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Contributed By Ryan Morgenegg, Church News staff writer
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- Browse resources for preventing and overcoming pornography addiction.
"Through the enabling and the redeeming power of the Atonement, all those affected in any way by the pernicious plague of pornography may be strengthened to overcome it and be healed of its evil consequences." —Elder Craig A. Cardon of the Seventy
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To help fight the growing tide of pornography that threatens to capture the souls of mankind, the Church recently released an anti-pornography website that focuses on the power of Christ's Atonement. It is located at overcomingpornography.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. The site is an enhancement to information and resources previously provided on the combatingpornography.org site.
"The name itself, Overcoming Pornography through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, communicates the central message and focus of this effort," said Elder Craig A. Cardon of the Seventy. "While with His disciples on the eve of His gift of the Atonement to the world, the Savior declared, 'In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world' (John 16:33). Through the enabling and the redeeming power of the Atonement, all those affected in any way by the pernicious plague of pornography may be strengthened to overcome it and be healed of its evil consequences."
Working together under inspired leadership, the Church Welfare and Priesthood Departments pooled resources and knowledge to build a site that provides practical examples, tools, and prevention techniques with spiritual power to change and overcome addiction.
"The site is intended for those willing to exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, with special emphasis for individuals, family members, and Church leaders," said Elder Cardon. "We trust that it will be a benefit to the world." With so many struggling with pornography addiction, this will be a beacon of light, strength, and help for those dealing with the effects of pornography, no matter who they may be, he said.
Using doctrinal principles with practical applications, the information on prevention and recovery features real people using the concepts in their own lives with success. For example, the site has videos about Troy and Kerri, a married couple devastated by pornography. Kerri shares how she found hope and healing through Jesus Christ and His Atonement after learning about her husband's addiction. An extra benefit is that the videos can be shared online through email with others who might be blessed by the message.
The design of the site is meant to stand out from the world of flashing banners, pop-ups, and advertisements. It is light, simple, and inviting. The focus is on the Savior and the peace He can bring. "While many clinical and professional helps and means of support are found on the site, those important resources are presented within the context of the only source of lasting strength and healing for the soul," said Elder Cardon. "The design and look of the site attempts to communicate this truth."
After many years of denial, Troy faced the reality of his addiction to pornography. Through honesty, repentance, and applying the healing power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, he found peace. His life, his marriage, and his family were healed.
Written content on the site is presented in a question and answer format. Users can find what they need at the moment by researching a question and then clicking on an answer for further details. The resources available on other sites of the Church regarding pornography have been brought together in one place so users can find relevant information quickly and efficiently. Utilizing responsive design, the site will also work with mobile devices and will adjust to fit a wide variety of mobile phones and tablets.
President Gordon B. Hinckley and Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve called pornography a "scourge." With regard to this scourge, President Thomas S. Monson said: "Pornography is especially dangerous and addictive. Curious exploration of pornography can become a controlling habit, leading to coarser material and to sexual transgression. Avoid pornography at all costs" ("Preparation Bring Blessings," Ensign or Liahona, May 2010).
Internet research website Top Ten Reviews reported that the worldwide pornography industry earned about $97 billion in revenue in 2006. That's more than the combined revenue of McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Apple, and American Express in 2006, according to Forbes.com.
The new Church site conveys a message of hope that there is a way back from addiction. It introduces real people that have overcome it. President Monson said: "My beloved friends, under no circumstances allow yourselves to become trapped in the viewing of pornography, one of the most effective of Satan's enticements. And if you have allowed yourself to become involved in this behavior, cease now. Seek the help you need to overcome and to change the direction of your life. Take the steps necessary to get back on the strait and narrow, and then stay there" ("Until We Meet Again," Ensign or Liahona,May 2009).
Kerri was devastated when she learned of her husband's addiction to pornography, but she found hope and healing through Jesus Christ and His Atonement.


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A new grief support group has formed in Taylor County, and meetings begin Sept. 2.
Dr. Lynda Collins will lead the group, which will meet for 13 weeks at St. Andrew United Methodist Church.
The group is called GriefShare and is a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them. It's a place to be around people who understand what the others are feeling.
At GriefShare, those attending will learn about recovering from grief and renewing hope for the future.
Greater Campbellsville United will sponsor its annual community Diversity Festival on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Taylor County Extension Office.
There will be several activities, including a youth art show.
Students in kindergarten through high school can use any medium to express what makes them unique. All participants will receive a ribbon and be entered into a drawing for a prize.
Booth space is now available for the Green River Arts and Crafts Festival, which will be Saturday, Nov. 22.
The annual festival will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Taylor County middle and high schools.
Taylor County Band Boosters sponsors the event.
Vendors will begin setting up on Friday, Nov. 21.
Booth space is 8x10 and rental fee is $40 for the day or $70 for two spaces. Access to electricity will cost an additional $5.
Canopies aren't allowed and vendors are responsible for their tables and extension cords.
Joan C. McKinney
Campbellsville University
A 100-year-old oak tree on Campbellsville University's Stapp Lawn is now an 8-foot, 2,000- to 3,000-pound set of praying hands.
Rob Peterson, a Louisville chainsaw artist, carved the praying hands for the university. It will be placed outside the pergola between the Administration Building and Stapp Lawn.
Campbellsville Business and Professional Women's Club members will visit local high schools Tuesday, Aug. 26, to encourage students to register to vote in honor of the day being Women's Equality Day.
Last week, club members joined Campbellsville Mayor Tony Young as he signed a proclamation proclaiming tomorrow as "Women's Equality Day" in Campbellsville.
This year's annual Green River Lakeshore cleanup is Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Those who would like to participate in the trash pickup should come to the Smith Ridge Boat Ramp, State Park Pavilion, Site One Boat Ramp or the Holmes Bend Boat Ramp.
Lunch will be served and prizes given away at 12:30 p.m. at the Green River Lake State Park picnic shelter at the state park.
Volunteer boat drivers are needed to man boats for the event. Drivers are also needed for the fishing with a veteran event on Saturday, Oct. 4.
Campbellsville University's Theater Department will host auditions for the musical, "Dolly Parton's 9 to 5!" on Monday, Aug. 25, and Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at CU's Russ Mobley Theater.
The musical is based on a movie of the same name, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. The plot involves three women - an overworked office manager, a jilted wife and an objectified secretary - who conspire to depose their smarmy boss and begin making woman-friendly changes in the workplace.
The annual fall heritage festival at The Homeplace on Green River will be Saturday, Sept. 6.
The festival will feature a photo workshop by Lindsey Wilson College professor David Goguen. There will be sessions from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m.
Homeplace officials ask for a $5 donation for parking, but there is no charge for the workshop or for many of the other activities at the festival.
Goguen is an experienced photography teacher and this will be his third year leading a photo workshop at the festival.
Joan C. McKinney
Three Campbellsville University music faculty members have been invited to perform at the National Flute Convention on Aug. 7-10 in Chicago, Ill.
Dr. Lisa McArthur, professor of music, will play flute. Dr. William Budai, associate professor of piano, will play piano and Saulo DeAlmeida, instructor in music, will perform on the cello.
They will perform "Trio, opus 86" by Nikolai Kapustin at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in Chicago.
Taylor County's Farmers' Market has expanded.
Local farmer Jacky Pierce will set up shop at the corner of South Court Street and Commercial Street selling produce starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays through October. Pierce will offer fresh vegetables for sale till 5 p.m.
The market will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its home location on KY 210, near Taylor County Animal Shelter, through October.
For more information, call the Taylor County Cooperative Extension Office at (270) 465-4511.
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Be sure to use the @org.apache.cxf.annotations.SchemaValidation annotation and not the jbossws-native one, as JBoss 7 comes with JBossWS-CXF stack in it by default. Also see http://cxf.apache.org/faq.html#FAQ-HowcanIturnonschemavalidationforjaxwsendpoint%3F
2. Re: web service payload validationGunnar Bostrom Mar 29, 2012 9:14 AM (in response to Alessio Soldano)
You were right, that I had the wrong annotaition. I have now changed it to org.apache.cxf.annotations.SchemaValidation,
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Do I have to do anything more? You added a link but I don't know how to apply it if needed.


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Syngenta announces its "good growth plan" which it is implementing to focus on boosting resource efficiency, rejuvenating ecosystems and strengthening rural communities.
Today, Syngenta officials announced a new initiative it is undertaking to address global food security challenges with what they described as measurable, sustainable-growth targets.
"Between now and 2020, we have set out six commitments that Syngenta has decided are critical to our success and agricultural enterprises around the world," said David Morgan, Syngenta Seeds, Inc. president and North America region director, during a media teleconference.
Morgan said the company was announcing the good growth plan simultaneously in "various venues around the world from Jakarta to Zurich to Brussels here in Washington D.C. and in Brazil to give the community that is involved in thinking about agricultural productivity a sense of our perspectives on what is necessary for the future."
The six commitments Syngenta is embracing are:
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5. Increase safety measures: Train 20 million farm workers on labor safety, especially in developing countries
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The company has adopted the six commitments, Morgan said, as part of its effort to contribute to the nutrition and overall well-being of the current population as well as the 200,000 new lives that are added to the global population every day.
"We have an obligation…we must help insure the right nutrition and support and enhance their overall life," Morgan said. "(We) must also be conscious of the need to do so sustainably and protect the ecosystem that supports the productivity of agriculture."
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In late July, Mt. Airy resident Graham Robb will be traveling to Zambia for twelve days as part of a Habitat for Humanity Global Village team. The group will be working with local volunteers and families to construct housing as part of Habitat Zambia's Orphans and Vulnerable Children program.
This will be Graham's fifth international trip with Habitat for Humanity and his fourth time leading a team, having previously traveled to Brazil, Romania, Portugal and Argentina. Team Leaders, such as Graham, help recruit participants and coordinate planning with the Habitat affiliate in the host country.
The team of 12 to 14 volunteers will include women and men of all ages from the Philadelphia area, and others from across the country who volunteer through Habitat's website. There are still spots available for those interested in participating. Volunteers do not need any construction experience as the local Habitat staff will provide instruction and supervision. There will also be an opportunity, for those who want to stay on in Zambia for a few extra days, to visit Victoria Falls and spend time at a safari camp.
A former British colony, Zambia gained its independence in 1964. In the late 1960s, Zambia seemed to be on the road to economic stability as the third largest copper producing country in the world. However, by the early 1980s, the falling price of copper had plunged Zambia into debt. Despite recent economic progress, Zambia remains one of the world's least developed nations.
Habitat for Humanity Zambia was founded in 1984 and currently operates in six of Zambia's nine provinces. Most homes are built with bricks made of mud and burnt to harden the mud. The average house size is 35 square meters (about 300 sq. ft.).
Habitat Zambia's Orphans and Vulnerable Children program aims to assist children under age 18, many of whom have lost one or both parents to AIDS, who are living in substandard housing and/or are trying to survive on less than $2 per day. AIDS has been widespread with nearly 1 in every 7 adults having the disease, which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of orphaned children. Unfortunately, government programs in Zambia are not sufficient. For these children and their caregivers (who are often grandparents) Habitat Zambia partners with other organizations and corporate sponsors to build homes with grant money. Recognizing that these children need more than shelter, Habitat works with its partner organizations to provide a range of social services for children and their caregivers, including assistance with legal issues (e.g. land tenure and inheritance), counseling, health education, and school supplies.
Another unique aspect to this trip is that the team of volunteers will be living in the community in which they will be working. Participants will be staying in group houses (using sleeping bags or simple cots) located within walking distance of the construction site. Meals are prepared by local members of the community. The communities in which Habitat is working in Zambia utilize "bucket showers" and pit latrines. There will also be an emphasis on providing opportunities for participants to engage in cultural activities within the community.
For more information on the July 26 thru August 7 trip to Zambia, contact Graham at firstname.lastname@example.com or 215-317-5912. The cost for each participant is $1,950, which covers housing, meals, and all travel expenses within Zambia. Roundtrip airfare to Lusaka is not included and there will be an additional cost for those who extend their stay to visit Victoria Falls and go on safari.
You can find more information on the July 26 trip to Zambia and Habitat for Humanity Global Village trips to other countries at www.habitat.org/gv.


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I'm hanging on for holographic wall screens.
Judging by the avalanche of hoopla thundering out of last week's Consumer Electronics Show, you'd think that 3D television is done deal. All the wrinkles have been ironed out, and all you need to do is don a pair of geeky glasses and your boob tube will immerse you in three-dimensional movies, sports, and reruns of "The Office …
What about the eye strain? This stuff is a public health hazard, especially if people (especially kids) sit around the TV watching it all day long.
As for the technology itself, it's still pretty gimmicky. The 3d glasses are very uncomfortable, and even though OK for the cinema every once in a while, they're not ready for prime-time in the home. If they can get rid of the glasses, I'll be more excited about this development.
I'm OK with 3D glasses, but not active ones. Polarized like the ones in theatres today (preferably the EXACT ones) will be required before I'm ready to invest. Yea, I'll probably end up owning a "3D capable" TV before then (technically, all it requires is an HDMI 1.4 input and 120Hz screen or faster), but I won't pay $50+ for glasses for it, let alone dealing with charging and all, and especially not with small children who will break them!
TRUE 3D TV's will have an active polarizing layer on top of the LCD matrix, and will do left/right eye switching on the TV and use passive glasses. I'd pay $500 more for a large TV (42" or larger) to have this feature now (and at most $200 more 3 years from now).
Fortunately, I have yet to buy a BR player, and I'm told the PS3 can be updated to support the BR3D spec (I'm waiting to buy one on exactly that formal confirmation). My current TV is also only a few months old, and is as large as my enertainment center can hold, so the next upgrade is not only the cost of a TV away, but also a large furniture purchase... Maybe in 2-3 years.
I'm actually much more interested in the networking featuresx of new TVs than I really care about 3D. 3D is only impressive when the screen is larger than your base field of view (when you;re close enough your eyes need to move around to see different parts of the image clearly) Smaller than that, most of the effect is lost. In my house, I'd be looking at a 70"+ TV to gain that effect at a minimum, and my room is not THAT big...
I thought the amusing part was when Greer said the standards committe moved too slow (taking years), then said his ultimate goal was to get the companies to consolidate on a standard protocol at least instead of having 7. Guess what? It'll take THEM years to do this too. Sorry.
So, this stuff sounds cool, but I think the big issue is getting a unit, then finding out it's not compatible with anything. The second problem problem, I already wear glasses -- I watched Avatar once in 2D and once in 3D. The 3D looked nice, but I'm not going to go around wearing glasses for long periods of time just to watch some shows. I didn't quite get a headache but I was getting there. Third problem, I don't have a TV -- until I can play 3D content on my Linux box (or more likely a faster one -- an Athlon 2200 works pretty hard to play HD already) I will not play 3D content at home. This may not be a problem, it depends on if they decide 3D is an excuse to slip in nasty rights restrictions, which ATSC managed to (for the most part) escape.
I watched Avatar in 3D. I actually felt that this was the first 3D movie in which the technology was not used in an abysmally gimmicky way. Nonetheless, I didn't feel like it added THAT much to the experience. I don't foresee this technology actually catching on in-home until we can ditch the dorky glasses.
Also, like many others, I have I forked a lot of money to buy an HDTV. So, I'm not even going to consider buying a new set until my new one is 5 years old, explodes, gets a Wii remote through it, etc...
I can't see the excitement particularly anyway, but I'm not about to replace a TV that's less than 12 months old or fart about with glasses. Even less so when the mates pop around for film+curry night.
Most of my non-techie mates still have CRT boxes in their living rooms and the ones with HD or HD-ready TVs largely don't have Bluray yet, so I'd say adoption for them would be even further away.
2010 is more likely to be the year of the great 3D flop at this rate.
Still, the technology might be ready when it comes around again in 2050.
Back in the late 80's I came up with ideas to make stereoscopic television a reality. The patent, #4,709,263, is considered the basic patent in the Industry, and has been cited over 30 times in later patents, especially in the Olympus Industrial Stereo Measuring Scope.
The system still works, it still gives excellent results on ANY TV. I have the dies for making the glasses stashed away in a shed somewhere. All that's missing is a round of VC financing.
Although buying a new TV will absolutely Give you a bigger 3D picture, my system costs 99% less and works on ANY TV or monitor.
...I'll wait until it becomes a more reasonable price and people stop forcing 3D everything on us.
I mean I can already see "Because of the unique way the BBC is funded see the amazing new 3D Eastenders on the new BBC HD 3D Super Duper channel...only available on paid for TV subscriptions, what did you think the licence is for fools!?"
Do I really want to se Ian Beale in 3D, I don't think so.
TV manufacturers basicly agreed on a couple of formats to support on HDMI. Blu-ray standard well progressed and will soon be fixed. Vertical TV operators like Sky and DirecTV control the StB and can update it to fit with their broadcast mechanism.
The remaining work is on open standard mechanisms for broadcast so it can be used on open platforms and in minimal bandwidth supplementary channel systems. This will come later.
The display technology does not need standardising, can be a mix of active and passive working from same sources. Passive screens are much more expensive and lose half the resolution so for the moment make sense for public displays in pubs etc but not so much in the home.
One final comment is the 3D TVs are not shown to their best in tradeshows like IFA and CES. They are much more impressive in more home like environments with better controlled lighting. At IFA I found the glasses didn't sync reliably but when I have seen demos in normal meeting rooms since they have been completely sucessful. I predict when samples are available to review a number of those reporters unconvinced at CES will be converted to believers.
I've seen a 3D display which didn't require any glasses ... it certainly caught my attention. That is surely the way to go. However, I am confused about why the recording standard should be hard - surely it's just a left eye and a right eye video? Standing by to be corrected ....
Oh goodie - after finally killing off HD-DVD, the media industry can get down to doing what it does best - producing any number of rival formats to sting early adopters. Bonus marks will be awarded to the company that manages to include DRM in their 3D technology.
Count me out of this one.
Pretty sure it doesn't. Whatever system you use for ensuring that one image goes to one eye, and the other goes to the other eye, you're still stuck with the fact that the two images are horizontally displaced. Unless the screen rotates to match your eyes (think screens inside glasses), then if your eyes aren't horizontal, it won't work.
I noticed they carefully didn't mention porn at all, but there's no question really. The killer app to drive 3D adoption in the home is going to be porn, without a doubt. That's what drove VCRs, that's what really brought the internet to critical mass. Every new entertainment technology is going to be a niche until the porn producers pick it up, then it will suddenly be in every home.
but Philips abanonded the no-glasses approach because the final crisis stretched the payback term by another year or so. The credit crunch caused a delay in investments in quad-HD screens which they felt were necessary for decent quality lenticular displays. Yes, they are that impatient. *Sighs*
For about 1/5th the population or more, passive polarised glasses won't work well, unless the frames are shown alternately.
Shuttered glasses work a little better for lazy eyes, but maybe not at higher frame rates.
Basically if you have a slightly lazy eye, Stereoscopic TV won't work. The eye strain for good eyes is due to fact that the actual focal distance is fixed on the screen. Your eyes will try and focus at other distances and that causes strain, headaches, nausea. Having matched poor eyesight will help on that if you can watch TV without glasses but need glasses to read or drive :-)
The basic problem is that none of this is actually 3D, but poor, un-natural stereoscopic illusion. In real life even with one eye, or either eye closed you can perceive 3D. The binocular view of two eyes adds extra information to allow the eye to refocus more quickly and better judge distance. On Stereoscopic vision (so called 3D TV & Cinema) the images are 2D, not binocular 3D images.
What we want is a good story. Everything else will be forgiven so long as the story is well written and executed.
"Avatar" is a terrible movie, simply awful; and typical of the crap Hollywood studio spew. It was nothing more than "Pocahontas" in space and even the idea that the forest is somehow sentient has all been seen before ("Princess Mononoke" to name one).
The admittedly excellent visual execution cannot make up for the fact that the acting was wooden, story banal and the plot so full of holes it made a passable Swiss cheese. For example, humanity can travel interstellar distances but can't work out how to tunnel? Wow. When they do some archaeology back home and fine the Channel Tunnel, that's going to blow their minds.
Like the "Star Wars" prequels, "Avatar" is simply continues the trend of style-over-substance.
As for 3D...yawn...who gives a crap. I still don't have HD and I still see no need for it; no one has EVER shown me an HD picture that gives a better experience than a decent SD set-up and that is because the sound is way, way more important than the picture for viewer immersion.
The personal content that will really drive 3D is porn. It has always driven it. When VHS/Beta came along, porn was the major thing that drove people to get the players. When camcorders came along loads of new porn companies started up doing amateur stuff. When DVDs came out loads of videos started to use it's multi-angle features. One of the Internet's main data payloads is porn videos. So to get 3D really adopted offer the 3D cameras to porn companies cheaply.
Paris because she drives a lot of internet traffic.
about the whole 3D thing. People are used to interactive experiences now, like gaming, and have much more advanced expectations of immersion (holodeck scenarios etc). 3D movies were cool and gimicky in the 20th century but will struggle to keep up interest now.
Who in their right mind would want to see 3D adverts in a supermarket ? Leaving aside that it's ADVERTs for second (because we all love adverts shoved under our noses), how bewildering would it be to be actually walking around and having 3D objects leaping off the shelf at you ? Folks would be falling over left, right and centre.
Moronic. Might work when I'm sitting down and stationary (and yes, I did "ooh" and "ahh" at Avatar), but no way do I want to walk about with this stuff in my face...
I am quite reassured that the majority of comments here follow the same thoughts I have on the subject, namely :
- that 3D will be a mess of standards
- that we are still in Blu-Ray adoption (or avoidance) phase, so starting over again now is ridiculous
- that wearing those stupid glasses at home is out of the question
So now I will just sit back and watch the speed at which this whole mess will implode.
It will take years for them to settle on a standard let's hope it's about 5+ years cause that's the minimum before people can stomach shelling out for a new TV with different technology on.
Wouldbe interesting to see some figures on BD Player adoption cause I have a feeling that is still v.niche.
Let hope the standard they settle on is compatible with the varying eye disfunctions available to the human race, me personally I hope they use a standard which is compatible with my type of colour-bindness.
Paris, cause she doesn't have a clue either.
There is very little of any real entertainment value about, so this is all just a big gimmick to make cash!
General TV broadcasts are swamped by reality TV dross, with very little of any interest or challenge. Would you really like to feel like you were in the Big Brother house, sure some would, most of us wouldn't.
I am still waiting to see HD actually give me that WOW factor. Seen loads of TVs, even bought a 42" HDTV just for my 360, but I am still not impressed. Seen BR players in the bigger high-street places, seen HD broadcasts, still waiting to experience this so called stunning high-quality revolution! Maybe I am so jaded or have just been that unlucky to never catch the right media, but surely everything HD is supposed to be stunning? Obviously not!
Don't get me started on rehashing anything pre-2005 on HD, what a load of cack! Releasing Moonraker on Blu-Ray, do me a favour!
You've got a 42" Full HD TV for your 360 but still not impressed?
I'd check your settings and calibration mate. HD is pointless on anything smaller than 32" granted - but I can sure tell the difference on the 360 dashboard and games like assains creed II in 1080p and over a scart on my 42" Bravia...
Don't get me wrong, HD gaming is good, it just doesn't appear to me as "F**K ME! LOOK AT THAT!" sort of good. Running my 360 1080p but maybe I was just expecting something more, something to match the hype.
Seen one or two quite nice demos from the BBC in fulll HD, very nice.
I am expecting this 3D malarky to be much the same, very much The Emperor's New Clothes, a lot of people having spent bucket loads of cash on new kit, having to justify it to themselves so they don't feel cheated by all the hype that will come out.
Each new advance, although it may not live up to the hype, at least pushes us down the tech road a little further and the spin-off techs are often pretty neat.
I think 3d TV is a really cool idea, but i don't know really see it going that far quite yet. As stated they still have to work out the problems such as the funky 3d glasses (which could be easily lost and or sat on and broken) and also the lack of quality material content. http://www.3dtvinformation.com/ has some neat info on it too though.
I've had a Zalman Trimon monitor for the last few months. It's a fairly cheap line interlaced stereoscopic TFT (this means the resolution is effectively halved when running in stereoscopic mode and your eyes must be kept level. The more expensive options of the IZ3D monitor or Nvidia shutter glasses are not affected by these limitations (they have different issues..)).
When it does work in stereoscopic mode (head in correct position, decent source material, not dependent on high resolution) it's very good indeed. However, for the last month I haven't bothered using it in stereoscopic mode at all.
Partly this is due to the setup - I need to correct the monitor positioning so that the configuration Just Works in my seated position without moving my head much. Leaving that aside, I reckon it's really only useful for a determined and extended gaming/film session - if switching between a game and the desktop it becomes a cycle of switch app, take glasses off, perform operation, switch back, put glasses on..
I'm sure once I sort the positioning I'll use it more, but I simply cannot see it becoming a permanent fixture. It's good, but not so revolutionary to make me want to use it all the time. At least these devices also work in non stereoscopic mode.
Prescription glasses wearers also face complications - the cheap polarised clip-ons do not always fit neatly on to glasses. The end result is balancing another pair of glasses beyond your own, affecting head positioning again. Few people are dedicated enough to buy prescription polarised lenses..
The WHOLE POINT of 3D is that it drives people back into the cinemas, where they pay top-dollar for the latest stuff. Moreover it can't be camcorded and it can't be reproduced in the home - solving all the piracy issues.
Faced with declining DVD sales, Hollywood is going to be milking cinematic 3D for all its worth over the next 5 years. Sure, they'll jump on home 3D a few years down the line when the shine has worn off and they need a new format for their wares, but right now they're in no hurry at all.
3D is a childs toy
30 % colour loss and images that are still blurry in any high-contrast content (Avatar was dark blue for a reason).
Also, I can't imagine anyone leaving the cinema saying :
"Well , the story was crap, the acting was terrible, but the floaty depth objects looked greeeatt*"
*with the exception of pron, natch.
"...and I certainly will never purchase a 3D TV." You won't have a choice. In about 5 years, almost every new TV with be 3D, and buying a TV without 3D will be like buying one without HD now. Because it'll be cheaper to make only 3D TVs than a mix of 2D and 3D ones, and there's enough interest in 3D to ensure that happens.
You'll be able to use it in 2D mode, of course. People will be putting on the glasses for occasional special films and events, with most watching in 2D.
Wasted^WSpent a few hours reading up on this (Taylor Swft is *still* singing "Love Story"? time for a new song, honey!) and it doesn't impress. The situation would appear to be worse than VHS/Betamax or even BluRay/HDDVD because there are, what, seven different "standards" floating around? New whizzy sexy equipment that will cost a fortune and offer how many 3D titles in return?
I'm old enough to remember when all the red-green glasses nonsense in the cinema was the rage, and how it would totally transform movie making.
It didn't.
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|Dev: Kush Games
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: 2K Sports
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: March 3, 2008
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by Pete Richards
For those turned off by the 2K8 baseball series and who miss the days when one had an actual selection of different baseball simulations to choose from, 2K Games and developer Kush Games are attempting to restore the faith. This is probably the best in the entire 2K series. Part of the ways they've accomplished this is by adding a completely new method of pitching and by recreating an impressive baseball broadcast atmosphere unlike any game before it.
The most notable difference for 2K8 is the introduction to the Total Pitch Control scheme, which uses your right analog to hurl a ball the way you choose. Now, this may at first deter longtime baseball gamers, but the new pitching setup works pretty well - picking up where the Swing Stick left off for batting controls. Rather than simply hitting a face button to decide whether to go for a fastball or a slider, 2K8 requires you to flick the analog in a motion intended to simulate the pitcher's arm movement. If it's fastball you want, pulling the stick straight back and flicking it straight forward quickly will determine how fast you throw it. You can determine which side of the plate you want to throw it on by changing the angle to affect the right or left direction of the ball. If you want to throw a curveball, it gets a bit trickier, as you will have to hold the analog back and to the left and curl it quickly forward to the upper left. While the Total Pitch Control setup is tricky at first, it does get pretty fun once you get the hang of it. Sometimes it seems the pitcher may not be throwing in consistency with the way you move the stick, but stamina and fatigue do affect pitching ability.
The batting is the same as it has been, using the right analog Swing Stick mechanics to gauge the speed and direction you want to send the ball. Utilizing the Batter's Eye with the left analog to help find the location of the ball in the strike zone will be key to helping you hit the ball. I find it very hard, however, to pick spots where you want to land the ball. How you hit it and where it goes is often only determined by how late or early you swing at the pitch, so often you have no choice but to swing blindly at a pitch and send it where it may.
Kush has also introduced a new mechanic when fielding, dubbed the Precision Throw Control, which utilizes the right analog to throw the ball in any direction. It also takes some practice to for those familiar with using the face buttons to precisely choose which base you want to throw the ball to. This new setup requires you to flick the stick in the direction you want to throw the ball and gauge the speed by how long you hold it forward. It can be tricky and seem inaccurate at times, but like the Total Pitch Control, this also takes getting used to. And I suppose by re-inventing the pitch mechanisms and eliminating the use of face buttons, Kush decided they would have to do the same in the fielding department.
But the hitting and pitching is definitely the main focus of gameplay, as there really isn't much to do in the way of fielding or base-running. In fact, there are times when an opposing player will hit a line drive and one of my basemen will dive and catch the ball without me hitting anything. They have changed base-running as well, using the right analog to command your avatar around the bases, which adds to the strong analog focus of this game's button setup.


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Finland, Finland, Finland, the country where I quite want to be, your mountains so lofty, your development studios dedicated to creating more mobile games for The Sims franchise so fresh and new. EA Maxis has opened Maxis Helsinki to focus on making virtual people for us to torture on our tablets and phones.
There can never be enough of The Sims, and the more places we can access and play with those tiny digital representations of our innermost fears and desires the better. EA Maxis agrees, so it's off to Helsinki to make more games. They might branch off into other projects as well, but it would break my heart.
"Mobile is a strategic focus for the company and to Maxis as a label. We feel that the talent base in Finland will be a strong complement to our existing mobile expertise based around the world," said Lucy Bradshaw, General Manager of Maxis via official announcement. "The Sims franchise continues to find strong audiences across all platforms and the team we are building in Helsinki will be tasked to maintain our tradition of being some of the most creative game developers on any platform. Welcome to the team."
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The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races, most but not all Grade I, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, it expanded to two days. The location changes each year. All sites have been in the United States, except in 1996, when the races were at the Woodbine Racetrack in Canada.The event was created as a year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing, and also attracts top horses from other parts of the world, especially Europe. The Breeders' Cup was founded in 1982 by pet food heir John R. Gaines (1928–2005), a leading thoroughbred owner and breeder who wanted to clean up the sport's image. Before the Breeders' Cup expanded to two days, it was generally considered to be the richest day in sports. As of 2008, the second day of the Breeders' Cup is the second-richest. In 2008, a total of $17 million was awarded on that day, down from $20 million in 2007 (two races were moved from Day 2 to Day 1). The richest single day in sports is now another Thoroughbred racing event, Dubai World Cup Night. It features six races with a combined purse of $21 million in 2008.The attendance at the Breeders's Cup ranks fourth or fifth in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races. The attendance of the Breeders' Cup typically only trails the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Oaks (and in some years, the Belmont Stakes); for more information see American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events.With the addition of three new races for 2008, a total of $25.5 million was awarded over the two days, up from $23 million in 2007. Each Breeders' Cup race awards to the winner a garland of flowers draped over the withers of the winning horse and four Breeders' Cup Trophy presented to the connections of the winners.Get great tickets to the Breeders' Cup from Gold Coast Tickets!
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Taxicab geometry is a special kind of geometry that works on city streets. With it you finally have a chance of finding treasure hidden in the city of Arborville.
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- last2cu said...
I am Sooo happy for you anf to be lucky enough to have photos!!! I know how dear everyone is to you and the fact that you TREASURE them so much!!
The middle woman in the 1940's photo looks exactly like my grandmother..Thank you for sharing such a hopeful and uplifting story with us.
You are an inspiration!
- January 30, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- DianaR said...
Wow - that is so cool that you were able to connect with so many cousins that way! I've found a few relatives through my blog - but nothing like this. Way to go!!
- January 30, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- Kathryn Doyle said...
Are you using FamilyLink or Geni or one of the Facebook genealogy applications? I've gotten a few invitations but I haven't gone down that road yet.
- January 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Taylorstales-Genealogy said...
Thanks for such a great post. I have used Facebook to keep in touch with a few friends however. After reading such a great story with an even better outcome, I believe I am now inspired to make up a little list of cousins myself and see what kind of luck I might have. Thank you friend.
- January 30, 2010 at 4:20 PM
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Kathryn, I'm not using any Facebook applications. I have my genealogy on RootsMagic, printed out a descendant list and sat down to Facebook and started putting names into a search.
Pat, I urge you to go for it! If you find someone with the name you're looking for, check out their "friends" and see if you find other familiar family names..and you probably have the right one. Now I'm getting birth dates, photos etc. Been striking it rich all day!
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Congratulations, Becky. Isn't FB wonderful!
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How wonderfuly for you Becky! I too have connected with some family and long lost friends on FB - so much fun to get to know them and catch up on their lives.
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Becky - this is awesome! I think Facebook is an invaluable tool in finding long lost relatives. Give Twitter a try too.
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Jean-Luc Godard's first feature after his genre takeoffs Alphaville and Pierrot le fou returns to the streets of Paris on a different stylistic track than earlier pictures like Band of Outsiders. Masculin féminin directly addresses the politics of a youthful generation divided between activism and consumerism. The boys in Godard's equation show a keen interest in the issues of the day but are self-centered troublemakers unlikely to be taken seriously by anyone. The girls are far more civilized but also oblivious to politics beyond their individual careers and fashion images. The film's famous quote comes courtesy of one of Godard's jarring inter-titles, which proclaims the young generation as "The children of Marx & Coca-Cola."
Godard borrows Francois Truffaut's Antoine Doinel actor Jean-Pierre Léaud but uses him quite differently. The amusing Paul and his equally egotistical friend Robert aren't idealized or cute. They're impassioned exponents of liberal politics but also complete boors, harassing young women in cafés and heckling them on the street just for the sake of being fresh. For Paul's female foil, Godard taps Chantal Goya, a then- rising yé yé pop singer. "Madeleine" bounces into one scene chanting, "I just made number six in Japan!" which had just happened to Ms. Goya in real life. Godard possibly picked Goya expecting a fresh-faced kid to fit into his preconceived idea that teen girls were all vacant materialists, but Goya shows a surprising sensitivity. To illustrate his thesis, the director must include an interview with a vapid teen Miss contest winner. She indeed keeps a poised smile on her face, promoting a wholesome self-image while deflecting questions about politics. "Socialism? I really don't know what socialism is."
The boys talk a good line about liberation but their progressive action boils down to little more than leafleting and spraying graffiti. And, of course, making a big show of how intellectually rebellious they are. They paint 'Get out of Vietnam' on the side of a U.S. Army officer's car. Paul asserts his importance by interrupting Madeleine's radio hits with classical music - he's insecure, but not in the endearing way familiar from the Truffaut films. Madeleine becomes Paul's lover but never fools herself that he's Mr. Right.
Godard decorates his tale with welcome quotes and title cards to introduce the film's 15 parts, but Masculin féminin is several degrees less self-conscious than his work before and after. Attempts to deconstruct cinema are mostly absent and his messages are not the bald sloganeering of his later work. He does wrap things up rather abruptly, as if to display his disinterest in conventional narrative forms.
Godard has already sidestepped his narrative framework when a voiceover explains that Paul has changed jobs and become a pollster. Several direct interview scenes follow. Godard's off-screen questions, sent to the interviewees through earphones, were replaced with Jean-Pierre Léaud's voice.
According to testimony from Criterion's interview extras, Godard used the same method to direct what appear to be free-form open discussions between his characters. He shot both sides of a heated conversation separately, 'playing' the opposite character and letting the actor improvise his responses. When the two halves are married and Godard removed, what's left is a spirited dialogue scene that appears to be spontaneous. Much of Godard's show isn't scripted in the usual sense, but by no means does he let the actors make it up as they go - he still exercises control.
The film has a buoyant pace. Willy Kurant's camerawork is rich and resourceful, a good replacement for Raoul Coutard's unique visuals. Brigitte Bardot's cameo is easy to spot in a café scene but sharp-eyed viewers will want to be on the lookout for the beautiful Francoise Hardy (What's New Pussycat?, Grand Prix) as the date of an American Army officer.
Criterion's DVD of Masculin féminin is handsomely transferred at its original flat ratio. Chantal Goya's catchy French-language pop tunes come across clearly on the restored soundtrack. The extras lined up by Criterion producer Issa Clubb include a discussion by two French film critics but the real treasures are the interviews with cameraman Willy Kurant, Godard collaborator Jean-Pierre Gorin and the captivating Ms. Goya. We see her first in 1966 as an ambitious pop idol. She tries on some flower-power mod glasses, pointing forward to the coming hippie era. Interviewed again in 2005, Goya has quite a different perspective on those years. Radical provocation was never her thing, and she remembers her parents being shocked by her dialogue about birth control and abortion. She continued as a star of kiddie entertainment.
An archival news film shows Godard in Sweden directing the film's Bergmanesque movie-within-a-movie. When asked why he's come to Stockholm he skips artistic explanations to flatly report that Swedish money is in the film. An insert booklet contains an essay by Adrian Martin and observances from the set by journalist Philippe Labro. We're reminded that Paul is not a teenager but a young adult who has just finished his military service. Most mid-sixties Parisian teens couldn't afford Paul's café lifestyle.
Godard ends the original French trailer with a wickedly funny voiceover comment on the adults-only rating: The film is all about teenagers, and so of course they cannot be allowed to see it.
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The Holy Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arianus and Theotychus suffered for the Faith in Egypt, at the city of Antinoe, under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). Saint Arrian up until his conversion to Christ was a persecutor of Christians, among whom were the martyrs Apollonius and Philemon.
Saint Apollonius, at first fearing to face the sufferings, asked the pagan musician Philemon to change clothes with him and offer sacrifice to the idols for him. But unexpectedly Saint Philemon confessed himself a Christian in front of the pagans.
Saint Apollonius repented and also confessed Christ. After torture, both martyrs were executed. Saint Philemon's body was hung upon an olive tree, and arrows were shot at him. One struck prefect Arianus in the eye, destroying it. Arianus' injured eye was healed by when he applied dirt taken from Philemon's grave. He repented and was converted to the Christian Faith and baptized together with all his household and bodyguards. Out of love for Christ they voluntarily went to torture and were sentenced to death.
The Martyr Theotychus was the eldest of the guards, and is remembered with the other saints. The Martyrs Philemon and Apollonius died on March 16, 286, and the Martyrs Arrian and Theotychus on March 4, 287.


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No, that's not a typo. Here at USGBC we may be celebrating our 20th anniversary, but the buildings that have achieved LEED certification embody a history that stretches far deeper into the past than 1993. In fact, we recently certified the oldest LEED buildings both in the United States (Fay House at Harvard University, built in 1807) and in the world (a Venetian Gothic palazzo from 1453!).
These remarkably historic green buildings are certainly not alone. Dozens of historic buildings have become LEED certified, and some of them are already well known, like the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and Chicago's Merchandise Mart. These projects are incredible examples of how historic preservation and environmental sustainability can work hand in hand, and how saving the past can enrich the future. Below we present 20 green historic buildings, one constructed in each decade of the last 200 years:
1821: Pavilion IX, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
LEED Certified, New Construction
Designed by Thomas Jefferson as part of the University of Virginia's iconic lawn, Pavilion IX is the only LEED certified building located within a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The building was renovated to LEED guidelines in 2011 and is currently home to the Dean of the School of Nursing.
Photo credit: Flickr user timjarrett
1839: St. Paul's United Methodist Church (United Teen Equality Center), Lowell, MA
LEED Platinum, New Construction
The United Teen Equality Center is dedicated to social and economic development for at-risk youth in Lowell. In 2006, needing more space, they purchased the historic St. Paul's Church downtown, and then renovated and expanded it into the oldest LEED Platinum building in the world.
Photo credit: Lewishine Fellowship Blog
1842: U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, DC
LEED Gold, Existing Buildings
At the depths of the Great Recession, the U.S. Treasury made a bold, forward-thinking decision, achieving LEED Gold and helping save American taxpayers $3.5 million per year in energy, water, and leasing costs. The Treasury Building is the only known LEED certified building on a unit of currency.
Photo credit: Wikimedia
1856: New York State Executive Mansion, Albany, NY
LEED Gold, Existing Buildings
Previously a private home, the mansion has served as the official residence of 31 New York governors since 1875, including Al Smith, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Nelson Rockefeller. A comprehensive greening effort was launched in 2007 by former First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer.
Photo credit: Wikimedia
1869: Westinghouse Air Brake Factory (Pittsburgh Opera), Pittsburgh, PA
LEED Silver, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Before H.J. Heinz and U.S. Steel moved into the manufacturing district that became Pittsburgh's economic engine, George Westinghouse built a factory to make railway air brakes. The Strip District is now home to markets, art studios and loft apartments, and Westinghouse's historic factory is the green headquarters for the Pittsburgh Opera.
Photo Credit: Adaptive Reuse
1870: Hardman Farm Main Building, Sautee Nacoochee, GA
LEED Gold, New Construction
Built by a former Civil War colonel, this farm in northern Georgia was later the summer retreat of Governor Lamartine G. Hardman. The property was donated to The Georgia Trust and is now being stabilized for use as a living history center. The restoration incorporated many innovative green features while preserving the historic character of the site.
Photo credit: Pitch Engine
1883: White Stag Block, University of Oregon, Portland, OR
LEED Gold, New Construction
Providing a Portland satellite for the main University of Oregon campus in Eugene, the White Stag Block is a spectacular adaptive reuse that ties together three former factory, warehouse and retail buildings. Located in the Skidmore/Old Town district, the building's cast iron façade and White Stag sign make this LEED building a recognizable landmark in Portland.
Photo credit: Facilities Magazine
1894: Colorado State Capitol, Denver, CO
LEED Certified, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Even before Colorado became a state in the United States' centennial year, plans were being made for a grand capitol in Denver. The act enabling construction of the capitol required that all materials be acquired within the state, at the time more an issue of local economics than sustainability. The roof now features a 10kW photovoltaic array in addition to its gold-plated dome.
Photo credit: Daderot, via Wikimedia Commons
1900: Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (Sullivan Center), Chicago, IL
LEED Certified, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
The last major work of renowned architect Louis Sullivan, the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company department store and office building represents the climax of the Chicago School, with its use of an innovative steel frame structure, allowing much larger windows than the typical building of the time. Having suffered great disrepair in the mid-20th century, the building was recently returned to its former glory, including restoration of the cornice and iconic ornamental iron work.
Photo credit: Flickr user atelier_tee
1910: West 135th Street Apartments, New York, NY
LEED Certified, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Standing in the heart of Harlem for over 100 years, residents of these apartments on West 135th Street witnessed and contributed to the rise of the neighborhood as the center of black art and culture in America. The property has provided affordable housing through the Section 8 program since 1979, and in 2010 it received federal stimulus funds to undergo a green retrofit while allowing tenants to remain in-place.
Photo credit: 135 Apartments
1921: Ayers Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
LEED Silver, New Construction
Named after the university president who called for a stately building atop the Hill, Ayers Hall is a major focal point for the campus. Now housing the Department of Mathematics, the Collegiate Gothic styled building received an extensive renovation and modernization, including more efficient water fixtures, lighting and mechanical systems as well as new 21st century audio visual technology.
Photo credit: Wikimedia
1932: Linde + Robinson Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
LEED Platinum, New Construction and Major Renovations
Begun as an astrophysical laboratory with a solar observatory, this Spanish mission-style building is now home to Caltech's environmental science center. The telescope dome on the roof is a miniature version of the Palomar Observatory, and in a stroke of true innovation during renovation, the telescope's system of mirrors was repurposed as an extensive daylighting system, channeling light deep into the building.
Photo credit: John A. Martin & Associates
1940: William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA
LEED Silver, New Construction and Major Renovations, and LEED Silver, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
With Neoclassical massing and Modernist detailing, the Nakamura Courthouse represents a period of stylistic transition in federal government architecture. The first single-purpose federal courthouse in the western U.S., the building now houses the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The courthouse first achieved LEED certification for its renovation, and certified again using the General Services Administration's LEED Volume prototype.
Photo credit: U.S. General Services Administration
1958: Time & Life Building, New York, NY
LEED Silver, for Existing Buildings
An extension of Rockefeller Center, the Time & Life Building is a prime example of the International-style office towers that lord over the Avenue of the Americas like sentinels. It has been the home of Time Inc. since its opening, which was attended by the likes of Marilyn Monroe. These days, it may be most recognized as the headquarters of Mad Men's fictional 1960s ad agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
Photo credit: gbNYC
1965: Chicago Civic Center (Richard J Daley Center), Chicago, IL
LEED Silver, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Now dwarfed by its neighbors, the Civic Center was the tallest building in Chicago when it was completed. The rusty exterior is intentional; the building was the first skyscraper to use self-weathering Cor-Ten steel. The same material was used for the monumental Picasso sculpture in the building's large public plaza.
Photo credit: via Cook County Property Tax Consultants
1977: ITC Maurya Hotel, New Delhi, India
LEED Platinum, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
One of the most luxurious hotels in India's capital, the design of ITC Maurya is said to be based on the shape of ancient Buddhist earthen burial mounds. Its bold concrete exterior gives the hotel an imposing presence, with vegetation literally pouring down the stepped façade. The hotel played host to U.S. President Barack Obama during his trip to New Delhi in 2010.
Photo credit: ITC Hotels
1982: The Portland Building, Portland, OR
LEED Gold, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Controversial from the start, Michael Graves' Portland Building, clad in terra cotta and depicting over-sized classical details, was a significant departure from the standard office building of the time. An icon of postmodern architecture, the building is one of the youngest on the National Register of Historic Places. In recent years, an experimental green roof was installed.
Photo credit: Flickr user camknows
1991: MesseTurm, Frankfurt, Germany
LEED Silver, Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
When the tower was capped with its distinctive pyramid, Messeturm stood as the tallest building in Europe, a distinction it held until it was surpassed in 1997 by its Frankfurt neighbor, CommerzBank Tower. Designed by German American architect Helmut Jahn, the building is a postmodern interpretation of Art Deco skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building.
Photo credit: timsdad, via Wikimedia Commons
2001: Philip Merrill Environmental Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, MD
LEED Platinum, New Construction
Few buildings can claim to have played as vital a role in the growth of green building as the Philip Merrill Environmental Center. First in the world to achieve LEED Platinum, the building is a powerful case study in how to build with minimal environmental impact. Inspiring and educating countless projects since, the center is a landmark of the green building movement.
Photo credit: Flickr user thregeneration
201X: Your building here
Photo credit: via Wikimedia
By the end of the decade, global building stock is expected to expand to nearly 2 trillion square feet (186 billion square meters). This expansion, along with the rapid growth of LEED in regions all around the world, presents tremendous opportunity to positively influence the way these buildings are designed, built, renovated, and operated, reducing the negative impacts of the built environment at a global scale. The LEED projects highlighted above demonstrate that buildings can move toward high performance at any age, in any part of the world. So where will the icons of this decade be? Some of the most inspirational advancements in green building are occurring right now in China, Brazil, Europe and beyond. This summer, a retail store in Dubai, UAE achieved a record 107 points in LEED, becoming the highest scoring LEED Platinum project to date. What stories will your next project tell to leave a powerful green legacy for the next 200 years?


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Cris Cleen is a tattooer I had never met but upon seeing his work, in a nice Vimeo short profile on him on my daily go-to tattoo news site needlesandsins.com, it was maybe a love at first sight feeling, but not necessarily for the man, as I didn't know him, and really, am old enough to be his mother, but for his incredible tattoos. I'd say for me, he is the tattoo artist equivalent of Anais Nin (sorry I don't know how to make an umlaut) one my very favorite authors – and Henry Miller – the infamous duo who brought erotic fiction and first person accounts of sex into the world of real literature, writing boldly without shame or judgement – treating sexuality as art, which is what it truly is and how I live my days in this body I have been blessed with and one that provides me seemingly endless delight.
Cleen's work, especially tattooing the erotic imagery that he's been working to perfection on me for the last few days could have leapt right from the pages of "Delta of Venus" or "Henry and June", or the more rare and perverse stroke books I have in my collection, like a first edition copy of 'Deviant Desires', writings about and more importantly, illustrations of flat chested flapper sylphs, lithe legs and straight backs with soft tummies and plush fleshy arms, engaged in activities that would violently tousle their perfectly shaped and glossy helmet like bobbed hairdos.
Louise Brooks is echoed a lot in Cris' work on me. She's my feminine ideal, as I'd like to both fuck her and be her, and I have had the good fortune of having lovers who bear a striking resemblance to her, and also have used her classic, enduring and essential film "Pandora's Box" as sort of a Thomas guide for my whole sex life. Her sexual terrorism targeting both sexes and taking as many prisoners as possible is what I dream to achieve some day along with finishing the infamous motorcycle rally from Paris to Dakar entirely on a motorcross bike. I'll do both, perhaps at the same time.
Lulu as a character was a revelation. Her sex life and easy enslavement of all her conquests is what I aspire too. And it's never too late for me. Perhaps Cris placed these talismans on me to help me on my journey for world peace, or really world piece. A piece of everyone's ass in the whole world. That's what I would like. Cris cleen is so fucking great. The careful constructs of his imagery, the scale and placement and line and color speaks to me like once-in-a-lifetime lover. There is an orange red that seems to appear in most of his tattoos, and I don't know whether he mixes this color himself, but it's unique and compelling and bright and lurid and innocent all at same time.
The tattoos I wanted from him badly enough that I sat longer than I have ever done in the past, as I needed them to be finished, loving the work so much I couldn't bear to leave any of it incomplete. I can now say I have 3 fine pieces from cris in my every growing and illustrious and glorious and famed tattoo collection, and that is a sizeable percentage. And the fact that he did them all in 3 sessions, without my usual crutches of topical lidocaine concoctions, the methodone that serves as the stand in for the prodigious endorphins that tattooing releases into my bloodstream, which won't come if I have been tattooed too often, which is happening lots lately, says a lot for his light hand, his rotary machine and his lightning fast ability to emblazon masterpieces on living skin without brutalizing it.
Saved Tattoo is in Brooklyn is where Cris Cleen can be found, owned by former wonderful tattooer of mine who I am desperately trying to get another appointment with, who is busy as hell with a long waiting list, Chris O'Donnell. Ah- Chris O'Donnell – my skin burns for more of his artistry laid under it. I will be spending lots of time at Saved Tattoo, which is quickly becoming my east coast Memoir Tattoo/American Electric. You guys got some good stuff going on in Brooklyn. I am so happy be here. Thanks Cris, and Chris – I will see you soon.


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DNSsec provides a classic example of the government's ability to lead by example
The Office of Management and Budget has emerged in recent years as one of the driving forces in information technology security because it holds many of the purse strings for civilian agencies. Agencies listen when OMB issues a mandate, and vendors pay attention when agencies scramble to implement new security measures.
One of government's key security initiatives this year is implementation of the Domain Name System Security Extensions for Internet service. During the next nine months, this initiative is likely to result in the appearance of effective appliances to simplify and automate this complex task, which could go a long way toward making the infrastructure underlying the Internet a little more secure.
This could be a significant step, considering that DNSsec has languished for years because it is an onerous technology to manage. The discovery of a vulnerability in the DNS protocols last year provided the impetus for getting the security extensions into place. The new appliances will help make that task practical.
DNSsec is a protocol for digitally signing data on the Domain Name System to give greater reliability to the DNS queries and responses that underlie most online activities. Agencies are supposed to implement it in the dot-gov domain this year. The General Services Administration successfully signed the dot-gov top-level domain in February, and agencies have until the end of the year to implement it in their second-level domains, such as GSA.gov.
The problem with DNSsec is that, once implemented, it will require constant — or at least regular — attention to generate, manage and periodically replace cryptographic signing keys and also sign and re-sign the data. In contrast, DNS without the security extensions requires almost no maintenance and management, which means that many enterprises do not have the overhead or the expertise for managing DNSsec in their organizations.
But if there is one thing IT does well, it is automate the arduous. All it requires is the incentive. With that incentive now in place, appliances that promise to provide one-click DNSsec signing and maintenance are appearing on the market.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has built a test bed, the Secure Naming Infrastructure Pilot, at dnsops.gov, to give agencies a place to hone their DNSsec skills and kick the tires on new products.
"We have a good number of these, and we're open to everybody who wishes to participate," said NIST computer scientist Scott Rose.
It is too early to expect perfection from these new products.
"We're working with some of them," said Robert Toense, an electronics engineer in NIST's chief information officer's office who helped to implement DNSsec on NIST.gov. "None of them have a complete solution yet that I'm aware of. But they are all trying very hard, realizing it is not a simple problem."
But with a market ready for the tools, effective solutions probably will appear. That won't ensure that agencies will make the Dec. 31 deadline for signing their zones, of course, and DNSsec cannot entirely ensure the security of the Internet. But this is a classic example of the government's ability — by providing the will and market for new technology — to lead by example and affect IT security far beyond its own domain.
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Like many Beaumont residents, we at The Examiner hailed the appointment of Dr. Timothy Chargois — and the unanimous BISD board vote that approved it – as a hopeful sign that perhaps a new day was on the horizon for the troubled district. That new day lasted less than two weeks before a lawsuit was filed against BISD by two of its own trustees after another piece of questionable lawyering by the district's outside counsel, Tanner Hunt, resulted in an automatic pay raise clause opposed by almost all of the board somehow appearing in the Chargois contract – almost a carbon copy of a clause in the contract of outgoing Superintendent Carrol "Butch" Thomas many have come to regret since it has resulted in the annual inflation of his paycheck no matter how the district performed.
To his discredit, Chargois failed to step forward and instruct his attorney to redraw the contract without the offending clause even though his deal as incoming super doubled his previous salary. By then, Woodrow Reece and the pro-Thomas zealots who dominate the BISD board decided it would be OK for Chargois to keep the automatic pay raise they said they didn't want.
A major factor in Chargois' failure to lead appears to be the long goodbye of Thomas, who is starting to remind us of that old song "How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away." Butch is still there despite the board lavishing an additional six-figure incentive for him to leave early. Chargois has displayed a certain timidity in carving his own identity while the man who selected him remains at the head of the table. One recent example was the Chargois appearance before the Press Club of Southeast Texas where he delivered a wooden recitation of the same tired PowerPoint presentation Thomas has been pushing for years that relentlessly crows about BISD's education of African-American students while all but ignoring the Hispanics, whites and Asians who make up a sizeable percentage of the district's students.
That matters little if at all to Reece and the race-baiters who snickered the weekend the old South Park High School was demolished in a surprise attack despite a judge's ruling. We have long resisted embracing the idea that the majority of the BISD board is motivated by the desire to seek reparations because of their belief that when whites controlled local schools, they surely must have used the public purse as their own private piggy bank. Was there self-dealing back then? Probably, but for decades the cause of public education here was championed by dedicated civil servants like Dr. Thomas Pietzsch.
But the sentiment of this board is to redress old grievances that might not have even existed. How else can the board's decision to renew the contract of fraudulent, invoice rigging, tax dodging electrical contractor Calvin Walker be explained other than he happens to be the favorite color of those in charge?When there is a system predicated on race, why are we surprised when there is a racial result? That's got to change.


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Kia ora. I am a Senior Research Manager at Autodesk Research. I hold a Ph.D. in Computational Design from Carnegie Mellon University and most recently worked as a Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk and in the Interaction Group at Disney Research.
Printed Bulbs Awards
April 20, 2013
Our series of Printed Bulbs, designed by Eric Brockmeyer and I as part of the Printed Optics project, recently won several design awards. We picked up a Platinum A' Design Award and a Bronze International Design Award.
Printed Optics @ CES
December 29, 2012
We just finished up making a series of Printed Optics pieces to go on display at CES in the Stratsys/Objet booth. CES 2013 runs from Jan 8-11 and is a major event on the consumer electronics calendar.
While fabricating the latest set of Printed Optics pieces we recorded an overview of how our Printed Bulbs are made. Be sure to check out the video and also drop by CES if you are in the area.
Printed Optics Awards, Press Coverage
October 27, 2012
The Printed Optics project that I worked on at Disney Research won 'Best Demo' at the UIST 2012 conference and was also nominated for 'Best Paper'! This is the second straight year we have taken out multiple honors at UIST, so a big thanks to my co-authors Eric, Scott, and Ivan for all their hard work.
The Printed Optics project was covered widely in the press, including articles by BBC News, Core77, Engadget, The Verge, NBC News, Gizmodo, and NOTCOT.
Interactions Magazine Feature
June 13, 2012
My work on interfaces for mobile projectors has been highlighted in a feature article in Interactions Magazine. The article is a good summary of the exciting work being done with mobile projectors and also looks at some of the challenges that need to be overcome. Check out the article online or in the PDF below.
Best Paper, Best Demo at UIST
October 26, 2011
The SideBySide project that I worked on at Disney Research won 'Best Paper' and 'Best Demo' at the UIST 2011 conference! Given the amazing quality of work at the conference this year it was a quite an achievement to take out both awards. Special thanks to my co-authors Ivan, Scott, and Mo.
SideBySide has also been covered widely in the press, including articles by Wired, New Scientist, Engadget, Gizmodo, Creative Applications, CNET, and Discovery.