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|22 Ago 1989
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|Toshiaki Tanaka, Kiroyuki Mizutani
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|Kabushuki Kaisha Toshiba
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The present invention relates to a display apparatus for displaying a plurality of three-dimensional objects on a display as two-dimensionally displayed figures, and for showing precisely the positional relationship among the three-dimensional objects in a manner suitable, for instance, to robot simulation or the like.
Along with the advancement in robot technology, there have been developed various kinds of languages to control and manipulate robots. Computer robot language has frequently been used to simulate the behavior of a robot.
A robot's simulator displays the robot hands and the three-dimensional objects with which the robot is interacting. The robot's hands and objects are shown on the display as two-dimensional figures, and the motion of the robot hands is traced on the display. In the two-dimensional display of the three-dimensional objects, each object is treated as a projected figure or a perspective figure as seen from a certain line-of-sight. Accordingly, the user follows the behavior of the robot on the two dimensional display controlled by the robot language while inspecting the presence or absence of any connecting relationship indicated on the display, such as interference (collision) between objects that are displayed as two-dimensional figures.
However, when the projected views or perspective views are employed, the displayed positional relationship among the objects varies depending on the direction of line-of-sight. For this reason, the user can have difficulty in visualizing the interfering relationships among a plurality of objects, and whether or not the objects appear to be in contact or separated depends upon the direction of the line-of-sight.
Therefore, if a plurality of objects that are displayed as two-dimensional figures are seen as overlapping (when it is not clear whether or not there exists an interference), the user gives the command to change the direction of line-of-sight. Upon receipt of this command, the simulator obtains and displays a projected or perspective view of the three-dimensional objects as seen along a different direction of line-of-sight. However, the selection of the direction of line-of-sight is executed by the user on a trial and error basis. It is not unusual to change the line-of-sight many times until the user can determine whether interference exists among the objects. The prior art systems consequently have poor processing efficiency.
The general operation and programming of a robot is discussed in Kodaira et al., "Interactive Robot Programming with Real-Time Graphic Simulation," IECON'84, pp. 35-39.
The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for displaying a plurality of three-dimensional objects as two-dimensional figures, and to detect interferential relationships among the objects in a form that can be understood clearly, without repeated changes in the direction of line-of-sight. The display apparatus reads out form and position data for each of the designated three-dimensional objects from an environmental data memory and calculates a direction of line-of-sight which can display without mutual interference two-dimensionally displayed figures of the plurality of three-dimensional objects based on the form and position data obtained. The apparatus then prepares two-dimensional figure data for the plurality of three-dimensional objects in accordance with the calculated direction of line-of-sight and the form and position data obtained.
According to the present invention, interferential relationships among a plurality of three-dimensional objects is checked in accordance with the form and position data for the three-dimensional objects. When it is determined that there does not exist interference, a direction of line-of-sight which can show clearly the noninterfering state is calculated and two dimensionally projected figure data from that direction of line-of-sight is determined. Therefore, a plurality of objects that have no mutual interference can be displayed as two-dimensional figures in a form that clearly show the absence of interference, eliminating the need for the operator to change the direction of line-of-sight on a trial and error basis. As a result, it becomes possible to carry out robot simulation in an efficient manner.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram which shows a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a representative three-dimensional object which shows the apex numbers, segment numbers, and surface numbers associated with the object.
FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram which shows the internal configuration and contents of the environmental data memory for the object of FIG. 2A.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart which shows the processing procedure of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram which illustrates the reform determining a direction of line of sight.
FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of the display screen which illustrates the presence of interference between two-dimensionally displayed figures for two objects.
FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of the display screen which illustrates the state of separation between the two-dimensionally displayed figures for the two objects of FIG. 5A.
Referring now to the figures, the present invention will be described in detail.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram for a preferred embodiment of the present invention which may be applied to a robot simulator.
An input portion 1 can have, for example, a keyboard for inputting control information necessary for operating and controlling a robot simulator. A display 2 displays two-dimensional representations of the robot and the objects with which the robot works A simulator 3 consists of an environmental data memory 4, which stores the form and position data of the robot and the three-dimensional objects, a display control unit 5, which prepares two dimensional figure data for displaying the robot and the three-dimensional objects on the display as two-dimensional figures, and a line-of-sight computation unit 6 which calculates the direction of line of-sight for the robot and the three-dimensional objects to be displayed as two-dimensional figures.
The environmental data memory 4 stores the form and position data of the robot and the three-dimensional objects as position coordinates of each apex, line segment, and surface information of objects in a predetermined three-dimensional coordinate space. FIG. 2B is a diagram which shows an example of storing the form and position data. For example, for the object depicted as a rectangular parallelepiped in FIG. 2A, coordinate information for eight apices a1-a8 (absolute coordinate values), segment information for 12 sides 11-112 (numbers for both end points of each side), and surface information for 6 surfaces s1-s6 (numbers for all edge points for each surface) are stored as shown in FIG. 2B.
Form and position data concerning each object are retrieved, when the name of the object is designated through the input unit 1 by a display change indication from the environmental data memory 4 in accordance with the name of the object. The information is provided to the display control unit 5 and the line-of-sight computation unit 6 respectively.
The display control unit 5 determines the two-dimensional figure data by computing the projected coordinates as seen from a particular direction of line-of-sight for each object from the form and position data concerning each object in accordance with the direction of line-of-sight (line-of-sight vector) indicated by the line-of-sight computation unit 6 as will be described below. The two-dimensional figure data obtained in the display control unit 5 is given to the display 2 where the two-dimensional figure is displayed. Ordinarily, information in a certain predetermined direction of line-of-sight is provided from the line-of-sight computation unit 6. Consequently, the display control unit 5 prepares two-dimensional figure data from the predetermined direction of line-of-sight, and displays the data on the display 2.
The line-of-sight computation unit 6 is actuated when an operator indicates for a change in the direction of line-of-sight, via the input unit 1. the line-of-sight computation unit 6 calculates a line-of-sight vector for displaying a three-dimensional object as a two-dimensional figure using the method as shown in FIG. 3.
FIG. 3 describes the process of displaying the two-dimensional figures. When the interferential relationship between some objects that are displayed on display 2 is unclear (for example, when two objects are displayed as mutually overlapping), input unit 1 indicates a change in display. This indication of display change can be accomplished by inputting the names of the two objects whose interferential relationship the operator wishes to clarify (step a). The line-of-sight computation unit 6 retrieves the form and position data concerning the specified two objects from the environmental data memory 4 (step b). Next, both objects are tested to determine if either has a convex shape (step c). If either object is convex (i.e. the surfaces of the object are convex), a check is made to determine whether or not the two objects are mutually interfering (step d). If no interference exists, the normal vector to a plane which separates the two objects is determined using the form and position data for the two objects (step e). Selection of the normal vector is continued until it is found to satisfy the display standard, that is, until a vector is determined that is normal to a plane which completely separates the two objects (step f). Once a normal vector is determined, a line-of-sight vector which is orthogonal to the normal vector, namely, a line-of-sight direction along which it is possible to display the two objects as two-dimensional figures without mutual interference, is calculated (step g). The line-of-sight vector determined in this manner is provided to the display control unit 5 where two-dimensional figure data for the two objects is prepared in accordance with the line-of-sight direction (step h). The newly obtained two-dimensional figure is displayed on the display 2 (step i). Thus the line-of-sight direction which displays an ambiguous two-dimensional figure indicating an interferential relationship of the three-dimensional objects is changed to one showing without ambiguity the relationship of the objects.
Next, the computational processing for the line-of-sight direction in the line-of-sight computation unit 6 will be described in more detail.
When two objects A and B that mutually overlap on display 2 are identified at input 1, the form and position data are read respectively as follows.
A={a.sub.i (i=1, . . . m),l.sub.i '(i'=1, . . . m'),s.sub.i "(i"=1, . . . m")},
B={(b.sub.j (j=1, . . . n),l.sub.j '(j'=1, . . . n'),s.sub.j "(j"=1, . . . n")},
where ai and bj are apex coordinates; li ' and lj ' are end points of sides; si " and sj " are all edge points of a surface.
Then, whether or not the two objects A and B are convex is checked. The method for confirming that an object is convex is to see that all of the segments that are obtained by joining arbitrary end points of the objects (namely, ai1 ai2 (i≦i1,i2≦m) for object A, and bj1 bj2 (l≦j1, j2≦n) for object B) are contained within the object.
If at least one of the objects has a concave surface, there can be a penetrating relationship between the objects although there is no interference or contact. There are some cases in which it is not possible to display the objects as separate two-dimensional figures even with changes in the line-of-sight direction. In those cases, the computational processing for the change of line-of-sight direction will not be carried out. However, if the two objects are situated sufficiently separate from each other so that a concave object may be regarded as though it were a convex object and the computational processing for the line-of-sight direction for two-dimensional figure display by separation may be carried out.
When two objects A and B are confirmed to be convex objects, the first step is to judge whether or not they are mutually interfering based on the form and position data for them. The method for judging this is done by examining whether or not any side of object A intersects with the surfaces of object B. In other words, first the line equation for an arbitrary side of object A is determined from li', second the plane equation for, an arbitrary plane of object B is determined from sj", and third the intersection between the corresponding infinite line and the infinite plane is determined.
Next, it is determined if the intersection lies on the finite side of object A and in the finite plane of object B and a similar test is carried out for all possible combinations of all sides of A and for all surfaces of B. If it is found for all the combinations that none of the intersections are on the finite side of object A or at a surface of object B then a similar examination is carried out for the reversed situation, namely, for each side of B and for each surface of A. If no intersections are found to lie in the regions corresponding to interference between objects for all possible combinations, then it is determined that the two objects A and B are not mutually interfering. When there is an interference between objects, it is impossible to obtain a two-dimensional figure display showing separation of the two objects, so that the processing will be discontinued at that point.
Now, when two convex objects A and B exist in three dimensional space without mutual interference, there exists necessarily some plane C which separates the objects A and B, as shown in FIG. 4. Consequently, by choosing a direction in the plane C as a direction of line-of-sight, it becomes possible to display the two objects A and B as separate two-dimensional figures.
If the position coordinate of a fixed point in the plane C is called e, the position coordinate of an arbitrary point in the plane C is called x, and the normal vector to the plane C is called n, then the equation of the plane C is given by
(x-e) . n=0,
where . signifies an inner product. If respective apices ai and bj of the two objects A and B are located into two regions defined by the plane C, it can be said that the plane C separates A and B in the three-dimensional space. Therefore it is sufficient if the following conditions are met:
(a.sub.i -e) . n>0 (i=1,2, . . . m), (1)
(b.sub.j -e) . n<0 (j=1,2, . . . n).
By finding a normal vector n that satisfies the above conditions, and by determining a vector V which satisfies
one may choose the vector V as the line-of-sight vector. That is, the line-of-sight vector V may be used for the line-of-sight direction which can display the two objects A and B as non-overlapping two-dimensional figures. (It should be noted that the vector V which satisfies the above orthogonality condition can exist as a plurality of solutions, but it suffices if one of them is obtained.)
The fixed point e in the plane C preferably is determined as follows. First, the centers of gravity ga and gb of the two objects A and B, respectively, can be represented from the apex coordinates in the form and position data as ##EQU1## Since the objects A and B are convex objects, each of the respective centers of gravity ga and gb are interior points of the objects. In addition, due to the fact that the objects A and B are free from interference as mentioned earlier, there necessarily exists a point on the straight line 7 (as shown in FIG. 4) that connects the two centers of gravity ga and gb, and that is not an interior point of either one of the objects. Therefore, one needs only to choose a point on the straight line 7 which is contained in neither of the objects A and B, as the fixed point e in the above.
More specifically, if the equation for the straight line 7 is given by
k=g.sub.a +t (g.sub.b -g.sub.a), 0≦t≦1,
one needs to determine the maximum value of t (=ta) for a point k on the straight line 7 that can exist as an interior point of the object A, and the minimum value of t (=tb) for a point k that, can exist as an interior point of the object B. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the fixed point e may be defined as the midpoint between these points as given by ##EQU2##
On the other hand, the normal vector n to the plane C can be determined by using, for example, the two-division learning system of Perceptron. If one sets
a.sub.i -e=a.sub.i, b.sub.j -e=b.sub.j '
for the apex coordinates ai and bj and the fixed point e, the conditions in Equation (1) become
a.sub.i '·n>0 (i=1,2, . . . m), (2)
b.sub.j '·n<0 (j=1,2, . . . n),
Consequently, by arbitrarily choosing an initial value for the normal vector n, one examines whether or not the conditions in Equation (2) are satisfied by that normal vector n. For example one chooses ##EQU3## as the initial, value for n, and examines whether or not the conditions in Equation (2) are satisfied for ai ' and bj '. If at least one of the conditions in Equation (2) for ai ' and bj ' is not satisfied, then the initial value of the normal vector n is changed as follows. ##EQU4## where | | the magnitude of a vector. By repeating such a change of the normal vector and the decision processing of whether or not the normal vector n satisfies the conditions in Equation (2), one can determine a normal vector n that satisfies both of the conditions.
According to the learning method of Perceptron, the existence of the solution is guaranteed so that with a finite number of changes of the normal vector n, it is possible to determine a normal vector n that satisfies the conditions in Equation (2).
Using a normal vector n thus obtained, the line-of-sight direction (line-of-sight vector V) for which a two-dimensional figure display is possible with a complete separation of the two objects A and B, can be determined.
For example, if one writes the normal vector n obtained as ##EQU5## and the line-of-sight vector V to be determined as ##EQU6## then one needs only to determine V that satisfies
n.sub.x v.sub.x +n.sub.y v.sub.y +n.sub.z v.sub.z =0
v.sub.x.sup.2 +v.sub.y.sup.2 +v.sub.z.sup.2 =1
from V.n =0. (Although a plurality of solutions can exist, one needs only to determine one of them.)
When a line-of-sight vector V is obtained in this way, the line-of-sight computation unit 6 shown in FIG. 1 sends the information on V to the display control unit 5. The display control unit 5 prepares two-dimensional figure data to be displayed on the display 2 from the line-of-sight vector V and the apex coordinates ai and bj that are read from the environmental data memory 4. For example, the transformation matrix m for the line-of-sight can be expressed as ##EQU7## which can be expressed as ##EQU8## If the apex coordinates are expressed as ##EQU9## then the apex coordinates (X, Y) of the two-dimensional figure to be depicted o the display can be determined by ##EQU10##
Accordingly, if the interferential relationship between two objects X and Y is unclear when they are displayed on the display screen as two-dimensional figures, as in FIG. 5A, a line-of-sight direction which shows the interferential relationship between the two objects can be selected merely be indicating a change in display by designating the two objects at the input 1. The display is changed as shown in FIG. 5B. In other words, two objects X and Y that are displayed as overlapping in FIG. 5A can be displayed as mutually separated two-dimensionally displayed figures as shown in FIG. 5B without the operator going through a series of trial and error changes in the line-of-sight direction.
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in the foregoing. Thus, for instance, the algorithm for computational processing for the line-of-sight direction may be modified in various ways such as to be carried out with expanded display conditions and under quantitative conditions. In addition, in showing the interferential relationship among three or more objects, it may be arranged to find a direction along which overlapping among these objects tends to be decreased. In other words, by giving special emphasis to the portion for which the overlapping condition is most critical, the line-of-sight direction may be determined so as to have that portion separated and displayed as two-dimensional figures. Moreover, the particular two-dimensional figure display is not limited to that described in the present embodiment.
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Carlos Blanco held the position of an Engineer in biochemistry at INSA, Lyon, France, in 1980. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from INSA, Lyon, France in 1982 and completed his Thesis in microbiology at INSA, Lyon, France in 1985. As for his academic positions, he was an Assistant Lecturer in microbiology at the INSA, Lyon, France, from 1980 to 1985, a Researcher at the French National Institute of Health (INSERM), Paris, France, from 1985 to 1989, and a Professor of Microbiology, University of Rennes, Rennes, France from 1989 to 2012. His area of expertise includes microbial physiology (e.g., characterization of metabolic pathways for polysaccharide and oil metabolism), bacterial genetics (e.g., characterization of phages and plasmids in bacteria and genome sequence and annotation), stress (e.g., osmotic, nutritional, and oxidative stress), and regulation of gene expression (e.g., characterization of effectors involved in transcriptional and translational regulation). His recent research activity is about hyperosmotic stress results in the loss of turgor pressure. The first response of cells deals with turgor recovery by accumulation of compatible solutes by neosynthesis (trehalose, glutamate, and glucosylglycerol) or by active uptake from the medium (glycine betaine and ectoine). Compatible solutes also exert a beneficial effect on metabolism and are important for the resistance to other stresses. Adaptation to oxidative stress results mainly in the synthesis of enzymes involved in detoxification (peroxidases and superoxide dismutases) and repair of macromolecules. His work deals with the characterization of enzymatic actors of osmotic and oxidative stress defense and the transcriptional regulation of their synthesis.
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Editor, The Beacon:
Amen, Mr. Murphy. We lose more citizens to domestic gun violence every year than we lose in Iraq and Afghanistan combined ["A great American lie," The Beacon, Guest View, front page, Dec. 19].
The cost of care and the economic loss by those injured is no less – the only difference is that they don't even have the Veterans Affairs to care for them and their families!
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The NRA is a huge fraud. I'm sure half of the members already have convinced themselves that President Obama set up this Newtown slaughter just to get their guns! The fringe of the fringe! Let's move on this; we can watch "American Idol" On Demand next year.
John Troy Baker,
Ditto to what Mike Murphy said
I agree completely, too!
Stephen Bernheim,
Blame the criminal, not the firearm
After reading former Chief Murphy's comments in your Guest View last week, I felt compelled to respond with some facts and logic rather than just emotion.
I find it rather hypocritical that a man that made a career out of carrying a firearm to protect himself would deny the rest of us the same right.
Police carry "assault rifles" to assure they can respond in kind to threats from armed assailants. They don't carry these weapons to protect you or me; they carry them to protect themselves. This leads me to believe Mr. Murphy thinks his life is more important than the rest of ours.
The Founding Fathers realized that power corrupts and created the Second Amendment as a method for the people to be able to respond "in kind" to any usurpation attempted by an overbearing government. It also serves as a strong check against the ambitions of foreign governments.
I find it criminal that this administration was not only silent, but obstructive regarding the guns that were allowed to walk across our southern border and used in the murder of countless innocent Mexican Nationals and one U.S. Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry.
Our own Department of Justice was complicit in this illegal operation and is still obstructing the investigation. Yet they exploit the tragedies in Colorado and Connecticut for their own political gain and to further undermine the rights of law-abiding citizens.
The same elected elite who are surrounded by armed protection 24/7 want the rest of us sheep to be at the mercy of the wolves.
Using Mr. Murphy's logic, if it can be called that, all of my firearms must be defective, as they have never taken a human life – ever. Why is it so easy for society to blame a tool for something rather than the criminal who actually pulled the trigger?
Society has allowed personal responsibility and freedom to be abdicated in exchange for a lifestyle that condones anything as long as it makes you feel better about yourself.
We have become a nation of cowards. Sure, we're brave enough to murder an unborn child while still in its mother's womb, yet we lack the intestinal fortitude to execute a convicted murderer. We have traded discipline for an "anything goes" approach to raising our children.
We protect criminals by giving them more rights than their victims. There are currently more than enough "gun laws" on the books to make it clear that the mass killing of innocent people is illegal. So how can any logical person believe banning guns will stop the violence when banning murder doesn't?
For all those clamoring for their government to further restrict their rights, I say it's time for people to start exercising their rights and, more importantly, their responsibilities.
Gun laws only affect law-abiding citizens who are neither disposed nor inclined to commit crimes. They do absolutely nothing to dissuade criminals who already ignore a multitude of laws during the commission of a crime.
If our politicians are truly concerned about stopping crime, I suggest they start by getting rid of habitual offenders that contribute nothing to society but crime and mayhem.
If they are really worried about evil people killing our children, put your efforts toward repairing the mental health system so psychopaths occupy our mental hospitals rather than our schools.
And let's place the responsibility for crime where it belongs – with the criminal.
Kevin English,
Going after 'assault' weapons is futile
Gun control in America is futile, and ridiculous. You've bought into the liberal narrative; taking aim at "assault riffles." My heart goes out to those affected by the recent tragedy, but there are some things to be said.
The AR-15 isn't the most effective gun for confined spaces. Police teams choose pump action shotguns, which can chamber a dozen rounds, for that task. The AR-15 is a media magnet and it's irrational to single out that weapon. Going after "assault" weapons is futile because, as you stated, all guns are assault weapons.
The facts are simple.
1) Murder per capita today is at its LOWEST point in decades (without gun control laws). Spikes in our murder rates are directly attributable to vice law. Historically when the government bans alcohol or starts up drug wars, we get spikes in murder rates.
Banning guns would just give vice lords another market in illicit gun trade. Pew Research polls proved that Americans today have an irrational fear of violence despite the facts; we are safer today than we've ever been.
2) No country on Earth has a high Gun Per Capita rate AND a high Murder Per Capita rate. Switzerland, Serbia and the United States lead the pack on Guns Per Capita and all have rates under 7/100K.
The most dangerous counties in the world all have strict limits on citizen gun ownership (graphs under my twitter @canaanav). ALL countries which have high homicide rates also have FEW guns.
3) Australia banned guns and their murder rate went up for two years. In the same years, murder rate in the United States precipitated faster without gun control than it did in Australia with gun bans. In Australia, murderers simply strangled or stabbed their victims instead of shooting them. I'd rather be shot.
Solution: We must address our mental health problems. One in five Americans are on psychiatric drugs, and we've jailed millions of people for non-violent crimes. We have to reevaluate how we treat the mentally ill.
We post guards at sport events, concerts and banks. We even realized that commercial pilots should be armed. For schools, at least one teacher or janitor or principle should be trained and armed. Our kids are worth it.
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�Kindergarten Rocks� read pictures that the class of 2027 colored.
Grover Elementary School kindergarteners were wide-eyed at their new surroundings on their first day of school.
�I�ve had fun drawing,� said kindergartener Bryanna Ellis.
But kindergartener Ariel Inthisarth said she is ready to be �big.�
�I want to be big and be a doctor,� Inthisarth said. �I want to help people like if they hurt their arm.�
Ellis chimed in that she wants to take care of animals.
College may be 12 years away for these students, but the Cleveland County Promise is already working so their tuition will be funded.
In May 2013, Willie Green, the program�s organizer and former Carolina Panther, announced the idea for the non-profit that would raise money to create a fund to pay tuition to college and universities for all the county�s high school graduates.
The scholarship program was duplicated in Pittsburgh, Pa., Kalamazoo, Mich., and El Dorado, Ark.
The Promise has had a slow start but is making the push to fund students, Green said.
�We knew in advance from talking to community leaders that this would not happen overnight,� Green said. �Leaders like Eddie Holbrook who spearheaded the American Legion World Series or those who worked with the Don Gibson Theater, the Earl Scruggs Center and the LeGrand Center all said their projects took time. The realization of it is that it will take a while.�
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�Everyone has said it�s a good idea. Historically, Cleveland County has been focused on education. We have involved parents, fantastic teachers and Gardner-Webb (University) and Cleveland Community College as higher learning institutes,� Cawthon said. �The community doesn�t let education slip by.�
The Promise received several contributions, including some from the Eaton Corp. and the World Acceptance Corp., but it wasn�t enough to send the class of 2014 to college, Green said.
�We have received some contributions, but unfortunately it was not enough to reach our goal for the class of 2014,� Green said. �Receiving contributions goes to show that it is a good program, we just need more people to climb on board.�
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But as the Promise continues to push, they need the community to show their support and excitement.
�We need parents to ask us questions and let us know what sort of needs we have and how many students have those needs,� Cawthon said. �We are working on having these metrics that let us know what to prepare for. We need students and parents to talk us up at work, church or other parents who haven�t heard about us.�
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Could the Cleveland County Promise fund the class of 2027?
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Originally started by the Ford Motor Company in the 1940s as a trade school for workers in Windsor's booming automobile manufacturing industry, today the St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology offers a mix of programs to meet the area's changing needs. The decline in manufacturing has given Windsor a reputation as Canada's unemployment capital. But industry appears to be rebounding, and the city is working to bring in new businesses. Meanwhile, tourists are attracted by Windsor's proximity to the United States, and retirees are moving here to enjoy its relatively warm climate. John Strasser, president of St. Clair College, talks about its evolution and what's ahead.
How have Windsor's changes, in terms of jobs and industry, influenced the college and what it offers?
With manufacturing, we had to solidify the base, because it's not going away. We created the Ford Centre for Excellence in Manufacturing. Ford gave us $3-million to help create that centre, which is a $40-million project. That's the largest amount of money that Ford has given to any post-secondary institution anywhere in Canada. The centre has much of the latest technology, although it's not all necessarily aimed at the auto industry any more.
The hospitality and tourism industry is growing here. We have a casino, we have great food, we have the proximity to Detroit. We've created the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts. We've brought in music, theatre, the performing arts. All of our students have to be able to sing, act and dance, a "triple threat," as it's known in the industry.
The biggest program that we've strategically moved forward on, quite apart from these other two, is the health area. [It ranges] from cardiovascular technology all the way to nursing and paramedic and pharmacy and practical nursing.
What percentage of graduates are going into manufacturing now, compared with in the college's early days?
In 1968-69, it was heavily toward the technology end. Today, less than one third would be technology-manufacturing based.
How are your students being trained in other fields, such as health care?
We've always been very strong in the health area. For example, we built a health sciences centre. Now we are partnering with the Schlegel Villages, a long-term care facility. They are putting their first facility in a college campus in Ontario on our property. It will allow for training for our students as well as placements, jobs and all that. The concept of being able to do some of the practising right on our campus is great, from our perspective.
Are you working with local business groups to determine other needs there?
Any time that we have an idea that we believe is worth exploring, we form a program advisory committee that is almost 100 per cent drawn from the area around us and the people that are in the industry. After we validate where we are in terms of the concept, we move it forward to an actual offering of a program. We have an advisory committee for every program that we offer and they meet on a regular basis throughout the year. We feel we are very plugged in to the community around us, that's for sure.
What are you hearing from them?
Confidence in manufacturing is slowly changing. I think we've seen the bottom, because we are starting to see a climb in terms of first-year registrations in that area. But more and more, people are looking at the other areas that the college can serve. What can we do with the greenhouse industry? What can we do with the wineries? What more can we do in terms of areas like sports management? The performing arts? The region understands that we can play a role. They're coming forward with ideas and saying, "Hey, do you think that you can do this? Are you interested in taking a look at this facility, or in partnering with us?"
What kind of students do you get?
The demographics in this area, because of unemployment and declining enrolments in public schools, are not in our favour. The population is declining in the age group that would come to a post-secondary institution. We have to be looking at people who have decided, after being away from college, to come back. We're fighting the demographics. But on the other hand, if you get somebody coming in and they're more than 25, the chances of them being more serious about their studies are a whole lot higher.
Where is the college headed?
We've structured who we are in terms of the technology change and manufacturing, so we've got that covered. We're concentrating on hospitality and tourism, because there will be more and more of that, as more and more people will retire into this area and are looking for things to do. Then the big one will be health care, because it will be needed, because of the people coming here who are older and will need more care. So we're getting ready for that.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has likened Australia's bid to host the World Cup to a Formula One driver at the starting line "fully fuelled" and ready to go, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said.
Ms Gillard met Blatter in Zurich to discuss Australia hosting the world's biggest sporting event in 2022 on her way to a summit in Brussels.
"I, obviously, urged him to see the merits of Australia's bid for the World Cup," she told reporters in Brussels on Sunday.
"He confirmed to me that Australia's bid had complied with all of the FIFA rules, so we were, in his terminology, like a Formula One driver at the starting line - the car is fully fuelled and the engine is on.
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"I suspect that inherent in the job of being president of FIFA is that you're pretty good at holding your cards close to your chest," she said.
"At the end of the day this is a voting structure, and so the votes will come in in December.
Australia is among nine bidders, including fellow Asian Football Federation (AFC) members Japan, South Korea and Qatar, competing to host the 2022 World Cup.
FIFA officials will also weigh up a Netherlands-Belgium bid and ones from Russia, England, Spain-Portugal and the United States before announcing the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts on December 2 in Zurich.
Australia is hoping that its past experience in hosting major sporting events - including the 2000 Olympics, the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the 2006 Commonwealth Games - will bolster its bid.
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Neutrino Day, the Sanford Lab's free annual science festival, is expanding to downtown Lead, with a full day of science talks and hands-on activities on Saturday, July 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Park at the Homestake Visitor Center on Main Street and catch free shuttles to all venues. Activities at the lab's surface campus will include hoist room tours (wear sturdy shoes), live video chats with scientists a mile underground and wild science demonstrations for kids by Steve Rokusek of South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Events on Main Street will include:
For more information visit www.sanfordlab.org
"Science through Art and Music."
Emmy-nominated astronomer José Francisco Salgado of Chicago's Adler planetarium will cap off Neutrino Day with this talk at 3 p.m. at the Historic Homestake Opera House. Salgado also is an experimental photographer and filmmaker, who has photographed more than 30 scientific sites around the world —from the South Pole in Antarctica to the Sanford Lab in Lead, where last year he shot special footage for an upcoming planetarium show on dark matter. Salgado's films have been presented with live music in 90 concerts in 14 countries, with orchestras such as the Boston Pops, the Chicago Symphony and San Francisco Symphony. On Neutrino Day, Salgado will showcase his work, including never-before-seen footage from the Sanford Lab, and he'll talk about the creative process he uses to blend art and science.
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TOURISM TODAY: Miami HEAT hosts Alonzo Mourning Youth Camp for Bahamian students
160 Bahamian students from throughout The Islands of The Bahamas participated in the Alonzo Mourning Youth Clinic as a part of the Miami HEAT/Ministry of Tourism Partnership.
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Blade Madaris has watched the men in his family surrender their single status one by one, and he has no plans to join them. But the gorgeous attorney he meets at his cousin's wedding would make a fine notch on his bedpost. And when circumstances bring them together for six months, Blade formulates a plan to sweep Samari Di Meglio off her feet and into his arms.
Though Blade is the kind of player Sam has spent years avoiding, a no-strings one-night stand is too tempting to resist. But their sizzling night together comes with unforeseen complications. Blade can't walk away from the most passionate woman he's ever met. To break through her resistance, the consummate bachelor will have to bare his soul and confess everything that's in his heart....
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Manmade mounds shaped like orcas, condors and even a duck may be the oldest evidence of animal mounds outside of North America, according to Live Science. University of Missouri anthropologist and professor emeritus Robert Benfer described a series of mounds in coastal valleys in Peru. Archaeological evidence at the animal mound sites puts some of them at more than 4,000 years old.
The mounds were found in a region known for the Nazca lines (a series of giant animal outlines drawn on the ground), the ruined city of Chan Chan, and other cultural treasures, reported Futurity. They range from five meters (16.5 feet) to 400 meters (1,312 feet) long. Predating ceramics, they were probably built using woven baskets to carry and pile up rock and soil.
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"The finding of animal effigy mounds where there were none before changes our conception of early Peruvian prehistory," Benfer said to e! Science News. "That they probably represent the Andean zodiac is also a new find. A controversial interpretation of some Nazca figures as representations of the zodiac is supported by these mounds."
Benfer discovered the mounds while looking at satellite photos of a site that he'd long been curious about, according to Live Science. What he saw seemed to be shaped like a condor, he said, but previous archaeological knowledge suggested that animal effigy mounds were a North America-only phenomenon, with few exceptions, such as one at a site in Mexico.
"The mounds will draw tourists, one day," said Benfer to Futurity. "Some of them are more than 4,000 years old. Compare that to the effigy mounds of North America, which date to between 400 and 1200 AD. The oldest Peruvian mounds were being built at the same time as the pyramids in Egypt."


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Here's a nice test from Dummies.com. Too bad the tested element is a bit below the fold, which means that around 40% of the visitors will not see the tested variables if they are not scrolling. It's a good idea to test elements that are above the fold. Don't just believe usability experts screaming out loud that the fold doesn't matter anymore. Test that for your self and see if it's true or not.
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Book Review: Ghost on the Throne
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
by James Romm
Knopf, 2011
For all its unbelievability, there's a burnished simplicity to the story of Alexander the Great that makes it potent mythology. The simplicity is elemental: the story is Alexander – not the claims of a brotherhood of mankind, not the litany of conquered armies and nations, and not even the brutal gallantry of that superb Macedonian army marching its way across the known world – not any of those things but rather Alexander himself, the living hero-narrative, this beautiful, valiant young man bending fate to his command. The story had the pull of legend even while it was still unfolding, and the story was: what would Alexander do next?
This explains the super-abundance of Alexander the Great books at the library – biographies, sociological studies, military histories, plays, fiction. And it likewise explains why James Romm's new book Ghost on the Throne, about the immediate aftermath of Alexander, has virtually no competition: the story feels pointless once Alexander himself has left the stage, dead suddenly at age 32 in Babylon, on the eve of a proposed campaign to the Arabian peninsula. Alexander had no single recognized heir, no carefully-nurtured chain of inheritance for this vast empire he'd built up in less than five years. He had survived wounds, fevers, epic battles, and assassination attempts, and he was still young and vital – probably a cautiously documented succession didn't strike him as a priority. When death came upon him in Babylon, there was no time to fix the oversight, and suddenly that enormous string of conquests was just sitting there, in the awful vulnerability that comes when charisma has disappeared.
Alexander's closest friends and most powerful generals and admirals – many of whom were gathered around him when he died – were presented with a sprawling banquet and an empty space where their iron-willed host had been only two days before. These men, without exception, neither knew nor cared about any universal brotherhood of man – they looked on that banquet, immediately dismissed its higher potentials, and lunged at the trestle-tables to grab as much as they could. The elemental simplicity of Alexander's story splintered overnight into half a dozen stories of greed, deceit, and posturing. The messiness of it all has challenged some of the best classicists of the age (Brian Bosworth and Peter Green have both made worthwhile studies of it), and it actually defeated Mary Renault, whose book about the aftermath of Alexander is the only failure among her historical novels.
A daunting subject, but James Romm (editor of the magnificent Landmark Campaigns of Alexander) dives right in with the conviction that although these might be messier tales, they're still really good ones and well worth telling. The effort lives or dies according to the author's abilities not just as a detail-sifting historian but as a storyteller.
Romm succeeds marvellously. He's mastered the knack that all classicists should have: he can get inside the sources and bring them alive for a non-specialist audience. When he talks about the Somatophylakes, Alexander's elite Bodyguards (hard, pragmatic men like Ptolemy, Perdiccas, and Leonnatus), soldiers who'd "waded through rivers of blood" in their pursuit of Alexander's conquests, he's being as literal as figurative speech can get, and he's quick to establish the tension behind the dizzying stakes of the youthful conqueror's last days, when almost every one of the men around him saw himself as the sole best suited to take over:
All that was needed to bring this brave new world into being was the obliteration of those who threatened it, either by attack from without or by rebellion from within. The generals who helped conduct Alexander's massacres were not butchers but loyal supporters of his driving vision. They had agreed to pursue his multiethnic world-state, certain they would one day share in rule over it.
"And so the generals at Babylon," Romm tells us, "like gods claiming chunks of the cosmos, took charge of the pieces of Alexander's empire that best matched their power, temperament, and rank." One of the earliest ironies of Ghost on the Throne (and the book is full of ironies – Romm doesn't partake of the soft-focus romanticism that governed most writers on Alexander's life and times in the early 20th Century) is that Alexander himself was responsible for the very efficiency with which his adjutants dismantled his legacy:
Alexander the Great had taught his disciples well. During his twelve-year Asian campaign, his officers had watched him manage with surgical skill the world's most complex army. They had seen him orchestrate the phalanx bristling with spears, the cavalry strike force, and the quick-moving Hypaspists, or Shield Bearers; draw on one force or another, or combine the three, depending on terrain and opponent; synchronize their rates of travel; and keep them fed and provisioned by despoiling the route of their march. In India they had seen him master the only known war machine his army then lacked, the trained elephant. Alexander had brought some two hundred of these fortresslike beasts out of India, to terrorize the enemies he never got to fight – Arabs, Carthaginians, and other targets historians can only guess at.
Necessarily, his canvas is broad. He needs to cover not only dissent at the end of the world but also scheming and power-playing all the way back at the heart of Alexander's power, his native kingdom of Macedon, where successors from the line of Alexander's blood lost no time in claiming his mantle. It's another mark of Romm's narrative skill that he makes these stories of court intrigue every bit as fascinating as his more Homeric stories of contesting generals and admirals. As with that brief suggestion of Alexander fighting Carthaginians, much of the power of these segments comes from Romm's powerful imagination, always alert for might-have-beens:
Adea [crowned Eurydice, temporary queen of the Macedonians] had nearly pulled off a coup that would have given her control of the kings and the army. With just a few more soldiers on her side, she might have outdone Eumenes, victor over Neoptolemus and Craterus, and brought down three top generals – Antipater, Antigonus, and Seleucus – in a single day.
In the end, the imperial unity Alexander dreamed of died with him, and the next three centuries of West Asian history were dictated by the factious kingdoms set up by his warring successors. Although the story has less visceral allure than the golden myth of Alexander's swath across the world, it's easily a more important story nevertheless – and in James Romm it has a teller well worthy of your attention. This is history every reader should know, and this is exactly how it should be written.
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Hmm…that's not the first time you've written off "Funeral Games" as Ms. Renault's lone failure, and I'm still puzzled by your assessment. I've always thought that it was every bit the equal of the other two parts of her (very loose) Alexander trilogy. What about the novel didn't work for you?
Well, inasmuch as you're still objectively wrong about the effectiveness of "Funeral Games", I should clarify that my use of the wishy-washy, English-majory "for you" was merely a polite way of dismissing all assessments contrary to my own.
But in any event…I'll definitely check out "Ghost on the Throne" based on your review. I'm always a sucker for those crazy Macedonians.
Yes, but my high-handed dismissal is a flattery, Steve! Your book reviews are like the Bible: even when I reject them, I still labor in their shadow.
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Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum
It's interesting to note that the earliest appearance of Grecian, in the 1840s, was in a condensed form. The full face version that inspired Hoefler & Frere-Jones' steroidal Knox didn't show up until nearly twenty years later.
A side by side comparison of two F's – both came in a single case of type purchased last year from an eBay seller – illustrates how slight changes to a letterform can dramatically alter its presence. The character on the right has an elongated upper arm and a thinner central arm (or crossbar) with the addition of unbracketed serifs. These seemingly minor design changes make this F appear narrower and more refined.


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Felipe Massa is not having a very good season. We know this because, in Friday's first practice at Silverstone, he had a big shunt.
And also, speaking to TG.com before the start of the Silverstone action, the former Ferrari man and current Williams F1 driver tell us as much. Massa reckons that though the team has a good base – there's deep-rooted pace in that new Williams – "the races so far could have been much better for me".
It certainly appears that Formula One's bad luck donkey favours Massa as much as it favours Hamilton. He was shunted off the track on the first lap by Kobayashi in the season-opener at Australia, ending his race.
Then a pit-stop error at the Chinese GP (where the rear wheel was fitted to the wrong side before the mistake was realised) cost him precious time, and that horrendous high-speed crash with Perez in Canada just when he was on course for a podium finish.
This is the man, don't forget, who could very nearly have been a Formula One world champion, were it not for Lewis Hamilton and that last-gasp overtake at the final race in Brazil, 2008.
And yet Massa is upbeat Silverstone; a track he loves, and a race that marks both Silverstone's 50th GP and Massa's 200th GP. Quite a big occasion, then.
"I still think things can turn around and we can get the results from now until the end of the season," he says. The car's certainly good, and the veteran F1 driver is clearly enjoying the new turbo era. "The turbos have a lot of torque and less downforce, so it's not that easy to drive, but it's definitely a lot of fun. You need to change your driving style a bit – you can't be so aggressive otherwise you'll destroy your tyres very quickly.
"The noise isn't great, though, something that's bad for us but more so for the fans."
And he does care about the fans. "I think I can expect a similar feeling to what you experience in Monza when you're with Ferrari and you're faced with the Tifosi. British fans are really in love with Formula One – they're crazy for F1 and Williams, so it'll be a great feeling with that support."
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Blue's has a new Darkspore trailer - here's the description:
Darkspore Hero Spotlight #2 is another trailer showing off one of the heroes in Darkspore, the Spore-inspired action/RPG in development at EA's Maxis studio. Word is: "Darkspore Systems Designer Paul Sottisanti takes us through a new Hero Spotlight Video, showcasing the abilities of the Gravitic War Master, Andromeda, a Tempest Class hero and one of the more than 25 characters that gamers will be able to collect, upgrade and customize."
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The U.S. Coast Guard said two people were killed when their World War II-era plane went down in shallow water near Galveston on Wednesday.
Petty Officer Steve Lehmann said the captain of a charter boat notified authorities after seeing the vintage P-51 Mustang crash in an area between Chocolate Bay and Galveston Bay. He said the plane went down at about 11:40 a.m. in water some four feet deep.
The pilot of the Galveston Gal has been identified as Keith Hibbett, 51, of Shady Shores. The passenger, John Busby, 66, of England, was a tourist who had paid to ride in the World War II-era plane, KPRC-TV in Houston reports.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said the plane was operated by the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. The pilot was not in contact with air-traffic controllers when it crashed.
Investigators with the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board were on the way to the scene of the wreck. The NTSB will lead the investigation.
Wings Over Houston told KPRC that the plane was scheduled to fly in an air show this weekend.
Hibbett's wife was not available for comment Wednesday evening. Neighbors Barry and Gina Kemna said she is surrounded by family members.
The Kemnas said Hibbett was an experienced pilot for FedEx who regularly donated his time and talents to wounded veterans and disabled children.
"He was just a good servant for the Lord," Gina Kemna said. "He loved God. He loved life and his family."
"We're going to miss him," Barry Kemna said. "He was a great neighbor. Everyone in the community really respected him."
Hibbett is survived by his wife, three children and two grandchildren.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Defensive end Paul Spicer left the Jaguars after his younger brother was found lying dead in an Indianapolis street about 200 feet from a school on the city's east side.
A team spokesman said Thursday that coach Jack Del Rio gave Spicer permission to leave to be with his family. Spicer is expected to return Sunday for the team's game in Pittsburgh.
According to the Web site of WRTV Channel 6 in Indianapolis, police said that Coulter N. Hillman, 23, was shot several times in the head.
Neighbors called police just before 5 a.m., when they heard gunshots and saw a car that was stopped but still running.
Police said that they were told that Hillman was last seen outside a liquor store at about 2:30 a.m. They believe he was there to give two men a ride. Police, who do not have any suspects, aren't sure what happened between 2:30 a.m. and 5 a.m., when the body was found.
Hillman's aunt, Karen Hardiman, told the TV station, "Junior was a sweet little guy, just had a baby a few months ago. He was out trying to make a living for his baby. He has two kids."
Spicer, 30, is a native of Indianapolis who lives in Aurora, Ill. He played his college ball at Saginaw Valley State and was signed by the Jaguars in 2000 after stops in Seattle and Detroit.
Spicer was sidelined with a broken leg in the second game last year, but came back this season and has 23 tackles and 3 1/2 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery while starting the first five games. He is one of only six NFL players who have three sacks or more this season.
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The Blackhawks Will Rely On Their Mental Toughness
by Paul on 05/30/14 at 09:01 AM ET
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from Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun-Times,
It's a mind game now. You just know the Blackhawks like their chances.
"We want to stay with that mentality that we're putting all the pressure on them," Hawks captain Jonathan Toews said Thursday before heading to Los Angeles with his teammates for Game 6 of the Western Conference final, "and it's going to be tough for them to close it out and win that fourth game against us. We showed how resilient of a group we are [in Game 5]. We're going to do it again [in Game 6]."
Trailing the series 3-2 but buoyed by a thrilling 5-4 double-overtime victory in Game 5, the Hawks are reaching deep into their bag of tricks for possibly the only trump cards they have left — their mental toughness and will to win.
The way this series has gone it's the Hawks' last and best hope to complete a mathematically unlikely comeback from a 3-1 series deficit. They're certainly not outclassing the Kings on the ice. They've given up six unanswered goals in one game, lost two-goal leads in two games. The Kings are the better team in the face-off circle, on the penalty kill and the power play.
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How resilient they were in blowing a lead twice and squeaking it out in double OT at home. Ok.
I actually thought that game showed the resilience of LA in coming back from a poor start. I think that Chicago home win was all about the matchups and they won't get those in LA. I think Chicago loses tonight.
Posted by awould on 05/30/14 at 11:36 AM ET
Ok, but they should probably rely on their skill and team cohesion more.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 05/30/14 at 11:43 AM ET
The Blackhawks Will Rely On Their Mental Toughness
And when that fails, they'll resort to what the usually do – whining.
I hope LA crushes big Toes and all the little Toes tonight.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids, MI on 05/30/14 at 01:18 PM ET
The Blackhawks Will Rely On Their Mental Toughness
And when that fails, they'll resort to what the usually do – whining.
I hope LA crushes big Toes and all the little Toes tonight.
Ah yes a Chicago and Pittsburgh specialty, whining.. Go Kings! Finish off the Slackhawks tonight.
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K2 Fastplant Giveaway Winner!
18 Nov, 2010
It's Movember! As a fan of mustaches, I wanted to giveaway a K2 Fastplant in honor of this great month and to bring awareness to Movember. Last week I asked you guys to show off your best mustaches (real or fake) for your chance to win a brand new K2 Fastplant. Now the time has come to pick a winner and trust me it was really hard with the amount of entries and mustache pictures that came in.
A huge thanks to usoutdoor.com because of them I have this K2 Fastplant to giveaway.
K2 Fastplant Winner: David Buswell
Here is David's winning picture of his long term relationship with his stache. What made me laugh at David's photo collage was it showed the stache from every angle, on the mountain riding, drinking wine, kissing dogs and just being a happy stache.
Thanks everyone for participating! I had a great time looking at all your mustaches! Support Movember!
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November 18, 2010
My mustache and I are so excited for the new snowboard. Snow every day in the forecast through thanksgiving, cold temps, winters here
thanks shay and usoutdoor.com
November 18, 2010
Congrats Dave!!!! Killer stache!
November 18, 2010
Love it! SO proud of you! Congrats!!!! ha
November 18, 2010
Way to go! Makin that mustache count. Grandma says good for you. Isn't that a kick. We'll be missing you over Thanksgiving so hope you'll be enjoying that new board instead.
November 18, 2010
We always knew you could do it. Stache power.
November 22, 2010
So cool David. Loved it! Gram
November 23, 2010
Congrats David B! Long time no see your stache!! You and your stache are lookin' good and I know your folks are very proud of all the two of you are doing! Hugs from Clay and Winona