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The Cottage at Glass Beach (Hardcover)
The Cottage at Glass Beach
Married to the youngest attorney general in Massachusetts state history, Nora Cunningham is a picture-perfect political wife and a doting mother. But her carefully constructed life falls to pieces when she, along with the rest of the world, learns of the infidelity of her husband, Malcolm.
Humiliated and hounded by the press, Nora packs up her daughtersAnnie, seven; and Ella, twelveand takes refuge on Burke's Island, a craggy spit of land off the coast of Maine. Settled by Irish immigrants, the island is a place where superstition and magic are carried on the ocean winds, and wishes and dreams wash ashore with the changing tides.
Nora spent her first five years on the island but has not been back to the remote community for decadesnot since that long ago summer when her mother disappeared at sea. One night while sitting alone on Glass Beach below the cottage where she spent her childhood, Nora succumbs to grief, her tears flowing into the ocean. Days later she finds an enigmatic fisherman named Owen Kavanagh shipwrecked on the rocks nearby. Is he, as her aunt's friend Polly suggests, a selkiea mythical being of island legendsummoned by her heartbreak, or simply someone who, like Nora, is trying to find his way in the wake of his own personal struggles?
Just as she begins to regain her balance, her daughters embark on a reckless odyssey of their owna journey that will force Nora to find the courage to chart her own course and finally face the truth about her marriage, her mother, and her long-buried past.
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"Where Barbieri shines is in her depiction of the microcosm of the island and in the strong links between the generations. Nora discover that 'Everything is connected. The geography of the island, of the soul,' and Barbieri makes that connection real."
-Melinda Bargreen, Seattle Times
"A must read for fans of Sarah Addison Allen's Garden Spells."
-Tara Quinn, Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Barbieri's mix of fairy tale and family drama in a picturesque seaside resort makes her third novel a terrific beach read."
-Library Journal
"Part seaside fairytale, part exploration of real-world tensions....Let yourself be transported to Burke's Island, a salt-tinged place steeped in legends of selkies and shipwrecks, but also full of bruised and hopeful people making their wayward, human ways toward happiness."
-Marisa de los Santos, author of Falling Together and Belong to Me
"Heather Barbieri's The Cottage at Glass Beach is a moving, heartfelt story told with vivid description. Open the book and listen—you'll hear the waves crashing onto the shore."
-Sarah Jio, author of The Bungalow and The Violets of March
"Strikes the perfect balance between high lit and mainstream women's fiction, infusing a potent and unforgettable love story with unforgettable characters that will remain with you long after the final chapter....[Barbieri's narrative] will call out to readers of Joanne Harris, Alice Hoffman, and other modern masters of drama."
"The Cottage at Glass Beach, an enchanting novel about mothers and daughters on an isolated island, is a romantic, delicious read. Barbieri's beautiful writing and beguiling world view revel in the realities and the mysteries of the sea and of life itself."
-Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Heat Wave
"Barbieri does such a wonderful job setting up the beauty and mystery of the island and its rich Gaelic roots that it is not a stretch to ask the reader to imagine that the place is also magical. A wonderful, subtle, transporting story."
-Susan Maguire, Booklist, starred review
"In the enchanting world of Maine's Burke's Island, fanciful stories - of captured selkies becoming dutiful wives and tears cried in the sea beckoning lovers to shore - are gracefully woven into modern reality."
-Publishers Weekly
"Threads of magical realism throughout the book are quite appealing, and the seaside setting is enchanting."
-Melissa Parcel, Romantic Times Book Review
"Barbieri's deft writing style is charmingly wry yet evocative, with details and descriptions both telling and vivid. . . . . A sweet summertime yarn [that] . . . provides a lovely, leisurely escape to the bucolic charms of the Emerald Isle."
-Karen Campbell, Boston Globe on The Lace Makers of Glenmara
"The Lace Makers of Glenmara is richly peopled and beguilingly charming but what ultimately makes it so moving is Heather Barbieri's deep understanding that no life is immune from sorrow and difficulty. I read this wonderful novel with enormous pleasure."
-Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street on The Lace Makers of Glenmara
"Ms. Barbieri's writerly sense of whimsy and retrospection implies that anyone can work through adversity to happiness - if only the volition is present."
-Nancy Carty Lepri, New York Journal of Books
"The Lace Makers of Glenmara is a charming, moving story, written with a delicate touch."
-Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat and The Girl with No Shadow, on The Lace Makers of Glenmara
"Reminiscent of Maeve Binchy's stories of romance and family in tight-knit Irish communities, The Cottage at Glass Beach is full of warmth and sympathy."
-Katie Schneider, The Oregonian


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Aaron Ramsey should be left alone to prepare for the trip to Stoke, according to Arsène Wenger.
The Wales international scored the winner against Manchester United last weekend and he is set to continue in Arsenal's midfield on Sunday with Cesc Fabregas still nursing a thigh injury.
Ramsey has not been to Britannia Stadium since he left there in an ambulance after having his leg broken last February, and the prospect of Ramsey coming face to face with the man who committed that challenge, Ryan Shawcross, was high on the agenda when Wenger faced the media ahead of Sunday's game.
The Arsenal manager was quick to play down the significance of their reunion.
"I think if you respect Aaron let him prepare the game and play his game. I have nothing special to say," said Wenger.
"When you play football you try to control the ball well and make a good pass. When you do not have the ball you try to win it back. And you do not look who is against you. The foul happened [more than a] year ago. We cannot want to have a clean game and prepare football games like that.
"I said that many times that only Aaron can forgive Shawcross. He has been hurt and I don't think that is a needed debate before the game.
"I believe Aaron is 20 years old, he has a long career in front of him, so the earlier he plays in Stoke the better it is. The only thing that is important is to focus, to play well and win the game.
"I would not like to go into that debate at all because I don't think it's very healthy, especially not from you [the media] or from me."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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I use the boards and 5 yards should be fine.
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I use the boards and 5 yards should be fine.
I was lucky enough to find a comic book store 20 minutes away and he gave me a really good price - $30/300. I'm a happy camper....um quilter!
And no, it wasn't enough. I have to go back for more.....
If you do decide to use the foam board for some of your larger pieces, you can buy it at the $ stores & cut yourself. I use a rotary cutter & use an old blade that is no longer sharp enough for fabric. Works really well. You will have fun rediscovering what you have.
Thanks for posting this thread. I have been wondering what to use and where to get them. Love this board.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I really need to do this also!
What size board do you use..I noticed that there are different sizes..
I have 6 yards on one board. 3 pieces but still 6 yards. I found that the board stabilizes the fabric. It's not going anywhere. All the fabric around each other helps to hold it up. I my boards at the comic book shop for $9.95/100. The mgr. says a lot of quilters pick them up. I have some upholstery fabrics and I use the cardboard rolls from the foil for grilling and adhesive back for freezer wrap.
Thank you everyone for all of your great information and ideas. I'm hoping to get organized enough to easily see what I have. 5 yds isn't too much of an investment until I find a second (or third) 5yd piece. At least I know I must really like that fabric. Now for the UFOs.
I have been organizing my fabric on the comic book boards and it is making a big difference (although I am returning the fabric to plastic containers until I purchase cabinets). The idea came from this Board! I just put 6 yards on one and it worked great. I do hope to get my sewing area organized by the end of summer ... we will see!! The c.b. boards are a great way to organize the fabric so you can see what you have.


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Considerations for States
State departments of education have been given an essential role in establishing effective supplemental educational services under No Child Left Behind. Chief among their responsibilities are soliciting, screening, and approving a broad array of SES providers and implementing a system for then monitoring the quality and effectiveness of the services offered by those providers. In addition to these direct responsibilities, state departments have an implied duty to support districts striving to meet both the letter and the spirit of SES provisions.
Meet District Data Needs
States need to provide districts accurate and timely data on school eligibility and on which providers have met state requirements to supply SES services to students.
Provide School and Student Data
Although schools can anticipate certain aspects of their improvement status (e.g., once they have missed AYP two years running and have had to offer school choice, they may need to offer SES the following year), they rely on states for ongoing information about their improvement status. States should release provisional improvement lists as soon as possible following administration of the state assessment, minimally before the beginning of the next school year. They should also expedite their appeals process.
Supply Approved Provider Lists
To grow their provider list, states may want to maintain a rolling provider-application deadline, while keeping in mind districts' need to inform parents of their SES choices in a timely fashion. States are required to give school districts updated lists of approved providers in their "general geographic locations." To be as helpful as possible to districts whose job it is to inform parents about their SES choices, states should also consider soliciting and sharing additional provider information. In addition to more specificity about where providers are willing or able to work (e.g., statewide, only in certain regions or cities), state agencies may also share more detail about each provider's evidence of effectiveness and type of service offered (e.g., one-on-one tutoring, small group instruction, any content specialties, grade level served, any set locations of service, ability to serve special populations). Most states maintain a Web site with up-to-date provider information.
States should also consider ways to attract a diverse pool of providers to serve their SES-eligible students. By reaching out to entities across the state, including faith- and community-based organizations, charter and private schools, universities, and others, states can better ensure a large and diverse pool of providers. In the same vein, states may want to consider holding technical assistance workshops to help potential providers apply.
Monitor Districts' SES Implementation
States should consider how they will monitor district implementation of SES. At a minimum, they should include SES as part of their overall Title I monitoring plan. Additionally, to support effective SES programs, states might consider offering their LEAs a model provider contract and a model letter to parents. States should also be prepared to address any SES implementation concerns brought to their attention by parents, community groups, providers, or others with interest in ensuring successful SES programs.
Move Forward on Provider Evaluation Efforts
Under NCLB, state educational agencies are responsible for monitoring the quality and effectiveness of SES providers and should move quickly to initiate the process if they have not already done so. In developing their evaluation systems and indicators, states may want to survey local districts, many of which have already begun collecting data on provider effects by such means as monitoring individual student learning plans, surveying parents, and administering uniform benchmark assessments. To strengthen their provider monitoring and evaluation efforts, states may also want to enlist one of their universities as a partner or collaborate with neighboring states. One state requires all providers to assess their students using a pre-test and a post-test. Although providers can choose their own assessment tool, they must document how the assessment is aligned to the state standards. This same state has developed and is about to implement a statewide, Web-based SES student tracking and reporting system through which providers can record student enrollment, attendance, and progress. As incentive for providers to use the system, it also includes an invoicing function for providers. Once the system is integrated into the state's overall student data system, the SEA will be able to look at student progress in supplemental services in the context of other information about students' overall school experience and achievement. In conjunction with this electronic system, however, the state intends to continue face-to-face provider reviews to make sure services reflect what the SES provider has committed to providing.
Outreach to Parents
States may want to begin outreach campaigns tolet parents know about SES and their child's eligibility. State-level outreach might include conferences, public service announcements, printed materials, and other communication.
Collaborate With Other States
As noted above, states can profit from working with one another or informing each other on any number of SES-related issues, such as discussing how to refine their provider screening processes or identifying longitudinal measures of student progress under SES. Inter-state sharing of information could be an important first step in finding efficient solutions that build on others' lessons learned.
Encourage District Collaboration
Similarly, states should encourage cross-district collaboration and sharing of SES experiences and strategies. Neighboring districts or districts with similar demographics often face common challenges (e.g., rural districts may face similar transportation issues or have difficulty attracting any service providers) and could benefit from hearing each other's strategies or, in some instances, from approaching common problems collaboratively.


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I have been feeding thymolated syrup and I noticed that when I drove into the yard that the bees were searching all over my truck. I had placed a small piece of the aluminum sided cardboard with a small amount of Apiguard on it from the last application that was thrown out the entrance by the bees. At first I dismissed the observation. I thought to myself about why would the bees be attracted to my foam coffee cup? I counted over 27 bees in the cup. I had tossed the Apiguard cardboard into the cup. It was onley about one square inch in size.
Two days later I opened an Apiguard tub to apply a 1/2 dose to a single brood chamber hive and a double hive. The robber bees did not become attracted to the tub untile I removed the shrink wrap and lid. :mad: Then all purgatory broke lose! The robbing bees landed on the top of the Apiguard as I was mixing it as per instructions and piled up about an inch deep around the bottom of the tub!
The next morning I checked to see how the 1/2 dose was working as I did not want the bees to abscond and the robbing was furious all around the single and the double. Both hives had entrances reduced to one inch to prevent robbing
It's obvious that the robber bees became conditioned to seek a free meal by the smell of thymol.
I have a queen mating nuc yard within 50' of the robbing and they were unscathed!.
I hope this helps to inform you about Apiguard and thymolated syrup.
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Pictures at linkA camouflaged 2015 Subaru Outback prototype has been spotted testing on public roads. New spy shots reveal substantial updates for the heavily redesigned wagon-like crossover that should separate it from the current model, which first went on sale in 2009.Despite the camouflage, a more steeply raked windshield and rear window give the Outback prototype a sleeker profile compared to the current model. The prototype features a new hood with thick camo covering two out board character lines. Projector headlights are slimmer, while the reshaped grille opening now features more horizontal slats.http://wot.motortrend.com/camouflaged-2015-subaru-outback-prototype-spied-on-public-roads-384709.html#axzz2YTwyrr1h
I just hope it doesn't get any bigger. It appears to look quite plump now compared to the original Outback.
This is the best looking Outback:
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hello everyonewelcome to this forum.Here u find all your questions and get your answers.Our spy photographers have simply sent North American country the primary pictures of Subaru's next-generation 2015 Outback wagon undergoing shakedown testing in southern Golden State.On sale since 2009, the present Outback wagon are going to be replaced someday next year with associate degree all-new model. though still coated in significant camouflage, it's clear the 2015 Outback can aim a trifle additional up-market than the present automotive.On the styling front, the new Legacy-based Outback can ditch its somewhat chunky style cues in favor of a sleeker look. The image noticed nowadays seems to feature a steeply raked front windscreen and additional efficient projector headlamps. The car's hood also will have 2 pronounced character lines.However, the Outback will not altogether lose its style roots as cross-country vogue rocker panels, lower grille and roof racks ar clearly visible.Our spies managed a fast look within the 2015 Outback, revealing a twin-binnacle gauge cluster, new HVAC vents and a thick-rimmed sports handwheel complete with paddle shifters. --------- 2013 mercedes benz sl-class


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5th May 2016
The annual Grand Designs Live exhibition is here and host Kevin McCloud tells us why we should never stop dreaming big.
Visitors to this year's Grand Designs Live exhibition at
the Excel Centre in London may have been surprised to look across the
Thames and see a rather unusual vessel; a houseboat with two bunks, a
kitchen, portholes and anchor - fashioned entirely out of cardboard.
"I arrived by boat, which was funky," says Kevin McCloud,
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Edwards aims for strong finish
Dave Edwards says Wolves remain committed to getting as many points as possible over the remaining five games of the season, even if promotion is assured.
If Rotherham fail to beat Bradford tonight, a win at Crewe for Wolves tomorrow (3.07pm kick off) would be enough to clinch promotion from Sky Bet League One at the first attempt.
A win would potentially still prove enough due to Wolves' superior goal difference, but whatever the permutations, the midfielder says the team are keen to try and win every single one of the remaining games if possible, and certainly try and amass 100 points.
"We'll have to see what happens with Rotherham in their game tonight but we know that if it's in our hands and if we can win on Saturday it should be enough," says Edwards.
"We're concentrating on trying to win all of our remaining games to try and not only get promoted but also go up as champions.
"There are some big games we've got remaining but we're not going to rest on our laurels whatever the situation.
"We know how important Saturday's game is but we will be taking things one game at a time.
"That's what we have been doing over the last couple of months and it has served us well.
"We've had a great run during that time, playing really well and winning a lot of games of football.
"We've found a good combination of being solid and keeping clean sheets and scoring goals as well.
"Everyone was looking at that run of nine games in 28 days to see how we would do and we managed to come out of it with a lot of points.
"The gaffer was able to rotate things and we had players who could step in which probably gave us a bit of an advantage in terms of the depth.
"I think all of the 20 players in and around it would be able to come in and do a really good job.
"For me as a Shrewsbury lad I know us winning would help them out as well but we know it will be a tough game and we have got to concentrate on ourselves and what we do."
Edwards has made an impressive impact coming back into the team in recent weeks, including chipping in with a few goals, and has been relishing life under Kenny Jackett.
"I've been enjoying playing and in particular with those around me which helps me to get forward and make the runs that I do," he added.
"With the likes of Kevin McDonald and Jack Price behind you, and Michael Jacobs and James Henry picking out passes and then Sako, Nouha and Clarkie, chances are always going to be created and that helps me when I'm trying to get forward.
"It's been good for me to get some 90 minutes in and hopefully I can stay in the team for the next five games and help us get promoted to finish off a good season.
"It will be great if we can get the job done on Saturday but whatever happens there is no way the gaffer would let us stop pushing if we can get promoted.
"If it happens he will be wanting us to carry on picking up points and pushing in every single game.
"If we could reach 100 points that would be a great achievement right through from the Chairman to the management staff, players and most of all the supporters who have given us great backing this season."
Edwards is one of those players out of contract at the end of the season and, while he would love nothing more than to extend his Wolves stay, his focus remains firstly with the team and achieving this season's objective.
He added: "At the moment nothing is being said because everyone is focused on getting the job done and getting promotion.
"We will then have to see what happens.
"If there is an offer on the table then great because the club have been really good to me over the last six years and I would love to be here again next season.
"In the same way though if the gaffer doesn't feel it is right for me to be here I will leave with some very happy memories.
"I have loved my time here and the club have been a big part of my life both for me and my family but we will have to wait and see what happens."
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thehockeyguru wrote:But I do think the role claim was necessary given his stance on the IE vote. I am interested in hearing what made everyone vote Canaan after the IE vote and my ensuing vote on Ulf? No trust?
Again....there wasn't much of an "everyone" who voted against canaan:
EPP, Columbia and Redwill.
It was a bad vote for two of us, but - by then - the village was already fading away.


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A few simple seasonings are all that's needed to dress up fresh green beans. The vibrant color is an eye-catching addition to the table.
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- 1/2 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon dried tarragon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the beans, onion, water and garlic. Cover and microwave on high for 4-6 minutes or until beans are crisp-tender, stirring twice; drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Yield: 3-4 servings.
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Aluminium braking lever R18 silver for Kawasaki/Suzuki/Trium
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Hashiru aluminium braking lever
Adjustable brake lever with high-quality finish at a very attractive price.
- Grip width 6-way individually adjustable
- Ideal handle length for perfect control, no matter how many fingers are used
- Safety predetermined breaking point in the 3-finger area making further riding possible after ground contact - also usually prevents damage to the seating of the lever
- CNC-milled from solid high-strength aircraft aluminium
- Quality anodised or chrome finish
- Accurately pivoted for very exact guidance and a precise operating feeling
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- Extreme durability without "wearing out"
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- Made in the EU - produced by a leading manufacturer with many years experience in precision aluminium parts
The model-specific adapter between the lever and the original seating is black anodised.
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2017 Mock Draft
1st: Forrest Lamp, OG Western Kentucky
2nd: Caleb Brantley, DT Florida
3rd: Gerald Everett, TE South Alabama
4th: Dont'a Foreman, RB Texas
5th: Damontae Kazee, CB San Diego State
6th: KD Cannon, WR Baylor
7th: Jalen Reeves-Maybin, LB Tennessee
He's already had a bad concussion and will be coming off a knee injury.
If he can't come back 100% or it prevents him from playing the style of football that got him to the NFL, he'll end up having the shortest career of any QB who wasn't a bust.
Russell Wilson had a nice rookie year, but like Michael Vick, Defenses will figure out how to limit his mobility and use his height against him.
The Saints have just as many problems on Offense as they did on Defense. Hell....even the Giants were able to beat them!
. Payton will help but he didn't take some magic formula with him when he was suspended for the year.
Philly is going to find out the hard way that a new HC is no better than the old HC when your team has no chemistry.
The Falcons thought they answered the critics by winning a playoff game, then remembered that they were the Falcons and totally melted down in the game that really mattered, proved to all that they were indeed overrated and surprising no one!
The Chicago Bears, cut and dried, go as Jay Cutler goes, and thats usually nowhere near the playoffs because Cutler is the most schizophrenic QB in the NFL! All QB's have their great moments and horrible moments....unfortunately for Cutler and the Bears, his highs and lows usually happen within the same drive!
My Giants are not on the rise until they get a run stopper in the middle, a game changer in the secondary and their pass rush going again! With 21 FA's to address, no cap space, veterans being cut left and right and help coming from rookies in waiting and upcoming draft picks.........I'm not exactly brimming with confidence right now!
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I think the Seahawks are the ones to watch this year and also keep an eye on the Bengals.
I think Tampa is on the up and up. Schiano is a good coach. He's got that organization going in the right direction.


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For more than five hundred years, season after season, generations of vineyard-workers, grapeharvesters, cellar-workers, coopers and many other craftsmen have all played a part in making Château Margaux what it is today: a wine with an incomparable personality, reflected in the elegant Palladian building which adorns its label. In 1977, the estate was purchased by the late André Mentzelopoulos, and it is now run by his daughter, Corinne Mentzelopoulos. View all Chateau Margaux Wines
About MargauxView a map of Margaux wineries (mahr-GOH)
Soft, elegant, feminine… these are words often used to describe the wines of Margaux. The commune is different from its northern neighbors of the Haut-Médoc in both geography and style. Home to the name-sharing premier cru, Margaux lays a few marshlands south of St.-Julien.
Notable FactsAs in other Medoc appellations, Cabernet Sauvignon leads the blends of the region, but the percentage of Merlot in Margaux's wines is higher than other left bank communes. Add that to a diverse soil, lighter than that in the north, and you have a softer, more voluptuous wine. In the best years, wines of Margaux are delicate, elegant and refined - structured, but not austere. Chateau Margaux is, of course, a first growth and a highly esteemed and sought-after wine. Chateau Palmer, a third growth, is also well-respected and often commands prices equivalent of first growths. Look for Cru Bourgeois if you want to try the finesse of Margaux at a lower price.
About France - Other regionsWhen it comes to wine, France is a classic. Classic blends, grapes and styles began in the country and they still remain. Think about it - people ask for a Burgundian style Pinot Noir, they refer to wines as Bordeaux or Rhone blends - Champagne even had to pass a law to stop international wineries from putting their region on the label of all sparkling wine.
The top regions of France are: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Rhone. And these regions are so diverse! It makes sense that wine regions throughout the world try to emulate their style. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah are no longer French varieties, but international varieties. They may not be the leader of cutting edge technology or value-priced wines, but there is no doubt that they are still producing wines of great quality and diversity.


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Cyber Girl Joy Glass competes in ABC summer reality series The Glass House. Help us cheer her on tonight at 10/9c on ABC!
If you have recently found yourself glued to ABC's hot new reality series The Glass House, we're pretty sure it has everything to do with our Playboy Cyber Girl and hot nurse Joy Glass tearing up the house with her sexy curves and take-no-prisoners attitude.
The series follows 14 strangers who are placed in a see-through prison while TV audiences weigh in on decisions through online voting. Divided into teams East and West, the groups compete in challenges for rewards, power and elimination.
Steaming up the screen with her gorgeous seductive presence, our all-star temptress Joy Glass has proudly asserted her needs in the house from the beginning, stating "I need a spanking right now; somebody needs to give it to me." No wonder the house has labeled her a "Fifty Shades of Grey" kind of girl.
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Obama's first sequester move: Releasing "waves" of illegal immigrants from detention centers
posted at 4:01 pm on February 26, 2013 by Allahpundit
C'mon. What's his next move, ordering the Border Patrol to stand down because he supposedly can't afford to pay them? Oh, right. That is his next move.
This makes me more enthusiastic about the sequester, just because now I'm curious to see how derelict he's willing to be in his duties to in the name of putting political pressure on the GOP. Next up: Suspending TSA checkpoints at America's airports, maybe? Where else is he going to find two percent savings in three-plus trillion in spending?
In a highly unusual move, federal immigration officials have released hundreds of detainees from immigration detention centers around the country in an effort to save money as automatic budget cuts loom in Washington, officials said…
The agency, Ms. Christensen added, "is continuing to prosecute their cases in immigration court and, when ordered, will seek their removal from the country."
Officials did not reveal precisely how many detainees were released or where the releases took place, but immigrants' advocates around the country have been reporting that hundreds of detainees were freed in numerous locations , including Hudson County, N.J.; Polk County, Texas; Broward County, Fla.; and New Orleans; and from centers in Arizona, Alabama, Georgia and New York.
While immigration officials occasionally free detainees on supervised release, this mass release — so many in such a short span of time — appears to be unprecedented in recent memory, immigration advocates said.
Mark Krikorian calls this the "never let a sequester go to waste" strategy, in which O achieves two goals in one fell swoop — turning up the heat on the GOP to cave on cuts, yes, but also tossing the amnesty fans in his base a bone by reducing border enforcement on the very day that he's meeting with McCain and Graham at the White House to talk immigration reform. Question for liberals: If he's suddenly all about penny-pinching in base-pleasing ways, how about getting him to cancel the next year of federal marijuana prosecutions for nonviolent offenders instead? After all, the "waves" of illegals released today will all be legal soon enough. If you're looking to seize an opportunity for a little emergency cost-cutting social engineering, rolling back the drug war is in more dire need of a jumpstart than immigration.
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Dwight: What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. It's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico but I go to Canada. I don't trust her. Besides, I like the cold. Thirty years later, I get a postcard. I have a son and he's the chief of police. This is where the story gets interesting: I tell Tiffany to meet me in Paris, by the Trocadero. She's been waiting for me all these years; she's never taken another lover. I don't care, I don't show up. I go to Berlin. That's where I stashed the chandelier.
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I'd like some insight as to what path is normally followed while learning programming. Using python as an example, I was looking around for some solid books to learn from and I came up with the following categories.
General language books - basics of programming/python language
Intermediate books - intermediate language/real world programming concepts/larger projects
Specialized books - GUI/web/network/Game programming using python
Mathematics - Mathematical programming
Algorithm/Data Structures - Algorithm and data structure programming
Reference - Complete language reference
I'm sure I could just go from language books to intermediate and then do whatever I feel like, but I tend to thrive on structure so I would like some core themes to follow as I learn programming. With subjects like programming there doesn't seem to be any standard progression to follow. I tend to get overwhelmed because I have no idea what programming can do or how to do them, all I've learned thus far are languages and basic programming concepts. I have a hard time understanding how I can go from basic programming to writing my very own program. What exactly are the next steps?
Progression examples followed by book recommendations for those examples would be greatly appreciated.
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Richard Yates 1926–
American novelist, short story writer, and scriptwriter.
Yates's fictional world challenges the myth of the "American dream." His carefully drawn, unexceptional characters are trapped in lives of frustration and loneliness. The despairing mood of his fiction is relieved only by the skill and compassion with which he reveals his characters' inadequacies and the ennui of their lives.
Yates shuns innovative techniques for traditional realism. His first novel, Revolutionary Road, is still considered his best work for its depiction of the banality of suburban life. Kurt Vonnegut called it "The Great Gatsby of my time," a comment which exemplifies the respect Yates has received from other writers. His short stories collected in Eleven Kinds of Loneliness and Liars in Love further develop his theme of the tragedy of loneliness.
(See also CLC, Vols. 7, 8; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 2; and Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook: 1981.)
Peter Buitenhuis
At the end of the last [story in "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness,"] the narrator says: "I'm not even sure if there are any windows in this particular house…." The house is a metaphor for the story itself, which marks, I believe, a significant step forward in Richard Yates' art. It leads one to expect the same sort of excellence in his future short stories as he achieved in his first novel, "Revolutionary Road."
"The house of fiction has ∗∗∗ not one window, but a million," Henry James wrote, "every one of which has been pierced, or is still pierceable ∗∗∗ by the need of the individual vision and by the pressure of the individual will." The windows that Mr. Yates opens on experience...
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John Thompson
A Special Providence, by Richard Yates, is a straightforward, intelligent, and clearly written story of a boy's growth and his mother's decline. It has all the clear, cool, accumulated observation that marked Yates' first novel, Revolutionary Road. Nothing intervenes between the author's knowledge and the reader's understanding but simple English that transmits that knowledge. There are no mannerisms here, no reluctance. These are simple people, and neither the author, nor the people themselves, nor the reader, has any difficulty in recognizing their feelings, in knowing what has caused them, and in finding their consequences. (pp. 127-28)
John Thompson, "The...
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The Atlantic Monthly
The foolishness and fakery committed in the pursuit of aristocracy give a nice sardonic edge to this strangely wistful novel [A Good School] about life in a bad prep school in the 1940s.
Founded to educate "sons of the gentry," Dorset Academy, with its queer "Cotswold" architecture, its shaky academic credentials and even shakier finances, has instead a reputation for taking in boys "no other school would touch." Yates deftly portrays the private misery of those unlucky enough to be associated with "a funny school," foremost among them William Grove, editor-by-default of the school paper.
Yates traces Grove's awkward passage through the hazings and initiations of adolescence...
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Nicholas Guild
[A Good School is a novel] which invites you to read it as autobiography….
[It] either succeeds or fails according to our sense of how well [Yates] has understood his own experience, of how clearly he is able to bring that experience into focus through the lens of his implicit assumptions about it.
The action of the novel concerns events during the last three years in the existence of a boys' boarding school in Connecticut just before and during World War II. There are several narrative threads, many functioning independently and none really dominant, yet one feels that Bill Grove has some claim to being considered the protagonist, not only because of his identification...
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Jonathan Penner
[A Good School] reads as swiftly as a stolen diary. That is nearly what it is: the annals of Dorset Academy, a prep school, during its expiring years in the early 1940s. The point of view rotates among many characters, but a protagonist gradually emerges…. (p. 42)
The Foreword and Afterword imply that the novel is largely autobiographical, and it is [the] unappetizing figure [of protagonist William Grove] whom we are meant to associate with the author. He bears, with no grace whatever, the stigmata of sparse pubic hair, naive rhetoric, and a crummy wardrobe. But William Grove endures. Surviving every form of boarding-school barbarism, he passes through apprenticeships social and literary,...
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Thomas R. Edwards
In A Good School, Richard Yates surveys familiar ground. School is a classic metaphor for growing up, for the biological and cultural passage from youth and innocence to whatever their opposite may be—experience, wisdom, sophistication, disillusionment, corruption….
Such a situation is dangerously susceptible to sentimental nostalgia, but Yates writes about it [and his fictional Dorset Academy] with considerable detachment. Part of the story is told in first-person reminiscences by William Grove, an old Dorset boy who is now a middle-aged writer, but the main narrative is told in the impartial third person, with Grove no more prominent than several of his contemporaries. Grove has had a...
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Geoffrey Stokes
This smoothly written and thoroughly tedious collection [Liars in Love] is about people who are apparently meant to be extraordinary doing ordinary things in ordinary ways. Yates is a professional—there's nothing actively wrong with any of these stories—but each is more forgettable than the last. Esquire fiction at its bittersweetest.
Geoffrey Stokes, "Brief Encounters: 'Liars in Love'," in VLS (copyright © 1981 News Group Publications, Inc.), No. 1, October, 1981, p. 3.
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James Atlas
Richard Yates confided in a memoir of his literary apprenticeship that The Great Gatsby was the most instructive novel he had ever read; its structure and technique were visible yet unobtrusive….
It was with this same sensation of reading a novel at once wholly believable and conscious of its own artifice that I read Yates's first novel, Revolutionary Road…. [It] remains one of the few novels I know that could be called flawless. The story of a promising middle-class marriage that ends in ruin, Revolutionary Road is a grim, pitiless account of the miseries of suburban life. It depicts with controlled rage the illusions of conventional people who consider themselves bohemian,...
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Robert R. Harris
It is good to report that realism in short fiction is alive and well.
Liars in Love is Richard Yates's first collection of stories since Eleven Kinds of Loneliness was published nearly 20 years ago. It contains seven longish tales, only one of which is disappointing. Two are gems.
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If you've read Richard Yates since his remarkable first novel, Revolutionary Road (1961), or if you've discovered him along the way, through his brilliant collection of stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1962), or one of his other novels, especially The Easter Parade (1976) and A Good School (1978), then it probably won't matter to you that his new book of stories is not always up to his best work. With a writer this good, you'll want to see for yourself, as you would with Updike or Cheever, whose turf, the suburbs of the Northeast, Yates often treads.
Were Liars in Love Yates' first book and not his seventh, if it did not have the other books to live up to, then...
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Perspective projections in LH and RH systems
Peer Reviewed by Buckeye, Hodgman, Dave Hunt
projection directx dx ogl opengl
I have calculated both versions of matrices for both systems. I am tired of remembering everything and/or calculating it all over again. For this reason I have created this document, where I summarize needed combinations and some tips & tricks. This is not meant to be a tutorial "How projection works" or "Where those values come from". It is for people who are tired of looking how to convert one system to another or how to convert one API to another. Or it is for those who don't care "why" but they are happy to copy & paste of my equations (however, don't blame me if there is something wrong).
RH system has become some kind of a standard in a computer graphics. However, for my personal purposes, LH system seems more logical to visualise. In my engine, I wanted to give the decision to the user. At the end, my system supports both orientations.
If we looked more closely at DirectX and OpenGL, we can see one important difference in a projection. It doesn't matter if we use LH or RH system, in DirectX projection is mapped to interval [0, 1] while in OpenGL to [-1, 1]. What does that mean? If we take the near clipping plane of a camera, it will be always mapped to 0 for DirectX, but in OpenGL it is more complicated. For LH system, near will be 1, but for RH, it will became -1 (see graphs 5 and 6 in a later section). Of course, we can use DirectX mapping in OpenGL (not the other way), but in that case, we are throwing away half of the depth buffer precision. In the following sections, we will discuss this more closely.
Personally, I think that whoever invented OpenGL depth coordinates must have had a twisted sense for humour. DirectX's solution is far better and easier to understand.
[Note]Matrix order used in this article will be row based. All operations will be done in order vector · matrix (as we can see at (1) ) with indexing from (2).
For column based matrix, order of operations will be reversed - matrix ⋅ vector (as we can see at 3). You also need to change elements of matrix, as you can see from example.
In a time of a fixed function pipeline, that was more problematic than today. In a time of shaders, we may use whatever system and layout we want and just change the order of operations or read values from the different positions in matrices.
World to View transformation
In every transformation pipeline, we need to first transform geometry from the world coordinates to a view (camera) space. After that, you can do a projection transformation. View matrix must use the same system as your final projection, so it must be LR or RH. This section is mentioned only for complete look up, so you know how to transform a point. There will be no additional details for view transformation.
View matrix has the same layout for both of the systems (4)
Differences are in base vectors and the last row elements calculation. You can see it in table 1.
||wLook - eye|
||eye - wLook|
||wUp x look|
||wUp x look|
||look x right|
||look x right|
|-dot(up, eye)
|dot(up, eye)
|-dot(look, eye)
|dot(look, eye)
Table 1: View vectors calculation. wLook is camera lookAt target, eye is camera position and wUp is camera up vector - usually [0,1,0]. "x" stands for a vector product
Perspective projection
For "3D world" rendering, you will probably use a perspective projection. Most of the time (like in 90% of cases) you will need a simplified perspective matrix (with a symmetric viewing volume). Pattern for such a projection matrix can be seen at 5. As you can see, this pattern is symmetric. For column and row major matrices, this simplified pattern will be the same, but values of D and E will be transposed. Be aware of this, it can cause some headaches if you do it the other way and not notice it.
Now, how projection works. We have an input data in the view space coordinates. From those we need to map them into our screen. Since our screen is 2D (even if we have so called 3D display), we need to map a point to our screen. We take a simple example:
where x,y,z,w is an input point ( w is a homogenous coordinate, if we want to "debug" on a paper, the best way is to choose this value as 1.0). Division by ( D · z ) is performed automatically after vertex shader stage.
From equations 6 we have coordinates of a point on 2D screen. You may see, that those values are not coordinates of pixel (like [756, 653]), but they are in a range [-1, 1] for both axis (in DirectX and also in OpenGL).
From equation 7 we have depth of pixel in range [0, 1] for DirectX and [-1, 1] for OpenGL. This value is used in depth buffer for closer / distant object recognition. Later on, we show how depth values look like.
Those +1 / -1 values, that you will obtain after projection, are known as a normalized device coordinates (NDC). They form a cube, where X and Y axis are in interval [-1, 1] for DirectX and OpenGL. Z axis is more tricky. For DirectX, you have an interval [0, 1] and for OpenGL [-1, 1] (see 2). As you can see now, NDC is a LH system, doesn't matter what input system you have chosen.
Everything, that is inside of this cube, is visible on our screen. Screen is taken as a cube face at Z = 0 (DirectX), Z = 1 (OpenGL LH) or Z = -1 (OpenGL RH). What you see on your screen is basically content of a NDC cube pressed to single plane.
Figure 2: OpenGL (Left) and DirectX (Right) NDC
We summarize computations for LH / RH system and for DirectX and OpenGL in two different tables. Those values are different for LH / RH system and of course for API used. In following sections, you can spot the differences. If you are interested where those values come from, look elsewhere (for example OpenGL matrices are explained here: Link). There are plenty of resources and it will be pointless to go over it again here.
Table 2: Projection matrix calculation for DirectX. Input parametrs are: fovY - field of view in Y direction, AR - aspect ratio of screen, n - Z-value of near clipping plane, f - Z-value of far clipping plane
Changing only values at the projection matrix won't work as expected. If we render same scene with same DirectX device settings, we end up with turned scene geometry for one of those matrices. This is caused by depth comparison in depth buffer. To change this settings is a little longer in DirectX, than for OpenGL. You need to call functions in code snippet 1 with values in table 3.
deviceContext->ClearDepthStencilView(depthStencilView, D3D11_CLEAR_DEPTH, 1.0f, 0); .... depthStencilDesc.DepthFunc = D3D11_COMPARISON_LESS_EQUAL; device->CreateDepthStencilState(&depthStencilDesc,&depthStencilState); deviceContext->OMSetDepthStencilState(depthStencilState, 1);Code 1: Code snippet settings for LH DirectX rendering
Table 3: OpenGL setting for both systems
Table 4: Projection matrix calculation for OpenGL. Input parametrs are: fovY - field of view in Y direction, AR - aspect ratio of screen, n - Z-value of near clipping plane, f - Z-value of far clipping plane
Again, changing only values at the projection matrix won't work as expected. If we render same scene with same OpenGL device settings, we end up with turned scene geometry for one of those matrices. This is caused by depth comparison in depth buffer. We need to change two things as we see in table 5.
Table 5: OpenGL setting for both systems
If you set the comparison and depth buffer clear values incorrectly, most of the time, you will end up with result like on the figure 3. Correct scene should look like on the figure 4.
Figure 3: Incorrectly set depth function and clear for current projection
Figure 4: Correctly set depth function and clear for current projection
Using equation 6, we can calculate projected depth for any input value. If we do this for values in interval [near, far], we will get the following result (see image 5 and 6). Notice second graph x-axis. For RH system, we need to change sign of near to -near in order to obtain same results as for LH system. That means in plain language, that for LH we are looking in positive Z direction and for RH we are looking in negative Z direction. In both cases, viewer is located at origin.
Figure 5: Projected depth with DirectX and OpenGL LH matrices (values used for calculation: near = 0.1, far = 1.0)
Figure 6: Projected depth with DirectX and OpenGL RH matrices (values used for calculation: near = -0.1, far = -1.0)
From above graphs, we can see that for the distances near to the camera, there is a good precision in the depth buffer. On the other hand, for larger values the precision is limited. That is not always desired.
One possible solution is to keep your near and far distances together as close as possible. There will be less problems if you use interval [0.1, 10] instead of [0.1, 100]. This is not always possible if we want to render large 3D world enviroments. This issue can be however solved as we show in the next section.
Depth precision
As mentioned before, using a classic perspective projection brings us a limited depth precision. The bigger the distance from viewer, the lower precision we have. This problem is often noticable as flickering pixels in distance.
We can partially solve this by logarithmic depth. We decrease precision for near surroundings, but we have almost linear distribution throughout the depth range. One disadvantage is that logarithm is not working for negative input. Triangles, that are partially visible and have some points behind viewer (negative Z axis), won't be calculated correctly. Shader programs usually won't crash with negative logarithm, but the result is not defined. There are two possible solutions for this problem. You either tesselate your scene to have triangles so small, that the problem won't matter, or you can write your depth in a pixel shader.
Writing depth in a pixel shader brings disadvantage with turned off depth testing for geometry before rasterizing. There could be some performance impact, but you can limit it by doing this trick only for near geometry, that could be affected. That way, you will need a condition in your shader or use different shaders based on geometry distance from viewer.
If you use this modification, be aware of one thing: The depth from vertex shader has range [-1, 1], but gl_FragDepth has range [0, 1]. It's again something OpenGL only, since DirectX has depth in [0, 1] all the time.
For a more detailed explenation, you can read an excellent article at Outtera blog (Link). Equations in their solution are using RH system (they aimed primary for OpenGL). So once again, we show same equation in LH and RH system. Both version are at table 6. This time only for OpenGL, since in DirectX problem can be solved, as proposed in article, by swapping near and far.
|gl_Position.z = (-2.0) * log((-gl_Position.z) * C + 1.0) / log(far * C + 1.0) + 1.0
|gl_Position.z = (2.0) * log((gl_Position.z) * C + 1.0) / log(far * C + 1.0) - 1.0
Table 6:Calculation of new Z coordinate for depth using log. C is linearized component, default value is 1.0, far is camera far plane distance, gl_Position is output value from vertex shader (in perspective projection). You MUST remember to multiply gl_Position.z by gl_Position.w before returning it from shader.
If you have read the Outtera article and looked at my equations, you may notice that I used gl_Position.z in logarithm calculations. I don't know if it is a mistake by Outtera, but with W, I have nearly same results for RH system (as if I used Z), but LH is totally messed up. Plus, W is already linearized depth (distance of point from viewer). So first visible point has W = near and last one has W = far.
If we plot classic vs logarithm depth with equations from 6, we end up with the two following graphs. Red curve is same as in previous chapter, green one is our logarithmic depth.
Figure 7: Projected depth with classic perspective and with logarithmic one in LH (values used for calculation: near = 0.1, far = 1.0, C = 1.0)
Figure 8: Projected depth with classic perspective and with logarithmic one in RH (values used for calculation: near = 0.1, far = 1.0, C = 1.0)
You can observe the effect of both projections (classic and logarithmic one) at this video (rendered with LH projection in OpenGL):
Oblique projection
Last section related to a projection will be a little different. So far, we have discussed perspective projection and precision for rendering. In this section, another important aspect will be converted to LH and RH system and to OpenGL / DirectX.
Oblique projection is not some kind of special projection, that makes everything shiny. It is classic perspective projection, only with improved clipping planes. Clipping plane for classic projection is near and far, but here we change near to get different effect. This kind of projection is mostly used for water reflection texture rendering. Of course, we can set clipping plane manually in OpenGL or in DirectX, but that won't work in a mobile version (OpenGL ES), a web version (WebGL) and in DirectX we will need a different set of shaders. Bottom line, solution with clipping plane is possible, but not as clean as oblique projection.
First we need to precompute some data. For a clipping, we need obviously a clipping plane. We need it in our current projective space coordinates. This can be achieved by transforming our plane vector with transposed inverse of the view matrix (we are assuming that the world matrix is set as identity).
Matrix4x4 tmp = Matrix4x4::Invert(viewMatrix); tmp.Transpose(); Vector4 clipPlane = Vector4::Transform(clipPlane, tmp);
Now calculate the clip-space corner point opposite the clipping plane
float xSign = (clipPlane.X > 0) ? 1.0f : ((clipPlane.X < 0) ? -1.0f : 0.0f); float ySign = (clipPlane.Y > 0) ? 1.0f : ((clipPlane.Y < 0) ? -1.0f : 0.0f); Vector4 q = (xSign, ySign, 1, 1);
Transform q into camera space by multiplying it with the inverse of the projection matrix. For a simplified calculation, we have already used an inverted projection matrix.
In DirectX system, we need to be careful, because original article is using OpenGL projection space with Z coordinate in range [-1, 1]. This is not possible in DirectX, so we need to change equations and recalculate them with Z in a range [0, 1].
Following solution is valid for LH system:
q.X = q.X / projection[0][0]; q.Y = q.Y / projection[1][1]; q.Z = 1.0f; q.W = (1.0f - projection[2][2]) / projection[3][2];
float a = q.Z / Vector4::Dot(clipPlane, q); Vector4 m3 = a * clipPlane;
The following equations can be simplified, if we know handness of our system. Since we want to have an universal solution, I have used a full representation, that is independent on the used sytem.
q.X = q.x / projection[0][0]; q.Y = q.Y / projection[1][1]; q.Z = 1.0 / projection[2][3]; q.W = (1.0 / projection[3][2]) - (projection[2][2] / (projection[2][3] * Matrix.M[3][2]));
float a = (2.0f * projection[2][3] * q.Z) / Vector4::Dot(clipPlane, q); Vector4 m3 = clipPlane * a; m3.Z = m3.Z + 1.0f;
In calculation of m3.Z we can use directly addition of value +1.0. If we write separate equations for LH and RH system, we can see why:
LH: m3.Z = m3.Z + projection[2][3]; //([2][3] = +1) RH: m3.Z = m3.Z - projection[2][3]; //([2][3] = -1)
Final matrix composition
Final composition of the projection matrix is easy. Replace the third column with our calculated vector.
Matrix4x4 res = projection; res[0][2] = m3.X; res[1][2] = m3.Y; res[2][2] = m3.Z; res[3][2] = m3.W;
I have added an Excel file with projection matrices. You can experiment for yourself by changing near and far, or any other parameters and see the differences in depth. This is the same file that I used for creation of posted graphs.
- OpenGL Projection Matrix - http://www.songho.ca/opengl/gl_projectionmatrix.html
- Logarithmic Depth Buffer - http://outerra.blogspot.sk/2009/08/logarithmic-z-buffer.html
- http://www.terathon.com/gdc07_lengyel.pdf
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.directx_sdk.matrix.xmmatrixperspectivefovlh%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
- DX9 LH - Perspective matrix layout and calculation
- http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/42848/A-New-Perspective-on-Viewing/
- Lengyel, Eric. "Oblique View Frustum Depth Projection and Clipping". Journal of Game Development, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2005), Charles River Media, pp. 5–16. (http://www.terathon.com/code/oblique.html)


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