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Global Illumination and Final Gather in Mental Ray for Maya
Currently, one of the best ways of achieving photo-realistic imagery is to render using Mental Ray for Maya. Mental Ray offers a Global Illumination and Final Gather solution, which when combined, simulates the physics of real world lighting effects. Now, for the first time in 3d, lighting techniques used by photographers and filmmakers can be applied to computer graphics. The following is a guide for setting up Global Illumination and Final Gather using Mental Ray for Maya. It is based on notes from the web, Maya's Help manual and good-old fashion experimentation.
The first thing I always like to do is develop some sort of plan. As they say, 'If you don't know where you're going, you probably won't get there.' Here is a quick set-up sketch I did in Photoshop. I have included lighting placement and some material information.
The basic idea from the sketch was modelled and setup. Maya has four basic shaders to choose from: Lambert, Blinn, Phong or Anisotropic. Lambert has no specular highlights, Blinn has soft specular highlights, Phong has hard specular highlights and Anisotropic has irregular highlights. Based on the sketch, the first material will be a white, matte background that has no shine. A basic Lambert material was used with color set to an off white (very light grey) and diffuse increased above 0.8. Next is the sphere, which will be used as a prop to study the effects of illumination. A Phong shader was used to give it a highly polished, chrome like appearance, so as to be able to better study how the light rays are being traced. The last material is the Negative fill. These are being used like large barn doors, stopping the light from spilling. To suck the light from the scene, a Lambert material was again used, with both the color and diffuse set to black.
This is the final scene set-up. Two spot-lights have been added either side of the negative fill and are pointed at the wall. Their light will bounce of the white wall, to create a soft large light, illuminating the back of the ball. Any spill from the lights is being stopped by the black boards. Later the lights will be converted to Mental Ray area lights to create softer shadows.
As the sphere subject is not receiving any direct illumination a reflector board has been added. It will catch reflected light from the screen and illuminate the sphere from the front. The same material used for the background has been applied to the reflector board.
A standard hardware render produces an almost black image as most of the illumination is to be achieved from bouncing light.
Global Illumination
The first part involves setting up the Global Illumination. Once a good photon map has been created, then Final Gathering will be added to increase indirect illumination. Global Illumination using Mental Ray, requires the adjustment of two main sections: the light's attributes and the Render Globals Settings.
Both light's attributes are first set-up. To get realistic lighting behaviour,
- the decay rate is set to Quadratic and
- the light intensity is initially set to 120.
- Raytraced shadows are turn on in the Shadow attributes section.
- Lastly, in the Mental Ray section, the light is set to emit photons.
To create the Global Illumination solution, the Mental Ray render is selected in the Render Globals Settings, and in the 'mental ray' tab, the Quality Preset is set to Draft and Global Illumination is turn on in the Caustics and Global Illumination section.
Here the initial render is created. The Negative Fill boards were adjusted to give a more even lighting. Both the light's intensity was reduced by half down to 60 - giving a total combined intensity of 120. The spot lighting effect was also reduced by increasing the Penumbra Angle to 10.
The next stage is to fine tune the Global Illumination. To adjust the overall brightness of the scene, the light's Exponent value and Photon Intensity attributes are adjusted. Here is Maya Help manual definition for the Exponent value:
This is similar to decay -- the intensity increases as the value decreases. To increase the chances that indirect light will reach a greater distance, decrease the value.
Visible noise can occur with values less than 1. The default (2) simulates natural (quadratic) decay, but violates the conservation-of-energy law (that happens in the natural world), so bright spots from distant light sources could occur in unexpected locations.
Phrased another way, higher Exponent values will decrease brightness. Increments of 0.1 through to 3.5 will gradually decrease the brightness.
This is the same render with an Exponent value of 3. The image is much duller.
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8 small Yukon Gold potatoes, or red skinned potatoes
6 teaspoons olive oil
4 top sirloin steaks, about 4 ounces each
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 15-ounce can diced tomatoes
8 black olives, pitted and halved
1/4 cup red wine or balsamic vinegar
8 or so slivers of Parmesan cheese
1. Cut the potatoes in half, place them on a microwave safe dish and microwave until the potatoes are tender, about 5 minutes.
2. Heat 1 teaspoon of olive oil in a nonstick skillet over high heat. Add the potatoes, cut side down, and season liberally with salt and pepper. When the potaoes are well browned, remove from heat and keep warm.
3. Meanwhile, heat 3 teaspoons of olive oil over high heat in a skillet large enough to accomodate all of the steaks in a single layer. Season the steaks with salt and pepper and sear them in the hot skillet on both sides to the desired doneness, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer the steaks to a plate and keep warm while you make the tomato mixture.
4. Turn the heat down to medium and add the remaining 2 teaspoons of olive oil and onion. Cook the onion until it softens and begins to color. Add the wine or vinegar and cook until the liquid has almost completely evaporated. Add the olives and tomatoes with their juices and simmer for 2 minutes.
5. Serve the steaks topped with a few shavings of Parmesan and a large dollop of the tomato relish with the potatoes on the side.
Serving Size: 1 steak with relish and potatoes
Number of Servings: 4
|Per Serving
|59 g
|19 g
|5 g
|39 g
|Saturated Fat
|6 g
|912 mg
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I've enjoyed the nice homey Norman Rockwell-like commercials about the 2 little Smucker boys walking through the orchard preparing themselves to one day take over Grandpa's jam operations. Well to my surprise the Co-CEOs are the little Smucker boys all grown up - with Little Timmy as Chairman and Richard as President. Grampa's jam operations is J.M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) now a 5 billion dollar operation.
The J.M. Smucker Company, with headquarters in Orrville, Ohio, is the leading marketer of jams, jellies, preserves, and other fruit spreads in the U.S. It also is the leader in dessert toppings, natural peanut butter, and health and natural foods juice products, and markets a wide variety of other specialty products throughout the U.S. and in many foreign countries. In the fruit spreads category, it also holds the leadership position in Australia and Canada.
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- Wall Street brokerages analysts have published 6 buy and 7 hold reports for their clients
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- Good press has made this a popular company
- CAPS members of Motley Fool vote 427 to 21 that the stock will beat the market
- The All Stars agree with a vote of 150 to 5
- Fool notes the last 10 articles by Wall Street columnists have all been positive
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Maxifuel Super Sixes Finals - Sunday 29 January - Wembley Arena
On Sunday 29 January England's premier men's and women's clubs will battle it out to be crowned Maxifuel Super Sixes Champions.
Maxifuel Super Sixes is hockey's thrilling, skilful six-a-side indoor version where goals are guaranteed in action-packed, lightning-quick, 20 minute halves.
Join us to witness the breath-taking speed, dazzling skills and non-stop action as the country's best players battle it out for the ultimate prize! See British Olympians play in the flesh, enjoy live entertainment, meet international hockey stars and have a fun day out with friends and family!
The line-up
You will witness four superb matches across six action packed hours at the Maxifuel Super Sixes Finals. There will also be opportunities to meet stars from the Great Britain hockey teams:
12:00 - Men's Semi-final 1: East Grinstead v Reading
13:35 - Men's Semi-final 2: Bowdon v Beeston
15:20 - Women's Championship Final: Reading v Leicester
16:50 - Men's Championship Final
Doors open at 11am. Matches will take place from 12:00-18:00 with entertainment intervals throughout the day.
Tickets and booking information
With tickets purchased before the day starting at just £12.50 for adults and £5 for under 18s, the Maxifuel Super Sixes Finals is a fun, affordable day out. Tickets bought on the day will be priced at an additional £5 per person. For more ticketing information or to buy your tickets, call 0844 815 0815 or visit www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Club bookings: if you are an affiliated club and would like to make a club booking to ensure club members can sit together please call Sara King on 01628 897512.
club bookings through England Hockey must be made by 5pm on Thursday 26th January. Clubs wishing to purchase tickets after this date must do so through Ticketmaster or on the door on the day of the event.
Hospitality bookings: to find out about the VIP packages available at this years finals please call Richard Fynn on 01628 897513 or click here.
Maxifuel is the title sponsor of the Maxifuel Super Sixes Championships and Maxifuel Super Sixes Finals. Maxifuel is also the Official Sports Nutrition Partner of the England and Great Britain hockey teams. Find out how you can power yourself to perform at www.maxifuel.com.


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RUSH: Bill in River Falls, Wisconsin. Welcome to the program, sir.
CALLER: (garbled) Hey, Rush, how are you?
RUSH: Good. Thank you very much.
CALLER: My comment was I'm (unintelligible).
RUSH: Hold it a minute. Hold it a minute. I can't understand what you're saying. Are you out in the wind or something?
CALLER: Yes. I'm standing outside. I'm way into my (garbled).
RUSH: Yeah, that's what I thought. I have experience with that. Right.
CALLER: I have to say I was listening. I've been very concerned about this football stuff. I'm a big fan, but I really care, and I think we need to start a new organization. Something about safety. My thought was perhaps Fans Outraged Organized Loving Safety.
RUSH: Well, one of the things we could do... Folks, I must tell you: Talk about being on the cutting edge. Way back in the nineties I first became aware of the concussion problem in soccer, and I put together a group called Keep Our Own Kids Safe. It was an attempt to educate people about the dangers of soccer. This is 10/15 years ago, and he remembers it. It's one of the things that he's talking about here, and it's another reason you shouldn't don't discount what I'm saying to you about the future of football, 'cause I called it on soccer. We put together a couple of PSAs.
I remember we had people calling here telling me that I was full of it and didn't know what I was talking about. Other people called and agreed and thought I was really on to something. So we put together a PSA. We have two, actually, do we not? (interruption) We have four! We have four PSAs for Keep Our Own Kids Safe. Let's listen to a couple of them. And again, now, this is easily 10 to 15 years ago.
JOHNNY DONNOVAN: (caring music) And now a word from the Keep Our Own Kids Safe campaign about the danger of soccer.
LISA: I have played soccer since I was in kindergarten. I think that it has effected me. After soccer games I would feel lightheaded from hitting the soccer ball. I broke my leg playing a soccer game. Two years ago this time I was in physical therapy for eight months with a hip injury. All from soccer.
DONNOVAN: Keep Our Own Kids Safe national celebrity spokesman Rush Limbaugh...
RUSH: We thank God, Lisa, that you are among the fortunate few who have learned in time. But think of the people who have not learned, who don't know, who are being led down the primrose path. My friends, I think it's time for serious, drastic action. It is time to ban soccer from television. That, obviously, is encouraging a lot of people to play. Don't let any of the sponsors that sponsor soccer advertise on TV. Something must be done now. You heard her story.
LISA: It's not worth risking my body, injuries that I could be stuck with for life! I mean, who knows? I could be... Like, five hundred years (sic) from now I could be, like, a paraplegic! I mean, who knows? It's not worth it.
DONNOVAN: Join Rush Limbaugh, and help support the Keep Our Own Kids Safe campaign. Look for the Keep Our Own Kids Safe chapter near you. You'll find them everywhere.
DONNOVAN: And now a word from the national Keep Our Own Kids Safe campaign about the danger of soccer.
JANE: If they have a competitive player on the field that they can't beat, they're coached to hurt them and take them out of the game.
DONNOVAN: Keep Our Own Kids Safe national celebrity spokesman Rush Limbaugh...
RUSH: At what age is that taught?
JANE: Fairly young.
RUSH: That is the entirely different picture from what I have always thought soccer was! I thought soccer was a refuge from violence.
JANE: Yeah.
RUSH: I thought that's one of the drawing cards of soccer, and that parents were sending their kids out there so they wouldn't get involved in those kinds of activities on the field!
JANE: Well that's exactly why we had our boys play soccer. This same son went to college on a soccer scholarship and he thought he would get away from this being attacked. In a tournament game he again won the ball, and the kid he won it from ran wide open at him, lunged at him with his knee up -- and got him in the groin and shattered a testicle. They left him lying on the side of the field during that game, and he went into shock.
RUSH: This is a genuine horror story that I am sure it pains you to tell. I think it's important to point out that the soccer moms obviously didn't know, and don't know. It's not that they were irresponsible or are irresponsible like Jane, here. They were just uninformed. This is why our education campaign is so important.
DONNOVAN: Join Rush Limbaugh, and help support the Keep Our Own Kids Campaign. Look for the Keep Our Own Kids Safe Campaign near you. You'll find them everywhere.
RUSH: That's right. They are everywhere. Then there was another guy that called who thought that I was raising concerns way beyond what was necessary. He pointed out that he'd played soccer all his life and he was entirely normal. I asked him, "Well, have you asked your family members if you're maybe different?"
"Yeah, there's no problem."
I said, "Victims are sometimes the last to know whether they've been hurt. You should ask people if you're brain's any different now than it was before you started playing soccer."
He thought I was full of it.
My only point here is that it was years ago, over 10 years ago, that we first spotted the dangers in soccer, which now you can find almost routinely referenced (particularly head injuries). The same thing is gonna happen in football. Well, it is happening in football. And once again, we were here on the cutting edge, the first to warn you of the trends in society toward changing and altering this game in a way to make it unrecognizable.


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It's a heck of a way to treat the memory of a Revolutionary War hero, especially this close to Independence Day.
Historian Gary Gianotti said Wednesday that the base of the stone belonging to John Smith, in the oldest part of the cemetery, was spray-painted some time ago with the number "666," which is typically used to represent demonic spirits or Satan.
A nearby tree was also spray-painted, Gianotti said, and wrought iron gates surrounding the Gulf Street side of the cemetery are damaged or missing. "John Smith was a Revolutionary War soldier; it seems to me that whoever did this, besides doing something stupid to begin with, showed a lack of respect," the historian said. "It's been frustrating too because I've been trying for a year to get repairs made in the cemetery.
"(Superintendent) Ray Scholl does his best, but his hands are tied."
Scholl said that the vandalism to Smith's stone occurred "some time ago" and that the spray paint is on the granite base installed a few years ago, not to the 18th Century brownstone grave marker itself. "We're considering whether to sandblast the stone or to use a chemical to remove the spray paint," the superintendent said. "Both have the potential to damage the stone further and the chemical isn't very pleasant to use besides."
The iron gates were struck by a car several weeks ago, and will be replaced, Scholl said. "There was a (motor vehicle) accident on Gulf Street. The police were here and did a report."
The errant motorist's insurance company will likely pay for the damage, he said. "Nnow we're just waiting for the paperwork."


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I am going to be blogging regularly at DiscoverMatch as well during the week. Will cross post some of the more pertinent articles on my personal blog.
The Applicant Tracking System (ATS) market is more than 20 years old. In it's original incarnation these systems were designed to help with workflow optimization and document management. The primary and only user was the HR Administrative, as these systems involved large amounts of data entry. Over time more recruiters begin to use these systems and feature creep started to build. Fast forward to today, it is not uncommon to hear these very same recruiters complain "Our ATS is too slow", "Candidate Information is out of date", "Adding candidates takes forever", "It takes 5 clicks to add a single comment" and many more such experiences.
When you build on top of a legacy system and bolt on new features without thinking about the repercussions of the end user experience, you are bound to reach such a point….
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I have some collections that are all at least 2 years old. The last one is finally paid now. However, the company helping me with my debts said it would probably take about 2 or 3 months for it to show as paid on my credit report. I read somewhere that I could send the updated paid off information to the 3 credit bureaus so that I dont have to wait out this time that it is going to take for the collection company to update the credit bureaus and for then the original credit card (Cap One) to update the credit bureaus. Is this a good option? Also, if it is a good idea (and it works) is there any specific format that my letter has to be? Any advice helps! Thanks!
was this a pay for delete? if not I would just wait it out a paid collection scores the same as an
unpaid one, so it won't make any difference score wise. It just looks better on manual review
No, there was no deal to delete it off. I was told they wouldn't delete it.
They will stay on there until they age off.
Thank you for your replies!
Start sending GW letters to them if they are paid. You could get lucky.
+1 I would be a GW mailing machine
As a general policy, the party who reported information is the party responsible for updating their own reporting.
The CRAs usually wont get involved in changing reporting of a party based on private agreements between the reporting party and the consumer.
They are not judges of accuracy or intent of the furnisher, so they want confirmation directly from the furnisher.
Any party is required under the FCRA to "promptly" update their reporting so as to maintain its current accuracy. "Promptly" is subjective.
Give it some time. As a last resort, you can always dispute the accuracy of their reporting, but I would not invoke a dispute unless their failure to update becomes egregious.
Great information everyone. Much appreciated! One more question - this is surely written somewhere around here but when do the collections fall off the report? I'm thinking it is 7 years. If it is - what date is used to start?
7 years + 180 days from the DOFD. This is when the account first went bad with the OC and was never brought to current. On EQ, it will list the DOFD, on TU and EX, it will give you an estimated date this will be removed. Have you gotten your CRs from www.annualcreditreport.com ? This is the federally mandated site where you can pull your reports free once a year.
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Saving Antarctica from man
"Had we attempted to retrace Shackletonãs polar survival journey as recently as 1962, a knock on the door of the managers' house at Stromness whaling station would have met with a greeting in Japanese not Norwegian," recounts polar explorer and environmental scientist, Tim Jarvis.
"When whaling in South Georgia was finally wound up in the mid-1960s the whole South Georgia whaling fleet could find only one solitary blue whale to kill, down from more than 29,000 blue whales caught in the 1930-31 season alone.
Whaling has left blue whale numbers at a fraction of what they were before whaling. Ominously however, it is now the impact of manãs activities in the form of fossil fuel burning, land clearance and population growth beyond Antarctica, that pose the biggest threat to the great white south.
The opening statement of the IPCCãs latest report: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability is unambiguous: "Human interference with the climate system is occurring, and climate change poses risks for human and natural systems." Indeed, such activities have contributed to a more than three degree Celsius temperature rise since the mid-1950s in the western part of Antarctica.
For the Shackleton Epic team such effects meant that our bid to follow in Shackleton's footsteps involved a wade across a glacial lake where the Konig Glacier had formerly been. This is because the Konig Glacier, along with 80% of the 160 glaciers of South Georgia, has been in wide-scale retreat due to climate change ever since his journey. Shackleton had to cross three glaciers. We only had to cross two.
For this reason I continue to work with Sir David Attenboroughãs conservation group, Fauna & Flora International, on projects that help reduce the carbon emissions that so threaten Antarcticaãs ice. And I celebrate Intrepidãs approach to sustainability across their business and beyond. It is also why I make my expedition lectures, films and books tell an environmental back story. To save Antarctica we must change the way we operate and that means both spreading the message about the extent of the problem, as well as offering clear solutions and leadership to deliver them.
Shackletonãs goal was to save his men from Antarctica, whereas the goal for us 100 years on, is to try to save Antarctica from man. Our survival journey, and that of Antarctica, can only be accomplished if we take another leaf out of Shackletonãs book and pull together as one to achieve it."
Intrepid Travel was a proud major sponsor of the Shackleton Epic.
You could join Tim Jarvis in the Arctic this June!
The 3-part Discovery Channel documentary of the Shackleton Epic is now out on DVD.
Shackleton: Death or Glory is available:
In Australia from here.
In the UK here.
The USA release, called Chasing Shackleton is available on the PBS website.
For more information on Tim Jarvis – web-site, Facebook and Twitter.
Photos: credit Tim Jarvis, Shackleton Epic
Top: The South Georgia scenery was spectacular, but dangers lurked just below the surface.
Bottom: Barry Gray and Paul Larsen, crossing South Georgia.


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Name: Lisa K. Simon
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergrad Insitution/Major: University of Southern California/Communication
Pre-MBA Job: IT Consultant
MBA Concentration: Operations & Supply Chain in Sports
Hi all! If you are interested in getting your MBA, welcome to our Texas MBAs Talk blog! I hope you can gain a better idea about student life, culture and experiences from my fellow bloggers and I through our posts. Otherwise if you are just visiting our site, welcome as well!
I am born and raised in Southern California. Moving to Austin is the first time I have lived outside of my California "bubble" so expect to read about my transition to the Lone Star state! I grew up in Orange County with my parents and two younger sisters. We also have two dogs named Wilber and Stanley who will all be visiting me at different points through my MBA experience in order to get their BBQ fill. I attended the University of Southern California and received a BA in Communication. While at USC I was heavily involved in the Sports industry, however, I decided to start a career in IT consulting upon graduation.
My work within IT consulting was always more on the people side of system implementations. My specialty was in Change Management so I worked a great deal with the user base for each implementation, making sure people understood how their jobs were going to change based on the introduction of a new system. While my work was interesting, the desire to work in Sports was still nagging. Thus, I made the decision to pursue an MBA in order to revisit my passion.
While not working or in the classroom, I enjoy attending any and all live sporting events! Football season is one of my favorite times of the year. In addition, I love spending time near bodies of water (ocean, lake, etc.), snowboarding in the winter, and taking advantage of any opportunity to go shoe shopping.
Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions regarding the McCombs program or application process! My email is email@example.com can also find me on almost any social media site so I would love to connect there as well.
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'The Voice' Finalist Chris Mann Excels With New Album 'Roads'
Chris Mann was to Season 2 of The Voice what Javier Colon was in Season 1: that artist who was so good you had to stop and listen every time he performed, no matter who else you were pulling for in the competition. He is truly gifted, with impressive power, fantastic clarity, and the ability to convey so much emotion in every song.
Just shy of six months after he placed fourth on The Voice, Chris has released his first post-show album, Roads. The disc sounds and feels like it was put together over much longer than that. This is a beautiful album that deserves the listener's full attention, because it ought to be experienced and not just heard. In that sense, it's what music should be - not just the thing we put on while we're doing something else, but the art form that we stop and enjoy.
Wisely, the musical accompaniment is as unobtrusive as possible, so Chris's voice is the focal point and shines through at every conceivable opportunity. Whether it's a big moment or something much quieter, he's equally as enchanting.
Roads is put together in such a way that it gives Chris the best possible showcase. The assortment of tracks is a great mix of songs which will appeal to the audience that discovered Chris on The Voice and original material to be enjoyed by new and old fans alike. Two of them, wisely put toward the end of the disc, are selections from the Season 2 live shows - "Ave Maria" and Coldplay's "Viva la Vida." Another track, "Falling," first appeared on Chris's 2011 self-titled release. While it respects the audience Chris gained from The Voice, Roads also stands on its own merits.
In addition, the selection allows for Chris to show the full range of music that he can perform. His classical training is put to use on tracks like "Ave Maria" and "Cuore," but he also handles country with a cover of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" and excels on his version of Frank Sinatra's "My Way," which Paul Anka specifically rewrote for use on the album.
He also reteams with his The Voice coach Christina Aguilera for the Damien Rice song "The Blower's Daughter," though the selection doesn't allow them to harmonize together nearly enough. Regardless, it's clear from the variety of tunes that Chris is not limited to just huge ballads or classical music - he's as versatile as he is powerful. The only thing Roads doesn't do is capture Chris's wit and warmth, but otherwise it's a close to perfect release.
If you're a fan of Chris Mann from The Voice, then Roads is an obvious addition to your music collection. Beyond that, however, it should also appeal to those who enjoy exceptional singers, because Chris has a voice that is strong, distinctive and with very few equals. The Voice brought him national attention, and with Roads, Chris Mann should establish himself as one of the most promising male vocalists in music.
You can order your copy of Roads by clicking here.
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March 14, 2012 —
MILFORD, PA — The Pike County Transportation Department's fleet of buses will soon carry ads on the vehicles' sides, which will add some new revenue to the county's coffers.
There are between 18 and 20 vehicles in the fleet. The ads will be marketed by KKPP Company, which does a similar service for other counties, including Monroe.
"This will cost the county nothing," said Rich Caridi, chairman of the county commissioners.
It is estimated that the revenue from the program could be $50,000 a year. The first year, both the company and the county would share revenue on a 50/50 basis. Subsequent years the revenue will be 60/40, with the county receiving 60%.


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note that if you do x = -a, you get so you can factor out (x--a) or (x+a).
so (x+a)*(x-5a) , because if you can factor out (x+a), and you do (x+a)*(x+b), then a*b = so b = -5a.
For any polynomial p(x), if you can find a root r, so p(r) = 0, then (x-r) divides p(x) with remainder 0. so you get p(x) = (x-r)*quotient .
but in your case using the quadratic formula can also solve this dilemna.
So for the quadratic formula which gives roots so (x--a)*(x-5a) also gives you the factorization.


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For then I touch the gift, not of the bounty within, but of the Wrapper. I can almost see the formless smile, shining down with fatherly pleasure at the child ripping joyously through the wrapping paper.
Why, Tatty, why?
But even as my mind is wondering, I am reaching, and holding plumpness in my palm, and sliding my nail- no artificial implement- and bursting out the bounty, fresh and lovely-
And in that movement, I feel a caress- A soft, airy blanket, thrown over me, that you can barely see, but you can feel, and know; a coverlet of care, gently spread over me, warming my heart without my mind needing to fully understand.
Smiling inside warmed by the formless smile spreading over me as I twist and pop. Not for the gift, but for the gift of the giftwrap.
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- March 02, 2012
IF I seem less than affable, it's because I'm on a course of antibiotics that I mix with alcohol at my peril.
While I was digesting this distressing news, I realised the man behind the dispensary counter was waving around a small bottle and going on about antibiotics and good bacteria in my gut.
Briefly, I thought it was part of the prescribed cure but then I twigged that he was trying to sell me some kind of pills.
The brochure he helpfully packed with my prescription showed they were probiotics, for which believers make optimistic claims although the medical profession seems largely unconvinced.
I'm not suggesting these pills would have hurt me but opinion seems divided as to whether they would have benefited me. They certainly would have cost me.
And, had the antibiotics called for some kind of counteractive preparation, I'd rather my doctor prescribed them.
Oddly, when I related this to my wife, she had a similar story from a different cut-price chemist the previous week.
Two similar experiences at just two chemists might be just bad luck, but when they are members of well-organised chains representing almost 300 outlets it's reasonable to start wondering.
This behaviour seems ominously like what was supposed to happen under a deal between the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Blackmores before doctors and others blew the whistle last year.
It was quickly scuttled but the deal was that the guild, which represents 94 per cent of the country's 5200 pharmacies, agreed to recommend a range of Blackmores products to patients when they dispensed prescriptions for blood pressure drugs, cholesterol drugs - and antibiotics.
Blackmores enthused that it would apply to more than 58 million prescriptions a year, more than a third of the 183 billion dispensed through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in 2010.
That enthusiasm seemed to overcome discretion when Blackmores boss Christine Holgate told Pharmacy News they could provide the "Coke and fries" with prescription drugs, giving pharmacies an "important revenue stream".
And how. The PGA would have been paid to have its Gold Cross logo appear on vitamin and other packs and to have sales prompts on its retail computer software.
A Blackmores presentation reportedly estimated pharmacies selling 100,000 prescriptions would have earned up to $217,000 a year.
Australian Medical Association president Steven Hambleton described it as outrageous, saying he did not know of evidence backing a combination of supplements with prescriptions and feared confusion among patients.
Drug safety researcher Geraldine Moses said that while there might be evidence some prescriptions reduced particular nutrient levels and supplements increased them, it was incorrect to presume replenishing those levels was the correct thing to do.
Some pharmacists thought it was a dispensing bridge too far and quit their guild.
The deal fell through, with both Blackmores and the guild grumbling that they meant well and denying it was commercially motivated.
Still, some chemists seem to be going the extra yard in retailing supplementary medicines. It is one thing to stock these items and quite another to wave them in front of a customer's face while he or she is signing a prescription form.
To deny that is hair-splitting nonsense. Don't try to tell me that asking my wife whether she needs any vitamins to go with her blood pressure medication is merely a polite inquiry.
I know not much more about supplementary, alternative or unconventional medicines than I read online while on voyages of self-diagnosis that must drive doctors spare.
Such medicines are an article of faith for some people, despite a paucity of evidence.
But this conflict between belief and fact is a serious matter that leaves the patient stuck somewhere between pharmaceutical approval or advocacy and medical doubt or disapproval.
Add it to the decision between prescribed drugs and generic brands, and the patient is well down a road to confusion and conflict.
One estimate I saw put the turnover of our pharmaceutical industry at $22 billion a year and analyst Espicom says it will grow to the fifth-largest market in the Asia-Pacific region in a few years.
The retail component is a big pie to carve up but there are a lot of mouths to feed and a lot of large carnivores stalking the retail jungle.
However, competition should not blind chemists to the value of the trust they enjoy in the community.
They are - or were - the first-aid and advice stop of choice for most Australians.
We trust them to give their advice unencumbered by financial consideration, a faith somewhat eroded by recent retailing developments.
To trade that reputation for a quick buck is not much of a deal in the long term.
Such behaviour gives strength to Greens moves for a Senate inquiry into the $15 million PBS agreement with the Pharmacy Guild.
Despite fraternal vows, the partnership between medicos and chemists is being strained.
And the trust between chemists and their customers could be similarly stressed.
We really can't afford to lose a respected and valuable second tier of medicine to thoughtless opportunism.
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Forensic experts worked Wednesday to determine whether a charred body found in the burned wreckage of a cabin where fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner had taken cover was his. The sheriff of San Bernardino County expressed few doubts and declared the six-day manhunt over.
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The digital age hasn't been very good for elections, at least when it comes to the actual recording and counting of votes. But some big brains are out to change all that. Here is a system that would let you vote anonymously and allow you to verify that your vote was recorded accurately.
Or maybe it's just too good to be true.
The idea is that you would vote on a piece of paper that is perforated down the center. Candidates and other ballot options are listed on the left in random order and you record your vote in boxes on the right. Through the magic of bar codes, your choices are passed on through "many cryptographic steps, spread out on many different parties" to ultimately produce a plain text tally. The "many different parties" is supposed to make it hard to rig. Later, using an Internet Web browser device and a copy of your bar-coded ballot, you could check to make sure your vote was tallied as intended.
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Very bad idea,
No transparency, still requires a computer to do all these calculations and doesn't eliminate manipulation of the computer that makes all these calculations.
It's real simple, you use paper ballots and you count them as you get them and you count them at the polling place, not at a central location. You have people doing this every day that the polling place is open and you make the results of each polling place public as you get votes. You have poll workers sign the back of each ballot and put their fingerprint next to their signature and if someone screws up their ballot, they have to sign it as spoiled. The room where ballots are counted has a camera over each work station where people can watch in real time as each vote is counted. The key is to keep it local at each polling place because it is much harder to rig elections if you have to go to each polling place. Right now with electronic machines using central tabulators with proprietary software, elections can be manipulated on a wholesale scale with little chance of being caught.
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The university in December was picked as one of six test sites. Its Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex will conduct testing in Alaska, Oregon and Hawaii.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced the authorization Monday in Anchorage. The university marked the occasion with a short flight in Fairbanks of a drone carrying a camera that will used to count Alaska wildlife.
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During a recent Save Our Babies and Click It or Ticket crackdown, Beeville Police Department officers hauled in a dozen felons and four drunk drivers.
According to Police Chief Joe Treviño, the event, which was held last Saturday, should have been no surprise. Several public service announcements were made on local radio programs and notifications were printed in the newspaper.
Sgt. Jason Alvarez said officers wrote 69 citations for 73 different violations and issued seven warnings.
Alvarez said checkpoints were set up on West Corpus Christi Street at Minnesota Street and later at U.S. Highway 59 at St. Mary's Street. Before the day ended, officers set up at North St. Mary's Street and FM 351.
According to figures released by Treviño, in addition to the four DWI and 12 felony arrests, officers also nabbed 22 fugitives who had outstanding warrants.
In addition, officers issued 51 citations for no seat belts, eight child safety seat citations, 16 tickets for no liability insurance, five citations for speeding, two traffic control tickets, one hazardous moving violation citation and 25 "other" citations.
Nine suspects also were arrested for drug possession, and three citations were issued to minors who were in possession of alcohol.
Operation Save Our Babies was first organized by Mickie Ochoa, a co-owner of Angel Care Ambulance Service, after she witnessed a child ejected from a vehicle in an accident.
The program is intended to encourage parents to properly protect their young children by keeping them in child safety seats when they are in the family vehicle.
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On December 18, 1999, NASA launched Terra, the first of a series of large satellites meant to monitor the health of our planet. Terra's primary mission is to answer the question: How is the Earth changing and what are the consequences of change for life on Earth? Here are some of the changes Terra has observed.
Terra (formerly EOS AM-1) is the flagship satellite of NASA's Earth observing systems. Terra is the first EOS (Earth Observing System) platform and provides global data on the state of the atmosphere, land, and oceans, as well as their interactions with solar radiation and with one another.
Vibrant reds, emerald greens, brilliant whites, and pastel blues adorn this view of the area surrounding the Jakobshavn Glacier on the western coast of Greenland. The image is a false-color (near-infrared, green, blue) view acquired by the MISR's nadir camera. The brightness of vegetation in the near-infrared contributes to the reddish hues; glacial silt gives rise to the green color of the water; and blue-colored melt ponds are visible in the bright white ice.
MODIS will measure the atmosphere, land and ocean processes, (including surface temperature of both the land and ocean), ocean color, global vegetation, cloud characteristics, temperature and moisture profiles, and snow cover. It will view the entire surface (land, oceans, clouds, aerosols, etc.) of the Earth every 1-2 days at a "moderate resolution" of one-quarter to one kilometer.
Since the 1950's, it has become increasingly clear that human activities are modifying the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale. As the result of industrialization, the concentration of carbon dioxide has increased by about 20% during this period. More recently, the stratospheric concentrations of chemically-active gases containing chlorine, bromine, and fluorine have dramatically increased. These trends have created issues of global interest including global warming and declining levels of ozone (both globally and in the ozone "hole" in the Antarctic). It has become increasingly clear, however, that these processes do not occur independently of one another and can only be understood in the context of a global system. Accurate and precise measurements are needed to unravel complex and interactive relationships between chemical, radiative, and dynamical processes in the atmosphere, ocean, and on land. As a result, in 1991 NASA initiated a comprehensive program to understand the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, land, and cryosphere (ice and snow) as a single, complex, interactive system. NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) consists of a series of spaceborne instruments to monitor crucial components of the Earth system, an advanced data handling system, and teams of scientists who will evaluate on-going climate change and predict future changes. Ultimately, EOS will produce scientifically sound recommendations for environmental policy to national and international bodies to mitigate or prepare for these changes.
On February 24, 2000, Terra began collecting what will ultimately become a new, 15-year global data set on which to base scientific investigations about our complex home planet. Terra simultaneously studies clouds, water vapor, aerosol particles, trace gases, terrestrial and oceanic properties, the interaction between them and their effect on atmospheric radiation and climate. Moreover, Terra will observe changes in Earth's radiation budget (a measurement of all the inputs and outputs of the Earth's radiative energy), together with measurements of changes in land/ocean surface and interaction with the atmosphere through exchanges of energy, carbon, and water. Comprehending these interactive processes is essential to understanding global climate change.
October 2003's massive wildfires in Southern California stripped the ground of the vegetation that holds dirt in place. The freshly exposed soil and the overlying ashes are vulnerable to winds, as this true color MODIS image shows. Here, a tan plume of dust and ash is blowing over the Pacific Ocean and San Clemente Island. In this image, newly burned areas are dark brown against the tan of the surrounding land. The sprawling grey patch along the coast is Los Angeles. Beneath the dust plume, a smaller grey area is the city of San Diego. The dust is clearly coming from the burn scar left by the Cedar fire near San Diego. The Terra satellite captured this image on November 27, 2003.
The MOPITT instrument, provided by the Canadian Space Agency, will map carbon monoxide and methane concentrations at altitudes between 10 miles and the ground. MOPITT is an infrared gas correlation radiometer and will produce maps over the entire globe every 4-16 days. From these measurements the sources, motions and sinks of these gases can be determined.
A polar-orbiting spacecraft, Terra was launched aboard an Atlas-Centaur IIAS expendable launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Because Terra emphasizes observations of terrestrial surface features, its orbit is designed to cross the equator at this time when cloud cover, which obscures the land surface, is at its daily minimum. The orbit will be adjusted so that it covers the complete Earth every 16 days. This orbit will be maintained with periodic adjustments during the six-year life of the mission.
The five instruments onboard Terra include the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES), the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), the Moderate- Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Measurements of Pollution in The Troposphere (MOPITT), and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument.
The CERES instruments perform measurements of the Earth's "radiation budget," the process that maintains a balance between the energy that reaches the Earth from the Sun, and the energy that goes from Earth back out to space. The critical components that affect the Earth's energy balance are the planet's surface, atmosphere, aerosols, and clouds.
For the first time, policymakers and scientists now have a way to identify the major sources of air pollution and to closely track where the pollution goes, anywhere on Earth. The false colors in these images represent levels of carbon monoxide in the lower atmosphere, ranging from about 390 parts per billion (dark brown pixels), to 220 parts per billion (red pixels), to 50 parts per billion (blue pixels).
The ASTER instrument, provided by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, will measure cloud properties, vegetation index, surface mineralogy, soil properties, surface temperature, and surface topography for selected regions of the Earth.
CERES measured thermal radiation or heat emitted from the United States, as shown in this image from May 2001. The record-setting high temperatures experienced in Southern California and Nevada on May 9 are visible in the yellow areas where great amounts of thermal energy are escaping to space. The levels of energy increase from blue to red to yellow. This example illustrates one of the most basic stabilizing forces in the Earth's climate system: clear hot regions lose more energy to space than cold areas. The blue regions of low thermal emission over the northern U.S. are cold cloud tops. CERES data will be used to verify the ability of climate models to accurately predict this emission as our world experiences changes in surface reflectivity, clouds, atmospheric temperatures, and key greenhouse gases such as water vapor.
MISR will measure the variation of surface and cloud properties, and particles in the atmosphere, with cameras pointed in nine simultaneous different viewing directions. MISR will monitor monthly, seasonal, and long-term interactions between sunlight and these components of Earth's environment. Over a seven-minute period, points on the Earth within a 224 mile (360 kilometer) wide swath will be observed successively at all nine angles.
Every 1 to 2 days, Terra will use the unique perspective from space to observe the Earth's continents, oceans, and atmosphere with measurement accuracy and capability never before flown. Hundreds of scientists from the U.S. and abroad are prepared to take full advantage of Terra observations to address key scientific issues and their environmental policy impacts.
The Terra Project Office, located at Goddard, manages Terra development for NASA's Office of Earth Science in Washington, D.C. Goddard is responsible for the development of the satellite and the development and operation of the ground operations system. Spacecraft operations will be performed at a Mission Operations Center at Goddard.
ASTER captured this image of the Old Fire/Grand Prix fire burning on either side of Interstate 15 near the Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains 80 km east of Los Angeles. The fire had burned over 80,000 acres, consumed 450 structures, and caused 2 fatalities. Most of the local communities were evacuated as the fire continued to spread.
- Terra on iSat - http://science.nasa.gov/iSat/?group=SMD&satellite=25994
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It was initially believed that a nearby business had been robbed, prompting the lockdown, but officials later explained that it was related to a domestic altercation at a nearby home.
Authorities advised the lockdown out of concern that a suspect could be loose in the area around the school, according to Amarillo Independent School District. Campus activities returned to normal after law enforcement notified the school that a suspect had been taken into custody.
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TheFeed usually steers clear of politics because our extremist views are repugnant to every right-thinking American and we need to make dough like anyone, but this is a little too funny to let slip.
Apparently at the (mock) trial of Saddam Hussein, witness Ghafour Hassan Abdullah taunted the ousted dictator by saying "Congratulations! You are in a cage, Saddam."
Saddam remained silent but when a lawyer later compared Kurds to freedom fighters, Saddam responded: "You are agents of Iran and Zionism! We will crush your heads!"
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There's a new lawman in Harlem.
Interim Harlem Police Department Chief Gary Jones hopes he's back to stay.
The former chief of police in Sardis, Ga., was hired to fill the position vacated by David Sward in mid-April.
City Manager Jason Rizner said city officials haven't decided whether they will search for a permanent chief or remove the word "interim" from Jones' title. Because Jones wants the job, Rizner said they'll wait before evaluating the situation.
An upcoming car and motorcycle show is in honor of a Grovetown boy battling cancer.
"Cruizin' for Carlos" will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15 at Liberty Park. It benefits Carlos G. Garth Jr., a 9-year-old Cedar Ridge Elementary School honor student battling leukemia.
Warmer weather means more family picnics, camping and outdoor barbecues. It also means there's a greater risk for food contamination and poisoning.
According to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 40 million Americans suffer food poisoning each year, and most foodborne infections are undiagnosed and unreported.
Planning ahead and careful attention to just a few details can help prevent many of those illnesses.
Have you noticed a number of raised tunnels appearing in your lawn or garden seemingly overnight? If so, there might be a mole infestation. Controlling moles isn't easy and can require a good deal of patience.
Moles are small mammals with pointed snouts and oversized forefeet used for digging. The most common mole species in our area is the eastern mole. They are about the size of a chipmunk as adults. They are solitary animals that rarely leave the safety of their tunnels. Moles are most active in the early mornings, especially after a rain.
A year after sudden hikes in property values brought on by the end of a state moratorium on tax re-evaluations, this year's new assessments of Columbia County property generally are more modest.
More than 57,000 notices on more than $10 billion in real and personal property were mailed last week, said Chief Assessor Debbie Robertson.
"My assessment went down $4,000 this year, and I am quite surprised seeing how it went up $10,000 the year before," said Grovetown resident Stephanie Borchik.
A proposed city ordinance will regulate how and where Grovetown residents can operate their golf cars on public streets.
Grovetown officials likely will approve final reading of the ordinance at the monthly City Council meeting on Monday.
Mayor George James said underage drivers operating the golf cars in neighborhoods are becoming a problem.
Life in prison for man in rape conviction
A North Augusta man was sentenced to life in prison late Wednesday after being convicted of raping an intoxicated Grovetown woman.
A Columbia County jury convicted Timothy Leighton Cook, 26, of rape. Superior Court Judge Carl Brown sentenced Cook to life in prison, the maximum penalty, Assistant District Attorney Falin Syms said.
An upcoming festival will tantalize the taste buds of foodies and music junkies with local flavors and talents.
The Music and Menus Festival starts with live music at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, at Evans Towne Center Park, headlined by The Marshall Tucker Band and including local artists County Line and The Mason Jars.
The festival resumes Saturday, June 15, with activities including a morning pet adoption, live music from local bands and a locally-focused food competition.
Jonathan Francisco wanted his Eagle Scout project to make an impact, but he had no idea his one-day water safety program would be used as the basis for a new program by the local arm of a national organization.
"When my dad told me, I thought it was a joke," said Francisco, a rising Greenbrier High School junior, who completed his Eagle project last year. "I said 'You're kidding me.' I thought it was really cool."
Safe Kids Greater Augusta, led by the Children's Hospital of Georgia, is seeking funding to take Francisco's project to another level.
Columbia County sheriff's deputies will be serving lunch and dinner Saturday, June 8, to raise money for the Special Olympics of Georgia.
Uniformed deputies will be greeting, seating and serving customers from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fatz Cafe on North Belair Road in Evans.
Raising funds for the Special Olympics is a year-round effort, Sgt. Daniel Massey said.
Patrons can make donations in provided envelopes or select a meal from a special menu. A percentage of the cost of each meal will be donated to Special Olympics.
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3,000 feet above The Broadmoor, we welcome you to a setting unlike any other. Sitting atop Cheyenne Mountain with an elevation of 9,200 feet is The Broadmoor's newest wilderness experience, Cloud Camp, opening late summer 2014.
With unobstructed 360 degree views, the incomparable splendor of Colorado resides here. On the historic site of Broadmoor founder Spencer Penrose's Cheyenne Lodge, this escape is meant to inspire and amaze. Perfect for group retreats and leisure getaways alike, Cloud Camp combines a setting miles above the rest with the impeccable service you've come to expect from The Broadmoor.
Cloud Camp sits on the site of the original Cheyenne Mountain Lodge. Broadmoor founder, Spencer Penrose, commissioned the construction in 1925 alongside the Cheyenne Mountain Highway to reach the top. The lodge featured a restaurant and lounge as well as guest rooms.
Cloud Camp's new 8,000 square foot main lodge, with a design influenced by the historic timber and stone lodges of the American West, features hand-hewn beams and indigenous stone fireplaces.
Its great room and bar area serve as the backdrop for inspired and relaxed gatherings, while an expansive wrap-around deck is an unparalleled location from which to absorb the magnificence of the Pikes Peak region.
Eleven one and two bedroom guest cabins, as well as six accommodations in the lodge and an adjacent "honeymoon cabin," are all beautifully appointed with rich furnishings and modern amenities and include private porches.
Each cabin"s features are further enhanced by spectacular views of Pikes Peak, "America's Mountain," and the surrounding national forest. While a guest at Cloud Camp, spend the day exploring the Pike National Forest on numerous hiking trails or with guided nature walks. Daytime and evening camp activities capture the spirit of all that this Colorado getaway has to offer.
Fresh, Colorado cuisine will be presented by Broadmoor chefs in the lodge great room with meals being inclusive as part of your stay. Transportation to this Rocky Mountain retreat is an adventure in itself. Guests will have the unique option of either a ride by Jeep or mule, or for the more adventurous, a rewarding hike through the Colorado forest in order to reach the camp's location on the summit of Cheyenne Mountain.
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Steven Judd Image of the Week: 'Native Hipster'
Steven Paul Judd, Kiowa/Choctaw, is known primarily as a filmmaker; with writing partner Tvli Jacob he penned and/or directed American Indian Graffiti: This Thing Life (2003), Search for the World's Best Indian Taco (2010), and Shouting Secrets (2011). Yet he is also a prolific visual artist whose mashups of Native experiences and disposable American pop culture are sly and often downright funny. His creations include paintings, prints, poster art, photography, and t-shirt designs.
With this week's image (which plays on the typical hipster claim of having been onto the cool music or fashion before everyone else discovered it) Judd looks at the so-called "discovery" of the Americas, an apt topic given our current focus on Columbus Day.
For more images about Columbus' legacy, see our "Columbus Day: The E-Cards" and "Columbus Day: Images of Protest" posts. To keep up with Steven's artistic pursuits, visit him on Facebook.
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Michael Meistrowitz
- October 12, 2015
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Voice Memo makes it easier for anyone to use his smartphone. Use your voice to create entries in your notepad. Quickly and easily capture your thoughts and ideas while Shopping List Voice Memo helps you get more done faster.
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Finally found an app that could import my lists, but it keeps nagging me to install a Google Voice app that isn't compatible with my N7 (2013). Ridiculous.
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MV Ja Ru Pat
Welcome to MV Ja Ru Pat, the latest addition to the Scubafish fleet – offering luxurious comfort and space.
MV Ja Ru Pat departs from Kantiang Bay each day (weather permitting) with a short transfer, by longtail boat, from the beach.
Once onboard the boat the dive host will provide a briefing on the boat facilities and safety procedures, introduce the dive staff and breakfast will be served.
In line with our commitment to customer service your equipment will have been carried and loaded for you to the boat prior to your arrival.
Traveling in comfort and cruising at 12 knots you will have time to get acquainted with the other guests on the boat. Our dive groups are carefully selected according to each diver's level of experience and air consumption, so that each of our divers has a memorable and relaxed underwater experience.
A shaded open air area on the top deck offers long cushioned benches and tables, in addition to a sundeck for those wanting a suntan. For your convenience the counter on this level is stocked with facilities for making hot beverages, and even a toaster! There is also an ice box for truly cold drinks – filled with ice coffee, fruit juices, coke, sprite and water to enjoy free of charge throughout the day. Also located on the top deck you will notice a dedicated medical room – equipped with a bed, oxygen, and first aid.
You will find the atmosphere and service on our dive boats, beyond anything you have experienced before!
The lower deck is comprised of a spacious lounge, the dive deck and bathrooms.
The lounge salon is our dedicated dry area, and offers a break from the heat if you require it, thanks to electric fans! Furnished with 8 booth-style cushioned seats and tables, this is an ideal space for planning and logging your dives, or even catching up on some PADI Coursework. There are numerous electric power points allowing you to plug in your laptop and start editing those underwater images, and for your entertainment, enjoyment (and perhaps even PADI education) we can further boast a TV and DVD player.
Between the lounge and the dive deck are 2 spacious bathrooms, each with a western style flush toilet and basin, and a freshwater shower.
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Upon surfacing you will be provided with a towel by our crew, and the dive team will take care of changing your equipment whilst you catch up on what you just saw over a delicious buffet style lunch served on the upper deck.
Designed for the utmost stability and comfort at sea, Ja Ru Pat's highly experienced crew take great pride in exceptional service, levels of maintenance and safety.
This top class dive boat with that little extra, offers a mixed schedule of cruises to the Lanta Dive Sites and beyond, with the following journey times:
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- Ko Phi Phi: 1 hr 50 mins [Tuesday]
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- Hin Daeng & Hin Muang: 2.5 hrs [Monday, Wednesday, Friday]
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- Length: 19.2m
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- Cruising speed: 12 knots/ Max n/a
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- 2 spacious bathrooms with fresh water showers, and western style flush toilets
- Max capacity 60+3
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- 65 Life vests including children but not infants.
- 2 quiet compressors onboard with the capability to fill tanks at 500 litres a minute.
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The Carnival, or "KARNAVÁLIA" as it is called in Cyprus, is one of the most important events in Cyprus and a great tradition for the Limassolians! It is related to the Dionysian Festivals of the classical antiquity, during which a contest was taking place amongst the three great tragedians of ancient Greece: Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles, where the actors wore masks during their performances in these plays.
Nowadays, Carnival is a joyful and colorful event that attracts both young and old, locals and visitors, making Limassol the carnival center of Cyprus! The festivities begin on Shrove Thursday (TSIKNOPÉMPTI) with the entrance parade of King/Queen Carnival in Limassol town and last for ten days. During these 10-day festivities, various events are organized by the Limassol Municipality, such as open-air parties, children's parades and serenades evenings, concluding with the Grand Carnival Parade.


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Hey turns out it is a bone game. Full credit to all those people guessing it 6 months ago .
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Maybe you should read the comic books to get a better idea than one screen shot.Hmm... i liked sam and max, monkey islands , maniac mansions etc because they were over crazy.
bone does not look crazy (only judging from covert and few pages i ve seen) ... it s cute (reminds me casper), but that s not my kind of thing
we shall see...
Anyway, not everyone has to like every game. And hopefully DANK the caveman will be appearing in a Telltale game sometime. Does he appear crazy enough and non-cute enough for you?
I love Bone, got the One Volume thing as soon as it came out. I first read it in the library a long time ago and finally got to read the rest recently.
Go TellTale Games!!!!
"Can we have it in a quiche?!? *drool*"
Uhh. The guy's all over the site, so it's a pretty safe bet he'll be in a game at some time. But you certainly don't have to buy it / play it / like it.I sure hope dank isn't in a game. that comic pisses me off
I think it could be a wonderful premise for a game, personally.
What pisses you off about the comic anyway?
I can't speak for Alucard, but I think it might be because, unfortunately, the Dank comic strip is not funny at all. Plus, the panels for the comic were the same as the previous one.What pisses you off about the comic anyway?
However, I'm sure if Dank were a character in a game made by Telltale, it would be more humorous, and I'd love to play that game. Maybe there is a reason why the comic strip is unfunny at the moment (there's only been two so far), such as they prefer the "philosophical" approach. But I can't think of a good reason that they would use the same panels for both strips. It's kind of disappointing.
Of course, by "they", I guess I just mean the artist/writer. I just don't see the strip as being a company effort.
Yay! I'm really excited about this -- the the point that I've actually had two nightmares in the past few months in which Telltale announced the game and it *wasn't* Bone. (Yes, I know, I'm crazy. Or at least my subconscious is. I'm not responsible for the strange images it flashes at me in my sleep, right? Right?)
I'm also proud to have been the first person on the internet (as far as I could find) to guess what the game was going to be.
Anyway, Telltale, expectations are high, at least from this corner. Good luck!
well the comic wasn't even remotely funny. not only was it not funny it made no apparent sense and then to reuse the first one again and change around the text was lame.
Damn it!! I sooooo thought that the big secret was going to be Sam & Max 2!!!
...it's just a little dissapointing...
I know everyone had high hopes, but I don't understand why some people thought it would be Sam & Max. Obviously the license and junk hasn't been straightend out yet. Remember the whole Bird Brain episode?
And on the Dank comic : Clearly these arent the same panels. The newer comic is about 3 pixels narrower than the first comic. And don't be hatin' on Dank. Inventor cavemen are a minority you know. He could easily call anything a hate crime.


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Advice on really appreciating/taking advantage of living abroad?
How I can make the most out of a few months living in a foreign country? If you've spent time living abroad, what kinds of things were you most glad you did (and/or most regret not doing)? What helped you feel like you were really experiencing/appreciating a different culture? (Definitely interested in general advice, but FYI I'm in Buenos Aires if you have specific thoughts.) [more inside]
Uh, uh, papers, um, just papers, uh, you know, uh, my papers, business papers.
I am an American moving to Argentina. What documents do I need? [more inside]
From the Pacific Northwest to Buenos Aires
I am moving to Buenos Aires in July. I'm looking for advice, stories, and friends. [more inside]
Where to move for 2 months?
I'm considering going abroad to study for the bar exam during June and July. I'd like to go somewhere interesting, fun, and also relatively inexpensive. Two places I'm considering are Berlin and Buenos Aires. Assuming I rent an apartment for two months (probably shared), and live a decent but non-extravagant student's lifestyle (I'll be studying during the days, but will still have nights and weekends free to explore and have some fun), how much can I expect to spend per month in each city? Any other suggestions for inexpensive but fun cities?
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I'd like to move to Buenos Aires for about a year. What should I know before moving there? [more inside]
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I was running along this evening, contemplating and somewhat racing, the butternut squash I had baking away in the oven. I had thought I'd take the baked squash that I had seasoned with some gobi masala spices and stuff it with some arugula, good organic goat cheese and some cheeky chutney from Saturday. But as I ran, the cold ripping and biting through my tights and across my face, the meal just didn't sound like the right thing to warm me up. I knew the combination would work as I was inspired by a salad I made for Sunday supper, a Cider glazed Butternut Squash Salad w/ Arugula, Goat Cheese, Roasted Hazelnuts and an apple vinaigrette. And of course, the chutney has not been far from my mind since I made it. Naturally I wanted to take the leftover ingredients I had (half an uncooked butternut squash, arugula, goat cheese) and combine it with the chutney to create something new. My idea was good, but not great. The wind started to blow and I shivered and I thought about what my dad had been eating for lunch, which had looked very delicious at the time Tomato-Basil soup and a grilled sandwich. And that is when it struck me: I need more Cowbell! Seriously, that is what I thought but what I meant was, Eureka! I realized that a play on tomato soup and grilled cheese was in order. And thus was born what I consider, at least in part, the best recipe I have ever come up with: Curried Butternut Squash Soup and (this is the best best recipe of which I speak) Goat Cheese, Arugula and Chutney Quesadilla. The soup was good, but the quesadilla was amazing and really simple. I had a small side of roast brussel sprouts to make a well rounded delicious and flavorful meal. My dinner needed more cowbell and boy did it get it!
Butternut Squash Soup
1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded and halved
2 cups vegetable stock
gobi masala, garam masala, cinnamon to taste
salt to taste
a small squirt of Vanilla Agave
Preheat oven to 400. Place the squash halves, cut side up in a baking dish. Fill the pan with 1-2 inches of water. Sprinkle gobi masala and a little olive oil over the squash. Bake until tender. In a saucepan, combine the stock and the butternut squash. Using an immersion blender, puree until smooth. Once the combination is smooth, start spicing! I added a dash of garam masala and a smaller dash of cinnamon. A good whack of salt and a small squirt of vanilla agave. I brought it to a simmer and got to work on my quesadilla. When serving, feel free to top with a cooling spoonful of plain yogurt or sour cream, which balances the spices well.
The best quesadilla ever (at least for today)
Earth balance
1 brown rice tortilla
A good soft goat cheese
Cheeky Chutney
optional: a few slices of roasted turkey
Spread Earth balance on one side of the brown rice tortilla and heat a skillet to medium high. Spread goat cheese thinly across the entire tortilla, pile on a few slices of turkey (or not), a good bunch of arugula and top with a few spoonfuls of chutney (see picture below). Fold in half and grill until golden on both side, with the cheese melty and the ingredients heated through. Cut in half and enjoy, immensely.
Oh yes and one final note, per a question I got about the chutney and preserving it. As Jamie Oliver discusses, you do sterilize the jars. I found that when I put the very hot chutney in the jar and closed them up immediately, that when I opened the jar a few days later, the top was sealed on quite tight. That said, feel free to do the water bath sealing. But then again, it may be alot of effort for nothing since frankly its so good, it probably won't last that long!


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Forwards running in pairs to make the opposition defence work
Forwards offloading occasionally
Aaron Brown at stand off - he has been one of the outstanding players in the division and he is being chopped an changed
Stick with one scrum half, preferably Coleman
Sort out the field kicking, how hard is it to practice kicking downfield?
Chase the opposition kicker, put them under pressure
Grubber kicks chased by Craven or high kick for the corner to Pryce the tallest back in the division.
If its windy try 40:20s
Lie on more at the tackle - the last man in who lies on top of the tacklers and tackled player. Letting the opposition play the ball too quickly is killing us.
If its our ball and we have a shortish blind side put Karl Pryce on the blind side.....and then move it to the open side, he'll drag some defenders in or we could even pass it to him and give him a run 1:1
Or put him at stand off when we have a scrum near the line, again will drag some defenders in
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Dan Ince is a connoisseur when it comes to motor bikes. He knows a famous bike when he spots one and is well aware of all famous bikes owned by famous personalities the world over. He was in luck once more when he stopped at a local Craigslist advertisement for a 1968 Honda 305 Scrambler motorcycle. The bike was owned by Kenneth R Howard and later by designer Von Dutch, but this is not what attracted Ince to its lineage.
The registration papers and lease and liability cars dated March 1968 stated its owner as James Douglas Morrison living on Sunset Boulevard. While there may be a hundred James Morrisons around, this bike was owned by the famed Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors. The 305 Scrambler in question is currently under service and should be up and running in no time.
The bike has been valued between $50,000 and $100,000 and will be up for display at Pebble Beach. The bike is not for auction but will be on sale independently. Jim Morrison owned this motorcycle from 1968 till he died in 1971, after which it was owned by Kenneth R Howard.
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