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Bold, colorful artwork illustrates this warm, simple retelling of the Bible story.
Tight Timesby Barbara Shook Hazen
This children's book introduces a family who is experiencing "tight times" in a way that children can begin to understand. A little boy finds he can't have exactly what he wants for breakfast. He has to stay with a babysitter because his mother has to work. It isn't a good time for him to get a dog. Worst of all, moms and dads cry! Then, a surprise and a mess in the kitchen makes the family feel better. This book is a good starting point for discussing why parents can't always buy everything children want, and how making the best of the situation helps.
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28 Hearty Vegetarian Main Dish Recipes
Heirloom Tomato and Onion Quiche [1]
This dish is perfect for a brunch or light dinner with a mixed-greens salad. The recipe was developed for heirloom tomatoes such as Cherokee Purple or Brandywine, but if those aren't available, use whatever kind of tomatoes you like. Drain sliced tomatoes on a paper towel before adding them to the quiche, and they won't release as much water.
Mexican Sweet Potato-Veggie Medley [5]
Create a meatless main dish in minutes by sauteeing sweet potatoes, then adding canned corn and black beans. Top with a chipotle-flavor sour cream, avocado slices and fresh cilantro.
Linguine in Fresh Tomato Sauce With Garlic-Basil Toast [9]
Kalamata olives add flavor to the homemade tomato sauce in this vegetarian pasta meal. And it's ready in 20 minutes!
Sweet Corn Pizza [13]
Corn adds sweet flavor and crisp texture to this easy pizza. The pesto practically melts into the warm crust for a flavor-packed base.
Sweet Corn Pizza [14]
Crisp Portobello Mushroom and Spring Carrot Salad [17]
Goat cheese and chives top golden skillet-cooked mushrooms and cooked carrots in this recipe from Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Cafe in Chicago. Homemade honey-mustard vinaigrette adds a pleasing tang.
Baby Spinach Salad [21]
This hearty vegetarian salad teams up greens with grains, topped with a yogurt-mint dressing. Serve it alongside a bowl of soup or a warm-from-the-oven loaf of whole-wheat bread.
Curried Lentil Soup [25]
Karen Scott from Park Forest, Illinois, fell in love with this spiced specialty when her daughter, Sandy Rutkowski, served her a bowl. "I thought it was out of this world," Karen says. Curry powder and fresh ginger add spicy flavor to the lentils.
Curried Lentil Soup [26]
Roesti [29]
The New Glarus Hotel in New Glarus, Wisconsin, serves up a taste of Switzerland with this potato cake -- pure comfort food made from just five ingredients.
Roesti [30]
Fruity Pasta Salad [33]
Showcase fresh colors and flavors with a combination of honeydew, strawberries, cashews, pasta and snow peas, all mixed with poppy seed dressing.
Fruity Pasta Salad [34]
French Spaghetti [37]
Layers of creamy white and tomato-mushroom sauces crown this meatless noodle dish.
French Spaghetti [38]
Pasta Frittata [41]
Diners at Ina's in Chicago get a giant, Parmesan-sprinkled wedge of this baked frittata served with sauteed tomatoes. We like it with a marinaralike sauce, too.
Spinach Frittata, with only five ingredients, is a quick-and-easy meal that's ready in just 20 minutes.
Pasta Frittata [42]
Spinach Frittata [43]
Deli-Style Tortellini Salad [46]
Mustard-herb vinaigrette dresses cheese-filled tortellini, chopped broccoli, carrots and sweet peppers in our version of this deli classic.
Apple Bagel Sandwiches with Pumpkin Cream Cheese [50]
We created Apple Bagel Sandwiches with Pumpkin Cream Cheese in honor of Illinois, which grows 80 percent of the pumpkins processed in the United States. They're a good option for a stick-to-your-ribs breakfast. Or try them as a meatless sandwich any time of day. We also like the added crunch of the nuts.
Squash and Tomato Bake [54]
Summer squash adds texture to this easy dish, which combines stewed tomatoes with paprika, garlic, basil and pepper, as well as some melty mozzarella and Parmesan.
Italian Rice Salad [58]
Italian Rice Salad includes fragrant, nutty-tasting brown basmati rice, bell peppers in a variety of colors, red onions and plenty of garlic. "It's kind of soft, kind of crunchy, a little sweet and a little tangy," says Ohio cooking school expert Bev Schaffer, who gave us the recipe.
Italian Rice Salad [59]
Fresh Veggie Pizza [62]
This pizza is packed full of vegetables: zucchini or yellow summer squash, sweet peppers, fresh mushrooms, green onions and more. If you have kids, have them help make this with their favorite vegetables.
Fresh Veggie Pizza [63]
Eggs Goldenrod [66]
This dish is terrific for brunch or a light supper. The hard-cooked eggs are simmered in a delicate white sauce that's ladled over warm biscuits.
Eggs Goldenrod [67]
Greek Pasta Salad [70]
Toss pasta with fresh herbs, vegetables, feta cheese and olives for this Mediterranean-influenced salad.
Greek Pasta Salad [71]
Cheesy Multigrain Spaghetti Casserole [74]
Extra-firm tofu provides protein in this meatless main dish. Whole-grain pasta adds flavor and nutrition.
Killer Tomato Benedict [78]
This popular version of the classic egg dish is named for the luscious summer tomatoes called "killers" at Classic Cup Cafe in Kansas City, Missouri.
Creamy Artichoke Lasagna [82]
The classic lasagna cheeses -- ricotta, Parmesan and mozzarella -- give this one-dish meal its trademark gooey texture. The recipe also calls for some nontraditional lasagna ingredients, such as fresh artichokes.
Fresh Tomato and Arugula Pasta [86]
Arugula is a spicy little green that gives this fresh tomato pasta a peppery bite. For a more mellow flavor, use spinach instead of arugula.
Army and Lou's Macaroni and Cheese [90]
Here's a real crowd-pleaser: a creamy mac and cheese recipe using three kinds of cheese. It's from Army and Lou's restaurant in Chicago.
Farmhouse Cheese Torte [94]
This recipe has a lot of steps, but it's worth the effort. Bread a poached egg with a crisp coating, then place it on top of a baked ricotta-fontina torte and drizzle the whole thing with a cheesy mushroom sauce.
Warm Asparagus Salad [98]
This recipe combines the flavors of asparagus, pecans, dates and goat cheese, all in a balsamic dressing.
Warm Asparagus Salad [99]
Fusilli Primavera [102]
This recipe tosses fun curly pasta with spring vegetables ("primavera"). We added almonds and a hint of cheese for a colorful stir-fry dish with crunch.
Fusilli Primavera [103]
Rigatoni with Spinach, Walnuts, Sweet Potatoes and Goat Cheese [106]
This recipe, from the Chopping Block cooking school in Chicago, is a fast-fix mixture of pasta, goat cheese and vegetables. Serve with Italian bread.
Rigatoni with Spinach, Walnuts, Sweet Potatoes and Goat Cheese [107]
Asparagus Salad [110]
This recipe comes from Bluestem Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri. It has poached eggs, Feliciana Nevat cheese (a mild cow's milk and goat's milk cheese) and a toasted walnut vinaigrette.
Asparagus Salad [111]
Tomato Vodka Cream Pasta Sauce with Fettuccine [114]
This is a versatile recipe that's delicious over any type of pasta. A classic tomato sauce gets extra flavor from 2 tablespoons of vodka and smoothness from whipped cream. You can leave out the vodka, though, if you like, and experiment with different flavors of canned stewed tomatoes.


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There's also this $100 selective laser sintering printer being Kickstarted at the moment:
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Does Amazon have plans in place when stuff like this happens?
The patent system is the set-everyone-else-back-20-years system.
The process of modifying the software to work on a different system is legal because it is reverse engineering (though it it used DRM it is illegal by the DMCA), but distributing it is still copyright infringement.
So much this. With PC, you have many stores to choose from. (Steam, Amazon, GOG, GMG, Origin, etc.). On Xbone or PS4, you will only have one, so there is no competition.
A better question is, what does the MPAA have to do with reading?
I hope they pull an Antigua on the US.
I love how the last commenter is applauding Duffy for what he does, which is basically protecting the profits of porn companies.
So does that mean that if I broadcast a copyrighted movie using the Bittorrent livestreaming protocol, or even the old fashioned way over ham radio frequencies I now get rights to it?
So does that mean that if I broadcast a copyrighted movie using the Bittorrent livestreaming protocol, or even the old fashioned way over ham radio frequencies I now get rights to it?
"Can someone please tell me why the hell Grover is fighting simpler taxes?"
Simple, because he doesn't care for conservative ideology, he is just saying what will make him the most money.
Wasn't Anne a redhead?
Those chess programs can't compute millions of possible outcomes in nanoseconds. Modern CPUs execute single instructions on a scale of nanoseconds.
Can't you resell music with ReDigi?
You can do that on some games right now, it's called Guest Passes, though it is up to the publisher whether they will allow them.
Is this jailbreaking in general, or just carrier unlocking?
GEMA is MEGA with some letters rearranged.
This article completely ignores video games. Right now, any PC game that can be played at 1080p can be played at 4k (well, almost any game - see Dark Souls). Once the next generation consoles hit, there will be a few games that support 4k as well.
It's the bestiality.
They said music files. I suppose you could place them in a video container with no video, though.


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Dr. Robert S. Nelsen is the eighth President of The University of Texas-Pan American. He comes to UTPA with a demonstrated commitment to higher education and a distinguished career in educational leadership and community service.
He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at The University of Chicago. His Ph.D. fields of specialization were modern literature, modern philosophy, and modern political theory.
Nelsen was raised on a small cattle ranch in the "Big Sky Country" of Montana near Madison Valley just outside of Yellowstone Park. Like the majority of students at UTPA, Nelsen faced great financial hardships while seeking to get his degrees. He put himself through college by working as a janitor in the predawn hours before classes and by selling fishhooks and western clothing in the evenings.
Nelsen has lived in Texas since 1990. Prior to his arrival at UTPA, he was an Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). He was responsible for oversight of the Academic Affair's budget preparation, the implementation of the University's Business Incubator, and the Center for Academic Athletic Success, and other NCAA related matters. In addition, he was a professor of English at TAMUCC.
Before working at TAMUCC, Nelsen was a distinguished faculty member at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) for almost two decades where he started the creative writing program and nurtured the development of an arts and humanities curriculum. For many years, he served as the Speaker of the Faculty at UTD, and he also chaired the UT System Faculty Advisory Council for two terms. After winning the Chancellor's Council Award for Outstanding Teaching, he was recruited into the Provost's Office and served as Vice Provost there.
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Dodge Commemorates One-Millionth Cummins-Powered Dodge Ram
Recently, the one-millionth Cummins diesel engine built for the Dodge Ram Heavy Duty was shipped from Cummins' Columbus, Indiana, factory. To commemorate the milestone, Dodge will hand off the keys to its one-millionth Cummins diesel-powered Ram to a lucky sweepstakes winner later this year
"The one-millionth Cummins-powered Ram is the result of a very successful partnership. With the help of the Cummins team, we have redefined the meaning of tough trucks and set new standards for capability in the heavy-duty pickup segment," added Darryl Jackson. "Dodge has the longest lasting lineup of pickups on the market, and the Cummins diesels are a big part of that."
Cummins has supplied Dodge with diesel engines since 1989 and has become the benchmark for diesel power in the heavy-duty segment. Since 1989, the exceptionally durable straight-six Cummins Turbo Diesel engine has increased its horsepower and torque ratings by 91 percent and 39 percent respectively, culminating in the current High Output Cummins Turbo Diesel, which delivers 305 hp and 555 lb-ft of torque. Fitted with the High Output Cummins Turbo Diesel, the Dodge Ram Heavy Duty features a class-leading gross combined vehicle weight rating (GCVW) of 23,000 pounds.
"We are thrilled to reach this milestone in our partnership with Dodge," said Joe Loughrey, Cummins executive vice president , Engine Business. "The Cummins/Dodge combination has proven that the market for diesel power not only exists but continues to grow in North America."
The specially badged one-millionth engine is destined for installation in a Dodge Ram Heavy Duty 3500 Quad Cab, which will be the grand prize in the Dodge Rodeo Sweepstakes and given away this December at the nationally televised Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Beginning this summer, the one-millionth Dodge Ram Cummins will be on display throughout the PRCA rodeo circuit. More than 20 million people attended the PRCA rodeo last year.
"We are very proud of Dodge's sponsorship of the PRCA," said Steven J. Hatchell, commissioner of the PRCA. "Dodge trucks and rodeo are a great combination, and the Dodge Rodeo Sweepstakes giveaway is just another benefit to the association. More than 170,000 people will attend the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas during the 10-day competition, and one lucky rodeo fan will soon be driving one of the toughest horse-haulers on the market, the Dodge Ram Heavy Duty."
Jeep Wrangler Rubicon:Vehicle Of Choice For Tomb Raider Lara Croft The Jeep brand and the virtual game heroine Lara Croft, played by Angelina Jolie, will be showing off their capabilities like never before as a customized Jeep Wrangler Rubicon and the world-renowned Tomb Raider team up for extreme adventure in the Paramount release, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.
"We view Jeep as the perfect partner in this film because the brand's attributes are a natural fit with the Lara Croft character," said Lisa DiMarzio, senior vice president, Worldwide Marketing Partnerships, Paramount. "Lara embodies Jeep core values: authenticity, mastery, adventure, and freedom."
As part of the campaign, the Jeep brand is creating an original TV spot and print advertising that features Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. The ads are part of a 360-degree integrated marketing campaign designed to be used in all levels of brand communication around this association.


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Welcome to The Wolfsonian–Florida International University's online experience. We are thrilled to offer this website for you to explore rich, varied, and intriguing content, including a significant (and ever-expanding) portion of our collection. Our goal is not only to provide you access to use and engage with our extensive collection, but also to raise awareness of the role that art and design plays in shaping the world.
The Wolfsonian was set in motion by a big vision: to illustrate the nexus between material artifacts and society by looking at objects as both agents and expressions of the cultural, political, and technological changes that transformed the world in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. For Wolfsonian founder Mitchell Wolfson, Jr., it was "the spiritual manifestation within those objects" that ultimately led him to collect and donate more than one hundred thousand works. As he explains, "I wanted to fathom human behavior and the motivation behind it in each object."
Multidisciplinary in its approach to researching and presenting modern material culture, The Wolfsonian engages audiences in thinking about the ways design influences societal values and how it has been and continues to be an active force in shaping human experience. Herbert Muschamp, the late New York Times architecture critic, called us "One of America's most remarkable museums." Whether through the insidious interweaving of the swastika motif in an aluminum grille, wind-up toy spaceships, Depression-era posters pleading for help for the starving Soviet people, or the utopian promise of leisure offered by household machines, The Wolfsonian explores what it means to be modern and tells the story of changes that swept the world during this pivotal period. By extension, the collection provides vital commentary on our own times, as we explore the ways in which our recent past evolved and how those changes echo forward into our lives today.
We hope to inspire you to think—about the objects that surround you, where they were made, what motivated their creation, what role they played in changing society's ideals and behavior, their impact on you, and your role in this interplay. Like the museum itself, our objective with this site is to transform the way you look at the objects you encounter in your daily life, be it in your domestic, work, urban, political, or commercial environments.
We are fortunate that our physical location is in Miami Beach, a vibrant international city and a dynamic cultural crossroads. A host to tourists from throughout the world, the city is also a major point of entry for new immigrants and a nexus for world commerce. Its character is that of a global frontier, a place where anything is possible. The Wolfsonian taps into this energy and is the surprising destination that its collection inspires. Being located in the heart of the Art Deco architectural district is also fortunate. The collection mirrors the period in which the physical environment of the community developed, and is housed in a renovated historic building from that period. The Wolfsonian is helping to define Miami Beach as a center for the study and appreciation of architecture and design, and as a destination for new generations. In its relatively short history, The Wolfsonian has become an intellectual and cultural beacon of the city; our objective is to extend its influence so it becomes an integral part of the fabric of the world's cultural patrimony.
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Dethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created in 2006 to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. Both bands were created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon Small, with others as needed. In the Metalocalypse series, Dethklok is depicted as an extremely popular and successful death metal band. The band's fan base includes billions of metal fanatics, who frequently endanger themselves to watch the band perform live. With their widespread commercial success and lucrative sponsorship contracts, Dethklok is ranked as the world's seventh largest economy by the end of the second season. The members of Dethklok are often portrayed as incompetent at almost everything not related to their profession. The band struggles to perform everyday tasks, including shopping for groceries, preparing food, and maintaining proper social relationships. T ... Read More
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Vision Statement: "Pioneer a premier and unique 21st Century learning environment that is sensitive to demands for student access, worker competency, lifelong learning needs, and the capacity to enhance patient care and reduce associated risks."
Welcome to the Wine Country Regional Simulation Center, WCRSC, web page. The WCRSC, a Napa Valley and Solano Community College joint project with local partner hospitals, is a 3,016 square foot facility located in the Yountville Veteran's Home, Holderman Hospital.
WCRSC is just one of the 14 objectives of the Center for Nursing Expansion and Innovation to address the national nursing shortage which is reaching a critical level. Napa Valley College and Solano Community College proposed a unique partnership, joining with local hospitals and the Solano County Workforce Investment Board. Together, the partners designed a Center for Nursing Expansion and Innovation, Associate Degree Nursing Program work plan that includes detailed steps to expand the capacity of the nursing programs by 190 students. Currently, potential students hoping to enter the Nursing programs must add their name to the waiting lists that presently exceed 400 students for both colleges, Napa Valley and Solano.
This project will be a model for dissemination throughout the state. Staff will provide sample materials, make workshop and conference presentations, maintain a website, and host visits from other community colleges.
We have now been in operation since 2005. In addition to providing Simulated Clinical Experiences for the ADN programs at Solano Community College and Napa Valley College we are now offering ACLS, PALS and various other health professional continuing education classes which include Simulated Clinical Experiences utilizing high fidelity, life like adult, pediatric or infant mannequins.
The Holderman Hospital is located at 160 California Drive, Yountville CA 94599. To get here, take the exit to Yountville off of Highway 29, turn left and go under the highway. You will cross over railroad tracks and pass a security office on your right. Follow the tree lined drive onto the Veterans Home Campus. After you turn left at the T in the road, please park in the first parking lot on the left. Walk along the side walks until you reach the loading dock area of the Hospital (past the Chapel, the Hospital is the first big building on the left). Enter the facility using the stairs next to the loading dock and proceed to the end of the hall, to the elevators on the left. Take the left elevator only, pressing 1R on the back panel to access the Sim Center.
The Wine Country Regional Simulation Center currently has 4 Adult Simulators, 2 Pediatric Simulators, and 2 Baby Simulators in 6 ICU rooms.
Napa Valley College career technical education programs are open and available to all students regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Admission requirements for Napa Valley College career technical education programs are described in the current Napa Valley College catalog. The Napa Valley College Title IX officer is Laura Ecklin, Dean of Human Resources (Phone: 707-256-7100, Room 1544). The Section 504 compliance officer is Rebecca Scott (Phone: 707-256-7438, Room 1735-C).
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While there has been much discussion about the "Fiscal Cliff" and the Affordable Care Act aka "Obamacare," there has been a lack of coverage on a bill that affects nearly every citizen of the world: the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. How does this 2,000-plus page law affect you?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the financial industry employs about 6 million people but as an industry it touches all of us. The Dodd-Frank Act was intended to be transformative in such a way that hasn't been seen since the Great Depression. To understand the intent of the transformation, it helps to revisit a little history.
The Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) was meant to separate commercial banking from investment banking and prevent another Great Depression. The Financial Modernization Act of 1999 (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) repealed the Banking Act of 1933. The new law "modernized" the financial industry by once again allowing commercial and investment banking entities to operate under one umbrella. Of course, 1999 was a different, nearly nostalgic time: the Euro officially entered the world markets on January 1st and Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France on July 25th. Now the Euro is struggling and Lance Armstrong has had not one but all seven of his titles stripped. The Financial Modernization Act was signed into law on November 12, 1999; this was merely a few months before the stock market bubble peaked and subsequently burst, in the year 2000. It wasn't until the end of 2007 that we began to see the negative effects of the unbridled financial industry. The 2008 Great Recession was preceded by a housing industry bubble and a peak number of financial instruments, products and speculation.
In 2010, the intent of the Dodd-Frank Act was to undo the damage done to our economy by a poorly regulated financial industry.
The Dodd-Frank Act is supposed to stop big banks from doing bad things — like failing. Unfortunately, what it's been better at is stopping small banks from doing good things — like lending. On September 13th of this year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) completed a report on the impact of Dodd-Frank implementation on community banks and credit unions. The report is 88 pages long and focuses on the 398 proposed rules required under Dodd-Frank; nearly two-thirds of which, have not yet been implemented. Smaller community banks and credit unions are unequally impacted by this regulation. As opposed to the larger banks, small banks don't have large compliance offices to deal with all of the new rules. Small banks face two choices: consolidate or close. GAO's report highlights "20 percent of lending by community banks can be categorized as small business lending, compared to 5 percent by larger banks." If community banks merge into bigger banks or just disappear, small business lending will continue to decrease.
Consider that over the course of history it was our relationship with neighborhood banks that help build American Exceptionalism. Private merchant banks helped build the family farm and gave birth to the industrial revolution of the 19th century. Local bank relationships financed the business startups of the 20th century.
We celebrate the "relationship bank" every year with the holiday classic, "It's a Wonderful Life." Do we root for Mr. Potter or George Bailey and the neighbors of Bedford Falls? Few of us live in small towns but many of us still have relationships with small banks. They finance our education, new businesses, cars and homes.
What's bad for small banks is bad for small business. What's bad for small business is bad for our economy and our daily lives. We need to refine Dodd-Frank into a better bill. It needs to become clearer and less demanding upon the community banks and credit unions that had little or nothing to do with the financial crisis of 2008.
Congress will be busy this lame duck session but afterwards they will have other important legislation to address; legislation that affects every citizen of the United States and every citizen of the world.
The financial sector, like the Dodd-Frank Act is too big to ignore.
Jason Howell
Arlington, VA
Jason Howell was the 2012 Independent Congressional Candidate in Virginia's 8th Congressional District. During the 2012 election cycle, Howell received more votes than any other Independent or Third-Party candidate in Virginia. Howell is an accomplished accountant, author, small business owner and entrepreneur.
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LINCOLN — Nebraska has reportedly filled the open coaching position on its staff.
Charlton Warren, who spent the last nine seasons at Air Force, is expected to be announced as the Huskers' new defensive backs coach. Terry Joseph left NU earlier this month to take the secondary coaching job at Texas A&M.
CoachingSearch.com and Football Scoop — two websites covering movement within the coaching industry — reported Thursday that Warren has accepted the job as the Huskers' secondary coach. A published report in the Colorado Springs Gazette on Thursday night also linked Warren to Nebraska.
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How to make my patch simpler
Aug 1, 2011 at 9:07pm
How to make my patch simpler
Here is what I am trying to do.
The problem is that I got an over complicated patch. It is able to make part of the video a mosaic effect but it to the limit the if I add more mosaic (jit.scissors and jit. matrix and jit.brcosa combinations), Max/msp program always automatically quit. And the memory of my computer is extremely low. I tried on 8 core, 8gb ram iMac. In attached picture 5.jpg, you can tell how complicated the patch is.
Is there any way to simply the patch?
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Aug 1, 2011 at 9:10pm
The jit.scissors and jit. matrix and jit.brcosa segment is actually very straight patches, see attachment. It is just the same segment is applied to all 1024 jit.matrix of the mosaic. Is there any other way to do this?
Aug 1, 2011 at 11:30pm
wow, heavy copy pasting going on there :)
Aug 2, 2011 at 2:46am
man, I hope you had max toolbox to help you with the patch cord connections!
you likely can streamline some of your processes and still get the effect you want—for example, I don't think you need [jit.iter], there's probably a way to do it all at once. that alone is bogging things down tremendously I'm sure.
a smaller time-saver (but a good one for computers in general)—never divide when you can multiply, so swap your [/ 255] for the reciprocal, and multiply instead. Paste Replace is your friend here…
Aug 2, 2011 at 3:33am
@seejayjames i'm pretty new to maxtoolbox…
do you have any other suggested tools ?
Aug 2, 2011 at 4:47am
that's a good one, not sure of others. it takes a bit to get used to and there's no undo, so that's something to remember about it. however you can get pretty darn quick with patching once you get the hang of the shortcut keys :)
Aug 2, 2011 at 5:44am
Thanks all. you guys are genius. This is a project for a beginner Max/Msp class I took. thanks for all the suggestions. I definitely will look into them, I knew there is some way to make it simpler.
Aug 2, 2011 at 5:51am
@seejayjames if I do not dissect the video, how do I know the average value and apply it to each mosaic video? or I am totally missing some easier ways to do this?
Aug 2, 2011 at 6:01am
I'm no jitter expert but I think if you reduce the resolution of the original matrix by putting it into another 32*32 matrix it automatically will give you the average of each pixel of your new 32*32 matrix, and then just iterate through each element of the reduced version….?? something like that
Aug 2, 2011 at 1:51pm
exactly, put it into a 32 * 32 and use whichever plane(s) you want to get the brightness value, or run through [jit.rgb2luma] to get the luminance. Then you can use each pixel to multiply by each chopped video in the mosaic. In fact you could use jit.glue to attach everything back together in the big video, then use jit.op @op * and multiply by the "luminance matrix", which would do it all at once.
Lots of ways to simplify the "stepping through" of the luminance pixels if you go that route, you might try using send/receives with [prepend] and index numbers instead of patch cords, look to [patcherargs] or use abstractions with arguments, try [jit.spill] to go row by row, etc. 32 * 32 is a lot of iterating, so it might be a good opportunity to try these other techniques and show off to the rest of the class ;-)
Aug 2, 2011 at 2:22pm
OK, it's even simpler than that, if all you want is to mosaic the original video, you can just use the zoom of [jit.rota]:
jit.rota @x_zoom 0.03125 @y_zoom 0.03125 @boundmode 2
0.03125 = 1 / 32, so that will zoom out x and y by a factor of 32, and boundmode 2 will ensure that the image repeats.
original matrix–>32 * 32 matrix–>jit.rgb2luma–>jit.op @op *
to make the overall luminance affect each square, you're multiplying the luma-matrix by the original full-sized one (which has been zoomed out already).
Tweak the x_zoom and y_zoom to suit…you can easily change the 32 * 32 matrix to be a new size, and tie it (or not) to the zoom factors…some really fun stuff there. To tie it, run (for example) 32 through [!/ 1.] to get the reciprocal, which you need for the zoom factor.
And it will definitely not freeze the machine—this is tons less computation. So you have more CPU for other fun effects…!
May 27, 2012 at 8:50pm
Does anyone got that patch? would love to try and experiment on it!
May 28, 2012 at 1:36am
this is an implementation as described in the previous post by seejay, but without the rgbtoluma step:
– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –
Copy all of the following text.Then, in Max, select New From Clipboard.
May 28, 2012 at 9:42am
nice! thank you!
Jun 11, 2012 at 9:11pm
the matrix from the 2 sources are never really aligned (see screenshot) .
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