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To quote: Here is an updated version of the tools. They now handle properly SPRX files. (thanks to belmondo for the hints!)
There are few important fixes (about path with spaces and wrong byte change which may cause crashes and also fixed PARAM.SFO in RETAIL to be DG type). Don't use previous versions I posted. This package also includes multiMAN 01.16.11 (TEST UPDATE#5) which handles properly SPRX files during SHADOW COPY.
ebootFIX now produces TWO separate folders:
One is [NPDRM] - to be used as PSN-styled game to launch from XMB (to be used with multiMAN's shadow copy)
The other one is [RETAIL] - it will generate the full game structure with all subfolders + all EBOOT.BIN / *.self / *.sprx files.
[NPDRM] has a PKG file to be used with multiMAN's shadow copy.
[RETAIL] can be used to directly replace the files in your original game BACKUP.
Let me know if it works properly for you.
Short readme for ebootMOD and ebootFIX:
Drag and drop a PS3 game folder to ebootFIX.exe.
For example drag&drop
to ebootFIX.exe. ebootFIX processes whole game folders and produces two output folders:
[NPDRM] - folder - content ready to be installed as PSN-style XMB game:
You will find two PKG files in the folder. The tool will decrypt and sign all executables (EBOOT.BIN and other .self / .sprx files) to make them compatible with lower firmware versions. Follow the generated INSTRUCTIONS in [NPDRM] folder.
[RETAIL] - folder - all files which you can replace in your original backup copy to play the game via a Game Manager.
Drag & drop a file (EBOOT.BIN, .self or .sprx) to ebootMOD.exe. It will decrypt and sign the file to make it compatible with lower firmware versions. The generated file will be saved in the same folder with the original, prefixed with "MODIFIED_".
More options available via command-line.
Steps are simple and anyone can manage to create PKG for any game he wishes.
1) Drag&drop PS3_GAME folder of your game to "ebootFIX.exe" application
2) You will get a ready to use PKG file
3) Install it on your PS3 and start the game from the XMB.
4) Get your game on your PS3′s INTERNAL HDD
5) Start multiMAN, go to FileManager (select+start)
6) Browse to your game backup, select PS3_GAME folder and press [R3]
7) multiMAN will create some links/shadow copies for your game (no space needed)
8 ) Exit multiMAN and start the game from XMB
You can find eboot_FIX application in the first post of multiMAN's thread. Once the program completes you'll get an instructions (.txt) file if you don't understand the steps above - read the .txt instructions.
Example: Colin McRae Dirt (1) doesn't work from a backup. So if you drag&drop its PS3_GAME folder to ebootFIX.exe you'll get two folders:
[BLES00095] [RETAIL] Colin McRae DiRT and
[BLES00095] [NPDRM] Colin McRae DiRT (HDD) with files:
1) [BLES00095] Colin McRae DiRT (HDD).pkg
2) [BLES00095] Colin McRae DiRT (HDD)-FW_355.pkg
3) [BLES00095] Colin McRae DiRT (HDD).txt (instructions as posted below)
To use this tutorial you will need a Windows PC and PS3 with multiMAN 01.16.12 (or newer). Please follow these steps exactly in this order! Do not skip or reverse the steps.
INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO USE NPDRM VERSION (PSN-like boot from XMB):
[PC] folder generated: "[BLES00095] [NPDRM] Colin McRae DiRT (HDD)":
!) [PS3] Delete all GAME DATA you may have on you PS3 system for "Colin McRae: DiRT" game!
1) [PC] Copy the generated PKG file to the root folder of USB stick or USB HDD:
-> for firmwares 01.90-03.41: "[BLES00095] Colin McRae DiRT (HDD).pkg"
-> for firmwares 03.55- : "[BLES00095] Colin McRae DiRT (HDD)-FW_355.pkg"
2) [PS3] Install the PKG file from [* Install package files] menu on your PS3
3) [PS3] Open multiMAN in file manager mode on your PS3 system (press SELECT+START)
4) [PS3] Browse to your game (on internal HDD) and press [R3] while PS3_GAME folder is selected
5) This operation will create SHADOW copy of "Colin McRae: DiRT" to: -> /dev_hdd0/G/E00095 and -> /dev_hdd0/game/BLES00095
6) [PS3] Exit multiMAN
7) [PS3] Launch the game directly from "Colin McRae: DiRT (HDD)" icon on the [GAME] column in XMB
8 ) [PS3] If prompted to update the game to newer version - cancel the update
!) You can use [BLES00095] [MODIF] files directly with your game if you decide not to use the (HDD) PKGs, but you will have to rename them to the original names and replace in your game backup folder OR just use files from:
[BLES00095] [RETAIL] Colin McRae DiRT folder.
INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO USE RETAIL VERSION (with a game manager):
[PC] folder generated: "[BLES00095] [RETAIL] Colin McRae DiRT":
1) Replace all files in your original game backup with the contents of the [RETAIL] folder
2) That is it
*) DISCLAIMER: Use this application ONLY with legally owned content!
Finally, another guide from
, to quote:
I have written this small tutorial on how this package should be used, this was tested a lot in the last few days and is working fine with games that requires FW 3.56 where the "eboot.bin/self/sprx" files needs to be properly patched for the games to run on FW <= 3.55 (and for future versions like FW 3.60 the required keys can be added to the package and EbootFIX.exe will work fine too)
To use this tutorial you will need a Windows PC and PS3 with multiMAN 01.16.12 (or newer). Please follow these steps exactly in this order! Do not skip or reverse the steps. (This will work for any 3.56 game and not only "The Tomb Raider Trilogy")
1- Get a copy of the game with original/untouched files on your external USB HDD or on your computer HDD. Note: you can always keep an untouched copy of your game as a backup in case something goes wrong.
2- install the latest EbootFix package with latest multiMAN from here:
3- extract the downloaded package content on your PC and install the included multiMAN update on your PS3. (multiMAN 01.16.12 or newer is required)
4- from the game folder on your USB HDD/PC, drag and drop the [PS3_GAME] folder onto the EbootFIX.exe (careful here, not on EbootMOD.exe but on EbootFIX.exe) it should start scanning and processing the needed files. It takes about 4 ~ 5 minutes for "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" to finish. Once finished, you will have 2 new folders in the same folder of EbootFIX.exe :
"[BLES01195] [NPDRM] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)" and "[BLES01195] [RETAIL] The Tomb Raider Trilogy"
5-Copy the content of the folder "[BLES01195] [RETAIL] The Tomb Raider Trilogy" and overwrite the original games files.
Now it have the patched files & you can play it from any backup manager like a normal game. If you want to play the game in retail mode = using a backup manager then you're ready and you can stop here at this step.
Note: "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" is a "Black Screen Game" and it needs to be on external drive + launched with "Select+x"
Steps 6 to 15 are now needed only to play the game from XMB:
6- Copy the game to your PS3 internal HDD.
7- [PS3] Delete all GAME DATA you may have on you PS3 system for "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" game!
8- [PC] from this folder "[BLES01195] [NPDRM] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)"
Copy the generated PKG file to the root folder of USB stick or USB HDD:
--> for firmwares 01.90-03.41: "[BLES01195] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD).pkg"
--> for firmwares 03.55- : "[BLES01195] The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)-FW_355.pkg"
9- [PS3] Install the PKG file from [* Install package files] menu on your PS3
10-[PS3] Open multiMAN 01.16.12 (or newer) in file manager mode on your PS3 system (press SELECT+START)
11-[PS3] Browse to your game (on internal HDD) and press [R3] while PS3_GAME folder is selected
This operation will create SHADOW copy of "The Tomb Raider Trilogy" to:
--> /dev_hdd0/G/E01195 and
--> /dev_hdd0/game/BLES01195
12-[PS3] Exit multiMAN
13-[PS3] Launch the game directly from "The Tomb Raider Trilogy (HDD)" icon on the [GAME] column in XMB
14-[PS3] If prompted to update the game to newer version - cancel the update
15-say Thanks to Dean and Belmondo for their efforts & enjoy your game.
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- 172w ago
He said a week or so ago (see
) that he is happy with it for the moment, but when he finds new features he will add them basically.
#4411 -
- 172w ago
Haven't anyone heard about any new version of Multiman?
it's been quite a while since last version was released...
#4410 -
- 172w ago
Thanks for such a great file manager!
#4409 -
- 175w ago
Hi, if you mean '(PC HOST) PC HOST GUI' then yes i have tried but couldn't get it going, although I followed the guide, I could see the BDMV folder and the index.bdmv but couldn't get it to play. What am I doing wrong?
kjind regards.
#4408 -
- 175w ago
Sorry if i ask, but did you configure MM for access network folders on your pc, yet?
#4407 -
- 175w ago
Hi, I am desperately trying to figure out a way I can play a Blu-ray BDMV folder structure from a network resource, I have spent many days \ weeks taulling various forums on different methods of how to achieve this but just can't find a way.
I really want to be able to play a Blu-ray BDMV folder structure across the network to the PS3 which would play the Blu-ray BDMV folder with menus complete. I am on CFW 3.55 with the latest Multiman installed.
Kind regards,
Kevin Wells.
#4406 -
- 176w ago
Thanks for the updates. It's been a while since I updated. Things sure have come a long way since the early 01.xx series.
#4405 -
- 176w ago
thanks to all for your great work!! you are Gods!!!
#4404 -
- 177w ago
Thanks for the Reply. I actually discovered i was missing this yesterday and installed it. Works great.
#4403 -
- 177w ago
Originally Posted by
Well i have to say that i am confused. I read here a while back about loading and running split file games from an external HDD. So how i finally got around to trying it out but when i go to BD-ROM Emulator the only options i have are none, (Unavailable) and standard. So what am i missing here? IIRC it said to enable hermes Emulation so do i have to also install hermes or am i missing a setting somewhere.
Download and install BDEMU2.BIN pkg. It's attached to the thread, click the paperclip and you will see it. Once installed check Multiman BD emulation again and Hermes should show now.
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Behind the Orchids: Exploring from Behind the Lens
Smithsonian Gardens 20th annual orchid exhibition is well underway at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Walking around the exhibit hall, you can't help but appreciate at the multitude of colors, shapes, and sizes of the orchids on display. How is it possible to capture such beauty? If you're like me, you take hundreds of photos on your phone.
In addition to the seemingly endless pictures I've taken on my phone, I've had the opportunity as an orchid exhibition intern to get behind a DSLR camera and experiment with orchid photography. I'm by no means a professional photographer, but experimenting with settings and subjects has given me a new-found appreciation for photography and shown me there's more to understand about orchids than meets the eye.
There's a lot to understand about how to take a photo at the show, and it all begins with the orchids themselves.
First Element: Subject
When taking a photograph, first consider what's in your viewfinder. It's helpful to try and center your shot on an orchid bloom to give yourself the most unobstructed view. Bloom-centered orchid photos are beautiful, but there also is a great appreciation that can come from taking photos that capture the plant as you would view it in real space. When up close with an orchid, you have the opportunity to view the plant from all different angles. I've found that taking different approaches to photographing an orchid subject can capture facets of its beauty that you may not have noticed before. The orchid Ornithidium coccineum 'Superman David', for example, has both a delicate flower and interesting plant structure which both deserve recognition. 'Superman David' is subject in both photos below, but taking photos from different viewpoints can help viewers better appreciate the orchid as a whole.
Second Element: Light
Another element I focused on when learning to use the camera is lighting. Clearly, there is different lighting outside than in greenhouses or even in the orchid exhibit hall. Different types of lighting have different benefits and can result in interesting images. The natural light outside or in the greenhouse makes an orchid come to life. You get the feeling of how the orchid would appear in nature.
In the exhibit hall, the lighting is designed to really bring out the dazzling and detailed displays of each orchid arrangement. Aside from beautiful vignettes, the smallest individual orchid flowers are showcased with breathtaking brilliance. Whereas natural light shows orchids in context, the spotlights and other lighting features in the exhibit bring a greater focus to orchid details. These orchids are here to perform, to play both lead and support. That's what makes an exhibit interesting.
Third Element: Focus
There is something to discover in both blurred images and sharp photographs. Whether intentional or not, capturing a blurred image creates an interesting experience for the viewer. It's almost as if you're outside looking in or looking over someone's shoulder. You can see enough to make out the shape of the object, but can't quite focus on the details. It produces an exciting feeling, because you want to know the specifics and there are still things you don't know yet. With blurred images, you hone on different features of a plant than you normally would. You pay closer attention to the shape of the flower, or notice the overwhelming color which may be lost to the intricacies of orchid patterns in sharply-focused frames. Look at the following three photos, what changes and what new views appear for you with each progressive shot?
As the images get progressively less focused, what stands out to me in the above images is the "C" shape of the Oncidium Tiger Crow 'Golden Girl' on the right hand side of the photo.
Regardless of what kind of camera you may have, there's ample ways to tailor a unique photo by experimenting with these elements. Visit the orchid exhibition and get creative!
– Alan M., Orchid Exhibition Intern
March 19, 2015 at 9:27 am smithsoniangardens Leave a comment
Behind the Orchids: Orchid Family Day
After working with orchids for five weeks, I could not have been more thrilled to share the splendor of orchids with families and museum-goers at Orchid Family Day. The event was held Saturday, February 22nd on the ground floor of the National Museum of Natural History, and drew a large crowd even in the face of a snowstorm. Smithsonian Gardens, the United States Botanic Garden, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center joined together to engage and educate Orchid Family Day participants about orchids and orchid care. Stations included building terrariums, creating botanical illustrations, making paper orchid corsages, asking an expert any orchid question, learning about orchid research, and potting an orchid to take home.
Naturally, there's always some amount of preparation work that goes into any event. Planning Orchid Family Day took a team of Smithsonian Gardens staff and volunteers. Over numerous weeks, the group developed activities, prepared necessary materials, and helped gather the staff and volunteers needed to run activities. We also created orchid information panels from scratch to pair with the day's activities. As an intern, I was able to collaborate and create the initial drafts of three display panels. The text then had to pass through several people for editing and revising to ensure quality and accuracy. After having gathered some of the first research for these panels, it was incredible to see the transformation from a simple word document into a professional looking display panel. It was a great opportunity, and I'm proud to have played an influential role in the development of Orchid Family Day.
Aside from event logistics, Orchid Family Day also needed publicity. Event details were posted online but word of mouth brought more people than the publicity alone could have. In fact, even with the threat of a snowstorm, hundreds of people showed up for the event. Impressively, as the doors to the National Museum of Natural History opened, countless families and individuals flooded into the museum. Although many patrons were excited to be the first in the exhibit halls, a steady stream of people made their way to the family day activities.
The enthusiasm of people bouncing between tables, building terrariums then potting orchids, made for equally enthusiastic staff and volunteers at each table to engage the ever changing visitors. I had the chance to witness several staff and volunteers of the gardens participate in demonstrations that were very unlike the work I've what previously seen them do. For example, one of the Smithsonian Gardens supervisors was helping make paper orchid corsages! It was incredibly enjoyable seeing the staff engaged with participants whether it was through drawing, potting, building, or teaching. I had the opportunity to staff the botanical illustration table, which is something I've never studied or worked much with before. Regardless, it was a lot of fun watching children color in orchid outlines and use their illustrations for all kinds of art projects. We initially intended for them just to create bookmarks, but they got creative and made necklaces and pictures to give to their parents too. Their enthusiasm was endless and parents often had to gently coax their children away from the table when it was time for them to go.
Many curious minds wandered into the exhibit, and not all were children. Adults wishing to learn more about orchids made the "ask an expert" table very popular. They also enjoyed discovering the latest in orchid research and conservation at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center table. And of course, the ever popular "pot an orchid" station may have stolen the show for most individuals as the U.S. Botanic Garden brought a thousand orchids to give away for free. Orchid Family Day activities offered something for everybody, so make sure to come out to the next one in 2017!
– Alan M., Orchid Exhibition Intern
February 26, 2015 at 11:00 am smithsoniangardens Leave a comment
Behind the Orchids: The Living Collection
Orchids are full of wonder. They have a vast amount of habitat diversity across the globe including swamps, deserts, tropics, and tundra. In fact, orchids are so diverse there's almost no end to them, and this doesn't even include the ones human have hybridized. You name a part of the plant and it's bound to be different from genus to genus in the family Orchidaceae. To illustrate, take a look at Ludisia discolor and Oncidopsis Nelly Isler 'Swiss Beauty' currently on display in the exhibit "Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty."
These two plants show just how varied orchids can be in color, flower size, number of blooms, and even the general foliage. Though different, each still retains a beauty in its own way. Ludisia discolor, also called a jewel orchid, is sought after for its foliage rather than its flowers. It's a terrestrial orchid found in Asia and its leaves are a deep green lined with red veins. Oncidopsis Nelly Isler 'Swiss Beauty,' on the other hand, is distinguished by its pleasant red blooms and gives off a unique fragrance. Furthermore, Nelly Isler 'Swiss Beauty' is a hybrid containing a mixture of four different species, while Ludisia discolor is a species found in the wild. And these two only make up a fraction of the 8,000+ orchids in Smithsonian Gardens' collection.
Fortunately, there's a system in place that helps keep track of the many plants in the Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection. This is extremely important because as a "living collection" it's always growing and changing. Each orchid in the collection is given a specific barcode label that links to a database record containing important information about the plant. In addition to keeping basic information like its genus and species, the record reveal the plant's current location, condition, and notes about its current use. All of this information is important for consistent record keeping. After scanning upwards of 80 to 100 plants each week, eventually you begin to pick up some interesting information. For example, some of these orchids are over 30 years old!
Maintaining the database is essential to keeping the orchid exhibit running smoothly. Plants selected for the exhibit are scanned at the beginning of each week in order to keep track of their changing location. Every Monday and Tuesday, I work to arrange these selected orchids into rank and file at the greenhouses with the help of several other greenhouse staff and volunteers. This makes scanning the pants' barcodes and recording whether they're leaving for the show or returning a simple process. It also makes it easy to pull the corresponding display labels. If you've made it to the show, you probably recognize those gleaming black and white labels in the photo. Smithsonian Gardens actually keeps label library chock full of thousands of these labels!
Once all the tags are scanned and display labels staked, plants have to be loaded onto carts and plastic wrapped. It's lovely that orchids bloom during the winter, but it's dangerous for us to have to move them outside in cold weather! The plastic wrap provides a temporary buffer from the cold temperatures, which could otherwise harm the blooms and overall health of the orchids. We then swiftly move these carts from greenhouse to box truck and box truck to exhibit hall; minimizing the time they're outside in the cold. All this scanning, packing, and loading is a bit of a logistical feat, so it's no surprise something may get left along the way. Case in point, I once forgot to bring the roll of plastic wrap to the exhibit hall.
Now those plants wrapped in the picture above look pretty professional, but that's only half the battle. It's incredibly important to take the plastic wrap to the museum because the carts bringing plants back from the exhibit really need protection from the cold as well. These are, after all, orchids that are stressed out from the less than ideal conditions of the exhibit hall. Since we did not have plastic wrap available the Smithsonian Gardens staff improvised and obtained trash bags. The bags made for sufficient protection during the trip back, even if it looked like we were stealing the plants. That was, however, an incredibly stressful experience for me because I was sure we were going to lose part of the collection. I'll make sure to bring the plastic wrap in the future!
To help balance stressful moments like this, Smithsonian Gardens regularly offers really great opportunities for interns to experience. There are internal tours, in-service sessions, and other educational opportunities that I'm able to attend with my intern status. Recently, I had the opportunity to take a tour of the National Herbarium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. If you're like me, you had to look up the definition of a herbarium and figure out what all the commotion is about for a library of dried plants. Aside from the general appealing aesthetics of neatly dried and pressed plants, the National Herbarium has millions of specimens. Its collection includes type specimens, around thirty plants currently extinct in the wild, and even plants collected by former presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Chester Arthur. It also contains some seriously historical plants, like one collected in the 1500s! It's almost inconceivable to think about everything that's housed in the herbarium. Check it out online at http://botany.si.edu/colls/collections_overview.htm.
After the tour, I'm really excited for what other opportunities may pop up next. I'm looking forward to making the most of these experiences and sharing them on the Smithsonian Gardens' blog. That's all for now, but enjoy another photo from the herbarium of the world's largest seed. This dried seed still weighs a cool twenty pounds!
-Alan M., Orchid Exhibition Intern
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Behind the Orchids: Setting Up the Show
A lot of work goes into making an exhibit like this year's orchid show, "Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty." Of course there's the joint effort of Smithsonian Gardens, U.S. Botanic Garden and National Museum of Natural History staff, but what about all the finer details? How do those beautiful orchids and other plants made it onto the show floor? Was all that Spanish moss really hung by hand? What about the angle of that delicate little orchid you didn't notice until your second or third time visiting? Are the plants changed each week?
My name is Alan Marcus and I'm currently the spring exhibition intern with Smithsonian Gardens. I wasn't ready for the barrage of work to address all the little details of this year's orchid exhibit when I arrived this month, but I've tried my best to keep up. It was fun getting thrown into the mix of preparation and I love telling everyone about all the effort that goes into it. Honestly, the work wasn't nearly as tedious as I make it seem. In fact, it was quite the opposite! Hopefully I've piqued your interest to explore and continue reading into the less glamorous side of this year's beautiful orchid exhibition. Let's take a look at a somewhat typical work day for exhibition set up.
Mornings. Start. Early. OK, so 6:30 am isn't the earliest start for work, but it can be a little exhausting after a while. What really motivates the staff to arrive for work every day is that everyone loves what they do. It's simple. I know that sounds corny, but honestly its something I think is so important for visitors to know about this exhibit. On top of arriving early at the greenhouses, every day starts with a morning meeting (where you can imagine everyone's at their finest). The staff is a true cast of characters, but the plants and the work they do for the public are things everyone comes together on. Every orchid you see, every minute detail from the mulch in the planters to the hook the lab coat rests on, was labored over with love for the exhibit and the potential joy it can bring to all visitors. That's what gets the staff to the greenhouses in the morning to meet and load plants onto trucks bound for the National Museum of Natural History by 7 am.
Once in the exhibit hall, staff worked on their various assignments from the morning meeting. Some spent the morning visualizing and creating a steamy jungle display, while others busily ensured plants have the proper drain plates underneath them and are covered with mulch on top. My work was really all over the place, but that was great because I had the chance to work closely with a different staff member each day. This allowed me to ask all sorts of questions about the orchids. Two orchids in particular struck me with awe. Those orchids were Psychopsis mariposa and Maxillariella elatior. They're both strangely attractive plants and their biology reveals something unique about each orchid. The shiny bottom lip of the elatior orchid fooled me in thinking there's some kind of nectar present, but it's actually dry to the touch. This is one way it tricks pollinators into landing on its flower. On the other hand, the mariposa flower has a beautifully eerie shape that appears as a butterfly frozen in flight and can successively bloom for several months.
Just as my work changed, work on the show floor can be very different from person to person and from day to day. It's nothing short of impressive watching the staff move about the room to fix up their areas. Something I was not expecting to see, but that is also worth mentioning, is that staff members did not just focus on their part of the display alone. For the sake of the exhibit's theme, staff members were often asked to opine on specific design choices and how plantings could better fit in overall. Often, I was asked for my opinion about the color arrangements of orchids or about the positioning of certain plants to help make the display look more authentic and easier to view from the floor.
After working through the morning, lunch comes, and it was eagerly greeted by most. It's surprisingly challenging work trying to coordinate all parts of the exhibit together, and I think it takes a full belly to complete the work efficiently. Either way, lunches were enjoyable. Work sometimes carried into the conversation, but mostly lunch was a time to relax and help get refocused for the afternoon. After lunch, work continued with renewed vigor as portions of display installments came to a close for the day. More often than not, these "finished" portions were revisited several times during the week as the overall design of the exhibit developed and grew to include more elements of the theme. For example, different orchids now line the portion of the exhibit by the laboratory scene than were first placed, and the beautiful white Phalaenopsis near the exit were a last-minute change. Clean up followed shortly after and carts and baskets were loaded back onto trucks to return to the greenhouse for the following day's deliveries. It took the entire week to get every plant down there!
And that's how a typical day went for the set-up of this exhibit. There's really a lot to look at when you make your visit. There will continue to be new orchids to explore since plants need to be swapped out regularly to display the freshest blooms. I ask you to return to the exhibit again and again over the next couple months to take some time to really soak it all in. I promise there will be something new for your visit every time, whether it's a new plant altogether, or simply a small detail that went unnoticed on your last visit. Everything is placed with a purpose, and there's no doubt something for all to enjoy.
-Alan M., Orchid Exhibition Intern
The Great Auk
The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), now displayed in sculpture on the southeast corner of the Enid A. Haupt Garden, was a flightless bird that fell prey to exploitation. A fast and facile swimmer and diver, the auk was characterized by its stubby wings, high-contrast black and white feathers, tall body, clumsy waddle, and large ribbed beak. It was initially found in dense colonies in the subarctic Atlantic, along the coasts of Canada, the United States, Iceland and Norway. But human predation caused its numbers to dwindle over the course of several centuries.
The sculpture is part of The Lost Bird Project, which seeks to create awareness about our fragile bird species. The creation of artist Todd McGrain, the project has been sponsored by the Smithsonian and other organizations. Four birds will remain in the Haupt Garden until spring 2015; a fifth bird is in the garden of the National Museum of Natural History, on the corner of 12th Street and Constitution Avenue.
Great auks spent most of their lives in the sea, seeking out land only during the spring breeding season. Their breeding sites were limited: the only suitable areas were those with reefs or rocky ledges, where the birds could waddle ashore to lay their eggs. Because the birds tended to concentrate in a few coastal areas, they were an easy target for hunters. Indeed, they were subjected to large-scale massacres, hunters killing them for their meat, oil, and feathers. The latter were used for clothes and pillows, the comforts of humans and profits of businesses taking precedence over the survival of the bird.
The last two Great auks were killed in 1844, although there were reports of a single bird remaining in 1852. The remains of the last two confirmed birds are preserved in formaldehyde in a museum in Denmark, a sad reminder of the bird's demise.
The Great auk inspired Ogden Nash's A Caution to Everybody:
Consider the auk;
Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk.
Consider man, who may well become extinct
Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked.
-Annette B. Ramírez de Arellano, Smithsonian Gardens Volunteer
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The Carolina Parakeet
The Carolina Parakeet, one of the bird sculptures currently on display in the Enid A. Haupt Garden, was distinguished by its beautiful plumage and its very long tail. Although it was initially found in vast areas of the United States, its numbers began dwindling in the 19th century. The last parakeet was sighted in 1904, and the bird was declared extinct in 1939.
The sculpture is part of The Lost Bird Project, which seeks to create awareness about our fragile bird species. The creation of artist Todd McGrain, the project has been sponsored by the Smithsonian and other organizations. Four birds will remain in the Haupt Garden until spring 2015; a fifth bird is in the garden of the National Museum of Natural History.
The Carolina parakeet was found in forested areas and swampy regions of the United States, stretching from the southeastern United States to the Great Plains and west to the Mid-Atlantic region. A small bird, it weighed a mere ten ounces. It was distinguished by its colorful feathers, which ranged from yellow and orange to several shades of green. Due to urbanization, its habitats began to contract in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Even in 1831, John James Audubon commented that, along the Mississippi, the number of Carolina parakeets was less than half those that existed a mere fifteen years earlier.
The demise of the parakeet was the result of several trends or causes which operated individually and collectively; these can be summarized as deforestation, decoration, displacement, and disease.
Deforestation robbed the birds of food and nesting sites, thereby killing or displacing many flocks. Moreover, habitat destruction made hunting more effective because it concentrated the birds, making them more vulnerable to hunters. Farmers and those who had small orchards saw the birds as pests. Many parakeets fell prey to hunters trying to protect their crops. When one bird was wounded, it would cry in distress, a call that summoned others of the flock. Entire flocks were shot as the birds rallied around a wounded bird.
The birds were also vulnerable to tastes in fashion: the parakeet's beautiful feathers were used to decorate hats. In 1886, Frank Chapman, an ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York noted that, walking around Manhattan, he had spotted feathers from some 40 native species of birds decorating woman's hats. The feather trade was a lucrative business, with hunters receiving twice the price of gold for an ounce of the coveted plumes. Although Congress enacted legislation to prohibit interstate commerce in certain types of feathers, the laws had too many loopholes to curtail the trade. By 1898 the prevailing fashion had had such an impact that environmentalists and ornithologists attempted to shame women for wearing hats with feathers. One New York Times article titled "Murderous Millinery" stressed that women invited public stigma "by exhibiting themselves . . . in the relics of murdered innocence." The Audubon Society also urged "bird hat boycotts," suggesting that women instead wear environmentally-correct "audubonnets" bedecked with ribbons and other non-feathered ornaments.
Another contributory cause of the Carolina parakeets declining numbers may have been the importation of honeybees, which evicted the birds from the cavities in hollow trees where they nested. Finally, some scientists have hypothesized that exotic poultry diseases may have decimated the parakeet population that had survived other threats and were in protected habitats. Whatever the reason or reasons, today Carolina parakeets can be appreciated only in museums and ornithological collections, where they are mounted specimens rather than part of a gregarious flock.
-Annette B. Ramírez de Arellano, Smithsonian Gardens volunteer
The Lost Bird Project is a companion exhibit to "Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America" on view at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries through October 2015.
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The Labrador Duck
Of the four birds currently on display as sculptures in the Enid A. Haupt Garden, the Labrador duck is the one about which we know the least. Despite this—or perhaps because of this— the bird has spawned different theories about how it lived and how it eventually became extinct.
The sculpture is part of The Lost Bird Project, which seeks to create awareness about our fragile bird species. The creation of artist Todd McGrain, the project has been sponsored by the Smithsonian and other organizations. Four birds will remain in the Haupt Garden until spring 2015; a fifth bird is in the garden of the National Museum of Natural History, on the corner of 12th Street and Constitution Avenue.
The Labrador duck lived along the east coast of North America, from Canada to the Chesapeake. A small bird, it was a good diver and swimmer. It had a flat, square bill that allowed it to scoop up small fish and shells, on which it lived.
Unlike other birds that became extinct because of specific practices or even a single cataclysmic event, the Labrador duck declined for unknown reasons. Its meat did not taste good, so the duck was not hunted widely. Nor was its plumage unique or particularly desirable. There is some speculation that the number of ducks began to decline when their main source of nourishment, a specific mollusk, was depleted by overfishing. Another possibility is that its eggs were widely hunted by predators, thereby reducing the number of birds. The story of the Labrador duck therefore underscores the interconnectedness of the natural world: change in one element can trigger further changes, eventually jeopardizing the existence of unique species.
Interestingly, the extinction of the Labrador duck has inspired both research and whimsy. Biologist Glen Chilton embarked on an 82,000-mile journey to explore the bird's history, which he captured in his book The Curse of the Labrador Duck (2009). More recently, A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013), a movie starring Ben Kingsley, centers on a group of teenagers' quest to find the duck, which they do not think is extinct.
-Annette B. Ramírez de Arellano, Smithsonian Gardens volunteer
The Lost Bird Project is a companion exhibit to "Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America" on view at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries through October 2015.
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An Optimus Prime sculpture made out of recycled scrap metal. It does not have any transformation capabilities, but manages to look like the prime, which is achievement enough.
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An Optimus Prime sculpture made out of recycled scrap metal. It does not have any transformation capabilities, but manages to look like the prime, which is achievement enough.
Via: RainPacket on Flickr, Walyou
While the world is thinking of mind controlled robots and computers, it is obvious the technology will also find place in some weirder and previously never thought of applications. Who knew someone wanted mind controlled cat ear add-ons like these from Japanese company Neurowear. The ears go erect when the wearer is focussed on something or thinking intently, and relax as soon as the wearer relaxes. Yes, that's about all the action, but do not underestimate the power of kitty ears, for something tells me that they will sell well.
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Former Oxford United midfielder Peter Leven is determined to make a return to football next season, almost 18 months on from his last appearance.
An injury-hit finish to the Scot's spell with the U's, who released him at the end of the 2012-13 campaign, appeared to signal a premature end to his career.
But after taking time to fully recover from the knocks and assess his options, retirement is not on Leven's agenda.
Time spent in the USA in February training with second tier side San Antonio Scorpions rekindled the 30-year-old's de-sire to make a playing return.
He said: "I did double sessions every day for a week.
"I never used to do that back home and it gave me a sense of believing in myself again."
Crucially, there has been no recurrence of the knee problems which hampered him in his time at United.
Leven, whose memorable strike from the centre circle against Port Vale in October 2011 was the highlight of his 67 games in two years with the club, admits his willingness to play through the pain did not help.
He said: "It was like 'if you need me to play, I'll play', whereas some players would take three or four weeks out to get fully recovered – maybe that was my downfall.
"Don't get me wrong, I still have to look after myself.
"I was told to retire at 17 and I'm 30 now. I have still got the same knee I had when I was 17, but I know how to manage myself.
"I've averaged 35 games a season over my career."
Coaching appeals to the former Glasgow Rangers trainee, who already has his UEFA B Licence and will start the A Licence course shortly.
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A couple of Skrill Premier clubs have shown an interest, while there are also potential opportunities in the USA and Scotland.
Leven is doing everything he can – even joining Twitter (@peter_leven) – to avoid slipping out of the game for good.
"It's been absolutely horrible, that's why I want to be involved again, in any capacity," he said.
"When you're doing well everyone wants to talk, but when you're thinking what's out there people forget you and don't pick up the phone.
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"I just want to stay in the game, I don't want to disappear out of the back door.
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