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These entries pertain to three Spanish expeditions into the upper areas of the Sacramento River Valley. The expeditions were led by Gabriel Moraga in 1808 and Luis Antonio Argüello in 1817 and 1821. Moraga's diary from 1808 records his act of assigning the name "Jesús María" to the river now known as the Sacramento River. The 1817 diary of Argüello expedition member Fray Narciso Duran contains what is often considered to be the first recorded sighting of Mt. Shasta. Duran wrote about a "high snow-covered hill," and a river near it, both named "Jesús María." The 1821 expedition diaries of Argüello himself and of Padre Blas Ordaz both mention "Los Quates" or "the Twins," possibly in reference to Mt. Lassen, Mt. Shasta and/or other mountains. Over the years historians have presented many theories and conflicting opinions over the routes of these three expeditions. The Argüello 1821 diary, translated and published for the first time in 1992, adds details that the "Twins" were of equal form and height and nearly joined, and that they had been visited by the Scotsman John Anthony Gilroy some time before 1821. The true identities of the Jesús María "high snow covered hill," and of "los Quates" are, however, still unknown.
The [MS number] indicates the Mount Shasta Special Collection accession numbers
used by the College of the Siskiyous Library.
[MS1095]. Amador, Jose Maria 1781-1883. Memorias sobre la historia de California. 1877. 'Por Jose Maria Amador; lo Escribio, dictado por el autor, Thomas Savage para la Bancroft Library.' Manuscript at the Bancroft Library. Not seen. C. L. Stewart states: "The untrustworthy memoirs of an old soldier who claimed to have accompanied Arguello on his expedition to the north in 1821" (see Stewart 1929, p. 135). 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21/40. Find List. [MS1095].
[MS1010]. Arguello, Luis 1784-1830. The
Diary of Captain Luis Antonio Arguello: The Last Spanish Expedition in California,
October 17--November 17, 1821. 1821. Translated by Vivian C. Fisher, with
and introduction by Arthur Quinn. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California,
The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1992. No. 40 in the Series of Keepsakes.
Manuscript in the collection of the Bancroft Library, catalogued as: Diario
Formado en la Expedicion Emprendida el Diez y Siete de Octubre de 1821..., verificada
por Disposicion del Se–or Coronel don Pablo Vizente de Sola, Governador de la
alta California al Mando del Capitan...Luis Antonio Arguello...1821. Until
the publication in 1992 of this translation of Arguello's diary, the only other
major published original document of the 1821 expedition was the Father Blas
Ordaz diary. The two diaries are very similar, so similar in fact that the translator
suggests that Arguello wrote his diary after the expedition was completed using
the Ordaz diary as a model. But Arguello adds many details not in the Ordaz
version. In October of 1821, 70 men and 235 animals journied northward in the
Sacramento Valley. Arguello records the number of hours traveled each day, and
adding the hours together it computes that the expedition traveled from the
straits of Carquinez, to the point they saw the 'Twins,' possibly Mt. Lassen,
was 70 hours. Traveling at a speed of even 3 miles per hour would have given
them at least 210 miles, certainly indicating they could have come within sight
of Mt. Lassen or Mt. Shasta. Arguello's account of the 'Twins' adds significant
visual details: "30 October--At nine in the morning I continued my itinerary
directed by the guides of the previous village with whom I took the same same
course to the north, until five in the afternoon when I considered it convenient
to make a halt on the banks of the river Jesus Maria after having passed the
villages named Checnoc [and] Yllalic, the latter being about about two leagues
away from this place....The aforesaid place where I remain camped is at the
foot of the Sierra Nevada and in front of the two peaks that are found in it
and which the English interpreter John Anthony Gilroy knew. He says he has traveled
around their contours and has given them the name 'The Twins' (according to
what he knows). On the opposite side is the river and presidio of the Columbia
at a short distance. These hills in essence are very alike in their size and
form and are almost joined. All the villages since that of Goroy to the last
one of Yllalic inclusive are situated on the banks of the river Jesus Maria
which, while not very wide, is deep enough and of regular capacity...."
(pp. 28-29).
Note that Arguello makes no mention of snow on "The Twins" as they were seen in late October of 1821, consistent with the normal appearance of Mt. Lassen in late summer. The translator's preface contains two pages of commentary on the problems in identifying the route of the 1821 expedition, and states that "The Twins (twin peaks) have been cited by an an equal numbers of scholars as either Shasta or Lassen" and that "A more scholarly publication is being planned after a more definitive study has been completed" (p. 15). Arguello states that the Twins are "in essence very much alike in their size and form and are almost joined," a statement which lends to the interpretation that the hills were Mount Lassen and Broke-off mountains. From a point near Red Bluff, California, this would have been an accurate description.
Note also that Arguello's diary states that John Anthony Gilroy had traveled around the contours of the Twins. The wording suggests that Gilroy had done so prior to this 1821 expedition. When and with what group Gilroy had visited the region is not known, though it is possible that he was in the advance party of soldiers mentioned in Duran's diary of the 1817 Arguello expedition (see Duran Diary... 1911). According to the introduction, John Anthony Gilroy was a Scotsman, and the first foreign settler in Spanish California (p. 6).
The diary contains much of general interest. For one thing, the diary indicates that a high level of violence was used in dealing with those Arguello consistently called the 'heathens.' The day after writing about the 'Twins,' Arguello wrote: "31 October--Notwithstanding the [signs] of this point and of the previous ones, I began the march at nine this day taking the course to the west, which I took to the following road to the foot of a hill that is found in front of the Nevada, which is about fifteen leagues away. The first runs from south to north, making me wonder if this is the one that ends in the port of Bodega (a Russian possession) At the foot of this mountain range, I found a village....its people who put up resistance...let fly arrows....ordering the Infantry and Cavalry into battalion formation. At this point I ordered them to fire, but [the heathens] stood firmly. At the first volley that the entire troop fired, the crowd fled with continuous howling that lasted about two hours afterwards...' (p. 29-30). Earlier in the diary Arguello records the number of natives killed at certain villages on the route. Many indications of the military nature of the expedition are evident. They carried and used a cannon, and at one point early in the journey, one of their mules, with 2000 ammunition cartridges, was disturbed by the 'untamed ones' and sank in the Jesus Maria River. Eight soldiers tried to recover the loss but could not find the mule on account of darkness (p. 25).
The diary also intimates that Russian explorers had been in the Sacramento Valley. Arguello wrote: "25-October....came upon a village situated on the banks of the of the river Jesus Maria named Goroy....I began to receive news of the unknown establishment of foreigners of which I had already been told and which the object of this expedition is to discover. The news was that two men dressed in our style and who also used firearms as we do had come from the next village" (p. 23). 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS1010].
[MS1012]. Duran, Fray Narciso 1776-1846. Diario de la expedicion de reconocimiento...1817 May 13-26. 1817. Manuscript in the holdings of the Bancroft Library. Bancroft Library cataloging record states: "Explorations, in Company with father Ramon Abella, Lieutenant Luis Arguello and soldiers, of the lower Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Notes on the Indians encountered. With this: Carta del lieutenant Arguello al gobernador Pablo de Sola. (San Francisco. May 26, 1817) 12 p. A.Ms.S. 30cm.: Letter incorporating diary, May 13-26, of expedition in company with Fathers Duran and Abella. From the Cowen Collection. Includes typed transcript of the Arguello letter only." 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS1012].
[MS198]. Duran, Narciso Fray 1776-1846. Expedition on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in 1817: Diary of Fray Narciso Duran. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, 1911. Translation of an important Spanish diary containing what has often been called the first recorded sighting of present-day Mount Shasta. The diary entry for May 20, 1817 reads : "At about ten leagues to the northwest of this place we saw the very high hill called by soldiers that went near its slope Jesus Maria, It is entirely covered with snow. They say a great river of the same name runs near it, and that it enters the Sacramento River, and they conjecture that it may be some branch of the Columbia. This I have heard from some soldier; let the truth be what it may" (p. 15). Note that the short distance of "ten leagues" would have put the explorers perhaps 20 to 30 miles south of present-day Mount Shasta. But the diary indicates that the group was only part-way up the main Sacramento Valley; thus there is some doubt as to what mountain was actually seen. Nonetheless, the mention of the Columbia River leads a good deal of credence to the possibility that the snow-covered Jesus Maria was indeed Mount Shasta. 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS198].
[MS1241]. Engelhardt, Charles Anthony. ...San Francisco or Mission Dolores. In: Zephyrin. in religion [?]. Chicago, Ill.: 1924. Source of Citation: Stewart 1929 #83 Stewart states: 'Contains large portions in translation of Fr. Ordaz's journal of Arguello's expedition of 1821.' 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21/40. Find List. [MS1241].
[MS1003]. Farnham, Thomas Jefferson 1804-1848.
Travels in the Californias, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean. New York:
1844. As in his 1841 Travels in the Great Western Prairies... (see Farnham 1843)
Farnham named Mt. Shasta as "Mt. Jackson" (p. 337).
Farnham's account adds to the controversy over the location of the Jesus Maria River, first named by Gabriel Moraga in 1808 (see Moraga 1957). Farnham's Jesus Maria river, which also appears on his map accompanying this book, is undoubtedly not the present-day Sacramento as it was , perhaps, to Moraga. The question as to the location of the Jesus Maria river is important in specifying the location of the high snow-covered hill, called the Jesus Maria, near the river Jesus Maria, seen by members of Arguello's 1817 expedition (see Duran "Diary..." 1911).
Farnham's Jesus Maria river seems to be a different river from Moraga's and Duran's. Farnham's map accompanying this book shows the river to be in the present day Napa Valley region. Farnham also says: "The Jesus Maria River is a small stream which rises at the distance of twenty miles from the Ocean, among that part of the Snowy Mountains immediately southwest of Cape Mendocino. Its head-springs are among the perpetual snows of those highlands; and flowing about three hundred miles, over precipices and through prairies, it falls into the northwest part of the bay of San Francisco" (p. 336). The map was also included in a condensed 1947 Biobooks edition entitled: 'Travels in California, with map.' 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS1003].
[MS1011]. Moraga, Gabriel 1767-1823. Diario de la tercera expedicion...a los rios del Norte. Sept. 25-Oct. 23, 1808. Manuscript in the holdings of the Bancroft Library. Bancroft Library cataloging record states: "Diary of expeditions from Mission San Jose to explore for location of missions. With number of Indian villages seen and a list of the rivers with the distances between. With this: Carta (Nov. 12, 1808) de Luis Antonio Arguello al Governador Jose Joaquin Arrillaga...1 p. A.L.S. 20 cm.; letter forwarding Moraga's diary of the expedition. Includes transcripts of diary and letter." 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS1011].
[MS953]. Moraga, Gabriel 1767-1823. The
Diary of Ensign Gabriel Moraga's Expedition of Discovery in the Sacramento Valley,
1808. [Los Angeles, Calif.]: Glen Dawson, 1957. '300 copies. Designed and
printed by Lawton Kennedy.' Moraga left the Mission San Jose on Sept. 25,
1808. On the 11th day out they reached the northernmost extent of their travel.
Moraga wrote: 'Today we continued north-northwest upstream, and about 2 leagues
one hundred and thirty armed Indians appeared...Then travelling along the same
river I went about 8 leagues, with about sixty Indians following among us amazed
by the horses. These Indians knew no malice whatsoever. They told us that as
far as they had gone the river had no ford; but that it might have one. So I
determined to turn back from here because about ten of the animals were spent.
This river must be 25 to 30 varas [a Spanish vara = about 33 inches (p. 34)]
wide and very deep; there is scarcely any current, and both sides of the river
have steep banks. It flows to the south, and comes from the north-northwest.
We named it the Jesus Maria. The valley continues on between north and northwest.
The sierra is about 2 leagues distant in a westerly direction from the river,
and in between there is another river, the trees of which we saw. The Indians
told us that it had a good ford, but I did not reach it because of the following
reasons: My horses were becoming tired, provisions were getting low, and rain
threatened us with the possibility of being isolated. The Indians also told
me that there was a sea on the other side of the sierra, and not a river. That
is all for today" (pp. 20-21). The "Jesus Maria" according to
the editor, was the present-day northern Sacramento River. What Moraga had two
days earlier named as the "Sacramento River" was present-day Feather
River (p. 18). In a foot note, the editor refers the reader to Charles Wilkes's
comments about the confusing names of the Jesus Maria and the Sacramento rivers
(p. 33). A map by the editor helps one visualize the route of Moraga in 1808,
and the depicted position of Sutter Buttes helps accurately locate the Jesus
Maria river named by Moraga (map facing p. 26).
Note that in 1817 Fray Narciso Duran wrote of a high snow-covered hill and a river near its base both called the Jesus Maria. This 1817 comment is considered to be the first recorded sighting of Mt. Shasta (see Duran Diary... 1911). The fact that the Moraga diary of 1808 records the naming of the upper Sacramento as the Jesus Maria indicates the probable correctness of the name Jesus Maria as a place name of far northern California. There are however, early maps from various sources which show the name Jesus Maria applied to the Napa Valley region rivers. Nonetheless, the Moraga Diary is most likely the best source of information as to the original location of this important river. 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS953].
[MS1013]. Morrison, Raymond Kenneth. Luis Antonio Arguello: First Mexican Governor of California. Journal of the West (publisher), 1963? Publisher's offprint with new pagination. First appeared in Journal of the West, Vol. 2, No. 2, April, 1963; and Vol 2, No. 3, 1963. Biography of Arguello. Of the expedition to the north of 1821, the author says that the group reached a point as far north as present-day Cottonwood Creek (p. 9). No mention made of "los Quates" or "the Twins," thought to have been Mt. Shasta and Shastina, or Mount Lassen and Broke-off, or Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen, etc. 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS1013].
[MS358]. Ordaz, Blas Padre. [diary
of the Arguello 1821 expedition to the north]. In: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
1832-1918. History of California: Vol. 2, 1801-1924. San Francisco,
Calif.: A.L. Bancroft and Company, Publishers, 1885. pp. 446-449. Father Ordaz,
who kept a diary of the trip northward, was chaplain to a group of about 70
soldiers and officers under the command of Captain Arguello. According to Bancroft
the group set out from San Francisco on Oct. 18, 1821 in boats, and after some
days of encampment on the south side of the straights they transported men and
horse to the northern side where they began on Oct. 22 a nine-day overland journey
up the Rio de Jesus Maria. Bancroft considers the Rio de Jesus Maria to be one
and the same as present-day Sacramento River. On Oct. 30th Ordaz wrote: "the
place where we are situated at the foot of the Sierra Madre, whence there have
been seen by the English interpreter Juan Antonio two mountains called Los Quates--the
Twins--on the opposite side of which are the presidio and river of the Columbia"
(p. 447).
Note that the Arguello diary of this expedition states that the English intrepreter John Anthony Gilroy had traveled around the contours of these 'Twins' (see Arguello The Diary of Captain Luis Antonio Arguello: The Last Spanish Expedition in California, October 17--November 17, 1821. 1992).
Bancroft includes a list of the Indian villages passed by on the banks of the river, and determines that the group had traveled as far as Red Bluff or perhaps as far as the "latitude of Shasta or Weaverville." Bancroft states that they turned southward over the mountains, and on November 6 they saw the "coast of the Russian Establishment at Bodega" (p. 448). Note that this would mean the group would have traveled through the mountains from the present-day Red Bluff area to a place from which they could have seen Bodega, in just about seven days, which is possible but would be a difficult journey with horses and such a large group. The "Twins' that they had seen were possibly the Mt. Lassen peaks, or Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen, or Mt. Shasta alone, or Mt. Shasta and Mt. McLoughlin, or perhaps something else entirely. Note that a map by Peter Lassen from circa 1843 shows the "Sister Buttes" as the name of Lassen Peak and Brokeoff Mountain (see Swartzlow 1982, p. 14.)
In a footnote on p. 446 Bancroft notes the existence of several unpublished narratives written by other members of the expedition though Bancroft does not feel any of them are reliable accounts. One of these accounts implies that the group got as far as the Willamette. These other narratives could, however, hold clues as to the nature of "los Quatos."
The true identity of the Rio Jesus Maria is also problematic. At least three different rivers have been named as the Rio Jesus Maria on early maps.
As a whole Bancroft left out much in paraphrasing the diary of Father Ordaz. 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS358].
[MS596]. Ordaz, Blas Padre. La Ultima
Exploracion Espanola en America. In: Revista de Indias. Apr.-June,1958.
Vol. 18. No. 72. pp. 227-241. 'Padre Blas Ordaz.' Introduction (pp. 227-230)
and notes by Donald C. Cutter. Journal published by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas, Madrid, Spain. Transcription from the original Spanish document
owned by the Santa Barabara Mission, Santa Barbara, Calif. The introduction,
notes, and transcription are in Spanish. This is the Ordaz diary of the 1821
Arquello expedition to the north, and it was in Ordaz's diary that a mention
is made of "los Quates" or "the twins" thought by several
scholars to be Mt. Shasta:
"Dia 30. Habiendo llegado a terminos de que los Interpretes ignorasen el idma de los naturales, fue necesario hablarles por se–as para que comprehendiesen se les pedian unos Guias; a cuyo fin se ofrecieron algunos, y entre 8 y 9 se dio principio a la marcha, con rumbo a el norte, en cuyo transito se allaron las Rancherias Cheno y Llali a cuya corta distancia se acampo la Tropa por ser el paraje bastante proporcionado, siendo ya las cinco de la tarde. Los terminos en que nos allamos se hallan situados a el Pie de la sierra. Nebada, de donde se an disbisado por el Interprete Ingles Juan Antonio dos monta–as nombrados los Quates, a culyo lado opuesta se allan el Presidio y Rio de la Coluymbia. Las Rancherias astaqui se allan situados a las orillas del Rio Jesus Maria de donde el dia de ma–ana se emprendera dibersa direccion, segun lo indican las se–s que dan los naturales" (p. 237).
In a footnote to the above mention of "los Quates," usually translated as "the Twins," Donald C. Cutter writes: "Los Quates son, en toda probabilidad, Mount Shasta y su segundo picacho, Shastina. Aunque no tama–o iqual, son los unicos que tienen este aspecto, al menos en parte" (p. 237). Cutter also states that the expedition, in his opinion, reached a northernmost latitude near the present site of Redding, California. 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS596].
[MS597]. Papen, Helen. Spanish Explorations in the Interior of California, 1804-1821. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, 1919 (Thesis, Master's). Not seen. Source of Citation: Stuhl Bibliography. Translation of Ordaz's 1821 diary. 40. Find List/05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS597].
[MS720]. Priestley, Herbert Ingram 1875-1944.
Franciscan Explorations in California. Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark
Company, 1946. pp. 119-121. The author comments on the Duran diary from the
1817 Arguello expedition. Unlike some historians, this author apparently does
not equate the "high hill" seen by the explorers with present-day
Mt. Shasta, nor does the author equate the Jesus Maria River with the upper
Sacramento river. The author writes: "Ten leagues to the northwest they
descried a very high hill called Jesus Maria by some of the soldiers who had
sighted its slope. The Rancho Rio Jesus Maria is now on the Sacramento near
Cache creek, between Gray's Bend and Vernon. Dœran mentions a large river there
entering the Sacramento 'which they supposed was some branch of the Columbia;'
this was Feather river. This expedition had reached a point midway between Clarksbug
and Freeport" (p. 121).
Priestly was the former director of the Bancroft Library and a professor of Mexican History. The Dœran manuscript is housed at the Bancroft Library. 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21. [MS720].
[MS1280]. Schenck, William Egbert. Historic Aboriginal Groups of the California Delta Region. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1926. Source of Citation: Stewart 1929 #330 Not seen. Stewart states: "Of great value in working out Arguello's route northward though the Sacramento Valley in 1821." 05. Early Exploration: Spanish Expeditions, 1808-21/40. Find List. [MS1280].
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Business groups and the union movement are busy preparing submissions for the review of the Labor government's two-year-old industrial relations system, but the government yesterday wouldn't promise to act upon any recommendations made by the expert panel on the Fair Work Act.
The Fair Work review background paper released yesterday outlined a wide range of issues for submissions to consider, including the good faith bargaining rules, unfair dismissal laws, a greater role for compulsory conciliation and the power of unions.
Minister for Workplace Relations
"I'm not in the business of answering hypothetical questions," Mr Shorten said. "We've got the review, we'll see how that goes."
The review, which will be conducted by Reserve Bank of Australia board member John Edwards, retired judge Michael Moore and legal and legal academic Ron McCallum, opened submissions yesterday on the review, required under the law to take place after two years' operation.
Submissions are due within four weeks. The panel will report to the government by May 31 with any recommendations to change the law.
Mr Shorten has repeatedly defended the Fair Work Act from accusations by business that it harms labour productivity.
The report published yesterday showed that labour productivity had fallen to its lowest level in 15 years in a period coinciding with the operation of the new laws.
The background paper also showed that the number of disputes had risen under the act.
Three business lobby groups, the Australian Industry Group, Business Council of Australia, and Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, have called for changes to the act to increase flexibility and to strengthen the role of individual workplace agreements, which are available under the current act, but with limitations which mean they have not been used in practice.
The union movement has called for more rights for casual workers to demand permanent positions. Construction unions want to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner.
University of Adelaide industrial relations professor Andrew Stewart questioned whether the government had the appetite to change the law, which was a centrepiece of its successful 2007 election campaign. The Howard government's unpopular Work Choices law was criticised for stripping too much power from employees.
"The government has consistently defended its law against both employer groups and unions that have sought to make changes," he said. "I can't imagine that they will suddenly decide to respond to union requests to meet international labour law obligations, or that they will suddenly cede to employer groups that want to abolish the 'better off overall' test.
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Alan Shearer has talked to the local papers today and he has expressed opinions on the Premier League, which he thinks has gone back this season, and he has also talked about Massadio Haidara and that tackle – and he mentions one of the FA's new rules which allows them to skirt their responsibilities.
Alan Shearer in his playing days – he scored again!
The Newcastle legend has talked about the standards of the Premier League this season:
"It all depends, bearing in mind you probably have to spend £15M-£20M to stand still." "I think standard-wise this has been one of the worst I can remember." "Man City have got worse, Spurs have stayed where they are, Liverpool and Arsenal have got worse."
Alan's always talking about Newcastle having to spend (big) money in the transfer market, but with our current set-up we may not have to spend too much to get the two or three top players we need this summer, to make our squad very strong for next season.
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Alan has also talked about that tackle on Haidara:
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"Unfortunately football is a physical game and you get bad tackles and bad injuries." "We all hope and pray that he's all right. Judging by the sound of it he might be."
"They look at things when it suits." "I wasn't aware of this new rule that if the linesman or one person seen it then they can't do anything about."
Not many people were aware of the rule which the FA made up some time ago – but it does them no favors to take no action against McManaman for that tackle.
We are hoping we can change the way the FA operates, since the Massadio affair has left the English FA looking more than incompetent this week.
The good news in all of this is it seems Haidara is not badly injured, and the lad is said to be upbeat at the Newcastle training camp this week – and that's good news.
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This beautiful mix of fried eggs, cheese, and heirloom tomatoes is one of Kevin Sharkey's favorite breakfasts. Serve it with toast.
- Servings: 2
Photography: Ditte Isager
Source: Martha Stewart Living, June 2011
- 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
- 3 large eggs
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup mixed heirloom tomatoes, sliced
- 1/4 cup sliced or finely grated extra-sharp cheddar cheese (1 ounce)
Heat broiler. Melt butter in an 8-inch nonstick ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until foamy. Crack eggs into skillet, and cook until whites are almost set, about 1 1/2 minutes.
Remove from heat. Season eggs with salt and pepper, and top with tomatoes, then cheese. Broil until whites are set and cheese melts and is bubbling, about 1 minute.
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In between Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade took a little side trip to Bloomington, Ind.
The reason? To pay his old coach a visit.
Indiana's Tom Crean coached Wade for two seasons at Marquette, during which time the Golden Eagles reached the Final Four. Wade was a key part of that team (shocker!!) and was then drafted fifth overall in the 2003 NBA draft.
It looks like Wade's visit to his mentor paid off.
After shooting 2-of-13 from the field in Thursday's Game 3 loss, Wade scored 30 points, grabbed nine rebounds and tallied six assists as the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 101-93 on Sunday.
After the game, Wade discussed Crean and the trip to Bloomington.
"I really spent time with a mentor of mine, a father figure and had a long day and long hours of just conversation, just talking about a lot of things," Wade said. "So it was great for me to just get away and kind of get that energy that I needed from him."
One part of the trip certainly helped.
"He had film for me of my missed shots and my made shots so I can see it, so I can see both," Wade said, smiling.
Looks like the duo figured out what was working after all.
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The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) normally has a long gap between its second race at Long Beach and its third, which follows the 24 Heures du Mans in Le Mans the beginning of June.
Scott Atherton has been looking for a way to remedy that gap and, starting in 2013 has found the solution. ALMS has entered an agreement with OKC Motorsports to bring sports car racing to Oklahoma City, tentatively scheduled the weekend of May 17-19.
The race will be staged in the Adventure District of northeast Oklahoma City, an area that includes horse track Remington Park, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, ASA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium and the city's zoo.
According to OKC Motorsports' president Mike McAuliffe, "This will be the biggest thing to hit that area since Remington Park opened" in 1988.
The agreement is for a minimum of three years. The weekend of May 17-19 was agreed-upon for the first race because it would be the only race for the month of May, occurring between Mothers Day and Memorial Day. McAuliffe said his group liked that date because it comes around the time of Armed Forces Day and gives opportunity for tributes to American armed forces.
ALMS wanted to start the event in 2012 but OKC Motorsports prefers to wait another year to deal with infrastructure issues, including road improvements, installation of safety fences and construction of a walkover pedestrian bridge from the softball Hall of Fame to the zoo.
"We want to do it right the first time around," McAuliffe said.
The race has support from the Oklahoma state Senate and House of Representatives, county commissioners, and the mayor of Oklahoma, Mick Cornett has been a strong advocate of the proposed race weekend.
The proposed circuit layout and a schedule of proposed events will be released as the race program moves forward. McAuliffe intends to include the entire Adventure District in his circuit plans. "This is a major step," he said. "There is still much to be done for this to become a reality, but we are getting closer every day."
Atherton recognizes that the Oklahoma City area is a "thriving, viable and sports-hungry market that is excited about the possibility of adding world-class auto racing to a growing roster of major sports offerings. For our fans, team and corporate partners, the potential to expand our brand of racing in mid-America is very appealing."
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Thanks for this.
But I just wanted more detailed answer as a way forward in an Immigration Tribunal.
Ok you are saying compelling situation. Is there any Human Right law that could help in this case?
I understand. I have already got a solicitor but I am trying to get more opinions on the case.
As mentioned in my question, I think these caps have been put into place to avoid students reaching the 10 years and apply for ILR under the long term residency scheme.
Do you think UKBA would be more willing towards accepting my visa request so that I finish my current course of study, if I was to give them guarantee that I will not apply under this scheme and if I do they can note this down on their systems to refuse it instantly? Do you think this is something that could help or would it simply not make a difference to them?
Are you suggesting that I could be applying for the discretionary long term residency ILR while this appeal is in process?
What could be the basis under Human Right?
Yes so long as you appeal within the time limits and so your existing visa continues. As you still have extant leave (continuous leave under s3c of the 1971 Immigration Act) until a decision is received your 10 years should become complete by then - also the 10 year guidance allows you to submit an application 28 days before the 10 year period is due to complete so it would be worth doing that to ensure the application is submitted while you have extant leave.
If you are successful on compassionate grounds with your current appeal, then the chances of the 10 year ILR are increased in any event.
I hope that helps.
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Do you think I would be submitting an application to UKBA 28 days before my 10 years comes to end or, would I apply to court for the variation of leave?
Should we win on the compassionate ground, would they not issue me with a discretionary leave to remain that wouldn't count towards the 10 years?
I'm thinking if it's worth having our focus more on getting the ILR than winning this court?
I would suggest making a fresh application so that the two can be decided separately - as ideally you would want a successful decision on the compelling circumstances to then argue the 10 year rule in case there are problems with it. It would be better to discuss this in detail with your lawyer who will know the merits of your case having looked at the documents and facts.
The discretionary leave visa if successful would count towards the 10 years by law (but remember this is dependant on putting together a good appeal and case. It will also depend on whether you get a 'good' or sympathetic Judge on the day of the hearing).


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Rich People Hire Disabled Guides To Help Them Skip The Lines At Disney World
This comes from an exclusive report by the "New York Post". . . one of America's least reliable newspapers . . . so take it for what it's worth. But if it's true . . . OUTRAGE!
Apparently, rich people have been secretly hiring DISABLED PEOPLE to escort them around Walt Disney World in Orlando . . . so they can go into the special handicapped line, and skip the long waits for rides.
There's a company called Dream Tours Florida that offers the service. The rates for a handicapped tour guide are $130-an-hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day. That doesn't include the price of tickets to Disney World.
Under Disney policy, a guest in a wheelchair or motorized scooter can take up to six other people with them into the special access lines.
Those lines usually take minutes, not HOURS.
According to the report, the service was promoted by word-of-mouth . . . mainly rich parents in Manhattan with kids in private school, sharing the secret with other rich parents at the school.
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A New York businessman and onetime prominent Democratic fund-raiser was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday after he admitted in March to bilking three banks out of $292 million in loans.
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What Would Moms Worth Be On The Open Market?
Mother's Day is right around the corner and for the most part, mothers are the cornerstone of most of our lives. Mom's value to us emotionally is priceless, but what about the worth of being a stay-at-home mom in terms of economics? You might think that women in the workforce would command more respect and higher salaries....not so fast.


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In a parking lot in Mount road, there are six parking slots in a row numbered 1–6 consecutively. Exactly five cars of five different colours, blue, green, maroon, red and white, are to be parked in the slots according to the following conditions.
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If you've experienced inconsistent or inept service or food in a restaurant recently, don't be in too big a hurry to condemn the hapless restaurateur. We are experiencing the worst shortage of skilled staff I have seen in my 40 years in the hospitality industry. Many of my clients went into the past festive season with kitchens and front-of-house teams carrying a number of ''warm bodies'' - staff recruited in desperation just to keep the doors open, and it is going to be worse this season.
The reasons for this situation are complex, but the seeds were sown about 20 years ago with the conversion of what were then Technical Colleges into the TAFE colleges of today. The Techs, as they were known, concentrated on practical apprenticeship training for a range of industries, while the TAFEs, as they became, quickly moved towards academic diploma and degree courses and almost became pseudo universities.
This was the time when the well-respected waiter's apprenticeship was discarded. Until then, top restaurants and hotels were supplied with a steady stream of well-trained, qualified wait staff, who moved up as they gained experience to become ''professional waiters'' - the highly skilled and well-paid staff you often see in our top restaurants. A percentage of these progressed to higher levels and became restaurant managers.
But as the waiting apprenticeship was disappearing, the apprenticeship in cookery started to change from an indenture to one older, experienced chef, backed by quality technical college training to the questionable system we have today. Apprentices are now free to move around from one employer to another at whim, and their training and schooling are often not meeting the needs of the industry. I have asked senior chefs I deal with if they can count on a job applicant who has finished their apprenticeship and become qualified as a cook to know the basics, and I have not had a positive answer for years.
As a result, the burden of training has fallen to the industry itself, at a time when few businesses have the money, resources or skills to train their own staff. To compound this problem, the margins in hospitality businesses have fallen to the point where chefs and managers have to be competent to manage much more tightly than they have had to in the past. Because of this they require much more thorough training than they would have 10 years ago.
The hospitality industry has also grown rapidly - too rapidly - there are now about four times the number of hospitality businesses in Australia than there were in 1990, and as the traditional training and education systems have not kept pace, those skilled staff who are available have been spread thinly and the laws of supply and demand have forced salaries upward.
Many business owners, who have traditionally counted on being able to recruit skilled, experienced staff from the pool of unemployed, have found that there is a minimal response to their advertising, and that the few skilled people who do apply are prohibitively expensive.
The high salary levels demanded by those skilled senior staff have created the situation where staff are often required to work long hours on salary for wage costs to be kept at the correct ratio to income. This, in turn, has created the situation where many older, experienced staff have opted to leave the industry to regain a work-life balance.
We are also finding that the so-called Gen Y, who have made up the bulk of casual staff, are not terribly keen on working on nights and weekends, as these hours negatively impinge on their social lives and the pay on offer does not meet their income expectations. There is also a reduced need for casual income among many young adults because they are living at home with their parents until they are much older than was common 20 years ago - so the pool of labour has shrunk at a time when the industry has sustained a major growth spurt.
These varied factors have forced many restaurateurs and cafe owners to accept staff that are far from ideal, just to keep their doors open. You may have experienced some of this yourselves - waiters with poor English language skills, a lack of hospitable personality, inconsistent delivery of your favourite meals, poor knowledge of the menu and wine lists, slow service, etc. I don't believe any reasonable business owner would accept these issues without concern - but many of them don't have a choice at the moment.
On the other hand, if you receive a flawless performance at a restaurant or cafe, you should warmly congratulate the business owner in charge, because the attention to detail, and the internal recruitment and training skills necessary to achieve this, is worthy of admiration.
Tony Eldred is a hospitality industry consultant.


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Exercises for bioinformatics.psc.edu:
Homology Modeling Using MODELLER4
Purpose: To become familiar with the homology modeling program MODELLER4 and the SWISS-MOD homology modeling server (described below). It is anticipated that the example scripts can be modified to include your own protein(s).
Online MODELLER manual: http://guitar.rockefeller.edu/modeller/manual/manual.html
Untarring data files
- We will first untar a .tar file to your home directory on tourney.psc.edu. Issue the commands:
cd $HOME tar -xvf /biomed/examples/model_examples.tar cd workshop
- Verify that the following directories have been created, by issuing the command: ls -l
input1 - contains the fully automated alignment and model building given the template
input2 - contains scripts for performing template searching, alignment of the templates and target, and finally the model building.
input3 - contains scripts for model building given alignment and templates. Also is a script for refining a section of the model, determining sequence identities and comparing the structures.
Okay, you now have all the example scripts and the outputs from these scripts. Feel free to run the example scripts yourself, but the output is provided if you want to skip this. Note: The attached notes explain the PIR format that MODELLER uses. This most likely involves some manual editing of your sequence file to model your own protein.
Running MODELLER4
In MODELLER4, all the input files are *.top files which control the program execution. So to run an input script named model-default, one simply types: modeller4 model-default.
- Fully automated alignment and model building
- cd $HOME/workshop/input1
- modeller4 model-default &
The input file, model-default.top, will align the target to the templates, and build the model. The target is a known protein (1fdx) so we will have some method to judge how well the methods performs. The knowns are 5fd1, 1fdn, 1fxd and 2fxb.5fd1 1fdn
1fxd (TEMPLATES) 1fdx (TARGET)
These proteins are all ferredoxins involved in electron transport. The routine is full_homol It outputs:
- model-default.log - errors (hopefully none important), restraint violations
- Alignment.seg.ali - the alignment produced by MODELLER
- 1fdx.ini - the initial model produced
- 1fdx.mat - matrix of pairwise protein distances from alignment
- 1fdx.rsr - the restraints file (somewhat cryptic)
- 1fdx.sch - the schedule file (again somewhat cryptic)
- 1fdx.V99990001 - the violations of the output structure
- 1fdx.D00000001 - the progress of the optimization
- 1fdx.B99990001 - the structure output by MODELLER (PDB)
- Sample Template searching, alignment and Model construction
- cd $HOME/workshop/input2
- modeller4 search.top & - uses input 1fdx.chn (PIR format)
- modeller4 malign.top & - multiple template alignment. This routine produces the alignment file alignment.seg.ali, as well as files that are named *.ent.fit, which are the pdb files with the coordinates superimposed.
- To look at this superposition, we can combine the files and display this file with Rasmol by issuing these commands:
cat *.ent.fit > superimpose.pdb (this file is included in the output dir)
rasmol superimpose.pdb
- modeller4 get-model.top & - homology model using two templates, two models are produced with different values of the pdf (probability distribution function)
- Modeling given an alignment and model segment refining
- cd $HOME/workshop/input3
- modeller4 model-fast.top & - demonstrates the use of the routine to produce a quick-and-dirty model and is not discussed here further.
- modeller4 model-default.top & - takes the alignment, aligment.ali (in PIR format) and the templates and produces a model.
- modeller4 compare.top & - that you can use to determine how close your model structure is to the crystal structure and to the nearest template.
- Output files:
model-default produces output with the extension l like *.B99990001
model-fast produces output with extensions that end in (2), for example: *.B99990002
EUsing the SWISS-MOD server
- Using your Netscape browser, enter the SWISS-MOD site: http://www.expasy.ch/swissmod/SWISS-MODEL.html
- Click on First Approach Mode
- Enter your home e-mail address: where the results will be sent.
- Enter your name
- Enter the request title.
- Copy and paste your sequence into the area provided for it. Or if you know the SWISS-PROT AC code, enter that. Don't push send request just yet unless you have no structure in your family.
- Check your PDB code versus ExPDB code. Remember only single chain proteins can be modeled.
- Enter the ExPDB code
- Results options:
- Normal mode
- Include a WhatCheck report of the final model
- Other options corresponding to PHD Prediction and Fold recognition are optional.
- It took approx. 10 minutes to obtain my results by e-mail. You will want to FTP your results to your local CTC machine.
- Inspect the results:
- Where does the What_Check report indicate that the structure is in error? In areas of secondary structure or loops?
- Does the structure-sequence alignment show at least 30% sequence identity?
- Are there gaps in helices or strands or are they contained in the loops?
Supported Programs for Homology Modeling in /biomed/bin
- convertpir - converts a standard NBRF/PIR format file in to the proprietary format used by MODELLER4.0.
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The 11th different winner in 11 combination races at Iowa Speedway for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was crowned Friday night when Brandon Jones earned his first career K&N Series win. Jones led the final nine laps of the Autolite Iridium XP 150 in the Turner Scott Motorsports No. 33 Chevrolet.
It was the 17-year-old Jones' 19th career East Series start and he also made one previous West Series start. It is the third time Jones has been to victory lane this season with Turner Scott Motorsports. He is two-for-two in the ARCA Racing Series this season.
Kenzie Ruston put late pressure on Jones for the win and finished second by 0.338 seconds. It is her career best finish and also eclipsed her own mark for the best finish ever in the series by a female driver.
Greg Pursley finished in ninth and was credited with the win for the West Series. It is his second win of the 2014 season and the 20th of his career.
Jesse Little was on his first career pole and led the first 24 laps before Brodie Kostecki took the lead. He led until lap 50 when Ben Rhodes took the lead. Rhodes led until the halfway caution when he and Little, Kostecki, and Kyle Benjamin pitted one lap before the pit road was open. That put all four drivers at the back of the pack for the restart where Sergio Pena found himself in the lead. Cole Custer was able to get the lead on lap 76 and led until lap 140 when Pena passed him . Pena only led one lap as Brandon Jones then got by on lap 142 and then held off Ruston.
Finishing third was Cole Custer with Sergio Pena fourth, Scott Heckert fifth, Eddie MacDonald sixth, Ben Rhodes seventh, Kaz Grala eighth, Greg Pursley ninth, and David Mayhew tenth. Daniel Suarez was 11th, Jesse Little 12th, Gray Gaulding 13th, Brandon McReynolds 14th, Brodie Kostecki 15th, Nick Drake 16th, Kyle Benjamin 17th, James Bickford 18th, Cameron Hayley 19th, Trey Hutchins 20th, and Ross Chastain was the last lead lap car in 21st. There was a full field of 43 drivers and Chad Finley was the one driver that did not qualify for the race.
Other notables were Ronnie Bassett Jr in 22nd, Chris Eggleston 25th, Dylan Lupton 27th, Cale Conley 32nd, and Austin Hill 34th, Five drivers were out of the race at the end. Brennan Newberry crashed and finished 39th, Ryan Gifford crashed and finished 40th, Zack Huffman crashed and finished 41st, Anthony Giannone had an engine expire and finished 42nd, and Anderson Bowen had an early oil leak and finished 43rd.
After 12 races Ben Rhodes holds a 71 point lead in the East Series over Cameron Hayley. Brandon Jones is third, Gray Gaulding fourth, Jesse Little fifth, Kenzie Ruston sixth, Kaz Grala seventh, Nick Drake eighth, Austin Hill ninth, and Ronnie Bassett Jr tenth.
After nine races Greg Pursley holds a 34 point lead in the West Series over Dylan Lupton. Brandon McReynolds is third, David Mayhew fourth, and James Bickford fifth.
The next race up for the East Series is the Bully Hill Vineyards 125 at Watkins Glen International on Friday, August 8th, The next race for the West Series is the NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 at Evergreen Speedway on Saturday, August 16th.
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Home remedy for Welder burn to the eyes?
A flash burn is a painful inflammation of the cornea, which is the clear tissue that covers the front of the eye. A flash burn occur when you are exposed to bright ultraviolet (UV) light. It can arise in adjectives types of UV light but is a adjectives problem among welders. That's why it is sometimes called welder's flash or arc eye.
Flash burns are approaching sunburn in the eye and can affect both your eyes. Your cornea can repair itself surrounded by one to two days and usually heals minus leaving a defacement. However, if the flash burn is not treated, an infection may start. This can be serious and may lead to some loss of fantasy. DO NOT RELY ON ANY HOME REMEDY FOR THIS!! SEE YOUR DOCTOR
The symptoms of flash burn include:
Pain that may be mild to very severe, Bloodshot eyes, Light sensitivity, Watery eyes ,Blurred daydream, The feeling of have something in your eye.
Diagnosis requires an eye nouns, which may include:
Anaesthetic drops - the doctor may use eye drops to numb your eyes. These drops work long enough to examine your eyes and should not be used more than once.
Inspection - the eyes are checked for despoil.
Dye - the doctor may put orange dye within your eyes. This shows up any damage when a special blue insubstantial is used. The dye is washed out beside your tears.
Treatment options
Treatment for flash burns could include:
Atropine drops - sometimes used to relax the eye muscles, which surrounded by turn eases torment and allow your eyes to rest and heal. Your pupils (the black section of the eye) will look bigger than normal. This effect last several hours.
Dressing - your eyes may be covered with a pad dressing to rest them and allow them to heal.
Antibiotics - you may be advise to use antibiotic drops or ointment at home to stop infection. Follow your doctor's proposal as to how often to use the prescribed eye drops or emulsion.
Review - you will be reviewed in 24 to 48 hours to kind sure that your eyes are healing. Some problems, such as infection, don't show up right away. If within are any serious problems, you will be sent to an ophthalmologist (specialist eye doctor).
Eye drops
DON"T RELY ON HOME REMEDIES FOR THIS, after all isn't your eyesight worth it?
Good luck!
believe it or not but can milk is the best remedy for the eyes.
slice some potatoes, put into a wet papertowel, cover eyes, the starch will drip throught and heal the burn.
artificial tears to relieve soothe eyes and cold compresses. You should be checked to make sure metal is not also within your eyes
Not even at the hosp
Read any of the welding books There is no repair for the eyes
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I've just tried it. Didn't help.
No, it doesnt. Still the same. I've tried with different values
The King2 I've tried different variants with M32 value - result the same, text is at the top.. Jason Z The King2 is right, I'm using Sprites for text rendering, they are out of shader at all. But if there is no other chance to enable Z-value with sprites, I'm ready to try to implement your variant
Naming failure ftw. "float f" is meant to be "float z", therefore the 3rd coordinate, and therefore the depth for your text. m_mTransform initialially is an identity matrix, getting filled with the inverse (depending on how you sort your sprites - front to back or back to front, so you might want to try on that one) z coordinate. You can create it in the function call, but I decided to "cache" it in the class for (small) performance reason. So the better understandable function might go: void D3DFont::DrawText(RECT rect, LPCWSTR lpText, DWORD dFlags, float z, D3DCOLOR color) { D3DXMATRIX mTransform; D3DXMatrixIdentity(&mTransform); m_mTransform(3,2) = 1.0f - z; m_lpD3DSprite->SetTransform(&mTransform); m_lpFont->DrawText(m_lpD3DSprite, lpText, -1, &rect, dFlags, color); } Nope, text is still at the top sprite.Begin(SpriteFlags.AlphaBlend); Matrix matr = Matrix.Identity; matr.M32 = -5; //hardcoded, just a try variat, primitives min z is -1 sprite.Transform = matr; //transform sprite with this matrix SignFont.DrawText(sprite, "o", new Rectangle((int)(screenPoint.X - 1), (int)(screenPoint.Y - 1), (int)(screenPoint.X + 1), (int)(screenPoint.Y + 1)), FontDrawFlags.NoClip | FontDrawFlags.Center | FontDrawFlags.VerticalCenter, new ColorBGRA(100, 0, 255, 255)); sprite.Transform = Matrix.Identity; // after rendering text cancel transform for other elements ............................. sprite.End();
Can you make some explanation: what if F-value (float f)? And m_mTransform is World matrix?
And how do I check if input vertice is a part of the text or a part of the primitive? Primitives can have 0.0 z-component as well...
Yura posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHi, I'm using sprites for text rendering. I need to enable z-buffer (depth) for text, but standart function does not require 3rd component, only X and Y. Vector3 point = Vector3.Project(....); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(textToRender)) { infoLine.DrawText(sprite, textToRender, (int)point.X, (int)point.Y, black); } So my text is always "at the top", and I need to hide it under other elements. What can I do? EDIT: infoLine is a SharpDX.Direct3D9.Font class member
On Picking Ray construction, what does input params mean? x and y - mouse position, as far as I understand width and height - Viewport width and height float near - ???? And at public bool Intersects(Float4x4 transform... transform - it's a world matrix?
Have already implemented the basic functionality of picking. I mean Pick ray calculation, from picked screen coordinates, etc? In case you have a lot of 3D objects in scene you can make the map table of relationships between 3D object in scene and object in your application data model. You have to do it once per scene/level creation. I had found some methods to check picking, like this: public static bool CheckPicking(Viewport viewport, BoundingBox bBox, Vector2 coord, Matrix mViewProj, out float distance) { Vector3 ZNearPlane = Vector3.Unproject(new Vector3(coord, 0), 0, 0, viewport.Width, viewport.Height, viewport.MinZ, viewport.MaxZ, mViewProj); Vector3 ZFarPlane = Vector3.Unproject(new Vector3(coord, 1), 0, 0, viewport.Width, viewport.Height, viewport.MinZ, viewport.MaxZ, mViewProj); Vector3 direction = ZFarPlane - ZNearPlane; direction.Normalize(); Ray ray = new Ray(ZNearPlane, direction); if (ray.Intersects(ref bBox, out distance)) return true; return false; } This method checks intersection with some object (Bounding box, triangle, sphere or plane). It can be used to calculate intersection with concrette figure by iteration over all collection, but it is not the best desision. I'm looking for better solution...
Interesting.. And if I'll make those simple primitives classes, would it help? If I'll keep my buffers for rendering and create such classes for each element representation? How do I then connect those classes with image on the screen ? I need fast method, I have prety much primitives and iteration over them all is not a good solution for me.. My full goal is to get information about picked element - it's type and vertices. No other manipulations are needed (at least yet ) It is sorted, but quite specifically. I have Elements - generic collection, which contain data about each primitive (list of vertices, type, etc). I can't change it (it's a library), but I can try to use it in my purposes, to represent the object in logic, for example... I can use some technics or patterns to expand this collection with needed methods, like intersection. But I dont understand one thing - how do I connect those classes with image on the screen, image, taken from buffers ?
So, I have 2 collections: a collection of Elements, and a collection of Vertices. I take all vertices and add them to the vertex buffer. Then I build IndexBuffer, using information from the collection of elements. Each element store information (ID) of vertices, which belongs to it. Several different elements can contain same vertex (or vertices). By picking I want choose some element (primitive) on the screen and print information about it's vertices.
VertexBuffer + IndexBuffer are very nice for my type of data settings. Comfortably to build and use. In general, I have very massive models, more then 6 000 000 primitives, and VB + IB shows great efficient in working with such models. Can you say the same about separate copies of primitives? If yes, I'm ready to rebuild geometry for using this method.
Yura posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI know picking objects is well covered topic, nevertheless I have problems with it and asking you to help me. So, my objective is to select (pick) some primitive on the screen, surround picked object with some border (for visibility) and return list of it's vertices. Code samples, which I found in internet are built about "primitive structures" - each primitive, like line, triangle, rectangle, etc. has it's representation class with data of each primitive. In my program I use a little different approach: I have 1 global vertexBuffer and IndexBuffer. Those buffers contain locked data of whole figure, which can have very much different primitives. I need to pick some of those primitives. Is it possible with such project structure?
Thanks user88! I calculated normals and all seems to be ok. I've implemented Blinn-Phong algorithm, it is what I need! But I have a question: I have vectors EyePosition and LooAtVector and I want source light always be at the camera position. Otherwords, the side of the figure, on which I'm looking, must be lighted. Look at my source code and tell me what I'm doing wrong: //Vertex shader ...... // Will be moved into PixelShader for deferred rendering float3 lightDirection = LookAtPosition; output.L = -lightDirection; // Light Direction output.N = mul(input.Normal, World); // Surface Normal [World Coordinates] ....... float4 PixelShaderFunction(VertexShaderOutput input, float face : VFACE) : COLOR { //my color float4 color = colors[round(input.texCoord * 11)]; // [Ambient Light] I = Ai * Ac float Ambient_Intensity = 0.7f; float4 Ambient_Colour = color; float4 Ambient_Light = Ambient_Intensity * Ambient_Colour; // [Diffuse Light] I = Di * Dc * N.L float Diffuse_Intensity = 0.7f; float4 Diffuse_Colour = color; float NdotL = dot(normalize(input.N), normalize(input.L)); float4 Diffuse_Light = Diffuse_Intensity * color * saturate(NdotL); //----------Blinn-Phong // Compute the half vector Eye + Light float3 half_vector = normalize(EyePosition + EyePosition); //in my case eye+eye, couse I want light to be the same position as light // Compute the angle between the half vector and normal float HdotN = max( 0.0f, dot( half_vector, input.N ) ); // Compute the specular colour float4 cSpecular = float4(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f); //white float fSpecularExponent = 5; float3 specular = cSpecular * pow( HdotN, fSpecularExponent ); // Determine the final colour return float4( Diffuse_Light + specular + Ambient_Light, 1.0f ); }
The problem is that I don't have Normal vector on each vertice, so I'm using one default (0,1,0) for all vertices, and this is not good! I don't know where to find or how to calculate normal on each vertice, so I tried to make reflection map, but with no desired result...


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ok so everything is installed and ive moved from under seat to car boot as it was crashing under big vibrations and pot holes. However, now after a minute running the system crashes and nothing happens. Have i damaged the hard drive subjecting it to impacts? can it be saved? i may just buy a laptop hard drive as ive just been paid. but they are slightly more expensive and less space for it
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Calm down! What do you have?
If you think about it the safest place would be lower to the ground, middle of the car. So moving it to the trunk really wouldn't accomplish much, if anything.
It's possible that you may have damaged the hard drive, but before we leave it at that and call it a day, check all the connections inside and out then try running safe mode. That would be my first step, the more advanced people may have other solutions.
ive check all the connections and they're fine, safe mode is fair enough but im starting the computer fine getting into windows doing a few things and then its crashing.
i have a micro atx moboad, opus psu, celeron 2ghz processor, dvd drive and 160gig normal desktop hdd
try pulling the HDD out and put into your desktop, then scan the disk for bad sectors. This will let you know if your drive is physically damaged or if something else is to blame.2007 Honda Fit Sport 1.5L SOHC-VTEC
ok thanks for the tip, when it was working like i said it crashed a fair few times due to bumps in the road. im hoping the laptop drive solves this however i want the desktop one fixed too so i can use it in my desktop as 160gig worths is not good to chuck away
when you say crash, what exactly does it do? IE, just reboot, screen freezes, blue screen...
My carputer would reboot everytime I hit hit a bump ( bridge seems expecially), turned out to be my fuse holder. One end of the fuse didn't sit snug into the holder, so everytime I hit a bump the fuse would move, disconnecting the power to my carputer momentarily.2007 Honda Fit Sport 1.5L SOHC-VTEC
ok then new update ive taken computer out of car and put back in normal power supply turned it on and it never crashes, im sitting here installing my new program which is gps software. could it be i was asking it to do much from the power supply as its only 150W, its a big file its installing using the dvd drive, could it be asking for too much from psu and freezing. the screen would freeze and not do anything
That's the way I would approach it Golfchick, you need to isolate the problem by isolating and turning off certain hardware.
Best of luck
ok so tested it all last night and got it working perfect, reinstalled it this morning and low and behold after a few minutes use the screen froze again! could it be how ive wired it? ive wired it direct to the battery with pos, to earth neg and to a wire behing the cig lighter now ive used the wrong wire and its running off the fact that the lights are on but why would this freeze it after so long. Ive also got the screen running off the cig lighter pos and neg... please anyone figure it out!!
this defo sounds like a power issue
i would earth it to the bolt under the back seats
also try less memory in the board
you will be pushing the opus a little with this set up
and i used to have the same prob when i cranked sometimes
the power drop would freeze the machine
not enuf to restart the pc but just enuf to get its knickers twisted
Def a power issue GolfChick22. Can you get someone to help you close by? If you pay my way I will fly over to help ya!
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Though with a slightly off name ("Experiencing" should probably be "Experience"), the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation provides a few Traditional Culture Experiencing Zone sites for interesting tastes of Korean culture throughout Seoul's Incheon Airport.
Korean dancheong decorative coloring techniques could be sampled for free in an appealing hands-on environment at the location nearest my connection departure gate for Japan.
I wanted to paint one of these fans myself, probably doing something more abstract and violating the sample fan's traditional coloring guidelines, but I had nowhere to safely transport such an artifact for the remainder of my journey to Japan. I elected to photograph others enjoying this unexpected opportunity.
Photo Details: This couple from New York provided a great photo opportunity after 7 AM when the staff showed up to open the Experiencing Zone. The airport was still quiet and there was no wait to take a turn at one of the tables. Coincidentally, these guys later sat directly across from me on the flight to Japan. They were visiting a friend in Osaka, but will also be visiting Kyoto (my destination and planned home base) during their vacation.
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This is the political urban legend that just won't die. On Glenn Beck's August 23 show, longtime Democratic strategist and media advisor Peter Fenn perpetuated the media-rooted myth that George HW Bush was amazed at how regular grocery-store scanners worked, which fed into the media themes that he was in a "bubble" and "out of touch" with how Regular Joes lived.
The problem is that story turned out to be a fabrication started by the New York Times.
So, this seasoned Democratic operative dredged up an old canard while discussing Barack Obama's recent elitist sounding gaffe of asking a group of Iowa farmers, "Has anybody gone to Whole Foods lately and seen what they charged for arugula?" Fenn had to show that Republicans are also out of touch elitists and authoritatively repeated the fake Bush story to Beck who didn't dispute it (emphasis mine):
We had President Bush I who didn`t know what a scanner at a grocery store was. I`ll tell you, I think one of the things that when candidates try to be a little too down-to-earth, it doesn`t come off very well. Actually I think that Barack Obama probably does relate to folks. I think you`re going to see it in these upcoming primaries.
The story behind Fenn's tall tale is that during the 1992 presidential race, Bush stopped at the National Grocers' Convention where he was shown a latest-generation optical grocery scanner that could reconstruct torn labels.
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There is an education crisis looming for Latinos, the nation's most rapidly growing ethnic group. Last year, the Pew Hispanic Center released the report "Hispanics, High School Dropouts and the GED." The report finds that 41% of Hispanic adults age 20 and older in the United States do not have a regular high school diploma, compared with 23% of black adults and 14% of white adults.
This means simply, that the fastest growing youth population faces the risk of also being the most uneducated, posing a problem not just for Latinos, but for the entire country.
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Today's minority students will represent an increasing share of tomorrow's workforce and thus pay more of the payroll taxes that will be required to fund Social Security and Medicare benefits for the mostly white Baby Boomers. Many analysts warn that if the U.S. doesn't improve educational performance among African-American and Hispanic children, who now lag badly behind whites in both high school and college graduation rates, the nation will have difficulty producing enough high-paying jobs to generate the tax revenue to maintain a robust retirement safety net.
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This print, which I just completed for The College Board, celebrates the great value that Latino families place on education. The young man on the left is recreating indigenous Inca bird icons as he imagines the many possibilities for his future. In the center, a mother teaches her daughter about Caribbean indigenous history. On the right, a high school student proudly graduates and is committed to social justice. The background demonstrates the various milestones in a young person's education.
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