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AutoDesk Maya 2016 Beginner to Advanced Training Package Includes
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CADLearning for Autodesk Maya 2016 teaches the use of Maya 2016, a premier 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software. Maya was developed for professionals in the fields of entertainment and design to create complex 3D content in the form of images and animation. Maya's capabilities can be used throughout every phase of even the largest, most complex projects, including pre-production planning, basic and intricate modeling, imaging and animation, as well as compositing and final rendering.
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As we near the end of our alphabetical tour of fruits and vegetables, I remember all the neat recipes I have found. This week is no exception, with watermelon and water chestnuts.
I love watermelon whether it is red, yellow or pink; seeded or seedless. And I never would have imagined the recipes I have for you — a watermelon drink, a watermelon salad and even a smoothie and frozen pops made from watermelon. They are very interesting choices. I already have tried one of the watermelon salads and it was quite tasty.
Now for water chestnuts, you might remember Laverne Walton's Water Chestnut Casserole in my column and my book. It is yummy and this appetizer recipe sounds so, too.
Nora Sweat, author of "Mama and Me," is a native of Hardin County and a retired home economics/ family and consumer science teacher. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or by mail at 408 W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, KY 42701.
Watermelon Cooler
8 cups (1/2-inch) watermelon cubes
1 1/2 cups ginger ale
1/3 cup water
1 (6-oz.) can frozen limeade concentrate
Place watermelon cubes in a single layer in an extra large zip-top plastic freezer bag; freeze 8 hours. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes.
Process half of watermelon, ginger ale, water and limeade concentrate in a blender until smooth; pour mixture into a pitcher. Repeat procedure with remaining half of ingredients; stir into pitcher, and serve immediately.
Source: www.myrecipes.com
Watermelon Salad
2 small watermelons
1 15-ounce can diced pineapple in juice
1 pound seedless grapes
2 apples, peeled, cored and chopped
2 bananas, cut into bite-size pieces
Cut each watermelon in half lengthwise. Hollow out the insides using a melon baller, reserving rind. Drain pineapple and discard juice. Cut apples in half, remove cores and cut into bite size pieces. Peel banana, and slice in to bite size pieces. Rinse grapes under cold running water, and pat dry.
In a bowl, toss together watermelon balls, pineapple, apple, banana chunks and grapes. Divide fruit salad among the four reserved watermelon rinds and serve.
Source: www.allrecipes.com
Mediterranean Watermelon Salad
6 cups torn mixed salad greens
3 cups cubed seeded watermelon
1/2 cup sliced onion
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 dash cracked black pepper
In large bowl, mix all ingredients except oil and pepper. Just before serving, toss salad mixture with oil. Garnish with pepper.
Makes six.
Source: www.watermelon.org
Kid's Watermelon Strawberry Shake and Frozen Smoothie Pops
Strawberry Shake:
1 container 8-ounce lemon nonfat yogurt
2 cups cubed, seeded watermelon
1 pint fresh strawberries, cleaned and hulled
1 banana medium, peeled and sliced
Strawberry Shake:
In blender or food processor, process yogurt, watermelon, strawberries and banana until smooth and frothy. Serve immediately.
Frozen Smoothie Pops:
Strawberry Shake
Small paper cups
Popsicle sticks
Pour prepared Watermelon Strawberry Shake into small paper cups. Freeze, inserting Popsicle sticks or plastic spoons when mixture is partially frozen. Or, pour Watermelon Strawberry Shake into ice cream machine.
Makes four.
Source: www.watermelon.org
Bacon-Wrapped Pineapple and Water Chestnuts
2 8-ounce cans whole water chestnuts, drained
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 1/4 cups soy sauce
24 slices thick-sliced bacon, cut in half
1 15-ounce can pineapple chunks, drained
1 cup brown sugar
Stir the water chestnuts together with the garlic powder and soy sauce in a small bowl. Set aside to marinate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Drain the water chestnuts, discarding the soy sauce. Place a pineapple chunk in the center of each piece of bacon, then place a water chestnut on top of that. Fold the ends of the bacon over the water chestnut, and secure with a toothpick. Repeat with the remaining bacon, ineapple and water chestnuts. Gently toss the bacon-wrapped chestnuts with brown sugar in a bowl, and then place onto the prepared baking sheet.
Bake 25 minutes, then turn the pieces over and continue baking 15 to 35 minutes longer until the bacon has cooked to your desired degree of doneness. Briefly drain on a paper towel-lined plate and serve hot.
Source: www.allrecipes.com
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Open Source and Mozy: The Debut of Mozy Code
The popularity of Mozy online backup confronts our developers with intense engineering challenges. Consider the scale that Mozy handles:
- More than 1 million total customers
- 60,000+ business customers
- 50+ petabytes (or 50+ million gigabytes, if you prefer) of data
- Customer data stored in multiple data centers around the globe
These numbers increase every day, relentlessly pressing us to keep refining Mozy's storage infrastructure for faster throughput and more efficient storage.
Five years ago, Mozy was an aspiring startup with a vision for an affordable way to make data loss a thing of the past. We could not have achieved this goal without the availability of high-quality, freely available, open source software. We have relied upon, and contributed to, numerous free software projects to build the Mozy business.
Today, we step beyond simply contributing to existing projects with the public debut of Mozy Code. Mozy Code's roots began with an internal program for fostering innovation among Mozy engineers called Mozy Labs, started in 2009. It soon became apparent that some of these internal projects could be of value to developers outside of Mozy for use in their own endeavors. For that reason, we have begun to identify some of our most promising and useful innovations, to make them available as Mozy-lead free software projects.
With Mozy Labs' debut, we introduce two projects focused on high-speed I/O operations:
- Mordor
Mordor is an I/O library based on fibers that allows you to focus on performing a logical task, instead of how to make that task conform to a specific threading/event model. It provides lightweight, easy-to-use abstractions for complex concepts, while still providing superior flexibility. It can be used to build high performance network servers or simple data processing applications.
- Ruby Protocol Buffers
Originally created by Google, Ruby Protocol Buffers provides a way to encode structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. This library is optimized for rapid encoding and decoding, enabling high-performance communication between Ruby and C++ systems.
You can find out more about these first two projects on the Mozy Code website. Keep an eye out for future projects as we grow our list of projects.


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By Rob Kelly
Conor Henderson is eager to prove his fitness for Arsenal Under-21s over the coming weeks - with the prospect of a loan move on the agenda.
The midfielder endured a difficult 2011/12 campaign, missing eight months with a cruciate knee ligament injury before sustaining another minor knee problem soon after his comeback.
But the 20-year-old enjoyed a fruitful pre-season and scored twice for the under-21s in their 3-1 victory over Bolton at Emirates Stadium on Monday night.
"It was frustrating last year because obviously I got injured in pre-season with the first team, and that took eight months to come back from," Henderson told Arsenal.com.
"Then I returned and played a few times for the reserves, before tweaking my cartilage in training and that ruled me out for the rest of the season.
"I only started playing again this pre-season. I had a few Arsenal XI games, and now I feel like I am getting back to full fitness."
Henderson worked tirelessly throughout the summer to consign his injury problems to the past, and he is optimistic about what the new season may hold for him.
"I had a few weeks off, but I was basically in throughout the summer making sure my knee was right and I was on schedule for my comeback," he said. "I knew as soon as I came back for pre-season that I didn't want to rush things.
"It is important for me to get games this season. I think the plan for me now is to go out on loan, get some first-team experience and see where I go from there.
"A few clubs are asking about me but I think they want to see I am match fit before they take me, so hopefully I can have a few more games for the under-21s and do that."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Sixty four years ago, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and the controversy over the decision continues to rage in America. There is no question of the vast support for the Truman decision among those who were alive in 1945, but young Americans today quite frequently believe it was an act of immorality. A problem in posing the question to younger Americans is the reality few have any knowledge of World War II, let alone military concerns in the summer of 1945.
It is difficult for those who were not alive in 1945 to grasp the situation in America as its leaders prepared to drop the atomic bomb. During previous months, American forces had suffered high casualties in taking the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In the battle of Okinawa US forces suffered thousands of deaths including five thousand killed and wounded in the new Kamikaze suicide bomb attacks on ships. General Marshall, who was the brilliant head of the US army estimated there would be over a hundred thousand dead and wounded if American and British troops invaded the Japanese mainland.
We now know due to release of Japanese Cabinet meeting sessions that General Anami and the Japanese army actually believed they could defeat an Allied invasion of their nation and were ready to fight to the death despite dropping of the first atomic bomb. They had over 5,000 Kamikaze planes and at least three million soldiers prepared to die on the beaches. The assumption of the Japanese army was a defeat of the invasion would compel America and Great Britain to agree on an armistice. We now know that Japanese officers attempted to intercept the Emperor's message of surrender and even killed guards at the Imperial Palace in their effort to thwart any message of surrender.
The reality is Japan behaved in a barbarous manner during World War II killing over four million Chinese including the rape and massacre of thousands in the city of Nanking. The Japanese killed 10,000 American and Filipino soldiers who had surrendered in the Philippines. They killed thousands of British POWs. There was no love or concern for the people of Japan in 1945 due to these actions. The bottom line is that the Allies offered an opportunity for Japan to surrender prior to dropping of the atomic bomb and it was rejected.
No American president could have done other than what Harry Truman did in August, 1945 but to order the dropping of the atomic bomb. In reality, that decision although killing two hundred thousand Japanese people also saved the lives of millions of Japanese. The Japanese army was prepared to have millions of their own people die in the cause of fighting to protect their "honor" as warriors.
War is hell and the innocent die because of armies which fight for honor and glory. Unfortunately, the Japanese people had no say in whether to continue fighting. Most probably, most actually believed they were winning so why surrender? Japanese naval leaders knew it was hopeless but until the Emperor made the decision to surrender there was no group that could accept defeat. Harry Truman concluded that peace could only be attained by use of the bomb. Historical documents now prove he made the right decision. If you doubt what I write, please read meetings of the Japanese Cabinet after the Hiroshima bomb was dropped.


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Certain medical conditions may complicate a pregnancy. However, with proper medical care, most women can enjoy a healthy pregnancy, despite their medical challenges. Some of the more common medical conditions that potentially complicate a pregnancy include:
About one in every 100 women of childbearing age has diabetes.
In addition, 2 to 3 percent of women develop diabetes during pregnancy, called gestational diabetes.
Diabetes is a condition where sufficient amounts of insulin are either not produced or the body is unable to use the insulin that is produced. Insulin is the hormone that allows glucose to enter the cells of the body to provide fuel. When glucose cannot enter the cells, it builds up in the blood and the body's cells literally starve to death.
Diabetes in pregnancy can have serious consequences for the mother and the growing fetus. The severity of problems often depends on the degree of the mother's diabetic disease, especially if she has vascular (blood vessel) complications and poor blood glucose control. Diabetes that occurs in pregnancy is described as:
Gestational diabetes is a condition in which the glucose level is elevated and other diabetic symptoms appear during pregnancy in a woman who has not previously been diagnosed with diabetes. In most cases, all diabetic symptoms disappear following delivery.
Unlike pre-existing type I diabetes, gestational diabetes is not caused by a lack of insulin, but by blocking effects of other hormones on the insulin that is produced, a condition referred to as insulin resistance.
Although the cause of gestational diabetes is not known, there are some theories as to why the condition occurs.
The placenta supplies a growing fetus with nutrients and water, as well as produces a variety of hormones to maintain the pregnancy. Some of these hormones (estrogen, cortisol, and human placental lactogen) can have a blocking effect on insulin, which usually begins about 20 to 24 weeks into the pregnancy.
As the placenta grows, more of these hormones are produced and insulin resistance becomes greater. Normally, the pancreas is able to make additional insulin to overcome insulin resistance, but when the production of insulin is not enough to overcome the effect of the placental hormones, gestational diabetes results.
Although any woman may develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, some of the factors that may increase risk are:
Although increased glucose in the urine is often included in the list of risk factors, it is not believed to be a reliable indicator for gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes is diagnosed with a glucose screening test, which, generally, involves drinking a glucose drink followed by measurement of glucose levels after a one-hour interval.
If this test shows a blood sugar above a certain level, another test will be performed after a few days of following a special diet. The second test also involves drinking a glucose drink, and results are measured at three-hour intervals.
If results of the second test are in the abnormal range, gestational diabetes is diagnosed.
Specific treatment for gestational diabetes will be determined by your physician based on:
Treatment for gestational diabetes focuses on keeping blood glucose levels in the normal range. Treatment may include:
Unlike type 1 diabetes, gestational diabetes generally does not cause birth defects. Birth defects usually originate sometime during the first trimester of pregnancy. They are more likely in women with pre-existing diabetes, who may have changes in blood glucose during that time. Women with gestational diabetes generally have normal blood sugar levels during the critical first trimester.
The complications of gestational diabetes are usually manageable and preventable. The key to prevention is careful control of blood sugar levels just as soon as the diagnosis of gestational diabetes is made.
Infants of mothers with gestational diabetes are vulnerable to several chemical imbalances, such as low serum calcium and low serum magnesium levels, but, in general, the major problems of gestational diabetes include the following:
High blood pressure can occur in pregnancy in two forms. It may be a pre-existing condition, called chronic hypertension, or it can develop during pregnancy - a condition called pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). It is also called toxemia or preeclampsia. PIH occurs most often in young women with a first pregnancy. It is more common in twin pregnancies, and in women who had PIH in a previous pregnancy.
High blood pressure can lead to placental complications and slowed fetal growth. If untreated, severe hypertension may cause dangerous seizures and even death in the mother and fetus.
Women with mild PIH may need bedrest. Moderate or severe PIH usually requires hospitalization and medications.
Women with high blood pressure often need to continue taking their antihypertensive medication. Your physician may switch you to a safer antihypertensive medication during pregnancy.
Kidney function tests and ultrasounds are often performed more frequently on pregnant women with high blood pressure to monitor the mother's health and fetal growth and development.
Infections during pregnancy can pose a threat to the fetus. Even a simple urinary tract infection, which is common during pregnancy, should be treated immediately. An infection that goes untreated can lead to premature labor and rupture of the membranes surrounding the fetus. Some infectious diseases include:
Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a single-celled parasite named Toxoplasma gondii. Although many people may have Toxoplasma infection, very few have symptoms because the immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness. Babies who became infected before birth can be born with serious mental or physical problems.
Toxoplasmosis often causes flu-like symptoms, swollen lymph glands or muscle aches and pains that last for a few days to several weeks. Mothers can be tested to see if they have developed an antibody to the illness. Fetal testing may include ultrasound, and/or testing of amniotic fluid or cord blood. Treatment may include antibiotics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the following measures to help prevent toxoplasmosis infection:
A pregnant woman should avoid eating undercooked or raw foods because of the risk of food poisoning. Food poisoning can dehydrate a mother and deprive the fetus of nourishment. In addition, food poisoning can cause meningitis and pneumonia in a fetus, resulting in possible death. Tips for preventing food poisoning include:
Iinfections such as chlamydia may be associated with premature labor and rupture of the membranes.
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, resulting in liver cell damage and destruction. Five main types of the hepatitis virus have been identified. The most common type that occurs in pregnancy is hepatitis B (HBV). This type of hepatitis spreads mainly through contaminated blood and blood products, sexual contact, and contaminated intravenous needles. Although HBV resolves in most people, about 10 percent will have chronic HBV. Hepatitis B virus can lead to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. Infected pregnant women can transmit the virus to the fetus during pregnancy and at delivery. The later in pregnancy a mother contracts the virus, the greater the chance for infection in her baby.
Signs and symptoms of HBV include jaundice (yellowing of skin, eyes, and mucous membranes), fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, intermittent nausea, and vomiting. A blood test for hepatitis B is part of routine prenatal testing. HBV positive mothers may receive a drug called hepatitis B immune globulin. Infants of HBV positive mothers should receive hepatitis B immune globulin and the hepatitis B vaccine in the first 12 hours of birth. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all babies receive a total of three doses of hepatitis B vaccine to be fully protected against hepatitis B infection.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
A woman with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), if untreated, has a one in four chance of infecting her fetus. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which kills or impairs cells of the immune system and progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. The term AIDS applies to the most advanced stages of an HIV infection.
HIV is spread most commonly by sexual contact with an infected partner. HIV may also be spread through contact with infected blood, especially by sharing needles, syringes, or drug use equipment with someone who is infected with the virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, or by breastfeeding has accounted for 91 percent of all AIDS cases reported among US children.
Some people may develop a flu-like illness within a month or two after exposure to the HIV virus, although many people do not develop any symptoms at all when they first become infected. Persistent or severe symptoms may not surface for 10 years or more, after HIV first enters the body in adults, or within two years in children born with an HIV infection.
The National Institutes of Medicine, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other health organizations recommend HIV testing of all pregnant women. Prenatal care that includes HIV counseling, testing and treatment for infected mothers and their children saves lives and resources. Current recommendations are for HIV positive women to take a number of drugs during pregnancy and during labor. Blood tests are also performed to check the amount of virus. Newborn babies of HIV positive mothers also receive medication for the first 6 weeks of life. Studies have found this can reduce the chance of a mother's transmission of HIV to the baby from 25 percent to 8 percent.
Cesarean delivery may be recommended for HIV positive women. This may help reduce the transmission of the virus to the baby. Because breast milk contains the virus, HIV positive women should not breastfeed their babies.
Genital herpes can be spread to the baby during delivery, if a woman has an active infection at that time. Herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Herpes infections can cause blisters and ulcers on the mouth or face (oral herpes), or in the genital area (genital herpes). HSV is a life-long infection.
Symptoms of HSV may include painful blisters or open sores in the genital area, which may be preceded by a tingling or burning sensation in the legs, buttocks, or genital region. The herpes sores usually disappear within a few weeks, but the virus remains in the body and the lesions may recur from time to time.
It is important that women avoid contracting herpes during pregnancy, because a first episode during pregnancy creates a greater risk of transmission to the newborn. Women may be treated with an antiviral medication such as acyclovir if the disease is severe. Genital herpes can cause potentially fatal infections in babies if the mother has active genital herpes (shedding the virus for the first time) at the time of delivery. Cesarean delivery is usually recommended for active genital herpes. Fortunately, infection of an infant is rare among women with genital herpes infection.
Protection from genital herpes includes abstaining from sex when symptoms are present, and using latex condoms between outbreaks.


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WSJ op-ed falsely claims Rasmussen "never worked for any political party" or candidate
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The Wall Street Journal published a January 14 op-ed by pollsters and Fox News contributors Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen which falsely claimed that pollster Scott Rasmussen "has never worked for any political party" or "consulted with any candidates seeking elective office," and defended Fox News from alleged White House "attempt[s] to silence" it. In fact, according to the Center for Public Integrity, the Republican National Committee and President Bush's re-election campaign were clients of Scott Rasmussen Inc. in 2003 and 2004; moreover, The Wall Street Journal failed to identify Caddell and Schoen as Fox News contributors, despite their defense of the network.
Caddell and Schoen falsely claim Rasmussen "has never worked for any political party" or "consulted with any candidates seeking elective office"
In their op-ed, which stated that Rasmussen "has been the target of increasingly virulent attacks from left-wing bloggers seeking to undermine his credibility, and thus muffle his findings," Caddell and Schoen wrote:
Mr. Rasmussen, who is avowedly not part of the Beltway crowd in Washington, has been willing to take on issues like ethics and corruption in ways no other pollsters have been able to do. He was also one of the first pollsters to stress people's real fear of the growing size of government, the size of the deficit, and the concern about spending at a time when these issues were not really on Washington's radar screen.
The reaction against him has been strident and harsh. He's been called an adjunct of the Republican Party when in fact he has never worked for any political party. Nor has he consulted with any candidates seeking elective office.
Rasmussen reportedly worked for RNC, Bush
Clients reportedly paid Rasmussen $141,000. As ThinkProgress has noted, according to the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity, Rasmussen received $45,500 from President Bush's re-election campaign in 2004 for "survey research," as well as $95,500 from the Republican National Committee in 2003 and 2004 for "survey cost," "voter data," and "survey."
Wall Street Journal does not disclose Caddell and Schoen's ties to Fox News
Caddell and Schoen claim White House engaged in "unprecedented attempt to silence" Fox News, which is "chilling to the free exercise of democracy." From their January 14 Wall Street Journal op-ed:
The attacks on Rasmussen and Gallup follow an effort by the White House to wage war on Fox News and to brand it, as former White House Director of Communications Anita Dunn did, as "not a real news organization." The move backfired; in time, other news organizations rallied around Fox News. But the message was clear: criticize the White House at your peril.
As pollsters for two Democratic presidents who served before Barack Obama, we view this unprecedented attempt to silence the media and to attack the credibility of unpopular polling as chilling to the free exercise of democracy.
Wall Street Journal does not disclose Caddell and Schoen's ties to Fox News. Both Caddell and Schoen are Fox News contributors and make regular appearances on the network. Despite their defense of Fox News from what they viewed as "chilling" attacks from the White House, The Wall Street Journal identified Caddell as having once been "a pollster for President Jimmy Carter," and Schoen has having served as a "pollster for President Bill Clinton." At no point were either man's ties to Fox News disclosed.
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Young goalkeeper James Shea has been recalled from his loan spell at Dagenham & Redbridge.
James joined the League Two outfit on a season-long loan at the start of the 2011/12 campaign, but has found his first-team chances at Victoria Road limited to just four appearances.
The Islington-born keeper will be best remembered for his heroics in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy clash at Leyton Orient, where he made the crucial penalty save in the Daggers' epic 14-13 penalty shootout victory.
His last appearance for John Still's side came on Saturday in the FA Cup, as he helped earn the team a replay against League One side Walsall following a 1-1 draw.
Last season, James spent a short time on loan at Southampton before being recalled to provide valuable first-team back-up to Wojciech Szczesny - he was named on the bench seven times during the 2010/11 season, including twice in the Premier League.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Hi, im looking for the best kit, i what something accurate.
Is there some kit awaiable with working trigger ect?
Please LMK
I know a guy in the Isle of Man (UK) that has an awesome resin kit, but not with working trigger!!!!
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depends on how much yer willin to spend.
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I just found out that the Webslingers kits are no longer available. Please PM me with the name / email of someone that is producing a kit comparable to the old standby.
A resin kit with a working trigger? As we all know, Boba only fired his Webley once or twice at Luke in ESB and then confronting Luke, in ROTJ, he launched himself from the sail barge to attack, only to be immediately disarmed, his blaster sliced in half by Luke's Saber, not one shot in the whole film from the Webley (well he did shoot a little, except it was his laser drill on his gauntlet, but like most stormtroopers, a very bad shot?, he then gets piked by Han, blind and backwards and behind him... and dies in the giant Vagin...oops, I mean the Sarlaac Pit.
The amount of effort to create such working feature, might as well buy a real Webley if you can find one. There is a kit coming from the UK for a Webley, I believe they are about to make the moulds. I can suggest they make a custom for you...I imagine there would be an increase in price.
You can visit their site at ... http://sci-fi-props.tripod.com/id1.html
2 e-mail addresses... firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com
Simon and Pete are the guys I talk too, very friendly and they might be able to pull off a request like this. Frank is the guy that makes the stuff, but we have not spoken. They sell stuff on ebay under frank-n-son ID and they have a 100% rating.
Good luck.
Link dont work :rolleyes
I recentally bought a couple of the GA kits. They are resin. They wen't the greatest casts but with a little work they look good now. I got them cheap so it was worth it.
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There's a lot of evidence that rather than heading towards a post-racial society, racial gaps in the US are actually widening - in wealth, in test scores, and in organ donation. And recent studies have shown that white supremacy extends to whose life is and is not extended by organ donation (80% of which are kidney donations). According to the Madison Capital Times:
"There is an increasing gap between African-Americans and white patients," says nephrologist Byran Becker "Our health care system is heading the wrong way, and we should think of how to change that."..
A Capital Times analysis of data compiled by state and federal health agencies, private researchers, and the United Network for Organ Sharing, the organization that oversees this country's organ donations, found disparities at every step of the transplant process, from the prevalence of diseases leading to renal failure to the numbers of donors and recipients to death rates.
To begin with, African-Americans are several times more likely to develop diseases like hypertension and diabetes that lead to kidney failure, according to countless studies. New research suggests this group is hit hard in part because of a genetic predisposition to the disorders; many African-Americans also lack the regular access to decent health care that can keep such conditions under control.
African-Americans also make up a disproportionate share of the 354,000 people in this country - including 5,000 in Wisconsin - who need to go on dialysis. While only 13 percent of the country's population, blacks make up 40 percent of those on dialysis and a third of patients waiting for a renal transplant. Some of them will need to wait a long time. According to UNOS data, 39 percent of African-American patients who registered for a transplant seven years ago are still waiting or have died, nearly twice the proportion of white patients who suffered those fates.Our health care system is deeply fucked up; it's kyriarchal on just about every axis imaginable. This is one more indication that the medical industry values some lives more than others, and that ours is not a post-racial society.


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Storyteller to bring three dark tales to life in Salem
By ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent | November 17. 2013 7:07PM
Next Thursday night, Nov. 21, Rita Parisi of Waterfall Productions will be presenting the "Gothic Ghost Tales by Candlelight" theatrical storytelling experience at the Kelley Library at 7 p.m.
The stories have been adapted to a more theatrical mode, where Parisi plays a character telling the stories.
In keeping with the theatrical feel, Parisi also uses costumes, lighting and backdrops to heighten the ghostly feel of the tales.
"These are really good stories, and people like to see really good stories that are well told," Parisi said. "People really love the staging, but these stories are really the cream of the crop."
"In their ghost stories, they have probed the possibility of other dimensions in time and human consciousness," said Parisi. "They've mixed old-fashion ghosts and science fiction to create the modern ghost story."
The popularity of a production she did on 19th-century New England Gothic author Sarah Orne Jewett led her to develop more programs based on Gothic literature and ghost stories.
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So this might seem like a stupid question, but how do you insert trees in your render?
Du you just place your .png or .tif in the model and render or is there another approach?
RPC trees are good for still renderings.
You can buy them or make your own with a RPC creator from Archvision.
In reply to Yrjo Ala-Heikkila:
you can use google warehouse model or other 3 d model but there's increase render time
by the way to the Trees topic > ther's Unreal game development kit http://developer.nvidia.com/object/udk.html and install with SpeedTree modeler and you can export tree to microstation by obj
there are few commercial application that generate highly realistic trees - Speedtree, Onyx Tree, Bionatics. All of them can export generated geometry as 3DS or OBJ, which can be then used in MS as pre-textured models
there are also lots of polygonal models of trees available for free on the net. RPC trees are OK, unless you make rendering from the top, or you need to make some pictures with detailed tree geometry
In reply to Peter Tegza:
I feel that as an architect I'm wasting my time modelling trees and plants instead of making my building look better, wouldn't the modo community be a good place to lever out this sort of "organic" modelling? Of course this would require us being able to reference thier file type...
In reply to Robert Jones:
Personaly I take 2d / rpc trees for projects with a tight deadline. For projects where I can spent more time or for animations I prefer 3D models. You can find a lot of high quality models here. Place them as shared cells, this decreases the render time and increases the stability of you're model.
In reply to Louis van Amerongen:
Yeah... personnally I'm err.. petrified... of high poly trees, my PC barely copes with rendering the building...
Here is something I'm trying to develop using simple shapes and the fur material...
That looks very good Robert.
Have you ever tried to place a high poly tree as a shared cell and use copy's for the other trees in you're project? If you put fast cells on the model stays very workable, even on a lower-end-computer. Rendering goes also very fast since the Luxology engine handles the cells as instances.
In the testrender shown below, I've used a model with 50 high poly trees on a computer with 4 Gb Ram. (1024x768 - Exterior good - Rendred in 7 minutes on a Core2Quad)
How do you convert the models from XFROG to Microstation?
In reply to Jacques Jacobs:
This is what I'm trying to do, but I see our flex, root bend doesn't accept negative values, and a few other options like map for root bend and direction are disabled. So fur cannot grow away from gravity...
GC here I come...
why do you use fur for trees? for this one I use about 1200 high res trees
And this one with fur.
In reply to Christiaan Post:
Hello Dalsgaard,
with image-based trees you will never get professional output.
You need real 3d models of trees and carefuly seup their materials.
There is a lot of complex tree models that you can buy. Unfortunately
most of them are in format not supported by Microstation. Check Evermotion
for example. They produce their trees in various file formats (obj. is supported
by MS).
When you have your trees ready use them as instances with random scale and rotation.
Now you can get nice images even aerial views.
In reply to joech:
Ooops.. Screen 3 is a wrong image of course. Here is the right one.
Unfortunately not. It is completely modeled i Microstation except cars and trees.
Then it is exported and rendered in different software and postprocessed in Photoshop.
I have wanted to describe basic principle of rendering nice looking trees.
I believe similar output can be achivede wit Luxology. I `m trying to change my workflow
to MS/Luxology but it will take some time...
Jozef, great images verry nice (realistic) trees...
Thanks Louis.
Try XFROG standalone application to control the polygon counts of the tree you want, then export it to 3D Studio Max to retain its mesh and mapping properties, then import it in Microstation. It works pretty well for me. Buy the program and any species library you want, throw them in the program and modifiy it. Check out http://www.xfrogdownloads.com/greenwebNew/products/productStart.htm. The program isn't user friendly but follow the tutorials and you will only need to know the basics to adjust the polygons on trunk, limb, branches and leaves. Good luck.
In reply to Tony Fowler:
I have been playing with some of the sample .obj files from the site recommended below - very nice, but how do you get them textured up?
In reply to rklaschka:
Yes. There is no way to texture imported obj models...
Try 3ds. In 3ds I am able to select parts of model and texture it.
You have to set texture units to "surface" and mapping to "parametric".
Yesterday I was short of time so I have imported only simple model from vol.69.
Today I was trying to import some complex tree and I found it is not possible...
When I want to export complex tree from Max to 3ds it says "too many faces (more than 64K) to export"...
3Ds format can not handle such complex geometry. Now I now why there are not 3ds format
models in many Evermotion collections...
I use Max for rendering so i didn`t know it would be so hard to import nice tree to Microstation...
Support of Autodesk FBX format by Microstation would solve the problem. FBX can handle such complex
models and preserves material coordinates.
Are there any plans to support FBX format Bentley?
I could import the free example BL02_Betula_lenta_sweet_birch (3.86MB) from XFROG into Microstation with following workflow:
- open the .3ds and save as .dgn
- convert the leafs pattern from .tiff to .png and give them a transparent background
BTW I´m using the same procedure with .obj files from Abaro (free tool from Sourceforge)
what impact do these trees have on a smooth rendered modes?
I often need to push out a flythrough at the last minute and a smooth rendered animation is my best bet. Does dropping in a few hundred of these 3d trees not kill your PC?
Thats the reason I was looking for ridiculously low poly/geometry options.
What settings do you use for export Evermotion models to OBJ file..... I'm missing the materials
Hi Christiaan, forget obj format. With luxology beta3 you can export model
do Autodesk FBX format and then import it into Microstation.
Hit "Open" - choose display all file formats - select your exported
fbx file. In Material Editor you have to define where are pattern maps.
I have exported a small tree to FBX and then imported it to MS with no problem.
Then assigned materials and rendered. Here are some images.
The first two images are rendered in MS. Next two are images of original
model rendered in Max with VRay. By the way VRay is much faster...
Jozef Prievoznik:
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Support of Autodesk FBX format by Microstation would solve the problem. FBX can handle such complex
models and preserves material coordinates.
Are there any plans to support FBX format Bentley?
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Support of Autodesk FBX format by Microstation would solve the problem. FBX can handle such complex
latest Luxology update adds FBX support. although only geometry is supported, no textures / cameras / lights.
Yes it is true Peter, but for now it is important that at least texture mapping soordinates are handled with fbx file
and we are able to reproduce materials in Microstation.
You can use any texture and set "parametric" mapping mode.
In reply to GregC:
I've managed to get some of the trees from Xfrog as FBX, textured them up and they render beautifully on their own, so thankful I found this thread as its single handedly quadrupled my tree library in a matter of minutes.
My question now would be what's the best way to use these new found assets in a model.
For example I have a scene that I used to just photoshop trees into in the past.
I've referenced a tree in and it looks great (sure they take a while to render but hey) but now I need to have six more in the scene.
If I duplicate the reference file of the single tree and rotate/scale will Luxology see the tree as just one instance and render it quicker or should I just use a separate reference file with 6 trees within it and pull them in that way?
Or is there another way to get around this - Perhaps creating the tree as a cell (I did try this but I seem to lose all material attachments and I'm not clued up enough about palettes and how materials follow each other around to sort it out :-)
Keep up the good work guys your advice has already helped me improve 200% :-)
In reply to RobertHall:
these are xfrog trees:
In reply to KurtS:
Robert, if I recall correct MicroStation don't consider references as a single instance. So using references is a killer for rendering unfortunatley.
For best performance add them as cells (scale should work, I guess)
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In reply to Daniel Jarlestig:
We have been experimenting with Xfrog stuff. Brought in from OBJ and the saved as cells.
I rendered a 3000x2000px exterior better shot with long fur grass as the base and 130 trees as shared cells in 1 hour 15 minutes.
Also recently spoken to Stewart McSherry of Xfrog and put him in touch with Jerry. I brought him up to date on MS and Luxo which he wasn't aware of. He is keen to release Xfrog tree and plant libraries as MS cell libraries, possibly with Jerry's help.
The more requests they get the higher up the list we will be. So if this interests you then get in touch with him.
Download free 3d plant and tree models from each of the 30 XfrogPlants libraries!
Xfrog is a fantastic tree creator and can be directly used in program's like Maya (As a plugin). I wish MicroStation could be compatible with a program like this.
Hi guys, Having tried both my own RPC-trees (lighting is horrible), "real"-rpc trees (also odd-looking) fur-billboard-trees (oh the horror, my eyes.. my eyes.. they bleed), I really want to try 3D trees! I have the xfrog trials, and I can make a DGN. I can even make a DGN with "cells"...
BUT, how do you make the cells keep the materials?
Has anyone got a guide for making a cell library with materials that just works?
(Babble: I can see my materials on the cells in the DGN when I make the multimodel DGN, but they are lost when reopening or using the cell. The materials are visible but not rendered if its through a reference file)
System: Win7 64bit 16GB Ram - microStation V8i SS3 08.11.09.578. + PoinTools CONNECT. - Intel i7-4800MQ email@example.com, 4 core / 8 Logic proc.
In reply to Torben:
Hi Torben,
You're problem looks familiar to me. I've got the following workflow with this kind of trees.
In the tree dgn file be sure you attach (certainly not assign) you're materials. In theory the trees should keep their materials already. If not like at the project I had last, try the following:
-Open the models dialog and import the tree model from the dgn file. Look if the materials are still attached;-If not add the materials on the location of the MS_PATTERN variable or in the same directory of the dgn file.
Now attach the model in the cell library and the materials should stay.
By the way, does the import palette window work for you at this file?
I hope this works.
Hi Louis, thanks for your advice. I´ll give it a spin once I get the time.. For the moment I have to settle for RPCs (I think)
The palette import STOPPED working! Right after I succefully imported a DGN to a model!
A Reboot has not gotten it back to a working state again!?!
I have used the import palette function all the time to get materials from other DGNs!?
Why oh why did it stop working!!
This is what I do:
Form the material editor -> Palette -> Open ..
The palette Open window does NOT allow me to browse!
Works ok in 119
for years, with very good results I use 3D models of trees from VBvisual. In addition to commonly used formats such as 3D Max, Maxwell Render, AutoCAD, there is a special edition for use in Microstation! Look at: www.vbvisual.com/index.php
You can find in their gallery some visualizations prepared for Fosters and Partners using these models. This is the best recommendation I think.
In reply to Greg:
onyx tree test, SS3:
I've downloaded some of the X frog trees and have had similar problems getting them into MS as cells and keeping materials etc. It seems that a few people have been through the pain barrier with this and have managed to create working cell libraries. Is there anyone willing to share these? (or perhaps they are already available somewhere here?)
Thanks in advance
Ignore the above - Just installed Series 3 and they're all there out of the box - Thanks
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Six Degrees
"Alarmism" is a term that gets bandied about a lot. It is often said that one should not call out "fire" in a crowded building. But it really depends, one might say, on whether the "calling out" is done in such a way as to simultaneously prevent a stampede and prevent anyone getting burned.
This riddle was very much on my mind as I sat down to write my thoughts on Mark Lynas's book, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (London: Fourth Estate, 2007). I don't read much popular science literature, and I doubt I would have read this book if I hadn't made the mistake of referring to it (in a negative manner) in the comments section of a RealClimate post. I don't think my error was very grave. What I actually said was that if what I had heard about the book from the press materials were true, then the book was probably alarmist and not worth reading. But I don't blame the author for asking me to read the book and see for myself. He said that the press (in this case Sunday Times (London)) had misconstrued what he says in the book, and he assured me that is was all based on very careful review of the scientific literature. I was thus both curious and obligated to read the book.
Mark Lynas will no doubt be pleased that I very much like the book. To be sure, it is alarming, but the question of whether it is alarmist is a more difficult one, and I don't think the answer lies in debating the book. Rather, it lies in looking closely at the underlying science the book builds on. I don't intend to do that here, but I do think that all climate scientists (particularly those that talk to the public) ought to read this book, and ask themselves a question. I'll get to that question at the end, after saying a bit more about the book.
Six Degrees, as the title suggests, is comprised of six main chapters (plus an introduction and a conclusion). Each of the main chapters examine what the earth might look like as we raise the planet's temperature by 1o, 2o, etc. degrees Celsius, based on what the scientific literature has to say about it. Laying out the book this way makes for a good logical progression of ideas, and a fair bit of suspense. Very few people, Lynas says, have got "the slightest idea what two, four or six degrees of average warming actually means in reality, and I'm sure he is right.
In Chapter 1, at 1o, we have predictions of, for example, an annually ice free Arctic ocean. Yes, quite plausible and supported by the literature, and perhaps occurring a little sooner than expected. At 2o, we have, "so whilst southern China can expect more flooding as the two-degree line is approached, the oceanic time lag means that it may take much longer for the rain-bearing summer monsoon to reach the drought-stricken north." Yes, certainly plausible based on the studies Lynas cites. At 4o, we have "with global sea levels half a meter or more above current levels, [the Egyptian city of] Alexandria's long lifespan will be drawing to a close. Even in today's climate, a substantial part of the city lies below sea level, and by the latter part of this century a terminal inundation will have begun. … a rise in sea levels of 50 cm would displace 1.5 million people and cause $35 billion of damage." Alarmist? Hardly. A 50 cm rise in sea level, is well within the conservative IPCC projections, even for temperature rises less than four degrees.
At 5o and 6o, the book really does start to sound alarmist, with the analogy to Dante's Inferno – used to good literary effect throughout the book – coming very much to the fore. At five degrees, we have "an entirely new planet is coming into being – one largely unrecognizable from the Earth we know today. At six degrees, "… the pump is primed … not for flourishing palm trees in Alaska, but for the worst of all earthly outcomes: mass extinction."
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Early design guidance meeting set for May 1 for 3211 California Ave. 63 unit apartment project
Right on the heels of the approval of the 3 building apartment/retail complex at 3210 California Ave. S.W. comes the first early design review meeting for a a five-story structure containing 63 residential units, 4 live-work units and 2,400 sq. ft. of retail at street level. Parking for 63 vehicles to be provided below grade. Existing structures at 3211, 3219 and 3221 California Ave SW to be demolished. NK architects are the designers for this project as well.
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: West Seattle Senior Center
4217 SW Oregon Street
Room: Hatten Hall
All meeting facilities are ADA compliant. Translators or interpreters provided upon request. Please contact the Public Resource Center (206-684-8467 or firstname.lastname@example.com) at least five business days prior to the meeting to request this service.
The Director will accept written comments to assist in the preparation of the early design guidance through May 1, 2014. You are invited to offer comments regarding important site planning and design issues, which you believe, should be addressed in the design for this project.
Comments and requests to be made party of record should be submitted to email@example.com or
City of Seattle – DPD – PRC
700 5th Avenue, Suite 2000
PO Box 34019
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An application for Design Review related to future development of this site has been submitted to the Department of Planning and Development (DPD). The first phase of Design Review includes the Early Design Guidance (EDG) meeting. At the Early Design Guidance meeting, the following occurs:
The applicants will present information about the site and vicinity as well as early massing design concepts.
The public may offer comments regarding the design of a development on the subject site.*
The Design Review Board will provide guidance and identify those Design Guidelines of highest priority for the design as it moves forward towards Master Use Permit (MUP) application.
Following the meeting, DPD will issue a written Early Design Guidance report summarizing the meeting. This report will be sent to those who signed in at the meeting or otherwise requested a copy.
*Please note that public comment at the EDG meeting is limited to design considerations. If environmental review is triggered, comments related to environmental impacts (such as traffic, parking, noise, etc.) may be sent to DPD following notice of that review.
This proposal may be viewed at our Design Review Program website at http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Design_Review_Program/Overview/. For more information regarding this application or the Design Review process, you may contact the Land Use Planner listed above, go to the Design Review Program website or visit our office at the address above. (We are open from 8 am to 4 pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 10:30 am to 4 pm Tuesday and Thursday.)
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Jude asks:
I use Incredimail as my e-mail program. My question is, is there a way to uninstall Outlook Express? I can't find a uninstall program for it. I use XP home.
Outlook Express is an email program that comes preinstalled with Windows XP. Not everyone likes Outlook Express, however, and they may choose to use another email program, such as Incredimail. The steps below will help you remove Outlook Express completely from your computer. This will seem like a lot of steps to go through, but I promise to walk you through them all.
Click the Start button and then click Control Panel to open the Control Panel window.
Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon in the first row. A list of programs installed on your computer will be listed.
Click Add/Remove Windows Components on the left side of the window.
The Windows Component Wizard dialog box opens. Find Outlook Express in the list, check the box next to it and then click the Next button.
Click the Finish button when the process is finished, and you will be taken back to the Control Panel window. Close this window.
The important files on your computer are automatically hidden to prevent you from editing them. For right now, we need to see these hidden files so we will unhide them.
Click Tools from the menu bar at the top and select Folder Options. Click the View tab and find Hidden files and folders in the Advanced Settings section. Click Show Hidden Files and Folders and then click OK.
Next, you need to rename the Outlook Express folders. To do this, click the Start button and then click My Computer.
Double-click Local Disk (C:)
Double-click the Program Files folder, the Common Files folder and the Microsoft Shared folder.
Right-click the Stationary folder and select Rename. Rename the file to old_ stationary.
Click the green Back button in the top left corner of the window three times. Double-click the Documents and Settings folder, your User folder and then the Application Data folder.
Right-click the Identities folder and select Rename. Rename the folder to old_identities.
Click the green Back button three times. Double-click the Program Files folder and then double-click the Outlook Express folder. Delete all of the files in this folder. Hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and click each file to highlight them. Right-click on any file and select Delete. Click Yes to confirm, and all of the files will delete. Make sure you do not delete the Outlook Express folder but only the files in the folder. Close the My Computer window.
Now, you need to delete the Outlook Express registry keys in the Windows Registry. Serious problems with your computer can occur if you modify the Windows registry incorrectly. You need to back up your registry before making any changes just in case something goes wrong. You can go here [8] for help with backing up your Windows Registry.
If you're concerned about tinkering around in the registry, the following tip, Navigating the Registry [9] , helps explain navigation and should ease your mind.
Click Start, Run and type regedit in the Open box and click OK.
When the Windows Registry opens, you will notice there are folders with + signs next to them on the left side. This is where we will be working.
Deleting the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
Click the + sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES to expand it. Click the + sign by Software to expand it.
Expand the Microsoft folder under Software and then right-click the Outlook Express folder and click Delete.
Do the same steps to remove the following Registry keys.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
Close the Windows Registry.
The last thing we need to do is rename Outlook Express files. Search for the files below and rename them to filename.old. For example, Msoeacct.dll should be renamed to Msoeacct.old.
Click Start and then click Search. Click All Files and Folders on the left side.
Type Msoeacct.dll in the All or part of the file name field and click Search.
Right-click the file and rename to Msoeacct.old. If you receive a response from Windows about file protection click Cancel. Click Yes, if you receive a prompt that Windows does not recognize the file.
Do the same for the following files.
That was a lot of steps, I know, but if you followed them correctly Outlook Express should now be completely removed from your computer. Hope you enjoyed this tip!
~Rita Wood


text: Memphis most likely got something under the table from the league for this trade, because it gives Stern and his minions along with the Media a Celtics - Lakers Finals. This is Stern's dream matchup until he can work it so that a NBA final is between a U.S. and European team. That will be his next goal. Enjoy the regular season while you can because the Finals match-up is set in cement.


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A late run by the Canisius women's basketball team wasn't enough as the Golden Griffins lost 57-49 at Marist College in the McCann Center on Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Griffins fall to 4-8 overall and 0-3 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Senior Jamie Ruttle led Canisius with 11 points, to go along with six rebounds. Sophomore Crystal Porter grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, posting a career high for the second straight game. Sophomore Tiahana Mills had eight points, five assists and four rebounds.
"I'm obviously disappointed that we lost, but I thought we had focus throughout the game and showed some guts to battle back," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "In the first half, we got a bunch of really good looks, but we just didn't make them. We didn't panic in the second half, even with the big deficit. We stayed true to our plan and the shots finally started falling, along with getting stops defensively, to give us a chance in the last couple of minutes."
Points came easily in the first portion of the game for both teams, with Ruttle scoring the first six points for Canisius and freshman Tamara Miskovic converting a layup to make it 9-8 just four minutes into the contest. Marist then held the Griffs to four points during the next nine-plus minutes as the Red Foxes built a double-digit lead. Canisius found a number of open looks but couldn't convert as the Griffs shot 23 percent in the first 20 minutes. Marist made four of its first seven 3-point attempts en route to making five 3-pointers in the first half and going up 35-19 at the break.
Neither team could get into any flow early in the second half, with Marist extending the lead to as many as 22 points. Canisius stayed in the game by holding Marist to 20 percent from the floor in the second half and just two field goals in the final 15 and a half minutes of the game.
The late run by Canisius started with back-to-back 3-pointers from junior Kayla Hoohuli to make it 51-37 with 4:38 left. The Griffs extended the run to 13 straight points, with a 3-pointer from Mills cutting the deficit to seven points with 2:51 left.
Marist pushed the lead back to nine, but Canisius went 3-for-4 from the free-throw line on its next two possessions to get within six at 53-47 with 1:51 remaining. The Griffs forced stops on their next two possessions, but came up empty on their own end with a missed 3-pointer followed by a turnover. Marist put the game away from the free-throw line in the final minute.
Three Marist players scored in double figures with Madeline Blais scoring a game-high 14 points. Emma O'Connor and Leanne Ockenden each added 12 points.
Marist (8-4, 2-0 MAAC) won its 33rd consecutive game against MAAC opponents and for the 67th time in its last 68 games against conference schools.
Canisius returns to the Koessler Athletic Center for two home games to start 2014, beginning with Friday night's game against Iona. Game time in the KAC is set for 7 p.m.
Notes: Marist defeated Canisius for the 11th consecutive meeting… Ruttle scored in double figures for a team-best ninth time this season and for the 53rd time in her career… Hoohuli extended her streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer to 12 games, the only player in the conference to make a 3-pointer in each game… Mills had five or more assists for the fifth time this season… Porter is the first Golden Griffin with double-digit boards in back-to-back games since Marie Warner had a streak of five straight games during the 2008-09 season… Senior Jen Lennox played in her 100th career game… Through three MAAC games, Canisius is out-shooting its opponents — 36.8 percent to 34.8 percent — but has committed 27 more turnovers.


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A restaurant's bottom line is often most influenced when an emotional connection is made with customers, according to a new casual-dining survey by customer research firm PeopleMetrics. In its study, PeopleMetrics evaluated customer engagement levels of recent diners of nearly a dozen national restaurant chains -- including Applebee's and Olive Garden -- combining traditional loyalty metrics with an emotional component. The result is that highly engaged customers are found to be loyal, go out of their way to do business with, say good things about, and feel passion for the brand and experience.
Comparing the customer engagement scores of 1,200 recent diners with the financial performance of publicly traded restaurant chains revealed a strong correlation. Restaurant chains with high customer-engagement scores far outperformed low-scoring counterparts, including an average gross margin of 29 percent compared to -12 percent, and earnings per share growth of 75 percent to -50 percent for lower-performing chains.
The study also considered what chains can do to build a more engaged customer base. "We found operators need to do a few things well to increase customer engagement," notes Kate Feather, executive vice president of PeopleMetrics. "They need to hire and retain employees who make the dining experience fun. But most important, restaurants who can quickly and effectively resolve customer concerns are the clear winners."


text: Disclaimer: I don't know anything about basketball. I'm just taking stuff from the interwebs and faking it. If you have a problem with my analysis, let me know and I'll add more pictures. The SlippyReport: Dubious sports writing with lots of pictures to make it more palatable. Entrentched as we are at the number six spot, its time we look at draft options and how they fit with the team. Pay no mind that our position could change redically or that guys will rise and fall as the college season progresses. Anyway, lets get on with it. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist When we were stinking up the Palace we could entertain Anthony Davis/ Andre Drummond man fantasies. Well guess what, we give it 100% every game even if the results is 3 quarters worth of basketball and now we've climbed two gigantic spots away from the bottom. Who could be available here? That's right MKG. Swishscout.com has a very good write up here: http://swishscout.com/?page_id=710 What's to like? Comparisons to Gerald Wallace. Imagine pairing 'new crash' with super collider. We'll shoot 2x the opponents free throws every night and almost as many as Dwayne Wade! All draft pundits agree that he's got the work ethic, the athleticism and defensive prowress. This screams Detroit basketball to me more than Austin Daye's repetative highlight video. He's also got that attitude to put in the work and win. We need to surround Knight and Monroe with that. Already the influence is being felt. We need more. What's not? We really need a PF/C to provide interior defense and shot blocking. Wallace is not coming back and while a shell of his old self, he's been making plays on the defensive end. Maxiell has stepped up but is only filler. The team shoots under 40% and has only one 3pt threat. We need shooting ability at the wing and shooting is MKG's chink in the armor so to speak. Still, shooting mechanics are easier to teach than work ethic and all prospects are expected to improve even is some don't. The bottom line: The pistons are bereft of talent and even an overload of SFs shouldn't deter Dumars from selecting this guy at number 6.


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As Manager of Academic Computing, Andrew McAllister currently manages the creative computing environment at OCADU, from student and faculty computing to leading innovative web development. Since 2003, he has blended IT expertise with art & design at OCAD University designing and building e-learning applications and supporting the digital enhancement of curriculum.
For over a decade, McAllister has strived to make human-computer interactions more intuitive, usable and user-centered. He previously worked as Manager of Web Design at Symantec Corporation, rolling out site-wide redesign campaigns and customized user-experiences for products and CRM projects, winning several Symantec IT awards along the way.
As a practicing artist, McAllister creates video, audio, interactive and photographic works, some of which have been funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council. McAllister's videos and photographs have been shown at the International Biennale of Contemporary Art (Prague), the CONTACT Festival of Photography (Toronto), the imagineNATIVE media arts + film festival (Toronto), Century Gallery (London) and Sis Boom Bah (Toronto) in Out and About, GARDENfresh (Chicago), Oxo Tower (London) in Response/Ability and at FotoFestival Naarden (Netherlands).
As a musician, McAllister has participated in the Toronto music scene since the 1990s, including the Wavelength Music series, running a small independent label, helping mix and master records for NECK, The Silt, Republic of Safety, and others. Currently, he is the singer/songwriter and guitarist for the critically-acclaimed Soft Copy.


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If you are a frequent flier or just a sometimes traveler, officials want your input on the proposed $1.8 billion facility that will replace the Salt Lake City International Airport.
Construction is set to begin in one year.
The new airport will be located just to the north and west of the existing terminals, said spokeswoman Barbara Gann, and will take eight to 10 years to complete. The main terminal should be completed in five years.
The existing facility will operate while the new one gets built.
"We are at the part of the process where we are about to start schematics," Gann said Monday. "We want to solicit information from travelers and residents to forward to our architects and engineers."
The airport's home page is located at www.slcairport.com. Click under "We need your best ideas" to give advice and input.
Click under "Terminal Development Program" to see plans for the proposed facility.
The Salt Lake City International Airport serves about 21 million passengers per year. The new airport will accommodate some 24 million annually, according to the proposal. The U-shaped concourses will be replaced by a linear design that has fewer gates but is more efficient.
A new three-story, 700,000-square-foot terminal will replace the 50-year-old Terminal 1, the 33-year-old Terminal 2, and the 15-year-old Terminal 3.
Airport construction will require no new taxes from residents, according to city officials. The debt will be born by airline fees, as well as passenger fees.
Information from travelers and others will help designers make the new facility more user-friendly and more efficient, Gann said.
"There is no idea that is too big or too small," she said. "We are anxious to hear what people have to say. Their experience is valuable."
Voice your advice
To comment on plans for the new $1.8 billion Salt Lake City airport, visit www.slcairport.com.


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Roger Baldwin,Founder of the ACLU: "We are for Socialism,disarmament and ultimately for abolishing the State itself...we seek the social ownership of property...and the sole control of those who produce wealth.Communism is the goal."
I used AlumaHyde II on a Baby Eagle and a Revolver....
It goes on VERY VERY THICK!!! I now Love my baby eagle even more because it wont rust anymore!!! and I have to get the revolver sandblasted and try something else (way too thick)


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This thread is dedicated to the full build of my 2008 Golf .:R36 6MT
Modifications are as follows:
Motor swap: 3.6L FSI VR6
Transmission Swap: 6-Speed Manual Transmission
Neuspeed RS07 Lightweight Forged wheels running Nitto Invos
HPA SHS Coils
HPA Haldex controller + switch
One-off Stoptech ST-40 BBK front
Custom 2-piece rear rotors with matching Brembo BBK rear
Custom manifold-back exhaust
UniBrace Interior Stress Brace
UniBrace Under Body Brace
HPA Hockey Puck
VF Engineering Motor mounts
Interior / Misc:
MKVI Golf R Euro Recaros: leather bolsters / Alcantara inserts
Knurled aluminium climate control knobs
Yellow FTP bulbs
DSG paddel extenders
DRLs OFF
Rain sensor ON
4Motion badge
Stainless steel rear scuff plate
IMS TUN3D euro front plate replacement
Gorilla gear rear mat with 4 Velcro blocks
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Full door dynamat, door skin, door frame, door cards
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'Star Wars' News: White House Nixes Death Star Plans
For whatever reason, 'Star Wars' fans petitioned the White House wanting the United States to make a Death Star. That the country our the government has no interest in making one is no surprise. But the Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget Paul Shawcross responded to the petition in the nerdiest way possible.


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Monday 31st October 2011
Football can frustrate, annoy, anger and disappoint at times. Then there are those occasions where the sheer joy, buzz and satisfaction simply cannot be equalled. Saturday afternoon provided one such moment.
Things have been improving this season week-on-week. We all know that. We also are well aware that although our two home wins over Sunderland and Stoke were hard-earned, deserved and satisfying, especially with the increasing pressure the start to our season had added, if we are to challenge for the top league places once again, they are fixtures you really must win.
Although some of our greatest Gooner memories come from matches at Stamford Bridge, even our most successful teams down the years have found it one of the toughest fixtures on the calendar. Consequently Saturday was being mooted as a test of how much we have progressed.
Despite our recent form, even the most optimistic among us admitted a draw would be an encouraging result come the final whistle.
Playing away to the top teams, you are always going to concede one or two chances of course. It is then that you need to rely on defending full of desire, your opponents having a bit of an off day in front of goal, great goalkeeping and that little bit of luck with aspects such as ricochets and officiating.
Our game on the other hand is all about passing, controlling, movement and creating chances. Consequently we all knew there was no way we would be going for anything other than a win. Saying that I don't ever remember us having so many good opportunities away at Chelsea in all the years we have been going there.
Much criticism has been aimed at both teams by the experts for their defensive displays on the day. There were mistakes by both teams of course but I also don't think it is just coincidence that you had a top Premier League clash where both teams went totally for the victory from minute one.
For any football fan the game must have provided incredible entertainment. Masses of desire, great football, chances, controversy and goals.
Much has been made of whether Chezz should have been sent off after his collision with the Chelsea left back and on another day he might have seen red. You could certainly argue however, that our own left back was fouled immediately before our hosts made it three apiece.
For me, whatever the overall analysis, the best team won on the day and that above all else is extremely satisfying.
With less than ten minutes to go, however, I couldn't help but feel we might be just about to see us go home empty-handed after all our efforts. Admittedly that would have been extremely difficult to take.
Then, almost out of nothing, RVP was through. Was the outcome ever in doubt? In his current form absolutely not and once again it went all a bit 'disco' in the away end.
Even then there were five long minutes plus what we all knew would be considerable 'injury' time to add. Would we shut up shop? Let's be honest we all knew that wouldn't be the case!
Winning the ball deep in our own half, the break was on and RVP found himself with half a chance. A split second later and the ball smashed into the same top corner of the net as famous strikes from the likes of Sylvinho and nutty Nige before him.
If the away end was 'disco' a few minutes earlier it was now sheer pandemomium!
I don't know about all you fellow Gooners out there but I get a real sense that this squad are closer knit than many before. They look really together and ready to fight for each other. If Saturday's performance and reaction was not as good an example as any I don't know what is.
It's all about sticking together and that continues as we welcome Marseille to North London after we enjoyed their hospitality just a couple of weeks ago.
Another win would be one more huge step in our improving season and as always we can make a difference on the night.
For now, I might take another look at Saturday's highlights ;-)
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