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- The Millionaire Matchmaker Patti is Furious Thurs 9/8c
I'm so happy the trip to Anguilla is over! The emotional roller coaster I was on filled with laughs, fights, and tears is one I would not want to wish on my worst enemy.
Clearly, I did not start the fight in Anguilla, as upsetting as it was to hear someone antagonize you for being a bigger person and wanting to move past former conflict. The recapitulation of the event to Kordell was false and it's clear by his reaction and questions that he knew it was bogus as well. I have striven to be the bigger person throughout the trip. That is a fact, which is also why I chose to apologize for calling someone out on their name despite being attacked and insulted FIRST. Although I am disappointed by my delivery, I stand firm on my message; the message being no one should be verbally abusive and personally attacked for trying to be cordial. No one should judge someone they don't know. No one should fight for the sake of fighting. No one should hit below the belt. I know better than to get caught in a web of childish rhetoric, and when you know better you do better. I will do better.
Insecure women are quick to point out perceived physical imperfections of other women. I have purposely refrained from attacking someone and their looks, since beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Despite the fact that I am an actual beauty queen, no one is perfect and I am not exempt. I suffer from acne when stressed and fight metabolism and gravity daily. But I work with what I have. Notwithstanding my attempts at keeping the peace and moving on from a horrendous silly fight laced with inflammatory name-calling, the incessant personal attacks never cease. Hatefully calling me "Miss Raisin Face, trash, tramp," is a testament to one's heartless evil spirit, lack of character, and lack of a good mirror themselves. It was equally disturbing to see someone revel in my pain by laughing and taunting in their personal interviews, but it is telling as to the real person one is versus whom they pretend to be.
Just watched the show last night . . and my face was burning in embarrassment for you Kenya. You looked like a desperate fool. And what is funny is that several people in the group openly said that you 2 do not look or act like a couple . .which is true. There is no chemistry or loving gestures at all between you two, and the only conversations you have with him is when is going to ask you to marry him. You never say, I love this man with all my heart . . all you talk about is getting married, not loving the man. You clearly are not in a loving relationship or it would show in your actions and your words. This is all so silly anyways, as I heard months ago that this was a sham for the TV show . . .but boy you sure made yourself look like a very, very desparate woman . . and please . . .you did NOT make history ! You won a beauty pagent 20 years ago for heavens sake . .you didn't cure cancer, you didn't got voted President, you didn't fly to the moon ! You truely embarrass yourself.
Thank you Kenya for ending this relationship. I am repulsed by this (?). Cant call him a man. hence the reason for the question mark.
I see you growing with each blog i read, i hope you find love....there is someone for everyone and your dream is out there.
I think females should really read your first two paragraphs because you are spot on. No one is perfect but when we know better, we do better. The last page of what you wrote is so true. It happens to a lot of us but, never give up being truthful to yourself.
Kenya make women look desperate. Even though Walter told her he knows how she acts is part of her branding herself, he is not going to marry a woman who is acting like a "TRAMP" on TV for the whoe world to see. This is why we (women) get called out of our names and treated like trash. If she wants a man she has to learn to conduct herself like a respectable woman. Not only has she been a disgrace to the UNIVERSE but to brag about making a way for other black women. HOPEFULLY she hasn't set us back. AGAIN, black women like her is why we do not get the respect we deserve. Instead of bragging about making "HISTORY" and putting herself up there with MLK, and the others she mentioned, she should find and some etiquette classes to attend, then brag. One last thing, she's not all that.
Hello kenya u have a long way to go because u don,t push yourself on no man let him find you and u have to be friends before u can be anything else then the friendship will blossom but u put walter in a difficult postion because u put pressure on him to marry you and u brought up the conversation about eloping while you,ll were on the beach alone then he said well we got three days and u don,t know what would happen he never said that he would purpose to u then u invited yourself on the trip anyway and got mad about the room it wasn't your room in the first place then u crossed the line with your so called new friends that you had just met by flirting with their husbands u don't do that get your own man u are very insecure but u need to leave your past in the past and move forward walter didn't do nothing wrong ms kenya that was all you
Hello Miss Kenya, you are a beauty, i dont think Walter nos that, please you are the kind of womn every man dreams to have dont push it let him go, because you are stopping your dream man from coming, like you know release it to the univers and let hi know you are ready for that. there is nothing wrong with you but something is definatly wrong with walter, he is not ready to be commited and it hurts me to see that you are not seeing. keep your distance date other men, he will be ruing back like a mad dog to you. you have a beautifu life, please enjoy it. i promisse you the moment you let him go, there will be a lot f dream men on yur door asking for your hand in marriage. you are just a beauty remember tat and enjoy your beauty and your worth.
walter want say it but I will ur behavior on the trip that u invited ur self was out of line flirting, flirting & more flirting not once have I heard u compliment ur man but u did with apollo & other men HELL 2 THE NALL U DON'T LOOK LIKE BEYONCE u would be beautiful if u had a better ATTITUDE u need some serious HELP & u r 1 of those people that r not 2 be TRUSTED I'M TWIRLING OUT NOWWWWWWWW
What I wanted to say is already done, yet others are a bit cruel. I'll add- I feel sad for you. No, seriously, I'm genuinely sad. You are showing outstanding instability and it's all being filmed and broadcast across the world. You have a strong need to be validated and cherished by someone and it probably stems from your childhood. Your previous role as a national figure does not seem to be enough to qualify your need to be worthy. This is a stronger concern than any other housewife on these series. Please - take a step back, get a professional's opinion, ask your Aunt's advice- find some guidance. You are a beautiful woman - yet your entitlement issues are steering you in the wrong direction. You are correct to give thanks, yet it needs to come from humility. Whatever your childhood hurt, everyone is wounded in some way- this requires your understanding, humble restraint, and graceful behavior- as a former United States role model. For example- when you were incorrectly announced at the fundraiser (I will add- that girl needs speech classes to properly represent her grandfather's legacy. Her presentation ability is low) it would have been correct to show grace; grin and bear it. Your presence as a graceful and humble woman would have spoken for you- giving the guests the idea of true elegance. What you did was self-motivated forgetting the reason you were there - rise above. If you represent your crown for what YOU can get- the world will only respond negatively. That also goes for your dating life. I hope this helps. I get the impression many of the housewives on these shows are too confidant to read opinionated comments on these blogs, yet I have a feeling you do. Hopefully, you will take care.
I don't think that its insecure women who point out the physical imperfections of other women. I think that when a woman, such as yourself, is so conceited and acts as if she is so above all other women she needs to be shut down and told that she has flaws and is no prettier than the next. Your mad at Porsha for calling you names, but you put her down for "not making a name for herself" and instead carrying on the charity of her grandfather as well as marrying a former football star. What she is doing by continuing her grandfather's charity is hard work and wonderful heartwarming thing to do. And your obviously jealous that she is married and is still young enough to have time for children.
This is a blog, not an acceptance speech. Quit it with the "I want to thank..." The Miss USA pageant was years ago.
Kenya.........all I have to say is that if I see your face @ President Obama's Inauguration, I won't be thinking or saying that "she looks just like Beyonce", but instead will be running in the opposite direction, as to avoid the crazy chick from the RHOA!!!!!!
If you re-read your description above of what real love is all about, you are opposite of everything you wrote. I've been married for 34 years and I think if you truly are who you have shown yourself to be then you don't even have a clue what marriage is or what it takes. Maybe you need to take a serious look at yourself and stop looking for others faults. It's never too late to get help.
You're growing on me. People need not get it twisted you still have a lot of around the way girl inside of you!
Kenya, I feel so sorry for you. You are struggling to become as relevant as you hought you were 20 years ago.
Kenya, You are a beautiful, funny, strong and intelligent woman --- you do not need ANY man that acts like a jerk to you! Walter may have been whom you thought you wanted in the beginning but I think it is clear he just wants a friend in you not a wife. It is a shame he was not man enough to come right out and tell you the truth from the start. Kick him to the curb, girl! Do not waste one more second on him as there are many more "real" men looking for someone like you. As for Porsha ---- consider the source.
Love you. Stay strong!
Beyonce? Really? Bwa-ha-ha!!!!!
Kenya some of us know you did not start the fight with Porshe so don't worry. If anyone had half a brain they would remember you told Porshe you were over what happened but Porshe continued talking about the incident and of course things got heated. Porshe was at fault and called you a tramp first but I guess she conveniently forgot. And so did the ladies. It seems to be some jealously in the air on you. You are beautiful from head to toe and anything they can find to put you down they will but I'm sure you are accustomed to the hating behaviour from some women.
Get rid of Walter, don't understand your attraction to him but you had me crackiing up when you said, "country man fishing in gucci." lol.
I enjoyed your personality while in Anguilla. You were having fun thats all. I also like the fact that Phaedra got over your flirtacious ways toward Apollo fast and was there for you after you had an argument with Walter.
BTW, I do not really believe you were flirting with Apollo, just having fun. If Phaedra had a big problem with that, I'm sure she talked to Apollo since he was the one who picked you up and threw you in the water. All the other ladies were afraid to get their hair, oops I mean their weaves wet. lol
I really like Kenya, she's accomplished and well established as an actress director producer etc. .. What I didn't like was that you couldn't understand that you WERE disrespectful at the Jet open call. Later you refused to apologize . Also, you were disrespectful to Cynthia at the party Enough of that Clown Stuff or whatever you said. The feud between you and Porsha keeps getting bigger because clearly she needs someone to dislike and be relevant on the show. She is the one I could do without 265 days a year she's an airhead. Drop Walter like a hot potato let LOVE come to you don't try to force it. You're beautiful you don't need his lame butt
thank goodness for nene leakes. she called you and walter out today on wendy williams for the liars both of you are.
Kenya, my opinion is that you came on way too strong and desperate (it wasn't a good look for you) and didn't let up with your not-so-subtle hints about getting engaged/married and having children. If I were a man, I would have felt pressured too. Every time you got ready to say something pertaining to a proposal when you were with Walter, I'd be in the background chanting "Don't do it, don't go there"!! But you went there anyway and realistically, the more you did it, the more you were pushing him away. You were overly saturating him with it. I believe you even went there about wanting a 5-1/2 carot diamond ring. What?? If that was the beginning of something big in terms of how high maintenance you are, I'm sure that made him see things differently too. I have to admit that he's now behaving like a complete azz hole, speaking to you like he no longer cares, is being curt and sarcastic, looks at you differently, didn't give a damn when you were "lathered up" and he decided to go to sleep without so much as a goodnight kiss. What? Dang, Kenya, the bells and whistles should have been blasting off in your head then. Stop crawling -- yes girl, "crawling" after this man, badgering him for answers -- answers that will further hurt you, 'cause they're not going to be what you want to hear. He already told you one day at lunch that he didn't love you that way yet, and I doubt at this point he ever will. You once said that you know you're "Gone with the Wind Fabulous, so if that's the case, give it time and one day someone who's worthy of your love -- if it's true love you have to offer without all the flirting you tend to exhibit with other men, will blow into your life. I realize your clock is ticking, but you really can't hurry love, 'cause you can't MAKE someone love you. You just can't. Consider moving on with your life for someone better while you still have some self-respect left. Walter certainly isn't the last man standing!!
conishkee GREAT Post!!! I was thinking when Kenya gave him the size 5.5 she was talking about her ring size, not the caret size for a ring... I do recall at the microwave dinner she said, it's not my shoe size, and it damn sure not my bra size... Then she said do you get it now, and Walter said I get it, but did he??? Then Kenya once said to one of the girls that he has even asked her for her rings size, but I don't believe that because why would he when he'd stated to her face he was not in love with her enough to marry her to even put a ring on it...!!!
Hello Ms. Moore, : )
If you or any of your people read this... I'm sure you get this all of the time, but have you ever thought about getting on an episode of The Millionaire Match Maker? I believe a New Jersey "housewife" and her two adult sons were on that show. You never know. Maybe you'll find a better match with Ms. Stanger. Just a thought. : )
Kenya, I kind of like both you and Walter, but this is just not going to happen. He is actually a pretty typical guy who doesn't want a woman who's high drama or high maintenance and that's who you are, at least in part. I see where you are both coming from and unless both of you want to change, you should give this up. Best wishes.
Walter came across more like someone on the down-low getting his 15 minutes of fame. The other ladies hinted at this. Loved his Gucci ensemble at the fishing hole, but his arrogance was offensive to women.
MelaCWalter has a GIRLFRIEND currently. Kenya was someone he hooked up with for about 3 months. She needed an excuse to be on this show and move out to ATL so she HIRED him. Jusr cause a man don't want her raggedy behind don't mean he's gay! riddle me this, how is that Kenya has been dating him for over 2 years as she claims but moves half way across the country to be closer to him and NONE OF HER FAMILY OR FRIENDS HAVE HEARD OF HIM. shut up.
Kenya gurl please....Let him go you are a very attractive young lady that can get a good man that will as your girl says it "Put a Ring On It" Stop selling yourself cheap. Your spirit is bigger than that. Even when dealing with Miss Porchia. That is right check it boo she did not have to chase you down to continue her pointless story about your claim to fame. Boo you did it no matter when it was done. In the history books yes boo The Black Wonder Woman and for that I am proud of you. However as for that Walter let him go back to hauling cars and dumping dirt. His mood when confronted is the worst. Boy bye...This is why I am by myself cause I dismiss them at the first glimpse of disrespecting the Queen...Cause that is what we are and NOTHING LESS...Good luck
It honestly seems as if you may have some mental issues of your own Kenya. You don't seem very stable, or even sane at times. You come across as very strange and needy.
I think you need to move on from Walter, he definitely isnt as invested as you are/were. However, I think you pushed so bloody hard, you are the one who pushed him right out the door. When you spoke to him on your "fishing trip" (pun intended), he was answering your questions, you didnt seem to hear the answers, because you did not like them, so skipped right over them and reasked the question...telling him he wasnt answering you. He answered, he was telling you you were putting way too much pressure on him. I think I have to agree with Nene on this one, what you were in with Walter wasnt really a relationship, and you knew that, even in Anguilla, or you would not have been all over every other male there. I think you have a lot of sadness in your life, so you look for attention to take focus away from that, and unfortunately are mean to the other women because of that pain too. I hope you find what you are looking for.
I do think Walter is a complete jerk. However, your interpretation of the conversation on the beach is not what anyone else saw. He was being distant and trying to avoid a more serious discussion. I think you just missed the cues and saw what you wanted to see.
I'm not your biggest fan, but, I think you need to leave Walter in the dust and move on with your life. He knows what he is doing and I think he likes that about himself. He made you look like a fool and I really believe he enjoys seeing you humiliated. He is not cute and you are beautiful. You can do much better. Money might be able to get him someone younger and just as beautiful, but you and I both know, that girl is only after one thing, and once that is gone, she will be too.
To Kenya It was sad to see your realtionship with Walter. I know you are eager to have children and get married but dont be so thristy to take someone , who is just not in love like the way you are. It was not nice how you were confronting and wanting Walter to communicate with you when you were went fishing. You are a very attractive woman and can get someone to love you the same way you love them. But I dont think you believe that. Your wounds will eventually heal and you will meet someone so much better than Walter.
Good Luck Kenya dont forget love yourself first then you will get love back.
None of this is Walters fault people! Which im sure you'll find out at the reunion!!!
d106d That right... that is if she will every be honest about anything...
Lol! We all knew it never even began Kenya! Who you kidding? Your truly a delusional liar! As for saying people mistake you for Beyonce? Wow! Bet Beyonce is shaking her head at that one and asking Jay-Z if she looks that bad!!!
Walter doesn't deserve you Kenya - he's a jerk and will grow old alone. You'll find someone who thinks you walk on water, I just know it!
stop chasing for a husband he will come to you....
If you were as hot as you think so ... boy you would be one hot woman...but you are "not". No one is leading you on but your self. If Walter is saying something different off the air you need to put it on the air so we can hear him. Until then we all think you are living in "Kenya world". .. you see/hear what you want.
Walter is mean, condescending & crazy. What a loser to treat a woman like that on national tv......a-hole!!!
Am sorry you were victimized by an idiot that does not appreciate your value and played with your emotions. He is not a gentleman. You deserve to be loved and not be stringed along, the confusion was obvious, he has been playing a game of promises for years with you had he not? but once you call him on a deadline he starts shaking and calling you demented and pushy. It is a good thing that you get rid of him. The women that do not enjoy your zest for life and do not see how magnificent you are will miss on a great friend who on her own merits has accomplished much. I admire you regardless of what any haters have to say, I understand the frustration you have dealing with ignorance. And I do not think you look like Beyonce, your eyes are so much more beautiful, you are more beautiful than her. This is my humble opinion. May you be blessed.
Kenya is a boring person on the show.. no good story line for her and her life .. what does she do now anyways... she is stuck up and just full of drama... she needs to go off the show!!
Yada Yada Yada.. Give it a rest.. You were wrong at the original event. You were wrong in Anquilla, and you are wrong now.. You are also a mess.. But of course you will block everything out because I disagree with you... Listen, Walter is not into you.. The girls tried to tell you, Walter has told you this.. You were only interested in getting married, and Walter was the guy of the moment... I don't know where you women get this stupid idea that if you flirt with other men, ask about their sperm availability, that this will make a man jealous and coming running to you.. When a man sees this, he says "why am I here".. She doesn't care about me, she just wants to be married.. and instead of reading between the lines, you just kept pushing more and more.. If you let a guy treat you like dirt, he doesn't respect you because you don't respect yourself.. Like NeNe said, she would have been gone.. As would I and majority of women, who have men who put a ring on it...Beyonce lookalike...
kenya, you have been quite rude to other women and yet I sympathise with you. Your Aunty has been a saint to you but the way you behaved at the Bailey Agency was deplorable. You were quite rude to those girls. I understand they may not have been what you were looking for but you were quite blunt and offensive and yet u cried when your aunty told it like it is. I feel for you that you suffer from adult acne but you still look amazingly beautiful. You have a gorgeous smile. I just wish you would realise that you have been nasty to other women.
Kenya, you said that you and Walter were dating on a long distance relationship for two years before you moved to Atlanta, however, I heard Walter speak on a radio station and he said that you all dated 3 years ago for about 3 months. So either one or both of you is lying or the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Walter also said that you called him and asked him to play your boyfriend on the show and his friends encouraged him to do it and to get his 15 minutes of fame. If that is the case, then you took that opportunity to get him to be with you again and marry you. But he was not serious about you and he said on the radio show that he was suprised when you started talking about marriage because he didn't sign up for that. I believe Walter because when you heard what he said on the radio, you never denied what he said. All you said was that he had an agenda and you called him gay. So you are very delusional to ask the man to play your boyfriend and then expect for him to marry you. You need some real serious help for your psychological issues. Until you get that, you will not attract a decent man who will love you enough to marry you. And you can take that to the bank.
Swanie You are right. Her little ploy/plot blew up in her face so she retaliated by calling him gay. That is why he went on the radio. He is a business man and father. What he should have done is told her NO then maybe she would never have gotten on the show!
I find Kenya to be somewhat of a bully, She went after Porcha knowing she hasn't developed relationships with any of the other ladies, thinking she would be the easiest target without really making the other girls as mad. I really hope that this is just her tv personality becase if not i really do feel bad for her and hope she changes before she is alone with no friends and no man.
well said "goodcade"...This woman is from another world. She must have some mental issues she needs to address. What man will want to marry someone like her. She's so jealous of Porcha and the other women and it will all come out soon. Walter run!!!!
goodcade When and how did Kenya go after Porscha? Never, Porcha is always in Kenya's face, always in her face about something.


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President Polk, You're Needed
Of all our American leaders, James K. Polk is who we need to resurrect. Here is a man who came from nowhere, told American what he was going to accomplish and then left after four years. That type of attitude is the only way we will get out of our financial fix.
I have always wondered how "responsible" people can run up a deficit year after year and then make it a priority when it hits $16 trillion, a mind numbing number. All political parties are to blame. Spending needs to be slashed. Several proposals are out there, but the cuts disappear for special interest groups. Losing special interest groups means losing votes, and no elected official wants to be voted from office. Examples of these groups are numerous, but some of the ones in the news today are military spending, education and farm subsidies. Who wants to lose the military, teacher and farmer vote? There are times when deficit spending is necessary, such as a major recession, but we must pave the way now for future responsibility. James K. Polk would have a plan and the consequences of that plan would not matter, he was leaving after four years.
How do we solve our problem. We need to eliminate all loopholes in taxes. Many or, I will go out on a limb and say, most loopholes impact the haves, not the have nots. Yes, this raises taxes on those with money, but it does not increase their income tax. We can then use this money to pay down the debt. For many of us, it was our grandparents and parents who kept electing people who put us into this mess and now we are going to have to fight this war on debt, and it will not be easy. We cannot simply continue to pass it off onto someone else. We have spent the past 80 years creating our debt and need to put in place a savings plan to bring us back into fiscal stability. James K. Polk could do this, he promised us only four years.
Why Polk? He had a four year plan. He was done after his one term. Unfortunately people run for office as a job and no one wants to lose a job. To prevent a job loss, you need to make people happy and keep them happy in the short run. That means we taught lowering taxes and cutting spending. What about the long run? We need to increase taxes by eliminating loopholes and cutting spending. However, if we do this, look out. That elected official will lose their job. Also, I recently read one article last week that said this very proposal could shoot up our unemployment rate near 12%, I think it could go higher. No president would ever propose something with such dire consequences. Remember president Mondale? Oh right, he didn't get elected. Mondale spoke of the need to increase taxes. Remember George H.W. Bush's second term? Right, after his "read my lips" comment, he was called out for later raising taxes. James K. Polk would not care, he only planned for one term.
So do you vote for Obama or Romney (alphabetical order, not necessarily in order of preference)? Who is a one termer? We know Obama can only go four more years and Mitt, well, if he does reduce the deficit, he will be a one termer, but is he willing to sacrifice his political future? Maybe you should just elect me. I promise to serve for only one term and then pull a Polk and ride off into the sunset.
Bring Back James K. Polk
The massive debt requires someone who is willing to sacrifice his or her career to put us on the track to fiscal recovery. However, doing so means you are a one termer.
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Michael McClusky
October 29, 2012 at 02:36 AM
We just don't have anyone who is willing to make the tough choices. Even if we did, Congress certainly wouldn't budge.
October 29, 2012 at 03:10 AM
Elimination of loopholes isn't going to reduce debt by any significant amount.
$16.2 triilion of debt is more money than the value of:
All Gold mined and yet to be mined on this planet
All Silver mined and yet to be mined on this planet
All Platinum mined and yet to be mined on this planet.
Kenneth London
October 29, 2012 at 03:33 PM
First - let's stop the inaccuracies calling "deficit" and "debt" the same thing. How many commercials, blog posts, and political comments incorrectly state that Obama record on the deficit was that it doubled? Second - let's stop claiming certain policies to address the deficit "aren't going to do any good" because the debt is just too big. Liberals say cutting programs won't do anything. Conservatives say raising taxes won't do anything. Many say closing loopholes won't do anything. But if we actually had the guts to enact spending cuts, tax increases, and closing some loopholes - we would be a lot closer to having budget surpluses like we did in the 1990s. But the non-stop ideological political cycle doesn't allow us to have that conversation with any amount of intelligence.
Steve ®
October 29, 2012 at 03:58 PM
Obama doubled, or more than doubled the deficit compared to years prior to entering office.
October 29, 2012 at 04:50 PM
A balanced, measured approach would be effective, I agree Kenneth. Mr. Chavannes' point about job security is well taken. Congressmen become career politicians with their own agenda. National policy flips and flops depending upon which party is in control. If everyone put America/Americans first, party politics second there'd be no conversation. But dollars drive everything.
Nuitari (Grand Master Editor)
October 29, 2012 at 08:55 PM
We need Clinton back. He was doing a lot of Polk'n.
October 30, 2012 at 03:42 AM
Steve is right.
Might I add Obama also ran up the debt from 10 to $16.2 Trillion.
Obama incurred more debt than any previous administration including those who served two terms!
I agree with Mr. Chavannes- Obama has to be a one term President only!
Keith R. Deschler
October 30, 2012 at 11:22 PM
as a Libertarian candidate for Congress, I say let's plug a bunch of tax loopholes, simplify the tax code down to 1040 EZ for two or three years, cut the taxes withheld and tax rates in half, put at least the employer half of the social security/medicare taxes into private accounts, repeal the corporate and death taxes, set a date to end the IRS, income tax and all other direct taxes(I want January 1, 2015, but a year after that would work also). Replace with the FairTax , with a generous prebate that effectively returns to us what we paid in sales tax up to the poverty line. Progressive system, fair to the lower incomes, yet savings and investment. As for the spending cuts he mentioned, I am with you on those, and many more. Ryan's cuts would be OK if we were talking about a deficit and national debt closer to where we were 20 years ago ($4 trillion debt, deficits around $300 billion a year). He would have a balanced budget in 2013 if that were the case. Amother $1 trillion in cuts, like many proposed by the CATO Institute and John Stossel's Chainsaw to the Federal Budget (such as eliminating corporate welfare, elimination of several cabinet departments and hundreds of agencies, and of course major slashes in the Pentagon). It can be done, and still leave a decent
"safety net" for those in need. The entitlements have to be dealt with, and Cato/Stossel take them head on. Tons of waste in the health area especially. Look up chardreid.com, "Road to Reality".
Michael McClusky
October 30, 2012 at 11:43 PM
@Keith R. Deschler I have been a Gary Johnson supporter for some time. The Libertarians are atleast trying to be financially responsible, unlike the blasted Republicans and Democrats. You should spread the word as much as you can- and good luck to you.
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And but for now.
There are new threats against the US homeland.
From nuclear -- North Korea the rogue regime rolling out plans to conduct some more military tasks with a warhead that they claim is capable of reaching the United States.
Steve Centanni is live on this for us in Washington this morning so what are they saying about this exactly -- Well Martha the north Koreans are promising there will be another test in defiance of the latest United Nations resolution and it'll be a nuclear test of a higher level.
According to the Korean government now last month the north successfully launched a rocket to put -- weather satellite into orbit.
It was labeled by the US Japan and South Korea.
As a test of technology that could one day deliver a nuclear warhead.
Capable of picking targets as far away as the US.
North Korea's top governing body the national defense commission warned today of another test coming.
Of a higher level they say in their declaration says in part a new phase of the anti US struggle that has lasted century after century.
We'll target against the US the sworn enemy of the Korean people settling accounts with the US needs to be done with force not with words.
As it regards jungle law as the rule of its survival.
-- the reference to a higher level nuclear test most likely refers to a device made from highly enriched uranium.
Which is easier to miniaturized.
And eventually mount as a warhead or -- They're strong words to -- so what's the US reaction darkness.
Well so far -- reaction from the State Department or the Department of Defense but the US envoy to North Korea Glynn Davies was in Seoul and held a news conference.
And he told reporters this quote.
Whether North Korea test or not it's up to North Korea we hope they don't do it.
We call on them not to do it.
It'll be a mistake and a missed opportunity if they do -- -- Glenn Davies he was canceled a trip that includes stops in Japan and China.
All to discuss a way forward.
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Comments about Spin Master 1001130 DreamWorks Dragons Defenders of Berk - Giant Fire Breathing Toothless:
Kid gets creative with his dragon he loves it and honestly I catch myself playing with it from time to time.
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Once finally assembled, my son LOVES this and thinks its really cool. It is very unique. Looks just like Toothless and performs as it says it does. My son HAD to have this as soon as he saw the commercial, so we purchased it with gift cards he got for his birthday. I gave this toy a three star rating because we had to fully disassemble the WHOLE toy (all the screws) to get the tail on. The instructions show that the tail snaps right into the body. However, the tabs were WAY too large to fit into the slot without breaking anything. We had to be careful because there are lots of smaller parts inside to make it function correctly, so re-assembly wasn't fun, either. I don't know if anyone else had this problem, but it's very frustrating when you have a 7 year old bugging you to play with the toy and it takes an hour to take it apart and put back together to get the tail on. I wouldn't have been able to do this myself so I'm really glad my husband was around to do this. Didn't know you had to be a mechanic to put a tail on Toothless...seriously.
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My son got this toy for his birthday and he loves it. It's big, sturdy and the blue LED with the steam is cool looking. Just wish it held more water. Great toy! And looks just like him.
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Fantastice, heavy, sturdy. The blue steam out of the mouth is so great. My three year old is obessed. It holds up well it is really big so he has to be careful when running around but so far throwing it and banging it has held up well. Sometimes the take falls off if hit, but you just click it back in and off he goes again. This is really well made. Better than the cheaper dragons. My sister's kiddo is getting this for christmas. The only down side I think is it should come with hiccup so they can ride together. That is what my son thinks hiccup should always be with toothless. I saw on the box that 3 inch figures are compatable, but I can't find them anywhere. I wish they would sell those I would buy them for sure! My son is totally into dreamworks dragons now it was all about Lightning McQeen but now it is all toothless, hiccup, and Stormfly. Please make a hiccup figure that will go on this!
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Formats: | 18 DVD, Blu-ray |
Starring: | Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Jenny McCarthy, Matt Keeslar, Lance Henriksen, Emily Mortimer, Parker Posey, Kelly Rutherford, Liev Schreiber, Deon Richmond, Patrick Warburton |
Director: | Wes Craven |
Genres: | Comedy, Horror, Thriller |
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Rental release: | 26 Feb 2001 |
Main languages: | English |
Dubbed: | Italian |
Subtitles: | English, Italian |
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By PanicLord (3 reviews) , 01 Jul 2012Not as good as 1 or 2, but still a great ending and wrap-up to the original trilogy. The main reason I don't rate it higher is that the Stab 3 cast are extremely irritating so I'm actually pleased when they get offed. Apart from that though, there's a great pre credits sequence as always, great appearances (Carrie Fisher!) and some righteous anger from Sid at the end. Nice twists and back story revelations.- Was this review helpful to you?
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In many classrooms today teachers are responding to learner's needs through differentiated instruction where they offer respectful tasks, flexible grouping and ongoing assessment and adjustment (Tomlinson and Allan, 2000). They may vary content in using texts at multiple reading levels, process through a variety of activities and product as students are encouraged to express what they learned in varied ways, often of their choice. The use of digital text with e-readers may be a powerful tool to facilitate differentiating instruction in the classroom, especially with student-centered literacy approaches such as Book Clubs and Literature Circles where groups of learners are reading and responding to the same or different texts.
Using today's ubiquitous technologies has emerged as a way to engage and motivate readers. In a case study of two readers of diverse reading levels and linguistic backgrounds Larson (2010) describes how the features of the e-reader provided individual support as they read and responded to literature. Larson concluded that "digital readers show promise in supporting struggling readers through multiple tools and features" (p. 21). Beyond the portability, ease of access and adjustments to font, e-readers have features to support comprehension. Readers can look up the meanings of words or phonetic spellings to "sound out" unknown words using the built-in dictionary. The text-to-speech feature can be activated to listen to challenging words or passages. Readers can create digital bookmarks or use the highlighter feature in preparation for sharing passages with others. Some e-readers support students in making notes or comments that can be shared on others' devices in their e-reader book club.
In order to assess and plan for differential use of e-reader features ReadWriteThink offers an instrument, the Digital Reader Tools and Features Anecdotal Record for teachers to review what their readers are using and make decisions about what instruction to offer for continued use of the e-book. In the featured author section of the site Lotta Larson shares her experiences with e-readers and links to a series of detailed lesson ideas using e-readers for engaged reading, vocabulary development, response activity and online discussion. A comparative chart developed on ReadWriteThink offers Suggested e-Book Resources.
Media specialist at the NIHF STEM middle school, Susan Hall implements differentiated book clubs with e-readers. Learners in "Book Club Café" receive additional support through read alouds, ongoing focused discussion, conferencing and explicit instruction as needed. Hall notes e-readers function to respect and perhaps protect learners from displaying what their peers might consider low level reading material. Learners in the "Book Bistro" read the same book independently and join book discussions of focused prompts or recommend books to be read with open-ended questions. A group of independent readers each selects a different text to read and choose their own topics to be discussed. Susan describes these as "Socratic discussions" where they ask the big questions like "what is reality?" She considers starting a graphic novel book club for all interested. Her students are developing both platform and text preferences in reading as they use a variety of features and e-readers, from apps on laptops and smart phones to popular e-reader devices. The potential for differentiating instruction is facilitated with the use of the e-reader and purposeful planning.
Larson, L.C. (2010). Digital readers: The next chapter in e-book reading and response. The Reading Teacher, 64(1),15-22.
Tomlinson, C. A. & Allan, S. D. (2000). Leadership for differentiating schools and classrooms. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Denise Stuart is from The University of Akron, Ohio.
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Pennsylvania's Sunshine Act was designed to ensure transparency in government. These days, however, that laudable goal remains far from reality in Philadelphia. The act, also known as the Open Meetings Law, requires that governmental agencies provide public notice prior to official meetings and that such meetings be open to the public. More specifically, the act mandates, with few exceptions, that meetings involving "official action" or "deliberation" occur in public and not behind closed-doors.
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The new third generation iPad3 is finally in the market and has started attracting the customers with its eye-catching Retina Display apps. The Retina Display is one of the most applauded features of Apple's new iPad 3. Apple's new tablet has a 2048*1536 resolution screen that supports 1080p high definition graphics with which it is referred to as a wonderful, visually stunning device.
With its razor sharp text and vibrant colors, the Retina Display offers you an incredible iPad experience and much more than you could ever imagined. And so we are showcasing you the best 10 Retina Display apps that will provide you an amazing experience when using the new apple iPad as felt never before.
- Star Walk for iPad - This wonderful iPad app is specially developed for astronomy geeks and planet- gazers. It brings you all the animations, planets, satellites and other heavenly bodies' pictures with super high resolution visual screen.
- iPhoto - With this interesting retina display app, you can edit, browse or share your pictures and photos with your friends. This app allows your photos to appear on a larger tablet screen of your iPad. The high resolution of new iPad3 screen gives you a detailed and better appearance of the pictures.
- Kindle - This retina display app from Kindle offers you an access to read eBooks, magazines and newspapers. It includes a whisper sync feature that enables you a sharper and clearer visual experience that makes your eyes smile.
- Infinity Blade II – A gaming app which is an advanced version of the famous sword fighting game and was declared as the best mobile game of the year. Now the game has been updated that looks simply amazing on the high resolution screen on the new iPad. It also supports various languages such as Portuguese, Swedish and Russian.
- Incredibooth - Do you remember those booths at some of the fancy parties organized by your friends? Where you stumbled into them very drunk and your friends used the photos to take fun of you the next day? Well funny booth is now available on the new iPad3. Having retina display app allows you to take photos from the rear view camera in a high resolution display and is also localized in various languages too.
- Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy – Created by NAMCO, this high flying action game is specially made for this new iPad to offer you an incredible flight simulator experience with super high resolution images. If you want to set off in jets, this is really the right app for you.
- Mass Effect Infiltrator - Developed by the creators of Mass Effect 3, this is the real new generation sci-fi space shoot game that gives you a wonderful experience of gaming with the super high resolution display of your new iPad3. It is a high quality game that offers you to explore 9 uniquely rendered gaming environments in your iPad.
- Tweetbot - It's a great Twitter app that gives you a crisp and clearer text with high resolution graphics and also the flexibility of different sound settings to impress your friends.
- iStopMotion - This fun app of new iPad 3 enables you to create stop motion animations. With the high screen resolution of iPad 3, you can enjoy this retina display app with full HD support and HD capturing.
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As Congress readies for what's sure to be a heated debate over the controversial cybersecurity bill CISPA, leaders in the tech community are speaking out.
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Prior to Death Cab For Cutie's most recent release, "Codes and Keys," the alternative-rock band warned fans the new project would feature less guitar than 2008 album "Narrow Stairs."
Death Cab For Cutie drummer Jason McGerr elaborates on the band's motivation for the latest CD.
"Every record is a reaction to the previous one," said McGerr, calling from Seattle.
"'Narrow Stairs' was like, 'Let's get the hell out of the laboratory and pick up four instruments and play rock 'n' roll to a tape machine and make it as live as possible.' So for 'Codes and Keys,' it was like we did that, we rocked out. We want to be challenged a bit more and hang songs on hooks that are made from old keyboards and strange sequences triggered by drum parts and use guitars as more colors than punctuations. Also, we wanted to take time. We had a start date but not a finish date and that's why the record took 10 or 11 months."
Actually, "Codes and Keys" probably has just enough guitar to satisfy diehard fans of Death Cab, which arrived in the mainstream nearly a decade ago with 2003 effort "Transatlanticism."
In fact, in both tempo and feel, the latest CD's lead single, "You Are a Tourist," and the upbeat "Doors Unlocked and Open" could easily have appeared on "Narrow Stairs." However, McGerr feels there are plenty of songs showcasing a more experimental or creative Death Cab.
"I would say book-ending tracks 'Home Is a Fire' and 'Stay Young, Go Dancing,'" McGerr said.
" 'Stay Young' is probably one of the most positive songs the band has ever written, and all records seem to end on a more melancholic note. The presentation of the strings and the acoustic and really lightheartedness of 'Stay Young' is a way we've never ended a record. On the other end, 'Home is a Fire' is a totally different approach. It was a very collaborative writing process for that. If you stripped away the vocals from each song, I think it would sound like two radically different bands."
When examining Death Cab For Cutie's evolution, the band's mark has been made in its songwriting. Sure, every group presumably grows and explores new avenues, but the difference with the Ben Gibbard-led act is the material -- despite McGerr's claim -- never really seems to be a stretch.
Unlike, say, AC/DC which seems to release the same-sounding tunes with different lyrics, Death Cab For Cutie's growth comes from its approach and its execution. Perhaps the best evidence to support this theory is the fact "Codes and Keys" album track "St. Peter's Cathedral" actually dates back to its "Transatlanticism" era.
When looking ahead, McGerr feels optimistic about the future of Death Cab, which plays Cleveland on July 3 at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica.
"We're very positive, and I feel like we've gotten a lot smarter about how to tour and how long to stay out and when it's time to come home and when it's time to take a break," McGerr said.
"So it's all about the economy of motion of playing music and staying healthy. I feel like maybe you'll talk to me years from now and I'll say everything I told you is wrong, that we make better records when we fight all of the time and you bust your ass 18 months in a row, but for now what we're doing seems to be working well."
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The Medical Commission of the UIAA has added German and Japanese translations to many of its English advice and recommendation papers. For the first time, mountaineers now have access to official versions of the papers in three languages that have been approved by the international panel of medical experts. The documents provide essential tips on issues of importance to mountaineers or anyone going to high altitude such as Acute Mountain Sickness and other altitude illnesses including the effect on a woman's menstrual cycle, diarrhoea, nutrition, and the impact of extremes of temperature on drugs. The UIAA Medical Commission is a global forum of doctors who meet regularly to up date information on medical issues related to the mountains.


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How is it, Western nation taxpayers might openly wonder, that no one has been brought to the bar for befuddling EuroZone governments while putting tens of millions of people out of work?
Last Friday ( January 13, 2012 ) Standard & Poor's downgraded credit ratings for nine euro-zone countries in a move that had implications far beyond Europe. At it's heart, S&P's statement on the credit worthiness of certain EuroZone governments was at the very least disquieting — if not outright scary.
What S&P does not say is that absent restoration of responsible governance in and among the world's richest and most sophisticated nations, credit watch status is only the first step in what could lead to the effective collapse of the Euro.
The issues raised by S&P are appropriately technical and financial, but their underlying causes are neither. What S&P does not say is that absent restoration of responsible governance in and among the world's richest and most sophisticated nations, credit watch status could foreshadow a collapse of the Euro.
The problem, of course, is not the Euro — or the ridiculous notion that a single currency can survive when every participating nation is free to debase the shared currency's value to all in favor of short-term benefit at home.
By whatever name the unseen and unaddressed elephant is known, the reality at hand in and among the major Western nations is failed governance enabled by those who pretend to be responsible adults who openly suborn truth yet abdicate responsibility.
The proximate cause of Europe's financial instability — and monetary turmoil among the weakest of the EuroZone nations — is an invisible elephant in the room ignominiously labeled failed governance.
Europe is not alone in ignoring the elephant, for the ongoing unraveling of Western Governance is every-bit as shameful and debilitating here in Washington as the old World Capitals where the political class is still trying to kick the can down the road in the vain hope that the goddamn elephant will go away.
No matter the debt issues in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Italy out-of-control banks and criminal bankers remain joyfully in control — inexplicably uncharged for their crimes and for the moment out of jail.
How is it, Western nation taxpayers might openly wonder, that no one has been brought to the bar for befuddling EuroZone governments while putting tens of millions of people out of work?
Four years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers there have been no meaningful penalties for either those institutions or persons who recklessly brought down global credit markets. Who were the people who so severely damaged everyone else by their greed, fraud, corruption, mismanagement and reckless risk-taking?
What S&P is telling us is neither obscure, nor complicated.
In a world where there are no consequences for the most egregious crimes and misdemeanors governance has failed. Absent responsible governance the issues of trust upon which finance and banking depend quickly fade from certainty into uncertainty.
It's as if two centuries of Western thought, philosophical foundations, values and ethics have mysteriously disappeared.
The unfolding failures of governance in Washington are more than ideological for both the body politic and the levers of government are deeply corrupted by money in politics and the power of institutions seeking private advantage at public expense.
If our nation, or the EuroZone is to survive, government by and for the people must be restored. The place to begin is a public investigation, on both sides of the Atlantic, of those persons and institutions who killed the Golden Goose by their own greed, avarice and criminal behavior.
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Published: 10/5/2012 11:20 PM | Last update: 10/8/2012 12:18 PM Hutch back on trackLed by Higgins, Salthawks show their might again, fell Derby 31-28.Last week's 25-point pounding by Salina South didn't destroy Hutchinson High's season.Need proof that the Salthawks are still, well, the Salthawks? The same kind of team from a school that's won seven state titles in the last eight years? Derby, the top-ranked team in Class 6A and having given up 27 points all season, came to Gowans Stadium on Friday night and left with a loss.
"You always hear comments out there," said quarterback Trevor Turner, who ran for 127 yards and a third-quarter touchdown. "But in football, you have to go through adversity. We battled through adversity well tonight." Unlike against Salina South. Once the Salthawks (4-2) were down against South, they had no answer. Friday, the Salthawks answered repeatedly. Senior Tanner Higgins was a big reason for that. The small, 5-foot, 7-inch defensive back made several big plays on defense, but he also rushed twice for 85 yards and two touchdowns. His first came at the end of the first half, a spectacular 52-yard slalom through the Derby defense that ended with less than a second remaining in the half. The second came with Hutchinson facing fourth-and-4 from the Derby 13 and less than 90 seconds remaining in the game. Derby led 28-24, and Higgins' number was called on the exact same play at the end of the first half. "I believe I've told him before that he's killing us," Hutchinson coach Randy Dreiling said with a smile. "I don't know, maybe I'm killing us by not giving him the ball more." Hutchinson's 17-7 halftime lead was short-lived. Derby (5-1) scored 14 points before the Salthawks ran an offensive play. First, senior quarterback Chandler Shantz - a Buhler transfer - threaded the needle for a 28-yard touchdown strike to Kellen Sims. On the ensuing kickoff, the ball landed near the Derby sideline, and the Panthers recovered the ball. Two plays later, Shantz - who threw for 205 yards and four touchdowns but also had an interception - found DeAndre Goolsby for a 19-yard touchdown. "When you get someone down, you have to bury them," Dreiling said. "But good teams, they'll respond too, and this was the kind of game I thought it would be." Hutchinson answered with Turner's 14-yard quarterback sneak, but Sims scored again on a 10-yard Shantz pass early in the fourth quarter, giving Derby a 28-24 lead. The teams exchanged turnovers on downs when Hutchinson took over at its own 26-yard line with 2:48 to play. On fourth-and-7 from the Hutchinson 29-yard line, Turner ran 52 yards. Four plays later, the game again was hanging when Higgins took a toss from Turner and ran 13 yards for the winning touchdown with 79 seconds left. "Obviously, it was the same play as right before halftime," Higgins said. "We did a great job of blocking it, and Dakota (Brower) had a good block. "It was crazy (on the sideline). But the game wasn't done. We had to kick off and get a stop." The ensuing kickoff, much like Derby's earlier in the half, plopped down where nobody was, and Hutchinson recovered, all but ending the game. While the game was certainly exciting - Derby had 324 yards of offense to 491 for Hutchinson - the mistakes were on the minds of both coaches. "Good teams make you play bad, and that's expected," Derby coach Brandon Clark said. "We did a lot of things that were in our control like sending guys in motion, running the right plays. There were three or four times where we ran the wrong play." Still, Dreiling wasn't going to feel bad after this one. Not after the loss to Salina South that had many people doubting that Hutchinson was a state championship-caliber team. "It looked like an exciting game from the outside in," Dreiling said. "But we made a lot of mistakes, and I'm sure their coach is saying the same. But it's good to win."
Derby's Conner Littleton was injured on Turner's 1-yard run that sealed the game with less than a minute left. He was on the field for about 20 minutes before a stretcher took him to an ambulance. He did seem to move his arms and legs, and the Hutchinson crowd gave Littleton a long ovation as he was being wheeled off the field.
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You can alter the Pixel Samples on the Sampling sub-tab of the Properties tab of the mantra output node to increase or decrease the quality and render time of your image using antialiasing. The default value is 3×3, which provides decent quality. Decreasing this value to 1×1 will speed up your render time, but will also introduce visible noise to the final image. If you have a great deal of motion blur and/or depth of field, you can get away with turning down the samples to 2×2.
Basically, if you decrease these values you will have a faster, lower quality render; if you increase these values you will get a slower, higher quality render. Changing the number of pixel samples is also useful for motion blur and depth of field.
Shading quality
Changing the Shading Quality is another way to alter rendering quality and performance. The Shading Quality parameter is located on the Dicing sub-tab of the Render tab of the object node. This parameter controls the size of the micropolygons which inherently controls the number of times the shaders are called.
Altering the default value of 1 changes how much the object subdivides. Decreasing the amount of shading quality will speed up render time, but decrease the quality of your image. Increasing shading quality creates more micropolygons and therefore more shader cells which will slow down your render time, but increase the quality of your image.
See the Rendering Engines help for more information.
By default, Houdini uses all processors to speed up rendering time. If you do not want to use all processors you can turn off the Use Max Processors checkbox on the Render sub-tab of the Properties tab of the render node. Once this option is turned off, you can set the Thread Count to specify how many processors to use.
Volume step size
For volumetric rendering, you can alter the Volume Step Size on the Sampling sub-tab of the Properties tab of the mantra output node. If your volume object is very large (larger than 1 Houdini unit), you can safely increase the Volume Step Size without greatly affecting the quality.
Motion factor, depth of field, and motion blur
If you are using either depth of field and/or motion blur you can try altering the Motion Factor value, which is located on the Sampling sub-tab of the Properties tab of the mantra output node. This parameter controls the shading quality dynamically. Depending on the level of depth of field and/or motion blur, you can decrease the shading quality which will use less memory and result in faster render time.
Control the number of lights
Since each shader call will loop through all the lights illuminating the current mircopolygon in the volume, limiting the number of lights to look up will proportionally decrease render times.
Additionally, having less lights generating and using deep shadow maps will also speed up render times. Deep shadows give you depth, so you may only want one or two lights with this option turned on, and the rest of the lights to not use shadows.
Using ambient occlusion (the Environment Light from the shelf) with your volume objects will slow down your volume rendering because each shaded micropolygon will cause an awful lot of rays to be generated due to the raytraced ambient occlusion. Manually controlling lights will give you more control and be less costly.
Opacity limit
When you are rendering geometry with a certain amount of transparency, you can use the opacity limit to stop the current ray if the opacity threshold is met. The Opacity Limit parameter is located on the Render sub-tab of the Properties tab of the mantra output node.
If used too aggressively, you will see flickering and strange banding in your volume over a sequence of renders if the camera is moving or the smoke is evolving. This is the varying opacity thresholds in the volume, which is most evident if your volumes are more wispy and transparent.
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"At Art Basel, even the traffic is pretentious," tweeted sage Miami filmmaker Billy Corben. With up to two hour waits to get into the Perez Art Museum, a Miami Heat game and grotesque gridlock, it's no wonder a European name-tagged Art Basel visitor was overheard saying, "F*ck it. I'm going to Disney World." If you were a celebrity, however, gridlock was hardly an issue and had LeBron James not been busted, we are certain that some celebs would even have had a police escort to mow them through the traffic. Sort of like Cindy Crawford did at her eponymous Art Miami lounge where she had a Rooms-to-Go collection of security men to whisk her through the cluster*uck. At any rate, what follows is our constantly updated Art Basel celebrity blotter to remind you that, nope, celebs are not just like us.
And the award for the first Art Basel celebrity sighting goes to Val Kilmer, an ABMB regular and art aficionado who was seen Monday night milling around the UNTITLED. fair where was also the first customer at the Fratelli Lyon pop-up restaurant. Here he is pictured with Marina Abramović', 67-yr-old grandmother of performance art, whose 3D vagina is on display from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. through Art Basel at the Young Arts campus.
Best Buddies International and The Brant Foundation hosted the Best Buddies Art + Friendship Auction at Ugo Columbo's manse to benefit Best Buddies, raising nearly $1 million for Anthony Kennedy Shriver's charity. Though Leonardo DiCaprio was there with a small crew that included actor Ethan Suplee, Val Kilmer was also there and, for that, we bestow him with a second award: the early, dubious honor of Art Basel's most ubiquitous bold facer who should not be confused with Beau Bridges.
It's not art, but: On Tuesday afternoon, A-Rod was the lone man sitting at at table at Mr Chow of what our spy says were 'very friendly to each other' women, including Martina Navratilova, whose wife was sitting on her lap.
Just like old times when Sean Puffy Puff Daddy P. Diddy Do Wah was Miami's ubiquitous, here he is above, pictured at the First Choice Collectors Preview at Art Basel Miami Beach with the name and gallerist behind Walter Otero Contemporary Art.
Roger Dubuis CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué and so-called "Friend of the Brand," Gerard Butler, threw a private dinner Wednesday at a W South Beach private residence in "partnership" with Dom Pérignon. Guests got to drool over the watch that costs more than most crashers make in a year, the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Quatuor, alongside Jeff Koons' designed Limited Edition Dom Perignon bottles. Among the invitees: Eva Longoria, Serena Williams and Karolina Kurkova. Following the dinner NY-based DJ Ms Nix hit the turntables—as did Butler— for the Dom-soaked after party. (Photo/Seth Browarnik, World Red Eye)
So this is what Art Basel's come to. Two years ago we had Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Last year it was Demi Moore channeling her inner teen chasing after a young art heir. This year it's this pop cultural cataract known as Kimye, seen here at the DuJour Magazine cocktail party Wednesday night, hosted by Dee and Tommy Hilfiger, Tony Shafrazzi and Eyal Lalo, honoring artist Mark Quinn. Also seen in the crowd: Lionel Richie, also seen at the Riviera on Thursday afternoon, and Adrian Grenier. Photo by Getty Images and Kardashian dress by Proenza Schouler.
Meanwhile, before that big appearance,architecture giant Jacques Herzog and West participated in a discussion moderated by Serpentine Gallery Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Hans Ulrich Obrist. PT Barnum would have been proud. West, who admitted to being a "student of art," channeled Confucius, saying, ""Don't be afraid to ask questions to a person who's an expert." Does that include experts who criticize his music? Photo of West and the Funky Bunch by Getty.
Across the causeway, Belvedere Vodka kicked off its own corporate thing Wednesday with a big party at the Mana Wynwood Art Gallery featuring hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar, who performed
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Basel, mix the bourgeoisie and the rebels: Russell Simmons, joined by his brother, painter Danny Simmons, and former Real Housewives of New York City's Jill Zarin, attended a dinner fundraiser for Penn Medicine at UPENN sponsored by Christofle fine silver at the house of Allison and Chip Brady. Upon leaving the party, Simmons checked out the goody bag of a key chain and a candle by Christolfe, and Prince Reigns hair products, to which he joking said, "Hair stuff? You want me to take a bag of hair stuff?" Then he looked at the bag again, and said, "It looks cool, I'll take it."
Now here's some real star power. China's biggest star, Maggie Cheung, known as that nation's Meryl Streep, arrived from Beijing on Wednesday night as a special guest of Audemars Piguet watches, a first time Art Basel sponsor. Cheung visited the brand's booth at the Collectors' Lounge at the Convention Center. After touring the watches and visiting with a watchmaker she did a series of interviews. Also paying visits to the Audemars Piguet booth were Serena Williams, Nicole Richie and PGA great Sir Nick Faldo. Cheung and Richie also attended a private dinner held Thursday night in the Kolkoz designed chalet installed at Miami Marine Stadium. Richie brought a special guest….. Her dad Lionel. (Photo/World Red Eye)
Art Branding: Ketel One Vodka debuted De Nolet, an installation of the brand's distillery in Holland at a party on NW 24th St. Thursday co-hosted by photographer Randall Slavin, who unveiled never before seen photography including images of Zoe Saldana, Eva Longoria, Charlize Theron, Ben Stiller and more. Eva Longoria came by with new boyfriend Antonio Baston, arriving in a silver Ferrari which, to our knowledge, did not have a police escort. Kevin Spacey also swung by and embraced Longoria as soon as he saw her. (Photo/Getty)
The silver Ferrari brings up a colorful conversation we had with a well known artist Thursday at his exhibit in the Design District. Remarking on how poorly he thought Miami was handling the traffic, the crowds and Art Basel in general, he said, "Miami's a freak show; it's like freakin' Egypt. I just want to toss tomatoes on the guys driving Maseratis." The artist continued on his rant, until I asked him if he knew anyone viewing his art and he said no, not one of "These freaks," adding, "just bring me some collectors." Aaah, Art Basel.
In honor of its "Never stop. Never settle." photo series, Hennessy took over the Pulse Art Fair Thursday, where Nas, who performed at the Ice Palace earlier, and Busta Rhymes were spotted. (Photo/KirillWasHere)
Lindsay Lohan was holed up earlier on Thursday in a manse on Star Island. She emerged to attend her pal Domingo Zapata's "The Art of Bullfighting" at Cipriani Downtown Miami. Also there: actor and artist Jordi Olla, artist Mr. Doolittle and, er, Jeremy Shockey. (Image/Graylock Photo)
Pamela Anderson celebrated artist Raphael Mazzucco Thursday at the Rose Bar at the Delano where rapper Theophilus London jumped in the DJ booth for a special surprise set to end the night. While many marveled at the artist, more were marveling at Anderson's sassy, classy new look. Anderson, we're told, was the life of the party, saying "I'm so pleased to have been a part of Raphael's first show . . . I'm so proud of his transition into a renowed cutting edge artist." And we're so proud of her transition into a renowned pixie cut.


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Another Hudson Legend leaves us
Just got word that Jim Harmon passed away. Will post more details when I know more.
About 3AM this morning from what I've been told. The last three days had been pretty rough in the hospital and he slipped away early this morning. Service times are trying to be obtained . . . -
Mr. Harmon had such a strong character (he always wanted me to call him Jim although I was much his junior). It was my honor to have met him. He always was very helpful to me and I will miss him. What a great legacy he passes on to us.
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Don't like the way this is goin, guys...Workin Stiff
Jim was a great guy, he will be missed.
Jim - was a neat guy, what a shame.
Sorry to hear of Jims passing. I saw him last in Pontiac at the National. I first met him in Baltimore in 1980. All of our legends are leaving us. I hope there is a Hudson Heaven.
I first met Jim at Pontiac , Mich. National meet what a great guy .
Jim was one of the first people I met when I joined the Northwest Chapter in 1999. He was an incredible mentor when I got my first Hudson, and had an answer to every question I had. I always called him "My Hero" because of what he would do to help me or anyone else. I will forever remember him as a kind and gentle man with an incredible love of Hudsons. I am truly saddened by his passing. Since seeing him last year in Pontiac I have had my SAVE A HUDSON hat that he gave me years ago riding on the center arm rest in the back seat of my 54, and there it will stay.
I willl forever miss him.
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Received a call from Fred Connors this morning, he and several others went to see Jim yesterday, he was not cognizant of those that were there to see him. Fred said that the family was only going to have a small service,{private?} . Another thing is that Jim's son in law would like to keep the business going, parts , restorations etc; But in order to do that everything needs to be organized and inventoried. For those of you that attended the Spokane National, Jim was there with parts to sell, and I was able to visit with him a little. He did leave early as his health was failing at that time. The way I see it Jim, Bill Albright, Janet Kale are riding around Heaven in a Hudson Convertable..... ENJOY THE RIDE !!!!! Lou Cote If there are any changes I will them here.
I met Jim several years ago when I bought my first Hudson. Me being a newbie, he was a great help to me and patiently answered my endless questions. He lived about a 100 miles from me so I went there often for parts. His place had shelf upon shelf of hudson parts. I would ask him for some little obscure part and he would always know exactly where it was. A great Hudson guy and a really nice person.
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RL Chilton wrote:Just got word that Jim Harmon passed away. Will post more details when I know more.
About 3AM this morning from what I've been told. The last three days had been pretty rough in the hospital and he slipped away early this morning. Service times are trying to be obtained . . .
Thanx for posting this for me Russell, the only correction is that He did spend the last of his days at home in Banks and it was from there that he left us.
He was as a father to me, I spent many years with him restoring Hudsons at his home in Banks.
The first day I drove to his home and met him I still remember the massive bright rainbow that stretched across the valley leading to his home. It was the most beautiful rainbow I had ever seen, I could see both ends of it touching the ground and I knew God was doing something special for me that day.
The Pot of Gold was in Jim's heart, I'm so glad he is with the Lord we both know and love but my wife and I are going to miss him so badly, it's just now beginning to hit me and.......wow......is this hard.
I love you Jim, I'm so glad we were able to tell you so before you left for your true home.
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Thanks Rick for introducing me to Jim. I bought a number of Hudson parts from him. He would take the time to talk Hudsons with me. He knew that he had a fight with cancer and he fought it well. He really loved his wife and family. I wish I could have met Jim in person. I salute you Jim. God Bless.
Jim was a real GOOD MAN and I will see him again as we pass through this world of ours . Rudy and the Locals
More sad news. Both Jim Harmon and Ken Ammon were perfect gentlemen, and a great source to keep our Hudsons running at fair prices. Sad week indeed. God bless them both.
I knew them only by name through the forum and WTN. It was sad news to hear of Ken Ammon and Jim Harmons passing. My condolence to both their families and friends.
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I first met Jim (with Dick Riggs) at the '87 national. They were there to bring the HET meet to Portland ('89). What a wonderful gentlemen Jim was to me and my wife. The Hudson world has indeed lost another gem. Ride on Jim...
Tim -
I never met Jim and only new him by reputation, but he had a great reputation. I knew Ken and did business with him several times. Both will be greatly missed.
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Real sad news. I bought my car from Jim in 2005 my first Hudson. I dont saw the car before i bought it I live in Sweden and I talked whit Jim over the phone and make the deal. Jim puts a lot of spare parts whit the car and I was not dissipointet when the car arravied Jim was honest man.
Over the years whit my restoration of the car we becom good freinds he helps me whit advice and sent parts that i missed. We often spoke about his cancer sometime he feels good and sometime he had a hard time whit it. We often talked to meets in person not just over the phone.
Jim often talked to come and visit me in Sweden and I told him that i should try to meet him next time I visit USA. I realy gone miss him he was a nice good freind God bless you.
My condolance to his famili.
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He sure loved to tease my girls. We always looked forward to seeing him at events and could always count on him being there.
In thinking of Jim, it makes you ask yourself, "What kind of legacy will I leave behind?"Take a Ride in a Hudson Jet! -
I brought my girlfriend to Spokane for her very first Hudson meet and introduced her to Jim when we met him in Portland for the drive up. She gets a little uncomfortable around new people due to English being her 2nd language, and sometimes she gets a little panicky. I was a little worried about spending 2 days walking around the parking lot looking at the same cars over and over, and digging through the swap meet. But, everytime I turned around, it seemed she was sitting with Jim chatting it up like they'd been friends for years!
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In thinking of Jim, it makes you ask yourself, "What kind of legacy will I leave behind?"
And that's the thing about the legacy Jim has left behind, it wasn't about the cars, and it wasn't about the knowledge he passed on to those lucky enough to listen (especially me!). No, Jim's legacy is in the friendships he made along the way and how he did it. It didn't seem to matter if you saw him once a week, once a year, or once every 5 years, he always made time to see how you were doing and was entirely sincere about it.
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"The Oregonian" newspaper states the service celebrating Jim's life will be 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept 2, 2010 in Forest Grove Assembly of God.
Thanks for posting the information. If you attend the services and are driving your Hudson, you are asked to park with the fire trucks. Dick Riggs
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raftwido wrote:Thanks for posting the information. If you attend the services and are driving your Hudson, you are asked to park with the fire trucks. Dick Riggs
I sure wish I could go Dick, but as Stacy said, Jim would be happier knowing we're gaining custody of one of Jim's biggest fans, my step-son.
Hope you're holding up ok, Lord bless you and your family.


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Bree Meredith Whipps, 34, of Carlisle was charged noon Friday with driving while barred.
According to a Creston Police report, officers responded to a report of suspicious activity at the Super 8 Hotel in Creston. Upon arrival, officers spoke with hotel employees who pointed out a female exiting a car she was driving and identified her as Whipps. Officers spoke with Whipps about her activity. A check of Whipps' driver's license showed she was barred from driving and she was transported to the Union County Law Enforcement Center.
Whipps is being held on $2,000 bond.
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