth to my second baby during the first quarter, all while keeping very good academic performance – but when I faced the reality that I wanted a good internship to prepare for the full time job search, there is no excuse. So: prepare for internship search as early as possible. How do you do that? Pay attention to Career Development's workshops and seminars to start; there is lots to learn.
MBA studying is very intensive, lots of reading, projects, and papers, which cover a broad range of topics. So spending some time to preview the course materials is necessary (at least for me). Some people think studying is not important for MBA student; I don't agree. Of course, job research, networking, and building leadership skills through activities is all important. But as MBA students, we are expected to deal with certain issues, for example, reading and analysis financial statements, writing a business plan, conducting quantities researches and understanding terminologies about finance, marketing, strategy, etc. While the title of MBA may good enough to get you in the door for an interview, I believe sooner or later the knowledge and skill of MBA education will matter. Think another way that you have invested your time and money in this two year program, why not gain knowledge and skill back as return. We are a business school, we should be able to calculate ROI. For me what I learned in the classroom has been extremely helpful in my internship. The first week I arrived at Fenwick, I was given a VC survey to edit, without the knowledge I learned from finance class (Professor Barber) and VC class (Professor Yasuda), I wouldn't have even been able to understand the VC survey. And the research methodology I learned from Professor Tsai's statistic classes gave me guidelines to the research I am doing, although I don't need to use those fancy and sophisticated statistic models (not that I didn't enjoy every minute of them, Professor Tsai!).
Our professors are so fantastic. Professor Barber's is amazing because he made Finance class easy to understand and relevant to our lives. Many of us wish we could have him teach more classes. I asked him several very fundamental questions, and he explained to me patiently. Hint: don't be shy to ask questions, as long as you are showing your willingness and effort to learn. Professor Tsai is GSM treasure; he has won so many awards. He was stern with us when we didn't meet his expectations, but he smiled sincerely when he saw our true improvement. He let us know what teaching with heart and soul means and what holding yourself and your team to the highest standard can help you achieve. As he said many times during the year, we can all be good, but we are not here to be good, we are here to be great. His class is absolutely not an easy class and requires more time and effort than any other, but if you do want to learn some solid quantitative and analytical skills, 203B and 285 are very good choices. Professor Elsbach's Organizational Behavior teaches us softer skills about people and about organizations. It is fun and inspiring. And I love Professor Dokko's Strategy because I can understand Michael Porter's books now…
Our classmates are treasure too. Our diverse background, from high-tech to healthcare, from campaign office to the U.S. Navy, from the Big Four to non-profit, and from consulting to investment banking, is hard to find elsewhere. There is so much to learn from each other.
Using the two-week orientation to transform from where ever you are now to being a full-time formal MBA student. Several small things can help:
Get used to wearing suit. A suit is the uniform of MBA student. It's not so comfortable compared to a T-shirt and jeans, but it's the icon of an MBA. So get familiar with the suit and make yourself look great and professional.
Familiarize yourself with some efficiency management applications, for example, Google calendar, Google doc, Dropbox, etc. These tools will be lifesavers balancing your busy schedule and working in teams through out your time in the program.
Prepare a professional photo and use it update all your online profiles, especially LinkedIn.
Accept and learn from the massive amounts of teamwork. The first year is filled with team work assignments, papers, and projects. Whether your team is assigned or your pick your team, get to know everyone and be open to the experience. Learn the pattern of teamwork and your skills and areas that need improvement. Identify your roles your can play to contribute most, for example, be a leader, contributor, completer, consul, or coordinator. And contribute as much as you possibly can, reputations are built from the first day and team recommendations carry great weight in the school and the business world.
Overall, have an incredible experience! Seize every moment you can – explore, dream, discover.