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@tddavis - OK, do you think I should maybe brighten the planet and maybe brighten the mountains a little as well? Maybe saturate the planet a little more?
I think I would only brighten the planet and sky. I think the mountains themselves look appropriately distant by them being dim in the atmosphere, but you brighten the background and it should give some separation. Kind if like if you had a backlight behind the mts the way you put one behind people's heads in portraits. But again, go with what you like, not what I suggest if it doesn't strike your fancy. I'm like Jon Snow and know nothing... Obscure Game of Things reference in case you don't watch it.
Okay, I'll do that. I think you're right that the mountains need separation. Thanks for the advice!
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@DIY_Film_Guy Actually, I think you have a great start there. My advice would be to slow your camera move down a little.
But this looks really good! However, as tddavvis said there is something a little off about the background and the midground mountains. If I focus on the planet the mountains seem to shift back and forth a little.
Overall though, a really nice shot.
Not sure about the scale of the lava and the speed of the camera movement. I did not realise those were mountains in the background at all. With the speed of the camera, the large shakes (one very bumpy flight for the filmcrew's "camera plane"?) and the scale of the lava's detail it looked more the camera was moving across a small pond with some earth piled at the side of it. Those jets of steam also made it looked small. If they were supposed to be large (a mile high?) they'd have to be spurting at supersonic speeds to look like that.
You know when you see model shots of giant battleships in old B/W war movies that look like they were filmed in a bathtub because the waves look too big and it's all moving too fast? It's a bit like that.
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I'll agree with Palacono that the speed of the camera movement and the speed of your fire and "burst" elements is such that it makes the scene look smaller than I think you intend.
If those are Action VFX elements, take a look at the file properties. If they're shot at 60fps, then you can change their playback speed by right-clicking the source clips in the media bin, selecting Properties, then unchecking "From File" for FPS and changing that to your project frame rate. That will slow them down and make them feel "bigger."
Otherwise, it's working pretty well for me. Perhaps a little more separation in the mountains, and maybe some glow on the lava?
@Stargazer54 - OK, I'll slow the move down. I'm going to reduce the shake as well. The mountains shift relative to the planet because I pushed the planet back in 3d space - there is parallax happening between the two layers.
@Palacono - Yeah, I agree that the shake and camera move were a bit overdone. I will also scale down the steam bursts. I put lava erupting from some of the distant mountains/volcanoes to make it feel larger.
@Triem23 - Unfortunately, I can not slow them down. They were shot at 24 frames per second. As I told Palacono, I'll make the burst elements smaller. I did add glow, but maybe not enough. I'll go tweak that.
For me it was also the scale of the cracks in the lava texture that made it look small.
Lava (in my memory of seeing it on TV) has quite small cracks and lots of cooling magma around them. Your cracks would either be normal sized for quite a small area of lava, or hundreds of metres wide for something large; which doesn't 'feel' right.
Can you adjust the scale of the texture - or whatever you are using to generate them - to be more detailed so it looks both larger and further away?
Video:Small or Far Away?
@Palacono - What should I do to the lava cracks? Scale the texture down and add more repetitions to the tile, or change the actual texture that I'm tiling?
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I think scale will do it. How are you generating your lava texture? You might consider leaving the current texture to be "large scale" structure and combine it with a smaller detailed texture for "small scale" structure.
Using this for reference, notice the large scale structure defining the overall shape with small scale structure defined by the ripples.
@Triem23 - Right now I am tiling a single texture. What if I left the larger texture how it is, and tiled a different, more detailed texture on another layer and use blend modes to blend the two textures together?
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Not only would that work, but if you made the second texture a different size, or at a different tile scale you'd get a more complex interaction of texture that would also help hide the tile seams. :-)
@Triem23 - OK, cool! I'll go work on that. Thanks!
I was also thinking of making the texture grayscale, then using a fractal layer with a set matte to the textures. Then I could animate the seed value for a kind of rippling, changing lava effect. Do you think that would be good?
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Yeah, that should work. :-)
Some more work on Supreme Leader Snoke today - here's a shot that I just finished:
There is no audio, and the facial animation needs to be refined, but I was focusing on the compositing of a moving shot, so I have a kind of template to work off of for my other shots.
Here's the Snoke shot, with audio:
The Snoke voiceover was a really interesting challenge. I tried to make it sound very hoarse and throaty. I think it worked pretty well. I did all the sound editing in Audacity.
Nice job! The voice sounds pretty good, but the lip sync is off. If you haven't already done so, I recommend shooting video of yourself saying the line out loud, and using that as reference for making the mouth shapes. Real life is always your best reference, and will be even after you have years of experience under your belt (speaking from my own experience as an animator and animation supervisor many years ago).
@jsbarrett - I did shoot reference of me saying the line, but I haven't had the chance to actually use it to animate. The animation you are seeing in the video is just a rough pass so I could test out the compositing. Sometime soon I'll go back and fix up the animation.
Gotcha. In that case, I suggest delaying rough animation if your intent is to work on compositing first. Just pose the character, but save animation for later. That way you can just say the character isn't animated yet, and avoid comments like mine on unfinished work.
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Plus lip synch is a bitch, so who wants to do it twice?
Uh...me. Lip sync was (and still is, kinda) one of my favorite parts of animation. I even made a whole tutorial series back in the day that was mostly about lip sync.
@Triem23 and @jsbarret - Yeah, I probably shouldn't have animated that right away. Now that I have finished compositing a full shot, I'll probably go back and redo the animation with the reference footage.
Taking a break from Snoke... I started working on some AT AT Walker shots. Here's a rough test of a shot. It doesn't have any audio yet:I used the model from the Hitfilm team. I didn't re-animate it for this shot, I just used the default animation that came with the model. For actual shots in the movie, though, I plan to do the animation myself.
The basic lighting feels okay, but there's a subtle dark outline around the model that's keeping it from feeling like it's part of the environment. I don't have Pro, though, so I can't offer any suggestions on what might cause that.
It also feels kinda small. Knowing how big all that foliage would really be, I'd say your walker needs to be at least double its current size, possibly larger.
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That'll look good once it's done, but double check your lighting.
You've got a really difficult lighting situation there--the lighting is very diffuse, implying overcast, and the walker is emerging from the trees, so lighting is changing, but, if you look at the bright tree to the right of the frame and the cast shadows of the bush right below it, you can see that the sun is farther forward and farther to (frame) left than you currently have it.
Lighting is really the key in compositing. It doesn't matter how good everything else is, if the lighting doesn't match the composite doesn't look right.
Lastly, you'll see mismatched lighting in even the most expensive big-budget blockbuster. It happens, but... Ugh, don't get me started on "Star Wars EP II," "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and the 2009 "Star Trek." Three examples where compositing teams from ILM and WETA dropped the damn ball...
@jsbarret - I don't have pro either. The animation of the walker was rendered in Blender, then brought into Hitfilm. I can probably use a matte cleaner effect to get rid of the black outline.
@Triem23 - Ok, I think I'll make the lighting less directional and more ambient. I'll have to play around with it, but I don't think I'll fix it for this particular shot, as it was just a test. However, in final shots, I'll take your advice!
@DIY_Film_Guy +1 to jsbarret's "It also feels kinda small. Knowing how big all that foliage would really be, I'd say your walker needs to be at least double its current size, possibly larger."
I wasn't going to mention it because I thought it just might be my eyes but there is something about the foreground foliage that makes the Walker look small...ish.
@tddavis - OK, in that case, I'll need to find a wider shot. I'm sure I have one somewhere.
"The animation of the walker was rendered in Blender, then brought into Hitfilm. I can probably use a matte cleaner effect to get rid of the black outline."
You might also look at how you're exporting from Blender. It's been years since I've used it, and never exported renders for use elsewhere, so I don't know the exact options available, but one thing to check is how the alpha channel is being generated. My gut says that Blender is making a premultiplied alpha instead of a straight alpha. If so, you might actually be able to avoid re-rendering. Check the end of this thread for a tip from @SimonKJones :
@jsbarrett My go-to choice when render out in Blender is PNG sequences with an Alpha channel but when I import into Hitfilm I drop the Opacity to about 96 to give the edges a feathered look. Less if I get too much bleed through. May not be the best all around method, but I find it easy to use...for me.


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This homemade costume for couples entered our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest,
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I'm Jason and my fiance Anna is next to me. We wanted to go as lizard people. I don't remember where the idea came from but I most definitely took a page out of reptile-man's book from a few years back on this site. His picture came up a bunch when we did searches for lizard costume ideas although I tried to keep mine a bit simpler as I didn't have his kind of art skills. hahaha.
- Latex body paint: black, green, tan -$40
- Black makeup for eyes and mouth--$8
- Yellow makeup for highlights on scales to give them depth--$4
- Two packs of devil horns from local costume store for horns on head.--$11
- Bald cap--$12
- Fish net stockings and shirt--$11
- Face prosthetic--$40
- Contacts--$70
- FX Gremlin teeth--$40
Time: 2 hours prep before the actual day and then 5 hours day of.
Total Cost:$236 plus a few arm hairs......
I taped the horns to the cap first off. Used black latex and covered the tape til it look smooth. Next I pulled the leg of one of the fish net stockings over my head with the bald cap and horns in place. Mixed the latex colors: 1 part green, 1.5 part tan, .75 part black. I made the last layer a bit darker just to make it a bit creepier. HAHAHA. Next I began painting latex on the cap with the fish net on. I put three to four coats on all over my head and overlapping a bit on my skin to hold the cap in place. I also painted my neck with latex to hold the netting in place before cutting my face out. Once I had all of that done I put on the fish net shirt and began putting latex all over that. BE CAREFUL HERE!! I shaved my chest but forgot about my arms. Big mistake when I took this off at the end of the night. It pulled almost all the hair out of my arm!! hahaha. OUCH!! Once I had three good layers on my body I put the face prosthetic in place. I had done some makeup on it ahead of time. Once it was on I began putting a single layer of latex over it and smoothing the edges of it with the rest of the head piece. The latex gave it the wet look which I thought added to the scarey factor. Although you would probably want to put the contacts in by this point I didn't. I thought it would be smarter to put the black eye makeup on. Made it kind of a mess trying to put the contacts in afterwards but was pretty funny to see me trying to put contacts in with latex hands. HAHAHA! My girl got a good laugh out of that one. Popped in the teeth and that was it. I only did my upper body cause I didn't want to buy another $30 worth of latex to do my legs and everything. Maybe next time. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures during the putting on of all the latex. I will hopefully have a link to the video we took to help anyone who wants to try this.
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Departure for Abu Dhabi city tour, the largest and the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. This comprehensive tour is the ideal introduction to the UAE capital and the island on which it stands. The name Abu Dhabi means: "Father of the Gazelle".
Our first stop will be at Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque, one of the largest Mosques in the world; able to accommodate more than 30,000 worshipers. The beautiful Mosque is completely clad in marble and also features intricate Islamic decoration and carvings as well as extensive landscaping works.
We will continue our tour towards Abu Dhabi downtown. We will stop at the Heritage Village, which houses a small museum and depicts the traditional daily activities of the Arab community prior to the discovery of oil. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we will drive along the spectacular Corniche, past gleaming white mosques, glass-clad offices and elegant high-rise apartments to the tip of the breakwater for a superb view of the city's magnificent skyline. The remaining part of the tour will be devoted to drive through the famous giant Saadiyat Island project where the LOUVRE museum and GUGGENHEIM museums are being built to complete the image of ABU DHABI as a cultural city.
The tour will continue towards the famous Yas Island which houses the FORMULA 1 YAS circuit & the first attraction park of Ferrari in the world. An impressive attraction park, the largest covered air conditioned park in the world with a huge RED FERRARI sign as landmark.
The tour will end at the YAS VICEROY hotel, that iconic hotel that changes colors in the night, and overlooking the F1 circuit in ABUDHABI. A tea will be served before heading back to DUBAI.
Hotel pick up & drop off; Professional guide; Entrance fees; Lunch; Tea at YAS VICEROY hotel. Available Languages: English (Daily); German, French & Italian (Wednesday, Saturday); Spanish (Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday); Portuguese (Thursday, Sunday).
Entrance to Ferrari World; Gratuity.
Hours of operation
Available: Daily; Departs at 8:30am.
Approximately 9 hours.
Participant restrictions
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For the last month, the Trossen Team has been following the journey of Fermilab's 50-foot-wide electromagnet. The electromagnet boarded a barge in Brookhaven new York on June 22nd, then slowly made it's way down the coast, into the gulf of Mexico, up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, and finally landed in Lemont Illinois. This entire week the Fermilab Team/Authorities have been closing down roadways at night to let the massive magnet pass. Well tonight, the magnet will pass right next to our offices! We're getting ready to have a roof party and greet the ring in style.
The ring is currently residing at a parking lot about 6 miles away from our office. They're planning on moving the ring at about 11:30, so we're hoping to catch a glimpse of it sometime around midnight. We'll keep you posted with video and photos as it passes by.


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This corner Studio terrace Apartment is located in the community of Al Ghadeer. It has a spacious open plan living/dining area and a modern kitchen. The bedroom comes with built-in wardrobes. This apartment floor to ceiling windows offering great views of the community. It also has a dedicated car park. Al Ghadeer is a self-sufficient development providing every life conveniences with readily available and accessible community needs.
Amenities: This community is pet-friendly. There is a communal pool and gymnasium, landscaped gardens, children's play area and covered car parks. The community has medical services, there are retails, cafes and groceries in it, 24hr security, guard controlled access and maintenance.
Location: Al Ghadeer is a diversified development, covering an area of 3 million square meters. It is located on the eastern border of Abu Dhabi, on the border between the city and Dubai and a part of the wider Saih Al Sidirah development.
We are transparent with our Fees: 5% of the first years rental value. This is the same as if you go direct so let us help you do the walking.
-Broadband ready
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- Accepts Etsy gift cards
Pillows may contain both hopsack linen or tumbled linen backing while I transition the entire shop of pillows to tumbled linen. Thank you for understanding.
This pillow cover is made to order.
FRONT: This pillow cover is sewn from an the highest quality crushed velvet material. It is very soft.
BACK: Hopsack linen with bottom zipper
COLORS: Blush (pink)
SIZE: Various sizes: Choose from drop down menu above (18x18 inch pictured)
RECOMMENDED PILLOW INSERT: Size up 1 to 3 inches for fuller pillow or size down for a loose look!
SUGGESTED CLEANING: Dry clean or spot clean only
**Pillow color may vary slightly depending on your screen settings.
Payment is accepted through PayPal and credit card payment.
Payment must be made in full and have cleared before the item is shipped.
Rugs and already made items ship out between 1-5 days after your payment is processed.
Approximate lead time for made-to-order pillow covers is currently 1-3 weeks.
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I am in total awe.
Thinking about planning a trip?
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
Don't fall. It looks like you're pretty high up in the air…… Be careful up there!!!
Well, SOMEONE has to do it! And you clearly are doing it very well! Of course, ever since I was 'schooled' by the venerable Mr. Bufus when I was a puppy, I tend to give you kitties a wide berth anyway – you are all a little terrifying. Cute, but terrifying!
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About the designer: Gucci
The House of Gucci, more commonly referred to as Gucci, has been producing high fashion and leather goods for over 90 years. Guccio Gucci opened his first store in Florence, Italy in 1921 selling fine leather goods with classical stylings. With the help of his three sons, Gucci's reputation grew and the company became an international success. In the 1950's Gucci stores had already expanded into Milan, Rome and New York due to the brands high-quality craftsmanship and luxurious products.
Word War 2 forced Gucci to experiment with other materials due to leather shortages. This was the beginning of Gucci's awe-inspiring collection of canvas totes and silk handbags. By the 1960's celebrities were posing in Gucci clothing and accessories and the brand had become an international status symbol that fashionista's just had to have.
Today, Gucci is owned by the french company PPR and remains one of the most sought after brands by discerning men and woman seeking high-fashion Italian style. Creative director, Frida Giannini has been designing collections that are influencing fashion trends season after season. Gucci's distinctive glamour has made it one of the most frequently copied brands in fashion and the brand continues to create fashion-forward collections that are constantly inspiring designers all around the world.
Gucci's artisan craftsmanship and contemporary glamour make it's shoes and accessories an absolute necessity for any high-fashion wardrobe. Even now, Gucci's handbags and leather goods are handmade by some of the world's top artisans, giving their products a unique beauty with incredible attention to deal. The sleek lines and fabulous designs can be seen strutting down runways, posing on the red carpet and are being worn by A-list celebrities every day.


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Forest River RV Cherokee Grey Wolf 26BH Travel Trailer For Sale
Forest River Cherokee Grey Wolf 26BH travel trailer highlights:
- Double Bed w/Twin Bunk Above
- Queen Bed
- Large Overhead Cabinets
- Sofa
You will have plenty of memories to reminisce about after a weekend of camping fun in this Cherokee Grey Wolf model. It will easily accommodate a family of seven for sleeping and seating with a booth dinette and sofa which can also double as comfortable sleeping space. A queen bed is featured behind the sofa's pony wall, plus there is a curtain that can be pulled for more privacy. The double under twin bunk set up in back is great for kids and their friends, and you will also enjoy complete kitchen and bath accommodations too keeping everyone clean and feed!
All Cherokee Grey Wolf models are quality built with distinct features and superior comfort in mind. And, they are all set at an affordable price point. So, when you get the opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and enjoy all the beauty and wonder that an outdoor adventure holds, the Cherokee Grey Wolf is ready and waiting to help you relax and unwind. Each unit features an aerodynamic radius front which improves towability, and you will have no trouble hitching up even in the dark with the lighted power tongue jack. The nitro filled tires help keep the tow going smoothly down the road even on a bumpy surface. Inside, you will enjoy comfortable furnishing, shaker style cabinetry, and large overhead cabinets for plenty of storage. There are two 20 lb. LP bottles, a patio awning for added outdoor living space, plus plenty of exterior storage for your camping gear. These units also offer solar prep for when you choose to do a little boon-docking off the beaten path, and they are also wired for a back up camera if you choose to add that option as well. Come choose one of the Cherokee Grey Wolf travel trailers or toy haulers, and let everyday life take a backseat so you can rest and unwind for awhile!We have 1 26BH availableView Inventory
Sleeps 8 Length 29 ft 3 in Ext Width 8 ft 1 in Ext Height 10 ft 6 in Hitch Weight 570 lbs Gross Weight 7570 lbs Dry Weight 4947 lbs Cargo Weight 2623 lbs Fresh Water Capacity 46 gals Grey Water Capacity 38 gals Black Water Capacity 28 gals Number Of Bunks 2 Available Beds Queen Refrigerator Type Double Door Cooktop Burners 3 Number of Awnings 1 LP Tank Capacity 20 Water Heater Capacity 6 gal Water Heater Type Turbo AC BTU 13500 btu Awning Info 15' Manual Axle Count 2 Number of LP Tanks 2 Shower Type Tub/Shower Combo
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Videos | May 24, 2007
News From Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft turns up new findings as it investigates Saturn's atmosphere.
Transcript:Hello and welcome to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. I'm Todd Barber with your latest news from Saturn.
The familiar "banded" appearance of Saturn's atmosphere was recently investigated by Cassini. These bands are caused by zonal winds, like jet streams on planet Earth, and they're often flanked by giant rotating storms, or eddies. In yet another example of planetary science reminding us how much we have to learn, we now believe these powerful jet streams are actually driven by the eddies. This is exactly the opposite of what we thought prior to Cassini.
Jupiter may be the giant of our solar system but, in my humble opinion, Saturn is the gem. In this recent breathtaking natural-color image, there's as much artistry and sublime beauty as there is science.
Our quick thinking radar team actually retargeted their instrument to more optimally view the apparent sibling of Earth's Caspian Sea. This enabled a better look at this intriguing feature. Most importantly, it might offer further evidence for surface liquid on a body other than the Earth, perhaps even with estimates of the amounts of liquid in this other worldly organic sea.
Cassini's next Titan flyby will be on May 28, 2007, and it will be primarily be devoted to radio science. The properties of Titan's polar atmosphere, including the north polar vortex, will reveal themselves during this unique geometric opportunity. The spacecraft will also image a bright surface feature on Titan named Dilmun, using infrared and visible light cameras.
From Pasadena, California, this is Todd Barber with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and your latest news from the ringed planet.


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eBay Likely to Be Forgiven for Q1 Misses
Apr 18, 2013 12:28 PM PT
eBay posted solid first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, but the company underperformed based on projections by Wall Street. eBay then delivered guidance that did not meet the mark, doubling investors' disappointment.
As a result, they are casting worried eyes toward eBay's future.
"eBay, though economically resilient, is not immune to the slowdown in Europe," Charles Lewis Sizemore, a Covestor model manager, told the E-Commerce Times.
Solid Increases Year over Year
eBay reported a 14 percent year-over-year increase in Q1 2013 revenue to US$3.7 billion. Net income was $677 million, or 51 cents a share, a 19 percent increase from the same quarter a year ago.
However, Wall Street analysts had been expecting more -- namely, a profit of 61-63 cents per share and revenue of $3.8-$3.9 billion.
Digging Deep Into PayPal
In light of these latest figures, investors are homing in on PayPal, eBay's online and mobile payment offering, wondering if it can go the distance and bring its parent along.
This is ironic, because eBay's first quarter was solid, Andreas Scherer, principal of Salto Partners, told the E-Commerce Times. "Its profitability was stronger than expected. But now investors are evaluating the future of the company in terms of whether the other business units can keep up with PayPal."
In other words, PayPal is setting a standard that the rest of eBay may not be able to uphold.
PayPal accounts for a little more than 40 percent of eBay's revenue, and it represents the company's real future, Charles Lewis Sizemore, a Covestor model manager, told the E-Commerce Times.
"PayPal is already the de facto standard for website payments for small businesses," he said.
This doesn't tell the entire growth story, however, Sizemore continued. Increasingly, PayPal is making inroads into mobile payments -- a rich but still unmined area where a company with brand name recognition is sure to make a splash.
"Sure, every Web startup uses PayPal," he said, "but what about small service business? With PayPal's new mobile apps, you can pay your landscaper or babysitter with your credit card or PayPal balance with nothing more than a smartphone."
One day, not too far off, Sizemore envisions being able to get off a plane in, say, Peru and pay the cabbie with PayPal. "We're getting to that point at a blistering pace."
Benefit of the Doubt
Excitement about eBay's business model was all but moribund before it started experimenting with an assortment of different business strategies. Today that is no longer the case.
The cautious consensus now appears to be that eBay has charted the correct path and is heading down it as speedily as it can. More than likely, investors will forgive eBay its missed guidance for that reason, Scherer said.
Even the retail component of eBay -- an old e-commerce story by now -- looks exciting to investors because of its role as front end to the online payment unit, Scherer said. All around, "the future of the company looks bright."


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Old and busted: "a framework for a conversation." New hotness: Deficit commission plans as policy. In his sudden desire to play defense against Rep. Paul Ryan and avoid the leadership vacuum that has plagued the White House on budgets and deficits, Obama has reached into his wastebasket to breathe new life into a plan that his team dismissed in February as merely a conversation piece:
President Obama plans this week to respond to a Republican blueprint for tackling the soaring national debt by promoting a bipartisan approach pioneered by an independent presidential commission rather than introducing his own detailed plan.
Obama will not blaze a fresh path when he delivers a much-anticipated speech Wednesday afternoon at George Washington University. Instead, he is expected to offer support for the commission's work and a related effort underway in the Senate to develop a strategy for curbing borrowing. Obama will frame the approach as a responsible alternative to the 2012 plan unveiled last week by House Republicans, according to people briefed by the White House.
Letting others take the lead on complex problems has become a hallmark of the Obama presidency. On health care, last year's tax deal and the recent battle over 2011 spending cuts, Obama has repeatedlywaited as others set the parameters of the debate, swooping in late to cut a deal. The tactic has produced significant victories but exposed Obama to criticism that he has shown a lack of leadership.
That's a polite way of saying that this President doesn't seem terribly interested in policy or hard work. Obama could have grabbed the mantle of deficit reform by using the commission's report to build his FY2012 budget request. After all, the Simpson-Bowles panel was his creation. Instead, Obama offered the usual spend-and-spend-some-more budget two months ago and junked the commission report, drawing derision even from his supporters in the national media.
Falling back to Simpson-Bowles makes sense for Obama in some ways. It has more bipartisan heft, for one thing, than his earlier plan, which had almost no credibility at all. Having ceded the initiative to Ryan, Obama needs to find a way to start looking like a leader again, and the Simpson-Bowles plan has some good ideas in it — some of which are in Ryan's plan, too. He needs more political cover for tax increases he'll propose, and Obama doesn't want to stand alone on that platform with a re-election campaign starting.
Having said all that, it doesn't exactly look like leadership to fish a report out of the trash and call it a new idea. If Obama thinks that Simpson-Bowles was so terrific, why did he round-file it two months ago and issue a budget request that almost entirely refuted it? And why should anyone believe he'd stick with the cuts Simpson-Bowles demands after giving it that vote of no confidence in February?


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(The Root) — Professor Jada Pinkett Smith is back in the building, and class is in session. Continuing her online university-esque lecture series disguised as Facebook posts on everything from haters and bullying to goddess energy and last-resort lesbianism, Pinkett Smith recently sort of addressed the persistent rumors of her alleged open marriage to fellow actor Will Smith.
"Do we believe loving someone means owning them? Do we believe that ownership is the reason someone should 'behave'? Do we believe that all the expectations, conditions and underlying threats of 'you better act right or else' keep one honest and true?" asked Pinkett Smith in true Socratic method form, attempting to school folks through pointed debate and questioning.
She continued, "Here is how I will change my statement … Will and I BOTH can do WHATEVER we want, because we TRUST each other to do so. This does NOT mean we have an open relationship … this means we have a GROWN one," then signed off with a simple, "Siempre, J." For some, the actress-director's post led to more questions than it answered.
But does she have to answer any at all?
Back in August 2011, Jada and Will released a joint statement affirming their togetherness after rumors of an impending split reached critical tabloid mass. They described their marriage then as "intact," a methodical adjective if there ever was one. Married since 1997, the Smiths, with their children straight from central casting and enviably long-lasting careers, have become iconographic.
Beyond the cost of celebrity, the scrutiny the Smiths' marriage has received seems amplified within the black community. It was during a recent interview with HuffPost Live's Marc Lamont Hill that Pinkett Smith had to address the "open marriage" question once again.
"I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be OK,' " she told Hill during an interview that was supposed to be about her new film, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners.
"Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa."
Apparently thirsty for more hetero-normative heroes, we repeatedly demand to know exactly what's going on in a marriage that has survived for more than 16 years. But why? Are we hoping to follow the Smith blueprint? Will they single-handedly break us of the media fervor surrounding the black-marriage crisis? Is theirs the marriage that cannot consider divorce because the Obamas are not enough?
Even after posting her Facebook address, which, to be fair, neither directly confirmed nor denied the rumors, Pinkett Smith will most likely never shut down the gossip mill. The freaky alternative is just too juicy a tidbit of beauty-shop fodder for anyone to let go.
This week, even ABC's The View jumped into the debate. Guest host La La Anthony applauded Pinkett Smith, saying, "I think what her message is, is that she trusts her husband. She trusts him to make the right decisions." And comedian Whoopi Goldberg echoed that idea, saying, "The only thing you can control is you."
So what exactly did Pinkett Smith accomplish with her latest social media lecture? I'm honestly not entirely sure.
After reading her take on love versus trust and the illusion of ownership in a relationship, I had to admit that Pinkett Smith has one very prescient point. In the age of constant digital contact, most of us have been unconsciously called upon to trust our significant others beyond the traditional metrics of what's appropriate. Just ask Huma Abedin and her tweeting husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner.
In this new marketplace of oversharing, aren't we all in relationships more open than ever before? Strangers with an Internet connection can know more about your day-to-day life than the person with whom you spend most of it. And doesn't that require more from all of us? More trust, more understanding, more of our own integrity?
Perhaps Pinkett Smith just made me a convert. I still don't know (or care) if she's in an open relationship, but maybe that was precisely her point.
Helena Andrews is a contributing editor at The Root and author of Bitch Is the New Black , a memoir in essays. Follow her on Twitter.
Helena Andrews is a contributing editor at The Root and author of Bitch Is the New Black, a memoir in essays. Follow her on Twitter.


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What is a "heart softener" and why is it called so?
Years ago, I was giving a class to a group of women in Ecuador. One of the ladies in her 50s was very beautiful in her looks, make up and clothes. She told us that her husband would ask her why she puts on make-up when she was so ugly anyways. He would be verbally abusive with her and she needed something to "calm him down".
I made a blend using Geranium oil, Clary Sage oil , Lavender oil and Grapefruit oil and she bought 5 bottles of that blend!
For your information, 5 bottles of 10ml each of a blend means around 1000 drops of oils!
Since essential oils are used in small quantities, I knew that 5 bottles of the blend were going to last her for a while. And they did.
Around a year later, I met her at the airport when both of us were traveling from Quito to Miami. She asked me, "Do you remember me, and my story?""Yes, I do remember!" I replied."Well", she said, "as soon as I came back home I started to put the blend in diffusers all over the house. Religiously! In the beginning my husband reacted negatively, rather angry at the smell. He was yelling that something was going on in the house. Nevertheless, I kept 'perfuming' the house quietly."
She told me that it took a few months before her husband began to change his attitude. He became less angry and finally, she showed me her air ticket. Her husband was waiting for her in Miami – they were going together on their second honeymoon to Europe and then to Israel, which had always been her dream!
Her story inspired me to share the blend with many others who benefited from it. It is called RADIARE.
I've told this story for years, several times everywhere. One day a client of mine told me that she had recommended this blend to one of her patients who had an aggressive teenage son. The woman used the oil at home and noticing the positive changes in her son's behavior, began calling it "the heart softener".
What makes this blend work?
This blend is made of essential oils that come from flowers (Clary Sage and Lavender) and a leaf essential oil with a very strong flowery scent (Geranium).
Flowers have a feminine nature; the flowery scents appeal more to women than men.
A flower is a representation of beauty; we keep flowers in our homes to make them look more beautiful, right?
An essential oil with a flowery nature will help us appreciate our own beauty as well as that around us.
In the first case, I think the lady lacked self-esteem, since her husband constantly told her she was ugly. The consistent use of these essential oils allowed her to express how beautiful she was and be more confident. I suppose her husband could perceive that and therefore started to respect her.
We know that people have both masculine and feminine sides, and flowery scents invoke the feminine side. In this case, when the husband's feminine side was stimulated, he became more compassionate.
I feel the same happened with the kid. The calming, relaxing properties of Clary Sage, Geranium and Lavender must have helped him get in touch with his feminine side and he became a calmer person.
These may be hypotheses, but I know it worked and I know that those who use this blend have conveyed to me how much it helps – especially on days when we do not know why our mood is down, or why we are grumpy for no reason.
How about giving it a try yourself?


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MTV Greenlights Season Two of Hit Series '16 & Pregnant'
"16 & Pregnant" Has Reached Over 31 Million Viewers Season To Date And Is # 1 In Its Time Period Across Cable Among F12-34 And Across All Of Television Among F18-24
"16 & Pregnant: Life After Labor" Finale Special Hosted By Dr. Drew Pinsky Set To Air On Thursday, July 23 At 10PM ET/PT
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and NEW YORK, June 30 -- Reflecting on one of the most controversial and thought-provoking topics, MTV President of Programming Tony DiSanto announced today that after only 3 episodes aired, the network is picking up a second season of the captivating series "16 and Pregnant." In addition, MTV will also air "16 and Pregnant: Life After Labor" finale special, hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky, on Thursday, July 23rd at 10PM ET/PT. "16 & Pregnant" can currently be seen on Thursdays at 10PM ET/PT.
The series follows the lives of teenage girls for 5-7 months as they navigate the unfamiliar territory and uncertainty of being pregnant. MTV captured every moment and reaction in real time, including several of the births and how the young mothers and fathers dealt with new parenthood. The series tackles a variety of issues including marriage, adoption, attending school and dealing with gossip. Cameras continued to follow the teens for a significant amount of time after they gave birth to document how they coped with taking care of their infants in addition to balancing adult responsibilities with teenage life.
The "16 and Pregnant: Life After Labor" finale special, hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky, will be an issue-driven forum on teen pregnancy. All six of the teen mothers profiled on season one of the series will participate in this event. Dr. Drew will discuss each girl's episode, specific issues and challenges and update us on what's going on in their lives now. This open discussion will provide a platform to address the controversial topics that were shown in season one: birth control, adoption, abortion, marriage, religion, gossip, finances, high school graduation and employment. During the show, Dr. Drew will field questions by members of the live studio audience, as well as select emails from viewers.
Since its debut, "16 & Pregnant," has garnered amazing ratings reaching an audience of over 31 million views and consistently taking the #1 spot in its time period among F12-34 and #1 across all of television among F18-24. In addition, the show has improved its time period by 162% among P12-34 and 184% among F12-34. "16 & Pregnant" has also found success online. Since premiering on June 11th, the show delivered over 3.4M streams to date, making it the second most streamed series on MTV.com within their time period underneath "The Hills."
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is working with MTV to support "16 & Pregnant." In partnership with MTV, The National Campaign will continue to create viewing guides for each episode so educators, key organizations and individuals can use the show, which will be available rights free for distribution, as a platform to have an honest discussion around sexual health and pregnancy with teens. Additionally, The National Campaign launched an online resource supporting the show at www.stayteen.org to answer viewers' most commonly asked questions surrounding pregnancy and provide young people with the information they need to be fully informed on this topic.
"16 & Pregnant" is Executive Produced by Morgan J Freeman. Tony DiSanto is President of Programming for MTV. Dia Sokol is Co-Executive Producer. Liz Gateley and Lauren Dolgen are Executives in charge for MTV. Jessica Zalkind is Executive for MTV. Concept by Lauren Dolgen.
Executive Producer Morgan J. Freeman (MTV's Taking The Stage, Laguna Beach,) made a name for himself as the Sundance award-winning writer/director of Hurricane Streets, a film centered on the trails and tribulations of teenage life. Freeman's latest film is called Homecoming, a thriller starring Mischa Barton and Jessica Stroup (90210) and is being released theatrical July 17th.
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2011 Summer Project Week DICOM RT
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Key Investigators
- MGH: Nadya Shusharina, Greg Sharp
- Kitware: Luis Ibanez
- Isomics: Steve Pieper
- Cosmo: Alexandre GOUAILLARD (in spirit)
Synthetic images, vector fields, RT structures and RT doses in Slicer and ITK
Figure out the best representation in ITK and Slicer4 for various RT and related datastructures.
We are designing synthetic DICOM-RT dataset which includes CT image, structure set and dose distribution. Currently DICOM-RT is loaded into Slicer 3.6.3 through Plastimatch extension DICOM/DICOM-RT Export.
Approach, Plan
Synthetic DICOM-RT is designed using following guidelines. We measured the noise power spectrum of a real CT image and constructed synthetic image with exactly the same spectrum. Then we included "skin" and one internal spherical structure. Synthetic contours were generated and recorded in labelmap format.
Delivery Mechanism
This work will be delivered to the NAMIC Kit as a
- NITRIC distribution
- Slicer Module
- Built-in: perhaps RT support can become part of MRML
- Extension -- commandline: Maybe, if needed
- Extension -- loadable: yes, for a custom interface


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Vietnam War
Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. The war began soon after the Geneva Conference provisionally divided (1954) Vietnam at 17° N lat. into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). It escalated from a Vietnamese civil war into a limited international conflict in which the United States was deeply involved, and did not end, despite peace agreements in 1973, until North Vietnam's successful offensive in 1975 resulted in South Vietnam's collapse and the unification of Vietnam by the North.
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Yelich poised to produce for Marlins
JUPITER, Fla. -- One day of batting practice isn't going to be the answer, but it's definitely a starting point.
Left fielder Christian Yelich, 22, certainly sees it that way. He also sees an improved roster and the potential to substantially increase run production.
One of the game's top prospects at the beginning of Spring Training 2013, the left-handed-hitting Yelich broke in with the Marlins in late July. In 62 big league games, he batted .288 with a .370 on-base percentage.
Manager Mike Redmond plans to bat Yelich second, behind Rafael Furcal and in front of Giancarlo Stanton.
Like many position players, Yelich was in Jupiter days before full-squad workouts began on Thursday. And if Thursday is any indication, Yelich is primed to be the type of hitter that made him a first-round pick in 2010, lacing line drives all over the field on the first day of drills.
"We've been out there the past few days, but ... it's good to get the first one under your belt," Yelich said.
Yelich has added about 10 pounds since last spring and is now listed at 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds.
Though the Marlins brought in several free-agent position players to help boost an offense that ranked last in the Majors in runs scored and home runs a year ago, they will be banking on their returning players to progress in order for more runs to cross the plate.
"We're definitely going to be better," Yelich said. "We're going to be good. Any way we can help out our pitchers, we've got to do, because those guys keep us in the game every night. We know, as an offense, if we can give those guys some help, good things are going to happen for us."


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A masked singer took to the streets of Dallas on Halloween night--and nobody even knew she was there!
Adele posted an Instagram of herself dressed as Jim Carrey's character in the 1994 movie "The Mask."
The Grammy-Award winning singer had a concert Tuesday night in Dallas at the American Airlines Center.
She told the audience that she took her four-year-old son Angelo trick-or-treating near Beverly Drive in Highland Park.
Guess you could say she's "rolling in the candy."
Adele will be performing again on Wednesday night in Dallas. It'll be her 100th show on her tour.


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The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese was born during a time of great ferment in the United States and the rest of the world. During the second decade of the 20th century times were troubled economically in the U.S., war was brewing in Europe, and Americans were beginning to struggle with thoughts of universal education and a greater place for America in the world community. Latin and Greek were still dominant in the American curriculum, with French and German not far behind. Spanish was a very distant also-ran and Portuguese did not exist in the American curriculum except in a few Eastern universities.
American isolationism gave Spanish a boost when German was dropped from many schools during the First World War. Spanish became the language of choice, not through any love of the language, but for simple expediency. Many of the teachers knew very little Spanish, but they were pressed into teaching it to save their jobs. So Spanish developed a constituency and a foothold in American education, but for unattractive and unsatisfactory reasons.
In the midst of difficult times in the nation and in the world, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese was founded 29 December 1917 in New York City as the American Association of Teachers of Spanish. The name was changed to the present one when Portuguese was added to the association's mission in 1944. The AATSP came about through the efforts of Lawrence A. Wilkins, Director of Foreign Languages in the New York Public Schools and a number of other individuals teaching in colleges, universities, and high schools along the Eastern Seaboard. From the very beginning, the intention — and the reality — was to have a truly national association. The AATSP was the first association in the United States devoted to the study of a specific modern foreign language, pre-dating the AATI (1923), the AATF (1927), and the AATG (1927).
Membership has always been open to teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and all others interested in the languages. Over 90% of the membership is Spanish-oriented, although the Portuguese-oriented segment of the membership is both strong and growing. There are Honorary Members and Fellows who represent, respectively, the world of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian scholarship and the world of letters.
Over 70 local chapters of the AATSP exist in the United States and Canada. The alpha chapter has evolved into Metropolitan New York Chapter, founded in 1916 as the Association of Teachers of Spanish, and becoming the first chapter of the new AATS on 1 January 1917. Some groups are very active with regular meetings and wide-ranging cultural and pedagogical programs. Others usually meet in conjunction with the state language association and sponsor the National Spanish Examination and a few other activities. Most nominations for national officers emanate from chapters so membership and participation are important. Many lasting friendships and professional acquaintances have been made through AATSP chapters and participation seems to be growing.
From the beginning, Hispania, the association journal was envisioned as a first-class scholarly publication and also as a source of practical advice for classroom teachers. It has steadily grown in prestige and has had 12 editors through the years; the present editor is Sheri Spaine Long.
An Annual Meeting has been held each year since 1917 with the exception of two years during World War II when government restrictions prohibited such gatherings. Each Annual Meeting contains a plethora of sessions of wider or narrower interest, numerous workshops for members, and many social activities designed to augment the camaraderie of members. Recent meetings have been held in Costa Rica, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Madrid, Cancún, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York. The 2002 meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro, the first one in a Portuguese-speaking country.
Various auxiliaries have been founded throughout the history of the AATSP and most survive and thrive today. The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica was established in 1952, after some initial moves by a group of New York teachers who started Pan American Clubs and a group of Miami teachers who first organized an honor group on a local basis, subsequently petitioning the AATSP for official recognition. It has long published an official student publication, Albricias. There are well over two thousand chapters and the number of initiates grows each year. A club for elementary and middle school students, the Sociedad Hispánica de Amistad, was formed in 2001.
One of the most signal services the AATSP offers to secondary school teachers is the National Spanish Examination. Offered each spring, it is often the chief activity of local AATSP chapters. The initial mechanisms for the examinations were established by Sol Saporta of Indiana University in the early 50s. In 1954, Harry T. Charly assumed leadership of the NSE, a post he held for 23 years. The current Director of the NSE is Kevin Cessna-Buscemi of Valparaiso, IN. The number of students taking the exam is at an all-time high.
The AATSP was a founding member of the Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Language and International Studies. NCLIS lobbies for languages at the national level. The Executive Director of both groups is J. David Edwards, who maintains a Washington office and presence for us, the other AATs, the MLA, and various other groups concerned with the promotion of languages in the United States.
The AATSP has sponsored many and varied projects through the years. This has included numerous publications concerned with the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese. The latest series of these publications was produced in conjunction with Thomson Learning, a division of Heinle and Heinle. There has been a pedagogical Consultant since 1965. There have been Study Abroad Conferences at irregular intervals since 1978. AATSP members serve on numerous committees, including those charged with Nominations, Projects and Development, Public Relations, Scholarships and Awards, Honorary Members and Fellows, General Membership, and many more.
Language departments in both secondary schools and in higher education have traditionally been more open to women than has been the case in many disciplines; the AATSP has been no exception. Although the first 11 presidents were men, Vesta E. Condon became the first woman president in 1933 and subsequent presidents and members of the Executive Council have been quite evenly divided between men and women, as well as between representatives of higher education and those of K-12 schools. In 2003 the President, Editor, and Executive Director are all women. Democratic governance has long been a hallmark of the AATSP.
The AATSP has been people-oriented and it has served its members for more than 90 years. Today it is a vibrant and vigorous association, with a renowned journal, fine intellectual and financial assets, a modest endowment, a free-standing corporate office directed by a full-time language professional, good will on the part of its members, and great respect from its sister groups. AATSP national and international members represent primary, secondary, and university teachers, professors, and administrators as well as other professionals who support Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian languages and cultures. It is probably the largest organization in the world devoted to individual languages, although that claim would be hard to prove conclusively.
Ever looking toward the future, the AATSP invites all teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and all those interested in those languages to become members and to share in the great task of fomenting the study of Spanish and Portuguese wherever its members live and work.
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This fancy little future-of-photography tech toy is one of the best gifts of the year for a true geek dad. The Lytro Light Field Camera captures all of the rays of light in a scene. Why is that so special? Because it means he can focus or refocus after he's taken a picture. He can also shift perspective and switch seamlessly between 2D and 3D views. That means regular snapshots become living pictures.
On the downside, $400 is a lot of money for most of us to spend on dear old dad, even if it makes him top techie of his geek crew. Also, until the end of 2012, this gadget only works with a Mac. But if Dad's a real gadget-loving early adopter and you have the extra dough to spend, this is a perfect choice.
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Surfboard ridden: My 6'3 Diverse Turbo
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Our last surf here and it just turned on. The arvo glass off was like liquid oil/gold on the surface and the sunset was reflected pink off the water. 8 of us out, shoulder high + on the sets, just perfect. An awesome wave, can't wait to surf it at a proper 6ft+!
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Retreat Brushed nickel 24" towel bar
The Retreat collection's softly curving, edged silhouette adds a touch of sophistication and serenity to the bath. Innovative design, exceptional beauty and uncomplicated style features give the Retreat collection an ageless yet fashion-forward presence. Tailored yet relaxed, the Retreat collection is an exercise in design balance. This lustrous collection works seamlessly with today's lifestyles.
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Uh-oh: Sports Illustrated is reporting that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, which just happens to be the same year he took home the AL MVP award and Home Run title. Not good!
According to Sports Illustrated:"Rodriguez's name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball's '03 survey testing." When asked about the allegations by an SI reporter on Thursday, Rodriguez replied, "You'll have to talk to the union. I'm not saying anything." Yikes. [Sports Illustrated]


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