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Up yours, Virginia
The War on Christmas is going full force on two fronts. First, the atheists are making fools of themselves. Second, Christmas' most enthusiastic boosters — insane shoppers — are disgracing the holidays by murdering each other.
Usually, the war on Christmas is headlined by some boob making an asinine declaration in the name of inclusiveness or separation of church and state — for example the Port of Seattle pulling down a Christmas tree at Sea-Tac so as not to have to also put up a menorah. Or King County Executive Ron Sims banning "Merry Christmas." These guys are the usual PC pinatas that pop up every year.
Now the state of Washington and Gov. Christine Gregoire have come up with a new way to celebrate the season: Let anyone set up a religious display in the state Capitol (no sacrificing goats, though!). Since you can't selectively use public property to endorse a long-standing religious tradition anymore, the pendulum has swung wide and now anyone with an axe to grind on a Christmas, excuse me, "holiday" tree, is welcome.
The Capitol has had a "holiday" tree for years, part of an Association of Washington Business fundraiser that's raised $300,000 for rural poor kids. And there will be a nativity scene too. But this year joining the fun will be atheists posting a state-permitted placard pissing on religion in general.
According to the Spokane Spokesman-Review, which highlighted the controversy over Thanksgiving weekend with page one, above the fold play, the atheists' sign will read:
"At this season of the winter solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
Yes, and there's no Santa either, so up yours, Virginia.
Atheists are their own worst enemy — and I speak as an atheist-sympathizer. One of my beefs is the obnoxious, counter-productive ways many atheists find to express themselves. One would think that independent-minded atheists could live and let live, or offer their views with respect or persuasiveness. At the very least atheists should be sensitive to the dangers of proselytizing. But no. During the Christmas and Hanukkah their PR strategy is to call Christian celebrants brainwashed slaves. Myth and superstition themselves do not harden hearts, but here's what does: The inability to respect the beliefs of others or treat anything as sacred.
The same edition of the Spokesman-Review, a guest columnist, Donald Clegg, wrote a piece for the "Faith and Values" page titled "Biblical passages at times contradict Christian message." Clegg wondered just "how 'Christian' was Jesus himself." I have no doubt some readers found this provocative, but it was a polite doubter's case for reading the Bible as myth. But more important is Clegg's final quote:
I don't read the Bible any differently than I do The Iliad or The Odyssey, and if you feel otherwise, I'll just go with Thomas Jefferson on this one: "But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket not breaks my leg."
This, I think, is a good attitude for people of all faiths, atheists included, to keep in mind. Don't pick thy neighbors pocket, don't break thy neighbors leg in the name of religion or anything else.
Unfortunately, those who worship at the shrine of Christmas commerce aren't following those rules. I've been disgusted for years by the grotesque spectacle of Black Friday. Media coverage has turned holiday shopping into a nasty, competitive sport that promotes destructive consumerism. This year, as we face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, things turned even uglier.
On Long Island, a Wal-Mart clerk was trampled to death by unrepentant bargain hunters who turned sullen when asked to leave the store after his death. I repeat: holiday shoppers murdered a clerk to get at holiday bargains.
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Posted Tue, Dec 2, 7:30 a.m.
"Usually, the war on Christmas is headlined by some boob making an asinine declaration in the name of inclusiveness or separation of church and state[...]"
This year, it's you. Congratulations!
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 10:04 a.m.
For a mult-denominational perspective on the sacrificing of goats, see this Pakistan/India conversation:
-Douglas Tooley
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 10:17 a.m.
The results of the war on Christ are outlined in your article.
The results of warring against the truth are always the same. Modern man thinks peace and love means tolerating lies and half-truths and giving all false opinions the same weight as facts. But tolerating wrong, i.e., evil, results in war and hatred.
Jesus Christ said "I am the way, the truth, and the life". And he meant it.
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 10:43 a.m.
I like this piece very much. It is getting pretty ridiculous. It's hard to shake your head and sadly chuckle at the same time, but that's what I found myself doing after hearing of both the Wal-Mart and Toys 'R Us fiascos. The absurdity of it all is overwhelming. The poor guy at the Wal-Mart was just a temporary worker. I mean how awful is that. Somebody should make a T-Shirt reading "I was a temp at Wal-Mart for the holidays and all I got was trampled to death by an angry, working-class mob". I'm thankful the mob won't even have me as a member, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Personally, as an economist, I have serious misgivings about giving gifts, but sometimes you've got to go with the flow. But don't give in to this idea that we're running out of PlayStations or whatever else is popular compelling people to act now. That, as noted in the Times Week in Review on Sunday, has been a great marketing coup.
The annual war-against-Christmas and its counterpart war against the against-Christmas-warriors is getting all to tiresome. I like the Jefferson quote very much; I hadn't heard it before. I'm not religious, I don't consider myself a believer, but every culture in the world has celebrations in the dark of winter, at least where there are dark winters. Even hot-as-hell Africa has one. Enjoy it for what it is and allows us to do.
I don't understand why certain people feel that if they don't identify with the religious aspect of a cultural tradition like Christmas that they refuse to enjoy any aspect of it. I do feel however, that those people are in the minority no matter what Bill O'Reilly or Lou Dobb's say about it. They have to go on air whether or not they have anything germane or informational. It is disheartening that "leaders" like Sims feel the need to fuel those false fires, but hey people voted for him, like I did, and we've got to live with repercussions.
Very nice and thoughtful article.
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 10:50 a.m.
3rd paragraph: "getting all too tiresome"
4th paragraph "Lou Dobbs"; not meant to be possessive.
My apologies.
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 11:27 a.m.
As a Pagan, I am not offended when someone wishes me a Merry Christmas. I cheerfully respond with 'Happy Solstice!' and we both move on. The bit that gets under my skin is when a retail establishment or government agency intends to include me by saying 'Happy Holidays' and they get criticized. Is it really so offensive to Christians that *anyone else* gets recognized at this time of year? After all, Pagans gave the world the tree-decorating, the feasting, and the gift-giving. You owe us a little recognition!
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 12:17 p.m.
Speaking from a warm house with a full pantry, we have decided this year to forego holiday gifts and contribute what we would have spent to the local charities that are decimated by the economy. Talk about a win-win: no visits to malls and a tax deduction besides!
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 12:30 p.m.
Why so worked up? The wording on the placard, with its reference to the solstice, sounds more pagan than atheistic anyway. What's the solstice anyway? Just a certain point in the earth's orbit. Yes it's "natural", but to watch the KING 5 video of the group's spokesman complain about the Christians "stealing" the winter solstice celebration belies either a nascent pagan agnostic or an incompetent atheist. The State is in a bind: one mans holy relic is another mans call to arms, and the State has to levy taxes on both. So light up the Menorah, plug in the Christmas Tree, throw a yule log on the fire, and lets have a Saturnalia of seasonal materialism.
The Economy could use it.
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 12:50 p.m.
Christmas is fine with me because it's also a non-religious holiday, and a lot of fun.
The right wing is shooting themselves in the foot too -- by insisting on public displays connecting christmas to religion. Their overreaching is fuel for the backlash.
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 1:13 p.m.
The holiday we today call Christmas was around long before Christianity and if past history is any guide, will continue long afterwards (if people find a successor religion). To rail against Christmas is to rail against the sweep of human cultural history. The people who put the sign in the Capitol rotunda aren't atheists. If they were, why would they bother to argue the point? They're antitheist militants who, just like most extremist religious militants, seem to be harboring a deep seated fear that somewhere, someone is having a good time; and they, by God (or by Science, as the otters say), are bound and determined to put an end to it. Well, pish-posh on that. Merry Christmas, Mister Potter!
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 5:57 p.m.
Another Jefferson quote - "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever."
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 7:10 p.m.
Loved this article. But am saddened by the reasons for writing it -- especially that outrageous trampling in New York.
As for those opposing this most blessed time of year, for goodness sake, what part of "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men" could possibly be offensive to anyone?! Even Christ, Himself, knew that not everyone would believe in Him.
So, to each His own. Enjoy the Season . . . and find your own way to brighten the lives around you.
And to you, Lainie -- you go, girl! : )
Posted Tue, Dec 2, 11 p.m.
Someone's done an atheist parody of Adam Sandler's Hanukkah Song: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/02/atheism-song-adam-sa.html
Posted Wed, Dec 3, 10:51 a.m.
Please keep one thing in mind; the reason for Chritmas. It's to celebrate the birth of Christ. There is no getting around that fact. Reagrdless of your belief there is no denying that Christmas wouldn't exist if it weren't for the fact Christ was born a little over 2000 years ago. His birth is not a myth, it is a historical fact.
For those who can't understand why Christians get upset with issue like one at the Capitol building think about this for a minute. We celebrate Christmas in honor of the birth of Christ. We also honor MLK with a day, as well as Washington and Lincoln. If someone were to put on display a sign degenerating MLK, or if the St George's Cross Flag were displayed at the Washington Monument on Washinton's birthday, there would be little arguement those displays were in poor taste and there would be little tolerence for it. But Christians are easy targets because for the most part we tend to "turn the other check" and let others have their say.
In closing let me say Merry Christmas and Christ's blessing on all.
Posted Wed, Dec 3, 10:56 a.m.
Christmas wouldn't exist in its current form, but a solstice celebration of some sort certainly would.
And, of course, there is a difference between Christmas on the one hand and Martin Luther King Day and Presidents Day on the other. Christmas is a religious holiday and the others aren't.
Posted Wed, Dec 3, 9:45 p.m.
The war on Christmas ended years ago, and consumerism won handily.
What's happening here is a war on atheism. Not at all in the spririt of the solstice.
Posted Tue, Dec 9, 12:55 p.m.
I'm a little late to this Berger piece, but want to point out that the "atheists" aren't stupid at all. They wanted to offend. They wanted to turn the whole thing into a circus. And they succeeded. Why did they want a circus? So they could achieve their goal -- make things so uncomforable that authorities would simply ban all religious displays from state buildings. They didn't succeed this year, but I predict they will in the future. (And if you're wondering, that would fine with me.)
Posted Thu, Dec 11, 11:30 a.m.
"At this season of the winter solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
Although I personally agree that religion has at times "hardened hearts..," that part of the last sentence is somewhat harsh and could have been deleted. I am not sure how many atheists there really are, but I suspect that more than a few atheists, agnostics and related non-believers are happy to let people celebrate Christmas with little fuss and that they do not necessarily want to wage a "war" against Christmas.
Posted Mon, Sep 7, 2:43 p.m.
As a Native American I can say we are not dumb enough to allow communist to separate our lives from spirituality. Our governments are connected to spirituality and beliefs and will remain that way forever.
Posted Sat, Dec 29, 4:34 a.m.
The solution to the problem lies not in the answer, but in asking the correct question. And that question is always Why until one runs out of whys. And when one gets there, 'why' again. Then redefine the problem that has no answer (yet)since it cannot be expressed as nothing more than a hamster in a cage spinning on the wheel year after year after year repeating itself like history has for centuries only redefining it instead, it just takes another form. We go by what one sees, thinks, knows, or thinks they know based on assumptions, presumptions, opinions, what only 'seems' logical, what only 'seems' like reason, and what only 'seems' conclusive, The reality is, everyone has a different reality in their own minds based on their past casting a shadow over the present and obscuring the future because what 'seems' to one does not 'seem' to another. There's no way out of it unless one is, as written, that centered in self to think one has all the answers to questions like Why Does Man Exist? What is the Purpose of Life? What is the Meaning of Life? How do I Effect Others in Total Full out Honesty, when the mind cannot think its way out of a paper bag. Try it and see. Ask, what doesn't exist? How does one know something doesn't exist such as another strain of bacteria or another species (100s are found constantly..or quite frequently..) until it is found. So what wasn't now is. Endless Science Arise! (like Alexander Pope wrote in the "Critique of Man").No one is innocent, not no one. . If one thinks they are man's (or Heaven forbid, "God's") gift to the world because they can just say, "haha, that's not true". That's not an answer no matter how much intellect they can come up with to prove a logical fallacy stemming from a seed that has no basis other than "that's what I think because....forever" Logic is illogical forevereness. P.S. - no theories allowed. Those stem from the head too. So then Virginia what is Christmas? It's not what anyone is commenting on,but why spoil the fun ? Happy New Year, ..oh wait, is that okay? After-all, that's just made up to. Right? Like the calendar is man-made, the concept of time is man made too...science is man made too, as is what the vast majority think that (there's the word again) 'religion' is man made without even bothering to know what it really even means. Spirituality is man made too. Since this subject title is about Christmas though and it is about Christ regardless of what illogical reductionists say by thinking backward based on false premises and long standing compiled assumptions by like minded individuals to support a sect's case...the words of Christ Eoshoa (Yeshua) Life Giver... "Will I find Faith on earth?". Nearly 2000 years ago. Not bad, for a myth. A rhetorical question and a loaded statement, and human beings have fallen right into the trap by creating something with their minds. The mind that creates the problem can't be the same mind to resolve it. Beyond that, it takes a new mind altogether sum total. We can't even be sure all about the first president let alone make 'intelligence' of something 1000 years ago, yet, He was Discussed 1000 years before His existence, and it is documented clearly that he would exist and die before anyone even knew what their own words meant as they were not the words of their own mind. What 'seems' to be reality needs to get distorted a little bit in order to get out of ones head since the Big Answers are not there, otherwise, the world wouldn't be what it is today, 3 steps forward 4 steps back. Outside the head it's 3 steps forward 2 steps back. Such is the Reality of the Evolution of the Beingness of Hu-man evolution for those who decide to venture in to their own darkness which few seem to be willing to do, let alone think about or consider it. The only way to be Perfectly Sane is to be totally out of your mind. Funny how that works, yet, that word insane implies such out of your mind, that is just it Out of Your Mind since, well, look around, who is really sane these days? people feast on other peoples thought, yet the thoughts we love the most are our own. And they are all distorted. So use the old myth reasoning which is known to be false and venture into the questions what does not think to ask. Therein lies the next problem, if one is in their own mind how can one think of questions not to ask? (funny, the spam Captcha is 'know itbesti". What is Know? What one will find, 'what is it that is lost that hasn't be found"? What is it that is not known that is yet to be known? What was lost but is then found after the fact to have already been? What 'myth' would desire us to "Be Perfect"? That's a pretty tall order for a myth that cannot speak or think to ask the questions. Is someone the Apple of your Eye?
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[286] Role of Transcription Factors [FOXA1, GATA-3] in Predicting Outcome in (ER+) and (ER-) Ductal Carcinoma-In-Situ (DCIS) Patients with and without Invasive Carcinoma (IC): A Retrospective Subset Analysis
J Picarsic, A Brufsky, G Ahrendt, A Onisko, M Chivukula. Magee Women's Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; UPMC Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Background: Estrogen receptor (ER) plays key role in development and influence of treatment outcome in breast cancer patients. The two broad groups of invasive carcinoma (IC) based on ER expression, namely ER(+) and ER(-), are yet to be fully understood in DCIS. Absence of ER has been indicated as a predictor of IC recurrence in DCIS. Recently functional interaction between FOXA1 transcription factor and ER has been shown to play a critical role in suppressing ER-dependent breast cancer cell growth and tumorigenesis in vivo. The GATA family of transcription factors, highly expressed in the mammary epithelium, has emerged as a strong predictor of tumor differentiation, ER status, and clinical outcome. The specific aim of this study is to analyze the expression of novel biological transcription markers, FOXA1, GATA-3, and established proliferation markers such as MIB-1(Ki-67); and HER2/neu in ER(+) and ER(-) DCIS patients.
Design: Two hundred and ninty-one cases of DCIS were retrieved from our Pathology database, with complete data on 219 cases. The follow-up period from 1988-2009. Recurrence is defined in terms of DCIS or IC. A 10% or more nuclear staining of the tumor cells was considered positive for FOXA1, GATA3, ER, PR. MIB-1 proliferation index (1-10%-low, 11-25%-intermediate, 26-50%-high, >51%-very high); HER-2 is a membrane stain and interpreted as per routine guidelines for IC. Statistical analysis: Fisher's exact test for testing the dependence between clinical outcome (non-recurrence, recurrent-IDC and recurrent -DCIS) for each biomarker with calculation of p-value.
Results: No recurrence was seen in 88% (193/219) cases, 12% (26/219) had recurrence (13 IC, 13 DCIS). FOXA1 and GATA-3 expression is maintained in 98% of ER(-) cases. We are reporting the initial results of biological marker expression in terms of recurrence. A high recurrence is seen with low GATA-3 expression (p=0.78) and low/absent PR (p=0.07).
Conclusions: A strong expression of FOXA 1, GATA-3, low Ki-67 index, and absent Her2 expression are characteristically seen in our ER(+) DCIS group, similar to previously described in IC. However, nearly all of the ER(-) cases expressed FOXA1 and GATA-3 which needs be evaluated further, as these transcription factors may offer new promising targets for therapy.
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'Eid in America!
September 1, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By TMO Staff
Most of the mosques in the US celebrated 'Eidul Fitr on Tuesday August 30th, 2011, finalizing the festival of worship and celebration that was Ramadan of AH 1432.
In this issue is a series of reports from around the USA, where TMO reporters describe their own 'Eid experiences.
The Bloomfield Hills' Muslim Unity Center celebrated 'Eid on Tuesday, filled to overflowing and forced to have three separate celebrations (at 8AM, 10AM, and 11AM). These 'Eid khutbas focused on keeping Allah in mind "whatever you do," the imam arguing that if you keep Allah in your mind, that will prevent you from doing wrong. The khutbah also focused on Tawhid.
Children at the center had a very good time, as there were rides and slides, and plenty of good food, and a festive atmosphere permeated the atmosphere of this suburban mosque.
Other reports in this issue of TMO!
Multi-Cultural Festival Celebrates Diversity on Father's Day Weekend with Food and Fun
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Preparations continue for the 16th Dearborn Arab International Festival with the Dearborn City Council approving a permit Tuesday for the Annual cultural celebration. The Festival is scheduled for June 17, 18 & 19.
"We're excited and we look forward for a Festival rich with fun and celebrations," said Fay Beydoun, Executive Director of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, the organizer of the Festival.
The Festival, which attracts an estimated 300,000 visitors from the United States and Canada converts 12 blocks of Warren Avenue between Schaefer Road and Wyoming Street in Dearborn into a world-class street festival every year.
The festival has about $7 million of economic impact on the Dearborn area and improves the bottom line for multiple sectors of the local economy including hotels, restaurants, shopping and other activities beyond the Festival area.
It is a great cultural event, featuring food, crafts and entertainment from the Middle East. It also features a large carnival highlighted by a Ferris Wheel that overtakes East Dearborn and an interactive children tent that includes crafts, face-painting, clowns and puppeteers.


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Former Patriots running back Patrick Pass, left, watches as Cazzimira Siano, 13, Providence, goes through a drill with other kids in the clinic at Classical High School Saturday morning. The clinic was for kids ages 10-14. Patriots alumni, hosted a free youth football clinic, and more than 130 kids attended. Other former players who participated: Roland James, Ronnie Lippett, Pete Brock, and Eric Alexander.
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I've always looked up to certain interior designers as being among those whose work drew me to this world, and Thomas O'Brien is one of them. So when this set of images came across my desk — thanks to creative director Michael Reynolds — I had to post them. Shot some time ago in O'Brien's New York apartment, this is the equivalent of a master class in his signature style: a layered, relaxed, collector's aesthetic mixed with clean, classic American pieces. There's not a space here that doesn't feel just right to me.
Looking as American and classic as Clark Kent, Thomas O'Brien's impact as a designer has extended from providing interiors to creating his own furniture, lighting, rugs and house wares lines, as well as authoring a pair of books on the subject. Let's take a look at those shots of his apartment and drink up his unique and timeless style:


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Good News Translation (GNT) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 My dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written you. In both letters I have tried to arouse pure thoughts in your minds by reminding you of these things. | 1 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. |
2 I want you to remember the words that were spoken long ago by the holy prophets, and the command from the Lord and Savior which was given you by your apostles. | 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. |
3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days some people will appear whose lives are controlled by their own lusts. They will make fun of you | 3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. |
4 and will ask, "He promised to come, didn't he? Where is he? Our ancestors have already died, but everything is still the same as it was since the creation of the world!" | 4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." |
5 They purposely ignore the fact that long ago God gave a command, and the heavens and earth were created. The earth was formed out of water and by water, | 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. |
6 and it was also by water, the water of the flood, that the old world was destroyed. | 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. |
7 But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed. | 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. |
8 But do not forget one thing, my dear friends! There is no difference in the Lord's sight between one day and a thousand years; to him the two are the same. | 8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. |
9 The Lord is not slow to do what he has promised, as some think. Instead, he is patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn away from their sins. | 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. |
10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that Day the heavens will disappear with a shrill noise, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth with everything in it will vanish. | 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. |
11 Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and dedicated to God, | 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives |
12 as you wait for the Day of God and do your best to make it come soon - the Day when the heavens will burn up and be destroyed, and the heavenly bodies will be melted by the heat. | 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. |
13 But we wait for what God has promised: new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will be at home. | 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. |
14 And so, my friends, as you wait for that Day, do your best to be pure and faultless in God's sight and to be at peace with him. | 14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. |
15 Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him. | 15 Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. |
16 This is what he says in all his letters when he writes on the subject. There are some difficult things in his letters which ignorant and unstable people explain falsely, as they do with other passages of the Scriptures. So they bring on their own destruction. | 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. |
17 But you, my friends, already know this. Be on your guard, then, so that you will not be led away by the errors of lawless people and fall from your safe position. | 17 Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. |
18 But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen. | 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. |
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Hope everyone has a Happy T'day and lots of wonderful food and a great day with family and friends. And for those who like DH and myself, who are staying home alone, Ihope your day is filled with lots of love. For anyone traveling, please stay safe!!!
The pies and breads are baked and yummy. The dressing is ready to go with lots of mushrooms and sausage. The bird is prepped and awaiting the oven. So...guess I need to finish the job. Again, have a great day! Belle |
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It's Friday and the house is quiet. Auburn won the Ironbowl-War Eagle. Turkey soup is in process. Thanksgiving was great, we had 18- between friends and family, all our kids were home. A busy, happy day. Now if I could just stop nibbling on the pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll & pumpkin trifle! Hope you all had a grateful day. Peggy |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Sat, Nov 27, 10 at 12:00
Thanks for the greeting Belle. Hope your day was yummy and cozy. We had a really nice time together and lots of yummy food too. Even slipped on our sweaters and took a walk afterwards--kinda chilly in So. Calif. I was really tired yesterday, not used to being on my feet so much and being so busy anymore! I still need to stash a few platters and bowls in the big cabinet above the fridge--wasn't feeling like climbing up on the step stool yesterday. Tollpeggy, I'm planning on doing my turkey soup today, that's my favorite way to use up the leftover turkey too. Also need to gather up all my fall decorations and get them stashed in their bins and back in the shed. Then it will be time to pull out all the Christmas bins--didn't I just do that???? Seems like the years roll by faster and faster! I've got lots of projects earmarked to paint, will need to get busy and "git r done". Sure wish I had a painting buddy to sit and chat with while I paint, that would make it even more fun. Guess I'll have to settle for putting on the Christmas cd's won't I? Enjoy your weekend. Luvs |
Sorry I missed telling all of you Happy Thanksgiving. We had a great time with family and friends. As usual, I ate to much! Punk |
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Gabe asked me to repost this here - it's an article I wrote summing up what we know so far of the MyMagic+/Fastpass+ system, along with some speculation and relative confidence of such:
Some details of the forthcoming FastPass+ and MyMagic+ programs at WDW
A quick rundown - most of the information is taken from the Terms & Conditions page on the My Disney Experience web site and app (seems the iOS app has been updated for FP+ features although they don't work yet - Android app has yet to be updated), along with statements from Tom Staggs and his minions, and the EVP of NextGen, Nick Frankin. Everything is subject to change though (like how they already changed the RFID PIN requirement after tests raised serious issues).
MagicBands will take the place of KTTW cards for resort guests (although you _may_ be able to opt for a more ticket-like RFID card), and will handle everything that KTTW cards do, plus PhotoPass (or PhotoPass+, some sort of new package), and also help provide additional "experiences".
FastPass+ will allow guests to choose attractions return times and other experiences such as exclusive fireworks/parade locations up to 60 days in advance. Current limitations are a maximum of three pre-booked experiences (and possibly in total...) per day, and only for a single park per day. Disney expects to be able to offer additional things, such as additional FP+, depending on availability, etc. It appears it will also limit you to a single FP+ per attraction. If you want to ride more than once, you need to use the standby line.
Attractions are likely to be tiered, with "E-tickets" being in one tier with possibly only a single selection allowed.
Guests using FastPass+ will NOT be able to use regular Fastpass, which will exist in tandem at least for a while as eventually every guest will be able to utilize FP+ (all tickets will be RFID). It is unclear if there will be any FP+ available during the day like with FP, or will it only be able to be booked in advance.
Up until the first FP+ experience time, you can change all of the experiences and park. Once you hit your first experience time (or it expires, it is unclear), you can only change the remaining ones and it appears only for the same park.
All guests will eventually be able to participate in FP+ (and very likely it will be the only option once all guests have access). Guests will have some way to tie a pre-purchased ticket to their account in My Disney Experience to be able to pre-book FP+. It will NOT be restricted to resort guests (no is it expected at this time that resort guests get any extras), although it will likely be rolled out in phases, with one or two resorts' guests getting it first, etc. I hear Boardwalk Inn is the first to be converted.
Still a lot of questions as to what benefits AP holders will get. Initial rumors had them getting a fixed number of FP+s available per quarter. Hearing some rumbles that they are re-thinking it.
Guests will be able to use the My Disney Experience app to access their account and book/change their FP+ experiences, even while in the park (once park-wide Wi-Fi is completed). Guests without smartphones will be able to access their info via kiosks throughout the parks and resorts. It is expected that the app will also allow Disney to send reminders and special offers to guests based on where they are, etc.
Nice breakdown Doc! :thumbs:
The twists I've found interesting:
The MyMagic+ system will include Annual Passholders, as well as guests purchasing photography packages. All other guests will continue to use the RFID cards unless they opt to purchase a MagicBand.
Currently Fastpass+ only allows guests to select three attractions in advance per day, and they may not be able to select additional Fastpass tickets during the day. If that becomes standard and all guests will only be allowed to get three Fastpasses per day (in advance or at centralized kiosks, with the dispensers at the attractions being removed), that would put more people into the queues.
We all speculated that it could happen, just when or how. Seems the offsight guest will get ding'd for the wristbands. Also if you don't wish to wear a generic wristband, that upgrade will cost all guests also.
Disney Food Blog has posted the first of the information available.......
How MyMagic+ Will Affect Disney Dining | the disney food blog
They may be overstating things a bit in terms of "scheduling your whole day". Word still on the street is it is limited to 3 FP+ selections a day in one park only. And you _may_ be able to get more while in the park but that is cloudy...and still likely only one E-ticket attraction.
From the information I have so far, it will be a lot more standing in line if you want to ride all the rides in one day. It actually looks like WDW wants people to have to spend more days in the park to do everything (which would meet the stated goal of keeping you on property longer).
Yeh... By doing that they keep you on property for your entire vacation and then they get you to come back for "the things you missed..."
Interesting exchange from another podcast that I heard yesterday speaking about the "order ahead" option that this new tech will provide:
{{Host A: What happens if you don't have enough seats for both those who order ahead vs. those who are in the "stand by" line?
Host B: Maybe temporary close the "stand by" line?}}
Probably not, but it's certainly food for thought. Look at how shoddy the FP vs. stand by flow already works at existing FP attractions.
As HG stated earlier, I'm going to keep an open mind about this. But, I will say that what we've heard so far certainly does not excite me.
Now, with that said I also have to readily admit that although I thought having free wi-fi in the parks was a bad idea. Having experienced it first hand (even using it myself for dining and wait time apps) I found it to be far less intrusive and obnoxious than I thought it would be. I think I saw people on their phones LESS on this last trip than I had on our previous trip! Heck, I even saw people sitting on curbs and park benches using iPads. The nice part about that being that they were sitting down and out of the way.
Perhaps society is evolving in their approach to using cell phones and tablets. Realizing they are more an integral part of their lifestyle rather than exclusively BEING their lifestyle.
Not a fan of this at all. Quite confusing, to be honest, and I typically find technology easy to understand.
Is the goal eventually to shift to FP+ and do away with traditional FP? What about people who buy their tickets at the park or in their hotel? Would they then not be able to receive any kind of FP at some point?
I rarely use FP - I go when it's a ghost town, so there's really not much need for it. I do, however, enjoy having it there if needed. Since I don't book anything through WDW, I always just wait and buy my ticket the night before. Won't be taking advantage of FP+. I'm not for the idea of having such a planned vacation at all. All I ever plan is what park I'm going to on what day and where I'll be eating that night. As long as I can get in, get my quick service lunch, and get out by 6pm, I'm totally happy. ;) Don't need technology complicating something else.
There are a lot of questions left, but from all the info I've digested:
1) Yes, FP will eventually be done away with once everyone has access to and is using FP+. It would be very difficult for them both to co-exist, since the capacity of the attractions doesn't change.
2) One of the survey questions asked of FP+ testers is whether they'd buy tickets directly from Disney for the feature. This has some worried that third-party tickets like from Undercover Tourist might be excluded, but I'm hearing that is NOT the case. However, to take advantage of booking in advance, you MUST have the ticket codes. Some classes of tickets that you can't get until arrival will have issues. They will have to contend with trying to get whatever is left the day they arrive.
Thanks for the breakdown, Doc.
If they were to just offer 3 a day....I wonder if they will be cutting back the attractions they offer FP+'s at vs. FP and just mainly offer them at the E-tickets? It's really hard for me to fathom, if just limited to 3, myself or anyone else letting trivial stuff like Winnie The Pooh, Peter Pan, The Seas, Stitch, etc. be one of them. I'm not a fan of the system, but I think it's more practical with the E-ticket stuff that would be WORTH scheduling the day around to a lot of visitors (the Mountains, Soarin', RnRC, etc). Not a little 3 minute kids ride.
I'm not seeing this going over extremely well. If they just offer several a day, as far as using Fastpasses to cut wait times, it seems like a step down from the current system.
From what my DS has shown me the choices come in blocks. Remembering they are also adding FP+ to under utilized attractions too. So the block for the day now anyhow is 4 per day in a specific time frame. You pick the time and the "grouped" attractions you want, you can't at this time piecemeal.
Made up example:
Thunder, Haunted Mansion, Tiki, Pirates. 9:00am, and then moderate times inbetween
Thunder, Haunted Mansion, Tiki, Pirates. 2:00pm and moderate times inbetween
Splash, Philharmagic, Mermaid, Buzz 12pm and....
Splash, Philharmagic, Mermaid, Buzz 5 pm and ....
As of now you cannot cherry pick your four as Splash, Space, Thunder, Haunted Mansion. Disney is attempting to push guests into attractions that under attended thus paring down the lines in more popular attractions.
By Grouping these FP+ attractions into blocks of time it will allow for guests to at the same time book their ADR's and leave time gaps for Wishes or the afternoon parade.
Now what will happen when a parade doesn't go off on time due to rain, or Splash or Space is down for a block of time remains to be seen. Will the guest just loose out on a FP+ return to Space or be given a new return time, what happens then if it conflicts with an ADR?
Questions out pace the answers at this point. This type of structured appointment times lends itself to a system that rarely has hiccups. Disney has too many attractions right now that continue to have operational problems. If I were the Empress of this FP+ system I believe I would have waited until the major refurbishments needed throughout the parks were completed and attractions were more reliable.
Or even with the state of Future World, how do you send the FP+ unsuspecting guests in good faith off to Imagination? You have three attractions, TT, Soarin and SSE that are pretty much staples. Nemo, Turtle show, Thrush?, Mission Space, Imagination, Energy are not received well to certain demographics so this will be a challenge to FP+ Group the E's with the other attractions available. At AK I can see Disney splitting the Safari and Everest in separate bundles and guests still bolting after they experiencing both.
I can really see how this FP+ that looks good on paper to Disney could fall apart when implemented.
There will actually be MORE FP+ choices than there are currently FP choices. But several are likely things you would never even consider needing them for. Some will very different, like reserved areas for parades, etc.
I think there is supposed to be more flexibility in scheduling than what previous tests have shown, but there will be "FastPicks" that will pick several attractions for you (based on preference settings that don't seem to be in the live site yet), that will be grouped time-wise.
What testing has shown is that attractions will be in two tiers, with a limited selection from each tier - likely only one from the "E-ticket" tier.
OK, it's coming together now to me - but I still think the visitors will be the losers with the new system, with Disney the winner. It looks to me that we'll be seeing LESS FP+'s for the E-tickets than we currently see, if they limit them, meaning longer lines which equals getting less done in a day which equals needing to stay more days which equals more $$ for Disney. I know some people get several FP's per day for, say, Thunder Mountain Railroad. I've gotten a couple a day before also. If they can just get them in a block once per day, that's REALLY gonna tick off some of the long time visitors.
I think Disney's priorities are way out of order here...gotta agree.
So do you all like this system more (if there were no flaws)? I know some people that are hardcore FP users and get them like candy that won't like this. Like I said - I go in the early spring or late summer, so I've rarely really needed them, but I think I'll pass. I might be the only one here who's never done an ADR, too, so what do I know...


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Right before I set off for the Netherlands' fine and aqueous and legendarily tolerant capital, friends who know Amsterdam well informed me that rumors of a city wreathed in a marijuana nimbus were, if not altogether untrue, misleading and unfair.
Sure, they said, one finds "coffee shops" devoted to the sale of marijuana and hashish and space cakes and bongs and seeds and hookahs, and also a score of cheery establishments that offer magic mushrooms in settings as bright and consumer-friendly as a Ben & Jerry's store. Yet keep in mind, my friends added, how, under pressure from the United States and her anxious neighbors in the European Union, Holland has lately deployed the might of its narcotics, tax, licensing, and social welfare bureaus to restore what it could of the old windmills-and-wooden shoes aura to an urban landscape that had come to seem as if it had been hijacked by the spawn of Cheech & Chong.
The number of Amsterdam's coffee shops, my friends were quick to point out, has dwindled radically over the past 15 years. Whereas in 1990 there were 480 of them, now only 200 or so remain. And yet I cannot have been dreaming that the city in which I arrived on a fantastically hot and drowsy July afternoon—a day of milk-blue cloudless skies during the longest sustained heat spell the country had known since records were first kept in the 18th century—was also experiencing a parallel weather front, this one composed of a sweet marijuana fog.
It was pointless to try to ignore it. The odor insinuated itself everywhere. Drifting along the street where I ate dinner on my first night at a canal-side restaurant, it blanketed the robust taste of the wild salmon I had ordered and killed the delicate aroma of a plateful of river shrimp, each hardly larger than a comma.
It crept through the vent of a high-end store where I went to peruse rarities by great Dutch designers like Gerrit Rietveld. It snaked through the shutters at another restaurant like the vaporous genie in comics, the kind that alters shape to form a beckoning hand.
Let me state promptly, in the interest of full disclosure, that I have inhaled. This, however, was many decades ago. My vices now run almost exclusively to intoxicants produced by grape fermentation, so Amsterdam's reputation as a Valhalla for lovers of cannabis turned out to hold no appeal. I could say the stuff was a nuisance, but that would make me sound like a party pooper and a grump. And it would be pointless, too, since the hotel where I was lodged was adjacent to the Red Light District in the oldest part of town.
Once a convent, then a city hall, and now a fancy hostelry, the Grand is where Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands chose to celebrate her civic wedding many years ago; though billed as a pleasantly stuffy five-star, and not a louche rock-star, hotel, it happened that the place was packed with musicians during my stay, many of them inked all over with the Technicolor graffiti characteristic of the tribe. Somehow I found all the tattooed rockers in the lobby reassuring, since their presence took a little pressure off my brief.
I had come to Amsterdam to look into the notion that the city had stealthily turned into a capital of style, an idea that, when I remarked on it to some Dutch fashion designers of my acquaintance, gave them to look at me as if I were stoned.
"Actually, the reason we remain here is the absence of style," said Rolf Snoeren, who, in partnership with Viktor Horsting, makes up the gifted design team of Viktor & Rolf. "There's so little stimulus, it helps us concentrate."
Snoeren had a point, as I soon came to learn. Despite being home to more good-looking locals than almost any European destination I can think of, Amsterdam can only be called a fashionable place if one's concept of chic runs to cargo shorts and Birkenstocks.
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I have always loved travelling, new experiences, new people and places and I harbour the dream that one day in the not to distant future, we will take the kids out of school for a year and show them volcanoes, hot springs, shanty towns and the amazon in real time rather than out of a textbook.
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Caching the Web, Part 2
Last month we discussed the basic concepts of proxy servers and caching. Now, let's see how to implement this technology in your organization. A few proxy-server programs are on the market, such as MS-PROXY, aka Catapult, available only for Windows NT, and Netscape Proxy Server, available for different UNIX platforms and Windows NT. Both have two main drawbacks: they are commercial software and they don't support ICP. The excellent Apache web server has included a proxy-cache module since its 1.2 version. This module is a very interesting option: it's free, and works with the most popular web server on the Net. However, it doesn't use ICP, and its robustness is not comparable to the best choice for a proxy-cache server—Squid.
Squid is a high-performance proxy-cache server derived from the cache module of the Harvest Research Project, maintained by Duane Wessels. It supports FTP, gopher, WAIS and HTTP objects. It stores hot objects in RAM and maintains a robust database of objects in disk directories. Squid also supports the SSL protocol for proxying secure connections and has a complex access control mechanism. Another interesting feature of Squid is negative caching, which saves "connection refused" and "404 Not Found" replies for a short period of time (usually five minutes).
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It also provides a CGI program, designed to be run through a web interface, that outputs statistics about its configuration and performance and allows some management capabilities.
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This will generate an error log in /usr/local/squid/squid.out, if Squid could not start because of some configuration problem.
Of course you can choose to install an RPM version of Squid if you use RedHat Linux or another distribution that supports RPM packages.
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We all fall - NOT ONE PERSON has EVER lived their life without making a mistake, without getting knocked down or felt like they were "out".
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Down and Out or Climbing Back Up?
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- Still Blonde after all these YEARS said...
One of my Mantras has always been: Pick yourself up, Dust yourself off and start all over again.
It is the eternal optimistic view! - September 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM
- Denise Danches Fisher said...
This is such a WONDERFUL reminder for me. Today I was mourning over a job that didn't work out for me. It stung seeing my successor reveling in success while I failed miserably. It reminds me that I should not look back ever, ever! Just count the progress I have made going forward...THANK YOU!
- September 21, 2012 at 1:03 PM
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Great to remember!
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Doing a friend's purge of people that I don't really know, only those that I talk regularly and actually have conversations with (that is in voice chat or in person) are to stay here. Don't take it personal guys, just don't want it to be a "OH LOOK HOW MANY FRIENDS I HAVE" type of thing.
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You may also not want to send me suggestions for the mod, I wont read them.
That is all, hope you have a good day either way =)
SWR is a modding team dedicated to several mods based on EA's Game Command and Conquer Generals and possibly other games in the future.
Dear Mr.Luis a.k.a Comr4de, you clearly impress us all with your masterpiece in your mod, if I ever meet you in personal I'll buy you any drink. Godbless you
Hey I was wondering would it be possible to get ROTR supported for Game ranger? it is a far easier alternative to Hamachi and I see that shockwave is already supported on there. It could seriously boost ROTRs online numbers.
We keep getting this brought up every once in a while but we haven't really looked into it - seems like we should. I'll see what it's all about and see that it could happen in the not so distant future =)
sorry comr4de for publishing until photo so excuse me for publications unnecessary will not happen more sorry for my english
Could at least put a world map while you are preparing an update. Or at least, the other arts. In order not to disturb the fans?
It just me or everyone eles?
I can't go SWR website for some reason. The site down or something?
Hmm it shouldn't be, thats odd oO
Clear cache or something.
Well, I try everything and nothing happen.
Maybe block region in here Canada or something.
We definitely didn't block a region, has to be on your end. I'll see what's going on and ask 'Hunter.
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Chunked LOD + texture splatting?
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Posted 22 September 2012 - 05:34 AM
Any ideas on how to approach this?
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Posted 22 September 2012 - 06:47 AM
By rigidly sticking to your 4 texture splatting limit you're going to have issues. For example, you could bind the most prominent textures that cover the largest area of a given chunk for LOD but then of course you'll have issues with textures popping into view. One way to rectify this would be to have intermediatory transition bands that mix between the different LOD texture sets based on distance from the viewer but then of course you'd need to splat more than 4 textures. Without knowing your implementation and constraints it's difficult to know what to suggest.
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Posted 22 September 2012 - 06:59 AM
One option is to use a second pass just for the splats, in which case you don't really need to worry about anything.
Another option is to use a routine that is specific to your terrain shaders, however as long as you keep the splat textures in the same slots for each LOD, I see no reason why the splats would not behave the same, except that they adjust "level of detail" (higher and lower resolutions) per-chunk.
If you are using a system other than these, you will need to explain it, because normally these are the main ways of tackling this obstacle, and both ways results in "acceptable" splats.
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I considered assigning a priority to textures for far chunks but that would cause popping like you said.
Edit: @L. Spiro: I'm not sure how in the first option i wouldn't have to worry about anything? Do you mean use more than one alphamap per chunk?
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So basically just add more alpha maps/weight channels?
If you want to splat more than 4 textures for a given point on the terrain mesh then yes, unless you bypass the blend weight textures altogether and algorithmically decide what textures should be splatted onto a given point or compress multiple weights into a given colour channel. The former will restrict direct artistic control, however, unless you use your existing weight textrues for this purpose and use these as the artistic "paintable" blend weights.
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As a side not, wouldn't it be better performance wise to use splatting only on chunks closer to the camera and some other technique on farther ones?
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Texture splatting is an insalenly efficient technique on modern hardware, it's basically few texture samples and LERPs per fragment. You could bake a low resolution colour texture based on your splat weights for distance stuff but I'm not convinced it's worth the time, effort and resources for marginal performance gains (if any at all, or even worse perforance!).I'm painting the terrain in my editor so no procedural stuff. I guess i'll just add more channels then.
As a side not, wouldn't it be better performance wise to use splatting only on chunks closer to the camera and some other technique on farther ones?
Edit: a common technique for texture splatting is to sample low and hi res textures, with the former being used for distant geometry. You then overlay said hi-res texture onto the low res texture for fragments within a set distance from the viewer. You'd need a transition band for this, though, otherwise there'd be a noticble circular band where the low and hi res fragments meet.
Edited by GeneralQuery, 22 September 2012 - 07:46 AM.
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One last question. I'm not sure what the colour mask is used for?
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I'll stick to texture splatting then.
One last question. I'm not sure what the colour mask is used for?
If you have a splatting shader that has 4 texture slots for 4 texture materials but any given chunk can have any 4 textures from a set of 8 that you bind dynamically, you need a means of ensuring that the correct colour channel is sampled for an arbitrary material texture.
E.g. let's say that you have a blend weight texture array of 2 elements containing the first 4 and second 4 splat weightings for the 8 materials. If grass resides in the green channel of the second element texture then you'd pass the elemend index and colour mask for that material as a uniform for your splatting shader. Eg:
Vector4 maskGrass(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0); // Mask out the red, blue and alpha colour channels, leaving only the green channel UInt idxGrass = 1; // 2nd element of weight array texture SomeAPI.SetShaderUniforms(rgbaMask = maskGrass, texElement = idxGrass); // shader code vec3 uvCoords = vec3(FragCoords, texElement); vec4 w= sampler2DArray(Weights, uvCoords) * rgbaMask; // Will leave us with the vector [0, 0, green, 0] float weight = w.x + w.y + w.z + w.w; // Will leave us with just the green channel lerp(a, b, weight); // splat our textures using the calculated blend weight for this material
That way you can send only the materials you need to the shader (which, of course, could be submitted in any order).
If you're hard coding your texture splatting, i.e. it will splat 8 textures regardless of how many are needed, then you do not need to do this.
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Do You Mofongo? Or Do You Fufú?
I got a kick out of this video of Guy Fieri – of the Food Network show, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. He was in Miami looking for a great "mofongo." I like how he says it, "MA-FAHNG-OH."
He found what he was looking for at a place called Benny's Puerto Rican Cuisine.
Sadly, I am 3,000 miles away, so I just have to make my own. But we Cubans call it, Fufú. (This is already starting to get good, isn't it?)
3 large plantains (not completely ripe – just a few flecks of black spots)
3 cups of chicken stock
¼ lb. Pork meat (a fat, boneless pork chop with the fat on it works great) – sliced into super small pieces
Olive oil
5 cloves garlic, mashed
¼ cup yellow onion, diced into small pieces
About 4-5 tablespoons softened butter
Salt and pepper to taste
1 Lemon
I know there are a lot of steps, but don't let that scare you. This is a pretty simple dish.
1. Cut the ends of the plantains (discard).
2. Score the plantain skin lengthwise – do not peel!
3. Slice the plantains into 2-inch rounds.
4. Place the plantains in the chicken stock in a large saucepan.
5. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer until tender – about 30 to 40 minutes.
6. In a separate saucepan or small frying pan, place the pork and just cover with water.
7. Bring that to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer until the water is gone.
8. Add a bit of olive oil to the cooked pork and fry until they are brown and tender.
9. Remove from the pan and set aside.
10. Sauté the garlic and green onions in olive oil or if there's enough fat in the pan, just use that.
11. Return pork to the pan.
12. The plantains should be fully cooked by now, remove them from the broth (be sure to save that broth) and remove the peels (they should fall right off).
13. Mash the plantains with a hand masher using a little bit of broth. You are going for the consistency of thick mashed potatoes. Don't try to get all the lumps out. We like the lumps!
14. Add the softened butter and mash it into the plantains.
15. Add the mashed plantain to the fried pork, onions and garlic, stirring constantly over low heat.
16. Add salt and pepper to taste and generously squeeze the lemon over the whole thing before serving.
17. Serve it hot!
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