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Quote:Sell blood/plasma/other fluids for a month or two.
I agree. Good quality stuff is worth bleeding for if you can't pay for it up front!
No seriously, the reality of the situation, especially on the Mac, is that you sometimes have to ... gulp ... pay for things if you want them.
If you want to get into something that takes up a serious amount of your time, like 3D game programming, it's gonna cost you a little investment to get to do it unless you really think you're smart enough to figure it all out on your own without other investments like books. From my own personal experience (many years of plinking around with this stuff), again, I can safely say that either Unity (Mac path) or XNA (Windows path) are two of the best choices one could make for jumping into 3D game development. A lesser path might be Torque (well established commercially) or iGame3D (indie Mac) or Dim3 (indie Mac), or something else I've overlooked. The hardest path (but achievable) is doing it yourself, which is what I've done but do not recommend for or against, except to say it is MUCH HARDER TO DO THAN YOU THINK.
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I hadn't played with any processing demos in a while and went fooling around over there and found Video Pong
It turns on your camera, and you move your arms to move the pong paddles on both sides of the video screen! In your browser!
I'm blown away...by pong!
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It turns on your camera, and you move your arms to move the pong paddles on both sides of the video screen! In your browser!
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Yeah, well I'm a newbie here. But I'm currently developing a 3D OpenGL game in futureBASIC. BASIC is the best option for anyone new to programming cf C or C++ etc. And FutureBASIC has just been released as freeware at http://www.stazsoftware.com. There's a 3D openGL demo in the pack which compiles into Universal binary.
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AnotherJake Wrote:Yeah, that does seem a bit odd doesn't it? But consider this: I think of myself as 100% Mac and have no intention of ever selling a software product on any other platform, but I dual boot into XP just to fiddle around with XNA from time to time. It's *that* good! I don't use Windows for anything else at all. It is incredibly cool to make a little game and upload it to my living room Xbox 360 to play on the 40" HDTV in all its glory. If I were a Windows user wanting to start 3D game programming, I wouldn't consider any other alternative. If I were a Mac user wanting to start seriously getting into 3D game development, I would still consider it. In fact, if it were I who was starting off and didn't necessarily have an attachment to Mac and loved 3D games so much that I wanted to seriously get into them, I would most definitely drop the Mac and go Windows-only just for XNA. I can't believe I just said that, but dude, it's that cool! Not recommending against Mac, but just being honest about 3D game programming. Unity certainly fits the bill on the Mac IMHO, but for the price, if you have an Intel Mac, you could afford Windows and XNA too!
I thought you liked Obj-C better?
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AnotherJake Wrote:If you want to get into something that takes up a serious amount of your time, like 3D game programming, it's gonna cost you a little investment to get to do it unless you really think you're smart enough to figure it all out on your own without other investments like books.
Seconding this. I started with the C++, OpenGL and SDL route, which as far as code goes is a pretty easy and powerful combination. BUT, when I look back, I've probably spent over $1000 just in books. Not to mention several years worth of building a code base.
It's a weird feeling to then grab the 30 day trial of Unity and be able to do everything I've done so far in C++ and OpenGL, times ten, after taking about 5-10 hours to work through their tutorials.
You factor all that in, and suddenly, Unity is actually the most affordable option.
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Hairball183 Wrote:I thought you liked Obj-C better?
I do! ... but honestly, C# is almost as good IMHO, and I would be more than happy to use it full time if the need was there. The only minor tick against it is that it runs through a virtual machine -- a fast VM, but a VM all the same.
But the language isn't really my point. Like JustinFic said, in the end, what you get with the right tools makes all the work and investment in other stuff look kind of silly in comparison. When I started out in this hobby there wasn't any Unity or XNA. If there were, I would most certainly have taken one of those routes. XNA is free if you have Windows (although admittedly, you do still have to do a substantial amount of work to use it). Unity's price is easily worth it when you consider the raw thousands of hours of study and work it takes just to get started on your own -- not to mention the cost of the books. Sure you can do the easy stuff right off the bat without much more than a few weeks of effort, but you will quickly discover that things can become somewhat complicated past a spinning cube. On your own you gotta figure out how to do texture loading, model loading, scene organization, culling, integrating physics, sounds, sprite drawing, particle generation, billboards, skyboxes, terrain, collision detection, picking and selection, basic windowing and input, and maybe even skeletal animation depending on what you want to do, and the list goes on and on and on... Thousands of hours... OR you can bite the bullet and actually pay for Unity and get all that and then some for a day's worth of reading tutorials. Your choice. I'm still doing it the hard way from scratch, but I don't recommend it is all I'm saying.
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Oh. Well, I know what software I'm buying next Although I will continue to learn Cocoa and Objective C…
Hairball183 Wrote:Oh. Well, I know what software I'm buying next Although I will continue to learn Cocoa and Objective C…
That's a wise choice.
I should also note that continuing to learn Cocoa and Objective-C is especially worthwhile for things other than games. And you're starting off at the right age too!


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill endorsed an outside political group encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016, saying it was important for Democrats to build a groundswell of support for the former secretary of state.
The Missouri Democrat's support of the Ready for Hillary PAC on Tuesday marked the first time a member of Congress has endorsed the group. The organization does not have official ties to the former first lady, but it's trying to lay the foundation for another Clinton campaign.
McCaskill, an early supporter of Barack Obama when he was running for president in 2008, said Clinton had to give up her political operation when she joined Obama's Cabinet in 2009. "It's important that we start early, building a grassroots army from the ground up, and effectively using the tools of the Internet — all things that President Obama did so successfully — so that if Hillary does decide to run, we'll be ready to help her win," the senator said.
Clinton has not said whether she will undertake another White House bid, but she would be considered the party's leading contender for the Democratic nomination should she run. The wife of former President Bill Clinton has been traveling the country delivering paid speeches and is writing a book on her time at the State Department. She recently outlined plans to promote early childhood development issues, women's equality and economic development through her family's foundation.
The Ready for Hillary PAC has recruited a number of Clinton supporters, including political strategist James Carville and former Clinton adviser Craig T. Smith, to help its cause and recently started a fresh fundraising campaign. The super PAC, which can accept and spend unlimited amounts of money, will release its first fundraising report in July.
The group is the most prominent effort by Democrats to rally behind Clinton — in ways large and small — more than three years before the next presidential election.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., was asked Tuesday at an event sponsored by Third Way, a centrist think tank, whether she might sometime run for president. Gillibrand, who succeeded Clinton in the Senate, said she was "personally urging Secretary Clinton to run," eliciting applause at a luncheon discussing gay marriage.
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12:00pm - 1:00pm Luncheon to celebrate the inaugural issue of The Exley, UT Dallas' Undergraduate Research Journal - Print copies of the journal will be provided to attendees.
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Ariel Castro pleads guilty, accepts life behind barsBy MICHAEL MUSKAL
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July 26. 2013 7:40PM
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland bus driver who repeatedly sexually abused three women he held prisoner for about a decade, said knew his life was over when he first spoke to authorities after his arrest in May.
On Friday, Castro formally pleaded guilty to more than 900 counts of criminal behavior and accepted a plea deal that will keep him in prison for the rest of his life, but will spare him the death penalty.
During more than two hours of televised proceedings, Castro firmly answered a barrage of questions from Judge Michael J. Russo seeking to ensure that the 53-year-old knew what was coming.
Unlike previous appearances in court, Castro this time appeared engaged, looking up at the judge rather than down at the floor and speaking clearly. He wore glasses for the first time and said he was able to see his surroundings.
The result was inevitable, Castro told the court. He said he knew after his arrest May 6 that he was "going to get the book thrown at me."
"I knew that when I first spoke to the FBI agent when I first got arrested," he said later.
Assured by the defendant that he understood he was admitting to hundreds of horrendous acts and acknowledging that he understood his life will end behind bars, Russo formally accepted Castro's guilty plea and set sentencing for next Thursday.
The recommended sentence as part of the plea agreement is life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years, a formula designed to make sure Castro is never freed.
After the news broke that the three women had managed to escape from Castro's house in a poor section of Cleveland, the city and the nation were shocked by the degree and duration of the captivity. Many sought to understand how the imprisonment could have gone on and why it began.
"My addiction to pornography and my sexual problem has really taken a toll on my mind," Castro said in court. He also said he had been sexually abused as a child, but the judge cut him off.
The women _ Amanda Berry, 27; Gina DeJesus, 23; and Michelle Knight, 32 _ were held in seclusion, sometimes chained within the home. The women disappeared between 2002 and 2004, when each was in her teens or early 20s.
Castro fathered a daughter by Berry, who told police that none of them ever saw a doctor. When the child was born on Christmas Day in 2006, Castro raped one of the other women, who had helped deliver the baby, officials said.
Knight said each of her five pregnancies ended after Castro starved and repeatedly punched her, the grounds for the charges that could have brought the death penalty.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers have been working for weeks on a plea deal that was announced more than a month after the women broke their silence in a written statement. They said they were "hopeful for a just and prompt resolution" and had "great faith in the prosecutor's office and the court." On July 8, the three released a YouTube video, thanking people.
For the defense, the agreement means that Castro will not be executed, which was a possibility. The prosecution gets the assurance that Castro will never leave prison and the victims will not have to go through the ordeal of court appearances and reliving their horror in public. Taxpayers will save the cost of a long and expensive legal process that comes in capital cases.
Castro had been scheduled for trial Aug. 5 on a 977-count indictment, but 40 counts were dropped as part of the deal.
Wearing handcuffs and an orange jail jumpsuit, the bearded Castro looked forward and repeatedly said he knew what was going on in court and that he agreed with the final disposition of the case.
"Are you fully aware of the terms and consent to the agreement?" Russo asked.
"I am aware of that," Castro replied.
Russo asked whether Castro understood that he was pleading guilty and admitting to all that had been charged.
"Yes, your honor," Castro replied.
As part of the plea deal, Castro's home will be turned over to county officials and will be demolished.


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The Cal Poly Pomona men's basketball team came close but that has to be little consolation now.
The unranked Broncos fell to No. 1 Findlay 56-53 in overtime in the Division II National championship game today at the MassMutual center in Springfield, Mass. The difference was a 3-pointer from the wing by Tyler Evans as time ran out. He was well defended but made a great shot so give him credit.
Coach Greg Kamansky's team played with the poise and dignity it played with all season on the biggest stage possible. They were down and didn't panic. They weren't intimidated by a team with a lofty reputation and national ranking.
Few could have expected the Broncos to get that far. They probably didn't expect it themselves. That is until they started string some wins together at the end of the regular season. Then they started to believe and the confidence grew with every game.
You don't get that close that often so it hurts to lose even if you weren't expected to be there, But the Broncos walked off the court with heads held high, as well they should have.
That closes the book on the storied career of Larry Gordon, one of four seniors on the team and one of only two that saw significant playing time. While it is never easy to replace an All-American, the Broncos will have something they didn't have this season – a strong nucleus of returning players.
Austin Swift, Dwayne Fells, Robert Summers, Daher Nasser and the much-improved Tobias Jahn. They'll also get back Donnelle Booker, who was out all season with a knee injury. There are plenty of pieces in place to make another run. The experience those players gained is something to build on.


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West Texas Intermediate crude rose as U.S. equities surged after data showed U.S. factory orders exceeded forecasts, signaling increasing economic growth and fuel demand.
Futures advanced for the fifth time in six days as the Commerce Department reported that orders placed with U.S. factories gained the most in five months in February, boosted by a pickup in demand for motor vehicles and commercial aircraft. An Energy Information Administration report tomorrow will probably show stockpiles climbed by 2.05 million barrels last week, according to the median of 12 analyst responses in a Bloomberg survey.
"The U.S. economy is improving and that's showing up in the strong move in equities," said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York-based energy hedge fund. "Oil is also getting some support from the improving economic outlook."
WTI crude oil for May delivery climbed 12 cents to settle at $97.19 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped as much as 1.2 percent to $95.91 today. The volume of all futures traded was 2.9 percent below the 100-day average for the time of day at 3:40 p.m.
Brent oil for May settlement decreased 39 cents, or 0.4 percent, to end the session at $110.69 a barrel on the London- based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The volume of all futures traded was 18 percent higher than the 100-day average.
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The 3 percent gain in bookings for U.S. manufactured goods followed a revised 1 percent decline in January, according to the Commerce Department. The median forecast of 64 economists in a Bloomberg survey called for a 2.9 percent rise. The advance was led by a 5.6 percent surge in demand for durable goods.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 0.3 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4 percent at 3:40 p.m.
Brent traded at a $13.50 premium to WTI futures, compared with $14.01 yesterday and $12.79 March 28. The European benchmark's premium widened yesterday as the shutdown of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Pegasus pipeline system, which moves oil to Gulf Coast refineries from the central U.S., threatened to exacerbate a regional glut.
"There's less concern about the impact of the pipeline closure today and as a result the Brent-WTI spread is narrowing," Kilduff said.
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Why do you not allow people to block others from searches? It seems like an incredibly easy thing to do, and yet for some reason you people up there on your high & mighty online dating throne frown upon it.
This does not come from a bad place…as in, I'm not trying to block the ugly chicks (after all, that would be a bit hypocritical), or the 43 year old mom with a half set of teeth & 3 rugrats. Whatever, if they want to view my profile and shoot me an email more power to them. I can't guarantee a response, but that's the risk they take. As a real quick aside, I would much rather not receive a reply to an email than the "polite no thank you." At least without a response I can tell myself that the female in question just has not paid for a membership yet, and as such can not read or respond. I mean, what other reason could there possibly be for her not wanting to talk to me? Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night, right?
Anyway, what was I getting at? Oh yes, blocking the crap out of certain people from match…which people, you might ask. Fair question. Two groups really. One is easy, people I effing know & don't want them knowing I'm on a dating website. This request does not come from shame or anything like that, but simply there are certain people (most of them have the female genitalia) that don't know how to keep their mouths shut. And quite frankly I don't need everyone in the small town I live in knowing that I'm on match.com for the 4th time in two years. Perhaps there are females in the general population that do not belong to match that I might be interested in that will hear about my apparent fetish for online dating catastrophes and not have a mutual interest. Perhaps I just don't like people talking about my personal business.
The 2nd group does come from a place of slight embarrassment I guess. I don't want women I've gone out with, who I have then subsequently told I did not want to see again (and in many cases, vice versa) to have the pleasure of knowing that I'm back on the match scene. Is that vain? Why yes, yes it is. But it's my life, and my blog, and my account, so I don't really care. Although I've just realized that if these people see me, I can see them too…which means they are just as
desperate excited to find the love of their lives. However, my point still holds, let me block people. Please.


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Harvard geneticist George Church, who worked on the Human Genome Project, is seeking to reintroduce Neanderthals to Earth - all he needs is a surrogate mother, reports Popular Science.
Church hopes to see a baby Neanderthal born in his lifetime by creating Neanderthal DNA from bone fragments and putting that DNA via stem cells into a human embryo - and finally, putting that embryo into a surrogate.
Plus: 10 Fun Science Experiments for Kids
Any takers?
In what is quite the understatement, Church wrote in his latest book that this experiment would require "and extremely adventurous female human." (Adventurous to us is mixing lights and darks in the laundry, so it won't be anyone here.)
Is this too wacky for words or do you think it could be an important scientific discovery? Tell us in the comments.


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Business people have long complained that onerous regulations in the city of Gainesville make it more difficult than it should be to improve old properties and open new businesses.
Realtor Beau Beery spent several months putting together a land deal for a national fast food chain to build something new in place of what he described as an old, decrepit building on Northwest 13th Street.
The zoning for the property seemed to allow a restaurant with a drive-thru, but when the company brought its proposal to a city planner, they learned that an additional layer of zoning for the neighborhood called a special area plan overlay district would require them to build a 25,000-square-foot, multi-story building with at least three different tenants to get approval for a drive-thru.
"It killed the deal," said Beery, president of Coldwell Banker Commercial M.M. Parrish Realtors.
Business people have long complained that onerous regulations in the city of Gainesville make it more difficult than it should be to improve old properties and open new businesses.
Now the drive-thru regulation and others are going to go away as part of an ongoing project to update the city's land development code to make it simpler and add flexibility.
The code update is one of several ways the city is trying to make it easier to do business, which include customer service training for city employees and creating an ombudsman position to help usher projects through the permitting process.
Those efforts started before the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce and then Mayor-elect Ed Braddy hosted a May 13 forum attended by more than 130 people to take suggestions on how the city can better foster small business growth.
The Chamber followed that up on June 20 with a report offering 27 recommendations, the major themes being to provide easier access to information, streamline development regulations, reduce fees and improve customer service.
Chamber President and CEO Tim Giuliani said the Chamber is already working with the city and the county on one of the top recommendations — to create a one-stop shop that businesses can go to in order to navigate regulatory processes and pay fees.
Giuliani said the bottom line of the recommendations is to create economic opportunities for more people.
"Our economy has good momentum. People feel excitement about what's going on," he said. "The city could go a long way to adding to that so everyone feels included by making it easier to start a small business or to grow a small business because they're creating opportunities and increasing tax revenues to local and state government.
"I think everyone has a joint interest in those two things," Giuliani continued, "which gives me a lot of optimism that we can work together to implement many of these recommendations."
Erik Bredfeldt is the city's new ombudsman who is moving from director of planning and development services to director of economic development and innovation.
He said the Chamber's recommendations come at a good time with three city commissioners convened as the economic development/university community committee meeting for the first time under new assignments on July 29. The first order of business could be to dust off the city's action plan for economic development and maybe work in some of the Chamber's recommendations.
Both Giuliani and Bredfeldt referred to "low-hanging fruit" — recommendations that can be easily adopted.
One such recommendation is to give the public a way to provide feedback on their interactions with city staff.
Greg Johnson emphasized that during the May 13 forum. The owner of Quality Cleaners said he has wanted a way to hold city employees accountable since dealing with building inspectors when he renovated a building on Northeast 23rd Avenue in 1996.
"They put me through the ringer," he said.
He said the relationship between city government and the business community has come a long way since then.
"Most of that's the past," he said. "The leadership of the city is not anti-business. Unfortunately, you've got some bureaucrats that haven't gotten the message, and in my experience most of that is in the permitting department."
Bredfeldt said a customer service scorecard is a good idea. Unlike a retailer or a restaurant, however, city staff sometimes has to give negative feedback when something is not up to code.
"The challenge is when we do have to give somebody negative feedback, are we giving the negative feedback in an appropriate and constructive manner," said Bredfeldt. "If we haven't done that, then shame on us."
Other recommendations would need to go through the months-long ordinance process.
Because of its complexity, the land-use code update is a particularly lengthy ordinance process — and one nearest and dearest to the business community. The process started a year and a half ago and is expected to take another year before final adoption by the City Commission.
City planners say the code has become unnecessarily complicated and confusing, with piecemeal changes over 30 or 40 years to add new land uses or to keep others out as issues arose, and a handful of special overlay districts, each with their own sets of rules on top of the regular zoning.
The city hired Littlejohn Engineering Associates for about $200,000 to help rewrite the code.
Gainesville Senior Planner Scott Wright said the company did a lot of research on the city and has interviewed commissioners, engineers, architects and builders.
Among the changes, the update eliminates overlay districts, gets away from mandating color schemes and styles of architecture, establishes what uses are allowed where in order to get away from special-use permits that require a public hearing, and combines the development review board and the board of adjustment to save time on hearings.
City Planning Manager Ralph Hilliard said the update would also eliminate regulations that seemed like a good idea at the time but haven't worked in the marketplace, such as the requirement to build a 25,000-square-foot, multi-use building in order to have a drive-thru.
Hilliard was invited by Beery to speak about the changes at the July 1 meeting of the Gainesville-Alachua County Association of Realtors Commercial Council.
He said the city enacted the drive-thru policy about a decade ago in response to state concerns about high-traffic areas, the idea being that a drive-thru attracts a lot of additional traffic unless it is in a shopping center that is already generating car trips.
"To help satisfy the state and some of the commissioners and some of the people on different boards, we came up with this 25,000-square-foot mixed-use-type development," he said. "Over time, we find out it's not easy to do that."
Zaxby's ran into another drive-thru issue when it moved into the old KFC building on North Main Street in 2009, according to Mike Ryals of Bosshardt Realty Services, who brokered the deal.
Although the building already had a drive-thru, Zaxby's found out after starting renovations that it would have to get a special-use permit because the building had gone unused for more than nine months, delaying their opening by three or four months.
Likewise, the requirement to build second-story office space on the corners of major corridors will go away. CVS has had trouble leasing the second floors of buildings that opened on Northwest 13th Street in 2010 and on Southwest 13th Street in 2011.
The requirement was inspired by the design of Plaza Royale on Newberry Road, but developer Mike Warren said he never would have built the second story space at Plaza Royale if he had known it was going to take seven years to lease.
"I just wish they'd asked me," he said. "We think it looks good, too, but it is a very small market of people willing to go to a second floor."
Although the code will be simpler, Bredfeldt said the city also stressed to the consultant that "there are elements of the community that want to maintain a certain urban form."
That includes people who have been here a long time and people who wanted to get away from other parts of the state, he said.
"My feeling is that most people pretty broadly like the way Gainesville feels," Bredfeldt said.
The code is supposed to represent the views of the community, he said.
"That presumes the whole community is participating in that discussion," Bredfeldt added.
Ryals said the current code is weighted toward the people who show up to oppose something.
"Everybody who has a vested interest should be involved and we're not," he said. "We're all preoccupied. And busy. And lazy."
Hilliard told the commercial Realtors that the next two or three months are the time to make suggestions on the process.
Asked how Gainesville is becoming more business-friendly, he referred to the city's customer service training that includes City Manager Russ Blackburn's emphasis on providing alternatives instead of just saying "no."
But he added, "There are always going to be instances where I'm going to have to say 'No, I'm sorry. You can't put that pigpen next door to the single-family house.'"


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I've been a bad blogger... but I got a good confessions from my coworkers... and I needed to share! It's Friday isn't it?!
Coworker (who's name is being withheld to protect his identity) confesses that HE loves this song!
So mind you... the coworker that sent this is a guy. Not a girly guy either. I have to admit that I love LOVE LOVE this song too. I get excited when it comes on. I made my desk neighbors listen to this twice when it came in my email... don't judge.
Everyone has a song like this that they love...
K-Ho... a desk neighbor told me today that she hides cards from people in random places so she is randomly surprised later to re-find them. Spreading the love... it's like regifting but just to yourself=)
so my turn... I confess...
- My bedroom floor is covered with dog hair. I need to vaccum it up, but just haven't had time this week. Gross, I know.
- I get hungry late at night and buy food on Amazon.com ... haha. I've got a box of LaraBars on the way right now=)
- I ate my gel nails. Yep. They are supposed to last 2 weeks... I ate them off this week... just 4 days into the mani. Bad Eva. Usually they are hard enough I can't eat them... this time I tried a new place, not so much.


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Peyton Manning heads back to Indy with 17-game winning streak, but not his greatest
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INDIANAPOLIS – It took Peyton Manning two seasons to turn the floundering Colts into a playoff team and not much longer to make them a perennial Super Bowl contender.
He kept Indy's title hopes alive through good times and bad, with makeshift offenses and teams dotted with Pro Bowlers. So when the only four-time MVP in league history was released by Indianapolis in March 2012, he went to Denver and did it all again.
Since Manning joined the Broncos, Denver has the best regular season record in football (19-3), has won 17 straight regular-season games and Manning is off to the fifth 6-0 start of his career. As he returns to Indy (4-2) on Sunday, Colts fans could argue this isn't even his greatest stretch. In 16 NFL seasons, Manning has compiled five official double-digit winning streaks — the most by any NFL quarterback since 1950, according to STATS. The NFL doesn't recognize a sixth such streak because it includes four straight playoff wins.
So what are Manning's top streaks? Here's a stab at it:
BROKEN RECORD: Manning spent most of his career chasing the New England Patriots. So it seemed fitting when he rallied the Colts past New England en route to winning the Super Bowl after the 2006 season. Three years later, he did it again, breaking one of the Pats' most cherished records — 21 consecutive regular-season wins.
It was typical Manning. With the Colts playoff hopes fading after a 3-4 start in 2008, Manning almost single-handedly willed an injury-riddled team to nine straight wins and a wild-card berth. The next year, Manning opened the season by going 14-0, breaking the Pats' record with a win over Denver in Indy and extending the mark to 23 with a win at Jacksonville. The Colts pulled Manning and the other starters in the third quarter against the Jets, who rallied for a 29-15 victory to end the streak in Week 16.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: While it's not the longest streak of Manning's career, the franchise quarterback is playing his best football this season with 22 TD passes and two interceptions — all coming at age 37 and less than two years removed from the only major injury of his career (neck). He won the last 11 regular-season games a year ago to help the Broncos earn the AFC's top seed, but Denver lost to Baltimore. This year, Denver is chasing the league record for scoring in a season. The Broncos could be even more imposing when cornerback Champ Bailey and linebacker Von Miller round into form after missing the early part of the season.
NEARLY PERFECT PEYTON: Fast starts have been a common theme throughout Manning's career. His first serious brush with perfection came in 2005 when the Colts started 13-0. It was the best defense Manning hard around him in Indy and all that stood between the Colts and Perfect Peyton living up to his nickname were home games against San Diego and Arizona and a trip to Seattle. San Diego surprised the Colts in Week 15, and Indy lost the following week to eventual NFC champion Seattle after coach Tony Dungy left the team following the death of his son. Indy never recovered and was eliminated by Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh in the divisional round.
SUPER STREAK: Officially, this one doesn't count. But how can the most rewarding streak of Manning's career not make the list? The streak ran from Dec. 31, 2006, through Oct. 28, 2007,and might have been the most improbable streak. Manning will never forget it. After struggling against the run all season and giving up 375 yards on the ground to Jacksonville in December, the Colts won their regular-season finale to earn the third seed in the playoffs, then suddenly figured out how to play defense. They shut down Larry Johnson in a wild-card game, won a touchdown-less game in Baltimore and then rallied to beat New England. Part One of the streak ended with Manning's MVP performance against Chicago in the Super Bowl. Indy opened the next season 7-0, but that was just gravy.
SURPRISE PARTY: In 1999, the Colts were coming off of two straight 3-13 seasons. Nobody expected Indy to make the playoffs. After starting 2-2, Manning, Edgerrin James and Marvin Harrison put it all together. The Colts reeled off 11 straight wins to claim their first AFC East title since 1987. The 10-game improvement from '98 to '99 remains the biggest one-season turnaround in league history, matched only by Miami in 2008.
DOUBLE DUTY: One season makes the list twice — 2006. Yes, Manning ended the year with five straight wins, but he also started the season 9-0 despite the defensive woes. Adding the 2005 regular season finale makes it, officially, a 10-game streak. The fast start was a key part of getting the third seed, and this streak came in the midst of a three-year span when the Colts started at least 7-0 each season, won a division title each year and were nearly unbeatable at home (21-3).
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Church & Dwight, the Ewing-based maker of Arm & Hammer products, announced today its board has approved the company's 451st consecutive regular quarterly dividend.
According to the announcement, the dividend consists of $0.28 per share. This quarterly dividend will be payable December 2, 2013 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 11, 2013.


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Drew Barrymore Covers 'Good Housekeeping' Magazine February 2013
Drew Barrymore graces the cover of Good Housekeeping magazine's February 2013 issue, out on newsstands now!
Here's what the 37-year-old actress had to share with the mag:
On her husband Will Kopelman: "Last night, I was looking at my husband like, What if he weren't my husband and we hadn't just had a baby and we were just here with a group of people? I was just having such a crush on him."
On getting back into shape after having a baby: "I'm still working on it, but I'm not worrying about it. We live in a society where everyone's like, 'Look at how amazing she looks two weeks out [from giving birth].' I don't want to be on that hamster wheel; that's hell. I'm never going to have the kind of body that makes me excited about bikini season. I've never had a 'beach body.' But I want to feel like I'm showing up and doing my best. My goal is to be nice to myself, gentle toward myself, during this process. It's such a sacred time."
On being a mom: "My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis. Every morning when I wake her up, the endgame is, Can I get her to smile? And that puts me in a good mood. It's definitely a different way to live – and a much better one."
For more on Drew, visit Goodhousekeeping.com!
Also pictured: Drew Barrymore donning a cute coat while visiting some friends on Monday (January 14) in New York City's Tribeca district.


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15 Bento Lunch Box Containers and Accessories
Pack our easy, healthy bento box lunches (or any lunch!) into one of these adorable containers with equally cute accessories.
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You've seen our 20 cute bento box lunch ideas—but what exactly are bentos? Basically, they're inspiration for a fun twist on a homemade lunch—cut a sandwich into a circle, add crusts for ears, carrot bits for a face and—presto, bento! Kids love to eat the fun designs, and you can add tons of fruit and veggies to make them colorful (and healthy). Plus, a bento is meant to hold all parts of a meal—perfect for smaller kid portions. Get into the whole bento experience with these cute containers, helpful accessories and more.
Small Bites
Artfully arrange meatballs, mashed potatoes, spaghetti or fruit and veggies with dip in these colorful (and reusable) silicone cups, which can be used to bake cupcakes too. They come in handy for the Lion, Caterpillar and Tic-Tac-Toe bento box lunches.
Kitchen Supply 2373 1-7/8-Inch Mini Muffin Silicone Baking Cups, Set of 12+, available at amazon.com, $7.07
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Double-decker Meals
Lunchtime is literally a snap with these fun bentos that fit on top of one another.
Lock & Lock Stacking Bento, available at Innobaby.com, $15
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Work of Art
For at-home lunches, turn them into a masterpiece with this Palette Plate. The multicolored paint cups are removable, microwave-safe and come with lids for storage. Plus: the BPA- , PVC- and phthalate-free set has a skid-resistant base and comes with a kid-sized knife and fork set.
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Tiffin Tin
Not all lunchboxes are boxy. Try this tiffin-style container: stack the circular, dishwasher-safe compartments—they double as bowls—and secure with the latch for easy toting. We love the cheerful orange and pink color combo, but it's also available in light green and blue.
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Stick It
You won't need to buy sandwich baggies with this eco-friendly lunch kit. The Smart Little Lunch box has five compartments to keep each item sealed and organized, and is super easy to clean (and dishwasher safe!). The pack includes a matching drink bottle and 275 fun stickers kids can use to customize their lunch pack.
Smart Little Lunchbox, available at chasing-fireflies.com
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A Cut Above
Pack this fork, spoon and chopstick set with your kid's lunch in place of flimsy, disposable plastic ware. The wide, flat handles are good for small hands, plus kids can practice their chopstick skills. All three utensils are stored in an adorable container to boot.
Cutlery Set - Spoon Fork And ChopSticks Clapping March Picnic BLUE, available at from-japan-with-love.com, $5.75
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Panda Pal
This too-cute bento box is worth ditching the plain ol' brown bag (and the elastic band gives the panda face eyebrows!). The two-tier shape is perfect for a sandwich in one half, with sides in the other—try it with our Panda bento lunch box.
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Already have a cute lunch or bento box for your kid? Ditch the plastic baggies for these PVC-, BPA- and lead-free containers. The set of 4 comes with different sizes for main meal, side and dip cup portions and has a graphic on the lid of what goes in which container.
Bento Buddies 2.0 B650-red X-Large, Large, Medium and Small Dip Lidded Containers, Red, Set of 4
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Take Your Pick
If you've packed a lunch with lots of small little bites (like you can find in our Tic-Tac-Toe bento lunch box), pack mini picks for a fun fork alternative—these feature adorable boats, trains, cars and more.
Cute Bento Picks Flag Pickss, available at from-japan-with-love.com
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Baby Bento
Bentos are great for school lunches, but you can start the concept with babies and toddlers, too. Try this no-slip bottom Beaba Lunch Box, which comes with a stackable plate and double-compartment dish, plus a lid to snap it all together and keep the fork and spoon in place. Bonus: The whole set is BPA-, phthalate- and PVC-free and dishwasher/microwave safe.
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Square Off
This square bento—complete with sweet zoo animals—is great for packing sides or a part of a bento lunch box (it will even cuten up the usual PB&J).
Cute Japanese Bento Box Tomo Tomo Happy Lunch, available at from-japan-with-love.com, $4.75
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Short Cut
No need for fancy knife skills when making a bento lunch box; using a cookie cutter, like one of these animal-shaped ones, will help you create quick, perfect shapes every time. Plus: they're BPA-, phthalate- and lead-free and can be tossed in the dishwasher.
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Top Tier
Pack a full-size bento lunch in this 2-tier, stackable container (perfect for the Caterpillar bento lunch box!). The main compartment comes with a divider to keep foods separate, and is topped with a whimsical design of fall foliage. The leafy motif continues with tree latch that snaps the box shut.
Shinzi Katoh Single Lunch Box in Perch, available at mysweetmuffin.com
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Seal it Up
Is your kid an aquarium fiend? He'll love the seal and fish design on this two-tiered bento box. The dishwasher and microwave-safe stackable sections come with a separator, and a blue elastic band to keep it all together.
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Slim Fit
This lunchbox is for the kid who likes variety at mealtime. It holds 5 stackable, clear plastic containers and its 3-inch width lets it easily slide into your kid's backpack and cubby. There's not room for an ice pack or a sandwich, but everything is BPA-free and dishwasher-safe—plus you can slip a drink bottle in the fabric handle.
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Bento for Beginners
This set from Laptop Lunches has everything you need to get started with bento lunches: a big blue bento with five inner containers, a lunch tote and stainless steel fork and spoon. Ready, set, make!


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OMAK Omak knocked off Quincy, 1-0, in a league match cut short Oct. 12 by an official due to harassment from a Jackrabbit fan.
"It was kind of weird," Omak coach Chris Werner said.
Shawnee Covington pushed the ball to Haley Little, who dribbled to the 18-yard line of the goal and chipped the advancing keeper, Werner said of the score in the 53rd minute.
"We played some beautiful soccer," he said.
Then one of the Quincy fans started yelling at an official with "some pretty foul language," Werner said. "I couldn't make it out from my sideline, but we had athletes and parents who said it was pretty bad.
"The fan was asked to leave three times and was slow to comply and kept yelling at the official. Then the official called the game."
Both teams entered the fray with one league victory.
Brewster (4-6 overall, 3-5 league) is at Omak (3-8, 2-6) on Thursday, Oct. 17.
ENTIAT – The Bridgeport soccer team pulled out its second narrow victory of the week, slipping past Entiat, 2-1, on Oct. 12.
Alba Robles got the Fillies on the board with a long-range shot for a 1-0 halftime lead.
Denisse Hernandez got the winner on an assist from Ayana Herrejon.
Bridgeport (7-1 overall, 2-0 league) is at Wenatchee to play its C-squad in a non-league match Oct. 10. The fillies return home for Manson (0-6, 0-2) for a league match Saturday, Oct. 12.
LEAVENWORTH – League-leading Cascade shutout Tonasket, 6-0, on Oct. 12.
Tonasket (6-3 overall, 5-3 league) hosts Oroville (2-6, 1-2) for a non-league match Thursday, Oct. 17, and hosts Quincy (3-7, 3-5) for a league match Saturday, Oct. 19.
TONASKET – Tonasket relied on its experience and size to knock off Chelan, 3-1, in a Caribou Trail League match Oct. 10.
"Chelan played very tough against a bigger, stronger, more experienced Tonasket team," Chelan coach Jim Broome said. "It was a very physical game and both teams battled hard for a full 80 minutes."
Tonasket scored in the seventh before Chelan scored in the 25th minute for a 1-1 halftime score.
The Tigers scored nine minutes into the second half. The final Tonasket goal came in the final minute.
Tonasket finished with 35 shots on Chelan's goalkeeper, who had 18 saves.
OKANOGAN – Cascade scored fast and often in the first half en route to a 4-2 win over Okanogan in Caribou Trail League soccer Oct. 10.
After the Kodiaks scored, Okanogan came back with a set play off a corner kick by Emmy Engle that Janice Romero headed home to tie the match.
Cascade ran off three straight goals, one of which ricocheted off a Kodiak in front of the goal and looped over the head of the Okanogan goalkeeper's head.
Okanogan defense played better the second half, not giving up a score.
Romero scored on a corner kick by Aidan O'Connor to narrow the margin.
"We played a good second half, but played a little flat in the first," Okanogan coach Dean Klepec said.
BREWSTER – League-leading Cashmere walloped Brewster, 10-1, in a Caribou Trail League match Oct. 10.
Brewster (4-6 overall, 3-5 league) is at Omak (2-9, 1-8) on Thursday, Oct. 17 and returns home for Cascade (6-3, 6-1) on Saturday, Oct. 19.
WINTHROP – Jenny Salazar scored the winning goal in the second half to lift Bridgeport past Liberty Bell, 2-1, in a league match Oct. 10.
Paula Soto got the Fillies on the board for a 1-1 halftime score.
Scoring for Liberty Bell was not received.
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As of October 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 65 hazardous waste sites in Florida either on the final or proposed National Priorities List (NPL). This also includes NPL caliber sites or Superfund Alternative sites, which also merit federal interest. EPA has more details on the NPL site listing process. This includes a database that EPA keeps on sites. They call it the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS). Some people also call it Superfund.
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Other agencies, including the EPA and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), take samples of soil, water, and air at hazardous waste sites. The program staff looks at test results to see what chemicals they find and at what levels. The staff studies the known health effects for each chemical found at a site. They also see if there is way for people to come into contact with the chemicals (exposure).
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Senate OKs modest changes on filibusters in rare bipartisan effort
WASHINGTON – The tradition-laden Senate voted Thursday to modestly curb filibusters, using a bipartisan consensus rare in today's hyper-partisan climate to make it a bit harder but not impossible for outnumbered senators to sink bills and nominations.
The rules changes would reduce yet not eliminate the number of times opponents -- usually minority-party Republicans these days -- can use filibusters, procedural tactics which can derail legislation and which can be stopped only by the votes of 60 of the 100 senators.
In return, the majority party -- Democrats today -- would have to allow two minority amendments on bills, a response to Republican complaints that Democrats often prevent them from offering any amendments at all. The new procedures also would limit the time spent debating some bills and nominations, allowing some to be completed in hours that could otherwise take a day or more.
The changes were broken into two pieces and approved by votes of 78-16 and 86-9. In both roll calls, Republican opponents were joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who usually sides with Democrats. Many of the GOP "no" votes came from tea party-backed senators like Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; and Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
The two votes and a brief debate took less than an hour, impressively quick for the Senate. They came after a more typical day that featured a sprinkling of senators' speeches and long periods when the Senate chamber idled with no one talking, while private negotiations off the floor nailed down final details.
President Barack Obama said the Senate action would help his agenda in Congress.
"At a time when we face critical decisions on a whole range of issues -- from preventing further gun violence, to reforming our broken immigration system, to getting our fiscal house in order and creating good paying jobs -- we cannot afford unnecessary obstruction. And I am hopeful that today's bipartisan agreement will pave the way for the Senate to take meaningful action in the days and weeks ahead," Obama said in a written statement.
The pact leaves the Senate's minority party with far more power than it has in the House, where rules let a united majority party easily muscle through its priorities. It also falls short of changes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had been threatening to ram through using the 55 votes Democrats have, a technique nicknamed the "nuclear option" because it is considered likely to produce harsh GOP retaliation that could grind work to a virtual halt.
"I'm glad cooler heads have prevailed here once again, and those who were clamoring for the nuclear option, most of whom have never served a day of their lives in the minority, didn't prevail," said McConnell, who worked out the agreement with Reid. He added that Republicans felt rules changes were not needed, merely a willingness by both parties to allow "vigorous debate and a robust amendment process."
Reid said the changes would increase Senate efficiency while protecting lawmakers in the minority party, warning that he would consider future changes if Thursday's package didn't do enough.
"We were elected to get things done for the middle class -- not waste time with endless stalling tactics that cause even bills with broad bipartisan support to languish for weeks," Reid said.
Democrats say Republican use of filibusters has become almost routine and far too frequent. Republicans say they use it because Reid often blocks them from offering amendments.
The rules also don't go nearly as far as restrictions championed by a group of newer Democratic senators, such as requiring filibustering senators to physically debate on the Senate floor, as portrayed by the actor Jimmy Stewart in the classic 1939 film, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Such filibusters have been rare for decades.
Democrats said this week that they lacked the votes to force that proposal through the Senate.
Even so, the agreement was remarkable in a period of bitter partisan clashes over Obama's budgetary, tax and social initiatives and GOP efforts to block them. It will streamline some of the Senate's work and avoid what could have been prolonged, nasty battling between the two parties if Democrats -- frustrated by the GOP's growing reliance on the delays -- tried forcing more decisive changes.
The deal gave each side something it wanted: Quicker action for Democrats, guaranteed amendments for Republicans. And it avoided clamping tight limits on filibusters that would alienate veteran lawmakers wary that their party could fall into the minority after any election.
Months ago, Reid said he favored completely banning filibusters when the Senate tries to begin debating a measure, a tactic Republicans have been using more in recent years. He threatened to use Democrats' strength in the Senate to enact that change and perhaps others by a simple majority vote, instead of the two-thirds majority most rules changes require.
Tight restraints on filibusters were championed by less-senior Democrats like Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Tom Udall, D-N.M. They are frustrated with the chamber's often glacial debates and the ability of the minority -- these days Republicans -- to kill bills with less than majority support.
"Are they everything I want? Of course not," Udall said in an interview. But he said the Senate is "moving in the right direction. With these changes, it will make this a more efficient institution."
The liberal group Common Cause, which has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the filibuster, criticized Reid for the agreement, saying the senator "has gone missing in the fight for filibuster reform."
As part of the agreement, filibusters could be avoided when the Senate tries beginning debate on legislation. In return, the majority leader would have to allow each party to offer at least two amendments -- addressing a major complaint of Republicans that their amendments are often shut out.
In addition, once the Senate votes to limit debate on certain nominations -- district court judges and administration posts below Cabinet level -- the debate would be limited to two hours, far below the 30 hours now allowed. The proposal was aimed at speeding the time spent on such nominations.
In addition, instead of three separate opportunities for opponents of a bill to wage filibusters to block a Senate vote allowing the chamber to try writing compromise legislation with the House, there would only be one such filibuster allowed.
According to the Senate Historian's Office, there were 73 "cloture" votes to end filibusters in the two-year Congress that ended earlier this month. There were 91 such votes in the Congress that served in the two previous years, and 112 in the two-year Congress before that. Republicans were the Senate minority party in each of those Congresses.
Those are the three highest number of cloture votes in any Congress since the Senate started allowing such votes to end filibusters nearly 100 years ago.


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About Marcantonio Raimondi
Marcantonio Raimondi was a prolific engraver who published over 300 prints disseminating the style of the High Renaissance worldwide. Raimondi began his training at the workshop of the goldsmith and painter Francesco Raibolini; he also studied by copying many of Albrecht Dürer's prints. He later focused on translating to print the designs and paintings of renowned Renaissance artists like Michelangelo and Raphael, who collaborated with Raimondi to make original works as well. Though the figures and compositions of these prints were not his own, Raimondi excelled in rendering landscapes, as well as with his techniques of shading; his prints had a rich tonal quality that the artist achieved by roughening his plates with pumice before engraving lines. Raimondi's career declined following his arrest for publishing a series of salacious images in 1524, based on Giulio Romano's paintings.
Italian, ca. 1480 - ca. 1534, Bologna, Italy, based in Bologna, Italy


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Happiest at home with his notebooks and his microscope, he shunned the public eye. Controversy made him ill. This brilliant observer of nature kept his most original and revolutionary idea under wraps for decades. Yet today, two centuries after Charles Darwin's birth, nearly everyone knows his name. What did Darwin do, and why does he still matter so much?
Keenly observing nature in all its forms--from fossil sloths to mockingbirds, primroses to children--Darwin saw that we all are related. Every living thing shares an ancestry, he concluded, and the vast diversity of life on Earth results from processes at work over millions of years and still at work today. Darwin's explanation for this great unfolding of life through time--the theory of evolution by natural selection--transformed our understanding of the living world, much as the ideas of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the physical universe.
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection underlies all modern biology. It enables us to decipher our genes and fight viruses, and to understand Earth's fossil record and rich biodiversity. Simple yet at times controversial, misunderstood and misused for social goals, the theory remains unchallenged as the central concept of biology. Charles Darwin, reluctant revolutionary, profoundly altered our view of the natural world and our place in it.
Charles Darwin looked closely at life. The vast and marvelous diversity of life on Earth, from barnacles to butterflies, ostriches to orchids, made him curious. Countless species, living and extinct--why so many? Some were only slightly different from one another--what could explain that? Each organism so beautifully adapted to its environment--how could it happen?
With persistence and passion, Darwin set out to find answers. He conducted experiments. He read widely and corresponded with fellow naturalists around the world. And he studied the evidence using simple tools, at times little more than a microscope or a magnifying glass. Darwin looked closely--and we saw the world in a new way.
Before Darwin was born, most people in England accepted certain ideas about the natural world as given. Species were unconnected, unrelated, and unchanged since the moment of their creation. Earth itself was thought to be only 6,000 years old.
Birds' eggs and sea shells, beetles and coins, moths, and minerals--as a child, Charles Darwin collected all of these and more. He never tired of studying the details of the natural world.
In 1831, Charles Darwin received an astounding invitation: to join the HMS Beagle as ship's naturalist for a trip around the world.
Within months of stepping off the deck of the Beagle, Darwin settled in London, the nerve center of Britain. It was here that he brilliantly put together the pieces of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
In 1842, Charles Darwin and his family fled London in search of peace and quiet. They found it in a tiny village 16 miles outside the city, and for the next 40 years their home--called Down House--was Darwin's retreat, research station, and the hub of his vast scientific network.
A century and a half ago, Charles Darwin offered the world a single, simple scientific explanation for the diversity of life on Earth: evolution by natural selection. Since then, countless scientists--whether fighting viruses, decoding DNA, or analyzing the fossil record--have found that Darwin's work is fundamental to their own.
Orchid plants, members of a vast and ancient family, enchanted Darwin late in life and intrigue us still, more than a century later.
Meet Dr. Niles Eldredge, Curator of Darwin.
Darwin was designed and produced by the Museum's Department of Exhibition, under the direction of David Harvey, Vice President for Exhibition.
Darwin was organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Museum of Science, Boston; The Field Museum, Chicago; the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; and the Natural History Museum, London, England.
The American Museum of Natural History gratefully acknowledges The Howard Phipps Foundation for its leadership support. Significant support for Darwin has also been provided by Chris and Sharon Davis, Bill and Leslie Miller, the Austin Hearst Foundation, Jack and Susan Rudin, and Rosalind P. Walter. Additional funding provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Dr. Linda K. Jacobs, and The New York Community Trust—Wallace Special Projects Fund.


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The base2plan9 project aims to offer drop-in replacements for various central parts of the Arch linux base system.
IMPORTANT: Do not expect 100% drop-in replacement and compatibility. Certain utilities may not exist and for those that do, there may be missing options. One purpose of this Wiki is to document missing features and the problems they cause (in order to devise work-arounds). Make sure that the replacement(s) that you install fill your needs before proceeding.
Why change GNU (and other base components) to Plan9(port)?
In contrast to the base2busybox project, the size gain is not as much of a compelling reason. Other reasons could be:
- an interest and devotion to Plan9 and its post-UNIX ambitions
- anti-GNU sentiments
- out of curiosity
Supporting binary sources
Currently, the gnu2plan9 packages need support to offer a drop-in replacement of GNU coreutils. This is at the moment provided by busybox and the gnu2ucb Heirloom profile. Ideally, missing functionality should be patched up with projects more closely aligned to Plan9, like Inferno and Goblin. The aim is to make the different "base2foo" projects as independent of eachother as possible since the whole point of the projects is to increase choice and diversity. For the base2plan9 project, the first priority is to cover missing functionality and second priority to try to reduce (or ideally remove) the busybox dependency.
Below is a list of the origin of different utilities in this package.
cat date dd du echo lc ls mkdir rc rm sleep
basename comm factor fmt join md5sum pr seq sha1sum sort split sum tee test wc
Custom scripts
The following missing functionalities are implemented as rc scripts
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the sha*sum scripts point to the perl-digest-sha. Problems: printing the $@ variable to the script does not work from within PKGBUILD. Ideas welcome.
ucb binaries
chown df install ln stty
posix2001 binaries
csplit expr nl
s42 binaries
cp mv
posix binaries
chmod rmdir
id nohup od who
SysV binaries
cut mkfifo mknod pwd su sync uname
cksum dirname env expand fold head logname nice paste patchchk printenv printf tsort tty unexpand uniq users whoami yes
Busybox is needed for the following utilities:
readlink [ base64 hostid mktemp stat tac chroot
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Some utilities are not offered by neither Plan9port, custom scripts, Heirloom nor Busybox.
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Alpine AdventuresJanuary 29. 2016 11:52PM
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One of the longest and highest zipline canopy tours in the northeast.
The first and one of the largest Zipline attractions in the northeast.
Over three miles of ziplines, bridges and platforms, along with off-road "safari" tours and professionally guided snowmobiling. Three separate zipline courses to choose from. Cruise up to 200 feet above the forest floor at speeds up to 50 mph on the "Skyrider" course, zip through the forest canopy on the original Treetop Canopy Tour (the first in New England), or try the new SUPER SkyRider tour. Three hundred private acres and spectacular views surrounded by the beautiful White Mountain National Forest and tours run year round! Great team-building, recreational activity to add onto your meeting or event. New "Thrillsville" Aerial Fun Park for all ages featuring Giant Swings, Treehouse, Bridges and the 1st in the country "Power Fan" Freefall device along with other elements. It is a truly unforgettable experience!
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Tube down the New Colossus Stunt Ramp & soar through the air like Shaun White into a giant air bag on the newest addition to the Alpine Adventures family. It's a quick, fun way to get that adrenaline boost & prepare for the challenges of Thrillsville, or just take a few runs to get your heart racing for the day - better than a cup of coffee or energy drink! The BigAirBag© Stuntzone can be purchased separate from Thrillsville Aerial Park.
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Also, take part in our Safari off-road tours or visit us in the winter for our highly recommended snowmobile tours. Adventure is calling!
Buckle Up and Hold On, as the license plates dictate, because you're in for an off-road thrill like no other in New England. Scale to the top of Barron Mountain for awesome views in this low-speed roller coaster ride.
With every season you encounter a different tour: Summer is great weather and an open air convertible top. Fall is spectacular foliage seen from above with occasional moose, deer & turkeys along the trail. Winter displays the extreme off-road capabilities of these 6-wheel drive Swiss army transport vehicles called Pinzgauers. Spring is mud season (do we have to say more).
Our Pinzgauers have modified seating to accommodate 11 guests (one is shotgun) in blue bucket seats with lapbelts. We padded the overhead cages and added a kickin' stereo system with mikes for the guides to entertain you on your journey.
Snowshoe Tours:
A one-of-a-kind winter adventure! Snowshoe tours are a one of a kind winter adventure for all abilities and an exclusive way to enjoy our 300 acre mountain during the winter months. Excursions can last up to two hours, including a 30 minute off-road tour, in our famous 6 wheel Pinzgauers, and about an hour of snowshoeing. Our knowledgeable and friendly guides will take you on a spectacular tour where you will explore the surrounding White Mountains National Forest from a unique and up close perspective, while learning about the local wildlife and logging history of northern New Hampshire. We have a vast network of trails that wind their way through the forest and cater to all abilities. Enjoy several different mountain vistas and a variety of backwoods shelters along the way. Our experienced guides will help you find just the right level of adventure and exploration that you are seeking, and can even warm things up with a cup of hot cocoa along the trail. This is a wonderful way to get into the mountains, enjoy the scenery and get away from it all. All Trips originate at our main street head quarters where guests are fitted with snowshoes and shuttled to the base of our 300 acre mountain, Barron Mountain.
General Group Tours Includes a brief off road tour, guided snowshoe tour, snowshoes, adjustable trekking poles for safety and stability and transportation to and from Barron Mountain. Boots and warm clothing are not included.
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Boy suffers minor injuries in fall down chuteBy Tim Buckland
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 22. 2012 10:22AM
MANCHESTER - A 2-year-old boy escaped with minor injuries after falling down a narrow laundry chute and becoming entangled in wires, the boy's family and Manchester fire officials said Thursday.
'He's OK,' Jeannie McLaughlin, 18 Carpenter St., said of her nephew, Cayden, who was playing early Thanksgiving morning before climbing into the chute and falling about 20 feet.
McLaughlin said she and her family could hear the boy crying and called 911.
'The operator was awesome. She kept me calm' until firefighters arrived, McLaughlin said.
City District Fire Chief Michael Gamache said fire crews cut a hole in a wall to get to the boy, who had been caught in wires. He was out of the chute 5 minutes after firefighters arrived at the home shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, Gamache said.
Cayden suffered a cut to his head and some bruises, McLaughlin said.
'Once he saw the fire trucks, he didn't care that he had a cut on his head anymore,' McLaughlin said. 'He loves fire trucks.'
McLaughlin said Cayden will typically throw toys down the narrow, 10-inch by 6-inch chute, which she said is used to string wiring for the house now and is no longer used for laundry.
'Honest to God, I don't know how he got in there,' she said. 'Thank God for the wires. If he had fallen straight through, it could have been much worse.'
McLaughlin said firefighters on the scene were 'great.'
'I can't say enough how great the rescue team was,' she said.
She said the boy was back from Elliot Hospital by 10 a.m. Thursday and that the family planned to go ahead with its Thanksgiving plans.


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Tim Miller, mortgage loan officer, Charter One
Tim Miller, 52, represents Charter One in Peoria, Ill., as a new Mortgage Loan Officer. Also originating a wide range of mortgage programs, Miller specializes in loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration and in advising prospective home buyers on how to repair their credit. He has been in the mortgage business for 10 years, most recently serving First Advantage Mortgage as a loan officer. Miller is a Licensed Loan Originator and was formerly a Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist. Earlier, Miller was an instructor at the 50th 35th U.S. Army Reserves School for 10 years. He worked for the State of Illinois for 31 years and retired from the position of correctional residential counselor.
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