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This initial version of the house is about learning what works, whats new and bringing resources together, building experiences and otherwise move the various transhuman projects forward and the Foundation's vision for the future. From local organizations such as the… Continue Reading →
EFTF and the EFTF Manual is a TNC (Transhuman National Committee) Fundraiser. Get Tickets Here for the Saturday March 11th in Provo, Utah: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/extreme-futures-and-technology-forecasting-work-group-winter-2017-tickets-28855253841 This is a work group that will be an all day workshop on the EFTF book and… Continue Reading →
SEATTLE, Nov 7, 2016 – Artificial General Intelligence Inc. [1] researchers have created a software system with complex emotional subjective experience – a groundbreaking achievement that includes a subconscious landscape based on the Plutchik emotional model [2]. Moreover, the company's… Continue Reading →
"A Logical Argument for Faith In God" The New God Argument [1] (NGA) purports to be a logical argument for faith in God. It was created by Lincoln Cannon, the founder of The Mormon Transhumanist Association. The NGA owes much to a… Continue Reading →
At the upcoming EFTF being used to raise funds for the TNC and creating a transhuman political lobby in DC we are adding a new feature to the EFTF even that includes creating a book. So that means EFTF Attendee's… Continue Reading →
Key Nature of AGI Behavior and Behavioral Tuning in the Independent Core Observer Model Cognitive Architecture Based Systems Abstract: This paper reviews the key factors driving the Independent Core Observer Model Cognitive Architecture for Artificial General Intelligence specific to modeling emotions… Continue Reading →
On October 14-15, 2016, the NYU Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness in conjunction with the NYU Center for Bioethics will host a conference on "The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence". Speakers and panelists will include: Nick Bostrom (Future of Humanity Institute), Meia Chita-Tegmark (Future of Life Institute), Mara… Continue Reading →
Will you help us here? The last two went over 100% but this one is falling behind a bit. We all lead the way for others when we complete these and not completing them could possibly show that the cause… Continue Reading →
CNN'S COURAGEOUS BRAND STUDIO TO PRODUCE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN AUGMENTATION: HUMAN BY DESIGN Square Enix aligns with first-of-its-kind event to explore the intersection of technology and humanity at the Paley Center for Media in August 2016 NEW YORK – June… Continue Reading →
Help us send students to the Exosphere or sign up your self. donate here: DONATE The Exosphere Academy program is both about gaining skills while simultaneously exchanging experiences, knowledge, working and collaborating with participants from around the world looking to do… Continue Reading →
The Qualitative Futures Square (QFS) is a method of formulating a futures hypothesis. Like a general scientific hypothesis, a futures hypothesis is a starting point in investigating a futures possibility. The QFS is a flexible tool, capable of being the… Continue Reading →
Press Release – The world's first discrete deep learning accelerator. A standalone, ultra-low power neural network compute accelerator inside a standard USB stick. See it first at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara, CA, May 2-4. Movidius is pleased… Continue Reading →
NANOPARTICLE ACTS LIKE TROJAN HORSE TO HALT ASTHMA New technology also can be used to turn off peanut and other food allergies April 18, 2016 | by Marla Paul CHICAGO — In an entirely new approach to treating asthma and… Continue Reading →
"FIRST GENE THERAPY SUCCESSFUL AGAINST HUMAN AGING American woman gets biologically younger after gene therapies Elizabeth Parrish, CEO of Bioviva USA Inc. has become the first human being to be successfully rejuvenated by gene therapy, after her own company's experimental… Continue Reading →
Space is an absolute dream for many of us. Very few countries have a Space program. In the countries that do, very few people ever become astronauts or cosmonauts. Those who do become astronauts, few get the opportunity to go… Continue Reading →
Open access to Tools and Technology by Gabriel Licina presented by the Extreme Futures Tech Fest – Winter 2016. Open access to tool and advancing technology is key to moving technology forward. the Restrictions we have in the industry currently… Continue Reading →
Extreme Futures Tech Fest (Winter 2016) Presents Kati Rissanen on 'Envisioning the Future of Technology. check out the latest EFTF coming up on May 14th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/extreme-futures-technology-fest-spring-2016-tickets-23741229657
Exploring the Future of space based solar power and wireless power tranmission from travel to other large scale applications in the future. From the Extreme Futures Technology Fest Winter 2016 – Session 2 on Wireless Power Adair Daniels speaking from his… Continue Reading →
"The burning desire to press forward in the face of all opposition, limitless curiosity for learning, the ability to adapt, and the will to shape the world for the better— these are the essential traits of the entrepreneur. In our… Continue Reading →
Emotional Modeling in the Independent Core Observer Model Cognitive Architecture ABSTRACT This paper is an overview of the emotional modeling used in the Independent Core Observer Model (ICOM) Cognitive Extension Architecture research which is a methodology or software 'pattern' for… Continue Reading →
Right now, the federal government spends billions each year in medical research seeking to cure one disease at a time – while virtually ignoring the underlying processes that eventually lead to a whole host of fatal diseases. It is estimated… Continue Reading →
LEAF already completed its first crowdfunded research project, reaching 154% of its goal. We are now gearing up for another, but to do it we need further reach to like minded people. Please like this page and make a request… Continue Reading →
I got an invite from a friend of mine, Dr. David Sonntag, to a dinner party locally at the house of a professor at the University of Washington and an invite to a symposium at the private staff club on… Continue Reading →
Deadly environmental pollution has become an existential risk that threatens the prospect not just for human immortality, but for the long-term survival of our species and a great many others. Here we will focus on the nuclear waste aspect of… Continue Reading →
We are at an extremely exciting time where many changes have been accelerated through contemporary technological advances and worldwide communications systems. We are also faced with some very severe problems, many of which have been accelerated by our own success,… Continue Reading →
"Thus the center of the system of the world is immovable." – Isaac Newton, Principia Mathematica, (Book 111) (1687) Article originally published as "The Sunset of the Alchemy of Uncertainty" by the World Future Society – wfs.org. Gradually, the medieval… Continue Reading →
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Here is a thing, featuring some recognizable minifigs: http://www.ign.com/watch/brick-battlesNov 14 2017 09:19 PM
Saber-ScorpionThere is no page about commissions on the site right now, but I still do them. Shoot me a PM or email. :)
Nov 15 2017 11:32 AM
NightstalkerGreat to see some more of your figs floating out there on the net!
Nov 15 2017 11:45 AM
Lord_CapuletThat would explain why I can't find it. >.> Will do, thanks!
Nov 15 2017 02:14 PM
Rune Walsh
It's a comic update! We play dice with liquid Snake! http://forums.saber-scorpion.com/index.php?showtopic=11170&p=486005Nov 12 2017 02:41 PM
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WHAT IS VENEZUELA???Nov 07 2017 01:49 PM
Dalton WestmooreALL OFFENDERS BANNED
Nov 10 2017 08:04 AM
Dalton WestmooreJUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED WITH A GOLDEN FIST
Nov 10 2017 08:05 AM
God-Emperor Thrawnie>alex jones
Nov 10 2017 04:36 PM
Weekly Patreon update #6 is up. And thanks to my patrons, the webcomic is back! http://comics.saber-scorpion.com/Nov 06 2017 12:22 PM
Nov 06 2017 12:27 PM
Dalton WestmooreTHANK THE MAKER
Nov 06 2017 12:57 PM
Dalton Westmoore
GUYS CAPULET IS ALIVENov 06 2017 09:20 AM
Lord_CapuletIndeed! I'm touched that you apparently missed me.
Nov 06 2017 11:49 AM
Dalton WestmooreYup, we all did. Errant hasn't been the same since you vanished.
Nov 06 2017 11:58 AM
Lord_CapuletSo I've heard, sorry about that. Life got in the way, on multiple fronts.
Nov 06 2017 12:27 PM
Rune Walsh
New update, with special guest star cameos! http://forums.saber-scorpion.com/index.php?showtopic=11170#entry485928Oct 29 2017 01:00 PM
Just posted the fifth Weekly Update to my Patreon! You'll want to check out last week's too, which was about a secret project... https://patreon.com/saberscorpionOct 28 2017 02:27 PM
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Please leave some critiques on my art stuff. It's been a while since I've gotten some constructive critisim: http://forums.saber-scorpion.com/index.php?showtopic=10385&p=485870Oct 22 2017 01:59 PM
Rune Walsh
Sorry about that guys. Dorian's glasses got glued to his face somehow. We're still looking into Reese totally did it. http://forums.saber-scorpion.com/index.php?showtopic=11170&p=485866Oct 22 2017 01:15 PM
That moment you open your mail and see a package from Scorp. Checkout Minifig Showcase to see what I got!Oct 21 2017 03:37 PM
Having a dull day? Hope these Fantasy Funnies give you a reason to smile!Oct 17 2017 01:36 PM
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When you want people to leave feedback on your stuff but SSLF's dead most of the time: https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6wrebnKWmvx4ZBio/giphy.gifOct 15 2017 02:24 PM
broonsFind a broader market, man. There's plenty of places out there.
Oct 22 2017 12:45 PM
And furthermore it is my opinion that Lego must bring back baseplates.Oct 10 2017 12:38 PM
God-Emperor ThrawnieThat I'm gonna have to disagree with. 99% of the raised baseplates I ever got just sat and collected dust after the thing that was meant to be built on them was taken apart.
Oct 14 2017 04:36 PM
Saber-ScorpionReally? I always loved 'em because I was too lazy to build a landscape out of bricks. (see:SYWBAA)
Oct 14 2017 07:32 PM
Saber-ScorpionI also just enjoyed finding ways to build on them. I played with them like crazy as a kid. I have huge affection for my baseplate collection, though it IS hard to store. :P
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VIDEO Presentation: Task-Based Teaching
Key Note lectures delivered April 2006 at the
Asian EFL Journal International conference.
(1) Professor Rod Ellis 50 minutes.
"Principles of Task Based Teaching."
(2) Dr. Francis Mangubhai. 50 minutes.
"What do we know about learning and teaching second languages: Implications for teaching."
(3) Drs. Yafu Gong and Shaoqian Luo. 30 minutes.
"Exploring cultural factors in task difficulty in task-based assessment"
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Cebu International ESL Conference
August 2009
Professor Ellis
This talk is in three parts. The first part will present the rationale for task-based language teaching (TBLT). It will argue the development of the implicit knowledge of a second language that is required for effective communication is best achieved by engaging learners in performing tasks. That is, learners can develop their communicative competence (including linguistic competence) through performing tasks.
The second part will outline the methodology of task-based lessons by describing options for the three phases of such a lesson. The first phase is 'pre-task' and concerns the various activities that teachers and students can undertake before they start the task, such as whether students are given time to plan the performance of the task. The second phase, the 'during task' phase, centres around the task itself and affords various instructional options, including whether students are required to operate under time-pressure or not. The final phase is 'post-task' and involves procedures for following up on the task performance. Only the 'during task' phase is obligatory in task-based teaching. Thus, minimally, a task-based lesson consists of the students just performing a task. Options selected from the 'pre-task' or 'post-task' phases are non-obligatory but, as we will see, can serve a crucial role in ensuring that the task performance is maximally effective for language.
The final part of the talk will examine a number of objections that have been levelled against TBLT and argue that these are based on fundamental misunderstandings of its principles and methodology. In particular, I will argue that, contrary to the views expressed by opponents of TBLT, this method of teaching does not just allow but in fact requires attention to form as well as meaning.
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OIL was little changed near a 25-month high as the dollar strengthened against the euro and crude failed to break technical resistance at $90 (€67) a barrel.
Oil retreated after touching $89.76 a barrel, its highest intraday price since October 9, 2008. The dollar snapped three days of losses as Federal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke said another recession "doesn't seem likely." A stronger dollar curbs the appeal of commodities as an alternative investment.
"The dollar is showing some strength against the euro, which appears to be pulling us back at the moment," said Tom Bentz, of BNP Paribas Commodity Futures. "We've gotten within 24 cents of $90, and the $90 level remains in our sights."
Crude for January delivery rose three cents to $89.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices have risen 12pc this year. Oil rose as much as 0.6pc earlier in New York on speculation the US may extend stimulus measures, bolstering demand in the world's largest consumer of crude.
Mr Bernanke said the Fed may expand bond purchases beyond the $600bn announced last month. Unemployment may take five years to fall to a normal level, he said.
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It's alive people..
Shapes created with particles and vector fields, I'd call it a happy accident. Ports over to UE4 exactly the same. So much potential. Booyahhhhhh. (Still gotta fix rotation happening anytime you click and move your mouse).
It's alive people..
Shapes created with particles and vector fields, I'd call it a happy accident. Ports over to UE4 exactly the same. So much potential. Booyahhhhhh. (Still gotta fix rotation happening anytime you click and move your mouse).
I got most my modules expanded to work in 3D, and got spherical noisemap generation working :D
This isn't the full module chain I need to get set up, and I haven't finished porting all of the various modules in my library, but the vast majority are good to go. Downside: 3D is vastly more expensive, and this took about 7 seconds to generate (compared to less than one for 2D) at 8192x8192.
Also, if I make the dimensions unequal uh everything breaks quite hard:
So I gotta fix that still, since its ideal in these equirectangular projections to have the X-dimensions be twice that of the Y-dimension. I also need to tune the performance and really work on memory consumption, and maybe find a way to make this less likely to crash a user's display driver
Best part I'm looking forward to using: super easy to access this data on the GPU, so using it for real-time terrain rendering should be easy and really fast since you don't have to wait for it to stream to the GPU. I'm working on finding ways to pass a handle/pointer to this data to graphics APIs, and hope to test that soon. I've been working on my mesh LOD'ing stuff all in anticipation of getting to show off the two working together!
Jesus Christ sometimes i manage to impress myself... I have a crappy tablet and the touchscreen doesnt work and the brand went bankrupt a while ago which means i cant download the stock ROM anymore, so i did some disassembly and exported the UART port outside of the case, 7 hours of staring into console outputs later and i manage do discover some neat stuff!
Imagine burning an image file to an SD card, shoving it into the device and rebooting and- boom- rooted.
More info soon.
My speech synthesizer can now convert simple words to a phonemic representation, but all it can pronounce right now is vowels (not even diphthongs). It's something special.
Some highlights from my first attempt at a match between 3v3 bot teams.
It was a blowout because blue team was set to the wrong positions, causing them to lose every faceoff, but I let it run to see how many goals red could rack up. Also something was wrong with Namestikov's speech causing him to yell at everyone on both teams including himself.
(Zombie on the left has the slowest possible arms and the one on the right has the fastest)
and here's a quick video of it in action in mayhem:
I have published our game's source code: https://github.com/PepperCarrotGame/...rotgame_source
It still lacks the binary assets folder, I'll upload that later once I sort out licensing.
Some raytracer progress, with schoolmates.
Procedural flares are ugly as fuck
Any idea how i could improve it ?
Code:void drawflare(SDL_Surface *target, int x, int y, double distance) { int x1; int y1; double dist; distance = 30 + (distance - 1) * (3 - 30) / (25 - 1); x1 = 0; y1 = 0; while (x1 < target->w) { y1 = 0; while (y1 < target->h) { dist = sqrt(pow((x1 - x), 2) + pow((y1 - y), 2)); if (dist < distance) { putpixel(target, x1, y1, 0xffffffff); } else if ( dist < distance*10 ) { putpixel(target, x1, y1, (( (Uint32)(255 + (dist - distance) * (0 - 255) / (distance*10 - distance)) << 24) + (255 << 16) + (255 << 8) + (255))); } y1++; } x1++; } }
I'm hearing a lot of differing opinions about SDL vs. SFML
Now that SFML and SDL have version 2s, which do you think is better for 2d game engine development in C++, and why?
Reddit says SDL2 but I've heard a couple of arguments for SFML2.
I should state I intend on implimemting Lua and Tiled into what I am making
It was actually paired with a shitty Markov chain and prepopulated dictionaries, with final output that looks like any of the following sentences:
It's in any case nothing to spend a lot of time on up front evaluating, just pick one and see if you like it. It's going to vanish pretty quickly inside your engine code anyways. I've always been a bit suspious of the built in sprite stuff they have and would recommend rolling that yourself using OpenGL because it's the more flexible route but that's also up to personal taste I guess.
FWIW I used both and liked SDL better because the C-ish API is a better format for libraries in my opinion but if you prefer to USE object oriented APIs, you might find SFML nicer to use.
They seem overall way too strong/large, too.
And you could probably approximate a min-max region for x1 and y1. But I don't know math so idk.
You can also easily optimize your pow calls, since you use a fixed exponent. pow is slow af
I know you didn't ask for performance advice but I couldn't help myself sorryCode:float dx = x1 - x; float dy = y1 - y; dist = sqrt(dx*dx + dy*dy)
We use an external file to control our colors so that we don't edit any of the files from the ImGui Library. Makes for easier updating. You should be able to get this to work for you :)Code:void VectorayGenStyle() { auto& style = ImGui::GetStyle(); style.Alpha = 1.0f; // Global alpha applies to everything in ImGui style.WindowPadding = ImVec2(8, 8); // Padding within a window style.WindowMinSize = ImVec2(32, 32); // Minimum window size style.WindowRounding = 0.0f; // Radius of window corners rounding. Set to 0.0f to have rectangular windows style.WindowTitleAlign = ImGuiAlign_Left; // Alignment for title bar text style.ChildWindowRounding = 0.0f; // Radius of child window corners rounding. Set to 0.0f to have rectangular child windows style.FramePadding = ImVec2(4, 3); // Padding within a framed rectangle (used by most widgets) style.FrameRounding = 0.0f; // Radius of frame corners rounding. Set to 0.0f to have rectangular frames (used by most widgets). style.ItemSpacing = ImVec2(8, 4); // Horizontal and vertical spacing between widgets/lines style.ItemInnerSpacing = ImVec2(4, 4); // Horizontal and vertical spacing between within elements of a composed widget (e.g. a slider and its label) style.TouchExtraPadding = ImVec2(0, 0); // Expand reactive bounding box for touch-based system where touch position is not accurate enough. Unfortunately we don't sort widgets so priority on overlap will always be given to the first widget. So don't grow this too much! style.IndentSpacing = 21.0f; // Horizontal spacing when e.g. entering a tree node. Generally == (FontSize + FramePadding.x*2). style.ColumnsMinSpacing = 6.0f; // Minimum horizontal spacing between two columns style.ScrollbarSize = 16.0f; // Width of the vertical scrollbar, Height of the horizontal scrollbar style.ScrollbarRounding = 9.0f; // Radius of grab corners rounding for scrollbar style.GrabMinSize = 10.0f; // Minimum width/height of a grab box for slider/scrollbar style.GrabRounding = 0.0f; // Radius of grabs corners rounding. Set to 0.0f to have rectangular slider grabs. style.DisplayWindowPadding = ImVec2(22, 22); // Window positions are clamped to be visible within the display area by at least this amount. Only covers regular windows. style.DisplaySafeAreaPadding = ImVec2(4, 4); // If you cannot see the edge of your screen (e.g. on a TV) increase the safe area padding. Covers popups/tooltips as well regular windows. style.AntiAliasedLines = true; // Enable anti-aliasing on lines/borders. Disable if you are really short on CPU/GPU. style.AntiAliasedShapes = true; // Enable anti-aliasing on filled shapes (rounded rectangles, circles, etc.) style.CurveTessellationTol = 1.25f; // Tessellation tolerance. Decrease for highly tessellated curves (higher quality, more polygons), increase to reduce quality. style.Colors[ImGuiCol_Text] = ImVec4(0.90f, 0.90f, 0.90f, 1.00f); // Fine style.Colors[ImGuiCol_TextDisabled] = ImVec4(0.60f, 0.60f, 0.60f, 1.00f); // Fine style.Colors[ImGuiCol_WindowBg] = ImVec4(0.12f, 0.12f, 0.12f, 1.00f); // Fine style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ChildWindowBg] = ImVec4(0.00f, 0.00f, 0.00f, 0.00f); // Fine style.Colors[ImGuiCol_PopupBg] = ImVec4(0.05f, 0.05f, 0.10f, 1.00f); // Maybe? style.Colors[ImGuiCol_Border] = ImVec4(0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f, 1.00f); // Fine style.Colors[ImGuiCol_BorderShadow] = ImVec4(0.00f, 0.00f, 0.00f, 0.00f); // Fine style.Colors[ImGuiCol_FrameBg] = ImVec4(0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f, 1.00f); // Background of checkbox, radio button, plot, slider, text input style.Colors[ImGuiCol_FrameBgHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); // Little box hover color style.Colors[ImGuiCol_FrameBgActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_TitleBg] = ImVec4(0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f, 1.00f); //Title bar style.Colors[ImGuiCol_TitleBgCollapsed] = ImVec4(0.12f, 0.12f, 0.12f, 1.00f); //Title Bar style.Colors[ImGuiCol_TitleBgActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); //Title bar active (ORANGE) 1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f style.Colors[ImGuiCol_MenuBarBg] = ImVec4(0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ScrollbarBg] = ImVec4(0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f, 1.00f); //Scroll bar background style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ScrollbarGrab] = ImVec4(0.40f, 0.40f, 0.40f, 1.00f); //Scroll Bar Color style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ScrollbarGrabHovered] = ImVec4(0.40f, 0.40f, 0.40f, 1.00f); //Scroll bar click color style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ScrollbarGrabActive] = ImVec4(0.40f, 0.40f, 0.40f, 1.00f); //Scroll bar drag color style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ComboBg] = ImVec4(0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f, 1.00f); // Drop down menus style.Colors[ImGuiCol_CheckMark] = ImVec4(0.90f, 0.90f, 0.90f, 1.00f); //Check Box style.Colors[ImGuiCol_SliderGrab] = ImVec4(0.80f, 0.80f, 0.80f, 0.25f); //Slider/Float Slider color style.Colors[ImGuiCol_SliderGrabActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); //Slider/Float Slider Active Color style.Colors[ImGuiCol_Button] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.10f, 1.00f); //Button Color *FIX THIS* style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ButtonHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.60f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ButtonActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.60f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_Header] = ImVec4(0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_HeaderHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_HeaderActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_Column] = ImVec4(0.50f, 0.50f, 0.50f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ColumnHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ColumnActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ResizeGrip] = ImVec4(1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ResizeGripHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ResizeGripActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_CloseButton] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_CloseButtonHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_CloseButtonActive] = ImVec4(1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_PlotLines] = ImVec4(1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_PlotLinesHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_PlotHistogram] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_PlotHistogramHovered] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.60f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_TextSelectedBg] = ImVec4(1.00f, 0.47f, 0.00f, 1.00f); style.Colors[ImGuiCol_ModalWindowDarkening] = ImVec4(0.20f, 0.20f, 0.20f, 1.00f); }
I've been meaning to implement ImGUI in my engine and drop the shitty ui I made.
If I use it then I'm going to have at least 3 separate libraries defining vector classes with: GLM, ImGUI, and ASSIMP all defining vec2 vec3 and vec4
I've been following Bartosz Milewski's videos on Category Theory for Programmers, and I feel like it's blowing my mind on a regular basis. Furthermore, I am starting to see why Haskell is so well liked by people who "get it". The video series is bridging that gap between rough and tumble programming languages like C++, and the mathematical beauty and purity of what lies beneath all the dirty implementation details.
I might give Haskell another shot once I'm done with the series. I read the Learn You A Haskell For Great Good book a while ago, and understood the syntax fine, but it never really explained the "why" of Haskell, the almost philosophical arguments for why Haskell, or category theory in general, is a good thing to know about and use when programming.
I still don't really know what a monad is
Not really something I'd call an issue though, esp. with being able to define conversion operators for them.
Say you have a value of type Int in a strict, non-pure language. You don't know where it came from because it doesn't matter.
Now say you're in a non-strict (as in, lazy), non-pure language. Your Int might not yet be evaluated, and in order to evaluate it you might need to do some IO, perhaps query a database or something. Suddenly you need to start caring if the Int you have is a simple number or if it's actually a side effecting computation waiting to happen.
So the way you decide to do that is by differentiating these values at the type level. Ints that can't do anything special remain just Ints, but those that require some side effect evaluate will be decorated with a special IO type. Now you have two incompatible things, Ints and IO Ints, and there's no way to make a mistake. The only problem is that you can't really do anything with the IO variants so you need to define some operations that make sense for these values.
Firstly, we should be able to "promote" a normal Int into an IO Int. Nothing bad can happen by assuming some pure value does side effects. So that's our first function, `Int -> IO Int`.
Next we might consider the opposite. A function that takes an IO Int, does the side effect and gives you a normal Int back. The problem is that we're still in a lazy language so this side effect again won't happen until we start doing something with our normal Int. This is the same problem we started with. So `IO Int -> Int` is out of the question.
There are many candidates for potential functions to include, but it turns out that pretty much all the sensible ones can be implemented with the following function: IO Int -> (Int -> IO Int) -> IO Int.
So a function that takes an `IO Int`, and takes another function `Int -> IO Int`. When the side effect finally gets executed we get our normal Int out of it. Then we feed it into the provided function which can also potentially require additional side effects to produce a new number. The final result, an IO Int, represents an Int we'll get when both of those side effects get executed.
Notice that we don't have a problem we had with the `IO Int -> Int` function because we never claim to produce normal Ints. We just keep stringing on functions that will eventually get run when the side effecting starts to happen.
Now we have a pure, lazy language. It's pure because the side effects never really happen. Our code just constructs this huge plan what to do. Then the runtime takes that plan and actually executes it.
If you get this, you get what a monad is in a practical sense. Further insight comes from the realization that many more things, other than just our magical IO, also allow for the same interface. So you call everything that implements this interface a monad. The other generalization is, of course, that talking about Ints here is completely arbitrary since the whole story works for any kind of value.
Now as far as theory goes, there is a bit of a disconnect. Monads in Haskell are more "inspired" by category theory than they are derived from it. Actually seeing the parallels between mathematics and code does yield significant insight about what this interface does and doesn't let us do, but understanding that is in no way required to be able to say you "know what a monad is".
Common question is "so what's so special about this?". Well, there is a certain minimality to the interface we defined. Because it's so minimal, a HUGE number of ideas and constructs can implement it. On the other hand these two functions are enough to be able to write whole libraries worth of functions, without ever talking about anything more concrete.
The whole laziness story above is the actual motivation for introducing this concept into Haskell. I feel that it provides a useful perspective for understanding monads. That being said, the interface itself has nothing to do with laziness. It's just a solution to some of the issues.
One of the long-standing problems I've had with my slicing engine is the simplification of polygons. When imported from an STL mesh especially, the output polygons generated can have an excessive amount of vertices that aren't needed at all. This is a problem both from the standpoint of computational complexity (generating toolpaths and such), and because lots of small details are really rough on 3D printers - you want the smoothest, simplest toolpath required to sufficiently describe a polygon so that you can keep the movements smooth. Right now, the simplification is hopelessly broken and has become a blocker since its so bad at safely simplifying things (either I get way too many points to use for a toolpath, or I lose vital detail).
Both of the big slicing engines out there use the DouglasPeucker algorithm to simplify Polygons, which is fairly primitive. Its also pretty hard on RAM in most implementations, and requires a lot of recursion. Enter the Visivalignam algorithm! I just kinda stumbled into this and a really nice implementation on github. It iterates through all points defining a polyline, considering the area generated by the triangle created by a point and its immediate neighbors. In this way, it's able to weigh the simplification better to avoid over-simplifying and really easily takes care of regions with unnecessarily high detail. It uses less RAM, is generally faster, and adjusting the tolerance to clip/simplify by feels much more intuitive. There's also no need for a new heap class: just define a "<" operator for the Visivalignam node struct you create and then use the standard library's lovely "make_heap", "pop_heap", and "push_heap" to take care of all of the sorting/ordering work for you.
In simple tests I've run, its already come out far ahead. I take a square and just add random points all along the lines defined by the initial four vertices, and then simplify this down as far as both algorithms are willing to go. Visivalingam simplifies down to the base square, but Douglas-Puecker can't even handle this fairly simple test and ends up keeping a lot of the extra points around (and they really aren't needed). The Douglas-Puecker version also ends up breaking things, making the output into a really distorted rhombus. Oops
I've also integrated automated unit testing using the Boost Unit Test Framework, which has helped me loads in verifying functionality as I rewrite a large chunk of my codebase (it was terribly broken and used Cura's wretched code too much). With that complete and this simplification integrated, I should be able to get back to work on tying up the last of the work needed to get this application running on the command line. Also, we just got news of an awarded Phase II contract at work. I'm not going to say what, exactly, as my name is on the paper and I don't want to throw that around too casually, but the tech is something NASA really wants for the Mars missions, and it should be immensely helpful for any long-term stays on the Red planet
I feel like Godot is the 2D king, and will become a very competitive 3D engine once 3.0 drops.
SFML is easy as shite to use though. Its super useful because of the whole RAII thing, so you can easily manage object lifetimes and gl stuff with it
All the DLL actually does is turn your computer into a grenade and blow your family to smithereens.
Then again, most people should recognise this as a joke or at least ask you about it.
I don't really get why anyone would pirate programming assets though. You can't publish anything with that stuff without risking to get sued.
once they're notified.
I'm pretty sure they permanently ban companies and individuals who are caught selling copyrighted material on their platform. Edited: There's at least one game that didn't get banned permanently, though that had a freelancer steal assets.


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Not that he needs it -- barring catastrophic injury, the guy's a multimillionaire this time next year -- but I have to admit: When ESPN ended its countdown of the top-30 players in the Big Ten with Arrelious Benn at the top, my reaction was along the lines of, "Yeah, I remember that guy." Which is roughly the same thought I had when I opened a new copy of Athlon's annual national preview this week and saw Benn listed as a first-team All-American.
That's strange, because I agree on both counts: Other than maybe Dez Bryant, Benn is easily the first receiver I'd pick from the returning crop this fall. In basically every way I can think of, Benn is the real thing, an unusually blessed recruit who's lived up to nearly every ounce of the hype through two years. It is very weird, than, that he descended so far beneath the radar the last two months of last season, lost amid the heavy breathing for Bryant, Michael Crabtree, Percy Harvin, Julio Jones, Jeremy Maclin, Oklahoma-Texas banners, Brandon Carter's Legion of Doom getup and, most fatally, his own team's steady fade from the national consciousness after midseason. As Illinois limped to the finish, perhaps the most physically imposing receiver in recent memory turned into the forgotten man outside of his immediate vicinity.
It's an interesting phenomenon (but a verifiable one; I've asked around.) On paper, it's all there: Benn certainly has the stats (67 catches, 1,000-plus yards, five 100-yard receiving games last year, with 24 catches of at least 25 yards in two years). Even Juice Williams, somehow, has bona fide numbers that refute my certainty in his incompetence as a passer. (Not to get all Simmons-y here, but my argument against Williams' arm is like Herc's against Marlo in The Wire: "I know he's a drug dealer. I can't prove it or nothing. But I know." Juice Williams, while greatly improved, is not an accurate quarterback. (He is also not, to my knowledge, a drug dealer.) Some things you know, even if they won't hold up in court.) The running game, despite its complete lack of a central star, was alright -- 38th nationally for a team that gained more yards (while allowing less) and scored more points than its Rose Bowl-bound predecessor.
But the '08 team didn't go to the Rose Bowl, or any bowl; it was held to 20 points or less in four losses over the last five games, one of them against Western Michigan. Something about the Illini, something baffling and unquantifiable, was missing last year. For all his big play ability, the creeping malaise kept Benn out of the end zone: He only caught three touchdowns, two against Penn State, and none when the point totals dried up in November. (Though the yardage totals didn't dry up, oddly. Everything about the '08 Illini was odd.) He only had two receiving touchdowns as a dynamic freshman.
It has to be Juice's fault. Or better yet, Ron Zook's. But, assuming Benn's on his last tour in Champaign, this fall is the time to keep him the spotlight, to prove that he doesn't just look the part. I think Illinois and probably Big Ten fans know, and the rest of us are aware. Still, no one's gotten his money's worth yet.
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By: Jamey Brown We all knew those people at the high school dance who sat in the dark corners of the gymnasium twiddling their fingers and pacing awkwardly - let's get real, some of us were those people. I know, at times, I was one of them. But what was the distinguishing factor between those people and the people on the dance floor? The answer is engagement! The people on the sidelines of the dance never truly engaged with the others - they never brought what they had to the table. This can also be applied to the world of social media... Communicating with others through social networks enables us to show our true colors - it gives us another platform to really "cut a rug" on, metaphorically speaking. With this in mind, there are two social networks that resemble the classic slow dance, and the lively fast dance:
Facebook: Now don't get me wrong, it is important to interact with others in a social community in a timely manner, BUT Facebook allows a user to really collect their thoughts and submit a lengthy, well thought out engaging comment.
Twitter: This dance is much faster. The engagement is shorter, quicker and much more concise. We are basically doing a social media salsa - interacting quickly and moving at light speed.
But one must remember, if they get on the social dance floor they can't lose THEIR voice. Just because we are socially interacting does not mean we have to lose sight of who we truly are. Be genuine. Be true. Be transparent. If one remembers to incorporate these aspects while engaging on the dance floor, they will find themselves interacting with people or groups that are truly suited best for them.
So, go get on the social dance floor - and when you're out there be yourself and see who all you can interact with.
How often do you engage with others in your social communities? What are you favorite social networks to "dance" on?


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[VIDEO+TRANS] 150330 Jaejoong's Ment After "I'll Protect You" & Ending Video
Jaejoong's Ment After 'I'll protect you' on 2nd concert day
Part 1 (Ment starts at 6:38 of video)
While he was singing 'I'll protect you'..
At the end of the song.. He said…
Thank you.. Thank you very much..
It'll be a short time..
So.. please live well and safely..
uh.. some people.. *he started to cry..*
I'm sorry.. I've told you 'I'll never cry'..
Frankly speaking.. more than anyone..
We've walked on the rough road together..
more than any other singers.. more than anyone..
But.. but.. because we've spent such a hard time..
on the other hand, we're strong..
So, I thought the time of 2 years would not be longer than we would expect..
and I thought we could endure well..*cry*
I thought like that.. as we've spent a hard time..
I think I couldn't endure those times.. honestly..
I've never parted.. from you..
Ahoo.. if someone scolds me in the army, won't you protect me?
Ehyoo.. make me crazy..*cutely*
I'm going to say goodbye..
Thanks for coming today..
*cry* why did I cry.. *cry*
Thank you for coming today..
Thank you for giving me the best present..
Please go back safely..
Thank you so much for making the best time for me before I enlist..
Please wait for me.. to make the best time again.. until I'm back..
Don't waste your energy and keep to yourself and..
please welcome me with a smile when I'm back..
From the bottom of my heart, I'm so thankful to all of you today.. Thank you very much..
Please go back safely..
See you again.. See ya~
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Hi~!! It's Jaejoong.
Perhaps.. All the performances that I prepared were over now.. and you would be in there and I would be at backstage..
maybe we all would feel something lacking and try to soothe our mind..
Probably, I would steal a look at all of you at backstage.
And I think I definitely couldn't tell you everything that I want to tell..
So, I specifically prepared this video..
But, as I was starting to make this video, I'm really trembling..
Our relationship has been for more than 11 years.
Uh.. it means you've entirely stayed with me in my cool 20s.
Whenever I felt happy, sad, lonely or tired.. you always told me 'You're not alone' and have supported me.
Because of your support and love, I've thought that I can be a great singer. To me, you're my only one who are important.. and can never be replaced..
I always feel thankful to you but, on the other hand, I feel so sorry at the same time. And I'm so worried about whether something happens to you.. or whether you're crying.. or whether you're sick..
So, it'll be for a while but.. now I feel sad about the time that I'll be absent and.. I think I'll miss you so much.
People say.. 'Someone who has lots of memories is rich.."..
If you check the memories that we've built up together one by one, before we know it, we'll be able to see and face each other again. I'm really looking forward to the stories that we'll make again..
I'm very thankful to you for always being with me as friends and lovers. And I also feel so sorry for always making you wait…
Hah… But, as I always did.. I'll be back to become a happier person than now.. I'll come back well and healthy. We'll meet happily again..
The words I've always heard from all of you…
and I've always wanted to say to all of you..
Thank you.. and I love you..
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So you pay your taxes, then you pay off some loans and after that you decide to get that tummy-tuck you've always wanted. And before you know it, your $1 million winnings just doesn't seem like that much money anymore.
Perhaps that's what sole "Survivor" Richard Hatch has been feeling lately, for he sure has been hustling hard for dough despite his seven-figure jackpot.
After a report from Inside.com this week that the 39-year-old corporate trainer has signed a $500,000 book deal with St. Martin's Press, word today is that he has also set his eyes on showbiz.
Daily Variety says that Richard has singed with Creative Artists Agency, the management firm Pure Arts and publicist Polaris PR as his representatives. They will assist the pot-belly one, who is said to be looking for on-air commentator gigs and TV show guest spots — in fielding various offers.
DO WE HEAR EBAY!? Apparently, defection happened both on and off the set of "Survivor." After the show's big finale last week, the publicity folks at CBS discovered that a box of autographed "Survivor" photos had been looted. The network suspects that workers who were involved with the show's town hall special may have walked off with the goods, which was intended for various charities and fundraisers.
SEE JENNA 'TALK': Didn't get enough of Jenna on the regular season? Well, the single mother will host E!'s "Talk Soup" tonight. She's the third "Survivor" contestant to moonlight on the show this week, after Kelly on Monday and Sue last night. So what about Colleen?


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The legacy of environmental catastrophe in the states of the former Soviet Union includes desertification, pollution, and the toxic aftermath of industrial accidents, the most notorious of which was the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. This book examines the development of environmental activism in Russia and the former Soviet republics in response to these problems and its effect on policy and planning.
It also shows that because of increasing economic, ethnic, and social inequality in the former Soviet states, debates over environmental justice are beginning to come to the fore. The book explores the varying environmental, social, political, and economic circumstances of these countries—which range from the Western-style democracies of the Baltic states to the totalitarian regimes of Central Asia—and how they affect the ecological, environmental, and public health.


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OCEN 201 Introduction to Ocean & Coastal Engineering. Renewable Marine Energy (2) Jun Zhang [email protected] 2. Cost of Ocean Energy. <Carbon Trust Report, 2006>. Status of Ocean Energy Technologies. Current Status. Issues. Design and Maintenance:
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Renewable Marine Energy (2)
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Cost of Ocean Energy
1) Robustness and efficiency of energy generator
2) Corrosion and survivability
3) Economics
Ocean Energy Development in US
Program Areas and Funding
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Appropriations address both conventional hydro (CH) and marine and hydrokinetic technologies (MHK)
Recovery Act focused on conventional hydropower for short-term impacts
Technology Definitions
Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK): energy from:
FY09 Water Budget Allocation
FY2009 Water Budget $37.6M
MHK Program Priorities
FY2008 MHK Projects
Technology Development Projects
FY2008 MHK Projects
Market Acceleration Projects
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Industry-led Projects
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Wave Energy Resource Distribution
2,000TWh/year of energy, the equivalent of 10% of the world electricity consumption, could be harvested from the world's oceans (CRES, 2006)
Average wave energy per unit area it has unit (work/per unit area)
Time of the wave at this height (per year) and per length of the wave field normal the wave direction, kw*hr/m/year
Because renewable energy such as wind, wave and current energy, in general is not steady, the issue of storage of their energy become an important issue. The benefits of storage are significant, especially in integrating distributed power generation. Storage protects against mistakes in forecasting, removes barriers in connecting renewable sources to a variety of grids, shifts demand peaks by storing off-peak energy to sell back to the grid during peak times, provides frequency regulation and deters expensive grid upgrades.
The followings are a few ideas
Large Battery System (High Performance Hydroxyl Conductive Membrane For Advanced Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries, High Energy, Low Temperature Rechargeable Battery for Load Leveling Application, & Nanostructured Cathode for Magnesium Ion batteries)
Compress Air (For example, pumping pressured air into a massive case for storage) http://www.physorg.com/news188048601.html
3. Grid-scale Storage Project (pumping hydropower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFdVX0NIPDE )
4. Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU05d43dw6g
5. Combination the renewable energy device with other large energy consumption device (not only for storage but also saving transport cost)
Fuel Cell (use spare energy to produce Hydrogen & Oxygen from water)
Desalination of sea water using renewable energy
3. Storage thermal energy (ice water, hot water and melting salts)
4. Liquefy natural gas or industries consuming heavy power
The successful commercial deployment of all kinds of RE (renewable energy) devices depends on the cost.
The following is an example of the cost of a fixed offshore wind turbine.
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Beyond a program, seminar, or life group, Rooted is a catalyst for life-change.
What is Rooted?
Rooted provokes questions, conversations, and beyond-what-is-comfortable group experiences that are designed to help you find yourself in God's story.During Rooted, people begin to see God in new ways and hear His voice in surprising places. In a world that can be fragmented, isolated, and empty, Rooted allows people to experience a different way of life: community, intimacy, and generosity. Through this experience, people are inspired and empowered to live out their calling as a radical follower of Jesus. The word radical comes from the Latin root "radix, " meaning "a root." By rooting ourselves in God's Word and His truths, we have a firm foundation on which to love the world.
What will I experience during Rooted?
Rooted takes place over a period of 10 weeks. During this time, participants will experience various individual exercises such as daily Bible and commentary reading, journaling, and prayer. Participants also meet weekly in groups to talk about what they have learned. What God does in the group soon becomes the curriculum as the Holy Spirit moves people to open up and share personal stories and feelings. This is where transformation happens. Lastly, there are three additional experiences designed to deepen some of the areas explored during Rooted. These are fasting and prayer, sharing our faith with others, and serving together. After the 10-week experience is concluded, the group gathers with other Rooted groups to celebrate the journey.
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Bottom line, non-identification requires that you get a grip on your ego. Ego is such a loaded word. Really, it's not a bad thing. It's a good healthy part of your psyche. However, when the ego runs the show, things can go out of whack. Non-identification doesn't ask you to drop your ego. It just asks you to keep it in balance with other aspects of your self, and especially with what your body has to say.
When the ego makes the choices without being balanced with the input of your body and being, your workouts and goals are probably out of balance as well. The ego is a two-sided coin. It can either inflate or deflate your sense of self. When inflated, it may demand that you run a 10K in 50 minutes when your body is really ready for a 56-minute run. This is a recipe for injury.
When deflated, your ego might give in to the nagging ache in your knee rather than trying just a little bit more to learn to lean and therefore not strike with your heels. When your ego is deflated, you give up too easily.
Non-identification is the art of making healthy decisions and of seeing yourself from a balanced place without judging yourself. If you are defining your self-worth by how well a run goes--either negatively or with an inflated sense of pride--then you are identifying with how you run. When you are non-identified, you evaluate your run, but not your self worth. You notice what you did well, what you need to improve upon and enjoy the process of learning and improving your running technique.
It doesn't mean you don't feel good about your accomplishments. As a matter of fact, when you are non-identified you may feel your accomplishments more deeply, more quietly and more profoundly. You may take more delight in the smaller things in your life. It also means that you don't judge yourself too harshly when things don't go the way you want. The voices of "I'm not good enough, fast enough or strong enough" will never help you accomplish anything.
Non-identification also means seeing the big picture of yourself. You are aware of your strengths, your challenges and your long-term goals. This knowledge helps keep you on track and keeps you from getting sidelined by the many lures of the ego.
To get to a place of non-identification, practice the Five Mindful Steps (from ChiWalking). First, think of the issue about which you need to make a choice, then:
1. Get Aligned -- Stand up straight. Feel your spine. Feel your posture straight from your head to your feet (or tailbone if you are sitting). This will give you some stability and a stronger sense of self and focus. Get aligned with your big picture goal. Does this choice fit in with that goal? Get aligned with supporting your goal in the best way possible.
2. Engage Your Core -- You want to listen to "the mind" of your body. To do so, focus your mind on your gut. Literally feel the area just below your navel and in toward your spine. Then, engage that part of your body on a physical level for at least 20 seconds or more. Now, ask the question regarding the choice you have to make. Can you notice how the answer has a different feeling than when you just engage your mind?
3. Create Balance -- Find the balance in your body physically by moving from foot to foot until you are balanced on both feet. Then move your torso until you find balance in your body. Now, allow your mind to explore your various choices. Try them on and look at them from various perspectives. Feel what each choice feels like.
4. Make a Choice -- From this place of alignment, core engagement and deep balance, you will be able to see yourself and make a choice from a non-identified, but healthy perspective. Your mind and ego will have had their input, but your body will have been included in the process.
5. Move forward -- Once you have made a choice. It is always good to take steps to move in your chosen direction. It will help instate the choice into your mind and body.
A few other ways to practice non-identification:
* Lighten up. Learn to laugh at yourself. If you can laugh at your mistakes, you are most likely in a non-identified place where you are not truly judging yourself, and you're not taking yourself too seriously. Life is short. Lighten up and learn to enjoy "what is" to stay healthy.
* Ask others. Get other people's opinions of what you should do and just listen to their ideas. You don't have to follow their advice, but be open to other perspectives.
* Run for fun. If you're too serious about your running, event, or goals you will have a tendency to get over identified. Make sure you really do run at least one fun run a week and keep it that way--just for pure enjoyment.
* Keep a log. Writing down the results of our workouts and runs can help you get perspective and solve any challenges you are facing.
Great running form doesn't just come from good technique (although it's a great place to start). It comes from having a healthy mental attitude. When you practice non-identification you might not just become a better runner, you might become a better person as well.
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DELAND – It's hard to imagine anyone ever again wearing more hats over a Stetson Hatters athletic career than Bob Weickel.
DELAND – It's hard to imagine anyone ever again wearing more hats over a Stetson Hatters athletic career than Bob Weickel.
The 73-year-old coach, who is in his 33rd and final season directing the men's golf program, has a long and distinguished career in Hatter athletics. He's also served as assistant men's basketball coach under legendary head coach Glenn Wilkes (1960-74); assistant (1960-64) and head baseball coach (1965-68); director of intramurals (1962-84); professor of sport management (1962-2005); physical education director (1973-93); and assistant athletic director (1984-95).
It's no wonder former men's basketball coach Murray Arnold tabbed Weickel "Mr. Hatter." Although that nickname didn't really stick around, Weickel sure has. He's had a 53-year career that is being topped off with Saturday's induction into the Stetson Athletics Hall of Fame.
"It does mean a lot to me," Weickel said. "I've really spent my life here. I feel proud that I'm being recognized and going into the Hall of Fame along with a lot of other great coaches, some of whom I've worked with like Glenn Wilkes, Doc Johnson and Brady Cowell. I'm really happy to be part of that group."
Five former Hatter athletes also will be inducted during the 10 a.m. ceremony at the Hyatt and Cici Brown Suite inside the new athletic training center building.
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Weickel has seen many changes over his diverse coaching, teaching and administrative career.
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Weickel's explanation about his favorite memories of his Stetson life gives insight to why he was such a good fit at the university that prides itself on academics.
"The highs of getting to work with kids and seeing the students you had, the athletes you had, go on to successful careers and successful lives is probably the best part of it," Weickel said. "Winning games, sure there's excitement in winning, and if I go back there were a lot of great moments. But one of the things I'm proud of is as long as I've been a golf coach (33 years) I think there's only been two boys that didn't graduate."
Weickel is retiring at the end of the school year. Though he's leaving Stetson golf, he'll still be a regular at Victoria Hills Golf Club. He'll also continue to watch Stetson athletic events, volleyball games played by granddaughter Caroline, a sophomore at Orlando Olympia High School, and baseball games played by grandson Walker, a pitcher who was a supplemental first round draft pick of the San Diego Padres this year.


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More than 50 years after France began conducting dozens of nuclear tests in the South Pacific, the French parliament on Thursday significantly eased the criteria for islanders who suffered health effects to be compensated.
The upper house Senate is expected to follow suit next Tuesday, scrapping barriers to compensation that deemed most claimants to have been at "insignificant risk" of developing a radiation-induced illness.
Around 150,000 civilian and military personnel took part in 210 nuclear tests carried out by France between 1960 and 1996 in the Pacific and the Sahara desert. Thousands of them later developed serious health problems.
Only around 20 of approximately 1,000 people who filed complaints against France have received compensation.
Ahead of Thursday's vote, Tahitian MP Maina Sage said extending compensation to other sufferers would "finally appease somewhat (the) deep trauma" caused by a "state (that) operated with full awareness of the consequences".
The Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls saw 193 nuclear tests over three decades until then-president Jacques Chirac called a halt to the programme in the 1990s.
France long denied its responsibility for the health and environmental impacts out of fear the admission would weaken its nuclear programme during the Cold War.
It was only in 2010 that France passed a law authorising compensation for military veterans and civilians whose cancer could be attributed to the test programme.
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Hollande also said France would provide financial assistance to the oncology department of Tahiti's hospital, in line with demands from local politicians.
Starting this year, France will pay more than 90 million euros ($96 million) a year to boost the facilities.
It was above the Fangataufa atoll that France launched its first H-bomb in August 1968.
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The Indianapolis Colts have made a few changes to their sponsorship inventory at Lucas Oil Stadium after General Motors-owned Chevrolet dropped out as a founding partner because of GM's bankruptcy protection filing.
James Allen Insurance Brokers, a new Colts sponsor, signed a three-year contract to replace Chevrolet as one of the team's 14 founding partners. Those firms activate their deals with branded destinations and showrooms on the main concourse inside the 63,000-seat stadium.
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Hey peeps,
So I just saw The Dark Knight Rises, could have gone to the midnight screenings but I'm a working man and didn't feel like being tired for work.
So I waited...and just to say it now: I don't regret that I waited.
Now to business.
Is the film good? Yes, it's excellent. Once again Nolan has demonstrated his ability to create a fantastic film. It was shot wonderfully, acted greatly and the script was really solid. But this is not a faultless film.
There are moments where there are evident mistakes but somehow they've survived the scrutiny of Nolan and Co. I don't want to go into to much detail because I know some people can't resist reading these reviews early even with the warnings. One vague example is that Bane hits someone and it is the most obvious miss in the world (well at least I thought so). And my biggest complaint about these little errors is that, being a massive fan of cinema, I look very intently at what I'm watching and when this occurs it takes me out of the film.
In terms of the length of the film I agree with some other reviews that I've seen. The film is paced badly and Nolan needed to trim the fat. When you see a cut of a film like this it makes the film look self indulgent on Nolans behalf. As we all know Whedon's initial cut of The Avengers was over an hour longer but for the good of the film he cut it down. Nolan didn't do this, but I do love his work so I enjoyed it but I don't think he has earn't enough respect to be able to release such a cut of a film. You might all argue that his films are some of the best pieces of cinema ever. But if you're making a film for an audience you need to deliver the best film possible even if it means cutting scenes you like. Kevin Smith is a good example of a director who cuts the hell out of his movies and he makes low budget and independent films. Nolan is/was the head of a franchise and he needed to make the movie more about his audience and less about himself. When he's at the end of his career and wants to make a film of his own creation and wants it to represent his artistic values then by all means go for it. Even Sergio Leone waited 'til the end of his career for his personal film.
But my issues with the film aren't really that big I'm just going into detail. I like long films I'm known for seeking out and buying directors cuts on DVD and Blu-Ray. But it's a lot of talking and not as much action as I thought, but it's Nolan so all the action is awesome so I was very happy with that.
Now this next part is a pretty big SPOILER so if you've ignored my warnings and have kept reading please stop now.
At the end of the film it is revealed that Joseph Gordon-Levitts characters christian name is 'Robin' a nod to the fact that he will be taking over Batmans mantle and a reference to an earlier part in the film where Batman says he should wear a mask.
But my God did this piss me off. My girlfriend didn't understand my frustration. Robin is Dick Grayson. Plain and simple. This line was put in for mainstream audiences and this has caused me lose a lot of respect in Nolan. It's a cheap move to make an audience go 'ohhhhhh' but it's a slap in the face to fans. Marvel put an unknown character (to mainstream audiences) at the end of their film and didn't even say his name. And Mr. Integrity Nolan who's all about story and had followed the source material relatively well for a re-imagining should have respected the audience enough to call him Dick Grayson. If a fan didn't know he would have looked it up but I think the majority of people would have made the connection or would know someone who did know.
But I don't want to vent too much on this, I've waited three hours before writing this review to calm down a bit over some of the things that have tarnished an otherwise masterpiece of a film. It's like having a hair in an awesome bowl of soup. It's annoying to say the least.
Good film but I'm actually surprised that it's reviews have been as positive as they are and I would expect a lower Rotten Tomatoes score by the time the films finished it's run (if it can change, I'm not sure how that site works).
So yeah I'm ending my review and giving the film a 7 1/2 out of 10.
I might receive some death threats over this but guys and gals just to let you know I prefer rape threats...I could use some action ;)
Don't hate on me til you've actually seen the film. And if you wanna do horrible things to me after you've seen the film then do it. I understand, you're just raging because you were let down because of unrealistic expectations.
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Just to reiterate my point if it didn't come across:
This is my opinion in the film and it is on the whole a positive view point. All the bad things I point out are the only bad things with the film and there's on a few examples. The film just isn't perfect but that's fine because it's a wonderful conclusion to one of the best film trilogies of all time.
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At my Highschool, just before the my final year ended, I started a wall where any student could write or draw whatever they felt like and be able to express themselves. As for myself, I drew a Dusk and Shadow from Kingdom Hearts in conte chalk. They were maybe around 1m tall.
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The Patamon is amused at the heartless V.S. nobodies fight. Link lookalike stares on in mild annoyance. Awesome wall, all my school has are creepy foil sculptures.
LOL, too bad I didn't take a photo of the entire wall, there were some "interesting" things goin' on. Don't worry, after I graduated I heard they never brought it back, so my highschool really has nothing now to showcase the arts.
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Yes, I agree entirely. The sad part is that when I went to reclaim my piece of the wall art on graduation day, I was told that entire mural was trashed by the janitor.
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That is so epic!! Lovely drawings!! :] I plan to do something related to kh too for my HS year!! ^^
Thanks, I just wish this year was my senior year so that I would have an entire year to continue the project instead of the month I had. I was really angry at the staff too because they through the entire wall away at graduation and I wanted to keep this.
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Before embracing SMART goals, my goals were general, basic and did not include concrete steps. For example – "I want to loose weight this year". This goal is great, but way too general and has no parameters.
Aiming to loose 10 pounds in six months by taking 3 spinning classes per week, drinking 2 liters of water per day and eating 2,000 calories per day is a lot more specific and defined. This type of goal is also easier to split further into more attainable chunks. Splitting goals into mini goals can make them easier to achieve and less overwhelming.
Personally, I'm being cautious about my health goals for this year. I don't want to make a million goals and then not be able to accomplish any of them.
In terms of my timing, I'm working in quarters so that I can reevaluate if necessary in the next few months. In the next 3 months these are my top health related goals-
The healthy habits I'm going to adopt the 1st quarter of 2017:
- Meeting my 10,000 steps per day goal five days per week
- Exercising four out of seven days per week
- Increasing my water intake to reach two liters per day
Each of these goals are specific, measurable, attainable, results focused and time bound. We'll see how it goes!
What are the top three healthy habits you'd like to embrace this year? How do you plan on making these healthy habits stick? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!
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