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asti, 1 out of 2 I'm afraid! yep I'm from R- but I was never a Weasley! glad you remember me though! I'm really well thanks, done a lot of growing up (not all voluntary) since I was last here. how're you?
oh no PB, I never meant to hurt your delicate feelings :) I only meant that I'd mistakenly believed the older you were, the smarter you got and I'm annoyed to find this isn't the case. I still look up to you, if that's what you want to hear :)
Lady Hawke, yes! haha the real world for me so far has just been a lot of time spent filling out forms in block capitals. getting older isn't as much fun as I thought it'd be! well, 'Rambling Man' is my current favourite song by (my one true love) Laura Marling. I guess I didn't really think about the masculinity of it until you brought it up! but I'm definitely a girl. not having an identity crisis. definitely a girl.
badwolf is just a thing I used as a login for every website ever since I was, like, 12. I probably never actually used it on here. oh well! thanks Deanie!
Rambling Man did you also go by thedocrawks or something like that..? Or is my memory off..?
I wish.
Good evening!
It was the hottest day of the year so far today. And I am officially on holiday! I don't have to go to work until a week on Monday. Oh, bliss!
My DS and I went out for a drink this evening. We sat in a pub garden, in the sunshine, busy with other, civilised people, and had crisis talks. Not fun and not good.
rambling man, I am chuffed with 50%! Your Leaky name is now bugging me……….!
Today was the first day of the Celtic Autumn quarter and for the first time I can remember since I started following the old farming year I saw no signs of Autumn. All the trees are looking lush and green because Spring was so late in bursting forth. I noted with great satisfaction that there were many golden fields to be seen and quite a few had been harvested. This was in sharp contrast to last year when harvesting was very late and in some cases abandoned as being useless. We went out for lunch as usual, this time to The Woodbridge Inn on the banks of the River Severn, but we opted for eating inside instead of out because it was more comfortable in the muggy heat.
In the garden this morning my DS reported a noticeable increase in the number of Peacock butterflies, so this hot weather is really bringing them on. The number jumped from 10 two days ago to 25, all settled on our Buddleia tree and feeding earnestly.
Graymayne, in your butterfly watching, have you thought that the Peacocks in particular are bigger than usual? We have seen a few that were really enormous.
We are settled in the hotel in New Orleans. On the way down we received a call telling us the house had closed and a check would be available to us in 20 minutes. I had to ask them to hold it until our return. Regardless, that is a relief.
Unfortunately, a rock thrown by a passing truck pocked our windshield and the crack spread quickly. I ended up in a small town trying to find a auto glass repair company. By the time I found it the crack was too large to repair. The whole windshield will have to be replaced when we return.
We drove through the French Quarter and up and down St. Charles Ave in the Garden District. We will go visit a family cemetery in the morning and see our family friends tomorrow afternoon.
My daughter is quite excited because she has received her first video from one of her imaginary friends. So, she has finally heard one of her friend's voices and briefly seen her friend for the first time. Tomorrow I will take some photos of my daughter to send to her friend. The girl once lived in New Orleans and misses it. They still don't know where the other one lives or each other's names.
Our room is quite nice and quite different than any hotel room I have ever been in. There is a rather spectacular view of downtown New Orleans. We can see the Super Dome, downtown NOLA, a bit of the lighted Mississippi River bridge and St. Charles Ave. at the end of the street. The bathroom door is a frosted glass pocket door. We usually leave the bathroom light on and the door cracked so we can find our way in a strange place. There will be no need to crack the door here since it is white frosted glass. It slides instead of opening and closing. The shower stall is floor to ceiling clear glass and we could all get in there at one time. The mirror in the bathroom is backlit on the sides. You can see no bulbs, just glowing frosted glass. The sink is a pedestal sink, mounted on a marble counter. There is a frosted glass wall hiding the toilet from the rest of the room.
The two queen size beds are extremely high. Even my father who is 6' 6" is having to climb up. My mother is in heaven. In a hotel she usually sits up against the headboard of the bed she shares with my father or, if she is lucky, she has an armchair and puts her feet up on the rolling desk chair. In the hotel SHE HAS A CHAISE LOUNGE, a FAINTING COUCH. one of those with a high curved back on part of one side and one end, leaving the other end free for her feet.
I have just been stricken by fatigue. I think I am finished for the night.
Asti Curiously enough, we have spotted a few Peacocks that are smaller than usual, but checking my Observers butterfly handbook I see that the sexes are different sizes, 63mm M, 69mmF. It would seem that we are more used to seeing female ones.
I can not remember my log in for Leaky so will not be able to post this weekend. I do have and I Phone with internet but have not been able to connect it to Leaky. I probably put in the wrong pass word. Well not so much wrong but my fingers hit the wrong key.
Glad that Asti remembered Rambling Man. Now that I know she was from England, I remember her but not the screen name.
So many of us will be on the road this weekend. Safe journeys for all.
Good evening!
Gosh, The Castle will be empty this weekend, loads of us are away.
Daughter and I are leaving in the morning. Now I have the phone, I should be able to check in, but mobile reception can be very patchy.
Graymayne, a wingspan of almost 7cm! Wow, I had no idea they could be that big.
Lady Hawke, my DS is wildly envious. New Orleans is fairly high up on his list of places to visit. He'd love to do a fly drive holiday to the US.
Did bill paying and bought 2 pair of trousers and 3 shirts on amazon. All in all a so so day.
Counted more butterflies, read some more of Jo's new book. Had a noisy thunderstorm which came back for a second go. It must still be around because we just experienced a couple of minutes blackout, no phone, computer, lights, street lights. My instant electric tealights came in handy.
We spent the day in the French Quarters. We had breakfast there in the French Market. We returned my parents to the hotel after a visit to one of our family cemeteries. Then, my daughter and I went back into the Quarters. My daughter purchased herself a black satin corset with pink ruffles. It was purchased at a Steampunk shop and is a functional corset. It really does the job of an old fashioned 19th century corset. When we got back to the room she modeled it. We went to the bathroom and I took the laces and tugged until she was the shape of an hourglass. She was very pleased, large adrenalin rush. She means to use it this year as the main piece of a "Steampunk Cheshire Cat" costume for Halloween. She will be using it for more than this one costume, I am certain.
ASTI, where are you and your daughter going this weekend?
Tomorrow we intend to tour Lafayette #1 cemetery. It is another family cemetery where my great great grandparents are buried in a wall crypt. It is the oldest planned cemetery in New Orleans and is where Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat and Mayfair Witches are buried.
In the afternoon we mean to go back down near the French Quarter to the aquarium.
hellooooooooo Leaky! Wow, as you all predicted, what a quiet day in LeakyLand! :) Hope everyone is having fun!! :)
LadyHawke glad you are having a good trip, and yay on the house! will you be having beignets at Cafe du Monde? Mmmmm!!!!!
Graymayne we had a thunderstorm last night but nothing flickered – I hope your weather is calming down!!
asti hope you and daughter are having a good time!!
rambling man hello, I don't think I was on Leaky when you were here! I stop by every once in a while.
I'll be lurking…! :)
ah I knew I forgot – ironsos I've never bought clothes from Amazon – is it easy to return them if they don't fit?
Huff: Hope this explains it.
Looks like once you try the clothing on you cannot return it.
Having beignets now.
I have just finished The Cuckoo's Calling, by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling. It is a cracker with a very good plot, a large cast of characters and an illuminating trip into the less than glamourous life of super-models, and generously peppered with lots of Anglo-Saxon swearwords.
CoolG If you decide to read Jo's latest offering I would recommend that you make a list of the character names because I kept having to rack my brains to remember who was who. This is a bit vital when you are reading a whodunnit, lol.
I buy my Wrangler jeans on Amazon. They are $20 cheaper a pair than anywhere else… I am a BIG guy and stores want $50+ for jeans my size, & not always name brands… I think it's a very good deal.
IRONSOS, unworn means you can't go out and use it. Unworn does not mean you can't try it on. If that was the case women would never purchase anything through a catalog or online. It just can't be all stretched out and creased from you wearing it. The tags still have to be in place. It can't be stained or smell of wear. Women who are the "same" size can be shaped different and different designers design for different body types. The only way you know what you wear in a particular designer is to try them on. In cheaper clothing an item of the same description in the same size can fit differently from garment to garment.
I have just watched the first part of an historical drama being shown on one of our commercial channels, Channel Four. It is simply entitled The Mill, a stark title for an unlovely tale based on the records of events and people at Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire, in the UK, set in 1830 during the Industrial Revolution. It feels like Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. I find it deeply saddening that the exploitation of the defenceless still goes on in hidden corners all over the world in the 21st century. We cannot seem to drag ourselves out of the mire despite all the discoveries of science, provision of education and improved standards of living. The older I get the more I can see this.
Good evening!
3G coverage here is patchy, so I've forced myself into a pub so I can hook up to their wifi! The things I do for you lot, honestly!!
Daughter and I are having a great time. Last night we went out for pizza, cooked in front of us in a proper wood fired pizza oven. I have half of mine left for my tea tonight, but daughter ate ALL of hers!
Today, the parents took us out for lunch, and then we went to the beach. I love love love swimming in the sea, and although the weather is not as hot as it has been, it was still absolutely lovely.
All in all, it's just lovely to be here. It's very relaxing and peaceful.
I hope everyone else is having a wonderful time! xx
LadyHawke: I was actually wondering about why women would ever buy clothes online if that was the case.
Thanks for the explanation.
Greatest cartoon ever.
Y'all are getting the news before Facebook.
Just wanted to share that my BF and I got engaged this weekend! We are thrilled! I know not everyone here is on FB, so I wanted to make sure you got the news. :). I'll try to get pics up in CC at some point.
Congratulations! My daughter sends hers as well. Do you have a ring yet? Do you have a date?
Yes ring. No date.
Wonderful news! I am so happy for you both… I think this will be our first engagement in the castle. Whoo-Hoo!!!


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You know, until Erin Andrews does what we've all been waiting for her to do — that is, take off that blouse and slip on a two-piece bikini — then Carrie Milbank has to rank right up there as the hottest sports-related reporter in the media today. How can you go wrong with a former NFL cheerleader turned TV sports/business host? I mean, sports AND business host? Hot damn!
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California�born Texas�bred Carrie Milbank kicked off her career, literally, by entertaining football fans as a Houston Texans Cheerleader. As a captain of the NFL�s youngest franchise for four years Carrie represented her squad at the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii and was voted the team�s MVP two years in a row.
She was discovered by NFL Films in 2003 when she auditioned as a Guest Host on NFL Under The Helmet (FOX), revealing her Number One passion as an on�camera entertainer. She quickly became a Correspondent for NFL Under The Helmet as well as a Co�Host for the NFL Cayman Challenge (NFL Network).
In 2004, Carrie hung up her boots and pom-poms to pursue a full�time career in television. She was hired as the Producer, Writer, & Host for Houston-based lifestyle program Hot On! Houston (KPRC�TV, NBC), and in less than a year was promoted to Hot On! D.C. to kickoff the newly expanded show in the Washington Metro area (WUSA�TV, CBS). Carrie also took on the National Host Trainer role, created specifically for her, training incoming Hosts as the production expanded across the country. When it came to Hosting Hot On!, Carrie literally wrote the book on it.
Carrie returned to her "rah�rah" roots in 2006, this time as a commentator for the NFL Cheerleader Playoffs (IMG – NFL Network). It was during this production that she caught wind of an exciting new advancement in the world of sports and entertainment � Sprint Powerview, the first made�for�mobile international television network.
Carrie packed her bags, moved to the Big Apple, and became the first Entertainment News Anchor and Gossip Co-Host for Sprint Powerview. She covered red carpet events coast to coast, from Super Bowl XLI in Miami to Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End in L.A. Carrie also filled in as a Sports Anchor/Reporter, covering the 2006 U.S. Open with Jim Courier where she interviewed Roger Federer shortly after his 3-peat win.
You can catch Carrie on the tube this summer as she Co-Hosts the Accenture Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon for the second year in a row in San Francisco (IMG – Syndicated). She's also been commissioned by Fandango to interview Smart People's Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid, and Thomas Haden Church.
Carrie is currently the Host of TennisWeek.com, "The Hockey Show" on NHL.com, and People.com's "Who Looked Hot This Week."
You can also catch her dishing the latest car news on FastLaneDaily.com, and as a guest contributor on FOX Business Network's "America's Nightly Scoreboard."
Carrie loves going to the movies, dancing, and traveling the world with her husband Blake. They currently reside in the New York area.
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After Jimmy Howard's sensational shutout win in Game 1, Detroit Red Wings fans had to be excited to see what their goaltender had in store in Game 2.
Consider that excitement squashed. Early in the first period, Howard decided to gather the puck in front of his own net with Bruins forward Justin Florek barreling towards him. He had a couple of options at this point: throw it to the open space to his left or try to pass it to defenseman Brendan Smith.
He chose the latter and failed spectacularly.
Howard gets some points back for trying his hardest to stop the scoring chance he created, but that one might come back to haunt Detroit. Giving away goals to the league's best team is generally a bad idea.


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I am thinking of doing a two week trip to Europe and would love to get on some multipitch sport. I heard Sardegna is supposed to be awesome. Any suggestions for multipitch sport crags in Europe?
Corsica is great. Granite, wild tofani formations. Some of the "sport" is "sporty" but you can supplement with threads and a small rack of gear. Mont Gozzi, Restonica, Bavella... Presles. See the database here on the proj' for a little taste. St. Victoire, Calanques, Dolomites, etc etc etc. Gobs.
Dolomites are great! Pretty much the most steep rock I've ever seen in a region. From my two weeks there I wouldn't call it a "sport" destination. There are lots of pitons and some bolts on the big routes, but all multi-pitch I did we had a rack for for. Every route kinda felt like an adventure climb too, with lots of route finding, funky protection and big lines. I put my two cents in for the Verdon for multi-pitch sport. Stunning setting, with big lines. Kinda committing since you have to rap into the massive gorge to then climb out. Beautiful, tiny, quaint town of La Palud has many lodging options. Like a lot of european climbing, it would be pretty hard to climb here without a car.
For pure sport multipitch, it's hard to go wrong with Les Calanques. Just be aware that some of it is closely spaced sport, and some is more sporty. The guidebook is pretty clear, though, on what's what. GO


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Petra "Pat" Arguello, 60, of Coahoma died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, at her residence. Services are pending at Myers & Smith Funeral Home.
Randy Gambrell, 61, of Coahoma died Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, at his mother's residence. Services are pending at Myers & Smith Funeral Home.
Jeanine Huskey, 75, of Big Spring died Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, at her residence. Services are pending at Myers & Smith Funeral Home.
The Big Spring Lady Steers basketball team is off and running, winning their first two games of the young season. The girls defeated Abilene Cooper 40-27 this weekend in a game which relied heavily on the defense skills of Big Spring.
The Lady Steers got into a bit of foul trouble early in the game, but fought their way through it to claim a tough road victory, remaining undefeated.
Bridgette Tuitt led the Lady Steers with 12 points, followed closely by Mackenzie Stone with nine, who knocked down three 3-pointers for Big Spring.
The Big Spring Junior High tennis teams placed first and second in the Midland Christian tennis tournament this weekend.
The seventh grade team finished with a second place team total, with several top individual finishers. Brandon Hilario was the consolation winner in boys singles and Morgan Parnell took first place in the girls singles action. Jonathon Byrd took third place for the boys, while Sean Rios and Brett Cervantez took second in boys doubles.


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Do you remember wondering? That's what we used to do when we didn't know something.
> I wonder what the lowest calorie food is.
> Why do animal cracker boxes come with strings?
> Is a penny more likely to come up heads, or tails?
Short of a trip to the library, it used to be that there was little you could do to get your answer. Today of course, you're seconds away from googling and knowing any obscure fact that you can imagine. Did you know that chewing celery burns more calories than are in celery? (Now you do!) It's such a part of our lives that it is hard to remember that Google hasn't been around forever.
The Portal Wars
During the Dotcom Boom of the late 1990′s, the conversations at the trade shows and the buzz at Restaurant 3000 in Menlo Park, was all about portals. It seemed like every entrepreneur had another website ready to be your Netscape startup page. Alta Vista, Lycos, Yahoo!, Excite, MSN and Ask Jeeves were all vying to be the "Internet portal" for the masses. Then Google came along and with blinding speed, the wars ended and even the word "portal" left the vocabulary.
It turns out the word was only hibernating.
Social media tipping point
By the end of 2011, Pinterest was all the rage. Growing faster than Facebook it seemed to be on a trajectory to take over social media. It was incredible how fast it boomed and everyone was talking about it as a great marketing tool. I like Pinterest but we're now seeing signs of it leveling off. Have you pinned today?
What happened with Pinterest is that we've reached our social media tipping point. I can't tell you how many times I heard people say when they first heard about Pinterest,
"Not another one! I don't have time for Facebook."
In a given day, I can absorb a lot of tasks. I don't need to schedule taking the trash out or getting the mail. Time for those tasks just gets absorbed into my day. But physics dictate that can't go on forever. Eventually, I'm going to have to make a tradeoff. I'm going to have to drop one task so I can do another. Pinterest is great but I've reached my social media threshold. I can't just absorb the time to do it. For the first time I have to make a choice: Pinterest or Facebook?
And I'm not alone. Not only has Pinterest seemingly peaked but also now there's word that Facebook's numbers are leveling off.
Facebook's Initial Public Offering
Facebook's IPO was disappointing and a red flag to anyone involved with social media. Paltry revenues are one reason but underlying that is what Pinterest has proven. Facebook can't count on your full attention any more. The final chapter on Pinterest hasn't been written but sometime in the near future, Facebook is going to face a threat it can't beat. They know they need to change and what they're changing into is an old-fashioned portal.
Facebook made their biggest acquisition earlier this year when they bought Instagram. Facebook has a lot of cash and I expect this was only the start. If Facebook is going to remain relevant then it needs to command your social media universe. Their goal is for you to spend all of your social media time within their network. The same is true for Google+. Though they haven't caught on the way they hoped, their strategy all along was to become a portal. The arms race has begun.
Just a week ago Facebook launched an app store. Their vision is that you will purchase apps there that plug into your Facebook experience. They look forward to the day when all of your social media applications are plugged into Facebook. Though you won't necessarily be using the traditional Facebook tools, you will still be under their umbrella where they can collect information and market to you.
What's ahead?
I've seen in my own Facebook account that people are posting less and businesses are posting more. It's not just me either. I posted that question to my social network and my friends are seeing the same thing. I think this is a trend.
We may be headed to a Facebook where users only interact with businesses.
If that's true, will people remain loyal?
I think this question is critical to the future of social media and we'll have to see how it plays out.
Marketers who are investing in social media plans must remain flexible. Just a few months ago it looked like Facebook was all you had to concern yourself with. Instead, the reality is that you're going to need to stay on top of the social media universe and be ready to change course if needed.
The Web has proven to be a great tool for helping marketers find niche markets. I have a friend whose business makes super high-end pocketknives. His company wouldn't exist without the Internet. Many niche social sites exist already but I think we're going to see even more pop up. If you are already marketing to a niche, you might want to consider building your own niche social site.
Bottom Line
Maybe we thought that the social media model was built but now that seems to be wrong. It's not going to go away but the choices and strategies we as marketers make are and will change.
And I'd like to leave you with one more thought to ponder. If the Facebook model is still being resolved, then what makes us think that Google is immune?
Here are a couple of articles on where Facebook is going that you might find interesting.
- http://adage.com/article/digital/big-spenders-push-ad-line-facebook-holds-ground/235007/
- http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-22/why-gm-and-others-fail-with-facebook-ads
What do you think? Will Facebook shift to accommodate business and lose its social appeal?
Ron Miller
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The biggest thing was that people actually showed some respect for all members of this board.
I think that ^^^^^^^^ was accurate - but is rebounding. The flood of new members who were learning the expectations of folks who have been here (forever ... yea I am one ) has begun to swing back toward a strong conversational base in my very humble opinion Turbo.
Quote from: SunnyD on April 01, 2008, 06:01:36 PMPeople who voice strong opinions are generally dispised it has nothing to do with his opinions and everything to do with the fact that he's a clown. He's by far the worst person to conduct an interview and the "takes" always suck, the guy is a blowhard.
People who voice strong opinions are generally dispised
FRG is the most logical poster on this board. You guys just don\'t like where the logical conclusions take you.
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Rome gets good interviews from all sports and that's when he's at his best, when somebody like Eric Byrnes or Roy Williams is on. But when he goes on some litte tirade about nothing, leaves 5 seconds of dead air, then repeats everything he just said, he's terrible. I've actually went to use the restroom during one of his rants, come back 5 minutes later and it's like he was waiting for me to get back. He's saying the exact same things about nothing..
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Update: As many as 20 U.N. workers killed
Up to 20 U.N. workers were killed Friday when protesters overran a compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, according to Reuters. Two foreigners were said to be beheaded.
Original report continues below…
KABUL — Ten foreign UN workers were killed on Friday in an attack on the UN headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif by demonstrators protesting at the burning of the Koran by a US pastor, police told AFP.
"Ten (UN) people have been killed by the protesters (…) All the killed are foreigners," police spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai said.
A spokesman for the UN mission in Kabul, Don McNorton, said: "We are aware of an incident in our Mazar office, we are currently working to ascertain all the facts."
Afghanistan had condemned the "disrespectful and abhorrent" burning of the Koran by evangelical preacher Pastor Wayne Sapp in a Florida church, calling it an effort to incite tension between religions.
President Hamid Karzai called on the United States to bring those responsible for the burning of the Islamic holy book on March 21 to justice.
Sapp set light to a Koran under the supervision of Terry Jones, who last year drew condemnation over his aborted plan to burn a pile of the holy books to mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Jones cancelled his plans under enormous pressure from world leaders including US President Barack Obama, but the mere threat to burn the Muslim holy book sparked large protests in Afghanistan, where the UN and aid groups warned that civilians and aid workers in the country could be killed if the pastor went ahead.
Afghanistan is a deeply devout Islamic country where even rumours that the Koran has been insulted can result in deadly violence.
In January last year seven tribesmen were killed when Afghan security forces opened fire at demonstrations sparked by the alleged desecration of a Koran by US troops in the southern province of Helmand, a hotbed of insurgency.
The demonstrators were trying to overrun NATO bases and police facilities when they were fired on.
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Afghan officials say the Taliban, the main militant group fighting the insurgency, fabricate stories that Western troops have insulted the religion in order to whip up anti-US sentiment.
These attempts are often successful.
In May 2008, a foreign soldier serving under NATO command was killed during demonstrations by Afghan tribesmen against the shooting of a Koran by a US soldier in Iraq. Two Afghan protesters were also killed when the shooting broke out.
Friday's attack followed a protest march led by religious clerics and attended by around 200 in Kabul on Friday against the Koran burning and plans announced by Karzai in February for possible permanent US bases in Afghanistan.
The demonstrators, who left from mosques in downtown Kabul after Friday prayers, burned a US flag and stamped on it, shouting "Death to America".
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AbstractÐIn this paper, we present a pipeline and several key techniques necessary for editing a real scene captured with both cameras and laser range scanners. We develop automatic algorithms to segment the geometry from range images into distinct surfaces, register texture from radiance images with the geometry, and synthesize compact high-quality texture maps. The result is an object-level representation of the scene which can be rendered with modifications to structure via traditional rendering methods. The segmentation algorithm for geometry operates directly on the point cloud from multiple registered 3D range images instead of a reconstructed mesh. It is a top-down algorithm which recursively partitions a point set into two subsets using a pairwise similarity measure. The result is a binary tree with individual surfaces as leaves. Our image registration technique performs a very efficient search to automatically find the camera poses for arbitrary position and orientation relative to the geometry. Thus, we can take photographs from any location without precalibration between the scanner and the camera. The algorithms have been applied to largescale real data. We demonstrate our ability to edit a captured scene by moving, inserting, and deleting objects. Index TermsÐScene editing, object-level representation, range image segmentation, image registration, texture-mapping, imagebased modeling, image-based rendering, augmented reality. 1


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Dear Reader, what was on your bucket list when you were sixteen years old? Did you do it? It's never to late.
Hilarious! You inspired me to ask my daughters what would be on their bucket list. They are 14 and 12, so this should be interesting.
I can't speak to the other things, but Dollywood is AWESOME. And I am not even joking.
You would.
The pictures on Jones soda is a definite possibility. Just had ordered 12 with my sons picture on them for his birthday party...Go to the website, send a picture and ...VOILA!!!
One thing on my bucket list is to write a novel.
That is so funny! I live 45 minutes from Dollywood and it is fabulous! You should keep it on the list. It is a great park. :)
My bucket list at the age of sixteen was something along the lines of:
-go skydiving
-get a tattoo (or three)
-get my nosed pierced
-dye my hair dark
(I was really not a crazy, piercing/tattoo obsessed rocker child even though this is makes it sound like I was!)
-try every single flavors at baskin robins (this includes their archives, there are actually around 121 in their archives.)
-take a year off before college and live in a hippie van and surf everyday
-learn to surf
-learn to sew, make my own clothes
-be best friends with my best friend forever
Haha I haven't thought about mine in a while! hope this provided insight to a teenage girls mind ;)
Okay, I will seriously consider Dollywood.
Sunshine... what on that list did you get done? Do tell, my dear. We want the gory details of your tattooed self!
I must really have the mind of a 16 year old girl, because aside from the skydiving, I love it all! I think I might even have the Dane Cook concert at the top of the list too! Thanks for sharing!
You have to know the bucket list of a teenaged girl would be something spectacular. I've never read one before, but by golly, it should be on EVERYONE'S bucket list!
Oh saucy, I am afraid I am very lame!
-go skydiving
(planning to do that next August)
-get a tattoo (or three)
(No tattoos, I decided that I would probably not be hired by a hospital when I became a nurse if I got any tattoos.)
-get my nosed pierced
(Decided I didn't want one after all)
-dye my hair dark
(In January I will dye my hair for the first time! :D )
-try every single flavors at baskin robins
(this is a work in progress, I have done 30 but the archives won't just let me waltz in and try what I please! I was very miffed.)
-take a year off before college and live in a hippie van and surf everyday
(went to college, still looking for the hippie van though!)
-learn to surf
(Surfed, and would highly recommend it!!)
-learn to sew, make my own clothes
(work in progress! Discovered I cannot knit to save my life!)
-be best friends with my best friend forever
(still are BFF's!)
I love the bucket list! =) Sounds like it'd be loads of fun! Particularly liked the one of getting a mime to talk! :P
I'm currently working on my own online bucket list on www.wanderable.com - it's a great place for sharing tips and ideas.
When I was 16 I DID get my picture on a Jones bottle. And not the MyJones bottles, but the real ones in circulation. Actually, it wasn't a picture of me, it was of my best friend (she has 2 different bottles with her face on them!), but it's my picture, that I took, so my name is beside. I still feel pretty special about that, 12 years later. And they sent me some of the labels. How cool is that?
If they pick up a hitchhiker they might not need a bucket list anymore..
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Her family was given with a new home earlier this month and on Thursday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she was presented with a $50,000 scholarship from the show and AT&T.
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By Matt Anderson
Week 1 brought with it, surprises and expected results. Week 2 should be more of the same as we are still trying to separate the contenders from the pretenders.
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When week 2 is all said and done, many teams will be 1/3 of their way to the goal of clinching a post-season berth, while others on the flip-side will be just a loss away from reaching their margin of error in the race for a playoff spot.
Here's a look at some of the most interesting games on Week 2′s slate:
(1-0) Everett @ (1-0) Saginaw High – Battle between 2 struggling inner city programs looking to reclaim glory of years past. Both started off with big wins in week 1 and somebody is going to come out 2-0 after this one is said and done. Projected Winner: Everett
(1-0) Brandon @ (1-0) Lapeer West – Lapeer West is coming off of an impressive 'upset' over Davison, while Brandon was almost flawless, in their 46-0 win over Kearsley. A win here give the victor a leg up in a very competitive Metro this year, where the race should be wide open. Projected Winner: Lapeer West
(0-1) Linden @ (1-0) Holly – It's still early but Linden is almost in a must win situation this week against Holly. Another loss would drop them to 0-2 in conference play. I still have confidence that they would make a great push or for the playoffs, even with 2 losses in the he L column but hopes of a FML title would be a longshot. Holly on the other hand, is coming off of a thrilling 32-26 win over Swartz Creek. Holly has actually taken 2 of the last 3 from Linden, breaking a 5 year losing skid before that. Projected Winner: Linden
(1-0) Byron @ (1-0) Bendle – Outside of New Lothrop's 28-7 win over St. Francis last week, Bendle's 41-0 win over Genesee was the most impressive outing GAC Blue play. The Tigers have high hopes to go 2-0 in conference play and attempt to do it while at home against the Eagles. Projected Winner: Bendle
(1-0) Harbor Beach @ (1-0) Sandusky – Something's gotta give this week when Harbor Beach travels to Sandusky for Greater Thumb East action. Both teams combined for 92 points last week and didn't give up anything. The winner here could establish themselves as the front runner for the GTCE crown. Projected Winner: Harbor Beach
(1-0) Carman-Ainsworth @ (1-0) Heritage – Junior Speedster and highly touted Brian Cole put on a show in his season debut with the Hawks, in there win over Walled Lake Central. This week, he will go up against arguably the most athletic defense he will see all year in Carman-Ainsworth. The Cavs shutdown and shutout offensive powerhouse Grand Blanc last week, en-route to a 13-0 win. Heritage will need more than just Cole to move to 2-0, which would be a complete 360 from their 0-3 start last year. This has the potential for the game of the week. Projected Winner: Carman-Ainsworth
(1-0) Flushing @ (1-0) Midland Dow – Flushing started off on the right foot with a 21-7 win over Milford in week 1, their last season opener in the Saginaw Valley League. Dow thrashed Bay City Central 63-21, the most points they've scored since a 66-0 win over Flint Northwestern 13 years ago. This week, we'll get to see if the ball just bounced Dow's way on every turn or if this is a high powered offense we will be hearing lots about this season. Projected Winner: Midland Dow
(0-1) Mt. Pleasant @ (1-0) Powers – I'm convinced, after watching Mt. Pleasant last week, that there's lots of upside with the Oilers. They committed 4 turnovers and had 10 penalties last week and still hung with DeWitt, all the way up until the middle of the fourth quarter, falling by 12 points in a game where they nearly doubled the Panthers in yardage. With a big play running game, led by Michael Tweh and an extremely mobile quarterback, it will be interesting to see how they rebound against Powers, who had an impressive 41-14 win over Armada last week. The Chargers are just 2 years removed from a state title and a year removed from one of the best regular seasons in school history but are now without All-State QB Garret Pougnet, who is now with Southern Illinois at the next level. This game could go either way and hinge upon so many different factors, that it makes it a must see game. Projected Winner: Mt. Pleasant
(0-1) Frankenmuth @ (1-0) Birch Run – Frankenmuth fell to a tough Hemlock squad by a score in the season opener, while the Panthers got off to a good start with an 8 point win against Chesaning. The big TVC East rivals should be in for a good game. Birch Run is looking to break a 2 year losing streak to the Eagles, while Frankenmuth cannot afford to start the season 0-2. Projected Winner: Frankenmuth
(1-0) Millington @ (1-0) Garber – Both teams wasted no time smashing their week one opponents. Millington took care of business against Mt. Morris, while he Dukes amassed 62 points in the season opener. These two teams have given us some of the most memorable games over the past 10 years and this year should be no different. The winner of this game would be on the inside track, at least in the early goings, of the race for the TVCE Crown. Projected Winner: Millington
(1-0) Ithaca @ (1-0) St. Charles – Without question, the biggest rivalry since the new Tri-Valley West was formed back in 2006. These two teams have been the top two programs, with Ithaca of course, being without peer over the past 3 seasons, winning three state titles and 42 games in a row. After last week, they made it 43 with a blowout win over Williamston. St. Charles took care of Hamady 38-0 and now the kings of the West come into town. If Ithaca gets past St. Charles, I'm not sure we'll see a great threat to end the winning streak before it hits 51 but the season is still young. Projected Winner: Ithaca
(1-0) Beal City @ (0-1) Clare – Beal City turned into what was supposed to be a rivalry showdown game last week against Sacred Heart into a one –sided affair. This, they turn their attention to another rival in Clare. Clare came up short against Freeland in week 1 and are now looking to turn things around but it's not going to get much easier this week. After breaking a 3 year losing streak last year to the Pioneers, Beal City is looking to string together a streak of their own this year with a win. Projected Winner: Beal City
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Of the incoming freshmen, Moore is the player who has the best chance of cracking a rotation that has seven of the top eight scorers from last season returning. He is looking forward to the opportunity of living up to his advanced billing.
"I'm just going to show them that I am a top 10 player," Moore said Monday night. "I never in my life would have dreamed that I would be top 10 material. Now I'm just going to show them that I've gone up to that level."
Moore and Brown share a lot in common. They both attended South Kent Prep and play similar games.
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With Max Starks' season-ending injury, the attention of the Steelers and their supporters is once again focused on Pittsburgh's offensive line. Once again it is about to be labeled the weak link of the team, and perhaps not without reasons. But let us take a minute and look at how the Steelers' O-Line has performed thus far in the season – based on very simple stats – sacks.
Over the past several years, the Steelers were at the top (or should I say – at the bottom) of the NFL's most sacked list. In 2009 Ben Roethlisberger was sacked whopping 50 times in 15 games he played (tied most in the league). In 2008 Ben was sacked 46 times (2nd in the NFL). In 2007 the number was 47 (2nd in the NFL). Throw in 3 more sacks for Byron Leftwich in 2008 and you will have 146 sacks in 3 seasons, or 3.04 sacks per game.
In 2010 the Steelers QBs were sacked just 16 times in 8 games, that is 2 times per game. That is a 33% improvement right there.
Now, the Steelers' 2010 season isn't orthodox by any means, it is usually divided into two parts – without Ben (Games 1-4) and with Ben (Games 5-8). What do we have there? Dennix Dixon and Charlie Batch who combined to play four complete games were sacked 9 times, while Ben was sacked only 7 times in the same number of games. This is unusual in itself because at least a sizeable portion of Ben's sacks is directly attributed to his tendency to hold the ball too long (which didn't go away during the suspension as clearly evidenced by his 2 fumbles in Miami), and plus, Ben is much more difficult to protect by the linemen due to his mobility and constant change of location. Plus one shouldn't forget that Dixon and, to a smaller extent, Batch were called to throw mainly short and intermediate passes, which further decreases the probability of a sack.
Furthermore, if you look at the number of passes attempted, you will see that the Dixon/Batch combo attempted 81 passes which is 28 attempts less then Ben in the same number of games (note: one would need to count QB dropbacks, not pass attempts, to be more accurate, but I think the trend will remain unchanged). Simple math says that Dixon/Batch were sacked once per 9 pass attempts, while Roethlisberger went down only once in 15.5 passes on average. This is an almost 40% difference which can only be explained by the vastly improved play of the offensive line.
This is not to say that the play of the O-line for the Steelers was great, but neither was its composition and health. Pittsburgh had Starks out, Trai Essex out, Willie Colon was placed on Injured Reserve back in July, Flozell Adams, Jonathan Scott, Doug Legursky and Ramon Foster were in and out with dehydration (especially during the hot games early in the season), all this with a rookie at center.
One should also consider (and there is no need to go into the stats for this), the running game was vastly improved by the better O-line play. This is all a testament to the good coaching (including frequent rotations during games) and greater dedication by the players. For this reason I am not even close to thinking that Max Starks' loss for the season will be season-changing for the Steelers. It will be of course tougher, especially if Chris Kemoeatu is out too, but it should not prevent Pittsburgh from winning games.
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Another Nobel Prize on the way? Paul Krugman to study income inequality from perspective of 1 percent
**Written by Doug Powers
Keynesian economist Paul Krugman should win another Nobel Prize for this. He's going to be studying income inequality for the next few months, but instead of choosing to study it from the low end like most everybody else does, he's going to be paid some $24,000 a month to observe and evaluate the view from the top:
New York Times author and liberal economist Paul Krugman has been offered a position as a distinguished scholar for a nine-month stint at the City University of New York's Luxembourg Income Study Center, which researches income inequality.
Krugman has also been nominated to become a distinguished professor for LIS, which would bring with it a hefty $225,000 salary. (Krugman's nomination was first reported by Gawker.)
That means that Krugman, while working to research income inequality, will earn nearly five times the median household income of residents of New York City — for nine month's work.
That's why Paul Krugman is a brilliant economist! Sure, anybody could have studied income inequality from the low end of the scale, but these days almost everybody does that. Krugman, taking one for the team, knows that there are enough people in the 99 percent (the sample size is more than adequate), so instead he'll gather data from the perspective of the one percent. Krugman will also apparently study workload inequality while he's at it.
Hopefully Krugman will kick off the new gig by finding out what a woman would have been paid for the same job. I expect that report to be released sometime after Halley's Comet makes another swing through out neighborhood.
In case you were wondering, Krugman isn't a hypocrite, because somebody at Slate said so:
So that settles that.
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Did we win tonight.......I was out at a few memorial services tonight.........
I figure us mets fans on here need to get a countdown going here!!!!!! They should be able to finish this NL EAST "race" up this week.
Did we win tonight.......I was out at a few memorial services tonight.........
Uhhhh no....no we lost tonight. I believe the final score was 16-3.Originally Posted by jetgirl
We did lose tonight, but the final score was 16-5.Originally Posted by Kingofqueens718
Nothing like a good old fashioned ass kicking.........damn!!!!!!!!!
I see that we made it a nail biter. {lol}Originally Posted by JetBidi
Yup, got real close in the end... I had my rally cap on and was looking for us to make a comebackOriginally Posted by Kingofqueens718
Hopefully, we can return the favor tonight !!
our luck we'll clinch it on our day off on thurs....lol
Originally Posted by jetsfreak10
Now Magic # = 2
October = Mets in playoffs
Soo glad we can't clinch on our off day tomorrow !! I want to see the Mets celebrate and truly savor the long overdue NL EAST CHAMPIONSHIP !!
Hopefully Philly loses tonight, setting up a W on friday for the Mets to clinch...otherwise there's potential not to clinch "on the field" bc the Phillies play later than the Mets....talk about anti-climactic.
This may not sound great to other Mets fans, but I kind of hope the Mets don't clinch in Pittsburgh. I'd love it if they came back to Shea to clinch. That would be awesome.Originally Posted by jetsfreak10
If by chance they don't clinch this weekend in Pittsburgh I'll be there on Monday against the Marlins.Originally Posted by JetBidi
In 1986, I drove down to Philly to watch the Mets clinch against the Phils at the Vet. Unfortunately the Mets lost, but the place exploded when Dykstra led off with a HR. It was so loud I thought he was going to come out for a curtain call (as a Met) at least 75% of the crowd was Met fans.
Lets Go Mets!
LET'S GO METS !! Hope Pedro and the Mets offense have a great day and come out with the W. I wish I was there to see it.Originally Posted by jetsfreak10
It's been a very LONG time.
Congrats to the Mets on all their accomplishments this year, but the best thing i've seen all year was Pedro on the bench after giving up 4 runs, hunched over crying, being consoled by Willie.....thats just comedic gold....f'in priceless. See ya in the seriesOriginally Posted by JetBidi
Originally Posted by Mojo Risin
Oh great now we have a pinstripe Jermaine type posting.
No idea why Pedro was that affected. It was indeed a crazy site to see. I hope he gets back in form quickly. We're going to need him in the postseason.Originally Posted by Mojo Risin
At least the Astros lost (I don't like to give the Phillies credit).
Hopefully the Astros will lose again this afternoon, so that the Mets can try to clinch on their own merit.
Any other Mets fans worried about our starting rotation ?? It seems they've been imploding lately and giving up a lot of runs. Hopefully, they're just going through a slump that'll end with the beginning of the playoffs. Then I hopw they're lights out.
I hope this is the case. I've waited too long to see it fall apart.
The starters have been a ? all season. They are mostly older, you had to figure by this time in the season some of them would getting worn down. For the most part the starters have given up some runs in the games but the Mets batters would overcome the opponents offense. This recent run verses left handed pitchers has slowed the Mets some. Also I think Willie has been rotating the line up a bit more to rest some of the elder statesmen. Come playoff time I would expect to see the top performers starting each game.Originally Posted by JetBidi


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Aliwan 2010 winners – Dinagyang Festival grabs 1st place
By Marcos Detourist on April 29, 2010
Here are the results of the much awaited Aliwan Fiesta 2010 held in Manila last April 26 – 28, 2010. All three contingents from Iloilo got into the circle of winners. The Dinagyang Festival emerged as the champion with Kasag Festival of Banate, Iloilo in 3rd place and Paraw Regatta Festival as one of the runners up.
Street Dance Competition Winners
Runners Up
- Padang Padang Festival, Parang Maguindanao
- Buklod Festival, Parang Mauindanao
- Pakalog Festival, Pasig City
- Halamang Dilaw, Marilao Bulacan
- Lapay Bantigue, Masbate City
- Pasaka Festival, Tanauan Leyte
- Paraw Regatta, Iloilo City
Major Awards
- 3rd Place: Kasag Festival, Banate, Iloilo
- 2nd Place: Zamboana Hermosa, Zamboanga City
- CHAMPION: Dinagyang Festival Iloilo City
Parade Float Winners
- Boling Boling Festival, Catanauan Quezon
- Sinulog Festival, Cebu City
- Ipat Float, Cotabato City
- Malapatan, Sarangani
- Buklod Festival Parang Maguindanao
- Halamanan Festival, Bulacan
- Panagbenga, Festival, Baguio City
Major Awards
- 3rd Place: Shariff Aguak Maguindanao
- 2nd Place: Bahandi han Dagat, Pasaka Festival Tanauan Leyte
- CHAMPION: Cotabato City
Reyna ng Aliwan 2010 Winners
- Festival Queen 2010: Rizzini Gomez – Cebu City Sinulog Festival
- 1st Runner Up: Angelie Joy Golingay – Iloilo City Dinagyang Festival
Runners Up:
- Caloocan City Pajotan Festival
- Pampanga
- South Cotabato
Special Awards
- Best in Festival Costume – South Cotabato
- Best in Swimsuit – Rizzini Gomez – Cebu City Sinulog Festival
- Best in Long Gown – Rizzini Gomez – Cebu City Sinulog Festival


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