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The creative staff of Big Huge Games is proud to announce Big Huge Games: From Concept to Game, an art show hosted by the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. If you reside near the Baltimore/Washington/Philadelphia area we invite you to visit the Rosenberg Gallery from September 14th thru October 8th, 2006 (located on the 2nd floor of MICA's newly opened Brown Center). On display will be much of the conceptual work from Rise of Legends. There will also be 3D models, animations, advertising and marketing imagery - with numerous pieces from the fantastic opening cinematic created by Blur. Gallery hours are 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
(NOTE: Big Huge Games is expanding with numerous art openings available. Check out our jobs post in the ConceptArt.org forum.)
Rise of Legends is considered the spiritual successor to Rise of Nations, Gamespot's 2003 PC Game of the Year. Legends is set in a unique fantasy world where Magic and Technology collide with cataclysmic results. The creative staff drew inspiration from a wide range of material when assembling the world. Leondardo da Vinci, Arabian Nights, Hayao Miyazaki, Stargate, and Kow Yokoyama are just a few of the major influences.
Below is a sampling of the images to be featured in the show.
We hope you enjoy the work!
The Big Huge Games' creative staff
P.S. If the art inspires you and you're a game fan, make us happy by clicking here to pick it up at Amazon :-)


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IR Team Proximity Detection
Project Description
Two NXT robots equipped with IR seeker sensors and Xbee wireless devices will detect an IR ball (beacon) then perform calculations and communicate to decide which robot is closest to the IR ball (beacon). The closest robot will be instructed to drive up to the IR ball.
Topics covered include:
- Use of IR Seeker sensor interfacing and calibration.
- Transmitting and Receiving Data from an RS-485 Device (NXTBee)
- Using External Libraries
- Formatting strings and converting strings to integers
User Notes
Note: The concepts outlined in this lesson are geared towards an intermediate user of ROBOTC and C Programming languages. Students should be comfortable with all material covered in the Teaching ROBOTC for MINDSTORMS curriculum before jumping into any Multi-Robot communication lessons.
- Remember when using Multi-Robot communications to always start the robot that is the receiver first. Otherwise, the receiving robot will not be listening when the sending robot broadcasts it's message.
- To received the most accurate reading try to position the IR Seeker in a low position on the robot, or on the same plane as the ball.
Hardware and Software Required
- HiTechnic NXT IRSeeker V2 sensors - 2
- HiTechnic Infrared Electronic Ball (IR ball) - 1
- Robot A and Robot B should both be equipped with a front-facing IR Seeker sensor.
- Both robots should have the same drive system and wheels.
- The IR ball should be turned on and set to match the frequency of the settings in the code for each robot (we are using 600 Hz here).
- An NXTBee radio should be connected to sensor port 4 of each robot. The radios on each robot should be paired so that there is communication.
- Each robot should be initially setup facing the IR ball. Robot B should be started before Robot A.
- The goal of the master (Robot A) code is to use the IR seeker sensor to find the max intensity of the IR ball. The greater the intensity readig, the closer the IR ball is to the robot. Robot A will then wirelessly send a command to Robot B to get the intensity value from Robot B. Robot A will then compare the 2 intensity values (distances) and determine which robot is closest to the IR ball. If Robot A is closest, then Robot A will move forward (no message will be sent to Robot B). If Robot B is closest, then Robot A will send a command to Robot B to move forward.
- The goal of slave (Robot B) code is to use the IR seeker sensor to find the max intensity of the IR ball, and then wait for a command from Robot A to send this intensity value back to Robot A. when the request is received, Robot B will convert the intensity to a string message and send this string to Robot A where it will be decoded. Then Robot B waits to hear from Robot A about which robot is closest. If Robot B is closest, then Robot A will send a message to Robot B to move forward.
Robot A (Master) Source Code
- Download IR Proximity 2 Robots A
Robot B (Slave) Source Code
- Download IR Proximity 2 Robots B
Follow-up Challenge: Closest to IR ball with 3 robots
Challenge: Extend the code described above to find the closest robot (to the IR ball) among a total of 3 robots. Initially, each of the 3 robots will be positioned facing the IR ball at different distances from the IR ball. The master robot will now communicate with the 2 other robots, determine the closest robot and execute the appropriate commands to move the closest robot to the IR ball.
See the video below that demonstrates the 3 robot solution.
Follow-up Challenge Video (3 robots)
More Follow-up Projects and Discussion Questions
- Expand the code so that the closest robot moves forward and then makes contact or "kicks" the ball.
- What happens if the robots are not directly facing the IR ball? Experiment. Can you modify the code so that if 2 robots are the same distance, the robot which is facing the IR ball directly will be instructed to move?
- Modify the code so that the robot which is farthest away moves back away from the ball.
- What happens if Robot B (slave) is started before Robot A (master)? What do you predict? Test.
- Create, test, demonstrate and share your own challenge or application based on this technology.
- What are some real-world applications of this technology?

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"Water, water, water," yells Mike Schaadt, director of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in Los Angeles. He scrambles backward in the sand, away from an incoming wave on Cabrillo Beach. "I'll try not to drop you in the water, Stéphane," he says to a man's image on a laptop he's holding by a strap in his left hand. In his right hand, Mr. Schaadt has a wooden pole with an antenna attached to it.
Next to him, Ed Mastro, exhibits director of the aquarium, aims a small video camera at hundreds of silver fish wriggling on the beach, where they have come to deposit their eggs. The fish are small, about five to six inches long, and their slender bodies shimmer in the moonlight as they ride the surf onto the sand.
It's a grunion run, and almost 300 people have gathered on Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, Calif., to watch this spawning ritual late on a Wednesday night. Stéphane Henard, the man on the laptop, is watching, too, but from a beach thousands of miles away in Boulogne, France. Mr. Henard, director of NAUSICAÄ, the French National Sea Experience Centre, is watching a live webcast of the grunion on his computer.
The gear Messrs Schaadt and Mastro are juggling above the waves is sending the live images to Mr. Henard using Skype, an Internet calling service.
It's 11:30 p.m. in San Pedro, and families are bundled up in jackets, sweat shirts, and blankets, but in Boulogne it's 8:30 in the morning, and Mr. Henard is wearing a short-sleeved shirt under sunny skies.
Fish out of water
Grunion are ordinary-looking fish that live off the coast of southern California and northern Baja California (a state in Mexico). They swim in the sea and use their gills to breathe just as other fish do. So why do crowds of people brave dark, chilly nights to see them? Because unlike other fish, grunion come completely out of water and onto land to reproduce.
Between March and August, the grunion run ashore a few nights after the new and full moons, when high tides are higher than normal. Usually between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m., high tide washes the fish onto several California beaches. There, females dig their tails into the sand while males curl around them to fertilize the eggs the female fish are laying. When the process is finished – in as little as 30 seconds – they all catch the next wave back into the ocean.
The eggs remain buried in the sand and incubate for 10 to 14 days until the next new- or full-moon high tide comes in and washes them out to sea. The churning motion of the waves bursts the protective membrane of the eggs and the tiny fish are hatched.
How grunion got to France
Mr. Henard first learned about grunion almost 12 years ago at an International Aquarium Congress meeting in Tokyo, Japan's capital city. Dr. Susanne Lawrenz-Miller, the director of Cabrillo Aquarium at the time, ended her presentation by hatching grunion eggs in a glass jar for the audience. Mr. Henard was impressed and hoped to share the fish's compelling life cycle with visitors at his aquarium. Now that hope is reality.
Tonight is a test to see how the beach-to-beach webcast works. After that, the grunion-run live webcasts are set to be part of NAUSICAÄ's exhibit on direct communication with the sea.
It took some trial and error to set up the webcast. In the end, Mr. Mastro opted to use a standard DSL connection in the aquarium's library with a high-output antenna aimed toward the nearby beach.
Mr. Henard's image is projected from the laptop onto a makeshift screen on a lifeguard tower so everyone on the beach can see him. He and Mr. Schaadt toss questions back at forth to each other.
"How is the new exhibit?" Mr. Schaadt asks.
"Ah, it's a big success," Mr. Henard replies. "These last two weeks we've had twice the usual attendance."
Hatching the eggs far from the ocean
Cabrillo Aquarium sent grunion eggs packed in sand to NAUSICAÄ so Mr. Henard could hatch the eggs from glass jars in front of visitors. "So far, 20,000 people in France have seen the demonstration," he says.
Because grunion are a foreign species in France, the hatched fish are kept in a controlled tank and will never be introduced to European waters.
Back in California, Cabrillo Aquarium attracts more than 3,000 people to its grunion-run programs on weekend nights during summer, which include a video, hatching eggs in jars, and trekking out to watch the grunion come ashore.
By 12:30 a.m., the grunion have completed their spawning and people on the beach start to head home. "That was cool!" a boy in the crowd says, looking up at his dad. "Can we come again?"
Mr. Henard hopes that kind of excitement catches on with children in France.


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Do you have a passion for making things entirely by hand or appreciate it in other people? In my teens and twenties, I got a thrill out of being my own mechanic on my old '75 Mustang. Yep, I've changed a few water pumps and brake pads. I have sewn every stitch of handmade rag dolls with a needle and thread (no machine stitching), and I prefer to cook from scratch. Isn't it much more rewarding to gather family and friends to put in fence posts, and raise barns? So naturally for me, prepping the fleece, learning to spin, and then making things from the alpacas' luscious fiber is my idea of happiness! -Kaylen
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Wordless Wednesday - Missy's New Look
Labels: Alpacas, Life On The Farm, Wordless Wednesday
3 comments:
- Jovanka said...
I love what cute little goofballs they are!
- September 2, 2010 at 1:45 AM
- Andy and Deb said...
What is that around her neck? She is so cute
- September 2, 2010 at 7:37 PM
- Kaylen said...
Hi there! That is a water trough cover! We use tubs with lids and hubby cut the hole for access. In the winter the covered part is where the heating element goes and they can't get at it as easily. We had just cleaned the tubs and the lids weren't secured back on yet. You can see the other girls are a bit freaked out.
- September 2, 2010 at 9:01 PM
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The Best Part About The Census? These Census Fail Memes!
In case you missed it, last night was the official Census night.
And not everything went to plan.
ABS & Census website are unavailable. The service won't be restored tonight. We will update you in AM. We apologise for the inconvenience.— Census Australia (@ABSCensus) August 9, 2016
Despite assuring the website would be able to handle the millions of Aussies logging in, the site crashed early on.
And in the resulting aftermath launched a thousand beautiful memes.
MORE: Hackers Blamed For Malicious Attack On Census
So if you were among those angrily yelling at your computer, maybe these will help ease the pain.
Plus the news that there's no need to stress about the deadline just yet...
Sorry, but I couldn't resist#CensusFail pic.twitter.com/rGUQJGVUHE— Ben Eltham (@beneltham) August 9, 2016
"Computer says No!" #census2016 #CensusFail #Census #Quotes #Fun #Funny #Humour pic.twitter.com/ZudZGp1j8S— BrightKnights (@norman_goetz) August 9, 2016
Picture of Chris Libreri,the Head of @ABSCensus at tomorrow's press conference— Brad Livingstone-Fog (@BLivFog) August 9, 2016
"The site was tested"#CensusFail pic.twitter.com/pCZuvRsH5P
Keep calm everyone @ABSCensus IT team are on it #CensusFail #census2016 pic.twitter.com/lMG7qqKBrd— Leeya (@leeyaorca) August 9, 2016
We now cross LIVE to the #Census2016 IT office... pic.twitter.com/wCBagYRJ3x— Chris Chamberlin (@popculturechris) August 9, 2016
Somewhere in the sky, thousands of unemployed carrier pigeons are now looking down on our great land and laughing sadistically. #census2016— Gavin Fernando (@GavinDFernando) August 9, 2016
'Look Gary's left us a message.' "I've resigned. PS. Poured some XXXX on the server. In your jocks." #census2016 pic.twitter.com/cb8Oh0U0Te— Sally Sara (@sallyjsara) August 9, 2016
Meanwhile at @ABSCensus #census2016 #CensusFail pic.twitter.com/emZ1PBjWs8— cas (@cassydaus) August 9, 2016
If you thought trying to fill out the Census was bad, imagining being the person who was responsible for ensuring the servers worked...


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|2011-07-06, 15:05
|Link #2481
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
Just got my NIS release and it looks great. The art book has a glossary in the back explaining every name, term, and more. Really excellent stuff here. There are no interviews but I am hoping they are saving those for volume two.
|2011-07-07, 16:37
|Link #2483
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
Just watched the first episode and it was excellent except that the BD subtitles were way too small. I'm gonna take a screenshot later.
Edit: I can't play the damn blu-ray on my computer. PowerDVD can go to hell.
BD is A and the DVD is 1. On a side note, if only Japan were Region C, then we'd get our Gundam 00 and Code Geass BDs.
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|2011-07-10, 23:55
|Link #2487
Professional Hikkikomori
Join Date: Feb 2009
Wow, they showed EVERYTHING.
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|2011-07-11, 11:09
|Link #2488
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
Trailers these days show way too much. This wasn't too bad. The only bad parts were the ones with his sister getting attacked on the island.
As for the translation - I thought it was good. The honorifics did go but they kept a lot of things Eastern, like Togame's "gyafun" in the first episode but things like "Nee-chan" turned into "Sis."
There is an entire dictionary in the back of the art book with a lot of stuff. Here is the dictionary's intro with some explanation behind their translation style:
|2011-07-14, 05:47
|Link #2489
Join Date: Feb 2010
Did this thread already discussed about artwork change in ep 7?
When Shichika must fight his sister, Nanami.
I want to know why the studio using that kind of artwork? Actually kinda like the style and laugh when Nanami slash the monk in classic side scrolling video games.
|2011-07-21, 02:43
|Link #2491
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 32
|2011-07-21, 10:42
|Link #2492
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
|2011-07-26, 07:55
|Link #2493
Diamond is Unbreakable
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The Middle Way
Guess who's...really late for the party.
Well, it took about a week, but I finished it, and...
Spoiler for ...:
That being said, this was an amazing show, makes me think 50 min episodes should be more common.
10/10 despite Houou's poorly done...well you know.
As for Hitei, well...I always liked her anyway
|2011-07-29, 04:19
|Link #2494
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
I'm currently joining this bandwagon since it was reccomended as one of 2010's top anime, currently finished ep 4.
Two things hit me:
Needless to say, the less Togame talks, the more I enjoy the series (like ep 3 as well). The first two eps tested my patience with her...
|2011-07-31, 12:45
|Link #2495
Knowledge is the solution
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 34
Sabi's skipped battle was completely intentional IMO. After Sabi being touted as the strongest in Japan and Shichika as being the only one who could defeat him... we get to see Nanami potential when she is just playing around. Making the former battle sound like child play, something that is not even worth showing.
|2011-08-05, 00:41
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So Archon_Wing and I were actually talking about watching this together, but I have one slight hang up. I just found out that this was originally written by Nisio Isin, and in every experience I've ever had with the guy he seems incapable of writing a female lead that doesn't come across as a Mary Sue (i.e Medaka Box). In fact even just reading up wiki articles on what he's done that I have no experience with every single female lead character comes across as one. Heck, even the way Togame's character description is written as a cheery proud tactical master at a young age has me thinking, "here we go again". It doesn't help that it sounds like the male lead and her have some sort of master/slave relationship going on.
I'm wondering if anybody can tell me if the female lead from this one is also a Mary Sue and be honest and blunt please cause I really need too sort this out before I decide to go ahead with it or not.
And yes before people asked I have been reading the TV Tropes page on Mary Sues ever since my one post in the Break Blade thread.
|2011-08-05, 02:54
|Link #2498
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 29
Togame is physically fragile to the point of absurdity. At least, it's played that way as one of her joke features. You can't really take Togame's 'brilliant schemes' seriously all the time either. Really, her overblown pride and haughtiness is more endearing and humourous than at all offending.
:P I personally also think that's not quite a fair evaluation of Medaka Box. Medaka isn't perfect so much as absurd/absolute. Her character is played as completely unbeatable in certain aspects (but only some aspects) in order to set up compelling contrasts and conflicts with antagonists that are actually equally absurd/amazing. You get a first taste of the kinds of awesome conceptual conflicts Medaka's character allows with the introduction of Unzen around chapter 17 or so, but the show really takes off around chapter 55 when we are properly introduced to Kumagawa. The third major player, Ajimu Najimi, joins the stage in the arc after that and is similarly just as awesome.
Frankly, Nishio's writing style is extremely 'idea'-based so a whole lot of his characters are portrayed in an unbelievable or absurd way in order to fully convey a certain thought or perspective. When his stories really get into things, I find them extremely fun and intelligent. Medaka's early chapters are marred by a misplaced "slife of life/school life" theme typical of Jump shounen mangas, while Katanagatari starts off also somewhat filling time with pointless jokes about the 4th wall, but in the end they are both very solid works with interesting core ideas if you put your time into them. I can understand that some people can't get into Nishio's kind of storytelling, but frankly, from my perspective, that is really nothing more than their own loss.
|2011-08-05, 05:15
|Link #2499
Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
I just love the 3rd episode and the last episode! I couldn't get enough of them. The only minus of this anime is that there are too many dialogues and many of those are shown with static picture. Those can be boring as hell!
Also, the fight with Sabi Hakuhei was shown during the episode preview where he slash anything on his path (boat, shark, sea & the whole island if I'm not mistaken).
|2011-08-05, 14:39
|Link #2500
Knowledge is the solution
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 34
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Q. Welcome to BEST Lewis! We are really excited to have you on board for 2013. Can you tell us a little bit about why you decided to come and Ride With Us?
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
Decide On A Farm Bill And Get It Over With.Tweet
The 2008 Farm Bill, which expired nearly a year ago, and extended through the end of next month, will likely expire again before the Congress resolves the lack of federal farm policy for October 1 and beyond. Members of Congress are wrapping up their August recess designed to let them meet with constituents, but has agriculture really conveyed the message that a Farm Bill is needed? They have heard from lobbyists and received mass mailings, but if anything will happen is complete conjecture.
While the House and Senate have both passed 2013 Farm Bills, the differences are substantial. The major action pending is a meeting of a House-Senate conference committee that will be made up of Agriculture Committee members from each house who will attempt to reach a consensus on a compromise. However, compromise is something that the current Congress has not achieved.
Contributing to the inaction is House Majority Leader Eric Cantor not yet appointing members to the conference committee, and the House having only 9 legislative days on its September calendar between reconvening September 9th and the Farm Bill expiration on September 30. The conference committee could have met during August and negotiated legislation to be presented to both houses in September to replace expiring farm policy.
The policy decisions ahead of a conference committee will not be easy, unless one chamber accepts the proposals of the other, but that would be highly unlikely in the current political climate. According to agricultural economists Carl Zulauf of Ohio State and Gary Schnitkey of the University of Illinois, the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill can be compared:
Nutrition programs. The Senate version proposes to cut $4 billion over 10 years or $400 million per year from the current level of funding. The House leadership is attempting to gain enough Republican votes to cut $40 billion over 10 years, but currently there is nothing on the table for a vote and the House Farm Bill has no nutrition title, which is 78% of USDA spending.
Permanent law. Congress has kept a threat to itself for many years in the form of permanent farm law which would re-establish supply-demand agriculture and parity prices that would raise the price of food substantially, forcing Congress to regularly address farm policy issues. Those permanent laws from the 1930's and 1940's are typically amended in each of the succeeding Farm Bills and that is what happened in the Senate this year. The House voted to eliminate the provisions of permanent agricultural law, replace it with its current version of the Farm Bill, and give it no expiration date, and no guarantee of farm policy returning to the floor of the House for any future debate.
Conservation compliance and crop insurance. The Senate's version requires compliance for anyone subscribing to a crop insurance policy which are all listed in the commodity title of the Farm Bill. The House does not have the requirement, not wanting to connect societal expectations with farm program participation and subsidization of crop insurance.
Subsidy limits on crop insurance. The Senate cuts the rate of subsidy by 15 percentage points, should the subscriber have an adjusted gross income over $750,000. However the plan would be delayed for a year to allow economists to study its impact. The House does not limit crop insurance premium subsidy benefits, again, not considering any societal connection between one's ability to pay and generate revenue.
Payment limits. The safety net in the Commodity Title (I) carry $75,000 limits per payment entity, and limits other payments to $50,000 to other program benefits. Additionally the Senate caps all payments for anyone with a $750,000 adjusted gross income, and the house does the same at $950,000. The Senate also takes on a more definitive definition of who is engaged in farming.
Direct Payments. Both the House and Senate versions eliminate the direct payment provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill, but the House gives them two more years to cotton, but the acreage declines.
House Safety net. The House creates two new programs for income support, giving farmers a choice of the two. The Price Loss Coverage establishes a system of target prices, and farmers would receive a payment should their commodities not generate revenue in excess of those target prices. Payment is made on base acres and the target prices are fixed in the legislation and do not fluctuate. The House offers an alternate program called a Revenue Loss Program, which has gained the reputation of a "shallow loss program. Users of crop insurance would theoretically insure crops to a 75% level and the House RLC program would offer revenue that would carry any shortfall to 85% of typical revenue, which is based on average crop revenue determined by yield and price.
- Senate Safety net. The Senate also offers a pair of revenue support programs. The Adverse Market Payment is somewhat parallel to the House PLC program and establishes target prices and deficiency payments, but the payments are based on a price that is 55% of a 5-year average price and fluctuates with market prices. The Senate's Agriculture Risk Coverage program is similar to the House's Revenue Loss Program, the "shallow loss" concept.
Most farmers would look at the contents of the Commodity Title and find out what safety net program is offered.Both the House and Senate have a target-price style program and both have a revenue program based on a crop insurance add-on to cover a shallow loss.There are differences in how the program revenue is calculated.The conference committee will also have to address how it perceives society wants to ensure farm survival, based on whether they are large or small and their ability to generate their own revenue.
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Iowa to poll-watchers: Back off• www.politico.com
Iowa has joined Texas in warning international election observers of possible criminal prosecution if they violate state laws and get near polling places on Election Day.
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz — like Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott last week — on Tuesday threatened Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe election observers with arrest if they came within 300 feet of a polling place's entrance, in violation of state law. (In Texas, it's 100 feet.)
(Also on POLITICO: Arrest threats in Texas puzzle election monitors)
"My office met with two delegation representatives last week to discuss Iowa's election process, and it was explained to them that they are not permitted at the polls," Schultz said in a statement. "Iowa law is very specific about who is permitted at polling places, and there is no exception for members of this group."
The OSCE — comprised of 56 countries, including the United States — is chiefly a crisis mediation and conflict resolution group in Europe, Asia and North America. Since 2002, the organization's poll watchers have observed six U.S. elections, without incident, said Janez Lenari, the OSCE's director for the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.


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When I was a little girl, I used to ride my bicycle to the library. I loved walking down the long, narrow stacks of books, knowing that something special could be found in any one of the titles. I particularly liked the smell of books, especially old books.
When I was a little girl, I used to ride my bicycle to the library. I loved walking down the long, narrow stacks of books, knowing that something special could be found in any one of the titles. I particularly liked the smell of books, especially old books.
I also liked my librarian, the lone sentinel in that little house of wisdom. She was always tending the volumes with care; checking books in and out, making sure they were returned on time and placing them back in their rightful slot so others could find them with ease.
National Library Week was celebrated April 14-20, and although the focus of the celebration is on the importance of reading, our libraries, and being active and supportive patrons of libraries, I think we also need to recognize the guardians of the books that provide us with so much — our librarians. Without their careful tending of the contents, we would all suffer. Take a moment to thank your local librarian. They are an invaluable resource in our pursuit of pleasure, knowledge and understanding. Let them know you appreciate what they do. They deserve that.
"Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom" written and illustrated by Eric Wight, Simon & Schuster, 90 pages. Read aloud: age 7-8 and older. Read yourself: age 8-9 and older.
Frankie Pickle had an amazing imagination, and because of that, he went on incredible adventures. As a superhero, Frankie had ZERO time (or interest) in cleaning his room. Despite his mother's pleas, Frankie's room just got messier and messier. Finally, his mother relented, and told Frankie he could do whatever he wanted in his own space — leave it a pigsty if he wanted. There was a catch, though — Frankie would have to deal with whatever consequences came as a result.
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"Tons of trucks before our eyes, in every color, shape, and size!" And that's the truth of this engaging book that features all kinds of trucks and boasts lots of tabs to pull, wheels to spin, flaps to open and a few fun textural elements to touch.
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Wasn't the Last Supper during passover?
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While reading the list of Orthodox Church Synods and Councils I read that the Synod of Jerusalem declared that Jesus didn't use unleavened bread at the last supper...what is the reason for this? Wasn't the Last Supper during passover?
Quite correct, Didymus.The Passover Feast itself was celebrated after midnight on the 14th. The Last Supper occurred before this hour.
Forgive me, but I don't read Didymus as being "quite correct", but rather muddying the waters. What George says is right. The meal shared by Jesus and his apostles happened well before the beginning of Passover, the well-known principle that sunset begins the next day notwithstanding, since Jesus died on the day of preparation.
Does it really matter what was used at the Last Supper? The early church both east and west used leavened bread at the Divine services. The use of leavened bread changed in part of the church later on during the later half of the 1st millenium.
The OP isn't about which is the "right" bread to use, but rather, specifically asks which bread was used at the Last Supper.
Hello,Do the Orthodox view unleavened bread as invalid and incapable of being transformed into the Eucharist?
If it matters, I believe the Armenians prepare unleavened bread to become Holy Communion although it's nothing like the wafers Roman Catholics use. Can somebody confirm this please?Interestingly, I have heard that the Ethiopians prepare unleavened bread to become Holy Communion on Covenant Thursday (ie Maundy Thursday) but otherwise prepare leavened bread. This would make sense theologically and from an historical perspective. Can anyone confirm this please also?
First of all, "validity" and "invalidity" are concepts essentially foreign to Orthodoxy. Please see my post in the thread concerning the "validity" of Roman orders. We (Eastern Orthodox) would certainly not say that unleavened bread would not "work" in the sense that it would not become the Body of Christ just because it was unleavened. But we think it is wrong to use it (which I suppose could prove problematic when it comes to relations between the Eastern Orthodox and the Armenian Orthodox,as well as the Catholic Church).
It matters quite a bit to the Eastern Orthodox. One condition of reunion between the Churches that the Orthodox would absolutley insist on is that the Roman Church would return to the earlier practice of using leavened hosts, similar to what the Western rite Orthodox use today.
Hello,It seems from this post that you do have the concepts, even if you don't use the name.
Validity and invalidity refers to "working" to become the Eucharist. For instance, a Betty Crocker double fudge nut brownie would not "work", that is it could not become the Eucharist, thus we say it is invalid (or more precisely, invalid matter). The issue of it being wrong to use is what we call licitness. If it is licit that means it is right and proper to use and in accordance with the law of the Church. If it is illicit, that means that it is wrong to use, even though it will "work".
Hello,Would you say that this applies to the Armenians as well?
The Last Supper did occur before the Passover of the Pharisees. It however coincides exactly with the Passover of the Essenes, who disagreed with the Pharisees and the Priests about the calculation of Passover, and if I remember correctly the Essenes actually had the more accurate caculation.
The Latin Church had long been using unleavened bread before the schism
Even St. Photios, who was the biggest critic of its use, reconciled with a Rome that still used [un?]leavened bread.
Fr Ambrose,do you mind if I steal those and post them on another forum?
Is it true that the Last Supper accounts in the Synoptics differ in terms of date than John's Gospel? I find it all a bit complex, forgive my being dense.
Dear Joe,You are not being dense! Scholars say that we shall never be able to sort out whether it was leavened or unleavened bread at the Last Supper. We can however look at the consistent tradition of the Church and see that whatever was used at the Last Supper the Church prefers leavened bread. The scholars also agree with this point.
Let us assume that we can't determine whether or not leavened or non leavened bread was used at the Last Supper. Was it the symbol of the Risen Christ that lead the early church to adopt leavened bread at the Eucharist both east and west or was it something else?
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Yes.The much vaunted Armenian use of unleavened bread actually only dates from a change in their tradition in the 6th century, introduced to uphold the monophysite teaching of the one nature of Christ.Catholic apologists are generally not aware of this and like to claim, wrongly, that the Armenians have a continuous use of unleavened bread from the earliest centuries.
The Significance of Leavened BreadI found this link that I thought was very thought provoking,and affirms my belief in using the "leavened bread" in our Thanksgiving to God!!http://www.prosphora.org/page27.html
So, in reality, and using both arguments, when the Bread (be it leavened or unleavened) and the wine (be it diluted or not) makes little difference when both are changed into the Body and Blood of Christ anyway because they are not what they used to be? Simple? The argument becomes a mute point. Is this a suitable answer?
Actually, I've always been taught that our use of unleavened bread is ancient, predating the Chalcedonian schism and is not directly related to the Oriental Orthodox belief in the one composite nature of Christ. The leaven represents sin and we leave it out to show that Christ was without sin.
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The XZ-1 is a new addition to the Olympus lineup, and packages the power of a DSLR into…well, almost point-and-shoot size. While the device might be a little much for some pockets (not all) to handle, its capability and simplicity should at the very least cause pause before your next camera purchase.
Unlike some Micro-Four-Thirds or even beginner DSLRs, there's nothing intimidating about the make and mold of the XZ-1. That said, novices might find themselves relying on its iAuto settings before rushing into any of its manual capabilities. But once you get there, you'll be happy you took the plunge.
Olympus also outfits the XZ-1 with a highly capably OLED display, and of course, a wide-angle lens that can step up to just about any dimly lit scenario.
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Our first impression of the XZ-1 is how sleek and compact the wide-angle camera feels. Its chassis is very reminiscent of the Nikon CoolPix P300. It's remarkable that manufacturers are able to fit extremely capable lenses onto such discreet bodies, and looks alone will tell you the XZ-1 is a pocket cam. However, put one in the palm of your hand and you'll immediately understand you're dealing with a real machine. The camera has some heft (but not bulk) to it, something new photographers might shy away from but enthusiasts will find to be a comforting indication of quality. Just to give you an idea, the XZ-1 weighs in at just under 10-ounces, and units from Olympus' entry-level digicams usually come in around four to six ounces. If you're a fan of all things thinner, lighter, and smaller and in the market for a wide angle camera, you might be leaning toward something like the CoolPix P300 (6.7-ounces), but we personally like a little bit of weight when using compact DLSRs for manual shooting.
While we're being shallow, we should address the fact that the XZ-1 comes in white and black. We're fans of both options: The white is inarguably eye-catching, but there's the all-business look to the matte black.
Onto more important things. The XZ-1 measures 110.6mm x 64.8mm x 42.3 mm (width x height x depth) and offers shooters a nice, wide 3-inch OLED display. The OLED screen gives photographers a clearer, sharper, more contrasted image – and its resolution of 610,000 pixels doesn't hurt either. The functions are simple to master, with a dedicated power butter and shutter, a top dial for adjusting your manual settings as well as selecting iAuto, auto-scene options, and built-art filters. On the camera's back panel, you have your dedicated video recording button, playback function, and turning dial for determining shutter and aperture manually, as well as a host of other settings. This dial also serves as your navigator for scrolling through photos.
The flash is manual only: Experienced shooters will appreciate a camera that doesn't self-determine when to light up a setting and newbies might find themselves momentarily confused, but in general this is an appreciated feature of the camera. It also comes with a hot shoe attachment.
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On a day when the NBA lurched toward its inevitable lockout - with labour and management even further apart than in the NFL's contentious negotiations - NBA 2K12 released this first in-game screenshot, depicting Dirk Nowitzki and the world champion Dallas Mavericks in their series against the Miami Heat.
Other than the player modelling, there's not much Where's Waldo going on with regards to new details. The crowd is decked out in Mavericks blue. If you zoom in full-size on DeShawn Stevenson (No. 92, lower left) you can see that outrageous Abe Lincoln tattoo on his throat.
NBA 2K12 showed little at E3 and has said little about the encore to last year's decisive sports game of the year, other than promises the development team kept its foot on the accelerator. The publicity rollout is expected to be in full swing by August.


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Uh ur…because I didn't blog my run year at.all.
So this is my quick "smasheverythinginto1post" attempt :)
Lets look at the highlights – shall we:
My theme for last year was: "Getting Back in the Saddle"
After my 1st marathon in December 2010 my 2011 year was a hard comeback….seriously
(my lowest mileage in March and highest in August)
As you can see 1st quarter was a steady decline…
Excuses Excuses
Jan – Guess I need to "try" to Run
Feb – Too cold
March – Sick the entire month with a head/chest cold
And then from there the rest of 2011 was a rollercoaster at best.
You know: burned out, busy getting married, rebounding, trying to shake the love pounds, building endurance, getting back up to pace, blah blah blah.
Again….my year sucked and didn't start looking up until towards the 4th quarter when I decided to register for a few races.
My highest mileage month being 73.1 miles in August and the lowest a whooping 6.3 miles in March. I ran a total of 576.3 miles for 2011.
Lessons learned in 2011:
1. Keep going no matter what!
2. If you fall off the wagon – it's hard as #@!% to get back on it.
3. PUSH anyway
4. Despite race burn out, I need to sprinkle some throughout the year to stay on track/motivated.
As far as 2012:
I will let you know what I am working on in another post. Promise it won't be a new year when I post again :)
However, I will say my 2012 goal is to run 800 miles for the year.
That would mean about 65 miles per month for an estimate of 780 total. Mas o Menos I just rounded up to 800.
Again more to come about 2012 year.
But lets take a quick look back, as I definitely want to recap the races I did in 2011.
Originally I planned on 2 races (LungStrong and Turkey Trot).
I actually did 3 races (LungStrong, ROCKtoberfest and Turkey Trot). I threw Rocktoberfest in at the last minute only for what I thought would be a cool medal.
I wanted to do the new Huntersville Half but after running ROCKtoberfest I was over the "hills".
Here are my 2011 Race Recaps (literally based off my iPhone notes & pics):
1. LungStrong 15K – Date: 10/8/11 Race Time: 1:37
It's just right mileage challenge to register for as I don't consider 5K registrations worth it anymore.
I did a 1.3 mile warm- up because I wanted 10 miles in the race log for the upcoming half. So in the race I was always a mile ahead…man what mind games! LOL
It was a gorgeous day! Cool in the AM but warmed up and got sunny. It was a pretty route as well by the lake and going through a park and the neighborhoods had BIG beautiful homes. I didn't preview the route like I normally do and there were a couple back loops on the route #ugh! And the route was filled with rooooooolling hills #doubleugh I did end up with my left toes going slightly numb but I pushed thru it.
As always I met a race angel (well two). Carrie was originally running and ended up supporting me but finishing the majority of it with me from mile 3 on.
My other race angel was an older gentleman name Rick he was a 2nd year lung cancer survivor. PRAISE GOD!! That's what it was all about right?? The reason why I was out there! What a way to put things in perspective. And he was running strong!
This ended up being my 1st race that I ran continuous!!
Other 1sts:
1st race since my marathon break
1st race in 2012
Of course hubby was there to support since his sprang ankle – and caught me on video beasting it (my 1st race recording too!). No medal :( but there was a great Christian Rock band out there and this was my best pace the entire 2012.
2. ROCKtoberfest – Date: 10/22/11 Race Time: 2:26
4hrs of sleep
Bad dinner - chicken sauce
Upset stomach heartburn all nite
Took 6 pepto tablets
Saw an old run friend - William
45 degrees @ start Glad it really wasn't windy b/c it was crazy earlier in the week!
Emily from 15K ran 1st 2miles
Ran with Adam (my race angel) next 7 miles
(I was exhausted here! LOL)
Brief walk after 10mi mark again @ 12mi
Meet Hope & Becky who helped me take it in Last mile toughest Hubby ran w/ me thru the finish line
BIG NOTE: I was faster last year (10lbs lighter) but was "stronger"
this year ( crying & choking on hills)
Oooh Lord U r Awesome x2
If it wasn't for love
If it wasn't for your Grace
I don't know where I'd
Be w/o U
Poor crowd participation. Seem like low # of racers too.
But last half mile PINK sign: I know a healer his name is JESUS!!
Avon Breast Cancer walkers cheered on as they walked
3. Turkey Trot – Date: 11/24/11 Race Time: 51:10
Is a blur now but recall doing better than last year. It is such an easy and run race to do.
Ran it by myself as Hubby was still recovering from his heel stress fracture so he watched me from the sidelines. But there were love ladies out there to giggle with at the start line.
Overall 2011 was my "Come Back" year.
And so glad I had the courage to keep going!


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Jessica Chastain Dating Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo (Exclusive)
Jessica Chastain is off the market!
The best actress front-runner is dating handsome Italian Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, sources confirm exclusively to JustJared.com.
Reps for Jessica have not commented, and have kept her dating life out of the spotlight over the years.
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She's notoriously private about her love life. "In this business it's very tough to maintain a relationship because we're like gypsies – always on the move," Jessica has said. "And the more you share your relationship with the world the less special it becomes. So I always try to keep my dating life quiet."
Gian Luca works as an executive for the Italian fashion brand Moncler. Jessica is Oscar nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work in Zero Dark Thirty (this movie and her horror flick Mama are both in theaters now).
Jessica is having her final performance for her Broadway show The Heiress tonight and she will be attending the 2013 BAFTAs tomorrow.


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OMAK Tiffany Mannikko will be crowned Miss Omak Stampede during the organization's annual banquet Saturday.
A social hour is at 5 p.m. at the Omak Elks Lodge, 110 S. Ash St. Dinner will be at 6 p.m.
Admission will be charged. Annual memberships will be for sale.
Elections are planned for Stampede Associate Board members and Friends of Stampede. In addition, board member Cindy Berg is up for re-election.
Mannikko, 18, was named Oct. 10 to succeed 2013 Queen Breanna Howell of Tonasket.
She will give a speech, outgoing Royalty Director Millie Gann said.
Royalty Director Jeff Demmitt and Gann both praised Mannikko and said she's very qualified to represent the rodeo during its 81st year.
Becoming Miss Omak Stampede has been a longtime dream and will serve "as a stepping stone in life for me," Mannikko said. "I dream of being the best that I can be."
Mannikko is a student in the Okanogan School District alternative program. She plans to attend college at Wenatchee Valley College and Gonzaga University, with the goal of becoming a lawyer.
She enjoys barrel racing with Boots and Saddles Barrel Racing Club and the Wallis Arena buckle series, and was Okanogan County Junior Rodeo princess in 2008, when Jonnie Crossland was queen. Crossland later became Miss Omak Stampede.
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You can create an album here:
As a registered user, you can create albums in your gallery. Click on "My Gallery" at the top, and it should prompt you to create an album.
Upload the pics, jpegs are good, try and keep them 800k or less each.
After you've uploaded your pics into your album titled "SI 6/25/05" or whatever, just post your link to that album in the forum.
For example, here's my album link for my last trip to Maui:
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I believe those pics were taken by Byron - he put up a teaser photo for now, hopefully, he'll upload more...
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Hi Steven-- I live a couple blocks from the park, can meet to hit there sometime if you like to play sometime. Best for me is weekend, but could also make some later evenings during weekdays over the summer.
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"Meg, you hurt my feelings," I said. I didn't really know where I was going, but that felt like the right tactic. Her face fell."Why," she asked."You said you hate me. I love you, so that hurts my feelings." I could see the wheels spinning."I love you, Mommy. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings.""I love you too, Meggo. It's okay."
Sunday, February 12, 2012
10 comments:
- Jill VT said...
That, of course, is the crux of parenthood: you pour your heart and soul into the little buggers, and that's what you get. My kids get a spray of vinegar in the mouth when they say it (mostly to each other); it's really the only word I can't abide.
- February 12, 2012 at 8:48 PM
- Gina said...
Girls are tough. Not that boys don't say it - they do, but girls seem to know how to push those buttons. It's totally normal, you know she doesn't hate you, but it's hard to hear and deal with nonetheless. Just know you aren't alone.
- February 13, 2012 at 7:11 AM
- Mandy_Fish said...
Oh my sweet holy hell. I have an eight-year-old son and he has never uttered those words to me. But I see my fiery 22-month-old daughter and totally know it's coming.
Hold me.
- February 13, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- Kelly said...
I have always answered, "That's okay, hate me if you want to, but I will always love you."
Turn the guilt back onto them, little buggers.
- February 13, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- The Twisted Tine said...
I can't imagine how that'd feel. Our five year old never quite got into using the word "hate", although his vocabulary is quite interesting regardless. Mostly, he'll scoff outwardly if he doesn't get what he wants, or plays the Woe-card.
That kid can turn on the waterworks in an instant.
Now that he's in Kindergarten, he is bringing home some new words that his mom and I kind of look at each other in an "errrr... that's not appropriate" kind of way.
We're really curious and terrified how the teenage years are going to go...
- February 13, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- G said...
My kids (11 & 19) are still going through that phase and they say that they hate us a couple of times a week.
Ain't no big thing. We shrug it off and continue onwards.
Words only hurt if you let them.
- February 13, 2012 at 4:09 PM
- erin said...
None of my kids have told me that they hate me...yet. Olivia once said, "HOLY COW MOM! YOUR BELLY IS SO FAT!". I'm not sure which is worse.
- February 13, 2012 at 7:16 PM
- Vapid Vixen said...
Oh man! That's like a kick to the gut right there. With stilettos! While I was reading I was wondering how I would have handled it. Then I got to the part where you pulled over. I don't think there could have been a better response.
- February 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM
- Sprite's Keeper said...
I remember being sixteen and saying those words. She won't mean it even then. Promise.
- February 15, 2012 at 9:20 AM
My oldest once said to me: "When you are old and in a wheelchair and your glasses fall on the floor, I won't pick them up."
I guess that was her roundabout way of saying she hated me at that moment. I think she was maybe 10 or 11 at the time. I think I wouldn't buy her some overpriced bauble at the mall.
- February 15, 2012 at 5:52 PM


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Mothership's David Rosenbaum Directs "Robotarm" for Cisco
January 29, 2012 7:08 pm
Tags: 3D, CG, Digital Domain
Mothership's David Rosenbaum Directs "Robotarm" for Cisco
Los Angeles, CA—January 26, 2012 —Mothership director David Rosenbaum teamed with OgilvyWest to tell a simple story about a complex concept in a "Robotarm" for Cisco that broke during the NFC Championship broadcast on January 22. Despite a four-week timeline, the all-CG spot delivers film caliber computer animation that is entirely photo-real.
The commercial depicts a cheerfully aware group of self-sustaining automotive assembly robots as a metaphor for Cisco Intelligent Networks that can fix and diagnose themselves. Nine unique robots star in the spot, all designed to emulate the look of classic factory machinery enhanced with distinct characteristics. Synchronized to Gary Numan's "Cars," the robots drill, rivet, screw, weld and hand body parts off to one another. The set was entirely built in CG, based on reference photography from modern automotive plants.
Rosenbaum collaborated closely with OgilvyWest co-chief creative officers James Dawson-Hollis and Bill Wright to approach the spot as if it were a live action shoot. Instead of shooting with cameras on set, they worked alongside Digital Domain's previs team to frame up shots and work out compositions with rough animations.
"From the beginning we knew we wanted to use a factory metaphor to tell the story of complex computer systems that can diagnose and fix themselves," said Rosenbaum. "Together with the OgilvyWest team we took that idea to a new place—doing away with a traditional assembly line, creating robots with distinct personalities and bringing them closer together so they could interact. In the end I think we were able to humanize the technology and make it more understandable."
"The nature of the schedule forced us to work in an unorthodox way on this project," added VFX supervisor Aladino Debert, also a Mothership director. "Doing look development and modeling while simultaneously animating, lighting and compositing, relied heavily on the technical and artistic prowess of our seasoned team and ability to turn around photoreal rendering very quickly."
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"Robotarm" CG spot for Cisco Intelligent Networks
As posted in the Renderosity Video Center
About Mothership
Hybrid commercial production company Mothership creates advertising, branded content, and entertainment for screens of all sizes. A sister company to Digital Domain, Mothership represents top global creative talent and enables them with all of the resources and expertise of the world-class, Academy-honored studio. Mothership creates the content, strategies and campaigns that take ideas from concept through completion, to roll out brand experiences across multiple media platforms. http://www.mothership.net
About Digital Domain
Digital production company Digital Domain was founded in 1993. The company has created visuals for more than 80 movies, including Titanic, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and TRON: Legacy and hundreds of commercials. Its artists have earned multiple Academy Awards®. Digital Domain recently completed visual effects for Thor, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Real Steel and is in production on Jack the Giant Killer, 47 Ronin and a full slate of commercials. Digital Domain is headquartered in Venice, California with studios in Vancouver, San Francisco and Florida. http://www.digitaldomain.com
Credits for: CISCO "ROBOTARM"
Directed by: David Rosenbaum
Client: CISCO
Agency: OgilvyWest
Chief Creative Officers: James Dawson-Hollis, Bill Wright
Associate Creative Directors: Jeff Heath, Dennis Lee
Agency Producer: Eric Rasco
Agency President: Heather MacPherson
Account Director: Efren Gonzalez
Account Management Supervisor: Sarah Tabbush
Production, Animation, Editorial & Visual Effects by: DIGITAL DOMAIN
Ed Ulbrich: President, Commercial Division; Executive Vice President
Tanya Cohen: Executive Producer
Scott Gemmell: Head of Production
Aladino Debert: Visual Effects Supervisor
Lee Carlton: CG Supervisor
William Lemmon: Producer
Alex Michael: Coordinator
Fred Fouquet: Editor
Colin Woods: Editor
Brian Creasey: Generalist, Previs Artist
Tim Jones: Generalist
Trisha Mcnamara: Generalist
Val Sinlao: Generalist
Anthony Ramirez: Generalist
Rick Thomas: Animator
Stephan Brezinsky: Animator
Ruel Smith: Animator
Tom St. Amand: Animator
Adrian Dimond: Technical Director
Derek Crosby: Technical Director
Tom Briggs: FX Artist
Adrian Graham: FX Artist
Cody Williams: Motion Graphics Artist
Jeff Heusser: Nuke Compositor, Flame Artist
Scott Hale: Nuke Compositor
Niles Heckman: Nuke Compositor, Previs Artist
Sven Dreesbach: Nuke Compositor
Composition: Gary Numan "Cars"
Re-record: kinseywhitehouse
Sound Design: Henryboy
Sound Designer: Bill Chesley
Producer: Kate Gibson
Rohan Young, Lime Studios
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