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Written on: 05/09/2013
We have used many ski companies over the years and I cannot fault interactive resorts. We were an absolute nightmare of a group to book in, numbers/destinations and requirements were changing constantly. Jonny at interactive resorts was extremely helpful, he has been patient and helpful the whole way through the process, he has excellent knowledge of the chalets and the resorts so was able to give honest opinions knowing what we were looking for! I didn't once feel as though we were being a… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/09/2013 by welshyem (1 review written)
I dealt with an advisor at Interactive resorts and found her incredibly helpful in finding us a chalet for 12 people in Meribel, especially after our requirements and dates changed a few times. She listened to what we wanted and as such, we now have booked Chalet Phoebe for Jan..which we are all very excited about… Read Full Review
Written on: 04/09/2013 by RoulstonR (1 review written)
Excellent service by the sales team. Despite me going back and forth several times with changes in what the group wanted, the rep was able to cater to our needs. She was polite, helpful and very knowledgeable. This is the second year in a row we have booked in with this company and so far we have had absolutely no problems. I cannot think of a bad thing to say about our experience this year… Read Full Review
Written on: 04/09/2013 by Jamie_T (1 review written)
This is the second time I have booked through Interactive Resorts and nothing would dissuade me from doing so again. They have been brilliant and understanding and matching our requirements to specific locations/accommodation, providing a range of options within our specification. Service has been excellent, with prompt answers to questions fielded by the group and sensible suggestions of solutions to any potential issues we have encountered with booking up a large group. The turnaround time… Read Full Review
Written on: 03/09/2013 by WillBirchall (1 review written)
This is my first experience of using Interactive Resorts. I have booked a skiing holiday to Les Deux Alpes for 8 people and chose the company because they came to us with the best deal based on my requirements for the holiday. The deal was 'overlooked' by other companies, who only mentioned it when we mentioned interactive resorts had told us the chalet was available. My contact at the company was extremely friendly and helpful. She was understanding of my need to negotiate on the price a… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/08/2013 by lucylou0409 (1 review written)
Booking a group trip with numbers changing is never easy and I happened to stumble across Interactive Resorts whilst searching. I told the travel rep, what sort of thing we were looking for and he came back with a variety of choices and ideas. He's been really good and very patient especially when we even changed chalets at the last minute. I'd highly recommend the company, they have made life so much easier and we are all now very much looking forward to our trip next year! Thank you again!… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/08/2013 by dgford (1 review written)
First ever skiing trip for a group of us so was really grateful for the advice. Our group numbers and requirements kept changing and throughout everything she was very attentive pleasant and accommodating. She was a pleasure to talk to and was very happy to book through her - Highly recommended!… Read Full Review
Written on: 27/08/2013 by cnlormor1 (1 review written)
I recently booked a ski holiday with Interactive Resorts for 11 people to Val d'isere staying in Chalet Hotel du Montet. Interactive Resorts made this process very easy. She was very friendly and polite, she knew exactly what we wanted from our ski holiday and didn't try and persuade us to go somewhere or book anything that we didn't want to, she knew a lot about European ski resorts, she always replied to my emails within half an hour and she provided us with excellent advice… Read Full Review
Written on: 25/08/2013
Did the usual google search and came up with lots of options, she took my problems away and came up with some great advice… Read Full Review
Written on: 18/08/2013 by CharlotteWilde (1 review written)
Booked a group Ski holiday for new year 2013. The advisor was really helpful, efficient, friendly and professional. She answered all of my questions, regardless how daft, and was very patient with us whilst the group decided what to do. She held rooms for a couple of people and was very accommodating to our needs. A great service, would recommend her to anyone booking a ski holiday! Just hope the holiday lives up to what we have received so far!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/08/2013
Excellent and prompt service, took on board our specific requirements when offering the options and didn't hassle us. Friendly and professional, a pleasure doing business with. Ciaran… Read Full Review
Written on: 07/08/2013 by mais (1 review written)
Trying to book a group skiing holiday with so many variables and choices for 8 people was proving a nightmare...however Zoe was fantastic and very knowledgeable of the various ski resorts and accommodation, nothing was to much trouble even though the requirements were changing all the time right up to the last minute of booking, Zoe was very helpful! Very pleased with the ease of booking once resort and accommodation was decided at a competitive price, I would highly recommend booking a… Read Full Review
Written on: 02/08/2013 by AngieWall (1 review written)
As soon as you go to the website a friendly 'chat box' pops up offering to help. No sooner had I typed in what I was looking for - a suggestion came up. When it wasn't quite right, on speaking directly it was all sorted and I was booked within 24 hours! It would have been done quicker if I'd been more available. Great service… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/07/2013 by 1BillF (1 review written)
It is never easy booking a group holiday when everyone has a view about dates, places and accommodation but as a group organiser I can say that this company could not have been more helpful or patient! Lots of options, lots of advice and help. The result is a holiday booked to Arabba in the Dolomites to be looked forward to by us all. Let's hope it lives up to the booking process - I'm sure it will!… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/03/2013
Excellent service, with great knowledge of the ski resorts and chalets. Amazingly detailed email with everything we needed to know about the holiday - at a very competitive price. It made booking our next holiday so simple and after hours of trolling through the internet and speaking to other tour companies it was a relief to find someone who could do the work for us! Would highly recommend!… Read Full Review
Written on: 25/03/2013 by nick.p.smith (1 review written)
Matt at interactive resorts was fantastically helpful in finding us this chalet - it met all of our needs as a group and then some. Chalet Evie is beautifully appointed, with plenty of mod-cons and (importantly but unusually) really great sound insulation between rooms (and presumably floors unless the people above and below were mute mice.) The views over the town and the Matterhorn from the floor-to-ceiling windows were really stunning, the food was great and the accomodation layout both… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/03/2013 by sardinetin (1 review written)
This is the second time we have booked a holiday with this company. We are a big group and its not easy to find a chalet that's suits all of our needs. [name removed] has been brilliant, she took all our needs on board, carefully considering our requirements. We chopped and changed our minds frequently but with her patience and perserverence we have booked a great chalet today. [name removed]'s knowledge of each resort is excellent, she quickly provided prices and did her very best to… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/02/2013 by KylieHowe (1 review written)
Firstly booking the holiday was easy, Harriet @ interactive resorts answered every single question I had. She explained different benefits of each chalet we were considering and even helped us with group booking discounts. Our chalet, transfers, ski passes and ski hire were all sorted by Harriet and we got a great deal. Once booked the high level of service continued with frequent emails and a client login area where you could update dietary requirements, ski hire details etc. Upon arrival at… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/02/2013
I have just booked the Petit Coeur Chalet through interactive resorts and the Rep [name removed] was extremely helpful and had all the information required to make the booking easy.She gave us many options of chalets and had a lot of knowledge on these so we could make the best choice for our group. Would definately use this company again for future bookings… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/02/2013 by ChrisBarlow54 (1 review written)
A big thank you to all the Interactive staff involved in booking this holiday. We all had a great time! From first placing the deposit to finally climbing on board the airplane, Interactive could not have been more helpful. We made a number of changes to the booking over time and all were handled efficiently and knowledgeably by the sales and admin staff. Thanks to Nick and Anna in particular. The resort and the chalet, as recommended by the Sales Consultant, were perfect for our mixed… Read Full Review
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Worst glitches ever on final night.
I just played a game where a normal attack sent me flying across the entire screen down to the lower playing area and took all of my health. I had a shred of life left.
When I climbed back up I was killed by an Ares player with a flame attack and when I respawned I was on fire. The flames and flame icon remained on me for the entire rest of the game slowly draining my life constantly.
It never went away and any hit from an enemy basically killed me within one or two hits. The hit detection was also horrible and enemies always had priority attacks even when I started my attack way in advance with an L1 attack or charged triangle. I was using Hyperion and any time I was caught in a fire trap or an enemy used an attack it wouldn't let me escape so I basically hovered in the air in the animation.
Fix this crap!
Re: Worst glitches ever on final night.
THis happens to me WAYYYY too often! I assume it has something to do with matchmaking/host but I SINCERELY hope they do something about latency and resulting hit detection by release...I mean, I go from stats like 7-3 or better when lag isn't present to negative KDR when it is, with teammates able to steal kills with late attacks and enemies invincivble to my earlier attacks. It's frustarting and if this kind of thing is present in the final version, I will still play BUT...I will be backing out of these types of games regularly. There's no point in staying if everything is an uphill battle.
And my internet is extremely fast so I know it's not my connection
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Seems to me like alot of the hosts in the last week have such a high amount of packet loss, and or the so called hiding latency that SMS has implemeted is actually worse off for the game than just having it ping dependant and relayed to client and or host.... Both pose major issues when high latency and or packet loss is present...
I've died mid air with a grapple during my hammer special triangle which isn't possible, brutal kill too...
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Re: Worst glitches ever on final night.
The matchmaking system is atrocious and if it remains like this in the final game then I'm not even going to bother with multiplayer. If you have a full list of people and it starts the countdown and someone leaves it starts all over Searching...
All you ever see is Waiting for players, then Searching... Searching... Searching... then it all goes blank, and then it starts again until it slowly finds people and it will usually drop more people.
There is no indication of who the host is, who is using a mic, etc.
I don't trust Sony Santa Monica with multiplayer considering how effed up Starhawk is and was with glitches and connection issues. That also had no indicator of who the host was.
There better be no one from Lightbox Interactive working on this game because it will definitely be flawed from the start because they have no idea how to code properly.
As for the glitches in the beta I don't think it went on long enough to really give them an idea as to the real problems. You need a larger base of players to know what the problems are going to be.
Traps do not activate fast enough so unless you're an idiot and walk straight in one they never work. Yet you're more likely to die from your own trap than an enemy. I'm sick of seeing the opponent walk right into a trap and it never activates even if you manually push it. They need to be instant.
Let me not get started on the complete moron idiots playing this game who constantly do nothing to help their teammates from being ganged up on by 3 or all of the enemies. What the hell are you people doing!!!!???
I had the Spear of Olympus and I just got killed because the spear sucks in Team Favor of the Gods as the tracking is abysmal and I had every single opponent chasing me while my entire team was nowhere to be found. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@SirCrush The Funniest Thing Happen To My Zeus Warrior In A Capture The Flag Match.
I Had Just Finish A Brutal Kill And Was Ready To Capture The Bonus Flag In The Lower Section Of The Map, When I Noticed A Cut Hand Right On The Shoulder Of My Character .Lol
It Took Me A Few Seconds To Realize And Figure Out It Was Actually My Foes Hand And It Just Somehow Attached To My Character During The Finishing Move .
And It Stuck There The Entire Time Even After My Warrior Died Once . I Wish I Had Proof But I Don't Have A Capture Card To Have Recorded It .
I Was Just Laughing The Entire Time Trying To See If My Teammates Notice The Extra Hand On My Shoulder ! .Lol
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Re: Worst glitches ever on final night.
It was Thing from The Addams Family wanting to play with you.
I was just killed by someone during the god awful "Gods Intervene" cutscene where the spear comes down. No one should be able to do anything yet somehow I just ended up dead.
Mics don't work well in this game at all. The audio is generally too low that you never hear a majority of people. All you hear is static noise from their background. I've only played with one person who I could hear and they could hear me, yet someone else had a mic in the background and neither of us could hear him.
I have an official PS3 mic as well.
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Re: Worst glitches ever on final night.
Carrioner wrote:
What do you mean by "final night" am I missing something?
As of 11:59 PST the beta will end. That means 2:59 A.M. Eastern Time and no more beta.

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Jackson Avery Biesemeyer
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I like Jackson a lot, but Avery seems girly to me.
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I love the names Jackson and Avery & they sound great together! The only this is, that is the name of a doctor on the show Grey's Anatomy (in case that would bother you). But it's great! I like Lane too.
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Date of Stay: October, 2015
We keep returning...we love this campground! We had site #18 this year...a long back in site that was so level, all we did was set the parking brake. The camp host this time of the season is terrific. She is very accomodating and will deliver firewood to your site if she's not too busy. Firewood is $5 per bundle, and it's on the honor system. I don't think you can find any campground as beautiful with a choice of f/h, w/e or dry camping for less money, if you're a senior citizen (Walmart or Pilot or Flying J are not camping!) We'll be back again next year if the stars are lined up correctly.
Date of Stay: January, 2014
I agree with the positive reviews posted by others. It's a parking lot with well spaced sites with full hookups and a great, quiet spot for an overnight stay. The sites are concrete and level, for the most part, although some are slightly off and you might have a problem getting a total dump. I moved from my site to a pull through site that worked better for me to dump. I tried calling and e-mailing to see if there was in issue with arriving late at night, but got no response from e-mailing and couldn't leave a message because the voice mail box was full for several days. Took a chance and arrived at 1:30 AM on New Year's day. No problem. Many spaces to choose from and it was quiet. WiFi is available, but the password that was posted did not work. All in all, we'd stay again when in the area.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
Terrific campground. Good separation between nice pretty level sites. Host was very friendly and helpful. Not crowded at all at the end of October. Several sites had campers who brought in boats to go fishing. Host indicated that the campground had been redone about a year ago. Had the best two lane dump station I've ever seen. Slope was perfect for evacuating the holding tanks. Was very clean. Obviously the people who camp here really care about the grounds and facilities. Rangers were friendly and efficient. Has a large off-leash pet exercise area and pick-up bags are provided. We will come back again, but earlier in the year.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
Very friendly manager/owner. Easy on/off I-5. Good for overnight. Lots of traffic noise. I'd stay again, if I couldn't drive any further.
Date of Stay: April, 2013
We keep going back here, because it's such a great place to camp. Dog friendly and just over the dunes from the beach. Rate reflects an off-season senior discount.
Date of Stay: April, 2013
Another nice overnight stay here. We use this resort when traveling 99 between northern and southern California. Nice office staff, and easy check-in. Sites are fairly tight, but they are level and the hookups are in the right place. Everything worked as expected. We didn't use the restaurant or bar this time, but they were good the last couple of times we were there. We'd stay again.
Date of Stay: April, 2013
We were here to attend the El Dorado Winery Association Passport Weekend. Our second time here, and will return again. The park was pretty full this time, with lots of people out and about in the campground. Lots of kids on bikes and obviously having a good time. Unlike many reviewers, we enjoy seeing and hearing kids having fun outside, instead of glued to televisions watching cartoons or playing video games. Check-in was quick and easy, and the office staff is terrific. Our site was level, so all I had to do was set the brake and hook up. Overall, a very nice park.
Date of Stay: September, 2012
This was our 3rd time at this NPS campground. There were other people there that we had met last year, too, so we aren't the only ones who come back here. It's like coming home. We love it!!! Once again we stayed in a loop with full hookups and as they had in the past, everything worked as expected. We were in site #6 this time and leveling wasn't difficult, although it took most of my Lynx leveling blocks. Basically just had to raise the rear. Wi-Fi was available at the campground host's site. AT&T and Verizon (air card) worked well here. There is a paved bike path that goes about 2.5 miles each direction out of the campground. Westbound, the path ends at another campground and eastbound it ends at the marina and store. Nice easy level walk or ride. The campground hosts are terrific. Delivered firewood to my site and at $5.00 per bundle, it was a real bargain! We'll come back next year if the stars are lined up correctly!
Date of Stay: September, 2012
We spent two nights here and really enjoyed this campground. The campground wasn't very crowded, although there were lots of reserved sites for campers who were being displaced by the fires in the area. There are four loops, A, B, C, and D, which is for tents only. We chose site B46, which was a pull-through, because it was fairly easy to level. Many of the sites would require significant leveling. The biggest drawback was the dust...it's basically dirt camping except for the pad. This is the kind of dirt/dust that sticks to everything, so the dogs required a lot of clean-up before being allowed back into the RV. Neither AT&T nor Verizon worked in our site, but they were usable near the store. Nice walk around the lake. Nice campground host. I'd like to come back in the spring when there might be a bit of grass in the campsites.
Date of Stay: September, 2012
Stopped here for an overnight without a reservation. The office was closed, but the manager drove up in a golf cart and offered to open the office, look up my KOA Membership number and proceed to check me in. After selecting a campsite, (#33) with full hookups, she led us to the site and assisted with backing in. Great service. As mentioned before the sites are gravel, but there is no dust...except in the K9 Corral. It's dirt...no grass, so the dogs got dirty really fast. Everything worked as expected, and we were very pleased with this campground. The pool was closed for the season, but wouldn't have used it anyway. I agree with previous reviewers that the staff is very, very friendly and accommodating. I'll stay again if in the area.
Date of Stay: July, 2012
Our second time at this park because of proximity to family. If that weren't the case, we probably wouldn't come here. If San Clemente had any space, we would have gone there instead of here. There's noise from Camp Pendleton and I-5, even though it's a mile away. There's no view of the ocean, or anything else for that matter. Verizon aircard connectivity was sketchy at best. On the positive side, the sites are well spaced and have considerably vegetation between them, so privacy isn't a problem. The rangers and camp hosts were friendly and helpful.
Date of Stay: June, 2012
Great park for families with kids and campers with dogs. A little noisy during the day, but hey...there are hundreds of kids there. Wasn't really a bother. Pretty quiet at night, since the kids have expended all their energy and need to sleep. The Kamp K9 is an off leash area for dogs to run and play. Clean-up bags are provided, so there is NO excuse for not picking up after your dog. It must be working because I walked the campground a lot with our dogs and never saw anything that hadn't been picked up. Had site 189 which was partial hookups. Water pressure was OK. Wi-Fi in my site was very strong. Was there about 4 years ago and it wasn't, so that's an improvement.
Date of Stay: May, 2012
Our 3rd time at this park because we love it! Had site number 40 again and it was fairly level. Lots of room between you and your camping neighbors. I've reviewed this one before, and probably enough to say that I won't repeat. Just see my earlier reviews.
Date of Stay: October, 2011
Nice state park. Plenty of space between sites and there were shade trees throughout. Had site 155 which was a back-in but double wide, so parked extra vehicle next to motorhome. Nothing much more to say except it was quiet except for a bit of highway noise from I-5.
Date of Stay: October, 2011
A great site for an overnight! Sites are close and there are some young trees, but they wouldn't provide shade. No table or fire ring, but I understand fires are permitted if you bring your own "fire pit". Check in was easy and the desk people were great. The work campers were very helpful: I had to have some assistance hooking up sewer hose. Also unhooking the next morning. On-site restaurant and bar came in handy after a long days drive in rainy weather. I'll stay again if I'm in the area.


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My mom, in all the goodness a mother could muster, looked at me and asked if I wanted some turnips that a family friend gave her.
I'm not the type of guy who turns down food too often, but this opportunity was one that just didn't excite me.
Nothing against turnips, but I have never fully understood the devotion that some vegetable lovers have towards the root vegetable.
"You don't like turnips?" my mom asked.
"Nah. I just can't get over that strong taste," I explained.
She shook her head and grinned. I figured she unsuccessfully offered the vegetables to some other folks, too.
Considering that turnips are in season and the long standing tradition of greens are eaten during the start of a new year is upon us, I decided to share with you a greens, turnips and tasso dish.
Cooked greens are absolutely wonderful, especially when served with hot sauce and vinegar.
"Greens are good for you — everybody's heard that one. But not everybody knows that greens are just plain good, too. They're an institution in Cajun country. The best way to enjoy them is to serve them on the side in a bowl with lots of juice," writes Terry Thompson-Anderson in "Cajun-Creole Cookin".
That juice she refers to is known as "pot likker".
That liquid, when made with smoked tasso, is enticing enough to make an anti-turnip loving human indulge in a few spoonfulls.
I still won't take a bunch of turnips though. No matter what the recipe calls for or how much smoked meats is cooked with it, some vegetables are best eaten in doses.
• 1 large bunch each: fresh collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, and kale, or any combination
• 2 medium onions, halved lengthwise and sliced thin
• 2 medium turnips, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin
• 4 ounces tasso or good-quality smoked ham
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup picante sauce
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• Wash leaves under running water; tear leaves into small pieces, removing tough ribs. Place torn greens, onion, turnips, and tasso or ham in a 10 to 12-quart soup pot; fill to top with water. Add sugar, picante sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; boil 5 minutes. Reduce heat; barely simmer, stirring occasionally 3 hours. Taste for seasoning; adjust if necessary. Greens should have lots of liquid left; add more water if necessary. Serve hot.
From "Cajun-Creole Cooking" by Terry Thompson-Anderson
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Want to build your own satellite and launch it into space? It's easier than you may think. The first in a series of four books, this do-it-yourself guide shows you the essential steps needed to design a base picosatellite platform—complete with a solar-powered computer-controlled assembly—tough enough to withstand a rocket launch and survive in orbit for three months.
Whether you want to conduct scientific experiments, run engineering tests, or present an orbital art project, you'll select basic components such as an antenna, radio transmitter, solar cells, battery, power bus, processor, sensors, and an extremely small picosatellite chassis. This entertaining series takes you through the entire process—from planning to launch.
Alexander "Sandy" Antunes (born 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Maryland-area astronomer, author, and role playing game designer. He graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a dual major in astronomy and physics, received a Masters in astronomy from Penn State in 1992, and received his PhD in computational astrophysics from George Mason University in 2005. He was the Maryland Science Center "Science Person of the Month" for May 2007.
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Interesting Read - Worth It
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The DIY Satellite Platforms book by Sandy Antunes was a fun and interesting read. The book is goes over the basics of putting together your own picosatellite in an easy to read format. Things such as power considerations, sensors, transmitting data are covered.The book also covers the relatively high cost of this hobby. An investment of $8k to $12 depending on the launch provider is probably out of reach for most hobbyists, but is feasible for universities and perhaps clubs. I think that the author's upfront and very forward comments about the cost is a nice touch. Also, his experiences with contacting launch providers are important. It may be possible to modify the satellite concept in this book to produce a more cost effective experiment using weather balloons as a vehicle to the upper atmosphere.I can't wait to see the author expand on the topics of programming, launch, and sensor design. This book was worth the money spent.
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Kauai police reported a 55-year-old county worker of Kalaheo died Thursday morning and two others were injured in a crash involving a semi-truck near Eleele.
Police said the men were believed to be repairing a tire of a parked trailer on the road shoulder of Kaumualii Highway when a semi-truck heading west on the highway struck the trailer at 9:30 a.m.
The truck driver attempted to stop abruptly due to traffic when the truck veered off the roadway and struck the trailer, injuring the three men, police said.
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Earlier today, B.C.'s young Finance Minister and Deputy Premier, Kevin Falcon, resigned both positions effective immediately. In recent weeks, many MLAs have announed their resignations. The fact is that Christy Clark's leadership style and lack of clarity has made her irrelevant and incompetent at best.
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After "messy" weather to start the weekend tomorrow, most of the country will enjoy a fine Sunday as the outlook for skiers and snowboarders continues to improve.
MetService duty forester Mariken van Laanen said a trough was due to move over the country tomorrow, bringing some rain to western regions.
Weather tomorrow was looking "pretty messy" with showers and cloud forecast for most of the country, Ms van Laanen said.
"There's already gales in coastal Southland and Otago at the moment and then tomorrow morning we've got westerly gales developing about the Tararua District, Hawkes Bay south and Napier."
Snow was also forecast down to 700m in Southland, while Queenstown could be in line for sleety showers, Ms van Laanen said.
But the outlook was better for Sunday.
"Sunday's actually looking really good, we've got a weak ridge over the country and just a few showers over Northland."
Aucklanders could look forward to cloudy periods with occasional showers tomorrow, which were expected to clear by Sunday, she said.
Mt Ruapehu spokeswoman Annah Dowsett said skiers and snowboarders enjoyed a "gorgeous day" on the mountain today.
Turoa ski field officially opened yesterday with 85cm of snowfall, and Whakapapa ski field will open tomorrow, after 80cm of snow yesterday.
"We had the Park Lane chairlift open for skiing which is great. It was blue sky, it was a bit chilly this morning but it warmed up this afternoon and it was a stunning looking day."
Between 400 and 500 keen skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes today, she said.
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"The problem that we have obviously is that we have to cover volcanic rock and quite large rocks, whereas in the South Island they're just covering tussock."
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* Auckland: Cloudy periods with a few showers. Westerly easing. High of 17C.
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* Hamilton: Occasional showers, set to clear by night. Fresh westerly winds easing. High of 16C.
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Andrew Marr was today said to be conscious and able to speak as hopes rose that he was recovering from a stroke.
The 53-year-old presenter, who was rushed from his home to hospital on Tuesday, was today inundated with good wishes - with friend and neighbour Sir Trevor McDonald describing him as "the best of the best".
The ITN newscaster, 73, a neighbour of Mr Marr's in East Sheen, told the Standard: "He is simply a wonderful and accomplished man and we all wish him well.
"He is a fantastic journalist and simply the best of us what more can I say. Let us all hope that he recovers. He is such a great man and this is a shock to us all. I know the family well and we are all thinking of them."
Wellwishers today posted hundreds of messages on Twitter and Facebook in support of the 53-year-old presenter of The Andrew Marr Show on BBC1 and Start The Week on Radio 4.
The BBC said last night that doctors said he was "responding to treatment". There was no official update on his condition this morning amid fears that the days immediately after an attack are crucial for stroke patients. However friends reportedly said he was conscious and able to speak.
Radio 2 presenter and former political reporter Jeremy Vine tweeted: "Thinking of my friend Andrew Marr and hoping he gets better soon." Times columnist David Aaronovitch said: "I am so sorry to hear about Andrew Marr, who I've known for over 20 years. Many, many people are hoping that he makes a complete recovery."
Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna wrote: "Wishing, Andrew Marr, one of the giants of the BBC, a speedy recovery!" Radio 5 Live presenter Richard Bacon tweeted: "I love Andrew Marr".
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BBC acting director-general Tim Davie said: "I am very sorry to hear the news about Andrew. I wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back at the BBC soon."
Mr Marr, who is married to journalist Jackie Ashley and has three children, was the BBC's political editor between 2000-2005. He is a fitness enthusiast and is often seen jogging in Richmond Park.
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The Chiefland City Commission meets on Monday, Feb. 8, in City Hall on East Park Avenue.
The Commission meets at 5:45 for the annual evaluation of the fire chief, then in regular session at 6 p.m. and following the regular meeting, the city commission — sitting as the planning board, will meet.
The Florida Highway Patrol is notifying residents of Levy County that a planned Prescribed Forest Burn will begin Wednesday, Feb. 9 and continue through Friday, Feb. 12.
Due to this burn several roadways near Goethe State Forest will be closed. The following roadways are expected to be closed beginning Tuesday morning: State Road 121, Levy County Road 337 and Levy County Road 326.
By Tony Young
Some of my huntin' buddies and I really live for being out in a wet patch of woods in the middle of a cool night and hearing the not-so-distant sounds of our coon hounds when they open up on a hot trail.
There's just something about those hounds' voices that sounds both pleasing and eerie at the same time.
We like to brag about whose dog actually struck the trail first and whose got to the right tree first.
The Fanning Springs Chamber of Commerce donated 100 percent of the proceeds of the duck race and then some to the Fanning Springs Fire Department.
The popular duck race event was one of the highlights of the Festival of Lights held this past Dec. 5. Chamber members sold every duck they had, around 1,850, and made about $1750. They rounded up and gave the fire department $2,000.
It was a regular day for county employees, what some even called a slow day, but a day unlikely to be forgotten by the people whose calls for assistance were answered.
Three Fanning Springs council members who were charged with violating the sunshine law have pleaded no contest.
Charges against Barbara Locke, Jane Nogaki and Ron Queen were filed with the Levy County Clerk's Office on Jan. 26. The arraignment date was changed from Feb. 16 to Tuesday, Feb. 2.
On April 19, 2015, the thousands of nests on Seahorse Key were occupied and the sounds of birds filled the air. Those feeding their broods brought in fish, some of which drooped from nests to be devoured by the cottonmouths that live below.
"They are very sloppy and they are a food source, a very large source of food for the cottonmouth which eats marine fish," said Coleman M. Sheehy III, a researcher on the island since 2001. "The important thing is they eat the fish, not the birds."
On April 21 Seahorse Key was quiet. No birds.
Students at Chiefland Elementary School concluded their celebration of literacy week with a parade of literary characters and vocabulary words.
Throughout the day on Friday, Jan. 29, grade levels kindergarten through second grade students, who dressed up as their favorite literary character, paraded their outfits around the track or courts at the physical education area. Grade levels third through fifth made posters and dressed up to illustrate a vocabulary word. Each class participated in their grade level's parade during their recess time.
Manatees are found in many of Florida's waterways and can be difficult to see, especially when you travel in a boat on the water.
You may see a swirl on the surface caused by the manatee when it dives; see an animal's back, snout, tail, or flipper break the surface of the water; or you may only hear the manatee when it surfaces to breathe (as shown here). In all of these instances, keeping your distance and passive observation are the best ways to view manatees.
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The task force charged with finding a relief plan for Interstate 75 heard plenty of information Monday, but several members are antsy for details.
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BEIJING, July 7 -- The National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) was the mainland¡¯s only observation station involved in NASA¡¯s Deep Impact program which successfully collided a space probe into the comet Tempel 1 on July 4.
¡°We are always deeply affected when we see foreign scientists doing the most sophisticated space projects,¡± said senior NAOC researcher Zhou Xu, adding that at the moment ¡°we can only contribute a small part of investigations for international projects.¡±
Zhou said enthusiasm and support from the general public helped American scientists make progress in new areas. He said scientists there explain to people ¡°why they want to do research and what kind of benefit the public get from it. If they cannot get public support, they don't get funding.¡±
He compared this with the situation in China, where he said researchers only need the approval of authorities to receive funds and where short-term gains can outweigh long-term benefits.
According to Zhou, US scientists can take a comparatively long time, maybe five to ten years, to complete a big research project.
Pang Zhihao, a researcher with China Space Technology Institute, said the US is spending more efficiently on research that has clearer gains for people; the Deep Impact program was budgeted to spend US$300 million, less than previous projects.
The US hopes to lower the risk of failure and link scientific research with public perceptions of benefit, said Pang. In order to garner support for Deep Impact, scientists highlighted the protection of the earth, and involved 620,000 people in getting signatures onto a CD carried by the probe.
Pan Houren, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences¡¯ Center for Space Science and Applied Research, said each big research project in the US is coupled with a special fund to promote scientific knowledge to the public.
"Many important scientific experiments have been broadcast live, not only showing technical capability, but also increasing people¡¯s enthusiasm for and confidence in science,¡± said Pan.
¡°In China, the public usually has no idea what our scientists are doing, and limited funding for the promotion of science weakens people¡¯s enthusiasm for research, especially for teens,¡± he added.
Zhou said the Deep Impact program advanced and promoted a number of fields, including space exploration and national defense, proving an ability to attack a target in space.
Pan said the results from different research programs should benefit each other. ¡°Chinese rocket technology is more advanced than satellite technology, which in turn is more advanced than everyday applications.¡±
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New York Burlesque Festival: The Saturday Spectacular
Tonight's scintillating session of the big burly-Q bash—hosted by "the hardest-working middle-aged man in show business," Murray Hill—is indeed spectacular, with performances coming from the luscious likes of festival cofounder Angie Pontani, Gal Friday, the U.K.'s Kitty Kitty Bang Bang, Amsterdam's Xarah von den Vielenregen, Mr. Gorgeous, Amber Ray, Trixie Little, Tigger! and Jo "Boobs" Weldon. (And that's not the half of it, or even the quarter of it!) Brian Newman and his quintet provide the tunes. Afterward, everyone heads next door to Lucille's for a dance party, with DJ Momotaro on the wheels of steel.
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CHANNEL Seven had the most watched show on Melbourne TV last week - the series return of Dancing with the Stars - but had to settle for third spot in the week's overall ratings. It was the second consecutive week in which
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Channel Nine won last week with 26.7 per cent of night-time viewers, three points down from its winning score of 29.7 per cent the previous week due to Channel Ten having the two AFL semi-finals on Friday and Saturday nights and SBS poaching viewers on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights with its telecasts of the Ashes.
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The Next Generation of Ratner's Comes to Brooklyn
When he opens Peck's Specialty Foods in Brooklyn this fall, Theo Peck will be continuing a family tradition that started over 100 years ago.
Peck's great grandfather was the founder of Ratner's, the Lower East Side dairy restaurant (and kosher institution), which opened in 1905 and closed its doors in 2004.
"I grew up at Ratner's," says Peck. "I distinctly remember going there after school on Fridays, and eating pierogies and potato pancakes in the bar room off the side of the restaurant. My relatives — who all worked there — would sit around drinking whiskey, smoking cigarettes and talking about their friends and family members' upcoming surgeries."
In 1996, Peck returned to the family business, opening The Lansky Lounge, a speakeasy-style bar attached to Ratner's. ("We were the only nightclub in New York City that was closed on Friday nights," he says.)
After leaving the lounge, Peck went to culinary school. He planned to open his own restaurant in 2008, but his funds were lost in the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme.
Now, he's getting back into the game with Peck's Specialty Foods in Clinton Hill, the Brooklyn neighborhood in which he lives.
The 850-square-foot shop, set to open in mid-September, will feature a deli counter and an outdoor space (open seasonally) complete with picnic tables. The store will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Take-away offerings will include homemade baked goods, sandwiches (such as housemade gravlax and tongue), soups, rotisserie chicken and Peck's specialty sausages, pates and terrines.
Though Ratner's was kosher during its later years, Peck's will not be. "There will definitely be treyf," he says, pointing to pork sausages and pates in particular. Instead of chopped liver, he'll serve chicken liver terrine.
But Peck will try and emulate some of the classic, Ashkenazi-style dishes for which Ratner's was known. "I'm going to have homemade matzo ball soup and borscht every day. I'll also play around with kasha varnishkes, but with a gravy that's a lot lighter and more mushroom-y," he says.
Devotees of Ratner's will remember their famous onion roll bread basket. "I remember quite a few older women who'd stuff those rolls into their purses as soon as the waiter walked away," Peck says. Unfortunately, he won't have the kitchen capability to make bread the same way they did at Ratner's.
But for Peck, inspiration comes more from the sense of community that thrived at Ratner's, rather than the food. "I'm not going to try and do Ratner's. But I am looking to make a place that brings people together the way Ratner's did," he says.
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text: Mia Marie Mera was granted her angel wings on Saturday, June 28, 2014. As she peacefully passed, Mia was surrounded by the warmth of her family's love. Mia is survived by her loving parents, Jordain and Denise Mera; maternal grandparents, Eulalio 'Chichy' and Evelyn Carbajal; paternal grandparents, Francisco and Tania Mera; paternal great-grandmother, Nereida Hernandez; her Taty, Alexis Condos and many uncles, aunts and cousins. A memorial mass will be held at the Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea, 1010 Windsor Lane, Key West on Saturday, July 5th at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to the Children's Tumor Foundation, c/o Mia Marie Mera, NF Hero. (http://ctf.kintera.org/pages/jdmera)


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About that excuse for not meeting with Cindy Sheehan...
George Bush has claimed repeatedly that he doesn't need to meet with Cindy Sheehan because he has already met with her, and it's a line that his supporters repeat frequently as well. Just one little itty bitty problem. Today, trying to counter Sheehan's influence while in Idaho, Bush met with Dawn Rowe (as seen and interviewed on CNN; doesn't appear to be online at the moment). Rowe's husband was killed in Iraq, and this was the second time Bush has met with her. Want to meet with George Bush? All you have to do is to agree with him. Anyone else? Go stand in the street. Or a ditch. Preferably a long way away.
Bush's meeting with Rowe occured in private; in public, he was promoting Tammy Pruett, who has had five sons and a husband serving in Iraq (fortunately for her and them, and unfortunately for Bush's attempted comparison with Sheehan, all of them are alive). Bush, in one of those precious lack of self-awareness moments, intoned, "America lives in freedom because of families like the Pruetts." Well, leaving aside the obvious fact that serving in Iraq doesn't have the slightest thing to do with our living in freedom, what can one say but, "Definitely not because of families like yours, George. Had that little talk with Barbara and Jenna yet?"
Update: Interestingly enough, I have this on tape from this afternoon when it was broadcast on CNN, but I can find absolutely no mention of this meeting in writing, either on the CNN website or elsewhere. I didn't imagine her though; here's an article about her husband's death in which we learn that Dawn thinks his death was "meant to be."
Second update: An Idaho paper is now the one and only place I can find a written record of Rowe's meeting with Bush. And in a second article from that paper, we learn why Rowe made the trip from California to meet with Bush - it's because she was mad that her sister-in-law (the dead Marine's sister) had attended a peace vigil protesting the war! Here's more about Diana Rowe Pauls and the Cindy Sheehan connection:
"Rowe Pauls said she 'held her tongue' for almost a year until she saw Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq last year, camping out near Bush's home in Crawford, Texas.
"'When I saw Cindy Sheehan and the Gold Star Families for Peace and veterans from Iraq, veterans from Vietnam and current active military all beginning to speak out publicly with the same questions and concerns that I had, I wanted to start asking those questions publicly as well,' Rowe-Pauls said.
"To make some peace with her mother, Rowe Pauls said she's agreed to not use her brother's name in future protests of the war."
There's an important lesson to be learned here - there are a lot more people opposed to the war than the number who are willing to protest, but every time you (or I) protest, that helps to make those people realize that they are not alone, and in turn helps to inspire more protest. That's what it's all about, folks.
Incidentally, when members of Cindy Sheehan's family announced their opposition to Sheehan's stance, the media made a big deal of it and gave them lots of coverage. Do you suppose they'll be giving the same coverage to Diana Rowe Pauls? I doubt it.
Further update: If you can stand it, listen to the clips of Bush speaking in Idaho on this morning's Democracy Now!. Bush is just his usual blustering self, but listening to the audience applauding and hooting and hollering in response to Bush's call for killing the "terrorists" and "confront emerging threats before they full materialize" (i.e., endless war against the world), just two words came to mind: blood lust. Truly scary.
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"There are few things in life more difficult than seeing a loved one go off to war. And here in Idaho, a mom named Tammy Pruett. I think she's here - knows that feeling six times over"
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TRACY, Calif. (AP) Authorities roped off a mobile home park where an 8-year-old northern California girl was last seen, searching for clues to her death after her body was found a few miles away inside a suitcase left in an irrigation pond.
Police would not comment on the investigation into the death of Sandra Cantu, who was found Monday after a 10-day search, but they had previously searched several homes and towed several cars from the mobile home park where she lived.
Authorities planned an autopsy on the body to determine the cause of death.
"Our heartfelt sympathies go to Sandra's family and friends," said Tracy Police Chief Janet Thiessen. "We will determine the person or persons responsible for this reprehensible act, and we will bring them to justice."
Thiessen said Sandra was found wearing the same clothes as when she was last seen on March 27: a pink "Hello Kitty" T-shirt and black leggings.
Sandra's disappearance sparked a massive search effort that included hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement officials, including the FBI, and more than 1,000 tips.
Pictures of the girl with dark brown eyes and light brown hair were posted all over town, on business fronts, car windows and fire hydrants in this city of 78,000 about 60 miles east of San Francisco.
During the search, police had characterized Sandra as a missing person but would not say whether they believed she was abducted. Investigators had refused to comment on what prompted the searches at the mobile home park or what they had found. No suspects have been identified.
Investigators said they spoke last week to the girl's father, Daniel Cantu, who lives in Mexico and works in southern California. Authorities would not give any details of the discussion, but the father told the Tracy Press newspaper he had not seen his daughter for a year.
Police said the suitcase was discovered by farmworkers who were draining the irrigation pond to water fields.
Before the evening's announcement, investigators cordoned off the area surrounding the pond for hours and combed it for clues, as television trucks and reporters gathered in the flat farmland nearby.
The suitcase was removed from the pond later in the afternoon and taken to the coroner's office, where it was opened and the little girl's body was positively identified.
More than 100 mourners — some holding candles, others wiping away tears — gathered outside the mobile home park Monday night, as police blocked the entrance.
"I am still in shock," said Brandy Robles, 27, who held her 2-year-old son. "You see this in the movies. I never thought it would be real life — real to me."
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I uploaded the ISP example sketch first, worked fine. After trying to upload 'blink' thought I got these errors:
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I've triple checked my connections and poked around online for about three hours last night to no avail .. One common theory seems to be that the Attinys bootloader is fried/not the correct one. I'm stumped.
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By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
No news proves to be bad news.
Baseball writers have their own lockout going, and there doesn't appear to be an end in sight.
Instead, it looks like this lockout will be refreshed every year about this time, when the writers fill out their Hall of Fame ballots and decide just which legendary players get in and which ones are left out.
Where once they really only looked at numbers, now they must judge the intentions of players, their body shape and whether they believe that player cheated a system that has always made cheating a part of the game.
Wednesday, when this year's much-anticipated vote became official, not one player was elected into the Hall.
Baseball's writers pitched a shutout in the first major vote of the performance-enhancing drug era.
Barry Bonds, the best player of his generation and his record seven MVP awards, was not voted in.
Roger Clemens, the greatest pitcher of his time and his record seven Cy Young awards, was not voted in.
They were joined by Sammy Sosa as men whose numbers proved them worthy but their history with PEDs and rumors of such use left them off too many ballots. Mark McGwire has already suffered this fate.
All may one day get in, but there are no guarantees for anybody in this era of tainted numbers.
This even hurts players who are only rumored to have such demons in their background or are judge guilty by timing of when they played.
Mike Piazza didn't get in Wednesday and there is no proof he ever took anything, just those whispers.
Every player who amasses big numbers is called into question because of an era that saw PEDs used at an alarming rate.
This was nothing new to baseball, though. Back in 1988, stories first began about the Oakland Athletics and Jose Canseco being users. Canseco was forced to defend himself only later to admit to the use in a book that broke open the facts of steroid use.
Clearly, steroids have taken over baseball once again.
I understand that writers want to keep the game and the Hall as clean as possible, but they don't always seem to have the best interest of baseball in mind.
Many of the folks who voted against Bonds, Clemens and others Wednesday are the very same who turned their backs on the PED debacle when it was taking place.
There wasn't a locker room in the world where you could not find a suspicious bottle of something just sitting around during the decade that followed the strike of 1994. It was baseball's dirty little secret.
Yet the great protectors of the game today are the very same enablers of the PED era back then. They didn't confront the issue when it was taking place.
And shame on the baseball establishment too for also turning its back on players and their PED use. In fact, they endorsed such actions with their wallets. The game itself is as much to blame for this mess as anyone one person or any group.
As the numbers in the game exploded, so did players' bank accounts and so did the number of people watching. Owners paid off the steroid era with their cash and their silence.
Everybody got caught up in the summer of 1998 when Sosa and McGwire chased down Roger Maris' home run record. Their battle was filled with good stories written by the same folks who now take shots at the men.
Sosa and McGwire may have saved baseball back then, but now they are considered demons in a world filled with less-than-moral characters.
The Hall of Fame has never been about the best people in the game, but rather the best players. Cooperstown is filled with shaky folks who won at all costs.
And the game of baseball has always had performance-enhancing drugs of some type used. Pain killers are a form of PEDs, so is a cortisone shot.
Then there were the '70s when players used uppers and other pep pills to get their energy going before games. That practice goes back to the days of Mickey Mantle and other greats.
Yet nobody worries about those players and their legacies.
There seems to be a simple way to fix this: players should be voted into the Hall based on their numbers and contributions to the game. It's that simple.
Then, if you want, let's make sure all know that they played during a time when steroids and PED use was at a high level. That way nobody is playing judge and jury, and in the end history will decide.
None of this will change in the future, either. Players are still today finding ways to beat the system. Better drugs, better ways to hid test results are always being found.
That will never change.
Either way, Wednesday proved to be a sad day for baseball.
It was supposed to be one of joy, when baseball celebrated its greatness. Instead, we get finger-pointing and second-guessing.
Baseball just never seems to be able to get out of its own way.
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hey guys,
shaw-han from the sound shapes development team here.
this one is for the musicians, beat-makers, and aspiring sound shapes producers out there. we'll be continuing to add more sounds and loops to sound shapes, and we'd love to know if there are any sounds/instruments/genres that you would like to see included. what sounds are missing from your tool box right now? what instruments would inspire you to create your next hot jam?
feel free to leave your suggestions in this thread, or tweet at me (@robotandproud). post a link to a song you really like as an example.
i'll keep an eye on this thread as we continue development.
as a side note - every time i go into the community and see what you guys have made, it blows my brain right out of my ear holes. coming from the musical side, there are so many amazing beats and compositions that you guys have come up with. thanks for making so much great stuff!
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Jazz: Saxophone (Alto & tenor), Trumpet (w/ and w/o mute), Trombone, Drum, Jazz Flute, Etc.


text: Below is a cross post from: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/184680/memory-leak-gallore.html At our company we have several projects relying heavily on Unity. We used all the tricks out there (http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/129364/memory-management-tips.html), but somehow when we close our webplayer, one title still has 150 MB and another has 200 MB of unreleased memory (both in Firefox and Chrome). What is worse, is that when you start a new game, without killing the previous plugin container, it simply adds to this memory residue, so it's not a question of caching. The editor too, appears to have this problem. Now, of course, you can accuse us of bad programming. Sure. We're the worst programmers ever. However, it cannot be that the virtual machine does not release the memory claimed by our games, anno 2011. So my question is twofold: * Do other developers recognize any of this? * When is Unity3D going to upgrade its version of Mono? (and don't say it's too ingrained in Unity, that's what design patterns are for) "Too many heap sections" ---> http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Nov-09.html Sorry for the tone, but something needs to be done, since 3.5, at the moment, doesn't hint at any improvement in this area. ps: Starting the game again and closing it adds 150 or 200 mb respectively, so the residue increases 150, 300, 450 etc. And remember that users have more than 1 tab open, so machines start swapping rather fast. pps: Another thing we've looked at http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/153050/memory-management-and-list.html


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James Franco gets attention for being a holder of superfluous college degrees and an infamously bizarre Instagram account, but he is also one of Hollywood's busiest actors. That would be an impressive feat in itself even if he wasn't balancing all that film work alongside his teaching jobs and role in the Broadway adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novella Of Mice and Men.
His most recent film release was Palo Alto, an adaptation of his own collection of short stories directed by Gia Coppola — Francis Ford's granddaughter and Sofia's niece. Palo Alto is a collection about coming of age in Northern California. Emma Roberts plays a virginal high school student who engages in an appropriately flirtatious relationship with her much older soccer coach Mr. B, played by Franco.
Franco also stars in the upcoming thriller Good People, co-starring Kate Hudson. The actors play a married couple that discovers a large amount of cash hidden in their apartment and make the decision to try and hang on to the money.
A big film coming up from the actor is Werner Herzog's anticipated Queen of the Desert, staring Nicole Kidman as the British explorer Gertrude Bell, a woman who has been described as the female Lawrence of Arabia and who played a key role in developing Britain's trade relations with the Middle East. Franco will play British army officer and politician Henry Cadogan.


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Hey, no sense wasting it, right? It's not like the guy is coming back to drink it. On the bright side, the guy got fresh air.
Russian Train Passengers Finish Beer Of Man Who Fell Off While Trying To Get Fresh Air
MOSCOW, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Passengers of a Russian train finished the beer of man who fell off while trying to get fresh air during a trip from Moscow to the town of Petushki.
The train took a hard turn while he had a car door open and the unnamed man tumbled off.
He left some luggage, including some tools, and a beer behind. The man's belongings just sat there for a while before a male passenger reportedly picked them up and finished the beer, the Moskovsky Komsomolets reported.
He did keep the beer for himself, but the man plans on giving the tools away.
"I'm not giving it to the driver, he'll just keep it to himself. I'm not like that, I'm giving to my friends at a car repair," the beer-drinking thief reportedly said.
The Moscow Times reported that the event occurred on the "alcoholic train."
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Counting on wetlands restoration projects to protect storm buffeted infrastructure along the Louisiana Coast is likely to be a "losing battle" that provides "false hope" and prevents endangered communities from clearly planning for their future, says a researcher from Western Carolina University (WCU).
As hurricanes have pounded the Gulf of Mexico this fall, the media has been filled with the words of politicians, policy makers, NGOs and local communities touting the importance of ongoing wetlands restoration projects as long-term storm protection for coastal communities and infrastructure. Unfortunately, there's little science to support this growing belief.
"I think that's a potentially dangerous message" said Robert Young, director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at WCU. "While I think that wetland restoration is a worthy goal, there's almost no scientific evidence that suggests that we will be able to put the wetlands back on the scale and nature needed to reduce storm impacts."
Young is scheduled to present recommendations from a recent white paper, co-authored by 26 leading coastal scientists and engineers, on Tuesday, 7 October, at the 2008 Joint Meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, this week in Houston, Texas, USA.*
As a hurricane moves toward land, onshore winds push water in front of the storm and cause water levels to rise as the storm makes landfall. This storm surge can range from several to 30-plus feet and, along with the waves that accompany the storm, inflict the greatest damage to infrastructure, Young said.
Wetlands can dampen the effect of storm surge, the problem is that scientists don't fully understand the impact that adding wetlands might have. "In order to predict the impact of wetlands on storm surge, you need to have good storm surge data to understand what happened in the past. But we simply don't have that data," Young said. "It's one of the gaping holes that we have in understanding what's going on at the coast."
The problem is that storm surge is hard to measure. "You can't just go out there and stand with a stick and measure a 30-foot storm surge." There's also a tremendous amount of variability in storm surge height along the shore, variability that isn't reflected in current storm impact models.
Scientists can measure storm meteorology – wind speeds and directions, rainfall and such – but until they can measure the ground effects of storm surge, including how far inland the waves are penetrating, "we'll never be able to say much of anything about storm impact, and we certainly won't be able to calibrate, verify and check the veracity of the models being used."
As a result, the models are flying blind, Young said. Add to this the fact that land loss is happening at such a rate in the Gulf, due to subsidence of the Delta and exacerbated by rising sea levels, that Young fears that the billion-dollar restoration programs planned for the region will do little to maintain the status quo, let alone repair previous damage.
"I'm afraid that over the long term this is a losing battle," Young said. "If the government of the State of Louisiana wants to do its citizens the best service, it needs to begin to understand how it will relocate some of these communities."
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