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In June 2006, the team of filmmaking visionaries who had created breakthrough visuals for The Matrix series found themselves brainstorming again with Matrix directors Andy and Larry Wachowski. This time, the genre-busting Wachowski brothers wanted to create a live-action film based on the classic 1960s television series Speed Racer, an English-language adaptation of the seminal Japanese anime Mach GoGoGo. So the team—production designer Owen Paterson, art director Hugh Bateup, and visual effects supervisors John Gaeta and Dan Glass—fed the brothers ideas about set design, animation, and color treatments. As they did, it soon became clear that Speed Racer would extend the group's foray into virtual cinema beyond anything they had done before.
"The really attractive thing about this project was that we were inventing another universe,†says Gaeta. "And, it wasn't entirely clear what the rules of that universe were yet.†On May 9, the world will see the result when Warner Bros.' Speed Racer bursts onto the screen in a techno-colored, fully saturated, and fast-moving world no one has seen before in live-action cinema.
As did the animated television series, the live-action Speed Racer centers on car racing, but the only real elements in the film, for the most part, are the actors and a monkey filmed largely on greenscreen stages with Sony's new F-23 digital camera. In the racing sequences, which comprise about half the 2000 visual effects shots, actors and their digital doubles drive some 63 digital cars racing on CG tracks in digital stadiums filled with millions of digital people. In the non-racing sequences, digital backgrounds wrap around the actors in another 1000 shots. But, these are far from typical CG cars, tracks, stadiums, and backgrounds.
Shifting ParadigmsWith a target audience aged 10 to teen in mind, the team felt free to ignore conventional filmmaking for both Speed Racer's action scenes and its style. "We imagined what the generation that created X Games would invent for motor sports if they could,†says Gaeta. "We created elaborate tracks with ramps and crazy shapes, added Larry and Andy's affinity for kung fu, and made cars that can drive on walls, jump sideways, and crash onto other cars.†They termed the car-on-car action "car fu,†and it happens with blazing speed inside hyper-real, pop-art, virtual environments.
After an initial four-minute test that the brothers showed to Warner Bros., Kim Libreri and Mohen Leo led an eight-member team at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) that created further tests to help define the racing look. (Later, the two visual effects supervisors, both of whom had worked on films in The Matrix series, shifted over to Digital Domain, where much of the racing action took place.) Their mission was to pay homage to the original anime, but with CG and photography rather than cel animation.
Procedural systems helped animators keep the cars on tracks, as illustrated in the bottom images, shown before rendering (left) and after rendering (right). Any wheel on the CG cars can turn 180 degrees, as in this final shot (top). This helped animators create the "car fu†action shots.
"We decided to establish a cartoonish feel by using rostrum camera techniques,†says Leo. In part, the idea of imitating rostrum techniques was born of budget concerns. In animation and visual effects, for example, a rostrum camera might move across a painted background to create the illusion that a static car in the foreground layer is moving. "We could save money and harken back to the cartoon animation aesthetic we were after, so that arose fairly early in the design,†Glass says. "And that was one of the basic things that led us to shoot on greenscreen.â€
Then, the crew discovered examples of high-quality QuickTime VR images (QTVR), more often seen in low res on real-estate Web sites for panning through photographed rooms. They decided to use the high-res QTVR to create 360-degree virtual environments.
Bubble Wrap "We've been reconstructing camera moves through photographed environments for years to achieve pretty impossible camera moves,†Glass says. "So we took aspects of that into this simple environment. We call it 'bubble technology.'â€
Glass organized a world unit to build those environments. Teams of photographers took high-resolution bracketed digital stills around the world, shooting a minimum of eight photographs around a circumference in each location. In San Francisco, Dennis Martin, who had been a virtual cinematographer for The Matrix, led a team that used New House Internet Services' PTgui software and scripts he wrote to stitch the multiple exposures into HDRI spheres. "We had 28k images around the circumference of a sphere,†he says.
A second team led by environment art director Lubo Hristov, who had been a digital matte painter for The Matrix Revolutions, among many other films, moved onto the set in Berlin to colorize and paint the assembled backgrounds (see "Bubbles on Set,†pg. 16).
"By the time we got to Berlin, we had QTVRs we could pan around in, and that everyone—the director of photography, the directors, and the actors—could see,†Glass says. "Traditionally, you shoot the live action on the greenscreens first, and then, when you know what angles you need, you shoot the backgrounds. We had to do things in the opposite order because of the number of [virtual] locations.†Also, because these backgrounds were not typical.
First, the artists often combined shots from different corners of the world into one image without regard to geography. Second, they stacked spheres inside spheres to create onion-like layers upon layers, and cut holes in the layers to let the images beneath show through. Then, referencing multiplane camera techniques used in cel animation but applying it in a spherical world rather than a flat plane, they moved the layers. Gaeta dubs the technique they developed "photo anime.â€
Glass describes the look: "If the camera does a dolly move, you expect to see parallax, but with still plates, you don't. We fake it by cutting a few layers to see a shift, but it isn't fully realistic. The photographs look real, but they move in slightly odd ways.â€
The team embraced the oddity and started experimenting. Into the bubbles, Stephen Lawes, the in-house compositor, slipped greenscreen elements of Gaeta or Glass walking on a treadmill or standing on a turntable—shot with very little camera motion. To create false camera moves, Lawes cut through the layers and moved them. And, similarly, artists at BUF Compagnie played with interesting multiplane ideas, as well.
Elastic Parallax NuancesThe group then pushed the look even further. Gaeta explains: "Once we got to the spot where we were slipping and sliding, slicing and dicing the layers to make elastic parallax nuances, we thought, 'Why not enhance the colors?' This is where Lubo's work became critical.â€
The crew had determined early on that they wouldn't try to twist the digital technology into looking like film. "Speed Racer is grain-free and noise-free, so there's no connection to film, but it wasn't our intention to make it look like TV,†Gaeta says. "We wanted to find a place in between.â€
Artists manipulated the virtual backgrounds, which they created from enhanced photographs, to amplify emotional moments.
For inspiration, they referenced the Manipulator Web site, pop art, high-end fashion photography, car commercials, and such master of anime as Hayao Miyazaki. "We realized that pop-art photography and commercial photography have a strange overlap with anime,†Gaeta says, "the colors, the way they juxtapose and light things to create images more expressive than real.â€
And, that was only the beginning. "When we decided we didn't need to imitate reality, it started to get very exciting,†Glass says. "We started playing with people's perceptions to create emotional moments, to exaggerate them.â€
For example, to enhance the moment when a racer's will to win takes over, the artists at Digital Domain swooped the environment into an abstract, highly saturated blue tunnel with fast-moving colored lines running through it, much as an anime artist might do.
"In a similar way, we had focus completely under our control,†Glass says. "We made deliberate choices about what is in focus and how things defocus. Traditionally, highlights defocus into circles. And in animation, whole backgrounds often have the same level of blur or defocus, which pops the foreground off the background. So, the idea of doing a simple box filter across the whole background was very interesting, especially with photographs. But John [Gaeta] prompted, 'Why stick with a box?'â€
As a result, Digital Domain, for example, wrote software to create what Glass calls an "amusing set of filters.†Anything in a scene, whether live-action photography or painted background bubble photography, can defocus into a variety of fuzzy shapes, including triangles, diamonds, or hearts.
Racing at Digital DomainIn addition to Digital Domain, more than a dozen visual effects studios worked on postproduction for the show—compositing greenscreen shots into the digital bubbles and creating the races. Of those studios, Digital Domain, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and ILM focused primarily on CG cars and the racetracks, with Digital Domain landing the bulk of the CG work.
A crew of 440 artists at Digital Domain drew on the studio's experience in creating digital cars for television commercials, along with their expertise in visual effects, to create the stylized look of the cars, tracks, and environments in Speed Racer.
With two or three minor exceptions, the cars are always CG. Working in Autodesk's Maya, Digital Domain's modelers started with the previs cars to create the hero and background models. Animators referenced animatics and live-action footage of actors "driving†digital cars that compositing supervisor Darren Poe had assembled on set.
"We had hours and hours of animatics created by Digital Domain and BUF,†says Gaeta. "Digital Domain created our car rigs and standards for track surfaces so there would be no disconnect later. And, their animators did exquisite previs animation. Having the primary vendor doing previs animation with pre-rigged cars was the only way we could have survived. It accelerated animation approval.â€
Car FuJohnny Gibson, digital effects supervisor, calls the car fu animation rig one of the most advanced he has seen. "The cars have advanced drive trains, the axles flex around so that the cars can drive sideways, and any wheel can turn 180 degrees,†he explains. "The wheels rotate at the correct rate for the car's speed on the track. For medium to far shots, when the wheels turn, the steering wheel turns automatically.â€
For close-ups of cars with greenscreen drivers, camera trackers at Digital Domain matched proxy 3D cars to cars "driven†by actors in cockpits on motion bases shot on set, and animators worked with the proxies to create hero animation. During the races, digital cars speed at around 200 or 300 miles per hour over tracks created with two kilometers of geometry.
"It's a ridiculous amount of geometry,†says Libreri.
Gibson estimates that the crew handled four times the number of assets that the studio had ever handled at one time for any previous project. "I get between 300 and 500 e-mails a day requesting assets. Models, textures, lighting, set layouts, animation rigs. I've never encountered anything as complex.â€
To help animators control the fast-moving cars on the huge tracks, the crew created procedural systems. "The final race takes place in the middle of a city, in an enormous stadium with a crowd of two million digital people,†describes Leo. "We built something like a roller coaster with truss work and metal pieces—but a roller coaster the length of a racetrack.â€
An animation system kept the cars on the twisting tracks unless animators made the cars jump, and in that case, a complex suspension assembly bounced the car's body and deformed the tires appropriately when the vehicle landed. For straightaways, animators could set the amount of procedural bounce.
To add stylized effects to the cars racing around the tracks, the crew could move the digital cars—in their deformed states on every frame—from Maya into Side Effects' Houdini. In Houdini, clever systems automatically created stylized tire trails, skid marks, peel-out smoke, sonic booms, trailing bits of debris, and other effects on the fly.
For explosions caused by car crashes, the crew used Digital Domain's Storm, which is a volumetric renderer. But, rather than motion-blurring sparks from car crashes and explosions, the effects artists built motion blur with geometry to control sparks at a sub-frame level. "The sparks are curves and streaks created based on velocity,†says Gibson. "The problem in doing this is that when the camera moves, you can get parallelograms. So, to get a line biased in the direction of the camera, we compute sparks in camera space.â€
To help the film keep a PG rating, the effects crew rescues the drivers in car crashes by covering them in foam. As the digital fluid flows over the driver, the system that the effects artists devised grows spheres everywhere the foam sticks. "On top of those spheres, we grow more and more spheres,†Gibson says. "We render both: the fluid-driven surface and the volume driven by the bubbles.â€
ReflectionsAs the cars race around the tracks, they reflect everything in the stadium, from the flashbulbs popping in the crowds to the neon signs. "It's the worst of all possible worlds,†says Haarm-Pieter Duiker, CG supervisor. "We have highly reflective cars moving fast.†Another Matrix alum, Duiker took a hiatus from marketing his Color Symmetry software to lead the rendering team. Approximately 50 lighters worked in Mental Images' Mental Ray to create the shots; Duiker had 20 lighters on his team alone.
To give the directors, the cinematographer, and the actors a view into the artifi cial world that would later surround them, Digital Domain turned its former compositing software, Nuke (now owned by The Foundry), into a real-time system named "Sparky.†On set, Digital Domain's Darren Poe and othercompositors used Sparky to put footage of the actors, shot on greenscreen with HD cameras, inside the 360-degree QTVR "bubbles,†that is, spherical collages stitched together from color-corrected and otherwise manipulated photographs. It was, in effect, a live keying system.
"Having the ability to see on set what would later be in the show was useful,†says Mohen Leo, VFX supervisor at Digital Domain, "but also, they wanted to be sure that as they shot the sequences, the way in which they decided to line up the backgrounds would be preserved for post houses.†Thus, the post houses could see how the directors wanted the foreground and background images positioned, as well as the fi eld of view. —Barbara Robertson
Because the goal was to have the scenes look like extremely processed photography, the rendering team started by creating photorealistic digital cars and tested their techniques side-by-side against real cars. "We shot reference Corvettes in Michael Bay's parking lot,†says Gibson. When the real and unreal cars were indistinguishable in photographs, the rendering team moved on to complex scenes using raytracing and final gathering to create reflections and shadows.
Shader writer Jim Rothrock, who formerly worked at Mental Images, replaced the entire final gathering solutions in Mental Ray with new technology he created from scratch. Duiker then organized and enhanced the new rendering solutions into a production-ready system.
"In one approach, you can bounce lights off everything, and we did that for the tracks; we raytraced the entire scene,†Duiker says. "But for the cars, we rendered panoramas per frame per car.â€
In effect, the digital cars act like the chrome balls used on set to gather light. Rays, sent out from the cars in every direction, gather data from the background images of the stands, the signs, the light banks, the video screens, and so forth.
"It's as if we put a virtual chrome ball in the center of the car,†says Duiker. "So, on a per-frame, per-car basis, at that point in the frame, we know which lights to render; as each car moves, we see all the elements in the environment on the car. It gets us a long way.†In addition, lighters, for example, might use CG lights to simulate headlights.
To handle the rendering load, Digital Domain expanded the facility's rendering capabilities. The facility put eight-core Intel machines with 16gb RAM on every artist's desk and installed 700 render machines with the same specs in a separate facility linked to the studio by fiber optics.
The crew rendered the scenes using a multichannel approach in Open EXR to produce approximately 20 layers so that compositors could better control various aspects of the scene. For the races, the background bubbles tended to be of sky and stars because the environment was largely the CG stadium filled with crowds. Effects artists created the crowds with Massive software and by replicating 2D images of 20 extras filmed on greenscreen stages. By placing the 2D images on cards instanced using parameters to create such variations as color and size, and then applying the cards to points in a 3D point cloud that represented the stadium, the artists multiplied the 20 extras into thousands. "We could push the camera in on these images and see the people in detail,†Gibson says.
Poe led the team of 50 compositors who assembled the shots in The Foundry's Nuke. "We can view proxy versions of the track and cars in the 3D environment from camera angles as we're compositing,†he explains. While on set, he had done early tests to help refine the super-stylized pop-art look of the film by experimenting with color, lighting, and graphic defocusing. In postproduction, he and the compositors on his team applied the results of those tests. "We added the bling,†Poe says, "lots of lens flares, glows, and optics. We airbrushed in extreme color.â€
Racing at Imageworks, ILMBecause most of Digital Domain's shots take place in stadiums, that studio worked with simple bubbles. The three racing sequences in the 250 shots created at Imageworks, however, take place in a desert and in the mountains, which the production artists provided in the form of more complex bubbles. Like Digital Domain, Imageworks used Maya for modeling, rigging, and animation, and Houdini for effects. In addition, Imageworks relied on Maxon's Cinema 4D for some projections of images onto geometry. And, as with Digital Domain's racing shots, Imageworks' races are all-CG except for the actors filmed in cockpits on motion bases. Both studios worked from shot designs laid out in previs.
"The cars are doing all kinds of over-the-top stunts and crazy things,†says Kevin Mack, visual effects supervisor. "Sometimes the ground is moving and not the cars—the road is on a conveyer belt to avoid moving through huge volumes of geometry, which is also part of the animation style. Our job was to keep things feeling real with proper weight and physics, despite the antics. It's stylized, and we looked for opportunities to go super-stylized.â€
For example, they might create more or less motion blur than normal, or put a car perfectly in focus for a couple frames while it's ripping by at a ridiculous speed. "The shots weren't supposed to be realistic,†says Peter Nofz, digital effects supervisor. "They were hyper-realistic. The regular visual effects rules didn't apply; the idea was always to take everything to 11. We could have fun with the material.â€
The bubbles were particularly fun for Mack, who works with powerful, saturated colors in his own fine-art digital paintings and who has been creating digital backgrounds using matte paintings and multiplaning for visual effects in such films as Apollo 13 for years. "But we're taking that idea to such an extreme here,†he says. "It's some of the coolest stuff I've worked on. It's like pop art that's alive and animated, and it's tricky. You can't just saturate an image. We've gone to great lengths to get absolute complements with gradations in hue as well as value. It's amazing. Really beautiful; extremely cool.â€
For ILM's John Knoll, the fun of the project was moving out of his comfort zone. He supervised a small team that created a 30-shot sequence in which a race-car driver confronts bad guys in a big semi-truck on a lonely highway.
"I have strong opinions [on] lighting and texturing objects to look realistic from all the films I've worked on in the past,†Knoll says. "But the normal rule book for photography was inappropriate here. It's a crazy, odd stylization, and it takes a little while to wrap your head around where to go with it. It's a bold experiment. No one has ever done this before. In the end, we ended up with something attractive, appealing, and pleasing. And, it was fun.â€
For Gaeta, part of the fun of this project was pulling together a crew that he had worked with on The Matrix, as well as talented effects supervisors in many studios. "We brought a lot of unbelievable people with us from our community,†he says, "and a dream team of creative and technical talent—Pierre Buffin, Kevin Mack, Kim Libreri, Dan Glass, John Knoll, and others, people on the highest plane of visual effects capability, the masters of making things look right.â€
But, "right†in this film took on a new meaning. "Hats off to those who experimented with this new, unnamed genre in Sky Captain, Sin City, 300,†Gaeta says. "It's the Matrix trilogy's virtual cinema, virtual cinematography, and virtual effects mutated toward the new style and a looser application I'm calling photo anime.â€
And, even though Speed Racer's style is radical, filmmakers might use the techniques to create films in other styles ranging from photoreal to non-photoreal.
"It's happening because of advancements in digital cinema and compositing that give us the ability to mount an end-to-end movie,†Gaeta says. "When you add 'editography' and post cinematography, you get the feeling that we're moving the goal lines for production design and cinematography both. Credit George Lucas for seeing this early on. It's not about visual effects, it's about creating the form of a film.â€
John Gaeta and Dan Glass served as overall visual effects supervisors. Jake Morrison of Exhaust led the in-house team that pioneered post cinematography, bubble compositing, and anime look development. Dennis Martin sent photographers around the world to shoot images that he assembled into "bubbles.†Matt Walters managed the asset pipeline. Euisung Lee, a 3D previs artist, developed concept art for the car fu combat scenes, stunts, and races. Stephen Lawes supervised the in-house compositing team. Lubo Hristov of Christov Effects & Design manipulated the location photography bubbles to create hyper-real pop-art backgrounds.
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Associated Press
Transcending time
The Superdome originally opened on Sept. 28, 1975 and cost $134 million to build. It is the only domed stadium built from that era that is still in regular use; other domed stadiums built in that time are the Silverdome, the Kingdome and the Astrodome.
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Showdown of coaching titans
On Dec. 31, 1975, Alabama beat Penn State 13-6 in first Sugar Bowl game played in the Superdome. This was also the first college football game played in the Superdome. The game was coached by Alabama's Bear Bryant and Penn State's Joe Paterno.
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Doomsday in the dome
Super Bowl XII was held in the Superdome. It was the first Super Bowl played in the Superdome. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Denver Broncos, 27-10. Cowboys defensive tackle Randy White and defensive end Harvey Martin were named the only co-Super Bowl MVPs in the game's history.
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Another title for 'The Greatest'
On Sept. 15, 1978, Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so. Following his victory, Ali retired from boxing only to make a brief comeback two years later.
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Monumental triumph for the Silver and Black
Super Bowl XV was held in the Superdome. It was the second Super Bowl played in the Superdome. The Oakland Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10. Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett threw three touchdown passes, including an 80-yarder to Kenny King, as the Raiders became the first wild-card team to win the Super Bowl. Plunkett was named Super Bowl MVP.
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Set in Stones
On Dec. 5, 1981, a Rolling Stones concert in the Superdome set a world record for attendance, attracted more than 87,500 spectators.
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Tar Heels reach the top
The 1982 NCAA Final Four was held in the Superdome. The championship game was between Patrick Ewing's Georgetown Hoyas and the North Carolina Tar Heels, led by James Worthy, Sam Perkins and a young Michael Jordan. Jordan, the North Carolina freshman, whom many still called Mike Jordan, hit one of the Final Four's most famous jump shots from about 16 feet on the left side with 15 seconds remaining, giving North Carolina a 63-62 lead over Georgetown for the national championship.
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Shuffling to glory in the dome
Super Bowl XX was held in the Superdome. It was the third Super Bowl played in the Superdome. The Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots, 46-10. The Bears, seeking their first NFL title since 1963, scored a then-Super Bowl-record 46 points. The Bears' league-leading defense tied a Super Bowl record for sacks (seven) and limited the Patriots to a record-low 7 rushing yards.
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Pope visits New Orleans
On Sept. 11, 1987, Pope John Paul II addressed 73,000 youths in the Superdome.
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Hoosier heaven
The 1987 NCAA Final Four was held in the Superdome. Indiana, coached by Bob Knight, won the national title with a 74-73 victory in the final over Syracuse, coached by Jim Boeheim. Keith Smart of Indiana hit the winner in the final seconds and was named Most Outstanding Player. The tournament also featured a "Cinderella team" in the Final Four, Providence College led by then-unknown Rick Pitino.
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Four more years
George H.W. Bush was nominated for election at 1988 Republican National Convention in the Superdome.
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49ers dominate in the dome
Super Bowl XXIV was held in the Superdome. It was the fourth Super Bowl played in the Superdome. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos, 55-10. San Francisco won its fourth Super Bowl. San Francisco's 55 points broke the previous Super Bowl scoring record of 46 points by the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX, which was also held in the Superdome. San Francisco scored touchdowns on four of its six first-half possessions to build a 27-3 lead at halftime.
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Host to Webber's gaffe
The 1993 NCAA Final Four held in the Superdome. North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith, won the national title with a 77-71 victory in the championship game over Michigan, coached by Steve Fisher. Donald Williams of North Carolina was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The most memorable play in the championship game came in the last seconds as Michigan's Chris Webber tried to call a timeout while double-teamed by North Carolina. Michigan had already used all of its timeouts, so Webber's gaffe resulted in a technical foul.
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The Pack is back
Super Bowl XXXI was held in the Superdome. It was the fifth Super Bowl played in the Superdome. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots, 35-21. Desmond Howard returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown while Brett Favre threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score as the Packers won their first Super Bowl in 29 years. Howard, en route to garnering the MVP trophy, established a Super Bowl record with 244 total return yards.
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Patriotic win
Super Bowl XXXVI was held in the Superdome. It was the sixth Super Bowl played in the Superdome. The New England Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams, 20-17, in one of the greatest upsets in NFL history. Adam Vinatieri's 48-yard field goal as time expired gave the Patriots their first Super Bowl title. The Rams outgained the Patriots 427-267 in total yards, but the Patriots forced three turnovers, resulting in 17 points, while committing no turnovers.
This was the first Super Bowl played after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and featured many patriotic themes, including a memorable halftime performance by U2.
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Home for hoops
NCAA Final Four was held in the Superdome in 2003. Syracuse, coached by Jim Boeheim, earned a 81-78 victory in the final over Kansas, which was coached by Roy Williams. Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
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Saban stars at Sugar Bowl
Nick Saban's LSU Tigers defeated the Oklahoma Sooners, 21-14, to win the BCS National Championship for the 2003 season at the 2004 Sugar Bowl in the Superdome. Following that victory, Saban left LSU to coach the Miami Dolphins, only to return to the college ranks three years later with Alabama. For the 2011 national championship game, Saban led the Crimson Tide to a 21-0 victory over LSU at the Superdome.
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Before the storm
The last event in the Superdome before Hurricane Katrina was a preseason game on Aug. 26, 2005, with the New Orleans Saints hosting the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens won 21-6. Kyle Boller was the Ravens' starting quarterback, and Aaron Brooks started for the Saints.
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Rebuilding the dome
Since 2006, $336 million has been spent on renovations of the Superdome. In addition to repairing the roof and interior after Hurricane Katrina, the stadium has expanded the plaza level concourse, replacement and reconfiguration of the 3,100 east and west plaza-level seats, the addition of three elevators, and the addition of premium clubs.
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An emotional return to the dome
On Sept. 25, 2006, the New Orleans Saints defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 23-3, in first game back in the Superdome following the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The emotional victory has been immortalized outside the Superdome with a statue of the game's hero -- Steve Gleason -- making the pivotal play.
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Reaching new heights
In the 2006 playoffs, the New Orleans Saints defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-24, to advance to NFC Championship Game for the first time in team history.
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Light show
On Oct. 20, 2011, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome "flipped the switch" on a new exterior LED lighting system. The new system is incredibly sustainable and environmentally responsible -- a bulb will not need to be replaced for 45 years. The energy it takes to power the lighting system is the same amount of energy used to power a small home.
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It doesn't matter whether you're a Harry Potter fan or a follower of the fashionably fabulous. Emma Watson is blowing up as quickly as her style is maturing.
Since the success of the Harry Potter movies Emma has gone on to work with Burberry for two ad campaigns that landed her amongst the who's who of fashion. Listen to this interview with Emma at Marie Claire for a glimpse behind the scenes of the wonderful pictures featured on this blog, as well as her insight into her evolving sense of fashion.
Her recent spread in Marie Claire seems to capture her quiet, yet steady sense of herself.
Not only does her new hair style set her above all of the typical Hollywood "bombshell" beauties but it defines her as a courageous young woman who's not afraid to express herself.
Keeping a playfull edge while remaining timelessly classy isn't easy.
However, Emma Watson is one of those budding fashionistas that makes beauty seem effortless and we'll have to keep our eyes on her.


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Massachusetts house fire leaves couple dead, boy injured
CHELMSFORD, Mass. – Fire tore through a northeastern Massachusetts condominium building, killing a couple in their late 60s or early 70s and injuring four of their relatives, including a 7-year-old boy who suffered serious burns, the state's fire marshal said Sunday.
The fire in Chelmsford began at about 11 p.m. Saturday. State Fire Marshal Stephen said he believes the fire started accidentally in the couple's home on the top floor of the four-story building, one of several in the complex.
The victims' names haven't been released. Coan said the man who died used a wheelchair, which impeded efforts to get him out of the condo.
Fire officials said two adults and two children related to the couple were visiting them when the fire began. The boy was flown by helicopter to a Boston hospital to be treated for serious burns, while the others were taken to local hospitals. The boy's condition wasn't available Sunday.
Coan said firefighters rescued several other residents of the top floor from their balconies.
Michael Schwartz told The Lowell Sun that he and his wife were watching a movie in their bedroom when they heard a commotion, saw the fire trucks and smelled smoke.
"We couldn't get out because the whole hallway was filled with smoke," Schwartz said. "We had to be rescued over the balcony."
Coan said the cause of the fire was being investigated.
It was the third fatal fire in Massachusetts since Friday. Accidental fires killed a 70-year-old man in Winchendon on Friday evening and a 15-year-old girl in Holyoke on Saturday, officials said.


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This music pack has three happy and fun music tracks which are perfect for video clip, comedy, tv show, youtube, project, presentation, website and montage showing kids/family/education program. Enjoy and hope you like them =)
1. Happy Cow Village: 1:57
2. Fun World: 1:19
3. Zuma Deluxe: 2:36
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Special Education 792
EDSP 791:792 Teaching Internship in Special Education: General Curriculum
EDSP 791: Semester hours credit (Elementary Level)
EDSP 792: Semester hours credit (Seconday Level)
Prerequisites: Departmental approval that candidate meets professional performance criteria; Acceptance in the Teacher Education program; Permission of the Special Education Program Coordinator at least four weeks prior to registration.
Credit Hours: (6)
Teacher candidates work with K-12 students with varying disabilities who access the general curriculum during these courses. Placements are provided at the elementary and middle or secondary levels. Each course represents a one-half semester, fulltime placement. The course begins with observation in the classroom and culminates with full responsibility for the cooperating teacher's daily schedule, including provision of direct instruction to students.
Note(s): Grading: A-F
Detailed Description of Content of Course
During these courses, teacher candidates work with K-12 students with varying disabilities who access the general curriculum. Placements are provided at the elementary and middle or secondary levels. Each course represents a one-half semester, full-time placement. The student works under the direction of a cooperating teacher who is licensed in learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, and mental retardation, or who is licensed in Special Education: General Curriculum. A member of the Radford University graduate faculty in special education provides overall supervision of the internship experience. The course begins with observation in the classroom and culminates with full responsibility for the cooperating teacher's daily schedule, including planning, provision of direct instruction to students, and collaborating with other professionals. Teacher candidates participate in seminars throughout the semester that address specific topics related to the roles and responsibilities of special educators.
Key topics addressed throughout the internship experiences include:
· Curriculum and instruction
· Individualized education program implementation, including transitions
· Characteristics of learners
· Assessment and evaluation in special education
· Assessment of behavior and provision of behavioral supports
· Collaboration, consultation, and case management
· Legal and regulatory aspects of schools and special education
· Professional characteristics and dispositions
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
Internship: observation, conference, planning, teaching, and evaluation. Seminars
Goals and Objectives of the Course
Goals, objectives, and assignments in this class address NCATE Standard 1a Content Knowledge, 1b Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Skills, 1c Professional and Pedagogical Knowledge and Skills, 1d Student Learning, and 1d Professional Dispositions.
The codes included below refer to the CEC Knowledge and Skill Standards and the Virginia Department of Education teacher licensure competencies. Code for CEC Standards: CC = Common Core; GC = General Curriculum. Code for VADOE Standards: VGC = Virginia's General Curriculum; and VPS = Virginia's Professional Studies.
Upon completion of this course the student will
1. Apply understanding of foundations of special education and engage in professional and ethical practice by:
a) Articulating a personal philosophy of special education (CC1S1; CC9K1)
b) Practicing within the CEC Code of Ethics and other standards of the profession (CC9S1; VGCA1a)
c) Upholding high standards of competence and integrity and exercise sound judgment in the practice of the profession (CC9S2)
d) Acting ethically in advocating for appropriate services (CC9S3; GC9S2)
e) Conducting professional activities in compliance with applicable laws and policies (CC9S4; VGCA1b)
f) Demonstrating commitment to developing the highest education and quality-of-life potential of individuals with exceptional learning needs (CC9S5)
g) Demonstrating sensitivity for the culture, language, religion, gender, disability, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation of individuals (CC9S6)
h) Practicing within one's skill limit and obtain assistance as needed (CC8S7)
i) Using verbal, nonverbal, and written language effectively (CC9S8)
j) Conducting self-evaluation of instruction and reflecting on one's practice to improve instruction and guide professional growth (CC9S9; CC9S11)
k) Accessing information on exceptionalities, unique services, networks, organizations, and research-validated practices (CC9S10; GC9K1, GC9K2, CC9K4)
l) Engaging in professional activities and participate in professional organizations relevant to individuals with exceptional learning needs, their families, and one's colleagues (CC9S12; GC9S1)
2. Demonstrate ability to use instructional strategies to benefit individuals with exceptional learning needs by:
a) Selecting, adapting, and using instructional strategies and materials according to characteristics of the individual with exceptional learning needs (CC4S3)
b) Selecting and using research-supported methods for academic and nonacademic instruction and strategies from multiple theoretical approaches (GC4S1; GC4S2)
c) Teaching reading, mathematics, writing, and content area concepts, vocabulary, and content across the general curriculum using methods and strategies appropriate to individuals with specific exceptional learning needs (GC4S3; GC4S4; GC4S5; GC4S13; GC4S10; GC4S14; GC4S15; GC4S16)
d) Teaching individuals to use self-assessment, problem-solving, learning strategies, study skills, and other cognitive strategies to meet their unique educational needs (CC4S2; GC4S3; GC4S15)
e) Implementing validated instructional techniques, including modifying of pace, provision of organizational cues, error analysis, corrective feedback, and strategies to facilitate maintenance and generalization of skills (GC4S6; GC4S12; CC4S4)
f) Using instructional methods to strengthen and compensate for deficits in perception, comprehension, memory, and retrieval (GC4S11)
g) Using appropriate adaptations and educational/assistive technologies during instruction (GC4S7)
3. Assume responsibilities for instructional planning and evaluating students' educational programs by:
a) Applying an understanding of classroom organization, scope and sequence of the general curriculum, and structures of varied instructional settings (VGCA2b and 3)
b) Identifying and prioritizing areas of the general curriculum and accommodations for individuals with exceptional learning needs (CC7S1; VGCA 2b)
c) Developing and implementing comprehensive, longitudinal individualized programs in collaboration with team members, including the individual and family members (CC7S2; CC7S3; )
d) Using functional assessments to develop intervention plans (CC7S4)
e) Preparing lesson plans, including using task analysis, specifying learning objectives, preparing materials, and planning assessment tasks (CC7S5; CC7S6; CC7S10; CC7S11)
f) Planning and implementing age- and ability-appropriate instruction and specialized instructional strategies (GC7S3: GC7S2)
g) Using instructional time effectively (CC7S12)
h) Making responsive adjustments to instruction based on continual observations (CC7S13)
i) Incorporating and implementing instructional and assistive technology into the educational program (CC7S9)
j) Integrating affective, social, and life skills with academic curricula (CC7S7)
k) Developing and selecting instructional content, resources, and strategies that respond to cultural, linguistic, and gender differences (CC7S8)
l) Interpreting sensory, mobility, reflex, and perceptual information to create or adapt appropriate learning plans (GC7S5)
m) Designing, implementing, and evaluating instructional programs that enhance social participation across environments (GC7S8)
4. Create and maintain positive learning environments and social interactions by:
a) Creating a safe, equitable, positive and supportive learning environment in which diversities are valued (CC5S1)
b) Establishing and maintaining rapport with individuals with and without exceptional learning needs (CC5S7)
c) Designing learning environments and individualized supports that encourage active participation in individual and group activities and varied program placements (CC5S4; CC5S3; VGCA2c)
d) Using effective and varied classroom management techniques and individualized positive behavioral supports (CC5S10; CC5S5; VGCA2c)
e) Using performance data and information from all stakeholders to make or suggest modifications in learning environments (CC5S6)
f) Designing and managing consistent daily routines (CC5S12; GC5S6)
g) Structuring, directing, and supporting the activities of paraeducators, volunteers, and tutors (CC5S15)
h) Creating an environment that encourages self-advocacy and increased independence (CC5S9; VGCA2d)
i) Planning instruction in a variety of educational settings, including community-based settings when appropriate (GC5S1; GC5S3)
j) Using universal precautions (CC5S16)
5. Practice collaboration, consultation, and case management skills (VGCA3)by:
a) Maintaining confidential information about individuals with exceptional learning needs (CC10S1)
b) Collaborating with families and others in the assessment of individuals with exceptional learning needs and in development in of educational plans (CC10S2)
c) Participating in collaborative conferences with individuals with exceptional learning needs, their families, and other professionals (CC10S5)
d) Using problem solving skills to develop, implement, and evaluate collaborative activities (CC10S7)
e) Communicating with other school personnel about the characteristics and needs of individuals with exceptional learning needs (CC10S9)
f) Observing and providing feedback to paraeducators (CC10S11)
Assessment Measures
The student will maintain an official log of internship activities, and will prepare daily and weekly plans according to school and University standards. The cooperating teacher will supervise and provide feedback to the student on a daily basis. The University supervisor will visit the classroom weekly throughout the internship period to observe the student and provide feedback. Both the cooperating teacher and the University supervisor will complete midterm and final evaluations of the student's performance. The final intern evaluation serves as a key NCATE performance assessment task.
Other Course Information
Review and Approval
10/8/2002 Proposed Debora Bays
10/22/08 Revised Debora Bays


text: "Robert G. Brown" <rgb at phy.duke.edu> writes: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Chris Samuel wrote: >> ----- "Joe Landman" <landman at scalableinformatics.com> wrote: >> >>> People spend lots of time and effort on security theater. Make up odd >>> rules for passwords. Make them hard to guess and crack. Well, is >>> that the vector for break-ins? Weak passwords? >> >> Yeah - sadly.. :-( > > Do you have an recent contemporary evidence for that? Yes, Run a box with sshd on it connected to the internet and watch your logs for a few days. You will find numerous attempts to try thousands of possible account names and passwords -- brute force cracking. Here is an extract from the log on a real machine, one of mine, from last night: Jun 19 20:56:53 smaug sshd[2577]: Invalid user secretariat from 18.104.22.168 Jun 19 20:56:54 smaug sshd[2522]: Invalid user secretar from 188.8.131.52 Jun 19 20:56:55 smaug sshd[23949]: Invalid user present from 220.127.116.11 Jun 19 20:56:56 smaug sshd[3440]: Invalid user test from 220.127.116.11 Jun 19 20:56:57 smaug sshd[8809]: Invalid user test from 22.214.171.124 Jun 19 20:56:58 smaug sshd[21600]: Invalid user teste from 22.214.171.124 Jun 19 20:56:59 smaug sshd[314]: Invalid user teste from 126.96.36.199 It goes on and on and on. There are countermeasures you can run to block the zombies trying to guess passwords, but I rarely bother since none of my machines allow password based login so their attempts are useless anyway. These attacks are done by automated malware that spreads itself around from machine to machine for nefarious purposes -- good luck trying to track down the puppet masters. I've tracked the bad guys down a few times but they're always somewhere like Bucharest anyway, and the locals don't care to arrest them. It is true that this is only one of many modern attack vectors and that buffer overflows, drive by malware downloads into browsers, etc., are all far more common ways in, but you will indeed get hacked by automated systems if you leave an sshd on and have accounts with weak passwords. > There are also still -- relatively rarely -- buffer overwrite attacks > discovered. Rarely? You haven't been reading full-disclosure lately I see. There are a half dozen new such vulns found a day. > Most coders "get it" No, most of them don't. I've done a lot of code audit in my day. The average C programmer turned out these days really thinks you use system("rm filename") to unlink a file, and that's the good part of their code. For a laugh, google for the "daily wtf" and start reading some of the stuff you see. > But weak passwords that are brute force guessed[...]? > Only on a poorly managed network, That would be 95% of networks. I've done a lot of network audits in my day, too. -- Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com


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Police chase ends in crash
A man is behind bars after wrecking the stolen vehicle he was driving while leading police on a high-speed chase. Dustin Virgil Hamman, 18, of Poteau, was arrested Tuesday evening on charges of larceny of an automobile, eluding police and running a road block stemming from the incident.Hamman was reportedly driving a stolen Mercedes SUV that he had taken from a Poteau business when he was spotted by Poteau police officers.The chase began on North Broadway and traveled through residential streets, ending when Hamman ran off the roadway on North Witte Street and fled on foot. Hamman was later arrested at a residence on Pearl Street. Hamman is being held in the LeFlore County Detention Center on a $20,000 bail.


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Momos (filled dumplings), are a traditional Tibetan favorite and we had
gorged on these during our visit to Dharmsāla. Upper
Dharamsala (McLeod Ganj), has many exiled Tibetans living among choc-a-block
with stores selling (expensive) Tibetan art, clothes and other wares. All over
the market we found girls selling "Momos", but initially I was reluctant to try
them as they could contain non-veg fillings and the girl selling them did not
speak English, Hindi or any other Indian language except Tibetian language,
which none of us could understand.... but that lil girl had such a sweet,
smiling face (almost everyone there has a natural happy and smiling face all
the time, something we city dwellers seem to have forgotten) and mistaking me
for a local started a volley of Tibetan, so all I could do was shake my head
and smile. Sign language didnt help us and funnily each of us ended up going in
tangents all-together. She would over enthusiastically serve the momo's and i
would refuse and she could not understand why.
She was serving them with a flaming red watery chutney which looked so tantalising. Luckily the next day she had a friend (an older girl) who understood a smattering of English and explained that these are made with maida as the outer dough with vegetable fillings and although they look very similar to the South Indian steamed modaka's (sweet dumplings of rice dough covering, stuffed with jaggery and coconut) the similarity ends right there. These salty momo's are served with a chilli chutni which was too spicy (will score an 11 on a scale of 1-10) even by Indian standards, but they were very very tasty.... simply out of this world. There were other vendors too but I liked her's the most. Moreso there was something about this kid, that innocence, her smiling face, so I used to walk that lane atleast 3 times a day just to eat those divinely spicy dumplings. She (with the help of her translator friend) was sweet enough to gimme the recipe. Here it is :
VEGETABLE MOMO's
A1.Items for the Filling :
- Potatoes(*), boiled.
- Onions or finely chopped spring onions.
- Fresh coriander, chopped finely.
- 3 fresh red/green chillies,
- Salt to taste.
- Oil for cooking.
(*) Optionally i also used other vegetables like corn, mushrooms (chopped finely), paneer (cottage cheese), ... as a filling.
A2.Dough for the Wrapper :
Take plain maida (flour), add a pinch of salt and bind together with Water.
A3.Chilli Chutni(sauce) :
- 2 tablespoons oil
- lotsa fresh red/green chillies
- 1 small onion, chopped finely and sauted golden brown (optional).
- Half tomato, (puree after removing the skin. it will reduce the spice quotient.)
- Few sprigs of finely chopped coriander
- 1/4 cup water.
A1.Filling :
To make the filling, boil and mash the potatoes. Leave to cool. Heat the olive (or vegetable) oil in a saucepan and cook the onions for 5 minutes until soft. Add the mushrooms, cover, and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Leave to cool. When all the vegetables are cooled, mix with the grated cheese, chopped coriander, salt, and green chillies.
A2.Dough for the Wrapper : To make the dough, mix baking soda and a pinch of salt with the flour with enough water and briefly knead to form a smooth consistency. Leave it covered at room temperature for a few hours. Later take a rolling pin and roll out a small portion to a 3-4 inch diameter. The wrapper should not be too thin. Take each wrapper and place a tablespoonful of the cooled vegetable mixture, then fold over and press the edges together, making sure they are well sealed. It should look like a modaka (3 dimensional triangle or a prism). Press the edges at the top with your thumb and first two fingers, working around the circle to form small pleats at the crown and seal.
Fill a small steamer with water, first boiling the rack so the dumplings do not stick. Bring the water to a boil. Place the momos on the steamer rack, spacing them well apart as they will expand and stick together if they are too close. Steam for 20 minutes, or until they are firm and shiny/glossy on the surface.
A3.CHILLI CHUTNI : To make the chilli chutni, heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add some garlic, onion, and cook till soft. Add fresh red chilli paste and salt, some more oil and cook for 5 minutes. Pour some water and simmer for 10 minutes. Throw finely cut coriander on top.


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Operation Window Seat: LA + NOTCOT HQ!
The YYC - LAX flight had a gorgeous path through the rockies and cruised the coast along LA. This last trip, i had some stranger LA questions than usual - hearing "Is this your first time in snow?" and "Do you live downtown/in the city?" and "Do you like ocean or mountains?" I've also had so many people assume that NOTCOT is based in NY, SF, LONDON, and so many other places over the years…
So to set the record straight - NOTCOT is based in LA! I'm a born and raised LA kid who has bounced around all over and landed back in LA the last few years (it really is my favorite home base to live in and travel out of!) And as for LA - for those who looked at me perplexed this last adventure - you can see within minutes you can run up mountain trails or roll down to the beach… and see snow on the mountains in the background!
TO PAGE 2 of "Operation Window Seat: LA + NOTCOT HQ!"! ----->
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A variety of interesting texts in the latest edition of Origins: CNS Documentary Service:
- Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles explains why the church considers the U.S. immigration system unjust and in need of reform. (Subscribers: click here)
- St. Augustine might feel right at home with the contemporary emphasis on individuals finding their own way to live out their humanity and on individuals not only choosing their own faith but one that "speaks" to them by making sense of their spiritual journey as they see it, suggests Archbishop Philip Wilson, president of the Australian bishops' conference. (Subscribers: click here)
- The "electronic tsunami of pornography" now generates more annual income than all three major professional sports combined and causes the world's fastest-growing addiction. But what should motivate people to take action "is not the amount of pornography there is but the kind of harm it does," says San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer. (Subscribers: click here)
- Archbishop Celestino Migliore expresses the Vatican's disappointment that the U.N. has postponed action on a declaration on the rights of indigenous people. (Subscribers: click here)
- The Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., will not appeal the $11.45 million a jury recently awarded two sexual abuse victims, says Bishop William F. Murphy, who says "I believe that we need closure and healing at this time and that a new trial would only open up the wounds once again." (Subscribers: click here)
- The Vatican doctrinal congregation has sent to U.S. bishops a "minimum profile" for the assessment, study and certification of former Protestant ministers who want to become Catholic priests. (Subscribers: click here)


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Hello Maki!
I am a brand new addition to JustBento (and Bentos in general...and Japanese cooking in general) but your site has been a million times more helpful than the internet as whole in answering questions and giving ideas and how-tos so thank you for that.
Currently, I'm in the preparation and research stage and that includes recipes and I had a few questions:
1. As far as spices and sauces go, what are some "staples" I should have in my kitchen?
2. I love curry but the one time I attempted a recipe at home, the smell of it (as tasty as it was) lingered for a long time. I noticed a few curried dishes recipes on your site but I was wondering how does one include this in a Bento? Doesn't the curry smell or any other strong odors linger in the box?
Thank you again for JustBento!
I would say that you run the risk of lingering odors with any dish with strong flavors. And believe me when I lived with my mother she thought everything I made was too strong and would stink up the house (compared to a woman who barely uses black pepper). The best thing to do is have good ventilation, cook with the vent on and/or the window(s) open.
When I make something with strong flavors I generally try to go for things that are more mild to pair with it. Like if I make curry, I pair it with plain brown rice and maybe some cucumber for contrast.
Hi fourfaced and welcome to the forums!
Regarding curry and spices, for the bento-friendly recipes on this site I dont use a whole lot in a dish, just a little bit to enhance the flavor. So they really aren't as strong as you might think. Try one and see!
Now if you have a spicy sauce with curry or other type spices, plus oil, the combination of oil and spice can be a bit pungent, and may even linger in your plastic bento box even after washing, which can be a bother. If you want to bring that type of thing for lunch, it might be best to follow the example of Indian cooks and use metal/stainless steel containers rather than plastic (the standard Indian portable meal container is a stainless stell tiffin).
Regarding spices and such - you don't really need to buy anything special, since bento food is just regular food that's tasty cold, and fits into a compact container. If you want to try Japanese recipes, here's a list of ingredients that I use for Japanese cooking, so you could start from the top (the most important ingredients) and work your way down gradually!
The Big Onigiri.
- Wherever you go, there you are. -
Thank you, Stephanie! The problem was, my old apartment was tiny and the kitchen didn't have a window so the smell had nowhere to go but the livingroom and bedroom. I have a window next to my stove so I think I will give it another try!
Thank you so much, Maki! I will have to look around for one of those then if I decide to do anything really strong. First and foremost, though, is that I will definitely be trying a few recipes on here. And thank you for the link to the list! Extremely helpful!
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FDru wrote:Before I forget, I wanted to mention that blood pools stack on top of eachother. (At least, they did in the last build.)
Interesting! That's a weird but very useful trick.
edit: was really hoping you'd do the PISORF + Bear Mace on Blah Blah but then you converted PISORF and I was sad. He was basically in the perfect position to be knocked along that backwards L shaped section then into the huge column in the middle. FYI, knockback counters blink as long as the enemy actually moves (into a wall or empty square).
Yeah, in hindsight PISORF was the way to go. It didn't even register in my brain that I could do knockback with both attacks. In my defense, it was late and I was tired and a little giddy. (I even forgot that I had first strike at the end, as you can see!)


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Xenu wants reserved chicken
This story keeps showing up on all my feeds. At first I dismissed it because I thought it was another John Travolta eats a lot of greasy chicken in the sauna story because, well, that's not exactly news, but then, as the hits kept repeating, from more and more outlets, I took a closer look and it turns out John did want some greasy chicken only not in the sauna but in an actual KFC. Where his people called ahead to try and make a reservation and were shut down.
John is apparently in England at a Xenu convention, perhaps for a semi-annual no gay maintenance check. The other day, a local KFC received a phone call from the Xenu people requesting a table reservation for "Mr Travolta".
At a KFC???
When did this happen?
When did KFC become El Bulli??? (Let me stop you right there if you're about to email me and tell me about the time you got in to El Bulli. I will never get the chance unless they change their minds so I'm in no mood to read your gloat! OK fine, you can gloat a little.)
Anyway, who rings up a KFC and asks for VIP styles???
The moment you decide you want to eat KFC (with all due respect to KFC because I'm always down with an all dark meat box) style becomes irrelevant. The moment you decide you need some fried ass chicken, you are Britney Spears and gel nails with a busted weave eating by the side of the highway which is where KFC is supposed to be enjoyed! In the car! On a road trip!
Unless of course you're John Travolta. Who prefers his fried chicken in the store, at a table in the corner, roped off and lit by candlelight, staring at a fireman.
KFC has since issued a public apology for turning away John Travolta's request for special treatment at their establishment. Weak!


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 13, 2005) - East Tennessee State University men's basketball coach Murry Bartow announced Wednesday that 6-foot-2 guard Dante Williams of Romulus, Mich., and 6-foot-1 guard Shaun Keaton of Albany, Ga., have both signed to play basketball for the Buccaneers beginning with the 2005-06 season.
The two high school seniors are expected to help fill the void left by the graduation of senior guards James Anthony, Sam Oatman and Michael Tolliver.
"By adding Shaun and Dante we really think we've got two players who can really shoot the basketball," Bartow said. "Both are quality student-athletes and both come from very good high school programs that have been highly successful. We felt with the graduation of three senior guards, this was an area we needed to take care of."
Williams, who averaged 12.3 points per game last season, was captain of his
Keaton, who averaged 17 points, five assists and four rebounds last season, was a first-team all-region, all-metro and all-area selection playing for
With the signings of Williams and Keaton, the Bucs have four scholarships left to offer. One of those scholarships will go to Courtney Pigram, a guard out of


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The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy
The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy features thirty-seven sculptures from the tomb of John the Fearless (1371–1419), the second duke of Burgundy. His elaborate tomb, once housed at a monastery on the outskirts of Dijon, is now one of the centerpieces of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.
During the 14th and 15th centuries, the Valois dukes of Burgundy ruled over extensive territories in present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands from their capital in Dijon, which during their reign became a major center of artistic patronage. Their court's sculpture workshop produced some of the most profound and original art of the period. The tombs of the first and second Burgundian Dukes, Philip the Bold and John the Fearless, are among the summits of their achievement. Each tomb includes in its lower register an elaborate arcade in the flamboyant gothic style, populated by a solemn processional of alabaster figures of monks and clerics that appear to circulate around the tomb as if it were a cloister. These sculptures, known as the mourners, are small-scale embodiments of late medieval devotion. While some of the figures are shown wringing their hands or drying their tears, others appear lost in solemn contemplation, while still others hide their faces in the deeply carved folds of their robes.
The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy was organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, under the auspices of FRAME (French Regional and American Museum Exchange). The exhibition is supported by a leadership gift from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Florence Gould Foundation, the Eugene McDermott Foundation, Connie Goodyear Baron, and Boucheron. Major corporate support is provided by Bank of the West—Member BNP Paribas Group. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.
The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy
Curator J. Patrice Marandel talks about the installation at LACMA and the history of the Dijon tomb figures.
Medieval Mourners
The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy just opened last weekend. The installation is beautiful, with spotlit alabaster figures set on a platform in a dramatic darkened gallery. The figures are not commonly seen in such a minimalist setting; they come from the lower register of the elaborate tomb of John the Fearless, one of the powerful 15th century dukes of Burgundy. The tomb is now a centerpiece of the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. The gallery that houses it is being renovated, so the figures have been on the road for over a year. Isolated as discrete works of art, the sculptures (each about sixteen inches high) stand out like miniature portraits of distinct personalities who retain their individuality despite the passage of more than five and a half centuries...
The Mourners Come to Life
This Sunday, award-winning choreographer Jamal and his performing ensemble, Jamal Dance Theater, will present a second performance of "Mourners Are Dancing Too," a piece which was specially commissioned by LACMA in connection with the exhibition The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy, which closes next weekend...


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Austin Perez was home for most of the week because of a death in the family On Friday, he delivered a solid pitching performance to lead the Hatters to a 5-0 shutout of Kennesaw State.
DELAND -- Austin Perez had a rough week. On Friday night he got a little help from his friends.
The Stetson left-hander went home to Loxahatchee early in the week after his uncle died in an accident. He didn't get back to campus until Thursday. On Friday, he delivered a solid performance on the mound to lead the Hatters to a 5-0 shutout of Kennesaw State at Melching Field.
Perez (3-1) scattered eight hits in 7 1/3 innings and benefited from two double plays with the bases loaded.
Tyler Warmoth pitched 1 2/3 innings to get the save. He came on in the eighth with the Hatters leading 2-0 after Perez had given up three straight hits with one out.
Peyton Hart hit a grounder to second baseman Kevin Fagan on Warmoth's second pitch to start a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
"That was huge -- Warmoth coming in and doing that,'' Perez said. "Fagan made a good play. It looked like a bad hop.''
Stetson (13-14, 2-3 Atlantic Sun Conference) scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth on a hit batter, two walks, a wild pitch and Carlos Garmendia's two-run single.
The Hatters had only four hits in the game. Tyler Bocock drove in the other two runs for the Hatters on a double and a ground out.
"(Perez) gave us a great start,'' Stetson coach Pete Dunn said. "He's gone through a lot of stuff this week. But he showed up ready to pitch. We did everything we needed to do. We had good pitching, good defense and timely hitting.''
Perez said he got his throwing in this week when he was home by tossing to his three nephews, ages 5, 10 and 13. He got out of trouble several times against the Owls (16-11, 5-3), who put runners on third base in second, third, fourth and eighth innings.
Kennesaw State also loaded the bases in the third on three straight singles with one out. But the Hatters got out of the inning on a 6-4-3 double play.
"At the beginning of the game I felt like I couldn't make a pitch unless a guy was on third,'' Perez said. After I got over that phase, I was able to flip strikes and let the boys make plays behind me.''
Perez struck out three and walked two.
Stetson took a 1-0 lead in the third without getting a hit. Mike Fernland led off with a walk, went to second on Fagan's sacrifice, stole third and scored on a slow roller to short by Bocock.
Bockock laced a double to left to score Fagan from first in the fifth inning.
The two teams play the rubber game of the series at 1 p.m. Saturday.


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Boy Scout Show this weekend
The annual "Scout Show" will be held on Saturday, May 4, from 1 p.m. till 5 p.m. at the American Legion Fairgrounds on U.S. 70 in Newton.
The event, organized by the Lakeland District of the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts of America, will involve Scouts and volunteer leaders from across Catawba County in an effort to practice scout skills and introduce families to the activities that Scouting offers.
This event is free to the public, and provides an excellent opportunity for the community and youth to experience interactive displays of scouting from the area.
To read more of this story, pick up the weekend print edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.


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38 Women Doing Amazing Things In Graphic Design
Here is a list of women graphic designers that are making waves in the design industry.
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Who Will Speak for You?
The New York Health Care Proxy Law allows you to appoint someone you trust – for example, a family member or close friend – to make health care decisions for you if you lose the ability to make decisions yourself. By appointing a health care agent, you can make sure that health care providers follow your wishes.
Everyone over the age of 18 needs to appoint a health care agent. There are two situations in which a health care agent will be needed:
- Temporary inability to make health care decisions – no matter what your age is. For example, you are having an outpatient surgical procedure and are under general anesthesia. Something unexpected happens and a health care decision needs to be made. If you have a health care agent, since you are temporarily unable to make your own decisions, the health care agent may make the decision. Once you become conscious again, the health care agent would no longer have any authority to act;
- Permanent inability to make health care decisions – this would arise if you were comatose from a terminal illness, in a persistent vegetative state, suffered from an illness that left you unable to communicate or, if elderly, suffered from senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Under these circumstances you would obviously be unable to make your own health care decisions. If you don't have a health care agent, all appropriate medical treatments will be provided to you. If you have appointed a health care agent, your health care agent can be your voice and make your health care decisions according to your own wishes, or your best interests.
Your agent can also decide how your wishes apply as your medical condition changes. Hospitals, doctors and other health care providers must follow your agent's decisions as if they were your own. You may give the person you select as your health care agent as little or as much authority as you want. You may allow your agent to make all health care decisions or only certain ones. You may also give your agent instructions that he or she must follow. The Health Care Proxy Form may also be used to document your wishes or instructions with regard to organ and/or tissue donation.
Making decisions about how you want to live the remainder of your life and appointing the appropriate person to be your health care agent can be overwhelming. In order to assist in the decision making process, the Department recommends the following steps:
Clarify Values and Beliefs
It is important to consider and to think about your individual wishes as they relate to how you want to live the remainder of your life. Most people don't have any idea how to begin to think about this or begin a discussion about this. Many people are finding that using tools, such as a values assessment, may help to pinpoint key feelings and opinions about how they want to live the remainder of their lives. Such tools can be found at the following web sites:
- Welcome to the Compassion and Support Home Page
- Aging With Dignity – to Help You and Your Family Plan and Receive the Care You Deserve
Choose a Spokesperson
Choosing a health care agent who will speak for you and make decisions when you are unable is a very important task that each adult needs to make, regardless of age or health care status. Your agent will advocate for your preferred treatment and ensure that your wishes are carried out at a point in time when you cannot speak for yourself.
Once your agent is chosen, it is very important to share your wishes, thoughts and opinions about how you want to live the remainder of your life with your agent. A person will not be able to predict every scenario that may present itself in a health care situation. As such, explaining your thoughts, feelings and preferences will give your agent the information necessary to make decisions on your behalf.
Discuss Your Wishes
It is important to discuss your wishes with your health care providers, particularly your primary care provider. This information will enable your providers to care for you in a manner that is consistent with your wishes.
Forms: Appointing Your Health Care Agent in New York State
The New York Health Care Proxy form and instructions are available as an Abobe Acrobat PDF (portable document format) in the following languages:
- English (PDF, 88KB, 8pg.)
- Spanish (PDF, 157KB, 8pg.)
- Chinese (PDF, 1.3MB, 8pg.)
- Russian (PDF, 290KB, 8pg.)
- Health Care Proxy Order Form (PDF 40KB, 1pg.)
Practical Issues
Once your Health Care Proxy has been signed, it's important to ensure that a copy is given to your agent, primary care provider and other family members. It is also a good idea to consider carrying a copy in your wallet or purse, in case of unexpected emergencies.
- Advance Care Planning Booklet (PDF, 707KB, 28pg.)
- Advance Care Planning for Patients and Families


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Despite the apparent best efforts of MGM to kill each and every one of its franchises due to its massive debt (see the aborted Sam Mendes directed James Bond movie that is in limbo), Peter Jackson's The Hobbit continues to push through pre-production and casting. According to a new report from Entertainment Weekly, the starring role of Bilbo Baggins has been offered to English actor Martin Freeman, and that producers are willing to work with Freeman's schedule to make it happen.
Freeman, best known for his roles in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and as Tim (the English counterpart to John Krasinski's Jim) in the original English version of The Office, has long been rumored to be in contention for the role of Bilbo.
The British tabloid The Sun was the first to break the news that Freeman had been offered the role, but due to scheduling conflicts he was unable to accept. Freeman is currently under contract to appear as Dr. Watson in a second season of the BBC show Sherlock, a modern day retelling of Sherlock Holmes that just finished its first season to rave reviews. Of course, it is The Sun, so being incorrect is about par for the course. Those familiar with English print journalism have probably long accepted that anything printed in The Sun has the potential to be incorrect, and in some cases, flat out wrong. In this instance though, The Sun apparently had half the story right.
EW is claiming that Freeman is the top choice for the role, and New Line Cinema and MGM have returned to the actor with a schedule that would allow him to appear in both Sherlock and The Hobbit. According to the report, Freeman is interested, and all parties are in negotiations.
Beyond the news that The Hobbit may have its star, it is encouraging to see that the producers are willing to lock in a timetable for the movie. Delays have already cost the movie director Guillermo del Toro, and Ian McKellan, who has said he would like to return to the role of Gandalf, has expressed concern that his schedule may not allow it due to the delays.
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Full-time position at Sea Mar CHC for our Everson Medical Clinic. Ideal candidate will have proven excellent customer services skills, demonstrate enthusiastic and professional demeanor, and excel at multi-tasking while an integral part of the care team ensuring patient flow and providing quality patient care in a safe and timely manner.
This position requires the candidate to have a Washington State MA-Certificate or possess an MA-Interim License and pass the exam within the 90 day probationary period. Possess and maintain a CPR certification. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following: administer injections and distribute oral medications under physician's order, assisting the medical providers with charting office visits, performing venipuncture and rooming patients. Bilingual in English/Spanish is preferred.
If interested, please use the link to the left to download and fill out the Sea Mar Job Application; email it with a cover letter and resume with posting number to Sea Mar Community Health Centers.
We offer an excellent compensation package, which includes Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, generous PTO/Holidays, and 401(k)/Retirement options and an opportunity to work in a culturally diverse environment. Sea Mar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Posted on 09/14 /17
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Mushkin Radioactive 996958 PC3 12800 2X2GB Memory Review
There are so many choices out there for RAM at any particular speed now, so how can you choose what is the best RAM for you? It's pretty much personal preference these days with the RAM sticks running so close to one another in performance and price. The manufacturers are trying to give everyone a unique choice in the regards of color and aesthetics of their RAM so that may sway you one way or another. If you are building a computer with a particular color scheme, you are bound to purchase RAM to match the rest of your components, especially if you have a case with a side window. It is really great to see all the various and extreme choices that are available for RAM out there now, including the Mushkin Radioactive series we are reviewing today.
Today we are looking at the Mushkin Radioactive 4 GB dual channel kit, model # 996958. The specifications are DDR3-1600 @ 6-8-6-24 @ 1.65v, so rather tight timings for a set of PC3-12800 RAM sticks. They include the Mushkin Radioactive FrostByte heat spreaders to cool the memory even when overclocked.
Closer Look:
The Mushkin RAM came in a little different packaging than I'm used to - an aluminum box with foam inserts top and bottom to securely hold the RAM and protect it from even an overzealous shipping company. It includes the Mushkin logo on top and a stiffening aluminum border attached by aluminum rivets, along with a sturdy front latch. I can't say that I've ever received RAM in such a nice package as this before.
Here you can see the inside of the aluminum box with the foam snuggling the RAM like a baby in its mother's arms.
Here we see the front and back of the Mushkin Radioactive sticks with the Radioactive logo. The Radioactive FrostByte heat spreaders are a Mushkin design that produces a greater surface area and air turbulence to keep these memory modules cool and happy.
Let's take a look at how this memory performs.