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text: Wellness Health & Well-being The Top 10 Most Annoying Sounds By Melissa Breyer Editorial Director Hunter College F.I.T., State University of New York Cornell University Melissa Breyer is Treehugger's editorial director. She is a sustainability expert and author whose work has been published by the New York Times and National Geographic, among others. our editorial process Melissa Breyer Updated June 05, 2017 Photo: Seanika/Shutterstock. Share Twitter Pinterest Email Wellness Health & Well-being Clean Beauty A rattle in the dashboard, a fork scraping a plate, the squeak of Styrofoam – these are the sounds of our undoing. Why do they so annoy? A team of neuroscientists set out to answer questions about the matter by conducting a study of human responses to unpleasant sounds. Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure the brain's responses to a set of 74 sounds, they were able to develop a model of how the brain processes the noises that annoy. The conclusion? "The stimulus is first processed to a high level in the auditory cortex (STG), which portends the assignment of valence in the amygdala. The amygdala, in turn, modulates the auditory cortex in accordance with the valence of sounds." The stuff of excitement for neuroscientists. But for the rest of us, in the process of mapping out "the how," they also ended up with a list of "the what." Although the unfortunate sound of nails being dragged along a chalkboard has long held the dishonorable distinction of Worst Sound in the World, the study found two other sounds even more intolerable. Here's the breakdown (with sound files for the top five, click if you dare): 10. An electric drill 9. A crying baby 8. Squealing brakes on a bicycle 7. A disc grinder 6. A female scream 5. Nails on a blackboard 4. A ruler on a bottle3. Chalk on a blackboard2. A fork on a glass 1. A knife on a bottle Of interest was the finding that along with activity seen in the auditory cortex (the part of the brain that processes sounds), there was also activity in the amygdala (the part of the brain that produces emotions). The MRIs revealed that the amygdala communicated with signals coming from the auditory cortex, increasing the degree of unpleasantness conveyed by the most annoying sounds. "It appears there is something very primitive kicking in," says Sukhbinder Kumar, the study's lead author. "Although there's still much debate as to why our ears are most sensitive in this range, it does include sounds of screams which we find intrinsically unpleasant." Which would make sense, given our instinct for safety and survival and such. According to Smithsonian.com, some theories have suggested that we have an innate sensitivity to the "alarm calls" that annoying sounds might signify. Yet recent research may discount that theory and replace it with a more physiological one: The actual shape of the human ear amplifies some frequencies to a degree that they actually cause physical pain, and thus, the Pavlov's dogs that we are, we begin to automatically consider them to be unpleasant by association. Whatever the case may be, there is little debate about the rankle factor of the sounds determined most unpleasant. But how about nice noises? The researchers found that the sounds of flowing water, thunder, and a baby laughing were the least unpleasant, with the sound of applause being the number one pleasant sound. The paper was published in The Journal of Neuroscience.

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Traps work in a variety of ways.
Pitfall traps
of pitcher plants are leaves folded into deep, slippery pools filled with digestive enzymes.
Flypaper (or sticky or adhesive traps) of sundews
and butterworts are leaves covered in stalked glands that exude sticky mucilage.
Snap traps (or steel traps) of the Venus flytrap and waterwheel
plant are hinged leaves that snap shut when trigger hairs are touched.
traps, unique to bladderworts, are highly modified leaves in the shape
of a bladder with a hinged door lined with trigger hairs.
traps of corkscrew plants are twisted tubular channels lined with hairs and
Carnivorous plants are fascinating because, even when they
are not trapping insects, their unusual forms are intriguing. However, you should
not collect plants in the wild because most of them are relatively rare. Habitat
destruction and over collection are two of the greatest conservation threats
to carnivorous plants. If you are interested in growing carnivorous plants in
your home or classroom, purchase the plants from a reputable grower who uses
tissue culture or vegetative means to grow the plant, or starts them from seeds.
Unraveling the story of carnivorous plant evolution and ecology
has occupied biologists for centuries. Charles Darwin's extensive experiments
confirmed the carnivorous habit for several genera. Carnivory has been documented
in at least 9 plant families and 600 species. We now know that the carnivorous
habit evolved independently in many plant lineages (Albert et al., 1992; Ellison
and Gotelli, 2001; Cameron et al., 2002; Muller et al., 2004). Pitfall traps
evolved independently in four plant groups (the eudicot orders Caryophyllales,
Oxalidales, Ericales, and the monocot family Bromeliaceae), and sticky traps,
in at least three (the Caryophyllales, Ericales, and Lamiales). These are examples
of convergent evolution. In contrast, the snap trap and lobster-pot
traps evolved only once among carnivorous plants. In the descriptions below,
the plant groups and names follow the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II (1993) and
Peter Stevens' Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, which do not use formal classification
ranks above the level of the order.
Kingdom: Plantae
— Eudicots, Basal Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
90 listed species occupying tropical habitats in Australia, Madagascar,
Papua New Guinea, the Seychelles, Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.
For more
Nepenthes information and images - CLICK
species occupying coastal habitats in northern Morocco, Portugal, and southwest
For more Drosophyllum
information - CLICK HERE
One species occupying
rainforest habitats in West Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast).
Triphyophyllum peltatum information COMING SOON!
Currently 152 listed species occupying temperate
and tropical habitats throughout the world.
For more
Drosera information and images - CLICK
species occupying habitats in the southeastern United States of America
(North Carolina, South Carolina).
For more Dionea
muscipula information and images - CLICK
One species occupying
aquatic habitats in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Once widely distributed
in Africa, India, and Japan.
Aldrovanda vesiculosa information COMING SOON!
Kingdom: Plantae — Eudicots,
Rosids, Eurosids I
Order: Oxalidales
One species occupying
peaty swamps in southwestern Australia.
more Cephalotus follicularis information - CLICK
Kingdom: Plantae — Eudicots,
Asterids, Basal Asterids
Order: Ericales
One species occupying boggy habitats in the northwest
United States of America (southern Oregon, northern California).
For more
Darlingtonia californica information CLICK HERE
Currently 10 listed species occupying habitats
in eastern North America (central Canada to southeastern United States
of America).
For more
Sarracenia information - CLICK
Currently 7 listed
species occupying mountain plateaus of the Guiana Shield in north-central
South America (Venezuela and bordering Brazil and Guyana).
Heliamphora CLICK HERE
Two species occuring
in fynbos of Southern Africa. Roridula
has sticky leaves to trap insects but lacks enzymes to digest them. It
has sometimes been considered as carnivorous, sometimes not. Evaluate
the evidence and decide for yourself.
Roridula information and images COMING SOON!
Kingdom: Plantae — Eudicots,
Asterids, Euasterids I
Order: Lamiales
Currently 220 listed species occupying temperate and tropical
habitats throughout the world--the most diverse and widespread genus of
carnivorous plants.
For more
Utricularia information and images - CLICK
Currently 20 listed species occupying habitats in Africa,
Madagascar, and South America.
Genlisea information and images CLICK HERE
Currently 79 listed species occupying habitats in Europe,
Asia, North America, and South America.For
more Pinguicula information and images - CLICK
Currently 5 listed species occupying habitats in northern
and western Australia and New Guinea.For more
Byblis information and images - CLICK
Kingdom: Plantae — Monocotyledons,
Order: Poales, Family:
Of the 5 species in the genus occupying lowland savanna
and mountain habitats in South America, at least 2 species are carnivorous.
Brocchinia reducta and B. hectioides information COMING
Of the 21 species
in the genus, 1 species is carnivorous. It occupies humid habitats in
South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida,
Catposis berteroniana information COMING SOON!
Carnivorous plants have features to attract, trap, kill, and digest prey, and
absorb nutrients. A number of plants have only some of these characteristics.
Glands that secrete sticky substances are found in many plants. Pitcher-like
tanks are common in bromeliads and in few other plants. While perhaps
not fully fledged sticky traps or pitfall traps, these features hint of the
potential for carnivory. The list of plants described as near carnivorous, protocarnivorous,
or borderline carnivorous is quite diverse, including Ibicella lutea
(Mameli, 1916), Dipsacus (Christy, 1923), Passiflora foetida
(Radhamani et al., 1995), Paepalanthus bromeloides (Jolivet, 1998),
and Geranium viscosissimum and Potentilla arguta (Spomer,
1999). No single definitive list exists. Ibicella lutea, which has
not been studied since 1916 (Juniper et al., 1989), is sometimes listed
as carnivorous, and Catopsis berteroniana is sometimes described as
borderline. The ability to digest prey and absorb the amino acids is considered
the real clincher.
Carnivory is more widespread than just the plant and animal kingdoms. The fungi
kingdom has flesh eaters also (Pramer, 1964). Living in the soil are over 200
species of fungi (identified as zygomycetes, basidiomycetes, and hyphomycetes)
that use special structures to trap nematodes. Like carnivorous plants, these
fungi have the ability to trap prey and to absorb nutrients from the body of
their prey. The traps of fungi come in two general types: constricting rings
(active traps) and adhesive structures (passive traps). These trap types occur
in separate fungi lineages (Ahren et al., 1998).
Special thanks to Dr. Sherwin Carlquist, Dr. Janice Glime,
Dr. David Webb, Dr. Barry Rice (www.sarracenia.com), Dr. J. Howard
Frank and the International Carnivorous Plant Society for their
contributions to these pages!
Investigate the American Journal of Botany
images & cover stories online: BSA
Online Image Collection
Want to surf the web for more carnivorous plant information? —Try these
Carnivorous Plant Society, www.sarracenia.com, Mysterious
Venus Flytrap!,
Flora of North America Carnivorous Plant Fact Sheet,
Classroom Carnivoury


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Mission Hill releases two single vineyard whites
Photo: Anthony von Mandl
Here's a scary thought: you might have to go to restaurants in London or New York to find some of Mission Hill Family Estate's ultra-premium wines.
This week, during a release of two superb white wines, winery owner Anthony von Mandl revealed a winery strategy to get its top Okanagan wines into prestige locations elsewhere in the world.
It is his view that the world will discover how special a wine region the Okanagan is only if the Okanagan reaches out to the world with its premium wines.
"That is where we want to celebrate the Okanagan," he said. "We now believe we can do more internationally, and actually have less wine available in British Columbia, and [get] more international exposure."
Mission Hill, in fact, has turned down some export orders. Recently, it declined to ship a major volume of its flagship Oculus red wine to a buyer in China. While the winery was flattered with the offer, it is not going to "send hundreds of cases off to other markets" unless it knows "where it is going and where it is served."
His thinking underlines the confidence that Mission Hill (and a fair number of other B.C. wineries) now make wines that are, to use a tired cliché, "world class." Those of us who taste a lot of wines know that be true.
The Okanagan's wine has been utterly transformed since 1981 when von Mandl bought Mission Hill, with perhaps the biggest transformation coming in viticulture. Since Mission Hill began buying its own vineyards in 1995, it has assembled 25 different vineyards, all of them professionally managed. This is the largest group of winery-owned vineyards in the valley (close to 1,000 acres) and Mission Hill is now 85% self-sufficient in grapes.
Some of these vineyards now are being managed to produce premium wines, sometimes single-vineyard wines. Two were released this week and the story behind each shows that successful viticulture takes time.
One wine was the 2008 Perpetua, a $35 Chardonnay that is the top of the line in Mission Hill's family of Chardonnays.
Mission Hill and John Simes, its chief winemaker, have an affinity for the variety. It was the first premium wine that John made when he arrived in the Okanagan in 1992 from New Zealand. That Grand Reserve Chardonnay was the top Chardonnay in the 1994 International Wine & Spirits Competition in London. This was likely the first serious international award won by a Canadian table wine (although our icewines had also just begun to turn heads).
The victory of the Chardonnay gave von Mandl the confidence he needed to start investing in vineyards and ultimately turning Mission Hill into a showcase of wine.
"It was the moment that I knew that my dream had legs, that we could produce wines that would stand amongst the best anywhere in the world," von Mandl says. "It precipitated a lot of other people coming in to invest in the valley, and bringing winemakers from elsewhere in the world."
The winery has been structured as a legacy winery. "The winery will never be sold," von Mandl disclosed at the reception where these two wines were released. "It has been set up so it can never be sold. It will always be dedicated to the art of fine wine, the culinary arts, the performing arts."
Perpetua comes from the first vineyard Mission Hill bought, a slope above Osoyoos right on the U.S. border. Among other varieties, the winery in 1997 planted three clones of Chardonnay. A decade after the vines were planted, they were producing grapes of such a quality that Mission Hill was able to craft this single-vineyard Perpetua. The 2008 is the third vintage of what is arguably one of Canada's most elegant Chardonnays.
The style of this wine sums up Mission Hill's overall approach to Chardonnay: the oak is always restrained and the fruit is never obscured. For Perpetua, only 25% of the free run juice was barrel-fermented and aged 10 months in new French oak. The remainder was fermented in small stainless steel tanks. The result is a wine that is refreshingly clean. 94 points.
The other white just released is Martin's Lane Riesling 2009 (92 points), a wine that is crisply elegant and satisfying to drink. It is a single vineyard Riesling that has been under development for about five years. Martin's Lane is the vineyard just below Mission Hill's winery which was planted about 1995 to Riesling and Pinot Noir. The vineyard is named for von Mandl's father, Martin, who died in 1994.
To craft this wine, Mission Hill involved German Riesling ace Fritz Hasselbach, the owner of the Gunderloch winery on the Rhine. Several earlier vintages of Martin's Lane Riesling ended up in a more generic Mission Hill Riesling. However, the 2009 vintage met the critical approval of Hasselbach, John Simes and Anthony von Mandl. The winery has released 400 cases at $25 a bottle.
"We wanted to create a new style of Riesling that the valley could be proud of and be known for," von Mandl says. "We wanted to create a Riesling that would show extraordinarily well among all New World Rieslings. I have never been a fan of these austere, acid-driven Rieslings. To me there needs to be a balance. There needs to be a wine that can be enjoyed as an aperitif on its own and with many foods."
What is next at Mission Hill? Von Mandl revealed that the winery is considering a special Pinot Noir program, with a winemaker dedicated to making this varietal. Mission Hill now has several strong plantings of Pinot Noir to support such a venture – and there is a demand for the wine.
"We have a problem right now with Pinot Noir," he says. "We are oversold. It has been selling too quickly."


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Closing session of the XIX International AIDS Conference with speakers such as Bill Clinton, the two co-chairs of the conference Elly Katabira and Diane Havlir, US politician Nancy Pelosi, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, and many activists and community leaders.


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I think it would be fairly well agreed among this audience that one's allegiance to God comes before all others. Aside from that, does the Bible have anything to say about "all others"?
Where, in relation to one another, does the Bible put one's duties to:
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Flying Monkey Movie House & Performing Arts Theatre
39 Main Street,
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The Spinelli chain owned the Plymouth Theatre and four other theaters in New Hampshire. In 1941 the Plymouth Theatre was listed with 750 seats.
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It was operated by Interstate Theaters out of Boston in the fifties
In the 1942-43 edition of the Motion Picture Almanac, the Plymouth Theatre was listed as being operated by Interstate Theatres Corp. of Boston. Interstate also ran the Music Hall in Plymouth. Other New Hampshire theaters run by Interstate at that time were the Liberty in Ashland; the Bristol in Bristol; the Rialto in Lancaster; the Charkarohen in Lincoln; the Corliss in North Woodstock; and the Colonial and the Scenic in Rochester. Interstate also ran movie theaters in VT, MA and CT.
The theatre closed Sept. 2009 and was recently sold to a local restaurant owner. I will keep you up to date with his plans when they are available.
What a name!!!!!
Although it is primarily a live performance venue, the Flying Monkey does still feature the occasional movie. There is a full service dining menu available during performances.
It no longer has 2 screens, it is a single performance space.
475 seats now.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for this theater when it was the Plymouth; it's Card # 506. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it opened about 1931, is showing MGM movies, and has 723 seats. The 1940 population is 2,500.
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This week the San Antonio Symphony and KLRN collaborate on a concert that marks the beginning of the city-wide Brahms Festival. The Brahms Festival is really in January and February, and the Symphony's main concerts are all in February. But, in order to create a sneak preview televised concert later, the actual KLRN concert is this week.
The broadcast schedule on KLRN will be:
Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 5 p.m.
Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.
The all-Brahms program is:
San Antonio Symphony
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Movement VI. Rondo from Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Movement III. Poco allegretto from Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Hungarian Dances No. 1, 2, 3, 7, 5 & 6
But, on Thursday at 7 p.m., the Symphony will give a free preview of the Preview (TV) Concert at the Barshop Jewish Community Center (12500 NW Military Hwy.) What is the proper technical term for a preview of a preview? An ante-preview? A beforehand preview? A pre-preview? A concert before the concert before the Festival? Who knows? But, for information about the Thursday free Brahms concert call the JCC at (210) 302-6820.
The Symphony's participation in the Brahms Festival is sponsored by the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts.
For more information about the Brahms Festival visit www.BrahmsSA.com.
Coming up next for the Symphony is the first Family Series concert of the season on Sunday, October 28 at 1:30 p.m. This concert takes place at Alamo Heights High School Auditorium and kids are invited to come in their Halloween costumes. Many of the orchestra members will be wearing their great Halloween costumes. The afternoon starts with our Instrument Petting Zoo and other interactive musical events at 1:30 p.m. The one-hour concert begins at 2:30 p.m. The rest of our Family Series will take place at Laurie Auditorium, but this concert is at Alamo Heights High School Auditorium.
Jack Fishman
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Attractive Destination: Berlin
A city that lives for twenty four hour is always an attractive destination to spend holiday, especially for young people. One of the city that never sleep is Berlin, there always somethings happen in every minute and every hour here. To spend holidays in Berlin it would be worth it and for this reason, it would not be a bad idea to rent an apartment in Berlin.
Where to live?
It is not a perfect question to ask, because we can live everywhere in Berlin. The easiness of transportation access make it perfect to live anywhere. Buses and trains always available everyday, even in Sunday. There are many option for area that you can choose to stay in Berlin, you can find it with Apartment finder or accommodation bureau which is not hard to find it in the internet. You can get better and better choice for place to live, so it's just based on our decision not the option.
Travel Destination
Sometimes you couldn't said that one place gives more attractive things to see than the others. From my experience, when people said that Brandenburger Tor is a great place to visit, I found upper east side is more attractive. I can see limited cars from famous automotive brand and also find a lot of big designer stores there too. But I couldn't said that Brandenburger Tor would not be a travel destination too, my recent experience when I accompany my friend who just arrived in Berlin to Brandenburger Tor, we're amazed with the view. There's a pillow fight in Brandenburger Tor, and it is a huge pillow fight as many people participate in it. Even in U-bahn station in Brandenburger Tor we already greets by flying feathers.
Berlin could give a memorable moment everyday in every different places. For cheap alternative to travel around Berlin, it might be better if you can planned it first. For example which sight you want to visit so that you can sort it out and concludes in which area you will have to stay longer. If you can find a holiday apartment near to that area, it would reduce your expense for transportation. After all you can count on public transportation in here if you need to go to further place either. A holiday Apartments in Berlin could be the best alternative for budgeted traveler, it might be not as luxurious as in hotel but it can give the experience to live like the locals.
To have a walk at night in Berlin is not a bad idea either, the city lights or flashy light in television tower or Brandenburger Tor would be a nice background for your photos. If you want to travel by car, form my experience it is not a thing that I will recommended. It is not so easy to find parking space in Berlin and costly too. Except if you rent a car on the weekend, the parking space is free of charge but still not so easy to find one.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of law enforcement officers on Friday raided Southern California auto parts shops and other businesses suspected of illegally selling nitrous oxide for use as a recreational drug, in what federal authorities said was the nation's largest such raid to date.
Authorities served search warrants on 17 businesses and nine delivery vehicles during the simultaneous raids in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties, and three people were arrested on misdemeanor charges of misbranding a drug in violation of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A fourth person named in a federal warrant was being sought by authorities.
The operation was the result of a year-and-a-half-long joint investigation dubbed "No Laughing Matter" by the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. During the operation, federal agents seized 367 tanks or 36,000 pounds of nitrous oxide with a street value of $20 million, said Andre Birotte Jr., U.S. attorney for the Central District of California.
"Our investigation has revealed and uncovered evidence that many of these shops don't contain any auto supplies at all, just tanks of nitrous oxide," Birotte said.
The FDA has recently focused on the illegal use of nitrous oxide, and this was its largest case to date, said special agent Lisa Hartsell. Though nitrous oxide, also known as "laughing gas" or "noz," has long been a rave phenomenon, it has recently grown into more mainstream use, propelled by the ease of social media to reach young people and spread the word.
"This is a very cheap drug, can be had very easily, it is not a controlled substance, so your big members of the law enforcement community don't have the ability to control it," Hartsell said.
The gas is legally used by dentists for anesthesia, to pressurize whipped cream canisters and to speed up race cars. But authorities say its illegal use has spurred fatal car accidents, rapes and teen deaths — all in the name of a temporary high.
"We believe these individuals are selling this nitrous oxide knowing full well that it's not going to be used to accelerate a race car or for a dental office, it's being used for the party scene," Birotte said.
If ingested at high levels, nitrous oxide can cause death from lack of oxygen; it can also lead to spasms, convulsions and other health problems. Nitrous oxide is also considered a greenhouse gas and is 310 times more dangerous to the Earth's ozone layer than carbon dioxide, said Joseph Johns, chief of the U.S. attorney's environmental crimes section.
"The amount of gas that was taken off the streets today, is equivalent to one year's worth of carbon dioxide emissions from a small petroleum refinery in the heart of Los Angeles," Johns said. He said the investigation is ongoing.
"These (raids) are the initial baby steps," and more charges would likely be filed in the next weeks, Johns said.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials have zeroed in on the recreational use of nitrous oxide since September, cracking down on more than 350 illegal parties, spokesman Mike Parker said Thursday.
The operations are part of a new team set up by the Sheriff's Department over the last six months to monitor social media around the clock. The team has found many public posts that target teens and advertise alcohol and illegal drugs such as nitrous oxide.
"They're doing the social media equivalent of standing outside the front doors of a high school at 3 o'clock as school lets out with a megaphone announcing that there'll be drugs, noz and alcohol for children, and then handing out fliers to all the kids that are interested," Parker said.
These parties can be lucrative for those provisioning them. Sheriff's deputies have been tracking one distributor who is making more than $60,000 a month in the bulk sale of nitrous oxide, said Sgt. Glenn Walsh, who works in the Sheriff's Department's narcotics bureau.
Hartsell said the drugs have also spurred armed robberies as gangs steal tanks from each other.
Part of the problem for law enforcement officers going after the illegal use of nitrous oxide is that its distribution or use as a recreational drug is only a misdemeanor, officials said.
Sheriff's Lt. Rod Armalin said the department is working on legislation to increase the penalties.
Nitrous oxide isn't the only dangerous substance teens are turning to for a quick and cheap high. On Monday, a 14-year-old Los Angeles honors student died after inhaling computer keyboard dust cleaner, apparently to get high. Aria Doherty's sister found her in bed with a can of compressed air cleaning product attached to her mouth.
Earlier this month, a 12-year-old San Bernardino County girl, Kristal Salcido, died after inhaling Freon from an air conditioner.


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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Mike Black scored 17 points and Jacob Iati 15 to lead Albany to a 65-48 victory over Maryland-Baltimore County in the America East Conference opener for both teams.
The Great Danes (12-3) have won nine of their past 10 games.
Brett Roseboro had 12 points and eight rebounds, and Ryan Cook scored 12 for UMBC (2-12).
Albany shot 45.5 percent from the field (20 of 44) to the Retrievers' 34.5 percent (19 of 55), and the Great Danes made 20 of 25 free throws to UMBC's 5 of 9. Albany won the rebounding battle 33-24.
The Great Danes led 30-24 at the break, but Albany's Peter Hooley and Black made four free throws each around Sam Rowley's jumper for a 43-28 advantage. After Roseboro knocked down a jumper, Black and Hooley made two foul shots each to lead 47-30 with 11 minutes remaining.


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It's been weeks since the Ice Bucket challenge went viral and became mainstream, but it's still showing no signs of slowing down with more and more celebrities as well as thousands of common folks gleefully dunking themselves in frigid water to raise awareness about ALS.
Now, Sapan Diwakar from Switzerland has created a nifty website which catalogues all celebrity Ice Bucket Challenge videos. The website already has almost three hundred videos featuring a wide spectrum of well-known personalities including presidents, tech innovators, sport stars, athletes, and Hollywood and Bollywood stars. You can scroll through the list, search for your favourite celebrity, or filter by tags. The website is responsive and works well in various form factors. There's also an accompanying Android app for those wanting their dose of Ice Bucket Challenge videos on the go. However, the app is simply a repackaged version of the website and doesn't offer any additional functionality.
The Ice Bucket challenge was initiated to raise awareness about ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Over the past month, it has managed to raise over eighty million dollars towards fighting ALS. This is massive considering that only $2.6 million was donated last year between July 29 and August 26. Right now donations are averaging $9 million per day. If you haven't already, head over to alsa.org to learn more about ALS and contribute.


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== Current status ==
== Current status ==
Revision as of 17:11, 23 March 2010
- 1 No MTA
No MTA
Make the MTA (i.e.
/usr/sbin/sendmail) optional.
- Name: Adam Miller
- email: maxamillion [AT] fedoraproject.org
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 13
- Last updated: 23 March 2010
- Percentage of completion: 90%
- Everything as designed (Aside from messages that would normally be sent via a MTA)
- Patch
cronieto redirect messages that would be sent to a MTA to syslog in the event a MTA is not present.
- Patch submitted in RHBZ #548843, applied to cronie-1.4.4, currently in F13.
- Add sendmail to comps to ensure it is still installed by default, as expected
sendmailis listed in the
- This is for compatibility purposes and should be removed in a future release
- Add comment to
/etc/sysconfig/crondthat shows how to use syslog instead of sendmail:
# To send cron output to syslog instead of local mail, set CRONDARGS to: #CRONDARGS="-s -m off"
- Remove cronie's hard requirement on
- Patch the default configuration for logwatch to not send mail, but to send messages to stdout and then verify the patch to cronie is reporting logwatch messages to syslog accordingly.
- Verify there are no other packages that will require a patch to function without a MTA
Detailed Description
The presence of a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) like
sendmail has long been the de facto standard. But most systems that aren't mail servers do not specifically need to keep local mail queues or transfer mail to other systems. For the vast majority of users this is simply wasted resources and wasted disk space for the packages installed.
cron is the only thing in a default Fedora install that still uses local mail to report its status. The
cron syslog facility exists for this purpose, and our current
cron setup already uses it[1] to log some messages[2] to
This feature allows
cron to optionally use syslog instead of email to report job status, thus making the presence of an MTA completely optional.
Benefit to Fedora
One less required package in the critical path, and we clear the way for removing the MTA from the default install.
Packages that may require changes:
cronie is the only package in a default Fedora install that requests the use of an MTA. If
/usr/sbin/sendmail is not present, it will simply stop sending mail. Therefore, if we modify
cronie to send job output to a log file, we can remove the requirement for an MTA with no loss of functionality.
Required changes:
- Modify
cronieto send job output to the
cronsyslog facility if
sendmailis missing
- Remove
Requires: /usr/sbin/sendmailfrom
cronie's spec file
crontabs need to be examined to be sure none of them depend on local mail being sent.
logwatch needs to be examine to see if it actually depends on cron sending email, and patched to use stdout/syslog if so.
How To Test
- Ensure you have
cronie-1.4.4-1.fc13or higher installed.
- Edit
/etc/sysconfig/crondand set
CRONDARGS="-s -m off"
service crond restart
yum remove sendmail(or whichever package is providing your
- This step won't work yet - cronie-1.4.4-1.fc13 still requires
/usr/sbin/sendmail. Skip it for now.
- This step won't work yet - cronie-1.4.4-1.fc13 still requires
- Verify that all output from cron jobs shows up in
User Experience
Transparent to most users. System administrators or integrators who were relying on the implicit dependency on
/usr/bin/sendmail may need to update their kickstart files etc. to explicitly install their chosen MTA.
Contingency Plan
Do Nothing.
- None
Release Notes
- None
- ↑
/usr/bin/run-partsruns all the cron jobs in
/etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}- see
/etc/cron.d/0hourly(which runs the jobs in
/etc/cron.hourly) and
/etc/anacrontab(which launches the daily/weekly/monthly jobs.)
- ↑ In fact, our current setup does not log the output of cron jobs to
/var/log/cron- this feature would fix that.
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This won't come as news to any one who knows me ....I love to buy basics at COS .
COS is a Swedish brand( and sibling of H&M) that is now successfully into its 7th year on the high street.
You can measure its success by the amount of shops it is opening around the central London area.
The flagship shop is on Regents street which can be a right pain over the weekend due to the masses of people but on a smaller level therefore with a more concise collection chosen by a buyer you can go to the COS Corner in Selfridges.
There is now a biggish COS on Knightsbridge just hop and a skip from Harrods with a new shop opening on Kings Road ( in the Peter Jones area.)
Can I hear a YAY!!!
COS stands for : Collection of Style and it supplements any die hard fashionistas wardrobe to a T or should I say C....
I just got back from a weekend in Florence ...more on that later ...and what did I behold? Why a huge COS store getting ready to wow the Tuscan shoppers.
The minimalist approach to fashion is what attracts the hoards of fans like moths to a flame...Clean lines,asymmetric cuts, with collections that are vast and varied to suit every pallet is their winning ticket to guaranteed sales...Not to mention wallet friendly prices. You can buy an entire outfit : from head to toe and not break the bank and have enough left over for a fancy lunch out....Seriously. Then add to that your Chanel handbag, your latest Zanotti booties...tie a Gucci silk scarf around your neck and you are catwalk ready.
A coat from COS will keep you warm and see you through the winter ...it won't cost as much as a Max Mara and may not last an eternity but in a fast turn over, fashion fickle market when looks change faster than a season ...and when your budget won't always stretch towards the big name market...this is the way to go.
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Being interested in the mathematical theory, I was wondering if there are up-to-date, nontrivial models/theories where delay differential equations play a role (PDE-s, or more general functional differential equations).
It is clear that
- in biological (population) models usually pregnancy introduces a delay term, or
- in disease transition in networks the latent period introduces a delay, or
- in engineering in feedback problems signal processing introduces the time delay.
I would like to see a list of answers where each answer contains one reference/example.


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Here is an extensive list we've collected of what's new in iOS 7 beta 4 which Apple seeded to developers.
Lock Screen
● New chevron (>) arrow added to lock screen in front of "slide to unlock".
changing the lockscreen background now previews the lockscreen.
● Control Center pull up indicator is now just a line. Notification Center pull down indicator is also a line.
● Tapping on lock screen causes a sideward bounce -- prompts users to slide to unlock
● Changing the lockscreen wallpaper will preview the wallpaper with the lockscreen
● Removed "HDR" overlay in the camera app
● Live Camera Filters for 4S
● Tweaked 'Allow Photo Access' prompt
● Auto-focus square is now orange rather than green
● 'Summarise' option in Photos & Camera setting to make the views for photo collections more compact
● Picture previews aren't "negative" anymore
● Tweaked dialer call button
● Tweaked answer phone buttons
● You can now disable/enable contact photos in favorites
● Shuffle artist songs
● Playlist download all button is back
Spring Board
● Folders now have better/proper color to match the wallpaper.
● Multitasking Previews are now live, not just a static image
● PDF files look different in mail app
● The gradient on the mail weather and safari icon's gradients are more subtle.
● You only see the first letter of a persons last name in the messaging app now.
Notification Center
● "Completed Uploads" in the settings for notification center
● Tabs are now capitalized
● You can now swipe between panels in Notification Center
Game Center
● Game Center settings now accessible
● You can forfeit/delete Game Center challenges within Game Center
● Frequent Locations can be used to improve Apple Maps, History of Frequent Locations is also shown differently
● Drive time now displayed under the blue car when selecting a location
● Dramatically improved response time.
● Animation times are much shorter and snappier.
● Spotlight tweaked, Cancel button in search fields
● Accessibility improvements with bold text
● In a selectable list, the options are now centered
● Apps that use the camera now use the iOS 7 camera
● Caps lock icon and shift icon tweaked
● Siri Q&A Screen when pressing the "?" icon in Siri
● Back button during setup says "back" instead of previous screen
● New iPad "2X' icon when viewing iPhone apps on iPad screen
● Minor Safari UI Tweaks, website without a Favicon show a Safari logo
● New Airplay Icons
● Slight Newstand UI Tweaks
● You can now select a sound for AirDrop alerts
● Compass calibration is now faster
● Screen brightness changes when closing passbook
● Few new icons in Settings.app
● Snooze during alarms says "Tap to Snooze" instead of just snooze
● Search in reminders app
● App Store opens in last section you were visiting instead of the default featured tab
● "Grabbers" have a new look (the tab that comes up for notification center when you're full screen/watching a video)
● Improved algorithm for detecting which font to display depending on wallpaper
● Second hand on clock icon is now active [Thanks @iGlassGuy]
● World clock shows how many hours behind or ahead you are from city
● Some users are reporting changes to the signal bars algorithm. You may notice more 'bars' even though signal strength remains the same.
● Numerous crashes fixed
● We have received word that some users are have difficulties controlling music playback with their headphones (headset remote controls no longer working). We believe this is simply a bug and will hopefully be fixed by the GM release.
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New report shows state budget cuts devastating public schools
NEA President: Our students are suffering in the wake of funding slashes
WASHINGTON - October 13, 2011 -
New austerity budgets, passed by state legislatures, are having a huge negative effect on direct services to children, youth, and families, according to a new report by Campaign for America's Future.
The report, "Starving America's Public Schools: How Budget Cuts and Policy Mandates are Hurting our Nation's Students," compiles data from local news reports across the country. The report focuses on five key states that have flaunted budget cuts to K-12 public education: Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
The five states have reduced or eliminated crucial services, such as pre-kindergarten, full-day kindergarten, technical education and foreign language courses, art, music and physical education. Several of the states also have increased class sizes. In each state, the report documents dwindling public school funds being transferred to private entities, such as private schools and voucher programs.
"We know what our students need to learn and succeed – including early childhood education, smaller class sizes and a well-rounded curriculum," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "Americans must demand that our elected leaders use our tax dollars to help build a solid future for all our children and our nation by providing adequate funding for our public schools and helping all our students get the education they deserve."
"In community after community, I came across clear signs that our schools are in dire straits," said report author and education blogger Jeff Bryant. "At a time when the world is changing so rapidly and globalization is opening so many new possibilities for the next generation, why are our public schools being forced to shrink the learning opportunities available to our children?"
Campaign for America's Future co-Director Robert L. Borosage called on Washington to wake up to the damage being done across the country. "The debate in Washington too often ignores the carnage suffered by schools and children from budget cuts across the country. Instead of ensuring that schools are protected from the budget squeeze caused by the economic collapse, Washington is more focused on the old debate over testing and standards. Meanwhile, states are cutting back early childhood education, increasing class sizes and cutting back everything from advanced placement to music and art education. These cuts not only add to the downturn, they endanger the education that everyone agrees our children deserve."
Examples of how our children are paying the price:
- In Pennsylvania: In Chester Upland, 40 percent of the teachers were eliminated, with class sizes rising from 21 to 30 in elementary schools and to 35 in high schools. And in York, art, music and physical education classes were eliminated in elementary schools.
- Arizona ranks sixth among states in the amount of public school funds being funneled to private schools. The state redirects $61 million per year through individual, corporate, and other kinds of tax credit programs. Florida ranks first, redirecting $229 million per year through voucher and corporate tax credit programs.
- Florida has cut more than $1 billion from education in its new budget for 2011–12, an almost 8 percent drop that translates to a loss of $542 per student.
- Overriding the governor's veto, the North Carolina General Assembly approved a 2011 budget that cut $800 million in education funding. The state ranked 47th in spending per pupil in the country in 2010 and likely will slip to 49th in 2011.
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Here, for example, is Emily Dickinson's little-known "This World Is Not Conclusion" in which the poet rejects religion but seems to affirm faith:
Faith slips — and laughs, and rallies —
Blushes, if any see —
Plucks at a twig of Evidence —
And asks a Vane, the way —
Much gesture, from pulpit —
Strong Hallelujahs roll —
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul —
Richard Forster, the poet who comments on this poem, states that only a few of Dickinson's poems make the popular anthologies, yet Dickinson's collected works include nearly 1,700 poems. Foster also points out that Dickinson's own biographers have overlooked this poem. As a result, "The World Is Not Conclusion" may seem almost new to us, an exciting prospect for all who love verse.
Other poets appear in Dark Horses whose unusual tinkering with verse may startle some readers. Dadaist Man Ray's poem is actually a non-poem ( — — — — — — — ) in which the title and the verse itself are simply heavy blank lines that appear to be drawn through words; proponent Dean Young reminds readers that "Man Ray's poem endures with a frontal assault that makes the avant-garde pretensions of today seem like wormy appeals for tenure." Tim Dlugos in "Gilligan's Island" explores in a prose poem the connections between television, sex (particularly the feelings between The Professor and Ginger), the Kennedy assassination, and a boy engaged in solitary sexual pleasures. The poem entertains, as poet David Trinidad tells us, but he then goes on to point out the complexity of "Gilligan's Island," its many layers of meaning and of characterization, its mixture of entertainment, sex, and death.
Still other poems in this intriguing collection lead us to an appreciation of small things, the beauties of nature, the value of silence. Charlotte Mew's lyrical "The Trees Are Down" gives readers a chance to discover a lovely poem by a poet nearly unknown today, at least in the United States. Elizabeth Bishop, who on the other hand is well known indeed, a leading lady of many anthologies, appears here with "Poem," in which Bishop brings to life a tiny countryside sketch once done by one of her uncles, who later became a well-known artist in England. "Poem" is a simple piece, seemingly concerned with "munching cows," "iris, crisp and shivering," and "steel-gray storm clouds," but the beauty lurking behind these images exerts a strong attraction on any reader fortunate enough to discover this poem.
Two qualities in particular set Dark Horses apart from other collections. First is the fervor with which Katz and Prufer set out to resuscitate certain poems for which they and other poets felt vast affection. In their introduction to the book, Katz and Prufer tell us how they sat one evening in an Italian restaurant in Kansas City discussing with three other poets the lesser known poems and out-of-print poets that they loved. Katz and Prufer then decided to approach 100 and ask them for their personal favorite unappreciated poets or poems. Of these, 67 responded. Katz and Prufer brought these responses together, amazed at how many wonderful poems were recommended by writers they'd never met. Given their chaotic collection methods, they decided that Dark Horses would be a kind of orchestrated clamor. Like our original conversation, the poems would be united by the ardor and enthusiasm of their promoters.
The work of many of these poets is so little known, and yet so clearly it's a part of the canon and makes Dark Horses unique. This "motley mix of screeds, personal stories, and more scholarly investigations" by the writers promoting beloved and neglected poems and poets demonstrates to doubters that contemporary poets, poets who still practice their craft with diligence and love, continue to read poetry themselves. On Naomi Lizard's "In Answer to Your Query," a delightful poem about how products or services, though still valued, cease to exist, Carolyn Kizer, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1985, writes that "these poems should not be allowed to be forgotten. They are truer than ever today ... Won't someone please reprint Ordinances? I know at least fifteen major poets who would leap at the chance to introduce it."
A good part of contemporary poetry's failure to attract an audience has to do with the lack of craft in many poets and a surfeit of bad poetry. Many poets whose work appears in self-published chapbooks write awful stuff: ugly free verse, mawkish sentiments, verse dripping with tone-deaf confessions. The majority of poetry magazines today actually have more people submitting verse than they do readers. Some commentators on the miserable state of modern poetry blame readers for being poorly educated and so lacking the skill and training to enter the realm of modern verse. Others blame it on the poets themselves. A few attribute the diminished status of poetry to the influence of technology over the last 75 years: the abundance of popular music, the movies, the television, the computer.
Despite these obstacles, poets and readers of poetry still hold out hope that strong poetry will continue to be written and to find readers. In Dark Horses, both the poets and the poets who appear as their advocates give all who wish the best for poetry a real reason to hope that the best will be recognized and will live among us.


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Riding NoAZ – Part II The Flagstaff Area
If you briefly return to my previous post, you'll see how my scooter, Iron Buddy, and I wound up in Flagstaff, AZ for five days. Go ahead, check it out, I'll wait here.
Welcome back, you didn't miss anything. In a more distant post (here) I wrote about exploring the area around Sedona. I shot some video, took a bunch of pics, explored some great areas and broke down. It's only 30 miles to Flagstaff and I had planned on exploring up there a bit but didn't get the chance. When we decided to stay in Flagstaff this time, I was chomping at the bit to explore the area on two wheels.
I planned to ride three of the five days we were there: shorter rides for local exploration on days 1 and 3 and riding all day to the Grand Canyon and back on day 2. We packed our stuff and the scooter and left for Flagstaff on May 20. I enjoyed driving up Highway 87 (Beeline Highway) so much last when we went to Sedona, that I chose that route again. Climbing out of Phoenix and up to Arizona Rim Country is a great drive. Once on the Mogollon Rim and to Payson, it was on to Lake Mary Road, through Happy Jack then past Mormon Lake and eventually into Flagstaff.
For security reasons, I kept the bike in the van for the first night. The next day I unloaded , check some maps and began to explore. An ongoing "problem" I found is that there is a distinct lack of paved roads in this area. I know that it is hard to many paved roads up and down all the mountains, but even the flatter areas don't have any. Another reason is that there is a lot of Indian reservation in this area and many tribes don't seem to want a lot of asphalt on their land. Much of the remaining land is part of National Forest, so I guess they fit into the same category. The take home lesson here is that if you have a sports car or pure street bike, you won't be doing much in the way of exploration. If you've got a dirt bike, dual sport or car that you don't mind getting dirty, there are many miles of forest service roads to check out.
There is a bit of "The Mother Road," Route 66 that goes through Flagstaff, so I went there first. I forgot to bring my Go-Pro this day, so still pics had to be enough. I went east on Route 66 toward Walnut Canyon. The surface is poorly maintained and full of potholes and patches, but nevertheless, there is still something about being on that road. This section of 66 is only 5 miles long and before I knew it, I was at Walnut Canyon. One of the maps I looked at, clearly showed "Old Walnut Canyon Rd." That sounded like a good way to go back to town. I had to go to the Walnut Canyon Gate to get directions to go back and find it. As it turns out, at this end, it has a Forest Rd number. It is almost entirely dirt. Not wanting a simple "out and back" ride, I decided to give it a whirl. Some of the road was in great shape:
Some of it wasn't:
I made it back to town but had only managed to put less than 20 miles on the scoot and I had wanted to get some idea of what my mileage was to be at that elevation, so I pulled up a map on my phone and saw what looked like a great little road with good photo ops – Elden Lookout Road. I had wanted to scout out a little of the start of my Grand Canyon ride anyway and the base of Mt Elden Lookout is on the west side of Flagstaff on Route 180. Perfect.
I wound my way through town (always beautiful) and found the turn and started up. The first few miles are paved, then, you guessed it, it turned to dirt. One of the signs I saw said 6 miles of unimproved road, but my odometer said it was almost twice that.
It's hard to see in photos, but this is steep grade, with a lots of loose rocks, gravel and sand. I picked my way along and made it to the top. the view is fantastic! i took a few photos, had a monor crash when the bike slipped on hard packed dirt/rock covered in a thin layer of cinders.
I became a little concerned on the way down. Because of all the loose dirt and gravel and the fact the I was using only my rear brake, I was worried my tiny rear drum brake my give out. It didn't. I made it back to the hotel without further incident. I checked Iron buddy for damage and only found a few minor tears in his vinyl.
The next day I rode to the Grand Canyon. The previous post tells all about that. For day three, I considered riding out to Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Parks. If you go to the Flagstaff area, I highly recommend both places. However, I had been to both a year or so previously and decided to ride around the city of Flagstaff looking for interesting buildings to photograph. I'm a sucker for old buildings, other structures and murals.
I had a great time exploring, but that doesn't make for interesting reading, so I'll spare you the details. On our way home, we chose to drive down Oak Creek Canyon, through Sedona then south on route 179 until it rejoined I-17. i don't think you can have had a proper trip to this part of the state without seeing Oak creek canyon. I've been there many times and it's always a treat.
Route 179 after Sedona is a really nice drive as well. The road is in great condition and the scenery is beautiful. Once you get back to I-17, you don't have to just put the accelerator down and zoom back toward Phoenix, either. The next exit south of where you enter I-17 is Beaver Creek Rd(Exit #293). If you take this exit and go east, you will come to Montezuma Well National Park. A short easy hike give a nice little Arizona history lesson. Just 4 miles further south brings you to Middle Verde Rd. From here, go about a mile east to Montezuma Castle Rd and follow the signs to Montezuma Castle Nat'l Park. Another short, easy hike brings you to some spectacular cliff dwellings.
If you don't stop at either of those places and need a quick break, or if you just want to see one of my favorite rest areas in the state, pull off at Exit 252, Sunset Point. this rest area sets at the edge of a mesa and give some spectacular views down in a little valley. The rest area is beautifully maintained and well lit at night.
One other place I can recommend going to before you get to "civilization" is the Rock Springs Cafe. If you do a Google search for "Best Pie in AZ" they come up at the top of the list. I don't know that they are the best pie in the state, but it's pretty darned good. Take Exit 242 and follow the signs.
I really enjoyed this trip. I was a tiny bit disappointed in the lack of nice, scenic roadways up north. The architecture of Flagstaff did not disappoint. The drive up and back was also quite enjoyable.
I put together a little video to go along with this post. Video quality isn't as good as it could be because the part of the scooter towhich I attach the Go-Pro was loose and I didn't realize it. I hope you get a little feel for Flagstaff anyway:


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ScreenwriterWilliam Goldman once famously declared that the most important fact of life in Hollywood is that "nobody knows anything." It was his way of describing a reality that continues to haunt the movie business: Studio executives have no idea which pictures will make money.
Unless, of course, those pictures are made by Pixar Animation Studios. Since 1995, when the first Toy Story was released, Pixar has made nine films, and every one has been a smashing success.
Pixar's secret? Its unusual creative process. Most of the time, a studio assembles a cast of freelance professionals to work on a single project and cuts them loose when the picture is done. At Pixar, a staff of writers, directors, animators, and technicians move from project to project. As a result, the studio has built a team of moviemakers who know and trust one another in ways unimaginable on most sets.
Which explains how they can handle the constant critiques that are at the heart of Pixar's relentless process. Animation days at the studio all begin the same way: The animators and director gather in a small screening room filled with comfy couches. They eat Cap'n Crunch and drink coffee. Then the team begins analyzing the few seconds of film animated the day before, as they ruthlessly "shred" each frame. Even the most junior staffers are encouraged to join in.
The upper echelons also subject themselves to megadoses of healthy criticism. Every few months, the director of each Pixar film meets with the brain trust, a group of senior creative staff. The purpose of the meeting is to offer comments on the work in progress, and that can lead to some major revisions. "It's important that nobody gets mad at you for screwing up," says Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3. "We know screwups are an essential part of making something good. That's why our goal is to screw up as fast as possible."
The proof is in the product. The average international gross per Pixar film is more than $550 million, and the cartoons are critical darlings—the studio has collected 24 Academy Awards. Nobody in Hollywood knows anything. Pixar seems to know everything.
Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3, used to make live-action movies. But the Pixar emphasis on revision has changed his approach to filmmaking. "If I went back to live-action, I'd have to do it the Pixar way," he says. "If I didn't, I'd feel like I was walking a tightrope without a net."
Darla Anderson has produced four Pixar films: A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Cars, and now Toy Story 3. "I'm the pushy mom of producers. I always drive it to the bitter edge," she says. "I always want it to be better, even if it means throwing something out that we've spent months working on."
Bobby Podesta, supervising animator of Toy Story 3, has been with Pixar since 1997 and, like most animators, considers himself an actor. "My job is to convince you that the stack of polygons on the screen is actually alive," he says.
Guido Quaroni is the supervising technical director on Toy Story 3. According to him, TS3 was the first film in which the technical team was able to fulfill every animation request from the creative staff. "We never said no to the director," he says.
The first challenge: coming up with a great story. For inspiration, the creative team leaves the Pixar campus and heads to the Poet's Loft, a cabin 50 miles north of San Francisco. They thought they already had a great start on the plot for Toy Story 3, but after 20 minutes, the whole thing is scrapped. By day two, a new idea emerges—how would the toys feel if Andy, their owner, left for college?/ Day / 3
Working from a series of plot points, screenwriter Michael Arndt begins drafting the script. At the same time, director Lee Unkrich and the story artists start sketching storyboards for each scene. There is no animation yet, just drawn poses like in a comic book. But the storyboards allow the filmmakers to begin imagining the look and feel of each scene.
So far, the characters exist only as digital illustrations. Character design has begun. Some are sculpted in clay and scanned. Others are drawn by hand. Later, visual textures—fur, fabric, hair—will be added to the form, a step known as simulation. "It's a constant negotiation with the technical side," says supervising animator Bobby Podesta. "Not everything we want is possible."/ Day / 123
The storyboards are turned into what's called a story reel—a series of images that can be projected for an in-house audience like an elaborate flip book. The lines are prerecorded by Pixar employees. "This is a crucial moment for the film," says Pixar president and cofounder Ed Catmull. "Watching along with an audience allows us to see what works and what doesn't."
Actors start coming in to voice the script. Tom Hanks takes his turn at the Pixar recording studio to lay down his vocal tracks. Hanks reads every line dozens of times, varying his interpretations and emphasis. The sessions are also filmed, so animators can watch the actor's expressions and use those as reference when they start animating the characters' faces./ Day / 400
The shaders are responsible for adding color and texture to characters' bodies and other surfaces. One issue is the fact that Woody and Buzz are made of plastic: Some plastics are slightly translucent, and they absorb light. So the shaders used a subsurface scattering algorithm to simulate this effect and make the toys look more believable.
The pictures are moving. Each character is defined by up to 1,000 avars—points of possible movement—that the animators can manipulate like strings on a puppet. Each morning, the team gathers to review the second or two of film from the day before. The frames are ripped apart as the team searches for ways to make the sequences more expressive./ Day / 806
The technical challenges start to pile up. (Simulating a wet bear is especially complex.) Good thing Steve Jobs insisted that the building's essential facilities be centrally located. "Walking to the bathroom or getting a cup of coffee is often the most productive part of my day," says producer Darla Anderson. "You bump into somebody by accident and then have a conversation that leads to a fix."/ Day / 898
The animators are working flat out. They stay late into the night in their highly personalized offices, which have been decorated in a variety of themes, from Polynesian tiki to '70s-era love lounge. ("We let them do whatever they want," Catmull says.) The animators even have their own working bars, complete with beer on tap and a collection of single-malt whiskeys./ Day / 907
Rendering—using computer algorithms to generate a final frame—is well under way. The average frame (a movie has 24 frames per second) takes about seven hours to render, although some can take nearly 39 hours of computing time. The Pixar building houses two massive render farms, each of which contains hundreds of servers running 24 hours a day.
The movie is mostly done. The team has completed 25 of the film's sequences and is just finishing an action scene that involves a runaway model train, smoke, dust clouds, force fields, lasers, mountainous terrain, and a massive bridge explosion. It has taken 27 technical artists four months to perfect the scene./ Day / 1,084
With only weeks to go before the film is released, the audio mixers at Skywalker Sound combine dialog, music, and sound effects. Every nuance is adjusted and re-adjusted. After a four-year production process, it can be hard to let go of Woody, Lotso, Buzz, and the rest of the characters. "We don't ever finish a film," Unkrich says. "I could keep on making it better. We're just forced to release it."
1 / SKETCHES There are 49,516 of these sketches in the movie's story reel, which is used as a kind of rough draft of the film. This frame captures the initial excitement of the toys as they arrive at Sunnyside Daycare, their new home.
2 / COLOR SCRIPTS It took art director Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi one week to create this impressionistic digital version of the scene. The goal is to begin to define the style and lighting scheme of the frame. Concept art from past movies is on display in the Pixar art gallery.
3 / PROPS Toys are positioned in the 3-D "dressed set." The TS3 team wanted the nursery to be alive with movement, so hundreds of characters are placed on the shelves. Now the director can fine-tune the camera's movement to best capture the action.
4 / LAST DETAILS The amount of labor spent on each character depends on its prominence in the final shot. Background toys are given simple textures and basic movements, while Lotso and Woody—the stars of the scene—are lavished with attention.
5 / FINALE Surfaces—walls, clothing, faces—are fed through rendering software that simulates light and shadow. It also adds texture to Lotso's fur, Barbie's leggings, and the carpet. An average frame takes more than seven hours of computing time to render. A more complex frame like this one required eleven hours.
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