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Adam Kantor of 'The Last Five Years' dishes on his favorite Great Neck spot
A lot has happened for Great Neck native Adam Kantor in the past five years. So it seems apt that he's starring in a new, sleek, Off-Broadway revival of -- yes -- "The Last Five Years," a two-person musical that opened Tuesday at the Second Stage Theatre, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown (who also directed).
The show is a humorous, heart-wrenching pop opera inspired by Brown's failed first marriage, with Kantor as Jamie, a novelist who finds fame too fast, and "Drood's" Betsy Wolfe as Cathy, his wife.
Kantor, 26, who now lives in Manhattan, also found success early. In 2008, he went straight from Northwestern University to starring on Broadway in "Rent." He's also appeared in "Next to Normal" and "Avenue Q" Off-Broadway.
Were you just visiting your folks in Great Neck?
Yes. It's lucky I grew up so close. I can get fresh air, some home-cooked food. See my family. The city can be suffocating sometimes.
I heard your first day of rehearsal was rather... interesting.
It was an unusual first meeting. Betsy and I auditioned separately, so our first day of rehearsal, we show up, and it's a photo shoot for the ads -- all of a sudden, we're thrust into these intimate poses, kissing, hugging, after literally first having met.
Not a bad first day.
Yeah. It's funny -- we have little stage time together. It almost feels like two one-person shows, and then we meet at one point. The concept is . . . we're singing or speaking to the other person -- they're just not there. They're imagined. We rehearsed everything with each other, so we'd know how the other person would react. It starts to feel like there are two people onstage. And Betsy is such a wonderful, nuanced actress. She gave me so much to work with.
What's been toughest so far?
Ironically, the most challenging part is what's closest to me -- there's a song, "Moving Too Fast," about early success. Jamie's a novelist with a book deal. He's trying not to get cocky. And in my case. . . .
You were shot out of a cannon right from Northwestern.
Yeah. I'd never acted professionally before. All of a sudden, I'm starring in "Rent," in this legendary show at the end of its 12-year run.
Is that why this is hard -- did you get cocky with "Rent?"
I think I stayed relatively grounded. No... with "Rent," I became a bit disillusioned. After it closed, I didn't work for a while. I was like... what's going on? Don't I get a movie now? I didn't understand how this industry works. How starring in this huge Broadway show is still just one gig. I had to work and work to get that next job. I'm glad I went through that. Now I'm grateful for any opportunity.
Tell me about Jason Robert Brown.
His music is so rich... I have an anecdote: At Northwestern, you're required to work a crew freshman year -- so I was on the costume crew for a production of "Parade," which he wrote. My job was to wash the cast's underwear after the show. Jason came to see it and talked to the cast. I was standing in the back of the house, holding everyone's underwear... thinking... "One day, one day I'll work with him." And now here we are.
What do you miss about Great Neck?
My friends and I loved this restaurant Café Classico -- they had this killer salad with grilled chicken. It closed. We say, "Aww, man, Classico, where'd it go?"
What was your first big role?
In community theater in sixth grade I was Mr. Mushnick in "Little Shop of Horrors," and I followed that with a legendary Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof." I had great teachers -- Laura Stern, my high school drama teacher, and Jeffrey Gilden, who helms a program called STAGES, where you create a full-length musical from scratch. I soon began taking the train into the city, taking classes at Stella Adler. At 16, I became serious about it. I wanted to hone my craft.
Pretty cool of your folks to let you go into the city.
By the time I was 13, they were so open-minded. They let me take the train in by myself for classes and student rush tickets to shows. Other parents were saying to them, "Are you crazy? He's too young." But my parents let me do it. That was enormously influential.
And now here you are on the train again, en route to star in a show.
I know -- on the very train I'd take every weekend when I was 13.


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Even though the needle-in-a-haystack tea-identifying Roadblock on The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business brought him to tears and took him four hours to complete, Luke Adams says it was not as hard as the final memory task in the Season 14 finale. "The surfboards were much harder," he tells TVGuide.com. "It was just much harder because [my mom Margie and I] were so close to winning!" This time around, he was thisclose to throwing in the towel.
Amazing Race's Jaime and Cara: We wouldn't have U-Turned Kent and VyxsinHow did you decide that Luke would do the Roadblock?
Luke: Mom wasn't feeling well on the morning of the tea challenge so we thought it would be better if I did it. I'm glad I did it. I wouldn't want to make her sicker!Margie: I was recovering from a case of food poisoning and there was no way I was eating or drinking anything until I felt better. Luke volunteered to do it because he knew I was not feeling well.Did you get sick from drinking so much tea?
Luke: I just felt more bloated. It wasn't easy drinking tea for four hours.What were your tactics for finding the right cup? Did you smell any of the teas?
Luke: There's no skill involved. ... I had actually tried smelling and I couldn't tell any difference. There were so many smells in the room, so it made it much harder. ... [Mallory] actually said smelling [worked], but it didn't help.Did you ever consider taking a penalty when you were the last one left?
Luke: Yeah, I was ready to give up. I couldn't take drinking tea anymore, but at same time I really wanted to find the tea and hope that we could catch up with other teams and beat one of them to the mat.
Amazing Race's Mel: I wouldn't have quit had Mike not been there
Margie, what was going through your mind when he was struggling so much?
Margie: It was so painful to watch. He is always so concerned that he is letting me or the deaf community down, but that couldn't be further from the truth. He was drinking tea for four hours and I am sure he felt like quitting, but he wouldn't because he didn't want to let me down.
How much encouragement did the attendants at the task give you?
Luke: That was so nice of them! It meant so much especially after we finished last. It was really nice to have their encouragement and we knew that we had to keep going.
Margie: The little "tea men" were so sweet and encouraging. They clapped and cheered for Luke and Flight Time and when Luke finally got the tea and was given the clue. They were so happy for him they tried to lift him on their shoulders.
Why did you decide to do the art Detour? How long did that take?
Luke: The task clues were vague so we weren't sure which one would be faster, but the Ganesha task was much closer so we went for it.
Margie: Our cab driver told us that the trolly stop was closer than the book depot and Luke was not feeling well, so we chose the challenge where he would have to walk the least. It is hard to tell how much time goes by when you are doing a challenge, but we got to the challenge a little before Flight Time and Big Easy were finishing up.
What did Flight Time say to you when he hugged you guys?
Luke: He said good job and he didn't think he would have hung in there as long as I did. That was really nice of him!
Margie: I think Flight Time and Big Easy are the only other people on this earth that understand what Luke went through because Flight Time experienced it too. He hugged me and said he was very proud of Luke and he was surprised by his strength and he really admired him. That was one of the best moments of the Race for me. He is such a great guy.
How far behind the Globetrotters at the Pit Stop were you?
Margie: I think about 30 minutes.
Amazing Race's Amanda and Kris: We don't blame the U-Turn for our elimination
You seemed certain that you were last the way you walked to the Pit Stop. Did you have any hope at all of being safe?
Margie: We figured we were last. They had already had two [super-legs], so Luke and I figured that there would not be another one so soon.
How does this Race experience compare to your first one?
Luke: Much harder! It was just physically exhausting.
Margie: Both were amazing, but in Season 14, we were fortunate enough to race the entire Race and that is just the best. Sitting at elimination station while your friends are still racing is not so fun.
What are you up to now?
Luke: I'm doing a bit of traveling, so I'm really excited about it. I'm thinking about going to grad school this fall. I actually dropped out of grad school two years ago to do The Amazing Race.
Margie: Back to normal life, but I have a new man in my life — well, not a new man. He's someone I knew growing up [and he] found me on Facebook last year. And the only reason I was on Facebook was because Luke said I had to have a page for my "fans." Well, the fans were few and far between, but I did reconnect with my new guy, so thank you, Luke.

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The USB audio version of the Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter hasn't shipped yet, but Kanex just came out with an even more updated version of it with digital audio.
There isn't a whole lot to explain, other than the fact that the adapter is now basically set to deliver full audio quality to the video content played back on your Mac, and all through one HDMI cable. The previous version was held up because of manufacturing issues, so we'll have to see if this version suffers from the same difficulties. [Kanex]


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Full project title:European Data Network for Improved Transparency of Organic Markets
Project code:Grant agreement 289376
Contract period:1 February 2012 to 31 December 2014
Project webpage:http://www.organicdatanetwork.net/
Main funder:European Commission (FP7)
Contact staff at ORC:Susanne Padel
Other staff involved:Catherine Gerrard, Anja Vieweger
Project aims
The project, European Data Network for Improved Transparency of Organic Markets (OrganicDataNetwork) aims to increase the transparency of the European organic food market through better availability of market intelligence about the sector to meet the needs of policy makers and actors involved in organic markets.
This overall objective will be broken up into key objectives:
- Bring together stakeholders and bodies actively involved in organic market data collection and publication and review the needs of end-users with respect to organic market data
- Provide an inventory of relevant private and public bodies that are involved with the collection, processing and dissemination of organic market data in Europe
- Classify existing methods of organic market data collection and develop criteria for quality improvement of available data
- Collect, store in a common format and provide access to currently available data on organic markets in Europe
- Develop and test common methodologies to assess the consistency of national data, with special reference to available data on trade flows
- Test innovative approaches to improve the data collection and market reporting in six case study regions
- Disseminate project results and develop recommendations including a code of practise for organic market data collection and network beyond the conclusion of the project
To achieve these objectives, OrganicDataNetwork includes as partners bodies (from 10 countries) that collect, publish and analyse such data. This network will closely co-operate with the EC, Eurostat and statistical offices of Member States, using existing structures for collecting and processing data on the organic market and stimulating the development of new ones by adapting existing models. The partnership will act as co-ordinating centre between stakeholders, and will result in a proposal for the establishment of a permanent network to achieve collaboration on statistical issues regarding organic market.
ORC's role
ORC will be involved in all aspects of the project and will be leading two areas: inventory of organic market data collectors and case studies on improving data quality in selected country/regions.
The inventory of organic market data collectors:
An inventory of all public and private bodies as well as stakeholders that are active in the field of collection, processing and disseminating market data on organic agriculture will be compiled in order to be able to carry out further assessment of methodologies and data quality and involve relevant institutions in the dissemination activities. A survey questionnaire will be developed and distributed in electronic format to allow easy compilation of data.
Case studies on improving data quality:
The procedures for collection and publication of market data collection across Europe vary widely. Only countries with well-developed organic markets publish national market estimates or reports with variable coverage in what data are collected. Even in countries with relatively well-developed organic markets data are not nearly as detailed and reliable as in general agricultural and food industry statistics leading to a lack of transparency in the organic market. A number of problems have been reported ,such as lack of reliable estimates of the domestic market, lack of standardized categorization in retail sales data between different providers, lack of national reporting in production volume (in particular in relation to livestock) and in consumption volume and value, lack of collaboration and cross checking between different providers of data, lack of price data and lack of import and export data in volume and value and, lack of consistency in the use of control body data and inconsistencies between control body and ministry data in the context of market estimates.
The case studies proposed are aimed at facilitating national bodies to learn from each other as well as implementing data quality checking procedures developed in earlier parts of the project. Six case studies of comprehensive data checking and limited additional data collection at the levels of retail sales, price, trade-flows, and to a lesser extend production will be carried out. These include the four well-developed organic markets (Germany, France, Italy, and UK) and one country with less developed organic markets (Czech republic) and the Mediterranean Region, which includes several Candidate and Potential Candidate countries. In all of the selected countries/regions some initiatives to regularly collect and mostly publish organic market data already exists and the organisations publishing these reports will be directly involved in these case studies. Cross checking of data in each region will be carried out using methods and equations developed in earlier parts of the project adjusted to each specific case region/country.
Project leader and partners
- UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE (UPM) Italy (project leader)
- FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR BIOLOGISCHENLANDBAU STIFTUNG (FiBL) Switzerland
- UNIVERSITAET KASSEL (UKS) Germany
- CESKA ZEMEDELSKA UNIVERZITA v PRAZE (CULS) Czech Republic
- MEDITERRANEO DI BARI (IAMB) Italy
- AGENCE FRANCAISE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA PROMOTION DE L'AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE (ABIO) France
- AGRARMARKT INFORMATIONS GESELLSCHAFT MBH (AMI) Germany
- KAI KREUZER BMI Germany
- BIOCOP PRODUCTOS BIOLOGICOS S.A, Spain 1 36
- ECOZEPT GBR Germany
- MITTETULUNDUSUHING OKOLOOGILISTE TEHNOLOOGIATE KESKUS CEET Estonia
- INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL MOVEMENTS EUROPEAN UNION REGIONAL GROUP (IFOAM EU) Sweden
- IMO-CONTROL SERTIFIKASYON TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI, Turkey
- THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED, United Kingdom
All project deliverables can be accessed from the project webpage
Key project deliverables and ORC's deliverables are listed below.
Zanoli, Raffaele (2014) D7.1 Report on the synthesis of the key results and proposal for recommendations. Universitŕ Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Zanoli, Raffaele (2014) Data Network for better European Organic Market Information - D7.1 Recommendations. Universitŕ Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Gerrard, Catherine L; Vieweger, Anja and Padel, Susanne (2012) Inventory of data collecting and publishing institutions (Deliverable 2.1 of the OrganicDataNetwork project: Report on data collectors). OrganicDataNetwork project, c/o University of Ancona.
Gerrard, C.L.; Vieweger, A.; Alisir, L.; Bteich, M.-R.; Cottingham, M.; Feldmann, C.; Flechet, D.; Husak, J.; Losták, M.; Moreau, C.; Pugliese, P.; Rison, N.; Schaack, D.; Solfanelli, F.; Willer, H. and Padel, S. (2014) D6.7 Report on the experience of conducting the case studies. ( Deliverable 6.7 of the OrganicDataNetwork project). OrganicDataNetwork project, c/o University of Ancona.
All project publications can be accessed at Organic E-prints
Key publications and those involving ORC are listed below.
Feldmann, Corinna; Gerrard, Catherine L; Hamm, Ulrich; Home, Robert; Losták, Michal; Padel, Susanne; Schaack, Diana; Stolze, Matthias; Vairo, Daniela; Vieweger, Anja; Willer, Helga and Zanoli, Raffaele (editor): OrganicDataNetwork (Ed.) (2014) Data Network for better European Organic Market Information - Synthesis Report.
Gerrard, Catherine L; Padel, Susanne and Lampkin, Nic (2014) English Organic Producer Survey 2013. Report, no. 2/2014. Organic Research Centre, Newbury.
Gerrard, Catherine L; Home, Robert; Vieweger, Anja; Stolze, Matthias and Padel, Susanne (2014) Results of Surveys on Organic Market Data Collectors and End Users in Europe. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 4, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 1139-1142.
Other output
On 13th February 2014 Anja Vieweger presented our work at a workshop at the BIOFACH organic trade fair in Nuremburg, Germany. Read report on p13 of IFOAM EU group newsletter March 2014
Read article on our Survey of EU organic market data collectors here, published in ORC Bulletin 113
The second workshop of the OrganicDataNetwork project took place in Bari on July 10 and 11, 2014. Download presentations here


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Reading the article without knowing the history of this project could lead to the assumption that most of the historic Municipal Auditorium is being torn down. This is not the case.
The Municipal Auditorium opened in 1926. It has a Spanish Colonial Revival façade that was common in public buildings built at this time. A major fire in 1979 destroyed the interior, but not the façade. The building reopened with a new interior in the early 1980s.
The current plan is to preserve all the parts of the building that are original. That includes the façade, the center lobby and the reception side rooms off the left and right of the main lobby. The interior is what will be rebuilt for the second time.
The first rebuild did not alter the general design or layout of the original building. This new project does change the design of the interior significantly. Why? Without changing the interior to suit modern needs, this great old building will continue to be wildly underutilized. If we can't get more performances into this building, then eventually it will have to close. The current usage is not nearly sufficient to provide enough revenue to keep the building maintained.
There are lots of technical reasons most groups no longer use the Municipal Auditorium. Yogi Berra once said, "If they won't come, you can't stop them!" That is the current state of the building; most audiences just won't use it.
But, if you can redesign the audience and backstage areas, then you can have a huge increase in usage and a sustainable building. San Antonio has a significant shortage of available space and dates for performing arts spaces that work. The Majestic Theatre just can't house all that is offered by local and touring groups.
Some may ask, "Why does the interior have to be redesigned?" Well, the best analogy I can give is recordings. When this building was built, the 78 phonograph record had just replaced the cylinder as the main device for recorded music. 78s still work, but do you see anybody listening to them? iPods, iPads, mp3s, DVRs, and other digital devices have left all the old technologies in the dust. This is the way it always is – it's the inevitable technical progress that keeps us vital and sustainable. If this is true for recordings, why isn't it true for concert halls?
The Majestic Theatre was built as a silent movie house just before the Great Depression. (Please note the emphasis on the word silent.) It was not intended as a performing arts center. The new Tobin Center for the Arts will have vastly improved acoustics and the kind of audience amenities that modern music lovers demand. The technology of performing arts construction has taken huge leaps in the last 20 years. The original shape and configuration of the Municipal Auditorium interior just doesn't work for the standards audiences and artists demand today.
But, that doesn't mean it has no historic or artistic value. Preserving the Spanish Colonial Revival façade is a great idea. Another important part of this history is that the original building was built as a memorial to veterans of WWI. Across the street from the Auditorium are memorials to the veterans of all wars. How does leaving the building empty most of the time honor these veterans? By transforming the interior into a world class performing arts center, while preserving the parts that remain from the original, the audiences that use the building and honor those veterans will increase exponentially.
Our community approved the bond issue that is part of the funding of the Tobin Center for the Arts by an overwhelming majority. IF THIS IS DONE RIGHT, and our old friend, the Municipal Auditorium, is transformed into a modern and technically excellent building, then the citizens of San Antonio will be served. Every time someone enjoys a performance, they will marvel at both the historic beauty of the façade, the dazzling brilliance of the interior, and they'll reflect on the sacrifice of the veterans being honored. I call that a WIN-WIN.
Jack Fishman
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Bit of a speed bump here in just the second week of what I'd hoped would be a regular feature. Our commentator is AWOL. I'm still uploading the video so you can see what Madden NFL 12 predicts for this week's marquee matchup between New England and San Diego.
Where's Demetry? Well, life is what happens when you're making plans to play Madden, let's say. I had to substitute in longtime reader Chewblaha to play in Demetry's place, and then at the last minute we just couldn't cut the audio track. You can still see the highlights of what Chewie and I wrought. It is 100 percent hit-yourself-in-the-face stupid.
Look for the Chargers' Philip Rivers to throw three utterly boneheaded interceptions and make the New England defense look a lot better than it actually is. Defending passes to the tight end continues to be a problem for me, as New England's Rob Gronkowski hauls in six catches for 152 yards and the game winning touchdown with three seconds left in a 14-7 Patriots win.
Because it was me and Chewie, there's a lack of stupid stuff in here, although he did defer the kickoff after winning the coin toss and I did try to pull a really dumb fake field goal pass. This game actually featured four punts.
Of course, it'd be a lot funnier if we had Demetry's commentary on top of it but, we don't. Anyway, enjoy. Don't know if we'll be back next week. If not, it was fun while it lasted.
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I've had this idea for a crochet tea cosy pattern buzzing around in my head for ages, but I've only just gotten around to having a go at a prototype. It needs some work, particularly planning out the colour changes, but I love how the texture turned out.
I'm already working on a second version, and I'm taking loads of notes so I should be able to post the pattern soon. I couldn't resist knitting another super chunky tea cosy too (link to free pattern here).
I seem to be caught up in a balancing act between trying to finish numerous half finished projects and getting all my christmassy ideas made in time. These lavender bags have been sitting on my work table for weeks waiting to be filled and stitched up. They were made from scraps of felted charity shop jumpers, and odds and ends from my rag bag. They're more just plain shabby than shabby chic, but I made them to use, not to give away or sell, so they don't have to be perfect!
They are stuffed with the finest dried lavender that ebay can provide, and I added a few drops of lemongrass essential oil. Not only does it make the lavender bags smell heavenly, it also helps to ward off the dreaded Moth. I've already tucked one inside the drawer with my New Dawn crochet jumper, so hopefully it will remain un-nibbled!
Tea pots aren't the only things I've been knitting cosies for recently. I've been knitting these bauble covers from last month's Molly Makes magazine. I had to experiment a bit with the tension to make them fit the baubles as they were a slightly different size to the ones in the pattern.
Finding a box of plain baubles that were all one size proved to be a bit of a challenge as they all seem to come in mixed sizes this year. I eventually found some in Homebase, and it was worth shopping around so I could get the fit right, then I could concentrate on playing around with the fairisle pattern. The pale blue ones with the arrows and diamond pattern were the ones from the magazine, but I think I prefer the stripey one and the one with the hearts, which were my own variations. Maybe I'll even get through the whole box of 36 baubles!
I don't like posting pictures of presents before I've given them, but I couldn't resist taking a sneaky photo of the blanket I've just finished for nieceling no 2 for Christmas.
How gorgeous are those colours? I'll do a proper post after Christmas, but of the four blankets I've made with this pattern, this one is definitely my favourite!
I may have rather rashly promised to make another of these blankets for my neighbour, but only once Christmas is out of the way. Then I might just have to make another rainbow one just for me!
Beth 🙂


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The General Panini Projection
The general Panini projection is an adjustable projection, or more properly a parameterized family of projections, that can render convincing simulated perspectives on fields of view up to 150 degrees wide, or even wider in some cases. It was first implemented in early 2009 in the panorama viewer, Panini, and in limited form in the panotools library. This page describes the improved version that was added to the library in January 2010.
For best results the general Panini projection should be used interactively: adjust the control parameters until your image looks just right. Much of this discussion assumes you will be using the 'fast' preview window in the 2010 version of hugin for that. However, with experience it is possible to get very nice results with the command line tool, PTmender, as well.
Your panotools and hugin must have been built after 18 January 2010, from panotools source version SVN 1235 and hugin source version SVN 4911 or later.
The general Panini projection is controlled by three parameters.
The main parameter, called compression and labelled 'Cmpr' in the hugin preview, has a range of 0 to 150 (you can think of that as percent). It adjusts the overall form of the projection between the completely uncompressed rectilinear projection (Cmpr = 0) and the maximally compressed orthographic cylindrical projection (Cmpr = 150) with the standard Pannini (stereographic cylindrical) projection at Cmpr = 100.
The maximum horizontal field of view varies with Cmpr, from 160 degrees at Cmpr = 0 to 320 degrees at Cmpr = 100, then back to 180 degrees at Cmpr = 150. Hugin's FOV sliders automatically respect these limits. If you enter an infeasible hfov value in a script (for PTmender, for example) the actual image width will be the largest feasible value.
Two secondary parameters, labeled 'Tops' and 'Bots', control vertical 'squeeze' adjustments applied to the top and bottom halves of the image, for the purpose of reducing the curvature of horizontal lines. These have a range of -100 to 100. There is no squeeze when the parameter is zero. Positive values invoke a 'hard' squeeze, that can exactly straighten horizontal lines, but only over a limited range of about 160 degrees. Negative values invoke a 'soft' squeeze that works for wider fields of view but cannot eliminate all curvature.
Reducing the curvature of horizontal lines comes at the cost of increasing the curvature of radial lines. The effect is strongest far from image center. It can be hard to see at a field of view of 120 degrees but becomes very evident when the field of view is 150 degrees or more.
Appropriate Images
The general Panini projection is suitable for subjects that have a lot of architectural content, especially interiors. It works best for views that have a single central vanishing point -- straight down a city street, or the aisle of a church, for example. However it is useful for oblique interior views too. It does not work well on close-up exterior views of large buildings, especially when looking toward a corner of the building.
Visual Effects
A Panini perspective seems to combine telephoto and wide angle views in one image. Compared to a rectilinear view of the same width, the center is magnified and depth seems flattened (telephoto effects). At the same time, the field of view can be very wide, without the peripheral distortion (stretching) that is so noticeable when a rectilinear perspective is pushed too far. And somehow the view tends to look even wider than it actually is.
Distortionless Wide-Angle Photos
One of the best uses of the general Panini projection is simulating rectilinear perspective, without peripheral distortion, on fields of view typical of wide angle to super-wide angle camera lenses, say in the range of 75 to 120 degrees. A comparatively small adjustment to the rectilinear projection is enough, compression 25 to 50%, plus a hard squeeze to straighten prominent transverse lines. The appropriate squeeze strength depends on the inclination of those lines: 100% if they are horizontal, as little as 20% if inclined 45 degrees.
Perspective Views from Fish-Eye Photos
Hugin with the general Panini projection is an excellent 'de-fishing' tool. Load a fisheye image; adjust pitch and roll angles to make the true vertical vertical in the view, then adjust the g.P. parameters for a good perspective.
Tip: if vertical lines look curved in the g.P. view, changing the lens focal length may straighten them. This just means that the fisheye lens model in panotools doesn't match the projection function of your lens very well. For even better results, you could set the lens fov and a,b,c distortion parameters to values that were optimized on a well-aligned spherical panorama made with the same lens.
Ultra-Wide Views from Panoramas
With a properly aligned panorama as the source image, the g.P.p. can be used like any other projection to render views in various directions, but it is best for views where the line of sight is level, not tilted up or down. You can use hugin's cropping feature to eliminate unwanted areas at the top or bottom, however to get a perfectly framed view it is often necessary to crop the rendered image later.
It is often possible to render a convincing view 180 degrees or more wide, where the subject has a strong central perspective. Only the soft squeeze can be used on such wide fields, as the hard squeeze has singularities (goes to infinity) at +/- 90 degrees.
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France's lower house has approved an amended version of the controversial three-strikes legislation intended to crack down on illegal downloads.
The French National Assembly passed the anti-piracy bill today by a 285 votes to 225, with the ruling majority UMP in favor and the Socialist Party leading opposition votes.
Before the legislation is definitively adopted, it will go to a parliamentary commission of seven senators and seven members of the lower house to pen a final draft that's acceptable to both houses. But the Socialists say they will appeal again to the Constitutional Court to have the bill blocked.
The Sarkozy administration championed the bill though legislation in May, creating a new state agency, the Higher Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Copyright on the Internet (HADOPI), to oversee temporarily disconnecting individuals from the internet if they are accused of online copyright infringement three times.
In June, France's top court rejected the law as unconstitutional, saying Hadopi lacks the authority to shut down web access without a trial. The bill adopted today leaves it to a judge to order disconnections through an "ordonnance pénale" - a simplified proceeding that doesn't include the presence of the person accused of copyright infringement unless an appeal is filed.
Opponents say they will challenge the law again in front of the Constitutional Council because it deprives the accused of being able to defend themselves properly. France's Ministry of Culture estimates that 1,000 people a day could be cut off from the internet under the bill.
After first being sent a warning email and then a formal letter by Hadopi, those accused of illegal file-sharing for a third time could be disconnected for up to a year and face a €300,000 fine and jail time.
Even those found guilty of "negligence" for allowing others (such as their children) to pirate online material risk a month-long internet suspension and a €1,500 fine. ®


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High Speed Traders Are Robbing Us All
High frequency trading, in which superfast computer algorithims buy and sell stocks in fractions of a second, is little more than a tax on financial markets that goes directly into private pockets. There's more news today about how ridiculous the practice has become.
Why do financial markets exist? Ostensibly, they exist to funnel capital to its most productive uses. That is what redeems them, socially. They are supposed to fulfill that beneficial purpose, in order to make all the high salaries of Wall Street motherfuckers at least theoretically tolerable. High frequency trading, on the other hand, has no socially redemptive value at all. It is a way for the person with the fastest fiber optic cable to suck money out of the financial markets for their own benefits. It is, essentially, a tax, on everyone, for which we get nothing in return. It is an entire industry that contributes to nothing but the enrichment of high frequency traders.
High frequency traders love to pay exorbitant prices in order to receive corporate or financial press releases a fraction of a second before the general public, because they can use their ultrafast algorithims to trade on the information therein fractions of a second before everyone else, thereby making themselves money. The Wall Street Journal today looks at the latest manifestation of this practice: paying for a "direct feed" from press release service BusinessWire. The paper explains, millisecond by millisecond, how trading firms used an advantage of around a tenth of a second receiving a press release to sell $800,000 worth of stock in a company that announced poor earnings. The practice is widespread enough to move the entire market:
Market volatility in the seconds after the 4 p.m. Eastern time stock-market close has increased in recent years as high-speed firms race to trade on market-moving information such as earnings reports, which are often released immediately after the closing bell, according to Eric Hunsader, founder of Nanex. Swings of at least 0.3% in Nasdaq stocks within the first second after 4 p.m. rose about 30% in the two years ended Dec. 31, 2013, from the previous two years, according to Nanex data.
That is not productive finance. That is farce. Trading a stock several times in one second does not help allocate capital. It just skims money off the top for a select few. Ban this shit.
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Rather than be used for 3D photos and video, Samsung's proposing that this dual-lens camera patent could actually help compact cameras capture a shallower depth of field, where focused objects stand out more, and backgrounds are blurred.
It'd work like two cameras, with one lens taking a shot at a lower resolution, and the second lens taking a shot at a higher resolution. When conjoined instantly by the camera's processor, the single image should make the object focused on pop out more, with the background blurred, in the typical "open" aperture style.
While it's only a patent application, it will be fascinating to see if Samsung goes ahead with their idea—and if they can resist the temptation of throwing in some 3D capabilities and a lofty price-tag, too. [Patent via Photography Bay via Wired]


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Our producers travel the country scouting out only the hottest destinations to feature on 1st Look, so they've become quite the experts on hotels. Producer Allison Jarvis shares her favorite L.A. picks (and one south of the border!).
Capella Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas
By far, the most amazing hotel I've stayed at is Capella Pedregal in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The grounds are breathtaking, and every room is oceanfront and has its own private pool. The moment you step onto the property you feel relaxed and like royalty, which makes it a really hard place to leave.
SLS, Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, one of the most fun places to check out is the unique and celebrity-studded SLS. The most exciting and unforgettable aspects of the hotel are Philippe Starck's design and the famously innovative restaurant The Bazaar by Jose Andres.
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A lesser-known spot that I love in L.A. is the boutique El Tres Silverlake Inn. It's a tiny tucked-away place above El Chavo Restaurant with a really cool vibe. It's an edgy but warm spot in one of my favorite L.A. neighborhoods, and a stay there gets you a free margarita at the bar downstairs.
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Business leaders are giving poor reviews to a tentative state budget that officials in Albany say is focused on economic growth.
The National Federation of Independent Business calls the budget deal a "regressive message to small business owners." It opposes the minimum-wage increase in the budget.
The Unshackle Upstate business group criticizes the budget for taking too long to phase out a big energy tax.
And the independent Citizens Budget Commission says extending a temporary income tax on millionaires a second time to pay for tax cuts is "shortsighted" and "politically expedient."
That tax will help pay for rebate checks in an election year.
Still, the commission credits the deal for keeping state spending increases under 2 percent and for paving the way for the third straight on-time budget.


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Choosing the right meat for a perfect pot roast is top of the list. Select a thick cut (1 to 2 inches thick) from the beef chuck (shoulder) with or without the bone, frequently called a chuck roast.
This tough cut of meat, when cooked right, transforms into tender succulence.
Classic Pot Roast with Mushrooms
Serves 10.
� 3 pounds chuck roast (about 2 inches thick)
� 1 t salt
� 1 t black pepper
� 3 T olive oil, divided
� 2 1/2 cups thinly sliced yellow or white onion
� 3/4 cup diced carrot
� 3/4 cup diced celery or celery root
� 1 parsnip, peeled and diced
� 8 garlic cloves, chopped
� 1 pound shiitake or portabello mushrooms, sliced
� 1 t chili powder
� 1 1/2 cups reduced-sodium, low-fat beef broth
� 8 ounces tomato sauce
� 1 1/2 cups red wine
� 1 1/2 t dried thyme leaves
� 2 bay leaves
� 1 T cornstarch
� 2 T cold water
Preheat oven to 300 F. Trim beef of all visible fat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large Dutch oven. Add beef and brown on all sides. Remove from pan.
Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, onion, carrot, celery and parsnip to pan. Saut� until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Add garlic, mushrooms and chili powder and cook 3 minutes.
Return meat to pan. Add broth, tomato sauce, red wine, thyme and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover, place in oven and cook 3 to 3 1/2 hours, until beef is fork tender. (There will be lots of liquid.)
Dissolve cornstarch in cold water. Pour cornstarch mixture into pan, stirring constantly. Return to oven and cook 15 minutes or until sauce thickens.
Per serving: 440 calories, 19 g fat, 105 mg cholesterol, 42 g protein, 18 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 510 mg sodium.
� Recipe by Chef Chris Koetke, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Chicago


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It was his wedding day, and it was the mother-and-son dance. He surprised her, dipping her. And then he surprised himself and dropped her.
PLYMOUTH – It was his wedding day, and it was the mother-and-son dance. He surprised her, dipping her. And then he surprised himself and dropped her.
Long Pond Physical Therapy co-owners Brian Faghan and Andy Burke have heard it all. The mother limped in, her hand on her back.
"He was trying to spin her and wound up dropping her on the dance floor," Faghan said. "He tried to put her into a dip and she just went right to floor. She was laughing about it. She was sore; it wasn't like a major injury."
Long Pond Physical Therapy at 110 Long Pond Road is celebrating 15 years in business, and Faghan and Burke say the key to their success is their success rate.
"We have great teams assembled at both locations," Faghan said. "Our clients experience recovery from injuries and surgeries and become great referral sources as they share their success stories. The healing process can be grueling at times, so we attempt to inject some fun into the visits, while still focusing on expedient recovery. Our growth over the years is a tribute to our clients and staff."
The company has a second location at 30 Schoosett St., Pembroke.
Faghan and Burke were working as physical therapists at Long Pond Physical Therapy when they bought the company 15 years ago. Their team of physical therapists, they say, has helped patients regain movement after injuries and overcome restrictions from surgeries, arthritis and other painful joint disorders.
Faghan and Burke, and the rest of the Long Pond Road Physical Therapy team, work with clients to correct muscle imbalances, prescribing corrective exercises and helping patients through joint mobilization work while lying on a table.
"One of the best cases I saw was a spinal cord injury," Faghan said. "When he initially came to us he could barely weight bear or walk. He returned to 100 percent. It took lower extremity conditioning to get him back to work. It was spinal shock, damage to the spinal chord, which is severe. He was in a motorcycle accident."
Long Pond Physical Therapy's service encompasses a wide range of therapies, including stretching, strengthening, joint mobilization and manipulation, gait training and analysis, balance training, taping, neuromuscular reeducation, ultrasound, electrical stimulation and more. The company works with physicians and health practitioners to develop the right therapies for every patient.
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Faghan is a past Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year and Burke and team member Meghan Keller are recipients of the "Cape & Plymouth Business Magazine 40 under 40" award.
Long Pond Physical Therapy offers bi-monthly balance classes for seniors through the Council on Aging and works with local colleges to offer clinical education for physical therapy students.
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It's almost identical in pictures on eBay, but a "Prototype" iPhone 4 is a "But It Now" bargain of $10,000. The bidding has reached $4,500 for a "***RARE*** Apple iPhone 4 32 GB N90AP PROTOTYPE UNRELEASED SWITCHBOARD TESTER UNIT."
Found first by 9to5Mac, the device sports a strange logo on the back, almost like a moon -- or maybe a Death Star homage. 9to5Mac calls the symbol a "protologo."
And, in due course, the protologo now has a Twitter handle, promising if anyone can find another protologo out there, the reward is one's "own internet."
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The eBay listing reads: "Iphone (sic) 4 Prototype/Tester unit. This is one of a VERY small amount of Apple prototype devices and never seen on ebay... THIS IPHONE is a functional representation of this design. This iPHONE (again, sic) is not only unique in it's (sic) hardware, but it's running Apple's software testing suite, called SwitchBoard. USUALLY THESE PROTOTYPES ARE DISABLED BY APPLE BUT THIS ONE IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL."
Naturally, this all tough to swallow, especially the last little jagged bit: if Apple can wipe any phone, anywhere why not wipe one that was swiped?
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1) How much space do I have? – Say X * Y rectangular area is the available size.
2) I will draw an approximate Circle (Or ellipse) inside the X*Y space. Assuming that the Radii are 'Rx and Ry'
3) How many items are there to arrange? Say N – number
4) I know that 360 degrees are the total angular space for a circle. So angular distance between each item will be 360/N degrees.
6) I can calculate the coordinate point to which an item should be placed. That is by doing the following simple trigonometry operation. The coordinate point will be at Rx * Cos (Angle), Ry*Sin (Angle).
The math can be visualized from the figure bellow.
It is so interesting that WPF has kept the custom panel implementation in such a way that we can easily code the above steps directly in to code. First of all you have to create a class derived from the System.Controls.Panel. The two methods we need to override are
protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size availableSize) - In this pass you can do the following.
- Iterate the collection of children that are part of layout, call Measure() on each child element.
- Compute the net desired size of the parent based upon the measurement of the child elements.
protected override Size ArrangeOverride(Size finalSize) -
- Iterate the collection of children that are part of layout, call Arrange() function on each child element.
- Compute the net final size of the panel based upon the arrangement of the child elements.
Here is the implementation of the RadialPanel. Hope the comments in between explains the relvance of each step.
public class RadialPanel : Panel
// Measure each children and give as much room as they want
protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size availableSize)
foreach (UIElement elem in Children)
//Give Infinite size as the avaiable size for all the children
elem.Measure(new Size(double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity));
return base.MeasureOverride(availableSize);
//Arrange all children based on the geometric equations for the circle.
protected override Size ArrangeOverride(Size finalSize)
if (Children.Count == 0)
return finalSize;
double _angle = 0;
//Degrees converted to Radian by multiplying with PI/180
double _incrementalAngularSpace = (360.0 / Children.Count) * (Math.PI / 180);
//An approximate radii based on the avialable size , obviusly a better approach is needed here.
double radiusX = finalSize.Width / 2.4;
double radiusY = finalSize.Height / 2.4;
foreach (UIElement elem in Children)
//Calculate the point on the circle for the element
Point childPoint = new Point(Math.Cos(_angle) * radiusX, -Math.Sin(_angle) * radiusY);
//Offsetting the point to the Avalable rectangular area which is FinalSize.
Point actualChildPoint = new Point(finalSize.Width / 2 + childPoint.X - elem.DesiredSize.Width / 2,finalSize.Height / 2 + childPoint.Y - elem.DesiredSize.Height / 2);
//Call Arrange method on the child element by giving the calculated point as the placementPoint.
elem.Arrange(new Rect(actualChildPoint.X, actualChildPoint.Y, elem.DesiredSize.Width, elem.DesiredSize.Height));
//Calculate the new _angle for the next element
_angle += _incrementalAngularSpace;
return finalSize;
And finally the XAML file and its preview has shown bellow from VS2008 , And you can use the same Panel class in a SilverLight2.0 project with the same XAML usage .
The XAML for this is pasted bellow.
<Window x:Class="WPFSample.Window1"
Title="Window1" >
<ItemsPanelTemplate x:Key="radialTemplate">
<local:RadialPanel />
<DataTemplate x:Key="enumTemplate">
<Rectangle Width="20" Height="20" Fill="{Binding Name}" ToolTip="{Binding Name}" Stroke="#FF000000"/>
<ItemsControl Name="itemsControl" ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource enumTemplate}" ItemsPanel="{DynamicResource radialTemplate}"/>
You will also need this in the code behind to set the ItemsSource property of the ItemsControl.
itemsControl.ItemsSource = typeof(Colors).GetProperties();
For more details about the WPF Panel concept, I recommend you to read Dr.WPF's ItemsControl: 'P' is for Panel


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Gibson Harrison-Clapton 1957 Les Paul Standard "Lucy"
Harrison-Clapton 1957 Les Paul Standard "Lucy" Some guitars are highly prized for their vintage; others are desirable for their associations with major artists; very few are both. Now Gibson Custom brings together George Harrison and Eric Clapton, two of the greatest rock legends of all time, with one stunning instrument—the Harrison-Clapton 1957 Les Paul Standard "Lucy." This historic Les Paul is a strictly limited edition of just 100 guitars worldwide and is offered exclusively by Guitar Center in North America.
Thanks to the painstaking research undertaken by guitar writer Andy Babiuk (author of the book Beatles Gear), the Harrison-Clapton 1957 Les Paul Standard "Lucy" arrives at a time when the full history of this well-traveled guitar is finally known.
The music world knows this guitar best as the red Les Paul that George Harrison used on so many Beatles recordings in the final years of the band's career, but the guitar—originally a 1957 Goldtop with Bigsby vibrato, with the serial number 7–8789—passed through the hands of three other major stars before landing with Harrison in 1968. Babiuk traced the first notable ownership of "Lucy" to the Lovin' Spoonful's guitarist John Sebastian. It went to guitar-legend Rick Derringer around 1966, and it was Derringer who had it refinished to an SG-style cherry red, and the Bigsby removed, at the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo some time shortly after. The only trouble was, the guitar just didn't feel the same to Derringer after the work, so he swapped it for a sunburst Les Paul at Dan Armstrong's guitar shop in Manhattan, NY... where Eric Clapton purchased it shortly after.
According to Mal Evans in The Beatles Monthly, Clapton gave the Les Paul to his good friend George Harrison in early August of 1968, but it first made Beatles history back in Clapton's hands again on September 6 of that year, when Harrison invited the Cream star to record the now-legendary solo to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," for which he used his recent gift to the Beatle. After a further hiccup in the ownership of Lucy—involving the theft of the guitar in a burglary of his Beverly Hills home and its convoluted recovery from an owner in Mexico—this refinished 1957 Les Paul stayed with Harrison throughout his career, appearing on several solo recordings and performances.
The Harrison-Clapton 1957 Les Paul Standard "Lucy" has been painstakingly recreated by Gibson Custom through intimate examination of the original, thanks to the generous cooperation of the George Harrison estate. Notable details include a plain-maple top with off-center seam (a feature of many '50s Goldtops) now visible through its transparent Cherry Red finish; a one-piece lightweight mahogany body; a nylon nut; and two Custom Buckers with lesser-seen Alnico III magnets, wound to closely match the specs and tone of Lucy's original 1957 PAF pickups. The playing feel of this legendary Les Paul is further retained in Lucy's neck profile, a full, rounded '50s shape that measures 0.907" at the 1st fret and 0.980" at the 12th, which has been taking from precise measurement of the original. Telltale modifications that Lucy received over the years—a set of nickel Grover™ kidney button tuners and a replacement '70s truss-rod cover engraved "Custom"—complete this stunningly accurate recreation.


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Meanwhile, milk supply meets demand, but little remains for spot purchases -- a situation that won't disappear anytime soon.
After nearly six weeks of cheese trading in the price range of $1.82-$1.90, prices were finally able to break out to the upside. The block price quickly moved to and through $2.00, reaching $2.0825, the highest price since Aug. 10, 2011, before posting a decline.
Even though the October and November futures indicate Class III prices near $21.00, it is little consolation during a time when profitability is non-existent in many cases. (This certainly is after the fact for those who have been forced out of the business of producing milk.)
Current excitement of higher cheese, butter and milk futures prices is magnified by the fact that grain prices have been trending lower. This improved the milk/feed ratio marginally. The ratio for September was 1.46, up from 1.36 in August. Despite the 10-cent increase in the soybean price to $16.30 per bu. and the increase in the alfalfa hay price by $2.00 to $205.00 per ton, corn declined 28 cents to $7.35 per bu. The All-Milk price jumped $1.00 to $19.10, resulting in the improvement to the milk/feed ratio.
Farms that have been able to receive the benefit of the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments have been in a significantly better position. Over $1.00 per cwt. has been added to income for each of the past five months, with the largest payment made in July at $1.7441.
These payments are about to come to an end. Since Sept. 1, the calculation of the MILC payment has reverted back to what it had been. Payment calculations will decline to 34% from the previous 45%. The feed adjuster will move up to $9.50 per cwt. of the National Average Dairy Feed Ration, up from $7.35 per cwt. Eligible production will revert back to 2.4 million pounds from the previous 2.985 million pounds. The MILC payment for August is $1.2943. If the current calculation was in place during August, there would not have been an MILC payment.
If Congress agrees on a new farm bill there will be no MILC payment, as there is no provision for it. If Congress agrees on a 3-month extension of the current farm bill, calculations for the MILC that have been in place since Sept. 1 will be in effect, potentially minimizing or eliminating any further payments.
The dry whey price has been slowly and steadily increasing. The current weekly AMS price is $0.5930 per pound, the highest level since April 7. There is some indication prices may be at or near a plateau. Supply is sufficient, with resellers offering loads to supplement manufacturer supplies.
Seasonal growth in milk production is taking place but not at the usual pace. Increased production per cow is being offset by heavy culling. Milk supply is sufficient for demand, but little is left over for spot purchases. This situation is not going to go away anytime soon. Feed prices have been trending lower but will remain historically high the rest of this marketing year. Limited feed supply and high feed prices will keep the nation's dairy herd from expanding and thus limit overall milk output.
We have no further recommendations to hedge milk at this time. Hedges that are in place through the end of the year should be held. Previously sold put options should be held to expiration to improve hedge prices. Feed prices need to be watched closely, with call options rolled down before harvesting is complete. Continue to hedge feed prices utilizing options or option spreads to allow for the ability to capture lower prices if they develop.
Upcoming reports:
- Global Dairy Trade auction on Oct. 2
- August Dairy Product Production on Oct. 3
- World Agricultural Supply and Demand report on Oct. 11
Robin Schmahl is a commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, a full-service commodity brokerage firm located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He can be reached at 877-256-3253 or through their website at www.agdairy.com.
The thoughts expressed and the data from which they are drawn are believed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Any opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. There is risk of loss in trading and my not be suitable for everyone. Those acting on this information are responsible for their own actions.


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A small start-up company in Grenoble, France has conceived and executed an awesome idea: the Short Edition vending machine! More: Short Édition h/t: art-sheep The art of storytelling goes back more than 17,000 years to the earliest known place, the Lascaux Caves in southwestern France, where ancient stories are told through painted symbols on the walls of the caves. Short Édition is keeping this...
SOURCE: https://designyoutrust.com/2020/08/this-awesome-vending-machine-offers-short-stories-and-poems-instead-of-snacks/
Marcos Beccari is a watercolor painter and philosopher. He was born in Sao Paulo, December 26, 1987. He has a PhD in Philosophy of Education from the University of São Paulo, MSc in Design and graduated in Graphic Design, both from the Federal University of Paraná. He currently works as Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Paraná, lecturing in the Graphic Design Course and in the...
SOURCE: https://designyoutrust.com/2020/08/let-the-water-be-your-guide-the-ultra-realistic-watercolor-paintings-of-marcos-beccari/
This Catalogue of Bean's Patent Police Equipments from 1891 features a range of weaponry and apparatus for keeping the peace, enforcing the status quo and cracking the heads of anyone deemed criminally deviant. Produced in Boston by John P. Lovell Arms Co., this is a policeman's 'how-to' guide. h/t: flashbak In addition to its business of trading in fishing tackle and bicycles, the John P.
SOURCE: https://designyoutrust.com/2020/08/an-illustrated-police-equipment-catalogue-from-1891/
Christophe Guinet, known as Monsieur Plant, is a French artist who creates intriguing and unique sculptures and installations of plants and other organic materials. He masterfully brings them together with everyday objects, making unique works of art. Guinet was born in Paris, but spent his adolescence between the city and the countryside, where he developed a strong interest in the world of...
SOURCE: https://designyoutrust.com/2020/08/back-to-the-nature-artist-combines-everyday-objects-with-plants-to-create-intriguing-sculptures-and-installations/
Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl (Official Music Video)
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Thomas Jefferson (Left), 1800 And Shannon Lanier (Right) Sixth Great-Grandson Of Thomas Jefferson Fueled by his passion for history, photographer Drew Gardner recreated portraits of some of the world's most famous historical figures, featuring their direct descendants as models. Getting ready for the series required much more than a few phone calls. Not only did Gardner carry out in-depth research...
SOURCE: https://designyoutrust.com/2020/08/photographer-captures-side-by-side-portraits-of-famous-historical-figures-and-their-direct-descendants/


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A Janis Joplin biopic has been brewing in Hollywood for ages now. The list of ladies previously considered for the role is long and decidedly eclectic: Renee Zellweger, Pink (!), Courtney Love, the late Brittany Murphy… You name the kooky actress, chances are she's done a screen test to play the 60's legend. But now, it appears Hollywood has finally found the right woman for the role, and that woman is… Amy Adams? Really? Well, if you say so. From Nikki Finke at Deadline:
I can tell you that Amy is indeed confirmed in the role for the film to be directed by Fernando Meirelles (City Of God). There's no studio involved yet, and the script has been through several drafts.
Meirelles also directed "The Constant Gardner" and is extremely well-suited to this subject matter. Chances are, his Joplin Woodstock scene will be a whole lot more chaotic and interesting than what Ang Lee gave us in "Taking Woodstock."
The choice of Adams, on the surface, is kinda weird. With so many oddball names thrown in the hat before, it's kind of a shock to see a NORMAL actress chosen for the role of Joplin. I'm so used to seeing Adams as a princess or a put-upon blogger that thinking of her as a disheveled heroin addict feels like a stretch. But chances are, that's only because she hasn't done it yet. Adams is a hugely talented actress (she was particularly good in "Junebug," which got her a first Oscar nomination), and I'd rather see a real actress in the role than someone like Pink, who may seem closer in spirit to Joplin but may not be able to actually ACT.
Then again, Finke says no studio is attached yet, so who knows if this will actually come to pass. Maybe Adams is simply another name to add to the list of those considered for a role that'll never happen. Maybe Lady Gaga will get the role five years from now, and you'll get to see Joplin in a Kermit the Frog dress. Anything seems possible with this project.


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Roman Bioarchaeology Carnival XVIII
Wow, and I thought the last few months have been slow in terms of Roman skeleton news... this month, I have, well, four links, none of which is technically Roman in date:
- The so-called Vampire of Venice was in the news again, this time with a piece by LiveScience that only sort of hints at the controversy around the interpretation of the burial. I've written about this find before. It seems like someone covers it every spring... (Incidentally, there's been a rash of vampire burial discoveries this summer in Bulgaria.)
- Four Iron Age skeletons have been found at Stratford's London 2012 Olympics site. No pictures, though, nor an actual date. If it's Late Iron Age, though, the skeletons could be Roman(ish), but this Telegraph piece suggests the skeletons are prehistoric.
- Anglo-Saxon (6th c AD) burials have been surfacing for a century in Oakington, England. Current Archaeology details some of the finds, including a woman who died during pregnancy (which I can add to my growing list of mother-fetus burials).
- So this is also Anglo-Saxon, but it is a really cool find - a woman buried with a cow. According to the article, only 31 burials with animals have been found in England... all of them male and all of them with horses. This woman buried with a cow is a very interesting discovery, and I hope more information about it comes out soon.
|Anglo-Saxon burial of a woman with a cow (credit: BBC)
Let's hope the start of summer excavations at various sites in Italy will bring some interesting skeleton finds next month!


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The search for a successor to City Auditor James A. DelSignore is nearing completion, as the City Council Municipal Operations Committee has come out with two finalists for the job.
The three-member committee is recommending to the City Council that Russell J. Bethoney of Walpole and Sean McGourty of Shrewsbury be interviewed.
Both candidates come from the private sector.
Councilor-at-Large Michael J. Germain, chairman of the Municipal Operations Committee, said the committee's recommendation will be presented to the council Tuesday night.
He said the two finalists could be interviewed by the council as early as Dec. 4.
The auditor's job is one of three positions in the city government that fall under the jurisdiction of the council — the others are city manager and city clerk.
Mr. DelSignore, who has been city auditor since 1991, is retiring when his contract with the council ends Jan. 8.
"We really don't have that much time, so we'd like to see the council move on this as soon as possible," Mr. Germain said. "We'd also like to allow time for a transition from when we select someone to when (Mr. DelSignore) leaves."
Mr. Germain said about 30 people applied for the job.
He said the Edward J. Collins Center for Public Management at UMass-Boston, which assisted the council in its search, reviewed all the r�sum�s and came up with about 14 viable candidates.
A screening committee, made up of the Municipal Operations Committee and city officials, narrowed the field to five, and those names were presented to the committee.
Mr. Germain said the committee ended up interviewing three of those candidates before making its recommendations.
Mr. Bethoney operates his own accounting and business consulting firm.
He said he has more than 20 years of experience, which include about 15 years in public and five in corporate accounting. He has extensive experience in accounting, systems administration and financial management and the design, evaluation and re-design of internal controls.
Mr. Bethoney has also worked as an audit manager for Grant Thornton, Wolf & Company, PC, and Ercolini & Company, LLP, all based in Boston. He also worked a controller at City Group Management Co. in Boston, as well as a senior accountant at Yale University and an associate accountant at Coopers & Lybrand.
Mr. McGourty, meanwhile, has more than 24 years of experience in accounting and finance.
He said he has managed various accounting and finance departments, and he considers his strengths to include "strong management skills, excellent analytical and problem solving skills, proven systems implementation knowledge and ability to collaborate."
Mr. McGourty worked the past six years as general accounting manager for the Telegram & Gazette. Before that, he was accounting manager for Casual Male Retail Group/Designs, Primedica Corp. of Worcester.
He also worked as a financial consultant for Salomon Smith Barney of Worcester; North American accounting manager for Stream International/R.R.Donnelly & Sons of Westwood; general ledger coordinator for Thom McAn Shoe Co. of Worcester; and a field auditor of the Internal Revenue Service.
Mr. Germain said both finalists coming from the private sector is something he finds appealing because they can offer the city a different perspective on things.
"The committee is very comfortable with both candidates," he said. "They both have the knowledge, background and education to serve this city well as auditor."
Mr. Germain said the residency issue was broached to both candidates during their interviews with the Municipal Operations Committee, and both said they would be willing to relocate to Worcester provided their contract language fits their needs.
Mr. McGourty lives in Shrewsbury and grew up in Worcester, having attended Burncoat Senior High School, Worcester State College and Clark University.
Mr. DelSignore has been with the city since 1977, when he was hired as deputy city auditor.
He served in that position until January 1991, when he succeeded City Auditor M. Joseph Stacey, who died while in office.
He had planned on taking early retirement in 2010 but the council persuaded him to stay and put him under contract through Jan. 8.


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