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A New DecadeGood bye to the old
Hello to the new
I hope that the teens
will be better for you
Tue, December 29, 2009 - 11:03 PM — permalink - 1 comments - add a comment
¿Usted habla español?I've always gotten good grade in college -- top grades. But Beginning Spanish is just kickin' my butt! I took French in junior high and highschool with about a C average through out. I don't want to blow my average. It's a required course for my degree. I can't drop it because I'd have to give up a huge chunk of my Pell Grant (I'd be under 12 hours). So I'm just gonna hunker down and make it through. ù☺
I'm sure you know that Ser and Estar are the hardest to learn. It makes me wonder why they give them to us first. But I suppose they know what they're doing. They might know, but I don't.
We're working on times of day, times of classes, which forms go with what pronouns -- familiar and formal forms.
What can I do to get it fixed in my mind what goes where, when and how? I'm not lazy, just confused.
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The Eternal QuestI must be on some kind of spiritual bent. A lot of things make a lot of sense to me that I may not have considered in the past. The previous blog entry for one. And this for another. Sometimes I see both as true.
I'm not sure I have to pick either as Buddhism is a discipline not a religion. It's adherents aren't so much worshiping a "god" as they are seeking their own highest power.
Is there? a god?
1. "Religion easily has the best bullshit story of all time. Think about it. Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man...living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer, and burn, and scream, until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money." - George Carlin
2. "The most heinous and the must cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives." - Ghandi
3. "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" - Epicurus
4. "It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image." - Ludwig Feuerbach
5. Atheism: A non-prophet organization.
6. "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." - Ghandi
7. "It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand." - Mark Twain
8. "And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence." - Bertrand Russell
9. "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish."
10. "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin
11. "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." - Albert Einstein
12. "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain
13. "Lighthouses are more helpful then churches." - Benjamin Franklin
14. "If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor." - Voltaire
15. "Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities." - Voltaire
16. "Black holes would seem to suggest that God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen." - Stephen Hawking
17. "You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend." - Richard Jeni
18. "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." - Isaac Asimov
19. "A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition." - José Bergamín
20. An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes that a deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanquished, war eliminated. He wants man to understand and love man.
21. "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Steven Roberts
22. "Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned."
23. "We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes." - Gene Roddenberry
24. "Without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg
25. "Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer
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26. "Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child." - Robert A. Heinlein
27. "I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology." - Thomas Jefferson
28. "Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?" - Friedrich Nietzsche
29. "Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people." - Carlespie Mary Alice McKinney
30. "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one." - Richard Dawkins
31. "The Government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian religion." - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States
32. "You do not need the bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate." - Richard A. Weatherwax
33. "They felt that science would be corrosive to religious belief and they were worried about it. Damn it, I think they were right. It is corrosive to religious belief and it's a good thing." - Steven Weinberg
34. "What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of "humility." This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism." - Albert Einstein
35. "A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows." -
Mark Twain
36. "We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics." - Stephen Hawking
37. "Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires." - Sigmund Freud
38. "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx
39. "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." - Delos B. McKown
40. "The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
41. "Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions." - Blaise Pascal
42. "With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg
43. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Edward Gibbon
44. "The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see." - Huang Po
45. "Where knowledge ends, religion begins." - Benjamin Disraeli
46. "The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not." - Eric Hoffer
47. "I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder." - Bill Maher
48. "There's a phrase we live by in America: 'In God We Trust'. It's right there where Jesus would want it: on our money."
49. "If we go back to the beginning, we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them and that custom, respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests. If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them." - Baron D'Holbach
50. "One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." - Arthur C. Clarke
51. "Society will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"- Diderot
Sun, December 21, 2008 - 3:46 PM — permalink - 3 comments - add a comment
Mantra from the Dalai LamaJust a short Buddhist outlook on life.
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements
involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R's:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate
steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think
back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love
for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
I also know that dreams really do come true and you have my Best Wishes and my best efforts in those.
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What kind of dog should the Obama's get?They should get a pound puppy -- a mongrel dog.
It would be both the epitome of the mixture of doggie "races" *and* an example to the people that you don't need a pedigree to deserve love.
There are so many pets who also lost their homes to foreclosure. Only they lost their family too. They will be extra especially driven to please a new family. I know. I've owned previously abandoned dogs.
Please adopt. We did.
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Crossed one off The Bucket ListI'm just kind of amazed at how easy it was and how casually it happened. I combined several aspects of myself and actually made them work for me.
1- sardonic
2- smartass
3- political interest
4- writing
5- poetry
And now I'm a published writer on a site where I can make a few pennies for what I wrote.
Writing accepted by a publisher. Check.
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McCain You Got Nuthin'He's beginning to repeat a familiar pattern. When dubya was losing his ass in the polls what did he do? He insulted, belittled and lied about his opponent.
Now McCain and some mysterious anonymous e mailers are taking the same tack.
And gee, since McCain endorsed drilling some large cash donations have been received from big oil and big oil employees.
And the fund raising events at $37K a pop are paying off too.
Funny how all of a sudden the money is just rolling in to McCain. He doesn't need Cindy's money now.
He can just dump her like he did his first wife.
But who's the real winner in this years election battle? The cable television companies who are sucking up the largess of the campaign larders.
They sure can raise the cash if they want to, can't they? But why? It wouldn't have anything to do with creating laws that favor the donors. Would it? Like every other president in the last 40 years McCain is for sale. You! Big business! step right up and buy your piece before he's all sold out. At these prices the paybacks will be hell -- for the taxpayers that is.
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The Banks Are the Victims?The banks devised ways to legally loan shark mortgages en masse. The resulting backlash is what's staggering the banking industry and a large contributing factor to the economic woes today.
1995 -- When you go to sign mortgage papers -- for the single biggest purchase most people will make -- it's "sign here, here and here. Initial that this and those 10 items and we're out of here." I said I was going to take some time to read the papers before I signed. The impatient mortgage officer just waved at me and said "These are standard loan papers. You won't understand them. Just sign so we can all get on with the day." I read them anyway.
I didn't understand a lot of it. But I did understand that the mortgage was adjustable and how the adjustments would be calculated. I didn't know how this would play out. I found out when our mortgage increased over $200 the first year. We refinanced the next year for a fixed rate and my payments came down about $100 a month.
Flash forward -- 2003
My daughter and her husband buy a house. Their loan is adjustable. No big deal for a year or so. Then the bottom drops out. Mortgages raise at the rate of about $100 a month. When their $1600 a month loan hits $2000 a month they go looking for a fixed rate. The mortgage company balks and stalls. They keep looking.
Other mortgage companies say their credit rating is too low and won't touch them. His credit rating is good. My daughter's has been devastated by ID theft. A woman has been using her identity since my daughter was 18 years old. The woman was finally caught in 2004 in Colorado and disappeared when she was released on her own recognizance a day before trial. The woman's confession is enough proof for most creditors but her credit rating with the larger bureaus is still poor. The reason is unexplained. Irregardless it's enough to have a mortgage rejected.
When the mortgage finally went up to $2800 a loan officer from their original mortgage company turns them down yet again. This time she tells them the reason they're being turned down for a fixed rate loan is because the investors won't allow a fixed rate loan for this property.
His parents, her parents, their siblings and friends all urge them to let it go back to the bank. They have 3 children who need clothes, food and health care. Even with both of them working they cannot afford the mortgage plus -- $425/ heating bill in the winter, ac in the summer,
average $150 a week for food, now $100 a week for gas, 2 car payments (one is finally paid) not to mention the student loans they are still paying back.
I won't tell you what the final decision was. But I will say this: I'm damned sick and tired of industries creating their own problems with immoral and barely legal practices and then turning around and crying on Uncle Sam to bail them out. They are no more a victim of this situation than an addict is when they choose to put that needle in their arm.
Personal choice -- right? Personal responsibility-- right? So how come it doesn't apply to big business as well. The only outcome seems to be that businesses are not required to experience the result of their own bad policies.
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Boston gets first new mayor in 20 years: On Monday, January 6, Martin Walsh officially became Mayor of Boston, taking over for Tom Menino, who led the city for 20 years. According to The Boston Globe, the theme of Walsh's 26-minute inauguration speech (see below) was unity: "I will listen. I will learn. I will lead," he said.
As Mary Jander wrote here earlier this week, like many other new mayors around the US, one of Walsh's immediate challenges -- before officially being sworn in -- was dealing with snow. On January 3, Walsh appointed 18-year veteran public works superintendent Michael Dennehy as acting snow czar.
Tough couple of days for Fort Lee Mayor and Chris Christie: Things weren't quite as amicable this week over in New Jersey, where Gov. Chris Christie and Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich have been at odds since news broke that Christie's staff intentionally closed lanes on the George Washington Bridge to punish Fort Lee after Sokolich didn't endorse Christie for reelection.
At first, Fort Lee's Sokolich told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he didn't want a personal apology from the governor, didn't want him to come to Fort Lee, and didn't really believe that he had nothing to do with the lane closures. But after the two met on Thursday, Sokolich's tone changed a bit: "I'm glad he came. I take him for his word, which is he had nothing to do with it," he told CNN. "We in Fort Lee are not rooting for facts to, you know, come about and surface that would suggest in some shape or form that he was involved in it. We take him for his word."
Still, they're hardly the best of friends... It probably didn't help matters that, as part of his defense, Christie said he wouldn't have done this as a political move against Sokolich because he doesn't know him and couldn't even have "picked him out of a lineup." Stay classy, Christie. (See also: For Gov. Chris Christie, Transportation Is Political.)
Seattle Mayor slams police for misconduct: Over in Seattle, after appointing Harry C. Bailey as interim police chief, the city's new mayor, Ed Murray, wrote a two-page letter to the Seattle Police Department insisting on reform. The department has been under investigation by the US DOJ since 2011 for routinely using excessive force. The full letter to the department is available here. Here's an excerpt:
Our Seattle Police Department ought to base its strategies on data and best practices, not merely tradition and instinct. To do that, our department must provide officers with the consistent training, tools and professional supervision and standards to carry out their duties. It must embrace new technologies and methodologies, recognizing that these are multiplier forces in an era when simply hiring more people can no longer be the only solution to every problem. The department is currently working to comply with the Settlement Agreement. But none of us should be satisfied with merely "good enough" in meeting the terms of the agreement.
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Hartford — Chris Murphy took the oath of office on Thursday to become Connecticut's newest U.S. senator, replacing the retiring Joe Lieberman.
In Washington, Murphy was escorted down the center aisle of the Senate by fellow Democrat, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, to take the oath from Vice President Joe Biden. He later signed the Senate's Oath Book, which contains the names of all senators.
Murphy told The Associated Press in a phone interview before the ceremony that he was thrilled to walk with Blumenthal.
"Not only was he a big part of helping me get to this day, but I'm part of a generation of public servants in Connecticut who looked up to the example that Blumenthal set," Murphy said. "It's a real honor for me to be able to get sworn in today to represent the people of the state, but also do it next to somebody I've looked up to for a long time, Dick Blumenthal."
The 39-year-old Murphy will be the youngest member of the Senate. He and his wife, Cathy, have two young sons. They were expected to be on hand for a ceremonial swearing-in later in the day where pictures are allowed to be taken.
Murphy, the former 5th District congressman, defeated Republican Linda McMahon in November. McMahon had run against Blumenthal two years ago and lost that race as well. The former wrestling executive spent a total of about $100 million of her own money on the two races combined.
Murphy was expected to sit at Lieberman's desk in the Senate for the opening day of the session. But his desk will be moved elsewhere in the Senate based on his seniority. Murphy said he expects he will be ranked 91st or 92nd out of 100 senators. His time served in the U.S. House of Representatives will be counted toward his ranking in the Senate.
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Freshman guard Marvelle Harris scored a career-best 19 points to post his fourth double-digit scoring game of the season.
Junior guard Tyler Johnson scored 16 points to post his 26th career double-digit scoring game and sixth this season.
Junior guard Kevin Olekaibe scored 10 points to post his 47th career double-digit scoring game and fourth this season. He now ranks 27th on the Bulldogs' all-time scoring list with 1,015 career points.
Freshman Aaron Anderson earned his first collegiate start at point guard for the Bulldogs.
After holding its first 11 opponents to under 70 points in each game this season, Fresno State allowed UCLA to surpass the 70-point mark. The Bruins entered the contest averaging 78.5 points through their first 11 games. This season, the Bulldogs have held eight of their 12 foes to less than 60 points.
With UCLA's freshmen trio of Shabazz Muhammad (27 points), Jordan Adams (25 points) and Kyle Anderson (20 points and 17 rebounds), it marked the first time since Feb. 12, 2000 that the Bulldogs have allowed three players on an opposing team to score 20 or more points in a game. Anderson's 17 rebounds also marked the third straight game that the Bulldogs have allowed a single player on an opposing team to grab 15 or more rebounds.
UCLA improved to 116-25 (.823) at Pauley Pavilion under Ben Howland.
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|The degree of randomness of a real x can be defined in terms of the prefix-free or montone Kolmogorov complexity of initial segments of x. The Turing degree of x is defined quite differently in terms of the relative computability of x. At first glace there is little connection between the Turing degree and the degree of randomness. However, there are relationships between the two notions. In the prefix-free complexity setting, the reals with the lowest degree of randomness are called the K-trivial reals. Nies has shown that K-trivial reals have limited power as oracles. In the montone complexity setting, the situation is quite different and there are some interesting open questions.
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Restaurant owners in Los Angeles are among the small business owners needing a loan to meet a critical need only to have a bank turn them down.
The owner of Peruvian restaurant Los Balcones, Jorge Rodriguez, needed money to roll out the lunch menu at his Hollywood location. His request was denied, just like 82 percent of business owners who seek traditional loans.
The number comes from alterative funding source OnDeck, a technology platform connecting small business owners with access to capital. The company that connected Jorge Rodriguez with investors started in 2007 and spent a half-million dollars to comply with regulatory issues. CEO Noah Breslow said banks can make million dollar loans but their overhead is too great to profit from a $40,000 loan and the institutions don't leverage technology to service smaller loans.
Shortly after OnDeck launched, the 2008 recession hit and business owners were borrowing in a defensive posture. Noah told me one of the issues in the first years was how to lower default rates.
The company rolled out its OnDeck score to gauge the credit worthiness of potential borrowers by detailing how they run their business instead of examining their personal credit. He said loans are practically made in real time and funding can take place in hours. An example he cited is a restaurant getting a large catering job on a Wednesday and has to borrow money to hire temporary staff and buy food and supplies for a Saturday event.
Noah says the default rate is in the single digits and 80 percent of borrowers need the money to expand their businesses.
OnDeck has now loaned over $ 80 million dollars to hair salons, doctors' offices, and other small businesses in Los Angeles and has reached the $1 billion mark nationally.
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Contained herein are several utilities that have been developed at NICS, OSC, and elsewhere to aid in the administration and management of PBS variants (including OpenPBS, PBS Pro, and TORQUE). They have been developed primarily on Linux clusters, but most of them should be applicable to virtually any system running PBS.
All programs in PBS Tools are licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.
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Auto/biographical stories about New York Italian gangsters and Cosa Nostra affiliates usually begin with an event filled with violence that leads to a set of problems and situations that get handled strategically with a method that consists of violence, which, in turn, climaxes with death—a violent death. These kinds of non-fictitious stories remain consistent from beginning to end with its violence-o-meter's needle lingering high in the red zone.
Opening with a detailed account of life at Coxsackie Reformatory, Almost a Wiseguy by Bob Puglisi, seems to be no different. Why would it? After all, Almost a Wiseguy is the true story of Vince Ciacci, an Italian gangster who grew up in New York, within streets that greedily embraced crime and violence, under direct control of the Italian Mafia.
Within the barb-wired walls that held the inmates inside Coxsackie Reformatory, Vince moved and plotted with New York's toughest and roughest for 3 years—plenty of time to achieve what would be the equivalence to an educational degree, in the arts of street crime. And a Master's Degree in street crime along with plenty of experience is what Vince obtained by the time of his release from Coxsackie Reformatory.
Putting into effect his freshly learned skills and utilizing his new connections, Vince was working hard in his career, earning the desired reputation and affiliating himself with the Mafia. By pulling off heists that brought large amounts of money to the table, he was beginning to receive the attention he aspired. Not quite a friend of theirs, Vince was now being considered a friend, however.
And Almost a Wiseguy continues to move along, fulfilling the stereotype of the gangster auto/biography.
As Vince's life kept running parallel to those who made it into the world of the mob, drugs and alcohol came into play and caused a major detour. And after a few skirmishes with death, Vince found himself in the west coast, hustling and trading with the underworld in Los Angeles.
Up to this point Almost a Wiseguy has maintained the formula—the violent intro, the violent conflict and the violent solution that leads to the climax. However, good stories, whether fictitious or real, will turn 180 degrees and go somewhere unexpected, leaving the reader with awe stamped on his/her forehead, wondering what happened. That is called the twist.
This short account of a man seeking refuge in the glamorous life of well-dressed criminals, by participating in organized crime and harming anyone who stood in his way, now becomes the account of a man traveling the road to redemption—a difficult road with plenty of hills and curves.
Vince's account, in turn, falls a few inches away from death, not quite entirely fulfilling the stereotype, after all, because Almost a Wiseguy is a story about second chances.
It is seldom when one picks up the auto/biography of a New York mobster that ends with an optimistic message of hope and salvation. And that is exactly what Almost a Wiseguy by Bob Puglisi is—a message of hope to all those broken souls seeking life in the lair of death.
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we live in an indie rock world: Late Show w/ Andrew Bird, Hold Steady
I don't know if you saw Andrew Bird rock "Plasticities" on Letterman last night (Tuesday night). If you didn't sand is overrated points to the youtube (and has the mp3):
He loops his violin pizzicato, plays guitar and then later plays glockenspiel while whistling. Pretty good stuff.
I'd heard pretty good things about the album, but that song makes me want to buy it.
That was the obvious indie rock on the Letterman show last night, but did anyone notice the music under Biff's Yankee spring training video? Yes, that's right: the Hold Steady's "You Can Make Them Like You." And speaking of baseball and the Hold Steady, they recently did their own version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (stereogum has the mp3).
And if you didn't know, Pitchfork lists all the upcoming interesting bands on TV programs each week. The rest of this week's list looks like this:
Thursday, April 12:
NBC: "Late Night With Conan O'Brien": Of Montreal
Friday, April 13:
NBC: "The Today Show": Lily Allen
IFC: "The Henry Rollins Show": Peaches
NBC: "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno": The Shins
NBC: "Late Night With Conan O'Brien": Joseph Arthur
CBS: "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson": Cold War Kids
Bonus Andrew Bird video after the jump.
Andrew Bird on children's program Jack's Big Music Show (official site) as "Dr. Stringz". It's pretty fantastic that he can turn a cheesy kid's song into something to enjoy.


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The Golden Ticket Contest (now over):
Kit Cat selected 8 lucky winners who received the "Golden Ticket" opportunity to represent Kit-Cat's loyal fans on the Kit-Cat Float. The winners were seen riding and dancing on the float in front of 10s of millions around the world on January 2nd, 2012 in the Pasadena Rose Parade®. What an incredible experience!
Here's a great front page article about one of our winners who won a contest at Gulf Coast Clock in Pensacola Florida.
We're still accepting stories for future 80th anniversary sweepstakes, so please, share your Kit Cat story below! Who knows what we'll be doing next for our 80th!


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Feb 16, 2013, 06.34 PM | Source: CNBC-TV18
Besides the banking sector, the economy as a whole has lost in terms of other creditors, like tax authorities, oil companies, airport authorities and of course employees and shareholders.
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KFA crisis: Is there a need to tighten rescheduling norms?
Besides the banking sector, the economy as a whole has lost in terms of other creditors, like tax authorities, oil companies, airport authorities and of course employees and shareholders.
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" I believe that Indian bankers including public sector and private sector banks are as diligent as any other world class banks could be "
- AK Purwar (Ex-Chariman)
In an interview to CNBC-TV18 two banking stalwarts, AK Purwar, former chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) and RK Bakshi, retired executive director, Bank of Baroda share their view on the steps taken by banks and the Indian banking norms.
Below is the verbatim transcript of the discussion on CNBC-TV18
Q: Should bankers have taken this decision in 2010? Is it necessary that bankers should be more strict when a rescheduling is given because it does look like even the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) thinks that banks are happy rescheduling it?
Purwar: What was the total exposure of the banking system on Kingfisher? It was Rs 6000 crore plus. If one account of this magnitude goes into non-performing assets (NPAs) and going down the drain, banking system would take all possible steps to see to that this account gets restructured and may be revived. Unless they see that there is no chance of its revival, they would continue to feed it, continue to give oxygen to it, continue to see it revive.
Q: Can bankers, and that too 17 banks take an exposure of Rs 6000 crore and not go deeply into an industry which has not performed very well globally? Many bankers have told me that the group itself had some problems of repayment or some problems regarding the way it managed its finances, are Indian bankers less diligent?
Purwar: I would be the last person to agree to this statement. I believe that Indian bankers including public sector and private sector banks are as diligent as any other world class banks could be. We are very strict on diligence side.
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Q: Most foreigners who look at this case tell me that in any other country he would have died long ago. Is this true?
Purwar: I have worked abroad. I have seen what has happened throughout the world. In many countries such big exposes are not allowed to languish. Kingfisher is the third big airline of the country, after going out in the market and the impact it had on the customers, consumers is different and therefore every economy, every society, every country and those bankers who have told you, they have told you wrong. Every country tries to make sure that such companies survive unless they find there is just no way they can survive.
Kingfisher Air stock price
On , 2015, Kingfisher Airlines closed at Rs 1.36, up Rs 0.00, or 0.00 percent. The 52-week high of the share was Rs 3.69 and the 52-week low was Rs 1.16.
The latest book value of the company is Rs -166.59 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company was -0.01.


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Authors: Gabriel Perdue, Marco Sirianni, Gerhardt Meurer, William Jon McCann
Detector: HRC - Flight Build #1
To calculate accurately the gain (e-/DN) of the HRC flight build #1 (7161LXD01-01) device.
The images used were taken in the Spring of 1999 (on Thursday 11 March, Friday 12 March, and Saturday 13 March) at GSFC during the Thermal Vacuum testing period. In this particular series, first pixel response (FPR) tests were used for the bulk of the gain calculations. In a few instances, ordinary flat fields are used.
The gain for each series of paired images was calculated using the photon transfer method. An IDL program, pt.pro, written by Marco Sirianni was used to perform the calculations. The data required for this test consists of sequence of frames paired by exposure time. Ideally the sequence is illuminated over the entire dynamic range, although this was not done in practice for all the cases presented here. Two different exposure methods were used in the test: Data taken with the First Pixel Response (FPR) readout method were obtained with the C Amplifier as part of CTE monitoring and characterization tests, while simple flat fields were with the B Amplifier in order to monitor basic CCD behavior. The procedure first performs a bias subtraction on the series. Then, to account for (and remove) flat fields variations for each pair of images they are subtracted from each other. Using the resulting image, the variance is computed. Then the mean of each pair is found and used to calculate the average signal. To remove local dependancy from the calcualtion, multiple 40x40 pixels subarrays are selected from across the chip and the statistics are found in each region. Finally, before the actual photon transfer calculation takes place, deviant (to greater than three sigma values from the mean) pixel values are replaced with the median value of the entire subarray. This "cleaning loop" is repeated three times. The results are then plotted as points by signal across the x-axis and variance across the y-axis. A best fit line is then found, the slope of which, below saturation, is the reciprocal of the conversion factor (the gain) in e-/DN. In addition, the program provides a histogram of the gains found in each of the different subsections of the chip. A similar program, acsgain.pro, written by Jon McCann, was used to verify some of the results.
The results are presented in Tables 1 though 3. Note: in Table 1, the first of the paired images is a serial readout and the second of the pair is a parallel readout. Because the electronic gain (uV/DN) used in this test was not given, only the system gain (e-/DN) will be reported. Also, note that the results found using pt.pro and those found with acsgain.pro are agree within ~2%.


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Opened in 2011, the Beauside Hotel is located at the south bank of the Qiantang River, within a short walking distance to the Metro Line 1 Xixing Station. It is 9km away from the Hangzhou Railway Station, 14km away from the city center and 25km away from the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.
This Beauside Hotel houses 130 multi-level rooms featuring bay windows allowing maximum enjoyment of the surrounding scenery. Each room is equipped with all the expected modern amenities including TV, international direct dial phone, private safe, hair dryer and mini bar and other service amenities. The hotel restaurant has a splendid banquet hall and dozens of private dining rooms and can accommodate 400 people. It provides Cantonese, Sichuan and Shanghai cuisines as well as Western style dishes and other international delicacies. Multifunctional conference rooms with advanced audiovisual equipments are well-suited. Apart from that, there are recreation facilities, such as indoor swimming pool, gym, billiards, ping pong room, sauna room and foot massage available.
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Brain & Nervous System Health Center
Essential Tremor and Deep Brain Stimulation
In this article
When Will I Be Able to Go Home After Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery?
The average hospital stay for deep brain stimulation surgery is two to three days.
How Should I Care for the Surgical Area Once I Am Home?
- Your stitches or staples will be removed seven to 10 days after surgery.
- Each of the four pin sites should be kept covered with band-aids until they are dry. These should be changed every day as necessary.
- You will be able to wash your head with a damp cloth, avoiding the surgical area.
- You may shampoo your hair the day after your stitches or staples are removed, but only very gently.
- You should not scratch or irritate the wound areas.
Will I Have to Limit Activity Following Deep Brain Stimulation?
- You should not engage in light activities for two weeks after deep brain stimulation surgery. This includes housework and sexual activity.
- You should not engage in heavy activities for four to six weeks after surgery. This includes jogging, swimming, or any other aerobic activity.
- You should not lift more than five pounds for at least two weeks.
- Depending on the type of work you do, you may return to work within four to six weeks.
Warning About Deep Brain Stimulation
Call your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following symptoms after deep brain stimulation surgery:
- Severe and persistent headaches
- Bleeding from your incision
- Increased redness or swelling in the area of the incision
- Loss of vision
- A sudden change in vision
- A persistent temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
Can I Use Electrical Devices After Deep Brain Stimulation?
While you should be able to use most electronic devices after DBS surgery, you should be aware that:
- Some devices, such as theft detectors and screening devices, like those found in airports, department stores, and public libraries, may be triggered by your device. It may take extra time to go through airport security. Always carry the identification card given to you. With this, you may request assistance to bypass those devices.
- You will be able to use home appliances, computers, and cellular phones. They do not usually interfere with your implanted stimulator.
- You will be provided with a magnet to activate and deactivate your stimulator. This magnet may damage televisions, credit cards, and computer discs. Always keep it at least one foot away from these items.
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Something had awakened King Varian Wrynn from a deep sleep. As he stood motionless in the gloom, the faint patter of a distant dripping sound echoed off the walls of Stormwind Keep. A feeling of dread washed over him, for it was a sound he'd heard before.
Varian moved cautiously to the door and pressed his ear against the burnished oak. Nothing. No movement. No footfalls. Then, as if from far away, the dull and muffled hum of a crowd cheering from somewhere outside the castle. Did I oversleep today's ceremonies?
Again the strange dripping sound came, this time echoing off the icy floor, distinct and wet. Varian slowly opened the door and peered out into the hall. The corridor beyond was dark and quiet. Even the torches seemed to flicker with a cold light that died as quickly as it was born. For a man who allowed himself few emotions, Varian felt something stir inside himself now—something old, or young, or perhaps long forgotten. It was almost like a feeling of childlike… fear?
He shook off the notion immediately. He was Lo'Gosh, the Ghost Wolf. The gladiator warrior who struck fear in the hearts of his enemies and friends alike. Still, he could not shake the primal feeling of unease and danger that now pervaded his body. Stepping out into the hall, Varian noticed his guards were not at their usual stations. Is everyone preoccupied with Remembrance Day? Or is this something more sinister?
He crept carefully down the dim hall, entering the large and familiar throne room of Stormwind Keep, but now its towering walls seemed different—larger, more shadowed, and empty. From the distant stone ceiling, tarps hung like garish cobwebs, emblazoned with the golden face of a lion—the emblem denoting the pride and strength of the great nation of Stormwind.
Download high-resolution In the gloom, Varian heard a muffled cry and then a sudden scuffle. His eyes darted to the floor, where a trail of blood clearly led to the center of the room. There in the murk, he could barely make out a frantic struggle between two figures. As his eyes adjusted, he could see one man on his knees, bloody and wounded, and standing over him was a harsh female shape looming in the blackness.
Varian knew that shape by heart, its distorted silhouette giving away the twisted nature of her body and soul. She was Garona Halforcen, part draenei, part orc—the assassin bred by the twisted mind of Gul'dan.
As Varian stood in stunned disbelief, fresh blood oozed along the edge of the half-orc's blade, reaching the razor-sharp point, then dripping… falling… until it erupted in a rose petal of crimson on the marble floor. Memory rushed over Varian in a flood of recognition. The armor. The regal clothing. The man on the floor was his father, King Llane!
Garona looked at Varian with a hideous, tear-streaked smirk, then swiftly stabbed downward with her blade, the flash of steel cutting through the dark and burying itself deep into the kneeling king's chest.
"No!" Varian screamed, lurching forward, clawing across the blood-soaked floor to reach his father. He grabbed the king's wilted body and held it close as the half-orc's face slowly faded into the dark.
"Father," Varian pleaded, rocking him in his arms.
Llane's mouth twitched up at him in pain, then parted with a stream of fresh blood. With a putrid hiss of air, the old king managed to form a few brittle words. "This is how it always ends… with Wrynn kings."
With that, Llane's eyes rolled back and his jaws gaped open into a hideous expression. From deep within his throat, a chitinous vibration arose. Varian wanted to tear his eyes away, but found he could not. In the shadow of his father's yawning mouth, something moved, shimmering and wiggling up into the fading twilight.
Suddenly, maggots erupted from the dead king's maw—thousands upon thousands of writhing worms obliterated Llane's ashen face. Varian tried to pull away, but the maggots washed over him as well, chittering and consuming his body as he let out one final scream of agony.
Varian bolted upright in his chair, a terrible scream still fading in his ears. He found himself sitting at his map table in the private upper chambers of Stormwind Keep. Warm sunlight streamed into the room along with the roar of a cheering crowd from high windows. The Remembrance Day celebrations are under way.
In his hands, he held a tarnished silver locket, its keyed hinge securely fastened. Varian instinctively tried to open the trinket, as he had a thousand times before, but found it locked as always.


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The federal and state governments require that all colleges and universities set up a system of checks and balances to make sure that students maintain their financial aid eligibility throughout each award period. These checks and balances are instituted to alert students to potential problems that may prevent them from registering, receiving financial aid, or clearing their bills. There are legislated regulations that govern the rules for schools, and the system of checks and balances ensure that these rules are followed.
An example of how a rule is followed appears in the Service Indicator system the University has developed to ensure that only eligible students continue to receive financial aid. LIU has created these Service Indicators with impacts that prevent, for example, a student who is in loan default, from receiving future financial aid. Please see the chart below, which provides the financial aid and bill clearing Service Indicators most frequently seen on student accounts.
Also included in our checks and balances system is a very comprehensive review of the academic record of our students, which guides them in making sure that they are earning enough credits each year, that they are achieving a cumulative average of at least a 2.0, and that they are making progress toward their degree objective. A comprehensive description of this academic review and charts that describe the above requirements can be found in Good Academic Standing section of this Web site.
In addition to the regulations governing federal financial aid, New York State requires certain academic standards be met as well. These standards serve to ensure that students are making progress toward their degree objectives. Good academic standing requirements for TAP may be found on the Tuition Assistance Program page.
As part of maintaining the integrity of the financial aid packages offered to students and in complying with federal guidelines, the University has set in place descriptive Service Indicators or Holds that appear on the student's My LIU record. These Service Indicators provide information regarding problems with academic status, loan default, or prior billing indebtedness. These Service Indicators are part of the student's record and are visible to the student via the Self-Service Portal of their My LIU account. Service Indicators also are visible to all administrative offices providing services to students.
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I just moved into a new house and the previous owners had put phone & ethernet jacks in most of the rooms. However, the vast majority of these cables are terminated in "EnQ Home Network" terminals in the basement and they're not labeled at all.
What's the quickest & easiest way to find out which cables are which? The wall jacks are rj45 but the cables in basement are punched into these EnQ modules. I figure I could put some kind of terminator into the jack and then take a voltmeter to the basement, but for rooms with 3 jacks in the wall this would take a while (although I'd get in some good cardio running up & down the stairs).


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Call Volume Swells as Citigroup Inc Shares Falter
Schaeffer's Investment Research
Citigroup attracts near-term call buyers -- and possibly sellers
Citigroup Inc
(NYSE:C) is trending lower along with the
broader market
today, and is off more than 2.4% to hover at $51.63. Nevertheless, call activity is running hotter than usual on the banking giant, with roughly 33,000 contracts crossing the tape thus far -- a 45% mark-up over the norm. Conversely, around 17,000 puts have changed hands. Taking a closer look at the data, it appears that this heavy call volume could represent a mix of buying and selling activity.
On the bullish side of the action is the weekly 8/9 53-strike call, where close to 2,800 contracts have been exchanged for a volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of $0.11. A large portion of these calls traded at the ask price, while implied volatility was last seen 5.6 percentage points higher -- suggesting that at least some of the contracts are of the buy-to-open variety. In other words, speculators will secure a profit if C muscles north of breakeven at $53.11 (strike price plus the VWAP) by this Friday's close, when these weekly options expire. This denotes an increase of 2.9% to the stock's current perch. The delta for these calls sits at 0.12, meaning they have a 12% chance of finishing in the money.
Meanwhile, more than 4,500 contracts have crossed at the August 52.50 call for a VWAP of $0.44. However, the majority of the calls switched hands at the bid price, implying they were sold. Although data from the International Securities Exchange (ISE) confirms that a small percentage of the contracts were sold to close, implied volatility has ticked higher, hinting that perhaps some of the calls were sold to open. In this scenario, traders are expecting C to remain south of $52.50 through front-month expiration -- rendering the contracts worthless, and allowing the sellers to pocket the initial premium received. This could also be reflective of a
covered-call strategy
, in which case the speculators may be shareholders looking to generate some extra income, or perhaps pick up some downside protection in the event of a pullback.
put activity notwithstanding
, C calls have been preferred over puts lately. In fact, traders on the ISE, Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) have bought to open 185,916 calls during the past month, compared to 100,491 puts, resulting in a 20-day call/put volume ratio of 1.85.
Despite today's drop, Citigroup has advanced close to 31% in 2013, and nearly 81% during the past 52 weeks. What's more, the shares remain perched atop their 20-week moving average, which has served as support for nearly a year.
This article by Terri Stridsberg was originally published on
Schaeffer's Investment Research
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March 24, 2012
TEMPE, Ariz. - The 14th-ranked Arizona State baseball team had the game-winning run on second base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but fell to Cal, 3-2, on Saturday night in front of 2,515 fans at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
Right-hander Trevor Williams (5-1) retired 22 of the last 25 batters he faced, including five perfect innings, but took his first collegiate loss after allowing one run and two unearned runs in a career-long 8 2/3 frames. He finished the night with three strikeouts and two walks.
Joey DeMichele, who headed to the plate with the bases loaded after Marrero walked on four pitches with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, drove a hard-hit ball to center field that was caught near the warning track to end the game.
Right-hander Jake Barrett struck out Cal's final batter after taking the mound with runners on first and third and two outs in the top of the ninth.
Right-hander Matt Flemer (3-2) was pulled following Stankiewicz's two-run double after throwing 6 1/3 innings. He allowed two earned runs on five hits while striking out four.
ASU threatened in the bottom of the eighth as DeMichele began the frame with a double down the left-field line, but Cal closed out the next three Sun Devil batters to keep its one-run lead.
The Golden Bears capitalized on a pair of errors by Drew Stankiewicz in the opening two innings to take the early 2-0 lead on two unearned runs. Andrew Knapp drove in a run on an RBI single in the first and Bruno collected an RBI sacrifice fly in the following frame.
Chad Krist hit a home run to left field in the top of the sixth to push Cal's advantage to three.
Stankiewicz atoned for his early miscues with a two-run double into right field in the bottom of the seventh inning to bring ASU within one, 2-3. Two singles on two pitches to lead off the frame started the rally for the Sun Devils, and a fielders choice followed by a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for Stankiewicz.
The Sun Devils close out their three-game series against Cal at 12:30 p.m. (PT) on Sunday at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Tim Healey and Seth Dhaenens will have the call on KDUS The Fan 1060 Am.
Game Notes: Before the loss tonight, ASU had beaten Cal eight straight times and 11 consecutive at Packard Stadium.


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So…. I've been busy lately finishing up some intense work on the main title for the new FOX show Almost Human and tonight is the second episode of the series!
Working on this sequence was both fun and challenging but as always, it was great to part of another cool project! We used After Effects along with 3DS Max and even some Element 3D to create many of the shots. Originally the title sequence was going to be shorter but it evolved into a longer montage about the show. We ended up working on about 10 shots that were edited together with footage from the show to help tell the story.
I'll try to create a more detailed video breakdown soon, but here are some still frames of some of my favorites.
This digital Iris was created by filming a real eye with a Canon 5DM3. Then I used several 3D layers to add depth to the vein network as the camera passes through into the Main Title.
This room was created in 3DS max with help from the Video Copilot modelling team via Stefan & Alex. I compositied in After Effects with the Z-pass to add depth of field. The shot included some really cool high-tech screens as well as detailed medical equipment from the future! Luckily we had a render farm because this shot took about 8 minutes per frame to render.
This gun model was created in 3Ds Max and imported into After Effects with Element 3D for precise animation & lighting.
This hand shot was rendered in entirely in Element 3D from a high quality hand model. The digital circuits were created in After Effects and mapped to the hand using a second copy of Element 3D on top of the original to give it a glowing effect.
Another E3D shot of the camera flying over the police badge.
Be sure to check out the show tonight!
WOW, hats off to you, Andrew!
i'm actually learning this huge program and when i see andrew"s work with max i hope that one day i could do the same with c4d
great job like always
Please write something nice in regards to this video. Thanks. ^_^
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You sad that you used 3ds max to render.You have textured on 3ds max using V-ray?
For video editing I'd suggest the Intel i5 4670k if you're on a budget. But if you have the extra cash go for the i7 4770k. But if you have a lot of money go for one of the i7 extreme processors!!
For the Graphics card:
I'm an Nvidia fan (don't know much about AMD) you'd want to go for any GPU between the GTX 670 and the GTX 780.
For the RAM:
You can go for 8Gbs of DDR3 RAM but if you can get 16Gbs of Ram.
For the MotherBoard:
That's really up to preference but I have an Asus Z87-K. (Don't spend 200-300 dollars on a motherboard, spend around 100 bucks).
Get a good case like the Cooler Master series.
If you're going to have a lot of videos go for at least a 1TB Hard Drive.
(Optional): If you want, get an SSD for your OS (because frankly they're too expensive to have like games and data on them).
Get a good power supply, but make sure your breaker won't get triggered!
Are you planning on building it yourself?
I did use a couple large SSD's and a couple Raids and it's liquid cooled which raised the price a bit... but take a look at these links and they might help you choose a path that will work for you.
I also ordered all the parts from Amazon which made it super easy/fast and their return policy is fantastic.
Good Luck ~
very useful links.
I run 3Ds MAX (my daytime job is being a 3D modeler) and the whole Adobe CC suite without a single hick-up.
It's an 18" laptop, by the way :)
I'm working on a shot where a character has a lens flare in each hands, and a "magic" solid between those lens flares. I've got the lens flares hand tracked and I want to find a way so that on side of the solid is connected to one lens flare's position, and the other side of the solid is connected to the other lens flare's position, tracking doesn't work for this shot. I could go frame by frame but it'd be way too long because I would need to adjust size, rotation, AND position. Please help me!!
I have learned so much from you and e3d was a major ingredient in the film's war sequeneces.
thank you for awesome products and generous sharing of knowledge, as well as promoting this great community.
you need more CPU man :D :P
I mean, all the shots are great in terms of quality and so on, but the whole lot looks like a sort of recap intro and not a jaw-breaking super title. All that footage that seems taken from some episodes and edited with your work (which almost seems sped up) makes me feel like your work hasn't been given the justice it deserves.
Once you've done it though, just right-click on the model name above and choose Save as Model Preset.
It is then saved as an E3D fle for future use with all textures included so you only do it once.
with your tutorial I learned a lot, thanks
greetings from Italy :-)
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Tell me, what's up with this blue tint infatuation of your?
i can't see the show directly from iran ,so I have download it!because i want to see your Masterpiece!
good jon ,video copilot!
I watched both episodes of Almost Human last night. DVR forever! I could feel the presence of VC as the show began. Really cool, I know your style has impacted the way the show is FXed too. So I give you credit for that!
As for using a render farm... isn't that where Rudolf was born? Tis the season!!!!!!!!!!!
I love u... No homo!!
Please Sir, tell us how long does it take to finish a project like this?
You and JJ Abrams are a pair! Nice work.. Love it.. Hope you will make a tutorial about the title #crossingFingers
Great, great work
Also was the room rendered in Vray?
This eksperement titles make using your lessons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDVXlqI3sFA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNai0ylfq16cCz68qZGHKiw
In fact, I have learned from you much My teacher.
I am a novice in this area.
maybe it took 5 hrs on a single computer . why did u use render-farm?
...how long did it take to finish a sequence like that?
It looks like Bad Robot is making you their in-house VFX monkey!(that was a compliment)
Well it's great, i hope you will get to do even greater projects !
That circuit is a nice effect. It would be so cool to have that as a plug in soon! With the ability to control one circuit light along with randomizing many.
Could you tell me what 5DM3 lens was used on the eye close up ? (Macro lens I guess)
braggart. ;)
I was wondering, how long did it take to finish a sequence like that?
continue working on that!!
That's actually pretty low use of element. Model of ship you used is such a waste of time and assets. Same effect could have been achieved with simple 2D photo as it's really bad angle and there are plenty of details which are missing. About text..lightning is wrong, no shadows nothing:p next time try to tweak it a bit, GL:)
Heh. Easy there buddy.
The lettering, cuts, and camera were intended to be very amature.
That's why my 7-year-old was doing the cinematography on this one.
I let him do the lettering and cuts too. He's never edit before.
After we run through the gate, there's a close up scene of the Falcon hovering over the street which I may release later.
The clip of it landing told the story, so I kept it short. :)
In saying the model I used was a waste of time and assets, you made my point: Element handled the render of the detailed Falcon very well. Took 3 minutes to render the landing scene. I'm always very impressed with what Element makes possible and I push it's limits almost every day.
I've been using it since it was released on about 70% of my commercial work. More examples at crestvfx.com
My point to Andrew was I'm excited that most Star Wars ships are static models maneuvering in space. And because Element handles detailed models so well, it could handle a lot of space shots in the next Star Wars film.
X-Wing Squadron arrays, Star destroyers, Death-stars, and more. -Well, if there are any death stars to blow up in the next trilogy.
I loved the shot, and the fact you got your son involved. Also your new tutorial is really awesome.
Great work!
@Nick You may be right!
He even has an awesome free preset for that here: http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/light_sabers_v2/
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Junior Hill: 'Sow the seed of the gospel'
SHERWOOD – Preaching from Luke 8:5-15 about the "parable of the sower," evangelist Junior Hill reminded attendees to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention 2013 State Conference on Evangelism and Church Growth of the timeless truths contained in the passage of Scripture.
Pointing to the "seed" – or the Word of God – as being the central theme, Hill said the passage includes an important message about the sower – the person sharing the gospel – and the soils – the person receiving the gospel.
While those aspects of the passage are easily identified, Hill pointed to a lesser, but important, message from the Scripture: Satan's strategy to take the seed from the hand of the sower.
"A man is sowing, and the devil is watching. The devil immediately has to do all that he can to get rid of that seed," said Hill.
"Satan is always trying to get the seed out of the messenger's hand," he said.
Hill asked, "How is the devil going to take the seed out of your hand? How is the devil going to keep you from sowing that seed?"
He said the devil uses five ways to attempt to remove the seed from one's hand – through intimidation, observation, evaluation, alteration and germination.
Hill said intimidation comes, for example, when the media tries to make people believe preachers are crazy if they believe in absolutes. He told pastors that he believed one day they possibly could be thrown into jail by preaching that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Regarding observation, Hill said the devil tries to do his best to talk believers out of sharing the gospel with the lost, adding that it is important to "observe the winds, watch the clouds" and not to second-guess God.
"We think we know better than God does sometimes, (and) who will respond and who won't," he said.
Regarding evaluation, Hill said, "We not only think it is the wrong time, but to the wrong people."
Reading Ecclesiastes 11:5, Hill said we do not know the "path of the wind" and know who will respond to the gospel message and who will not.
"(God) didn't call you to evaluate, he called you to 'proclamate,'" Hill said.
"It is your responsibility to sow the seed and let the God of heaven make the determination who is going to respond," he said.
A fourth way the devil takes the seed out of one's hand is through alteration.
Hill said today we see churches that have gone to great lengths to alter the gospel in order to make it more appealing to the masses.
"I see an altered gospel planted all over based on an altered seed," said Hill. "The altered gospel won't tell you that Jesus isn't the Savior, just that He isn't the only Savior."
Hill encouraged pastors to be faithful in season and out of season, because that's what God has called them to do.
Finally, Hill said the devil takes the seed out of one's hand by germination. He attempts to discourage us when we don't see immediate results of proclaiming the gospel.
"Quiet often when you sow down something with a seed, some of those seeds are going to fall underneath a rock or behind a piece of wood," said Hill. "When it rains, they get no moisture. That seed may lay there for months. But one day by the grace of God, a drop of rain falls and runs up underneath that rock and touches that little seed … and it begins to expand and break out, and before you realize it, that little blade has sprung up and come outside that rock."
"If you didn't know that, you would get discouraged, wouldn't you?" Hill explained, adding, "That seed that you are sowing may come up, and may come up when you aren't expecting it, but be faithful to God to sow the seed!"


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Dad ROBERT FARQUHARSON has appeared at Dastardly Dads many times over the years. He was CONVICTED back in 2009 of murdering his three sons, basically to "punish" their mother and to assert his "control" in a custody issue.
It's unbelievable that this sh** still manages to dodge justice....
Killer father prolongs pain
by: Editorial From: Herald Sun January 18, 2013 12:00AM
THE emotion-charged case of triple child-killer Robert Farquharson is set to arouse yet more controversy with lawyers for the convicted murderer planning a High Court appeal bid.
The Winchelsea father is seeking to exhaust every avenue to dodge the minimum 33-year jail term imposed for driving his car into an icy dam, drowning his three young sons.
Farquharson's barrister Peter Morrissey SC plans to argue that the judge in the murder trial erred by not putting to the jury the alternative charge of manslaughter.
If the High Court allows the appeal, it will further drag out what has already been a seven-year legal saga. Farquharson was jailed for life without parole in 2009 but won a retrial on his first appeal. A jury found him guilty again in 2010, and he was sentenced to life with a minimum 33 years' jail.
He queried that conviction, too - but in a ruling issued last month, three Victorian Court of Appeal judges unanimously dismissed all three grounds his legal team relied on in the battle to regain Farquharson's freedom.
Throughout it all, Farquharson has maintained the Father's Day crash was an accident, caused after he blacked out from a coughing fit while driving the boys back home to their mother. It goes without saying that all Victorians are entitled to a fair trial, and to appeal a guilty verdict - even those charged with a crime as heinous as the murder of their three children.
By any measure, the justice system has given Farquharson his fair go. His ex-wife and mother of the three boys, Cindy Gambino, has been forced to endure years of extra torment.
It is in the interests of the victims' family - and also taxpayers - to end this legal marathon. Two juries made up of ordinary Victorians have already found him guilty of murder. And just weeks ago the Court of Appeal has found that verdict should stand.
Attempts to win a new trial on a legal technicality will simply prolong the agony for all involved. Farquharson needs to accept the sentence dealt to him, and let all those affected by this tragedy get on with their lives.


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I'm playing Through my jumbo-large instant action file on BFII, but I'm keeping score. Have nearly all settings maxed, and on elite. I play it top to bottom, and the score is currently Universe16- Relenzo2 64. Heh heh.
Why am I doing this? To prove that one man can make a difference? To make a post with an obscure Knight Rider reference? Probably to gloat over the Universe with my ownage. Try it! Some of you vets who get a little bored with this game, you might like it.
Comments? I'm on "J" on the list right now.
Im not completely sure what you are talking about. But on Instant Action list games it is fun for a bit, but the AI are so dumb that it angers me to a point that i stop playing once the awe of the explosions has worn off.
Ive done that before with all of my mod maps, but I deleted almost all of them so now Ive mostly just got the shipped maps which Ive played to death.
The AI may be dumb, but there are a LOT of them, especially in some maps. Give yourself an impossible task, such as capturing the backmost CP. In some maps, that is IMPOSSIBLE. For that matter, in some maps it's impossible to win by capturing all the CP's.
Creating an Alamo like situation can be fun. Sometimes i will intentionally lose most of a battle until the point where there is an equal number of friendly AI on the field compared to the reinforcement count. This way i am the last alive with one reinforcement ticket left, you can tell this because its the point of a mass spawn by your AI.
The plan is ruined if you die between that point because there will be one AI and yourself with only one reinforcement ticket left, meaning you have to defend the idiot. Either way after that point i defend the CP and kill all remaining enemy AI depending on how well off i allowed them to be. Most maps work well because there are many easily defendable CP's.
The last time I played the newest 607th map, I forget which one it is, I managed to hold the temple CP at the bottom of the hill using the CIS hero unit, the only ai was stuck behind the temple so he couldn't be killed and I just saber threw every republic who came up which dropped their reinforcements from 250ish to about 10, and then I switched to the rocket trooper and remote rocketed all of the remaing rep vehicles to win the match, it may have taken me around 45 minutes to beat, but it was worth it
Defending idiots suck and u just wanna smash the gaming device after it reads defeat, wonder if there is a way to be the last unit instead of having another unit respawn??
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