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Edmond, OK, not known for industrial realty
EDMOND — Huge machinery, hard hats, big warehouses and pallets stacked high with stuff don't immediately come to mind when you think of Edmond real estate.
Industrial property here is usually marked by an asterisk, since retail space, housing and, in recent years, office buildings are the stuff of Edmond property.
This year, it barely rated a mention in reports presented at the annual Edmond Economic Preview, organized by the Edmond Economic Development Authority and First Fidelity Bank. The event was Tuesday at the University of Central Oklahoma's Nigh Center.
Last year, there wasn't a single industrial building permit pulled in Edmond or parts of northwest Oklahoma City claimed for their impact on the Edmond economy.
No real slam. Edmond just isn't that industrial.
There were some sales of industrial property, though — eight of them for a combined $7,043,500 involving a total of 99,411 square feet, and an average of $79 per square foot.
Here are the highlights:
• The biggest in size, which also was the biggest in price: Alva Roofing Co. bought a 33,750-square-foot building at 14200 N Lincoln Blvd., built in 2005, for $2,010,000 — $59.56 per square foot — from Pierce Hardy LP.
• The smallest in size, which also was the most paid per square foot: JCS Properties LLC bought a 2,960-square-foot building at 600 Westland Drive, built in 1984, for $395,000 — $133.45 per square foot — from Dana D. Lemcke and Donna L. and Steve B. Kaul.
• The lowest price per square foot: $44.92, paid by Timothy J. and Linda Curtis for a 9,672-square-foot building at 1324 S Fretz Ave., No. 100, built in 2006. The purchase price was $434,500. Kalidy Commercial Properties LLC was the seller.
• The smallest in price: $259,000 ($80.94 per square foot), paid by the Scott Andrew Beauchene and Joetta Kay Beauchene Trust for a 3,200-square-foot building at 200 NW 132, built in 1999. Diversified Properties LLC was the seller.
Detailed office property sales were not presented, but Turner & Co. reported that Edmond saw 11 sales in 2012 for a combined $9,297,000 involving a total of 52,369 square feet of space and an average price per square foot of $120.80; the high was $186.60 and the low was $55.40.
As for retail, there were 25 sales of stores, shopping centers and land, according to Price Edwards & Co., for a combined $41,695,500 involving a total of 344,454 square feet of space.
Retail property purchase prices ranged from $160,000, paid by GPROP LLC for a 2,184-square-foot store at 113 S Broadway to $8.8 million, paid by Store Capital Acquisitions LLC for 4 acres at 13111 Broadway Extension.


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Letter from the Commodore
It is an honor to be your 34th Commodore. My goals are simple, to ensure the club is enjoyable for our members in 2015 and that the club is positioned to be around another 56 years for future members.
The Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club combines our members passion for fishing while providing the ability for members to embrace their competitive spirit.
While our club has a rich history our heritage comes from members who every year bring their enthusiasm, integrity, generosity and camaraderie. The members are the reason our club has endured for the past 56 years.
Everyone has memories of great fishing runs as well as those runs when the fish seemed to be everywhere but in your boat. The club enables us to enrich these memories by recognizing & celebrating these moments with others.
Some join to compete, others join because they like being part of a long standing tradition, and yet others join because of the social events, so whatever your reason welcome and please take part in the tournaments and social events our committees have worked so hard to organize and plan for the 2015 season.
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In direct reaction to the Reagan/Bush administrations' wanton attack upon the international and domestic legal orders, tens of thousands of Ameri- can citizens engaged in various forms of nonviolent civil resistance activities in order to protest against distinct elements of a U.S. foreign policy that violated basic principles of international law. These citizen protests led to numerous arrests and prosecutions by federal, state, and local governmental authorities all over the country. This author gave advice, counsel and assis- tance to individuals and groups who had engaged in acts of nonviolent civil resistance directed against several aspects of the U.S. government's foreign


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These poems and images are the result of an artistic collaboration that began on a snowy day in January of 2009 at the remains of the Shaker Village in Enfield, New Hampshire. We have stayed in The Great Stone Dwelling where the Shaker brethren and sisters once lived. We have worshipped with the practicing Shakers at Sabbathday Lake Village in New Gloucester, Maine. We have witnessed treasure troves of Shaker relics not yet available for public viewing and visited a Shaker Village in the earliest stages of restoration. We have visited Shaker Villages throughout New England and New York State. An adventure it has been and still there is more to see and more to learn. May these images and verse be an invitation to others to also discover the story of the Shakers.
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1968 Chevrolet Camaro - LS2 Trans Plant - Part 2Written by Steven Rupp on January 12, 2007 We tackle the final details of our LS2 First Gen Camaro swap, including fuel system, cooling system, and wiring harness.
Last month, we got a big start on dropping our new LS2-based drivetrain into the '68 Camaro project called Bad Penny (see "LS2 Transplant, Part 1"). The engine is in, but there's still a lot to do. In many ways, installing a modern engine into vintage tin is a lot like installing your run-of-the-mill small-block, but there are key differences. The LS2 has specific fuel and wiring components, making it more involved than the typical small-block install. However, the aftermarket has been burning the midnight oil developing goodies to make LS swaps much less painless. We plan on showing you many of those time-saving short-cuts right here.
We're not rocket scientists, but in the end, we managed to get it all installed. The key was to plan ahead, and when we came to the inevitable bump in the road, we worked around it rather than to get frustrated. There are also more budget-minded ways to do just about everything if you're willing to put in more sweat equity. Still, it's not an easy or a cheap date, just keep in mind that most guys who have done it have a hard time going back to the old-school stuff!
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When it comes to wiring the engine, the ease is proportional to how much you're willing to spend. You can pick up a stock factory ECU and harness on eBay and try to rework the wires yourself (and send the computer out for programming), or you can order a custom harness made for your application. We took the second route and ordered this harness from Speartech Fuel Injection. John Spears at Speartech built the harness specifically for our '68 Camaro and even added wiring for the electric water pump. All the plugs are clearly marked, which made wiring the engine one of the easiest parts of the install. Speartech will also rework your factory harness and reprogram your computer. This route is a bit cheaper if you already have a harness and computer.Wiring was as easy as drilling a hole in the trans tunnel and feeding through the wiring. All the wires were just the right length to get where they needed to go. Speartech is also able to build the harness to use the fly-by-wire 90mm throttle body that comes on the LS2. They even sent us the gas pedal that plugs into the ECU. The Speartech harness has all the right connections for the T56 to handle things like the neutral safety, reverse lock-out circuits, and has the fuses and relay for the fuel pump.Here are the players in our cooling system. From AFCO, we have the new double-pass LS1 radiator, fan control relay, overflow tank, and cap. From Meziere, we're running the re-designed LS2 electric street water pump. These should easily keep our mill running cool.Hose clamps never look that great, and we didn't want some blingy billet deal. These thermo-plastic PowerGrip clamps are from Gates (www.gates.com) and are pretty slick. We bought the correct sizes, in our case it was PN 32941 (1.5 to 1.75 inches) for the upper hose and 32948 (1.75 to 2 inches) for the lower hose on the engine side. The clamps slip over the end of the hose and then shrink when warmed with a heat gun. The advantage is that equal pressure is applied to all sides of the hose. When the engine gets to operating temperature, they even snug up a bit more. This technology has been around for years and has been proven in OEM applications. The only downside is that you have to cut them off to remove them and then buy new ones, but they only cost a couple bucks each.Here are the hoses installed with the Powergrip clamps. We found them at our local NAPA outlet and they are almost a dead-on fit for this application. The part number for the upper hose is 8301 and the number for the lower hose is 9038. We used a little paint thinner to remove the writing from the Gates clamps, which makes for a clean look.The old fuel tank on Penny was a pro-street style 16-gallon plastic deal. It used foam in the bottom to help baffle gas movement. It's great for drag racing and cruising, but not so good for handling or for an EFI application. You can also see the old school battery box which contained a standard wet-cell battery.
The old tank was pulled out and sent to Rick's Hot Rod Shop so it could be used as a template for a new stainless tank. Rick's can also make a stainless replacement bolt-in tank that fits just like your OEM one.Here's our new fuel system. The tank capacity was increased to 20 gallons by Rick's and features an internal Aeromotive fuel pump. Cheap fittings can really hurt the flow of fuel, so we went with XRP fittings and braided hoses. We will run 8-AN hose to the engine with an 6-AN return line to the tank. We are also running a 10-micron post filter and an Aeromotive adjustable regulator.Inside the tank you can see the 100-micron pre-filter and the A1000 Aeromotive pump. The access port in the top of the tank will make servicing the parts an easy deal.Here you can see where we mounted the 10-micron filter and pressure regulator. We chose to run the regulator before the fuel rail and back near the tank. This means we have a very short return to the tank, which should lead to fewer problems with heat in the fuel. On higher horsepower applications it becomes more important to run the regulator up near the engine and return the fuel back after it goes through the fuel rail. Returning the fuel after it goes through the fuel rails also gives a theoretical improvement to how well the injectors work. The way we did it is similar to how a new Corvette is set up and saved us a ton of plumbing.We decided to add this Barry Grant fuel cooler to the supply line running to the engine. It's mounted about midway through the run on the backside of the rocker panel. This way it's protected and will get great airflow over the fins.Make sure all your fuel fittings are snugged down properly. We did the final install on the fuel rail crossover hose, which is 8-AN. One nice thing about the nickel-stainless finish on these XRP fittings is that it's more durable and harder to scratch than fittings with an anodized finish.Here you can see where the fuel enters the driver-side fuel rail. You can also see how close the engine sits to the firewall. Due to how the fuel rails are staggered, it was easier to run to the driver side even though the fuel line ran down the passenger side of the car. Make sure you keep the fuel lines as far from the headers as possible.With the fuel tank dropped in, it was time to bolt in the new battery tray. The billet unit from Detroit Speed & Engineering (DSE) comes with a handy template that makes installation a snap. We drilled the holes per the instructions in the template provided by DSE.The battery hold-down looks great and, more importantly, holds the battery safe and secure. Having the Optima red-top battery means we no longer have to worry about running a vented battery box, and we don't have to worry about damage from battery acid. Plus, it has the cranking amps to easily turn over our LS2.
We also buttoned up the install of our McLeod Slik Stix shifter. The shifter uses a Belleville washer system to help make the 2-3 shift easier. It also has 60 different offset positions, ranging from 2 inches side-to-side, and up to 4 inches front or back. This meant we could get our shifter right where we wanted it. We cut a hole in the trans tunnel large enough to allow us to pull the shifter for service without dropping the trans. We then fabricated a cover plate.Under the car we installed both of the O2 sensors. The ECU will need these sensors to adjust to changing conditions. The ones needed here are GM PN 12581966. During the installation, be very careful not to touch or damage the tip of the sensor. We then plugged the Speartech harness into the sensors.If you're running a mostly stock engine, you can save a ton of cash by running this item. It's the combination fuel filter and regulator from a C5 Corvette (GM PN 10299146). It's not adjustable, but it's inexpensive and works fine on 400hp Corvettes. You can buy adaptors to use -AN fittings with this at Street & Performance.Welcome to the first sizeable problem of our install. For some reason, the transmission crossmember didn't come close to fitting. With the tranny raised up as far as possible, there wasn't room to put in the mount. The trans could go up a bit further, but then the headers would hit the floor. We talked to the designer and couldn't figure out why this happened. The simple solution was to visit Fast Eddie's Racecar Fabrication in Orange, CA, for a little fab work on the crossmember. An inch of clearance was added and all was good.This is the reverse lockout solenoid that lives on the side of the T56. If we had thought of this, we could've used our trusty hammer to "massage" the trans tunnel so it would fit. We didn't, so we simply pulled the part and took it down a bit with a grinder.With the transmission in place, we were able to order our 3.5-inch aluminum driveshaft from Inland Empire Driveline. We happened to be running a Strange 9-inch rear end, so the appropriate U-joints were added. We would tell you the length of our driveshaft, but on a custom deal like this, it may not end up being the same as what you need and that would result in angry mail.Now it was time to install the Stewart Warner Maximum Performance 2 5/8-inch gauges. This way we can monitor the vital functions when we fire up the LS2 for the first time. These gauges have the added benefit of having glow-through numbers rather than perimeter lighting for an easy-to-read, modern look.One option you can get with the Stewart Warner stuff is LED lighting. These come in a variety of colors including red, blue, green, and white, and are a snap to install. Simply unplug the standard bulb and plug in the small LED circuit board. Smaller gauges use the two-light board and the larger gauges use the four-light board so your dash lighting is consistent. The circuit board also has built-in surge protection. The "+" symbol on the board aligns with the white wire.
Fire in the hole! We didn't run it for long, though, just long enough to make sure we had everything hooked up right. After a short run, we shut it down and looked for leaks. None were found, so we loaded up the Camaro and shipped it back to Best of Show Coachworks in San Marcos, CA, for the final touches and missing sheetmetal. You can find a short video of the car firing up on www.popularhotrodding.com.Back at the body shop, we re-hung the fenders so we could figure out the front wheel offset. Penny will be running Toyo Proxes RA1 R-compound tires. Since we had the tire, we were able to nail the right size. We came up with 18x9 for the front wheels (with a 6.5-inch backspace) with a 275/35ZR18 tire. This still gives us a decent turning radius. The rear Toyo RA1s are 335/30ZR18s.If you remember our subframe story (see "Framed!" Dec. '06) we installed Chris Alston's Varishocks into our front C5 suspension. Now we took the time to install matching coilover shocks in the rear. The double-adjustable shocks will make tuning a breeze. The springs are 9-inch 210-lb units.The mounting points of the new C5 suspension sit farther back than the factory control arms. This means we needed to trim the inner fenders just a bit to clear the back of the upper control arms.Looks almost like a car again. The hood was installed with DSE's new billet hinges and it should be noted that while they're mostly cosmetic, they do make adjusting the hood a ton easier. We also installed DSE's radiator core-support closeout. This cleans up the front of the bay and helps push more air though the radiator. Now we just need to fabricate an air intake and tune the engine on a chassis dyno. Testing it at Fontana, our regular test venue, is just around the corner.


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Villa Anatoli, Aphrodite Hills, Paphos
Villa with 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, swimming pool and golf nearby in Aphrodite Hills, Cyprus
From £2,280.00 per week
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- Sleeps: 12
- Private pool
- Air conditioning
- Car hire: essential
- Nearest beach: 15km
- Nearest bar: 1km
- Nearest restaurant: 1km
- Nearest supermarket: 1km
- Paphos airport: 15km
Stunning 6 bedroom villa with infinity pool overlooking signature hole of the best golf course in Cyprus, with views out to the mediteranean sea
Living Area: The open plan arrangement of the dining area, lounge and kitchen give the villa an true summer feel to it. Leather furniture in the living area combined with plasma TV, and direct access to the pool area means you will be enjoying a villa where quality is absolute. The dining area boasts a stunning table with Wicker style chairs with views of the pool and sea from two sides.
The kitchen is fully equipped and features granite worktops to compliment the facilities.
Bedrooms and bathrooms: The villa has two spacious double bedrooms and two twin bedrooms, one with en-suite facilities. The bedrooms have plenty of storage, with wardrobes and glass bedside tables. Three of the bedrooms have direct access to the upper or lower terraces. There is a lower bedroom also, this is fitted with a sofa bed and masses of storage space, has its own shower room and is ideal for a maid/nanny or a teenager needing their own space.
The five shower/bathrooms are all marble or limestone tiled with granite surrounds to the sinks and vanity units underneath. The en-suite to the master bedroom features a free standing bath and walk in shower.
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Oculus Connect 2 is our second annual developer conference where engineers, designers, and creatives from around the world come together to learn about the future of the Oculus platform and push virtual reality forward.
This year's Connect will feature keynotes from Brendan Iribe, Michael Abrash, and John Carmack, plus everything developers need to know to launch on the Rift and Gear VR.
Attend talks from industry leaders pushing the cutting edge, and learn about the latest advancements in the field
Give and receive insight from fellow Oculus developers tackling the same challenges
Participate in design and engineering workshops with other attendees and the Oculus engineering team
At last year's inaugural Connect, nearly 1,000 developers attended engineering and design sessions, showcased their projects, connected with fellow developers, and experienced the Crescent Bay prototype for the first time. As a result of the community's incredible work, virtual reality is poised to transform gaming, storytelling, film, communication, and much more.
Loews Hollywood Hotel
1755 N Highland Ave,
Hollywood, CA 90028
Los Angeles Airport
1 World Way,
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Connect 2 will feature over 30 talks. This schedule will help you plan and customize your Connect 2 experience.
- Making Great VR: Lessons Learned from 'I Expect You To Die'
Game & App Design | Jesse Schell (Schell Games) | TCL 6
Jesse Schell has been creating VR experiences for over 20-years. In this talk, he shares what he has learned about creating great VR over the years, including many specific examples from 'I Expect You To Die'.
Duration: 25 min
- 'Gunjack': The Making of a Gear VR Game
Game & App Design | Jean-Charles Gaudechon (CCP Shanghai), Kevin Liu (CCP Shanghai) | TCL 3
Developers from CCP Shanghai will take you through the roller-coaster of building a fun and visually stunning game for Gear VR. Gunjack is a first-person arcade shooter, built from the ground up for VR using Epic's Unreal Engine 4. This talk will offer an overview of the creative process, project set-up and how to achieve AAA visuals on Gear VR, among other topics.
Duration: 25 min
- New Techniques for Streaming 360 Video
VR Engineering | David Pio (Facebook) | TCL 1
More content creators are filming immersive 360-degree VR video content than ever before. However, VR video today requires high resolutions and high bitrates that stress the limits of video decoders and modern CPUs. These requirements make it challenging to stream high-quality VR video over typical wifi. We'll reveal new techniques and transformations you can use to reduce the resources required to stream and decode high-quality VR video for playback on Rift and Gear VR.
Duration: 60 min
- Hearing With Our Eyes: Interactive Music for VR
Game & App Design | Justin Moravetz (ZeroTransform), Jake Kaufman (ZeroTransform) | TCL 3
From gameplay to relaxation, music can turn a good experience into a great one. This talk will share techniques on designing VR experiences to sync with music and offer tips and tricks for Unity and Unreal. The talk will dissect Proton Pulse, Pulsar Arena, Vanguard V, and NUREN and discuss how these VR experiences deliver visuals and gameplay that blend seamlessly with pre-recorded audio. Attendees will also get a sneak peek at how music and VR is genuinely helping people in need.
Duration: 25 min
- Game Design Un-Rules: Examining Design Failures in 'Time Machine' VR
Game & App Design | Patrick Harris (Minority Media) | TCL 6
Learnings and design rules. Lessons and best-practices. Countless talks, articles and books have been written in an attempt to codify design and provide game designers with a rock solid foundation that they can depend on to deliver high quality experiences. This is not one of those talks. Instead, this talk will offer an honest look at some of the "safe" design decisions that failed spectacularly in Time Machine VR in an attempt to un-learn fundamental design rules in order to make a better game in VR.
Duration: 25 min
- From Paper Cutouts to Virtual Cards: Making the Tabletop Interface for Lost Cities
Game & App Design | Lesley Klassen (The Campfire Union) | TCL 3
Discover the process used to design the virtual interface for the card game Lost Cities on Gear VR. Examine the mistakes and assumptions made in designing the tabletop interface, and review a few "do's and don'ts." Review how scale, field of view, typography, art style, and the use of grids can affect tabletop design to improve readability and avoid neck strain. Finally, learn how a little arts and craft time can make all the difference.
Duration: 25 min
- The Force of Virtual Reality at Lucasfilm
Cinematic VR | Rob Bredow (Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB) | TCL 1
A rare behind the scenes glimpse featuring work by the newly formed ILMxLAB. xLAB is responsible for Immersive Entertainment within Lucasfilm and combines the forces of Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound and Lucasfilm itself. ILMxLAB collaborates with filmmakers to create VR and other immersive experiences along with building tools specifically designed to improve the filmmaking process. Come see rarely viewed footage and the latest behind the scenes work-in-progress in VR.
Duration: 60 min
- 3D Audio: Designing Sounds for VR
Game & App Design | Tom Smurdon (Oculus) | TCL 6
3D audio is critical for creating a believable virtual world, and sound design for VR is very different from traditional games or movies. This talk will cover VR audio techniques including building immersive ambiences, attenuation curves, mixing and player focus. You'll hear some of the sound design tricks used in the Oculus demos, and learn more about how to work with the Audio SDK to create authentic and compelling experiences.
Duration: 60 min
- Perception in Low Light VR Environments
Game & App Design | John Thorp (Horn & IVRY) | TCL 3
Low light environments provide challenges for VR presentation. The brain relies on the eye's rods and cones differently than in higher light situations. Designing realistic immersive virtual reality environments will utilize non-foveal area of the eye, as well as sound queues and memory. This talk will review these issues and discuss how they have been addressed in two Oculus Share apps.
Duration: 25 min
- Stories and Learnings from the Forefront of Virtual Shared Presence
Game & App Design | Forest Gibson (Pluto VR) | TCL 1
We are at the beginning of a new era of communication. Instead of speaking through a phone or screen, we will soon be able to remotely communicate, collaborate and connect as if we were in person. The team at Pluto VR has been hard at work building towards this future and will share their learnings around self-representation, voice, body language, trust and personal space to create better shared presence in VR applications.
Duration: 60 min
- Navigating New Worlds: Designing UI and UX in VR
Game & App Design | Kristoffer Brady (Oculus), Richard Emms (Oculus) | TCL 3
When you're building new experiences, they have to be intuitive to be truly immersive. We'll discuss the challenges of designing user interfaces and interactions for an emerging medium and how we approach the constraints and possibilities of VR. We'll cover design patterns, how to create ideal user experiences in VR, and our vision for the future of VR UI.
Duration: 60 min
- Maximizing Performance for Mobile
VR Engineering | Chris Pruett (Oculus) | TCL 6
Flawless mobile VR demands careful coding and significant optimization. Come learn what it takes to build great experiences for Oculus Mobile. You'll learn how to maximize the performance of Unity apps on Gear VR and how to master development activities such as mesh design, scene organization and rendering. You'll learn tips and tricks (and maybe even a few vulgar hacks) that will help Gear VR apps run at maximum speed.
Duration: 60 min
- Shipping Hardware: The Evolution of the Rift
Hardware | Caitlin Kalinowski (Oculus), Stephanie Lue (Oculus) | TCL 1
Step behind the scenes and learn about the gritty side of developing the Rift. We'll talk about the hardest elements in designing hardware for VR and the challenges we faced turning a 3D computer model into reality. You'll learn about the difficult design decisions we made to get the Rift ready for people everywhere.
Duration: 60 min
- Post-Mortem: Building the First Crescent Bay Experiences
Game & App Design | Kenneth Scott (Oculus), Per Vognsen (Oculus) | TCL 3
The Crescent Bay demos from Oculus Connect 2014 were designed to demonstrate the magic of presence and show people the power of virtual reality. The result was a series of 10 experiences with unique perceptual, visual and auditory goals. We're taking you behind the scenes of the Crescent Bay demos, where you'll learn how we breathed life into an alien creature that reacts to your presence, how we conveyed scale and distance to create a sense of vertigo, and how we optimized VR content for Unreal Engine 4.
Duration: 60 min
- Bringing 'Adventure Time' to Gear VR
Game & App Design | Holden Link (Turbo Button) | TCL 6
In this session, we'll review some of the tools, tricks, and practices used by Turbo Button and Cartoon Network to develop Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games in Unity. We'll look back at how the game got started, how its story and design evolved to better fit the Gear VR hardware, and how we solved some of the game's biggest technical challenges. We'll also go through some of the workflows between art, design, and engineering that helped us hit the 60 FPS target and bring the Land of Ooo to life in VR.
Duration: 25 min
- Information Desk: 8 AM - 10 PM
Mezzanine Lobby
Registration: 8 AM - 8 PM
Developer Lounge: 8 AM - 10 AM, 2 PM - 12 AM
- Keynote with Brendan Iribe
Keynote | Brendan Iribe (Oculus) | Dolby Theatre
In the opening keynote, Brendan Iribe will share the latest news from Oculus, including updates on the Rift, Touch, and Samsung Gear VR.
Duration: 60 min
- Keynote with Michael Abrash
Keynote | Michael Abrash (Oculus) | Dolby Theatre
Michael Abrash will reveal for the first time some of the exciting projects underway in Oculus Research and how it's laying the groundwork for the future of virtual reality.
Duration: 30 min
- Keynote with John Carmack
Keynote | John Carmack (Oculus) | Dolby Theatre
John Carmack will give his signature talk about the technical details, challenges, and future plans for mobile VR development.
Duration: 60 min
- Building for the Rift with the Oculus PC SDK
VR Engineering | Anuj Gosalia (Oculus) | TCL 3
The Rift is Oculus' most immersive platform. This talk will help you understand how to get the most out of the Oculus PC SDK. You'll learn about the design of the API, how the software stack works, and how to design apps that show the true capabilities of the Rift and Touch.
Duration: 60 min
- The Early Days of VR Game Design: Lessons Learned
Game & App Design | Jason Rubin (Oculus), Glen Egan (Sanzaru Games), Stephane Intissar (OZWE Games), Eric Nofsinger (High Voltage), Ryan Rutherford (Oculus) | TCL 1
Virtual reality will transform game design forever. Developers will face entirely new challenges when designing for gameplay, locomotion, and input. You have to develop for an immersive world instead of a screen. You have to make the experience comfortable. And you have to take risks. This panel discussion will cover successes and failures from the early days of VR, and help developers bring this new era to life.
Duration: 60 min
- Developing with the Oculus Mobile SDK
VR Engineering | Johannes van Waveren (Oculus) | TCL 6
The Oculus Mobile SDK has everything you need to build great games, applications, and experiences for Gear VR. We'll cover the fundamentals of building mobile VR applications, the capabilities of the SDK, best practices for avoiding common development pitfalls, and the upcoming API restructuring designed to make the SDK easier to use.
Duration: 60 min
- Introduction to VR Filmmaking from Oculus Story Studio
The Oculus Story Studio team will share creative and technical lessons learned while making its first two VR experiences, 'Lost' and 'Henry.' We'll discuss the creative solutions we've come up with while developing narratives for virtual worlds, the technical tricks used to fit content into 90 frames-per-second, and thoughts on how authoring technology today needs to change for VR.
Duration: 60 min
- Building 'Toybox' for Oculus Touch
Game & App Design | Matt Alderman (Oculus), Brandon Dillon (Oculus) | TCL 3
Toybox was the first demo for Oculus Touch and served as the internal prototyping test bed to experiment with new features and social interactions in VR. Toybox helped us understand how people interact in virtual reality, how to build expressive avatars, and how we can deliver social presence. In this talk, you'll learn everything we learned about designing intuitive, enjoyable interactions for Oculus Touch.
Duration: 60 min
- Shipping Your Content in the Oculus Store
Product | Anna Sweet (Oculus), Aaron Davies (Oculus), Jason Holtman (Oculus), Chris Jurney (Oculus) | TCL 6
The Oculus Store is a VR-first experience that will connect content developers to their worldwide customers. This talk will introduce developers to the process for submitting and managing their content on the platform, and share best practices for working closely with the Oculus Publishing team to price and market content for maximum success.
Duration: 60 min
- Lessons from Hollywood: Making Movies in VR
From indie documentaries to Hollywood blockbusters, filmmakers all over the world are beginning to explore how VR can fundamentally improve the way we share stories. In VR, the traditional conventions of filmmaking don't always work. Set designs need to adapt. The actor's relationship to the audience changes. The way you capture and render live-action scenes becomes more complex. Join some of the top movie directors, producers and writers as they share techniques for making movies in VR.
Duration: 60 min
- Being There: Designing Standing VR Experiences with Tracked Controllers
Game & App Design | Alex Schwartz (Owlchemy Labs), Devin Reimer (Owlchemy Labs) | TCL 6
Designing for standing VR with tracked controllers is a novel challenge. True 1:1 motion controls make incredible things possible. Owlchemy Labs shares their experiences designing standing VR experiences learned through the development of Job Simulator. Watch as the team discusses tracked input, considerations for real-world ergonomics, skill transference in VR, accommodating for varied height experiences, designing around the tether, and dealing with the constraints of occlusion and locomotion, among other lessons learned.
Duration: 60 min
- Oculus Platform: Building Social, Game Services and Commerce Into your VR Apps
Game & App Design | Gareth Davis (Oculus), Adam Hupp (Oculus) | TCL 3
Shared experiences in virtual reality open up a new world of possibilities for interaction, communication and play. We'll cover lessons learned during the development of our social VR apps and introduce the new Oculus Platform – a set of services to help developers easily build social, identity, commerce, and more into their Rift and Gear VR apps. We'll explain how to get started with the Platform SDK and preview the roadmap for what's coming next.
Duration: 30 min
- Hands on Workshop with Unity
VR Engineering | Carl Calleweart (Unity), Mark Schoennagel (Unity), Peter Kuhn (Unity), James Hillery (Oculus), Andy Borell (Oculus), Chris Jurney (Oculus), David Borel (Oculus), Homin Lee (Oculus) | Doheny - Beachwood Canyon
Sign-up for 1:1 consultations to review your projects with Oculus and Unity engineers who will be on hand to assist with performance optimization and VR design. By the end of the consultation, developers will be on a stronger footing for their journey into VR publishing, and will have established contacts with an Oculus publishing team devoted to their success. Developers interested in participating are required to bring their project, demo, or build. Sign-ups will take place onsite in the Developer Lounge located in the Annex on Sept. 23 and 24 from 12:00pm-2:00pm.
Duration: 3 hours
- Hands on Workshop with Unreal Engine
Sign-up for 1:1 consultations to review your Unreal Engine projects with Oculus and Epic engineers who will be on hand to assist with performance optimization and VR design. By the end of the consultation, developers will be on a stronger footing for their journey into VR publishing, and will have established contacts with an Oculus publishing team devoted to their success. Developers interested in participating are required to bring their project, demo, or build. Sign-ups will take place onsite in the Developer Lounge located in the Annex on Sept. 23 and 24 from 12:00pm-2:00pm.
Duration: 3 hours
- Live Coding Session with John Carmack
VR Engineering | John Carmack (Oculus) | TCL 1
John Carmack will demonstrate the process of developing a simple VR application using a new development environment for rapid development and open deployment on Gear VR. You'll also learn more about media processing, remote development, deployment, and multi-user setup.
Duration: 60 min
- Integrating and Profiling VR in your Engine with the Oculus PC SDK
VR Engineering | Tom Heath (Oculus), Scott Bassett (Oculus) | TCL 6
Learn more about integrating virtual reality into a native C++ engine with the Oculus PC SDK. We'll provide a step-by-step guide on bringing your code into VR, offer trouble-shooting guidance on how to get the integration and VR experience right, and help you avoid common pitfalls that have challenged VR developers around the world. We'll also explore how to profile your VR app, including an in-depth look at performance analysis using ETW and GPU view.
Duration: 60 min
- Virtual Reality is a Medium: Creating Art with Oculus Touch
Game & App Design | Lydia Choy (Oculus), Brian Sharp (Oculus) | TCL 1
VR is a powerful tool for creative work. Artists working in virtual worlds will no longer be bound by the limitations of physics, and will be free to create in new mediums. This is the beginning of an entirely new genre of artistic experiences. In this talk, Oculus team members will discuss actionable lessons around building rich interactions with Oculus Touch and share their thoughts on the future of professional VR applications aimed at creatives.
Duration: 60 min
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- What is Oculus Connect 2?
Oculus Connect 2 is the second annual virtual reality developers' conference hosted by Oculus. It's designed to bring together VR developers across a variety of platforms and mediums to share, connect and collaborate in the interest of creating the best VR experiences.
- Who should attend?
Oculus Connect 2 is open to everyone who has a passion for virtual reality and an interest in developing great virtual reality content. This includes VR developers, gaming, entertainment and cinematic content makers, innovators, creative thinkers, enthusiasts and more.
- When is Oculus Connect 2?
Oculus Connect 2 is Wednesday, September 23 through Friday, September 25. The event schedule will be released in the near future.
- Where is Oculus Connect 2?
Oculus Connect 2 will take place at the Loews Hollywood Hotel at 1755 N Highland Ave, Hollywood, CA 90028.
- How do I book my hotel accommodations?
Connect attendees were eligible for a special group rate at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, but the rooms available with this discount are currently full. However, you can still book rooms at the regular rates. Please check this FAQ for updates, or contact the Loews Hollywood Hotel directly.
- When can I register?
The application and registration process will be announced in early July. Check back here on the Oculus Connect 2 website for more information.
- How much does it cost to register?
Oculus Connect 2 registration fees will be $495 for early registration and $695 for general registration and on-site registration.
- What discounts are available?
The early registration price is discounted $200 off the price of general registration.
- Are accommodations included?
Accommodations are not included in the cost of conference attendance.
- Should I bring my own dev kit?
If you plan to demo your content to other attendees during the conference, we recommend you bring your own dev kit and PC, as access to Oculus-offered demo stations will be limited. Likewise, if you want to show content to your peers, colleagues or new connections on Gear VR, you should bring your Gear VR and Samsung device.
- What are the content tracks?
Content tracks have not been announced but will span a variety of media, platform focus and format.
- Do I need to select a content track?
No, you do not need to select a content track.
- How do I get to Oculus Connect 2?
Oculus Connect 2 takes place in Hollywood, CA. The nearest airports are the Los Angeles International Airport and Burbank Bob Hope Airport.
Driving From LAX
- Head east on Century Boulevard to the 405 North entrance.
- Take the 405 North to the 10 East. Exit on La Brea heading north.
- Take La Brea up to Hollywood Boulevard.
- Make a right on Hollywood Boulevard.
- Make a left on Highland. The entrance will be on your left.
Driving From Burbank Airport
- Take Vineland Ave and US-101 S to Johnny Grant Way in Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Head west on Airport Dr. toward W Empire Ave, 0.3 mi / 2 min
- Turn right onto W Empire Ave, .4 mi
- Turn left onto Clybourn Ave, 262 ft
- Turn right onto Vanowen St, 0.5 mi
- Turn left onto Vineland Ave, 3.3 mi
- Turn right to merge onto US-101 S toward Los Angeles, 2.8 mi
- Take the exit toward Highland Ave/Hollywood Bowl, 0.4 mi
- Merge onto Cahuenga Blvd W, 0.2 mi
- Continue onto N Highland Ave, 0.7 mi
- Turn right onto Johnny Grant Way
- Take a quick right for the Loews Hotel Entrance
By Car
From the North
- Take the 101 Freeway South
- Exit on Highland South (a one way street)
- Continue for less than a mile and turn right onto Johnny Grant Way to enter the Hollywood & Highland Complex
- Take a quick right for the Loews Hotel Entrance
From the South
- Head North on I-5 to I-405 or Head North and West to I-110 North
- Connect to I-110 North through Downtown
- Take the exit for 101 North to Hollywood
- Exit Cahuenga towards the Hollywood Bowl
- Sharp left onto N Cahuenga Blvd
- Turn right onto Franklin Ave
- Turn left onto N Highland Ave
- Turn right onto Johnny Grant Way to enter the Hollywood & Highland Complex
- Take a quick right for the Loews Hotel Entrance
By Train
- The nearest MetroLink Rail Line access is the RED line, at Hollywood & Highland Station. www.metro.net
- Amtrak rail service to Los Angeles terminates downtown at Union station. www.amtrak.com


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Mike Huckabee Opposes Arizona's New Immigration Law
Huckabee: New Law Will Open Arizona Up To A 'Lawsuit Bonanza'
A few hours after President Obama called Arizona's radical immigration bill an "irresponsible" and "misguided" measure that "threatens basic notions of fairness," Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) signed SB-1070 into law. Brewer claimed that her decision was made with Arizona's best interest in mind and stated earlier this week that she would "do what I believe is the right thing so that everyone is treated fairly." On Fox News, as Brewer signed the bill, former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AK) validated racial profiling concerns related to the implementation of the newly signed law and told host Neil Cavuto that it is going to open the state of Arizona up to a "plethora of lawsuits" that will prove "very, very costly":
Here's the dilemma: it's going to open Arizona up to a plethora of lawsuits. You'll have so many lawsuits that it will be very very costly to the state of Arizona. And here's the real challenge. [...] This is a federal problem, the feds ought to be fixing this, they ought to be standing guard at the border, they ought to be enforcing the federal laws. When you have a state that is having to jump in and take on federal laws they don't have the money resources for this, they don't have the personnel for this, and the legal quandary they're going to be in is going to be substantial. [...] It's going to be one lawsuit bonanza.
Later in the interview, Huckabee added that "Hispanic Americans have the right to be unhappy about the fact that they might be pulled over." "If I were being pulled over because I looked a certain way, I would be highly offended," stated Huckabee. He also remarked that the "federal government has to do something to stop the hemorrhaging of illegal immigration over the border."
via Think Progress » Huckabee: New Law Will Open Arizona Up To A 'Lawsuit Bonanza'.
My colleague Andrea has a great post up over at Think Progress about former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) airing his concerns over the recently passedArizonan immigration law, which basically not only authorizes but requires law enforcement officials to check the legal status of just about anyone they determine could be a likely undocumented immigrant.
The bill is quite radical, and the ACLU has warned that it will likely "exacerbate racial profiling," because police officers may check the identification of brown-skinned people before all others (how else do you identify an undocumented immigrant without knowing anything else about them)?
This is where Huckabee comes in. Huckabee told Fox's Neil Cavuto that he is worried about the law in three areas. One, it will open up the state to lawsuits as civil libertarians and those concerned with racial profiling will turn to litigation. Two, it takes immigration enforcement outside of the hands of the federal government, who really is responsible for enforcing our laws on this issue. Lastly, it may lead to the unfair targeting of Hispanics, many of whom are in the country legally and properly, and may even be analogous to past and current racial profiling against African Americans.
I was watching the exchange as it happened, and Fox host Neil Cavuto seemed pretty torn. It was as if he wanted to attack Huckabee, but because he is a major player in the GOP establishment, he held back. That's precisely what makes Huckabee's objections so important. No one anywhere near as prominent in the Republican Party has spoken out against this bill. Even John McCain, former immigration moderate and "maverick," has endorsed this radical new law.
I had many colleagues who were surprised by Huckabee's reaction. But I wasn't.
A long time ago, back during the Presidential primaries (it really feels like forever, doesn't it?), I remember a liberal friend of mine asking me about the race, and I told them that out of all of the people on the GOP side, I thought Huckabee was the most decent.
My friend, an avid feminist, reacted with scorn to my suggestion, and we didn't see politically eye to eye for a while. I can understand her reaction. On social issues, Huckabee is extremely socially conservative, maybe even radical. Yet there's something different about the governor compared to a lot of his GOP colleagues, and I think that's basic compassion.
I remember when Huckabee was attacked and called "Tax Hike Mike" because he raised taxes in his state. When attacked, Huckabee didn't really disavow the charge. Instead, he defended his tiny tax hikes because they supported programs for children — like health care and school lunch programs for poor kids. He was proud to be a compassionate person and to support the people of his state.
I know it's not a very impressive bar to set, but it seems that compassion is lacking in the modern GOP, and seeing that from Huckabee, in a way, gives me hope that there is some sort of compassion in the Republicans' leadership, and I only hope, and I say this with all seriousness, to the chagrin of many of my progressive friends, that if there is to continue to be a Republican Party in our country's politics, we see a lot more like Mike Huckabee, and a lot less of the Randian, everyone-for-themselves society stuff that is pushed by so many other folks in his party.
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MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) admitted that the increase in self-rated poverty incidence in the Visayas and Mindanao, manifested in the recent Social Weather Sta¬tions (SWS) survey result, could be attributed to two disaster-related incidences in December, 2011, and February, 2012.
"The latest result of the survey conducted by SWS indicating a rise in the number of Filipino house¬holds considering themselves poor poses more of an opportunity to serve the marginalized sector and has not dampened our com-mitment as implementer of social protection programs," DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman said.
She noted that the increase in self-rated poverty incidence in the Visayas and Mindanao regions can be attributed to the earthquake that hit Negros Oriental in February, and to typhoon "Sendong" in December, where thousands of families were affected and still reeling from the impact of these disasters.
"While government interventions kept pouring in, it will take time before the affected families can settle and lead normal lives," she pointed out.
Soliman also explained that more poor Filipino households, at least three million families at pres¬ent, are now benefitting from the government's poverty alleviation program dubbed Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps.
"We would like to emphasize that to sustain the gains of the conditional cash transfer pro¬gram in providing cash grants, sustainable livelihood through micro-enterprise management and guaranteed employment will be given to households who will graduate from Pantawid Pamilya," Soliman said.
She also pointed out that families who want to engage in micro-enterprises will be given capital assistance of P10,000 each, while those who want to have jobs will be accessed to various agencies.
Likewise, indigent senior citizens will continue to receive their P500 monthly pension, while poor children in day-care centers will be provided with supplementary feeding of hot meals and viand.


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This is a quick and easy omelet made with the flavors of Greece in mind. Enjoy it for a quick light breakfast or a casual weeknight meal when you're on the run.
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Heat an 8 inch saute pan to low heat. Add 1st tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and slowly saute peppers, garlic, tomatoes and black olives until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the fresh spinach and saute another minute. Take off heat and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, salt and water together until mixture becomes frothy. In a separate 8 inch saute pan from the one you cooked vegetables in, heat up the 2nd tablespoon of olive oil. Once pan is hot, pour in the egg mixture. Watch egg carefully and when it starts to set around the edges, take a rubber spatula (turned on its side) and begin moving the egg mixture from the edges of the pan, toward the center to help distribute egg. Do this for a minute or so until edges of omelet are beginning to set. Once the edges are setting, begin to lift up edge of omelet on side of pan, tilting the pan to allow any undercooked egg to flow underneath so that it may cook. Continue to repeat this process until all egg from top of omelet has reached the underneath and has cooked.
Once omelet is almost done, take vegetable/spinach filling from other pan and place ingredients on only one side of omelet, leaving the other side of omelet open. Crumble feta on top and allow it to melt for just a minute or so. Using rubber spatula, carefully lift open side of omelet and flip it over the side with filling. Slide omelet out of pan and onto a plate to serve.
Garnish with extra chopped spinach, if desired.
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Nestled on the beach, this Sousse hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Sousse Beach and Ribat of Sousse. Stade Olympique is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) away.
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All-inclusive room rates at Riadh Palms Hotel are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
Hotel Amenities
Some rates at Riadh Palms Hotel are all-inclusive. These rates include onsite meals and beverages, and may include taxes and gratuities. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Step outside to unwind on the white sand beach. Enjoy the umbrellas and sun loungers for a relaxing day at the beach. After a day at the beach, enjoy amenities at Riadh Palms Hotel like an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a children's pool.
A complimentary breakfast is offered. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 6 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 8 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a sauna, a fitness center, and a garden. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Beach umbrellas
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- On private beach
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- Spa treatment room(s)
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- Total number of rooms - 650
- Multilingual staff
- Express check-in
- 24-hour front desk
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- Number of floors - 9
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Hair salon
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 8
- Wedding services
- Concierge services
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Garden
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Pool sun loungers
- Number of restaurants - 6
- Spa services on site
- Free WiFi
- Parking (limited spaces)
Family Friendly Amenities
- On private beach
- Outdoor pool
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Playground on site
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Furnished balcony
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Free WiFi
- Room service
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Riadh Palms Hotel has 6 restaurants on site.
Room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a private beach, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Playground on site
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Debit cards not accepted
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- In-room safe fee: TND 3 per day
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A photo I took in Maine this weekend.
A photo I took in Maine this weekend.
Have you ever been in the slightest tempted to buy meat out of the freezer bungee corded into the back of a rundown pickup?
Slow, but at least still moving...
Might be lobster meat... I think I've seen that thing before.
I can match that.....
. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
I love the "We accept food stamps" sticker on the side.
14 days...
That same slogan is on a park bench near my hometown, advertising Jack's Meat Market. It's pretty pimp.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
The pickup looks like an early 2000s Ford Ranger.
As for the meat sales, if its at the right temperature, why not? Not everyone can buy a cheeseburger in a can.
The town I grew up in had a shop called "Beecher Meats"
Those voices in your head aren't real, but they have some great ideas
I hope that is horseradish sauce.
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Alvin Leroy Fielder, Jr.
Born: November 23, 1935, Meridian, Mississippi
Drums, Percussion, Composer
Father, Alvin Fielder Sr., studied coronet. Mother played piano and violin; grandmother played piano; mother's brother played clarinet. Brother, William, is Director of Jazz Studies, trumpeter, and trumpet instructor at Rutgers University.
At 13, Alvin Fielder began musical studies by joining Harris Senior High Band in Meridian, Mississippi, under leadership of Carlia "Duke" Otis. Alvin continued studies with Ed Blackwell while in New Orleans studying pharmacy at Xavier U. in 1952-53. After transferring to Texas Southern U. in Houston, TX, he continued course of study with Herb Brockstein as well as private lessons with George "Dude" Brown, Gene Ammons, drummer from Washington, DC, and Clarence Johnston, James Moody's drummer, from Boston, MA, whenever they came through Houston working. Alvin also had informal lessons with Jual Curtis and G.T. Hogan.
From 1954-56, Alvin worked with the "Pluma" Davis sextet, which included Don Wilkerson, Richard "Dicky Boy" Lillie, John Browning, Carl Lott, Cr., and many other Houston jazz luminaries. He backed such artists as Lowell Fulsom, Amos Milburn and other R&B artists with extended engagements in Houston. Alvin also made several studio dates for Duke records. He was also active on Houston jazz scene with Jimmy Harrison Quintet, John Browning quintet, and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson sextet.
From 1959 to 1968, Alvin was active in Chicago with: Sun Ra Arkestra 1960-61, Muhal Richard Abrams 1962-63, Roscoe Mitchell 1963-66, Eddie Harris and Kalaparusha 1965, co-op trio with Fred Anderson and Lester Lashley 1967-69. In between, he worked with John Stubblefield, Jack DeJohnette, "Scotty" Holt, Joseph Jarman, and other Chicago jazz musicians. Alvin is a charter member of AACM with Muhal Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Anderson, Malachi Favors, Jodie Christian, Steve McCall, Phil Cohran, Thurman Barker, Ajaramu, Charles Clark, Christopher Gaddy, Freddy Berry, etc.
While in NY in 1962, Alvin played and rehearsed with Ernie Farrow, Bernard McKinney, Ray McKinney, Wilbur Ware, Vincent Pitts, Pat Patrick, George Scott and musicians associated with this era.
Alvin moved back to Mississippi in late 1968 to take over family pharmacy due to father's illness. With John Reese and Black Arts Music Society, Alvin was active in obtaining grants from NEA and Mississippi Arts Commission to bring musicians such as Roscoe Mitchell, John Stubblefield, Malachi Favors, Muhal Richard Abrams, Clifford Jordan and others to Mississippi.
Alvin worked extensively in early 1970s with Joe Jennings, alto saxophonist now in Atlanta, and Edward "Kidd" Jordan, multi-saxophonist from New Orleans, with whom he co-leads the Improvisational Arts quintet. One of the most important new music groups in the South, IAQ has included at various times Clyde Kerr, trumpet; Alvin Thomas, tenor saxophone; London Branch, Elton Herron, basses; Darryl Levine, piano; Kent Jordan, flute. Also worked with Dennis Gonzalez, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist from Dallas, another leader on the new music scene in Dallas and TX.
Alvin also had a founding role in the nationally-acclaimed Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Jazz Camp in New Orleans, LA. Alvin has been involved with this growing program since it began in 1995.
Recordings include Sound (1967) with Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, No Compromise (1983) with IAQ, The New New Orleans Music (1985) with New Music Jazz for Rounder, and Liquid Magic, Bannar, Namesake (all 1987) and Debenge-Debenge (1988) for Silkheart, (2006) Live at The Blue Monk, and (2004) Resolving Doors, The Joel Futterman, Alvin Fielder, Ike Levin Trio.
Appearances include Lincoln Center, Chicago; NO Jazz & Heritage Festival; Jazz Marathon '82 Festival, Holland; Moers Intl. New Jazz Festival, Germany 1982; Jazz Danes LA Drones Festival, France 1984; Northsea Jazz Festival, Netherlands 1984; Heinekin Jazz Festival, Netherlands 1988; Atlanta and Texas jazz festivals 1989; Festival Intl. de Louisiane 1991.
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3days ago had spark plugs,wires and 2 used ignition coils replaced. 3 times today car dash lights went off and car had no power, looked under hood for loose wires,found none, moved different wires, lights come on and car startes up.
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Discussion of the principles of multicausality andhow it is related to the human service field
What are the core principles of multicausality. Please explain how this concept is central to understanding the human service field. Provide an example of how ignoring multicausality might lead to an inadequate strategy of intervention when attempting to manage a specific problem. Include at least three of the principles of multicausality?
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The Core Principles of Multicausality:
Multicausality entails the nature of having many causes in one single variable. The knowledge behind this term is based on the fact that the concept of the cause and causal inferences are mostly connected. The multicausality in the social determination is utilized in the act of understanding the human process. The term multi means many diverse entities that are coupled into one unit. Causality on the other hand means the relationships that exist between the causes and effects. The act of understanding which phenomenon causes the other enables the human to cope with the separate entities that are in the environment. Through this connection, a greater understanding of the world is attained leading to the solutions of any encountered problems. The relationships that are in existence between the cause and the effect variables are complex. This is the reason as to why the use of multicausality would be the best angle through which the human behavior can be explored.
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The field of the human service is termed as an entity that has its objectives set in the meeting the needs of the human. This attained through the knowledge base that focuses on the prevention of certain ...


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text: Kansas City Zoo Bearing Goodbyes By Gina Kaufmann, Matthew Long-Middleton & Sylvia Maria Gross • Dec 21, 2015 Austin McKahan / The Kansas City Zoo Nikita the polar bear is leaving Kansas City. His next project? To procreate on behalf of his entire species. We bid a fond farewell to this 1200-pound celebrity covered in fur. Guest: Randy Wisthoff, executive director and CEO, The Kansas City Zoo Bye Bye Nikita — A Farewell Letter About A Kansas City Polar Bear By Randy Wisthoff • Dec 21, 2015 Courtesy Photo / Kansas City Zoo A letter to Kansas City Zoo members from the CEO: I've been a "zookeeper" for a little over 38 years – wow — time has flown by. My first animal charges, back at the Omaha Zoo, were gorillas, orangutans, sea lions, rhinos, gaur (wild cattle from SE Asia), elephants and an assortment of monkeys. I was hooked from day one even though I never imagined working at the zoo as a career opportunity. So many things have changed in the zoo world since that time, except, our number one priority each and every day is our animal care and their welfare. LOOK: Santa Claus Takes A Dip With The Kansas City Zoo's Penguins By Cody Newill • Dec 6, 2015 Cody Newill Everybody knows that Santa Claus is used to some cold weather — how else would he tolerate the sub-zero climate of the North Pole? But old Saint Nick took things a step further over the weekend by taking a dip with the Kansas City Zoo's penguins. Breeding In Zoos By Steve Kraske & Natalie Mayer • Jul 16, 2015 The Kansas City Zoo recently welcomed its newest edition to its collection, the baby gorilla Masika. In light of this birth, Steve Kraske talks with one of the zoo's animal curators about the efforts, techniques, and difficulties when it comes to breeding animals in captivity. Guests: Cinnamon Williams is a curator at the Kansas City Zoo who supervises the gorilla area. Kansas City Zoo Announces First Gorilla Birth In 40 Years By Briana O'Higgins • May 26, 2015 Kansas City Zoo Kansas City Zoo officials announced Tuesday the birth of a Western Lowland gorilla. The baby is the first gorilla to be born at the zoo since 1975. In a Facebook post the Zoo said the baby was born on Memorial Day and both mom and baby are doing well. The mother is 27-year-old Makari and the father is a 31-year-old silverback named Radi. The True Life Of Kansas City Zookeepers By Brian Ellison, Hannah Copeland & Scott Ross • Jul 8, 2014 Butterflyxoeio / Flickr Creative Commons So, you like animals? You enjoy watching them, taking care of them, and talking about them? Would you make a good zookeeper? Guest Host Brian Ellison takes a look at the true life of Kansas City Zoo zookeepers on Tuesday's Up to Date. Find out what it's really like to chase a fugitive chimpanzee and keep the penguins healthy and happy in their habitat. Speaking of penguins, you can watch the penguins at the Kansas City Zoo live right here. Guests: Kansas City Zoo Hopes To Limit Crowds With Revamped Free Admission Program By Elle Moxley • Jun 19, 2014 Shawn Kincaide / Flickr--CC The Kansas City Zoo is rolling out a new system for free visits after more than 20,000 people overwhelmed the zoo during a free admission day in March. Some guests became unruly – and shots were fired in a parking lot as people left the zoo. "We want everybody to come to the zoo, but what wasn't working was everybody coming on that one day we designated free day," says Kansas City Zoo executive director Randy Wisthoff. Malted Milk Balls End 'Great Ape Escape' At Kansas City Zoo By Steve Bell • Apr 11, 2014 Kansas City Zoo visitors were locked up indoors for an hour Thursday while seven chimpanzees ran free outdoors in an area accessible only to zoo personnel. Zoo Director Randy Wisthoff told TV-9 the chimps using a tree branch for a ladder was an example of primate intelligence and strength. "Chimps are so much stronger than humans that they can go up in a tree and pull on something long enough and pull a piece of log off, that's apparently what happened," he said. Gunshots Could Change Kansas City Zoo's Free-Admission Days By Steve Bell • Mar 20, 2014 Fights and gunshots in a Kansas City Zoo parking lot are prompting a debate on the future of "free admission days" that are held four times a year. Monday's was the second such event marked by unruly behavior and fighting among young people. No injuries were reported, but many of the throng of 20,000 zoo visitors reported they witnessed fights and heard the crack of gunshots coming from one of the Swope Park parking lots. Meet The New Penguins At The Kansas City Zoo By Sylvia Maria Gross & Esther Honig • Oct 25, 2013 Esther Honig / KCUR About 50 penguins are settling in to their new home at the Kansas City Zoo, as the Helzberg Penguin Plaza opens to the public October 25. Kansas City Zoo director Randy Wisthoff says one of his first ideas when he arrived here ten years ago was opening a penguin exhibit. From his experience at the Omaha Zoo, he knew they were crowd pleasers. "We hate to say it in the zoo world, but they are cute," Wisthoff says. "They do look like people. And they're fun in water and out of the water." Annual Zoo Conference Decends On KC, Examines New Challenges By Steve Kraske & Beth Lipoff • Sep 10, 2013 Shawn Kinkade/ Flickr-CC Lions, tigers and (panda) bears, oh my! Two thousand zoo and aquarium professionals are in Kansas City this week for the annual convention of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. In the first part of Tuesday's Up to Date, we take a look at the challenges zoos face these days and how that's been affecting attendance. We also discuss what zoos are hoping their visitors get out of the experience. Guests: Romance For Polar Bears? Zoo Crowds Keep Watch By Laura Ziegler • Mar 17, 2013 Laura Ziegler / KCUR If you're a zoo-lover, you've probably heard that the Kansas City Zoo's very popular Polar Bear, Nikita, has a new friend. Six-year-old Nikita, a male, has been joined by female Berlin, 17 years his senior. Berlin came to Kansas City from the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth. Her habitat there had been destroyed by this summer's floods. After a short stay with two neutered males at the Minnesota Zoo, wildlife conservation experts decided to pair Berlin with a more virile male. Top Of The Morning News: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 By Elana Gordon • Jun 6, 2012 A circuit judge is backing the Cass County board of commissioners in its decision to not hold a vote on a zoo tax. 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