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|Francisco Pereira, Darius Modarress, Mory Gharib, Dana Dabiri, David Jeon
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/935,215, filed Aug. 21, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,006,132, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/258,160, filed Feb. 25, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,278,847, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/078,750, filed Feb. 25, 1998.
The U.S. Government may have certain rights in this invention pursuant to Grant No. N00014-97-1-0303 awarded by the U.S. Navy.
Different techniques are known for three dimensional imaging.
It is known to carry out three dimensional particle imaging with a single camera. This is also called quantative volume imaging. One technique, described by Willert and Gharib uses a special defocusing mask relative to the camera lens. This mask is used to generate multiple images from each scattering site on the item to be imaged. This site can include particles, bubbles or any other optically-identifiable image feature. The images are then focused onto an image sensor e.g. a charge coupled device, CCD. This system allows accurately, three dimensionally determining the position and size of the scattering centers.
Another technique is called aperture coded imaging. This technique uses off-axis apertures to measure the depth and location of a scattering site. The shifts in the images caused by these off-axis apertures are monitored, to determine the three-dimensional position of the site or sites.
There are often tradeoffs in aperture coding systems.
Systems have been developed and patented to measure two-component velocities within a plane. Examples of such systems include U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,581,383, 5,850,485, 6,108,458, 4,988,191, 5,110,204, 5,333,044, 4,729,109, 4,919,536, 5,491,642. However, there is a need for accurately measuring three-component velocities within a three-dimensional volume. Prior art has produced velocimetry inventions, which produce three-component velocities within a two-dimensional plane. These methods are typically referred to as stereo imaging velocimetry, or stereoscopic velocimetry. Many such techniques and methods have been published, i.e. Eklins et al. "Evaluation of Stereoscopic Trace Particle Records of Turbulent flow Fields" Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 48, No. 7, 738-746 (1977); Adamczyk & Ramai "Reconstruction of a 3-Dimensional Flow Field" Experiments in Fluids, 6, 380-386 (1988); Guezennec, et al. "Algorithms for Fully Automated Three Dimensional Tracking Velocimetry", Experiments in Fluids, 4 (1993).
Several stereoscopic systems have also been patented. Raffel et al., under two patents, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,440,144 and 5,610,703 have described PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) systems for measuring three-component velocities within a two-dimensional plane. U.S. Pat. No. 5,440,144 describes an apparatus using 2 cameras, while U.S. Pat. No. 5,610,703 describes an apparatus and method using only one camera to obtain the three-component velocity data. U.S. Pat. No. 5,905,568 describes a stereo imaging velocimetry apparatus and method, using off-the-shelf hardware, that provides three-dimensional flow analysis for optically transparent fluid seeded with tracer particles.
Most recently, a velocimetry system that measures three-component velocities within a three-dimensional volume has been patented under U.S. Pat. No. 5,548,419. This system is based upon recording the flow on a single recording plate by using double exposure, double-reference-beam, and off-axis holography. This system captures one velocity field in time, thereby preventing acquisition through time, and analysis of time evolving flows.
There therefore still exists a need for a system and method by which accurate three-component velocities can be obtain within a three-dimensional volume using state-of-the-art analysis for any optically transparent fluids seeded with tracer particles.
Three-Dimensional Profilometry is another technique, often used for measuring the three-dimensional coordinate information of objects: for applications in speeding up product development, manufacturing quality control, reverse engineering, dynamical analysis of stresses and strains, vibration measurements, automatic on-line inspection, etc. Furthermore, new fields of application, such as computer animation for the movies and game markets, virtual reality, crowd or traffic monitoring, biodynamics, etc, demand accurate three-dimensional measurements. Various techniques exist and some are now at the point of being commercialized. The following patents describe various types of three-dimensional imaging systems:
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If contact methods are still a standard for a range of industrial applications, they are condemned to disappear: as the present challenge is on non-contact techniques. Also, contact-based systems are not suitable for use with moving and/or deformable objects, which is the major achievement of the present method. In the non-contact category, optical measurement techniques are the most widely used and they are constantly updated, in terms of both of concept and of processing. This progress is, for obvious reasons, parallel to the evolution observed in computer technologies, coupled with the development of high performance digital imaging devices, electro-optical components, lasers and other light sources.
The following briefly describe techniques:
The time-of-flight method is based on the direct measurement of the time of flight of a laser or other light source pulse, e.g. the time between its emission and the reception time of the back reflected light. A typical resolution is about one millimeter. Light-in-flight holography is another variant where the propagating optical wavefront is regenerated for high spatial resolution interrogation: sub-millimeter resolution has been reported at distances of 1 meter. For a surface, such technique would require the scanning of the surface, which of course is incompatible with the measurement of moving objects.
Laser scanning techniques are among the most widely used. They are based on point laser triangulation, achieving accuracy of about 1 part in 10000. Scanning speed and the quality of the surface are the main factors against the measurement accuracy and system performance.
The Moiré method is based on the use of two gratings, one is a reference (i.e. undistorted) grating, and the other one is a master grating. The typical measurement resolution is 1/10 to 1/100 of a fringe in a distance range of 1 to 500 mm.
Interferometric shape measurement is a high accuracy technique capable of 0.1 mm resolution with 100 m range, using double heterodyne interferometry by frequency shift. Accuracies 1/100 to 1/1000 of fringe are common. Variants are under development: shearography, diffraction grating, wavefront reconstruction, wavelength scanning, conoscopic holography.
Moiré and interferometer based systems provide a high measurement accuracy. Both, however, may suffer from an inherent conceptual drawback, which limits depth accuracy and resolution for surfaces presenting strong irregularities. In order to increase the spatial resolution, one must either use shift gratings or use light sources with different wavelengths. Three to four such shifts are necessary to resolve this limitation and obtain the required depth accuracy. This makes these techniques unsuitable for time-dependent object motion. Attempts have been made with three-color gratings to perform the Moiré operation without the need for grating shift. However, such attempts have been unsuccessful in resolving another problem typical to fringe measurement systems: the cross-talk between the color bands. Even though some systems deliberately separate the bands by opaque areas to solve this problem, this is done at the expense of a much lower spatial resolution.
Laser radar 3D imaging, also known as laser speckle pattern sampling, is achieved by utilizing the principle that the optical field in the detection plane corresponds to a 2D slice of the object's 3D Fourier transform. Different slices can be obtained by shifting the laser wavelength. When a reference plane is used, this method is similar to two-wavelength or multi-wavelength speckle interferometry. The measurement range goes from a micrometer to a few meters. Micrometer resolutions are attained in the range of 10 millimeters.
Photogrammetry uses the stereo principle to measure 3D shape and requires the use of bright markers, either in the form of dots on the surface to be measured of by projection of a dot pattern. Multiple cameras are necessary to achieve high accuracy and a calibration procedure needs to be performed to determine the imaging parameters of each of them. Extensive research has been done on this area and accuracies in the order of one part in 100000 are being achieved. Precise and robust calibration procedures are available, making the technique relatively easy to implement.
Laser trackers use an interferometer to measure distances, and two high accuracy angle encoders to determine vertical and horizontal encoders. There exist commercial systems providing accuracies of +/−100 micrometers within a 35-meter radius volume.
Structured light method is a variant of the triangulation techniques. Dots or lines or projected onto the surface and their deformed pattern is recorded and directly decoded. One part over 20000 has been reported.
Focusing techniques that have received a lot of attention because of their use in modern photographic cameras for rapid autofocusing. Names like depth-from-focus and shape-from-focus have been reported. These techniques may have unacceptably low accuracy and the time needed to scan any given volume with sufficient resolution have confined their use to very low requirement applications.
Laser trackers, laser scanning, structured light and time-of-flight methods require a sweeping of the surface by the interrogation light beam. Such a scanning significantly increases the measuring period. It also requires expensive scanning instruments. The Moiré technique requires very high resolution imaging devices to attain acceptable measurement accuracy. Laser speckle pattern sampling and interferometric techniques are difficult and expensive to implement. For large-scale measurements, they require also more time to acquire the image if one wants to take advantage of the wavelength shifting method. Photogrammetry needs a field calibration for every configuration. Furthermore, the highest accuracy is obtained for large angular separations between the cameras, thus increasing the shading problem.
There is thus a widely recognized need for a method and system to rapidly, accurately and easily extract the surface coordinate information of as large as possible number of designated features of the scene under observation, whether these features are stationary, in motion, and deforming. The technique should be versatile enough to cover any range of measurement, and with accuracy comparable to or surpassing that of systems available today. The technique should allow for fast processing speeds. Finally, the technique should be easy to implement for the purpose of low cost manufacturing. As we will describe, the present invention provides a unique alternative since it successfully addresses these shortcomings, inherent partially or totally to the presently know techniques.
The present system caries out aperture-induced three dimensional measuring by obtaining each image through each aperture. A complete image detector is used to obtain the entire image. The complete image detector can be a separate camera associated with each aperture, or a single camera that is used to acquire the different images from the different apertures one at a time.
The optical train is preferably arranged such that the aperture coded mask causes the volume to be imaged through the defocusing region of the camera lens. Hence, the plane of focus can be, and is intentionally outside of, the volume of interest. An aperture coded mask which has multiple openings of predefined shape, not all of which are necessarily the same geometry, and is off the lens axis, is used to generate multiple images. The variation and spacing of the multiple images provides depth information. Planar motion provides information in directions that are perpendicular to the depth. In addition, the capability to expose each of the multiple images onto a separate camera portion allows imaging of high density images but also allows proper processing of those images.
These and other aspects will now be described in detail with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The following equations can be determined by using lens laws and self similar triangle analysis:
Z=1/((1/L)+Kb) (1)
K=(L−f)/(fdL) (2)
The remaining two coordinates x, y are found from the geometrical center (X0, Y0) of the image pair B′ using:
X=(−x 0 Z(L−f))/(fL) (3)
Y=(−y 0 Z(L−f))/(fL) (4)
Solving (1) for the image separation b reveals several interesting performance characteristics of the lens/aperture system:
b=1/K((1/Z)−(1/L)) (5)
The inventors recognized that if all this information was obtained by a single camera, an image crowding problem could exist. This would limit the system to a lower density of number of images.
The defocusing masses requires multiple spatially-shaped holes. If there are n holes, then each scattering site has been imaged n times onto a single CCD. Hence, n times as many pixels are exposed. This means, however, that the capacity of the technique, i.e. the number of scattering sites that can be imaged, is correspondingly reduced by a factor of n.
The present system addresses this and other issues.
A first aspect addresses the image crowding problem by exposing each of the multiple exposures using a separate camera portion. The camera system can be electronic or photographic based. The separate camera portion requires that a whole camera imaging portion is used to obtain the images from each aperture at each time. This can use multiple separate cameras, a single camera with multiple parts, or a single camera used to obtain multiple exposures at different times.
Another aspect obtains image information about the objects at a defocused image plane, i.e. one which is not in focus by the lens. Since the image plane is intentionally out of focus, there is less tradeoff regarding depth of field.
The first embodiment, as described above, uses image separation to expose each of the multiple exposures to its own electronic or photographic camera portion. The image separation can be effected by color filters, by time coding, by spacial filters, or by using multiple independent cameras.
The color filter embodiment is shown in
Light is input through mask 342, which includes an opaque aperture plate with three apertures formed therein. In this embodiment, the apertures are generally in the shape of a triangle. The light passes to a lens assembly 346, which directs the light into the chamber that houses the camera.
The color camera uses three monochrome CCD cameras, situated around a three way prism 310 which separates the incoming light according to its colors. A micro positioner assembly 312 is provided to precisely adjust the cameras 300, 302, 304 such that each will view exactly the same area. Once those adjustments are made, the three cameras are locked into place so that any vibration affects each of them the same. Each camera includes an associated band filter. The filter 330 is associated with CCD camera 300, filter 332 is associated with camera 302, and filter 334 is associated with camera 304. Each of these narrow band filters passes only one of the colors that is passed by the coded apertures. The filters are placed adjacent the prism output to correspond respectively to each of the primary colors, e.g. red, green and blue. Hence, the filters enable separating the different colors.
This color camera assembly is used in conjunction with an image lens assembly 340 and a aperture coded mask 342. The system in
The image from each aperture goes to a separate one of the cameras 302, 304, 300. The output from the camera is processed by the CCD electronics 350 and coupled to output cables shown as 352. These three values are processed using a conventional processing software. The three values can be compensated separately.
While the system describes using three colors and three apertures, it should be understood that any number of colors or apertures could be provided.
A second embodiment separates the images from the different apertures using rapid sequential imaging. An embodiment is shown in
Alternate ways of obtaining the three images could be used. A purely mechanical means can be provided to pass light through only a single aperture by rotating the blocking element such that the blocking element is associated with different apertures at different times and hence provides different illuminations at different times.
In either case, each of the corresponding cameras is exposed only when the corresponding aperture is allowed to receive light. The system shown in
Another embodiment uses spacial filters to separate the different light values.
The lenses within the focusing lens assembly 500, 504 direct the scattered light from the scene through each of the three orifices at 120° angles with each other. The light is then collected through the aperture orifices and directed to the separate CCD cameras. Each of the images on each of the three cameras is recorded simultaneously and then processed to provide three dimensional spacial locations of the points on the scene.
An alternative, but less preferred embodiment, uses three separate cameras, in place of the one camera described above.
The system as described and shown herein includes several advantages. The system allows superior camera alignment as compared with other competing images such as stereoscopic techniques. This system is also based on a defocusing technique as compared with stereoscopic techniques that require that the camera be focused on the area of interest. This system has significant advantages since it need not be focused on the area of interest, and therefore has fewer problems with trade offs between aperture size and other characteristics. (here)
In the
Another design is shown in
The present embodiment preserves the same geometrical information as in the original design. In this arrangement, the 3 imaging sensors are arranged so that they form an equilateral triangle.
This present invention allows for the 3 separate sensor/lens assemblies to be movable while maintaining the same geometric shape. For example, if the 3 sensor/lens sets are arranged so that they outline an equilateral triangle of a certain size, the 3 sensor/lens assemblies can be moved, thus allowing for visualizing smaller or larger volumes, in a manner that will preserve the equilateral triangle in their outline. Furthermore, the lens/pinhole assembly will be interchangeable to allow for imaging of various volume sizes. Such features will also allow the user to vary the working distance at their convenience.
Such improvements make the proposed system a new invention as it offers an improvement over the previous embodiments.
It is emphasized again that the choice of an equilateral triangle as the matching pattern, or equivalently of the number of apertures/imaging sensors (with a minimum of two), is arbitrary and is determined based on the needs of the user. It is also emphasized that the shape of the apertures is arbitrary and should only be defined by the efficiency in the collection of light and image processing. Furthermore, these apertures can be equipped with any type of light filters that would enhance any given features of the scene, such as the color. It is furthermore understood that the size of such apertures can be varied according to the light conditions, by means of any type of mechanical or electro-optical shuttering system. Finally, it is emphasized that the photo sensors can be of any sort of technology (CCD, CMOS, photographic plates, holographic plates . . . ) and/or part of an off-the-shelf system (movie cameras, analog or digital, high speed or standard frame rate, color or monochrome). This variety of implementations can be combined to map features like the color of the measured points (for example in the case of measuring a live face), their size, density, etc.
The invention will be presented in terms of the simplest implementation, which makes use of 2 lens-aperture sets. For this purpose, a simplified geometric model of a two-aperture defocusing optical arrangement is represented in
where M is the magnification. The separation b of these images on the combined image (as in part 6 of
Such definitions are identical to the previous formulation for the previous embodiments.
The image and information that is obtained from this system may be processed as shown in the flowcharts of
These results are input to the second flowchart part, shown in
At 1120, particle triplets per point are identified. This may be done using the conditions that triplets must form an inverted equilateral triangle. Each of the particle exposures on the CCD's may be used to identify particles to accommodate for particle exposure overlap. At 1130, the three-dimensional coordinates are obtained from the size of the triangle pattern, and the 3-D particle spacing is output at 1140 based on location.
Three-dimensional particle data pairs are thus obtained and are fed to the flowchart of
Filtering is carried out in
Although only a few embodiments have been described in detail above, other embodiments are contemplated by the inventor and are intended to be encompassed within the following claims. In addition, other modifications are contemplated and are also intended to be covered. For example, different kinds of cameras can be used. The system can use any kind of processor or microcomputer to process the information received by the cameras. The cameras can be other types that those specifically described herein. Moreover, the apertures can be of any desired shape.
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The 800-MHz Athlon offers enhanced 3DNow! technology with 24 extra instructions to improve integer math calculations, data movement for Internet streaming and DSP communications. The Athlon system bus is a 200-MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol with support for scalable multiprocessing.
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The word "cool" has a subjective meaning, but more often than not, when someone owns a lavish piece of property that most can't afford, people are impressed. A small population in the U.S. is fortunate enough to be able to buy nearly anything they want, and for some of those individuals, their collection item of choice is automobiles.
Tons of celebrities have nice rides, but only a few stand head and shoulders above the rest. With that in mind, here are the five coolest celebrity-owned vehicles today:
5. Chris Brown's Lamborghini Gallardo V10:
The hip-hop star once had his Lamborghini custom painted to look like a Hot Wheels car circa 1994, TMZ reported. Regardless of what the public thinks of Brown, the old-school design helps the most-produced model of Lamborghini stand out from the crowd of an over-saturated Italian-made celebrity car market. Apparently, he's a fan of hyper-customized paint jobs, because he also recently showed off a Lamborghini Aventador that was painted to replicate a popular Nike sneaker.
4. Patrick Dempsey's Jaguar E-Type:
Just like his character in Grey's Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey's vintage Jaguar demonstrates there's room for refinement in the gaudy celebrity car market. The British-made roadster was produced between 1961 and 1975 and was voted the most beautiful car by The Telegraph, a U.K.-based newspaper, in 2008.
3. Bill Gates' Porsche 959:
The software mogul isn't necessarily considered an A-List celebrity, but his eye for classic cars shouts, "swagger" louder than Jay-Z in his prime. Gates's Porsche 959 is one of just 337 ever produced, according to classic car blog Historic Race. To get it stateside, he took classic car shipping to a whole new level. In 1987, Gates imported the car himself and appropriately dubbed it the "Gates 959,"The Verge reported. Originally produced as a concept car in 1983, the 959 was modified just enough to become street legal before it hit selected showrooms in 1986.
2. Jay Leno's EcoJet:
A unique car list wouldn't be complete without a shoutout to the long-time Late Night host. To say Leno's car collection is vast would be somewhat of an understatement; the former comedian owns approximately 769 automobiles and 117 motorcycles – a higher vehicle total than the number of Late Night Shows he's hosted, according to NBC. One of his cars stands out above rest, though. Leno commissioned General Motors to build an American-made roadster in 2012 and it took him a year to receive the finished product. Its Honeywell LT-101 turbine engine with some 700 horsepower runs on biodiesel, making it one of the only eco-friendly luxury cars to date. Most shipping companies were likely fighting over this job.
1. Jay-Z's Maybach Exelero:
Speaking of swagger, the man who christened the phrase also may have one of the chicest looking – and most expensive – cars among celebrity circles. The German-made luxury sports car features a twin turbo V-12 engine that produces almost 700 horsepower and reaches a top speed of 218 mph, according to Automobile Magazine. Not all celebrities can get behind the wheel of a Batmobile Doppelganger, though. Just like Bruce Wayne, Shawn Carter is one of few who can afford to cut a check for a cool $8 million on a single automobile.
What's your vote? Let us know what celebrity car you think is worthy of making this list!


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'Broader action' needed on water stewardshipDecember 2011
Little progress has been made on water-related issues by large corporations after initial promises on the CSR issue last year.
Research by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) shows that the issue has made little ground compared with climate change in terms of board oversight, strategy and policy. The CDP's first water report last year said that companies had moved quickly to work up CSR strategies on water, reacting swiftly to the social and environmental impacts emerging in the area.
Though water has come further and further into the CSR limelight, "corporate understanding of water as a business concern" continues to lag behind climate change. Of the respondents to the Water Disclosure survey, 57% of firms had board-level oversight of water policies, strategies or plans, compared with the 94% of firms participating in the CDP's main climate change survey.
Though this year's report shows improved transparency on water management, fewer companies are now reporting concrete targets on water, with progress on publicly-announced strategies and understanding of the linkages between water and energy use stagnating after initial progress. Awareness of supply chain risk is also down sharply, from half in 2010 to around a quarter this year.
But the issue remains pressing. More than half of the firms surveyed report exposure to water-related risks such as flooding, scarcity and reputational damage, mainly in the short-term. Meanwhile, 38% of companies have already faced water-related business impacts, including disruption to operations from water shortages.
Paul Simpson, chief executive officer of the CDP, said: "Some of the largest multinational companies have experienced the detrimental effects that water can have on their bottom line.
"The findings released today illustrate the very near-term nature of water-related impacts. We need to see more companies understand that water is a critical issue, requiring greater board-level attention than it currently receives.
"Those corporations that navigate the challenges effectively will be able to profit from the significant opportunities that result from a robust water strategy."
Nick Main, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited's head of sustainability, added: "It is promising to see that a growing number of companies are recognising the importance of having strategies that respond to the increasing risks and opportunities arising from dependencies on this increasingly vulnerable resource.
"There is a need for broader action by companies to address water stewardship both at the enterprise and product levels."
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1992: Axl Rose left Chicago before a Chicago sheriff could arrest him for allegedly starting a riot during a Guns N' Roses concert in St. Louis the previous July. St. Louis County authorities had issued a warrant for Rose's arrest.
1982: Iron Maiden reached number one on the U.K. Album Chart for the first time with The Number of the Beast, which began a two week run on top of the chart.
1976: Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton reached the top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the first of ten non-consecutive weeks on top and became the biggest selling live album of all time. Today it's the fourth biggest selling live album of all time.
1976: Bad Company's third album Run with the Pack peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 Album Chart where it stayed for two weeks. The following December, Run with the Pack would become their first Platinum album.
1976: "Dream On" by Aerosmith peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, two and a half years after its initial release when it only peaked at number 59.
1973: Led Zeppelin received their fifth Gold album for Houses of the Holy which went on to sell eleven million copies in the U.S.
1970: Paul McCartney issued a press statement that The Beatles have disbanded. McCartney stated "I have no future plans to record or appear with The Beatles again, or to write any music with John."
1970: During a Doors concert in Boston, Jim Morrison was dragged offstage by keyboardist Ray Manzarek after Morrison asked the crowd if they wanted to see his genitals.
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I'm not generally one to make statements, but here goes... I'm an average person, maybe not "normal" but atleast average. I'm very laid-back and easy-going. I don't like conflict and controversy, it's not often that I get caught up in it but at times it happens. Life is too short to waste time trying to make others think the same things that I do, so although I do have my own views and beliefs I'm not one to try and impose them on others. I enjoy music of course, but doesn't everyone? I enjoy reading "classic" literature and poetry, and at times I make attempts at writing myself. I also like to play World of Warcraft when real-life permits. I'm not an incredibly social person, as I suffer from some anxiety, but I am not anti-social or misanthropic. Like (I would guess) everyone here at CM, I love my children and try to raise them to the best of my ability and according to my own beliefs and experiences, I trust all other mothers to do the same.
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I was wondering about your writting gig, I need something and I wouldnt mind writing to make a couple bucks.
lol, thats cute, well you bring her over whenever. She is good for Isaiah to play with, finally a kid who wont put up with his shat :)
Happy Mothers Day to you too!!
I am so glad you came today! I hope you look more into joining Mothers for Liberty, we could sure use some more writers! And the kids were great, I need to borrow Rosie now and then to keep Isaiah in line lol. Stop over again!
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There's a real familiarity to the sound of These New Puritans, just one track into their debut album Beat Pyramid. But before you can say Arctic Monkeys or Franz Ferdinand, they change direction into something - well, indefinable.
It's an unsettling juxtaposition - but stick with the album and you'll be in for a treat. The Southend band certainly give good value for money - taking you on a musical treasure hunt with a wee gem on every corner.
These include Swords of Truth, the catchy Numerology (AKA Numbers) and the best of the lot Elvis, complete with Peter Hook-like bass. These New Puritans are named after the great pop-punk survivor Mark E Smith's hip priest. And while the band do not necessarily take their cue from the Fall legend, they do show their respect for him, particularly on tracks such as En Papier.
Singer Jack Barnet is undoubtedly a talented guy but he's never going to match the wit and genius of a wordsmith extraordinaire no matter how hard he tries. If anything, the frontman sounds more like Gary Numan!
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OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators have not eliminated the Maple Leafs from the playoffs in four post-season meetings but last night they did the next best thing.
With yet another humiliating beating of the Leafs, this time 7-0 after outscoring Toronto 16-2 in their previous two matches, the Senators dropped the Leafs out of the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference.
"I know if we play like this, we are not going to make the playoffs, simple as that," captain Mats Sundin said after the Leafs lost their fifth in a row. "I don't even look at the standings. I am concerned with the way we are playing.
"We're insecure when we have the puck, we are making all kinds of mistakes. Five guys just trying to get the puck out of our end seems like a victory. That is not how you win games in this league."
The Leafs tumbled to ninth place in the conference with 51 points after the Tampa Bay Lightning blanked the Atlanta Thrashers. Atlanta has 52 points, Tampa 53.
Toronto, which lost 8-2 and 8-0 to Ottawa in the past two clashes, has 35 games remaining in the regular season.
The Leafs are buried in their longest losing streak in coach Pat Quinn's tenure and whether one agrees, questions regarding Quinn's future are being raised. But Sundin didn't concur with the idea Quinn has lost the dressing room. Quinn is not concerned about his own status.
"You don't worry about that," Quinn said. "I am worried about 23 guys. The Phoenix game (a 4-3 loss to the Coyotes on Jan. 14 in which Toronto had a 3-0 lead after one period) and the way that came about, having the game in full control and giving it away, seems to have done some severe damage psychologically to a group of guys and we haven't been able to pull out of it. There is no magic wand."
It's hard to see how they will pull out of it tomorrow night in another game against the Senators, who had their 1,000th game in team history last night, at Scotiabank Place. A Sens record crowd of 20,093 watched the line of Daniel Alfredsson (two goals and one assist), Jason Spezza (one goal and two assists)and Dany Heatley (one goal and two assists) blow the Leafs away. Mike Fisher, with two, and Peter Schaefer also scored for Ottawa. Dominik Hasek made 23 saves for his fourth shutout.
The Senators, 5-0 against the Leafs this season, had six even-strength goals and one shorthanded. Jason Allison, Alexander Khavanov and Tomas Kaberle all were minus-4. The rout began at the 39-second mark of the game when Nik Antropov and Aki Berg conspired to give the puck to Spezza, who then fed Alfredsson.
"It's definitely fun playing the Leafs," Spezza, a Toronto native, said. "We have a lot of respect for them and it is why we get up for them. They're a measuring stick for us."
Despite the frailty of his teammates, Sundin is confident this skid can be stopped. Just two weeks ago, the Leafs had a six-game winning streak end.
"We're far away from that team," Sundin said. "Every team goes through adversity and we are there right now. I believe with all my heart we have a good enough team to make the playoffs, but we have to turn this thing around now."
F Forwards: No creativity, no cohesiveness and no pressure. No chance.
F Defence: Be sure to watch the TV show Lost on Wednesday. The Leafs defence corps will make a guest appearance.
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Hubby and I decided we wanted to get away this weekend and we have a small vacation fund saved up.
So, we are going to explore Healdsburg, CA, camp overnight at a campsite on the Russian River and then go canoeing ALL DAY Sunday!
I am soooo excited! I love canoeing and haven't been canoeing in about 12 years!


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Ron Paul: The purpose of the constitution was to limit and restrict the federal government, and the purpose was to protect liberty. This is what the goal should always be in a free society: the protection of individual liberty. It is with those conditions, where we as individuals, can strive for excellence and virtue, which is a personal matter. And if you chose not to strive for excellence and virtue, you don't have to, but you can't expect the government to take care of you forever, either.
Megyn Kelly: Watch out, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, we are getting word out of Iowa that Ron Paul is now drawing some of the biggest crowds of the primary season. Young, energetic and enthusiastic voters are reportedly finding something they like in his libertarian, smaller government, lower spending message. The latest polls in the first in the nation caucus state show Ron Paul running in a strong third (this is the Fox News Poll, look at this). Gingrich is at 36%, Romney is at 23%, Paul at 12%. Wait until you see the RealClearPolitics average. The presidential candidate joins us live now from Mason City, Iowa. Congressman, thanks so much for being back on the program.
Ron Paul: You're welcome, it's nice to be with you.
Megyn Kelly: So here you are in the Fox New Poll at third in Iowa. And then when we look at the RealClearPolitics average, this is the national average for Iowa, you are tied for second, sir. It shows Gingrich at 29.8%, Romney at 17.4% and you at 17.4%. Do you think you're going to win this state?
Ron Paul: Well, we can, because I can find some polls that show we're doing a little bit better than that. So no, we're doing very well, and like you mentioned, the crowds are very good. You know, last night in Iowa State we had over 1,300 young people who came out, that was pretty exciting for me and for them.
Megyn Kelly: Now, one of the messages we talked about in the introduction – and my apologies, sir, gosh, you look cold, you look so cold. Is it 7 degrees in Iowa, that's what I heard?
Ron Paul: It is a little bit chilly, I don't think we're going to be playing any golf this afternoon.
Megyn Kelly: Oh, poor thing. I mean, I'll see you there next week, but right now I'm in the studio at 75 [degrees] so I'm sleeveless. Okay, let me ask you about your message, because we talked about smaller government and we heard the sound byte about how people really need to pick themselves up, not rely so much on big government. It seems like President Obama is out there with a very different message, and has been hitting it hard this week talking about how the Republican Party just wants to leave the middle class to fend for themselves. And that may be resonating with some lower-income and middle-income voters, thinking, "You, the GOP, don't want to do anything to help us". What say you?
Ron Paul: Well, I think what's happening is the American people are way ahead of the politicians in Washington, including the President and the Congress. I think the people have realized that the promises by big government have failed, they're not delivering. And even those who have been receiving and those who've have paid, both of them have realized that we're coming to an end. This planned economy, big spending, deficits, printing money, endless wars are all coming to an end, and they're not dealing with it. Even in Washington, when they talk about cutting, they're not talking about cutting anything, they're talking about cutting proposed increases. And the American people see through this, especially the crowds I'm talking to know very much that is the case. So when I talk about cuts, I talk about real cuts, like cutting a trillion dollars in the first year. And I get a good applause from talking in this language, because the American people are sick and tired of what they're getting right now.
Megyn Kelly: One of the areas in which you've been most controversial, is foreign policy. And this week there was an interesting forum that all the Republican candidates for President were invited to, except for you. It was a GOP forum on Israel. And you would have been the lone dissenting voice on America's policy with respect to Israel. Your thoughts, sir, on being excluded from offering your voice?
Ron Paul: It's pretty strange, I guess only those people who excluded me can give you real answer. But I think it's rather strange that they don't want a debate, they don't want a discussion, because I take a very strong position that's pro-Israel. Matter of fact, I'm the one that defends the sovereignty of Israel, I don't want Israel to be beholding to us. And I think when they depend on us, they have to do what we tell them. Matter of fact, a Jewish writer came to my defense just the other day and said, "Ron Paul really understands Zionism, because the two basic principles of Zionism are independence and self-reliance". And even Netanyahu, this year, said before the U.S. Congress, "We don't need American troops to defend us, we can take care of ourselves". So I'm just sort of talking in a language that some people in this country don't want to hear, and yet there's a full discussion of these views in Israel itself. So the whole idea of not having a full discussion, is one issue that I think should be challenged. But I think my message is getting out, I think everybody knows that I want Israel to be our best friends, I just don't want Israel to depend on us, I want them to determine their borders and determine what they want to do and that they don't have to ask us permission to do what they think is in their best interest.
Megyn Kelly: I want to ask you about another comment they made out in Iowa this week where you talked about what happened after 9/11. You're notoriously anti-war, you want troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and don't want us getting involved in any military conflict in Iran. And what you said was, "Think of what happened after 9/11. A minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq". Do you really believe, Congressman, that there was glee in the Bush Administration after 3,000 American citizens died?
Ron Paul: They might not describe it that way, but there was a lot of pleasure. And matter of fact, Bob Woodward quotes them in the book, and he quotes the President as saying, "This gives us an opportunity, because we don't have to go after the people responsible for this directly, we can go after others". And if you look at what Paul O'Neill said on the very first cabinet meeting in 2001, months before 9/11, he was dumbfounded that the whole agenda was going into Iraq. So yes, neo-conservatives, even years before this, were looking for an opportunity. This doesn't mean they had glee about 9/11, that's a total misinterpretation. They had pleasure in knowing that they had an excuse now to do what they've been wanting to do for so long. And what did they do? They marched into Iraq based on lies, there was no Al-Qaida, no weapons of mass destruction, and look at the tragic outcome from that effort. Undeclared war, and matter of fact, that's carried over into Afghanistan and it looks like it won't ever end unless we change the administration.
Megyn Kelly: And quickly, Congressman, let me ask you this, because I know you're doing well in the polls in certain states. But everybody wants to know if you would seriously consider, if you don't get the GOP nomination, a run as an independent? Many believe that would fracture the GOP party and hand victory to president Obama.
Ron Paul: Within weeks to go for this primary and to find that we may come in first, it's not on my mind, believe me.
Megyn Kelly: Alright, we're going to sneak in one more question before I let you go, and that is: the NLRB has now dropped its lawsuit against Boeing, and that got a lot of coverage and it was about Boeing and whether it was trying to avoid certain union rules and so on. Now it's dropped that lawsuit after Boeing struck a deal with one of the unions. Your reaction?
Ron Paul: Well, it's good, I hope they weren't forced to accept a deal that they shouldn't have. Because I don't even believe in the NLRB, I think companies should go and come where they want. But anything that would encourage or discourage a President from arbitrarily using the Interstate Commerce Clause to stop commerce and people moving back and forth … the Interstate Commerce Clause should have protected that, it should have been absolutely unconstitutional. I would have liked the decision to be made on constitutional grounds, that a President or anybody else has no authority to prevent one company from going from one state to another. That was prohibited by the constitution.
Megyn Kelly: Ron Paul, we'll see you next Thursday night, in Iowa.
Ron Paul: Thank you.
Megyn Kelly: Stay warm. Gosh, he looks cold.


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Improv Quote of the Day: Early Musicians Were All Creative
The strict division into groups of creative musicians (composers), performing musicians (singers, players), and passive listener (the public)… was unknown in the early stages of music's development. Inventor and performer of a tune were usually the same person; often enough he was at the same time his own audience; who on repeated performances of this "composition" constantly made changes in it.
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From the author of the best seller of the Fantasy Football Romance series comes an exciting new series, Champions of the Heart. Book One is Guarding the Quarterback - a Miss Congeniality meets The Bodyguard romp.
Alexa Reeves: The quarterback of the NY Kings has a body to die for, and as Dean Walker's bodyguard, I'm right in the line of fire. If that's not dangerous enough, I'm posing as his girlfriend to keep close. Yet, that isn't the worst part. He says I need a makeover to pass as his arm candy. Jerk. The more time I spend with him, the more my undercover role blurs with reality, and I'll lose more than my job if I step over the line and into his bed.
Dean Walker: Let's get something straight. I didn't ask for protection, especially in the form of a female. Isn't a death threat just another day in the life of a NY quarterback? Still, the owner of the team forces me to accept a security detail led by the tiny, but tough Alexa Reeves.
But who is the real Alexa? The bodyguard, sworn to protect me, or the made-over vixen, determined to drive me crazy? As the stalker closes in, I realize I've put more than my life in her hands. Will Alexa safeguard my heart as fiercely as my body?
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This book was great I haven't read any of Ms Matis' books before so i was unsure as to what to expect! Well... I loved it!!!
Dean is the quarterback of the New York Kings and is gorgeous! On the field he kicks ass off the field he f*** it! When he recieves a death threat, it changes his life forever!!! Then the fun begins.
- med c
Guarding the Quarterback
I liked the premise of the story: a female bodyguard defending a star Quarterback. I was expecting to see sparks, because what man wants to be guarded by a woman ?
What would have made this book a 5 star read for me, was if Dean had more respect for Alexa as a professional and as a woman.
From the beginning it was him thinking a man protects the woman, Alexa isnt his type etc., etc.
I wanted Dean to acknowledge Alexa's capability, her dedication to her work.
I didn't get that in the book.
It has the making of a romantic comedy that will also appeal to lovers of sports.
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I am an outsider, I've always been one. In the primary school I was the nerdy one that was always reading and talking about LOTR. In high school I wanted to be a part of the society but it really didn't work out well. Design university turned out to be the institution where I felt the best: I met people weird as I am. I'm so thankful for that because they are one of the most brilliant, kind and inspiring persons in my life and I don't know if I'd be who I am today without them.
Being the outsider doesn't actually mean that you are unpopular, sad and strange person. Sometimes you are some of those, but not necessarily. I see being an outsider more as a choice than a fact, and I can't see myself choosing different.
In the last days I've been participating in an art project in Milan, that in the first sight I found quite interesting. It turned out that it was more like a high school: the rich and braggy artists were the ones that got attention while some others (including me) were not important enough to get any of it. It didn't matter if the ideas were much more innovative, it was all about the name and the money.
Me and some cool folks pulled out when it was already too humiliating to be there and being ignored for everything you say. An experience in CV is not worth that much.
Back in my universitiy time, my dear professor said something that back in those times I didn't even pay attention to, but it came in to my mind today:
Don't try to be a part of them, because they'll never let you to. Make your own winning team.
My life experience confirms this every f* time. When I worked with someone that believed in the same things I did, with someone that was calm, self-conscious, humble and open, we did amazing things. And whenever I found myself in a bunch of assholes with big ego and small brain I escaped dissapointed.
It's really imporant to be surrounded by people who believe in you, who support you, who love you for who you are, who know to listen and who don't need to prove anything to anyone. With this kind of people in your team, you are going to win. And the prize may not be a big amount of money or anything fancy, but it will be an inside win, that makes this world worth living, proving there are people with heart and vision and where is still possible to express yourself and create something beautiful together.
What about you? What are your experiences with insiders/outsiders? Let me know in the comments below! Thank you for reading and commenting, you definitely are part of my winning team! :)


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In the same video, which you can see below, check out fight primers featuring Aljamain Sterling and Bryan Caraway.
The two collide Sunday night in the UFC Fight Pass main event of UFC Fight Night 88 from Las Vegas.
In the same video, which you can see below, check out fight primers featuring Aljamain Sterling and Bryan Caraway.
The two collide Sunday night in the UFC Fight Pass main event of UFC Fight Night 88 from Las Vegas.
As he posted on social media, Stipe Miocic's first heavyweight title defense will take place "in the Land!"
Miocic announced that UFC 203 will go down September 10 from Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena during the NBA Eastern Conference Finals Wednesday night.
It marks the debut of the Octagon in Cleveland, and has everything to do with Miocic after the Ohio native won the belt with a first round knockout of Fabricio Werdum in Brazil earlier this month.
The 33-year-old Miocic (15-2) has won three in a row and is 6-1 over his last seven, including his finish of Werdum. He's also topped Andrei Arlovski, Mark Hunt and Roy Nelson.
Overeem (41-14) sports a four-fight win streak that features a recent knockout of Arlovski and victories over Junior dos Santos, Nelson and Stefan Struve.
Following 10 fights inside the Octagon and 25 overall, James Te Huna has decided to move on in life.
Te Huna announced his retirement from mixed martial arts earlier this week, posting a message on social media.
The 34-year-old has lost each of his last four fights after going 10-1 during one point in his career. He finishes with an overall record of 16-9 and a UFC mark of 5-5.
Hey guys ..yes I'm alive haha, it's been a couple months since my last post and I apologise for my absence. I have discovered something that is tough to swallow (but made a lot of sense) since the last fight but this recent decision is a positive step towards a healthy future, I hope you can all understand. I gave it everything I had guys, and those closest to me know how much of my life I gave to competition-I didn't have the gift when I started..just put in the work to chase a childhood dream. This career has expanded to 20 years and I have/am very grateful for all the help and support that I have received along this amazing journey. I got to learn and gain respect, discipline from martial arts, my culture and my family. Living a healthy lifestyle (minus the hospitals lol). Experiencing the positives and negatives of a sport-I have been through it all and I'll be using this knowledge in my next venture. I received a lot of help and I always done my best to give back whenever I could. I would like to encourage the youth to get involved and I will continue to promote. There have been a lot of proud moments-having the opportunity to represent my culture to the world, but most of all being told from the person who I looked up to, my nephew my namesake. Again, thank you guys for all the support and a big thank you to my family. Kia ora Jamie
We won't get to see Luke Rockhold-Chris Weidman 2 this June at UFC 199, but the middleweight champion will still be in action.
Before Rockhold defends his belt vs. Michael Bisping, check out the fight that won him the title in this replay:
Rafael Carvalho left the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho Friday night with his Bellator middleweight title.
However, it came with plenty of controversy.
Carvalho retained the title and won his 13th straight fight with a split decision victory over Melvin Manhoef in the main event of Bellator 155. The main card aired live on Spike TV.
The decision was met with plenty of boos by the crowd and caused a fire storm on Twitter afterwards.
In the co-main event, Pat Curran picked up a decision over Georgi Karakhanyan, while Alexis Dufresne stunned Marloes Coenen with a first round submission win. Dufresne, though, came in four pounds over the featherweight limit for the contest.
Complete results can be found below:
Rafael Carvalho def. Melvin Manhoef via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) to retain Bellator middleweight championship
Pat Curran def. Georgi Karakhanyan via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Dan Charles vs. Augusto Sakai declared a majority draw (30-26, 28-28, 28-28)
Alexis Dufresne def. Marloes Coenen via submission (triangle armbar) at 4:33 of Round 1
Chase Gormley def. Joey Beltran via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Jesse Brock def. Olly Bradstreet via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:57 of Round 3
Marcin Held def. Dave Jansen via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Casey Johnson def. Brendon Raftery via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:16 of Round 2
Joe Hamilton def. Tyler Freeland via submission (rear-naked choke) at :22 of Round 11
Vince Morales def. Hamilton Ash via TKO (strikes) at 2:32 of Round 3
Veta Arteaga def. Jackie Vandenburgh via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Scott Thometz def. Josh Tyler via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-25, 30-25)
Will Noland def. Sean Powers via KO (strike) at 3:29 of Round 1


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N.C. Police Won't Punish Officers Who Dealt With Disruptive Woman
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The two Greensboro police officers who removed a disruptive woman from a retail store followed proper procedure and will not be punished by their department, police Chief David Wray said Thursday.
Afaf Saudi, 68, alleged both officers mistreated her Nov. 6 after she refused to leave the store. Within hours of Saudi's arrest, her family and local Muslim leaders denounced the officers' conduct as insensitive to Muslims and senior citizens and demanded an apology.
Saudi, an Egyptian with permanent residence in the United States, suffered bruises to her wrists and arms. She also injured her shoulder and ribs in a fall by the police cruiser.
Store employees say Saudi tried buying a $70 piece of jewelry using a $20 bill. When the clerk asked for more money, Saudi implied the employee had stolen it. When Saudi refused to leave, employees called police.
Officers attempted to walk Saudi out. She went limp, and when put in a wheelchair, she flailed her arms. Officers handcuffed her. Saudi again went limp by the cruiser when one officer went around the side of the car to crawl inside and guide her in.
Saudi faces misdemeanor trespassing, assault and resisting arrest charges. The assault charge alleges she kicked a store employee helping her into the wheelchair. She has declined to speak with investigators.
Greensboro police also conducted a criminal investigation of the officers. The report has been turned over to Guilford County District Attorney Stuart Albright, who will decide whether to charge the officers.


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Dance troupe leader Organ-Solis set to bow out
Published 2:26 pm, Friday, December 13, 2013
After 16 years of running her own company - about the same milestone she reached as a dancer with Houston Ballet - Sandra Organ-Solis has decided to move on. This weekend's performances of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" will be Earthen Vessels' last.
To keep it celebratory, the show will open with a retrospective video.
"Over the years, we've hired more than 125 dancers and been supported by more than 70 board members," Organ-Solis said. She's also choreographed more than 100 ballets in that period and commissioned about 20 works from others.
"We've filled a unique gap in the movement scene, creating new work relevant to the minority community," Organ-Solis added. Despite those efforts, she believes not enough students of color are taking contemporary dance or ballet classes. "I despair at that," she said.
With an annual budget that fluctuated between $90,000 and $200,000, keeping a small-to-midsize company afloat was a struggle, she said. "We were doing good work and paying dancers well, sometimes at my own expense. ... You get to a certain age and think, 'I can't retire on my laurels.' "
First as Sandra Organ Dance Company, then as Earthen Vessels, Organ-Solis' troupe was perhaps best-known for its annual Black History Month productions. It has also produced James Sewell's heartwarming "Amahl," which incorporates American Sign Language, for many years.
Performances are at 1:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at Houston Ballet Center for Dance, 601 Preston. Tickets are $10-$18 ($35 includes an opening-night reception), 713-701-7798, evsdance.org.
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Software AG Extends Digital Business Platform with DevOps, Visualization; Empowers Agile App Lifecycle
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Push Technology Delivers Intelligent Data Streaming To Cut Costs for Mobile App Messaging, Data Flows
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PlantState Suite 8.0 Adds Operational Risk Analytics, Dashboard for Industrial Cybersecurity
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Oracle GoldenGate Delivers Data for Real-Time Digital Enterprise from On-Premises and Cloud
Oracle GoldenGate data transfer and replication technologies, including a new cloud-based service, are making it faster and easier for customers to move data in real-time from diverse sources to where it needs to be – for analytics, mobile and cloud apps. IDN speaks with Oracle's Jeff Pollock.Full Story >
BlueData Alleviates More Big Data Complexities; Spins Hadoop and Spark Clusters in Minutes
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IAR Systems, Express Logic Team Up for IoT Developers
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MapR's Brings Big Data To 'BizOps' – Real-Time ROI for Business Operations
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Consuming Tweets on you MDB (0 messages)
Hello there! I've just uploaded a demo project that provides an RA that enables MDBs to receive tweets :) It has been tested, and it's still in alpha stage. Basic documentation and examples are provided at the project's website. And soon I'll have a blog entry explaining it better. Please, feel free to use and comment: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-resource-adapter/
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It's not official or anything, but apparently rumors of unhappiness between Gary Ross and Lionsgate about Ross wanting a bigger paycheck for the sequel (he was paid $3 million to write and direct the first movie, plus 5% backend profits) have resulted in this rumor that Ross has now left the sequel.
This comes off the heels of this morning's news that "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence won't have any issues with doing both the sequel, "Catching Fire" and her "X-Men: First Class" sequel duties. "Catching Fire" is expected to shoot later this year, while the "X-Men" sequel will shoot early next year.
According to The Playlist, though, Ross actually left the sequel earlier this week, formally giving notice of his exit to Lionsgate and Summit. The latter studio, of course, is no stranger to directors ditching high-profile franchises — they famously booted "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke from the franchise after only one movie. (Hardwicke would later publicly mock the, ahem, "quality" of the series, perhaps indicating that it wasn't her choice to leave.)
So why did Ross say adieu? Was it all about money? Apparently not (though that probably didn't help), and was more a case of Ross wanting to do something different instead of spending another two years in the same genre. Which makes sense. Ross' filmography will tell you that he really isn't the kind of guy who likes to spend too much time on any one genre. Heck, at one point he even entertained the idea of directing a "Spider-Man" sequel. And now that he's done a futuristic sci-fi actioner, maybe he's not at all anxious to do it again. I can kinda respect that, to be perfectly honest with you.
Ross' next movie will be something he's written and, we're told, would actually pay him more than what a "Catching Fire" sequel would have paid him. So I guess money has something to do with it after all…
In any case, if Ross has indeed exited the sequel, Lionsgate will need to find a director soon. "Catching Fire" is expected to shoot later this year for a November 2013 release. And as hot as star Jennifer Lawrence is nowadays, you don't want to take the chance someone else might snap her up for another franchise or movie that she can't turn down, thus throwing "Catching Fire's" schedule out of whack.
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Afternoon audio analysis 07.03.2016
An interview with the SNB representative, Andrea Maechler for "Le Temps" regarding the monetary policy and the outflow of the capital from Switzerland.
Marcin Lipka, Cinkciarz.pl analyst
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