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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is home to high-caliber collections that include great works ranging from the photography of Edward Steichen to ancient Chinese scrollwork. The Nelson's expansive space also includes its new Bloch Building and the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park, a 22-acre sloping landscape with sculptures including the iconic "Shuttlecocks," four 18-foot badminton birdies, and 30 other works. Pack a lunch, a book or a Frisbee. Check the Nelson's schedule too for the free events and films often hosted there. The Kemper Museum of Modern Art, which is also free and hosts free tours and classes, is about a block away.
Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City's biggest brewer and maker of the coveted Chocolate Ale and other beer, holds free 45-minute tours that showcase Boulevard's history and brewing process and end at the tasting room. All ages are welcome, but they'll check IDs for those who need to sample the beer in order to learn about the company. Boulevard is located near Kansas City's Westside, which is filled with restaurants, and not far from the Crossroads District, a walkable neighborhood with galleries, restaurants and shops. The Roasterie, Kansas City's specialty coffee-roasting company, is also block away from Boulevard and also gives free daily tours.
A few blocks south of the much-visited Country Club Plaza shopping district is Jacob L. Loose Park, a well-used 75-acre oasis with low crowds, playgrounds, tennis courts, a 1.3-mile walking trail, ponds and a decades-old rose garden, where weekend weddings have long been popular. The park also commemorates Kansas City's Civil War heritage and was a major site for the Battle of Westport.
Linda Hall Library, a massive, privately-endowed library of science, engineering and technology, is among Kansas City's better-kept secrets, at least judging by the number of people in there on any given day. Its vast collections, exhibits and lectures are worth a look. The library also has the 20-seat Cosmology Theater, which features presentations from the Space Telescope Science Institute. Kansas City's historic 18th and Vine District also has the Black Archives of Mid-America, where exhibits are also free. The nearby Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District have entry fees.
The Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is a one-stop shop for many things dollar. The museum takes visitors through the history of modern currency and the Fed system. Sure, Gross Domestic Product and Monetary Policy may have a niche audience, but visitors can also watch Fed workers and robots in the vault moving gazillions of dollars. As you leave, grab one of the free plastic bags filled with cash — bills that have been shredded to bits by the Fed. Across the street is the National World I Museum at Liberty Memorial, but an adult's two-day pass is $14. Down the hill are Union Station and the National Archives at Kansas City, a federal repository that also has free exhibits.
And like so many Kansas City intersections, the KC Fed location is only a couple blocks from at least one renowned barbecue place.


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Sundance Television crew to shoot film for episode of hit series 'Rectify' here Friday.
Common Core:
Constantly evolving curriculum standards a problem for those in the trenches.
Icy aftermath:
Though volunteers eased the burden, costs are still mounting.
On the mend:
Child hit by car while riding bike near Milner is back at home.
Her family has history of cancer but Jerry Farr looks forward to Relay's survivor's lap.
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Recipe from Michele Reeves of Cincinnati, Ohio
Total Time: 6-8 hrs
4 large, boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 jar medium salsa, 1/2 jar black bean and corn salsa (I use Newman's Own for both)
1 can reduced sodium cream of chicken soup (do not add water)
1 pkg reduced sodium taco mix
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can drained OR 1 fresh ear of white corn, cut off cobb
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup shredded mexican cheese blend
lettuce/corn chips
1. In crockpot, layer chicken, taco seasoning, soup, salsa.
2. Cook 6 hours, shred chicken with 2 forks. Add beans, sour cream, corn. Cook 1/2 to 1 hour longer.
3. Layer over corn tortilla chips, add add'l salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese.
Yield: Easily 6 servings
Comments: Great over brown rice or in burrito wrap. Very versitle dish. Freezes well.
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I have just downloaded your library and i wonder i it possible to receive "HTTP POST" ??
Cause you know, if the interfaces are the same, then its plug-n-play, and we don't have to code 2 completely different interfaces just to get ping working.
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Celebration of Asia Week 2013
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Honorary Chair, Cuisine, and Special Guests
NEW YORK CITY, March 19, 2013 — Honoring Jason Wu, Asia Society's fifth annual Celebration of Asia Week benefit gala Monday evening, March 18, 2013, drew over 350 guests from the worlds of art, design and fashion.
The evening began with a cocktail reception featuring an Asian-inspired menu and jazz trio. An elegant dinner followed in the historic Grand Ballroom of The Pierre, a Taj Hotel. Guest Chefs Pichet Ong and Simpson Wong created a unique menu for the occasion. Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu welcomed the guests and introduced Jason Wu, who paid tribute to his parents and thanked Asia Society for its work connecting Asians and Americans. Asia Society Executive Vice President Tom Nagorski also made brief remarks, paying tribute to Wu and thanking attendees for their support. A live and lively auction by Sotheby's Vice Chairman, North America, Henry Howard-Sneyd, saw guests bidding on a number of items such as a made-to measure suit by Ermenegildo Zegna, and luxury travel and exclusive experiences.
Following dinner, guests danced to music by Peter Duchin and his Orchestra.
Those in attendance included: Chairs Stephanie Foster and Charles Rockefeller; Co-Chairs Betsy and Edward Cohen, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Christine and Stephen Schwarzman, and Ermenegildo Zegna; and Vice Chairs Henrietta and Richard Fore, Ruth and Harold Newman, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky, Denise and Andrew Saul, and Lulu and Anthony Wang.
Additional guests included Kyle Blackmon, Eddie Borgo, Veronica Bulgari, Drake Burnette, Alexis Dahan, Qin Feng, Tom Freston, Carolyn Hsu-Balcer and Rene Balcer, Sharon Bush, Michael Joo, Cathy Hardwick, Michelle Harper, Martha Hunt, Chiu-Ti Jansen and Geoffrey Bradfield, Liya Kebede, Patrick Li, Terresa Liu and Richard Snyder, Nate Lowman, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Lorry Newhouse, Maggie Norris and Andrew LePera, Mariko Mori, Shu Pei, Amanda Ross, Cynthia Rowley and Bill Powers, Hilary Rhoda, Jean and Martin Shafiroff, Jenny Shimizu, Susan Shin, Keegan Singh, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Susan and Dirk Standen, Anna Sui, Patricia Tang, Barbara and Donald Tober, Richard Tsao, and Marie-Hélène Weill.
Ermenegildo Zegna was a Co-Chair for the evening and his eponymous fashion house was a lead corporate underwriter.
Asia Society's Celebration of Asia Week gala brings together leading Asian and Asian American designers and artists, as well as Asian art dealers, collectors and enthusiasts, in a benefit to support Asia Society's museum and cultural activities and its mission of connecting Asians and Americans. Asia Week New York, March 15–23, is a collaboration of museums, galleries, auction houses and Asian art specialists hosting exhibitions, previews and special programs throughout the city geared toward a discerning audience from around the world.
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FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – The setting couldn't be more bleak; averaging negative 20 degrees before the wind chill is factored in, the frozen and lifeless landscape spans in almost all directions.
Sheets of ice creak and groan while a team of specially trained soldiers dressed in subzero-rated arctic coveralls move across the surface of the once flowing and animated Tanana River.
The river still runs under its thick cover of ice, making the movement across the surface even more dangerous for heavy military vehicles and equipment.
Since mid-January, members of the 2nd Engineer Brigade, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, have been braving the cold and dark to construct ice bridges to safely move men, weapons and equipment across the expanses of both the Tanana River and a tributary of the Yukon River near Delta Junction and Fort Greely.
The projects are helping the soldiers of the 56th Engineer Company hone their arctic construction techniques and provide safety routes for Air Force units to move large containers and personnel to training areas.
The engineers first clear the surface of loose snow and use it to form berms on the left and right limits of the bridge site, checking the ice depth as they move across the river.
They drill through the ice to locate a water source to pump and spray onto the surface of the frozen river to thicken the ice layer to a safe depth and strength.
When water isn't available on-site, it must be trucked in from another location.
The bridge is declared safe for use is when it is four feet thick and graded flat, according to Pvt. 2 Jacob Zipter, a masonry specialist engineer with the 56th Engineer Company, working on the bridge near Delta Junction on Fort Greely.
"Our bridge site is too shallow to drill down to a water source, but it still needs to be thicker for heavy trucks to cross in case there are any air pockets in there," Zipter said. "We've had to haul in water from somewhere else in order to spread it across the surface before it freezes to make it thicker and fill in any cracks toward the middle."
At the Tanana River site, closer to Fort Wainwright, a second team constructs a similar bridge but is able to pump water from beneath the frozen surface.
The teams at both sites include engineers, medics and leadership experienced in arctic winter safety. Many of the senior members are graduates of the Cold Weather Leaders Course taught at the Northern Warfare Training Center, the Army's premiere location for training on arctic and mountain operations.
"Our purpose with these bridges is to better prepare our guys to do these sort of things and in this sort of environment … but what we don't need are any unnecessary cold-weather casualties while we're out here. Our medics do regular checks to make sure no one loses any fingers to frostbite," 1st Lt. Ann Prakfield, a platoon leader with the 56th Engineer Company, said. "We could potentially find ourselves conducting similar joint missions with foreign armies and our experience would become invaluable in that situation."
Each bridge construction area is also equipped with on-site warming facilities for both the personnel and sensitive equipment that needs to be regularly thawed out.
Supply vehicles, especially the tracked Small Unit Supply Vehicles regularly ship people and supplies back and forth from the local bases of operation to the construction areas.
Construction of the bridges is expected to continue until late February and will be useable until the thaw later in the year.


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India will unveil a "credible and feasible" fiscal consolidation path for the next five years, Finance Minister P. said on Monday, days after a government panel said the economy was on the edge of a fiscal precipice.
A slowing economy has hurt tax returns while subsidies on fuel, food and fertilizer have further strained government finances and endangered India's investment-grade credit rating.
"No one will have confidence in the if there is uncertainty about the fiscal stability of the country," Chidambaram told a news conference.
"It is our intention to announce a credible and feasible path of fiscal correction beginning this year and ending in the fifth year of the 12th plan," which ends in March 2017.
In recognition of mounting worries over public finances, Chidambaram, after taking over the ministry in August, appointed a committee led by a former official, Vijay Kelkar, to recommend ways of improving government finances.
In its report, the Kelkar panel suggested slashing fuel, food and fertilizer subsidies urgently to curb a deficit it said could hit 6.1 percent of GDP this fiscal year.
Chidambaram did not give details of his plans for fiscal prudence, but said he was waiting for more feedback on the Kelkar report.
To shore up its balance sheet, the government last month raised the price of heavily subsidised diesel and cut supplies of subsidised cooking gas despite strong political opposition, including from within its own coalition.
In March, the government had promised to narrow the fiscal deficit to 5.1 percent of GDP this year from 5.8 percent last year. But analysts doubt New Delhi will come good on that commitment.


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• 24 Feb 2011 - March into Merivale Launch Party 2011
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Fabulous! I laughed at "....grabbing food left, right and centre like seagulls in a feeding frenzy." LOL
Buffalo wing sang choi bow and cheese dog spring rolls sound interesting! Ms. G's is certainly creative!
As you said, some of the servings are big enough to make the 6-plate sampler a full meal. It's interesting that some of the great looking ones didn't really impress you and the other way around.
Ha ha, I love that one of your pluses for the boys is the nicely dressed ladies - very cute!
It looks like a great event, esp if you have a VIP ticket. I would've struggled to pick just 6 things...but I reckon the Buffalo wing sang choi bow would've been on the list.
i am so sad i didnt get to try the corned beef! but oh how delicious were the martinis mmm
I was wondering if the $20 cover charge would deter the crowd, but obviously not. Great coverage of the food and atmosphere in your photos.
Well done - looks like you covered everything!
lucky!!! did u get to eat everything cause u were vip? D:
that was so much fun even just by reading and looking at the photos! :)
What a great review Simon! I couldn't make it last night but felt like I was there thanks to your article. Hope we'll champagne again soon
Cheers CJ
I shucked those oysters and made those tarts you ate from felix! :) Glad you had a enjoyable evening!
wow, looks like a full on great event, the $20 looks like it was so worth it!
Nicely done, Simon! It was lovely to catch up with you on the night :)
i missed out. so many yummii canapes..
what a great event! I would love to try all of that food.
hi joey, one day i hope to visit Ms G and see what it's all about.
hi lateraleating, it was a bit of a timing pressure too. you had to work out which ones would have been the dishes you wanted against the impending increase in crowds to try and get around leisurely.
hi melbatoast, with so many choices picking just 6 would have been pretty hard but i think most people would be tempted by certain dishes and not others to help narrow down.
hi chocolatesuze, the martinis were excellent :-)
hi bel, i think the cover charge helped a bit but there were some stands that were very popular and it was a little hard to get to see what dish they had on offer. arriving early always helps.
hi tina, i think i covered everything except the toilets this time ;-)
hi sugarpuffi, i got to try everything although i probably ate too much in the end. the things we do for research.
hi mel, glad you got an idea of what it was like.
hi jayne, i hope our paths cross again over some bubbles :-)
hi Stephannie, those oysters were some of the best cleanly opened shucked oysters I've come across — very impressive.
hi thanh, i think the $20 would have been pretty good value in the end although free is even better :-)
hi corinne, was great to see you again too. hope the rest of your night went well.
hi susan, i think you would have loved it :-)
Hey Simon
Did you see Dan Hong's twitter account re this post? He had a go at your review of March into Mervale and then got into a tweet debate with Simon Thomsen over the role of bloggers...Think he deleted it all in the end but pretty controversial...
hi Anonymous, i would have loved to see the twitter debate but unfortunately had no idea of it and haven't seen it. i wonder if anyone else has? :-)


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Zoo celebrates Year of the Horse with parade, activities
Since the Asian New Year is upon us -- with its 15-day celebration that champions "reunions" among loved-ones, good food and fun times -- what better place to observe the holiday than at Connecticut's Bearsdley Zoo?
That's the thinking at the state's only zoo, which will celebrate the Year of the Horse with a parade and other activities on Saturday, Feb. 8, from noon to 3 p.m. (The snow date is Saturday, Feb. 15.)
Although there are no live horses at the zoo, there are plenty of decorative ones -- featured at the zoo's renowned carousel, pointed out Caryn Kaufman, a zoo spokeswoman.
"This is the 13th year that we are celebrating Asian New Year, which means this is the second time we're doing Year of the Horse; we've been through the full 12-year cycle" in which each year is represented by a specific animal, she said.
"We initiated the event as a way to host an annual event in the winter that connects to our animals. Asian New Year is the perfect opportunity for us to celebrate the diversity of cultures in our region as well as highlight a wide range of animals," she said.
Among the day's highlights will be a 2 p.m. children's procession. There will be no floats or bands, but rather children will be invited to follow a festive paper dragon as it wends its way around the property and by exhibits, she said.
"Both yoga and karate demonstrations -- representing the spectrum of countries in Asia that celebrate this holiday -- will be presented," Kaufman said.
Representatives from the Governor's Connecticut Horse Guard will be on hand to explain to visitors their ceremonial responsibilities and duties. Unfortunately, Kaufman said, they will be unable to bring their horses.
Storytelling and craft sessions will be offered as well.
"Children and adults are welcome to dress up in Asian-inspired outfits for the occasion," Kaufman said. Traditionally, red is worn as a sign of good luck.
"Our volunteers will do some `fortune telling' and horoscopes -- just for fun."
Even the zoo's cafe will get in the spirit, offering an Asian-themed menu with items for purchase, Kaufman said.
And for families that want horse-related souvenirs of their adventure, Kaufman noted: "We also have a horse statue that was installed a little more than a year ago in memory of one of our docents, Karen Torres, who was a horsewoman. Children love to have their photos taken on the horse."
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Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Saturday, Feb. 8, noon-3 p.m. Snow date Saturday, Feb. 15. $12; $10 children, seniors. www.beardsleyzoo.org


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New York: A Pleasant, Thin-Crust Surprise at Emporio
Pizza reviews in NYC.
231 Mott Street, New York, NY 10013 (map); 212-966-1234; Emporio.com
Pizza type: Roman-style
Oven type: Wood-fired brick
The Skinny: Beautiful thin-crust pies are topped with the very best ingredients at this inviting neighborhood restaurant. Watch out for some excessive charring, though.
Price: 12-inch pizzas, $16-18
Shock, dismay, shame...let's just say it was quite the humbling moment when I realized we had yet to review—let alone try— the pies at Emporio. Not only is the modest, inviting restaurant located mere blocks from Serious Eats HQ, but we really, really like the place. On our last official visit, a couple of years back, we may not have given too much thought to the slivers of complimentary pizza served at their daily happy hour. But the two Roman-style pies I encountered at a recent meal proved revelatory—if not on a city-wide scale, certainly on a how-did-I-not-know-this-was-in-my-neighborhood one.
There's something genuinely considerate that seems to emanate from Emporio on all fronts— from the staff and décor to the menu and, of course, the pizzas themselves.
Staple ingredients are mostly DOP*, with more perishable toppings and the likes sourced locally when possible. The Emporio Margherita ($18) features shining layers of San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella di bufala, and translucent folds of prosciutto di Parma. The toppings had an effortless balance and restraint to them—no simple task, considering how easy it is for prosciutto to overwhelm the hushed milkiness of mozzarella or the subtle seasoning of sauce with waves of saltiness.
*Denominazione di Origine Protteta, which essentially means certified Italian.
It was a pleasure to find such an incredibly thin crust able to support relatively heavy toppings without sacrificing texture. The pies cook for two or three minutes, at about 800ºF. Delicate and crackly, the base was woven with a latticework of softly smoky char. Emporio's brick oven, fired with a dried hickory imported from upstate New York, definitely imparts a distinctive flavor to the dough.
Our end crust had a good rise to it, with a pillowed, chewy interior. With generous browning and a nice salt content, there were no pizza bone graveyards to be found at our table. The only real problem was the eruption of bubbles here and there across the surface of both pies; after a few acrid encounters, I found myself eating around them. As you can see from the photos, that meant missing out on some decent chunks of pie.
Our Tuscan Kale and Sausage ($16), topped with fior di latte, pecorino, and hot pepper, was another beauty. The tender shreds of kale were generously portioned and surprisingly sweet and well-seasoned. The sausage, though juicy and rich, fell a bit on the greasy side for my taste. Nor did I get much of a hit of heat from peppers. That said, while I often find that white pies fade away from inadequate salt or acidity, this one managed to hold its ground. I'd definitely have it again, if for no other reason than to more thoroughly investigate those crisped curls of Tuscan kale.
Sitting beside a French window, a gentle breeze at my back, I found myself thoroughly charmed. It's the kind of pizza that echoes springtime—light, airy, vibrantly fresh, a touch crisp. It even holds up quite nicely at room temperature. And best of all, I was able to devour a generous portion without the slightest hint of food coma.
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Hey Damocles233, very nice project but I think the Final Fantasy VIII PC re-release will include upscaled FMV's (pretty much like what they did with FFVII) so I suggest to wait a little more before starting this project. (:
Ozmy's up to something... Watch out everybody. Lol xD
Update 7/13/13:I've playtested through 75% of the game and have a larger list of erroneous fields (~20). Whenever I get around to finishing the game (for the 15th or so time), I'll release more fixes Waiting oh so patiently for FF8 driver support so I can wreck that game's graphics too...
Are these better quality than the Steam videos? I thought the Steam version's videos had a higher source resolution.
I believe these look better than the ones that Steam provides. It really comes down to preference I suppose. Compare for yourself and choose. Here's a screenshot I took (using Media Player Classic) for a quick comparison:I'll post this here also as long as it's OK. I've uploaded all the videos here with just the names changed so you don't have to change them manually yourself. I've added a 100% recovery record to the .RAR. This makes the file slightly larger than the original supplied by Damocles233. Only thing not included here because it isn't needed for the Steam release is the Eidos logo.You can download it HERE.Ofcourse, all credit for these go to Damocles233.
I don't see any tutorial anywhere about where the files in the download go. What am I supposed to do? I am running the Steam version.
Find whatever drive you installed FF8 or Steam on and the directory should be something like this "Steam/steamapps/common/Final Fantasy VIII/Data/movies". Movies is where you want to place the files.
Hang on, do I need to add all of the resized avi files into the /movies folder all at once and remove the ones already in /movies? Or do I leave them alone?
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You're just drinking your coffee, minding your own business when you look down your cup and spill all over yourself. Because what is that at the bottom, a lobster? Yes, it's a lobster. But never fear because it's just ceramic and it's supposed to be there.
Creature cups are so delightful. You can buy not just lobsters cups, but cups with octopi, sea otters, sharks, pelicans, and crocodiles swimming in the bottom. Each mug is $20 or the whole menagerie is $70. Just don't drop your drink when you realize there's an animal inside. [Etsy via Colossal]


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The City of Portland officially launched an enhanced version of its mass notification services via www.portlandmaine.gov/stayconnected. The new solution, provided through CivicPlus' CivicReady system, has significantly improved the way in which the City communicates with citizens, and this is a great opportunity to make sure you are signed up for communications. The City will use the tool for routine news announcements and emergency alerts.
This mass communication tool allows Portland to communicate with citizens quickly and efficiently before, during and after an emergency. Citizens can be reached through email, SMS, voice calls and social media platforms depending on preference.
"We've had great success in communicating with citizens via our NotifyMe tool, but we're really excited to take it up a notch with the enhanced features that CivicReady offers," said Jessica Grondin, Communications Director for the City. "Citizens will have the ability to fill out a more robust profile in order to get notices about their immediate area as well as receive messages translated into other languages. As we begin to enter the winter months with parking ban notices and weather related emergencies, we hope people will sign up or log-in and expand their profile."
With the enhanced communication system, Portland will be able to increase its community engagement and be better prepared in the event of an emergency. Citizens will benefit from easier profile management, increased communication speeds, the ability to receive notices related to a specific neighborhood, as well as the ability to receive notices translated in multiple languages.
We encourage all citizens to sign up at www.portlandmaine.gov/stayconnected today and enter their contact information along with specific notification preferences. Please be sure to enter a valid address so you are contacted when your area is being affected. In the event of an emergency this will allow the city to immediately notify citizens of an event.
The system also provides an app - AlertMe-Regroup for citizens. This user facing app allows people to quickly access their account on mobile and manage their profile, groups, and settings.
Existing subscribers should click the "log in here" button, enter their email address, and then click on "forgot password" in order to create a new password since the old system didn't require one. Once you log in with a new password, you can fill out your profile and set your preferences for being contacted.


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Yearly ritual: Putting Charlottesville to shame
at JMU
April 2
Like a horde of cockroaches roaming about that "sample modern kitchen" at the National Museum of Natural History's Bug Zoo, indie-rockers– distinguishable by their penchant for tight pants, shaggy manes, and hoodies–over-ran the little town of Harrisonburg this weekend for the annual MACRoCK festival.
Before I began to attend the yearly event, I had never in my life seen so many kids who consider themselves "different" find out they are just one of the same teeming mass (although perhaps a mildly cooler one) everyone is a part of. Now every year is like an amusing anthropological study into the trends, mating rituals, and fads of the indierockus unoriginalis.
Every year I'm also more impressed by what JMU's college station, WXJM, pulls off, organizing a two-day music event across Harrisonburg with barely a hitch. This year, things beyond my control (work, need of sleep, temptations of the flesh), delayed my yearly trip to Harrisonburg by some hours, but my arrival turned out to be quite nicely timed to catch most of the set by the DC-based Carlsonics, the principal reason I'd made the trip.
Performing in JMU's PC Ballroom, the Carlsonics pulled off a spectacular performance, and though the audience for the most part seemed to consider them merely nod-worthy, I felt their show was the best I've seen in a long while. Quasi-metal riffs and a singer who at times went from a Talking Heads Byrne to a Rage Against the Machine De La Roche make the group unforgettable, and moved me to the merchandise table, lickety-split.
A short ride brought me to downtown Harrisonburg's Little Grill, where local bluegrass wunderkinds King Wilkie were set to perform at 9:30. Arriving just in time before the group started their set, I glanced around at the Little Grill, a kind of smoke-free bizarro Blue Moon Diner, where the Americana Showcase was being held. Playing a mixture of material from their last album and their soon-to-be-released Broke (release party at Starr Hill on April 16) to a crowd of non-indie types, the group's close harmonies and carefully syncopated stage moves (the band's front lineup rolling back for other members to take their solos) won over many Harrisonburg converts.
The newer material also showed a noticeable jump forward in songwriting, with "Broke Down and Loose"– a slower number with the sparest of instruments– making the set for me.
Back to the PC Ballroom for Pedro the Lion, Friday night's headlining act, but I was more than a little disappointed with what I saw– a slow song-heavy set, especially in the beginning, ensured that the venue would be half full by half-time, as the smokers left to do what they do.
Distorted songs dripping with emotion are more a headphone experience than a live spectacle, at least in this case. Though the songs were beautiful– changing tempos and time signatures at will– lengthy numbers and downtrodden vocals suggested that the group was not exactly the right choice to close the night with– leading to a long, sleepy drive home.


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(Pocket-lint) - It's been a while since a Casio compact made its way into the hands of the 'Lint, by and large due to a distribution downscale in the UK in October 2011. The quiet spell looks as if it might lift though, thanks to the new Casio Exilim EX-ZR1000 which, from what we've seen, looks like a quality compact.
The well-finished model may look like standard fare, but it has some excellent features that few competitor cameras offer: the front lens ring, for example, rotates to change settings which, upon pressing the rear "ring" button can be switched between focus, aperture, white balance and so forth. It's a real intuitive feature that usually only appears on high-end compacts such as the Olympus XZ-2, for example.
At just over 36mm thick - or thin, depending on how you look at it - the camera isn't super-slim, but feels right in the hand and, considering the 12.5x optical zoom lens - which extends from a 24mm wide-angle through to a long-reaching 300mm equivalent - that's none too bad in our books.
The autofocus system felt speedy to us too, as we tested a number of snaps on a miniature town scene that was set up in the background. The zoom nips through the range swiftly and smoothly and, overall, we were impressed by this latest Exilim.
For waist-level shooting the screen can be tugged out from the bottom and raised to a horizontal position.
Features such as a 30 frames per second continuous burst also mean it's a cinch to whirr off a stack of images. Don't expect to refocus for a moving subject, but still, that sort of speed isn't matched by plenty of other compacts out there on the market.
We don't know what the image quality will be like from Casio's latest, but previous Exilim models have often been underrated in their abilities which we've been impressed by, at least in compact camera terms. Well, assuming you don't dig too deep into the "crazier" art modes that are available.
As well as the shiny red model we got to play with there was also a black version on display, though here in Germany there's no final information about price or release date. If it's budget enough this looks like a winner to us.


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105 days in isolation – and counting – for 400 more
Sailing now in interplanetary space on their simulated mission towards the 'Red Planet', the Mars500 crew has entered in a new phase of their isolation. The previous mission endured 105 days in 2009 and from now on, everything in this experiment is new.
The six crewmembers of Mars500, safely locked in their facility in Moscow, have been cruising virtually towards Mars since 14 June, when their mission 'departed' from Earth's orbit. The 'launch' occurred on 3 June when the hatch of their spacecraft-analogue facility was closed.
Since then, the crew has followed the timeline of the mission, reproducing as accurately as possible a potential mission to our planetary neighbour, complete with communication delays and daily routine similar to real space missions.
Right now the delay in communication – representing the distance of the craft from Earth – is two minutes in each direction, making direct communication impossible. As the simulation goes on, the delay will increase to 20 minutes.
Next major milestone will be a 'landing' on Mars, planned now for 10 February 2011. The entire 'mission' will last around 520 days, with the expected 'splashdown' back on Earth in early November 2011.
Day by day
"It is difficult to think that in a year's time we'll still be here in the modules," says Romain Charles, one of the ESA-selected crewmembers. "We just try to take every day as it comes and make the best out of that. This has worked fine for 105 days, and it will work for the more than 400 days left."
With more than 100 scientific experiments to conduct, the Mars500 crew has no danger of having nothing to do. Crew time is packed with entertainment and personal projects, in addition to continuing maintenance and daily tasks in their 'spacecraft'. They exercise for several hours a day to make up for their limited amount of natural physical activity.
"It has already been a long time, and at this phase of the mission the previous crew would have been excited, as they were looking forward to ending their isolation," laughs Diego Urbina, the other European aboard. "We don't have that luxury. We just have to keep our minds as steady as possible – for what will be a very long time."
Keep the daily routine!
Both of the European 'marsonauts' are sending their best regards to Cyrille Fournier and Oliver Knickel, the ESA-selected members of the 105-day-long precursor mission.
"We could have continued easily our mission," says Cyrille Fournier, one of the two European crew members in 105-day-study. "The motivation is the key issue. It is also important to do always something. I had too much to do in the facility - I didn't have any time to wander around and watch time passing. Another important thing is daily routine. When you are following that, you can basically just go on, almost indefinitely."
"Of course we had highs and lows during the mission," continues Oliver Knickel, other European 105-day crewmember. "In the beginning we were very enthusiastic and then again in the end, when only few days were remaining."
The most difficult moments during their isolation were in the middle, about six to eight weeks from the beginning. "You can go over these phases and have a successful mission only as a crew. So, my advice to the current team is simple: think what you can do for your crewmates," states Oliver.
"During the mission, you're colleagues and everybody is acting professionally, but afterwards you're friends," Cyrille concludes. "We're all still very close now as friends. It was a great experience! I wish all the best for the new crew inside the 'spacecraft'"
The latest diary update from the European crewmembers Diego Urbina and Romain Charles is published today on the ESA's Mars500 web pages. ESA TV will air today a video about the mission with new material from the inside the facility.


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Ava and TV
Thought I'd show you guys a sketch I did of Ava while she was watching TV a couple of months ago. Whenever they show the bad guy on the particular show or movie she's watching at the time, she'll stand up and do this strange dance in front of the TV: a sort of karate-style jumping while punching at the TV screen, as if she's fighting the bad dude. It's her way of dealing with something, or in this case, someone, she doesn't like.
When I showed her this sketch of her performing her fighting ballet, she wanted to draw too. I was afraid she'd scribble all over my drawing, assuming that perhaps she'd relive the bad scenario that was on TV moments before, but no -- she drew what's on TV. I love it. (And notice that the character she drew has an 'x' over it -- again, something she does to show she doesn't like it.)
(And oh, I know that I borrowed heavily from Bill Watterson here, with the TV up in the air, but I don't care. It's a great visual.)
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HA! A great sketch to go with a great story! Wonderful stuff.ReplyDelete
Funny, I thought YOU had drawn what was on TV, and Ava had drawn herself...Har! No, no, very amusing stuff, and oh, yes, great to see a TV floating in the air in reaction to the violence on the screen.ReplyDelete
You know what's hilarious is that Mandy does the same thing when she watches a violent movie on T.V. with me. She hates violence--whereas I am, sadly, strangely desensitized to it. Be encouraged that she feels empowered enough to outwardly express her distaste of "bad guys!"ReplyDelete
Oh and you know that Charles Shultz once said of Watterson, "He draws the best nighttables of anybody I know..." It takes a cartoonist/animator to appreciate the weight of the compliment.
That's a cool quote. I've heard of Sparky liking Watterson's work before.ReplyDelete
And for the record, Ava was watching one of her own shows, not something violent, or scary. We're very mindful of that. Just had to say it so others out there won't think that we're making our kids watch zombie movies, or anything.
At least not yet.
i love this! i love the fact that it's a combination of you and your daughter's artwork. how amazing that she just complimented what you had already done instead of overpowering it.she is going to treasure this so much when she's older.ReplyDelete
it's so funny to watch her when she does this! and you did such a nice job of capturing it.ReplyDelete
Cute! That's the first time I see Ava in your POV (though we can't still see her face). YEah, it's hilarious to see kids do some strange stuff in front of TV. When I was a kid, I used to use hand gestures (represented as good guys and bad guys) in front of the TV as if the hands are involved within the show! Hahaha!ReplyDelete
- Glen!
Thanks for commenting, Glen! Hey man, I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but I did showcase some sketches I did of Ava earlier on my blog. You can see the post HERE. Hope you llike.ReplyDelete
"And oh, I know that I borrowed heavily from Bill Watterson here, with the TV up in the air, but I don't care. It's a great visual."ReplyDelete
Don't sweat it. Borrow/steal from the best!
super sketch, Ward. Hey...I STILL make moves like that when I see something on TV that's bothersome. My beau says he likes to watch me watch TV. hee hee. Grrr. Ava's addition to yours makes this priceless.ReplyDelete
Absolutely brilliant! It takes a real artist to say so much with so little.ReplyDelete


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Issues in Political Economy: Undergraduate Student Research in Economics http://org.elon.edu/ipe/
Issues in Political Economy is committed to supporting and encouraging quality undergraduate research in all areas of economics. Now in its 14th volume, the journal was founded on the belief that the best way to learn economics is to do economics. Through the process of research, writing and peer review, students actively engage the discipline in a way not possible by simply listening to lectures and reading textbooks. In short, undergraduate research is a vital component in an economics education. The literature suggests that students take projects more seriously and learn more when the project is directed towards an external rather than an internal audience such as a class assignment. IPE is designed to provide an external audience for such research.
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The AMW (ATLAS Model Weaver) project is a GMT component developed by the ATLAS group, INRIA. AMW is part of the AMMA platform.
The Atlas Model Weaver supports the creation of different kinds of links between model (or metamodel) elements. The links are saved in a weaving model. The weaving model conforms to an extensible weaving metamodel.
Weaving models can be used in different application scenarios, such as tool interoperability, transformation specification, traceability, model merging, model comparison.
Core weaving metamodel
The AMW is developed based on a core weaving metamodel. This core metamodel supports basic link management, i.e., n:n relationships between model elements. The identifiers of the referred elements can be saved using different identification methods. The core weaving metamodel is illustrated below.
WElement is the base element from which all other elements inherit. It has a name and a description. WModel represents the root element that contains all model elements. WLink denotes the link type. WLink has a reference end to associate it with a set of link endpoints (WLinkEnd). Each WLinkEnd references one WElementRef. The attribute ref contains the identifier of the linked elements. WElementRef is not referenced directly by WLink because it is possible to reference the same model element by different link endpoints, for example one model element may participate in more than one mapping expression. WModelRef is similar to WElementRef, but it contains references to the models.
Metamodel extensions
The different kind of semantics of a weaving metamodel are defined in extensions to the core weaving metamodel. The different weaving metamodel extensions can be applied in different application scenarios. They are available for download in the Weaving metamodel Zoo. The use cases section provides complete scenarios that use these metamodel extensions.
How to create weaving metamodel extensions
The AMW FAQ explains how to create weaving metamodel extensions.
AMW plugin
The AMW prototype is developed as an Eclipse plug-in. It uses EMF as base model handler. The prototype is a generic workbench for weaving models. It provides a set of extension points definition to enable to customize the interface according to different metamodel extensions. An example of the interface is shown below.
AMW plugin extensions
The first contribution to the AMW interface is the base weaver extension plugin (org.eclipse.weaver.extension). This extension enables to use the AMW plugin with the basic functionalities. This extension is provided for download together with the core weaver plugin (org.eclipse.weaver).
Automatic generation of weaving models
The AMW plugin is used to manually create weaving models. However, it is possible to semi-automatically generate these models. Weaving models are generated using matching transformations. Matching transformations are transformations that execute matching heuristics to create a set of links based on a similarity value. This value can be calculated in different ways, for example by using the edit distance between two strings, or by using the structural relationships (e.g., containment, inheritance) between model elements.
The AMW plug-in is integrated with ATL to be able to execute matching transformations directly from the main user interface. The matching transformations are implemented in the org.eclipse.weaver.transformation plug-in.
These transformations are also available separately in the Matching transformation library.
AMW Model Handler
The AMW Model Handler enables a better integration of ATL transformations and weaving models. It provides a set of primitives constantly needed when developing transformations that have weaving models as input or output.
The AMW Model Handler page contains detailed information on how to download, to install, and to use the new primitives.
Use cases
Weaving models may be used in several application scenarios, such as metamodel comparison, traceability, model matching, model annotation, interoperability. This is because it is often necessary to establish links between elements of different models.
These use cases are implemented using AMW. AMW supports such a variety of application scenarios because it has an adaptive interface that handles different metamodel extensions (AMW is fully implemented using the reflective API of EMF). The plug-in also provides a set of extensions points that enables to add new functionalities when necessary. A set of use case is found in the Use Cases page. More information can also be found in the AMW FAQ.
Examples HowTo
The AMW Examples HowTo contains additional information about the examples available for download in the AMW project web site.
SAC07 Del Fabro, MD, and Valduriez, P :Semi-automatic Model Integration using Matching Transformations and Weaving Models . In: The 22th Annual ACM SAC, MT 2007 - Model Transformation Track, Seoul (Korea), 2007. To appear.
Didonet Del Fabro, M, Bézivin, J, and Valduriez, P : Model-driven Tool Interoperability:
an Application in Bug Tracking. In: ODBASE'06(OTM Federated Conferences). 2006.
BDA2005 Didonet Del Fabro, M, Bézivin, J, Jouault, F, and Valduriez, P : Applying Generic Model Management to Data Mapping. In: Proceedings of Bases de Données Avancées (BDA05), 17-20 october 2005, Saint-Malo, France.
Complete list of publications related to AMW
The AMW project provides an Eclipse plugin to create weaving models and to compose metamodel extensions.
The plugin can be downloaded in the AMW Download Page.
A set of application scenarios is available at AMW Examples. There are examples of weaving models, metamodel extensions, weaving models generated automatically through matching transformations, AM3 Ant Tasks, higher-order transformations that take a weaving model and that produce model transformations, etc. These examples are sorted in different categories.
See Also
AMW Wish List
AM3, The ATLAS MegaModel Management Eclipse wiki page
AM3, The ATLAS MegaModel Management project's Eclipse homepage
ATL, The ATLAS Transformation Language project's Eclipse homepage
ATL, The ATLAS Transformation Language Eclipse wiki page
ATL, The ATL homepage


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This Is the Christ
1. They heard His voice, a voice so mild.
It pierced them through and made their souls to quake.
They saw Him come, a man in white,
The Savior, who had suffered for their sake.
They felt the wounds in hands and side,
And each could testify:
This is the Christ.
This is the Christ, the holy Son of God,
Our Savior, Lord, Redeemer of mankind.
This is the Christ, the Healer of our souls,
Who ransomed us with love divine.
2. I read His words, the words He prayed
While bearing sorrow in Gethsemane.
I feel His love, the price He paid.
How many drops of blood were spilled for me?
With Saints of old in joyful cry
I too can testify:
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Disney Springs
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Disney BoardWalk
When the sun cools down, the nightlife heats up, stroll along the Disney BoardWalk and enjoy the street performers, food vendors, midway games and lots of entertainment.
The pretty town of Celebration, originally created by Walt Disney for staff to reside, is now what can only be described as an idealistic community brimming with locals. At the centre of this community is the Town Center, the ideal haven to spend a relaxed evening mixing with locals, with many restaurants and shops on offer.
Old Town
Designed with an 'old west' style town feel, Old Town is the ideal place for families to visit who are looking for an entertaining evening outside of Disney World. At the centre a theme park, with a variety of rides for children and adults alike, surrounded by a choice of eateries, whether you are looking for themed diners, fast food options or fine dining. If you are looking to shop, Old Town boasts an abundance of unique shops and sidewalk vendors to catch your eye. Known for it's car shows, including the popular Saturday Nite Cruise, attracting cars from 1974 and before which cruise down the streets to the tune of a live band on the main stage.
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File these fictional spacecraft under Earth's "DO NOT WANT" list, because these 10 ships are nothing short of planet-bulldozing, flesh-gorging, humanity-enslaving harbingers of extraterrestrial doom.
Doom, I say!
I know what you're thinking. You're glancing over at that Death Star picture and you're wondering, "What could possibly be worse than having your home world exploded by a planet-sized space vessel?"
As it turns out, quite a bit. Each of these malevolent starships threatens the people of Earth with a fate worse than death. The captains at the helm range from soulless machines and frosty bureaucrats to hedonistic monsters and demons from the depths of hell.
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We never really know what to think about Nicki Minaj's theatrics. And now that she's released her latest music video for "Starships," we've stopped trying.
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