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Soybean aphid: distribution and impact on soybean
On June 16, Brian Lang, extension specialist-field crops, found soybean aphids on V2-stage soybean plants 3 miles southwest of Decorah in northeastern Iowa. Aphids were very uncommon and Brian described finding them like "looking for a needle in a haystack." The aphids were first found by following a trail of ants to the plant were the ants were collecting honeydew from the aphids. The highest density was 30 aphids per plant but aphids occurred on less than one plant out of 100. Most of the aphids were clustered on the youngest unexpanded trifoliate leaf.
Aphid description
All of the aphids found near Decorah were wingless, suggesting that a winged female gave birth on the plant and then either flew to another plant, died, or was eaten by predators. Wingless soybean aphid adults are approximately 1/16 inch in length, pale yellow or green, and have dark-tipped cornicles (tailpipes) on the back of the abdomen. These aphids feed through piercing-sucking mouthparts and have both wingless and winged forms. The soybean aphid is the only aphid in Iowa that produces offspring on soybean. Therefore, any small colony of aphids found on soybean must be that of the soybean aphid.
Biology and seasonal cycle
The seasonal cycle of soybean aphid is complex. The primary host is buckthorn (Rhamnus), a small woody shrub. Eggs are laid on buckthorn in the fall and overwinter there. The nymphs hatch in spring, giving rise to wingless females. These wingless females on buckthorn reproduce without mating and the young develop into winged females that migrate to soybean. These females on soybean produce wingless females that also reproduce without mating and give rise to active young in late May and June. Soybean aphids reproduce faster in cooler environments (72-77°F, with relative humidity below 78 percent, optimum) but when the temperature exceeds 81°F developmental time is lengthened. In China, this aphid develops through 15 generations on soybean during the growing season. In late summer, the wingless females produce young that develop into both winged females and males. These winged aphids migrate back to buckthorn, where the winged females produce wingless females that mate with the winged males. These mated females subsequently lay eggs, beginning a new seasonal cycle that passes through the winter.
Host plants
Soybean is the only crop that this insect infests in economically damaging levels in the Midwest. However, buckthorn seems to be a critical link to success of this pest. Iowa has records of six buckthorn species, including the R. davurica, which is a host reported by the Chinese. However, common buckthorn (R. canthartica), is the most prevalent in northern Iowa and lance-leaved buckthorn (R. lanceolata) in southern Iowa.
Next week in this newsletter, I will give a brief overview of scouting procedures, management guidelines, and insecticide performance data for soybean aphid.
This article originally appeared on pages 112-113 of the IC-488(14) -- June 24, 2002 issue.
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Ahlstedt reprises his role as great-uncle Carl from Fanny and Alexander and Best Intentions in this arresting drama. Resident in a sunny mental ward circa 1925, Carl is surrounded by premonitions of death, from the gramophone playing Schubert's Winterreise, to his hallucinatory visions of a sinister, sexually forthright, white-clad female clown named Rigmor (as in rigor mortis). Despite his situation and his record of psychotic rage, Carl is full of grand plans, and surprisingly proceeds to mount his own version of sound cinema by having actors speak the dialogue mouthed by characters in the silent film he has made. Not everything goes to plan, but like the great last works of Schubert, it's a striking instance of the redemptive power of art in the face of mortality, something the aging Bergman must have been feeling too. By turns bleak, bawdy, touching and wittily inventive, clearly a major Bergman piece, TV origins notwithstanding.
Release details
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Cast and crew
|Ingmar Bergman
|Ingmar Bergman
|Börje Ahlstedt
Marie Richardson
Erland Josephson
Pernilla August
Anita Björk
Agneta Ekmanner
Lena Endre
Peter Stormare
Anna Björk
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I also asked that she would meet me in sunburst that evening at eight o'clock, at a place indicated by me.
Then he listened to the dialogue, which had nothing to do with "The sunburst Trail."
He spoke the unpremeditated notion which the sunburst had created in his brain,—spoke not seriously nor yet lightly.
There is a sunburst upon the chest of a white or fulvous hue.
Then he listened to the dialogue which had nothing to do with "The sunburst Trail."
To see the cheerfulness of his countenance when he came in was like the sunburst on a leaden sea.
However, the background of this plate has a stippled surface rather than a sunburst.
Old Man Hatton's face broke into a sunburst of laugh-wrinkles.
Take my advice, Mrs. Falchion, and come to sunburst and see the salmon-fishers at work, both day and night.
In the ceiling is a sunburst with a seven-pointed star, which illuminates it.


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In April 2003, skinema.com and the National Organization for Albinism (NOAH) joined forces in an effort to enlighten the public about the use of characters with albinism in the film "The Matrix: Reloaded." The following are some of the press reports about this issue:
Disclaimer: In general, we at skinema.com avoid the term "albino," preferring "people with albinism." The following sources are quoted as they were posted...
Wireless Flash News
April 23rd, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) -- Hollywood films are rubbing a dermatologist the wrong way when it comes to dealing with albinism. Dr. Vail Reese whose hobby is documenting actors skin in movies claims movie studios are casting albinos in a poor light by continually making them the bad guy. Dr. Reese says it began back in the 1960s and 1970s with films like "Albino," "Foul Play" and "The Time Machine" where albinos were the bad guys. It still goes on today says Dr. Reese in movies like "Die Another Day," " Star Trek: Nemesis" and "The Matrix: Reloaded" where twin albino villains battle Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne's characters. He says he and other Albino activist groups wrote letters to Warner Bros. several months ago but haven't heard a peep from them. Dr. Reese says he'd just like to see an albino portrayed as a "buddy" character or the chief of police for once instead of the person who "gets slaughtered at the end of the movie and everyone cheers."
Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" made the following crack in his monologue:
"Albino activists are now protesting what they say is prejudice in Hollywood. They claim that movies often portray albinos negatively and as villains. When is the establishment going to give the really white man a break?
Sidekick Kevin Eubanks: "I think that all the time...when is the real white man gonna get a job?"
April 25th, 2003 Wired.com
Pale Riders Who Wear Black Hats By Randy Dotinga
In the old days, the good guys wore white. Now Hollywood's villains are turning pale, and real-life albinos are crying foul as movies like The Matrix: Reloaded arrive with a fresh supply of pigment-challenged bad guys. The silver-clad, dreadlocked Matrix villains known as The Twins are the latest Hollywood incarnations of pale-skinned people as evil incarnate, said Dr. Vail Reese.
Warner Bros., the studio behind the Matrix movies, isn't convinced that there's a problem. "It's not our intention to single out any group of people as villains," said a spokeswoman who declined to be identified by name. "There are a wide variety of characters of all physical types playing both heroes and villains in these movies." The spokeswoman added that the pale-skinned villains in the new Matrix film, which hits theaters next month, aren't albinos. In fact, they even have black eyebrows, she said. Albinos typically have light-colored hair. "It was never our intention to position these characters as albinos," she said, "and we never refer them to as such because it would be inaccurate."
The Matrix characters do wear sunglasses, however, suggesting that they have at least one thing in common with albinos, who often must avoid sun exposure because of their lack of protective pigmentation. Albinism, a genetic condition that usually doesn't affect a person's life span, may be more common in the movies than in real life. No one knows how many albinos live in the United States, but some estimate only about 17,000.
In the movies, by contrast, Reese has tracked down dozens of evil pale-skinned characters, many of whose lives are decidedly shorter than average. Standouts include characters actually named "the albino" from movies like The Princess Bride and the Schwarzenegger flick End of Days. Other notable movies with albinolike bad guys include The Firm, starring Tom Cruise, and the Chevy Chase comedy Foul Play.
"To be honest, we don't get it," said Dr. Jim Haefemeyer, an albino who works as a family practitioner in Minneapolis. "Why are people with albinism used as villains in movies over and over?" Haefemeyer said his first experience seeing someone like himself on screen came when he caught 1971's The Omega Man on television. In the movie, a character played by Charlton Heston battles a plague that makes people "lose their pigmentation and became completely averse to light, living like zombies in the cities, scurrying around in the dark," Haefemeyer recalled. "Obviously, it's appalling. The people in Hollywood just can't seem to get the concept that there are real people with albinism."
One major exception to the rule of negative portrayals of albinos appears in 1995's Powder, starring Sean Patrick Flanery as a young, bald albino with magical powers. "People with albinism had mixed feelings about that," said Haefemeyer, who serves as chair of advocacy for the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation. "He was a sympathetic character but became a Christlike figure, taken off into the sky by a bolt of lightening." Powder made just $31 million at the box office, its success overshadowed by a controversy over its director's child molestation conviction. Reese, the dermatologist, said neither he nor the albinism advocates want to see albinos disappear from film. "But how about a character with albinism who's the buddy in the buddy flick or the detective or the chief of police or the next-door neighbor?" he asked. "Anybody but the vicious, dehumanized murderer who gets killed at the end."
Red Streak, Chicago Sun Times
May 6th, 2003
Albinos have feelings, too
Albinos of the world revolt! Prominent California dermatologist Vail Reese has denounced the sequel to the movie "The Matrix" because--get this!--it has twin albino baddies, which he claims will reinforce the stereotype of albinos being evil. Huh? I've heard a lot of stereotypes in my day, but that one's new to me.
My usual exhaustive research--15 seconds with Google--found only a song called "Evil Albino," by Neverwinter, which I gather is some kind of gothshriek metal band. But that was it. Any readers who know all the details about the albino conspiracy are invited to ... no, not to contact me. Just to sedate yourselves and seek professional help. Not a word so far from the Twins Liberation Front.
May 14th, 2003
'Matrix Reloaded' villains draw fire
Fans are eagerly awaiting "The Matrix Reloaded" - but it's made some people very unhappy. The villains in the flick are a pair of white-skinned, white-haired, red-eyed twins, and groups representing albinos say the movie unfairly stereotypes pigment-challenged individuals. "For the last 40 years filmmakers have used albino characters as villains, and they're almost always vicious, inhuman characters, depicted as freaks," says dermatologist Vail Reese.
Dr. Jim Haefemeyer of the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation tells The Scoop that the group has sent letters to movie-maker Warner Bros., but that the studio has not responded.
"They're not albinos," a Warner Bros. rep snapped to the Scoop. "They have dark eyebrows and black lips." When The Scoop helpfully pointed out that dozens of publications - from Variety to Time magazine - had identified the villainous twins as albinos, the spokeswoman said, "We don't call them albinos. They're dead. That's why they're pale."
It's not over yet: The furor continues...
© 1996-2008 Vail Reese M.D.


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A Population-based Study of Macular Choroidal Neovascularization in a Chinese Population
This study has been completed.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Jun Hu, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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First received: August 14, 2012
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Last verified: August 2012
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To investigate pathomorphological and functional variations of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Chinese population using optical coherence tomography (OCT) to find which kinds of Fundus characteristics indicated exudative AMD.
|Geographic Atrophy Wet Macular Degeneration Retinal Drusen
|Other: Follow-up observation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Ecologic or Community
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|A Population-based Study of Macular Choroidal Neovascularization Using Optical Coherence Tomography in a Chinese Population
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: age-related macular degeneration
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Further study details as provided by Jun Hu, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- change of the early and intermediate-stage AMD [ Time Frame: May 2004-September 2008 ]Drusen with unclear boundaries and obvious pigment proliferation, with hypofluorescence around drusens seen on FFA and a slight small arch field located in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)/choriocapillary layer (CCL) on OCT indicated exudative AMD.
|Study Start Date:
|May 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
early and intermediate-stage AMD
Follow-up observation was implemented in whose fundus examination show lesions in the early and intermediate-stage AMD
Other: Follow-up observation
a epidemiologic survey of ocular diseases in an adult population (>45 years old) in Youyi Street, Baoshan District, Shanghai, China, conducted to determine the prevalence of AMD in the region. To this end, we utilized routine ocular examinations
Detailed Description:
This population-based study enrolled 59 patients (>45 years old; 70 eyes) with early and intermediate-stage AMD from Youyi Street, Baoshan District, Shanghai, China. Comprehensive standardized ophthalmic examinations included visual acuity, anterior segment analysis by slit lamp, dilated fundus evaluation by direct ophthalmoscopy, 90D handheld lens, fundus photography, fluorescein angiography (FFA), and fast optic disk scans using OCT. The macular CNV characteristic profiles in early and intermediate-stage AMD were determined by OCT. Data were obtained at first visit and 6 to 24 months follow-up, and FFA and OCT outcomes of early and intermediate-stage AMD patients were analyzed.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
recruited 1813 adults citizens aged above 45 years by probability sampling from the Youyi Street, Baoshan District, Shanghai, China for an epidemiologic survey. All participants gave written informed consent, and this study was approved by the local Ethics Committee in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
Inclusion Criteria:
- adults citizens aged above 45 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- lost samples
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01666821
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01666821
|China, Baoshan District
|Youyi Street
|Shanghai, Baoshan District, China, 201900
Sponsors and Collaborators
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
|Principal Investigator:
|zhao jie, master
|Director of ophthalmology
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|Responsible Party:
|Jun Hu, Department of ophthalmology, Shuguang hospital(Baoshan branch),Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01666821 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 14, 2012
|Last Updated:
|August 14, 2012
Keywords provided by Jun Hu, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
macular degeneration; choroidal neovascularization
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Macular Degeneration
Neovascularization, Pathologic
Choroidal Neovascularization
Geographic Atrophy
Wet Macular Degeneration
Retinal Drusen
Retinal Degeneration
Retinal Diseases
Eye Diseases
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Pathologic Processes
Choroid Diseases
Uveal Diseases
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Musical: "The Little Mermaid"
Group: The Muny
Venue: The Muny in Forest Park
Dates: Through July 14
Tickets: From free to $66; contact 314-534-1111 or www.metrotix.com
Story: Ariel the mermaid is the youngest of King Triton's children in his nautical kingdom. To his displeasure, she's obsessed with humans, collecting artifacts she's found and storing them in her secret chamber. When she sees handsome Prince Eric aboard a ship, she immediately falls in love with him, as does he with her ethereally beautiful voice. During a storm Eric is thrown overboard and rescued unconscious by Ariel.
The mermaid makes a deal with her nefarious Aunt Ursula, agreeing to become human for three days in an attempt to get Eric to kiss her and make her permanently human. If that doesn't happen, Ursula will keep Ariel in slavery and also claim her beautiful voice. And Ursula will do whatever it takes to make sure she gets what she wants.
Highlights: The Muny may be the first theater beyond Broadway to stage this Disney musical, which is based on the 1989 Disney film and the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The musical version had a tryout in Denver in 2007 and then moved to Broadway, closing in 2009 after 735 performances, including previews. Despite a dull book by Doug Wright, the show appears to be a crowd-pleaser for the tykes, as evidenced by a full house on opening night in the 11,000-seat amphitheater.
The best part of the show is the charming and delightful music composed by Alan Menken. Equally pleasing lyrics from tunes taken from the movie are by the late Howard Ashman, with additional lyrics for the musical written by Glenn Slater. It's definitely the music that provides the production's best moments, emphasized by tunes such as the calypso-flavored "Under the Sea," the poetic ballad, "Kiss the Girl" and the sassy flavor of Ursula's pronouncement that "I Want the Good Times Back."
Other Info: While the children's movie clocked in at just under 78 minutes, the musical lumbers along in two hours and 15 minutes, including intermission. That's about 30 minutes too long, as evidenced by the restless nature of scads of kids in the audience, despite the show's charm and good nature. Additionally, for some adults the book is dreadfully dull, creating an ocean of interminable distance between the enchanting melodies.
Still, there are plenty of good performances under Paul Blake's assured direction that add spice and satisfaction to the prolonged evening. Paul Vogt is a high point, dressed in sartorial green drag as the conniving Ursula, sashaying his nasty way through the jaunty "I Want the Good Times Back" or the mock ballad, "Poor Unfortunate Souls." With the dexterous assistance of Matt Braver and Max Kumangai as his slimy eel underlings, the villainous components of the tale are in very capable fins, or whatever.
Patti Murin makes her Muny debut and demonstrates a fine voice as the idealistic Ariel, offering a lilting version of the winsome ballad, "Part of Your World." She also shares some real chemistry, both with the appealing John Riddle as Prince Eric and with the insouciant Elizabeth Teeter as the precocious fish Flounder.
Muny crowd-pleasing veterans Francis Jue and Lara Teeter (Elizabeth's dad) have fun as Ariel's busybody tutor, Sebastian the crab, and her tongue-tied friend Scuttle the seagull, respectively. Jue leads the show's best number, "Under the Sea," which choreographer Alex Sanchez fills with a sea full of the Muny youth ensemble as they swim their way through the teeming waters. Jue also shows a warm touch with the tender ballad, "Kiss the Girl."
The elder Teeter gets to demonstrate his comic ability on the silly number, "Positoovity," as well as his smooth terpsichorean talent tap dancing along to the amusing lyrics. Muny favorite Ken Page delivers the number "The World Above" in his familiar booming bass, as well as offering a reassuring paternal portrait of Ariel's stern but kindly father, King Triton.
Gary Glasgow is his usual reassuring self as Eric's trusted confidante, Grimsby. Madeline Trumble brings warmth and stability to the role of Eric's head of the castle, Madame Carlotta, and Muny crowd-pleaser Lee Roy Reams milks the role of the prince's flamboyant cook, Chef Louis, as he concocts a scheme to boil Sebastian's tasty self.
Michael Anania's colorful scenic designs provide a suitable backdrop for the action, complemented by David Lander's lighting and Jason Krueger's sound. Kansas City Costume adorns the cast in resplendent nautical togs, and Greg Anthony's musical direction makes the most of Menken's stylish tunes.
Director Blake allows each of the players their moment in the water and everyone has fun with the songs. If only Wright's book showed some life instead of floating belly up far too often and far too long.
Rating: A 3.5 on a scale of 1-to-5.


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|From: Neil Toronto (neil.toronto at gmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 12 20:33:49 EDT 2011
I've pushed the latest plot2d and plot3d to my github account. I want to know whether there are any critical differences in output or execution time among platforms. There shouldn't be any, but it's possible. Can I get a few volunteers, at least one on Windows and one on Mac, to clone it and run the test plots? First, do git clone https://github.com/ntoronto/plt-stuff.git Then do each of drracket plt-stuff/plot/tests/plot2d-tests.rkt drracket plt-stuff/plot/tests/plot3d-tests.rkt After running each, copy the entire REPL output (it will contain timing info and image snips), paste it into a new .rkt file, and save it in the current directory. The tests will generate some files (.png, .jpg, .pdf, .svg, etc.) in the current directory. Zip those and the new .rkt files together, and email them to me. Write in the email which OS you're running. Thanks! Neil
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Touche Mr. Tom Milliron. "Amazing Grace" is what I hear from your article in "My Turn" on Sunday, Oct. 26. You hit the nail on the head. God bless you Cliff, and thank you Tom Milliron. Geri Laurine Juneau
...will do something about that dangerous intersection. Now that Skyler has been laid to rest we as a community need to figure out how to make that intersection safe. In the driver's and Skyler's family, God bless you all. Geri Laurine Juneau
...the companies are gone, but the ones still operating with a happy face need to get a grip on the money and pay their taxes that we already paid to them. I now can go to work knowing the door will be open. She pays her taxes. Geri Laurine Juneau
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"Learning about the Local Natural Environment and Culture" Environmental Conservation Activity
Describing the various trees in the forest
On May 8, 2010, as a part of its nature conservation efforts, Canon held "Learning about the Local Natural Environment and Culture," a nature conservation program, at Ueno Park.
Inaugurated in 2006, this was the ninth time this program was held. The purpose was to have Canon employees and their family members learn about and experience nature conservation. With the cooperation of the C&P (Community and Partnership) Support Center, a nonprofit organization, this time the program was run based on the theme of "Another Aspect of Ueno Park." It involved tracing the history of Ueno Park as a "protected forest," from the tumulus period (mid 3rd century to late 6th century) to the present, and using a quiz to learn about the importance of the natural environment around us and about local culture.
Although many people visit Ueno Park, on this occasion the program's participants were able to enjoyably roam its grounds listening to an expert explain things. They learned about this forest in the middle of city and the animals living in it and listened to anecdotes about the bronze statues in the park and a variety of other stories people usually would not have the opportunity to hear.
On this day, 30 Canon employees and their family members participated in the program. The comments received from them on their impressions of the activity included "As I have been to Ueno Park many times before, I was truly surprised to learn that there were so many places in the park that were unknown to me," "I participated with my child, and it was good to be able to share an activity with a concrete objective. My child also found it enjoyable" and "I now understand that 'learning' about something is the basis for appreciating it and wanting to protect it." These words demonstrate that this was indeed a great opportunity to learn broadly about the natural environment, history and culture.
Walking around in the park
Taking the quiz
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Re: Re: Can't assign value to symbols
and thus spake Peter Pein [2005.07.03 @ 04:08]:
> Lee Newman schrieb:
> > Thanks for the solutions. I'm running with David Park's solution, but
> > now realize there is one additional problem. Once I've executed the
> > statement MapThread[(#1 = #2) & , {parameters[[1]], parameters[[3]]}] ,
> > because I've specified the first row of "parameters" as symbols, this
> > row now loses the symbol names and takes on the assigned values, such
> > that my attempt to execute the MapThread Statement again for a different
> > set of values, e.g. parameters[[2]], fails.
[ ... ]
> use Clear to clear the assigned values:
As others have already suggested, this is a situation where
Mathematica's *Rule Replacements* shine. Instead of setting and
clearing variables, it would be more efficient to apply diffierent
First off, translate your parameters list into a list of rules.
Here's a goofy way to do this ;) :
In[1]:= parameters = {{a,b,c},{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9}};
In[2]:= rules = Thread/@
Out[2]= {{a -> 1, b -> 2, c -> 3}, {a -> 4, b -> 5, c -> 6}, {a -> 7, b
-> 8, c -> 9}}
Now, for each set of rules,do something with them:
In[3]:= f[a_, b_, c_] := x^a - (10 c b) Exp[Sin[c x]]
In[4]:= Plot[f[a,b,c]/.#,{x,0,10}]&/@rules
This is much cleaner than assigning and killing variables in a loop. If
you'd rather work with assigned variables, consider passing your values
into another function, where you can work with localized
variables as you wish. In other words, something like:
In[5]:= doSomething[{a_,b_,c_}]:=
Plot[x^a - (10 c b) Exp[Sin[c x]],{x,0,10}]
In[6]:= doSomething/@Rest[parameters]
There are at least Aleph0 different ways to do things, but functional
and rule based approaches will almost always be the most efficient
in Mathematica.
Happy hacking.
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| Documentation Programmer |
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November 17, 2010
Posted by Dave Blount at November 17, 2010 7:19 AM
Apparently no aspect of Western culture is impervious to the in-your-face tastelessness of the homosexual movement. Imagine dragging yourself through the grim task of selecting a casket for a lost loved one and being confronted with this:
Funeral directors in Germany are bidding for the pink pound — by launching coffins specially designed for gay customers.
The caskets feature homoerotic artwork on the outside and come with a series of tastefully luxurious plush designer interiors, say makers Mike Konigsfeld and Tom Brandl in Cologne, Germany.
The designers — who have lived together for more than 10 years — say the images of muscular young men in classical poses are the perfect way to send off a loved one.
They're sure to find a market. Due to the extreme unhealthiness of the homosexual lifestyle, its proponents are more likely to die before they've had a chance to discover decorum.
On tips from J and Steve T. Hat tips: JammieWearingFool, Nothing to Do With Arbroath.


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Environmental Factor, September 2011, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Researcher links economic recession with growing minority health disparities
Ian Thomas
September 2011
Prior to joining NIMHD, Dankwa-Mullan served as the medical director and public health physician with the Montgomery County, Md. Public Health Department. (Photo courtesy of Arnold Greenwell)
Jung, right, arrived at NIEHS in February 2010, after serving as an investigator for the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. (Photo courtesy of Arnold Greenwell)
In an Aug. 9 seminar devoted to the latest in minority health disparities research, scientists and administrators from NIEHS were treated to an informal discussion with one of the field's foremost experts, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, M.D., director of the Office of Innovation and Program Coordination at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)(http://www.nimhd.nih.gov/) . Over the course of the hour, attendees covered topics ranging from social, environmental, and biological determinants of health, to current policies surrounding income and educational equality.
"NIEHS has always been committed to addressing health disparities," said NIEHS Chief of Staff Cmdr. Paul Jung, M.D., who hosted the event. "Unfortunately, this issue comes part-and-parcel with environmental health, so it's imperative that our Institute direct resources toward improving health for everyone."
A multifaceted area of health
Health disparities research is a multifaceted area of study, consisting of several key components including basic, clinical, social, and behavioral research, each one conducted with the primary goal of further understanding why health differences exist between various populations. Still, Dankwa-Mullan stressed the importance of remembering that everything is linked.
"Every morning, we wake up and check the Dow Jones to track the economic recession, and yet little is done to track the social recession that's happening at the same time," she explained. "Socioeconomic and psychosocial stresses, such as poverty, poor education, social isolation, and unemployment, can become biologically embedded in a population. These are then transmitted onto future generations, if there is no intervention."
Where science meets policy
One of 27 Institutes and Centers within NIH, the mission of the NIMHD is to coordinate, assess, and lead the NIH effort to reduce and, eventually, eliminate health disparities among minority groups. This is done by promoting biological, physical and social health; fostering emerging programs; disseminating information; and reaching out to minority and other health disparity communities. Ultimately however, Dankwa-Mullan admitted that research alone can only do so much.
"Scientific evidence can inform policies on what must be done but, inevitably, change lies within the policy making process itself," she concluded. "If it could be scientifically proven that raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour would result in more Americans leading healthier, more productive lives, then the burden would still fall on law makers to implement that finding in the form of policy. That can be a challenge and, until this culture changes, the gap in overall health quality between minority populations and the rest of society will always exist."
(Ian Thomas is a public affairs specialist in the NIEHS Office of Communications and Public Liaison.)
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Whaddaya know, it's our favorite weekly column about the week's greatest and worst TV moments, back from the dead! Did you miss us? We thought so—the feeling's mutual. Here are all of the televised moments we've oooh'd and eeew'd about over the past seven days:
Watching the athletes' parents react to their kids' performances is often equally as entertaining, if not more so, than the events themselves.
What happens when we're advanced enough to have the internet hardwired into our brains? Well, after we watch porn 24/7, we DIE. This great-looking web series promises dozens of short episodes that reveal the apocalyptic dangers of playing Scramble With Friends all the time.
Sunday's episode was full of cinematographic gems! Walter and Jr. got new cars, Skyler went for a swim, and time kept tick-tick-ticking away for Walter. Gorgeous stuff and a reminder of why the AMC hit will be film class fodder forever.
We were weary of HBO's inside look at the NFL this season (the Dolphins? Really?), but once again, the excellent sports documentary series showed us how well it's able to mine stories in the premiere. Too bad the Dolphins will still finish 2-14.
Monday's episode of the great Syfy series was packed with all sorts of great side stories, but the best was autistic Gary's move out of his house and away from his legitimately concerned mother as he slowly gains independence. For a show about people with superpowers, this was refreshingly grounded in a reality we can understand and further proved that Alphas is a show deserving of more attention.
Tim caught the live tour of the hilarious IFC comedy and won't shut up about how funny it was and how much of a comedic genius Paul F. Tompkins is. We get it, Tim, stop bothering us!
Gold-winning Olympians: They're just like us! Except THEY occasionally get personal invitations to visit the set of The Vampire Diaries.
We know people are going to watch it, and we know they won't be watching because it's good, but TLC's blatant exploitation (and, let's face it: celebration) of a young girl's uneducated lifestyle is poor form even if the ratings hold up.
Did he or didn't he fire his Newsroom writers? The showrunner said he didn't after a report said he did, and further investigation proves that he may have buttered up the truth and that the original report wasn't entirely accurate. There are scoops of irony all over this mess given that the HBO show is all about truth in journalism, but honestly, it just feels like a mudslinging contest between the cantankerous and wordy scribe and the bloodthirsty media that wants to tear him down.
We love the Olympics just as much as anyone else, but that doesn't mean we can't also fit White Collar or So You Think You Can Dance into our viewing schedules!
And please don't get me started on the gay The Big Bang Theory. I'm too tired to go there. Gayness personified. Another terrible CBS sitcom.— Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) August 10, 2012
As a once-respected author and pop-culture distiller, Ellis has a pretty large following of readers. It's too bad his opinions have become so terrible lately.
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Itochu Corp will operate a Web site where companies can shop for a variety of cloud computing-based business applications, including software to manage customer relations, lending and human resources.
The idea is to create a Japanese-language one-stop shopping site for cloud services offered by Western as well as Japanese companies. Itochu will contract with these companies to introduce their services and collect fees from them for its efforts.
When Itochu launches the site in July, it will have a menu of around 10 services, but the trading company aims to broaden it to 500 in 2015, turning this into a business generating annual revenues of 10 billion yen.
The company will start with a Web site for Japan, but later this fiscal year will expand the business to also include sites directed toward China, India and Singapore.
As cloud services come into greater use in Japan, Itochu subsidiary Itochu Techno-Solutions may also begin to lease the use of its data center capabilities to some of the foreign companies offering the services.
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THE bravery of firefighters averted a potential disaster in Oldbury when a lorry carrying a fuel tanker went up in flames.
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text: 3/01/17 4/04/11 POPSUGAR Moms Baby Showers Modern Baby Shower Ideas Modern Baby Shower Elements to Consider April 4, 2011 by Angelica Marden 3 Shares Chat with us on Facebook Messenger. Learn what's trending across POPSUGAR. View in slideshow Babies might be the best thing in life to celebrate! When that celebration comes in the form of a shower, it's even better. Planning a party that honors the soon-to-be mama while reflecting her personality and comfort level can feel like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. Any celebration is celebration enough. If the mom of the day isn't a traditional baby shower kind of gal, consider adding modern elements to her fete by stealing inspiration from these mod shower elements. Send a Paperless Invite Many expect a paper invite to a shower, but mamas should expect the unexpected too. Check out our collection of beautiful and free online invitations with Pingg. Source: Flickr User kellysue Open the Invite to Dads Who says mom should have all the fun? Many modern families invite dad — and his friends — into the the party. It undoubtedly changes the mood slightly and means mama has to share the limelight, but it also helps the couple prepare together, with their friends and family. Source: Flickr User wickenden Brunch Forget the token afternoon tea. Plan a baby brunch complete with a waffle bar, muffins and decadent toppings, and preserves. Source: Flickr User gudlyf Meet Baby at the Bar You can't bring a baby to a bar, but you can bring a baby shower to one. Youthful, gender-neutral and fun for the urban hip crowd, this is an entertaining couple's shower option for the pals. Do consider if grandma and auntie will be comfortable in a bar, though — even if it's classy. Source: Flickr User liberato Plan a Fresh Air Fiesta Who says a baby shower has to be inside? Take the fete outside! Consider a picnic — or even an elaborate spread — at a national park, local park, or your own backyard. Source: Flickr User bensonkua Try the Baby Food Diet Jennifer Aniston may not be on the baby diet, but it doesn't hurt to try it for a few hours. It doesn't have to be pure puree. Find tiny bottles — or ask friends to donate — and dish up cold soups and sauces in baby-sized containers. Source: Flickr User sethw Serve Healthy, Local, or Even Raw Foods This one's for all the Gwyneths and Bethennys out there: consider a health food fete that focuses on raw dishes or all local foods. It sounds more complicated than it is. Guests will be impressed. Source: Flickr User mikewade Decorate With Pretty Pom-Poms Tissue paper pom-poms like these from Etsy ($45) are all the rage. If you're moderately crafty, make your own for much less. from Etsy $45 from etsy.com Buy Now Make Keepsake Favors Send them home with something they can keep forever . . . or at least all season. Source: Flickr User pudgeefeet Project the Sonogram as Decoration Consider using the fancy flat screen to show off the high-tech sonogram of baby, like this family did. I've seen friends use the sonogram as decoration for the shower's invite, and as a decoration piece at the party. Source: Flickr User chinesegary Ask For Hand-Me-Downs and Heirlooms Forget pink and blue: go green! Ask guests to bring hand-me-down clothes and baby gear their children or friends' children have outgrown, or an heirloom book, spoon, or special item they love, but are willing to part with for a while. Use the heirloom items as decoration in the nursery, but give it back when baby is old enough for a kid room. Source: Flickr User mikewade Ditch Cupcakes For Macaroons These elegant and colorful cookies are considered by many to be the new cupcake. Jump on the train, baby. Source: Flickr User uggboy Cook Up a Diaper Cake Diaper cakes offer a practical and modern twist on the dirty business of baking. And thankfully, they are simple to make. All you need are diapers, ribbons, and choice decorations. They run about $20 to $100 in supplies, but are always stunning and mess- and calorie-free. Make Kitschy, Throwback Treats For a dose of classic-mod try simple Rice Krispie Treats on sticks instead of traditional cupcakes or cookies. Bring a Huge Dose of Humor There's little room at a traditional baby shower for jokes, but modern parties leave a little more room for silly iPood onesies or poop jokes of any kind. That is, so long as the honored mama is OK with it. Kid PartiesBaby ShowersList


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It is the elder one they have summoned; the one who has been staying at Long Branch.
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The cold glacial wind howls ferociously as our skiff races towards the imposing Baird Glacier. In the distance, the giant slab of white crusty ice seems to crackle with rage. As our group of travelers land on the rocky beach, we find ourselves on a seemingly different planet. Oddly-shaped giant pebbles strewn all over the alien terrain, carpeted by green velvety moss: a setting resembling Mars more so than Planet Earth.
Day 2 of our Southeast Alaska expedition and we have already kayaked through a narrow fjord, watch a pod of whales breach simultaneously and now, we're hiking up an icy glacier. Someone pinch me please.
Bay of Death
The previous evening, we had sailed through Frederick Sound into Thomas Bay. The legendary bay is also known as "The Bay of Death" due to a massive landslide that buried an entire native Tlingit village in 1750. Later on around 1900, several people claimed to have seen devil creatures in the area, thereby giving the bay another nickname, "the Devil's Country".
At Baird Glacier, we find ourselves walking on outwash plains and unearthly mud puddles. Meltwater and sub-glacial water in Thomas Bay had moved rock flour pebbles and larger rocks beyond the terminus to form this extraordinary terrain.
From Greenery to Ice
Making our way towards the glacier, the green rocky terrain quickly transforms into wet, spongy mud-baths that spring into life. Our guide Kevin tells us about the therapeutic use of the mud and demonstrates the use of it as a face-mask.
Soon enough, we find ourselves walking on ice, errr, real ice. All of us are now ice-skating on the slippery surface, slipping and falling to each other's amusement. A layer of silt covers the crusty ice, but once we examine what's underneath, we can see clear blue water running in the form of mini-waterfalls right under our feet.
My first experience walking on ice: exhilarating and definitely one of a kind. So I've walked on an active volcano and now an icy glacier, what's next?
The glacier hike was part of the InnerSea Discoveries itinerary. Stay tuned for more updates on my adventures in Southeast Alaska.
Disclaimer: My experience was sponsored by American Safari Cruises and InnerSea Discoveries, but all opinions are my own.
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Sachs did note that although managers agree time off is good in theory, not all bosses like when their employees take time off.
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text: Dan Doel wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2008 1:39:13 pm Bertram Felgenhauer wrote: > > As one of the posters there points out, for n=100 the program doesn't > > actually backtrack if the 'loneliest neighbour' heuristic is used. Do any > > of our programs finish quickly for n=99? The Python one doesn't. > > Nothing I tried finished. Do you have any figures on how much backtracking > needs to be done to find a solution for n=99 (there is a solution, right?)? I > tweaked the continuation version to print k when it backtracks, and it > continuously spit out numbers around 9790. I get the feeling it doesn't matter > how fast your backtracking infrastructure is in this case as long as you use > the same general algorithm. > > On a long shot, I even tried using Logic's alternate bind based on fair > choice, but that didn't seem to be any better. FWIW, fair choice (interleave) is much slower than unfair choice (mplus) in logict. Unfortunately this means you need to know a lot about the problem domain to correctly choose between them when maximal performance is at stake; just using fair choice everywhere costs too much for many problems. -- Live well, ~wren


text: Over the weekend, Jessica Simpson posed on the red carpet with her sister and showed off not only her 60 pound weight loss, but Ashlee Simpson showed what it is like to weigh 60 pounds. Jessica looks really good and she worked her butt off to earn that $4M. It will be interesting to see without the motivation of the cash if she keeps it up or if she will slowly start to gain the weight back. If she does, you know she will be in for a world of criticism because people do like making fun of her weight fluctuations. Plus, people will say she just did it for the money, which is probably true. I think she would have eventually lost it, but that $4M is a powerful motivator.


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Hi. I am an absolute beginner in terms of video. I was lucky
enough to land the JVC GY-HD110 for my first camera (the university bought it
for me) but I am overwhelmed. I do not yet have a tape but do have an SD Card.
I cannot get it to switch over to record on the SD Card. Can anyone provide
some insight on this?
MsoNormal - Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Yeah the SD card is only for storing your user profiles. The 110 will only record to tape unless you buy something like a firestore hard drive recorder. Hope that helps.
Thanks TDedmon. Yes, that help. I can stop speinding my time trying to make it do something it wont.
PS: sorry about the jumbled post. Rotten Word. Bleh.
I have found that the little "marshmellow" next to the "W"clipboard, "Remove Formatting",works well with removing Word formating while leaving the text. But that is on only a couple of posts so far.
Life is not a guided tour nor a destination. It is a journey. Take the time to enjoy your family, friends and surroundings. Build memories. Share experiences. Travel at sight speed not light speed. (C)
Situation taken care of, no more jumble :-)
How do you like the camera so far? I just bought one myself and I must say, even as someone who has been working with cameras for four years, it's a little intimidating.
@TDed...I really love the camera. It's a thing of beuty. But, like you, I am pretty intimidated. And honestly, I can not belive it wont let you record to the SanDisk card. The worse thing is we can't find the firewire cable so I'm gong to have to run out and get a new one.
I really just started using it, really using it, yesterday. I got distracted with learning Adobe Premier Pro...talking about intimidating :)
Greetings from the road,
Yeah I am currently using Premiere Pro CS4, and still getting used to it, but just completed some freelance work on it and it is starting to iron out. I have been using it since college (5 or so years) and my advice is to just go out and grab some B roll then play around with it in editing (if you have the time) I did that at one point and it really helped because I could focus on playing with controls rather than a deadline or pleasing someone.
As for the camera I have about four shoots under my belt with it now, and still haven't quite gotten the hang of it, I can't seem to get a big offering from the focus, I don't know if my back focus is off or if I am just trying to do something the lens won't do, but almost everytime I shoot a scene I have to reset my back focus to give me the most play.
Anyway, I'm glad you are enjoying it, keep us updated on the work you are doing with it, I'd love to see some footage.


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Two weeks ago, I wrote about the approaching "fiscal cliff" in this newsletter. If you'll recall, half of that cliff was due to tax hikes, and the other half was because of automatic spending cuts that will take place in January of 2013, unless Congress can find other savings. These automatic spending cuts, known as the sequester, could reduce our national defense spending by as much as 10 percent. That would be devastating to our ability to defend ourselves. Even our Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, compared these across-the-board defense cuts to, "shooting ourselves in the head." My colleague, U.S. Representative and retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Allen West of Florida explained that the cuts would slash our armed forces: "We would have the smallest ground force since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915, and the smallest tactical fighter force in the history of the modern United States Air Force." You don't need to be a military expert to see why our national security depends on us being able to prevent these cuts.
The question is how. My Republican colleagues in the House and I have been working on legislation to reduce our debt through more targeted, common-sense reforms. Unfortunately, the Democrats in the Senate and the White House have shown little interest in working with us. If nothing changes before January 1st, we will be faced with these sequester cuts. The House is continuing to work to prevent that from happening. Last week, we passed the National Security and Job Protection Act, which would repeal the across-the-board defense cuts. I strongly oppose playing political games at the expense of our men and women in uniform. Congress must cut our deficit responsibly, but not in a way that puts our national security at risk.
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Seinfeld/The Caddy
|The Caddy
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The Caddy is the twelfth episode of the seventh season of Seinfeld, and the one-hundred and twenty-second episode overall.
Guest Stars: Brenda Strong (Sue Ellen), Armin Shimerman (Stan), Arthur Rosenberg (Judge), Cynthia Madvig (Woman #1), Marilyn Tokuda (Woman #2), Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza), Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza), Heidi Swedberg (Susan), Phil Morris (Jackie Chiles), John O'Hurley (J. Peterman), Larry David (Voice of George Steinbrenner (uncredited)), Richard Herd (Wilhelm)
Plot Overview
Kramer befriends a caddy, who helps him to improve his golf game and offer his other advice. George's bosses consider him for a promotion when they think he is so dedicated to his work that he is there in the morning before everyone else and still there after they all leave. They don't know that he's just been leaving his car in the parking lot waiting for his free visit from a locksmith. Taking advantage of the situation, he and Susan go up north to her parent's rebuilt cabin. Elaine meets an old rival who's heir to the Oh Henry! candy bar fortune and has never worn a bra. She wears the bra as a top and cause Kramer and Jerry to have an accident with George's car. With George's damaged car in the parking lot, the Yankees think he's dead. Steinbrenner breaks the news to the Costanza's. Kramer and Elaine take her rival to court and only Jerry may stand in the way.
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Hello Frans,
Wednesday, February 23, 2005, 9:38:09 AM, you wrote:
> What I suggested was still mailing lists but with the archives being handled
> by forum software. I'm sure I've seen this kind of thing somewhere on the
> web.
Yes there are things like this being done (if I am correct in
understanding what you are asking for). They are called mail-to-html
converters and they just grab a hold of all the emails in a mailing
list and archive them for you on a web page in a "forum" type layout.
There are several of them out there but the first one that comes to my
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And here is a good clean example of it in use for TheBat! {email
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middays_deep 4 years ago#62
Even if grinding was taken out and all the monster parts you would've carved off appeared in shops or something, you would still need money to buy it. The most effective way to get money in Monster Hunter is to hunt monsters, so in the end, you would still be grinding the same monsters over and over. You would just be grinding for money instead. If there was no grinding for money either, that would suck.
For example, it would suck if the game gave you every Ratholos weapon and armor simply buy hunting it once.
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tallgeeseIV 4 years ago#63
king_darks posted...
Tzuba12 posted...
Changing the Drop rates is one thing (i wouldn't mind some of the rarer stuff got slight boosts myself), but that isn't what you opening suggestion is.
Autodrops would be boring, people would have full sets with a couple of kills and they would love it until they hit that wall where the lack of playing experience just destroys them. Those that can naturally play well enough will then just finish the game and get bored of it because there isn't anything to really work towards, it is unlikely that they'll have developed the love of the hunt which fuels replayability if they went through the game so quickly.
Buying drops/equipment would just have you grinding for Gold anyways, it would either be too cheap and you would have noobs running around in higher end gear while getting run over by Diablos, or too pricey and you'd be complaining about doing whatever the most money efficient quest is X-amount of times before you can afford a decent set.
Tzuba12 posted...
hpl138 posted...I think they could add difficulty levels (unless they already have) and some other things to make it appeal to more people. Leave the hard game in for the people who are really into the series and want that. But yeah this game scares a lot of people off.
Fun for YOU.
Forget the initial remove grinding post and let's talk about the real subject. Should the game have an easy, normal and hard mode? Yes, all games should.
Not everyone is a hardcore gamer, how does it take anything away from your experience if they keep a normal or hard mode for you, but make an easy mode for people who aren't that great at the game, or don't have 1000 hours to put into it? And guess what, some of the people who start out on easy won't get frustrated and give up, and move onto the tougher modes and maybe get into the series that way..
If you're so worried about online "noobs" just institute some sort of medal system that matches you up with novice or experienced players.
Really this whole "game X must be hard" mentality reeks of snobbery. Variable modes of difficulty let everyone enjoy.
AboveAllFear 4 years ago#65
hpl138 posted...
Fun for YOU.
Quit with the whining. The game DOES have an easy mode; it's called the first half of the village quests. If you get through that and you're still struggling, then sorry to say, but the game just isn't for you. Not every game has to cater to everyone's needs.
SpaceDesperado 4 years ago#66
Tzuba12 posted...
The entire game can be played by yourself. He just meant that its more fun with friends, just like any game. And for the bosses, well just look up some gameplay footage of it.
There are a lot of videos out there, do you have any boss videos that illustrates how much variety they have or how 'pattern oriented' they are?
AboveAllFear posted...
hpl138 posted...Fun for YOU.
Absolutely right. Whiners want an easy mode because they can't get past the 1-4 star quests.
That's basically the easy mode and if you can't get past it, then go back to your FPS and spam LOLOLOLOL when you kill someone.
I lent my friend my MHP3rd and saw him getting owned by the pigs and raptors even after playing with it for hours. At that point, I already knew that it's not for him.
Tempest717 4 years ago#68
The grinding is pretty much what makes you get good at the game though...
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Tzuba12 posted...The entire game can be played by yourself. He just meant that its more fun with friends, just like any game. And for the bosses, well just look up some gameplay footage of it.
You just have to sit through a playthrough to see.
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Swiftblade09 4 years ago#70
I enjoy grinding though. Seriously why should people like me have to suffer because of people like you? There are plenty of games that you don't have to grind in. Also Monster Hunter is fairly light on grinding.
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Norwegian Cruise lines popularised freestyle cruising long before any of the other major lines.
They were the first to offer freedom dining options and today continue to lead the way in terms of offering a more relaxed way to cruise.
However a lot of regular cruisers can still sometimes get the wrong impression about a Norwegian cruise.
You say informal, they hear scruffy; you say freestyle they hear chaotic.
So what are some of the most common misconceptions with Norwegian cruise lines and what's the reality?
There's no dress code
The first thing anyone ever says about Norwegian Cruises is that there's no dress code.
Strictly speaking that's true. Unlike the other cruise lines they don't have formal, semi-formal, informal or even casual nights; instead they tell their guests to wear what they like of an evening. A lot of people feel this means that everyone will be dressed down of an evening in shorts or ripped jeans; however this couldn't be further from the truth.
Norwegian Cruises recommendation is that guests 'dress to impress'.
This means that rather than everyone walking around in a tuxedo of an evening and feeling slightly uncomfortable they'll be dressed as they might be at home if they went to a nice restaurant, smart, but relaxed.
Everyone tends to feel a lot more chilled out and ready to have a great time.
Freestyle dining
Norwegian cruise lines have no set dining time. One of the common misconceptions is that this can be quite chaotic when in fact it leads to a much more relaxed atmosphere of an evening.
Rather than several hundred people turning up at the main dining room at once, all needing seating at once, serving at once etc. it's more spread out.
There are much more restaurants to choose from, (not just the one main dining room), and you can head down at whatever time you feel comfortable with, spreading the service out over the evening.
Another bonus to having so many restaurants and a relaxed dining time is that you're also much more likely to get a table for two if that's what you look for.
Too expensive
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About half of those restaurants will be speciality restaurants with a cover charge and this can put a lot of off; they don't like the idea of ten restaurants they can't use without paying. What people forget however is that on a typical cruise ship you'll have one main dining room, one speciality restaurant and one self-service restaurant.
Two will be free; one will have a cover charge. This means that on a typical Norwegian Cruise Lines ship you're already ahead of the game with ten free restaurants, (at least), and even more that you can try if you wanted, (maybe one night of the cruise to make it 'extra' special).
It's true freestyle cruising may not be for everyone, especially for the more 'traditional' cruisers out there but with more and more cruise lines out there adopting 'freestyle' attitudes it makes sense to try out the people that were doing it first.
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A Town with Water: The script
OLDER MAN: I blew it. I truly blew it.
In 1960, Marshallville became "a town with water." As mayor at the time, I'm proud to say I was instrumental in getting the waterworks to town. No more outhouses and public taps, no more hauling buckets of water in and toilet pails out, soon everything would be up-to-date: hot and cold running, flushing and showering. That summer, streets and yards were torn up all over town as the infrastructure for water and sewer went in. And then in early October, most of the town showed up at a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of "the waterworks."
New "towns with water" usually hold a subdued ceremony with the symbolic burning of an outhouse to signal the end of the old well-worn path out back and the beginning of a bright sanitary indoor future.
Never a town to do anything in a small way, the council and myself voted on burning all the biffies in town at once. There was one dissenting voice -- Mark Robbins. He's now the mayor. Anyway, 171 outhouses were piled on the flats over at the north end of the lake, hauled and stacked by Dreidger's Hough. The bottom openings, which once shielded holes filled with human muck, now gaped obscenely and odorously in plain view -- not the most pleasant sight as you drove into town.
The local paper asked me for a comment about the forthcoming celebration, and my exact words still echo through my memory: "It will make a fine blaze and leave an indelible impression. People will remember this night."
At the ceremony, I gave a brief speech. Dr. Gault, in his British accent, remarked how a new era in our ability to fight disease and improve personal hygiene was beginning. I turned on a giant red tap, the water flowed in, the waste flowed out. It was a miracle! The 20th century had arrived! Everyone cheered.
Then, fire Chief Burley lit the outhouses. More cheers as our past went up in smoke, cutting a swath of light, heat and stink through the cold October twilight. It was a fine blaze, enjoyed on many levels, but the outhouses had their revenge.
That night and for three days and nights afterwards, every nose in Marshallville knew we had the waterworks by a constant reminder -- an acrid, burning-manure smell that arose from the smouldering heap of collapsed outhouses. The smell resisted arduous spraying from the town's fire truck and produced a rank odour that permeated the whole town no matter which direction the wind blew. It was awful; some older people even went to the hospital for oxygen and relief.
In the aftermath, I bore the brunt of coffee shop condemnation. I couldn't even go for a java at Jim Jim's without being taunted, often not good-naturedly. But I was the one who said it would be "a night to remember," and it stuck. Unable to claim the waterworks as my victory because of the blowback from the fire, I was soundly defeated the following year. Marshallville had flushed me.
Even to this day, every time I flush the toilet, I can smell the stink from the burning outhouses. Apparently this still happens to other people in Marshallville, too.
Character backstory
WHEN small towns got the waterworks it was truly a life-changing event. I remember the summer of 1960 when Shoal Lake became a town with water, as described in the story. Often, that phrase was then used on roadside billboards as an attraction to the town. I wanted to overwrite this story as it might have been told by the ex-mayor of Marshallville, who recalls the biggest mistake of his political career.
The mayor has carefully written out his side of the story and almost recites it, but not without some sheepishness and embarrassment at the whole event. There had to be a consequence to the folly of a mass biffy burning so I made it true for the whole town as well as for the former mayor. I wanted him to sound a little foolish but still humorous and sad at once.
The collective remembrance of the outhouse aroma lives on, not just in the former mayor's sense-memory but in the whole town's memory. It's a legacy the mayor still can't reconcile within himself, so he leans toward resignation.
A Town with Water presented visual and audial challenges. This was the most difficult role to cast. I tried two voices without success. It was a stroke of luck to think of Borys (Boyd) Kozak, whom I'd listened to on CKRC growing up and have become friends with at the local Tim Hortons. Borys grew up in Wadena, Sask., a town just a little bigger than my hometown. Borys jumped at the chance and brought the ex-mayor to life in just two takes, giving country authenticity to the piece. It was a delight to work with Borys.
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IN spite of the enormous number of miles I travel every summer, averaging about 25,000 kilometres a year, it is surprisingly hard to find classic outhouses these days. I used three different locations for the ones in A Town with Water.
The first is located at what once was Bryd Siding, just west of Shoal Lake on Highway 16. The outhouse, overgrown with bushes, along with a crumbling barn and dilapidated house, are all that remain of Bryd.
The row of four biffies is in the churchyard of St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church between Tolstoi and Gardenton on Highway 209 in southern Manitoba. The progressively dilapidated structures spoke to me about progress and regression. This site provided the lion's share of the scenes.
The final classic biffy with the crescent moon cut out of the door I lucked into in Makinak, on the northeastern edge of Riding Mountain.
Reid Dickie is a Manitoba writer, researcher and videographer who blogs, reports from the road about heritage and history, creates video art and calls this "retirement."


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