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Photography isn't something that I consider myself a professional at at all. I have a lot to learn, but it is something I enjoy. So why don't I have more photos? Well, I don't actually have a good camera, although I might try to experiment more with my very old point-and-shoot Canon. These are all photos I've taken with cameras who people have been nice enough to lend out to me from time to time.
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Futures Refuse To Remain Grounded, Unlike Global Boeing Fleet
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/17/2013 - 06:59Same overnight pattern, different day. After a late day ramp in the US market, followed by a selloff in the futures after hours, taking the ES to trading session lows, we get the European trading crew which day after day sends the EURUSD soaring as Europe opens, pushing futures to unchanged or even green and easily negating the key news event of the day, in this case the full grounding of the entire global Boeing fleet which will once again weigh on the stock and DJIA. In the meantime, the big rotation behind the scenes in FX land continues, with the ongoing and very sudden pounding of the Swiss Franc taking the EURCHF to 1.2450, or the highest, since 2011. Same with the USDJPY which after another attempt to fall, rallies on more of the same regurgitated rumors. Not to mention the EURUSD of course, which as mentioned above has surged some 100 pips since the European open. In other words the overnight beating of the USD is enough to push the US stock market high enough in nominal terms, avoiding that there is no incremental cash flow. Then again, who needs cash flow when you have "multiple expansion."
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Guest Post: A Message To The 'Left' From A 'Right Wing Extremist'
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 19:06Some discoveries are exciting, joyful, and exhilarating, while others can be quite painful. Stumbling upon the fact that you do not necessarily have a competent grasp of reality, that you have in fact been duped for most of your life, is not a pleasant experience. I came to see a dark side to the Democratic Party that had always been there but which I had refused to acknowledge. During the rise of any despotic governmental structure, there is always a section of the population that is given special treatment, and made to feel as though they are "on the winning team". For now, it would appear that the "Left" side of the political spectrum has been chosen by the establishment as the favored sons and daughters of the restructured centralized U.S. However, before those of you on the Left get too comfortable in your new position as the hand of globalization, I would like to appeal to you for a moment of unbiased consideration. I know from personal experience that there are Democrats out there who are actually far more like we constitutionalists and "right wing extremists" than they may realize. I ask that you take the following points into account, regardless of what the system decides to label us...
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The Dream Is Over As FAA Grounds Nightmareliner
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 18:17The pain for Boeing never stops. Just out from Reuters:
- U.S. FAA says requiring airlines to temporarily stop flying Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. #BREAKING
- FAA: Battery failures on Boeing 787s could damage critical systems and structures, spark fire, if not corrected
- FAA: Will work with Boeing, airlines to develop corrective action plan to resume 787 operations as "quickly and safely as possible"
- FAA: Decision to ground Boeing 787s prompted by second incident involving lithium ion battery failure
- FAA: Will also examine Boeing 787 batteries as part of comprehensive review announced last week
So, will Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (i.e., the US government) perhaps reassess his conclusion from last week that the Dreamliner is "safe" or perhaps this too is just more teething problems... Or merely an ultra aggressive case of industrial sabotage from EADS? In other news, perhaps it is time to find a more appropriate name of the Dreamliner?
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Complete The Following Sequence...
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 18:04Some have argued that the market is dead. They may be right, as the following sequence of S&P 500 closes from the past 5 days: 1472, 1472, 1471, 1472, 1473 ...suggests that V-Fib has set in among the equity indices. Perhaps, as the movie Flatliners noted "Some Lines [like SPX 1470] Shouldn't Be Crossed." Meanwhile the 10Y Treasury yield has slipped from 1.90% to 1.82% over the same period.
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It Will Take The Fed Seven Years To Deliver 300 Tons Of German Gold
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 17:16Tthe biggest news of the day comes from the official Buba announcement that, in its official capacity as a prudent central bank, it - as first of many - is looking to repatriate some 300 tons of gold from the New York Fed. That, however, is not today's news - that was Monday's news. What is news is that courtesy of the supplied calendar of events in the Buba statement, it will take the Fed some seven years to procure Germany's 300 tons of gold. This is the same Fed that, in its own words, holds some "216 million troy ounces of gold" or some 6720 tons, in its vault 80 feet below ground level. Putting the above in perspective, the amount of gold that Germany will have to wait 7 years for is shown in red. The amount of gold the Fed supposedly holds, is shown in yellow with a shade of tungsten. Why it will take the Fed 7 years to part with an amount of gold that is less than 5% of its total holdings is anyone's guess.
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The Most Ridiculous Forecast You Will See In A While
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 16:49With Apple apparently building a lower-cost iPoor model and now accepting iLayaway payments, the question of margins is once again front-and-center. However, the market as a whole is in a world of its own in its consensus view of what US companies are capable of producing next year. As Morgan Stanley notes, 58% of firms are expected to raise their margins YoY through 2012, and then consensus sees a stunning (record-breaking) 76% of firms will raise margins in 2013. If that eye-watering buffoonery is not enough to raise some doubts at the market's implied ebullience, then a reminder that we have seen this divergence from GDP growth and margin growth before - as, simply put, the squeezing of costs to improve margins inevitably plays out down the chain (aggregate supply and demand lags) and increases the load on government as safety net living-standard-provider-of-last-resort. The bottom line is simple - margin expectations must fall and given the dour outlook for top-line growth in a stagnating global economy, that will expectations correction will drop straight to the bottom-line. Of course, prices will be nominally defended by a herd of talking heads expecting moar multiple expansion.
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Another V-Shaped Stock Recovery - But Rates And Credit Ain't Buying It
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 16:18From last Friday, the S&P 500 had decoupled somewhat (trading in a 10 point range) from credit markets (which had widened notably) while spot VIX had caught up (and over-taken) stocks. Today saw HYG (the high-yield bond ETF) trade sideways to lower all day long, catching down to its credit derivative market cousins, as VXX was the lever of choice to ramp stocks to test the week's highs once again (and scratch a few more stops). However, while AAPL made it up to the lows of the last swing down amid thin volumes, the last hour saw mid-dated volatility being bought which pushed VXX higher and reverted it towards rates and credit un-exuberance. Treasuries ended the day green once again and the USD drifted higher (though most of FX traded in extremely tight ranges). Silver rose further, Gold trod water, and oil played some catch up to the precious metals. Tech outperformed (thanks to AAPL) but financials (apart from some early vol) did nothing - despite Mario Monti's call that "the crisis is over." Another low-range, low volume, mediocre trade size, close-near-the-open day in stocks with bonds bid - and futures fade after-hours.
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Crossing Through The "X Date" - What Happens After The US "Default"?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 15:35Call it "X Date", call it "D(elinquent/efault)-Day", call it what you will: it is simply the day past which the US government will no longer be able to rely on "extraordinary measure" to delay the day of reckoning, and will be unable to pay all its bills without recourse to additional debt. It is not the day when the US defaults, at least not defaults on its debt. It will begin "defaulting" on various financial obligations, such as not paying due bills on time and in full, but since this is something Europe's periphery has been doing for years, it is hardly catastrophic. It will hardly be pleasant, however, as some 40% of government obligations go unfunded, and the US is converted to a walking, talking bankruptcy as unsecured claimants rush to demand priority, as the market, long living on hope and prayer, realizes that only now is it truly without a cliff under its feet, and most importantly, as suddenly $500 billion in maturing debt between February 15 and March 1 finds itself in a very, very precarious position.
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Yet Another Long-Term Mean Reversion Chart
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 15:20As the S&P 500 pulls within a few percentage points of its nominal all-time highs, despite macro-uncertainty and micro-delusion, perhaps (as UBS' Peter Lee notes) a longer-term perspective is warranted. For over 80 years, the S&P 500 (or its proxy) has cyclically reverted to it its logarithmic trend-line growth. The last time the market pulled away from this bullish up-trend was in 1982 (and the previous period of cyclical reversion took 32 years from 1942 to 1974) and suggests the S&P 500 could well revert to around an 850 level within the next year or so. Perhaps Lee (the anti-thesis of JPM's Tom Lee) needs to read some Birinyi to really understand how to extrapolate? Still, an 80-plus year trend-line perhaps offers some color.
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All Aboard The Gold Repatriation Train: First Germany, Next: The Netherlands?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 14:57While moustachioed managers, contrary to the far better insight of their superiors, and mainstream spivs are trying to talk down Germany's somewhat stunning shift in thinking - i.e. to repatriate its gold - as nothing but political pandering (or cost-saving); it seems, just as we predicted, the rest of the world are seeing this crack-in-the-confidence-armor the same way we have suggested. As we noted here, the first party to defect from the prisoner's dilemma of all the bulk of global gold being held by the Fed, defects best (then the second, or even the third perhaps) and sure enough, via RTL, we see the Dutch CDA party has requested that Holland's gold supply be repatriated. Who next?
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Guest Post: In Case It Wasn't Obvious...
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 14:26Sometimes the writing on the wall seems painfully obvious. But occasionally it's a good idea to step back and look at the big picture:
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Un-Recovery Continues As Beige Book Lives Up To Its Name
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 14:09In its somewhat typical fashion, the Beige Book was dominated by the four 'M' words 'mixed', 'moderate', 'measured', and 'modest' as any weakness was blamed on fiscal cliff uncertainty (even though macro data and the market itself seems to have shrugged all of that silliness off rather dismissively). Employment conditions were little changed, Real Estate prices rose in 11 districts,and energy sector activity was mixed:
Unleash the anecdotal spin...
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David Rosenberg On "Fascinating Markets", Or 2011 vs 2012 vs 2013
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 13:44Unsure what the current blistering start for the S&P 500 means in the new year? Here is David Rosenberg putting the last two years in perspective to the last two weeks. Alas, with fat tails now solely emanating from politicians (as the Fed has guaranteed nothing wrong can ever happen again on the monetary side, until everything goes wrong of course), and politicians being inherently irrational and unpredictable, it is not exactly clear how anyone can factor for what in just one month is sure to be the biggest clash in history between two sides of a Congress that has never been more polarized.
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Guest Post: The Really, Really Big Picture
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2013 - 13:21There has been a very strong and concerted public-relations effort to spin the recent shale energy plays of the U.S. as complete game-changers for the world energy outlook. These efforts do not square up well with the data and are creating a vast misperception about the current risks and future opportunities among the general populace and energy organizations alike. The world remains quite hopelessly addicted to petroleum, and the future will be shaped by scarcity – not abundance, as some have claimed.
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- Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba 1990 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)


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Tabula Rasa Should Have Went Free to Play
Tabula Rasa was a pay to play sci-fi themed MMORPG published by NCSoft which released in November 2, 2007 and shut down 2 years later in February 28, 2009. Isn't it a shame that a game that cost NCSoft a whopping $106 million to develop should go to waste? There's no doubt the game was a financial disaster for NCSoft, as the game only made $6 million in revenue since release, but instead of shutting the game down all together, NCSoft should have released the game the game as a free to play title or at least licensed the game to a free to play game publisher like Aeriagames or Outspark.
Tabula Rasa Gameplay
NCSoft wouldn't have been doing anything out of the ordinary if they just decided to make the game free to play. Both RF Online and Archlord used to be pay to play games but are free to play today. More recently, The Chronicles of Spellborn and Dungeons and Dragons Online went free to play as well. There's no guarantee that Tabula Rasa would have been a success as a free to play game, but I'm sure more people would have given the game a chance. After all, Tabula Rasa was largely well received, as it received a 4 out of 5 from GameSpy and an 8 out of 10 from Eurogamer. Aggregate reviews on GameRankings reveal that Tabula Rasa even scored higher by critics than Dungeons and Dragons Online, which has been enormously successful since going free to play. In fact, Dungeons and Dragons Online makes MUCH more money today now that it's free to play than it ever did when it was pay to play.
Dungeons and Dragons Online Gameplay
In case you never heard of Tabula Rasa, it was a sci-fi MMORPG with unique fast paced combat. The game was largely developed by Richard Gariott, who also played a big role in the development of Ultima Online – the first ever mega popular MMORPG. The game was surprisingly fun, but it only lasted two years before being shut down. It has some interesting PvP options and a nice selection of playable classes.
The Chronicles of Spellborn Gameplay
What do you guys think? I think it's a huge waste to see a game that cost so much to develop get shut down. If NCSoft didn't want to run the game, they should sell the license to someone who does as a free to play game. Heck. Maybe NCSoft will bring the game back. Who knows.
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Osteomyelitis And Heel Ulcers: What You Should Know
More recently, there has been expanding use of calcium sulfate-antibiotic impregnated beads for local use in bone. There have been reports in the literature of packing calcium sulfate beads as an antibiotic delivery system within bony defects with good success.21 The use of calcium sulfate beads is off-label and without FDA approval. As with PMMA, the surgeon must mix the antibiotic with the calcium sulfate mixture to create the antibiotic beads. Complete resorption of the beads occurs at six months or sooner, and one can use serial radiographs to follow the progress clinically.
Sulfate-antibiotic impregnated beads also have the advantage of a more reliable elution profile of antibiotics than traditional PMMA as there is more delivery of the antibiotic in the postoperative period. The antibiotic releases completely over a two- to three-month period with high concentrations detectable for at least four weeks.21
Reattachment of the Achilles tendon needs to occur under physiological tension. Modalities for reattachment include suture anchors, plain sutures, locking bridge sutures or plating. Closure of the wound can be difficult if tension is present. Primary closure is preferable but in cases in which tension on the tissues is an issue, one may use bolster sutures. Otherwise, the use of negative pressure wound therapy may assist with closure.22
A Guide To Postoperative Care
For initial post-op management, one should apply a Jones compression cast with a posterior splint applied in plantarflexion. Non-weightbearing lasts for a period of six to eight weeks. Inspect the incision and wound weekly and reduce the amount of plantarflexion to more dorsiflexion on a week-to-week basis. Physical therapy is beneficial when the wounds have fully healed. Then the patient can transfer to a pneumatic walking boot.
Coordinate IV antibiotics with the infectious disease specialist as well as other medical providers for a continual multidisciplinary approach. One should leave grossly infected wounds open or treat them with negative pressure wound therapy, routinely re-debriding them as necessary. Vascular surgery consultations are critically important for these patients given the need to heal rapidly. These patients are in high-risk populations and have multiple comorbidities that can derail your surgery, and prospectively place the patients in less tenable positions that may require higher level amputation, further debridement or longer-term antibiotic coverage.
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Understanding the complex nature of calcaneal osteomyelitis and its effect on the outcome of care in patients are of profound importance. A team approach is absolutely necessary in order to have positive outcomes for patients. These patients are high risk and require substantial perioperative evaluations regarding their history. There is no current medical literature that determines when it is appropriate to treat osteomyelitis alone medically and when to initiate surgical treatment. A comprehensive patient-oriented approach will help to determine the course of treatment. Acting decisively, whether through medical or surgical means, can facilitate beneficial outcomes in these difficult to treat patients.
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my stream is on own twitch is almost nicer
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Own3d, twitch always ****s things up. And they cant handle 200k+ viewer streams, E.G in tourneys.
Twitch TV uses more bandwidth than Own3D, having an internet connection in the country with the highest '*average' internet speed in Europe and living outside a city, I need to conserve bandwidth, so Own all the way. *It is easy to have the highest 'average' when you up the rate to 100mb/sec in cities but ignore the rest of the country leaving them at no better than dial up speed.
Twitch. I hate everything about own3d's design and working model. I find twitch way more clear and easy to browse around. own3d is just messy and uninteresting in its whole, for me.
i like the streams wich dont lagg.
Usually own3d because the streams never lag for me. Twitch often lags, forcing me to lower the quality.(and this doesn't always fix it) Though in their defense, occasionally a refresh fixes the lag, but not always. Also, non-english Twitch sites crash my browser. Not really a problem now that I've identified the problem, but it was still annoying to get crashes when it automatically opened the dutch twitch website instead of the english one. Quality wise, though, Twitch does offer clearer streams at higher quality settings. But lag at higher viewercounts makes it difficult to make use of that.
Twitch = bad quality. I cant even read the names of the players.... Own3d is perfect and even works on smarthphone and ipad without useless application


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Support for farmer refusing to sell land for power station
MORE than 200 people turned out for a rally on Anglesey at the weekend to back a farmer who is refusing to sell his land for the development of a new generation nuclear power station.
Dairy farmer Richard Jones and his family has farmed at Caerdegog, near Llanfechell, for 300 years and says losing 65 acres of the farm's best agricultural land plus another 20 acres of rented ground would make the holding unviable.
Developers, Horizon Nuclear Power, on the other hand says it has listened to the family and is looking again at the matter in great detail.
"It would mean 80 dairy cows would have to be sold and the remaining land would not be viable as an agricultural unit," says Mr Jones.
Horizon was making it sound as if the company no longer wanted to buy his land, but that was not the case.
"They still want to buy my land, but I hold the pack and I am not going to give them a single card. They will have to force me to sell," added Mr Jones.
"I realise people need jobs but at what cost? I can't understand why they need so much land."
Richard Foxhall, stakeholder relations manager for Horizon Nuclear Power, said the new power station would help retain the island's younger generations who were leaving the island because there were not enough jobs.
He said some specialist construction workers would be required for a period, but claims that 6,000 houses would be built, or that a migration of 16,000 people was expected, were not true.
Local people would be employed during construction and operation.
The company had listened to the Jones family's concerns and was 'looking at this again in great detail'.
"We may or may not need to buy some of the land but we do not see any reason why the farm cannot be a going concern in the hands of the Jones family for generations to come."
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Rio Tinto CFO to retire after three decades
PUBLISHED: 12 Jul 2012 14:02:10 | UPDATED: 12 Jul 2012 14:02:10PRINT EDITION: 12 Jul 2012London-based Guy Elliot to retire after a decade as finance director at Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto's finance director, Guy Elliott, will retire at the end of 2013 after 32 years with the company and a decade as finance chief and board member, reports Jamie Freed in the AFR
Earlier this year, Elliott and chief executive Tom Albanese gave up their 2012 bonuses over the huge debt burden Rio was saddled with when bought Alcan in 2007 just before the financial crisis hit.
No replacement has been named as yet for Elliott.
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Sea Steading Fiction Story Concept, Ideas, suggestions, anything. :D
Home › Forums › Community › General Chat › Sea Steading Fiction Story Concept, Ideas, suggestions, anything. :D
Tagged: 2d Art, 3d Art, Fiction, Future, Libertarians
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June 4, 2014 at 6:13 pm #23635
Hello all,
I've been following the Seasteading Movement for years and as a writer I decided that I'd like to do a fun exciting book with it as a central theme.
Current rough outline is as follows:
Billionaire heir Goes through allot of effort to create a mostly self sufficient sea stead. Underwater turbines to gather energy from the sea, solar panels, fish farms, and even one massive platform used for hydroponics. Of course the big issue is materials but don't see any way around that. Will always have to rely on land for something.
The book starts the day of the unveiling. Including Denouncement of US citizenship and Heading out with the main 'crew' he has hired on for five years in USD.The first bit of the book is politics, and economics, were he tries to get residents and make the new country profitable.
Second half would be a bit more exciting as soon as the whole idea seems about to work, Pirates. Not third world pirates. But smart ones who see a way to make themselves rich and kings. (Similar to the invasion of Sea Land by German Pirates.)
This would involve a complete successful take over followed by an over throw as you can't just claim being in charge over an armed population. Thinking a small group of support to arrive from the Sea Steading Community in support of the sovereignty of the new nation would be fun.
Any Ideas, thoughts, changes to the basic plot? Hurdles to overcome after the launching? Criticisms?
July 4, 2014 at 10:49 am #23692Hello Chad.
I like it. I also am working on a short story featuring a Seastead. I hope we can work together to flesh out some ideas and stuff.
Pirates of an economic nature seems fun, although hard to write about. James Bond is more exiting than Shearson Lehman. But I think that's the right thread, that the largest threat is human nature and not the sea.
In my thinking about a Libertarian "Utopia", I perceive the greatest issue to be internal. What if one person locks up or crashes the currency. What if one person gains a political dictatorship in some way; by owning 51% of shares, or by co-opting 51% of residence to vote as a block. The whole corporate structure of an initial launch is an issue. Do you base it on US corporate rules?
The reasonable timeline for a story places it in 2024 (or mid-2020s). So by nature, the story is a "near future" novel. As such, there are some technologies that we can resonably predict, that may be relevant.
Power: What is power used for? For lighting, light bulbs will continue to be more efficient. I expect by 2024 you can light an entire unit on one aa battery for months. So power usage is HVAC, particularly cooling if the stead is in a tropical climate. Also cooling for food storage. There may be a need for Motive power (moving the city), but this may be fuel based. I think you can ameliorate HVAC a lot by shaded design, and food storage by focusing on food generation that is not storage intensive; eating European style, for instance. Toilets and sinks are gravity based. Fresh water from desalinization (filters?) We'll be 3-4 generations higher on solar panels, maybe 20% efficiency by 2024. So I'm not sure Power is that much of a consideration.
Manufacture: 3d Printers will be common. They need liquid "ink" which turns solid, so the nature of plastics and liquid metals is important. It may well be by 2024 that people can "print their own guns". Can they print their own ammo? What other ramificatinos are there if you can manufacture small objects in the privacy of your own home.
Communications and Social networking: How interconnected are people in 2024? Does everyone stay online? Is the internet a satellite network? How much government control (NSA/UN) is there on personal communications. Do people text each other, have flash meetups, vote?
Those are some of the things I'm working through.
August 17, 2014 at 6:56 pm #23804I'm looking for a 3d Artist to help illustrate and promote my ebook. I need someone to make those sexy pictures of floating cities based on the design I created in the story. If anyone knows an artist looking for work, please PM me. This is a paying gig.
September 7, 2014 at 10:25 am #23969Just a quick update that I found a 3d artist.
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Block Structure Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Models
Most multivariate variance models suffer from a common problem, the "curse of dimensionality". For this reason, most are fitted under strong parametric restrictions that reduce the interpretation and flexibility of the models. Recently, the literature has focused on multivariate models with milder restrictions, whose purpose was to combine the need for interpretability and efficiency faced by model users with the computational problems that may emerge when the number of assets is quite large. We contribute to this strand of the literature proposing a block-type parameterization for multivariate stochastic volatility models.
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Over the past few months I've been working on a number of small projects. First I've been working to set up an academic blog service for the campus. The service will be used for class projects and faculty projects. Another system I've been working on is something called WebWork. The system allows faculty to pick math problems from a variety of different sets and then assign them to their students. All the problem sets are done online including grading. Apparently it integrates with Moodle, but that's something that will have to wait for now. The last thing I've been working on is a Drupal based website for a grant project that I've been involved in.
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Slicehost is virtual private hosting and a subsidiary of cloud computing provider Rackspace. Essentially all of their servers are in Rackspace's cloud. Slicehost allows you to provision servers, schedule backups, create snapshots, clone servers, etc. But rather than being charged per hour, you're charged a flat monthly fee (which can go up if you go over your bandwidth allowance).
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Here is just a little background on the company! We are indie developers – meaning we have no financial backers, no large deep pockets to pull $ from. We make games because we enjoy it!
Our first game was Cool Dog – which was a labor of love. Our beautiful Shiba Inu named Darby lost her battle against canine lymphoma Oct 11, 2011. So we decided to make our first game a way to raise money to help fund cancer research for all animals – not just dogs. So Cool Dog was completed the end of May 2012.
We have been busy pumping out games! Since our last post we have released a new version of Road Warrior which gives you the ability to pick your own Mad Max style vehicle! And we released one of our favorites – Motorcycle Desert Track Race. This game is pretty darn cool as the scene changes from daylight to nigh time and back again! So you can try your driving skills in pitch black with just your headlight! We also have a Monster Truck Construction Race – see how many boulders and rocks you can move from one place to another with losing the load! And we did release a few more dog games – of course! Super Awesome Dog Adventure – a retro style game complete with an retro controller! And our Tap Pets – similar to the popular match 3 games – but with a fun twist!
Other games released are Minion Jump Race & Super Hero Action Jump Man & A Dog Run Adventure! Every day is a good day to be a Super Hero and following the theme of dog games – A Dog Run Adventure is an endless dog running game. We hope you enjoy both of these new games!
We got our Minion Popper game released in time for Halloween! And finally free from the Apple review cycle is the sequel to Super Hero Action Man – Super Hero Action JetPack Man. Each game has its own unique game play! Following that will be our new and improved Great OZ Race! And then back to another Popper game – Zombie style!
Our Airplane Race game got its update – so kids can experience a longer play time and enjoy hitting other planes because we all know that is what kids enjoy the most – smashing into things! For those that want to play the original game – you need to dodge the incoming planes while trying to collect points and extra time bonuses! The music is very reminiscent of the Soarin Over California music that you hear at Disneyland! So let the music sweep you into the clouds as you race your character driven plane!
We did finally finish the PRO version of Cool Dog – this version has no ads and we unlocked the other two Shiba dogs. We also unlocked the other 2 mazes and now the collars and scarf is free! We hope you will download the PRO version as all the money from the sale of this game goes to help more facilities that either rescue dogs or treat cancer in all animals!
Monster Escape is based on a VERY familiar monster from a VERY popular movie – but our monster has decided to wear a disguise! But the objective is still the same – don't let the Monster get out thru the doors into your bedroom!
Road Warrior Race is based loosely around the MAD MAX genre where gas is a premium! So race your modified vehicle to collect gas cans while shooting the vehicles in front of you! Unlimited ammo! But don't hit the other vehicles or you will run out of gas!
Our other two recent games are Monster Slots and Dragon Run. Our OZ Race game has been in the top 50 racing games for several days now – so that is exciting for us!
If you enjoy playing against your friends – try out Dog Run Adventure, Dragon Run, Great OZ Race, Ninja Golf Fairway Madness or Spaghetti Mountain Race! These games all use NextPeer – a great multiplayer experience!
For the racing fan – check out Extreme 3D Indy Car Race and Road Warrior Race!
Our other games are Ninja Clash 2, Secret Agent Dash, Gangnam Street Battle, Honey Bee's Great Escape, Tap Ladder Insanity to the Moon, Teddy Bear & Cow Bunny's Great Escape.
Please enjoy! And check your animals once a month for any lumps or bumps!


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The Saigon River (Vietnamese: Sông Sài Gòn) is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and south-southeast for about 140 miles (225 km) and empties into the Nha Be River, which in its turn empties into the East Sea some 20 km north-east of the Mekong Delta.
The Saigon River is joined 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly named Saigon) by the Đồng Nai river, and just above Ho Chi Minh City it is joined by the Ben Cat River. Saigon River is important to Ho Chi Minh City as it is the main water supply as well as the host of Saigon Port, which a total cargo volume load/outloaded of more than 35 million metric tons in 2006.
The Bình Quới Tourist Village is located on the Thanh Da peninsula on the Saigon River, in the Bình Thạnh District of Ho Chi Minh City.
Thủ Thiêm Tunnel, a underwater tunnel passing above Saigon River, was open to traffic on November 20, 2011. It has been the longest cross-river tunnel in Southeast Asia since its completion.[1]
Coordinates: 10°45′N 106°45′E / 10.750°N 106.750°E
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Edmund Burke once stated that….
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Patriots abound in this Great Country.
Men and Women that have served Her in the Armed Forces and those that are passionate in keeping Her and the principles of our Constitution as a guide and a beacon for Freedom.
Ronald Reagan said She was the "Shining City on the Hill."
Yes She is and will continue to be as long as the Patriots mount an opposition to the nefarious undertakings the present administration deems necessary to force Her into a socialistic society.
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard.
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen.
Veterans of foreign wars.
Wars that will never be forgotten.
Recent wars that still plague US with the devastation that our mighty warriors have had to sustain, and live with for the rest of their lives along with their families and loved ones.
The men and the women that volunteered to serve this Country are the true Heroes of today, and they are going to be the ones that take Her back from the cliff that She is perched upon.
The men and the women that were true Patriots did not shy away from their duty.
The men and the women that are true Patriots have a challenge ahead of them.
Let's meet the challenge head on and see what true Patriotism can accomplish.
You may be very surprised what a concerted effort can do.
It is beginning.
We The People of the United States of America,…….
AFVet is an Air Force Vietnam Veteran


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Directed by Tapan Sinha
Produced by Charuchitra
Written by Tapan Sinha
Rabindranath Tagore
Starring Chhabi Biswas
Tinku Thakur
Asha Devi
Music by Ravi Shankar
Cinematography Anil Banerjee
Editing by Subodh Ray
Release date(s) 4th January, 1957
Running time 116 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali
Kabuliwala Bengali: কাবুলীওয়ালা) is a 1957 Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha and based on the eponymous story by the Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore.
Rehmat (Chhabi Biswas), a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini (Tinku Thakur) who reminds him of his own daughter back in Afghanistan. He puts up at a boarding house along with his countrymen.
One day Rehmat receives news of his daughter�s illness through a letter from his country and he decides to leave for his country. Since he is short of money he decides to sell his goods on credit for increasing his business. Later, when he goes to collect on his money, one of his customers abuses him and in the fight that ensues Rehmat warns that he will not tolerate abuse and stabs the guy when he does not stop the abuse.
In the court Rehmat's lawyer tries to obfuscate the facts but in his characteristic and simple fashion Rehmat states the truth in a matter of fact way. The judge, pleased with Rehmat's honesty, gives him 10 years' rigorous imprisonment instead of the death sentence. On the day of his release he goes to meet Mini but discovers that she has grown up into a 14-year old girl and is about to get married. Mini does not recognize Rehmat, who realizes that his own daughter must have forgotten him too. Mini's father gives Rehmat the money for travel out of Mini's wedding budget to which Minnie agrees; she also sends a gift for Rehmat's daughter.
* Chhabi Biswas ... Rehmat
* Tinku ... Mini
* Radhamohan Bhattacharya ... Girl's Father
* Manju Dey ... Girl's Mother
* Jiben Bose ... Jailor
* Asha Devi ... Maid
* Kali Bannerjee
* Jahar Ray
* Nripati Chatterjee
* National Film Award for Best Film - 1957
* Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury - 7th Berlin International Film Festival
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EAGLE POINT, Ore. — Before Eagle Point School District's weapon safety committee makes any decisions about arming teachers, it is turning to parents.
The committee met Tuesday night, deciding to come up with a questionnaire for parents. They say the overall theme will be student safety, touching on everything about what parents want to see in school and how they feel about their child's teachers being armed.
The committee says it will use the survey to prepare for the next community forum, planned for later this year.


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New Orleans Sends Small Biz Some Big Lagniappe
The City of New Orleans and Louisiana have been not-so silently parading headlines of economic successes over the last few years, in the land some forget and to resounding success. For that matter, a lot of people still think the mouth of the Mississippi river is the bottom of the toilet bowl for life in America. Katrina, Rita and the levee breaches had a hand in creating that vision.
The organized armies of Big Easy business carolers have been proving on a day-to-day basis this vision has to be changed—at all costs.
lagniappe | lanˈyap | noun. Something given as a bonus or extra gift.
At the state level, there's the Louisiana Economic Development division which touts well, all things statewide. The three major armies in New Orleans are Greater New Orleans, Inc., Downtown Development District and The Idea Village. These three outstanding organizations were instrumental in launching beNOLAbound, of which this author was a humbled and honored participant.
While I have spent the majority of my career in Hollywood, over those three decades I have found California has slowly drowned the Golden State's goose when it comes to business. In a recent survey by Chief Executive Group, California came in dead last for the fifth year running. Wait. Sixth? No. Eighth. I've lost count. You tend to forget about when things are this bad. New York is a kissing Cali cousin to this horrible business climate.
On practically a daily basis I hear talk radio story after story of other states which come to California to poach business. To be honest, it really isn't that tough of a sell. The ONLY thing California has going for it now days is the weather. You're two hours from surfing to snow skiing. In the end, the weather doesn't pay the bills.
Now as cynical as Hollywood and New Orleans' past has made me, I do know politics is one of the root causes of these horrible business climates in California and New York. New Orleans suffered from that same mental disease for decades. On one hand I wished Cali was as exuberant as New Orleans is in throwing crooked politicians in prison. Unfortunately for the California populace and fortunately for the politicians, prison overcrowding and federal court rulings have kicked 'non-violent' offenders back out on the streets. Manslaughter criminals are considered 'non-violent' according to the state. While I believe crooked politicians deserve the death penalty, California just doesn't execute people anymore.
What has absolutely shocked me about New Orleans' politics is, not that there isn't any politics left in New Orleans, I mean, come on, it is New Orleans. Sorry. My cynicism coming out. What absolutely has shocked me about New Orleans' politics is that after all these years, the city has figured out if you fight to bring business into The Big Easy and treat them well, they end up staying. And staying with all their employees. It has been a watery road along the way, but I actually think New Orleans has found the right recipe to making good business.
One of the tenants of being an entrepreneur is coming up with that first idea. In Hollywood, ideas are like Japanese tourists with $5,000 camera rigs taking photos of the Hollywood Stars on the Walk of Fame—they're everywhere. With an entrepreneur, after that first idea, you have to figure out how to create a viable business model. Those are not so plentiful in Hollywood. It's littered with the carcasses of non-viable business models. And a few washed-up [fill-in the blank]. The entrepreneur number-crunches, plans, crunches again, gets a latte (at least in L.A.) and crunches again. The goal is to give life to a viable business model which makes an expected return on investment. The M.B.A. kids call that R.O.I.
In New Orleans, I will probably not be the first or nearly the last entrepreneur to say those three orgs listed above are doing anything and everything to bring entrepreneurs to The Big Easy. They are also looking—and lobbying hard—to bring back those who have moved away for better opportunities in life. This author is one of those runaways. Not only is big business chased after, but small businesses are too.
My goal is to bring to life an entertainment incubator for film, television and new media ventures in order to provide skilled and talented crew members to the region. In addition, launching a start-up production company to develop and produce projects utilizing these same people. While I have run divisions, run companies and launched start-ups in Los Angeles, it's now time to bring those skills back to my hometown.
Along the way, I will be enlisting the support of these three business amigos to help me make that vision a success. My vision coupled with their reinforcements can only bring about success. These visions and ideas have worked in the past for me and I'm going to the proverbial well, but in New Orleans.
If you visit the websites of these three business amigos above, you will read wonderful stories about big as well as small business successes, I honestly never really thought was possible in New Orleans, post- or pre- Katrina. Hopefully, my venture will be one of those success stories.
Check back when you can. I'll have some gumbo for ya darlin'.
Wish me luck.
Stanley B. Gill ∷ Producer | Director
posted: June 22, 2012


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Once upon a time, you had to go down to your local Chinese restaurant to enjoy the delicious flavours of the Orient. These days, there's a wok in almost every kitchen and more and more people are experimenting with Asian recipes. Why wouldn't you, when there are so many delicious Asian dishes to try?
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About Us
Tube Equipment Corporation is Larry Janus and Chris Juried. Working in our small facility, we design and hand-build vacuum tube recording products for the audio industry.
Larry Janus: President/Designer
With a TV Repairman father and an uncle who collected the finest McIntosh and Ampex "Hi-Fi" Gear, the hook was set at an early age for Larry's lifelong love of good sound and vacuum tubes. Working in HiFi repair shops as a teen, he found his way into recording studios in his early 20's after moving from his native Michigan to South Florida. With a long career at major studios as a tech and some time behind the mixing console thrown in, by 2000, Larry found the studio business in decline. Not wanting to exit the music industry without a fight, he decided to rekindle some tube compressor designs he had built in the 80's using vari-mu topology. This ultimately led to a return to the original Fairchild schematic as a starting point. A lifetime of ham radio and vintage audio hobbies plus thousands of studio-hours seemed a useful basis for tube audio manufacturing and after refining the SR-71 prototype and realizing it was something special, Tube Equipment Corporation was officially born in 2004.
Chris Juried: VP/Production and Sales Manager
Early exposure to pro audio was also the case for Chris Juried. Born in New York City, his father Skip Juried was a recording engineer at several major studios in the 70's. Growing up around these working studios exposed Chris to cutting edge audio, even as a child. One studio housed an infant Eventide Clockworks in the basement and Richard Factor would drag new prototypes into the control room for his dad to hear as they were designed and built mere feet away. These childhood experiences made Chris choose recording as his future career in the footsteps of his dad. Also moving to South Florida, he arrived at New River Studios at age 14 seeking an internship. Chief Engineer Larry Janus was dismissive of this new arrival at first. Then Chris dropped off an Ampex 354 tube tape electronics and told him it's history and began to speak beyond his years. He was In! Many years and many studios later, Larry and Chris were talking about the great sound of the compressors Larry had built in the 80's which lived at New River and how the world still needed that sound. Talk turned to action as a formal partnership was formed and an army of two to help keep the tube world alive was conscripted.
Chris oversees production and direct sales. His organizational skills have been essential and he solders real well too!


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Cornelius Gurlitt was not registered with Munich municipal authorities and had no tax number or pension - enough to start a probe. Prosecutors in Augsburg who specialise in white-collar crime got a warrant to search his home with customs police.
On Feb. 28 2012, they rang the bell marked Gurlitt. Cornelius was at home.
The officials immediately recognised the significance of what they had discovered. Contradicting early media reports of priceless oils stashed among tins of fruit, Siegfried Kloeble of the Munich customs police said it was all stored professionally.
"The framed works were stored in a vertical stack, the way you would see in an art museum depot," he said. "The works on paper were stored flat in drawers, out of the light."
Working so discreetly that Gurlitt's neighbours did not notice anything, a specialist art haulage company hired by the Bavarian authorities, took three painstaking days to pack and remove the collection.
Haulage experts said the removers would have measured the moisture and temperature, protected the canvases with chemical tiles and put works inside air-cushioned parcels, then boxes. It was then all taken to a secure, and still secret, location.
In early 2012, the Munich authorities informed the federal government of their find and asked for expert assistance from Berlin. Meike Hoffmann, an academic specialising in modernist art targeted by the Nazis, got the job.
For 18 months she worked between the secret depot and her Berlin university office before news of the spectacular find came under the unwelcome glare of the media. By that time Gurlitt had vanished.
In hindsight, it should have been obvious that Gurlitt was hiding something.
A few months earlier, he had sold a pastel of a lion tamer by German Expressionist master Max Beckmann for 864,000 euros, via the Cologne-based auction house Lempertz. They describe it as a "totally normal" transaction but recognised at the time that there was a "restitution problem" - a euphemism in the trade for a likely claim from Jewish owners from the Nazi era.
"An old gentleman contacted our Munich office," said Karl-Sax Feddersen, a lawyer for Lempertz. "We had a restitution problem which we actively addressed and we found a solution ahead of the auction." This involved sharing a portion of the auction proceeds with the claimant.
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The Charter Bundle
At home, we've got Charter for our cable TV and internet. The internet is good speed and runs well – compared to just a few years ago. We have it in my roommate's name since I found out the hard way that it's good to have some of the bills in his name in case there are problems.
Anyway, since we both have cell phones there was no need to get this "bundle" which included residential phone service. The fun part was watching all of these offers come in the mail for this"bundle." The offers would go from $99 one week to $128 the next. Every single time we'd get an offer for this, it would be a different price. There's NO WAY I would buy something that varies this much in price. Today, I see it's down to $69.97 per month. What the heck?
Searching around the web, I found a few pages of people who don't seem very happy with the Charter Bundle. It's no wonder why:
- The charter bundle – just say no!
- Charter Bundle Billing
- Rip Off Report: Charter Communications
- Complaints on "Charter Communications"
I know my parents had some problem with billing from them, too. Apparently, they're not alone.
And they're not carrying the Big Ten Network or NFL Network either – even after people complained. I think the governor even sent a letter.
Charter is clearly not interested in good customer service. Watching them change prices like this is kind of hilarious, but also really sad when you think of all the people that are in it, not sure if they're being ripped off or not. I know Vicki McKenna promotes them on WIBA – and that's her job, but if I were her I'd refuse to do ads for them and save my reputation and integrity.


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Giclee Printing
Calculate Print Costs
How do I get my image to Museum Quality?
Bring us your file on disk, or simply click on "Upload Image" located on this page. Your file will be saved in a secure location and will be ready for review upon your next visit to Museum Quality.
Which papers and canvas do we use for Giclee prints?
We presently use mostly the Breathing Color Elegance Textured and the Brilliance 100% cotton canvas. The Elegance Textured is very popular because it offers a nice texture with good shadow detail and a nice feel. The Brilliance canvas has a natural texture and weave and it is made from 100% cotton fabric. We also offer epson glossy canvas.
Professionally Photographed Images
If your art piece is going to be photographed by a professional photographer ask them to include the GretagMcBeth color chart in their images or shoot the chart separately and under an identical light setting. We refer local artists to Z-Studios of ventura for reasonable quality scans, we also recommend Art Scans in Los Angeles. Feel free to call the gallery to discuss your scanning options.
If your artwork has already been photographed:
If your artwork has been already photographed and if you are familiar with color profiles, we recommend that you apply the Adobe RGB 1998 color profile to your images before you send them to us. Applying that profile to your file will help us have better control over the color range of your image files and produce predictable results. If you are not familiar with color profiles just leave your files as they are and we will print your images using our default settings. If we see any potential problems with your files prior to printing we will contact you, discuss your options and offer possible solutions.
Sizing your images:
Size your files for their intended final printed size and at 300 DPI. If you need white border around your artwork you need to make it part of your image. White space is billable as it is part of the image. If your images do not match the sizes you requested when you placed the order, we will size them for you. If their proportions don't match we will call you.
File formats:
We accept files in all standard image formats except RAW camera files.
Turn your photos into works of art and preserve them for generations! Even simply printing a photo enlargement on canvas or watercolor paper can give it an artistic feel and an impression of quality that cannot be achieved by printing on paper alone. Also, a typical photograph or photo transfer to canvas will only last about 15 years before fading. Our process will yield a work of art that will last for over a century. Plus, we can also digitally manipulate your photo to create a watercolor or oil painting effect, turning your photo into a truly unique work of art. And, this process costs less than you might imagine.
What are Giclee Fine Art Prints?
The Giclee printing (pronounced "ghee-clay") process was born in the early 1990's as rock musician Graham Nash & and his associate Mac Holbert uncovered a new capability of the Iris inkjet printer called the 3047. These early machines had been developed for digital graphic proofing but it had not occurred to the manufacturer that its equipment would be adopted by artists as a digital method of fine art printing. In 1991, thanks to Mr. Nash's vision, the world's first digital fine art atelier opened its doors. Since this early beginning, the technology in equipment, media, inks and craftsmanship have advanced immeasurably.
Advantages of Giclee Printing
Giclee printing has many advantages over other printmaking methods. For example, each piece is individually produced allowing you to order one reproduction at a time if desired, so the artist is not obligated to finish an edition. You can order prints as needed without large up-front costs and storage problems associated with offset lithography. This allows you to test market a new idea or image. Giclee printing affords you more control of your career by giving you the ability to start self-publishing fine art reproductions in modest quantities. Artists can build inventory slowly over time in response to the market. We have three wide format printing systems so we can accommodate large orders with the same flexibility as a single sheet order.
Why Artists Prefer Giclees
Giclee reproductions are the perfect medium for established and emerging artists, allowing you much better control of your cash flow. You can order just one reproduction to matte and frame as a display piece. Then order more as orders come in. The technology provides incredible detail and brilliant color. The resolution (DPI or dots per inch) is actually higher than traditional lithography which results in crisp contrast with rich, intense color. With the proper surface treatment, you can even paint on top of the image (retouch the image) to produce another individual "mixed media" piece. Digital artists and photographers find giclee ideal for printing their originals.