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When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010.
Overriding those changes, though, is a thinning of centrist veterans in both parties. Among those leaving are some of the Senate's most pragmatic lawmakers, nearly half the House's centrist Blue Dog Democrats and several moderate House Republicans.
That could leave the parties more polarized even as President Barack Obama and congressional leaders talk up the cooperation needed to tackle complex, vexing problems such as curbing deficits, revamping tax laws and culling savings from Medicare and other costly, popular programs.
"This movement away from the center, at a time when issues have to be resolved from the middle, makes it much more difficult to find solutions to major problems," said William Hoagland, senior vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, a private group advocating compromise.
In the Senate, moderate Scott Brown, R-Mass., lost to Democrat Elizabeth Warren, who will be one of the most liberal members. Another GOP moderate, Richard Lugar of Indiana, fell in the primary election. Two others, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Olympia Snowe of Maine, are retiring.
Moderate Democratic senators such as Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, James Webb of Virginia are leaving, as is Democratic-leaning independent Joe Lieberman.
While about half the incoming 12 Senate freshmen of both parties are moderates, new arrivals include tea party Republican Ted Cruz of Texas, conservative Deb Fischer of Nebraska, and liberals such as Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Hawaii's Mazie Hirono.
There's a similar pattern in the House.
"Congress seems to be going in the opposite direction of the country, just as the country is screaming for solutions to gridlock," said Democratic strategist Phil Singer.
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The odds against what the computer is getting is so astronomical I can only assume it is cheating. I lose every showdown no matter what the odds are - as an example, I went up against one of the computers with a hand that had the same high card and a higher low card, such as
Ace - king
and the computer had
ace - 2
and then on the flop there were two 2's. This happened literally 3 times in a row (not aces and twos every time, but we both had the same high card and I had a better low). Then the very next hand one of the cpus went blind all in before the flop and got a royal flush. I have played poker for many years and I've never seen anyone get a royal flush before, getting it blind is ridiculous. I played one tournament where I lost 9 showdowns in a row where my "chances" were over 75% before the flop.
Why would anyone ever want to play a poker game that cheats? What is wrong with you, telltale?

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Classic Doc Joe:
For the next several weeks I will be re-posting some of my original writings. Sadly, the last several months, I lost sight of what I had previously written.
I know what I am going to write is probably going to send some folks over the edge. I wish I could apologize, but I can't.
Obesity, in my opinion, is not a disease. I understand how much we would like it to be. If it were simply a disease, then we could drop self-responsibility and blame the diseased condition for causing our weight gain and other associated obesity related issues.
Yes, there can be underlying medical and hormonal causes for obesity — of that there is certainly no doubt, and when I write, I am not referring to those cases. But in reality, for most of us, it comes down to not wanting to take responsibility about making healthy choices in both diet and exercise.
I am 6 months into my battle back from recidivism; it is a position many of us are familiar with — because, for whatever reason, those of us who gain weight easily, have a lifetime war keeping our obesity in check. But, no matter the reason, the choices that lead us back up and down are ours — and no one is going to take that away from me. I refuse to allow the excuse makers to take away my self-responsibility or my choices — they are mine, I made them, I live with them, and I own them. That is simply one of the reasons this latest push to classify obesity as a disease is trying to do. The other is simply to give a diagnostic code so that physicians can bill your insurance company to give their patients drugs or perform surgery, to "treat" obesity.
Much of my attitude about self-responsibility for my own health is shaped by Bernarr MacFadden, Charles Atlas and Jack LaLanne. These men, in different ways, try to warn of the impending epidemic that poor choices and lack of self-responsibility can lead to — and our current national and global conditions seems to have proven that they were correct.
I understand the need to blame something, God knows I have wanted to for years. However, in the end, my initial obesity and my recidivism come down to simple causes — lack of self-control, discipline and poor focus.
I maintained a healthy and fit lifestyle for three years on an as close to natural, low carbohydrate diet and doing some type of exercise 7 days a week. I was healthy, not as wealthy as I would like, and I guess wise depends on your particular view. But, the fact that I was healthy cannot be disputed:
The standard medical objective criteria were as close to perfect as possible. My cardiovascular health was fantastic. EKG, echo-cardiogram and stress test were all good. Resting heart rate was 54 beats per minute, blood pressure was 110/65. Before that, when I weighed 340 pounds, those criteria were not so good. On that last exercise stress test it took me over 20 minutes to get my heart rate up into the range necessary, during the first one it took about 3, my blood pressure was 140/90 and resting heart rate hung out at over 90 beats per minute.
My heart goes out to those who have a genuine medical condition, and those individuals need appropriate medical care. For those, who can't accept the mantra expressed by Bernarr MacFadden, Charles Atlas, Jack LaLanne and yes me too — if some medical option will help you get to your goals, who am I to say you are wrong. But that still doesn't mean obesity is a disease, and self-responsibility doesn't play a role.
As stated in the header of this site. "Just remember, even if we disagree, I don't require you to be wrong, for me to be correct in my thinking!"
Aloha, Ciao, and Stay Healthy
Life is lived in color, but sometimes the answers remain black and white.
Aloha, Ciao and Stay Healthy,
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For over three and half years I maintained a 130 pound weight loss, then last year I lost my way and found a relapse in obesity. I am discussing my battle with recidivism.
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Francis Cardinal Arinze: 'Arise, Rejoice! God is Calling You'
Cardinal Arinze's controversial speech on religion and family, including marriage and "irregular unions."
Commencement address delivered at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2003.
God be praised for this major event today in the life of Georgetown University. Near a thousand young people are graduating. To you, dear young friends, I say: Allow serious religion to lead you to lasting joy. Happy parents and friends surround their loved ones. With them I say: Let us thank God for the gift of the family. The Company of Jesus, the Jesuits, initiated and nourish this University. With them I rejoice at the patrimony of St. Ignatius and especially that the Catholic Church is God's gift to the world. To all I say: Arise, rejoice, God is calling you.
1. Serious Religion Leads to Lasting Joy.
My dear graduands, at this turning point in your lives, it is helpful to keep to essentials. One of them is to locate in what happiness consists. Everyone wants to be happy. Every human being desires lasting joy.
True happiness does not consist in the accumulation of goods: money, cars, houses. Nor is it to be found in pleasure seeking: eating, drinking, sex. And humans do not attain lasting joy by power grabbing, dominating others, or heaping up public acclaim. These three things, good in themselves when properly sought, were not able to confer on Solomon, perfect happiness. And they will not be able to confer it on anyone else! (cf Eccles 1: 2-3; II King 11: 1-8; Mt 20: 24-28; IJn 2: 15-16).
Happiness is attained by achieving the purpose of our earthly existence. God made me to know him, to love him, to serve him in this world and to be happy with him for ever in the next. St. Augustine found this out in his later age after making many mistakes in his youth. He then cried out to God: "You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you" (St Aug. Conf. I, 1). My religion guides and helps me towards this. My Catholic faith puts me in contact with Jesus Christ who is the way, the truth and the life (cf Jn 14:6). God's grace helps me to live on earth in such a way as to attain the purpose of my earthly existence.
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Sometimes I feel like my co-workers are rooting against me.
Let me explain: This morning at around 5 AM a pretty good snow shower parked itself over Portland....I did not forecast said snow shower. So, my producer Kait and co-anchor Jackie look out the window, and, with a giddiness generally reserved for 6 year olds on Christmas morning, yell "Hey Keithhhhhh, it's snowwwwingggg!!" They even made plans to take our tower camera to start the show so the whole state could see my mistake. They were BITTERLY disappointed when it stopped snowing just before show time.
I can feel the love, Lion King style.
Today: After the random snow showers died out, a big ridge of high pressure built in from the west. The result will be total sunshine for the rest of the day. That sounds nice and all but temperatures will struggle to break 40 F in most spots, topping out in the upper 30s. In addition to the cool temperatures (and actually the reason for the cold air), there will be a strong northwest wind of 30-35 MPH through much of the day. The combination of the two will leave it LOOKING really nice, but feeling more like late winter.
Tonight: We will start the evening with clear skies, allowing temperatures to fall in a hurry early on. But clouds will increase from the west after midnight with an approaching warm front. This front could touch off a flurry in the mountains by early morning (maybe I'm just sensitive after FlurryGate 2013). Lows will ultimately end up in the teens to the north, mid 20s elsewhere.
Sunday: With the warm front to our north but the trailing cold front yet to arrive, Sunday will be a mixed bag of a day. There should be a good deal of cloud cover due to the proximity of those two boundaries BUT I don't see a ton of atmospheric forcing for shower activity. So, I'm going to call it mostly cloudy with the chance for an isolated sprinkle. The best chance of catching a shower will come in the afternoon. The best news is that it will be warmer than Saturday with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s...maybe even warmer over far southern Maine if we can get a few breaks of sunshine.
Monday: After some Sunday evening showers clouds will decrease fairly rapidly during the morning hours on Monday. By late morning it will be mostly sunny and the sunshine will continue into the afternoon. Temperatures will get a nice spike as soon as the clouds break, ending up in the mid to upper 50s over southern Maine, low 50s to the north.
The focus of the rest of the week will be the exact location of a sharp warm front draped across the Northeast. The bottom line is that to the south of the warm front temperatures will be in the 70s, to the north of the front it will stay in the 40s.
On Tuesday the front will push through Maine, triggering showers and a cloudy day.
By Wednesday the front will stall somewhere across Maine, dividing the state into two distinct temperature zones. Very hard to say where this divide will be but I'm willing to bet the warm area doesn't get past Lewiston.
Thursday is one of the most "up for grabs" days I've seen in my years forecasting (7 years thank you very much). One computer model has the warm front to our north putting us in a VERY mild airmass. The other model has the front stalled down across southern New England, keeping us on the cool, Canadian influenced air. How bad is it? The two temperature forecasts for Thursday are: EURO-48 F, GFS- 73 F. (#ihatemylife).
My gut is that most of the state will end up on the cool side with southern Maine (south of Freeport) having a SHOT at getting into that 60-70 F air. To be honest though, I'm not positive. These boundaries are relatively small scale and seem to have a really hard time pushing north of Portsmouth in the spring (something about a bridge being out because a ship hit it...), so I wouldn't lock in 70s even down across York County just yet.
I'll keep you updated on this warm front forecast. And if I'm wrong, make sure you tell my co-workers so they can maximize their harassment.
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There are a ton of family-oriented activities you can do at First Fairway at Walden resort. You can go fishing, boating, waterskiing, and jet skiing, or play golf or tennis at your leisure. Take advantage of the playground for the children or the health club for the adults in your group. You can also take an exploratory kayaking expedition if you wish. Then, after an exciting, fun-filled day, take a break at one of our two excellent restaurants.Check-in Time: 16:00Check-out Time: 10:00Check-in Days: SaturdayImportant InformationResort non-smoking policy.Pet Information: Animals are not permitted; could result in forfeiture of the unit and/or other penalties.Multi Floor With No Elevator Access: YesFees or deposits are charged for some amenities.Housekeeping fee: Housekeeping Fee for Reservations less than 7 Nights: There may be a $65 U.S. dollars for 1 Bedroom units, weekly. Housekeeping fee: Housekeeping Fee for Reservations less than 7 Nights: There may be a $35 U.S. dollars for 2 Bedroom units, weekly.


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I just got back from a 5 day trip to Yosemite which doubled as a family reunion. I was amazed that I was able to pack all my things into my Synapse, Side Effect, and Large Shop Bag. I did also take a Swift that was packed with a knitting project to show my mom and another knitted slipper project.
The Side Effect proved to be most useful. I kept my room key, lip balm, cell phone, coffee/tea tickets, receipts, keys, Cork wallet, Yosemite Valley Shuttle Map, an 8.5 x 11.5 paper folded in fourths, and pen in it and wore it with the strap (never used the fanny pack option).
When we went out for our daily outing, I also brought my Synapse with the Tall Stuff Sack (Im knitting slippers), an insulated 12 oz Kleen Kanteen, snacks, extra jacket, and sunglasses. This way, I was never without my knitting, and had plenty of room to carry extra stuff (had 6 kids ages 2-13 with us), and was able to carry everything comfortably for hours. I could have put the Side Effect into the Synapse as well, but it was so handy to be able to access what I needed in an instant.
Synapse and Side Effect at Lower Yosemite Falls Shuttle Stop
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At Sing Along Storytime, we sang call-and-response songs, shared some great read aloud stories, and made crafts about the cow that jumped over the moon. We also met Octy the Musical Octopus (who speaks with musical notes) and Octy's new friend Inky. Now Octy and Inky are off travelling to who-knows-where in their yellow suitcase. Inky promised to send a postcard, so check back here at the Kids' Stuff blog for updates about their trip! Bon voyage, Octy and Inky! Maybe Octy and Inky will be back from their big trip by the time we have our next evening Sing Along Storytime in May. Let us know your favorite sing along songs by replying to this blog post. Then, we can sing them together.


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A conversation with Dave Leitao, the new head coach of Maine's only semi-pro basketball team, the Maine Red Claws. He was former head men's basketball coach of the University of Virginia. Previously, he was head coach at Northeastern University and DePaul University.
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Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger from Nickelback are Engaged
Here's something you probably didn't know: AVRIL LAVIGNE has been dating NICKELBACK singer CHAD KROEGER for about six months.
--Oh, and it gets better: They're ENGAGED. Chad proposed on the 8th of this month with a 14-carat diamond. Avril's rep says, quote, "A romantic relationship blossomed as they spent time writing together."
--Avril is 27 and Chad is 37.
--This will be Chad's first marriage and Avril's second. She previously made The Big Mistake with Deryck Whibley of Sum 41. That marriage only lasted three years.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are Officially Divorced
TOM CRUISE and KATIE HOLMES are free to move on with their lives. Their divorce became final on Monday. Obviously, the details are being kept confidential.
--This was about as quick, amicable and painless as divorces get. Katie filed in June.
--But maybe it wasn't so painless on Tom's end. Sources say he's dealing with the split by throwing himself into his work . . . while simultaneously neglecting his health.
--Tom has lost 14 pounds since Katie filed . . . and he's ignoring friends who are telling him to SLOW DOWN.
--One source says, quote, "Tom is trying to soldier on. He doesn't seem to be himself. He hasn't been working out like he normally does and doesn't appear to be eating well at all. His clothes just hang off him."
Police Have Questioned Lindsay Lohan . . . And There's Missing Jewelry Involved
Here we FRICKIN' go again: LINDSAY LOHAN was questioned by police on Monday . . . and their questions involved MISSING JEWELRY. Here's what happened:
--Lindsay was invited to a house party on Sunday night . . . which went so late it turned into a sleepover. Lindsay brought her brother Cody, her assistant and two unidentified guys.
--The next day, the host realized that some expensive watches and sunglasses were missing, so he told everyone not to leave and called police . . . who showed up and questioned everyone.
--TMZ says that Lindsay is NOT a suspect. In fact, she asked the cops if she was, and when they said no, she left.
--But they also say that the owner believes it was the two guys Lindsay brought to the party who stole his stuff. It's not clear if they were still there when police arrived.
Prince Harry Partying Naked in Vegas!
We've always known that PRINCE HARRY can have a good time. And he proved that he's still on his game by PARTYING NAKED in Las Vegas over the weekend.
--It happened Friday night when Harry and some friends went down to the bar in their hotel looking for chicks. They found some, and pretty soon, everybody was in Harry's VIP suite playing STRIP BILLIARDS.
--And someone was kind enough to snap some photos. Two of them ended up online yesterday.
--One pic shows a FULL-FRONTAL Harry . . . although he's cupping his royal package so you can't see it. And there's a girl who's at the very least TOPLESS snuggling up to him from behind.
--In the second photo, it's Harry who's coming up on a girl from behind. They're both naked . . . and Harry's ROYAL CRACK is exposed.
--A spokesman for the royal family says, quote, "We have no comment to make on the photos at this time."
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Is Moving Up to 11:35 P.M. to Compete with Leno and Letterman
JIMMY KIMMEL has agreed to a new contract extension, which will keep "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on ABC until 2015.
--As part of the deal, ABC is moving the show up to 11:35 P.M. to put it in direct competition with "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "The Late Show with David Letterman". The time change will begin January 8th.
--Until then, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" will continue to air at midnight after "Nightline". After the change, "Nightline" will move to 12:35 A.M. And beginning in March, ABC will add an hour of "Nightline" in primetime on Friday nights at 9:00 P.M.
--Kimmel says, quote, "I am excited, honored, and grateful to ABC for this strong vote of confidence, inexplicable as it may be."
--The thinking is that "The Tonight Show" and "Letterman" are fading, and Kimmel could eat into their advertising revenues because his show is big with younger viewers in the coveted demographic of 18- to 49-year-olds.
--For what it's worth, Letterman is 65, Leno is 62 and Jimmy is 44.
Michael Strahan Is Supposedly Kelly Ripa's New Co-Host
Word has it former NFL star MICHAEL STRAHAN has been chosen to be KELLY RIPA'S permanent co-host on "Live! With Kelly". (--Although, that will probably be changed to something like "Live! With Kelly and Michael" if this is true.)
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There are several ways to install Joomla!.
If you want to test Joomla! and you haven't purchased a domain yet, you can install Joomla! on your own computer (without your site appearing on the Internet), you can install it using the XAMPP package. You can also create a working website at demo.joomla.org, which is easy and well-supported.
If you want your site to be available on the Internet, make sure that you have an account on a web server. For most people this means signing up with a hosting company and purchasing a domain that will serve as your site's main address.
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pgCon 2013 Unconference Day
The PostgreSQL Community is having our first Unconference Day at pgCon 2013 in Ottawa! This event, sponsored by Salesforce.com, extends pgCon and gives us additional opportunities to share, collaborate, and discuss about PostgreSQL development, hacking, usage, and community.
For more about unconference days and why we're doing this, see the Unconference Day FAQ.
If you are interested in holding a session, or you want someone else to do a session on a particular topic on the Unconference day, please add your proposal to "session ideas" below.
Basic Information
pgCon Unconference Day
Saturday, May 25th
10am to 5:30pm
Rooms: MNT202, MRT221, MRT256
Unconference Schedule
Not final, may be revised based on conference logistics.
|10am to 11am
|Introduction and selection of sessions in MRT 202
|11am to 12pm
|First sessions (3 rooms)
|12pm to 1pm
|Second sessions (3 rooms)
|1pm to 2:30pm
|Lunch discussion groups
|2:30pm to 3:30pm
|Third sessions (3 rooms)
|3:30pm to 4:30pm
|Fourth Sessions (3 rooms)
|4:30pm to 5:30pm
|Spillover Sessions (3 rooms)
How Sessions are Selected
No predetermined schedule is set for the Unconference Day beforehand. Instead, participants in the Unconference bring their ideas, demands, wishlists and discussion topics, and propose sessions at 10am in MRT 202. Anyone can lead a session. Sessions are accepted by acclaim, and scheduled collaboratively in the first period from 10am to 11am.
In order to get things started quickly on the Unconference Day, participants are encouraged to post session ideas on the wiki, below, before the unconference actually starts.
For more information, see the Unconference Day FAQ
Session Ideas
If you wish to lead a session at the Unconference Day, or if you wish someone else would hold one on a specific topic, please propose it below. Copy this template and add your session proposal:
=== My Session Idea === Proposed By: Me Session Type: Presentation/Round-table/Open Discussion/Hacking/Other Description: write a few lines of description of your session idea here Attendees: anyone who thinks they'll attend this, add your name here
PostgreSQL.org Testing Brainstorming
Proposed By: Josh Berkus
Session Type: Open Discussion
Description: the regression tests and the Buildfarm don't cover anywhere near all the kinds, or scope, of testing we want to do with Postgres, especially during the Beta Testing period. What other kinds of testing could we be doing? How can we increase test coverage? How can we get new contributors involved in testing?
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Enhancement of PostgreSQL testing framework
Proposed By: Galy Lee
Session Type: Presentation/Open Discussion
Description: We had enhanced three parts to current PostgreSQL regression test suite, those are: new replication testing framework, kernel testing framework for index/transaction/buffer page module, enhancement of isolation testing framework with synchronization mechanism. I will introduce our works and hope to discuss with the community how to make our testing framework better.
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Connection Handles for SQL/MED Brainstorming
Proposed By: David Fetter
Session Type: Presentation/Open Discussion/Hacking
Description: Neither SQL/MED nor we provide a way to monitor or use the remote connection directly. We need to figure out how to fix this.
Attendees: David Fetter,
Trigger-Based Replication Brainstorming
Proposed By: Christopher Browne
Session Type: Open Discussion
Description: What are people liking/not liking about Slony, Londiste, Bucardo? What features are not available that would be valuable to have? What backend features would be useful to make implementations better/faster/more reliable?
Attendees: cbbrowne, me (Susanne),
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Session Type: Hacking
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Attendees: Quinn, Satoshi
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- Quinn: I will be giving pg-version-compare some much-needed love (top priority: adding data for recent PostgreSQL releases).
- Satoshi: I will be hacking pgperf-snapshot to catch up to the 9.3 (and add some unit tests). See docs for more details.
The Future of Postgres
Proposed by: Josh Berkus
Session Type: Open discussion
Description: where do you think PostgreSQL should go in 2 years? 5? 10? What features do you see as essential to Postgres continuing to thrive? Who's going to work on them?
Lower Level Tuning
Proposed By: Susanne Ebrecht
Session Type: Presentation and Open Discussion
Description: Databases are real I/O and RAM eater. The talk gives an overview what administrators need to consider on buying new hardware, what they need to tune on Linux level and which variables they might want to change in postgresql.conf to get better performance.
Attendees:: anyone who thinks they'll attend this, add your name here
Why VACUUM?
Proposed By: Susanne Ebrecht
Session Type: Presentation and Open Discussion
Description: For what does PostgreSQL need VACUUM? Why should it run? When is autovacuum triggered? Why autovacuum not alwys works ...
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InnoDB - purge_thread instead of VACUUM
Proposed By: Hartmut Holzgraefe
Session Type: Presentation and Open Discussion
Description: PostgreSQL and InnoDB/XtraDB are both implementing MVCC in similar ways, differ at the detail level though. One of the differences is how to get rid of MVCC records that are no longer needed ... where PostgreSQL requires explicit VACUUM operation (or semi-implicit AUTOVACUUM) the InnoDB storage engine uses one or (in recent releases) more background threads to get rid of old MVCC entries (almost) completely transparantly ... I'd like to have a look at the implementation details and the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches ...
Attendees: anyone who thinks they'll attend this, add your name here
What more is needed for better JSON use?
Proposed By: Andrew Dunstan
Session Type: Open Discussion
Description: Now we have a lot of enhanced JSON functionality in 9.3, what more is needed for more effective and useful JSON?
Attendees: add your name here
Don't be afraid to give a talk on PGCon
Proposed By: Susanne Ebrecht
Session Type: Open Discussion
Description: How to prepare a good talk, ...
Attendees: add your name here
Speaker wanted! Upgrading a running HA system without downtime and without lost of HA
Proposed By: Susanne Ebrecht
Description: Hot upgrading to a new release by always minimum have running one master and minimum one slave .....
Attendees: add your name here
The Future of Full Text Search
Proposed by: Dan Scott
Description: Full text search in PostgreSQL is already pretty awesome, but there may be a number of ways we can enhance it to provide a more competitive alternative to Solr, Elastic Search, Sphinx, and other dedicated full text search engines. Let's figure out what we are already working on and where the low-hanging fruit may be for further enhancements in PostgreSQL 9.4 and beyond, in areas like performance, flexibility (alternate parser, ranking algorithms), new operators, more language support, ...
Attendees (hopefully):
- Alexander Korotkov
- Oleg Bartunov
- Teodor Sigaev
Attendees (firm):
- Dan Scott
- Emanuel Calvo
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Home List of Titles Polymeric optofluidic Fabry-Perot sensor by direct laser machining and hot embossing
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- Title
- Polymeric optofluidic Fabry-Perot sensor by direct laser machining and hot embossing
- Author(s)
- Wu, Jing; Day, Daniel; Gu, Min
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- We present a polymeric-based Fabry-Perot optofluidic sensor fabricated by combining direct laser machining and hot embossing. This technique provides a more elegant solution to conventional hot embossing by increasing the production rate, improving the reproducibility, and further reducing the cost, providing a large working area and flexibility in design modification and customization. As a proof of concept, a Fabry-Perot (F-P) optofluidic sensor was fabricated in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) from a micromachined stamp. The experimental results of the sensor agree well with analytical calculations and show a sensitivity of 2: 13 x 10(-3) RIU/nm for fluid refractive index change.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
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- Applied Optics, Vol. 50, no. 13 (May 2011), pp. 1843-1849
- Publication year
- 2011
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- 0205 Optical Physics; 1113 Ophthalmology and Optometry
- Keyword(s)
- Fabry-Perot optofluidic sensor; Hot embossing; Laser machining; Polymer materials
- Publisher
- Optical Society of America
- 0003-6935
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If you use OFF Mosquito Spray You MUST read this!
Ok - just had to share this tip. ROFL now - but was about ready to cry a few minutes ago! But now that I finally have a solution to a problem I've been having, I'm happy again!
In the last 2 weeks, my computer mouse has been acting up and sometimes starts jumping all over the screen and clicking things off and disconnecting me from messages I am in the middle of writing, designing, and last week during my magazine deadline, even froze up and I couldn't click on anything. Needless to say I was going to lose some things I was working on.
Thank goodness I have a wacom tablet and the pen on it worked fine and got me unlocked. Glad I even thought of that - I usually don't use my wacom pen on my magazine work.
Well, it was acting up again on me tonight, and since I know uninstalling it and using another mouse is not the answer (I've tried that), the light bulb finally went off tonight in my head.
I live in an area with tons of mosquitoes - in northern Illinois we have had a lot of rain this summer and I use tons of OFF mosquito spray to ward them off.
I just finished using water to clean off my mouse pad and my mouse ball - yep gave him a bath. Not just wiping it off like I usually do - this time he got WASHED real good! And so did the mouse pad!
I think the OFF mosquito spray had built up on my mouse pad (overspray on my hands I guess) and it was wreaking havoc with my mouse ball. Everything seems ok for now - so hopefully I have NOW solved my 'technical problem' with my computer and mouse.
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Will let you know if this is not the solution - but it seems to be working now just fine. From now on, I will have to remember to use water and keep my mouse pad free from any 'OFF' sticky mosquito spray.
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- "Popped her! Just about to fix the tires, should be back any minute."
- — Carl Johnson.
Puncture Wounds is the last mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given to protagonist Carl Johnson by Varrios Los Aztecas leader Cesar Vialpando from Carl's garage in the Doherty district of San Fierro, San Andreas.
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Beneficial Use Attainment
Thirty-nine miles of the Salt River, 20 miles of Mark Twain Lake, 45 miles of the North Fork, and 49 miles of the Middle Fork are designated for public drinking water supply (MDNR 1986a). Only the lower Salt River from its mouth to Clarence Cannon Dam and Mark Twain Lake are classified for whole-body contact recreation. All streams listed by the Department of Natural Resources are designated for livestock and wildlife watering and protection of aquatic life. The primary deterrents to recreational use in the basin are high turbidity and siltation which are the results of poor soil management and bed scour (MNDR 1986b). Excessive turbidity and siltation have not only decreased the abundance and diversity of aquatic life and habitat (Missouri Department of Conservation 1978), but have also made boating and canoeing more difficult due to locally heavy sedimentation. Fortunately, most streams in the basin have been spared from extensive channelization. Only the North Fork has been significantly channelized (42%). Channelization also affects recreational use by creating high banks and steep-sided channels making access difficult. The lack of public access in parts of the basin also limits recreational use.
Chemical Quality of Stream Flow
Water quality was data was collected from basin streams at 12 sites around Mark Twain Lake prior to impoundment (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis 1974). For the most part, concentrations were within normal ranges during low or moderate stream flows. High measurements of turbidity, fecal coliform, iron, phosphorus, and nitrogen were usually associated with high flows. Although iron concentrations exceeded 20 mg/L at times, most was in the insoluble form which quickly settles out. Preimpoundment water quality information was also collected throughout the basin during 1969-70 by the Missouri Water Pollution Control Board (1970).
More recent water quality data is scarce. Data was recorded from the lower Salt River at the New London USGS gage station from 1967 to 1986. Selected parameters for the 1986 water year are presented in Table Wq01. Most measurements were within normal ranges during 1986 except during periods of high flow when fecal coliform and iron concentrations were high. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (St. Louis District) periodically collects water quality data at sites within Mark Twain Lake and just below the re-regulation dam on Salt River. The Clarence Cannon Water Treatment Plant monitors several parameters of raw water entering the plant from Mark Twain Lake. Like many reservoirs in agricultural watersheds, Mark Twain Lake has had atrazine levels above the maximum contamination level for drinking water (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1996). Rt. J Reservoir, a water supply reservoir owned by the city of Monroe City, has also had elevated atrazine levels. Although water treatment can remove this and other pesticides, the treatment process is expensive. Monroe City, with cooperation and assistance of several state, federal, and local agencies, and landowners, developed a comprehensive watershed management plan. In 1999, the ?Route J Watershed Atrazine Abatement and Management Project? was implemented with the goal of reducing atrazine losses in field run-off while maintaining effective weed control.
Other water quality research was conducted in the basin during the 1990?s as part of the Agricultural Systems for Environmental Quality Project. This was a joint project of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of Missouri, University Extension, and the USGS. Information on this project can be obtained by contacting the Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit, USDA ARS, Room 269 Agr. Engineering Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211. The purpose of the project was to determine the impact of prevailing cropping systems on ground and surface water quality (dissolved herbicides and nutrients). Findings of this work, much of which was conducted in the Salt River basin, can be found in Kitchen et al. (1997), Donald et al. (1998), Blanchard and Donald (1997), Blanchard and Lerch (2000), and Lerch and Blanchard (2003). Among the findings of these researchers was that many stream sites within the Salt River basin had elevated levels of herbicides, and percent losses of herbicides from claypan soil watersheds are high.
Suspended sediment discharge measured at the Middle Fork-Paris gage station during water year 1996 ranged from 0.26 to 26,500 tons/day. At the New London station (partial sediment data site), a suspended sediment discharge of 12,900 tons/day was recorded on May 7, 1996. Although highly variable from year to year, the average annual suspended sediment load in the Salt River at Monroe City from 1941 to 1965 was 1.215 million tons (Finney 1986).
Concerns listed by the Department of Natural Resources for the lower Salt River include chronic exceedences of secondary drinking water standards for manganese, occasional exceedences of whole fish standards for dieldrin and chlordane (MDNR 1986b). In the re-regulation pool below Mark Twain Lake, low dissolved concentrations caused by low flows of hypolimnetic waters from the lake through the turbines may significantly stress fish in the pool (see Dam and Hydropower Influences). Effluent from sewage treatment facilities or infrastructure in Kirksville, Macon, and Mexico have caused water quality problems in Bear Creek and Steer Creek, Sewer Creek, and South Fork, respectively. Facilities and operations in each of these cities have recently undergone improvements which should lessen impacts on receiving streams. Animal waste in streams can cause low levels of dissolved oxygen, high levels of ammonia, and can lead to nuisance agal blooms (MDNR unpublished). Although surface mining for coal in the Lick Creek and Littleby Creek watersheds has increased sulfate levels in the water, these increases are not of concern and are still below permitted maximums for drinking water supply and protection of aquatic life.
Fish Contaminant Levels and Health Advisories, Fish Kills
All of Missouri, including the Salt River basin, is under a Fish Consumption Advisory posted by the Missouri Department of Health. This advisory advises that women who are pregnant, who may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and children 12 years of age and younger not to eat any largemouth bass over 12 inches in length. This advisory was issued due to concerns about mercury contamination in largemouth bass and because of new risks estimates by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. North Missouri was once included in a limited consumption advisory for catfish, carp, drum, suckers, and paddlefish. However, this advisory was removed in 2001 because levels of contaminants, mainly chlorodane, have declined.
Low dissolved oxygen concentrations in the re-regulation pool between Clarence Cannon Dam and the re-regulation dam have been a major concern and a persistent problem. However, causes have been identified, water quality is now consistently monitored, and operational procedures at Clarence Cannon Dam are in place that will make oxygen problems in the pool less likely in the future. Other persistent water quality problems and fish kills have occurred in Bear Creek and Steer Creek due to sewage releases and overflows from Kirksville?s wastewater treatment plant and infrastructure. Recent improvements at the plant have made future problems less likely.
Water Use
Mark Twain Lake is the largest water supply reservoir in the basin. The Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission (CCWWC) currently distributes about 2.5 million gallons daily (mgd) to a large area around the lake and in some adjoining basins. The lake has the capacity to supply about 16 mgd. The CCWWC supplies water to Perry, Shelbyville, Paris, Madison, New London, Farber, Huntsville, Vandalia, Curryville, Lewistown, LaBelle, Edina, Shelby County PWSD (Public Water Supply District) #1, Knox County PWSD #1, Monroe County PWSD #2, Marion County PWSD #1, and Cannon PWSD #1, Thomas Hill PWSD #1, Pike County PWSD #1, and Lewis County PWSD #1. In addition to Mark Twain Lake, there are about 13 other municipal water supply reservoirs in the basin; however, some of these are not currently in use (Vandike 1995). The City of Shelbina occasionally pumps water from the North Fork Salt River into their water supply reservoir. Total surface water withdrawals for North Fork, South Fork, and lower Salt River sub-basins are approximately 2.5, 5.5, and 3.0 million gallons per day, respectively. Industrial water withdrawals in the basin are relatively minor, totaling about 1.7 million gallons per day. Seventy-three percent of the 14,200 acres of irrigated land in the basin occurs in the South Fork sub-basin, mostly in Audrain County.
Point Source Pollution
Overall, point sources have a minor impact on streams in the basin. Waste water treatment facilities are the most common sources of point pollution (Table Wq02). Most have relatively small daily discharges. Only Shelbina, Macon, Mexico, Moberly, and Kirksville discharge more the 0.5 million gallons daily into receiving streams. The Kirksville waste treatment facility has had problems in the past with the rotating biological contactor resulting in permit exceedences and discoloration and sedimentation of several miles of Bear Creek (MDNR unpublished). Recent improvements should lessen the likelihood of detrimental impacts in the future. Numerous small, privately owned point-source discharges (subdivisions, small businesses, schools etc.) occur in the basin. Stormwater run-off from several sand/gravel quarries, limestone settling ponds, clay pits and storage, and coal mining sites are also potential sources of pollution in the basin, especially in the South Fork sub-basin.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Audrain and Shelby counties are among Missouri?s top swine producing counties. Most swine operations in the Salt River basin are relatively small compared to corporate farms that have recently ventured into the neighboring Chariton River basin. Corporate operations may develop and have significant impacts in the Salt River basin in the future. Currently, the largest hog facility, located in the Spencer Creek watershed, handles about 8,500 head (Table Wq03). Another eleven farms retain more than 1,500 hogs. All of these privately-owned operations use anaerobic lagoons for treatment of excrement.
Non-point Pollution
Sedimentation and turbidity are the basin?s most severe water quality problems (MDNR unpublished, Duchrow 1974). Intensive land cultivation has caused severe soil erosion throughout the watershed. Anderson (1980) reported 18 - 24 tons/acre/year of sheet and rill erosion from tilled land in the basin. Erosion from permanent pasture land averaged 2.5 - 5 tons/acre/year. Gully erosion was considered moderate at 100 - 199 tons/square mile annually. As a consequence, the watershed delivered about 2.9 tons/acre of sediment to basin streams annually and was ranked the tenth worst of 45 basins in the state. Streambank erosion contributes about 3% of the annual sediment load to basin streams. Sediment yield to Mark Twain Lake in 1988 was estimated at 1.85 million tons, 58% of which originated from cropland and 17% from floodplain scour (SCS 1988).
Agricultural run-off, which includes fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, and animal waste, also poses a significant threat to water quality in the basin. During dry periods when stream flows are low, livestock and their waste concentrate around streams. These waste can promote low levels of dissolved oxygen, high levels of ammonia, and excessive algal growth.


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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976; age 39) is an English actor who plays the role of of a character named "John Harrison", the villain in Star Trek Into Darkness. [1] In February 2012, several images from the filming of a fight scene with Zachary Quinto appeared on the web. [2]
Born in London, England, Cumberbatch is best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on the BBC drama program Sherlock, which premiered in 2010. He began his professional acting career on the stage in 2001, making the transition to television and film a year later. He was lauded for his performance as Stephen Hawking in the 2004 BBC drama Hawking, which featured his future Star Trek co-star, Alice Eve. He and Eve again appeared together in the 2006 feature film Starter for 10.
Cumberbatch has worked with two other actors who played villains in Star Trek films. He starred opposite Tom Hardy (Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis) in the 2007 TV movie Stuart: A Life Backwards and both appeared in the 2011 adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Cumberbatch also appeared with Eric Bana (Nero in Star Trek) in the 2008 film The Other Boleyn Girl.
Cumberbatch's other film credits include his critically-acclaimed performance as William Pitt in Amazing Grace (2006), Paul Marshall in the 2007 adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement, and as Major Jamie Stewart in Steven Spielberg's War Horse (2011). He'll also provide the voices of Smaug the dragon and the Necromancer in the highly-anticipated three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (2013).


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U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II said Tuesday that Support Solutions Inc. improperly billed Medicare and MaineCare programs in 2006 and 2007.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The U.S. Attorney's Office says a Maine nonprofit organization has agreed to pay nearly $75,000 to settle claims of improper billing to Medicare and MaineCare programs.
U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II said Tuesday that Support Solutions Inc. improperly billed the health care programs in 2006 and 2007 for services provided by a program manager who had been excluded from participating in federal health care programs.
Delahanty says Support Solutions was in violation of the federal False Claims Act for sending bills for services rendered by a prohibited person.
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Curt Schilling's Bloody Sock
The suffocating coverage of Dwight Freeney's injured ankle reminds me of the Curt Schilling 'Bloody Sock Saga.'
Believe it or not, that was just five short years ago that Schilling mowed down the Yanks in Game 6 of the ALCS on October 19, 2004.
99 pitches, seven innings, one run, four hits, four K's, no walks.
It took New York seven innings to cross the plate, a Bernie Williams HR off Schilling, yet by then the Red Sox had already totaled four runs against former-Cub John Lieber for a 4-1 lead, which stood for an eventual 4-2 win.
Given the condition of Schilling's right ankle, which needed a tendon sutured into place just days before, the outing was undoubtedly one of the best all-time performances in post season history.
The rest of the story, of course, is history, and that of which baseball fans remember very well. Because not only did the Red Sox pull off its unprecedented 0-3 series comeback against the Yankees, but they also broke the club's 86 year World Series drought (must be nice, eh).
Schilling, not surprisingly, also made a second bloody sock outing — winning Game 2 of the World Series.
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The Guard is a dark comedy set in a small town in Ireland. It's also a throwback buddy film where two cops from different backgrounds work together to fight crime while insulting eachother. It has its tender moments but for the most part, The Guard is all about the genre and complying with the dictates of cliche. The great character actor Don Cheadle plays an uptight FBI agent sent to provincial Ireland to bust a drug ring. Along the way, he encounters the eccentric and verbally unfiltered policeman Gerry Boyle, who has his own method of conducting police investigations. The two bristle at one another's approach, disliking the other's personality but like all buddy films, they come to find common ground in bringing the bad guys to justice.
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People young and old took aim at clay targets in the 16th annual clay shoot for the Children's Miracle Network sponsored by Log A Load. Organizers say the weather hasn't helped much this year. The event was originally planned the weekend Irene hit, and this weekend will be rainy too. Typically the tournament brings in up to $80,000 in 2 days.
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Holy c...! Very cool! Colour me extremely interested!
Care to talk system for a bit? I'm a long time roleplayer with an interest for game-mechanics.
And good choice for cartographer! SK is very talented! I'm sure the map will be awesome
Hello Cartographer's Guild! My name is Nicholas. A while back, I posted a thread in "Map Requests", asking for a talented cartographer to make a beautiful map for me and my team. We are based in Texas and Japan, and belong to a group of papermakers, developers, roleplayers, and historians. With our powers combined, we are creating a tabletop, pen&paper roleplaying experience set in Edo period Japan.
For most of my team, it's a part-time job. For me and Maiko (our current expert in Japanese linguistics and folktales), it's a full-time affair. I myself am a scholar of Japanese papermaking and book arts (and that comes with historical research into the Edo period itself) -- I have received a master's degree in these art forms, and continue to strive to learn more about them. So, I come from a traditional, hands-on approach to making artwork. Digital is not my forte. That is why I wanted someone to help me out. But, I was looking for someone who shared my "traditional" approach and concept. The artist we ended up picking is the Guild's very own Schwarzkreuz.
This thread will be a development diary of sorts (combined with my blog). Maiko is from Japan (and still lives there, but is currently studying abroad for a master's program in the states), and I myself have lived there, and the two of us have conducted extensive field research into our project. We've traveled to a lot of different places and have met some interesting people.
As such, the map is not a modern, satellite-perfect portrayal of Japan. Instead, it is an attempt to create Japan as citizens under the Tokugawa Shogunate might have seen Japan. Placement of cities and roads, etc. has been key for us, and we deciphered an older script of Japanese (sometimes with a lot of headaches). But all in all, it's been a great experience so far. Additionally, since our game is actually set in an alternate, fantastic version of the Edo period, we wanted to convey a "fantasy" feel, but also one that is intrinsically tied to Japanese mythology, folktales, and aesthetics/Edo period culture.
Schwarzkreuz is doing the artwork, and he can elaborate on that. For now, I will give you our progress on the conceptual side:
1.) We started with a map from the Tokyo National Museum historical archives. It is dated from the Edo period.
2.) Schwarzkreuz traced an outline of the map using a sumi brush stroke. It turned out beautifully. With this outline, Maiko and I were able to go through and begin deciphering the map itself, finding where things go. This was harder than it seems -- the map is definitely "off" compared to modern representations, or Meiji period colonial representations. Additionally, Japan has a modern history of rerouting rivers. Often, Edo period rivers were in slightly different places than their modern counterparts. We had to account for this. Luckily, we had visited many archives while in Japan and were able to get a few samples.
3.) Because travel is so important to our game, we mapped out the entire Tōkaidō and Nakasendō (two major foot highways during the Edo period). We mapped out every station, but our final map will only include "major" post station settlements. We will also include some minor roads, but not many stations on these roads.
4.) I am in the process of making sheets of Japanese paper (washi) to scan and be used for textures on the map. This is my washi making process, which I have studied now for several years. You can read about it here, if you are interested. I will be posting updates on this. We will also be using scans from papers from the makers I know in Japan, since we will also be printing on their paper.
5.) I am also in the process of making color fields by doing mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock printing), which I am also somewhat experienced in. So, I am going to print color fields onto my handmade paper using the same techniques ukiyo-e artists like Hiroshige and Hokusai used. After making these blocks, I will scan and send to Schwarzkreuz, who, like with the washi, will incorporate them into the map.
6.) Maiko, who is an artist from Japan currently working to get her Master's in Fine Art, also happens to be exceptional at calligraphy. She will be doing some Japanese calligraphy for the compass symbols, and will be writing a lot of the names in English (but using sumi brush calligraphy ... and making it kind of intentionally "messy" to capture our "Vagabonds" feel). We are going to scan these and put them on the map as labels.
The final map will come in both digital versions, poster versions (printed on normal poster paper), and deluxe versions, which will be archival-printed on actual handmade washi from a maker we know in Japan (large size). Therefore, the map you see below is not the full resolution version. We are also making this an illustrative map, rather than a political map. We hope, in the near future, to make an entire atlas of maps relating to Edo period Japan, including zoomed-in art versions of the major highways, maps of regions, and maps of cities/shrine complexes/etc.
Again, I will let Schwarzkreuz go into more detail on the visual stuff. He has done some great work for us already, and we are excited to all be working together.
I look forward to keeping this development diary on these boards, and to your comments/suggestions/whatever. If you're interested in the game itself, check out my signature. We finally started a blog, but the project itself has been in the works for 7+ years. We are expecting the core rulebook to be fully edited and ready to print by early 2014 (the map, hopefully much earlier than that ).
- Nick
(Below is the original version [sized down] of the map from the Tokyo National Museum historical archives. The second image is some of the crazy stuff we are doing, mapping out the locations on that map [some of which are labeled, others which we have to "find" through careful observation].)
Holy c...! Very cool! Colour me extremely interested!
Care to talk system for a bit? I'm a long time roleplayer with an interest for game-mechanics.
And good choice for cartographer! SK is very talented! I'm sure the map will be awesome
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Sounds like a wonderful project, I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this.
After an interesting time spend on research and testing, I am sure this will be one of my best maps, when its done.
When more elements of the Map are done, I will adding more detailed postings about the processes used on this map.
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I would say we are far more influenced/inspired by the relatively recent "Fate" than D&D/L5R or GURPS. For example, our system does not have attribute scores in the traditional sense, and we like using descriptors instead of numbers. It's a lot about characters and their flaws, and using those flaws to do interesting things (or overcoming them). We do give the GM considerable leeway, depending on the kind of game she wants to organize -- but overall, the system is catered to creating dynamic, intriguing characters/situations, and not "invincible katana-wielding samurai of destruction" or "fireball-breathing monks of magic". Essentially, our system reflects our concept.
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Update: October 19, 2013
An update from my side of things. I am working on my batch of washi (handmade Japanese paper) so that SK can create textures with the scanned result. These textures will be used in the digital and poster versions, while the archival-printed version will be on large sheets of sized washi (so the ink doesn't bleed). I want people who receive the digital and poster versions to still have something special, which is why I am going through these lengths to provide an accurate and pleasing texture.
Below you will see two photographs (+1 image). The first one is of a process called chiri tori. We cooked the kozo bark with a wood-fired stove and rinsed the bark thoroughly. After that, we had to pick the little imperfections out of each strand of bark. This is the essence of chiri tori. For this map texture, I want something light-colored and without speckles, so all of the remnants of the outer layer of bark needed to be removed (so, brown bits being removed from the lighter, "purer" bits). Each strand of bark had to be run through the bucket of water, kept wet, and then purified. I used tweezers for the stubborn pieces, my fingers for the others. It's finally gotten a bit cold here in north Texas, so the water kept nice and cool (which is what you want to avoid bacterial growth).
The second photograph is the beating process. After I picked the bark of the imperfections, I began to beat it with a handmade wooden mallet (as shown). The photograph displays the beating process well-in. Before that, they were essentially the shape of stripped bark strands. The cooking made them softer and removed the decaying properties. For this paper, I have beaten the fiber for a few hours (with my mallet and my speed -- this can be done in a much shorter time in more well-equipped Japanese studios). I do not think I will beat it any more after this photograph was taken.
The image next to the photographs is our progress in documenting locations on this old map. Maiko and I have been swimming in pools of books and old maps, figuring out locations and specific roads. Sometimes the names on this old map have an added syllable or two, which we always look into. It was common during the Edo period for one location to be called something by the people living on one side of the road, and called something completely different from people living on the other side. Geographic features, like mountains, are usually obvious and easy, though we are attempting to give mountains and rivers their period-specific names, and not their modern names (most of them are the same, but some are not). We hope to get this old map completely deciphered by the end of the weekend.
- Nick
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Hello again everyone! It's been a while since the last update. Schwarzkreuz is hard at work on the map. Maiko and I finished our outline of the old Japanese map a few weeks ago, and we finally have a few of our larger sheets of washi prepared. We are going to take them to a large format scanner and get digital versions to SK as soon as possible for textures.
I am attaching a small version of our final outline, so you can at least see how much went into it. It isn't visually spectacular.
SK continues to make exceptional progress. We have been very happy working with him, and have enjoyed his attention to detail. He is essentially drawing the entire landscape by hand. We are going for a mix of ukiyo-e colors and simple line work -- it isn't any "one" traditional style, but more like a mix of several (and then, of course, SK's own handdrawn style mixed in). Some parts of it are illustrator-y/painterly, while others are more woodblock print. It's been fun watching this style develop. I am attaching a few shots, which SK authorized me to post. I'm sure he'd appreciate your rep, if you deem it worthy.
None of the colors are finalized here, by the way. Coloring will come after the line work. SK was also tinkering with some traditional Japanese patterns for the water (seikaiha is the name of the waves pattern shown in one of these pics). Also still to come are settlements and roads. So obviously, this firmly remains a WIP.
On the Vagabonds front itself: we are accepting playtest groups currently, so if any of you play tabletop roleplaying games and want to participate in our international playtest, don't hesitate to let me know.
- Nick
A more complete sample of progress, courtesy of Schwarzkreuz.
Well, I have to say that I like where this is going! It already looks very promising.
Here we go! A huge update. First of all, some progression shots:
Stage 1: The map from the Tokyo National Museum historical archives + concept notes.
Stage 2: Research + began outlining + concept solidification. Edo period-style border added.
Stage 3: Finished outline.
Stage 4: Outline drawing begins.
Stage 5: Brushwork outline finished.
Stage 6: Color base added.
Stage 7: Landmass tones added. Coastal outlines added. River colors altered.
Stage 8: Colors, shades, and other details added to geographic features. Woodblock (ukiyo-e) gradient added. Weather gradient added. Handmade washi paper texture added.
Stage 9: Gradient perfected, roads added.
Stage 10: Adding icons now.
That's where we are now, more or less. Very close to finishing. It's been a long and arduous journey, but I am extremely happy with the result. Collaborating with SK has been incredibly rewarding for both myself and Maiko.
The photoshop file football has been tossed to me now. I'm going to tinker with icons and move locations to where they need to be. And then, of course, Maiko's hand-written labels will be important. We are not going to include all of the settlements that we outlined. Most, but not all. Icons will be separated into population sizes (cities), major Shinto shrines, and major Buddhist temples. More temples and shrines than what are shown on the outline will be included. I'd also like to figure out some way to elegantly inform viewers which towns have castles. Perhaps a simple square or diamond enveloping the dot?
Also, my handmade washi really altered the color of the water. We might have to play with that so it is a little less "lime" colored. There also appear to be some repeating artifacts in the paper ... perhaps a leftover from the texture we were using beforehand. The texture of the main handmade washi gives the overall background a subtle and beautiful boost.
I will post the finished map when it's ready. We are working on this while putting the finishing touches on parts of our PDF playtest packet (which is basically the rough draft of our core rulebook), so there's a lot going on. Any general comments or suggestions would be much appreciated!


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