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A contemporary fantasy about two sisters who were raised to be fierce dragon slayers but end up on opposite sides of the impending war when one sister forms an unlikely, magical bond with a dragon.
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In the city of Eldra, people are ruled by ancient prophecies. For centuries, the high council has stayed in power by virtue of the prophecies of the elder seers. After the last infallible prophecy came to pass, growing unrest led to murders and an eventual rebellion that raged for more than a decade.
In the present day, Cassa, the orphaned daughter of rebels, is determined to fight back against the high council, which governs Eldra from behind the walls of the citadel. Her only allies are no-nonsense Alys, easygoing Evander, and perpetually underestimated Newt, and Cassa struggles to come to terms with the legacy of rebellion her dead parents have left her — and the fear that she may be inadequate to shoulder the burden. But by the time Cassa and her friends uncover the mystery of the final infallible prophecy, it may be too late to save the city — or themselves.
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VERDICT: Soria's stand-alone fantasy novel will resonate with fans of Mackenzi Lee's The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and Veronica Roth's 'Divergent' series." (School Library Journal)
"This tale of friendship, political intrigue, power, and love is a delight. Soria gives readers characters to invest in, and a situation to trigger conversation without the overblown, overinvolved writing of some fantasies." (Booklist)
"The four protagonists are drawn in strong lines, their personalities bold and distinct with some swoony romance between the two boys and welcome diversity regarding body shape and sexuality…readers will be able to follow the twists and turns through to the satisfying conclusion." (The Horn Book)
"…genuinely satisfying…The premise, based around "infallible prophecies," raises interesting questions about free will…This is a thrilling adventure story." (Kirkus)
In 1919, Ada Navarra—the intrepid daughter of immigrants—and Corinne Wells—a spunky, devil-may-care heiress—make an unlikely pair. But at the Cast Iron nightclub in Boston, anything and everything is possible. At night, on stage together, the two best friends, whose "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art, weave magic under the employ of Johnny Dervish, the club's owner and a notorious gangster. By day, Ada and Corinne use these same skills to con the city's elite in an attempt to keep the club afloat.
When a "job" goes awry and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes they're on the precipice of danger. Only Corinne—her partner in crime—can break her out of Haversham Asylum. But once Ada is out, they face betrayal at every turn.
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"Energetic and original, this alternative history, fantasy, and mystery mashup with its pair of smart, resourceful, flawed but engaging heroines never disappoints." (Kirkus)
"Hand this entrancing historical fantasy to fans of Libba Bray's Diviners series or anyone who likes their magic on the seamier side." (Booklist)
"Stories of the diverse cast of flawed and complicated characters striving to do better complement the solid female friendship at the core of this absorbing novel… Mystery and fantasy blend well in this witty title filled with twists and fast-paced action." (School Library Journal)
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Don?t expect Cricinfo? or the Indian media to write anything inspirational about this performance. Unfortunately, even many of us express deep pessimism about our cricket on the discussion board here. The first ODI was a psychological victory for our battered team; and regardless of how much Indian commentators and media say that the game was out our reach despite a narrow escape by India, the facts stand as they are. Why was India?s margin of victory only 11 runs? Rejoice, weary fans, you have much to be happy about in this:
IND vs. BD 1st ODI Reportcard
by Masum Billah
Published: 24th December, 2004
Don?t expect Cricinfo? or Indian the media to write anything inspirational
about this performance. Unfortunately, even many of us express deep pessimism
about our cricket on the discussion board here. The first ODI was a psychological
victory for our battered team; and regardless of how much Indian commentators
and media say that the game was out our reach despite a narrow escape by India,
the facts stand as they are. Why was India?s margin of victory only 11
runs? Rejoice, weary fans, you have much to be happy about in this:
Well, informed fans know what cost us the match despite inspired performances
by the bowlers, fielders and by some of our batsmen. We hit 17 fours compared
to their 22. This demure batting, especially at the beginning cost us dearly.
Getting into that, let?s do a little grading of our performers, shall
A Captain's Knock
The Skipper: Finally, he?s shaking off the rust from
his injured past. The proverbial Captain?s knock came true in the first
ODI. Bashar played a composed 96-ball-65 with six fours. What impressed me the
most is that the innings was chanceless ?til he got out. He even took
a couple of his dangerous pull shots, but cautiously this time. He mixed this
shot with a distinct twist of the wrist that changed the angle of the flight
of the ball, dropping it safely in the gaps. We can forgive him for that one
catch he dropped. Just like Wasim Akram said, ?this sort of things do
happen in One Day games.? Bashar gets an ?A?.
Aftab: He also gets an ?A? for his efforts. In
this, I am considering the extra pressure he was under when he came in. After
settling down, he did come alive. His 30 off 49, along with Bashar?s knock,
rebuilt our innings nicely after we were 43-3. His picking of Harbhajan over
his shoulder to fine leg was the definitely the shot of the match. His bowling
was pretty decent also.
Khaled Mahmud Sujon: Now we know why he?s still around,
and in the team. This was a wonderful effort by this aging cricketer. Khaled
Mahmud bowled very decently, keeping most of his deliveries spot on. He was
admired by the likes of Wasim and Arunlal. His knock of 21 off 17 was exactly
what we needed at that point of the game. That one square cut was priceless
for it?s timing and feathery touch. Sujon gets an ?A? also.
Khaled Mashud Pilot: As usual, he was brilliant, our Man-of
the-Match for sure. His back-to-back dismissal of Sriram and Dhonia came at
such a crucial time, it brought us back to the match. His 39-ball-50* was indeed
the knock of the whole match. He brought us very close to delivering a defeat
to India. An ?A+? for sure.
Taposh Baisya and Najmu Hossainl: Both get a ?B+?
for their efforts. Taposh has been maturing nicely for last one year. He still
need to put the ball in the right spot during the clutch overs. Nazmul is just
starting out. He needs to hone his skills now to make the best use of his natural
talents in the near future. He?s making remarkable improvements in every
Mohammad Rafique: Can?t blame him for that out while
opening, thanks to a magnificent pluck by Yuvraj. An ?A? for Rafique?s
bowling, no surprises there. I think we still need to try him in the opener?s
spot as a left-hander, especially since we may not have a better solution at
present. He?s got the power to hit the ball, brings in the element of
disregard we so essentially need for the opening bowler.
Nafis Iqbal: He clams up in big matches, even his fans know
that. We?ve seen this before many times at different stages of his career.
The difference this time was, he hung on, even barely so. In the process, he
wasted many deliveries, costing us the early momentum, may be even the match.
Nafis did not look comfortable for a moment, during his 52-ball long stay for
9. I will grade him a ?C? and ask him to take a
make-up test in the next match.
Rajin Saleh: Unimpressive, what else can I say? He looked
especially vulnerable to spin bowling, playing them without much clue. His run
of bad form just isn?t a fluke, he is genuinely lacking technique. Rajin
needs coaching with batting basics if he is to continue with the national side.
He gets a ?C?.
Mohammad Ashraful: Excused for this match. Try next time,
Mushfiqur Rahman Babu: Dare I say anything about him? This
will open up a can of worms: ?Why was he selected??, ?How
does he manage to get picked??.. so on & so forth. As for this last
match, he had a lucky wicket and an unlucky lbw out. Mushfiq?s bowling
leaves a lot to be desired. He did not get to show his mettle in this match,
some due to circumstances. Well, he didn?t make a blunder in anything
and hung on to the catch that came to him. That ought to count for some credits,
considering our team?s ?unforced error? ration being quite
high. Let?s be kind and give him a ?B-?. Having said that,
I know ten thousand more words will be written about our team strategy and filling
the position of the alrounder with the right guy.
The Team: The team gets an ?A? for this effort.
Keep up the good work, iron out the kinks and try for a better show in the next
match. I must thank the Indian team for keeping their tour commitment by finally
showing up. These Tests and ODIs are perfect preperation for us before Zimbabwe?s
tour of Bangladesh begins.
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It's never easy to write about these kind of events. Yes, I rode for a long time, it was difficult and I'm stoked on the accomplishment. But the adventure, camaraderie and even spiritual (yeah, I wrote it, what?) parts can barely be articulated. My crew: Morgan, Max and Chris, were so exceptional and supportive and best of all super fun! Around 1am, as we traversed Death Valley into 40 MPH winds, the van rolled up next to me at 5 MPH, my average speed for most of the night, just in time for me to see Chris puke out the window. Quite a sight with the winds! Did it slow him down as a valuable crew member? Nope. We laughed about it. Spent a lot of time laughing, even more so when conditions were worse. And that's what I love about 'being out there'. The bike is merely a medium, as I've said before.
I did have some important goals for this race. One was getting up Townes Pass (the 11-mile climb into Death Valley) in the light in order to 1) have less time for car-sick prone Chris to have to follow behind 2) do the 50 MPH descent a little more safely. The extra benefit was the stunning beauty of the sunset. This is my favorite time to ride. Another goal was to swim at the Furnace Creek Inn at mile 254, which we did successfully. Though eight fewer minutes swimming and I would gotten 9th. Haha. It was worth it. I tried to make up the time by bunny-hopping the cattle guards (did 4 of 5).
I recommend reading the AdventureCORPS post-race write-up and this story on Charlie Engle who owns the the record for fastest combined Badwater ultra-marathon and Furnace Creek 508 in the same year. He's articulated the course and race very well.
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Once upon a time, according to the historians of life-writing, only the Great wrote autobiographies and memoirs: great kings and leaders, great artists, great geniuses. But toward the end of the twentieth century, the Freudian/Modernist inquiry into subjectivity, the Marxist valorization of the common person's role in history, and poststructuralism's interest in social location as a (or the) determinant of identity all conspired to lay the groundwork for a burgeoning of the genre. At the turn of the millennium, the field includes dozens of permutations, but, in this seminar, we will concentrate on coming-of-age memoirs, using the insights of narrative theory to explore the choices writers have made (of incident, of persona, of chronological revelation, of tone). To understand first hand the demands of such choices, students will compose and workshop a ten-page work of life-writing in addition to completing a linked series of short scholarly essays that will prepare them to write their final seminar paper. Our texts may be drawn from among the following: Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a Face, Mary Karr's The Liar's Club, Li Young Lee's The Winged Seed, Kim Barnes's In the Wilderness, Peter Balakian's Black Dog of Fate , Kathryn Harrison's The Kiss, Mark Doty's Firebird, Greg Bottom's Angelhead, Antwone Fisher's Finding Fish, Marie Arana's American Chica, Jimmy Santiago Baca's A Place to Stand , Dave Eggers's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Linda Hogan's The Woman Who Watches Over the World, and Nasdijj's The Blood Runs Like A River Through My Dreams. This course is offered in the fall semester. Not offered 2005-2006.
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(CNN) — Trade unions claiming 240,000 members are throwing their weight behind anti-government demonstrations across Turkey.
The KESK confederation of public sector workers was calling a two-day strike starting Tuesday to protest what it called the "fascism" of the governing party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has become one of the focal points of demonstrators' anger.
They have united demonstrators from across the political spectrum against a common foe: security forces who unleashed tear gas and water cannon on them in response to what had been largely peaceful protests against Erdogan's government.
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc on Tuesday apologized "for the police aggression against our citizens who were involved in the initial protests and acted with environmental concern," Turkey's semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported.
The Turkish Medical Association claimed that at least 3,195 people had been injured in clashes Sunday and Monday. Only 26 of them were in serious or critical condition, it said.
One protester, Mehmet Ayvalitas, died of his injuries, the association said. And the governor of Hatay in southeastern Turkey said that a 22-year-old man, Abdulah Comert, was killed with a firearm by unknown suspects during demonstrations late Monday, Anadolu reported.
The medical association reported that the bulk of the injuries occurred in Istanbul, where the protests began before spreading to Ankara, Izmir, Adana and other locations.
Relative calm
After chaotic scenes in the streets Monday that continued late into the night and sent tear gas wafting through the air, the situation was relatively calm on Tuesday morning in Istanbul's central Taksim Square, near the park where the protest movement began.
Barricades remain up around the square and Erdogan's opponents appear determined to continue the demonstrations despite the prime minister's comment Monday that he expects the situation to return to normal "within a few days."
The protests began after plans were made to raze Gezi Park, the last green space in central Istanbul, and replace it with a replica of 19th-century Ottoman barracks. The development would contain a shopping mall.
What began as a sit-in by a handful of angry residents quickly grew into a larger protest. Riot police moved in, using tear gas and pepper spray. Protesters responded by hurling bottles, setting up barricades, blocking bulldozers and burning trash in the middle of the street.
Then, outraged by the behavior of security forces, demonstrators began attacking police. The protests have since morphed into larger complaints against Erdogan, whom protesters call paternalistic and authoritarian.
Police criticized
International groups including Amnesty International have criticized the police response as excessive. In Ankara Sunday night, a CNN crew witnessed authorities roughing up at least one protester. One police officer kicked a CNN videographer, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reported, and a CNN crew in Istanbul Sunday also witnessed bloodied protesters.
Erdogan, who left the country Monday on a four-day trip to North Africa, has responded by dismissing the demonstrations as the work of "extreme elements" and marginal groups.
"My smart citizens will recognize this, then they will give them the right lesson," he said.
But Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul, took a somewhat more conciliatory tone Monday, saying "the messages sent in good faith have been received."
In Istanbul, the crowds have been chanting "Tayyip resign" — referring to Erdogan — and "Shoulder to shoulder against fascism."
The protests have spread to 67 of Turkey's 81 provinces, according to Anadolu.
Opposition pushing back
Hugh Pope, a senior Turkey analyst with the International Crisis Group, called the protests "completely unprecedented" and said Erdogan was caught off guard. Most demonstrators, Pope said, are "overwhelmingly ordinary people" who simply want their voices heard.
"However, there are other demonstrators who are somewhat more opportunistic in the left-wing factions who normally don't get much in the way of airtime in Turkey and are camped on Taksim Square," Pope said.
Erdogan has defiantly praised his government's accomplishments in overseeing a decade of strong economic growth in Turkey.
His party has won the past three elections, most recently securing 49.95% of the vote in 2011.
"What you have is essentially a large group of Turks who feel alienated from this government, in power for 10 years," said Richard Haass, a Middle East analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington.
"It's increasingly a one-party country. All the politics happen within it. The opposition is weak, divided, feckless," he said. "You have a lot of people in Turkey who feel both alienated and intimidated by the government, and this is the way they decided to push back."
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KennyTheKangaroo wrote:NJ5934 wrote:
The issue is Therrien. Shero obviously saw the need for guys like Ruutu, Laraque and Roberts (I think its in Shero's blood). You can have 10 tough guys, but if the coach insists they go out and trap, there isn't going to be too much room for hitting.
Ruutu and BGL wanted alot of money for 3rd and 4th line role players, and you are going to throw MT under the bus for letting those guys go?
No, your missing my point. I don't think Ruutu and Laraque had the liberty to play their game the way they did previously on other clubs. My point is that your not getting the full value for 'tough guys' in Pittsburgh because the coach is committed to such a structured trap. Not that I'm bashing MT, I'm not, but my knock on him has always been his so called "system" (aka TRAP) does not take into account the talent of guys like Crosby and Malkin. That's the theory behind the trap; its just as effective when you have an entire lineup of 3rd liners (or AHL'ers for that matter). I think fans (myself included) have waited a long time to see the talent this team has been able to compile and a high energy, open style of play would be more appropriate (and entertaining) considering the talent we have. That is not Therrien's game though, he doesn't know it and he doesn't teach it.
Everyone thought when we signed Godard, he would be running all over the ice destroying everything that moves, namely because Laraque didn't. We will never see anything of the sort, not as long as Therrien is behind the bench.


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Gary O'Connell: The man behind the curtain
After almost eight years as Charlottesville's city manager, Gary O'Connell's strategy for keeping his five bosses on City Council happy is pretty simple. "When good things happen, they get the credit. When bad things happen, I try to fix them."
O'Connell likes to fix things quietly from behind the scenes. "I'm not an on-the-front-page-of-the-paper sort of city manager," he says. "They don't last long." And after 22 years working for the City of Charlottesville, O'Connell seems to know whereof he speaks.
His father, a doctor, instilled in the young O'Connell the desire to make a positive difference in other people's lives– but the future city exec knew he didn't want to be a doctor. After being intrigued with government in college, he worked in a city manager's office one summer.
"I was always fascinated with policy," admits O'Connell. "There were job opportunities in the federal government, but city government is closer to people. You can see the difference and be a part of it."
Despite a steady line-up of meetings, O'Connell says there's a lot of variety in his job: "I get to work on all kinds of different things and meet different people under different circumstances."
The worst part of his job is the demanding schedule. His day starts early with exercise around 5:30am, and he's in the office by 8 or 8:30. When he leaves around 6, it isn't to call it a day. He goes home to dinner– and then returns to the office.
O'Connell compares himself to a cop who looks for signs of trouble when out patrolling the beat. "For me to relax," he says, "I've got to get out of Charlottesville."
After being here for more than two decades, O'Connell takes satisfaction in watching the changes that have improved life in this city, whether it's the school system or community projects like Tonsler Park. It's that making-a-positive-difference thing.
And his nightmare city manager job? "A place with 50 or 60 council members."
Age: 52
What brought you here? My job. I came to Charlottesville 22 years ago thinking I could be here a few years, and, like many, found this a great community and stayed.
What's worst about living here? Too many people are finding out what a great place Charlottesville is and are moving here. The secret is out.
Favorite hangout? Front steps of the Rotunda at dawn and coffeehouses on the Downtown Mall
Most overrated virtue? Patience and flexibility
What would people be surprised to know about you? I was in a rock-n-roll band, the Shooting Stars.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? More hair on my head
What accomplishment are you proudest of? Being city manager of a great city, and I have to add my family– my wife and three sons.
What do people find most annoying about you? Sometimes I don't listen very well.
Whom do you admire? It's a cliché: Thomas Jefferson.
Favorite book? Anything by Stuart Woods
What subject causes you to rant? My boat when it doesn't start
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? Change in technology
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? It's going by too fast.
What do you drive? An Isuzu and a Fuji bicycle
What's in your car CD/tape player right now? Books on tape: How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill, and of course, the Dave Matthews Band
What's your next journey? To Paris and Bulgaria
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? I'll never tell.
What do you regret? Probably agreeing to do this interview
Favorite comfort food? Sushi
What's always in your refrigerator? Jar of pepperoncini peppers
Must-see TV? Sports, especially the NCAA basketball Final Four
Favorite cartoon? When I was a kid, Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse brought lots of smiles.
Describe a perfect day. Fantastic fishing trip in an exotic place
Walter Mitty fantasy? Sailing around the world
Who'd play you in the movie? Jimmy Stewart
Most embarrassing moment? Backing into a police car
Best advice you ever got? A Walt Disney quote that my father used often inspired me: "If you can dream it, you can achieve it."
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Good to meet you Phil. Wishing you luck with your new quest - I too will be watching with interest as I attempt to do the reverse of what you are doing......by the way, 50' x 100' in the city sounds like luxury to me!! ; )
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One of the great Chassidic leaders of the past generation was Rav Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam, the Admor of Klausenberg. The Kiryat Sanz community in Netanya, with all of its families, educational institutions and Laniado Hospital, is a living monument to his leadership.
In the course of securing Israel government help for this project, the rabbi once met with Prime Minister Ben Gurion, who asked him what his expectations of the Jewish state were.
"I have both maximal and minimal expectations," replied the Klausenberger. "Maximally I would like to see you wearing the Chassidic garb of a shtreimel and a bekishe.Minimally I would hope that you will allow me to wear them."


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Letters for laser cutting
Convert text to a polyline so it can be laser cut.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 to 0.8
Topographic Contours
You can simply use this component for making topographic contour poly-lines. I have chosen mesh approximation to make it quick and efficient.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Diagrid, Cairo and Tatami surface division.
Draws a grid on top of the surface and allows you to rotate this grid from diamonds through to hexagons and into squares.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Catenary curve through three points
Hangs a catenary curve from two points with the third directing its fall.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Hatch Curves
Bakes a hatch for a set of closed planar curves.
For: Grasshopper 0.8
Iso Srf Curvature
Partial curvature analysis of a NURBS surface.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Dynamic Relaxation - with timer
While timer is running, performs dynamic relaxation on a network of lines - essentially smooths the network. Optionally the lines can be relaxed over a surface as well.
For: Grasshopper 0.8
HexaGridOnSurface component
Draws Hexagonal Cells on input surfaces
For: Grasshopper 9.X
Parametric surface
Creates a surface given by parametric equations
For: Grasshopper 0.7-0.8
Threaded C# in Grasshopper
Demonstrates how to speedup the SrfCP component with threads.
For: Grasshopper 0.8
Shatter 2d pattern
Takes a list of 2d lines and breaks them at all the intersections.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Spherical Voronoi
Creates a voronoi pattern over a spherical surface
For: Grasshopper 0.8
Trim/Extend planar curves to a boundary. Will work with any boundary that can create a planar surface.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Tapeworm, developable surfaces
A script for creating a developable ribbon-like surface that will unroll to a straight strip.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Offset curve
Offsets a curve a set distance. Handles relatively complex and overlapping curves.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Extract Items from List
Extracts specified items from a list and returns a list of the selected items and the non-selected items.
For: Grasshopper 0.8
Curvature Analysis
Analyzes a curve in terms of its curvature and puts out absolute curvature values as well as relative colors.
For: Grasshopper 9
Draws a hyperboloid surface
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Cornu Spiral
Draws a cornu spiral
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Export to excel
Exports a list of numbers to Excel
For: Grasshopper 0.6 to 0.8
Waffle for maquette models
This cluster components helps you to make a waffle maquette of a free form surface. It lays the curve profiles on XY plane so that you can easily deliver them for CNC laser cutters.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.0051 and higher
Elastica Curves
Draws an elastica curve
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Catenary arch from height
Draws a catenary arch between two points that falls to a certain height.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Uneven surface division
Splits a surface into uneven U and V divisions.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Remap numbers between 0 and 1
Takes a list of numbers and resizes them (maps them) so they are all between 0 and 1.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Möbius strip
Forms a Möbius strip along a curve
For: grasshopper 9.0
Triangular grid
Creates a triangular grid between three points.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
This component makes an interactive 2D bubble diagram out of a group of points and a corresponding set of weights for them.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.0051 and higher
Contour and move
Great for making laser cut files for topographies. Also a great tool for looking at floor plates of a tall building, and to calculate total square footage.
For: Grasshopper .08
Perimeter Sort
Sort a List of Points around a Plane
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Assign Paths
Assigns an arbitrary path structure to a set of data.
For: Grasshopper 0.8
developable surfaces on input surf
Knowledge pattern to create developable surfaces on a double-curved input surface
For: Digital Project V1R4/CATIA V5R19
Surface from Image
Sample the brightness of an image to set the height of undulation of a surface.
For: Grasshopper .08
K-means clustering
Clusters objects into a set number of groups
For: Grasshopper 0.8
Compare every item in a list
Takes a list of objects and generates two lists that can be compared together, without comparing any object with itself or comparing the same objects twice.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Mesh Quad Srf
Approximation of a surface using mesh quads
For: 0.8.x
For: RHINO
Parametric surface Shell
Creates a surface Apple
For: Grass08
Pattern negative
Input pattern and retrieve its negative.
For: Grasshopper 0.8
shifted lines between circles
Creates shifted lines between circles.
For: grasshopper 8
Voxelates any given Brep and puts out a number of boxes according to the specified U, V & W integers and a base plane.
For: Grasshopper 9.0
List to tree
Takes a list of items add adds a specified number of them to each branch of a tree.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Image to mesh
Maps an image to surface. Could be adapted to map objects to a surface based on colour data.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Pie chart for parametric representation of a list of percentages and a corresponding list of tags
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Standard Deviation
Standard deviation and variance of a list of numbers using both the population and the sample.
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Net-grid surface
forms a net-grid based on two edge curves
For: Grasshopper 0.8.x
Parametric surface Borromean-Rings
Creates a surface Borromean-Rings
For: Grass08
Parametric surface Bonan-Jeener-Klein
Creates a surface Bonan-Jeener-Klein
For: Grass08
Steiner Parametric Surface
Creates a Steiner parametric surface of certain diameter and resolution
For: Grasshopper 0.8.0062
Planting Plan Generator
Generates a time-based representation of a planting plan.
For: Grasshopper 0.9 + GhPython
returns the minimal bounding box acc. to one or more planes without using galapagos - returns a box and new system plane (derived from an idea by anrew heumann)
For: gh 0.9.x
Read webpage
Reads a webpage from a specified URL and returns the content
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Creates a Vortex PointSet along given Axis
For: Gh 0.8.x
Parametric surface Kranz
Creates a surface Kranz
For: Grass08
Parametric surface Apple
Creates a surface Apple
For: Grass08
Partial Flatten
Flattens the data tree to specified number of levels. Either removes the initial branches or the final branches.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
Lego bricks from rectangles
Draw a rectangle in Rhino and it will turn it into a lego brick which you can 3D print or use for computer modeling.
For: Grasshopper .08
Creates a Helix PointSet along given Axis
For: Gh 0.8.x
separatrix (polyhedra)
returns the separatrix - the line that differentiates lit and dark faces of a polyhedra (works only for solids with planar faces) it is useful because the separatrix can be used with a Project onto brep component in order to find out the cast shadow of
For: 0.9.0014
Match data
Takes data and inserts it into another structure.
For: Grasshopper 0.7 - 0.8.x
convert a boolean pattern into a path mask
For: gh 0.8.x
pixelates a shape defined by a closed polyline, given desired pixel sizes in U & V directions.
For: grasshopper 9.0


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