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There's a new trailer for the "Total Recall" remake out but that's not the big news here. The big news is that in the trailer we have 100% confirmation that there's a 3 boobied hooker. I know, I can barely type I'm so excited. This might be the greatest day in the history of the world.
There can only be one "Highlander"! Well actually there can be multiple. There was for sure a sequel and now there's a remake of the 1986 cult classic that I've never seen. But I might see the remake, because Ryan Reynolds has been confirmed to be taking the lead in the film. I'm not going to go into why I will see it now because of him. I don't have to explain myself to you.
Sing this with me. I... like... movies with Danny Trejo. Charlie Sheen playing the president. And.. AND... TWINS! Remember those commercials?! Well I do and I'm talking about Elise and Electra Avellan being added to the cast of "Machete Kills". For those of you who don't follow the work of Robert Rodriguez the Avellan twins were those two girls from "Planet Terror" and the original "Machete" flick. Your move, 3 boobied alien.
For those of you who have been waiting with baited breath for the new "Carrie" remake I have the honor or breaking the news to you that production has officially begun in Toronto. For those of you who love freedom and hate maple syrup I have to misfortune of telling you that the "Carrie" remake has begun production in Toronto.

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CSE 190: Virtual Reality Technology
Course Description
Virtual reality (VR) has been capturing people's imagination for decades, but it has been only recently that this technology became available for consumers. This course aims to explain how VR technology works, and the students are going to do programming projects to better understand potential and limitations of today's VR hardware and devices.
Course Schedule
Click here for the course schedule.
It lists lecture dates, homework due dates, and recommended reading.
In this course the following topics are going to be covered, plus possibly a few more:
- An overview of the state-of-the-art VR technologies and research trends will be given.
- The fundamental physics of 3D displays will be covered, including the major 3D depth cues.
- The most common display types such as LCDs and OLEDs will be introduced, in terms of display materials, device structures, working principles and research trends.
- We will look at various ways to create stereographic 3D images.
- Several quasi-true 3D displays, including holography, volumetric 3D displays and light field displays will be introduced.
- Immersive VR systems will be discussed, including HMD-based systems. This part of the course will include a discussion of smart phone based HMDs as well as high end computer-driven HMDs.
- Challenges with today's HMD-based VR will be discussed and software driver components will be explained and implemented in C++ with OpenGL.
- CSE167 (Introduction to Computer Graphics) or equivalent
- Instructor: Dr. Jürgen Schulze
- Instructor's office hour: Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm, Atkinson Hall, Room 2125
- Number of Units: 4
- Section ID: 972478
- Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00pm-3:20pm at EBU 3b, room B210 (a.k.a. VR lab).
- Homework Discussion: Mondays 3:00-3:50pm in EBU 3b, room B210
- Homework: 4 programming assignments
- 1 in-class written exam
- 1 VR app/video presentation in-class
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- Designated computer lab: CSE B210 (VR Lab)
- TA: Karen Lucknavalai, tutors: Ziyang Li, Weichen Liu; see Piazza for office hours
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You will find your homework and other scores on TritonEd. Please verify a few days after after every due date that your score has been recorded correctly and inform your grader or instructor if you find an error.
The final grade depends on a weighted average of all the scores. The following grading key will be used:
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For undergraduate students with the P/NP option: A pass (P) grade will be given for an average score of 60 or higher.
For graduate students with the S/U option: A satisfactory (S) grade will be given for an average score of 75 or higher.
Homework Assignments
- Homework Assignment #1: Where's Waldo 3D, due Friday April 19 at 2pm
- Homework Assignment #2: Levels of Immersion, due Friday May 3 at 2pm
- Homework Assignment #3: CAVE Simulator, due Friday May 17th at 2pm
- Final Project: Dual User VR, due Tuesday June 11th at 3pm
Projects 1 and 4 should be done in teams of two. Projects 2 and 3 are solo projects.
All projects must be demonstrated to the course staff on or before the due date. There will be a dedicated grading session on due dates at 2pm in CSE B210.
If you can't get a project done in time before the due date you can submit it on the following Friday but at a penalty of 25% of your score.
Optional Textbooks
You won't need to buy a textbook for this course because the lecture slides will be made available to you. However, if you want more background information, we recommend the following books:
|The VR Book by Jason Jerald, 550 pages, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, October 16, 2015, ISBN-10: 1970001127, ISBN-13: 978-1970001129
|Mastering Oculus Rift Development by Jack Donovan, 306 pages, Packt Publishing, February 6, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-1786461155, ISBN-10: 1786461153
|Virtual Reality by Steven M. LaValle. To be published by Cambridge University Press. Download PDF
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NLTT 43806 is a white dwarf, the dying remnants of a star like our own. But there's a problem. Its composition doesn't make any sense...unless there was a cataclysm just like the one Earth experienced four billion years ago.
Located about fifty light-years away, NLTT 43806 is unlike any other white dwarf we've seen before. Its aluminum content is abnormally high relative to the amount of iron. On all other white dwarfs we've seen, iron generally outnumbers aluminum by a factor of about ten to one, due to the vagaries of the chemical reactions that go on within the star.
Where you can find a lot of aluminum is in the crust of rocky planets like Earth. After oxygen and silicon, aluminum is the most abundant element in Earth's crust. If you want to find iron, you need https://publish.io9.com/ged/new#to go in deeper, as the core is where most of our planet's iron is found.
And it isn't just iron and aluminum - a total of nine elements identified on the white dwarf are found in abundance levels that don't make much sense for a star, but fit neatly with what you'd expect on the top layers of a rocky planet. This suggests that NLTT 43806 has at least one rocky planet...but it probably once had an extra. These two planets collided into each other, ripping off huge portions of the crust and upper mantle of the planets.
That collision probably was a lot like the one between Earth and a Mars-sized object, commonly known as Theia. This ancient impact - which we've been talking about a lot lately - was responsible for creating Earth's Moon. So then, NLTT 43806 might not just have a planet - it might also have a large, newly formed moon in orbit around that planet.
And we do mean newly formed - since the unusual elements are still detectable at all on the white dwarf, that means they're still near the surface. Such elements would be pulled down beneath the surface fairly quickly, so that means the collision must still be raining down material on the star. That places the impact at no more than 50 million years ago, which is practically no time at all in cosmic terms.
It's pretty cool to think that we've detected a recent example of arguably the most important event in our planet's history, but it's not the only possible explanation - it's also conceivable that a large asteroid crashed onto the white dwarf, depositing these unusual elements.
It appears unlikely with our present technology that we will be able to detect the presence of a planet around NLTT 43806 - the circumstances just aren't lined up right for that - but we may be able to confirm or refute the hypothesis by studying the levels of manganese and potassium on the surface, which would look different depending on the precise source of these elements.
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Food Safety and Inspection Service's Public Health Information System
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that domestic and imported meat, poultry and processed egg products are safe, wholesome and correctly labeled and packaged.
FSIS is launching a dynamic data analytics system called the Public Health Information System (PHIS), developed as part of our effort to collect, consolidate and analyze data. PHIS is a user-friendly, web-based application that will replace many of FSIS' existing systems, such as the Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS) and the Automated Import Information System (AIIS). It will integrate and automate our paper-based business processes—often found to be inefficient, time-consuming and limiting—into one comprehensive and fully automated data-driven inspection system. PHIS will significantly improve the way FSIS detects and responds to foodborne hazards. Individuals using PHIS will not need highly advanced computer skills-only basics of web browsing. If you have ever "surfed" the Internet, then you already have the computer skills you will need.
PHIS has four components: domestic inspection, import activities, export activities and predictive analytics.
This public health-based approach is in line with the core food safety principles of the President's Food Safety Working Group to guide the development of a modern, coordinated food safety system by preventing harm to consumers, using good data and analysis for effective food safety inspections and enforcements and identifying and quickly stopping outbreaks of foodborne illness.
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PHIS will empower FSIS with the tools to stay ahead of food safety threats by more rapidly and accurately identifying emerging trends, patterns and anomalies in data. This powerful decision-making tool will enable FSIS to protect public health more efficiently, effectively and rapidly than under previous data systems.
This easy-to-use, web-based system will integrate our data sources to support a comprehensive, timely and reliable data-driven approach to FSIS inspection, auditing and scheduling. Through improved data quality, more consistent reporting, enhanced management controls and efficient, effective use of FSIS data, PHIS will enable FSIS to respond more quickly when threats are realized.
This will make FSIS and its employees more accountable and will make better use of inspection personnel's time while in FSIS-regulated establishments every day. The system will allow FSIS to coordinate effectively within FSIS and with our stakeholders and other agencies, improving investigations and contaminant tracing. As the system is further developed, it will facilitate sharing of data among inspection personnel, their managers and headquarters on a daily basis, giving FSIS decisionmakers a better picture of what is happening across the country, as it is happening. It will remove the time lag for this kind of communication that previously occurred over days or even weeks. Along with the training FSIS personnel will receive, PHIS will better equip them with the necessary information to identify deficiencies in an establishment's process controls and to anticipate developing problems-preventing adulterated products from entering commerce. The system also is a learning tool that will provide inspection personnel with helpful links to relevant guidance materials such as regulations, notices and directives.
Functions and Benefits
PHIS will transform our ability to utilize data to inform all aspects of domestic inspection, import activities and export activities. It will allow FSIS to collect and analyze information about domestic and international food safety systems producing FSIS-regulated products, so that FSIS can identify food safety risks before they result in outbreaks or recalls, detecting problems before they reach consumers.
Using multiple FSIS data sources, PHIS will allow analysts to identify trends that will automatically adjust domestic and import inspections and sampling, such as the relationship between Salmonella test results and inspection findings, notifying field and headquarters personnel about potential public health threats.
PHIS will support automated decision criteria for consistent scheduling of inspection and sampling activities. Through the system, FSIS will provide inspection personnel the frequencies with which to perform verification tasks and the relative priorities of those tasks. However, the system will allow inspection personnel to manage their own inspection calendars based on their knowledge of establishments' operations and their own workloads. FSIS will be able to monitor establishment data on a daily basis and to send built-in alerts when anomalies in the data are detected. For example, PHIS will send alerts when a large number of incomplete inspection activities or high rates of noncompliance are observed in an establishment. PHIS also will prompt inspection personnel when a routine verification of an establishment's hazard analysis and supporting documentation is necessary.
PHIS will streamline the export program by converting what is now solely a paper-based system to an automated one. The automated system covers all functions of the system, including establishment applications for approval for export, applications for export certificates and the issuance of export certificates. The system will enable an automated edit-check capability to ensure that certificates properly reflect a foreign country's import requirements.
The new system will allow FSIS to systematically verify the effectiveness of foreign food safety systems. It will also enable the advance receipt and verification of electronic foreign health certificates associated with arriving foreign shipments certified by a foreign government. Processes for auditing inspection programs of foreign countries exporting meat, poultry and processed egg products to the United States will also be automated.
To enable greater exchange of information between FSIS and other federal agencies involved in tracking cross-border movement of import and export shipments of meat, poultry and processed egg products, PHIS will establish an electronic interface with U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), once ACE is compatible.
Improving Operations
With PHIS, inspection personnel will be able to perform inspection personnel directed procedures based on their findings and PHIS data as well as perform system-directed (i.e., unscheduled) procedures prompted by a trigger event, such as a positive pathogen result. In contrast, PBIS is unable to schedule procedures in response to ongoing results or findings.
Establishment profiles, which were limited in the old system, are expanded under PHIS. It will provide the ability for compliance and non-compliance of verification activities to be documented.
PHIS will track the completion of tasks and results, alert supervisors and automatically prompt inspection personnel to perform follow-up procedures when applicable. Under the old system, in-plant personnel must remember to perform follow-up procedures and there has been no effective way for supervisors to ensure completion of follow-up tasks. PHIS also provides for multiple layers for reviewing plant data by field personnel and other affected offices.
The inspection personnel will record the compliance findings and regulations verified, whether or not the establishment is in compliance. Under the old system, inspection personnel only have documented specifics on noncompliance.
Impact on Inspection in Establishments
PHIS does not create new requirements or regulations for establishments regarding domestic inspection. What it will do is enable inspection personnel to better identify shortcomings in the food safety systems of establishments and anticipate problems before they result in adulterated products entering commerce. The new system will guide in-plant inspection personnel to focus their attention on the specific aspects of an establishment's food safety systems and supporting documentation that have the most significant impact on public health.
System for the Future
PHIS is not only the future of FSIS—improving our operations and infrastructure—but is aligned with the Food Safety Working Group's public-health focused approach to food safety. The system is state-of-the-art with checks and balances that will allow us to see what is working, as well as any gaps. It is designed for the purpose of reducing the number of foodborne illnesses. It is also designed to ensure transparency and accountability to the people we serve.
For More Information
To find out more about PHIS, visit the FSIS website at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/phis or contact the FSIS Congressional and Public Affairs Office at (202) 720-9113.


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Still need to paint the bottom and figure out how to thread the barrel for a flash hider, and I intend to get one of Renegadebuck's magazine adapters when he gets his last batch done, but, overall, I think it turned out fairly well - for a first time. Sure learned alot about my cheapo dremel-like tool today.[IMG]http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...Conversion.jpg[/IMG]


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This is one of my all time favourite bands…and one of my all time favourite songs! I distinctly remember waiting up all night to catch this video the first time it aired on MTV's 120 Minutes. It was so worth it.
I was fortunate to catch HR sit in with Fishbone a few months back when they visited 930 Club in Washington, DC. They did a version pf "Banned in DC" that was truly epic. So glad I was there to see it live. There are very few bands, if any, around today that could pull of what Bad Brains did back in the day. They're a bit older, a bit wiser…but still rockin out loud!
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Twenty-two students were part of Morenci's school yearbook staff that was given Honorable Mention Certificate of Recognition by Taylor Publishing.
As mentioned in an article last week, the award was presented for "dedication, effort and accomplishments" in yearbook design and content.
In addition editor and head designer Katelyn Joughin, the staff included illustrator Karley Schmidt; photographers Kathleen Barron, Roxanne Shankster, Amy Gilman, Dana Joughin, Meribeth Keefer and photo editor Molly Foss; copy editors Denae Merillat, Jade Pfund and Megan Cox; business manager Nathan Grieder;
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Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas? For me it seems to have whizzed by in a flash and I'm now feeling a little sad that Christmas is pretty much over for yet another year. Something else we've been feeling a little blue about is the fact that a wonderful exhibition at the Imperial War Museum is about to close so yesterday, we thought we'd better visit it for a last time.
We initially visited this brilliant museum about the same time last year (you can read my post with more photos here) and we really loved the exhibition The Children's War. Not only is there lots of fabulous information and exhibits relating to the evacuees of the Second World War, the jewel in the crown is the reconstruction of a 1940's house.
The outside of the house has a light dusting of snow. Mr HenHouse is wondering if you'd like to see inside?
I've posted about the house before but I couldn't resist doing so again. I've just taken a few snaps showing you the house decorated for Christmas, 1940's style. I really love this sitting room. I can't believe they are going to dismantle this house when so much effort has clearly gone into making it. The attention to detail is brilliant. So as you can see, now there is a tree but without lights as would have been the case during the war, paper streamers abound and the odd Chinese lantern.
There are Christmas cards on the mantelpiece and the stockings hang above the fireplace, made of real socks and no doubt containing an orange in the toe, if they could get hold of one? A carrot and mince pie have been left on the hearth, ready for Rudolph and Father Christmas.
Somebody has been wrapping up their presents at the table, probably re-using last year's paper and they've been listening to the gramophone. Indeed, the crackle of Christmas carols filled the air making the house very atmospheric.
In the kitchen, no doubt the lady of the house has been busy.
She has done well to stockpile supplies, there is a chicken on the stove, and over on the counter, some sherry. She has even managed to make a Christmas pudding and mince pies. We watched a great programme the other night "Ration Book Britain", which showed how they made a Christmas pudding during the War, using powdered egg and carrot, as dried fruit was a luxury probably not available. There was no rum sauce but "mock cream" which looked pretty yucky! Ration coupons would be saved up to make the Christmas dinner extra special. We can see they had some crackers, these too were probably homemade using cardboard from the inner of toilet rolls and some crepe paper.
In the dining room, there was a little festive holly on the fireplace, at least that would have been free!
This really is a wonderful exhibit and if you have the chance to visit, it is open until 2 January so hurry!


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First we saw lots and lots of Disney-inspired brides. Then an Avatar wedding and Alice In Wonderland engagement photos. Now Twilight- and Hunger Games-themed engagement shoots. Nothing says true love like "I wish we were both someone else." Someone propose to me quick, I have an idea for a John Carter wedding: You spend a lot of money and no one shows up.
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Clarion takes the in-vehicle electronics market by storm
In keeping with its change of logo announced at the beginning of 2013, Clarion has continued to innovate with the introduction of Smart Access, a technology integrated with all of the telematics services provided by Clarion. Already acclaimed in Japan, Smart Access was developed internally by Clarion, on the basis of Hitachi technology. Serving consumers and manufacturers, this new technology will revolutionise driving and the relationship between customer and manufacturer.
Smart Access, more than just technology
A genuine innovation for connected vehicles, Smart Access technology enables drivers to extend their multimedia experience beyond the smartphone. In fact, Smart Access includes not just the technology present in the new range of multimedia units (NX503E and FX503E multimedia units), but also an application designed to connect the smartphone to the vehicle, as well as the Clarion server which manages all these applications. For the launch of this new range, Clarion has mainly focused on the functions most popular among its users: navigation, traffic data and Internet radio. Everything is put in place to ensure a pleasant and safe driving experience, thanks to a simple and free Smart Access application. "Smart Access is the key to making the automobile connected, in other words, enabling it to receive information and communicate at all times," explains Sébastien Brame, Director of Communication for Europe.
An innovation to make drivers' lives simpler
In order to offer the driver a safer driving experience at all times, Clarion has innovated with the Smart Access application, providing both entertainment and also assistance to the driver on the road. Smart Access provides access to a range of applications optimised for in-car use. Social network applications and news feeds are optimised for the multimedia unit screen, to ensure the safety of the driver and secure access to information. When approaching junctions, "messenger" functions are disabled and voice synthesis for reading messages received is interrupted. The driver can also make use of weather information and adjust their driving based on climatic or environmental conditions thanks to external data updates in real time.
Enhanced relationship between driver and manufacturer
So manufacturers can do all they can to improve safety in the vehicle, Clarion enhances the functions provided as standard in order to improve the interaction between the manufacturer and the driver. Designed for standard installation in partnership with interested brands, dedicated applications will use the cloud to provide customer information, report data to the manufacturer for increased safety and develop services for drivers. "Smart Access provides professional drivers with a secure and controlled cloud. The Internet is becoming a necessity within the vehicle, and it's the responsibility of a specialist like Clarion to provide efficient and secure access from all perspectives," says Richard Faÿs, consumer sales manager.
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Re: Boba Fett vs. Godzilla
But there's no way Boba could hope to survive both Ghidorah and Godzilla. What next?
Message Boards - Boba Fett Fan Club → Role Playing → Boba Fett vs. Godzilla
But there's no way Boba could hope to survive both Ghidorah and Godzilla. What next?
Bobazilla!!!! Boba gets deformed and turns into a giant monster!!!!!!
And how does that happen?
he,.he,he.......um.......a grow ray?!?
If the "fett man" was monster size he would totally OWN no doubt about it!
But would his armor grow with him?
Bobazilla: Alrighty time to kick some monster a...oh...my armor's gone. More importantly my pants are missing!
Monsters: (Insert "large radio active monsters laughing track no 1" here)
After the laughter dies down a Japanese Chinook helicopter flies by Bobazilla's groin trying to fasten a large censorship square.
After realizing the attactchment would not only be impossible, but it would be extremely awkward the japanese government tried a new stratergy.
Japanese airforce official: Well I don't know! try and hover around it or something....
Then Godzilla grabs Ghidorah and Boba and smashes their heads together, but Boba was already dead from embarassment.
And how does that happen?
So now Boba is a GInat dude fighting Godzilla plus the other thing. What now?
Morphin' time? pff thats for amatuers. He obviously learned his ability to transform into a giant monster from Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
After growing to enourmous size (with his armor please to keep it a little g-rated) he uses his jetpack missle on Godzilla, creating a giant explosion that destroys 2 cities in Japan. Can you guess their names?
Blowing up a giant monster and two cities with a missile, I am sure that that is G-rated .
Ok rolling it back a little.
Boba is huge, but his weapons are busted for no particular reason...The only one he has left is his flamethrower...
Godzilla breathes fire at the Boba who resists it....This creates a Flame War of the literal variety.
Engaging in a hand-to-hand fight with the beast Boba begins to gain an advantage over the beast. But suddenly.....
to be continued....
Lol this is so random im guessing the 2 cities fetter mentioned were Hiroshima and Nakusaki.
Suddenly Rodan appears and attacks Godzilla. They seem to be violently fighting, but it soon becomes apparent to Fett that in actual fact...
"Gross" Boba Said.
Swallowing the puke in his mouth so as not to have to take his helmet off. Boba decides to end this quickly and skilfully.
He grabs Godzilla by the tail, swings him round and throws him into Rodan.
Fett stands there, satisfied with the move, when Ghidorah appears and bites him in the leg....
Boba gripped his leg in pain as Godzilla recovered and began to walk towards our injured hero..
To Be Continued.
Just then, MechaGodzilla came out of nowhere and jetted toward Godzilla at full force. Godzilla ducked and Mechagodzilla flew straight into Ghidorah launching them both away from the battle. Fett used this distraction to punch Godzilla square in the nose.
"OW!! That was totally uncalled for." Godzilla yelled rubbing his nose. Boba was flabberghasted at the fact that the strange creature could speak. But this was all the time Godzilla needed to to kick Boba in the nuts, dropping him to his knees.
And thats when...
Boba began to slowly shrink back to his normal size.
"Fierfek" he yelled as he read on the Shrinking tablets bottle "Made in Taiwan"
Godzilla attempted to stomp on Boba who jumped into the nearest car and decided to drive to the Japanese Milatary headquarters (and Anime Gift Shop) in Kyoto. He began driving away at top speed.
"Wait I just want to be your friend!" Godzilla yelled after him.
Boba stopped the car and turned around: "Really?"
"No!" Godzilla breathed fire at the car as Boba sped down a nearby alley way
"Fierfek! A Kriffing Dead End!" Boba jumped out of the car and began to scale the wall as quickly as he could.
He could hear Godzilla closing in on the Alleyway and his legs started to hurt as he climbed the wall with sheer determination fueling his every muscle.
Just as Godzilla appeared at the mouth of the Alley, Boba hurled himself over the top of the wall and onto the roof of a building. He rolled onto his back and began to catch his breath as fire spilled into the alley below.
Boba got up and pulled an old Mandalorian Vibroblade he'd recently received as a gift, out of the scabbard hanging at his leg.
As Godzilla rose up from its crouched position, Boba began running towards the Beast. He leaped off the building blade raised. As the Air rushed past him he wondered whether this would be his final battle....
King Ghidorah is actually pretty inteligent, I've watched enough movies and read enough books to be convinced, and given that Ghidorah has three heads, that makes him three times as smart. Ghidorah gave Godzilla a bigger fight than any other villian.
I think Destroyah put up the best fight seeing as it ended with godzillas death. I've been a godzilla my whole entire life so yeah definitly godzilla would kick butt
Boba landed on the beasts head and attempted to scalp it. "CLANG" the vibrosword merely bounced off its thick hide.
Boba tried again. Same effect. And it was amde worsde by the beast shaking around trying to throw Boba off.
Thats when Boba remembered something his father had told him long ago
"When fighting an enemy you are unfamiliar with, always go for the eyes. The other weak spots may not be obvious to you."
Boba clambered to Godzilla's forehead and swung the blade into its left eye.
Godzilla howled with rage as Boba held tightly to the Vibroblade so as to avoid being thrown off.
If Godzilla didn't stop thrashing soon Boba would be thrown to his death and Godzilla would have to live with a horrible eye infection.
Suddenly Rodan tried to swipe Boba off of Godzilla, but Boba saw the attack coming and leaped, sword in hand, onto the Huge creature that had just attempted to kill him. He ran up the tail and onto Rodan's back.
He saw Godzilla rearing up and only just managed to dive out of the way from an enormous flame blast. Rodan flew around trying to make Boba fall off, but Boba knew what he was doing.
He saw his chance and leapt off of Rodan.
He caught the Vibrosword right in Godzilla's other eye. Causing Boba to swing around the back of Godzilla's head, without the sword.
He ran down the back of Godzilla's head and slid off of the tail. He ran to the nearest car and drove it between Godzilla's legs. Unfortunately Boba wasn't betting on Mecha Godzilla and Ghidorah coming back to continue the fight. He swerved the car around and began driving the car off in the toher direction. His only hope was to get a weapon powerful enough to finish off Godzilla or to get another grow-fast Super tablet (tm.)
He drove as fast as he could through the streets until he saw exactly what he was looking for...
A Cement Mixing Truck! Boba jumped out of his car and climbed into the truck. He drove it until he arrived back at the fight scene. Godzilla had fallen back onto a building and Rodan was circling around the wreckage from the air.
Boba pushed the pedal to the metal, but then the unexpected happened.
The truck stopped.
Boba yelled in anguish. He had had it all planned out, but no. Fate had played against him. He'd driven for 20 minutes to get the truck and time was running out. The Japanese government didn't want to have to resort to it, but a nuclear airstrike was less than an hour away.
His arsenal was disabled. His plan failed. His idea's deplinished.
He'd need a miracle to be able to defeat four monsters in an hour.
Then it came to him.
He ran into the nearest building and began running up the stairs.
He reached the top floor and stepped out onto the roof and shot his flamethrower around in the air.
As he expected, Rodan saw it and swooped down to him. Boba may not have been able to shoot his cable. But that did not make it completely useless.
He pulled it out of his arm and threw it to the ground. He would first need one of his knives.
He lowered his range finder and positioned his hand with the knife. He'd have to move with the speed of a Jedi for this to work. Rodan swooped towards Boba, he was very glad the creature had been so high or he wouldn't have had quite so much time to be ready.
He flicked his wrist. The knife flew into Rodan's eye. As Boba expected,the creature closed its eyes in pain and changed course, slowing itself down.
Boba's plan relied on his calculations being perfect. Luckily he didn't amke mistakes often. He grabbed his cable and leapt onto Rodan's back. He quickly climbed to the top of its back while it was still recovering. He looped the cable around its neck and held on.
He jerked the cable hard and Rodan was forced to act as Boba's steed. Super Sonic speeds would be Very useful....
what the i posted here before
A blaster would not kill Godzilla. Nor would any of Boba's weapons. Unless Boba used one of his ships, I doubt that he could even hurt Godzilla.
I have writer's block anyway.
know that would be a site, a freakishly large heat absorbing monster vs the best bounthunter in the galaxy, well godzila would win unless thier was a bounty on godzily and a bloody high one at that then godzily would be in ahell of a truble otherwise its just fett retreating for not worth the effort
I do not think that Godzilla having a bounty would make Fett any more poweful.
*Darth Revan walks out of a nearby bistro from all the noise*
"What the?! Oh C'mon! I'm not finished with my sandwich! Gah. I'm gonna have to break your arms.
Godzilla's arms snap in half. He lets out a painful roar.
"Now. I'm gong to finish my sandwich.
*Darth Revan walkes back into bistro to finish his sandwich*
They are all really confused.
well, if boba was sent in on foot obviously godzilla. It would be better if fett was in slave 1 then again he would probably smoke godzilla in his ship.
I do not really watch the Godzilla movies or shows, but I would assume the people trying to stop Godzilla already tried that.
Oh yeah? Nobody would ever expect MECHA-GODZILLA to come and wipe out all!
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Is that fish really what you think it is?
SEATTLE -- Steve Palumbi has a few rules when it comes to sushi. If something is labeled tuna, then it probably is, but stay away from the salmon, because it probably isn't. More likely, it's steelhead trout -- a close relative of salmon, both of which start life in freshwater, migrate to the sea and return to their natal stream to breed and die. But still: a trout. Shrimp is shrimp and crab is crab, unless it's pollock. And don't trust the white fish. That could be anything: tilapia, something else, who knows.
Palumbi is a marine biologist at Stanford University and the director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, Calif. He has tested the veracity of seafood labels at venues ranging from huge, upscale grocery stores to small fish markets. As a practitioner of what might be called molecular forensics, he uses DNA "to see whether the things we assume are true really are," and it's time, he says, for the scales to fall from our eyes.
Palumbi grew up in Maryland, where he enjoyed what he calls the marine biologist's standard origin story: lots of aquariums when he was a kid, trips to the beach with his family, an innate curiosity about the sea and its meanings, the goofy joy that comes with the discovery that a person could actually get paid to study it. He majored in biology in college and did his graduate work at the University of Washington on sponges. When he finished his Ph.D. in 1984, he started teaching at the University of Hawaii, turning his attention to the population structure of local humpback whales. In 1992, after he got a call from a man named Don White, he became interested in the discrepancies between what people think they are eating and what they are actually eating.
White was a co-founder of Greenpeace who had gone on to become the director of Earthtrust, and he was worried about whale meat being sold at Japanese markets. The International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling in 1986 save for a few subsistence hunts and, more problematically, whaling for research. Under that research clause, Japanese whalers were allowed to kill a few hundred minke whales each year (although, as Palumbi points out, that form of research is generally understood to be nothing more than an excuse to whale). Once science had supposedly been done on the whales, vendors could sell the meat.
White had heard rumors that the legal sale of minke whale meat served as a cover for the illegal sale of other kinds of whale meat, possibly from endangered species. The problem was that he didn't know how to prove it. Palumbi knew he could sequence DNA from whale meat to see what species it came from, but he also knew that, given what he was looking for, Japanese officials would not let him take meat out of the country. Marketplace monitoring using molecular evidence was a new field, subject to scrutiny by both scientists and those who found themselves in the crosshairs of such monitoring. And molecular forensics of the type Palumbi practiced hadn't been used in a fishery before.
"We had to be completely squeaky clean," Palumbi says, which meant he had to go to Japan. He and Scott Baker, now at Oregon State University, helped develop a sort of suitcase PCR lab to take with them. (PCR -- polymerase chain reaction -- is a technique that allows researchers to make millions of copies of a segment of DNA that they can then sequence. When the Japanese Whaling Association later challenged Palumbi and Baker over the legality of their methods, he argued that since they were taking synthetic copies of whale DNA assembled from a stew of nucleotides rather than DNA from actual whale flesh, they weren't running afoul of CITES, the trade agreement that regulates the transport of endangered species across international boundaries.)
Once in Tokyo, he and Baker enlisted agents to go to markets and buy pieces of "kujira" -- the generic term for whale -- because "two white guys asking to buy whale would have attracted a lot of unwanted attention." The agents brought 16 hunks of whale meat back to a small hotel room where Palumbi and Baker were holed up with their mobile genetics lab. The two extracted segments of DNA from the meat, copied them using PCR, and returned to their labs with vials of synthetic whale DNA. When they analyzed the data, they found that less than half of the whale meat was from minke whales. The rest of the meat was from a mix of large, protected baleen whales, including fin and humpback whales, and smaller, toothed whales, such as dolphins and porpoises.
When Palumbi and Baker published their results in Science in 1994, it caused a sensation. The Japanese Whaling Association denounced the researchers for having an agenda and for their supposedly shoddy and incomplete science. But the data were irrefutable.
A few years later, Palumbi saw darker implications, and not just for whales. He sent his agents shopping for whale meat in Japan again. When he tested the samples, Palumbi again found a grab bag of species. But there was something else: Meat from the toothed whales -- dolphins and porpoises -- had much higher concentrations of mercury and other pollutants in their flesh. These species eat prey at higher trophic levels than do minke whales, which eat mostly krill and plankton and are much less contaminated. "We were seeing levels that no pregnant woman should even touch," he says.
Palumbi and his colleagues were faced with a dilemma. Illegal dolphin meat had the potential to be not only an ecological problem but also a public health concern. Due to that urgency, they bypassed the traditional scientific publishing process and instead went directly to the press. Again there was a sensation. Again, Japanese officials disparaged the results. Palumbi didn't care. "We thought people had a right to know exactly what they were eating and what it might be doing to them," he says. Consumption of whale meat in Japan has since declined markedly; last year, the Institute for Cetacean Research failed to sell three-quarters of its product.
The problem of mislabeled seafood, be it whales or fish, is not a new one. As far back as the 1930s, mackerel was being canned and sold as salmon, and anecdotes have always floated around of more exotic substitutions -- of shark being shopped as swordfish, say, or skate wings for scallops. These days, thanks in part to the work Palumbi helped spearhead, the fish-eating public is used to a steady flow of sophisticated, DNA-based studies and exposés.
A 2004 paper by Peter Marko, then of the University of North Carolina, found that 77 percent of red snapper bought in the United States was actually a cheaper, smaller species. In 2008, Palumbi found something similar with Pacific red snapper -- the market name for a suite of species called rockfishes.
Last December, the conservation group Oceana released a report showing that nearly 40 percent of fish in New York restaurants was mislabeled, which followed a similar investigation in Los Angeles. In 2011, the Boston Globe found widespread fraud at area eateries, and a follow-up in 2012 showed that little had changed. And on and on.
Such studies empower the consumer only by showing them just how much they're being disempowered. "This story isn't about information anymore," says Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental studies professor at NYU. "It's gone way past that, to something deeper." What's most insidious, she says, is how mislabeling undercuts even the most conscientious consumer, giving them the illusion of choice. Even seafood that is labeled sustainable at the store sometimes turns out not to be, as Marko showed in a paper from 2011, and Jacquet has argued that such sustainable sanctioning schemes are potentially unreliable. What's the good of carrying a little card around in your wallet listing the most sustainable species if you have no idea what you're actually buying?
Eric Wagner writes about science and the environment from his home in Seattle, where he lives with his wife and daughter. His writing has appeared in Smithsonian, Orion, and High Country News, among other places.


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RIO DE JANEIRO - Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro's samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world's most iconic Carnival celebrations.
But they're not on the payroll of the samba groups they represent — and many have to work decidedly unglamorous jobs, serving as maids or secretaries to make ends meet.
Diana Prado spends her daylight hours working as a supervisor at a call centre. At night, she is a samba dancer, or "passista," as they're known in Portuguese, for the Sao Clemente group.
"I get up, run to dance class, come to work, go to rehearsal and fall into bed," said Prado, wearing a headset and sitting among the cubicles at her downtown Rio office." In the run-up to Carnival, it's pretty chaotic. I don't sleep much at all from September through now."
Prado, 26, made her Carnival debut seven years ago, after auditioning for a spot with the Sao Clemente, one of 13 top-tier schools that will compete for the annual titles at the Sambadrome this weekend.
Although her hectic schedule of pre-Carnival preparations often requires her to apply her extravagant glitter stage makeup in the office bathroom, Prado insists being a passista doesn't undermine her authority with the 15 telemarketers she supervises.
"We see how determined she is, how she busts her butt to get everything done and it's really admirable," said employee Ana Lucia Oliveira. "I'm from Rio and grew up with Carnival, loving Carnival, so it's amazing to be this close to someone who lives Carnival every day."


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Madison and Oneida counties each receive $1.5 million from state to make up for property taxes unpaid by Oneida Indian Nation
ALBANY >> Pending final approval of the New York state budget, the legislature and the Governor's office have reached an agreement to include $1.5 million each for Oneida and Madison counties, to help make up the shortfalls both counties experience from the non-payment of property taxes by the Oneida Indian Nation of New York.
The announcement came Wednesday from State Senators Joseph A. Griffo, R-47 and David J. Valesky, D-53, along with Assembly members Anthony J. Brindisi D-119 and Bill Magee, D- 121.
In 2011, the counties each received $980,000 from the state budget for this purpose.
In last year's state budget, each county received $1 million.
"Our region's legislative contingent worked together, in a bi-partisan effort, to increase the funds for both counties in an otherwise flat, state budget year," said Griffo. "As a former county executive, I know that an increase will help the counties keep to a tight, bottom-line budget as they try to keep taxes as low as possible."
"The inclusion of this funding in the final budget is excellent news for Madison and Oneida counties. I was pleased to work with my colleagues in the Legislature to increase this allocation for the counties, especially as we continue to face severe fiscal pressure in New York State," said Valesky.
"The amount that the state provided Madison and Oneida counties for assistance due to this issue was reduced several years ago during the state's fiscal crisis; that is why I fought to include more assistance for each county in this year's state budget," Assemblyman Brindisi said. "This additional assistance can be used to help relieve the costs of some of the mandates the counties are dealing with, and to provide tax relief to hardworking families."
Assemblyman Magee added, "We all knew going into Budget negotiations, that trying to increase last year's allocation for the counties would be a challenging task. We had spoken to officials from both counties, who expressed concern that the reimbursements would be reduced or eliminated altogether."
The legislators also noted that Assembly members Marc W. Butler, R-118, Claudia Tenney, R-101 and Ken Blankenbush R-117 were also advocates who lobbied for the increase for both counties during the budget deliberations.


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Alex O'Loughlin says he's signed up for two more seasons of "Hawaii Five-0? but is looking forward to a career beyond the hit TV series.
The 38-year-old actor plays policeman Steve McGarrett on the CBS series, now in its fourth season. He said the intense workload and shooting schedule had kept him out of other potential projects.
"Like I read Doug Liman's script, 'Everest,' which he's about to start directing - it's amazing and it's invigorating. But it's also heartbreaking at the same time because it feels so far away from me at the moment," O'Loughlin said at the Australians in Film awards dinner Thursday night. "I've never played one character for this long. And it's network TV, too, so it comes with its own set of challenges from the artist's perspective. But I'm very lucky. My kids will get to go to good schools, we all eat organic food, and I live in Hawaii."
The actor noted that the show - a reimagining of the 1970s series starring Jack Lord - had overcome a number of hurdles to remain consistently highly rated.
"I mean, we've had cast troubles. I got really hurt and had to go and sort myself out in the second season. We've had injuries, we've had all sorts of things. It just keeps going," he said. "We can't seem to kill it. So I guess it's going to stick around for a while."
As for how long he'll stick around: "At the moment I can't imagine working any longer than tomorrow. Because there's just so much work. But we'll see, we'll see. I want to do other things sooner rather than later."


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The tram is a way of crossing the city down to the southern coastal suburbs in the spirit of a traveller. Carefree and with the safety of fixed tracks, one can enjoy the route as it opens up before them. Connections with the Metro and other means of transport, easy accessibility for the disabled, the ability to travel without being separated from one's favourite pet, and bicycle access have made the Athens tram very popular.
Stopping at organized and non-organized beaches nearest the city, it is the most popular means of transport in the summer with all those wishing to enjoy a swim without having to worry about driving. Environmentally and passenger friendly, the tram is one of the most poetic ways of travelling.
Line 3 – Gazing out to sea
Apart from being convenient, the Athens tram is designed to bring the passenger pleasure. Beyond its purely urban use, it allows one to enjoy the Athens seafront from Faliro to Voula. It runs along one of the most impressive axes in the southern suburbs of Athens, by the seaside all the way.
The tram's coastal route begins from the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Faliro. It terminates at the Asklipieio Hospital in Voula, having made thirty stops down the entire coastal road. It serves all the southern suburbs, Kallithea, Nea Smyrni, Palio Faliro, Alimos, Elliniko, Glyfada, providing a comfortable means of transport. Primarily though it offers the chance for a wonderful tour.
By taking the tram, one can enjoy a walk or a swim at Floisvos, Bati, Edem, Alimos, Kalamaki, or Agios Kosmas. One can stop for a coffee at Trocadero, for a walk in Alimos marina, for a drink in Glyfada square or just to watch a race at the Sailing Centre. One can stop in Voula to enjoy seafood or simply to gaze at the sea. The choices are endless. Taking the tram on a Saturday evening becomes an opportunity for a proper excursion, without even leaving the city.
The tram links the most popular seaside areas. A relaxing stroll or, for whoever feels more sporty, a bicycle ride along the coastal road is the best way to experience the southern part of Athens. Urban landscapes with intense colour, such as Faliro, Alimos and Glyfada, and natural beauty just a stone's throw from the city are displayed along this magical route so the visitor can get to know them and Athens' usually hurried residents can see them in a new light and get to love them again.
Many sports and cultural events take place along this route. The Peace and Friendship Stadium and the Tae Kwon Do Olympic venue to begin with are a constant attraction both due to international games as well as to concerts by great artists held there. Musical evenings, youth rallies, flower exhibitions that flood the seaside with colours and fragrances, visual interventions, summer parties in the moonlight, almost every day and every night of the year "something's afoot" between Faliro and Voula. The Athens' seafront throbs with life and action. With the tram it is enticingly easy to find oneself in the midst of this vitality, to become part of the celebration.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A day after a caution froze the field on the final lap at Talladega Superspeedway, a caller complained to SiriusXM NASCAR radio he'd been robbed of his right to see a race to the finish line.
The gripe could not have been more off base.
In a season that will be remembered for a rash of driver injuries, not throwing a caution would have been negligent of NASCAR.
Denny Hamlin missed four races this year with a fractured vertebra, and Michael Annett was out three months with a fractured sternum. Tony Stewart, who broke his leg in a sprint car crash, has been sidelined since August and underwent a third surgery earlier this month.
Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti was just released from a hospital last week after fracturing two vertebrae, his right ankle and suffering a nasty concussion in an Oct. 6 IndyCar race, and a crash in Saturday night's season finale left Justin Wilson hospitalized with a pelvic fracture.
So when Austin Dillon's car went airborne on the last lap Sunday, just when fans were holding their breath waiting for a mad dash to the checkered flag, NASCAR had no choice but to throw the caution after Dillon's car came back down to the track and was tagged hard by Casey Mears.
"The safety for our drivers and our fans is the most important thing to us," NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said Monday. "There comes a time when you see what happens on the race track to move safety equipment and attend to the drivers involved."
That this is even being discussed, and there are people complaining about NASCAR's decision, is appalling.
It was just a day earlier that the Truck Series race ended with a 12-vehicle crash that saw Miguel Paludo flip upside down and Kyle Busch take a massive hit to the inside wall at Talladega.
Darrell Wallace Jr. admitted afterward that the wreck "scared the hell out of me."
"Man, it makes you want to go 10 miles under the speed limit in your regular car because pushing 200 or whatever we're doing and wrecking it hard, I'd die (doing this often)," the 19-year-old said. "That's scary. I'm freaking myself out again. I just couldn't breathe."
And what did Busch say after the race? "You know when you see the checkered flag and you see things going on in front of you, you just keep your foot on it and I drove it all the way to the start-finish (line)."
He's absolutely right. Drivers don't get off the gas with the finish in sight, not even when another car is sailing over the top of them. It's on NASCAR to back them down, and at Talladega, where the scramble to the finish line is always chaotic, NASCAR did the absolute right thing on Sunday.
To some fans, this wasn't fair or consistent.
Dillon wasn't hurt, and he was able to drive his car back to the garage. After Mears hit him, it appeared the rest of the pack cleared the accident scene and could have raced on without coming into contact with Dillon.
Most important, though, was that it was Dale Earnhardt Jr. in second place and patiently waiting to attempt a last-lap pass of Jamie McMurray for the win. When the caution came out, the field was frozen, and now nobody will ever know what Junior had up his sleeve.
It doesn't matter. This isn't a blood sport, drivers aren't Roman gladiators, and there comes a time when a race is simply over.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A day after a caution froze the field on the final lap at Talladega Superspeedway, a caller complained to SiriusXM NASCAR radio he'd been robbed of his right to see a race to the finish line.


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Melgen: Menendez like a brother
Salomon Melgen, the Florida doctor and big contributor to Sen. Robert Menendez, says he and the New Jersey Democrat are "like brothers."
"The senator and I have become like brothers, like friends," Melgen, who is reportedly under federal investigation, told Bloomberg in his first interview since the scandal broke. "I talk to him weekly. I see him once a month. Not right now, since this whole thing has started. But we enjoy each other's company. He could do great things for this country, especially as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee."
Melgen, who emigrated from the Dominican Republic in 1979, said Menendez had been to his house in that country "many times."
Melgen has given $700,000 to Menendez and other Democratic politicians, and a grand jury is reportedly investigating whether Menendez improperly helped his friend's businesses by contacting U.S. officials in a Medicare billing dispute and Dominican officials over their failure to enforce a port contract.
"I don't have any business interests at all that have been helped by any politicians," Melgen said in the interview, which took place at his office in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
"They took away my dignity," Melgen added of news organizations that have publicized the allegations. "They portrayed me as a greedy guy who was with politicians for the quid pro quo."


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Request program information directly from the college or university that is hosting each class. You may be able to receive degree credit for the courses you take online, so be sure to inquire. You should take your courses from a school that employers will recognize.
Essays are gaining importance as a way to judge potential, and essays largely have replaced personal interviews. Writing an email may be easy, but rewriting a serious essay is much more challenging. Re-write your essay as many times as you feel is needed, and have people that you trust read it. Essays must emphasize personal development, and demonstrate curiosity, social conscience, and concern for the community. Avoid writing about babysitting, your pets, illegal drugs, or other experiences involving any kind of illegal activity. Applicants should show that they've been involved on campus and not just studying all the time. The admissions office will try to screen out difficult people, and are watching for negative signals, or evidence of a potential problem. Colleges also try to weed out overly dependent people, who either follow in their parents' footsteps too closely, or hang out with a bad crowd. The admissions essay topic should be something the applicant cares about, and which shows how you've helped others to enjoy greater success. The best essay topics are like a short story, with poignant details, in which the writer shows by example. There should be no grammar or punctuation mistakes in your college essay, and even if the college application says that the essay is optional, you should treat it as a requirement.
Applicants who lead an extracurricular activity are regarded more highly than applicants who merely participate. Some universities, such as the UC System, have programs for spot-checking applicants for accuracy, such as sending a follow-up letter to the student asking for proof about a summer job. Don't allow extracurricular activities to interfere with academic performance. A student with lots of extracurricular activities, but weak grades, isn't going to fool the admissions' committee. Start early in high school, and only join clubs that you have a real interest in, and are going to stick with for several years.
The US News & World Report rankings are based on data which US News collects, either from an annual survey, or from the school's website. Critics charge that US News & World Report changes its methodology every other year so that the rankings will change of necessity. Forbes Magazine also publishes college rankings listings, which have been well-received. Although best known for their Forbes 400 list, the Forbes college rankings have been getting a lot of attention.Top Interior Design Schools
New college rankings place a greater emphasis on student satisfaction, as well as academic achievement. For critics of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, the new Forbes College Ratings seem to be more balanced, and include their rankings for small colleges. Peterson's Guide is another comprehensive guide to US colleges and universities, designed for students trying to choose between hundreds of competing schools.
Transfer students experience another pathway towards admissions. In fact, nearly 50% of all current undergraduate students begin their education by attending a community college. By far, the most common transfer path is students moving from two-year community colleges to four-year institutions, although there is considerable movement between four-year colleges well. Many community colleges have agreements in place with four-year schools, particularly in the case of state universities, so that the transfer of credits is assured. Many private schools actively seek out transfer applicants to fill their classes. Even as late as April, there may still be openings in first-tier colleges for the fall semester.
The quality of classes, combined with low-cost tuition, encourages many high school graduates to continue their education at a community college. In most states, community colleges have transfer agreements in place with dozens of public and private universities. In fact, among all students in the US who earned a bachelor's degree, almost 1/3 had supplemented their college education with classes from a community college.
Complete your associate's degree first, if that seems wise. Research demonstrates that associates degree students go on to complete bachelor degrees at a much higher rate than those students who transfer with only a few credits. When starting your associates degree, plan ahead and be sure that you are picking courses that will be transferable to colleges and universities later on. Further, by choosing your major early, you can take the required classes needed for your degree in a community college, saving both time and up-front investment. Look at four-year schools in your state first, to decide if any would be a good fit for you, as in-state tuition may be lower for state residents. The four-year institution that you dreamed of attending in high school might not be the best choice in the subject area that you want to pursue.
Many states have a process in place, making it clear exactly what's needed in order to transfer from a community college to a 4-year university. This will outline what classes you need to take to qualify, and what minimum GPA you'll need to maintain to avoid losing hard-earned credits when you actually transfer. The following state websites provide information about the transfer process within their state. While most states are generally similar, please ask your community college advisor about the specific guidelines for your state.Choose a Major


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Snow'ed is an easy-to-use desktop application that puts a window on your desktop.
From the menu bar you can choose options like different color window frames and how much snow to fall.
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Open the application. After 5-10 seconds the animation should smooth out. The delay is a result of the loading of resources and allowing the system to continue to do work at the same time. However, If the animation remains jerky, make sure Control Strip is hidden if it is visible, and quit any other applications that are running. Requirements: PPC Mac; a color-capable Mac/monitor; thousands of colors minimum; 24-bit (millions) recommended for best looks.


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" This shows us an animal operating cognitively at a level that's very consistent with human social memory."
—Jason Bruck, PhD'13
Jason Bruck knew from the age of 3 that he wanted to work with marine mammals when he grew up. He remembers his awe on a childhood whale-watching outing as a massive humpback whale and its calf stopped and looked him in the eye from just a few feet away.
"You can't have that kind of experience with any other animal," says Bruck, PhD'13. "They're so unknown, so powerful. When you come out to see a whale in its element and you see something like that, it shapes you, especially at that formative age."
Bruck took an arduous path to realize his dream of working with marine mammals, including years of struggle with learning disabilities that threatened to derail his schoolwork. But his efforts came to fruition this summer, as he received international notice for a new study showing that dolphins have the longest social memories of any nonhuman species — more than 20 years, in some cases. The paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B was published a couple of months after Bruck received his PhD from UChicago's Department of Comparative Human Development.
He found that dolphins can recognize their old tank mates' whistles even after decades of separation. The remarkable memory feat is another indication that dolphins have a level of cognitive sophistication comparable to only a few other species, including humans, chimpanzees, and elephants. Dolphins' talent for social recognition may be even more long-lasting than facial recognition among humans, since human faces change over time, but the signature whistle that identifies a dolphin remains stable over many decades.
"This shows us an animal operating cognitively at a level that's very consistent with human social memory," Bruck says.
Scientists take notice
Bruck's findings earned widespread news interest, and spurred new questions among researchers who study dolphin cognition. The striking durability of dolphins' memories came as a surprise to Peter Tyack, a marine-mammal biologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
"I would not have been surprised if [dolphins] started to forget the whistles of some pool mates five to ten years after they were separated," Tyack told a reporter for the journal Nature.
In recent years, other studies established that each dolphin develops a unique signature whistle that appears to function as a name. Researchers Vincent M. Janik and Stephanie L. King, also at St. Andrews, reported earlier this year that a wild bottlenose dolphin can learn and repeat signatures belonging to other individuals, and answer when another dolphin mimics its unique call.
King told the Associated Press that Bruck's work "hints at the wider importance of long-term social memory in nonhuman mammals, and suggests there are strong parallels between dolphin and human social recognition."
'Signature whistles' offer means to test memory
To establish how well dolphins could remember their former companions, Bruck collected data from 43 different bottlenose dolphins at six facilities. He played recordings of signature whistles to dolphins that had once lived with the animals that made the calls. Determining whether the dolphins recognized their old companions required a methodical comparison of how they responded to familiar calls versus calls belonging to dolphins they had never met.
The familiar calls often would perk up the dolphins and elicit an immediate response.
"When they hear a dolphin they know, they often quickly approach the speaker playing the recording," Bruck says. "At times they will hover around, whistle at it, try to get it to whistle back."
A clear pattern emerged in the data: Compared with unfamiliar calls, dolphins responded significantly more to whistles from animals they once knew, even if they had not heard the calls in decades.
A different road to creativity
Bruck's promising career as a scientist would have seemed unlikely to some of his teachers in grade school. He contended with undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder until the sixth grade, when his mother came across a book on the condition and realized he must have it. Sitting still in class and following a teacher's lecture were almost impossible for him; he could not master reading or writing until the fourth grade.
With the help of behavioral interventions, medication, and a helpful special education teacher, Bruck started to turn around his school performance in seventh grade. He convinced teachers that they should give him a fresh start — "I was able to re-brand myself," he says. By the time he entered high school, he began getting nothing but As in his classes.
Despite the hardships he faced, Bruck says it's wrongheaded to view his learning challenges as a "disorder."
"I think a lot of my creativity comes from my habit of not paying attention to what others are doing, and preferring to think up my own ideas," Bruck says. "ADHD does not give me a disadvantage, it gives me different advantages and disadvantages compared with other people.
"We have a school system that depends on making people sit still, not ask too many questions, absorb information and spit it out," Bruck says. "If you can do those things you're ideally suited to get good grades, but it doesn't mean you'll be a great scientist. It doesn't mean that you can ask original questions or innovate."
His condition has helped inform Bruck's approach as a teacher, including his emphasis on getting students out of the classroom and into real-world learning environments. It's also made him understanding, though unyielding, when he helps tutor young people with ADHD.
"Sometimes they'll say, 'I can't do this, I have a learning disability,'" Bruck says. "And I'll say, 'You just told that to the wrong person.'"
Originally published on September 3, 2013.


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Louisiana Offers Three Ways to Obtain Hunters Ed Certification
Hunter education certification cards can be obtained three different ways from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Hunter Education Program. The free hunter education course is mandatory for anyone born on or after Sept. 1, 1969, who plans on purchasing a hunting license.
The traditional standard hunter education course is taught in a classroom setting by an LDWF hunter education instructor. The standard course usually takes place over a two or three-day window and includes an actual hands-on skeet shoot. In 2003, 18,651 students participated in the standard course with 17,577 in 2004 and 13,611 last year.
"There are still people who would rather take the standard course by a qualified hunter education instructor," said LDWF's Hunter Education Program Manager John Sturgis. "The reduction in students last year could probably be attributed to the hurricanes, since they occurred during our busiest time of the year right before hunting season."
Developed in 2003 by the Southeast Hunter Education Coordinators, the home study hunter education program has certified over 1,500 hunters. The home study program can be taken over the Internet at LDWF's Web site or by requesting a CD-Rom from LDWF. Both home study programs use the exact same content.
At the end of the home study program, the course will administer a test and prompt the student to print a report. A passing score for the test is 75 percent. The student must then sign the report and bring it to a scheduled field day.
The field day consists of one day with hands on activities such as a skeet shoot and written test.
"The home study course was created to offer an alternative method to access hunter education," said Sturgis. "It has become difficult with current work schedules to attend traditional standard courses. Plus, some people like to be self taught and would prefer to take the course in the convenience of their own home."
The curriculum for all course types includes sections on ethics and responsibility, wildlife management, firearms and ammunition, safety in the field, wildlife identification and wildlife conservation. The major objectives of the hunter education programs are to reduce the number of hunting accidents, improve the image of hunting through ethical and responsible conduct and promote the shooting sports.
Standard course listings and field day schedules can be obtained by visiting LDWF's Web site at www.wlf.louisiana.gov/hunting/education/ or by calling 225-765-2920. Registration may be required for some course listings and field days.
For more information, contact John Sturgis at 225-763-5448 or [email protected].


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Edit the preferences of the software; Choose your favorite mouse settings; Display, move and resize windows and browsers on the screen; Create additional toolbars.
Open and import files; Use the model browser to organize your assembly; Visualize and isolate selected components; Select, isolate and hide entities such as faces or elements; Use some advanced selection modes; Create and retrieve entity groups.
Learn how to import a CAD geometry, mesh it with solid elements and then export it to a solver deck. Throughout the video you learn how to define the global mesh size for shell and tetra elements.
Learn how to select and isolate identify regions based on their geometry features. Tetmesh a solid body after applying mesh controls. Export all mesh controls as color based template.
Request locally a given amount of tet layers through thin walls. Create a volume mesh with Tet10 from an existing, enclosed Tri6 mesh. Auto cleanup a volume mesh based on different quality criteria.
Generate CAD features from a mesh. Cut and separate a section of a body using region mesh control. Learn how to use logo removal and mesh a valve seat. Finally create a circular gasket imprint in a body.
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