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[Edit by Cat: Please note that the below example does not work in Unity 3.5.2. The updated project can be found here.]
By popular demand, here's an example of how one can use UnityShared.swc to create a custom preloader and communicate between Unity and Flash.
The ActionScript source of this project can be used with ActionScript tools like FlashBuilder, FDT and FlashDevelop. The project needs to be setup so that the provided UnityShared.swc is used as a library.
In UnityShared an AS3 class named UnityContentLoader is provided, which is the base for loading and communicating with UnityContent.
When publishing to Flash Application.ExternalCall is routed to what is set as the UnityContentHost, when constructing the UnityContentLoader. These messages (unfortunately there is no way to send arguments at this point in time using Application.ExternalCall), then are directly called on IUnityContentHost.
The unityInitStart and unityInitComplete have to be implemented by the class set as IUnityContentHost and signify when the UnityContent is done loading and starting to initialize, and when it's done initializing, and ready for communication from AS3.
To communicate from AS3 to Unity, one calls sendMessage on the unityContent property of unityContentLoader. The sendMessage functionality is similar to the sendMessage functionality of the Unity webplayer.
sendMessage accepts arguments in the following order; first a string path to the gameobject, then the method to be called on that gameobject, and then an anonymous object to contain the arguments. This way, one can marshall direct references to objects between AS3 and Unity, cache them and call them directly.
This api is by no means in it's final state and are subject to change in later drops(we are thinking about a full api inside unity towards AS3, similar to custom platform api's for other platforms), but it should help implementing things like networking.
I'll post more examples in this thread.
Last edited by catburton; 05-28-2012 at 07:13 AM. Reason: Added link to updated project.
Wow thanks for this. Unfortunately I'm getting a little red box with "Fatal Error : null" when I try compile this or just run the swf provided. Any idea where I may have gone wrong?
Last edited by tertle; 12-23-2011 at 04:56 AM.
You need a content debugger of the flashplayer; please check out the faq here; http://unity3d.com/unity/preview/faq
Without a proper error message I can't tell you what's going on, but most likely your swf isn't published with version=13 or your wmode isn't set to direct on the flash embed, or your flashplayer is lower then 11.
Silly me. Forgot I had 11.2 beta build installed. Cheers.
-edit- hmm actually runs fine in 11.2 content debugger. just null errors in browser.
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Thank Ralph,
You can send and receive an arguments with this method (Replace WWW & WWWForm) ?
darkloy, yes, check out the provided example; it show sending arguments both ways.
Ok Sorry Ralph !!
Hi Ralph! Thank you for your post.
Can you tell us, is it possible now to integrate compiled stage3d layer (that unity builds) with native flash GUI?
I mean in FlashDevelop or FlashBuilder
sorry for my english, my native language was c++
@darkloy : glad I could help, let us know how it works out for you.
Hi vtornik, in the example I remove the entire opaque preloaded from the stage; however, you can keep an overlay sprite / movie clip over the stage3d content. Keep in mind that this on some configurations/platforms might cost you some performance. However, it's entirely possible do your overlaying gui in flash and the game and the 3d in unity!
We'd love to see an example of someone using that functionality; let us know what you manage to do with it !
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Thank you a lot, Ralph!
sorry for my english, my native language was c++
@UnityRalph : Ok, no problem
If you provide other examples I would be very happy: D ...
i'm trying to run the example in ie8 with the flash debugger and running vizzy flash tracer but when i click the button, nothing seems to happen.
any ideas on what i'm doing wrong?
Thanks Ralph.
Hi Ralph,
This is really good stuff - just one more question:
Via the sendMessage method what sort of objects could I theoretically push accross from Flash to Unity? I'm thinking images (loaded from web or created) or audio files... is that possible? As a kind of WWW. replacement as it's missing in the current release?
@shifty, I'm not familiar with that setup; however in our FAQ there is documentation to setup a debugging environment. http://unity3d.com/unity/preview/faq
@rogerisland; I'd advice to handle that type of media on the AS3 side for now; however, I will follow up with a new example showing how to for example put a video on a unity texture.
so i went back and reinstalled the setup and followed the instructions and as far as i can tell, it's still not working:@shifty, I'm not familiar with that setup; however in our FAQ there is documentation to setup a debugging environment. http://unity3d.com/unity/preview/faq
Install "content debugger" from Adobe Flash Player [used ie9]:
Go to http://flashplayerversion.com/, and make sure that it says 'Debugger: Yes': [says WIN 11,1,102,55]
Create a file called mm.cfg and added ErrorReportingEnable=1; TraceOutputFileEnable=1
i drag the AS3Communication.html into the browser, it loads up, it says running the in the debug player at the bottom right of the screen.
i click the button a few times
Find and open your flashlog.txt
it says: Player: init engine [space] MolehillGfxDevice: DirectX9 (Direct blitting)
is this "Player: init engine MolehillGfxDevice: DirectX9 (Direct blitting)" the result i'm looking for? this appears before i press the button and only appears on load so i'm assuming the expected result would be different.
Shifty Nevers : that looks fine to me; if you now hit the button you should get the flash traces; depending on what you compile the source with though, it might be stripping the traces out of the source code I provided above.


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By Rhondalyn K. Peairs and Diane Galatowitsch
Title: Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels photograph collection, 1870s-1980
Predominant Dates:1930s-1960s
Creator: Daniels, Jimmie (1908-1984)
Extent: 1.75 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 02/01/1987
The Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels photograph collection documents the life of Jimmie Daniels and his career as a a nightclub host and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance and into the 1950s and 1960s. The collection measures 1.75 linear feet and is comprised mainly of photographs from circa 1870s-1970s. Many of the photographs are from Daniels' years at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village during the 1950s. Additional items include musical scores, invitations, postcards, and additional ephemera.
The majority of the photographs document Daniels' life as an entertainer, cabaret singer, and nightclub host. While a great many of the photographs picture Daniels either in portraits or in candid and posed shots with others, the collection also presents a "who's who" of African American and White entertainers, musicians, and society figures. Besides Daniels, other individuals represented in the collection include: Pearl Bailey, Josephine Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Richmond Barthe, Harry Belafonte, Tony Benson, Phil Black, Helen Broderick, Marian Bruce, John Butler, Cab Calloway, Karen Chandler, Aileen Cook, Katherine Cornell, Carmen De Lavallade, Phyllis Diller, Blanche Dunn, Annie Winifred Ellerman (Bryher), Alice Ghostley, Eddie Hodges, Geoffrey Holder, Langston Hughes, Alberta Hunter, Maria Eva Isadegna, Herbert Jacoby, Lotte Lenya, Joe Louis, Rex Madsen, Fania Marinoff, Paul Meeres, Mabel Mercer, Ona Munson, Rose Murphy, Cole Porter, Millicent Rogers, Diana Sands, Joan Shaw, Bobby Short, Ada "Bricktop" Smith, Norene Tate, Edna Thomas, Tom Tryon, Carl Van Vechten, Elisabeth Welch, Ethel Waters, Josh White, Roy Wilkins, Billie Dee Williams, Jimmy Wright, Olivia Wyndam, and Ted Yates. Nightclubs, restaurants, and entertainment venues in New York from the 1920s to the 1950s are represented in the collection. The collection also documents, to an extent, gay and lesbian circles in New York and England during the early 20th century. The nineteenth century photographs include a tintype and cabinet cards; little documentation accompanies these images, but they may be photographs of Daniels' family.
Of interest are over 50 photographs by Carl Van Vechten, as well as sixteen photographs depicting sculptures by Richmond Barthe. Additional materials within the collection include musical scores and printed ephemera for musical performances. Some descriptions of the photographs in this collection are derived from a transcription of an oral narrative provided by Rex Madsen, which is housed in the accession file for this collection.
James Lesley Daniels, Jimmie (Jimmy) Daniels, 1908-1984, was a gay African American nightclub host and cabaret singer who was widely known as a general host and singer at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York. Daniels' music primarily included the songs of the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter, as well as Harold Arlen.
Jimmie Daniels was born in Laredo, Texas, in 1908, but he grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. Daniels left Arkansas and came to New York in the 1920s to go to Bird's Business College in the Bronx to become a secretary. After finishing school, Daniels returned to Little Rock to become a secretary for A.E. Bush, the president of Century Life Insurance Company.
However, not long after, he returned to New York in 1928 with a desire to leave the office-world and go on stage. After someone he knew introduced him to Katherine Cornell's manager, he landed a part in Cornell's Broadway hit, "Dishonored Lady." Following his start on Broadway, Daniels performed briefly with "Savage Rhythm" and the Chamberlain-Brown Stock Company in Mt. Vernon.
Leaving Broadway, Daniels found his first professional singing job at the Hot Cha nightclub in Harlem, but he quickly became a part of the European music scene. In the summer of 1933, he became popular at the Summer Sporting club in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Between 1933 and 1934, he accompanied the internationally famous Reginald Forsythe at Ciro's in London. Not long after, Daniels returned to New York and became the premier entertainer at Marian Cooley's Sunday night suppers at the Ship Grill.
In 1935, Daniels went out on his own and sponsored a series of parties for three seasons at the Bronze Studio. During this time, he met Herbert Jacoby, who convinced him to come to Paris to entertain at his Le Reubon Blue in 1936 and 1937. When Jacoby opened a spot in New York, Jimmie Daniels became a popular attraction. However, Daniels returned to Paris in 1938 to perform at Le Reubon Blue.
After singing throughout Europe during the thirties, Daniels became popular in New York nightlife. In 1939, he opened Jimmie Daniels' Nightclub at 114 West 116th Street, an establishment that the New Yorker described as the "model of dignity and respectability" by "Harlem standards." Daniels owned and operated the Harlem supper club from 1939 to 1942. He left the club to go into the military.
Around 1950, Daniels became the host at the Bon Soir on West 8th Street, a chic supper club. Known as a place where African Americans and Whites, as well as gay and straight clientele, interacted without tension, the club was described as having a balance of elegant, intimate, risque, and respectable ambiance. Jimmie Daniels was a popular figure at the Bon Soir for ten years as the host/singer/emcee. The club hosted a variety of rising stars, such as Barbra Streisand, Phyllis Diller, and Kaye Ballard. The Bon Soir was Barbra Streisand's first engagement in New York. When the owners of the Bon Soir let Daniels go after ten years, the club lost substantial business and they begged him to return, but he did not. During the 1950s, Daniels shared a house on Banks Street with fashion designer Rex Madsen.
Circa 1960, after Daniels left the Bon Soir, he hosted what he called "a spring series of supper soirees" at the L'Etang Supper Club in lower Manhattan. Daniels continued to perform around the city at clubs, parties, and festivals until his death. Daniels died at age 76 in the summer of 1984 at St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan after suffering from a stroke.
Access Restrictions: The Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels Photograph Collection is open and available for use.
Use Restrictions: Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.
Acquisition Source: Rex Madsen
Acquisition Method: Gift
Appraisal Information: The Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels Photograph Collection documents Jimmie Daniels' career as a singer/host for night clubs in Europe and Harlem, primarily between 1930-1960, with the majority from his time at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village in the 1950s.
Separated Materials:
The Center also houses the following artwork in its Fine Arts Collection, both of which are depicted in photographs within the Madsen-Daniels collection and were donated at the same time. as the photograph collection.
Richmond Barthe. Shoeshine Boy, 1938. Bronze, height 10 in.
Riohmond Barthe. Portrait of Kenneth MacPherson, circa 1938. Bronze, height 12 in.
Related Materials: The Amistad Research Center also holds the papers for the Harlem Renaissance sculptor Richmond Barthe and poet/playwright Countee Cullen.
Related Publications: Lewis, David L. When Harlem Was in Vogue. New York: Knopf, 1981.
Preferred Citation: Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels Photograph Collection, Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Processing Information: The processing of this collection was completed between September-October 2002 and April-May 2003.
Finding Aid Revision History: Reprocessed July 2011.

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Why Camille Paglia is Alarmed About the Future of Art
Is the rise of secularism behind the general malaise in the fine arts?
- By Camille Paglia
- Smithsonian magazine, November 2012, Subscribe
My first moments of enchantment by beauty occurred in a church and a movie theater. The interior of St. Anthony of Padua church in Endicott, New York, the upstate factory town where I was born, was lined with richly colored stained-glass windows and niches holding life-size plaster statues of saints in sumptuous robes or silver armor. Paying no attention to the action on the altar, I would stare transfixed at those glorious figures, which seemed alive. At the theater downtown, I was mesmerized by the colossal Technicolor images of Hollywood stars, who seemed as numinous as living gods.
Because of those vivid early impressions, my sense of beauty remains skewed toward the lavish and theatrical. The Italian immigrant culture in which I was raised (all four of my grandparents and my mother were born in Italy) esteemed beauty as a primary principle of life. Everything from a mischievous little boy to the cut of a home-sewn lapel or the construction of a stone wall was called bello (beautiful) or bellissimo (very beautiful). There was no borderline between the arts and crafts: The works of Michelangelo—reproduced on souvenir plaques or ashtrays from the Vatican—occupied the same continuum of handiwork as the lacquered wooden nut bowls carved by my uncle or the wedding dresses stitched by my mother and grandmother to earn extra income.
Thanks to the traditional reverence for art and beauty among the Italian country people from whom I came, I have been waging war for decades against the toxic trends in academe (such as postmodernism and post-structuralism) that view art in a reductively ironic or overly politicized way.
As a 40-year veteran teacher in art schools, I am alarmed about the future of American art. Young people today, immersed in a digital universe, love the volatile excitement of virtual reality, but they lack the patience to steadily contemplate a single image—a complex static object such as a great painting or sculpture. The paintings of their world are now video games, with images in febrile motion; their sculptures are the latest-model cellphone, deftly shaped to the hand.
To try to reawaken a more focused mode of seeing, I spent the past five years writing a book (Glittering Images), which charts the evolving styles of Western art during the past 3,000 years. I am asking the reader to stop and scrutinize each picture as if it were a devotional image in a prayer book. My picture choices were certainly influenced by my childhood experiences in church. For example, the Byzantine mosaic of St. John Chrysostom in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia recalls the gilt statues in St. Anthony's depicting the martyred twin brothers Sts. Cosmas and Damian, born in third-century Cilicia (now Turkey). And Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych, with its rows of snapshots of Marilyn Monroe as a cheesecake Madonna, is really a holy icon screen like the one in the Eastern Rite church in industrial Pittsburgh where Warhol was baptized.
Although I am an atheist, a religious perspective shapes my view of art—from the first work in my book, a somber wall painting of Isis in Queen Nefertari's tomb, to Picasso's epochal Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a brothel scenario that I interpret as a pagan epiphany of ferocious sex goddesses.
One of my premises is that the current malaise in the fine arts is partly due to the rote secularism of the Western professional class, who inhabit a sophisticated but increasingly soulless high-tech world. The revolution of my 1960s generation was about more than politics. Our new multiculturalism also embraced world religions, not as moralistic belief systems but as epic poems conveying spiritual truths about the universe.
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I liked your article. But I doubt that you are an Atheist!
Posted by Richard Brewste on February 14,2013 | 10:33 AM
Thank you for writing this article!...Thought I'd share what happened concerning Frank Gehry and the Eisenhower Memorial; http://sabinhowardsculpture.blogspot.com/2012/12/what-happened-with-frank-gehry-on.html#comment-form Best regards, Sabin Howard
Posted by sabin howard on December 10,2012 | 10:00 AM
I think this sums up the article: Kids today! If you don't like the art I like, well, you're doing it wrong. And get off my lawn.
Posted by Kate on December 4,2012 | 07:35 PM
One can almost hear the author mutter, "Kids today" as she trudges ten miles barefoot through the snow to work...
Posted by Ronald Bourret on December 4,2012 | 03:47 PM
continued You said: "One of my premises is that the current malaise in the fine arts is partly due to the rote secularism of the Western professional class, who inhabit a sophisticated but increasingly soulless high-tech world." I think it is BECAUSE of the "soulless high-tech world" that people turn to art. If you put art blogs in the search engine you get about 1,520,000,000 results! With quilling you get about 385,000 results. I believe art is doing well and I believe it will increase in importance as more and more people seek relief from the stressors of our ever increasing fast paced world. Even Martha Stewart has joined the Quilling world. And thankfully with the internet more and more people will spread their artistic wings.
Posted by Charlotte Stubbs on November 13,2012 | 04:06 PM
The quilled art work shown is wonderful. I love the various techniques she used in this piece. I too love using monotone colors in my quilled art. I've been quilling for over 50 years and I'm still learning new things or inventing new techniques. As a disabled Quillest (Quilling artist) I've had to learn to do things differently. Thank goodness for adaptive tools and the internet. The number of other Quillests I meet online stimulate me and allow me to "push the envelope" when I quill. When I first started quilling (at age 5) there were limited colors in the quilling strips available and no tools. I learned to quill using a corsage pin. And I didn't know anyone who quilled. During the 60-70's it seemed that everyone was creating art including quilling. And then the number dwindled. But I see another resurgence of quilling thanks to the internet. As for being worried about the future of the arts...I'm not. Most kids love learning how to create things and even though our world is much faster now many still take the time to enjoy themselves by creating art. Everyday more people join the various art groups on the net. The work these "amateurs" create is original, beautiful and are often pushing the envelope. Many of us teach quilling to others. The number of creative blogs, galleries, websites and groups is huge. The internet has brought art into the lives of all classes and groups of people. continued in next box.
Posted by Charlotte Stubbs on November 13,2012 | 04:06 PM
Dear Camille, as long as we are thinking there will be beautiful and inspiring art in the world. I live in a small town where I see young artists emerging and growing. I see children playing outdoors and exploring their world. I see adults learning crafts outside of the workplace...trying to balance their lives and walk away for a moment to breathe...by walking away from the computer and the phone. I invite you to walk away for one instant from the harried world you live in...and take a walk outside. You are surely welcome to visit our small part of the world.
Posted by Melissa Walter on November 13,2012 | 10:21 AM
While reading Camille Paglia's definition of beauty and her bleak assessment of the future of art, I have to wonder if the author has forgotten history. Many of the "traditional" works of art Ms. Paglia embraces were created when artists, such as Picasso and Warhol, pushed the boundaries of art by experimenting with media and newly-invented styles. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, and while I too appreciate many "traditional" works of art, I value even more the limitless imagination of the creative spirit. I commend Ms. Paglia in her quest to share the art she loves with others. I hope, too, that she will share her love of art.
Posted by Annette Procyson on October 29,2012 | 09:17 PM
Please explain what exactly is pretentious about this article, Tito.
Posted by Dolph on October 29,2012 | 11:21 AM
are you two voting democrat by any chance?
Posted by mordor on October 28,2012 | 02:30 AM
So pretentious.
Posted by tito on October 28,2012 | 06:51 PM
"One of my premises is that the current malaise in the fine arts is partly due to the rote secularism of the Western professional class, who inhabit a sophisticated but increasingly soulless high-tech world." Why do editors hire this writer for anything? "[T]hey lack the patience to steadily contemplate a single image—a complex static object such as a great painting or sculpture." Utterly ridiculous. She needs better students. The students I have in mathematics have no such trouble. Shame on you, Smithsonian Magazine. I expect better from trolls in comment sections on wingnut sites.
Posted by RC on October 28,2012 | 11:50 AM
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Big praise for small village school
Last updated at 20:10, Thursday, 26 July 2012
A West Cumbrian school which failed its government inspection in 2009 has since turned into a good school where pupils, parents and carers are "exceptionally" happy.
St Matthew's Primary School in Westnewton, near Aspatria, was told by inspectors in 2009 that it was failing to give pupils an adequate education.
Now, three years later, Ofsted visited the 30-pupil school at the end of last month and said it was a "good" school, just falling short of excellence.
The report said: "Parents and carers believe that their children are well taught and the inspector found this to be the case. All pupils believe they learn a lot in lessons and they do."
Throughout the school pupils made good progress, said the report.
By the time they leave their overall attainment in core subjects is above average, although English is stronger than mathematics.
The lessons are fast paced and challenging and enjoyed by pupils who are also well-behaved.
The inspectors praised the headteacher, assistant head and governors and were impressed by the way children were integrated into the school as new pupils and moved from reception to the older classes.
The report added: "The proportion of pupils reaching the higher levels in mathematics by the time they leave school could be greater."
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ASJ said he's got the blessing from Coach Sark. Who promised ASJ when he came to UW that'd have the chance to play both sports"Percy goes on to say "Romar said the 6-6 freshman will practice today with the team, but doesn't expect he'll play tomorrow against Seattle University."
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The Panama Marine Resource Foundation had 32 boats, 121 anglers, and organized six local fishing lodges to host their "The Great Panama Fishing Challenge" Tuna/Marlin/Dorado Tournament on May 17 and 18, 2013. No small feat in it's first attempt as they were also able to attract big name sponsors such as...Shimano, Oakley, Suzuki, Rapala, Braid Products. Local sponsors Alta Pesca, The Fishing Store, Panama Red Rum, Pride of Panama Cigars, and Daisy also donated to the 1st annual event to benefit the sustainability of Panama's fishery for future generations.
We were fortunate to host the event's main sponsor Shimano Latin America here at Propiedad de Paradise Lodge on Isla Paridas. Representing Team Shimano were Elmer Alfafara, Bruno Egawa, and Thierry Kiou that were here to test out some new Shimano products including the brand new model Stella spinning reels and the new Orca top water lures.
Also here for tournament, and the days preceding, were South California's own Al Brandenburg, Leon Bundy, and Andy Rafkin. The couple of days before the tourney these guys were able to get some practice in and experience some awesome Panama Tuna frenzy action! Right out of the gate, on the first day, I found a large area of activity with birds and Porpoises just north of Isla Montuosa. We eventually came across a massive baitball with wildly feeding Tunas! Multiple hook ups on 100# plus fish and complete Panama Yellowfin Tuna mayhem was the welcoming committee for these guys!
Check out the video of the bait ball and exploding Tunas here.....
The guys were a bit sore from pulling on all the Tunas and wanted to switch it up and try some inshore action in the next day. We made the 18 mile run from Isla Paridas to Islas Secas and we missed our chances at a couple of decent fish but ended up releasing a couple small Cuberas. In the afternoon we headed back toward Isla Paridas and wound up with a pair of nice Roosterfish right in front of the lodge!
The next two days we had a full house at the lodge for the tournament. Team Shimano fished on the "Scandalous" with Captain Bartolo and the boys from SoCal fished with me on the "TOP Cat". They couldn't have chosen better dates because, as usual this time of year, both days were full on Yellowfin Tuna madness!
First day day of the derby we ran to Isla Montuosa to see if the action was still in the same area. En route we caught a 20# Dorado we found near a floating log. Which incidentally, was one of only two Dorados weighed in the whole tournament. As we eventually arrived at Isla Montuosa we got pummelled by a massive thunderstorm. There was no way getting around it so we decided to head toward Hannibal Bank and blast strait through it. It took a few miles to get to the blue skies on the other side of it and then we came across a big mark on the radar! We came across a big school of busting/feeding bonito. We pick up a few for the tuna tubes and slow troll a bridled Blue Runner & and Bonito around the school to see if there are any predators sniffing around. Sure enough the short Blue Runner gets eaten, the 5/0 Shimano Tiagra starts to scream, and were tight on a big fish! After about 10 minutes it's strange because the fish isn't fighting like a YFT...it's staying up on top and not diving strait down like a Tuna normally does. I'm thinking we're hooked up on a shark like happens sometimes when fishing around large schools of bait. As soon a I open my mouth to say "shark" a 350# Black Marlin sky rockets out of the water, jumps three times, and spits the hook!! Missed shot at a 100 point Marlin release! We continue on to Hannibal Bank and it's dead. A bunch of long liners anchored up on the high spot as usual this time of year and no fish. We search around some more and south of Isla Montuosa but find nada. Eventually I get a call from another Panamanian Captain friend of mine and he tells me that he's on a big school of Porpoises with Tuna at Isla Ladrones. It's 28 miles away but he says that it "vale la pena" or it's worth it! We make the run and sure enough it's another large area of YFT mahem. The center of activity was a lost floating bait pen (used by commercial long liners to attract and keep Tunas in one area) that had broke loose and was now keeping the fish around us. Bartolo came over with Team Shimano and we all had about an hour and a half of contant action around this school. I was able to get this footage on my GoPro Hero3.....
One after the other our Blue Runners were getting eaten and the guys took turns until we had our two Tuna per angler limit to weight in back at the lodge. Our biggest YFT for the day was only a 110# caught by Theirry Kiou. But the impressive part was that he caught it on a Shimano Tranx 500 baitcaster matched with a Terez rod!
The second day of the tournament was alot like the first but we got all the action near the lodge around Isla Ladrones. Both boats limited out again with YFT and we got back to the lodge a little earlier to enjoy some sushi and cocktails! Out of all the contestants we wound up with 3rd place, the Shimano crew was able to put the screws to a bunch a big Yellowfin Tunas and thoroughly test it's gear, and we all had a great time! We are looking forward to next year's tournament to further enhance the awareness of the Panama Marine Resource Foundation and it's worthy cause. Enjoy the pictures....
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great photos!! and the marlin free jumping, niice. impressive vid of the baitball with the tunas crashin it, i'm jealous...
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Housing market seemingly making a real recovery June housing starts up six point 9% from may July -- -- confidence came in.
I hear high in July and -- well there at record lows but.
Today we learned existing home sales -- unexpected get to the lowest level in eight months.
But that was still better than the same month last year again in terms of the existing home sales so what is a homeowner to make of all of this or just an investor in general.
Where are we really in this housing recovery let's bring in Anthony Sanders Anthony is a finance professor.
George Mason University wonderful to have you back with us so what do you make of it they seem to be just an.
Outrageous and -- of statistics out that it gauge the housing market what is the true health.
Well the true health -- is that it's a purgatory.
Cannot we're not we're not recovering we're not going down assist lying they're.
-- And the -- if we take a look at a couple of key indicators an -- into the existing home sales -- wasn't surprised by that.
Because yesterday morning the M -- mortgage bankers association's.
Purchase applications cannot.
And there are literally just flat -- flat -- -- is that no one indicator quick study watching taste to it to follow the housing market to get the best reading.
Well again mortgage bankers association's purchase apps is a great want to look at you can follow the case Shiller F and C home indices.
Those are very useful.
But again like -- this morning the NAR reports housing prices are up but once again if you can't get a loan or no -- borrowing money how much of that is this gonna.
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So we know all of this is going on against the backdrop of a broader weakening economy we know foreclosures continue to rise and there's a huge backlog of properties about to foreclose.
What do you think it is there a magic recipe if you will do we need to let those foreclosures just clear out of the system is it just a matter of time is there another catalyst.
Well absolutely -- they gotta give the foreclosures out into the market which is gonna have downward pressure on house prices ultimately.
That's why -- little blip up in housing prices.
I think we choose particularly positive side things misleading -- tell -- one thing.
In next year they're gonna get Dodd-Frank is gonna be implemented for the banks.
And so far they -- they've written rules and regulations for.
Of Dodd-Frank and it's already up to 8800.
Pages which would go to little forecasting that is Dodd-Frank is gonna be.
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You know that's not gonna help the housing market this is gonna put a further dampening on the the mortgage applications to purchase more.
Yes a disrespect this theme of over -- her patient there's so much paperwork to your point Anthony thank you this restraint -- Yeah it's it's tough tough times Anthony Sanders thank you.
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3 Jan 2013For an east coast edition of Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag, we visited Newfoundland and tried moose for the first time. Our guest chef on the episode was Jeremy Charles and he shared his restaurant's signature moose ravioli dish with us. Such friendly folks, those Newfoundlanders!
If you have only a week to travel in Newfoundland, you must explore the Viking Trail.
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Trinity: A true Newfoundland treasure
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Zita Cobb transformed a dwindling community off the coast of Newfoundland into a creative hub where artists and architects come together to take inspiration from the beautiful landscape.
New Year's Eve at Raymonds restaurant in St. John's, N.L., will feature a luxurious 12-course tasting menu of seafood and wild game crafted by celebrated chef Jeremy Charles.
Fogo Island - A Paradise of Newfoundland Sights
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20 Nov 2012We head to Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland to discover the secrets of the lively bread.
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10 Oct 2012Outpost Magazine takes a hike along the Alexander Murray Hiking Trail in King's Point.
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27 Sep 2012UPPER AMHERST COVE, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR — The view alone makes a trip to Katie Hayes' new establishment in rural Newfoundland worth the drive.
Newfoundland: North America's most easterly point with a budding foodie scene. Fine dining choices, a gastro-pub, and a seaside escape make for an epicurean adventure in Canada.
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In the eternal struggle to find a place to get away from it all, one small Canadian fishing village is providing travelers with the perfect blend of natural beauty, artistic inspiration and service few far-flung places offer these days.
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"What kinds of pie do you have tonight?" the man sitting by the window asked. He and I were both eating dinner in a café in the outport of Cow Head, N.L.
CORNER BROOK — There are numerous interesting places that professional geologists and amateur rock lovers would love to explore on the island of Newfoundland...
I heard the couple from Alberta grumbling about the Green Garden Trail a minute or two before I saw them.
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MONTPELIER – Vermont's elementary and middle school students are showing improvements in their writing skills, but math scores remain virtually unchanged, according the results from the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) released today.
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Pad Yatra: A Green Oddyssey is presented as part of NUTV's environmentally-themed Greenlite Arts Festival. Shot with solar power by Ladakhi monk Ngawang Sodpa, the film features United Nations MDG Honoree H.H. the Gyalwang Drukpa and supporter Aamir Khan. The film is executive produced by Michelle Yeoh, narrated by Daryl Hannah, and it is the debut feature project of writer/director Wendy J.N. Lee.
This film's story opens in Ladakh, India ("Little Tibet"), during the aftermath of a freak weather phenomenon known as a cloudburst. Several inches of rain fall in the first sixty seconds, decimating the area with an apocalyptic cascade of mudslides and flash floods. As incidences like this increase over time, entire cultures are now under threat of dispersion, not by the hand of genocide or war, but by the climate chaos associated with global warming.
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Screenplay : Scott Hicks and Jan Sardi
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Year of Release : 1996
Stars : Geoffery Rush (David Helfgott), Armin Mueller-Stah (Peter Helfgott), Noah Taylor (Adolescent David), Lynn Redgrave (Gillian), John Gielgud (Cecil Parks)
Scott Hicks' "Shine" tells the story of a man who is almost ruined by his own gift. The man's name is David Helfgott, and he was an Australian child prodigy, a boy whose gift for playing the piano was so extraordinary that he seemed immediately destined for greatness.
Unfortunately, David's life was ruled by his father, Peter (Armin Mueller-Stah). Their relationship is solidified early in the film when it shows David, after losing a talent competition, skipping behind his father who stalks with his head down, grimacing. The second his sister sees them coming up the sidewalk, she says, "Oh, no, David didn't win." Or later, when David pauses after being asked on stage what he's willing to give to his music, Peter frantically cries out from backstage, telling him what to say: "Everything! Everything!"
Peter Helfgott was a Polish Jew who lost most of his family in the Holocaust, and therefore he wanted to keep tight control over his family. The central conflict in "Shine" is that Peter pushes his son to make the most of his gift ("You must always win!" he tells him), yet when that gift begins to blossom and take David with it, Peter won't let him go. When David gets the chance to go to America to study music, to everyone else it seems like the just reward for a talented boy, but Peter can only see it as willful destruction of his family, something he won't allow.
If Peter had been shown only as the tyrannical patriarch of a bullied family, the film would have been one-dimensional and slight. But the screenplay by Hicks and Jan Sardi paints him in several different strokes, showing that he was a hard worker and a dedicated father. He was capable of tenderness, but he was also capable of extreme violence, such as when he whips David repeatedly with a wet towel after finding out he urinated in the bathtub.
David, on the other hand, is more like his timid mother than his father. He is quiet and introverted, somewhat nerdish with his greasy hair and goofy glasses. He looks like the class clown until he sits before a keyboard, and then you realize what gifts reside in his frail body. He is portrayed magnificently in all three stages of his life: as a young boy by Alex Rafalowicz, as an adolescent by Noah Taylor, and as an adult by Geoffery Rush.
David finally gathers the will to revolt against his father when he is offered a scholarship to attend the Royal College of Music in London. This decision is a terrible, emotionally distraught moment because David is forced to choose between his father, and the abilities his father pushed him to develop. "If you leave now, you will never be able to come back through that door," Peter tells him. And the audience knows he means it.
At the Royal College of Music, David studies under an old master (Sir John Gielgud). David's goal is to play the difficult Rachmaninov Concierto No. 3, a piece his father had wanted him to master since he was a child. Much is made of the nature of the "Rach 3" and the level of emotion is takes to play it out. Gielgud tells him that the Concierto is like two contradicting halves, showing how the piece of music is so much like David's relationship to his father. When he finally steps on stage to play it, the emotion pours forth, but it is too much for him to handle. Years of pressure to be the best and the realization that he has achieved the goals of a father who has disowned him are too much, and he collapses on stage in a nervous breakdown.
As an adult, David spends much of that time in the care of a mental institution, where he talks in a rapid, excessive chatter that loops back on words and employs endless repetition that usually delves into meaninglessness. He laughs incessantly and always wants to hold onto someone. He seems almost disturbingly affectionate toward everyone he meets, and any traces of the introverted genius of his childhood are gone. No longer allowed to play the piano under doctor's orders, David's life loses meaning, and there's no telling how many years have wasted away. Several people try to help him, but his true salvation comes in the form of Gillian (Lynn Redgrave), an astrologer who falls in love with him, marries him, and helps him get back on stage, doing what he does best.
Although "Shine" does some time jumping, it is almost evenly divided between David's childhood and his adulthood. The first half is infinitely better than the second half, and I find it ironic that when people think of this film, they think of the great performance by Geoffery Rush. His acting is superb, but the part of the film he inhabits doesn't feel as full as the first half. It seems a bit rushed, and I never fully accepted his marriage to Gillian. The film doesn't take enough time to follow their relationship, and it never rings true why she would fall in love with this endlessly smiling, blabbering, breast-groping man. I suppose we're supposed to assume that she's so charmed by his spirit that she couldn't help herself, but it never feels quite right.
Hicks uses a variety of cinematic tricks such as point-of-view, slow motion and sound distortion to convey the David's conflicting emotions. He makes great use of water imagery -- reflective beads of rain on car hoods, overflowing sinks, glistening bands of sweat and slow motion shots of water dripping from a faucet.
Water has always been a symbol of rejuvenation, whether that be Christian baptism or a cleansing bath. It is obviously the sense of a victorious recovery of life that attracted Hicks to David's story in the first place.
As David stands triumphant on stage once again at the end of the film, you are stabbed with the reminder that his life never should have taken the turns it did. Like everything else in this world, genius is a fragile thing, and it's a shame that his was almost destroyed. The fact that he is now on tour again is testament to the strength of the human spirit, and it's ability to persevere.
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