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I'd like to use Ubuntu on my Intel NUC that I'm using as an arcade cabinet system. It's got an i5 CPU + HD 4600 integrated graphics with 8GB memory. If I stripped out Unity, and installed just a bare-bones desktop manager such as LightDM, then would Ubuntu run as a fairly light-weight Linux distro? I'd like this NUC to render some 2D games, and some basic 3D games at 1080p, and I think if the OS is lean enough, a NUC would certainly do the job when compared to an OUYA.
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The OS is not as relevant as you think here.
The primary arbiter of graphics performance (which I'm assuming is your concern because you posted in the OpenGL forum) is not the OS, but rather the graphics hardware and it's driver.
It appears that the gentleman thought C++ was extremely difficult and he was overjoyed that the machine was absorbing it; he understood that good C++ is difficult but the best C++ is well-nigh unintelligible.
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The OS is not as relevant as you think here.
The primary arbiter of graphics performance (which I'm assuming is your concern because you posted in the OpenGL forum) is not the OS, but rather the graphics hardware and it's driver.
Ok, now you bring up another good point, which I probably should have asked as well. I've heard that Ubuntu has a lot of overhead to it, but I'm assuming that Linux most resource usage for Linux distress when used as typical, consumer-level, desktops comes from the desktop environment, which does tax the GPU to varying degrees. That being said, I should probably go with Ubuntu, and strip out the Unity DE as I initially planned. I'll replace my production environment with a lightweight DM, such as LightDM, and keep X around... for now... I'll also need to figure out how to get Intel's proprietary drivers working for it for full hardware support rather than Mesa 3D's implementation.
Does this sound like a good move?
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...Does this sound like a good move?
I'd consider it a toss-up.
Offloading the desktop environment to the GPU makes a lot of sense, because otherwise it's going to tax the CPU. For performance of the OS itself you obviously want to keep CPU headroom for number-crunching and other such work, so having the GPU handle display tasks can actually make your OS faster.
Raymond Chen has a good writeup of this for Windows here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2013/03/27/10405554.aspx and it's worth quoting as it will apply to other compositing desktop environments too:
Starting in Windows Vista, a lot of visual effects were offloaded to the graphics card. Consequently, the impact on system performance for those visual effects is negligible, and sometimes turning off the effect actually makes your system run slower because you disabled hardware acceleration, forcing operations to be performed in software.
For gaming, any desktop worth using is going to switch itself off when you go fullscreen - worst case is that it's going to keep a few MB of buffers hanging around, but it's not going to be compositing in the background behind a fullscreen game.
So rather than making a judgement based on what seems the "lightest" desktop (which may well give you a slower OS as you may end up losing hardware acceleration) you should make a judgement based on whether or not it has these performance characteristics I mention. Does it satisfactorily offload to the GPU in normal usage? And does it switch itself off when you go fullscreen in a game?
It appears that the gentleman thought C++ was extremely difficult and he was overjoyed that the machine was absorbing it; he understood that good C++ is difficult but the best C++ is well-nigh unintelligible.
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I might be incorrect, but I always assumed that non-3D emulators were mostly software-rendered anyhow. Most of the old arcade boards and such had some fairly oddball (moreso, by today's standards) graphics hardware and I'm not sure how much of it translates well to being GPU-accelerated.
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Well, those hardware specs are better than mine, and I develop the Unity DE, so I think you'll be fine.
Keep in mind that when you're running in fullscreen mode with Unity you're going directly to the hardware: compositing is turned off. Use a lighter DE if you wish: Lubuntu or Xubuntu do not use a compositor, but you won't see much difference in fullscreen mode.
Don't bother looking for the proprietary Intel drivers: they're a part of Mesa. Intel open-sources their drivers and contributed them to and maintain them as a part of Mesa. Mesa is not just software drivers.
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Xfce = nice. LXDE = not nice, and no longer developed (and LXQt is on development).
My two cents about lightweight desktop environments.
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Underneath Williamsburg at South 4th Street there's a 6-track station of the IND line that was never opened. In 2009, over the course of a year, street artists PAC and Workhorse invited 100 street artists in and out of the station to create work there overnight. dubbedThe Underbelly Project. The idea was to create an underground gallery, but as PAC describes, apart from recruiting artists they could trust from pre-existing relationships, everything "happened organically along the way." This video tells the story and shows the art well, and the project went on to be replicated in Paris. Whether the art still exists in the NYC subway station remains a question, but most we've spoken to feel that the MTA sealed off the station and it has remained relatively untouched. Second Avenue Sagas has a great explanation of the unused subway station.
"you can walk from 7th Avenue to Church Avenue in Brooklyn on the F train without ever seeing a platform through an entire abandoned level"
It sounds like you're talking about walking down the express tracks (not walking on the train) of the IND Prospect Park Line, which cut under the park while the local tracks take a more circuitous route to serve nearby neighborhoods. The express tracks are currently not used in regular service (although that may change soon) but they are most certainly not "abandoned".
I'm an employee and have come across many abandoned sections of the subway system in my two years working. I know there are plenty of other places and I intend to find them all, or as many as possible. If anyone ever wants to do some exploring, let me know. I do have access to places that most don't.
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There are more: the PATH system has an abandoned station at 19th Street and 6th Avenue (closed in the 1950s) that can be seen from passing trains. There was another station at 28th Street but it was sealed and very little is now visible. That one closed in the 1930s when the 33rd Street stop was extended south.
New Jersey itself has an abandoned station on the Newark Light Rail, formerly the Newark City Subway for streetcars. Heller Parkway was a station in an open cut. Opened around 1935, it was closed in 2001 when the adjacent Franklin Avenue-Branch Brook Park stop was expanded. The last time I was there the station was still intact.
It's a shame that everywhere you go the losers and their spray cans have to spoil everything with their worthless graffiti.
Seeing all these abandoned places is NYC is quite creepy
My father remembered riding through and using all of these listed stations — I'm a fourth-generation New Yorker — and the Sedgwick and Anderson-Jerome Stations might be still in business today, except that they had an issue with their third-rail setup.
The Transit Authority wanted to connect the shuttle with the extension of the IRT Lenox Avenue line to run service from 145th Street to 155th and 8th Avenue and then up through that shuttle to The Bronx. But the Anderson Avenue Shuttle, being the last remnant of the Ninth Avenue El, had different third-rail connectors from the Lenox Avenue Subway, and the Sedgwick-Anderson tunnels were too narrow to accommodate the subway-style third rails. So the grand plan was defeated. Too bad…it would have been a useful route.
The remains of both stations are still there, of course. Dad used to ride that shuttle to visit rellies in The Bronx or to go to Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds to watch the Yankees or the Giants.
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Pity that the City Hall station closed. A beauty. Make shorter cars !
It's not even just that. The curve of the platform leaves a huge gap in between the train and the platform. You have to literally jump the gap.
You can still see Masstransiscope if you take the Q from the Dekalb station towards Manhattan. and keep looking out the window (keep facing the side you are facing when you get on the train). You see it not long after the train leaves the station. I feel like most people don't know this, because I'm always the only one looking 🙂
I'm able to see some of Sedgwick using google maps !
My father(and many others) used the Myrtle Ave Station for years when he worked at the Con Ed Hudson Avenue power plant. All workers were required to work on rotated shifts so the walk from DeKalb Avenue to the waterfront around midnight always frightened my mother.
I think there is an unused platform beneath the F train stop at Warren and/or Bergen Street, with posters and ads that date to the 1970s. I saw it around 1998, 1999 when my PM southbound train dipped down and we slowly went through here, due to some construction work going on at the regular platform. DO you know anything about this? I will never forget this!
Yes the station on the F train under the Bergen Street stop was shut down in the late 70's or early 80's due to a water damage under Smith Street which damaged the express stop at Bergen Street. Until 2 years ago when they started fixing the Smith 9 Street station nothing was done to the express tracts. Now if the trans go express from Jay Street to 7 Avenue and reverse when they go slow you can see the under ground station not in use.
are there tours available to view these stations?
If you are ever on the l going toward canarsie we can see abdoned stations and tracks of the el.
Michael, What you see from the L train between Broadway Junction and Sutter Ave stations are the remains of the old Fulton St and Pitkin Ave elevated lines. The eastern section of the old Fulton-Pitkin elevated service is still used today by the IND A line.


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The 2004 Sundance crowd-pleaser has got the tableaux suitable for Diane Arbus photos down pat, but no real interest in the people negotiating those life situations.
Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly
A small-scale, deadpan film.
A.O. Scott - New York Times
In Fourth of July terms, its pop is less dynamite than firecracker.
Mike Clark - USA Today
I laughed. And I laughed primarily over Heder's hilarious performance.
Desson Thomson - Washington Post
One of the most winning movie creations in years.
Stephen Hunter - Washington Post
An inspired dead-end stunt that keeps delivering snarky laughs far longer than it has any right to.
Ty Burr - Boston Globe
An epic, magisterially observed pastiche on all-American geekhood, flooring the competition with a petulant shove.
Michael Atkinson - Village Voice
Hess' deadpan debut could have been so much better if only he'd had the courage to actually appreciate his loser characters.
Elizabeth Weitzman - New York Daily News
Napoleon Dynamite may be forcefully weird and intermittently humorous, and you might not know what the heck to make of it, but there's nothing shocking about its screenplay.
Amy Biancolli - Houston Chronicle
Even if you don't like the film and its freak-show depiction of small-town life, it's hard not to admire the commitment of Jon Heder's performance.
Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News
Has a sweet momentum.
Lisa Kennedy - Denver Post
There is a kind of studied stupidity that sometimes passes as humor, and Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite pushes it as far as it can go.
Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
This is the sort of Sundance audience hit that doesn't necessarily travel.
Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
For most of its length this delivers a steady stream of uncomfortable gut laughs.
J. R. Jones - Chicago Reader
When the audience roared at Napoleon's almost spastic way of slicing the air with his limp-spaghetti arms, I cringed.
Carrie Rickey - Philadelphia Inquirer
Calling this story about a quirky high-school student from a dysfunctional family who lives in a goofy small town a one-joke movie is exaggerating by a factor of 10.
Jeff Strickler - Minneapolis Star Tribune
An independent take on a Hollywood tradition, undermined by its cliches but saved by its performances.
Tom Long - Detroit News
Has more belly laughs than 10 studio-produced, star-vehicle comedies.
Bill Muller - Arizona Republic
There are lots of laughs for those who enjoy the sight of bottom dwellers doing stupid things that make them look even more idiotic.
Todd McCarthy - Variety
A little movie with a lot of heart and a lot of laughs.
Lou Lumenick - New York Post
The funniest film of the summer.
Roger Moore - Orlando Sentinel
It's not as hilarious as it thinks it is, and it's sometimes too weird for words, but it is often pretty funny.
Peter Howell - Toronto Star
Has nerd chic.
Liam Lacey - Globe and Mail
Too low-wattage to be a true nerd anthem, but it's charming in retrospect, when you're freed from the narcoleptic pace to think back on the queerly beautiful tableaux and well-timed gags.
David Edelstein - Slate
With a low-key sense of humor and without the slightest whiff of sentimentality, Hess delivers a film about geeks that makes Revenge of the Nerds look like the Hollywood tripe that it is.
James Berardinelli - ReelViews
The joke is always the same, and even the most easily amused may grow weary of that sameness.
Kirk Honeycutt - Hollywood Reporter
You'll laugh till it hurts.
Peter Travers - Rolling Stone
It's a simple collection of sight gags and pratfalls that mines the overly familiar turf of awkward adolescence without bringing anything truly original to the experience.
Kevin Crust - Los Angeles Times
For all its charm and its impeccable leads, Napoleon Dynamite is a modish exercise in anti-cool. Still, a strong debut for all its young talents.
Dean Essner - Film4
One-of-a-kind high school comedy for the family.
Nell Minow - Common Sense Media
Napoleon's climactic spaz-out dance is more than just a goofy gag. It's a payoff to a great buddy-system comedy and the idea that it's not high school's dreams and regrets that last, but the sometimes-bizarre friendships.
Nick Rogers - Suite101.com
too odd to dismiss and often truly funny
Jay Antani - Cinema Writer
Just incredibly mind-numbing and unfunny...
Felix Vasquez Jr. - Cinema Crazed
Napoleon Dynamite may not even be friggin' sweet, but it does have skills. [Blu-ray]
Peter Canavese - Groucho Reviews
The characters are all weird and nothing much happens in Napoleon Dynamite, yet this droll and understated geek-comedy zings with truth.
Urban Cinefile Critics - Urban Cinefile
Heder seems perversely bored, unable to hold his eyes open; was that a conscious acting choice, or was he simply reading his lines off the floor?
Jim Lane - Sacramento News & Review
Writer-director Jared Hess tries for John Hughes by way of the Coen Brothers, but only comes up with one dull, unfunny non-sequitur after another.
Joe Lozito - Big Picture Big Sound
If you have an indie film sense of humor -- and those of you who have it know what I mean -- you'll probably enjoy this flick.
Mary Lasse - Christianity Today
It's a cast of brilliant caricatures, and as such recalls the films of Wes Anderson.
Dave Calhoun - Time Out
Seething with teen-angst irritability and an obstinate blind ignorance to just how much of an outcast he is, Napoleon Dynamite may be the biggest dork in the history of high school movies.
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Combustible Celluloid
As long as you don't mind making fun of the afflicted, there are some killer comic moments.
Dean Essner - Empire Magazine
Delights in deadpan %u2013 celebrates nerd. And is a testament that beauty can be found everywhere. A charming, albeit quite odd cinematic piece. Harold and Maude -lite.
Ross Anthony - Hollywood Report Card
Leonard Maltin - Leonard Maltin's Picks
I began to appreciate the neat reversals of expectations, slow pace and serene non sequiturs of the plot, the film's smart approach towards teen alienation, ludicrous ambition and impossible dreams.
Philippa Hawker - Sydney Morning Herald
Dean Essner - Sydney Morning Herald
Brian Rentschler - ScreenRant
Napoleon Dynamite isn't exactly the year's funniest film, but it does make for a memorable experience that can be enjoyed over and over again.
Jason Zingale - Bullz-Eye.com
Dean Essner - Bullz-Eye.com
Leave this one for the dogs.
Bill Clark - FromTheBalcony
Functions like an excruciating episode of Jerry Springer.
Nick Schager - Lessons of Darkness
A Roschach test of viewer empathy
while I respect the concerns of those who find the movie cruel, I have to side with those who find it ultimately endearing.
Steven D. Greydanus - Decent Films Guide
'March to the beat of your own drum,' the movie may say, 'but we will laugh at you.'
Jeffrey Chen - Window to the Movies
E recheado de estereotipos dos mais ofensivos, mas torna-se agradavel e divertido gracas ao apelo de seu personagem-titulo.
Pablo Villaca - Cinema em Cena
It's honestly kinda sweet and moving -- the blissed-out celebration of the lurking outcast inside all of us.
Brent Simon - Now Playing Magazine
...makes a good attempt for about its first quarter hour at showing us the dilemma of the high school outsider.
John J. Puccio - DVDTown.com
John J. Puccio - Movie Metropolis
What is touching, however, and perhaps the film's central theme, is the strength, however strangely expressed, of the friendship between Napoleon, Deb and Pedro.
Anton Bitel - Movie Gazette
Not much really happens in this film but it's an oddly heart-warming character study and will ring bells with anyone who has ever spent any time in a small town.
Michelle Thomas - Future Movies UK
Revels in its own kookiness and is the most engaging teen movie to emerge from the States for many a year.
Adrian Hennigan - BBC
Dean Essner - Sunday Times (Australia)
Bubbles with barely suppressed loathing for its characters and setting.
Rich Cline - Shadows on the Wall
An offbeat, frequently funny comedy that gradually wins you over, much like its central character.
Matthew Turner - ViewLondon
[..]sans une veritable ligne directrice, le film ne possede pas suffisamment d'attraits pour en faire une comedie reussie.
Louis-Jerome Cloutier - Panorama
Plays, hilariously, like Revenge of the Nerds directed by David Gordon Green... It's legitimately funny and fresh, and it doesn't glom onto any obvious formula.
Nick Davis - Nick's Flick Picks
Hess knows his characters -- sad sacks and misunderstood nerd geniuses who inhabit straight-laced Middle America.
Andrew Griffin - Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Jon Heder gives a classic slapstick performance, something along the lines of the silent great Harry Langdon, that sleepy-headed weirdo baby, after a hormonal growth spurt.
Alan Dale - Blogcritics.org
These characters never conform, and neither does the film.
Robert Roten - Laramie Movie Scope
After watching so many big-budget movies loaded with special effects, I appreciated this film's simple production values, even those opening credits written on plates of food.
Betty Jo Tucker - ReelTalk Movie Reviews
If you walk in with an open mind and an acute appreciation for forging truly unique characters and interactions, you'll come back five times.
Mike Ward - Richmond.com
While it runs out of steam near the end, it never runs out of charm, thanks to Jon Heder's narcoleptic zeal as the title character.
Jesse Paddock - culturevulture.net
Napoleon Dynamite is like watching Todd Solondz kick a dog on Nickelodeon
Jimmy O - Film Snobs
Its acutely observed triumph is also its undoing: It's hard to satirize oppressive tedium without becoming oppressively tedious. This movie's not low-key, it's no-key.
Jonathan R. Perry - Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
I don't know if I was laughing at [Napoleon] or with him, but I was certainly laughing during the movie.
Sean McBride - Sean the Movie Guy
The great thing about the film is that it refuses to cave in and make Napoleon a hero.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. - Goatdog's Movies
With wit as dry as the chapped lips of a constant mouth-breather, Napoleon Dynamite finds moments of painful reserve even in slapstick.
Martin Scribbs - Low IQ Canadian
This is a movie for the kid who ever thought about keeping a pair of nunchucks in his locker, or preferred drawing pictures of sword-fighting barbarians to playing football.
Brian Mckay - eFilmCritic.com
You may not like him much. But you'll find yourself rooting for "Napoleon Dynamite."
Linda Cook - Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
...a movie by smart people about dumb people, and as such it runs the risk of defaulting to simple ridicule to tease out the requisite number of laughs.
Philip Martin - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
This film is more about scoring points over Jon Heder's unique performance than in telling a meaningful story.
Dennis Schwartz - Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Yes, Napoleon Dynamite has some of that annoying forced indie quirkiness, but it also possesses a certain wayward originality
Ken Hanke - Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Whether audiences laugh at or with them, the motley denizens of Preston, Idaho, and Napoleon Dynamite seem poised to win a devoted fan base.
Kevin Lally - Film Journal International
A wacky, weird high school film that John Waters and the Coen brothers could have co-directed. Soo-weeet.
Jeffrey Bruner - Des Moines Register
It's easy to envision 'Napoleon' eventually becoming a staple of college DVD parties, in the same way that 'Office Space,' 'High Fidelity' and 'Bottle Rocket' have.
James Sanford - Kalamazoo Gazette
It's a great showcase of Schadenfreude so if that's your thing, run, don't walk to the movie. Fabulous, unique performances.
Karina Montgomery - Cinerina
The spite is evident: the movie is meant to appeal to less-extreme dorks than Napoleon so they can feel better about themselves.
Mark Palermo - Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
There is nothing dynamic about this "Dynamite"
Jackie K. Cooper - jackiekcooper.com
There's an interesting factor at play here: many of the film's laughs come from the way Napoleon so stubbornly refuses to adhere to the conventions of adolescence.
Mike McGranaghan - Aisle Seat
Jon Heder delivers a fearless performance that's almost breathtaking in its wormy detail.
Matt Brunson - Creative Loafing
Dean Essner - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As slight as the picture is, though, its hero is an indelible creation.
Rene Rodriguez - Miami Herald
Leaves viewers with a welcome and all too rare feeling of movie-induced giddiness...
John Beifuss - Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
It's more the fusion of forces by friends on the same askew wavelength who combine their skills into something greater than their sum.
Phil Villarreal - Arizona Daily Star
Napoleon Dynamite has all the markings of a midnight show perennial.
Robert W. Butler - Kansas City Star
Audiences love this movie. So do I.
Victoria Alexander - Movie Reviews in Croatian
Although it sometimes feels like a one-note joke stretched out too long, it's still probably the most unique comedy you'll see all year.
Phoebe Flowers - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Weirdly compelling.
Steve Schneider - Orlando Weekly
The slow burn and deadpan dumbness of Napoleon Dynamite is a perfect fit for its minimalist aesthetic.
Duane Dudek - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
You'll laugh. You'll feel silly for doing it. Then you'll do it again.
Jack Garner - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Has quirky humor in spades, but needs a story to tie it together.
Sean O'Connell - Eclipse Magazine
Jared Hess pushes Napoleon's stupidity as far as it can go in pursuit of cheap laughs, but achieves nothing that isn't easily forgettable.
Joshua Tyler - CinemaBlend.com
Funny enough that I'll refrain from describing the gags that made me laugh, lest I spoil them for you.
Glenn Kenny - Premiere Magazine
It's a quirky, fresh slice-of-life more inviting than a tater-tot pyramid.
Marrit Ingman - Austin Chronicle
Dean Essner - Baltimore Sun
Napoleon Dynamite is no Election or Welcome to the Dollhouse, but this Sundance hit is a pleasant enough outing.
Jean Lowerison - San Diego Metropolitan
It's an empty, affected experience, and a 5-minute joke stretched out to 85 of the most soul-sucking, higher-power-questioning minutes found in a movie this year.
Brian Orndorf - FilmJerk.com
A giant inside joke for those who know the peculiarities of rural Idaho.
Audrey Rock-Richardson - Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
May be the most condescending comedy ever to imagine itself being too cool for the room.
Terry Lawson - Detroit Free Press
Hess and Heder allow Napoleon to remain his geeky self from beginning to end, a guy who -- like his movie -- dares to be different and succeeds.
Sean Means - Salt Lake Tribune
He makes Geekus Hollywoodium -- always played by someone such as Ben Stiller, whom we know to be fundamentally cool beneath his nerdy veneer -- look like the fraudulent genus we know it to be.
Karen Karbo - Oregonian
We laugh at all the nerdy behavior in the movie, and there's a reason that's OK: Because, deep down, we know we are all nerds.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) - St. Paul Pioneer Press
This is basically a collection of hit-and-miss skits that are stumbling around in search of a story line.
Jeff Vice - Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The most disappointing thing about "Napoleon Dynamite" is that it chooses to make its lead character the butt of its jokes
Vanessa Sibbald - Zap2it.com
Imagine a John Hughes teen comedy remade by Jim Jarmusch and dropped into the town that time forgot.
Sean Axmaker - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The bits are hit-and-miss, though the funny ones are often very funny.
Josh Bell - Las Vegas Weekly
It's a vacuum-packed Idaho spud of a world, but funny.
David Elliott - San Diego Union-Tribune
The movie merits a low-wattage recommendation even though it's short on things to say.
Robert Denerstein - Denver Rocky Mountain News
Heder is magnificent, but the film's flat, eccentric tone is Hess' overarching achievement.
Tom Keogh - Seattle Times
A landmark achievement in curdled nostalgia, but the whole enterprise leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
Scott Von Doviak - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Scott Von Doviak - Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
This is a lot of kitsch, but the movie has a strange sort of affability that pulls you along.
Gary Thompson - Philadelphia Daily News
A very funny sketch of high school nerds in rural Idaho
Marty Mapes - Movie Habit
Hess does creatively produce a droll gem that exudes a nerdy naughtiness worthy of exploring in all its deadpan deliciousness
Frank Ochieng - Movie Eye
...feels sort of like the work of a lousy Wes Anderson cover band.
Sean Burns - Philadelphia Weekly
You must see it to believe it because this film is entirely original. The movie's final line will have you in stitches. It's the most romantic line ever said on film!
Jamie Gillies - Apollo Guide
Napoleon may start out as a caricature, but there is a subtle and gradual change that occurs.
Luke Y. Thompson - LYTRules.com
A few minutes in, we know all the punchlines.
Austin O'Connor - Lowell Sun
Napoleon Dynamite is like a cinematic bully, picking on the nerds with apparent glee
Christian Toto - Washington Times
Captures, to hilarious extremes, all the uncomfortable- in- your- own- skin humiliation of teen dorkdom...
Rob Blackwelder - SPLICEDWire
Dean Essner - Boston Phoenix
It's one of a kind, and kind of a masterpiece.
Peter Keough - Boston Phoenix
There's no cohesive story, just a series of opportunities for the title character to strut his gawky stuff.
Carla Meyer - San Francisco Chronicle
[An] endlessly and cheerily ridiculous film... highly intellectually involving...
MaryAnn Johanson - Flick Filosopher
A noteworthy achievement in freaks-and-geeks cinema and often reminscent of the work of Rhode Island's famed Farrelly brothers.
James Verniere - Boston Herald
You may find yourself feeling a bit guilty about enjoying it so much.
Derek Tse - Jam! Movies
If I wanted to spend 90 minutes with someone like that, I'd just watch myself in the mirror...for 90 minutes.
JoBlo - JoBlo's Movie Emporium
No-frills celebration of cluelessness.
Glenn Lovell - San Jose Mercury News
Massages a few angry yuks at the expense of its misfit gallery.
Walter Chaw - Film Freak Central
This quirky-nerdy, heartland-set tale of a teen outcast's life and dorky times fizzles.
James Rocchi - Netflix
One of the more bizarre and original characters in recent memory, Napoleon provides some great laughs despite an uneven story that often loses steam.
Jeff Otto - cinemaobsession.com
Napoleon and his pals aren't the heroes of a Bruce Springsteen song who get up every morning and go to work each day. They're knuckleheads.
Willie Waffle - WaffleMovies.com
The movie's deliriously specific detail, affection for its characters, unexpected developments, and genuine sweetness keep us laughing with Napoleon, not at him.
Nell Minow - Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
A call to be yourself in light of those around you and have confidence in whatever your 'skills' may be, no matter how geeky or nerdish.
Ryan Cracknell - Movie Views
'This is pretty much the worst video ever made,' Napoleon complains. ... I know exactly how he feels.
Steve Rhodes - Internet Reviews
I'm cracking up already thinking about that uncle again, who is obsessed with 1982.
Richard Roeper - Ebert & Roeper
It's an outlandish, goofy diversion.
Susan Granger - www.susangranger.com
Jonathan W. Hickman - Entertainment Insiders
Like a confused film school student, director Jared Hess is happy to pay homage to his film heroes, but doesn't have enough passion to say much of anything in his own voice.
Larry Carroll - FilmStew.com
Mistakes insults for jests and racism for narrative guile.
Jeanne Aufmuth - Palo Alto Weekly
Take Poindexter from Revenge Of The Nerds, give him as much charisma as, let's say a wet rag and let him master one facial expression - then you have Napoleon Dynamite.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone - TheMovieChicks.com
A physically adept comedian, Heder and the rest of the spot-on cast provide a smattering of chuckles, but they get hung by the one-note script that feels like an amusing sketch stretched too long.
Dean Essner - E! Online
While these kinds of stories often drown in their own eccentricity, the cast keeps the film afloat.
Lisa Rose - Newark Star-Ledger
Doesn't reach the hilarious heights that its short film predecessor Peluca does. It's funny in places, but not satisfying...wait to rent it.
John Venable - Supercala.com
Ostentatious and pointless, firing quirkiness out of a machine gun and saying nothing in the process.
Eugene Novikov - Film Blather
Commitment to honesty, along with enough genuine laughs, gives Napoleon Dynamite an appealing humanity that will leave you smiling.
Glenn Whipp - Los Angeles Daily News
One of the most original and quirkily endearing debuts since Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket.
Ken Fox - TV Guide's Movie Guide
Napoleon Dynamite is a quirky and appealing comedy set in Idaho about an oddball teenager who waits patiently until he gets his chance to shine on his own terms.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat - Spirituality and Practice
Supremely condescending...If you need to look down on others to feel better about yourself, 'Napoleon Dynamite' is the movie for you.
Frank Swietek - One Guy's Opinion
guaranteed to win over the geek inside most of us
Chris Barsanti - Filmcritic.com
A thrift-shop Wes Anderson pastiche masquerading as the latest in cult-film haute couture.
Scott Foundas - L.A. Weekly
Nerdiness will never seem the same.
David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor
...a wonderfully skewed story that weaves together tater tot fetishism, a voracious llama, tether ball, Internet dating, and the high school presidential race...
Spence D. - IGN Movies
Maybe if I weren't as far removed from high school as I am now, I'd be much more into the movie's warped depiction of teenage wasteland.
Gene Seymour - Newsday
plays like a demented after school special that exists in rural America but feels like it came from outer space
Robin Clifford - Reeling Reviews
This goofy American original works largely due to the determined weirdness of star Jon Heder
Laura Clifford - Reeling Reviews
A trashy Midwestern remake of Rushmore.
Jurgen Fauth - About.com
a wry and sober comedy about family neglect and social ostracism that is deeply, truly funny
Andrea Chase - Killer Movie Reviews
Best nerd movie since 'American Splendor.'
Harvey S. Karten - Compuserve
A quirky, one-of-a-kind comedic gem. Even when you aren't laughing out loud, you won't be able to stop from smiling.
Dustin Putman - DustinPutman.com
The most fascinating outcast since Harold and Maude. Trouble is, Harold and Maude were going someplace; their story had a direction.
Gabriel Shanks - Mixed Reviews
For those who think there'e nothing funnier than yokels acting like idiots for 90 minutes straight.
Ed Gonzalez - Slant Magazine
Both as written and as acted, every single character in Napoleon Dynamite -- is richly characterized and distinctly drawn.
Annlee Ellingson - Boxoffice Magazine
There's a depth of character and droll humor in Napoleon Dynamite that recalls a dash of the Coens and a pinch of Wes Anderson.
Scott Weinberg - eFilmCritic.com
A gloriously quirky, hysterically funny ode to rural dullness that is probably the fairest, most accurate film representation that Preston, Idaho, will ever get.
Eric D. Snider - EricDSnider.com
The film runs the risk of devolving into a live-action cartoon. That it never does is a credit to the Hess' strong screenplay and to the actors.
Pam Grady - Reel.com
Each actor perfectly compliments the Hess's original brand of humor that keep steady giggles bubbling from the audience, inspiring frequent bursts of uproarious laughter.
Eric Campos - Film Threat
Imagine an out-there cartoon and watching it spring to live-action on the big screen.
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The dispute between Gothic and Risen series developer Piranha Bytes and its former publisher JoWood has long been discussed, even to this day. There's always been some air of mystery to what happened, with some saying JoWood rushed the release of the disastrous Gothic III, and others saying it was Piranha's fault for not finishing on time.
The result was a poor game and a horrible expansion by an external studio (both cleaned up by community patches), and another poor game from another separate studio in the form of ArcaniA: Gothic 4. Meanwhile, Piranha Bytes moved on to Deep Silver, who funded the superb Risen (and now, the upcoming Risen 2: Dark Waters), a title true to the Gothic universe in virtually every way, but with major improvements.
So just what happened? With JoWood currently on the ropes financially (all current projects have been suspended) and the Gothic license set to return to Piranha Bytes within about a year, it seems a good a time as any for Piranha to finally clear the air, and that's what we have here.
"The problem was - to cut a long story short - there were a couple of differences in opinion between the publisher and us," Piranha Bytes co-founder Michael Hoge says. "And the whole thing collapsed when the publisher forced us to release Gothic 3 while it was not ready."
"To be fair, if we had finished it in the time that we promised, it would have been fine. But as it was, the development took longer on the project, and instead of trying to find a solution with us - how to get this right - they just wanted to release it. It was because of their stock market orientation, I think. So we decided to go separate ways then."
Delays are common in the gaming industry; with so many moving parts and such a high demand from gamers placed on polish, it's understandable when things don't go exactly as scheduled or fully live up to expectations. This is not to excuse Piranha Bytes per se, but regardless, it is something most publishers are prepared for when necessary -- we've all seen what happens when they aren't.
On the topic of ArcaniA, Hoge holds no ill will. In fact, he was hoping for a quality title.
"We thought, OK, scenario one: they do a good game and it furthers the brand. Scenario 2: they fail and everyone knows why."
As for the question on all fans' minds -- "Will Piranha Bytes return to the Gothic name?" -- Risen brand manager Daniel Oberlerchner says, laughing, "That's a dangerous question. That's a big secret! No, we can't talk about that - seriously."


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Mary Kamps was driving through Estabrook Park in late summer and spotted the little house with the white pillars. She drives by often. But on this day she was inspired to stop.
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My friend Dave Roidt tagged me on a Facebook thing that's going around: 'list 10 books that have stayed with me in some way." For you Dave, I will comply.
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Top of the Charts: Eminem bounds to No. 1
After last week's viral anomaly that raised Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" back to number one on the back of a YouTube comedian's parody video, things are back to normal on the Billboard Hot 100. After steadily climbing in recent weeks, Eminem finds himself on top of the charts. See the video for his big hit song below, then jump back in time to see the biggest hits this week in 2005, 1995, 1985 and 1975.
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On Tap Today: Sleighriders at Shank and holiday lights
The annual Sleighriders show at Shank Hall kicks off the holiday season with good music and does it for a good cause. It's at 7 p.m. tonight.
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Cooperation preferences and framing effects
This paper presents the results from an experiment investigating whether framing affects the elicitation and predictive power of preferences for cooperation, i.e., the willingness to cooperate with others. Cooperation preferences are elicited in three treatments using the method of Fischbacher, Gächter and Fehr (2001). The treatments vary two features of their method: the sequence and order in which the contributions of other group members are presented. The predictive power of the elicited preferences is evaluated in a one-shot and a finitely-repeated public-good game. I find that the order in which the contributions of others are presented, by and large, has no impact on the elicited preferences and their predictive power. In contrast, presenting the contributions of others in a sequence has a pronounced effect on the elicited preferences and reduces substantially their predictive power. Overall, elicited preferences are more accurate at predicting behavior when others contributions are presented simultaneously and in ascending order, like in Fischbacher, Gächter and Fehr (2001).
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Party on Garth: local wails way to air guitar championships
POULSBO When he takes the stage in Finland later this month, Garth Donald will have one minute to show the world his skills on the air guitar.
Yes thats air guitar a.k.a. not really any guitar at all. But for this North Kitsap High School 2002 graduate, taking his adroitness of impersonation to the Air Guitar World Championships, held in Oulu, Finland, is a dream come true.
Donald will compete as one of only three Americans in the ninth annual championships, held Aug. 25-29 at the Oulu Music Video Festival. In a one-minute qualifying round, hell blare Walk all over you from AC/DCs Highway to Hell Album and wail with absolutely no musical accompaniment.
Ive got one minute to prove myself to the world, he said. Thats the scariest thing I can imagine.
If the judges approve, hell move onto the final round, consisting of two competitions: a one minute pre-arranged song and a one minute impromptu performance picked by the judges. But Donald said he doesnt like to think about not making it to the final stage.
If I flew out to Finland and I didnt make it past the qualifying round, I would be really, really disappointed, he said.
Donald said he likes his chances with the AC/DC song, saying it is an apotheosis of what a good song on air guitar should be.
You have to pick a song that has not too much distortion and must be real solid technical guitar work, he said. It also has to be fast paced so people can enjoy what theyre listening to. After that, its all choreography.
Donalds air guitar career began at a North Kitsap High School talent show assembly in 2000. To the tune of AC/DCs DT, Donald mimed along, ripping into fake guitar solos and pretending to sing at the top of his lungs.
The whole time I was looking around and the audience was dead silent, Donald said. But as soon as it was over the (crowd) erupted, and I thought, Wow I cant believe how much they liked this.
The idea came from watching great musical acts who play excellent music and for Donald, that means AC/DC. He decided to have a band that didnt play its own music, but knew how to rock on stage.
Why dont we cut the middle man? Donald said he thought. Instead of creating a fake band with really lousy music, why dont we take stuff that we like and make a performance out of it?
Backstage after the talent contest, Donald and his friend Chris Tallon were approached by another friend, John Larabee.
(Larabee) came up to us and said, You guys, that was awesome! You know what would be really cool is if you opened for a real band, Donald recalled.
Sure enough, local artist and Poor Richards lead singer Nate Paagard approached Donald to open for a show the band was doing at the Kingston Community Center. Donalds yet-to-be-named air guitar band would end up opening for Poor Richard on more than one occasion.
A fortnight before their first show, the band decided that there was no half-way point in their efforts it was either all-in or all-out.
We all got together and we decided that if were going to do this, were not going to look like dorks, Donald recalled. Were going to take this seriously.
Band practice was disciplined, going two to three hours each day after school, practicing song selection and choreography, wailing out fake solos to prominent and mostly 1980s bands such as Faith No More, Black Sabbath and AC/DC. A band name was also assigned: The Doomboogerz.
With each performance they gave, the bands success grew. A band logo was created and was tattooed onto a band members arm. The Doomboogerz played in Battle of the Bands contests in Seattle versus other groups that actually played instruments.
From the very beginning, each step was something completely unbelievable, Donald said. It was kind of my dream come-true.
The bands results in concert were varied, he said.
In our short career, we had shows where we did spectacularly and had shows where we were booed off stage, he added.
Man, we dont have instruments! Donald recalls his fellow members telling him. Weve been fooling the crowds this entire time. They love us and were not really doing anything!
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- News Release reporting first quarter 2014 financial results
- Fannie Mae's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014
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For decades, the government-backed mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have dominated housing finance. Now JPMorgan may have found a way to crack the stronghold.
The Republican National Convention's official campaign platform is pretty red on social issues, but when it comes to business and finance, not as much.
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DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 10/21 06:52
Live Cattle Traders Look for Additional Price Support Friday Morning
Traders in live cattle futures have access to expanded trading limits Friday
morning following the limit higher trade seen Thursday. The potential for
market shifts remains ahead of the Cattle on Feed report. Hog futures are
expected to remain stuck in a narrow trading range during early Friday trade.
By Rick Kment
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Cattle: Steady Futures: Higher Live Equiv $121.16 - 0.52*
Hogs: Steady to $1 LR Futures: Mixed Lean Equiv $ 77.68 - 0.49**
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** based on formula estimating lean hog equivalent of gross packer revenue
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Friday morning with light trade developing Thursday at $98 per cwt live basis
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Do you need a personal loan in Delaware? Many folks do. But before you borrow or enter into a risky contact, know the facts about the types of loans available to you, credit and repayment terms, and where you can get those loans. Consider this your guide to borrowing money to handle short-term financial needs. The more you know, the better you will be able to be to find a short-term loan that meets requirements.
Now, you may know that a lot of credit card companies and other lenders are headquartered in Delaware. There's a reason for that: Delaware doesn't regulate interest rates. This means you should be maximally informed before taking on any loan in Delaware.
Lenders classify loans by different purposes for the money and by the item (or collateral) that backs the loan, if any. The two broad categories are secured loans and unsecured loans.
A secured loan is backed by an asset that, in theory, the lender can take if you don't pay back the loan.
As the name implies, an unsecured personal loan is not backed by a hard asset like a car or a house. Instead, the lender looks at whether or not you are able to pay back the loan. The requirements can be high because there is nothing for the lender to take if you don't pay up. They aren't impossible, though. If you work full time (40 hours per week), take home $1,500 or more per month, have direct deposit set up to your bank account, and are over the age of 18, then you are eligible for an unsecured loan in Delaware.
Payday loans are a way to get money fast. They are also a good way to damage your finances. These are unsecured loans. The laws and practices vary from state to state, but most payday lenders charge high fees that almost always make a payday loan the most expensive way to borrow money, bar none. If you want to go there, though, you should know a few things.
Delaware payday loans are same-day cash loans that are usually structured as a post-dated check. The borrower writes a check for the amount of the finance loan plus a fee, and the lender agrees to hold the check for a certain amount of time, usually the borrower's next payday, and no more than 60 days. The interest and fees can be very high. Getting a payday loan is easy; paying it back is hard. The high payment means that many people can't pay them back, extending the borrowing cycle and the total cost. These may be the only option available for people with very low credit ratings or temporary jobs.
A personal loan can be used to cover a large bill or an emergency expenditure. The amount borrowed in a private loan usually ranges from $1,000 to $10,000. The size of the payment will depend on the interest rate charged. The interest rate, in turn, is based on how the loan is structured and the credit rating of the borrower. No matter what type of loan you get, you'll want to understand the role of credit and the way the loan is repaid.
Your credit rating is really important, especially if you need money. The different credit ratings agencies in the United States (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion) evaluate borrowers based on their willingness and ability to repay loans. They look at your past experience with loans, the amount of your income, and how long you have lived in one place, among other factors. You can get more information about credit reports at USA.gov.
The interest rate is the price of money. It is determined in part by the overall economy, but it is mostly based on how likely the borrower is to repay the loan. Interest rates are usually quoted as annual percentage rates. Borrowers fall into four general categories, based on their credit ratings:
The payment on a personal loan can be structured different ways. The difference is important to consider because it will affect your budget.
An installment loan, also known as an amortizing loan, is set up so that each payment is the same amount of money. And, each payment made by the borrower includes both principal and interest. The loan is completely paid off at the end of the term. Most car loans and mortgages are set up this way. Credit cards are a form of installment loan, but it can take years to pay them off if you make only the minimum payment.
Under an interest-only loan, you have to pay back the interest charged for each month but not the principal. Some lines of credit are set up this way. They may even allow you to borrow more principal as long as the interest is paid. Some interest-only loans are set up as balloon loans. This means that the entire amount borrowed is due when the loan matures. This requires great discipline from the borrower and so is usually offered only to prime borrowers.
By the way, even if the bank fails, you'll have to pay the loan back. A loan is an asset to a lender because it is a contract that generates money for it. The way out of a loan is to make the payments. It may not be fun, but it is absolutely doable.
There are many ways to get a loan in Delaware and elsewhere. There are differences; some are more convenient, some have lower rates, and some only deal with existing customers. The alternatives are:
When taking out a short-term personal loan, there are several different considerations. When you shop for a loan, you should look at rates, fees, and other features and costs of the loan. Some of the terms you may see and factors involved are:
Sure, you could borrow money from your neighborhood loan shark, but who knows what you'll be getting into? In order to keep lenders on the up and up and protect borrowers, the Delaware Office of the State Banking Commissioner regulates Delaware cash loans.
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UFC Signs First Openly Lesbian Fighter, Liz Carmouche
Liz "Girlrilla" Carmouche has become the first openly gay competitor in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The 28-year-old mixed-martial artist and former marine signed with the UFC on Thursday.
Carmouche, whose fans haven taken to calling themselves "Lizbos," has lined up a sparring partner: She and fellow bantamweight Ronda Rousey will be the first female headliners in a major bout at UFC 157 in February.
We'd wish Carmouche luck but anyone who can survive Don't Ask Don't Tell can hold her own in the octagon.
@Tracy: Agreed, I'm also glad that the female fighters aren't there simply to take the piss or be a side show attraction filling a quota. They are there because they are damn good at MMA.
Why is Liz Cartouche agreeing to be a part of an organization that contains homophobes? I wonder if she's one of these Uncle Tom lesbians.
@Brian: Every organization contains homophobes. The UFC and Dana White have taken a definite pro-gay stance.
Yes, Dana did use the word fag or faggot once but he has called that the single worst mistake he's ever made.
There are gay male fighters in the UFC right now. Hiring Liz is a strong endorsement for the fact that Dana White and the UFC want fighters regardless of orientation.
There are things I don't like about Dana White and the UFC but their stance on gay
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That same year, as she entered puberty, she was completely transformed by her infection. Her fellow children ran from her screaming, then she attacked Captain James T. Kirk. She died after Kirk shot her with a phaser set on stun. She was a little older than her acquaintance, Miri. (TOS: "Miri")
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Village of Hartland - A small crew of public works employees and volunteers from the Ice Age Trail Alliance (IATA) started burning multiple piles of brush in the Hartland Marsh a week ago , and were planning to burn more piles this week.
The City of Delafield Common Council is concerned that the burning could affect water quality in the Bark River and in Lake Nagawicka, and on Feb. 8 sent a letter to the village expressing its concerns.
Last month, the Village Board had agreed to pursue two types of burns in the marsh: brush pile burns to get rid of the hundreds of brush piles scattered throughout the area, and, at a later date, maintenance burns to control invasive species.
At Monday's Village Board meeting, Village Administrator Dave Cox said the topography of the land on which most of the brush piles lie would likely cause any runoff from the piles to end up in the village's detention pond on the west side of Cottonwood Avenue just north of Lindenwood Drive.
Village President David Lamerand said the village should continue to move forward with burning the piles. When planning begins for maintenance burns, which would involve burning large swaths of the marsh, Lamerand said the village would consult with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to ensure that proper techniques would be used.
The brush piles accumulated in the marsh during years of efforts by volunteer Paul Mozina and other volunteers, including students from Arrowhead High School, to rid the wetlands area of invasive species. Mozina had spent most weekends from 2004 to 2011 cutting buckthorn, garlic mustard and other invasive species from the area.
Mozina routinely burned most of his cuttings until 2009, when he was asked by village officials to stop burning after the village received complaints from neighboring property owners about the smoke. After Mozina stopped burning, the piles started to accumulate, which led to more complaints from neighbors about having to look at the piles.
Over the past few years, many of the piles had been chipped up and the materials hauled out, but hundreds of piles remain.
Village ordinance allows burns for forest and prairie management, but until last month, the village's informal ban against the practice remained in place. However, Village Administrator Dave Cox was recently told by an IATA official that the ability to do maintenance burning would likely make it much easier for the association to find another agency willing to take ownership of the property.
About 60 piles were burned last week.
According to Cox, DNR approval was not needed for the brush pile burning, although the DNR was notified that the burning would take place. Waukesha County dispatch and IATA officials were also notified about the work.
Photos of the area before last week's burn and a video taken afterward can be found on Mozina's blog at www.scuppernongspringsnaturetrail.com/2013/02/06. Mozina also works to control invasives in the Scuppernong Springs Nature Trail area in the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest.
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Wordle is a fascinating online service that takes a bunch of text, or an RSS feed, and then mashes it all together to create a word cloud of ideas. Here's the Wordle mash for the Urban Semiotic Atom feed. It's wild to see the words that pop out at you and, reading it semiotically to form sentences out of the cloud, I see "Twitter new know stream." and "American religion good people." What semoitic sentences does your mind form in the following pareidoliac clouds?
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Pareidolia and a Face in the Cloud
Pareidolia is an interesting phenomenon that reveals how our human minds are programmed to give randomized visual and audible forms experientially recognizable features like faces, spoken meaning and known objects.


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