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I made some brownie pops for a friend the other day and ended up with a few bare pops leftover. I thought about what I could do with them, and realized that "The Smurfs" just opened in theaters(Aug. 3). I couldn't resist attempting some smurf pops! I was up at the midnight hour working on them.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Smurf Pops
I made some brownie pops for a friend the other day and ended up with a few bare pops leftover. I thought about what I could do with them, and realized that "The Smurfs" just opened in theaters(Aug. 3). I couldn't resist attempting some smurf pops! I was up at the midnight hour working on them.
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I made my own fondant with marshmallows and i love how it tastes. I made so much red fondant that i need to make something red ASAP before it goes bad. Maybe some red smurfs... I love your smurfs pops even I don´t like smurf...
I hope you write your own cookbook some day. I'm always amazed by the wonderful ideas you come up with!ReplyDelete
Omg, these are the cutest thing! I love smurfs!ReplyDelete
Super adorable!!!
So adorably cute. Love them. I can't tell from the pics that they are gritty looking so I will have to believe you.ReplyDelete
Sue! Beyond cute and so creative - love, love, love the smurf pops!ReplyDelete
how smurfy! (i definitely grew up watching them!)ReplyDelete
These look perfect!ReplyDelete
So so smurfy. I posted a link on Edible Crafts!ReplyDelete
those are so adorable!ReplyDelete
awww those smurfs are too cute!!ReplyDelete
These are ADORABLE!!! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- JeanetteAugust 5, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Great idea!! I was wondering what kind of coloring you used with the chocolate. If it's the regular kind (it will have water which will seize the chocolate) and not the oil based one, that may be the problem for the gritty look.ReplyDelete
Keep up the great work, thanks for sharing your ideas.
That is the perfect way to celebrate the resurgence of the smurfs. So cute!!ReplyDelete
Ha! I love that last picture! So darling and hilarious. xo have a great weekend, Sue!ReplyDelete
I so should have known this was you. lol I clicked on the link from Inspiration Friday without even looking cause they were so darn cute and who's blog should open up...but yours. of course. These are just darling!ReplyDelete
Too cute! Love these!!!ReplyDelete
Absolutely GENIUS!!ReplyDelete
How adorable! My oldest 29 now - had a smurf costume for dance when she was little, they are back! These are too cute. I agree, homemade fondant is so easy and so delicious and storebought is just ghastly! I love their little eyes - just magical.ReplyDelete
Greetings from the Amish community of Lebanon,Pa. Richard from Amish Stories.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 7:57 AM
Oh my goodness... those are cute!ReplyDelete
These are so cute. What a wonderful, creative job! Saw your post on Sweets for a Saturday!ReplyDelete
Super cute! I am loving the fondant on cake pops too :)ReplyDelete
Ooh great idea Sue and they're so creative! I have some leftover "pop" cake too. I should make something with it rather than just eat it :PReplyDelete
Hehehe these are amazing! I love the smile on the smurf with half of his face bitten off! :)ReplyDelete
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THESE!! GO YOU!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
These are just too adorable! Being a fan of smurfs since I was a child, and considering my nephew loves smurfs and 'ble' in general, the ruined chocolate cake I froze just may become smurf pops :) BTW, looked back on all I missed since my plate has been full the past month, and wow to all of your beautiful creation! I must make a key lime pie shake ASAP!ReplyDelete
Love your fun ideas. These bring back such great memories of my childhood when I used to get up early on Saturday mornings to watch Smurfs. Thanks for linking them up to Sweets for a Saturday.ReplyDelete
These are so cute!! I love them!ReplyDelete
I love these!! I'm going to have to try it out. If your candy melts get gritty you can add a little bit of oil to it and it should go back to normal.ReplyDelete
OMG, they are so cute!!! Just stumbled over your blog and I love it! Thanks for sharing all those super yummy things!ReplyDelete
Mickymunchkin (btw, I like your blog's name *smile*)
So darn cute, Sue! We want to go see this movie! Love the Smurfs. How fun would these be to surprise my kids.ReplyDelete


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The purpose of this chapter is to give a quick and high level overview of how to develop a simple Jitter OpenGL object which draws geometry within a named rendering context - we refer to such an object as an OB3D.
For this task, we will use the jit.gl.simple SDK example. More details such as how to make an OpenGL object which deals with resources such as display lists and textures, wishes to support matrix input/output, or needs greater access to OpenGL state will appear in the following chapter. This chapter assumes familiarity with Jitter's OpenGL object suite used from the Max patcher, as discussed in the Jitter Tutorial, and the preceding chapters on the Jitter object model and Max wrapper classes.
Jitter OB3Ds typically are defined to have all or most of the common OB3D attributes and methods discussed in the Group-OB3D section of the Jitter HTML object reference. These include attributes and methods to set the rendering destination name, object name, color, lighting, texturing, modelview transform, depth buffering, polygon mode, and several other common tasks. These common attributes and methods are added by the call to the jit_ob3d_setup() function in your Jitter class definition, after calling jit_class_new, but typically prior to defining other methods and attributes. For an OB3D, Jitter needs to store additional information in your object. This information is stored in an opaque pointer in your object struct, typically named ob3d. The byte offset to your OB3D data pointer is passed into jit_ob3d_setup(). You can override any default attributes and methods added by jit_ob3d_setup() with the following flags:
#define JIT_OB3D_NO_ROTATION_SCALE 1 << 0 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_POLY_VARS 1 << 1 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_BLEND 1 << 2 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_TEXTURE 1 << 3 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_MATRIXOUTPUT 1 << 4 #define JIT_OB3D_AUTO_ONLY 1 << 5 #define JIT_OB3D_DOES_UI 1 << 6 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_DEPTH 1 << 7 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_ANTIALIAS 1 << 8 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_FOG 1 << 9 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_LIGHTING_MATERIAL 1 << 10 #define JIT_OB3D_HAS_LIGHTS 1 << 11 #define JIT_OB3D_HAS_CAMERA 1 << 12 #define JIT_OB3D_IS_RENDERER 1 << 13 #define JIT_OB3D_NO_COLOR 1 << 14
Aside from the attributes and methods added to your class by jit_ob3d_setup(), you need to define a private, untyped method bound to the symbol ob3d_draw. This method is where your object does all its drawing. It is called by the standard OB3D draw and drawraw methods. The OB3D draw method sets up all of the OpenGL state associated with the common OB3D attributes before calling your private ob3d_draw method. The drawraw method simply sets the context before calling your private ob3d_draw method. Because OB3Ds support being named for use within jit.gl.sketch*'s drawobject command, you must also add a private, untyped "register" method associated with the jit_object_register() function. Let's examine the *jit.gl.simple SDK project as an example:
t_jit_err jit_gl_simple_init(void) { long ob3d_flags = JIT_OB3D_NO_MATRIXOUTPUT; // no matrix output void *ob3d; _jit_gl_simple_class = jit_class_new("jit_gl_simple", (method)jit_gl_simple_new, (method)jit_gl_simple_free, sizeof(t_jit_gl_simple),0L); // set up object extension for 3d object, customized with flags ob3d = jit_ob3d_setup(_jit_gl_simple_class, calcoffset(t_jit_gl_simple, ob3d), ob3d_flags); // define the OB3D draw method. called in automatic mode by // jit.gl.render or otherwise through ob3d when banged. this // method is A_CANT because our draw setup needs to happen // in the ob3d beforehand to initialize OpenGL state jit_class_addmethod(_jit_gl_simple_class, (method)jit_gl_simple_draw, "ob3d_draw", A_CANT, 0L); // define the dest_closing and dest_changed methods. // these methods are called by jit.gl.render when the // destination context closes or changes: for example, when // the user moves the window from one monitor to another. Any // resources your object keeps in the OpenGL machine // (e.g. textures, display lists, vertex shaders, etc.) // will need to be freed when closing, and rebuilt when it has // changed. In this object, these functions do nothing, and // could be omitted. jit_class_addmethod(_jit_gl_simple_class, (method)jit_gl_simple_dest_closing, "dest_closing", A_CANT, 0L); jit_class_addmethod(_jit_gl_simple_class, (method)jit_gl_simple_dest_changed, "dest_changed", A_CANT, 0L); // must register for ob3d use jit_class_addmethod(_jit_gl_simple_class, (method)jit_object_register, "register", A_CANT, 0L); jit_class_register(_jit_gl_simple_class); return JIT_ERR_NONE; }
In your OB3D Jitter Class constructor, you need to pass in your rendering destination name as the first argument. You should call the jit_ob3d_new() function with your destination name argument to initialize the OB3D data pointer, associating it with your rendering destination. In your destructor, you need to free your OB3D data pointer with jit_ob3d_free(). The jit.gl.simple constructor and destructors are below as an example.
t_jit_gl_simple *jit_gl_simple_new(t_symbol *dest_name) { t_jit_gl_simple *x; // make jit object if (x = (t_jit_gl_simple *)jit_object_alloc(_jit_gl_simple_class)) { // create and attach ob3d jit_ob3d_new(x, dest_name); } else { x = NULL; } return x; } void jit_gl_simple_free(t_jit_gl_simple *x) { // free ob3d data jit_ob3d_free(x); }
Your OB3D draw method, bound to the ob3d_draw symbol, is where all of your drawing code takes place. It is called automatically when your associated jit.gl.render object receives a bang, if your automatic and enabled attributes are turned on, as they are by default. It is also called if your Max wrapper object receives a bang, or the draw or drawraw messages. With the exception of the drawraw message, all of the standard OB3D object state is setup prior to calling your ob3d_draw method, so you needn't setup things like the modelview transform, color, lighting properties, texture information, if your object doesn't have special needs. The following example from jit.gl.simple, just draws a simple quadrilateral.
t_jit_err jit_gl_simple_draw(t_jit_gl_simple *x) { t_jit_err result = JIT_ERR_NONE; // draw our OpenGL geometry. glBegin(GL_QUADS); glVertex3f(-1,-1,0); glVertex3f(-1,1,0); glVertex3f(1,1,0); glVertex3f(1,-1,0); glEnd(); return result; }
Since this example is meant only to show a minimal object which draws geometry with standard OpenGL calls, there is no texture information or vertex normals specified. However, all standard OpenGL calls should work within the ob3d_draw method. This example also doesn't show matrix output, as accomplished by jit_ob3d_draw_chunk(), which will be discussed in the following chapter on OB3D details.
For OB3Ds, the Max wrapper class has less extra work than for MOPs. In your Max wrapper class definition, you need only add a call to the max_ob3d_setup() function to add your standard drawing methods, and the max_jit_ob3d_assist() function as your assist method, unless you wish to define your own custom assist method. Everything else is similar to the standard technique of wrapping a Jitter Class demonstrated in the Max Wrapper Class chapter.
void main(void) { void *classex, *jitclass; // initialize Jitter class jit_gl_simple_init(); // create Max class setup((t_messlist **)&max_jit_gl_simple_class, (method)max_jit_gl_simple_new, (method)max_jit_gl_simple_free, (short)sizeof(t_max_jit_gl_simple), 0L, A_GIMME, 0); // specify a byte offset to keep additional information about our object classex = max_jit_classex_setup(calcoffset(t_max_jit_gl_simple, obex)); // look up Jitter class in the class registry jitclass = jit_class_findbyname(gensym("jit_gl_simple")); // wrap Jitter class with the standard methods for Jitter objects max_jit_classex_standard_wrap(classex, jitclass, 0); // use standard ob3d assist method addmess((method)max_jit_ob3d_assist, "assist", A_CANT,0); // add methods for 3d drawing max_ob3d_setup(); }
Your Max class' constructor should be similar to the standard Max wrapper constructor, but the differences worth noting are that you should pass your first normal argument, which is the rendering destination, on to your Jitter OB3D constructor, and create a second outlet for matrix output, attached to your object's OB3D data. For your destructor, there is nothing additional you need to do for OB3D. The jit.gl.simple Max class' constructor and destructor are provided as examples.
void *max_jit_gl_simple_new(t_symbol *s, long argc, t_atom *argv) { t_max_jit_gl_simple *x; void *jit_ob; long attrstart; t_symbol *dest_name_sym = _jit_sym_nothing; if (x = (t_max_jit_gl_simple *) max_jit_obex_new( max_jit_gl_simple_class, gensym("jit_gl_simple"))) { // get first normal arg, the destination name attrstart = max_jit_attr_args_offset(argc,argv); if (attrstart&&argv) { jit_atom_arg_getsym(&dest_name_sym, 0, attrstart, argv); } // instantiate Jitter object with dest_name arg if (jit_ob = jit_object_new( gensym("jit_gl_simple"), dest_name_sym)) { // set internal jitter object instance max_jit_obex_jitob_set(x, jit_ob); // add a general purpose outlet (rightmost) max_jit_obex_dumpout_set(x, outlet_new(x,NULL)); // process attribute arguments max_jit_attr_args(x, argc, argv); // attach the jit object's ob3d to a new outlet // this outlet is used in matrixoutput mode max_jit_ob3d_attach(x, jit_ob, outlet_new(x, "jit_matrix")); } else { error("jit.gl.simple: could not allocate object"); freeobject((t_object *)x); x = NULL; } } return (x); } void max_jit_gl_simple_free(t_max_jit_gl_simple *x) { // lookup our internal Jitter object instance and free jit_object_free(max_jit_obex_jitob_get(x)); // free resources associated with our obex entry max_jit_obex_free(x); }


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Some news from the other side of the Atlantic. New drivers in the UK will be forced to learn efficient driving - like accelerating and braking slowly - as a part of standard driving education (see this month-old article in The Observer).
It brings to mind the important point not stressed nearly enough by all the organizations promoting hybrid cars: it is not just what you drive, it is how you drive. Before you start laughing - where does some scientist who cycles to work tell me get off telling me how to drive or maintain my car? - here's an example.
Keeping your tires properly inflating, besides being safe and an all-around good idea, will save most folks about one mile per gallon (mpg). U.S. cars drove a total of 2.3 trillion miles in 2001 (latest year with data, from the Energy Information Administration). So if the average fuel efficiency increased from the current 25 mpg to 26 mpg, that would save 3.54 billion gallons of gas.
How much is that? The median estimate from the US Geological Survey of extractable oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is 7.7 billion barrels (a conservative estimate). It would take about 50 years to extract all that oil. Since there are about 19.6 gallons of gas in a barrel of oil, the ANWR oil equates to just under 3 billion gallons of gas a year.
In other words, Americans checking their cars' tire pressure every few weeks = all the oil in ANWR.
Is this comparison a cheap ploy? Of course. I wouldn't write a PhD dissertation on the subject. Nor would I claim checking your tires, cutting down on the a/c or not slamming on the gas could ensure there's no oil drilling in ANWR. I merely hope to remind everyone that the small actions do matter.
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Some news from the other side of the Atlantic. New drivers in the UK will be forced to learn efficient driving - like accelerating and braking slowly - as a part of standard driving education (see this month-old article in The Observer).
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- Jason West said...
Interesting discussion. I saw a presentation a few years ago from Europeans who ran a training program for truck drivers on driving effiently. If I remember right, drivers who took the course saved about 5% of their total gasoline consumption. I thought it was amazing they could save that much just by changing driving habits - apparently it was mainly driving less aggressively (accelerating and braking slower) and shifting gears. Part of the course also was about idling - knowing when keeping the engine hot improves efficiency and when idling is a waste. They presented it as a very popular course as truck drivers found they can save a lot of money.
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- Unknown said...
For average drivers: An engine shouldn't idle for more than 15 to 30 seconds in any season, especially if it's fuel-injected. Most people say if it's more than ten seconds, shut the engine.
The EPA has an entire program devoted to reducing idling of long-distance trucks and locomotives:
According to the EPA, idling of trucks and trains consumes over 1 billion gallons of diesel fuel and emits 11 million tons of carbon dioxide, 200,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen, and 5,000 tons of particulate matter annually
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- Anonymous said...
Very small step in did.
Here what is wrong with this discussion: we are talking of drastic changes to the driving habits of whole population. Net effect is less than 2% of all oil consumption. This will not register in the margin of error. If you would take a look at your electricity bill, it has 3% surcharge for transmission loss. It makes these things insignificant. I used to turn my cars engine off in traffic, do all to the book. It did not produce measurable improvement.
My observation that people who ride their bicycles to work tend to travel a lot flying long distances. This totally offsets any reductions in CO2 emissions.
The reason I originally supported Kyoto and now not: people do what Russian say – ochkovtiratel'svo. Above example is characteristic. On top of that enterprising cons in countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, and Bulgaria will take money from country like Canada and spend them on huge SUVs to drive around.
If people so concern about CO2 emissions they should demand new technologies applied. One such technology is using algae to clean smoke. This is amazing technology: consider reducing CO2 emissions by up to 40% and NOx by up to 86%. This news article you can find here. I know this technology is Made in USA, but it does not make it bad.
Taking care of the car, driving it nicely, is not global warming fighting it is a common sense.
- 4:04 p.m.
- Unknown said...
I appreciate the comments. In the end, Tim is right, advances in technology will be the key. Right now, we may as well take advantage of the easy options and technoilogy at our disposal. In addition to the direct impact of emissions, actions taken today provide incentive for governments and businesses to push new energy and automotive technologies.
As for flying, the majority of travel is for business. Academics and business-people alike could take advantage of the available technology - the internet, webcams, and the like - to reduce short cross-country trips for meetings.
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Major League Baseball Advanced Media on Saturday introduced a revolutionary plan for in-ballpark infrastructure designed to provide the first complete and reliable measurement of every play on the field and answer previously unanswerable analytics questions.
The announcement was made by MLBAM CEO Bob Bowman at the eighth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Hynes Convention Center near Fenway Park. MLBAM gave an overview of how it continues to implement various fan experience technologies, including iBeacon and widespread connectivity, to ensure MLB ballparks are crucibles of technology.
"This is going to be pretty exciting," Bowman said. "We think it's going to change the way we argue about the game, but we don't think it's going to settle any debates. We hope it starts more."
The goal is to revolutionize the way people evaluate baseball, by presenting for the first time the tools that connect all actions that happen on a field to determine how they work together. This new datastream will enable the industry to understand the whole play on the field -- batting, pitching, fielding and baserunning -- and enable new metrics for evaluation by clubs, scouts, players and fans.
For instance, on a brilliant, game-saving diving catch by an outfielder, this new system will let us understand what created that outcome. Was it the quickness of his first step, his acceleration? Was it his initial positioning? What if the pitcher had thrown a different pitch? Everything will be connected for the first time, providing a tool for answers to questions like this and more.
There will be something for everyone, far beyond what has been available in the past. Miller Park in Milwaukee, Target Field in Minnesota and Citi Field in New York will be operational for this tracking in 2014. The plan is to start rolling out the rest this season so that all 30 ballparks are operational by 2015 Opening Day.
Bowman began his presentation with a nod to baseball's heritage, calling MLBAM "a temporary custodian" of the game and noting that this will be developed with a look backward and ahead. He said this technology will be available "for baseball operations and some fan use for 2014," adding that it "has to be an accurate rendering of what happened." General managers and baseball operations staff at each club, along with the Commissioner's Office, will closely scrutinize it this year for accuracy.
"The goal over time, and hopefully certainly by this season, is to make these plays available in real time and start the debates," Bowman said. "But we have to make sure baseball operations sees it and they agree that these are accurate renderings. But this year, fans will be able to see these data and these videos."
Claudio Silva, PhD and professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, said the biggest challenge was to ensure that the data received reflects actual game play. He said anyone who watches baseball, from club to player to fan, will see a new baseball world that is "completely unexpected."
"One of the things we had to do to be certain that was the case was to design a whole validation scheme, where we recorded our own video, and designed algorithms that would independently generate some of the metrics to be compared to the data that we were getting out of the vendors," Silva said. "It's really very complex algorithms that are going into making this thing work, into the validation process, and actually eventually into all the analysis that people are going to be doing on the metrics.
"One of the goals of what we wanted to achieve was to virtually recreate the game using the geometric data. This actually turns out not to be straightforward. So let's say you want to compute a player's speed, you want to compute a ball's speed. We could actually take the 3D data and match it to a verbal description of the game. This was a very exciting finding for us. You can imagine, it's kind of like a two-way street. You can use the experts' opinions to then generate information. You can even imagine other forms of storytelling about a season of a team."
He called this "a completely new data stream" and added, "To be one of the first few people to have the luxury of looking at the new datastream was a true privilege. I believe that this data is so rich, there are so many interesting things we can do with it, we're going to be able to comb through this data and find layers and layers of features that we never could see before."
MLB.com analyst Jim Duquette, who spent 20 years in front offices, including four years as an MLB general manager, said this will remove much of the subjectivity from a club's own player analysis.
"When you look at how scouting has been done in the past, there's a lot of subjectivity to the evaluation," he said. "Some guys I have found have varied, from scout to scout, in terms of their opinion of each player. There is a lot of quality defensive statistics out there, but they're not completely accurate. A lot of them are dependent on somebody charting, whether it's UZR or DIPS or Defensive Runs Saved, and they can only go so far. Some players . . . range to their left better, some range better to their right, some come in on ground balls better than others, some have better first-step quickness.
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How exactly will clubs use this new data?
"Just on the field, with the coaching staff and the manager -- when you start to look at positioning, and you start to see the exit velocity of the ball coming off the bat, and is he late or is he ahead of a lot of pitches, and then you move your infielders and outfielders accordingly," Duquette said. "Along with the spray charts that are already used. A ball goes into the gap and an outfielder picks the ball up, sometimes with his bare hand, and he throws it into the infielder, and the infielder gets rid of the ball as quickly as he can, and makes a strong, accurate throw to home plate to nail a runner. You can evaluate and measure each of those points in the relay.
"There's a speed component to the game from an offensive side, too. You can start to see how quickly they get down the baseline as they make contact, and as they hit a ground ball, or as they hit a double into the gap. If they didn't score, we always say that the game is a matter of inches, well if he gets thrown out or he is safe at home, you can actually go back and measure it from an evaluation tool, and say, did he get a big enough lead, was he running hard enough, did he take the right angle, you now have the ability to measure that, which we've never been able to do."
Five-time All-Star Steve Sax experienced the new data and said it will be a game-changer for players.
"Players today have really been able to take advantage of technology, and they've been able to see video before, during and after the game," he said. "But this really does take it to a whole new level. They're going to be able to measure distances, they're going to be able to see it from different angles, and they're going to be able to take their knowledge of what they're doing, instantaneously, to a different stratosphere.
"This technology is outstanding to hitters, but it can also be a great help for baserunners. Not only for the players, but for the coaches as well. This tool can be utilized in gauging distances where it could never have been done before."
Sax watched a video from a game last season in which Adron Chambers of the Cardinals extended his lead at first base off Brewers closer Jim Henderson. Chambers began with what would be considered a normal lead for someone his size. When the pitcher became set, Chambers extended that lead. In the next video clip that Sax watched, though, he saw the tracking feature showing real-time leadoff distance.
"Here (he is) stretching out the lead from seven to eight feet, and this is generally the normal lead for a player about six feet tall," Sax said. "But watch him extend that to about 12 and then 13 feet. Well, you know player and coach can go back and say, 'Hey, this was a darn good lead, this is going to set a good path for me to possibly steal a base or go from first to third or first to home. It's a great tool.
"Really, the future of baseball and able to quantify the great things about this game is here now. For players and coaches alike, to be able to judge distances and speeds and ranges and how fast people get there is just an amazing tool that they're going to be able to use going forward. I just wish they had this when I played."


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ACCURATE IMAGE REGISTRATION THROUGH 3D RECONSTRUCTION by Yuping Lin A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMPUTER SCIENCE) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Yuping Lin
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Sorry I have been quiet lately. Between the NY Art Book Fair in
For those of you who are not able to attend the NY Art Book Fair, here are some of the highlights that you will be missing. I attended the opening night preview which for the measly twenty dollar ticket price got me full of complimentary Grolsch beer and Christiania Vodka (beer before liquor never sicker), the David Shrigley entrance ticket art edition and access to two whole floors of great art books.
The first of my purchases was a set of small (very small) booklets from a Danish artist named Jesper Fabricius. These are from a series of booklets named Kunsthaefte and consist of only 8 to 12 pages of images in hand-stitched bound books. I will be doing a posting about Jesper later, so I'll save the content for then. I had seen a few of his books at Printed Matter about a week before the fair and bought all that they had. Printed Matter apparently sells out of them so quickly that I was only able to purchase four of an ongoing series of 14 books he periodically self publishes under the name Space Poetry. I contacted Jesper directly via his website and asked if he still had copies of all of the books including the early "issues" which he agreed to sent with a friend who was attending the fair.
Here's the odd part, Jesper Fabricius sent the books with his friend named Jacob Fabricius from Pork Salad Press who is an exhibitor at the fair. When I met Jacob, I automatically assumed they, Jacob and Jesper, were perhaps brothers but that isn't the case. I was informed that not only are they not related but that Fabricius is also not a common name in
The next pleasant discovery was of a gentleman from
Other interesting exhibitors on the first floor were Andrew Roth's booth who most of you might know from his publication The Book of 101 Photo Books that was published a few years back. Spoonbill and Sugartown who is one of our hometown sellers from trendy Williamsburg Brooklyn was present with a selection of new and rare books. Anartist, who is an antiquarian bookseller with a great selection of titles; some affordable, some not. Librarie 213 from Paris who has an extremely fine collection of items in great condition that you will pay for the privilege of owning. Lots of Becher titles from both of those last two.
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On the second floor notable exhibitors were Onestar Press out of
My other purchase from the night was from J & L. Jason Fulford and Leanne Shapton have what I think amounts to the coolest non-profit publishing company imaginable. Great design and interesting choices of work to feature, they consistently put out very affordable books that seem like they should be twice the price that they really are. Leanne was busy with a sideline of hand painted imaginary book covers (suggest a book title and she will create a painting version…she was working on J. G. Ballard's Cocaine Nights when I was there). J & L has a new video release called appropriately J & L Video, of which I think they have more of those planned in the future. One recent book title that I bought from them was Darin Mickey's Some Things I Gotta Remember Not to Forget which is a fine portrait in pictures of Darin's father. I will be giving that book my full attention in a posting soon. These mentions are all just teasers, you'll have to check back for the full treatment.
Lastly, Philip Aarons and AA Bronson of Printed Matter curated an excellent exhibit of Martin Kippenberger's artist books. Kippenberger created over 150 publications in his short life. Although I am still in the process of acclimating myself to Martin's work, he is considered one of the most important book artists post Ed Ruscha and Sol Lewitt.
And the last of the "lastly's" You all do remember that Saturday the 29th from 6 to 8 pm is the reception for the Sergio Larrain exhibition of books at the Eye Studio Gallery? Do I have to keep reminding you?


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The new rule was announced Friday morning at Michigan International Speedway before the Sprint Cup practice. The rule states that after an accident drivers must stay in their car and shut off the engine and lower the safety net if they are OK. Then, they must wait for directions from safety personal or NASCAR officials to loosen their safety equipment. Finally, after exiting their car they must proceed directly to the ambulance or other vehicles. Drivers must stay away from the race track and other vehicles.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Legislation to change whether parents may refuse school vaccinations for their children appears to be common in some states, according to a new analysis. However, those bills are rarely passed into law.
Researchers identified 36 bills that were introduced in 18 state legislatures between 2009 and 2012 to change school immunization requirements. Most of those bills aimed to allow more parents the ability to refuse vaccinations for their children.
"Previous studies have shown that high vaccine refusal rates tend to increase the risk of vaccine preventable disease in the whole community - including for those who are vaccinated," Dr. Saad Omer told Reuters Health in an email. "Therefore, it is in everyone's interest to ensure that their community has high vaccination rates."
Omer is the lead author of the analysis and a vaccine expert from Emory University in Atlanta.
One reason for high immunization rates in the U.S. is the use of school mandates that require children to have certain vaccinations, write Omer and his colleagues in a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The requirement that children be immunized to attend school differs from state to state, however. Each state is allowed to set its own rules on vaccine exemptions.
For example, some states allow parents to refuse to have their children immunized because of personal or religious beliefs. Those laws also differ in what states require a parent to do to obtain a vaccine exemption, such as getting a doctor's signature.
For the new analysis, the researchers used information from a database that tracks vaccine-related legislation.
Overall, there were 36 exemption-related bills introduced in 18 states from 2009 through 2012. Of those, 30 bills were introduced in 12 states that did not already allow vaccine exemptions based on personal beliefs.
About 86 percent of the bills sought to expand access to exemptions while the remaining bills sought to restrict exemptions.
None of the bills attempting to expand access to vaccine exemptions passed into law, but Washington, California and Vermont each passed laws to restrict exemptions.
Omer and his colleagues caution that their analysis may have missed some bills introduced during that time even though they used a comprehensive database. But that shouldn't sway the results in one direction over the other.
"Concerted efforts by individual clinicians and professional associations can benefit the legislative process by emphasizing public health considerations and the use of science in developing public policy," Omer wrote.
Tony Yang, who researches school immunization laws at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, told Reuters Health the new analysis may not give an accurate picture of what is currently going on with state legislation.
"The JAMA letter is about the bills introduced between 2009 and 2012," he said. "It looks like things may have changed."
Yang, who was not involved with the new study, said there are currently about 50 laws about immunization requirements in front of state legislatures, but only a handful address childhood vaccinations.
The other bills, he said, address - among other things - who can give people their shots and whether people in certain professions need to be immunized.
He also stressed that bills don't always make it into law and may have little effect on vaccination rates.
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