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|The education official responsible for the science curriculum in the state of Texas resigned last month saying she was forced to step down after being reprimanded for informing colleagues of a talk on the conflict over the teaching of evolution. Christine Castillo Comer, former Director of Science in the curriculum division of the Texas Education Agency, forwarded several colleagues an email notice of a upcoming talk by Barbara Forrest, co-author of the book "Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design." Castillo Comer's supervisor said the email was grounds for termination as the 'FYI' email "implies endorsement of the speaker and implies that TEA endorses the speaker's position on a subject on which the agency must remain neutral." In this segment, Ira talks with Christine Castillo Comer about the case and about evolution, 'intelligent design,' and creationism in Texas.

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Dear readers of our Newsletter, Well another year has passed and a new one is starting with more successes and challenges to our noble mission. Professor Gomati and I like to take this opportunity to send you a short but sincere message on behalf of the Board, the staff and the wider family of FSTC. We are blessed with a fantastic team and a wonderful galaxy of supporters. May this New Year bring you immense happiness and Baraka in all that you do. May your aspirations and hopes succeed with the blessings of the Almighty." New Year Message from Prof. Salim Al-Hassani, FSTC President, and Prof. Mohammed El-Gomati, OBE, FSTC Chairman www.facebook.com/MuslimHeritage
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The Raj Soin College of Business is proud of its focus on academic excellence and student success. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to each student's career progression and life-long learning process.
Accreditation - Our College has been continuously accredited by AACSB International since 1974 with additional accreditations in accountancy and MIS.
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Leading-edge Learning Environment - The College has received national awards for the Soin Trading Center, chosen as one of the top ten academic trading rooms in the U.S. by Bloomberg BusinessWeek Online. In addition, the renovation of Rike Hall was recognized for its interior design excellence by American School and Design.
Professional Excellence - Our faculty and staff challenge and inspire students to reach their highest potential. As a result, our accounting graduates consistently receive the highest pass rates on the Ohio CPA examination. Our finance graduates surpass the national pass rate on the Chartered Financial Analyst CFA ™ Level I examination. Many Human Resources graduates receive their Professional Human Resources certification after two years of professional experience.
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Our students compete with the best in the nation in a variety of case competitions and come out on top. Wright State University is the only university in the nation to qualify for the Institute for Management Accountant's final four national case competition for 15 years and the only university to qualify two teams for the final three times and win two first places in the same year.
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Here are just a few of the national case competitions where our students excel. To qualify for any of the following case competition teams, contact the faculty adviser for these award-winning teams.
Wright State accounting students have been selected for the 16th time to participate in the national case competition held at Institute for Management Accountants (IMA) annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Four Wright State University students earned third place in this year's Deloitte Battle of Ohio case competition. Several Deloitte consulting professionals judged the competition.
The Wright State Human Resources Club continued the Club's tradition of excellence by receiving another Superior Merit Award from the Society of Human Resources Management, the leading professional organization in the field.
Wright State celebrated its thirteenth final four placing case competition team at the annual IMA Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
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This is style you can count on. Prius c gets a fresh new sense of style with standard single LED projector low- and high-beam headlights, available new LED fog lights, an aggressively styled grille and a reshaped front bumper. It's one more way Prius c helps you leave a small footprint and make a big impression.
Just a friendly heads up: other cars will be slowing down to get a better look at Prius c's new taillights. Their vibrant LED design helps you show off your expressive side, and the sporty rear bumper reminds everyone that this hybrid is always up for some fun.
With a refreshed interior, Prius c is the perfect road trip partner with a powerful new Entune™ Audio system, comfy seats wrapped in an eye-catching available two-tone interior fabric, and an available moonroof to let the outside in. It's the perfect place to hang out with friends and brainstorm that next world-changing idea.
Thanks to its EPA-estimated 53 mpg in the city, Prius c makes sure the fun goes farther. The 2015 Prius c has the highest city mpg estimate of any vehicle on the road today. And besides, gas stations always look better when you're driving past them.
Know what's cooler than one power source? Two of them. With our Hybrid Synergy Drive® you get a more efficient, more reliable combination of a gasoline engine and an electric motor. They work either independently or simultaneously, to move you in the most efficient way possible.
With Prius c, you can select the driving mode you want. Under certain conditions, in EV Mode, Prius c runs solely on battery power for up to one half mile. ECO Mode helps maximize fuel economy by limiting the operation of the climate control and adjusting the throttle response.
Prius c is rated as a Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV), a designation indicating it produces fewer smog-forming emissions than an average gasoline-powered new vehicle.
Stay connected to your tunes and more with available Entune™ Premium Audio with Navigation and App Suite. Equipped with the tech you crave, this smart multimedia system helps you access over 16 million points of interest with Bing™, make dinner reservations with OpenTable®, and keeps your tunes fresh with Pandora®. With other helpful apps like MovieTickets.com and Yelp®, you'll start to wonder if there's anything your Prius c can't do. And with the navigation system's directions, getting to the fun is easier than ever.
Keeping your hands on the wheel in city traffic is a good thing. Bluetooth® wireless technology enables you to make phone calls from your compatible cell phone through the Prius c audio system and stream music from your compatible Bluetooth®-enabled device.
Rock your favorite tunes wherever you go. Connect your iPod® to the Prius c's audio system through the standard USB port. There's also an auxiliary audio jack for other music players.
Trying to set a hypermiling record? You'll want your eyes on the road. This available feature puts a duplicate image of steering wheel controls on the Multi-Information Display, so you know if you're pressing the button you want.
It's easy to get into your Prius c with style. When you're within a few feet of your Prius c with the available Smart Key, simply grasp the door handle to unlock the door. Plus, the engine starts with the push of a button.
Hey, chilly nights are no excuse for not going out. Give your Prius c an added touch of comfort with available SofTex®-trimmed seating with heated front seats. Plus, view your surroundings frost-free with available heated power outside mirrors.
Take a hands-on approach. With steering wheel controls, you're in command of your audio, climate, Multi-Information Display and Bluetooth®-equipped mobile phone, right from the steering wheel.
Get the information you need to maximize fuel economy. With the Multi-Information Display, a color screen shows a variety of data – including cruising range, fuel economy, EV driving distance, trip timer and outside temperature.
The energy monitor screen indicates the operation of the hybrid system in real time, so you can see your Prius c is running at optimum efficiency. Hybrid Synergy Drive® always employs the most efficient source of power.
If you know how much you're saving, you know how much more you have to spend at the mall. ECO Savings lets you input the fuel cost and mpg average of a vehicle to compare with Prius c.
To help boost fuel economy, Prius c has an ECO Score display that rates how efficiently you are driving in three different categories—starting, cruising and stopping—and then gives you a score up to 100.
Prius c was designed with the big city, and small parking spots, in mind. As the smallest and most affordable member of the Prius Family, Prius c makes fitting into the city easier, and more fun, than ever.
We figured you'd want more room and the improved handling that comes from balancing the weight of the car. So we designed the sealed Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) battery to fit in the space beneath the rear seats to lower the center of gravity and maximize interior space.
Aerodynamically speaking, Prius c is pretty refined. Those bumps on the taillights? Those are vortex generators. They help improve straight-line control and overall efficiency by dictating airflow behavior around the vehicle. And with additional improvements to NVH (that's "Noise, Vibration and Harshness"), outside noises stay outside, adding extra comfort and quietness to Prius c's cabin.
Besides looking good, the rear spoiler on Prius c helps improve airflow dynamics around the back of the vehicle. It also adds another essential design element: awesomeness.
No problem fitting your gear or your dog in the car. Prius c has plenty of room, thanks to the available 60/40 split fold-down rear seats. Not just 17.1 cu. ft. of cargo volume, but also a variety of ways to configure it.
Prius c makes sure you leave nothing behind, especially your stuff. Bags, gear, kickball trophies—with 17.1 cu. ft. of cargo volume behind the rear seats, there's a place for all of it.
With four passenger doors and a rear liftgate, Prius c is an easy car to get into. The large rear liftgate to the cargo area makes it easy to take what you need along for the ride.
Prius c comes standard with nine airbags, including a driver and front passenger Advanced Airbag System. In the event of certain severe collisions, a sensor designed to monitor the severity of the impact makes adjustments for the appropriate airbag deployment.
Every Prius c comes with Toyota's Star Safety System™, an advanced suite of six safety features offered standard on every new Toyota. The system includes Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), Traction Control, Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA) and Smart Stop Technology® (SST).
There's a lot of energy released in an impact. Prius c is equipped with energy-absorbing crumple zones that help dissipate that energy away from the passenger compartment.
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Jerry Wexler, as a reporter for Billboard magazine in the late 1940s, christened black popular music with the name rhythm and blues.
As a record producer, he helped lead the genre to mainstream popularity, propelling the careers of Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and other performers.
Mr. Wexler died on Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, he was 91.
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The Voice At the Wheel
As a partner at Atlantic Records and as a producer, Jerry Wexler has worked with an array of pop-music legends and has been called the "Godfather of Sould Music."May 30, 1993 artsNews
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The Soul of Jerry Wexler
Looking back on a lifetime in the rough-and-tumble music business, Jerry Wexler still has a nice word for everyone in his memoir, "Rhythm and the Blues." That may be disingenuous of him, but he always was a wily one.August 29, 1993 artsReview
'Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin,' by David Ritz
An account of the career and personal life of Aretha Franklin.
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The writer David Ritz reflects on his career of helping celebrities, often recording artists, put their lives on the page.
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October 30, 2014, Thursday
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Many-Hit Wonder, Out of Obscurity
Bert Berns, a top songwriter and producer who died young and largely unknown, is the focus of a biography, a musical and a planned documentary.
July 20, 2014, Sunday
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Robert Gordon profiles the singers, songwriters and producers behind Stax Records.
December 8, 2013, Sunday
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The R&B singer Bettye LaVette speaks about her long career and struggle to become a star.
September 29, 2012, Saturday
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Stirred anew by successful memoirs from Keith Richards and Patti Smith, among others, rock and pop stars are finding reasons to write and audiences eager to read.
July 29, 2012, Sunday
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November 27, 2011, Sunday
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Robert Greenfield's "Last Sultan" tracks the life of Ahmet Ertegun, the Turkish-born record company executive who set the high-water mark for personal panache and who remains a sacrosanct figure to most who knew him.
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The Hickory Crawdads, 1st-Half Northern Division Champions, struck for seven unanswered runs to take the 7-5 comeback win against the West Virginia Power, before 2,552 fans at L.P. Frans Stadium on Friday night.
The Power (36-34, 1-1) got off to a jack-rabbit start, scoring five runs through the first three innings against Hickory starter Luke Jackson. West Virginia took the lead with a two-run single by Cole White in the first, before adding to its advantage with a three-run homer by designated hitter Rogelio Noris in the third, making it 5-0.
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Indiana Pacers v Atlanta Hawks - Game Six
David West of the Indiana Pacers breaks up a pass intended for Josh... News PhotoAtlanta,Atlanta Hawks - Basketball Team,Basketball - Sport,David West - Basketball Player,Georgia - US State,Horizontal,Indiana Pacers,Josh Smith - NBA Player,NBA Pro Basketball,Philips Arena,Second Half - Sport,Sport,USAPhotographer Paul AbellCollection: Getty Images Sport 2013 Getty ImagesATLANTA, GA - MAY 3: David West #21 of the Indiana Pacers breaks up a pass intended for Josh Smith #5 of the Atlanta Hawks during the second half at Philips Arena on May 3, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Pacers defeated the Hawks 81-73. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Paul Abell/Getty Images)


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Admiral's Cove Golf Pro Shwn McDermott and Carolyn King, branch manager of PNC Bank, Platinum sponsor of the SEAL's benefit golf tournament at Admiral's Cove Nov. 14.
Navy Seal Jim Wood in full gear. Note the camera on his helmet.
On a clear sunny day over the Admirals Cove Golf Course in Jupiter, Navy SEAL Jim Wood comes in for a glide, carrying an American flag, landing on the first hole. He parachuted out of a helicopter at 3,500 feet to kick off a benefit tournament Nov. 14 for the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum and the Navy SEAL Foundation.
Tom Price ushers in retired Marine Col. Oliver North to the reception following the benefit golf tournament at Admirals Cove for the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum.
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The SEALs march in to the Admiral's Cove reception behind a Navy Color Guard. These elite warriors are part of the special forces that helped to kill Osama bin Laden in May.
Michelle Delgado, left, Patricia Deshong, Marcia Dowd, Gail Ramirez and Beth Beson.
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You have to properly configure your samba found in
if its possible post your smb.conf here, and well try to figure it out maybe we could fix something.
Hi guys! I think its been a long time since my last visit to this forum coz i was bz in our office... anyway, i would like to ask your help.
So this is my case, we got this CORP domain in our network and we got this so called Quicklook ID as our Login name. We use Win2000 or WinXP Pro as OS in our workstations. What i want to do is i got this extra terminal and ive installed RedHat 9. I want to try to use this terminal as my workstation for Linux. So, how do i configure my RedHat terminal so that it would act the same as my Win 2000 workstaion? I already took notes on the important datas that are shown when typing ipconfig /all in my Win 2000, bcoz i thought this should be helpfull when configuring my Linux box. Currently, i was able to connect my Linux box on the network and it found all Win terminals, but when i tried on a Win terminal to find my Linux box, it cannot see it. I just use ping.... hehehe please excuse my grammar, i know its bad.... so, thanks for advance!
You have to properly configure your samba found in
if its possible post your smb.conf here, and well try to figure it out maybe we could fix something.
Registered Linux User # 279330
Do you log in into a domain? or just a workgroup? Using Windows network services on a workgroup is easy as using a Samba network browser. I like SMB4K. The most recent versions of Gnome has support built into Nautilus I think.
To err is human, to moo bovine.
Hi, sry for d delayd response...
vern: yes, we login in a domain which is namely CORP... coz when we login
using Win2K, we still need to specify the Domain...
BadDudes: im not sure if i have edit the smb.conf since installation... and
also im not sure what specific datas u want to see so ill just
paste the whole data, heheh sori 4 this long messg...
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ok got your smb.conf file .. try this on your smb.conf..... though I have not tried my rig on a domain... but this script will work on a workgroup. this will share the /tmp to all users in the workgroup.... HTH
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors.
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = Samba Server
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/smbd.log
max log size = 50
security = user
map to guest= Bad User
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = no
#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
comment = Public Shares
path = /tmp
public = yes
only guest = yes
writeable = yes
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BadDudes, thanks for the .conf, ill try this later... i think i should read about samba first inorder to understand more... its just that i was using Windows for a long time and it made me despirate to ask this stupid qstn without trying/playing with it first... hehehe sry for dat... anyway, bcoz we just got or task done, i think ill have a longer time to read about samba and Linux networking stuff... ill just come bak here if i have a qstn,k?... hehehe thanks agn guys.... see u soon!!! ill do my best to becom lyk u guys... God bless!
@Galahad ... you dont have to be sorry ... were all newbies here! and as far as im concern this is what boss verns main objective here (this forum) share, ask and help!
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Sometimes things are much smoother when people point you the right way so don't be afraid to ask questions.
If you get stuck, come back. We've all been throught the same path.
BTW, check out O'reilly's "Using Samba" book. They have a copy of it online at:
To err is human, to moo bovine.
@ galahad ... how is it?
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hi all! sry for the long vacation response, we were a little bit busy... anyway, i used Knoppix as my distro just for practice.. heheh about samba, realy thanks guys, ive now idea about the use of this tool... ive learned that this is the one to se inorder to communicate with Windows network... i wasnt able to eperiment with my smb.conf cause ive found a cool app of knoppix which acts like My Network Neighborhood in Windows.. so i was able to see all share folders inside our Windows network without doing any smb.conf editing.. i know this is bad cause there was no challenge but i promise to play with the smb.conf manually... so, now im able to see the shares... btw, ive jst installed XP as my new OS.. i know this sucks, bt still hav to learn more abt Linux on Win netwrk... so, i think the status abt my issue is 40% success.. so ill jst explain wat ive found out abt our netwrk setup... when ive installed the new OS, ive added a user using User Accounts... then i installed smthing called SMS2003 Client, and Trend Micro Client... because when we logon to our network, during OS loading, a DOS applicatn will run automatically and checks if this two apps are installed, if not, a warning will appear.. so my questions are:
How do i add my quicklookID as user in Linux? Cause in XP, ive used ControlPanel/UserAccounts... and during that, i enterd my quicklook and a domain location and clickd the check name.. it found my account and added it as user... then the logon window was chaged and there was the combobox for domains which was not there when freshly installed. When i check my knoppix, it has smthing like KUser, i thot this is it bt it has no smthng like Check names from a domain buttn... maybe its bcoz i havnt yet connect my distro to the LAN? or is there any effect with the appearnce if not connected? also, what is the SMS Client and Trend MIcro Client for Linux? is this possible? Ive asked our ITS, they said its possible but its a hassle...:-) heheh sry for this long post, its just that ive left this behind too long... thanks again guys!


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I live in a small town of about 50,000. In the last month we have lost 2 good men, one of whom was a good friend of mine. Both of these deaths speak much louder to the need for some gun rules than Newtown or the recent Boston terrorism. But I have not heard anyone here even make a connection between these incidents and the need for some rules regarding guns.
It's interesting that most people at least want more background checks, but special interests make most politicians against this.We need to eliminate special interest influence of our government.Yet gun control seems to be very ineffective.For these publicized incidents, in most cases the perpetrators talk about it before hand so if people just knew what to look for and communicated to the authorities, maybe most of them could be preventedFor the 1000s of gun deaths, maybe make education cheaper?Maybe all males should be locked up from age 18 to 28 or so? No, that's not practical.
"The people running the stations know this is a reliable way to raise ratings and they have to win that game to be profitable. Sensationalism in journalism has been around a long time, but I think it's only since the cable news era that it's gotten so ubiquitous it's become synonymous with what people think of as "news.""I'd attribute it more to when networks decided that the news had to be profitable. That wasn't the case in the 'golden days' of news. When you have to be profitable, you have to pander.
"Edit speaking of poor news anybody else think this article could be written better?"It's not an 'article,' per se, it's a commentary. But I agree with the oversimplification and false equivalences, and just flat out making stuff up.
500+ people killed daily by hospital / doctor errors. Why don't we go for the greater good, and focus on that?And gun control might get farther if it didn't focus on punishing the law-abiding. Although a large portion of the US thinks it is possible to legislate crazy.
490,000 people die each year as a result of tobacco related products - why is there no outrage about that? Why no wall to wall coverage about that? Why no posts about eliminating tobacco?Rifles killed 323 in 2011 - we need an assault ban How about the racial issue in all the recent news? White middle class people/children get killed and society must do something.Yet, the drug/gun/crime in the inner cities take many more lives then the gun issue.Why do people talk about the guns- they can feel righteous and they don't have to think or do anything.http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8
Edited by dextersp1 on 04/22/2013 09:34:18 MDT.
I think it also has a great deal to do with the direction in which the violence flows."Terrorist" attacks largely flow upwards, that is, the violence doesn't follow class lines/boundaries and can hurt people in any part of the class spectrum. That scares people and upsets the status quo.The staggering daily gun violence numbers in this country are largely driven by young males at the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum. This violence flows evenly or downward across class lines. So "nobody" pays attention, at least nobody outside of those communities. But if/when this violence happens to spill across a class line and go up the ladder to hurt "somebody", you're more likely to hear about it on the "news".
>>So "nobody" pays attention, at least nobody outside of those communities. But if/when this violence happens to spill across a class line and go up the ladder to hurt "somebody", you're more likely to hear about it on the "news".Exactly right. How many women of color disappeared from their communities that no one ever heard about during the months the world was searching for white, upper class, on-vacation Natalie Holloway?
Why do backpacking magazines spend so much time talking about bears, and no time talking about the most dangerous thing we ever do on a backpacking trip--which is drive to the trailhead? It's because bears are rare and seem exotically dangerous. Driving is neither. It's just a lot more deadly. How many people would read a backpacking magazine if the cover touted: Ten Ways to Make your Drive to the Trailhead safer? And included such tips as "keep to the speed limit, and signal before making a turn?But talk about using wasp spray as a bear deterrent, and you can get a whole column in the magazine!
How about driving back from the trailhead, when you're dead tired, famished, and the only thing in your mind is getting a burger and fries with a cold beer! That's gotta be teh worst combination ever! ;)
It's not that malicious people. News media attempts to tell you something you didnt already know. Boston was new news. violence in "poor America" is not new, we already know about that. throw a couple stories about car chases and drive-bys up on the wall each evening and you've pretty much exhausted the subject. Now, put up a new gun-control law and all of a sudden gun deaths is news again, since it relates to important "new" legistation being considered. If the news instead focused on improving society and educating people, they would cease to exist. There are other entities pursuing these loftier goals. News media just entertains and informs, with the former being slightly more important, by necessity. And stop this silly notion of "holding our journalists to a higher standard". As long as journalists work for big media, and big media makes money based on how many people watch...Then the math is simple. The "standards" the journalist is held to is the "standards" of the average american TV audience.I dont see so much politics, conspiracy, or dishonesty here as much as I see basic free market economics. As Americans get poorer, we get dumber and our media just reflects what we want to watch. I'm not saying poor people are dumb. I'm saying that for many Americans who must work very hard just to make ends meet, the most important thing a TV can do is take their mind off the bullshit for a while, entertain them and tell them who won the damn game.
I agree that "holding the media to a higher standard" isn't going to work. As long as we are happy to watch sloppy reporting they'll keep doing it. What we could do would be teach more logic and critical thinking skills in school. Maybe a better educated society would support a better media? Maybe our politicians would make good arguments about issues rather then oversimplifying, and resorting to ad hominum attacks? We can always dream.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. I personally hold them accountable by who I listen to and who I've turned off. I'm fairly conservative and should be low hanging fruit for Fox but I can't remember the last time I watched them or have been to their website.
Ho-hum, here we go again. It's always so predictable how these "discussions" go, both sides. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Did I leave out any "overs"? :-)
Sigh. I think you left out two overs Miguel.
Oops! I thought I was a little short....and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. That ought to cover it, and then some. Wake me when the crickets stop chirping...
Maybe talk about abortion or gay marriage instead?
Hee hee... I think you got me there. ;-)
Maybe talk about the failed education system which helped create a generation that is wholly ignorant of the founding principles of this country. Wholly ignorant of the Constitution and the rights guaranteed by it. Wholly ignorant of the hundreds of thousands of lives that paid for their way of life and the sacrifices affecting millions of families. Gun control equates to trampling a portion of the Constutution. If you don't like the Second Amendment than work within the system to get it repealed. Otherwise stop trampling the rights of others.
Edited by jtaylor on 06/27/2013 08:57:08 MDT.
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- Taken by
- Alfred Zhao
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- 272.31 Gigapixels
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- Date added
- Dec 17, 2010
- Date taken
- May 25, 2010
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EPIC Pro + Canon 7D + Canon 2X...
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- Favorite Cities, 我的收藏, China Landscape, Shanghai Skyline, Great Panorama Larger Than 10G pixels, Csernáton és környéke 119mpx - Barti János -, unknown, Largest GigaPan Images, Popular Gigapixel Images, JERRY'S GIGAPANS, :)
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Shanghai, one of the most populous cities in the world, has never been pictured in such enormous detail. Let the world experience this fast growing city and understand China is always my dream. Through my telephoto lens, I wish you, the viewer, can blend into the daily life in Shanghai and enjoy your virtual visit.
Before being introduced to Gigapan, I used manual panorama head (Manfrotto 303SPH) and fisheye lens to take spherical panorama and build virtual tours for my clients. In late 2009, I learned about the Dresden 26 Gigapixel image (www.dresden-26-gigapixels.com/dresden26GP ) created by the world renowned German photographer, Holger Schulze. It was then the world largest image. This compelling image absolutely fascinated me. Until today, I still think the Dresden image is one of the most important milestones in man's pursuing of the world largest photograph. A few months later, a new world record was released; it further intrigued me, I decided to give it a try myself.
In March 2010, the first batch of Gigapan EPIC Pro was still on pre-order. Without any hesitation, I boldly placed a pre-order and received this precisely engineered yet inexpensive device in early April. Other necessary equipments were also ordered, by mid-April, all the hardware was ready.
To build the world largest image is not a trivial project; there are many challenges and barriers. To name a few, the density of the camera's image sensor must be high; the optics must have long focal length yet still light enough to be maneuvered by a robotic panorama head; large amount of images must be transferred directly onto a laptop; the devices must be powered for extended hours; the photo location must have large amount of details to avoid empty pixels such as sky, water surface; the weather must be calm so that the camera is less likely to vibrate due to wind; the light condition must be consistent throughout shooting… I know this is an extremely difficult undertaking, but it is worth the effort.
My first attempt was on April 22nd, 2010, the day was partly sunny. I planned to take an image set of 9,000 pictures, but had to stop because of the change of weather condition. I ended up with a set of only 1,500 images. Spring in Shanghai is often cloudy or rainy; I have to wait for the perfect weather. The second time window appeared on April 29th, 2010. That day, I was able to complete a set of 9,000 images; however, I spent too much time to setup the equipment and didn't start shooting until 10:30am. When I was done with the image set, it was almost dark. The image set suffered significant lighting change and only the first 6,000+ images could be used. Back in April 2010, once stitched, even 6,000 images should set a world record; however, I saw the possibility of acquiring even larger image set. Finally, the third time window appeared on May 25th, 2010. Learned from the previous experience, I started very early and got everything ready by 8:00am. The shooting started at 8:30am, with an average of 2.4 seconds per image, I took 12,000 images and finished shooting before dusk. Bingo, now I have the raw data.
Acquiring the images was just the first step towards the goal, to stitch it, post-process it and display it were a long way to go. Since this was a side project, I didn't have much time to work on it. As months went by, I watched people setting new world records almost every month throughout 2010. This year is gigapixel image year. I never imagined such fierce competition. Finally, my image was completely stitched on Sept 20th, 2010. The raw stitch was a 1.24 TB image file. I wrote several tools for post-processing and finally generated the result image of 1,089,248,410,452 bytes (1.09 TB). The 1/1000 thumbnail of the un-cropped raw stitch is also on Gigapan at www.gigapan.org/gigapans/61595/ .
Post-processing and uploading took me another three months, now it is finally open to public. This is not the end of my panorama journey, it is a new start, challenging the limit is an infinite process. New records will appear in the future, it is only a matter of time.
Image dimension: 887276 (w) x 306908 (h)
Date taken: May 25, 2010
Shooting time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Date stitched: Sept 20, 2010
Date open to public: Dec 20, 2010
Raw image size: 1.24 TB
Raw cropped image size: 1.09 TB
Total pixels: 272.31 G
Horizontal viewing angle: 175 degree
Vertical viewing angle: 65 degree (+5 degree to -60 degree)
Total shots: 12,000 (150 columns and 80 rows)
Lens: Canon 400mm F5.6 and 2X tele-converter
Camera: Canon 7D (18M pixels per image)
Estimated overlap: 28% (set to 25%)
Average time per image: 2.4s
Estimated optical pixels: 112G pixels
Projection: spherical
Related images
This is the man cave (office) where I stitched this image. www.gigapan.org/gigapans/68015/
My other Gigapan images ordered by size
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66287/ (Artist Point – Yellow Stone National Park – 110G pixels)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/59267/ (Park Avenue – Arches National Park – 77G pixels)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/57941/ (My Backyard – Round Lake, IL – 43G pixels)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/58980/ (Lower Delicate Arch Viewpoint – Arches National Park – 15G pixels)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/59095/ (Balanced Rock – Arches National Park – 9G pixels)
My favorite images taken in China
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66837/ (Guilin)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66909/ (Guilin)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/67296/ (Lujiazui's night – Shanghai)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66841/ (Liu Garden – Suzhou)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66834/ (Zhuo Zheng Garden – Suzhou)
Due to the enormous size of this panorama image, uploading onto Gigapan is also a non-trivial task. I received great help from the Gigapan team, especially Paul Heckbert, Vanessa Constanti, and Randy Sargent.
Gigapixel photography is expensive and time consuming, without the un-conditioned support from my family, this wouldn't be possible.
More Information
For more details about the creation of this image as well as my panorama related research, please visit www.shanghai-272-gigapixels.com / . In addition, I will post the updates on twitter twitter.com/alf168 , for those who are interested in my panorama journey; you are welcome to follow me.
The creation of this panorama is intended to explore the limit of photo equipment, computer hardware, network resource and various other contributing factors that limit the size of a panorama image. This is by no means a perfect image; there are many aspects to be improved.
上海是全世界人口最多的城市之一,之前没有任何一张照片以如此多的细节来描绘这个城市。这是一张关于上海的"清明上河图"。我拍摄此图的目的是让世界来感受这个快速发展的城市,让世界来更多地了解中国。通过我的超长焦镜头,我希望您作为一个访客,能够融入到上海的都市生活中,来体验一个普通上海人的一天。 我作为一名久居海外的华人,仅以此图献给我的故乡-上海。
在接触Gigapan之前,我使用Manfrotto 303SPH手动云台和鱼眼镜头来拍摄球形全景并且为我的客户制作虚拟旅游图。2009年末,一个偶然的机会,当我在浏览网站时,我看到了由德国著名摄影师Holger Schulze拍摄的26G像素的德莱斯顿(Dresden)全景 (www.dresden-26-gigapixels.com/dresden26GP)。 当时这是世界上最大的图片。这幅震撼人心的图片让我很久不能平静下来。直到现在,尽管很多摄影师已经突破了26G像素的图片,我仍然认为这是具有里程碑意义的重要图片之一。 几个月后,又有新的世界纪录问世。 自此,我决定,我要为中国也做一幅这样的图片,希望能为中国人争一口气,在国际竞争中占一席之地。
2010年3月, Gigapan EPIC Pro云台还没有正式上市,在没有看到和试用过这个设备的时候,我毫不犹豫地预定了一台。四月上旬,第一批EPIC Pro上市了,我得到了其中的一台。这是一部非常精密的摄影设备,我爱不释手。在四月中旬我回上海出差之前,全部设备都准备就绪了。
想要创造新的世界纪录并不是一件容易的事情,有很多的限制因素。这包括,相机必须有最高的像素密度;所使用的镜头必须是在云台承载范围内焦距最长的;图片必须直接存储到计算机上;拍摄现场必须有办法为设备长时间供电;拍摄场景必须有丰富的画面,要避免大量天空或水面的空白像素;天气必须平静,这样才不会有风带来的震动;光线条件必须在整个拍摄过程中保持稳定… 尽管有很多的困难,我觉得这是值得去挑战的事情。
可以说,拍摄还只是万里长征的第一步,拼接、后期处理、和显示还有很多困难。由于是一个附属项目,我的时间投入很有限,所以进展很慢。而与此同时,2010年,超大图 的世界纪录在不断地被打破,几乎每个月都有新的记录诞生,我只好望洋兴叹。好在我的图片还足够多,但是时不待我。我完全没有想象到竞争会如此激烈。9月20日,图片终于拼完了。未经后处理的图片是一个1.24 TB的文件。我写了一些工具软件进行后期处理,最终图片为1.09 TB。未经后处理的图片的 1/1000缩略图的网址是http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/61595/ 。
图片尺寸: 887276 (w) x 306908 (h)
拍摄日期: 2010年5月25日
拍摄时间: 上午8:30 – 下午4:30
拼接完成日期: 2010年9月20日
正式发布日期: 2010年12月20日
水平拍摄角度: 175度
垂直拍摄角度: 65度 (+5 度到 -60度)
全部图片数: 12000张 (150 列, 80行)
镜头: 佳能400mm F5.6超长焦镜头和 2X长焦增倍镜
重叠量: 28% (设置为25%)
每幅图片平均拍摄时间: 2.4秒
投影方式: 球形
这是我拼图时所使用的办公室的图片: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/68015/
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66287/ (美国黄石国家公园 – 110G 像素)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/59267/ (Park Avenue – Arches National Park – 77G像素)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/57941/ (我的后院 – Round Lake, IL – 43G 像素)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/58980/ (Lower Delicate Arch Viewpoint – Arches National Park – 15G 像素)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/59095/ (Balanced Rock – Arches National Park – 9G 像素)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66837/ (中国桂林- 两江四湖)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66909/ (中国桂林-世外桃源)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/67296/ (上海外滩远眺陆家嘴)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66841/ (苏州留园)
www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66834/ (苏州拙政园)
由于图片尺寸极大,上传至Gigapan网站并非易事,感谢 Gigapan团队给予的巨大帮助,尤其是Paul Heckbert, Vanessa Constanti, 和 Randy Sargent。
更多关于制作这幅图片的信息和我在全景摄影方面的研究成果,我会逐渐在我的网站上发布 ( www.shanghai-272-gigapixels.com / ) 。 我会把更新信息发布在twitter上( twitter.com/alf168 ) , 欢迎加入我的twitter群。
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So much detail! Congratulations! New world record, you should apply for Guinness.
At about the same distance. Let's compare two snapshots. Dubai Snapshot (estimated 4000 mm x 1330 mm) farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/52815 54082_eb5f9ebf71_b.jpg , Shanghai Snapshot (estimated 200 mm x 67 mm) farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/52809 52347_5153ce9a26_b.jpg . Shanghai image is 6 times larger in pixel size and only 2.5 times larger in terms of optical pixel size. Yet, to achieve the same resolution, Dubai image requires 400 times larger area. Can we safely conclude, the Shanghai image has at least the same resolution if not higher?
The comparison between a 1 gigapixel image and the full res you made here www.gigapan.org/gigapans/60750/ was very useful. I would be interested in seeing a similar comparison between the "optical resolution" and the interpolated image.
Hi Alfred, We discussed the issue with Autopano outputting the wrong resolution in the comments here: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/59267/ and I see you list the correct resolution for what you shot under "optical resolution" What is the reasoning for doubling the resolution with interpolation?
To answer Karim from Dubai. When you look at the 1/100 ( www.gigapan.org/gigapans/60750/ ) comparison and the 1/1000 ( www.gigapan.org/gigapans/61595/ ) comparison, the levels of detail is significantly different. In terms of picture overview, people can argue, picture taken using super wide angle lens can capture the same scene with the same amount of information as the gigapixel panorama. The best way to see the difference is to zoom into the same location and compare side by side to see the detail being captured. In the community, we were discussing have an information measure attached to each gigapixel panorama. Entropy measure can be a quantitative way to do so. In this case, empty sky and water surface etc should discount the amount of information in the picture. Blur detail should also discount the total amount of information. I am actively thinking and practicing how to improve the image quality for future super large panorama. It is a very hard task, also, cost is another limiting factor, Will Canon 1DS plus 800mm F5.6 prime lens do a much better job? I think it will show difference. Then, we will have to buy the Clauss Radeon HD to hold the monster equipment. But it is one way to do it.
@karimsaad Thanks for the kind comment, but I feel I should jump in and offer a different opinion. The Dubai 45 Gigapixel has got its own flaws, and is by no means the best multi-gigapixel panorama out there. There are a few others that have been done, but not hosted here, which I am more than happy to recognise as being of much higher quality. The 50 gigapixel image of Vienna immediately springs to mind as being much, much better.
Very good quality but no interest in going so big to see a piece of window. I saw the 1/1000 version which is less than 1 Gigapixel and it delivers the same info as this one!. Still Dubai 45 Gigapixel is the best in terms of size, quality, information, subject, composition and worldwide impact! Still the most explored! But finally well done Alfred!
Alfred, Congratulations on a massive achievement! I'm impressed that even at this huge size the image maintains good detail throughout the entire zoom range, making it truly worthy of the designation of Worlds Most Detailed Image. Having shot a 20 gigapixel image myself, I am in awe of the patience and perserverence it must have taken to capture and stitch this monster. Well Done! What will you do for an encore?
Hi, Isaac, here is a comparison, www.gigapan.org/gigapans/60750/ , you may also check out the 1/1000 thumbnail to see the major difference. www.gigapan.org/gigapans/61595/
Yes I do understand your reasoning and how you ended up with the 272G, however I don't see any difference between this simply uprezzing 500 shots from a 2 gigapixel camera to achieve this number. You might as well make it a terapixel based on this methodology.
Please refer to the statistics section in the description about the calculation. You may also refer to my comment on the sugar loaf image. Most people here use Autopano Giga to produce final stitch. I listed both stitched size and optical pixel estimation.
I hate to be again making this comment (I think I did on your last one), but really it is terribly misleading listing it at 272G. Even if there's interpolation within the stitcher this is not a true representation of size. It's a brilliant shot, and looks very well done - good work on that, but I strongly disagree with your final megapixel count.
I used Autopan Giga to stitch the photos. The final image is emit at full size from Autopano. The optical pixel amount is listed in the statistics section of the description. During the gigapan conference, I asked the same questions to Alexandre Jenny (Kolor's founder). The interpolation happens when the photos are primarily taken below or above the horizon.
Hi Alfred - Great job taking the 12,000 shots and stitching them, but there's a huge amount of interpolation going on here. 2.3 times the number of pixels that you would expect from that lens/sensor field of view combination. Where do they all come from?! Regards, Gerald.


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The department heads received an across-the-board $600 lump sum payment this month.
In August, department head salaries will increase about 2 percent, based on a new step system in the CSEA contract.
The CSEA contract has 10 steps, Director of Human Resources Christopher S. Boulio said.
This is the first time management has been on a step schedule, he said. Management deferred the increase until August as a cost-saving measure.
Like members of CSEA, department heads did not receive a salary increase in 2012.
Legislator Vernon D. Sam Burns was among a handful of legislators who did not support the raises for the department heads. Mr. Burns said many administrators approached the budget process as they have in years past and did not try to cut costs until compelled by legislators.
Im disappointed in some of our department heads, he said. They need to provide alternative ways of running their departments.
Legislator Alex A. MacKinnon, R-Fowler, said the salary increases for administrators are tied to the CSEA contract to maintain a spread between department heads and their subordinates.
Thats the way it usually works. Its linked, he said. They should be making more. They have more responsibility.
Legislator Mark H. Akins, R-Lisbon, said he would have approved an even higher percentage increase because department heads this year will have to do more with less.
I want them performing at a higher level, he said. In order to make a department efficient, its going to be the department heads that do it. I think the department heads are terrific overall.
Salaries effective Aug. 3 range from a low of $57,314 for each election commissioner to a high of $114,420 for County Administrator Karen M. St. Hillaire.
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