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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Review: MAGIC MAGIC: Vacation - The Tarkovsky Cut
Hang on, before that, we have a vision of crystal sea water and high rocks. Then we have a boy's torso wearing a white jumper, its owner singing along to The Knife's Pass It Around on his ipod. His voice is tuneless but he sounds like he's smiling. I says sounds like as we don't get more than his torso while this is happening. He's at the open door of an SUV, waiting. In minutes, the others arrive, also young, also seen as torsos. Before this gets too experimental the shot lifts to show us the faces of a group of happy young people speaking a mix of English and Spanish, packing the car for a holiday. And THEN we see Alicia.
Button-cute but tired from air travel, she shyly insists on a shower before they head off and wins the point. Sarah chats to her while Alicia bathes. When the dolly shot moves from Sarah at the sink, past the shower curtain and into the shower itself all we see is the water jetting down. Then we are taken down to the tub and see the golden teenage girl foetally folded into herself at the bottom of the bowl. She converses easily enough but that's what she has made of herself and it's only about five minutes in. If this were the teen horror movie the film's marketing would disappoint you with she would be the final girl, nebbish and withdrawn, ready, after severe testing, to stand and quell the threat. But we are not just travelling to the Chilean wilderness here, we are speeding away from convention.
Even when, just after the crew have cleared the city (which deliberately lacks presence in this piece), Sarah begs off temporarily, having to go back to Santiago to re-sit an exam, leaving the already intimidated Alicia to cope with strangers in strange land, the cliche feels checked off before the defusing squad gets in. Michael Cera's important but secondary role is also against type, he's as geeky virgin as ever but there is an unloveable brittleness to it here. Even his normal golden curls are dyed charcoal in case you were wanting him to emanate a little warmth. The maternal Barbara couldn't care less about the others, seemingly lumped with them while she heads to the country house for her own studies. Which leaves Augustin, the slightlyolder boyfriend of Sarah who seems to have an interest in his absent partner that transcends love or lust. He alone of the Sarahless remainder offers Alicia any kindness but is quick to declare its boundaries. Unsurprisingly, Alicia is having trouble sleeping.
Daily excursions feature the attempted idle slaughter of the local wildlife and equally idle hijinks like roller tennis or poitnlessly breaking into the neighbours' holiday house in their absence. Alicia warms a little to this, getting used to it and allowing herself a little alcohol-assisted adjustment. When a clumsy response to one of Brink(Cera)'s uncomprehending barrier breaches goes wrong she runs into the thick black night and finally gets signal enough to call Sarah who tells her in a strangely confident voice that she and Alicia both know she din't really go back for an exam and that she probably wouldn't be coming after all. Alicia freaks and flies to her room. The next morning Barbara tells her that Sarah just called to say she's just got in and should be there any minute.When the two catch a moment to talk privately Sarah denies knowledge of the midnight call.
It's here that the scission really sets in. Even with the warmth of Sarah's presence (they are very believably close friends, these are like the rest, good performances) Alicia cannot connect. Her protective inward fold at the beginning might not have been a character hurdle as much as one of Chekov's loaded guns. And there is a trope on offer to draw it out. We have already seen Augustin's interest in hypnotism in a scene which includes screen filling opitcal illusions. The next stage of this follows quite swiftly and is garnished with the notion that hypnotism is really a kind of licence taken by the subject to act without inhibition. If anyone could do with a little loosening ...
This is the point at which we begin ... seeing things. I mean us, the audience. Tiny phantasms appear in scenes and hallucinatory moments swell momentarily before fading swiftly. But even the cues that might ease us about rationalising Alicia's state (is she going insane or is everything really that horrible?) are mostly denied us. What we see is proffered cures, hypnotism itself, deadening pills and ancient folk medicine cast upon the girl whose one moment of potential breakthrough is played with heart rending failure. Soon it seems the entire world is rejecting her, this beautiful young gringa whom the world would normally crowd around in adoration and envy, discarded and erased.
The toughness of this film is not achieved with blood (there's some of that but not where you'd expect) or harsh action; it is made entirely of perceptions, self and alien, that transform this girl as pitiably as Gregor Samsa is turned into a giant cockroach. The nag of the doubt about the effects of hypnotism both ways rins heavily of Tarkovsky and his fearless confrontation with our monsters and his strange naive joy in the possibility that such magic might really work.
I was struggling to find comparisons as I sat there in the cinema, looking at this admirable but unlovable film. Tarkovksy came to mind straight away and the brooding half light that gave us entry into Alicia's unease might have been from Ringu or Dark Water. But only after I'd begun writing about it here did I hit on the closest thing I could think of. Unfortunately, it is equally unloved and if ever in cinemas has long left them: Eduardo Sanchez's creepy and intense Lovely Molly, a piece as steeped in the power of perception that yields as much pained questioning of the fragility of our connections.
Have you ever seen Last Summer, starring the very young Barbara Hershey? Seek it out and imagine Andrei T having a go at it. Or watch this. It's extraordinary. It will sink beneath the red tide of the great fat middle. But it is extraordinary.
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Hello! Well it's just 3 weeks till the big day, are you all ready? I'm totally NOT!
Today I want to share with you a gorgeous scrapbook layout designed by my lovely downline Georgie for our monthly class. If you are local to Northampton and would like to have a go at Scrapbooking then come along and join us. We are a really friendly group who meet on the first Tuesday of the month in the hall at St Crispin's retirement village. The session runs from 7.30 – 9.30 pm and costs just £10 which includes all materials and refreshments. (normally cake!)
All you need to bring along is a basic tool kit. Contact me if you'd like more information.
Here is the complete layout, a gorgeous forest of trees with glimmering stars! In the photo above you can see how Georgie has added texture to the snow using an embossing folder and the bigshot.
Here's a close up of the detail on the second page, I love the use of bakers twine!
I hope you like today's Christmassy offering, thank you Georgie for letting me share!

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I felt I had to expand on yesterday's post regarding the fashion forward designs of Flavor Paper...
Here is a sampling of their line...These wallcoverings are fabulo....us!!!! enough said.
Party Girl - maquette
Monaco - gold {Smilovic paper}
Terminal - grasshopper
Amy Smilovic, the genius behind fashion house tibi has created three of my favorite papers.. {Valencia, Kashmiri, Monaco}
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20 Dec Let's Ask Joseph
Does JESUS still come today? Let's ask Joseph Matthew 1:18-23:
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us)."
Have you ever had a spouse, a child, a friend, or a co-worker begin a conversation with the words, "You're probably not going to believe this?" If your reaction is anything like mine, then you are probably thinking, "you are right, I don't believe whatever it is you are telling me."
Come with me in your mind back to the conversation between Mary and her fiancé, Joseph. "Honey, I am not sure you are going to believe me, but I have something I need to tell you. You know how all of the scholars have been talking about this being the right time for Messiah to come? Well last night, just before I got into bed an angel, Gabriel in fact, came and gave me a message from GOD. He said that I had been chosen to be the mother of the LORD JESUS. I told him that while I was flattered, this just wasn't possible, because, well you know, we haven't… Well, anyway he said, no problem, the HOLY SPIRIT would come over me and I would become pregnant. And guess what, I am. Isn't this exciting?"
You know what happens next, Joseph says, under his breath, "momma didn't raise no fool", and out loud, oh Mary, you are so right; I do not believe your story. I care about you, in fact I love you, but this just cannot be. I will see how I can take care of the problem that you have created. But GOD stepped into Joseph's life and revealed HIMSELF to him. GOD said, "not so fast Joseph, she is telling the truth. What she has told you is exactly what has happened." When GOD appeared to Joseph in the dream, everything changed. Joseph took Mary as his wife and together they raised JESUS from birth, through the terrible twos, the teenage years, and into young adulthood. JESUS worked along side Joseph in the carpenter's shop and learned the value of work and what it means to be a husband and a dad.
Sometimes, JESUS comes in dreams and visions to clarify for us the road that HE has already mapped out for us, to help us make decisions that are in accordance with HIS prescribed will that is in HIS word. HE already knew exactly the role that HE had for Joseph to play and HE came at just the right time to help Joseph comprehend that his life was part of the bigger story of redemption that HE had written from before time began.
If you have children, ask them about their dreams. Some can be funny, some scary or absurd, but some can be from GOD to help guide them as they seek how they are to live. Take time to pray and to thank GOD that HE can and does use dreams to help us walk in HIS way.


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Love first-person shooters? Superhot, the latest shooter game will win you right away. It has no plot, no story line to follow – just shooting red guys that come running at you. Sounds cool and you want to know more about Superhot shooting game, don't you?
Interested guys can even play the prototype of the game. But let us unravel more about it first.The white and grey rooms and no music makes the shooter game feel more ruthless as the red guys try to shoot you in an office like setting. Superhot gets hotter in these 20 levels and has minimal graphics. All you see is the red villain guys and your black gun.
Things get pretty interesting when you move because Superhot stays frozen when it comes to time. Time moves when you move and things move along with you. Isn't that the most innovative first-person shooter you have played. Yes, PC World agrees with us on that.
Superhot shootings reminds you of classic gangster movies and drug settings – with glimpse of what future of gaming and apps is. Go play and have a SUPER HOT, SUPER HOT time.
Here is a link to play: Superhot First-person Shooter
For more amazing moments play now and let us know. Also the app will not play on Google Chrome so beware 😛
UPDATE: Superhot is launching on Xbox One platform in March 2016.


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Oh yeah!
It's March and I guess it is time for another Clinique Bonus Time!
For a minimum purchase of 4,500PHP, you get a mini 3 step system (number 3), a Moisture Surge which is good moisturizer for dry spots/skin, All About Eyes, an eye cream which I am dying to try and a mini Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 lipgloss. PLUS an absolutely delightful mini pouch!
The promo runs from March 12 to March 31 in Clinique counters in the Philippines.
The pouch is so cute I can't wait.
Jenica x
Monday, March 12, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Want List Wednesday #7: Betsey Johnson for Sephora by OPI
Knowing Betsey Johnson's designs, this collection screams fun, loud and pink!
This collaboration with Sephora by OPI includes seven full sized nail polishes, a six piece mini nail polish set, fun nail designs and trend tips.
|Top Row L-R: Forever Wild, Pushing your Luck, Its My Pink!, Sparkling Personality
Bottom Row L-R: Alley Cat, Cartwheels on the Catwalk, XOX Betsey
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
High End vs. Low End: Blotting Papers
I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN MIA FOR 2 MONTHS. I am truly sorry for that, but don't worry I am back on track!
Its around midnight now while I'm writing this and I might probably finish this in the morning. I am currently downloading Glee songs on Tap Tap Glee that are included in the promo. It is for free so why not wait a little longer before going to sleep eh?
Anyway I have here another set of products to compare which are blotting papers. (just in case you did not already know from the title which has a very minuscule chance from happening)
The two brands that will go head to head are the Tatcha Japanese Blotting Papers and the very famous Clean and Clear Oil Blotting Sheets.
First of all, I know that they are made from different materials, one being made with paper and the other one with plastic.
Well, let's break it down one at a time.
Clean and Clear:
"Instantly remove excess oil. Won't smudge makeup. Softer than paper, these silky sheets leave your skin feeling refreshed by instantly removing excess oil and shine from your face, without smudging makeup or leaving behind powder."
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Want List Wednesday #7: My Christmas Wishlist
I am so sorry for practically being nonexistent for more than a month. I have just been occupied with school and refocusing on my priorities.
Anyhoo, Christmas is just two weeks away and I think it is about time that I share with you what I want for Christmas. You can share yours too and I might find something good!
Anyhoo, Christmas is just two weeks away and I think it is about time that I share with you what I want for Christmas. You can share yours too and I might find something good!
1. Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette
- I still don't have the first one and I already want the next! This feels like the most awaited sequel since Sherlock Holmes. It has a black color added to it for the smokey eye or to serve as a liner. Again, like with the release of the first which was I believe two years ago, it is sold out by the second. It is currently available at urbandecay.com
2. Clarisonic Mia 2
-Continuing on with the sequels, here is a better Clarisonic. It has a pulse timer to let you know that your 60 seconds is up and has 2 speeds to cater your needs. I've always wondered why the original Mia's price was lowered to $119, and this answers my question.
3. Clinique Better, Brighter Skin ($70 Value)
-This set is from Sephora. I have been experiencing post-acne spots and I thought this might help in achieving an even skin tone. This set is really a good value because it has a full size Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector plus a couple other items and a free bag.
Well, I only want one item. I have been really into the musical Wicked lately, even though I haven't seen it yet. I have watched countless videos on Youtube and I am endlessly listening to the soundtrack and I am hooked. So I wanted to read the original novel by Gregory Maguire.
Excited for Christmas! Although I might just get one item and that is the book. Well, its still nice to have a wishlist. What's on your wishlist?
Jenica x
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Want List Wednesday # 6: Benefit's Hervana Blush
In line with Benefit Cosmetics's launch here in the Philippines which is next month btw, I have recently found out that they have a new blush coming out this February 2012! I know it is still too far from that date but you'll never know because of how fast time flies!
Without further ado, I introduce you to Hervana!
I would like to think of it as Sugarbomb's baby sister. It is also a combination of 4 colors namely shell, peach, rose and berry to create that heavenly flush of enlightenment as what Benefit describes it.
It is housed in a purple box with clouds and rays of the sun on it, along with a halo on top of the name! It also says good karma in the front so I guess this color will make you feel heavenly while applying it.
This will look great either applied together or individually.
Look at the promo! So cute!
Can't wait for February!
Jenica x
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NEW YORK -- About a year ago at this time, Michael Fulmer was starting to gain some notice for how he was pitching with Double-A Binghamton as a prospect for the New York Mets.
A month later, the Detroit Tigers found themselves in the rare position of selling at the trading deadline when they dealt Yoenis Cespedes to New York.
The reward for the trade is Fulmer, and he takes an impressive run of effectiveness for the Detroit Tigers into Sunday's series finale with the New York Yankees.
The former first-round pick of the New York Mets began 2015 out of the top 10 in any prospect rankings. When last year ended, he was Detroit's top prospect for going a combined 10-3 with a 2.14 ERA in the Eastern League.
And Fulmer has lived up to the billing in the last month.
"It's been a roller coaster, it really has from going with the Mets playing in Double-A, to the trade," Fulmer said Friday. "Right now, it's a high obviously and I'm loving every minute of it."
Fulmer has a streak of 22 1/3 scoreless innings, the third longest for a Detroit rookie. He is 4-0 with an 0.32 ERA in his last four starts and the Elias Sports Bureau said he is the fourth rookie to win four consecutive starts with such a miniscule ERA since 1984.
So what can Fulmer's success be attributed to?
The answer is the changeup. It is a pitch he knew he had but really had not started using until this year. Fulmer said he didn't really feel anything positive clicking with it until throwing it before a May 21 start against Tampa Bay.
Starting with that start, pitch F/X data says he has thrown the pitch 71 times with an average velocity of around 86 mph.
"I've had it since about 2012," Fulmer said Friday afternoon. "Nobody must have known it though.
"I've always trusted it and I think before my start against the Rays I had a bullpen where I threw about 30 of them. Something just clicked. I can't tell you what because I have no idea but something just clicked. Ever since it's worked and I've been throwing it and it's been working."
Fulmer will be hoping to follow the lead of Justin Verlander, whom he credited extensively with helping him learn more about the mental aspects of pitching in the major leagues.
Verlander led Detroit to a 6-1 win on Saturday by allowing one run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Ian Kinsler homered and had a career-high five RBIs. The second baseman and the rest of Detroit's offense will get its second look at Michael Pineda this month.
Although Pineda did not get a decision in New York's 5-4 win at Detroit on June 2, the right-hander allowed one run and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings while getting eight strikeouts.
Pineda was even better Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels when he allowed all three of his runs in the fifth inning and a season-low four hits in seven innings.
Pineda credited the success with a mechanical adjustment in his arm angle. It marked the first time since July 4 he pitched seven innings.
"He's a guy that has a lot of talent," Yankees right fielder Carlos Beltran said Tuesday. "If he executes, he's going to be able to get people out."
And if the Yankees execute on the mound and at the plate, they will get back above .500 after having a five-game winning streak stopped Saturday.


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Guru3D's member 'Lunayah' has released the final version of his graphical mod/tweak/tool for Watch_Dogs. This mod comes with five different presets, meaning that PC gamers can choose between: Warm, Cool, Subtle, E3 Original and Vivid atmospheres.
And this is the obvious benefit of pc gaming that even the best consoles cannot compete with. Id love to see what modders could do with the Last of Us or Uncharted.
Yeh screw the silly "fanboy" comments ... Fact is downgrade or not the actual graphical enhancements in this game was because the E3 2012 look was still in the game just locked away in xml file.
So no game look like was downgraded but actually it wasn't.. Get over it got it good.
Now i can fell that this gonna be epic with mods in future just like GTA that said next GTA is confirmed pc and have mods.. PC master race seriously stupid names pull out your backside like fanboy


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Michaela and her husband, Helmut, moved to Smithers from Germany more than 15 years ago. Helmut had visited Smithers on fishing trips and was very drawn to the area for its vast spaces, lakes and mountains. So when they decided to immigrate to Canada, they chose Smithers. The couple has owned a bed and breakfast for many years, but Michaela, who used to be a baker back in Germany, decided that the need for a local place to purchase cakes was so great she had to start her own baking businesses and now runs both businesses from home.
Both Michaela and Helmut are outdoors lovers. Though their businesses take up a lot of their time, they try to carve out time for fun too. Helmut still enjoys fishing, one of the things that drew him to Smithers in the first place. Michaela spends a lot of time in the spring and summer doing gardening and yard work, and both like to just sit outside and enjoy their beautiful view of the mountains and glacier.
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|Thursday, February 5, 2015. It warmed up a bit yesterday in New York. Forty degrees, melting the snow and slush which is still covering the travel path on the roads. The curbsides still remain piled with the dirty, grimy white stuff. A little more snow supposedly coming our way. And then some more cold.
I went to Michael's to lunch with Pax Quigley who is an old friend from Los Angeles and now lives here (and in Miami, still unable to withdraw from the Sun). Pax and I met over the phone, introduced by a mutual friend in 1980. We talked for the better part of an hour and that was it; we're still talking. She was an executive with Playboy at the time. Playboy , namely the lifestyle of Hugh Hefner was always interesting conversation around Hollywood. For a lot of reasons having to do with (male) stars and the Bunnies.
|The talk of course was mainly about what went on in the Mansion, and there were lots of those stories, wild and crazy and none of which can be repeated in print without the risk of lawsuits, as well as predictable. Mr. Hefner was a philosopher/hedonist, and lived his life thusly. Plus Hollywood has that allure. It's in the air and it definitely was on South Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills. He lived the Playboy fantasy and for all I know, he still does – although he's getting up there, so to speak. But he always had a lot of acolytes admiring his tastes and surely we haven't seen the last of those yet.
|Pax eventually left Playboy and subsequently wrote a book called "Armed and Female" a kind of how-to-and-why handgun manual written specifically for women. You never hear about it but the book has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and continues to. She then wrote a second book, "Not an Easy Target; Paxton Quigley's Self-Protection for Women."
I interviewed her a few years ago (and wrote about it here) about this last book. She gives talks on the "How" part which are quite effective. For years she also conducted seminars and classes in shooting for women. I don't doubt she's saved a lot of lives with her teachings.
|This was back in the 1980s when she first pursued the idea. It came from an aha! moment she had in a sporting goods store in L.A. one day. I never liked the idea. I was never against it because it was none of my business, but guns mean something else to me for personal reasons.
Pax's argument was sensible: women buy guns for self-protection. Therefore they need to know how to use them so they don't put themselves and their family and friends at any kind of risk. Teaching that was her job. She was quite successful at it.
Meanwhile, back at the lunch table. It was Wednesday and Michael's was busy, not roaring (thanks to the winter weather). There was Barbara Cirkva, VP Chanel; Don Degoklyer, of Novaris; Tom Goodman of Goodman Media; Cynthia Lewis, VP DuJour, with Diane Clehane; Lesley Jane Seymour and Jeannine Shao Collins of More magazine. Also: Jim Smith of Niche Media; Anthony Cenname, publisher of the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) Magazine; Frank McCourt, former owner of the LA Dodgers at Table One with a group of business people. Right next door was David Zinczenko, author/publisher, restaurateur, TV commentator. In the corner: Jack Kliger and Dr. Mitch Rosenthal; Matt Blank of Showtime with Maurice DuBois; Gerry Byrne with Jane Hanson; Ron Dozoretz; Erik Gordon; Robin Lewis of The Robin Report; Shelly Palmer of Palmer Advance Media; Bonnie Stone of Women In Need, with Jacqui Lividini; Nick Verbitsky, United Stations; Mickey Ateyeh with Dana Bronfman in from San Francisco to show her line of jewelry; Eliza Holcomb, who is with Global Education Management Systems; Daniel Kramer; Judy Price of the National Jewelry Institute with Christiane Fischer of AXA Art Americas; Cornelia Guest with Jason Binn, publisher of DuJour; Jay Fielden, EIC of Town & Country, with Jay McInerney; Richard Fitzburgh, financial advisor; Peter Blum of the Peter Blum Gallery; Francine LeFrak (who also markets Same Sky, a jewelry line from Africa that provides employment to HIV-positive women in Africa struggling to lift themselves out of poverty). Francine was with Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh; Kristina O'Neill, E-I-C Wall Street Journal with PR exec Marcy Engelman; John Loring and Linda Buckley of Tiffany.
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The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 released epic drama movie directed by Mel Gibson and written by Benedict Fitzgerald while film features Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern in lead roles. In this film Jesus Christ, the friend in need of humankind, is double-crossed by one of his followers and caught by the Romans. Notwithstanding amid an agonizing passing, Jesus recovers souls and thrashings Satan's actual reason. Due to awesome screen-play film scored 7.1 imdb rating while grossed $499,263 at US box-office. This film wasn't a big box-office hit but it received good critical reviews. This is a must watch film if you follow Jesus Christ by your heart, download this movie today and enjoy it.
Initial release: February 25, 2004 (USA)
Director: Mel Gibson
Adapted from: Bible, New Testament, Passion
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Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models for Design Agency in Architecture edited by Dr. David Jason Gerber and Mariana Ibañez
eVolo Press, 2014
Hardcover, 400 pages
One key to the direction computation in architecture is taking can found in this book in an unlikely place, tucked underneath the long bio of architect and theorist Neil Leach: "He is currently working on a research project sponsored by NASA to develop a robotic fabrication technology to print structures on the Moon and Mars." Considered with a news item like Norman Foster's involvement in a European consortium to "explore the possibilities of 3D printing to construct lunar habitations," and to a lesser degree Turkish architect Gulay Yedekci's design of "an entire extraterrestrial community which could one day be home to human beings on Mars," there are signs of a trend toward using the new forms of architecture generated and built through the use of computers for environments beyond earth.
An extraterrestrial trend certainly isn't a shared belief by all architects of the computational ilk – or those contributing to this volume published by eVolo, known for the annual Skyscraper Competition, where some entries would be at home on other planets (the 2015 results have just been released) – but this apparent trend points to the importance of margins in the adoption of computer technologies in design and fabrication. When somebody works within the environment of a piece of software or other technology, rather than, say, the realm of the pencil or the hand-built model, the software's rules are exploited toward the discovery of whatever can be accomplished. "Blobitecture" came about in the 1990s as architects played around with Rhino before anybody could figure out how to build the NURBs and other geometries and surfaces. Today blobs can be built at various scales, and 3d printing is pointing the way to realizing just about anything that can be imagined and modeled. And, moving forward, what is the most significant human margin? I'd say the atmosphere (or perhaps death, but that is less architectural). So it's no wonder that some architects are dreaming of ways to burst through the atmosphere to realize new environments for human habitation.
While I doubt that Gerber and Ibañez intended such a reading with their collection of essays (with contributions generated by a call for submissions "for positions from industry and academy thought leaders for their sensibility and production of computationally influenced practice and research"), their assertion in the book's introduction lends some gravitas to what they compiled: "There was a sense of a parallel to the Precambrian explosion." They are referring to the exponential growth of technology and its related design tools in the last few decades, but equating it with the diversification of life over 500 million years ago to more complex creatures is telling. Beyond more complex architectural forms, combined with the technology needed to build them, there is what they describe as "a rapid diversification and an explosion of creative capability." One segment of this diversification includes building on other planets, but this collection shows it consists of many more avenues that share equally high levels of ambition, optimism and belief in pushing on the margins until they bend or break.


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1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
1867 Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
1886 The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
1942 The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore during World War II.
1942 Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
1943 Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
1954 The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place.
1957 Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
1959 The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.


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Police search for armed robbery suspect
Windsor police are looking for a suspect who held up an east end convenience store for cash and smokes Sunday morning.
The robbery happened at the Petro Canada at 1110 Tecumseh Rd. E. just after 7 a.m. Sunday.
Police said the suspect threatened the 19-year-old clerk with a knife and demanded money and cigarettes.
The clerk complied and the suspect fled northeast toward Pierre Avenue with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The suspect is described as a white man with a medium build and grey sideburns. He was wearing light-coloured running shoes, dark jeans and a red hoodie under a light-coloured Nike windbreaker.
The windbreaker had two vertical dark blue stripes from the neck to mid-chest.
The back of the jacket had a one inch light blue strip across the mid back with a thin dark blue strip just above. Police said he was also wearing a red, possibly neoprene style facemask with white gloves.
Anyone with information is asked to call Windsor police at 519-255-6700 ext. 4305 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477.
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Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by gopher, Aug 12, 2002.
Is Notes OSX native yet? I'm interested in running Notes on the a Mac to connect to work's Notes dbases. Or will I have to run VPC and use Window's version of Notes?
I'm not sure if Notes is OS X native but I'm pretty sure you can go into Classic to use the program and not into VPC
Mac OS X Native
There are several people that have posted comments about it running in OS X, in the feedback forum. I'm not sure if they are running it natively or in classic though.
Yes it is
Yup -they've Carbonised it, although the installer is still Classic only I'm afraid.
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Somehow though, Sloane has started to invade the publicity circle in a way that I've never experienced before…she is everywhere. And everyone seems to have an opinion. Last month, she came up at three separate drinks dates I had. And opinions run the gamut: hatred, jealously, admiration, and – from some of the few straight men still daring to enter publicity - crushes.
I think it all started with the Observer piece, titled "The Most Popular Publicist in New York." Now, I must confess, I don't check the Observer everyday. I rely on Galleycat, Gawker, Pub Lunch, and my Goggle Alerts (I'm still trying to master RSS feeds – shut up. It seems hard) to provide me with any necessary links to any new publishing-related stories. So, I learned of Sloane's new title from Gawker , which tore apart Sloane's assertion that the suffered from "spatial dysphasia disorder." Apparently, that's not really a disease but whatever.
That's hardly the point – at least from a fellow publicist's point of view. I take issue with the entire tone of the article. First of all, author Leon seems a bit biased – as if he wrote this entire article in hopes of scoring a date. Yeah, yeah. Sloane is cute, clever, funny, and a joy to work with. Whatever. So am I. Once I've had my coffee. My hair is pretty shiny too, when I have time to wash it. Oh, and all of her authors LOVE her. So what? My authors love me too – they just happen to be less known. Sorry that I didn't get assigned to Jonathan Ames and Joan Didion. But my author who sold 2,000 copies of his first book – well, he sent me a bonsai. Take that! I bet Toni Morrison never did that for you, Sloane.
So began the Sloane-hating. Than, this showed up – a little piece in New York Magazine in which Sloane endearingly acknowledged how over-the-top the Observer piece seemed, "If I read that about me, I would hate me – I would think I was an overhyped, overrated, smiley idiot." Hmm, well….
Now, I felt torn. Here was a girl that was approached for an interview, and she gave it. It's not her fault that Leon drooled all over the pages while writing it. Perhaps if someone had dedicated a piece to me (snort), I would also seem vapid and over-glorified. Perhaps she isn't really a good publicist only because her only friends are media people that she uses to promote her books, while the rest of us have actual friends that we don't use for professional gain. Maybe she doesn't create a perfect social persona just so her boss will invite her to getaways on the weekend. Maybe she is just a sweet and talented person, and I'm just a bitter, jealous hack who doesn't condition my split ends enough.
Oh, but we're not done yet. While reading the Sunday Metro section a couple weeks ago, whose name should appear? Why, yes, dear reader: Sloane, in a charming essay about an epiphany she had on the bus . Um, what? This is a woman who is about to publish a collection of essays, based off some emails she sent to friends. She has received amazing blurbs and more pre-pub buzz than many bestselling authors. So I expect this sample of her clever and funny prose to be just that. Instead, I was left with a bizarre story about riding the bus in the snow, popping some woman's arm into place, and somehow leaving with a feeling that balance had been restored. What? Could I write an essay about my experience on the subway the other day? It involved a realization of sorts too. When the N train pulled up one Sunday, the car that stopped in front of me was remarkably uncrowded. This was very exciting as I was guaranteed a seat so I could zone out and work on my crossword puzzle. It wasn't summer, so it couldn't be the AC was out. No worries. I stepped in, along with 5 other people, and as the doors closed, I realized with horror why the car was empty. Let's just say, there was a woman passed out on the far bench, covered in her own shit. Yes, people, shit. I spent the next three minutes dry-heaving in the opposite corner until I could switch at the next station. Epiphany: Even in winter, don't get in the empty subway car. Could I write an article about that?
This is the New York Times. We strive every day to get our authors some kind of coverage, whether in the Style section, a Modern Love column, the Book Review, ANYWHERE they might take us. And this publicist has written some crappy story about the bus and she makes it in? It makes me mad. I had two authors write beautiful essays that we rejected. I've pitched (in my opinion) some pretty creative feature pieces. Nada. But Sloane writes something…well, go right ahead and don't forget to slap a big stock photo above it.
I walked into work today, and lo and behold. Sloane pops up twice before I've even had my coffee. Quoted in yesterday's essay in the New York Times Book Review on romance and book taste and as the author of the Publishers Weekly Soapbox essay on, of all things, why book titles have become long…sigh. REALLY? Also, when I googled her to find these links, I can't even tell you how many other pieces popped up. Apparently, Salon just did an excerpt from her book, Emily Gould interviewed her for Radar , and there's an interview in the Kansas City Star . She even has her own Wikipedia page!
And, now, I realize – the problem is not Sloane Crosley. Sloane probably is a good person and a good publicist to boot. People do have very nice things to say about her, and that's hardly her fault. And she's not a bad writer. Most publicists aren't. We have to have some kind of skill in a world of email pitching, and we certainly have to be creative if we want our emails to even get opened. And, if I had the opportunity (or the time) to write something worthy of being published outside of Slunch, I sure wouldn't turn down the opportunity. So, I guess I can't really hate her. However, I can hate on book media for the flood of Sloane-coverage. In a world of shrinking book coverage, where over 300,000 new books are published each year, and we are all fighting tooth and nail for a tiny mention, Sloane Crosley is popping up everywhere. Excerpts, essays, profiles. Give us a break, Sloane! Leave some space for the other authors. It's hard enough.


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It was just before 4am. 'Recovery mode' was over. Time to get up, eat some sort of breakfast, wake myself up as much as possible and drink a very large coffee.
I was aching quite a bit since High peak 40 and the Pilgrim Farnham marathon the day after; I guess hills always do something to the quads. Sometimes I don't really ache at all.
I really could have turned off that alarm on Wednesday morning and gone back to sleep! Sometimes the hardest part of doing a marathon is dragging yourself out of bed in the morning when you're so tired. You would give anything not to have to get up in that moment. Of course, it gets better once you actually adjust to being awake, but I would describe those initial moments as torture…
The Great Barrow Challenge – Day 1
So, I managed to get on the motorway for 5am…there were so many lorries I could hardly believe it! I dodged the lorries and made it past Birmingham in plenty of time to avoid all the traffic…hurrah! However, the traffic soon caught up with me once I had reached the A14 near Cambridge and I was stuck in an awful traffic jam for absolutely ages. This added about an hour to my journey time and my car bonnet started to smoke from engine overheating, eeeek! Thankfully, I eventually got moving again and arrived at race HQ just before 10am. All of the other 26.5 miler people had set off at about 8am, so I was waaaay behind them. I also felt ever so dehydrated from having got up so early and failing to take in enough water in those hours. I had a bit of water, ate a few sweets to perk myself up a bit and set off on my adventure. I felt so disorganised from my lateness. I was faffing about with maps and route descriptions; not wanting to get lost when there was absolutely no-one else in sight. I needn't have worried…the route was really well marked and the description made perfect sense. I had a great day of running through lovely Surrey countryside and along winding forest tracks. I went past a pig farm, saw lots of wildlife and I even saw a fox in broad daylight. Best of all, there were no cows on the loose and no scary animals to chase me. It was a lovely sunny day.


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There is some new cutting edge science helping plants grow stronger and faster, and it all stems from worm poop, our affiliate KVAL reports.
It's now being primarily used in the marijuana industry in Eugene, Oregon and soon could be used all over the Pacific Northwest.
Joseph Walker has spent more than 4,000 hours perfecting his worm poop fertilizer formula. Along the way, he has won several awards and is getting national attention.
"I never thought I would make my living off worm poop, but you just never know," said Walker. "You just have to take what comes to you and run with it."
He is a 22-year-old entrepreneur, student and worm guru. Walker is the founder and CEO of Omni Earth, an organic worm-castings fertilizer company.
The Brigham Young University student initially started his research while working for a lawn care company, seeing drastic results from this fertilizer.
"I read books on the subject, research articles from all over the world, interviewed PhD's of biology, of world sciences," said Walker. "I even took two part time jobs as a soil analysis technician to really dig deep, pun intended."
"On average, each client saved about 80,000 gallons of water per lawn, which, as a visual, that is a standard size swimming pool," said Walker.
At that time, Walker began to start thinking of what markets could benefit from an organic fertilizer, immediately thinking of his home state of Oregon and the rapidly growing marijuana market.
Doron Fletcher is a marijuana grower consultant, and has been using the product for a few months now.
"It's the best thing that we have found so far that is morally on the right page, and gets great results," said Fletcher.
Walker thinks he's just begining to tap into a real niche. "I'm really hoping the flood gates will break open and as the worms keep doubling their population, I will really start to provide some pretty large suppliers," Walker said.
The Omni Earth CEO will be flying to Texas next year to compete for the "Global Student Entrepreneur Award" against other students around the country.


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Families will bond over many things at Christmas - Faith, carols, eggnog, probably not politics, and "Star Wars."
In 2015, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" ushered in a new holiday tradition. Disney, the studio behind the new set of films, has made late December the time for casual fans and hardcore fanatics alike to experience the latest adventures in a galaxy far, far away.
The box office numbers provide the evidence. "The Force Awakens" grossed $936 million in North America. Last year's spinoff/standalone "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" grossed another $532 million. On December 15, "Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi," a direct follow-up to "The Force Awakens," will make another giant pile of money.
Plenty of movie franchises generate huge box office numbers, but "Star Wars" is something special to people from all walks of life.
Tyler Arnold fell in love with "Star Wars" at age 5, when he went to see "Return of the Jedi" on the big screen in 1983. Like so many other kids at the time, it was more than a movie.
"You're wearing the slippers, you're wearing the pajamas - it became part of your life," Arnold said. "Films come and go, but with 'Star Wars,' it was so rooted in our culture."
Having such a compelling and affordably priced toy line certainly helped the phenomenon, Arnold said.
"Every movie that comes out now gets its own toy line. It wasn't like that in the 80s," Arnold said. "You could get a 'Star Wars' figure on sale for a buck."
Arnold's collection of "Star Wars" merchandise would eventually lead to Spokane's Jedi Alliance, a non-denominational church open to people of all faiths. It's central message is - "Be excellent to each other. Being a better person will make the world a better place."
"We've been trying to find another 'Star Wars' church, and we've yet to find one," Arnold said. "We're the only physical 'Star Wars' church on the planet."
More than anything, the Jedi Alliance is an event center. Alongside his brother, Tim, Arnold has assembled a collection of about 85 arcade machines. Their space, located at 2024 E. Boone Ave. in Spokane, is available as a rental space for private events, and is open to the public two evenings per week. There's an impressive museum of "Star Wars" toys and merchandise, and an accompanying storefront with a wide assortment of vintage toys, comics and more from many fandoms.
For fans of the original trilogy, as well as anybody nostalgic for 80s pop culture, the Jedi Alliance is a magical place. But Arnold said the new films have sparked a level of excitement that resembles what he saw as a kid - and something that was noticeably missing during the release of the "Star Wars" prequel films between 1999 and 2005.
"With ('The Force Awakens') I just got the sense that (director) J.J. Abrams is a fan of 'Star Wars,'" Arnold said. "You have Disney that owns the property, they have an unlimited budget, and the original characters are coming back. There was the sense that 'Star Wars' was going to be fun and cool again."
The mix of old and new was just the right formula for success, he said.
"It was awesome because I got to take my then-12-year-old to 'The Force Awakens;' I got to see it through their eyes," Arnold said. "It's my generation of 'Star Wars' sharing it with this generation of 'Star Wars.'"
Buzz for "The Last Jedi" is off-the-charts, thanks to a couple of compelling trailers and the guarantee of the (real) return of series hero Luke Skywalker (he appeared for about 30 seconds in "The Force Awakens"). Good or bad, everybody will be talking about it.
Cynical folks can bemoan the merchandising onslaught and the continued commercialization of a sacred holiday. Maybe they have a point, but "Star Wars" brings people together in ways most things can't.
At the very least, the dinner conversation will be less contentious than talking about tax reform or health care.
Or, if you're like Tyler Arnold, a lifelong "Star Wars" fanatic, you can also just wait a couple weeks for the fervor to cool down.
"I don't really want to wait in line," he said.
The Jedi Alliance, located at 2024 E. Boone Ave. in Spokane. Public hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Sundays. Search "Jedi Alliance Spokane" on Facebook for more information.


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We went for a retro feel for today's Wear or Die, so we thought we may as well carry that through to Dress of the Day, with this classic black dress by Stop Staring, which is available in the UK from Dolly Dagger.
Luckily there's nothing 70s-style about this dress, which was inspired by a rather more sophisticated fashion era. This is a great dress for girls with hourglass figures, as it's cut to emphasize the curves, with the skinny belt helping to create the kind of waist Scarlett O'Hara would have been proud of. The satin top adds a touch of sex appeal, and the box pleats on the pencil skirt have satin inserts to match, which is a nice detail.
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The Chicago Blackhawks picked up an easy 5-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens, but not without losing Patrick Sharp to injury along the way.
• Alex Ovechkin becomes the Capitals' all-time leading scorer
Sharp was helped off ice early in the third period after being checked by defenseman Alexei Emelin. The Chicago forward immediately went down and couldn't put weight on his right knee. It was a clean hit by Emelin despite the apparent injury.
• Injuries to goalies force Ducks to use goalie coach Roloson as backup
Coach Joel Quennville that Sharp will be "out for a bit," but Chicago Tribune beat reporter Chris Kuc speculated that Sharp may be sidelined for weeks:
Could be weeks, not days, for #Blackhawks' Patrick Sharp to be sidelined.— Chris Kuc (@ChrisKuc) November 5, 2014
Sharp has three goals and nine points through 13 games this season.
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Disaster at Baluwakot village after the Impact of flood (there was a market before ….now vanished by flood)
Gothi — Ex BAZAR PETH— vanished after flood by Kali Ganga (there was a market and road before ….now vanished by flood) (U can see the other end of the road in the middle of the photo) (photo taken from the one exnd of the road)
Team At work —transfering the Heavy Poles of appor. 500kgs for bridge from road side to the River level with ropes
Team Members helping villagers while crossing the River (Peoples were very scared to cross the dangerous river)
We installed a New bridge with more height, long length and very sturdy made of 6 poles and also pluged up a road to hold the balance (On that day only almost 250 peoples crossed the river with the help of bridge)
Team securing the route by providing the ropes on the slippery mountain ways (Downside road was totally vanished by landslide so new walking trail was made by team)
Mountaineering is an extreme sport. It's play grounds are far from the civilization. It demands high quality equipment for safety and survival. It's probably the sport which has longest time frame. Generally, an expedition continues for several days and sometime months. All these factors impose a burden off high costs on this sport.
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All Films.All Above Board.NOW INCLUDES TV SHOWS & TV LISTINGS
A remake of the 1969 madcap comedy starring Ryan O'Neal, based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and set in the lush tropical surroundings of Hawaii. Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is a small-time thief and conman who is determined to leave his life of crime behind him. But then he meets surfer-girl femme fatale Nancy (Sara Foster), who enlists his help in stealing $200,000 from her real estate tycoon boyfriend - Jack's former boss, Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinise). Along the way, Jack encounters a string of shady characters (played by Morgan Freeman, Bebe Neuwirth, and Charlie Sheen among others), and eventually finds himself at a moral crossroads where he must choose between the money, the girl... or the honourable path.


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In 1993, he was admitted as an attorney before the Court of Cassation, the Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court. He started his career as an attorney in October 1977 until April 1981. In May 1981 he shifted to work as an in-house banking lawyer in Arab African International Bank (Legal Department) till August 1999 when he moved to work in the legal department of National Bank of Abu Dhabi (Egypt Branches). Since then he has continued his professional career with NBAD Egypt. His current position is Head of Legal and Compliance Division.


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It was through such a recommendation that I came across the (now defunct) blog Enter the Octopus, what seems to have been a general grab bag of geek miscellania. This entry caught my interest; in particular this quote, which seems to have been cited with approval:
"Populated with cross-bred elves and dwarves, fantasy realms make people feel not quite so freakish, releasing them from their cages of identity. Playing half- or non-human characters can be an exploration of their freak side, a new door into themselves..."
pp. 56-57, Chapter Four, "Into the Dungeon Again"
Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms, by Ethan Gilsdorf.
Mainly because it seems like cod arm-chair psychology of the most banal kind. (You'll notice it's also self-contradictory - either fantasy realms make people feel less freakish or they help people explore their freakish side; which is it?)
I never think of fantasy gaming in that vein, and know very few people who do. Gaming is fun for a lot of reasons, but for me it has never ever been about making me feel "not so freakish", releasing me from my "cage of identity" or allowing me to explore my "freak side". I can do all that with beer. Maybe absinthe if I really want to explore my freak side.
Gaming for me is about two things: playing a game, socialising and stretching your imagination. All fun and worthy endeavours, especially when mixed. And there's nothing much more complicated to it than that.


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-it's too dark. There are light sources in both left and right sides but it's dark on those sides. I feel like the sig was burned too much or it's probably because of the small black gradient at the sides. Adjusting the brightness and contrast or dodging some of the parts should do the trick.
-I'm pretty sure I've rated yours before
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The iDOL(ove Live!)M@STER
Frailty--Solid monochrome. 8.3/10
Sumeragi--Background has clear outlines despite the similar colors. The character looks slightly pixelated though. 8.23/10 Is that a list of your party members?
Ichuki--The moon is dominating the picture more than it should be. 8/10
Ganbaru--Maybe not knowing what the text reads adds to it. 8.29/10
milan kyuubi--Downsize the text and shift it to the bottom-right. The border and effects make nostalgia. 8.25/10
delorean2200--Simple, cropped, but effective. 8.2/10
MogMoogle1--Nice background, nice sprites, perfectly placed text, corners get an "A" for effort. 8.6/10
Crashmaking Zoomatic--Points for originality. 8.4/10
|2013-09-04, 02:39
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: ~Bleh~
Akito Kinomoto: Very upbeat and cheerful, makes me want to smile too. Good choices! 9/10
ganbaru: I've always liked your sigs. Touching picture and sad words to go with it. Nice colors and effects. Blends well which could be a good or bad thing I suppose 8.5/10
|2013-09-04, 08:41
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Ichuki: 8.4/10 I agree with the criticisms on the darkness/bluriness of the sig, but it does still have an enchanting gothic look to it. Try to make it a bit more clear and/or bright, and it could be excellent!
Sumeragi: 8.8/10 Lovely and highly informative. Saten with glasses is a rare treat too.
Frailty: 8.6/10 Good character pose. Well-drawn. Very eye-catching.
ganbaru: 8.8/10 Elegant visual style. As usual, I like how it matches your avatar.
UltimaWolf: 8.8/10 I like the little touches - Your name on the white leggings and how the blinking eyes are the only things that are moving. Good style.
Akito, for some reason, I can't see your sig right now, so I can't grade it.
|2013-09-07, 03:43
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It's been long, anyway...
Ichuki - 9.5/10 Superb
Sumeragi - 9/10 Nicely done
Triple R - 8/10 Good
ganbaru - 8.9/10 Nice theme, but something's missing
Akito Kinomoto - 8.3/10 Nicely done.
Frailty - 8.5/10 Good, nicely done.
UltimaWolf - 8/10 Good
Masuzu - 8/10 Border... needs a more body
|2013-09-08, 16:44
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Masuzu: 8.3/10 I completely agree with ganbaru. She looks cool, and I like the lighter/brighter feel of the sig, but it could use a border.
NoemiChan: 8.9/10 Honoka rules! Lovely image of her, good Love Live! promotion, I like how it includes several useful links.
|2013-10-06, 08:43
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Enjoying Snack Time!
Ichuki 8/10 - Like the dark coloring and its suits a character like Suigintou pretty well in my opinion.
Sumeragi 8/10 - Isn't this the same as your previous signatures? Correct me on that if you can.
Frality 9.5/10 - You get a high score due to your sig being a Persona based one. Risa's pretty cute. Not my favourite heroine, but cute none the less.
Akito Kinomoto 8.5/10 - The girl in the signature looks pretty cool and cute at that. Which anime is that from? Sorry for asking, but doesn't hurt to know right?
ganbaru 9/10 - I don't really understand what's going on anymore. You've gone from cryptic and creepy, to happy, and now devilishly sexy... am I in a parallel world or something? Signature looks sexy none the less though.
UltimaWolf 9/10 - The legs in the signature looks sexy. Is that supposed to be C.C? Looks like her, if not, great signature regardless.
Triple R 8.5/10 - The design looks pretty cool befitting the awesomeness that is Sayaka. But the coloring sort of looks weird on the eyes, but, it's pretty cool regardless. Nice use of it.
Masuzu 8.2/10 - SAO volume 6 one of my favourite arcs in the light novel series. I agree with ganbaru, it could use a border to give it a bit more "spice" to say the least.
NoemiChan - 9.5/10 - The coloring and the pictures looks pretty to look at and it's clear and crisp for the eyes. I don't like Kimi no Iru Machi as a series. Sorry, but the signature looks amazing to props to you on that. Nicely done.
DGDCOne 7.5/10 - Good use of Symphogear and Nanoha, but it feels a little cramped and weird. It looks good, but the spacing could use some work.
Rikimtasu 8/10 - The shading effects look really cool. The girls are cute so that's plus. Border sort of looks incomplete though, but great none the less.
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NVIDIA Quadro 5000 Professional (Workstation) Graphics Card Review
September 25, 2011 8:14 pm
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NVIDIA Quadro 5000 Professional (Workstation) Graphics Card Review
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From personal experience in building my own workstations and spending hours and hours researching the best hardware for each rig that I build, I can attest to the truth of Moore's Law that there is an 18 month development cycle in computer hardware. Especially when it comes to computer graphics and the AIB (add in board) graphics card. And if you include the explosion of interest in video games and the subsequent demand for higher and higher levels of graphics precision, the ability of companies like NVIDIA to release faster and more powerful graphics processing units (or GPU's, which NVIDIA invented in 1999) in a shorter time span affects their market share and appeal to millions of game fans.
However, while NVIDIA and its rivals worked to satisfy the demands of the game world, there was another entirely different market that required much higher levels of performance and stability: the professional workstation market. Namely, the people who were making the games with their computer workstations. While game-oriented GPU's focus on performance to achieve spectacular shader effects and brilliant visuals, professional work station users need a GPU that can reproduce, with extreme precision, the thousands of geometric objects and data used in 3D/CAD software. And this is where NVIDIA has shown it has an edge in contemporary GPU design for professionals.
My workstation with FirePro V8750 installed
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The computers I build are hybrid-workstations. Most of my daily email and web surfing is done on a laptop, while my main workstation handles all of my digital video editing, photo/art creation, animation work and sound editing. I've also used it to play a limited amount of video games via Steam (I play two or three games a year).
NVIDIA has always been my video card of choice for games, primarily because they were well-built, had regular driver updates and lasted. I bought the first GeForce 256 card in 1999 and have upgraded my card, yes, every 18 months approximately (thank you, Mr. Moore). As my 3D software reviews began in earnest over 3 years ago, I found that while NVIDIA's game cards were brilliant in Crysis and Half Life 2, they were struggling with professional software programs like Autodesk 3ds Max and NewTek's Lightwave. So, I jumped at the opportunity to build a new system around a professional-level card when it came with the software I was reviewing. This was the AMD FirePro V8750, a high-end card designed exactly for what I needed it for. I've been using this card for almost 2 years now, and it has performed decently, even in various video games.
Although the FirePro card has performed well, I was very pleased to have been recently offered the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 professional GPU to review. I've been very curious to see how NVIDIA's design and drivers would compare to their rival FirePro GPU. Certainly, the Quadro 5000 card is one generation ahead of the FirePro and will most likely be faster in the tests. So, I wanted to check not only the speed, but the driver release, system integration, warranty and most particularly, the difference in impact on the new Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 and it's newest renderer, iray from Mental Images, which I think has the potential to be one of the best rendering options for life-like realistic rendering.
That said, my goal in this review will be to compare the two cards in a variety of standard tests, discuss the effectiveness of both cards and see how well each card performs in Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 with the new iray renderer. I'll also be adding a few additional tests with video editing and game play just for fun. Keep in mind, I don't have a graphics bench and multiple cards in my workshop, so these tests are not as wide-ranging as a professional graphics review might have, but there are great sites like Anandtech.com and Xbitlabs.com which feature lengthy archived test results for pro-level cards and game cards as well.
The Nvidia Quadro 5000 graphics card
NVIDIA Quadro Series of Professional Graphics cards
About a year ago, NVIDIA announced it was bringing out a series of high-end cards based on the new NVIDIA Fermi architecture, designed for the professional workstation market. While the Fermi-based chips in the gaming market had a slow start due to unexpected problems, NVIDIA solved those and took their time getting their workstation counterparts to work perfectly. The Quadro 4000, 5000 and 6000 professional graphics cards from NVIDIA are built on their GF100 chip (Graphics Fermi 100 chip). They are designed to supersede the previous generation Quadro FX 3800, FX 4800 and FX 5800.
The new Quadro cards are a big improvement over previous versions, designed to deliver "up to 5x faster performance than the previous generation across a broad range of design, animation and video applications." The new Quadro family of professional cards also feature a new Scalable Engine technology that can process up to 1 billion triangles per second. NVIDIA also upped the memory subsystems (and memory bandwidth) so that professionals can process and work with a huge amount of data and geometry. Plus, the memory subsystems support ECC (error correction code), which is a big plus.
Moreover, the new Quadro series also features almost double the amount of NVIDIA CUDA parallel processor cores, along with support for Direct X 11, Shader Model 5.0 and Open GL 4.1. They can also be used in an SLI arrangement, with motherboards that support multi-card slots. The full chart of comparisons between the new Quadro cards and the previous models can be found here (pdf).
GPU-Z reading of Quadro 5000 specs
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000
The high-end Quadro 5000 sits in between the high-end Quadro 4000 and the ultra high-end Quadro 6000, and therefore features the best of the high-end 4000 card and some of what makes the Quadro 6000 such a super high-performance workstation video card. As you can see from the GPU-Z reading above, the Quadro 5000 has 2.5 GB/s of GDDR5 memory. The memory interface is 320-bit and the bandwidth is 120GB/s. The card supports OpenCL, CUDA, PhysX and DirectCompute 5.0.
Back of Quadro 5000 card with large heat sink plate
The Quadro 5000 is a two-slot card and is slightly smaller than it's predecessor, coming in at just under an inch shorter at 9.7 inches long and 4.8 inches high. It's a largish card, but not significantly more than most game-based cards. Professional workstation builders will usually use a larger, roomier computer case as it cools much easier. Display support features 1 Dual Link DVI-I, 2 display ports, 2 digital outputs, 1 analog output, 2 active display channels, stereo (3-pin Mini-DIN) and supports 3D Vision and 3D Vision Pro technology. Maximum display resolution (@ 60Hz) is 2560x1600. I didn't get a chance to test the card's DVI-I output to my LCD TV, but from research it holds up very well, especially in color reproduction.
Back end of Quadro 5000 card with DVI connections
The cooling system is enclosed in the Quadro 5000 with a reasonable sized fan, heat-sink and exhaust ports through slots on the end of the board, which force the air out the back of the computer. Very little noise came from the fan, even at peak usage. Heat levels never rose above 87 degrees Celcius, even after hours of testing and use.
Installation of this beautiful card (why do gaming cards have such awful graphics on them?) went smoothly, as did driver installation. I downloaded updated drivers from the NVIDIA site for my Windows 7 64-bit system, along with Autodesk 3ds Max performance mini-drivers and other NVIDIA software. Re-booted and I'm ready for testing.
Testing the Quadro 5000 and the FirePro 8750
To be fair, the AMD FirePro V8750 is no slouch in the features department. You can read the details on the card here. Given that it's a 2 year old card, the memory, clock speed, memory bandwidth, etc., are all about 15-20% less than the NVIDIA Quadro 5000. When we test, we should expect the Quadro 5000 to outperform the FirePro V8750 by approximately that margin at least.
I ran the tests on my custom built rig using the Intel i7 quad-core 920 CPU on an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 using 12 Gb of DDR3 RAM. The CPU speed is slower than most pro workstations, which usually run the i7 980 CPU at 3.4Ghz. I thought about overclocking, but decided it would throw off heat readings for the GPU. I'd say that compared to these NVIDIA's stock test results (which uses the higher speed CPU), we'll see lower test results on my test rig by about 10%. I did not use the performance drivers for either card, as the Quadro5000 Autodesk 3ds Max drivers would not install due to multiple versions of Autodesk 3ds Max on my machine. So, at least the two cards will be on an even playing field. I did use the current drivers for each card at the time of testing.
I chose the standard graphics tests, plus a few of my own: CineBench 11.5, which measures OpenGL performance; SPECviewperf 11.0, which uses a variety of sub-tests of graphics content from a variety of applications; RedWay 3D Turbine, measuring raster and raytracing performance; and Furmark 1.85 for additional OpenGL performance testing. I also focused on Autodesk 3ds Max / iray, by rendering two different scenes in the default renderer and then in iray on both cards. And lastly, I threw in a little game FPS performance using Half Life 2 and Crysis 2.
Chart 1, the SPECviewperf 11 test results
The SPECviewperf 11 test, which is probably the most important of the 3 main testing applications for testing professional graphics card like these, shows that the Quadro 5000 is not only faster and more effective than the FirePro V8750, but by over 50% in some tests. Heat levels never rose above 87 C for the Quadro and 84 C for the FirePro.
Chart 2, multiple test results
This graph combines several tests, including Cinebench, FurMark and RedWay, all of which are specifically designed to test the abilities of pro-level cards. We see that once again the Quadro 5000 pulls ahead of the FirePro V8750 by as much as 40%, with the Cinebench test being very close. Heat production was almost identical for each card at around 84 C max.
Chart 3, rendering in 3DS Max 2012 and iray
This graph represents rendering tests in Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 using two different scenes: scene 1 is an indoors scene with 45 objects, 34,000 faces and 3 lights, scene 2 is an outdoor scene with 80 objects, 1.3 million faces and 2 lights. I rendered both scenes using the default Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 render settings and then with NVIDIA iray. One note about the iray renderer: it's an iterative renderer and will run until you stop it refining. In order to time the iray render speed, I ran the default render first, then used that time as a guide for the iray render. If the iray renderer got the scene to look as good as the default render, I'd stop it and check the time. There's a certain amount of subjectivity involved, but no so much that it would ruin the general results in comparing the render times.
It's pretty clear that the Quadro 5000 smokes the FirePro V8750 in Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 rendering. Add the performance drivers into the mix and a faster CPU, and you'll get another 20-30% increase. A remarkable job by a Quadro 5000 card that is very quiet and never goes over 87 Celcius in heat tests.
iray rendering in 3ds Max using the Quadro cards
The Quadro series of professional graphics cards from NVIDIA are simply the best you can buy. I tested the Quadro 5000 and discovered that it dominates a fairly recent FirePro card by a wide margin, without a single crash or hiccup over several hours of testing. In informal game testing, I was able to see little or no impact on game framerate, even in Crysis 2. Yes, there was some slight choppiness in huge cut-scenes, but the game was very fluid during actual play, and this was with the settings turned up to high and 4 times anti-aliasing. 3DMark Vantage score for the Quadro 5000 was over 11, 000, and average framerate in those tests were in the low 30 FPS range. Not bad for a Quadro card that isn't even designed for playing games.
In other applications like Mudbox, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and NewTek Lightwave 10, the card enables me to work with ease inside of each application and render quickly. The real-time interface of LW10 works like a charm with this card.
Nvidia's Quadro family of workstation cards
The Quadro series of professional graphics cards vary in price, depending on the re-seller. Average street price for the Quadro 6000 is $3,800. The Quadro 5000 comes in at $1,700 and the Quadro 4000 is currently selling online for around $800.
Now, much has been said that because the architecture of NVIDIA professional-level cards like the Quadro series is identical to it's gaming counterparts, these high-level cards are simply ripping off the buyer. I don't believe this is true. Remember the 2nd of Moore's Laws which states that the "costs of development" double every 18 months in the same way as technical capabilities do? One of the main differences between the Quadro and the GeForce game/consumer cards, like, say, the GTX 560, is in the drivers. NVIDIA spends enormous amounts of money researching and developing specific drivers for it's professional, workstation class GPU's, and this is reflected in their cost. Professionals also expect more service, longer-lasting manufacturing and a better warranty than game-based cards. They get it with the Quadro series, no question. And NVIDIA has had success in marketing its Quadro series of workstation cards. In fact, they dominate this market share.
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 is the single best card I've ever used for any of my workstation builds. It boosts the Adobe CS5.5 suite of products, it really pushes Autodesk 3ds Max 2012, and all of my animation work using a variety of applications is simply faster than anything I've used before.
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 professional graphics card has my highest recommendation. All of my workstation builds in the future will feature NVIDIA workstation cards. If you use a professional workstation, especially those using Autodesk 3ds Max and it's remarkable iray renderer, you should have this card in your machine. Period.
Be sure to check out the Quadro homepage at the NVIDIA website for more specs on all three cards (Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000, and Quadro 4000). Many, many good reviews across the internet give similar results to mine. I particularly like the Jon Peddie site for graphics news and reviews.
At SIGGRAPH 2011 this past August, in addition to a brilliant NVIDIA booth, I was fortunate to see demonstrations of their Project Maximus technology, which combines a Quadro graphics card (for visualization) with an NVIDIA Tesla card (for computational calculations that various professional applications employ). This combo will surely become the norm for future workstation configurations, and I hope to review the setup at some point in the future.
My sincere thanks to NVIDIA for providing the Quadro 5000 for review and, in particular, to Sean Kilbride and Mark Priscaro for their help.
Be sure to visit the NVIDIA website
Ricky Grove [gToon], Staff Columnist with the Renderosity Front Page News. Ricky Grove is a bookstore clerk at the best bookstore in Los Angeles, the Iliad Bookshop. He's also an actor and machinima filmmaker. He lives with author, Lisa Morton, and three very individual cats. Ricky is into Hong Kong films, FPS shooters, experimental anything and reading, reading, reading. You can catch his blog here.
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