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Each degree program gives you a choice of either submitting a portfolio of work or submitting specific art, design or film exercises. If you choose to submit a portfolio, it should reflect your individual style as well as your understanding of foundational skills.
Certain programs have a few specific requirements to be included in the portfolio. Beyond that, the balance of your portfolio should include a variety of media and techniques demonstrating drawing ability, composition and color usage (for art or design degrees) or film-related work (for the film degree). Examples of work created outside of class assignments that show more personal direction are also encouraged. Please limit submissions to no more than 15 examples.
Watkins Admissions representatives and faculty will be happy to assist you in making final choices for your portfolio prior to submission and you are encouraged to meet with them during a National Portfolio Day or on your visit to the Watkins campus.
Your portfolio is the basis for which portfolio-based scholarships are awarded. NOTE: Digital portfolios are preferred. If submitting original material please be aware that although every precaution is taken to protect portfolios, the college cannot be responsible for loss or damage. Original work will be kept in the Admissions Office for three months after the semester to which you are applying. After that time the work will be discarded.
Technical Skill and Experimentation:
Include your strongest work in your portfolio. Some variety of media helps by showing that you have explored more than one mode of working. But if you excel in a particular media or style, your portfolio should reflect this by including more of that work. It's best to include both work from your art classes and work that you create independently. The more you practice and learn new skills, the more work you will have to choose from. So, if your portfolio consists primarily of drawing, consider experimenting with paint, collage or sculpture!
Direct Observation:
Fine artists and designers should include two or more realistic images created primarily from direct observation of real life. Examples include drawings and paintings in modes such as still life, figure study, landscapes, and interiors.
Works created by referring to photographs or one's imagination are great too, but they don't demonstrate your ability in direct observation.
Conceptual Skill:
Perhaps the most challenging skill to demonstrate is conveying ideas or emotions in your work. Creating a series of related works (as in an AP Art concentration) helps to develop this ability. Brainstorming, researching, and keeping a sketchbook are good methods of planning conceptual artwork. Writing and talking about your finished work is also an important skill for any visual art student or professional.
Photography portfolios can consist mostly or entirely of photographs. Keep in mind that the photography program at Watkins has an emphasis in conceptual work. While it's great to build your skills by taking all kinds of photos, you want your portfolio to set you apart from the crowd and demonstrate your ability to convey an idea or an emotion through imagery. Photographers often work in series. A series consists of a group of photographs that are dealing with the same idea or subject matter in a few different ways. A series can also be narrative in nature by telling a story- whether it is abstract or straight forward.
A graphic design portfolio should consist of mostly drawings, paintings, prints or other artworks (see the guidelines for "fine art" portfolios above). However, it's a good idea to begin working with design skills too. Try some projects where you incorporate text and imagery into a finished piece. Some examples might include posters, album covers, and logo designs. Working by hand is a very important aspect of a graphic design portfolio.
If you have taken classes in design, you should include your best digital work. But don't overlook the importance of drawing skills or the effectiveness of a medium like collage in creating graphic elements. If you have interest in illustration, consider making a series of images that tells a story.
Interior design portfolios can consist largely of fine art work (see the guidelines for "fine art" portfolios above). To help specialize your portfolio toward a major in interior design, add life drawings of interior spaces or architectural structures. Works that emphasize pattern, texture, mood, and color theory in either realistic or abstract compositions are great, too. Even photographs of a space you have designed or decorated could help convey your point of view and design sense.
Film portfolios usually consist of one or more short films, and sometimes include script samples, storyboards, or other supporting materials. When including group productions, make note of your specific role when making the film. Keep your film reel short- 5 to 8 minutes of video is plenty of time to showcase your best work. If your films are longer than that, it is best to combine short excerpts from several projects. Note that it is helpful to include full scenes in your reel so that your sense of storytelling is clearly represented.
Your final portfolio will need to be in the form of digital images of your work, complete with information about each piece (that you will add to the "description" section when uploading your media to the online application).
Steps to documenting your work:
Your entire portfolio can be uploaded in the online application (slideroom) in the "Add Media" section.
File types accepted:
Images (jpg, gif, png) up to 5 MB each
Videos (flv, wmv, mov) up to 60 MB each
Audio (mp3) up to 10 MB each
Documents (pdf) up to 10 MB each
You can also link to websites like YouTube and Vimeo directly from Slideroom.
**Remember to add descriptions of your work in the descriptions field when uploading your pieces. This is the only information that we will have about your work and this is the only chance you will get to explain any special idea or process you used in your work.
Applicants seeking to transfer prior studio credits must submit a portfolio of original work from each course to be evaluated. Each work/project
should include: your name, title, a description, the course name, the official course description photocopied from the institution's catalog the
year the class was taken and a copy of the cover of the pertinent catalog. A copy of the syllabus, if available, is also helpful.
It's important to get feedback on your portfolio. There are a few different ways to get a review from a Watkins representative.
There are many benefits to getting a review before you apply.
Prepare for a review by bringing your original artwork. If your original work is unavailable of difficult to carry, bring images of the work. Most importantly, be ready to have a conversation about the art you bring. Bring enough work so that the reviewer can get a good sense of your artistic process and voice. 15-20 pieces seems to be a good amount. Show work that is no more than 2 years old. Bring your finished pieces as well as your current works in progress, and most importantly, your sketchbook!
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017
Location: Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
10:00 – 11:00 Registration & Campus Tours
10:45 – 11:45 Informational Presentation about Watkins, Portfolio Prep, Financial Aid, and Application Process
12:00 – 4:00 Portfolio Reviews
National Portfolio Days are educational events for young artists held at host colleges throughout the U.S. and Canada. Portfolio Days bring together students and experienced college representatives, who review artwork, offer critique, discuss college plans, and share information about their schools. These events are not an examination or a competition. The reviewers are interested in your development, look forward to seeing your work, and providing you with helpful information for this next important step in your education. So stop by our table and show us your stuff!
Any student interested in studying art and / or design at the college level should attend a National Portfolio Day. Participating in a Portfolio Day will give you a taste of what it would be like to attend a professional art program. Keep in mind you may hear many different opinions about your work. This is your chance to explain your thought process and show us where you want to go with your work.
We want to see your sketch books, works in progress and what you consider your best finished pieces. Always bring original artwork when possible (15 to 20 pieces is fine.) If your work is large, 3-dimensional or otherwise hard to carry, you can bring photographs of the work instead. You may bring your own laptop if you wish but Watkins will have a laptop available to look at work that needs to be viewed on a computer. A portfolio review usually takes approximately 15 minutes.
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What is this medicine?VASOPRESSIN (vas oh PRES in) is a hormone that is normally made in the body. This medicine acts to lower the amount of urine that is made and to constrict small blood vessels. It is used to treat diabetes insipidus. It is also used to reduce stomach bloat for some procedures and after some surgeries.
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How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for injection under the skin or into a muscle. You will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
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- BSO Case Number: 12-1308-003183
- PIO Number: 13-8-32
- Date: August 28, 2013
- Time: 12:22 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 1595 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park
- Jurisdiction: Oakland Park
- 1. Daniel Forrest, 21, male, at large
- 2. State of Florida
- 1. Henry Kiner III, 27, 4/12/86, male, 5405 N.W. 24 St., Lauderhill (DECEASED)
- 2. Junior Fletcher, 28, 12/5/85, 812 Pennsylvania Ave., Ft. Lauderdale (IN CUSTODY on unrelated charges)
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Law enforcement officers from three agencies were met with shotgun fire Wednesday while searching for a murder suspect in Oakland Park.
The shooting occurred shortly after midnight in the 1500 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard. BSO's Fugitive/SWAT team, Fort Lauderdale police officers and US Marshals were trying to apprehend Henry Kiner III, who was wanted for a Ft. Lauderdale homicide. Law enforcement approached a man inside a black pickup as he started to pull out of the Days Inn parking lot. As they approached the driver, who was later identified as Junior Fletcher, one of Kiner's associates, they found themselves under fire. Kiner had emerged from room #212 and was shooting at deputies and officers from the second floor of the hotel. Kiner's gunfire was returned, and he died at the scene. No law enforcement officers were hit.
A BSO deputy was transported to Broward Health Medical Center after injuring his arm. He was not shot and was treated and released. Daniel Forrest, who was staying in room #214 and was not involved in the incident, was shot by Kiner or law enforcement officers. He suffered a non life-threatening injury. No other injuries were reported. Oakland Park Boulevard west of Interstate-95 at the CSX railroad tracks to Northwest 31 Avenue remained closed until just before 11 a.m.
FLPD obtained a warrant for Kiner's arrest for a homicide that occurred on August 11, 2013. Investigators said after that murder, Kiner's mom recounted a conversation about two weeks ago where he told her, "I'm never going back to prison." According to detectives, just last night, Kiner told Fletcher, "This is the last time you're going to see me."
Kiner was released from prison August 2011 after serving a sentence for a 2006 armed robbery. Fletcher was arrested on unrelated charges for possession of narcotics. He was also released August 2011from prison, where he had been incarcerated since the age of 16 for robbery.
Per BSO policy, homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Six deputies have been placed on administrative assignment. A Fort Lauderdale police officer also fired his gun. No US Marshals fired their weapons.
FLPD is handling the homicide investigation. BSO is investigating the deputy/officer-involved shooting.
- INVESTIGATORS: Homicide Sgt. D. Ellwood, CID; Homicide Det. E. Torres, CID; BSO Fugitive/SWAT, BSO Oakland Park District, Fort Lauderdale PD, US Marshals
- THIS REPORT BY: Veda Coleman-Wright/PIO 8/28/13 1740
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As I said above, athletes beat themselves up from a young age for the fame and hope of making it big. I wonder how much steroids had to play, if anything, in this case. Also he was divorced, but again its hard to say what/how much effects a person
Not sure who or what "Fender" is, but I am as guilty as the next guy in hating how watered down the league has become. That said, as TJ said man this is bad news for the NFL. The same day the Saints stuff gets released this happens. I smell a lot of lawsuits from former players, as if the NFL didnt have plenty already.
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OAKLAND — It's time for Round Three.
The Central Catholic-Modesto and McClymonds High football teams have already faced each other twice in the past 12 months, and they will play each other again Friday in the Division IV Northern Regional championship game at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln High-Stockton.
At stake is a spot in the Division IV state title game Dec. 20 against either View Park-Los Angeles or Bakersfield Christian at the Stub Hub Center in Carson.
"I feel good about it. We are familiar with each other. We played them tough this year," McClymonds coach Michael Peters said. "I think it will be a real good game."
Central Catholic beat McClymonds 42-12 in last year's Division IV Northern Regional championship. On Sept. 13, the Raiders were victorious again, 38-24, but the game was much different from the 2012 encounter.
In 2012, Central Catholic jumped out to a 21-0 lead less than six minutes into the game. On Sept. 13, McClymonds led 18-14 in the third quarter.
"Then their running game really took control and took possession of the clock," Peters said.
Central Catholic's Matt Ringer ran for 264 yards and four touchdowns in that game. This season, the senior has rushed for 2,260 yards and 33 touchdowns.
"They are a powerhouse," Peters said of Central Catholic.
The Warriors (10-2) have grown since September, and a prime example was their play late in the game against Menlo on Oct. 4. Menlo led 40-12 with 9 minutes, 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter, but McClymonds scored 28 straight points to tie the score before Menlo scored a late touchdown for a 47-40 victory.
"We are going to fight all the way to the last second," Peters said.
Since that game, McClymonds is 7-0 and dominated its Oakland Athletic League competition, averaging 44.1 points and allowing an average of only 6.6 points per game. But the Raiders (13-1) have also won their past seven games, averaging 44.3 points and allowing 14.7 points per game over that span.
In the Silver Bowl on Nov. 29, McClymonds' LaVance Warren rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries as the Warriors beat Oakland 44-16. Louis White, who returned a kickoff for a touchdown in that game, is also a receiving threat for the Warriors.
Central Catholic coach Roger Canepa described the Warriors as "very explosive."
"They have a good football team. We are not looking by them," said Canepa, whose squad is looking for its second straight state championship after blasting Santa Fe Christian-Solana Beach 66-7 in last year's Division IV final.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated.
Luck was also on Sports Illustrated's cover (August 2011) before last season at Stanford University. That same month, he was on the cover of SI for Kids, too.
Those two covers leave him about a dozen behind Peyton Manning, who graced SI's front earlier this season in a Denver uniform. Manning was first on the SI front a couple of times in college, followed by multiple occasions in a Colts uniform. SI also includes Manning on its cover list when his named was used along with an image of Chicagos Brian Urlacher.
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Places a herder with pack zebras in the Zainab Camp. You can buya pack zebra from the herder.The pack zebra is controlled through dialogue topics. You can displaya status report that includes the zebra's health, restorative inventoryitems and type of follow mode. You can command the zebra to follow orfollow outdoors only. In follow mode, the zebra will follow you whereveryou go. In follow outdoors only mode, when you enter an interior cell,the zebra will wait at the door for your return. If the zebra is in eitherfollow mode and you levitate, the zebra will stay at its current position.If you water walk and the zebra is following, it too will water walk.Feeding the zebra 2 small kwama eggs or 1 large kwama egg will restoreits health. The eggs can be in either the player's or zebra's inventory.If the zebra is poisoned, it will eat rat meat from its inventory tocure itself.The Almsivi and Divine Intervention spells have been enhanced. They nowhave the power to teleport both the PC and a pack zebra.


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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) A 19-year-old from Oklahoma inspired to live off the land by the movie "Into the Wild" is missing in remote, rugged country in southeastern Oregon.
The Harney County sheriff's office says a search began Tuesday for Dustin Self on the north end of Steens Mountain after a rancher found his truck had slid off a backcountry road. Searchers hope for good weather Thursday so they can put up a plane to look for him.
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Shares of Sears Holdings are plunging in after-hours trading after the retailer reported sales at stores open for more than one year had dipped.
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A teenager named John and his mother Julia decide to go some place with Julia's husband's car. John asks his mother if she could allow him to drive. She lets him drive. Half an hour later John loses control of the car and hits a tree. John and his mother escape with minor injuries but the car is damaged. John was not supposed to be driving the car. So Julia decides to lie to her husband, saying that she was driving and that she committed the accident.
Later on, Julia's husband asks John whether this is true, and what exactly happened.
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Remember how gas skyrocketed in late fall because oil refineries were converting gas to the "winter blend?" And then, for some reason, gas prices took a dive?
Well, if you've noticed -- how can you not? -- gas is looking at $4 in the rearview mirror.
So I asked an independent station operator why, and he actually said refineries are changing to the "summer blend" and some refinery in Bogota or somewhere was on the blink.
Summer blend? In the middle of February? I think the oil companies work with two calendars -- one that says "raise prices and make up something" and the other that says "see the other calendar."
LONGEST YARD ... As if returning from his mother's funeral weren't bad enough, how about that motorist near Columbus, Ohio, getting pulled over for supposedly having a marijuana leaf sticker in his rear view mirror when, in fact, it was the buckeye leaf on an Ohio State football helmet. Perhaps the county sheriff -- who left without citing the driver when explanation was given -- had played football at some point and received one too many concussions. Motoring through Canada must really drive the officer crazy (lots of maple leaves and ... oh, you understand).
BREATHING WELL ... Good news about 16-year-old Vallejoan Justin Fowler. The ailing youngster received two transplanted lungs at Stanford Medical Center and is doing great just in time for his beloved San Francisco Giants to start another season.
NON CENTS ... According to the U.S. Mint 2011 annual report, a penny costs 2.41 cents to produce; a nickel, 11.18 cents; a dime, 5.65 cents; and a quarter, 11.14 cents. The cost includes both the metallic content of the coins and the minting process. I'm no economic wizard, but I'm thinking the government is losing money minting pennies and nickels. Who's running this show, the post office? Perhaps we should make coins out of shells. It worked for the Chinese at the end of the Neolithic Age. In fact, perhaps China can take the few trillion we owe 'em in puka.
NOT ACCURATE ... So now Forbes Magazine has named Vallejo "No. 6 Most Miserable City in America 2013." Really? Worse than Richmond? Oakland? Compton? Anywhere in Wyoming? Most of Texas? The good news is, Vallejo's named Forbes the "Third Worst Magazine in America 2013," barely edged out by "Nazi Monthly" and "How to Cook Baby Harp Seals Digest."
FIELD OF PULLED HAMMIES ... There's still time to try out for the new Vallejo Admirals minor league team set to play at Wilson Park. Grab your bat and glove and head to Albert Park in San Rafael on April 28, though marketing man Tyler Browne says there's probably room for another try-out before. Call (415) 485-1563 for info. If it doesn't work out, there's always ticket taker jobs available.
EMPRESSIVE SHOW ... Good to see about 400 show up at Thursday night's screening of the documentary, "The Waiting Room" at the Empress in a fundraiser for the student-run free clinic at Touro University. Two rare sightings at the Empress: Mayor Osby Davis and, maneuvering around the construction chaos, valet parking.


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Chris wrote:... the Jataka verses are in the Pali Canon, but not the Tales.
Excellent synopsis, Retro. Thanks.retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Mawkish,
The Jatakas are "birth stories" about the former lives of the Buddha and other stars of the Pali Suttas.
As far as I'm aware, the only difference between the Tales and the Verses is their canonical status.
In many respects, the Jatakas are classical Indian fables that promote virtuous wholesome activity, albeit with little regard for the Buddha's teachings on kamma. However, simply because they misrepresent the workings of kamma, does not make them useless... something need not be factual to have a positive impact on someone's thinking and behaviour (think "To Kill A Mockingbird" for example)
retrofuturist wrote:... the only difference between the Tales and the Verses is their canonical status ... they misrepresent the workings of kamma
Mawkish1983 wrote:retrofuturist wrote:... the only difference between the Tales and the Verses is their canonical status ... they misrepresent the workings of kamma
I see, thanks retro is it both the tales and the verses that misrepresent kamma or is it just the 'tales'?
One day, while the Buddha was staying in Jetavana, some bhikkhus asked him if there was any benefit in sacrificing goats, sheep, and other animals as offerings for departed relatives.
"No, bhikkhus," replied the Buddha. "No good ever comes from taking life, not even when it is for the purpose of providing a Feast for the Dead." Then he told this story of the past.
Long, long ago, when Brahmadatta was reigning in Baranasi, a brahman decided to offer a Feast for the Dead and bought a goat to sacrifice. "My boys," he said to his students, "take this goat down to the river, bathe it, brush it, hang a garland around its neck, give it some grain to eat, and bring it back."
"Yes, sir," they replied and led the goat to the river.
While they were grooming it, the goat started to laugh with a sound like a pot smashing. Then, just as strangely, it started to weep loudly.
The young students were amazed at this behavior. "Why did you suddenly laugh," they asked the goat, "and why do you now cry so loudly?"
"Repeat your question when we get back to your teacher," the goat answered.
The students hurriedly took the goat back to their master and told him what had happened at the river. Hearing the story, the master himself asked the goat why it had laughed and why it had wept.
"In times past, brahman," the goat began, "I was a brahman who taught the Vedas like you. I, too, sacrificed a goat as an offering for a Feast for the Dead. Because of killing that single goat, I have had my head cut off 499 times. I laughed aloud when I realized that this is my last birth as an animal to be sacrificed. Today I will be freed from my misery. On the other hand, I cried when I realized that, because of killing me, you, too, may be doomed to lose your head five hundred times. It was out of pity for you that I cried."
"Well, goat," said the brahman, "in that case, I am not going to kill you."
"Brahman!" exclaimed the goat. "Whether or not you kill me, I cannot escape death today."
"Don't worry," the brahman assured the goat. "I will guard you."
"You don't understand," the goat told him. "Your protection is weak. The force of my evil deed is very strong."
The brahman untied the goat and said to his students, "Don't allow anyone to harm this goat." They obediently followed the animal to protect it.
After the goat was freed, it began to graze. It stretched out its neck to reach the leaves on a bush growing near the top of a large rock. At that very instant a lightning bolt hit the rock, breaking off a sharp piece of stone which flew through the air and neatly cut off the goat's head. A crowd of people gathered around the dead goat and began to talk excitedly about the amazing accident.
A tree deva had observed everything from the goat's purchase to its dramatic death, and drawing a lesson from the incident, admonished the crowd: "If people only knew that the penalty would be rebirth into sorrow, they would cease from taking life. A horrible doom awaits one who slays." With this explanation of the law of kamma the deva instilled in his listeners the fear of hell. The people were so frightened that they completely gave up the practice of animal sacrifices. The deva further instructed the people in the Precepts and urged them to do good.
Eventually, that deva passed away to fare according to his deserts. For several generations after that, people remained faithful to the Precepts and spent their lives in charity and meritorious works, so that many were reborn in the heavens.
The Buddha ended his lesson and identified the Birth by saying, "In those days I was that deva."
Thank you very much for sharing this, retro. Today I have learnt somethingretrofuturist wrote:it's a fable providing a good moral lesson.... but it's a "tall story"... bending a few truths along the way.
retrofuturist wrote:* Fixed results corresponding to fixed actions (1 goat sacrifice = 500 decapitations)
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if i store my world in 256x256x256 chunks right, and have a paletized 8 bit colour, that means a single plane of voxels 65536x65536 would take 16 gigs to store.
with an 8 bit x position, 8 bit y position, and 8 bit z position, and 8 bit colour.
65536x65536 of these.
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I was just about to give up, when I just realized, hey, what if i just store the world in slats of voxels on disk, then just store the 8 bit colour, then i could get it to around a quarter of the size!
So, my idea is for every 256x256x256 chunk, to store a flat plane instead of storing every individual voxel, i store a start position and an x length, y length and z length, and use the x and z lengths to make the plane instead of using points for every single location.
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Could anyone take the compression further than this?
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Your ideas seems pretty cool so far. If I'm understanding correctly, you would store a 256\\^3 block as the volume of a plain intersecting a cube (assuming the block is solid and mostly planar?).
Here's one thing that comes to mind (I've never actually worked with voxels before so take with grain of salt). This wouldn't save you any disk space (is that your goal?), but would be useful cutting down on collision detections and rendering:
What about having level of detail substitutes for voxels, stored as a binary tree. You would have the level individual voxels, then you could calculate a 2x2x2 level represented as one bigger cube if sufficiently far from the camera. Then you would have the 4x4x4 level represented by one bigger cube if even farther from the camera. And so on. Then you could just load the parts of the world at the detail you would need as you need it.
Have you read GPU Gems 3. There's a cool chapter in there that I believe uses voxels: Chapter 1: Generating Complex Procedural Terrains Using the GPU Ryan Geiss, NVIDIA Corporation
Thanks for the reply.
Ill keep the idea to this at first, to keep things simple... then if I need to compress more later ill wait till then... ive got more things to do than just this at the moment.
That link is amazing!!! I hope to get something similar! Except mine wont be procedural, itll be 100% stored uniquely on disk.
I do have a chunk selection system very similar to what you suggested (And is in the link) already... really far chunks just zap off disk onto the screen in big hits, cause the voxels themselves are really large that far from the camera.
I just do it in hits of 256\\^3, instead of individually, which [individually] actually could be better? Ill think about it.


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It's nice that you decided to jump to conclusions about his "apparent mental breakdown" prior to the truth actually being released. I'm sure his family appreciates this type of Blog reporter analysis as well. What ever happened to a wait and see approach verses jumping to conclusions, or is it eaisier to get the comments that your looking for by lighting fires and then running off?
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First...you never should've blown that play at first base. Second...do you really think there's any question about the Captain's mental state being normal?! Really?? This report is spot on, from the first sentence to the last.
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As sad and frustrating that your analyzies may seem to some, Mr. Thurbur. History reflects your right on point.


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Column: I'm There for You, Baby
Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry, serial entrepreneurs who invest in early-stage technology companies, will take turns writing this weekly column about entrepreneurship in San Diego. Neil is the author of the book "I'm There for You, Baby: The Entrepreneur's Guide to the Galaxy," which has more than 200 rules for entrepreneurs (www.imthereforyoubaby.com/). Please email ideas to Barbara at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Can you balance your checkbook? Can you read a balance sheet, a profit and loss statement? Numbers and entrepreneurship go together like apple pie and ice cream. In school, they call it math.
There is little chance of success in starting a business if one is not comfortable with the numbers. Does revenue exceed expenses, and if not now, when, and then how much money do you need to bridge that gap and for how long? And then there are concepts like pre-money, post-money, liquidation preferences, dilution, return on investment. This stuff matters, and yet, in our interactions with many entrepreneurs, we've been surprised at how many struggle with these basic concepts.
Math is also important in "helping to prepare you for things that aren't obvious right off the bat," contends Todd Gutschow, co-founder of HNC Software (sold to Fair Isaac & Co.), a leader in the development of neural network technology for credit-card fraud detection. When you're starting a company, you are in uncharted territory with a multiple series of decision trees, and each path chosen leads to another set of choices. "You have to use analytical methods and interpret those results to move your company forward successfully."
Math attracted Gutschow because "I've always liked solving problems, and early on there was an attractiveness to finding a right answer. But as you move on, you find out that there's not always a right answer or right method, and some students struggle with this."
We tell the entrepreneur that not only must you tolerate ambiguity, you need to embrace it. The ability to manage multiple options, each one stacked like the famous nested Russian dolls, is a key component in entrepreneurship.
"In geometry, there are different ways to prove a theorem," said Gutschow, who is a member of the Poway Unified School District Board of Education. "The process is as important as proving the theorem itself. How to analyze a problem and come to a set of conclusions is a powerful skill set for entrepreneurs, and math is an excellent way to prepare people."
Putting on his school- board hat, Gutschow admits that some math teachers spend too much time on the mechanics, "which turns off a lot of students," and not enough time finding ways to engage kids in using math as a tool for problem solving.
Gutschow is a supporter of Math for America, a nonprofit organization started in 2004 by famous New York hedge fund manager and math whiz James H. Simons (who earned a Ph.D. in math) to improve mathematics education in U.S. public secondary schools, by recruiting, training and retaining outstanding mathematics teachers. The San Diego chapter, which began in 2008, operates as a consortium of University of California San Diego, San Diego State University, and California State University San Marcos.
In the first year of the five-year program, the San Diego Fellows receive a scholarship to one of the three universities to earn a teaching credential or master's degree and a $15,000 stipend. In years two through five, they receive the same stipend plus their salary. Currently, the program's 31 regular Fellows, seven master teaching Fellows (experienced math teachers), and one mentor Fellow teach in 25 school districts in San Diego County.
Their philosophy is "to put the student in the middle. When a kid says the wrong answer, instead of moving on quickly, we probe the student to find out how they got there, " said Barbara Edwards, executive director of the San Diego chapter. "We have to pay math (and science) teachers more in both money and respect in order to attract the best and the brightest," said Simons, who contends that having a "sense for numbers" is a prerequisite for business success.
In his novel, "1984," George Orwell has a chapter called "two plus two equals five." That will never be true. And the earth is not flat. And when an investor asks you to "run the numbers" — that does not mean to run away from the numbers. Find the elegance and the art. That's why it's called "paint-by-numbers."Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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A 43-year-old Honeydew man -- who California Highway Patrol officials said was not wearing a seatbelt and allegedly driving impaired -- was killed after the pickup truck he was driving went down an embankment in Petrolia early Saturday morning.
The Humboldt County Deputy Coroner identified James Vincent Carpenter as the driver of a 1997 Ford pickup truck which tumbled down an embankment on the south shoulder of Mattole Road, west of Mattole Grange, CHP officials said on Sunday.
The investigation found Carpenter was not wearing a seatbelt and officials noted alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.
Carpenter suffered fatal injuries after the Ford rolled over and landed on its wheels and was pronounced dead at 2:12 p.m., officials noted.
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Before I arrived here in snowy St. Paul, not very long ago, I was living in Venice, Italy, sharing a two-bedroom apartment in the old Castello neighborhood with a scientist of sperm whale sound and a landscape architect. I worked days at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni on the Grand Canal, cleaning the base below the Calder mobile, washing the windows, selling tickets, and guarding rooms in which hung paintings by Picasso, Braque, Mondrian, Severini, Miro, and Pollock. Doing a boring job in a beautiful place is one of the greatest opportunities for meditation I have had, and I spent many hours comparing Mondrian's The Sea to the ripples on the canal outside the wrought iron grated windows.
I became fascinated with a theme I saw in Mondrian's landscapes, Brancusi's birds, and Giacometti's human figures. Each of these artists purposefully spent years of his working life paring down, making an attempt to paint or sculpt the essence of a natural image, ever simplifying the visual language he used. They all believed, in some instances with a spiritual fervor, that it was possible to find and express essence.
When I was in high school, my best writing teacher came to me through Biology. She taught me to describe the beginnings of life in the "primordial soup" briefly, on one side of a piece of paper. This was a painful process of excision, of finding the fatty words lacking in meaning and cutting them until the essay became its leanest self. Poets use this practice too; they choose the briefest of all possible ways to spin the phrase. Annie Dillard's latest novel, The Maytrees, was originally a 1400-page manuscript, now just over 200.
Wise cutting makes for good writing and sculpture, yes, but since being in Venice I have come to see cutting away excess as a meaning-making practice too. Isn't this how ascetics craft their very lives? Wouldn't all our lives be more sustainable if we could, like the absract artists, pare away the metaphorical fat?


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We have schedule planners, computerized calendars,and self-stick notes to help us organize our business and social lives everyday. But what about organizing the other side of our livesthe spiritual side?
One of the great battlegrounds of the new century is within the private world of the individual.The values of our Western culture incline us to believe that the busy, publicly active person in ministry is also the most spiritual.
Tempted to give imbalanced attention to the public world at the expense of the private, we become involved in more programs, more meetings. Our massive responsibilities at home, work, and church have resulted in a lot of good people on the verge of collapse.
In this timely update of his classic Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonald equips a new generation to live life from the inside out, cultivating the inner victory necessary for public effectiveness.
With much enthusiasm I recommend this book to all of you who, like me, need order in your private world.
Charles Swindoll, Chancellor, Dallas Theological Seminary
This book was the primary instrument that God used to motivate me to integrate spiritual disciplines into my daily walk with Christ . . . I shudder to think where Id be today had I not read it.
Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor,Willow Creek Community Church
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bloomn4godTucson, AZAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Ordering Your Private WorldSeptember 24, 2012bloomn4godTucson, AZAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Great book for a ministry representative to STOP and take a quick inventory of life and spirit-man. Blessings,
David R. Bess5 Stars Out Of 5May 2, 2009David R. BessThis title is the second I've read by Gordon MacDonald, and I was so impressed that it certainly won't be my last. MacDonald approaches discipleship from a different perspective than most would do -- discipleship is not found in greater effectiveness for ministry, but in greater purpose for living. He doesn't tell the reader how to do what he/she is doing better, but to discover WHY it is being done. MacDonald calls believers to search their hearts, seeking godliness above busyness. This book is an excellent read for all Christians, but especially for church leaders and pastors. I recommend it highly.
Scott5 Stars Out Of 5April 25, 2009ScottI must first say I have only read the edition printed in 1985-1985 version ISBN#0-7852-7161-9. It's content is deep, reflective, serious, and honest. It looks over things very carefully, incredibly important though subtle things-integral for the person who takes their Christian walk seriously, or wishes to. I was hesitant about the journaling section, and sometimes he gets a little bit over fanatical about time management. But gets back on track and makes a lot of ground in what is a fairly small book. Lot's of meat in this book. Digest this book slowly. I have found it is really good regarding the topics of keeping ones priorities straight in worshipping, and studying the Lord, and prayer, and basically your life. The addressing of prayer in the book was very helpful to me. It does seem written towards men, from a man, so that was incredibly helpful. It's down to earth, and "let's get down quickly and talk about what needs to be talked about" is great. No fluffing around. Again, possibly only this version. Seems many books written in the 1980's have a lot of substance comparatively to these days. In my opinion it's a great book, for anyone who wants to look deeper into their spiritual devotion, intensity, regardless of lay or a paid church worker, and maintain it. It would be really valuable for church leaders to read and study together. It offers you the opportunity for clear, focused, Godly internal communion, encouraging that, and honing with sharpness the things that are needed and cutting those that take away, beyond values, in depth values, pretty simply too. Organization, prioritization, taking one's spiritual life seriously, and valuing and respecting one's personal time with God, ordering your private world, might help you find the order you've been craving, the inner peaceful paradise you've since lost, and the peace that passes understanding you've been missing or never experienced as your inner, private world gets orderly.


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Leandro Barbosa's minutes are expected to rise with Rajon Rondo out for the season with a torn ACL.
The Nuggets are in talks with Will Barton about a contract extension.
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LANSING (AP) -- Michigan is heading down the road of teaming up with the federal government on a mandated health insurance exchange that was a major part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Here's a look at where things stand in the state:
Q: How many people are uninsured in Michigan, and how many of those are projected to get insurance under the exchange?
A: Michigan has 1.2 million uninsured people. The state estimates about 500,000 are anticipated to receive coverage through the exchange -- 421,000 individuals and 82,000 employees of firms.
Q: How many people in Michigan are currently served by Medicaid and how many more will be served if the state chooses the Medicaid expansion?
A: About 1.8 million are currently served by Medicaid, and if the state chooses to expand, it expects roughly 500,000 Medicaid individuals to seek coverage within five years. The estimate for the first year is about 300,000.
Q: How many small businesses are likely to take advantage of the health insurance offered on the state's exchange?
A: Specific numbers aren't available but the state anticipates roughly 82,000 employees may receive coverage through the exchange. This could change depending on what small businesses do with their current employer-sponsored insurance options and the federal health care law's impact on that coverage.
Q: How is the exchange going to be set up, and which agency will be responsible for overseeing it?
A: Michigan is working toward establishing a federal-state partnership -- one of three options for states. Officials say the federal government ultimately has responsibility for overseeing the partnership plans.
Q: How much money has been received so far from the federal government to do the initial work in setting up an exchange?
A: The state has received $31 million to conduct the activities under a partnership exchange and is working with lawmakers on receiving spending authority for that grant. Michigan previously received a $1 million grant to plan for an exchange and that has been spent. The state also received a $9.8 million grant to plan for a state-based exchange, but spending authority for that funding wasn't approved by the Legislature so that money returned to the federal government.
Q: How will residents access the exchange, and what kind of customer support will be offered?
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- A prison inmate has been sentenced to 4 years after admitting he provided a false burial tip in the 2003 disappearance of a 16-year-old Ohio girl.
A judge in Cleveland sentenced 26-year-old Robert Wolford on Tuesday on his guilty plea to obstruction of justice, making a false report and making a false alarm.
Last summer, he tipped authorities to look for the remains of Amanda Berry of Cleveland in a city lot. He was brought to the location, which was dug up with backhoes.
Wolford is serving a 26-year sentence for a 2007 slaying.
Berry was last seen in 2003, when she called her sister to say she was getting a ride home from her job. That was a 10-minute walk from home and several miles from the search location.


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Have you heard about the tiger that's turned into a giraffe?
The real story isn't quite so magical as that sounds. But Sainsbury's response to a letter from a little girl, which has now led them to change the name of their tiger bread to giraffe bread, was certainly inspired.
For those who missed it, the UK supermarket received a letter last May questioning the name of the pattern-crusted loaf: why call it 'tiger' when it was clearly not stripy? 'It should be called giraffe bread', the letter went on. 'Love from Lily Robinson age 3½.'
What's more, as of 31 January, it is – at least for now. A victory that may be for Lily (who actually 'hasn't got much time for' the story, according to her mother's blog, where the letters appeared). But it's Sainsbury's reputation that's the real winner, as the story has become an internet sensation. And it's all thanks to the well-judged and endearing reply that customer-service manager Chris King (age 27?) sent.
'Thanks so much for your letter,' he wrote. 'I think renaming tiger bread giraffe bread is a brilliant idea – it looks much more like the blotches on a giraffe than the stripes on a tiger, doesn't it?
'It is called tiger bread because the first baker who made it a looong time ago thought it looked stripey like a tiger. Maybe they were a bit silly.'
You'd also have to be pretty silly not to realise the power of social media now has over public opinion. (More than four thousand people Like the Chris King from Sainsbury's is a legend Facebook page at the time of writing.)
Customer-service representatives probably spend most of their time appeasing angry and outraged letter-writers. But this is a great reminder that you can generate a lot of good feeling by making time for the sweet and silly correspondence too. That's how you'll really earn your stripes.


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