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Sunday, December 09, 2012 | Posted by kara-karina@Nocturnal Book Reviews
Ahoy, me pretties!
How is your Christmas shopping going? Mine is done and dusted. Even my Christmas tree is done at last.
Here is what I've READ this week:
I've already posted my review on THE EMPEROR'S CONSPIRACY. Gorgeous book, read it! The same goes for MOONSHIFTED. It's all in my review peeps ;) GILDED - wow, wow, wow! I am so frustrated right now with the ending. This was a book that kept me on the edge and then I fell off the cliff. No cliffhanger per se, but some very radical changes in the plot. I feel like I must backtrack the rest of Miss Cooper's books and read them right now. A GIRL NAMED DIGIT was full of light fluff, it's nice but I don't think I loved it as mush as other people on whose reviews I picked it up. A VAMPIRE WALKS INTO A BAR was a short and funny novella from Tracey Sinclair. Very enjoyable, snarky and British. MY LIEGE OF DARK HAVEN was just lovely. It was a BDSM book I picked up on recommendation. I enjoyed the love story and the writing style. It was very relaxing, hot, sweet, had absolutely no jerky alpha males and I'll definitely be picking up more of Cherise Sinclair's books in the future. THE MYSTERIOUS MADAM MORPHO was a sweet little novella, the most memorable part of which was magical butterfly performance. At last, I finished my reading challenge of the year with KUSHIEL'S AVATAR, an incredibly gorgeous fantasy from Jacqueline Carey. I love her writing and slowly go through all her books. The problem is they are about 1000 pages long each and emotionally intense, so it takes a long time to read and process one book :)
2012 Reading Challenge
Kara-karina has completed her goal of reading 250 books in 2012!
For the next two weeks I'm running a Christmas feature I'm undertaking for the first time in my blogging experience.
It will involve guest posts and giveaways for the books of some of my favorite authors, so I hope we all have fun and that it'll go smoothly.
The schedule will be posted on Monday.
Fingers crossed!
Happy Sunday!
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Connecticut's Earned Income Tax Credit might be re-negotiated as state legislators try to close a $1.1 billion budget deficit for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
"It has been on my radar in terms of cutting programs," said state Rep. Edward Moukawsher, D-Groton.
The program cost the state $109 million in 2012, based on 2011 tax filings. About 180,000 Connecticut households with average incomes of $18,000 received an average of $600 in 2012, according to the Fiscal Policy Center at Connecticut Voices for Children.
The program was based on the federal Earned Income Tax Credit program, which on average provided a $2,000 in tax credit for workers earning an average of $18,000, the policy center said. The federal program cost about $56 billion in fiscal year 2011 and the Government Accountability Office estimated that 23.5 percent or $15.2 billion was paid incorrectly.
"What most people will admit is it is fraught with fraud," said House Majority Leader Larry Cafero, R-Norwalk. … "Fifteen to 25 percent on the federal level, and ours piggybacks off of that."
In last month's deficit mitigation bill, legislators agreed to find $1 million of fraud in the Earned Income Tax Credit program.
Wade Gibson, senior policy fellow at the Fiscal Policy Center at Connecticut Voices for Children said he wants tax fraud across all programs investigated but that capturing a couple hundred dollars from poor people might not be the way to go.
"Tax fraud; it's usually not with poor people, it's usually with much more wealthy corporations," Gibson said.
Some lawmakers are also frustrated that many Earned Income Tax Credit beneficiaries don't pay much in state income taxes, however, they receive a "refund."
"They are not paying income taxes and they are getting a payment just based on their income and family situation," Moukawsher said.
If someone who used the Earned Income Tax Credit was paying a state income tax it would be small because a single person making $12,000 and less does not pay a state income tax, according to the state Department of Revenue Services.
An individual without children who qualified for the state or federal Earned Income Tax Credit would have to earn less than approximately $13,900, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Individuals or couples without children would have to earn less than approximately $19,200 and individuals or couples with children would have to earn less than approximately $50,300.
The Office of Fiscal Analysis estimated that the program would cost $116.5 million in fiscal year 2013. Because the tax credit is new and roughly 10 percent of the current $1.1 billion budget deficit it might be challenging to keep.
"If we want to help people, we create a program, but we never take the time to see if we can pay for it," Cafero said. "So now when the citizen gets used to the program we find ourselves in the same position as we did last month."
In New London County 13,911 households claimed the credit and each received on average $598. Hartford County had the most claims, 51,322 households, each receiving and average of $614.
The aim of the tax credit was to make the state tax code more progressive and offset sales tax increases, the policy center said.
"Whatever the merits are, one way or another, I just didn't think we could afford (it) when we did it and don't see how we can afford it now," Moukawsher said.
• East Lyme, 522 households, total amount claimed $258,929
• Franklin, 48 households, total amount claimed $32,037
• Griswold, 721 households, total amount claimed $388,327
• Groton, 1,569 households, total amount claimed $979,895
• Lebanon, 258 households, total amount claimed $138,393
• Ledyard, 556 households, total amount claimed $304,570
• Lyme, 40 households, total amount claimed $17,230
• Montville, 866 households, total amount claimed$482,511
• New London, 2,730 households, total amount claimed $1,836,111
• North Stonington, 157 households, total amount claimed $84,231
• Norwich, 3,432 households, total amount claimed $2,204,366
• Old Lyme, 168 households, total amount claimed $75,729
• Preston, 171 households, total amount claimed $81,911
• Salem, 103 households, total amount claimed $52,415
• Sprague, 184 households, total amount claimed $117,433
• Stonington, 857housholds, total amount claimed $427,902
• Voluntown, 120 households, total amount claimed $64,350
• Waterford, 698 households, total amount claimed $375,146
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Staind's new album, "Break the Cycle", is due for release on May 8th. New comers Puddle of Mudd's debut album is expected in July on the Fred Durst's label, Flawless Records.


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SOURCE: Varet-Ali, Elizabeth M. "The Unfortunate Fate of Seventeen Fitzgerald 'Origins': Towards a Reading of The Pat Hobby Stories on Their Own Merits Completely." Journal of the Short Story in English, no. 14 (spring 1990): 87-110.
In the following essay, Varet-Ali praises the originality of The Pat Hobby Stories and considers their place within Fitzgerald's oeuvre.
I'm awfully tired of being Scott Fitzgerald anyhow, as there doesn't seem to be so much money in it, and I'd like to find out if people read me just because I am Scott Fitzgerald or, what is more likely, don't read me for the same reason. In other words it would fascinate me to have one of my stories stand on its own merits completely and see if there is a response. Letter to Arnold Gingrich, 7 February...
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'Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age' Exhibit Comes to Frist Center 2/01-5/19
Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age: Highlights from the Detroit Institute of Arts will open at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts on February 1, 2013. Drawn entirely from the superb collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, this exhibition presents works of the great Dutch masters including Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob van Ruisdael and Jan Steen, along with related decorative arts. Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age will remain on view in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery through May 19, 2013.
Frist Center admission is $10.00 for adults and $7.00 for seniors, military and college students with ID. College students are admitted free Thursday and Friday evenings (with the exception of Frist Fridays), 5–9 p.m. Discounts are offered for groups of 10 or more with advance reservation by calling 615.744.3247.
Comprised of 73 paintings and 16 decorative arts, the exhibition sets the work of the great Dutch masters within the larger social, religious and political context of the Dutch Golden Age. Together these works provide a stunning survey of the art produced in the 17th century in the newly independent and prosperous Dutch Republic.
"We are pleased to have the opportunity to bring to the Frist Center an exhibition entirely devoted to 17th century Dutch painting that has been selected from one of the largest collections of Dutch art outside of the Netherlands," Frist Center Executive Director Susan Edwards remarks. "In addition to presenting works of exceptional beauty by numerous Dutch masters, the exhibition offers rare insight into the social and political climate of this beloved era in art history."
"We are grateful to the H.G. Hill Realty Company for their generosity as our Gold Sponsor for Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age: Highlights from the Detroit Institute of Arts," says Dr. Edwards. "With their support, we are able to present some of the finest Dutch Golden Age paintings at the Frist Center and facilitate more opportunities for education and engagement."
"As a family owned and operated company in Nashville for five generations, we are extremely invested in supporting and furthering our community," says Wentworth Caldwell, Jr., Chairman of the H. G. Hill Company. "To be able to bring some of the great art of the world to Middle Tennessee and, in turn, the many educational and community outreach opportunities it affords is a joy for us."
The exhibition will open with a gallery focusing on Rembrandt, the most innovative, versatile and influential Dutch artist of the 17th century. "Rembrandt did not specialize in any one kind of painting, which distinguishes him from his contemporaries," explains Frist Center Curator Trinita Kennedy. "His vast production of paintings ranges across virtually every thematic category: genre, history painting, landscape, portraiture and still life. He was highly inventive and his work has never lost its extraordinary appeal."
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I apologize in advance to all you Martha Stewart fans who do all things impeccably well, paying attention to every little detail like cleaning the tops of your ceiling fans once a week and flambĂ©ing flamboyantly without breaking a sweat.Â
Frankly I have a love-hate relationship with Martha, and right now it's squarely in the latter category.
I'm guilty of watching her on television much like a rubbernecker trying to get a look at the gory details of a wreck. I also listen to her radio station on Sirius and gag all the way to Wal-Mart as I listen to her condescendingly answer call-in questions with her British infused New England accent.
She didn't used to talk that way, did she? I guess she picked it up in the penitentiary.
Sometimes you will see me literally screaming down Highway 12 — like yesterday when her highness told a caller to prune all her hydrangeas in February along with the roses. Even I know that is criminal advice, worthy of another six months in the slammer. That poor caller won't have a single bloom next spring because blooms appear on old wood.Â
How does she get away with stuff like this?
Because she's got us all hood-winked into believing that cooking and housekeeping can and should be the perfect activity for the perfect woman. We mere mortals will never get it right so we keep listening and watching in hope that some of her abnormal finesse will rub off on us.
Nevertheless, I'm determined to deliver an edible Thanksgiving dinner for my family this year without losing my cool or experiencing the usual disasters. I ran off Martha's 10 tips for a picture-perfect Thanksgiving, and I'm working my way through the list.
Item numero uno instructed me to purchase a small notebook and carefully make a list of the dishes I plan to serve — complete with the groceries needed to pull it off.
This week I was advised to begin the grocery shopping, but I can't find that darn notebook.Â
This week, I'm also to do all the heavy house work like waxing the floors and polishing all the furniture. That makes no sense, because the house will be dirty again by Thanksgiving and I'll be cooking the turkey while madly looking for my feather duster which will likely be roasting in the oven along with the turkey.Â
Today, she says to realign all my area rugs to conform to curvature of the earth and add a wing onto the dining room in case extra guests arrive. Next week, I am advised to knit sparkly leg warmers for the Thanksgiving turkey.
Last minute tips designed to impress your guests are such ludicrous activities as placing lemon slices in the dog's water bowls, floating votive candles in all the toilets and filing down the legs of the dining room chairs so each guest will be the same height.
Oh, and don't forget to organize your spice rack by genus and phylum. As soon as your guests leave, immediately blanch the turkey carcass and spray paint it gold. Turn it upside down and use it as a miniature sleigh to hold Christmas cards.
Oh boy.Â
I'm going to be the toast of my Thanksgiving soiree — either that, or my family will be trying to book a room at the nearest institution.
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Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...hot, but I've heard he's sort of a dick in real life. Boy....his eyes.... *swoon*ReplyDeleteReplies
Seems I've heard that too but have not investigated.Delete
Have you seen many of his movies? I saw Cruel Intentions several years ago but don't remember him enough. I think I need to watch whatever else he's been in.
*swoon* indeed!
He's super hot. I remember him from Cruel Intentions...and Crash, I think. Nice pics!ReplyDeleteReplies
I've heard about Crash but have not seen it.Delete
Larry Mullen Jr. is my biggest rock star crush! I think RP would be great.ReplyDeleteReplies
Larry could probably play himself since he looks about the same as he did 20 years ago. lolDelete
I like this photo of him for the somewhat evil guy in your dream.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hehe, cool, but the guy in my dream looked more harmless like Ryan looks in the pics above.Delete
Uhhl, I find the pic Jean posted most drool-worthy of all of them.ReplyDelete
I concur on him playing young Larry.
Though yeah, now that we know Larry's been acting (?!?), he could play himself, just with some cleverly hidden duct tape pulling back his face.Replies


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Kvitova, Azarenka meet in WTA Championships final
ISTANBUL Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will play Victoria Azarenka in the WTA Championships final on Sunday with the No. 2 ranking on the line along with a $1.5 million paycheck.
Kvitova, a Czech lefthander with booming serves, rallied to defeat U.S. Open winner Samantha Stosur 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals Saturday, while fourth-ranked Azarenka defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-3.
Kvitova beat Azarenka in the semifinals en route to winning her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon this year. She's counting on a psychological edge after defeating Azarenka in both the matches they played this season.
"Hopefully, it will be better for me, mentally," Kvitova said. "We know each other very well."
Azarenka said she'd need to blunt Kvitova's powerful serve when they meet at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, which is hosting the championships for the first time. Some 12,000 people attended the semifinals.
"She really goes for her shots," said Azarenka, who has won three titles this season. "So sometimes she doesn't find the rhythm. But at the same time, she can be on and just hit winners."
Against Stosur, Kvitova hit big serves and groundstrokes and moved to the net. In the first set, Stosur capitalized on a pair of service breaks and her own strong kick serve.
Kvitova took early leads in the second and third sets with a power game that has propelled her from outside the top 30 at the start of the year to No. 3.
"It was very tough to break her," Kvitova said. "It was a great match for us."
Azarenka's solid groundstrokes forced errors from Zvonareva, who was never able to gain momentum in the match. Zvonareva held two break points in the last game, but could not convert them.
One game in the second set lasted nearly 12 minutes and ended when the Russian held serve to tie at 2-all, but Azarenka broke her next two service games.
"The score doesn't say much about the game," Azarenka said. "It was important to be consistent and aggressive, find the right balance."
At 21, Kvitova was the youngest of the four semifinalists and hadn't dropped a set in the round-robin phase of the $4.9 million WTA Championships. She beat Stosur in their two previous meetings, including a tough third-round win at the Australian Open this year and a comfortable victory at the 2008 French Open.
Stosur said the momentum shifted during the match, and she was just "trying to hang in there" during the first three or four games when Kvitova was at her best. She said playing the left-handed Kvitova is difficult.
"She'd be hard anyway, regardless of whether she's lefty or right-handed," said Stosur, who praised the Czech for her achievements this year. "She's got the game where you will see a flurry of errors, but she'll flip it over and you'll see that streak of winners."
Stosur plans to take two or three weeks off before preparing for the Australian Open in her home country in January. Despite the loss, the seventh-ranked Stosur said she was pleased with how she played against Kvitova.


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Check out the salmon at several locations
September 22, 2014
NEW — 6 a.m. Sept. 22, 2014
Spot the Spawners in the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed this fall.
Salmon are returning to streams and rivers around Puget Sound. Watch for these natural beauties at the viewing sites around the watersheds as they make their seasonal journey. Local viewpoints include:
Lake Sammamish State Park — 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road, through October. Learn more here.
Issaquah Creek — Self-guided tours along the creek, culminating at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, 125 W. Sunset Way, through Nov. 16. Learn more here.
Volunteer to help the kokanee
April 1, 2014
Here's a unique chance to help the kokanee program from the Bellevue-Issaquah Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
Trapping kokanee fry on Ebright and Lewis creeks recently started, with an anticipated third trap on Laughing Jacobs Creek. Trapping is from dusk to about 11 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Help is needed monitoring these traps.
To volunteer, contact Robert Metzger at firstname.lastname@example.com or 888-3639.
'Salmon Seeson' has arrived, so go view local fish
September 15, 2013
NEW — 6 a.m. Sept. 15, 2013
Fall has arrived, and with it comes the return of salmon to Puget Sound streams and rivers. Sightseers can get a good look at the fish at several local waterways.
Spectators can watch the salmon return to Issaquah Creek from the bridge or through viewing windows at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, 125 W. Sunset Way, through November.
Visitors can take self-guided tours of the hatchery daily, but the Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery offers guided tours on weekends through Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
More kokanee return as community works to restore species
December 4, 2012
Homeowner funds $175,000 culvert project
Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon — a landlocked cousin of sockeye and a species noted for distinctive red coloration — dwindled in recent decades, since before Wally Pereyra moved into a house along Ebright Creek in 1973.
Darigold donates water for Lake Sammamish kokanee
November 6, 2012
Darigold joined the effort in recent weeks to preserve dwindling Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon, Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery announced Oct. 26.
The downtown Issaquah dairy is donating water from a well to the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer for the hatchery to use in the ongoing effort to restore kokanee. The contribution from Darigold should save the hatchery about $50,000 over the program's anticipated lifespan through 2021.
Experts said the Darigold water is ideal for kokanee due to consistent quality and temperature. Using the water allows hatchery teams to prevent the fish from imprinting on Issaquah Creek water, and instead allows fry to imprint on Ebright, Laughing Jacobs and Lewis creeks.
Tribal tales from a kokanee salmon, as told to Dallas Cross
October 2, 2012
Before the Ice Age my ancestral sockeye salmon bearing our tribal name, oncorhynchus nerka, regularly came from the ocean to Lake Sammamish to find mates and reproduce in its streams. As it got colder, a huge glacier cut off the escape of the tribe to Puget Sound. Being trapped, we had to adapt to living our entire lives in fresh water.
It was difficult at first, but soon we were feeding on the small daphnia or water fleas living in the lake. Because daphnia are not as big as krill in the ocean, our size got smaller. Our tribe enjoyed less swimming distance for a lifecycle and we were glad not to be eaten by big salt-water fish and seals. We became land-locked in the lake and its streams. We adapted and survived.
We did retain some traditions of our sea-run ancestors, such as only living three to five years, turning red to spawn, running up streams to lay and fertilize our eggs, and dying afterward. Our short life spans allowed us to make rapid genetic changes in response to climate changes and food availability.
Lake Sammamish kokanee need long-term fix
September 25, 2012
Oncorhynchus nerka, our kokanee salmon in Lake Sammamish, is a threatened native species with greatly reduced numbers spawning in streams feeding the lake.
Most of their historical spawning areas are now denied by barriers or degraded as a result of land development.
Until recently, Lake Sammamish kokanee have not been included with other salmon species in conservation measures and have been low in profile for public concern.
For the past several years, an effort of the environmentally concerned and governmental communities adjacent to Lake Sammamish have participated in defining the problem, setting goals and taking action to address the threatened loss of the kokanee.
Where have all the kokanee salmon gone?
July 17, 2012
For 5 million years, an ancient class of salmon has been swimming in lakes and streams once connected to the Pacific Ocean. They are kokanee, a small species of freshwater salmon.
Kokanee live in Lake Sammamish and spawn in its creeks. Their scientific name is Oncorhynchus nerka. It is a combination of hooked-nose in Latin together with a complex, Latin-Polish name for red salmon. They share the nerka name with their ancestral, but genetically distinct, sockeye salmon. The name, kokanee, comes from the Okanagan-Salish language and means red fish.
Lake Sammamish kokanee embrace their red fish name when they return in November through January to their birth creeks to spawn. In the lake, they are mostly silver with small scales, not spotted like trout, and have a distinctively forked tail. At spawning time, the bodies of males turn a bright red with green heads and a hooked nose. The females' bodies turn red with a faint green stripe.
Spawning pairs seek gravel beds in the same streams where they were hatched. In these streams, they move gravel around making redds in which the female lays eggs to be fertilized by the ever-attendant male. The eggs incubate in the gravel redds for three to four months during which an alevin with an egg sac forms. Alevin then absorb the sac and mature into kokanee fry. The fry wait for a stream temperature of about 52 degrees and a dark night to leave their gravel beds and make a run downstream to the lake.
King County Flood Control District preserves dollars for salmon projects
June 19, 2012
Issaquah salmon-restoration projects could garner grant dollars after all, even though a lawsuit threatened to cut off funds for conservation projects countywide.
King County Flood Control District leaders decided to fund salmon-recovery projects after the King Conservation District stopped doling out grants amid a legal challenge.
Flood Control District officials approved $3 million May 14 for projects to improve water quality, protect and restore habitat, and support salmon recovery efforts. King County Council members sit as the executive board for the Flood Control District.
The decision is meant to plug a gap left after the King Conservation District halted a separate process to issue salmon-recovery grants. Read more
Lake Sammamish kokanee fry release starts Earth Day celebration
April 10, 2012
Conservationists plodded along rain-soaked creek banks last autumn to collect mature Lake Sammamish kokanee salmon in a soggy slog and pluck fish from a handful of streams to preserve the fading species.
The groups responsible for the salmon run restoration effort plan to return to Laughing Jacobs Creek on April 19 to release minuscule fry — a sign of success for the local, county, state and federal agencies entwined in the preservation program.
The annual kokanee fry release celebrates the ongoing push to restore the declining kokanee population in Lake Sammamish and launches Earth Day observances in the area. The community is invited to participate and learn about the salmon species — a landlocked cousin of sockeye — and the preservation program.


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Why can't one of our space telescopes, capable of seeing galaxies many light years away, be pointed at the site of the moon landings where one can assume there are some remnants from the visits. Would this definitively prove to any sceptics that humans landed on the moon? It would be a nice way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing.
Liza Brooks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK
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Facebook's App Center Launches In The US, Debuts With Just Over 600 Apps
U.S. Facebook users should start seeing Facebook's new App Center when they log into Facebook via the web, Android app, or iOS apps. Facebook's new App Center is less of an "App Store" and more of a central location for Facebook users to discover new apps. In reality, it's just a way for Facebook to keep users in Facebook or using Facebook integrated apps.


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The point is well taken and reasonable.
Here is how we are looking at things.
The 10% is to cover a lot of bases. First, when we charge you for a suit, we incur a fee. When we refund the charges, we incur another fee. Those two added up with other misc costs of selling the product and returning it costs us approx 10%. So all were are doing is charging what it costs us to take a return item.
Similar suits cost significantly more. We have to make sure our quality is equal to theirs and yet sell it for a much cheaper price. A company can afford to digest various costs when its marking up products that signficantly. For example, if i charge you $700+ for a suit, i dont mind first sending you a trial size and then paying for you to return that and ship out the size you would like based on the trial. Our goal is to provide you a great product at an amazing price. We can increase the price 10% and then say, no restocking fee, is that a better alternative?
You point is valid, but the flip side of the coin is this. Look at the stuff we include for free (for those who decide to keep the suit): Kneesliders, thermal liner, back armor, shin armor etc.
Now regarding buying the suit without taking a look first. We are trying to put our product in stores. This takes times. We currenty have displays in two stores (one in VA, one in CA).
I hope this addresses your concerns. I do undertand your point, I hope you understand mine too :)
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MINNEAPOLIS In 2008, Twins first baseman Justin Morneau played in all 162 regular-season games plus a Game 163. He was Minnesota's iron man after having played 157 games in the previous two seasons.Since then, however, Morneau has not finished a season healthy. In 2009, it was a back injury. The 2010 season was cut short after 81 games due to a concussion. And last year, Morneau suffered from multiple ailments, including a strained wrist, a pinched nerve in his neck and recurring concussion symptoms.The injuries have been out of Morneau's control, but they've certainly frustrated the 2006 American League MVP. Minnesota will need a healthy Morneau in 2012 if it wants to bounce back from its 99-loss season in 2011."The big question is our health," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said this weekend at the team's annual winter fan event. "If Morneau's there, he's my first baseman."Morneau suffered a concussion on July 7, 2010, while sliding into second base against the Blue Jays. During th...
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A quick daily look at what's happening around Steelers Nation. And consider this your open thread for discussing the days events and, well, anything else that comes to mind about the Black and Gold.
– I think we can all agree that the Steelers offensive line has looked pretty good so far, and was pretty outstanding on Sunday against Tampa Bay. But this week's game is going to present an entirely new challenge. The Falcons and Titans didn't really blitz Dennis Dixon all that much, instead forcing the young quarterback to fit passes into tight spaces in coverage, and Tampa Bay doesn't really have an overwhelming front seven. The Ravens, on the other hand? They're pretty good, and are more than capable of bringing the house. How worried are you about Steelers O-line and Charlie Batch vs. the Ravens defense?
– Check out Ryan Clark's tour of the Steelers locker room and training facility. [Post Game Heroes]
– The Jack Butler Hall of Fame campaign is under way. [Mondesi's House]
– Steel Curtain Radio #90: House Money. [Steel Curtain Radio]
– Ed Bouchette on the 3-0 start. [Post Gazette]
– And for your random YouTube of the day: Mel Blount clowns the Ravens on national TV:


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This morning was a Sunday morning, which meant waffles made on my fine old Dominion waffle iron. It was made before the advent of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, so the entire housing runs burning hot. The "waffle light" is in fact a jewelled window to the upper heating element:
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I wasn't paying attention when I lifted the waffle iron lid, and it melted one of the range burner control knobs:
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The shaft is a single-D, flat-at-9:00-in-off-position, 3/16" major diameter:
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but none of them specifies the shaft diameter. Any of these would be fine; I'm going to replace them all so they match, which is also why my group of candidate knobs are all in the $2 to $4 price range and I've left out the $88/ea items. But first I gotta figure out which of them has the right size D-hole!
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This artist's impression shows how the Arches star cluster appears from deep inside the hub of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Hidden from our direct view, the massive cluster lies 25,000 light-years away and is the densest known gathering of young stars in our galaxy.
The illustration is based on infrared observations from Hubble and with ground-based telescopes, which pierced our galaxy's dusty core and snapped images of the luminous cluster of about 2,000 stars.
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Ima 6'0 140 lbs 14 year old, I play SG & SF. I have good handles, great midrange shot, decent penetrator, and a lockdown defender. I need help with my three point shooting, more work on penetrating, and my overall athleticism and leaping ability. I would like to lead my JV team to the championships this year after a disappointing one point loss last season in the championships. Do you guys know any FREE basketball programs to help the parts of my game that need improvement?
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What is the one thing you need work on the most? If you try to focus on too many aspects of your game, you will not stay focused and not improve so much.
There is a good FREE workout you can get at BasketballTrainingClub.com.


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BHLDN Launches 2014 Collection and We're #Obsessed!
BHLDN just gave us a sneak peek of their newest collection of wedding dresses for 2014 and we are officially pining after every single dress. With details like fluttery sleeves, accent beading and whimsical laces, this collection is perfect for any destination or beach wedding. These gorgeous gowns (plus their other Spring 2014 goodies) will be available on read more


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Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher will meet up and train with the Scotland squad this week, manager Craig Levein has announced.
The 28-year-old's career was seemingly in the balance when Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson revealed last month that the Scotland captain was yet to return to training following a long-standing chronic bowel complaint.
But Levein, who named his squad for the upcoming friendly with Australia this morning, confirmed Fletcher is now on his way back to playing competitive football for the first time since November.
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Monday, July 6, 2015
Alternate title: Tennessee Valley
In this drama about love and how it can go wrong, Reese McHenry (Sam Shepard) is the owner of a clothing store who, in 1966, hires Carol Fitzsimmons (Diane Keaton) to work for him as a seamstress. Carol is a widow, and Reese's wife is in a coma; both are lonely, and they begin a habit of going to the movies every Wednesday afternoon, and sometimes also meeting for furtive sexual assignations. But Reese is unable to commit to a more permanent relationship as long as his wife is alive, despite his feelings for Carol, and their love remains in a state of limbo for the next 30 years. Meanwhile, Reese's son Tom (Robert Patrick) and Carol's daughter Katherine (Diane Lane) become romantically involved with no knowledge of their parent's relationship, but Tom's unwillingness to commit mirrors his father's own failings. The Only Thrill was based on the play The Trading Post by Larry Ketron, who also wrote the screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi


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Fiona Doyle books spot at Rio Olympics
Limerick's Fiona Doyle became the first Irish swimmer to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016 when she reached for the final of the women's 100m breaststroke at the World University Games in South Korea.
Limerick's Fiona Doyle became the first Irish swimmer to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016 when she reached for the final of the women's 100m breaststroke at the World University Games in South Korea.
Korea's Byeong Hun An confirmed the promise he showed as an amateur with a commanding win in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, while Shane Lowry finished tied for sixth place.
Australia have become the eighth country to win the Asian Cup following a 2-1 extra-time victory over South Korea in the tournament's final in Sydney.
Australia will face South Korea in Saturday's Asian Cup final after beating United Arab Emirates 2-0 in the second semi-final on Tuesday.
South Korea moved a step closer to burying their 55-year Asian Cup hoodoo when they grabbed a goal in each half to beat Iraq 2-0 on Monday and set up a final against Australia or United Arab Emirates.
South Korea's Formula One grand prix has been reinstated provisionally for 2015, while double points have been scrapped for the final round in Abu Dhabi, the sport's governing body said today.
World Champ Katie Taylor returns home after victory in Korea
World Champion boxer Katie Taylor is back in Ireland following her latest success at the Women's World Boxing Championships in Jeju, South Korea.
The five-time world champion speaks to RTÉ Sport's Hugh Cahill after her gold medal win in South Korea
Katie Taylor has won her fifth consecutive world title with an assured victory over Azerbaijan's Yana Allekseevna at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in South Korea.
Katie Taylor is through to her fifth consecutive world final after beating China's Jinhua Yin in the World Championships in Jeju, South Korea.
Katie Taylor is through to the semi-finals of the Women's World Boxing Championships in Korea after a walkover against Russian Sofya Ochigava in the quarter-finals.
Katie Taylor has beaten Finland's Mira Potkonen and will face old rival Sofya Ochigava in the quater-finals tomorrow at the World Boxing Championships in Korea.
Irish team manager Anna Moore has confirmed that welterweight Claire Grace has been withdrawn from the AIBA World Women's Championships through injury.
Katie Taylor has beaten Dominica's Valerian Spicer to win her opening fight at the AIBA Women's World Championships in South Korea.
Team Ireland has experienced mixed fortunes at the AIBA World Women's Elite Championships, with European bronze medallist Claire Grace advancing but Joanne Lambe bowing out.
Stephanie Meadow shot a blistering final round 63 to shoot up to third place as Korea's IK Kim cruised to victory by five shots in the ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters in England today.
Nick Price and Jay Haas have been announced as captains of the international and United States teams respectively for the Presidents Cup 2015 in Songdo IBD, Incheon City, South Korea.
South Korea's coaching and medical staff racing to settle squad plagued by a raft of injuries.
Ireland's women saw off South Africa 2-1 to secure a spot in the Champions Challenge 1 final against either Spain or the USA while Ireland's men were narrowly beaten 2-1 by South Korea in their semi-final.


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How fast are VPNs?
With increased incidences of internet theft and need for security, many internet users are turning to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to secure their data across public networks such as the Internet. While VPNs can be useful, speed of data transfer can be an issue if fast and reliable communication is to be achieved across networks. Many VPN subscribers are worried about connection speed if they connect via Virtual Private Networks. First of all, what potential users need to understand is that you will still need the services of your ISP (Internet Service Provider) to access internet services and that a VPN service does not replace your ISP.
When you connect to a public network through a Virtual Private Network, the Internet Service Provider will still provide to you the internet services but data transfer will be more secure since the data traffic will be encrypted as it passes through your ISP to the VPN server. Apart from the added security, the connection will appear anonymous to other networks due to hiding of IP address and therefore you can enjoy geo-restricted services such as restricted TV services or bypass internet censoring filters in countries where the Internet is restricted or blocked.
So, how would the connection speed be affected when using this kind of service to route data across networks, or simply, how fast are VPNs? Having a fast data transfer rate will depend on a number of factors just like any other connection. Here, we discuss the key factors which can affect the speed you will achieve.
1. ISP Speed
The speed of your Internet Service Provider will play a big role in determining your connection speed. The VPN service provider does not provide internet connection so you will still need the services of ISP to connect to the internet. The VPN will usually use the speed provided by the ISP as the base speed of transmitting your data across public networks, therefore the speed of ISP will largely determine the rate of internet connection. The process of data encryption and decryption will invariably make the connection marginally slower so the faster the ISP connection you start off with,the better. If you start with a slow connection it is physically impossible for the VPN to speed the connection up, the maximum speed you can theoretically achieve is what your ISP provides.
2. Location of VPN servers
Another factor that determines a fast service is the location of VPN servers and the latency caused as the data packets move from one device to another. Basically, data transmission latency will increase as the distance between the VPN server and the physical location of the user increases.
VPN users are therefore recommended to subscribe to providers with servers close to their geographical location or the location they wish to target (ie when watching geo-restricted TV services). Travelling users should opt for providers who have servers in multiple locations and in different countries so that they can switch between servers as they travel. VPN providers who operate different servers can also offer increased speed since peak-time traffic can be off-loaded to other servers or be scattered across several servers.
3. Availability of IP address
Dynamic IP VPNs usually utilize dynamic IP addresses which are automatically and randomly allocated by the service provider from a pool of available addresses. That means users will need to be assigned IP addresses dynamically when they are available. If the provider has limited number of IP addresses, users will experience delays as they wait for IP addresses to become available and this can cause slow connections. Always go for a reliable VPN provider who can offer access of IP addresses from a larger pool.
4. Choice or VPN Protocols
Many premium VPN providers allow their clients to choose the type of VPN protocol they would prefer. The most commonly used protocols are PPTP, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP and OpenVPN – each of these has its own performance ratings on connection speed and can determine the speed and/or security of the service.
5. VPN configuration
While most VPNs are fairly easy to configure, software problems resulting from configuration settings or potential conflicting software such as security optimizers, packet filters and firewalls can cause a fast VPN to be slow.
The speed requirement of a VPN service will vary depending on user needs and while the task of determining the speed of a VPN may look daunting for average users, the best way to determine speed is by taking advantage of the offered free trials. This way, you will be able to assess if the speed will match up to your requirement before you can subscribe for the service.Read more


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Selling old mobiles for a video-call enabled upgrade
19 April 2010 — 6:00 PM
Modern technology can help minimise disruption to an organisation, something up-to-date smartphones could prove to be of assistance with.
Recycling used mobile phones to upgrade to newer handsets may be a priority for firms in 2010.
According to senior product manager for IP Multimedia, Virgin Media Business Alistair McKinnon, implementing new technologies can reduce the number of problems firms experience.
For example, video calls can allow meetings to continue when problems may have arisen with transport.
Selling old mobile phones to upgrade to video call-enabled devices could save a company money in the long run should similar difficulties occur.
"They have a better, tighter relationship, team work improves, productivity improves and people are more contactable and approachable," Mr McKinnon said about employees who use video calls.
Indeed, the government recently called on organisations to do more to encourage flexible working, with some features of smartphones - such as video calls and email - potentially allowing employees to work from more locations.
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Thank you Jim Vaughn for being brave enough to speak up for the black bears.
I believe one more problem to add to the problem is all the controlled burns going on.
I have heard all the excuses why it is good. None have convinced me the process has any value. I believe we should leave the burns in God's hands and make that his decision, not the government's. That's not to mention the taxpayers have to pay for these burns — and the cost if a burn gets out of control.
Don't we have something better to do with our tax dollars?
Maybe the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America or the American Lung Association could educate the pro-burners how they are harming humans with the smoke pollution and airborne allergens they are creating.
Have you ever seen an unsightly burned pine tree that resembles an ugly palm tree? I think palm trees are beautiful, but you can't make a pine tree look like a palm tree. If you drive up and down 85, you can see how beautiful the pine trees can be in a natural state as well as a refuge for wildlife.
Why are we killing the black bears? Surely, euthanization is not the answer. We do have the responsibility of protecting our wildlife.
The bears live in trees and the forest. Leave the bears alone and breathe clean air. Maybe someone can create a black bear refuge like they do for birds. Birds can fly away. Bears have to travel over land.
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Undoubtedly one of the most delightful and superbly comfortable Georgian houses in Ireland, this sturdy granite mansion was built to withstand the rigours of a Sligo winter but it's a warm and friendly place.
Peacocks wander elegantly on the croquet lawns (and roost in the splendid trees around the house at night) making this lovely place, home of the O'Hara family since it was built in 1774, a particularly perfect country house.
In immaculate order from top to bottom, the house not only has the original 18th century furniture but also some fascinating features, notably an unusual Victorian free-standing rolltop bath complete with fully integrated cast-iron shower 'cubicle' and original brass rail and fittings, all in full working order. Luxurious rooms are wonderfully comfortable and have phones and tea/coffee making facilities.
Simon O'Hara has taken over management of the house from his parents, Brian and Lindy, and the house runs with the seamless hospitality born of long experience; this includes the kitchen which is now in the capable hands of Simon's partner, Cristina McCauley, who had worked alongside Lindy since 2004.
As well as their own neatly maintained vegetable garden, the O'Haras have a deer farm, so you may well find venison on the dinner menu – roast loin of Coopershill venison with red wine sauce is a favourite - along with other deliciously wholesome country house cooking.
Donegal crab tart, spinach & rosemary soup (straight from the garden), baked Donegal cod with a herb crust, and Coopershill Rhubarb compôte & meringues are all typical, served in their lovely dining room where the family silver is used with magnificent insouciance (even at breakfast).
A surprisingly extensive wine list, which has many treats in store, offers four house wines and an exceptionally good choice of half bottles.
Coopershill is well placed for exploring this unspoilt area - and makes a good base for golfers too, with several championship courses, including Rosses Point within easy range.


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In 4th Olympics, Dumais finally claims a medal
nepal Troy Dumais could've called it a career. Came close, really close, to doing just that, even as the London Olympics were approaching.
He went to his parents for advice. They made it clear they would support whatever he wanted to do, but asked him to consider one thing: Would he regret walking away from the sport he had competed in most of his life?
"Even when times were tough, I decided, 'Yeah, I would regret it,'" Dumais said. "That's why I kept going."
Good thing. On Wednesday, Dumais finally made it to the one spot he's been chasing his whole diving career: the medal stand at the Olympics.
The 32-year-old Californian teamed with teenager Kristian Ipsen to give the United States its third straight medal on the boards. It was quite an accomplishment for a team that hadn't won any medals since the 2000 Sydney Games, and even more so for Dumais.
He was just the second man to make four U.S. Olympic diving teams, but unlike the first - four-time gold medalist Greg Louganis - there wasn't a medal in Dumais' collection until he and the 19-year-old Ipsen took bronze in the 3-meter synchronized.
China's Qin Kai and Luo Yutong ran away with the gold medal, completing their country's sweep of the synchro events and putting it halfway to its goal of winning all eight diving events. Russia's Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov overtook the Americans in the final round for silver.
But Dumais had no complaints. Not after so much disappointment.
He just missed making the Olympic team as a 16-year-old, finishing third on the platform at the 1996 U.S. trials. Once he did make the team, he kept coming up short - most notably in 2000, when he finished fourth in springboard synchro, and again four years later when he had a shot at a medal with his brother Justin, but the siblings botched their final dive.
Dumais decided to come back for his fourth Olympics, looking to snap a streak of four straight sixth-place finishes.
Finally, he got his medal.
"Things happen the way they're supposed to happen," Dumais said. "I never felt defeated. I felt more energized to do this because I was so close."
He thought of his brother, who still competes in synchro with a third sibling, as he stepped onto the board for his final dive with Ipsen, fully aware that a medal was possible even though he wasn't keeping up with the scores.
"(Justin) was up there with me," Dumais said, choking up a bit.
The Americans kept up their medal-winning ways, providing a huge boost going into the individual events that begin Friday with preliminaries of the women's springboard. So far, they have a silver and two bronzes.
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Hard Surface Modeling Tips and Tricks
Author: Subhamoy Sengupta
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Hello and welcome to this tutorial on hard surface modeling in Modo! Even if you have learned how to handle and edit primitives well, modeling even some regular everyday objects sometimes present us with problems that take time and planning to solve. Today we will look at several such problems.
Problem 01: Filleted Intersections
Here, the rings are smooth, but the transition between the rings and the connectors is hard. If those connections are welded, this is not how it should look like.
So we will pick only a piece of the pie. There are 6 connectors and 24 segments in each ring. We will keep only one connector and 4 segments from each ring. It will be make things easier if the connector intersects the same number of polygons on each ring.
Select at least 2 poly's of each poly ring you want to keep, and hit L. Press [ to invert selection and hit DEL to remove all selected polygons. Now switch to the other mesh item and delete all connectors except the one connecting these two pieces.
With the rings mesh item above the connectors mesh item and rings mesh item selected, run GEOMETRY > BOOLEAN > SOLID DRILL and choose SLICE mode. Repeat it with connectors mesh item above rings mesh item while connectors mesh item is selected. What this will do is, it will cut edges along the intersection on both mesh items. Press C for Edge Slice Tool
and connect vertices on the newly created n-gons to keep everything quad. Finally, delete the polygons beyond the solid drill cut lines.
Cut one of the mesh items and paste it into the other mesh item. Now that they are all one mesh, run VERTEX > MERGE TOOL.
1mm worked for me. But depending on the size you chose, it may vary. Double click on the connecting edges to select them all. Press B and click drag on view port to perform edge bevel. Keep the beveling low and keep Sharp Corner checked. This will keep the definition tight when we change to SubD.
Change action centre to Origin, and perform DUPLICATE > RADIAL ARRAY. Since we would have no further use for this piece, check Replace Source. Also check Merge Vertices. Set Count to the total number of pieces we want. In this case, it's 6. Finally, hit TAB to switch to SubD and now it all looks like one piece.
Problem 02: Grooves on a Screw
Let us create a cylinder primitive. The segment count may look insane right now, but soon it will make sense. Delete the top and bottom cap and press Shift +T to triangulate the mesh item. See the new edges thus created flowing down in a spiral fashion? Choose such an edge spiral and select the first few vertices on it and press and hold UP ARROW to make Modo perform a heuristic 'Select More' until the whole cylinder is traversed. Press Shift + O to convert this selection to a curve. Now we can delete all the polygons.
Unfortunately, Modo does not have any curve simplification tool. So we will have to create polygonal geometry and simplify that. In Polygon selection mode, click on the spiral, press X for Polygon Extrude Tool and click on view port to activate the tool. Pull up until there is just no gap left. Run VERTEX > MERGE TOOL. If you are working in real world scale, then something very small like 10 um will do it. Right now, each edge ring has 168 edges. Comparing to a default cylinder primitive, that is 6
times too many. So we will remove every six edges after one edge to keep the edge count manageable. For that, begin from any end and select every 7th edge a few times and then press and hold the UP ARROW till the whole cylinder is traversed. Hold down Shift and select a few edges on the spiral flow and hit L to select all of those. This will select what we want to keep. Now hit [ to invert the selection. Now press BACKSPACE to reject what we no longer need.
Double click on any of the polygons to select them all. Do an edge slice (Alt+C) with Count = 2 and Mode = Symmetry. About 20% will do. Loop select the larger polygons, press B for Polygon Bevel Tool. Bevel them out with Group Polygons checked. The blue direction handle will pull them out. The red scale handle will scale them down.
Select the open edges of the spiral flow, press Z and click on view port for Edge Extend Tool. Move up above the grooves, press R to switch to Scale Tool, and input numeric value 0% in Y to level the edges.
Make some cuts and push the few end edges of the groove in so that the end of the groove gradually blends in. Performs a vertex merge and repeat this for the bottom. Loop select the beveled polygons and slice them close to the outer edge of the groove. This approach leaves 2 pentagons on the mesh, which shall pose no trouble whatsoever. Switch to some orthographic view for convenience, draw out a linear falloff. To do this, click at the bottom of the screw and pull up by the gizmo. Do not drag freely or it will not be perfectly vertical. The thick end of the handle signifies maximum effect. The other end is minimum. With the falloff still selected, press R for Scale Tool and use the side handle to adjust to your liking. It will be either X or Z handle. When you are done, just copy the numeric value of that axis to the other horizontal axis. Finally, just press TAB to switch to SubD.
Problem 03: Head of a Bolt
Again, let's take a cylinder primitive. This time with 6 sides and one height segment only. Delete the top cap. Select the top edge loop and do a loop slice (Alt + C) with Count = 3 and Mode = Uniform. Select the top edges again and edge extend (Z). Scale the edges in. Loop slice the new polygon ring with the previous settings.
Keep just the upper cap with the hole and delete everything else. Switch to top view (Numpad 1) and draw out a Radial Falloff from the centre of the object. It's easy to check from the numeric values if it is a perfect circle. Set the radius of the falloff such that it pans slightly more than the cylinder. Now switch back to perspective view (Numpad Period) and move up with the Move Tool (W) until it somewhat resembles the shape of a tent. Hit SPACE to drop the move tool and then Press Esc to remove the falloff.
Switch to top view again and draw a much smaller radial falloff. There is no need to be extremely cautious about the size. We can always adjust it later. This time, move down until there is a decent bit of curvature. Drop the falloff and select the innermost edge loop. With scale tool, level them out as we have done many times previously. Take a sphere primitive within the same mesh item. Now our cap has 24 sides, and so does a default sphere. In top view, size the sphere up. Move it up so that its equator aligns perfectly with the leveled edges of our bolt head. Delete the upper hemisphere of the sphere and flip the
polygons of the lower half (F). Now choose VERTEX > DRAG WELD and drag bolt head vertices to merge with the sphere vertices.
Important: When you drop a sphere primitive, it is in SubD. Do not forget to select the sphere polygons only and press TAB to
switch back to polys before welding.
If we press TAB to switch to SubD, we shall see the transition is too soft and rounded. We want something harder, but we do not want to keep adding more and more loop slices. So we will select the transition edge loop and choose VERTEX MAP > EDGE WEIGHT TOOL. Click on view port and drag to about 70%. Going too high will make the edges look abnormally hard
and also make artifacts appear.
Select the lowermost edge loop, extend down (Z) and level them out. Extend again and scale in. Use the edge weight tool again to define the corners of the bolt. But trying to harden the bottom edge will cause weird creases. So we can't use edge weighing there.
So we will cut an edge loop there to hold the shape better. Now, inside the half-sphere, if we choose a pair of facing polygons and POLYGON > BRIDGE them, they will look too smoothed out in SubD. But using hard edge will cause creases there as well. Instead, we will try hard polygons.
So, select the polygons on the bridge. Press Shift + W, click on view port and drag. And that finishes the bolt head.
Problem 04: Making Holes
Hold down Ctrl and click on the cube primitive button. That will create a default sized cube. Subdivide it in faceted mode once. Press Shift + T to triangulate the box. But the orientation of the new edges are wrong. So, take any one face of the cube and double click on all 4 diagonals to select all the new edges. Press V to spin them. Now they are the way we need them.
Select the centre vertex of every face and bevel them (B). This will create 3 pairs of facing octagons. Select each pair at a time and bridge them. But we have a problem. The bridges are getting into each other's way. So we can't see through. Select all the cube face polygons and press H to hide them. Select the bridge polygons and press F to flip them.
Select any one of the 3 bridges, cut it (Ctrl + X), create a new mesh item and paste (Ctrl + V). Now, with this new mesh item selected, run GEOMETRY > BOOLEAN > SOLID DRILL in Slice mode. Now cut and paste it back to the previous mesh item. Repeat this for the other two bridges, or delete those two bridges and duplicate/rotate this bridge twice to make up
for them. Either way works fine.
Now that the bridges have drilled onto each other, we can delete the polygons that were getting in the way. When that is done, select all the visible polygons on screen and flip them back. Now press U to unhide the face polygons of the cube. Finally, run the VERTEX > MERGE TOOL and add some weight to the corner edges. Hit TAB to get
this interesting shape:
And that concludes this tutorial. Thanks for reading through. For any questions or comments, feel free to write me at [email protected]
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On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 05:35:58PM -0700, Jim Angstadt wrote:
> > - the machine never powered itself off (beside the two times above
> > and the one time I mentioned) since you started this thread? (yes
> > or no)
> Yes.
> >
> > - the machine *did* power itself off the three
> > times mentioned above?
> > (yes or no)
> Yes.
okay good.
> The results are mixed:
> With just 'single' added to boot parms:
> 1. s-u-o led to off
> 2. s-u-o led to reboot
> 3. s-u-o led to off
> 4. s-u-o led to off
> 5. s-u-o led to off
> 6. s-u-o led to off
> With 'single apm=realmode_power_off' added:
> 1. s-u-o led to off
> 2. s-u-o led to off
> 3. s-u-o led to reboot
> 4. s-u-o led to off
> 5. s-u-o led to off
> 6. s-u-o led to off
This is interesting. It powers off _most_ of the time regardless of
the realmode_power_off setting. It _seems_ that something that starts
up during a full system boot is causing the kernel to fail to shutdown
correctly... which is strange.
> To satisfy my own curosity, I ran
> grub> halt
> six times in a row. All resulted in a power off.
I don't think there are enough samples to say for sure... it only
failed to shutdown 2 out of 18 tries, for all three methods.
Also I've looked into the grub and Linux kernel source, they seem to
be calling the exact same APM function, although GRUB works in realmode
and the kernel works in either realmode or 32bit mode, depending on the
setup... it is possible there is a kernel bug, but in the apm.c there have
been only two minor changes from the 2.4.18 you are running to the
current 2.5.70 so if it is no one else is complaining about it.
From what I can tell the two patches don't seem to apply to power off,
one deals with bioses that skew the clock without reporting it and
the other is to allow APM to be enabled on SMP machines (which has
been disabled for ages).
Since grub and the kernel call seem to do very similar things I think
that if you try halt a dozen times in grub it would fail sometimes
too... if grub fails to halt it would hint strongly that your machine
BIOS or hardware is acting flaky (like the power supply which Rob Rogers)
suggested in this thread a long time back.
If you try grub a bunch and it always turns off power it doesn't
really help narrow down the problem to kernel software, BIOS, or
hardware bug (since the kernel could still be doing something correct
but the BIOS might not like it). Someone more familiar with how APM
works and what the kernel is doing would have to comment...
If you really want to get it fixed I would suggest:
- Upgrading the kernel to the latest stable version (2.4.20),
verifying it happens there...
- Writing up that halt from grub works 100% and halt sysrq-O from kernel
works frequently but not always when booted into single user mode,
booting into Redhat 8.0 greatly lowers the number of times power off
really happens. Then sending that to the kernel mailing list or
the APM maintainer:
P: Stephen Rothwell
M: email@example.com
L: email@example.com
W: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
S: Supported
It looks like it would be possible to copy the code from grub into
the kernel so they are doing the *exact* same instructions in realmode
poweroff... but I don't really like messing with assembly code so I
would be wanting some sort of pay to figure that out and test it here.
Over list I'd be willing to help with the kernel upgrade to 2.4.20
with and the writeup for the APM people.
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