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Boeing Co is frontrunner to win one of the world's biggest defence deals of the year on Tuesday when South Korea names the winner of an 8.3 trillion won ($7.7 billion) fighter jet tender, with its F-15 Silent Eagle the only candidate within budget.
There is, however, a possibility the decision could be postponed or re-tendered due to concerns the Boeing lacks the stealth capabilities of more modern aircraft, a source who has direct knowledge of the deliberations told Reuters.
Boeing's F-15 Silent Eagle is the only candidate within budget. According to South Korean law, only under-budget bids can be selected, leaving Boeing in the box seat unless a new tender is called.
Bids by rival Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35A and Eurofighter consortium's Typhoon were both over budget.
"It looks like a 50/50 chance (for Boeing)... There is strong opposition (for the F-15SE) from the military establishment, experts and conservatives," said the source, who declined to be named due to sensitivity of the subject.
Fifteen former air force chiefs and some lawmakers have opposed the selection of Boeing's F-15SE.
Sources say the F-35A scored highest score out the three bids in a comprehensive evaluation carried out earlier this month.
If a decision is postponed, the committee might delay deliberations on the programme until its next meeting about a month from now, the source with direct knowledge of the deliberations said.
The committee is expected to announce its decision after 4 p.m. (0700 GMT).
Plagued by multiple delays that pushed back first delivery by three years to 2017, and a total budget fixed without wriggle room, top decision-makers are now keen to buy jets as soon as possible to partially replace ageing F-4 and F-5 fighters and maintain combat capabilities.
"Timing of the deployment is the most important factor... If (first delivery of) this project is delayed to 2019, I believe it could even be a serious matter in relation to North Korea," Air Force Chief of Staff Sung Il-hwan told a parliamentary hearing earlier this month.
If South Korea scraps the bid, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) estimates that by 2019 the South Korean air force could be 100 fighters short of the 430 jets deemed necessary.
And with South Korea facing a 2013 revenue shortfall of up to 8 trillion won ($7.37 billon), experts say there is little chance the finance ministry will change rules to increase the project's budget.
The F-35A had once been the favourite as it was the only model that met the initial stealth requirements the South Korean air force submitted. But that requirement was relaxed in 2011 to allow for more competitors and bring the bid prices down.
"High-level fighters are needed to not only check North Korea but nearby countries" as Japan acquires F-35s and China develops J-20 stealth fighters, said Shin In-kyun, president of the Korea Defence Network, an alliance of defence experts based in Seoul.
A committee chaired by the defence minister will meet on Tuesday to make a final decision on the tender.


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An estimated 4 billion episodes of diarrhea occur each year. As a result, 2–3 million children and 0.5–1 million adults succumb to the consequences of this major healthcare concern. The majority of these deaths can be attributed to toxin mediated diarrhea by infectious agents, such as
Diarrhea is widely accepted as a major healthcare concern. However, only closer examination of the epidemiological data available to us fully illustrates the massive burden that acute diarrheal illness (ADI) places on our society. Children are particularly vulnerable to the lethal effects of ADI: 3.2 episodes of diarrhea occur per child/year in the age group <5 years [
In the course of this brief review we will revisit the physiological processes underlying intestinal ion transport and proceed to elucidate how prominent enterotoxigenic bacteria manipulate the cellular biology to induce diarrhea. This review will focus on two bacterial and one viral agent that will serve as a
In order to fully understand the pathophysiological events that occur during toxin mediated diarrhea, one must appreciate the physiology of intestinal ion and water transport. The enterocyte, which is organized in a columnar epithelial monolayer, is responsible for both electrolyte absorption and secretion in the intestine. Although intestinal electrolyte secretion mainly occurs in the crypt and electrolyte absorption takes place in the villus or surface epithelium, some overlap in terms of function is reported to exist between the two regions [
Apical electrolyte absorption by the enterocyte can be divided into two major categories: (i) electroneutral absorption and (ii) electrogenic absorption [
Electroneutral absorption is a synchronized event that involves Na+ uptake by the Na+, H+-Exchanger (NHE) and Cl− uptake by Cl−,HCO3--Exchangers. Currently, nine isoforms of NHE are known (for reviews please see [
Chloride uptake through apical exchange proteins represents the second component of electroneutral absorption. Two members of the solute carrier 26 (SLC26) gene family are expressed on the apical enterocyte membrane: SLC26A3 (also known as DRA) and SLC26A6 (also known as PAT1)[
Electrogenic electrolyte absorption accounts for the second source of apical ion uptake and can occur through dedicated channels or through symporters as a byproduct of nutrient absorption. ENaC is the most prominent apical Na+ channel in the colon and allows for Na+ flux into the cell along its electrochemical gradient [
The electrochemical gradient that confers Na+ absorption through ENaC is utilized by various symporters in the small intestine for secondary active nutrient transport into the enterocyte. Similar to its regulation in the kidney, glucose uptake in the proximal small intestine occurs through a member of the SGLT symporter family. The stoichiometry of the intestinal isoform (SGLT1) differs from the predominant renal isoform (SGLT2), as two Na+ ions are needed to carry one glucose molecule across the apical membrane [
Currently, two inherited diseases that are associated with SGLT malfunction are known [
Amino acid transporters in the small intestine take advantage of the same Na+ gradient across the epithelia to conduct absorption. For a detailed review on the wide variety of involved transporters, please refer to a recent review [
An estimated eight liters of fluid are being secreted into the intestine on a daily basis [
CFTR is a cAMP regulated chloride channel that is predominantly expressed in the intestinal crypt and to a lesser extent in the villus region [
Mutations in the CFTR gene result in manifestation of cystic fibrosis (CF), which represents the most prevalent genetic disorder in Caucasians. Although the majority of CF symptoms are related to respiratory pathologies, gastrointestinal manifestations of the disease are also frequent [
Ca2+ activated chloride channels (CaCCs) are extensively described as an alternate chloride efflux mechanism in colonic T84 cells [
ClC-2 channels may represent a third route for apical chloride secretion. CF mice with a mild intestinal phenotype showed residual apical chloride conductance, which was attributed to expression of ClC-2 [
ETEC produces at least one of two defined enterotoxins: heat stable enterotoxins (ST) or heat labile enterotoxins (LT). LT exists in two classes, only one of which is associated with intestinal disease, namely LT-I. LT-I is a hetero-oligomeric holotoxin, composed of one A subunit and five identical B subunits and thus belongs to the family of AB5 enterotoxins [
ETEC produce ST enterotoxins in two variations: STa and STb. Consisting of only 18 or 19 amino acids, STs are considerably smaller in size than LTs and are monomeric in structure [
Diarrhea ensues as a product of increased luminal osmolarity. Apart from kinase mediated activation, cGMP may influence channel gating directly by binding to CFTR [
Beside STa, the endogenous peptides uroguanylin and guanylin, which are implicated in the maintenance of salt balance, serve as physiological activators of GC-C [
In addition to GC-C, several other STa receptors have been postulated to exist [
Currently, two pharmacological strategies have been employed to specifically counteract the effects of STa: (i) inhibition of GC-C and its signaling; and (ii) inhibition of chloride secretion through CFTR [
Model summarizing cellular processes during STa mediated diarrhea.
In 2008, over 190,000 cases of cholera were reported to the WHO [
The effects of cholera are mediated by CTX, which is secreted by the bacterium. Once secreted, the B subunits of CTX bind to the membrane associated ganglioside GM1, which serves as a receptor for CTX on the cell surface. The number of B subunits correlates with toxicity, presumably by facilitating uptake through clustering of multiple GM1s [
Serotonin (5-HT) release from enterochromaffin cells has also been implicated in the mechanism of action of CTX [
Prostaglandins of the E family (PGE) were shown to play an important role in the action of CTX mediated diarrhea. An increase of PGE synthesis was observed in rat and pig ileum in response to CTX exposure [
Although the mechanisms of intestinal electrolyte secretion are fairly well understood, the exact route of the ensuing water movement is still unknown [
Chloride secretion through CFTR is canonically regarded to be a major endpoint of CTX toxicity, presumably via elevation of intracellular levels of cAMP [
Model summarizing cellular processes during CTX mediated diarrhea.
Rotavirus infection is the leading cause of diarrhea related hospitalization in children (<5 years)[
The RNA of rotavirus encodes six viral proteins (VPs) and six nonstructural proteins (NSPs). One of the NSPs, namely NSP4, is a viral protein that induces diarrhea [
A direct inhibition of SGLT1 has also been observed and may cause osmotic diarrhea by impaired uptake of Na+ and glucose, rather than by increased secretion [
As a result of the plethora of cellular mechanisms that are affected by Rotavirus infection, no specific treatment model exists. Yet, remarkable progress has been made in the prevention of the disease with the introduction of Rotavirus vaccines [
Model summarizing cellular processes during NSP4 mediated diarrhea.
Our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying ETEC, cholera, and Rotavirus mediated diarrhea has massively improved over the last years. Paradoxically, our arsenal of potential specific therapeutic approaches is still small by comparison. The non-absorbable CFTR inhibitors can be regarded as the most promising advance in the direction of targeted treatment, but proof of their clinical efficacy and benefit is not yet available. Although unspecific, the advent of ORS represents the most revolutionary progress that has been achieved in terms of averting the lethal consequences of ADI in the past decades. The millions of remaining ADI related deaths, however, are a sad reminder that complimentary therapeutic approaches need to be developed and that accessibility to treatment has to be optimized.

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Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Aug 08, 2013
More forms of mercury can be converted to deadly methylmercury than previously thought, according to a study published Sunday in Nature Geoscience. The discovery provides scientists with another piece of the mercury puzzle, bringing them one step closer to understanding the challenges associated with mercury cleanup.
Earlier this year, a multidisciplinary team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered two key genes that are essential for microbes to convert oxidized mercury to methylmercury, a neurotoxin that can penetrate skin and at high doses affect brain and muscle tissue, causing paralysis and brain damage.
The discovery of how methylmercury is formed answered a question that had stumped scientists for decades, and the findings published this week build on that breakthrough.
Most mercury researchers have believed that microbes could not convert elemental mercury -- which is volatile and relatively inert -- into methylmercury. Instead of becoming more toxic, they reasoned that elemental mercury would bubble out of water and dissipate.
That offered a solution for oxidized mercury, which dissolves in water. By converting oxidized mercury into elemental mercury, they hoped to eliminate the threat of methylmercury contamination in water systems.
ORNL's study and a parallel study reported by Rutgers University, however, suggest that elemental mercury is also susceptible to bacterial manipulation, a finding that makes environmental cleanup more challenging.
"Communities of microorganisms can work together in environments that lack oxygen to convert elemental mercury to methylmercury," study leader Baohua Gu said. "Some bacteria remove electrons from elemental mercury to create oxidized mercury, while others add a methyl group to produce methylmercury."
Mercury is a toxin that spreads around the globe mainly through the burning of coal, other industrial uses, and natural processes such as volcanic eruptions, and various forms of mercury are widely found in sediments and water. Methylmercury bioaccumulates in aquatic food chains, especially in large fish.
The fight against mercury pollution involves scientists with expertise in chemistry, computational biology, microbiology, neutron science, biochemistry and bacterial genetics. Other ORNL efforts are focusing on when, where and why bacteria are producing methylmercury.
"Our research allows us to understand generally where and how bacteria might produce methylmercury so that we can target those areas in the future," said ORNL's Liyuan Liang, a co-author and director of the DOE-funded mercury research program. "We are trying to understand the process of microbial mercury methylation. Once we understand the process, we can begin to form solutions to combat mercury pollution."
This research was funded by the DOE Office of Science. ORNL co-authors of the paper, titled "Oxidation and Methylation of Dissolved Elemental Mercury by Anaerobic Bacteria," are Haiyan Hu, Hui Lin, Wang Zheng, Stephen Tomanicek, Alexander Johs, Dwayne Elias, Liyuan Liang and Baohua Gu. Another co-author, Xinbin Feng, is from the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry of China.
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Michael Fassbender Plans Cuchulainn
He's becoming an Irish myth
Given that his star has been rising faster than the average rocket, you might expect Michael Fassbender to take advantage of his newfound clout to start developing some projects for himself. Surprise! That's just what he's doing, developing a tale based on legendary Celtic warrior Cuchulainn.
The man they call The Fass is working with Public Enemies writer Ronan Bennett to craft a film about the Irish legend, the central character in the Ulster Cycle.
Dating from around the 8th century, and said to take place about two millenia ago, the stories centre on the conflict between the Ulstermen led by King Conchobar and the rest of Ireland, led by Connaught's Queen Mebh. Among Conchobar's best warriors is his nephew Cuchulainn, a man with divinity in his ancestry and amazing fighting skills. No prizes for guessing who Fassbender will be playing, then…
As of right now, it's still at an embryonic stage, with no director attached. But Fassbender and Bennett have rustled up development cash via their Finn McCool Films production company (named for another hero of Irish legend) and with the main man attached, we're sure someone will want to try to make it.
Fassbender was last seen in Haywire, A Dangerous Method and Shame and he'll next crop up in a little film called Prometheus, which can't get here fast enough. We'll still have to wait until June 1, though.


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Usher – Celebrity Prom Pictures
Prom Party Jam: Montell Jordan, 'This Is How We Do It' [Listen]
Awkward Slow Dance Song: Boyz II Men, 'On Bended Knee' [Listen]
Usher is as smooth as the day is long, so perhaps that's why he looks the coolest in his prom picture. The 'Climax' performer attended prom at North Springs High School in Atlanta around 1996.
We find it funny that he and fellow 'Voice' coach Adam Levine attended high school at the same time and both opted for bright white tuxedos to wear to the prom. It's like they were destined for each other! However, Usher either didn't coordinate with his date, or they couple went for a white and red theme with their outfits. Either way, he looks dapper!


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Date: Sun Sep 24 17:51:38 EDT 2006
Hi all, An alpha version of my search project is now live at: <http://www.scheme.dk/search-plt/> The source of all collections and all PLaneT packages have been indexed. Search results link to the source browser. For now you can search in two different indexes: a case insensitive and a case sensitive. I haven't had the time to implement a disc based lexicon (the index is disc based and compressed), so for now a hash table is used. If it turns out I am using too much memory on the server (it is a shared one), I'll remove the case sensitive one. The results returned are the documents that contain all the search terms in the query. The results are ranked according to the standard cosine measure. Bells and whistles will be added only after I get the time to implement a disc based lexicon. For the time being the collections indexed are from 301, but since Flatt already fixed the bug that stopped the show on 35x, I'll soon update the collections. Enjoy, -- Jens Axel Søgaard Scheme Blogs: <http://www.scheme.dk/planet/>
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Subject: BURNS FROM DRUMNAQUOILE, CO.DOWN.
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:52:12 -0000
Does anyone know of the BURNS family living at a Townland called
Drumnaquoile, Near Castlewellan, in the 1800's. There could be a Peter
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"Our discussions are most advanced with state-owned Chinese steel mills who are looking to invest at the project level to lock in iron ore supplies," he told the Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast conference in Perth on Wednesday.
Sundance is due to receive a final feasibility study on the project by the end of this month and expects to pick a project partner by the end of June.
"[That] allows us to finalise all the conventions required with the African authorities by the middle of the year," Mr Casello said.
On Friday, China's Hanlong Mining bought a 16 per cent stake in Sundance from Talbot Group, taking its total stake in the company to 19 per cent.
"We are pleased to have the Hanlong Group become involved," Mr Casello said. "They saw this as a good opportunity, a good investment and they are very keen to fast track this project and get it into production as soon as we can."
Mbalam could produce 35 million tonnes of iron ore for 25 years, with the first 10 years being direct-ship ore. A pre-feasibility study had estimated the capital costs at $US3.4 billion, but that is expected to rise to $US4 billion as another mine has since been included in the project.
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[1]T-Mobile (TMUS[2]) is moving to clarify any confusion about its free-data offer for tablet owners[3].
On Thursday, the nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier said that it would provider 200 megabytes of data usage per month for any tablet running on its network. However, an error led to the company informing some customers that they would have to pay $10 a month for the free data, the Associated Press notes.
According to T-Mobile's chief marketing officer, that error has been fixed. The free data offer is expected to entice people to try T-Mobile's network, with the hope that some will ultimately migrate to its mobile phone service.
The offer is available to owners of cellular-capable tablets compatible with the company's network.
Over the summer, T-Mobile introduced subscription plans that allow customers to upgrade their mobile devices up to twice a year[4].
Shares of T-Mobile surged more than 2% in pre-market trading on Tuesday after announcing third-quarter subscriber growth that beat Wall Street expectations.
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This spot has IT ALL! Great food, great drinks, a fireplace to snuggle up to and an extensive GLUTEN-FREE menu (my hubby needs that!). Lots of things going on here for Valentine's Day weekend. So if you are looking for a great night out with friends, or are NEWLY engaged, this could be it for you!
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Now, a Valentine's Day Gift Guide would NOT be complete without CHOCOLATE. Beacon Hill is my favorite neighborhood in Boston, and this place ladies and gents is 'Heaven On Earth'. So many good treats in here, almost too hard to pick just one favorite. One thing I do love about this place though, is that they have personalized custom 'keepsake boxes'. This is one my husband gave me on our 10-year wedding anniversary. CLICK HERE for their website.
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Featuring a 360 degree rotating ball and socket joint, positioning your iPhone at the perfect angle couldn't be easier. Allowing you to rotate your Lightning iPhone, iPad or iPod freely, the Kenu Stance creates beautiful angles for your shots no matter what the surface. So no matter what you're shooting - whether it's a fun group shot, a serene landscape or even chatting on FaceTime - the Stance will give you the freedom to take your smartphone photography to the next level.
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Blue Mars Sandbox Cloth Editor
From Blue Mars Developer Guidebook
Sandbox Cloth Editor is a tool for creating wearable assets:
cloth, hairstyles, shoes, jewelry and other items, that can be attached to an avatar.
Quick start
How to...
- Navigate in the Editor
- Create and test a sample cloth
- Create and test a sample hair
- Avoid cloth/skin penetrations
- Avoid dramatic color changes in uploaded models
- Pass upload data checks (technical limitations on uploaded content)
- Pass Q/A checks (quality control guidelines)
Recently added or changed features:
Cloth Editor converts a geometry model of a static object (for example, a piece of cloth) into a deformable wearable entity, called an attachment. Cloth Editor requires the input model to be in Collada format, with .DAE extension. The output attachment pack will consist of three files, located in the same folder as the input .DAE file. These files will have the same base name as the .DAE file. The extensions and meanings of the output files are:
- .CHR -- a geometry model of the wearable item, in binary format;
- .MTL -- material information file in XML formal;
- .CHE -- binary data, needed for binding attachment to the avatar.
Once these files are created, the attachment can be placed on the avatar.
Sandbox Cloth Editor Commands
Cloth Editor has two groups of specific commands, "Cloth" menu and "Cloth Editor" dialog window, shown in the image below. All other menu elements ("File", "Edit", "Display", etc.) are nearly identical to Item Editor and are explained in great detail in this page.
Menu commands
Cloth Editor menu commands outline the general process of making, previewing and uploading new cloth items.
- Make cloth...
Opens the "Cloth Editor" dialog window, which provides controls for making and testing cloth and other attachments. This is where the most work is done. These controls are explained in detail in Dialog Commands section of this page and illustrated using this example.
- Pack cloth for upload...
This command creates a zipped archive file, called itemdata.zip, that can be uploaded to Blue Mars for testing and distribution.
- Capture icon
Creates a 512x512 icon.jpg file with the current view, required for uploading your data. Before calling this command, make sure that the cloth item is clearly visible and centrally located. This command can be repeated multiple times. The icon.jpg file will be overwritten.
- Check cloth in Blue Mars...
Once a wearable cloth item is created, it can be previewed in-game using the Blue Mars client. Important: when you login into Blue Mars, make sure that you are using an avatar of correct gender!
- Open upload page...
Open developr page https://dev.bluemars.com/MyPage/DeveloperPageLogin.html#. After login, you can upload your newly created itemdata.zip and the icon.jpg for testing and distribution. During uploading process, please make sure you to select "WEARABLE" category for your submission. Technical limitations on the uploaded content are described in detail on this page.
Cloth Editor Dialog Commands
Cloth Editor dialog commands provide detailed control over the cloth-making process, starting from the source geometry files in Collada format, ending with wearable assets in Blue Mars format.
- Model
"Model" specifies the geometry model file in Collada format. Two examples are provided with the installation, located in <Game/Objects/MyData/test_cloth/> folder. The cloth geometry must contain only polygons. Skins, skeletons, morphs are not allowed. Other requirements: (a) max triangle count 5000; (b) max material count 30. During cloth making process, the input model will be triangulated automatically, if needed. However, it is recommended to do triangulation before exporting the model into a Collada file, especially if the model contains complex vertices.
- Avatar
Select an avatar type: female or male. All cloth in Blue Mars is gender specific.
- Asset
Select an asset type: cloth, hair, shoes, etc.
- Style
For selected asset type, select a style, that most closely matches geometry of the model. In other documents, styles are also referred as "cages". Styles are generalized forms for different types of garments: pants, shorts, T-shirt, etc. For male and female avatars, style selections differ, in all asset categories.
- Create And Attach
Once the model, avatar, asset and style parameters are selected, "Create And Attach" command can be used to make the cloth. Making cloth is a multi-stage process, which may take between several seconds and up to a few minutes to complete, depending on the complexity of the cloth model. The Jacket_Wearable.dae model, provided as an example, can be processed on a 3 GHz PC under 4 seconds. This model has 1,353 triangles. When the cloth is created, Cloth Editor will load an avatar and puts the new cloth on.
- Step-by-step
Commands in this group do the same job as Create And Attach, in three separate steps: create, load avatar, attach. Also, they allow to attach previously created items and examine the content of the project folder.
- "Create" command creates cloth, from Collada model into Blue Mars asset. On error, a dialog window will pop up,
offering to view log files. Log files should be used for diagnostics, troubleshooting
and error reports. These files have .LOG extension and are located in the same folder as the source model file.
On success, a message will be displayed in the status bar "Attachment files created".
Hint: keep status bar open, by using "View -> Show status bar" menu command.
"Create" command has a "Create material file" option (default ON), which can be switched off,
in case you want to keep your customized material file, created earlier. Otherwise, the material file will overwritten, as specified in Collada source model file.
- NEW! "Single pin attachment" option is provided for creating rigid attachments, such as swords, medals, pins, labels and other wearable objects that should remain undeformed. When this option is enabled, Cloth Editor will search for the closest triangle in the cage shape and will bind the whole cloth items to that single triangle. Note, that some cages may have large triangles that *may* deform during avatar animations. Thus, it is always a good idea to check the results with provided default animations, in "Animations" group of buttons.
- NEW! No depth bias
Use this option to disable depth-bias in game, for this cloth item only. By default, uploaded cloth items will be be offset from the avatar skin at small distances, randing from 1cm to 3cm, to minimize unwanted cloth/skin penetrations. This feature is called depth-bias, and it only happens in the viewing direction. Disabling depth bias may be a good idea for those attachments that must appear "as is". For instance, facial attachments (beauty marks and similar), should be submitted with this option checked.
- "Load avatar" brings a fresh avatar with default clothing to the scene.
- "Attach" command places the newly built cloth item onto the avatar.
The avatar will be loaded automatically, if not loaded yet. On success, "Attachment processed successfully" pop-up window will appear and ASSET.XML file will be created in the project folder. This file contains information about avatar gender and type of attachment.
- "Force visivility" command is useful when you click "Create And Attach" and can not see the newly created cloth. Very often, this happens due to incorrect or unwanted material settings, such as 0% opacity. This command resets all materials and sub-materials to default values (100% opacity, gray diffuse color, single white diffuse texture, 2-sided), reloads the model and sets the camera focus on the model. Warning: the model material file will be overwritten!
- "Open folder" allows to examine the content of the directory,
where the source Collada MODEL.DAE is located. When cloth-making
command is finished, three new files should appear in this folder:
MODEL.CHR, MODEL.CHE and MODEL.MTL. All error log files will also
be stored in this folder. These files will have .LOG extension.
- "Attach more" command allows to attach additional cloth (hair, shoes, etc....) items to the avatar. You will be prompted to select an "asset.xml" file, located in some other folder, where previously created item is stored. This command is useful for testing inter-penetrations between multiple cloth items. Multiple attachments are also supported in Blue Mars developers' client, launched by "Cloth -> Check cloth in Blue Mars" menu command.
- "Create" command creates cloth, from Collada model into Blue Mars asset. On error, a dialog window will pop up, offering to view log files. Log files should be used for diagnostics, troubleshooting and error reports. These files have .LOG extension and are located in the same folder as the source model file. On success, a message will be displayed in the status bar "Attachment files created". Hint: keep status bar open, by using "View -> Show status bar" menu command. "Create" command has a "Create material file" option (default ON), which can be switched off, in case you want to keep your customized material file, created earlier. Otherwise, the material file will overwritten, as specified in Collada source model file.
- Detach
Commands in this group remove cloth from the avatar. "Single detach" removes one item at a time, according to current selection of asset and style. "Detach everything" removes all cloth items, hair, shoes, etc., leaving a bare manikin.
- Animation
These commands trigger seven different animations that will run in looping mode and one static T-pose. Use these buttons for testing how new cloth deforms with the avatar body.
- Facial expressions
Similar to "Animation" group, these commands start various facial expressions. They should be used for testing facial attachments: ear-rings, piercing, etc. Facial animations run once per click (non-looping).
- Look at camera
When this option is selected, the avatar will turn his/her head towards the camera during playback. This option takes effect when a new animation or facial expression is played.
- Custom speed
This option allows to run animations and facial expressions at custom speed. Similar to "look at camera" option, new speed value will take effect when a new animation or facial expression is played.
- Timeline slider
This slider allows to set the animation time manually, using the left mouse button or mouse wheel. After the button is released, the animation is paused.
- Rotate avatar
To help examining the model, an avatar can be set spinning, at various speed values, using "<" and ">" buttons. Multiple clicks on the same button will increase the speed, clicking on the opposite button slows down rotation. "Capture" button save the current view as "screenshot_000N.jpg" file. This button is a shortcut to "Tools -> User commands -> Screen capture" menu command.
- Other commads
Commands in this group allow to use a customized body for testing your cloth items and take a full-screen snapshot of the current view.
Example 1: creating and testing sample cloth
In this example, we will create and wear two cloth items: a white tank-top and a green jacket. You can also find a more detailed tutorial on creating cloth in the Tutorials page.
- Start the Cloth Editor, by clicking this icon:
- Use "Cloth -> Make Cloth" menu command to open up "Cloth Editor" dialog window.
- Use "Browse" button and select "MyData/test_cloth/Tanktop.dae" Collada file. Set the other parameters as follows:
Avatar = Female00,
Asset = Cloth,
Style = InnerTops_v02
- Click "Create And Attach" button, answer "Yes" to confirm file overwrite. The cloth-making process will take a few seconds. Then, a female avatar will appear, wearing a new tanktop.
- Run test animations to check the new tanktop: walk, run, jump. This step is needed to make sure that the selected style fits the current cloth model. For tanktop model, "InnerTops_v02" style is the best match, for other garments, you may need to experiment with different styles, especially if the model has large areas that loosely follow body movements, as in skirts or long dresses. When satisfied with the results, the cloth is ready for packing and shipping, using "Cloth -> Pack cloth for upload..." menu command.
Example 2: creating and testing hair
In Blue Mars, hair is attached to an avatar and dynamically simulated, using the same mechanisms as for cloth. However, creating believable hair is somewhat more complicated, because there are more effects that must be captured and represented. Unlike cloth, many hair styles have volume. Also, hair is expected to split at ends, which is difficult to represent geometrically. Finally, long hair moves differently at different lengths from the scalp. All of these features call for special modeling/texturing techniques. We provided three women's hair styles and one men's hair style, which produce acceptable results. In the following example, we will show how to model and texture short female hair, shown below:
For this exercise, download this zipped file: File:Test hair.zip, place it into "MyData" folder and unzip. Please make sure that your unzipper didn't add an extra "Test_hair" folder. After unzipping, you should have the following files, located in "MyData/test_hair/clare/" folder:
- Hair3.dae -- geometry model in Collada format (no materials!)
- Hair3.chr -- geometry model in BM format
- Hair3.che -- binding file
- Hair3.mtl -- manually edited material file with the following textures:
- hair_clare_diff.dds -- diffuse map
- hair_clare_spec.dds -- specular map
- hair_clare_detail.dds -- detail map
To load and attach this hair model, please follow these steps closely, because they differ slightly from the previous examples:
- Start the Cloth Editor.
- Use "Cloth -> Make Cloth" menu command to open up "Cloth Editor" dialog window.
- Click "Browse" and select "MyData/test_hair/clare/Hair3.dae". By doing so, we set the project folder to "MyData/test_hair/clare/".
- Set Avatar = Female00, Asset=Hair, Style=ShortHair_Bangs.
- Click "Attach". A female avatar will appear, wearing new hair, as shown in the image above.
Note: for this example, both .CHR and .CHE files are already provided, so there is no need to use "Create and Attach" or "Create" button. A simple "Attach" command will be enough. You can experiment using "Create and Attach" button, in order to generate the .CHE and .CHR files with different hair styles. If you do so, please save a copy of provided .MTL file, or unselect "Create material file" check-box. The material file provided for this example was manually edited, after processing the source Collada file, so it's a good idea to save it.
Hair geometry model
As the left image shows, the hair geometrical model contains two monolithic plates (Maya screenshot). The outer plate covers the whole head and is placed slightly above the skin surface, to indicate some volume. The lower inner plate starts at approximately ears' level and extends down. The mesh has a low polygon count and is bound to the "ShortHair_Bangs" cage (right image, Cloth Editor). The upper part of the cage is pinned to the avatar head, to prevent the hair from sliding off the head. The lower parts of both plates are hanging free.
Hair materials and textures
Material parameters are presented in the image below.
A few comments on the choice of parameters and their values, from top to bottom:
Material Settings
Ar_metal shader is used, because it allows anisotropic shading effect.
Opacity Settings
In order to show split hair ends, the transparency map was stored in the alpha channel of the diffuse map. The 99 value of opacity makes the hair practically opaque everywhere, except for ends (see textures below). The cut-off value for the "AlphaTest" value is set to 6 (very low). This value must be tuned up manually, for the transparency map.
Lighting Settings
The diffuse map itself is greyscale, so the hair color comes from the "Diffuse Color" field, in this case, dark brown. Same for the specular map. Reminder: the Material Editor bakes the specularity level into the "Specular color" values.
Texture Maps
The grayscale diffuse map has also a transparency map in its alpha-channel, which allows to show split hair at the edges of the hair plates. To enable alpha-channel, the "Opacity" value has to be less than 100%. In this example, 99 value is used, which is enough to trigger transparency at the ends and still keep the hair almost opaque everywhere else. The diffuse map is blurred at the roots of the hair. More details are added with specular map (also grayscale) and detail map. All three maps, combined together, sufficiently simulate hair volume. Detail maps, in general, scale well with distance, which allows to avoid detail-popping artefacts, during camera zoom.
Shade Params
"Specular multiplier" and "Anisotropy shape" parameters specify the shape and contrast of the highlight of the hair surface. "Detail tiling" allows to make individual hairs look thinner/thicker.
Shader Generation Params
To allow anisotropic and detail bump mapping, check the corresponding boxes.
Avoid penetrations with avatar skin
The following guidelines were collected from many cloth designers during, who kindly shared their experience (many thanks!) and from Avatar-Reality artists as well. Some of these guidelines are illustrated in this video-tutorial. The narration script is here: File:2010 cloth tutorial voice narration script.doc.
- Use reference avatar model.
Always check your cloth model against the reference avatar model (the render mesh). Do not use cage shapes for reference: some cage shapes penetrate the avatar's skin, even in the neutral pose. An example: load a reference mode from Template/Avatar/Female00/Model/Female0000/Body/Female0000_Body.dae then add Template/Avatar/Female00/Assets/Cloth/FullBodySuits/FullBodySuits.dae. Observe how full body suit goes under female skin: if this cage is used "as is" to make a nanosuit, there will be bad penetrations on the chest area. Thus, always check the cloth with the render mesh for penetrations.
- Match vertex positions.
Whenever possible, try to place vertices of your cloth model right above the vertices of the reference skin model, especially in high-curvature areas, such as elbows and knees.
- Use higher density mesh in such areas.
- Use appropriate cages for desired cloth types.
Make sure that the selected cage covers your cloth model completely. Uncovered parts will not be deformed properly, which will make these cloth areas move as a rigid object.
- Use reasonable offsets for cloth.
We recommend to place the cloth surface at 3.5 mm away from the skin, or farther. With this offset, most cloth items don't show penetration artifacts, even with conservative rendering settings ("Depth Bias" flag turned off). In the Blue Mars client, the Depth Bias is turned on, for extra protection. Depth bias moves vertices on the cloth model towards the camera, by additional 1-2 mm. This often helps to hide some penetration artifacts, but not all. You may move cloth a little closer to skin (perhaps, make it as tight as 2 mm), but these settings are risky and will likely result in visible cloth/skin penetration, especially around the edges.
- Test in the Editor.
After attaching cloth in the editor, test carefully for penetrations, using old and new existing features in cloth editor:
- use "conservative" rendering mode, which shows true geometry deformations (turn "Display -> Depth bias" OFF)
- use camera spin and capture buttons to create snapshots of problematic areas
- slow-motion animation playback
- use "conservative" rendering mode, which shows true geometry deformations (turn "Display -> Depth bias" OFF)
- Always test cloth in Blue Mars.
Before packing cloth for uploading, test it in the Client, using "Cloth -> Test cloth in Blue Mars". In 7/1/2010 release, Blue Mars client supports multiple attachments, thus, you can dress your avatar as you wish in the Cloth Editor and preview all these cloth items in the client. That applies to all attachment categories: cloth, hair, shoes, accessories.
Error messages
The process of creating wearable attachments consists of 6 steps, starting from the cloth model in Collada format. Most of these processes use logging to report errors and warnings, and the Cloth Editor will offer you to examine the appropriate log file, if something goes wrong during the cloth creation. The following list explains the meaning of these messages, at every stage:
Step 1: Merging geometries. At this stage, Cloth Editor checks how many geometry elements there are in the input collada model. If multiple geometries are found, they are merged into one. Possible error messages:
(1) "Error opening COLLADA file" The file can not be found at specified location. This may happen when the source Collada file name is typed in manually into "Model" control in the "Make cloth" dialog window.
(2) "Error in file.dae: no root element found" Meaning: the collada document is corrupt and/or incomplete. What to do: re-export your model.
(3) "Error in file.dae: unsopported version N." Meaning: the collada document is too old or too new. Presently, the Blue Mars converter supports Collada versions 1.4 and 1.4.1. What to do: re-export your data using tools with supported version.
Step 2: "Adding skeleton to the model". The pre-processed collada, created on the previous stage, gets a special-purpose skeleton added to the geometry model. Possible error messages are:
(1) "Error: model already has a skeleton or morph targets" Meaning: the collada source file has a skeleton and/or morph shapes. What to do: re-export your cloth model again, making sure that joints, skin, or morph shapes are not selected. In some situations, you might need to copy your model into a temp file, and remove all unwanted elements before exporting data into a collada document.
(2) "Error: failed to get controller library" or "Error: COLLADA document has no geometry" Meaning: collada document is corrupt. Re-export, as described above.
(3) "Error: COLLADA document has no geometry library". Meaning: empty document. Check your source data.
(4) "Error: COLLADA document has multiple geometry libraries" or "Error: COLLADA document has multiple geometries" Meaning: the preprocess failed to merge multiple geometry nodes into one. What to do: merge all your geometries manually in your modeling tool and re-export.
(5) "Error: Geometry not found" "Error: Geometry primitives not found" "Error: Vertex position accessor not found" "Error: Accessor data retrieval failed" Meaning: corrupt or empty collada document. Re-export.
Step 3: Importing Collada model. The actual conversion is performed. Possible errors:
(1) "Error: No filename arguments specified" Meaning: no argument is given. Should never happen in Cloth Editor, because this error is detected at step 1.
(2) "Error: Unsupported file extension" Meaning: the output file is requested to have other format, than .CHR, .CGF or .CAF. For Cloth Editor, only .CHR files must be created. That error should not show up in Cloth Editor log files, because output file names and extensions are generated automatically. This error may be seen only if bmImportCmd.exe is used directly, outside of Cloth Editor (not recommended).
(3) "Error: Name fix failed" Meaning: the converted failed to create unique names for nodes in the Collada document. What to do: make sure your source file has no objects with "exotic" names, even if supported by the modeling tool.
(4) "Warning: No HitMesh objects found" Meaning: the model does not contain HitMesh, a reserved geometry element for skeletal-based model. This message has meaning only for older version of MAX Collada export plugin and can be safely ignored. What to do: ignore
(5) "Error: Default materials generation failed" Meaning: the importer failed to generate a default material. What to do: delete all unused materials in your model and re-export.
(6) "Error: Cannot open file for writing" Meaning: the importer failed to save either material or geometry file. What to do: make sure you have write permission in the project folder.
Step 4: Binding vertices. Possible errors:
(1) "Error: Error in file.chr: vertex accessor not found." or "Error in file.chr: illegal number of vertices." Meaning: corrupted file. Should never happen at this stage.
(2) "Error: Error: failed to load cage subdivision file cage_name." Meaning: the Cloth Editor is missing one of the standard system files. What to do: re-install Cloth Editor.
In some cases, Cloth Editor may produce geometry file with unexpected look, for example, discolored patches at seemingly random places, or other shading artefacts. It is recommended to examine the surface normals using "Display -> Draw sub-object elements -> Normals". During conversion, the source collada model is triangulated automatically, but the triangulation algorithm is not very sophisticated and may miss / ignore / mistreat certain features that should not exist in the first place: multiple normals, poles, degenerate edges. Thus, if you are having unexpected results, please double check that your source model is "clean" before export, and, if, possible, triangulated.
Cloth Editor is designed as a general tool for creating all wearable assets. However, its functionality and usefulness are defined by a set of pre-built models (shown as styles in the icon preview window, and also known as "cages"), that are shipped with the Editor. In this release (04.13.2010), there are over a dozen of female clothing styles and a few styles for men cloth. Shoes and hair styles are also provided and one female shoulder bag is shipped as an example of "other" type of wearable asset. More variety will be provided in upcoming releases.
There is one known issue with cloth, that some developers may find objectionable. Presently, the attachment system in Blue Mars is designed with the intention to minimize penetrations between the cloth and the avatar's skin. However, multiple cloth items may occasionally penetrate each other.
A jacket can penetrate a tanktop in the upper body area, a shirt and pants can cross each other in the waist area. We are aware of this feature and are working on it. At the moment, we suggest an interim solution for cloth designers: create and test cloth not as individual items, but as complete sets (for example: shirt, pants, jacket, scarf), which are meant to be worn together. This is similar to what happens in real life, when fashion designers create and present their collections.
As all Blue Mars assets, submitted cloth items must satisfy technical limitations, such as max number of used materials, number of polygons and the total size of the submission pack. More details can be found on this page
Several cloth styles were replaced by newer version (v2), with better cloth/body deformations. As with earlier updated, we provided backward compatibility with older styles. Clothing items that have been built and released in Blue Mars, will continue to be supported in Blue Mars client. Thus, players that already purchased and downloaded such items, will still be able to wear them in Blue Mars. However, if you plan to edit and/or resubmit such items, you will be prompted to rebuild your models, using the currently available styles.
To post a discussion topic, or report a bug, please use the Blue Mars Developer Forum page. Please be as specific as possible, use screen capture of troublesome cloth cases and debug output from "Make Cloth" command, as described above.


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Because local governments use different data formats, creating a national app is a laborious process, said Joachim Pfeiffer, creator of TransiCast, an app that's fed by several local open data programs to help citizens navigate public transit systems. That, combined with the fact that numerous governments still don't offer open data, makes it difficult for these apps to get a profitable amount of traffic, said Pfeiffer. "It's purpose-built to transit, and it has a very high level of adoption," he said.
To solve the inconsistent data format concern, Pfeiffer would like all transit agencies to use the General Transit Feed Specification standard.
Corbett agrees that a national municipal open data format standard is necessary for creating sustainable applications, plus it would make creating nationally appealing applications much easier. The absence of a national standard was among the reasons iStrategyLabs wasn't interested in developing apps in the government open data market.
Apps for Democracy winner Eric Gundersen views data format inconsistency as less of an obstacle. If agencies post data that's valuable enough, developers will be willing to iron out the format hassles, he said.
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Speaking of "dirty" data, a common frustration among developers who use open data is sloppy accuracy. Pfeiffer said that while transit agencies are usually reliable about updating their open data and screening it for accuracy, that wasn't always the case with other types of agencies. He thinks many local agencies aren't using software to check data automatically before posting it. Pfeiffer suspected some of these agencies were using tedious, manual processes that were difficult to continue consistently.
"Symptoms are, for instance, that there is a boom and bust cycle. There is a big initiative to open the data, and the website is being created and the government is excited about it," Pfeiffer said. "As soon as the attention is off, the feeds are not necessarily perpetuated in terms of being updated frequently."
Pfeiffer declined to name any of these agencies. "I don't want to point a finger at agencies that are actually trying to make a good effort," he said.
Shaun Farrell
APP: Park It DC
CONTEST: Apps for Democracy 2008
STATUS: Partly updated, partly no longer updated
In 2008, District of Columbia-based Web developer Shaun Farrell took a coveted Indie Silver award in the District's Apps for Democracy contest for Park It DC. The app informs motorists of what parking meters are charging at any given time. In addition to detailed meter pricing, the app generated data about crime against automobiles near the various spots and meters awaiting repair. Park It DC was initially a browser-based app and for much of 2009 it thrived on the Web, but due to popular demand Farrell created an iPhone version after the contest. In 2009, Farrell met with research and development staff at the District's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to discuss ideas for enhancing Park It DC. Farrell wanted to add data alerting users about when and where temporary parking wasn't allowed due to construction and when and where rush-hour parking rules kept them from parking in certain areas. OCTO staffers appeared interested at first, Farrell said, but that seemed to wane.
"They seemed excited, but nothing ever kicked into gear," he said.
In 2010, however, the district made drastic changes to the pricing structure for parking meters and expanded the time periods in which they charged. Some areas began charging until 10 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. Meters began charging on Saturdays, and prices rose in many locations. When Farrell attempted to upgrade Park It DC to reflect these changes, he found the data feeds had simply been removed on the government side.
"Everything was gone," Farrell said. "There was no parking data, not even the initial feed I pulled from the data catalog."
Farrell contacted OCTO to request a new data feed, but in late January 2010 when OCTO sent him updated meter data, it lacked the longitude and latitude coordinates necessary for plugging the data into Park It DC's map. Farrell said further e-mail exchanges with OCTO didn't produce much beyond that. He last communicated with OCTO in May 2010 when the agency expected another six to 12 months to pass before its contractor delivered the data feed. Parking meter data remains outdated on Park It DC, although the app still receives current data feeds on crimes against automobiles and meters awaiting repair.
For Apps for Democracy 2009, Farrell tried to follow up with his 2008 success with VacantDC, an app that displayed data on vacant properties in the district. The project didn't place in the contest, but produced an unexpected benefit for some residents to contest property tax rates as a result of the district's data feed sometimes falsely reporting their property as vacant. Properties in the district that go vacant for a certain period of time often have their property tax rates change. When occupants of those properties contacted Farrell to complain, he encouraged them to set the record straight directly with the city. The municipality's mistake could have led to residents' taxes being wrongfully changed, said Farrell. He no longer updates VacantDC, but it's still on the Web.
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Brian Sobel
APP: iLive.at
CONTEST: Apps for Democracy 2008
STATUS: No longer updated
In 2008, Brian Sobel and two colleagues, Travis Hurant and Tim Koelkebeck, won the District of Columbia Apps for Democracy contest's coveted Indie Gold award with iLive.at. The app helps a person planning a move to the nation's capital learn about nearby businesses, crime reports and demographics by simply entering an address. Before the contest, Sobel had been working as a software development contractor for the FBI. After four years he burnt out and quit, beginning two years of what he called an "entrepreneurial break."
"About halfway through that break I happened to be in the right place at the right time when D.C.'s Apps for Democracy was a big movement," Sobel said.
At a happy hour event, he met the two colleagues who helped him create iLive.at. After winning the Indie Gold, Sobel and his partners were turned down by the district's Office of the Chief Technology Officer to maintain iLive.at for the city on a contract basis. Unable to monetize iLive.at, the developers ceased updating the application, and in April 2009, Sobel joined federal IT contractor Ntrepid Corp. Sobel said the potential of open data "Gov 2.0" pursuits felt played out for him after the contest, given the limited data made available by governments.
"It isn't cutting edge anymore for me," he said.
With only some cities offering open data, often in disparate data formats, Sobel said taking iLive.at national wasn't practical. "I went back to federal government contracting because it was lucrative."
He said he considered his time in the open data Gov 2.0 realm exciting and an experience that gave him tools and contacts that would likely be valuable in the future. Sobel foresees open data continuing to draw interest from fresh developers, but was cautious about whether it would prove to be a viable career shift for them.


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The 27-year-old will lead GB in this autumn's Tri-Nations Series, where they will face Australia and New Zealand.
"It's the job I've always wanted," said the St Helens captain, whose predecessor switched to rugby union.
Bradford skipper Jamie Peacock, who was thought to be Sculthorpe's nearest challenger for the position, has been named as his vice-captain.
Farrell, who will take up his three-year contract with Saracens and the RFU on 1 June, led Great Britain in each of the last 29 Tests.
He inherited the captaincy from another Wigan legend, Shaun Edwards, in 1996.
"Andy was a great captain for Great Britain and I learnt a lot from him which I'll take into captaincy," said Sculthorpe.
"The one thing I see as a captain is to lead the way on the field with the way I play."
Sculthorpe, who began his professional career with Warrington 10 years ago, has amassed more than 1,000 points for St Helens and has twice won the prestigious Man of Steel award.
He has won 25 caps since making his debut against Papua New Guinea in 1996.
"It means everything to me," said Sculthorpe. "It's the highest accolade you can get in the game of rugby league.
"If you look at the squad it's very talented and professional and that will make my job a lot easier."
GB coach Brian Noble added: "It wasn't a difficult decision, having known Paul for a number of years.
"He's been doing a very good job as vice-captain so he has a couple of corporal stripes anyway and this is a natural progression for him."
Noble also announced his 40-man initial preparation squad for the Tri-Nations, with Super League leaders Leeds Rhinos providing 10 players, including Kevin Sinfield who was controversially left out of last season's party.
"It's been very tough and there are some omissions," said Noble.
"It's been a very, very thorough process but if you make a decision on 40 you have to draw the line somewhere."
Leeds' Matt Diskin, who has not played since the first match of last season's Tri-Nations series because of a knee injury, is included and is expected to be put into the summer training camp in June.
The squad also includes St Helens scrum-half Sean Long, despite his threat to quit the international stage after his three-month ban following betting allegations last year.
Noble said: "I have spoken to him and his coach and he is keen to go around again."
Initial 40-man Great Britain squad for the Gillette Tri-Nations series:
Ryan Bailey (Leeds Rhinos), Kevin Brown (Wigan Warriors), Rob Burrow (Leeds Rhinos), Mark Calderwood (Leeds Rhinos), Brian Carney (Wigan Warriors), Eorl Crabtree (Huddersfield Giants), Keiron Cunningham (St Helens), Matt Diskin (Leeds Rhinos), Gareth Ellis (Leeds Rhinos), Stuart Fielden (Bradford Bulls), Nick Fozzard (St Helens), Ade Gardner (St Helens), Lee Gilmour (St Helens), Martin Gleeson (Warrington Wolves), Iestyn Harris (Bradford Bulls), Mickey Higham (St Helens), David Hodgson (Salford City Reds), Richard Horne (Hull FC), Paul Johnson (Bradford Bulls), Paul King (Hull FC), Jamie Langley (Bradford Bulls), Sean Long (St Helens), Danny McGuire (Leeds Rhinos), Adrian Morley (Sydney Roosters), Terry Newton (Wigan Warriors), Jamie Peacock (Bradford Bulls, vice-captain), Leon Pryce (Bradford Bulls), Kris Radlinski (Wigan Warriors), Gareth Raynor (Hull FC), Stuart Reardon (Bradford Bulls), Keith Senior (Leeds Rhinos), Paul Sculthorpe (St Helens, captain), Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos), Jamie Thackray (Hull FC), Chris Thorman (Huddersfield Giants), Danny Ward (Leeds Rhinos), Chev Walker (Leeds Rhinos), Paul Wellens (St Helens), Stephen Wild (Wigan Warriors), Jon Wilkin (St Helens)


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Funchal, Portugal (AFP) June 22, 2009
The organisation that regulates world whaling opened a crucial conference on Monday with leaders seeking to avoid a disastrous split over hunting the marine mammals.
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) conference on the Portuguese island of Madeira faces demands to resume the hunting of whales, protected by a moratorium dating back to 1986 with some exceptions limited by quota.
But environmentalists want the IWC with 85 member states to fend off intense lobbying from states with commercial interests, amid a new attempt to find a compromise on the issue after years of deadlock.
Regardless of the moratorium, almost 40,000 whales have been killed worldwide since 1985 by countries which refuse to sign up to the IWC treaty, arguing they are conducting scientific or "lethal" research, or simply maintaining "aboriginal" (subsistence) fishing.
IWC head William Hogarth told journalists he hoped to see the conference agree to extend talks begun by a panel in 2008 for another year -- but they could not go on longer, he warned.
"I don't think that people are willing to wait more than one year," he said. "If we don't have answers by 2010, I think a lot of countries will be looking for another way to solve this."
The working party set up, at the last conference in Santiago, was charged with drawing up an interim deal on the most urgent disputes -- including the definition of "lethal research."
Hogarth said the main stumbling block was his proposal to let Japan resume commercial whaling off its coast in exchange for a cut in its so-called scientific whaling in the Antarctic.
Australia and Japan, arch foes on whaling, have both publicly rejected the compromise.
A member of Japan's delegation spoke in favour of another year's extension to the negotiations.
"We hope that we will reach a consensus within the IWC to continue our efforts for one more year" to reach a deal "for the normalisation of the IWC," said Japanese lawmaker Yoshimasa Hayashi.
Japan, which says whaling is part of its culture, kills more than 1,000 whales a year through a loophole in the treaty that allows the ocean giants to be killed for research, although the meat still ends up on dinner tables.
Environmental groups seeking to end commercial and scientific research whaling also raised health concerns claiming whale meat is loaded with contaminants from PCBS to dioxin, according to a report by anti-whaling activists Blue Voice.
"Most dolphin, sperm whales and porpoises swimming in our oceans today are swimming toxic dumpsites, their meat and blubber so highly contaminated that it exceeds levels considered safe for human consumption," said biologist Roger Payne, founder of Ocean Alliance.
While Norway and Iceland defy the moratorium altogether, Japan's whaling is especially controversial as much of the hunt takes place in the Antarctic Ocean despite protests by Australia and New Zealand and harassment by eco-militants.
Hogarth, who is also the US delegate to the IWC, is heading his last IWC conference after a three-year term.
He has warned that global whale stocks are "in bad shape." But he says anti-whaling nations should set a more realistic goal of limiting rather than ending Japan's catch.
Greenpeace however charged that the IWC needed to transform itself from a body that "attempts to manage whales for the benefit of the whaling industry, to an organisation that seeks to conserve and protect cetaceans worldwide."
Iceland, looking to join the European Union, has significantly raised its self-imposed quotas for this year in a move condemned by countries including Britain, France, Germany and the United States.
Greenland also plans to increase its permitted quotas for humpback subsistence whaling, which has drawn protests from the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) seeking to protect the rare species.
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And Our Vote For the Vilest And/Or Most Clueless Ad Placement Ever Goes to...
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