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Onwards to world building. I had decided to dispense with the stock terrain and foliage systems, and instead thought of constructing each level out of custom meshes.
With the game's perspective being topdown/high-isometric, I had decided that polycount would not be much of an issue for the whole thing to run smoothly, as not too much of the game world would ever be visible at any one time. I intend to tonemap all of the world geometry with third-party app pureLight, though I've also used Blender to do this previously, and then set the in-game lighting to incorporate lightmaps, so that the diffuse/albedo map is influenced by the tonemap but the normal/specular maps are altered by the dynamic lighting.
Before I could getting cracking on world building, there was the small issue of coming up with a functioning work process, as well as load testing, and the awkward issue of how to get grass to animate without using the forestObject's moving foliage shaders. Players love stuff on screen, and if there's one thing they love more than stuff on screen it's moving stuff on screen.
How do I into grass?
First up, basic construction testing. I decided on a 10x10 mesh with multiple textures of grass, dirt, and rock - 1 drawcall per material. I was not particularly bothered about polycount for testing so there's a lot more geometry than needed. I wanted to create a few islands of grass and rock to make it look more interesting. Specular was initially somewhat overkill and really needed toning down to almost off, but just enough to create some very slight highlights. I modeled the mesh for some physical depth, raising grass and rock layers.
Not bad for a start but the edges of the grass and dirt were a little hard. Of course in real life, grass and dirt don't just fade into one another, but in video games things look odd without blending. I tried various levels of blends but found that just 2 worked fine for what I wanted. Spreading the blend over a metre seemed enough distance to break up the harshness of the change from dirt to grass.
Satisfied with how modeling was going I moved on to grass and immediately hit problems. I found a grass image to use as a placeholder and covered the grass terrain texture in a couple of thousand planes for testing. With the game's high viewpoint, having straight polys looked bad, so I set about dividing the meshes and bending them over at an angle so everything leaned and tilted. Polys facing directly away from the main lightsource had some strange and frankly annoying blackness to their planes. Using an emissive material solved this - but then everything looked like a uniformed colour and became just an amorphous mass. Adding subscattering to the shadows helped to ease the harsh blackness of the polys but it still didn't appear as though they were being properly illuminated.
So off I went on an intrepid quest to find out what the hell was going wrong via insert-your-favourite-internet-search-engine-here. Normals were the problem. Foliage normals apparently need to point up to receive proper lighting. But alas the ancient 2.44 version of Blender from 2007 which I still use - because ... convenience - cannot into normal editing - however the new 2.76 version can. Luckily most of the hotkeys seem to be the same so it wasn't too difficult to pick up, and normal editing itself is just a modifier.
Goodbye horrible black stuff ruining the aesthetics of my foliage
I had decided that making an animated texture for moving grass would give the look I desired with very low overhead. I had created a huge level with over 9000 meshes for load testing, and just to see how bad it would be, I used bone animation to move the grass polys and the framerate immdiately died to around 20 fps. So, just as expected then, back to animated textures.
I created a high poly grass mesh in Blender based on this little gem found on the internet (http://forums.torque3d.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=18#p53), and then animated it using multiple bones, and rendered out the frames. I tried various frame numbers and speeds, and it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the more frames an animation has, the better it looks, so I settled on 32 frames. I found that the grass didn't really need much movement in the animation, and in fact looked better with less, rather than wildly thrashing about with higher movement. The renders also scaled nicely. Originally taken at 256 pixels, it gave a rather terrifying size of 8192 pixels, way more than older GPUs would want to cope with. It could be reduced via "nearest neighbour" to prevent blurring to 64x2048 and still look good.
One thing which I had noticed was an annoying uniformity of movement in the animation which gave an unpleasant "swelling" effect. Setting different planes to different parts of the UV map meant that they played different parts of the animation and helped break up the regularity. I also decided to create multiple animations based on differing meshes and combine them all into a single atlas/mega texture. I ended up with 1 thick grass render with lots of grass stalks, a thinner medium one, and 2 thin small ones. I then combined the 2 small ones to be anew medium one, and finally added the other medium to create a new thick mesh. All in all, this gave meanimations for 6 different sized grass clumps to help combat the sameness of just one animated texture. Combined together on a single 2048 pixel image, there was plenty of space for further cosmetic variations such as colour, lightness/darkness, saturation changes and the sort.
I had a little play around with alpha reference to see the difference have thick to thin grass made.
Quite happy with conquering the secrets of grass I moved on to load bearing. I had previously created a 1 kilometre level, filling it 10,300 copies of the mesh. Viewed in it's totality it was 119 million polys, 124,000 drawcalls and a mspf of 666.667 - which gave me a sudden urge to play Iron Maiden's greatest hits. However, even close in the result was 40 million polys and 5 fps. A quick check of culling revealed ... well, not as much culling as I had hoped. With the camera set back and angled a lot more was rendering in the fustrum than was actually visible. Of course during these tests I had no "Level Of Detail" for my 10K meshes. I made multiple levels of LOD and set up the options preferences so that they reduced polys and materials the lower you set it, but also LODed hard outside of the immediate camera view. In the end I had things down to show the highest LOD on screen all at once with 70 fps, 665K polys with 913 drawcalls and half of that is shadowing which won't feature as much once I start using lightmaps and the diffuse material filters the main dynamic light source.
I also tested less instances of meshes, combining 9 of them into a single object. This reduced the total number of meshes from 10,300 to a mere 1,160. Polys went up slightly to 772K, drawcalls fell dramatically to just 235 - a third of which was shadows, and fps rose to a thrilling 100+ fps. All of which was somewhat to be expected.
So here's what that all looks like with the additions of screen spaced ambient occlusion and a vignette shader around the edges. I think having the grass bent over a little more might help aesthetically, but I'm quite pleased with the result and the performance.
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Body of Colorado senator's brother found on Wyoming hiking route
- James Udall%2C 61%2C was the brother of Colo. Sen. Mark Udall
- Body found in Wind River Range in Wyoming
- Left on a solo backpacking trip on June 20
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The family of Colorado Sen. Mark Udall says searchers looking for his brother in western Wyoming's Wind River Range have found his body.
James "Randy" Udall had left June 20 for a weeklong solo backpacking trip and was due back a week ago.
Sen. Mark Udall's office released a statement from the family Wednesday night saying the 61-year-old's body had been found. The family says that while an autopsy is forthcoming, it appears he died of natural causes.
An aerial search team spotted Udall's body in open terrain. He was found lying on his side, KUSA-TV reported.
The helicopter immediately landed and deployed the two search and rescue members on board.
The mountains are located about 80 miles southeast of Grand Teton National Park. Randy Udall was an avid backpacker and was hiking alone.
He was supposed to exit the area last Wednesday, but never checked in, according to KUSA-TV.
The family says Udall died doing what he loved most: hiking his favorite mountain range in the world.
He had indicated to his wife he planned to head for the scenic Titcomb Basin. His family says it appears he was on the obscure, off-trail route that he had proposed to his family.
"Randy left this earth doing what he loved most: hiking in his most favorite mountain range in the world," the family statement said. "Randy's passing is a reminder to all of us to live every day to its fullest, just as he did."

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This is THE kind of thing that can't be handled lightly. Pablo does not need a second major front in the war. One is enough.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The View From Room 435
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wow the view looks great hope all is well with the family and pablo is ok do you know if jennifer beals is entering the miami triathlon on 15 march
- March 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Heather said...
Love the communication between certain entities at that place.I swear it is my biggest and really only complaint.I dare say we have possibly become loathed for our pushing and following up on other duties.Oh,well all about these kids.Which brings me to Pablo.Feel better buddy and we will see you tomorrow!!
- March 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Dawn: said...
I've been out of the loop for a bit. Jo Ann, I'm sorry you were so sick but glad you're feeling better. Hope this latest hospital stay resolves smoothly and quickly for Pablo. Love you all.
- March 1, 2009 at 5:15 PM
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Rosa Cervera & Javier Pioz "BE-Bionic "
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 5:30 - 8pm
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In the face of overpopulation, climate change, and unsustainable development, the practices of architecture and urban planning will need to evolve in order to provide viable solutions to these global problems. Since its inception in 1979, the Spanish architectural office of Cervera & Pioz has worked to develop new architectural and urban models inspired by bionics—an integral understanding of the logical principles of flexibility, adaptability and energy-efficiency that are prevalent in all natural species. Rosa Cervera and Javier Pioz, principals and founders, presented their firm's research and work.


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For students interested in studying abroad, there has never been a better time to be enrolled at Bemidji State University.
BSU students currently have opportunities to study abroad in the university's long-running EuroSpring and Sino Summer programs, and BSU's international study and teaching options will soon undergo significant expansion as a result of exchange agreements with universities in China and a number of other countries.
EuroSpring and SinoSummer are faculty-lead programs that allow BSU students to pay tuition and fees, earning course credit for a life-changing experience of travel and study. Students learn through active engagement and experience new people and cultures in an immersive environment.
EuroSpring, a 15-credit academic program that runs annually from mid-March through mid-May, is Bemidji State's longest-running study-abroad program, running annually since the 1969-70 academic year.
The program begins with orientations and pre-trip workshops during the fall, then gets underway with five weeks of study at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, England. Each student who participates in EuroSpring is enrolled in a main lecture course taught by Dr. Allan Chapman, who presents an annual lecture at BSU in the fall. Students then choose two courses from a selection of seven covering a variety of topics related to Medieval Europe. Students also have opportunities to visit museums and historical sites, and participate in a number of cultural activities.
After completing the study sessions, the travelers embark on a three-week European tour. The tour kicks off in Paris, then travels through a number of cities in five different countries.
The 2013 EuroSpring program has 29 students enrolled and is full, which according to Cherish Hagen-Swanson, director of BSU's International Program Center, is a typical enrollment.
EuroSpring costs approximately $15,000, which includes 15 academic credits at Bemidji State, all scheduled travel, lodging, and most meals at Wycliffe Hall and on the European tour.
Sino Summer
Running annually for more than two decades, Bemidji State's 12-credit Sino Summer program is part of a long-standing partnership Liaoning University in Shenyang, China. Like EuroSpring, the program combines an academic program with a tour of China, but is shorter in duration. While EuroSpring is 55 days, SinoSummer is a 25-day program.
SinoSummer begins with orientation sessions and pre-trip workshops in the spring. While at Lianoning University, students will live in foreign-student housing. Following a two-week study period at Lianoning, trip participants will spend two weeks touring northeastern, north-central and southern China.
SinoSummer costs approximately $9,500, which includes tuition and fees for 12 academic credits and trip-related expenses. As with EuroSpring, some meals are not included.
In addition to the standing programs, BSU students also are free to assemble their own independent-study exchange programs. On a normal year, Swanson says the university has between five and 10 students who arrange their own exchange opportunities. Last year, BSU students studied in Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Swaziland and New Zealand.
"Doing your own thing is always an option," Swanson said. "This allows students who want to try other things with an opportunity to go where they want to go."
For BSU students, the process for applying to EuroSpring, SinoSummer, or to request independent study options, is simple and straight-forward; application forms are available in the International Program Center, located in Deputy Hall 103.
Students interested in international study must have completed at least their freshman year and have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 or above. SinoSummer is also open to non-BSU students; the center has information on how non-students can participate in the program.
Future international opportunities
These existing international study options serve as a solid foundation for the rapid expansion of international study and teaching opportunities that is expected to take place over the next year.
The university is actively seeking opportunities for BSU students to spend entire semesters, or in some cases even a full year, studying or teaching in China, and is working to keep the cost of these programs as close to the cost of tuition as possible. BSU also is working to develop similar relationships with other countries in Europe and Asia.
This May, the first of these new opportunities will kick off when Dr. Del Lyren, professor of music, and five music students depart for a month at Weifang University in Weifang, China, to teach electronic music.
In March, the University will sign exchange agreements with two universities in China that could potentially open dozens of low-cost, semester-long study opportunities for BSU students, and is close to finalizing a similar agreement with an institution in Switzerland. BSU also has an exchange agreement in place with Weifang University that could allow as many as 25 BSU students to spend a semester there beginning in the fall of 2013, once details on the agreement are finalized.
However, Dr. Martin Tadlock, BSU's provost and vice president for academic affairs, doesn't foresee these new options interfering with the university's existing international programs, such as EuroSpring and SinoSummer, as long as students continue to be interested in participating.
"As long as there are students that want to pursue these experiences, they should remain as an option for students," Tadlock said. "For example, SinoSummer is not a full semester abroad, so it's an option for students who may wish to experience China but may not want to go abroad for a whole semester. It all will depend on student demand."
For more information, contact the International Program Center, (218) 755-4096, firstname.lastname@example.com.
• International Program Center
• International Program Center on Facebook
• Wycliffe Hall
• Weifang University, China (no English-language version)
• Dec, 2012, story on BSU's articulation agreement with Weifang University


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RT::Client::REST::Transaction -- this object represents a transaction.
my $transactions = $ticket->transactions; my $count = $transactions->count; print "There are $count transactions.\n"; my $iterator = $transactions->get_iterator; while (my $tr = &$iterator) { print "Id: ", $tr->id, "; Type: ", $tr->type, "\n"; }
A transaction is a second-class citizen, as it does not exist (at least from the current REST protocol implementation) by itself. At the moment, it is always associated with a ticket (see parent_id attribute). Thus, you will rarely retrieve a transaction by itself; instead, you should use "transactions()" method of RT::Client::REST::Ticket object to get an iterator for all (or some) transactions for that ticket.
id Numeric ID of the transaction. creator Username of the user who created the transaction. parent_id Numeric ID of the object the transaction is associated with. type Type of the transactions. Please referer to RT::Client::REST documentation for the list of transaction types you can expect this field to contain. Note that there may be some transaction types not (dis)covered yet. old_value Old value. new_value New value. field Name of the field the transaction is describing (if any). attachments I have never seen it set to anything yet. (I will some day investigate this). created Time when the transaction was created. content Actual content of the transaction. description Human-readable description of the transaction as provided by RT. data Not sure what this is yet.
RT::Client::REST::Transaction is a read-only object, so you cannot "store()" it. Also, because it is a second-class citizen, you cannot "search()" or "count()" it -- use "transactions()" method provided by RT::Client::REST::Ticket. retrieve To retrieve a transaction, attributes id and parent_id must be set.
rt_type Returns 'transaction'.
RT::Client::REST, RT::Client::REST::Ticket, RT::Client::REST::SearchResult.
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Aaron Jarboe says he was relieved when he saw the tow truck amble up to his wrecked car. He'd been involved in a crash just a few minutes before, and by his own admission, he was rattled.
He knew enough to exchange insurance information with the other driver, but he hadn't yet given much thought as to how he should handle his damaged Lexus.
The tow truck driver told him not to worry.
Local news from across Southern California
According to Jarboe, the driver told him his Lexus IS-250 had a sensor that puts out a signal should a crash disable his car.
The tow company was notified and the truck was dispatched within minutes.
Jarboe then said the driver took him and his car to an "authorized Lexus Collision Facility."
"It all seemed to work out really well," Jarboe said. "As soon as I got there, the guy was really nice."
Jarboe says he was told insurance would cover all the costs, and that he just needed to sign and initial a form. He could even be taken to a rental car agency that could get him back on the road in minutes.
It all seemed too good to be true, Jarboe recalled.
Lexus says the feature described by the tow truck was not introduced until years after Jarboe bought his car, and the Silver Lake shop First Class Auto Craft is not a Lexus authorized repair shop.
Calls to the garage went unanswered for days, Jarboe said.
Finally, when he made the decision to move the car to another body shop, Jarboe said First Class delayed getting the necessary paperwork to release the car. The delays dragged on for 23 days.
When all that was finally squared away, he received more news from the shop.
"They would not release my car unless $1,400 in storage fees was paid, and it was going up $75 a day," Jarboe said.
With other fees tacked on, Jarboe said the garage insisted on $2,800 in cash before the car would be released.
First Class owner Lawrence Rozenberg defended his business.
He said he does not delay the release of cars to rack up storage fees, and said the calls were not returned because one of his employees had been out sick.
He said all the potential fees were clearly listed on the contract Jarboe signed, and added that First Class does not pay tow truck drivers extra to recommend repairs be done at his shop.
First Class Auto Craft can take in as many as 150 cars in a busy month, Rozenberg said, adding that his shop has "tens of thousands" of happy customers.
On top of that, Rozenberg said he reduced the cost to Jarboe by $1,700 – asking to be paid only $1,100 to release the car.
Consumer advocates say that isn't enough.
Kiry Peng, of the Business Consumer Alliance, said "many of the fees being assessed are excessive," and that the BCA has received complaints against the garage.
He warns drivers to be alert, even in the frantic moments immediately following a crash. Drivers should be wary of any tow truck that shows up without being called, recommending your car be taken to a certain body shop, Peng added.
"Later, consumers find out the tow truck operator was not dispatched, nor do they have any affiliation" with the business they say sent them, Peng said.
As for Jarboe, he moved his car to a different shop and expects to get his repaired Lexus back soon. Still, he said this was an expensive lesson to learn, and "my insurance is paying for none of it."
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Release Notes for Clozure CL 1.7
Supported Platforms
Clozure CL 1.7 runs on the following platforms:
- Mac OS X 10.5 and later (x86, x86-64)
- Linux (x86, x86-64, ppc32, ppc64, armv7l)
- FreeBSD 6.x and later (x86, x86-64)
- Solaris (x86, x86-64)
- Microsoft Windows XP and later (x86, x86-64)
The preferred way to get Clozure CL is via Subversion. For example, to get CCL for Mac OS X on x86, one would run the following command from a shell prompt:
$ svn co http://svn.clozure.com/publicsvn/openmcl/release/1.7/darwinx86/ccl
Versions for other platforms are available by changing the darwinx86 to one of linuxx86, freebsdx86, solarisx86, windows, linuxppc, or linuxarm.
Both 32 bit and 64 bit binaries are included with all versions (except for ARM, which is 32-bit only).
See also http://trac.clozure.com/openmcl/wiki/SystemRequirements.
Reporting Bugs
Please use the Trac instance at http://trac.clozure.com/ccl to review existing bug reports and to submit new ones.
Platform Notes
The 32-bit Windows lisp now runs on 64-bit Windows.
The 64-bit Windows lisp kernel now builds with (and requires) a recent version of the mingw-w64 toolchain. See WindowsNotes.
Linux ARM
An ARMv7 processor is now required. There have been a great many improvements and bug fixes to the ARM port since it was first released in version 1.6.
Mac OS X
Support for Mac OS X running on PowerPC has been dropped. Linux on PowerPC is still supported.
The interface databases for Mac OS X are now built from Snow Leopard (10.6) headers. This required the use of an experimental version of the interface translator that recognizes C blocks. See BuildFFIGEN.
The Cocoa-based IDE requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later.
On OS X Lion, the AltConsole? application may not automatically activate when the standalone Clozure CL.app crashes. Clicking on the AltConsole? dock icon will activate it. It should then behave normally.
The FreeBSD binaries were built on a FreeBSD 8.1 system. If you are running 6.x or 7.x, you should be able recompile the lisp kernel on your own system and run the lisp without any further trouble:
$ cd ccl/lisp-kernel/freebsdx8632 # or freebsdx8664, as appropriate $ make
New exported symbols
The following new symbols are now exported from the CCL package:
- *disassemble-verbose*
- dparef, sparef
- allow-heap-allocation, heap-allocation-allowed-p, allocation-disabled (r14807, ARM only)
When ccl:*disassemble-verbose* is true, the x86 disassembler will print the opcode bytes along with the disassembled instructions.
The macros dparef and sparef are shorthand for paref of :double and :float arrays. For example, (dparef p 3) => (paref p :double 3).
The image and fasl file versions have changed. Old heap images and fasl files won't work with 1.7.
The bundled version of ASDF is now 2.017.
asdf-install is no longer bundled. (See http://www.quicklisp.org/ for an alternative.)
In previous versions of CCL, *gensym-counter* was thread-local. It is now global, which means that gensym will produce lisp-wide unique symbol names. This implies, however, that user code that modifies *gensym-counter* must arrange to serialize access to it in some way. See http://trac.clozure.com/ccl/ticket/799 for discussion.
Further code coverage improvements.
An obscure low-level change: On Unix-like systems, we now have the operating system restart system calls interrupted by the signal used to suspend a thread. (The GC suspends all other threads every time it runs, so this is not rare.) We don't foresee any problems with this, but mention it here just in case.
Fee-based support for Clozure CL is available from Clozure Associates on a per-incident or contract basis. Please send mail to business@… for more information.


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Windsor Windows & Doors - The Replacement Windows for Dummies Manufacturer Profiles
Windsor Windows & Doors
West Des Moines, IA
Windsor Windows & Doors began as a small operation in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1946. By crafting some of the finest windows and doors available – and asking fair prices – they've built a reputation of quality and value among architects, builders, contractors and homeowners. Windsor remained a regional wood window company until purchased by Woodgrain Millwork, Inc of Fruitland, Idaho in 1987. Woodgrain has grown into the largest manufacturer of moldings and interior pine doors in the United States.
Windsor Windows & Doors manufacture three distinct product lines: Pinnacle (wood), Legend (cellular PVC) and Next Dimension (vinyl).
In recent years, Woodgrain has acquired three other window and door companies. In 2000, Woodgrain purchased Atrium Patio Doors, located in Greenville, TX. They build many styles and configurations of swinging and sliding patio doors and market their product primarily through the Home Depot. In 2006, Woodgrain purchased Monarch Windows and in 2008 Woodgrain acquired Redstone Doors.
Woodgrain Millwork, Inc. and Windsor Windows & Doors are a success story of traditional American values and hard work.
- Windsor's Pinnacle windows and doors are available in either primed wood or low-maintenance extruded aluminum cladding in seven standard colors, 30 feature colors or 7 anodize finishes. Custom color matching is also available. The wooden interiors are available in three species - Select Pine, Douglas Fir or Natural Alder. DP Ratings ranging from 50 up to 70 are some of the most impressive in the industry.
- Windsor's Legend products are constructed from solid cellular PVC creating the traditional look and feel of painted wood while providing the low-maintenance and durability of vinyl. This product offers a 25-year warranty against rotting, warping, cracking or swelling. Legend HBR is a unique hybrid that combines the strength and durability of our Legend cellular PVC frame with an aluminum-clad wood sash.
- Windsor's Next Dimension windows and doors utilize the most advanced technology available to produce a substantial product constructed from extruded multi-chambered vinyl for impressive performance and energy efficiency. The wide selection of sizes and shapes as well as their reliability, durability and low-maintenance have made Next Dimension a favorite for many builders.
Advancements in glazing have taken home windows to new levels of efficiency. Low-E coatings are applied to the interior side of the exterior pane of glass. These coatings consist of a fine silver mist that is sprayed on the interior side of the exterior pane of insulated glass. The coating reflects room-side infrared energy back into the room and reflects solar heat out. The better the glazing is at reflecting these waves, the lower the U-Value.
The U-Value of an insulated glass unit is an important rating that indicates how well it maintains the temperature inside a building. Whether trying to keep cool air inside during the warm season or cool air outside during the cold season, this advancement in fenestration technology is beneficial in all climates. Since Low-E coated glass transmits a high level of natural light into the home while reducing solar gain, you reduce both lighting and air conditioning costs.
Windsor offers Low-E 366 as their standard glazing. It provides high transparency, low reflectivity and excellent thermal insulation, all of which provide energy-saving benefits. This glazing provides the ideal balance of solar control and high visibility for year-round comfort and energy savings.
In addition, non-metal Superspacer is used between the panes of insulated glass. This material expands and contracts to ensure a strong moisture barrier. This non-metal material provides less conductivity which blocks the heat from escaping or entering through the glass edge.
Windsor Windows' Cathy Leonard Talks Superior Craftsmanship and Innovation in Replacement Windows


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Michael Douglas' throat tumor won't delay the opening of his long-awaited follow-up to "Wall Street."
Doctors discovered the tumor recently and the 65-year-old Oscar winner must undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. He is expected to make a full recovery, though his treatment will overlap with the Sept. 24 opening of "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps."
Tweintieth Century Fox says Douglas will also promote the film as planned. The movie is set 20 years after the original 1987 Wall Street movie, with Douglas reprising his role as Gekko, the disgraced financier who has just been released from prison.
U.S. & World
Robert Haddad, of the head and neck cancer program at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute told USA Today that Douglas' rigorous treatment regimen suggests the tumor is "advanced' cancer. He said the treatment can cure up to 80% of patients, depending on the location and other details of the tumor.
Douglas' people have only said the tumor is in his throat. Larynx cancers are usually related to smoking and heavy drinking, whichDouglas has long been known for. Cancers around the tonsils are often caused by a virus called HPV, which also causes cervical cancers.


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Nation's Largest Voluntary Wetland Restoration Program Has Protected 2.6 Million Acres
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2012 – In its two decades of existence, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's federal Wetlands Reserve Program has restored more than 2.6 million acres of wetlands habitat across the U.S, creating prime wildlife habitat and helping the environment by holding and cleaning water.
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service administers the voluntary program that works with landowners to protect, restore and enhance wetlands on private and tribal lands, a mission that helps rural and urban communities throughout the country by reducing flood damage, contributing to groundwater recharge and carbon sequestration, and providing recreational opportunities. Seventy-five percent of wetlands in the U.S. are located on private lands.
"The Wetlands Reserve Program is a great conservation tool, providing landowners a way to protect and restore wetland areas while making improvements to their properties—it is a win-win for the environment, the landowner and the community," NRCS Acting Chief Jason Weller said.
Through the program, NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to help landowners voluntarily restore and protect wetland ecosystems. Landowners may select either a permanent or 30-year easement, retaining ownership of the land once the easement is in place.
In the 20-year history of the program, more than 11,000 landowners across the U.S. have participated in this voluntary program. Landowners can receive financial assistance to restore wetlands on the saturated and flooded portions of their property that are difficult to farm, focusing their agricultural efforts on more productive soils.
Wetlands slow and store water, lowering the risk of flooding for nearby communities during hurricanes and other severe weather events.
The program is best suited for frequently flooded agriculture lands, where restoration will maximize habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife, and improve water quality.
Wetlands are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. Rare and endangered wildlife, such as the Louisiana black bear, whooping crane, wood stork, bog turtle and other species, are thriving on WRP easement lands.
The majority of WRP easements are found in five states: Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida and California.
"Our nation has lost more than half of its historical 220 million acres of wetlands in the continental U.S.," Weller said. "I am encouraged by farmers, ranchers and other private landowners who are dedicated to reversing this trend through the restoration and care of the wetlands on their property."
Weller attributes WRP's milestone achievements to landowner interest, strong partnerships and effective science-based technical assistance. NRCS technical specialists work cooperatively with landowners, federal and state wildlife agencies, researchers and universities, conservation districts and non-governmental organizations to develop and implement effective hydrologic and vegetative restoration and management techniques.
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So reports the JS Online today. I hope they're just being careful — they can't report that he will be gone unless they have someone saying he will be gone. But he needs to be gone.
Derrick Frost was an average punter with the Washington Redskins, no better. Redskins' fans — or the ones I talk to anyway — were happy to see him waived. And when he whined publicly about his ouster he lost many of the remaining fans he had.
What matters most, however, is his on-field performance and it has been bad. Check out the numbers — both gross and net — in this story.
Unfortunately, there are slim pickings in the free agent punter field. The JS reports that Jon Ryan has been struggling in Seattle and that the team has been giving tryouts to other punters, presumably because they're thinking about getting rid of him.
I'd welcome him back.
I've come to the opinion over the years that Ted Thompson is a very, very good general manager. Just look at how many NFL teams are now trying to model their draft strategies — and their salary cap strategies — after the Packers.
But this was a boneheaded move, plain and simple.


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Bionic Commando and Rearmed are available for $40 and $10 respectively, or for $45 as a convenient bundle. Bionic Commando Rearmed, the 3D remake of the original Bionic Commando, was originally set to hit Steam during its launch last August. The game was pulled from the service at the last minute, with Capcom saying it was "unable to reach mutually agreeable terms with Valve on BCR."
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The four Tech 2 Tactical Missile Launchers are the UEF Aloha, the Cybran TML-4, the Aeon Serpentine and the Seraphim Ythis. They are tactical units.
Factional Differences Edit
Overall, the four Tech 2 Tactical Missile Launchers are roughly equivalent in terms of strategic value and purpose to one's own side. The launchers have slight variations in cost, but their stats are strictly equal. The actual missile stats are strictly equal across all four factions in damage, cost and flight speed.
The only notable difference comes from the Cybran and Aeon launchers. The Cybran TML-4 is superior to the other launchers in several ways: While other factions have a muzzle charge delay of 1.5 seconds before firing their missiles, the TML-4 fires its missile in about only 0.5, making it much more accurate against mobile targets. Furthermore, the TML-4, equipped with 4 muzzles, can fire its missiles at a substantially greater rate of fire. Finally, like all Cybran Loa Tactical Missile, when the missile comes under fire, instead of being destroyed, it breaks up into several smaller missiles. You get an overall lower damage, 833 per sub-missile for a total of 2499 instead of 6000, when this happens, and the smaller missiles can be shot down by other well-placed TMDs. This makes the TML-4 hands down the best of the four Tactical Missile Launchers, as it and its missiles are no more expensive than the other options.
The other difference is the Aeon's Serpentine, whose missile swerves throughout its path to the target. If multiple missiles were launched at a certain location they would spread out, making a carpet bomb type effect, covering a much wider area than other TMLs which pinpoint a specific target location.
Except under extreme circumstances, such as rush games where you and your opponent are sending hundreds of T1 units at each other, you should not be without at least one tactical missile launcher. Remember to take into consideration that it's difficult, and expensive, for your opponent to place two tactical missile defenses at every single location (a single TMD is unable to shoot down a TML-launched missile in one shot, and will not have time to reload before the missile hits the target, unless the target is on the far side of the TMD from the TML). So if you're able to destroy mass extractors, power generators, factories, defense, etc. that are normally out of range, you have an advantage. Even if what you destroy costs less than the missile, it won't take long for your opponent's loss to make up for the cost of your missile.
Sometimes, depending on your opponent and his strategy, it might be a smart idea to build several tactical missile launchers. Launching several at the same time helps in overwhelming shields or tactical missile defenses, as long as you simultaneously launch at least one more missile than the total number of missile defenses that the missiles fall into range of. If you know of an area containing several tech 2, tech 3 units or especially experimental units, you can destroy them without wasting any of your units and resources by simply launching a few missiles at them. If you lose an experimental unit on your opponent's side, you can take out the wreckage with tactical missiles to prevent him from getting free mass, but note that you need one missile for every 6000 standard HP the experimental has to completely destroy the wreckage. Finally, tactical missiles can take out a lone ACU if the ACU is not moving around or well-guarded. Just be aware that a missile costs 6 mass per second and 120 energy per second to build, so make sure that your economy is in top shape before attempting to build several launchers.
It is worth noting here that both the UEF and Seraphim ACUs have personal Tactical Missile Launchers. It costs substantially more energy to build, but once built, these "tactical missile launchers" can do more for you than a regular tactical missile launcher can. For one thing, they build substantially faster with higher-tech engineering suite upgrades, allowing you to deploy them quicker. They also have a smaller minimum range, which in games has proved to be quite a blessing (example: finishing off an enemy commander quickly in a one-on-one ACU battle). Any target out of range can easily fall into range simply by moving the commander. Finally, the Seraphim Tactical Missile launcher has a larger damage radius than any standard tactical missile launcher, while the UEF one can be upgraded to an improved hybrid strategic/tactical launcher provided proper resources are available.
TMLs are very useful as counter-battery weapon against mobile heavy artillery of UEF, Cybran and Seraphim as they must stop and deploy to fire. A single TML can cover a big radius against mobile heavy artillery.


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Excellencies,Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am honoured to have been invited to deliver the keynote address for the International Investment Forum 2013 at the 17th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT).
This is my first week in the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). I wanted to attend this event in person and deliver my first speech in my new capacity here, as an acknowledgement of the importance that UNCTAD places on this Forum and its core theme. I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the Government of China for launching this initiative.
CIFIT has become an iconic event on the global trade and investment calendar. Since its inception nearly two decades ago, CIFIT has yielded a rich harvest, attracting the participation of ever-increasing numbers of business executives around the world to address the most prominent issues in international investment and to share business opportunities. The impact of CIFIT is indeed embodied in its "golden key" logo, which aims to unlock sustainable prosperity through investment, for present and future generations.
CIFIT is also highly relevant for today's policymakers. In its own words, the event strives to be a platform for shaping global investment policies, as well as a stage where policymakers, company leaders and investors can interact. In short, it is intended to strengthen international cooperation in the investment sector, and thereby help boost investment and ultimately growth in the world economy. As a co-sponsor of this Forum, UNCTAD emphatically endorses these aims. It is in large measure through investment for sustainable development that we will improve the livelihoods of people, and will create solutions that allow us to do this in a way that also safeguards the welfare of future generations. For this, we will need to be innovative. New developments in the trade and investment sphere, when well understood and strategically tapped, can act as excellent springboards for our aim of promoting sustainable development through investment.
This brings me to the theme of the International Investment Forum 2013, which is centred on the topic of global value chains. GVCs are one of these unfolding trends that are being monitored because we want to understand how these chains can be strategically harnessed for sustainable development.
As you may be aware, UNCTAD's emphasis has always been, and remains, on the developmental aspect of global economic activity in the areas of investment and trade. With this emphasis, we hope to mainstream the sustainable development and inclusive growth imperatives in these areas. And indeed, UNCTAD's flagship publication, the World Investment Report, focuses this year on global value chains, with this purpose in mind.
As we hold this 17th CIFIT, we find ourselves still embroiled in one of the most pressing, persistent and widespread financial and economic crises of our times. The economic woes we are facing are also reflected in investment flows, and to provide an appropriate backdrop for the rest of our discussions here, I would like to share with you the latest investment trends, as collated in UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2013, before turning to the topic of global value chains.
The overall news is not good. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2012 contracted by 18 per cent, to $1.35 trillion. This was despite hopes that a recovery was on track. Skittishness about the fragile economic environment globally as well as policy uncertainty in the face of this fragility led investors to stash their cash, rather than investing it. Major investors globally have about six trillion dollars worth of cash on their balance sheets. This is capital, I am sure you will agree with me, that we would rather see invested in productive capacity to help spur more economic activity, to help propel us out of economic sluggishness and thereby get more people back into jobs.
Our projections for investment flows remain sober for 2013. Levels may start to pick up speed again from 2014, but we also still have to face up to some significant risks. Structural weaknesses in the global financial system, the possible deterioration of the macroeconomic environment, and continued policy uncertainty in areas crucial to investor confidence might even lead to a further delay in FDI recovery.
There is another new development on the FDI front this year that is a positive trend. Developing countries in 2012 - for the first time ever - absorbed more FDI than developed countries. 52 per cent of total FDI inflows went to developing countries, outstripping the value of FDI to developed countries by $142 billion. Developed countries received 42 per cent of total flows, with transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe receiving the balance of 6%. In terms of outbound FDI, developing countries' outflows increased to $426 billion, or a record 31 per cent, of all outflows. Asian countries remained the largest source of FDI, accounting for 75 per cent of developing-country flows. Another positive development was the trebling of outflows from Africa during last year. In the global South, the BRICS countries continued to be the leading source of FDI. Flows from the five economies of Brazil, China, India, the Russian Federation and South Africa rose to $145 billion, or 10 per cent of world total outflows.
Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me now turn to global value chains. As we explore trade and investment and ways to harness these economic activities to benefit more people, it is very useful to also understand the underlying dynamics of these activities and what drives them. The phenomenon of global value chains is one of the truly significant developments in global production in recent times.
To offer you a tangible example, let's imagine for a moment a much-desired gadget, the iPhone 5. This electronic device will have made more cross-border trips than most people make in a year before it is sold at the retail level. Its design will be committed to paper by Apple in the United States, but most of its actual physical inputs will be sourced from elsewhere: semiconductors may come from Germany, memory from Japan, the display panels and circuit boards from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan Province of China, and rare metals from countries in Africa and Asia. These sets are eventually assembled in China before Apple again takes control of distribution and sales. Where is the iPhone made? We can only reasonably attach a "Made in the World" label to this device. This is the phenomenon of global value chains in practice. It is, in essence, a seamless and truly borderless global production system, where enterprises in several countries join forces to deliver goods and services to customers in the most efficient way. The multiple origins of these products and services are one of the most striking manifestations of modern-day globalization.
Global trade and FDI have grown exponentially over the last decade. Total FDI flows have more than doubled in the ten years since 2002, while trade over the same period has expanded by more than 60 per cent. Many factors have contributed to this robust growth, but one of the predominant drivers has undoubtedly been the phenomenon of internationalized production networks. The actors in these value chains are typically transnational corporations (TNCs) that have cross-border trade of production inputs and outputs taking place within their networks of affiliates, contractual partners and arm's-length suppliers. And these firms command a great deal of power, as they apportion activities according to their ability to maximize profits.
The phenomenon of international production systems driven by TNCs engaging in efficiency-seeking FDI is not a new one. However since the year 2000, global trade and FDI - which are the two vehicles that enable GVCs to operate - have simply exploded, significantly outpacing global GDP growth. It is now calculated that some 60 per cent of the $20 trillion dollars worth of global trade consists of trade in intermediate goods and services that are incorporated at various stages in the production process of goods and services for final consumption.
We are also witnessing an increase in the participation of developing countries in GVCs. The developing-country share of GVC trade has increased from a mere 20 per cent in 1990 to an impressive 40 per cent today. In many developing regions the phenomenon of the regional value chain, and indeed the strategic positioning of countries in terms of value chain participation, has developed robustly. By implication, this manifestation of an increasing interconnected world shows that the costs of trade and investment protectionism and the benefits of multilateral market opening could have wider and more complex consequences than they had in the past.
This brings me to the possible nexus between GVCs and development, and how global production networks can be tapped to advance developmental goals. One of the most compelling effects of GVCs is that they are "decentralizers" of value-added and employment. This means that jobs and secondary- and tertiary-sector activities are no longer concentrated in areas that are capable of carrying out the most complex tasks - notably in developed countries - but are spread around the world. And this, in turn, means GVCs can contribute to the "catch-up" of developing countries' GDP and income levels. In addition, foreign firms have a high inclination to reinvest earnings, which may lead to increased productive capacity and additional job creation. These are the essential contributions of GVCs to development at the global level.
Despite these evident upsides, the benefits from GVC participation are not always automatic. Nor is the integration into a GVC necessarily risk-free. The experiences of individual economies show heterogeneous results. In some instances the value-added contribution of GVCs can be relatively small, where the imported content of exports is high and where GVC participation is limited to lower-value parts of the chain.
With regard to employment gains, the prognosis is not always rosy either, as global buyers, driven by cost pressures, can shift between suppliers. This is sometimes called the "footlooseness" of TNCs. It means that GVC-dependent jobs can be insecure, and the place of work may compromise on decent working conditions and occupational health and safety standards in order to maximize competitiveness. But on the other hand, GVCs can also be conduits for international best practice in social and environmental standards, and drivers of strong governance systems. They are potentially also vehicles for transferring technology and skills, which can lead to a deepening of the participating country's productive base.
It is up to each and every country to decide whether to harness GVC participation for economic development. Whatever the case may be, countries need to weigh very carefully the pros and cons from GVC integration, and to calculate the costs and benefits of proactive strategies to link development policy with GVC participation, before making a decision.
It is important to take a holistic perspective and to treat GVC participation not as a phenomenon solely related to a single policy area, such as trade policy, or industrial or investment policy. Rather, GVC participation is one aspect of a country's overall development strategy. Such development strategies should take into consideration the entire spectrum of policy areas that may have a bearing on how GVCs impact on development.
Once a country opts to take the GVC integration path, policies will matter a great deal in order to steer developmental outcomes from this participation. Gaining access to GVCs, benefiting from such participation and reaping upgrading opportunities from GVCs will require a structured approach that includes:
Countries will also need bolstering strategies. Mitigating the risks that are involved in GVC participation, for instance, will require the establishment of strong environmental, social and governance frameworks.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As I mentioned earlier, a profound change in the current international investment landscape is the rise of emerging economies as both recipients and sources of FDI, and the rise of China is particularly notable. Indeed, as one of the most important FDI destination and source countries, China is in a better position than ever before to benefit from and contribute to world development through investment.
In 2012, despite a moderate drop of 2%, FDI flows to China remained at a record level, reaching $121 billion, second only to the United States. And indeed, this year inflows have picked up speed again, rising by just under 5 per cent in the first half of the year. The growth of China's outward investment is even more impressive. In 2012, China's outbound FDI hit a record of $84 billion, and it has continued that momentum into 2013, reflecting growth of 29 per cent in the first half of the year, according to UNCTAD's latest rankings. China is now the third-largest FDI source country in the world, after the United States and Japan. And according to a recent UNCTAD survey on international companies, China is still the most attractive investment destination in the medium term, followed by the United States.
In the three decades since the Chinese economy was opened up to the world, China has continuously enhanced the breadth and depth of participation in GVCs through increased FDI inflows and foreign trade. Many Chinese enterprises have become important links in the GVCs of numerous industries, and China has immensely enhanced its productive capacity and established itself as the world's manufacturing hub. Meanwhile, by adopting advanced technology and skills, China has been able to gradually enter higher value-added GVC activities, and so has created viable conditions for upgrading the country's industries.
But even more can be achieved. If China's economic growth and upgrading was mainly driven by inward FDI and trade in the last three decades since opening its market, outward FDI can play a bigger role in China's further opening and development.
In order to participate more effectively in GVCs, China should, on the one hand, attract more FDI into high-end manufacturing and knowledge-based services, and on the other hand, encourage Chinese companies, particularly export-oriented manufacturing companies, to extend their manufacturing activities overseas and establish their own international production networks and value chains. This will allow Chinese companies to most effectively allocate and utilize resources globally and to improve their competitiveness in GVCs. By relocating part of their production activities closer to the origin of raw materials or to the end market, Chinese companies will also be able to create more value for local communities while at the same time reducing pressure on energy and the environment at home, thereby making these businesses more sustainable.
With the constant fragmentation and slicing up of the value chain in different industries, developing countries, regardless of their economic size or level of development, may all find suitable industry segments and activities where they possess a comparative advantage.
However, GVCs driven by TNCs also exert competitive pressure on developing countries. This entails appropriate policies at national level and coordinated international efforts, by both host and home countries, to ensure that all participating countries see development benefits from GVCs.
As part of our efforts to meet these challenges, UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2013, which serves as a background document for the Forum, offers a rich assessment of key issues related to GVCs, as well as practical advice to policymakers working in this area. I very much hope that our discussion today will help us make GVCs work better for sustainable development.
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Directed by William Castle in 1963 and written by Robert Dillon, 13 Frightened Girls (which was originally titled Candy Web) takes place primarily at Miss Pittford's Academy, a prestigious all-girls boarding school in Switzerland, obviously run by Miss Pittford (Norma Varden). Here, the daughters of wealthy socialites and elitist politicians from the world over are given a top notch education. Here we meet a student named Candy (Kathy Dunn), an American. When the class heads into town to visit their fathers, all of whom seem to work at various embassies, Candy and her friend Mai-Ling (Lynne Sue Moon) discover that a secret agent has been murdered.
No normally you'd think Candy would run to Miss Pittford but no, instead she reports the murder to the authorities using the name 'Kitten' to keep her true identity hidden. This brings 'Kitten' to the attention of the different diplomats working in the area, and when a Russian spy also turns up dead, various players on the scene start to wonder who this 'Kitten' really is and what she's really up to. Candy, on the other hand, is determined to uncover the truth behind the killing, and she gets some help from a spy named Wally Sanders (Murray Hamilton), who is connected to her father (Hugh Marlowe). What she doesn't realize is just how much real danger she is going to find herself in the more she keeps sticking her nose into this…
This is an entertaining enough picture if you're in the right frame of mind for it but don't go into 13 Frightened Girls expecting much of anything in the way of scares. The title implies a lot more than the movie actually delivers and then only time we actually get thirteen frightened girls all at once in the movie is when Candy winds up driving the different international attendees of the school in a bus. That's about it, and there's actually fifteen girls, not thirteen. This is not a horror movie by anyone's standards, it's an espionage picture starring a bunch of teenybopper girls. If you're in the right frame of mind for it though, and go in with the proper expectations, you'll probably get a kick out of it even if it's unlikely to ever make anyone's 'best of' list. This is disposable, light, fluffy entertainment.
Castle keeps things moving at a decent enough pace and the photography in the movie is nice. Here he makes good use of color, the girls' uniforms sometimes contrasting in interesting ways with the sets and locations used throughout the duration of the picture. At times this feels like an older live action Disney adventure movie with some spy related hijinks thrown in to keep things interesting. The cast are okay, Kathy Dunn is likeable enough as the primary lead, she plays her part with enough confidence that despite the improbability of the concept as a whole, she makes for a decent enough 'junior spy.' The movie also deals in some interesting ways with the Cold War that was obviously still going on at the time, which dates the picture and maybe adds a layer of predictability to it for those of us old enough or well versed in history enough to be familiar with the politics of the era.
This is obviously something that was geared towards a younger audience when first released, so keep that in mind. Tween girls will probably get more out of it than anyone else, and that would seem to be the target Castle was going for here, but if you enjoy family friendly adventure stories crammed with some appealing sixties kitsch and some goofy spy movie trappings, this is an easy, breezy and completely disposable slice of entertainment.
13 Frightened Girls is presented on this MOD/DVD-R from Sony framed at 1.85.1 anamorphic widescreen. Picture quality is decent and it's safe to assume that this transfer is the same as the one that was released a few years ago. It's a bit soft in spots, which would appear to stem back to the original photography, but colors are fairly vivid and well produced. There are no issues with edge enhancement or noise reduction and print damage is held firmly in check. Not an amazing image, one that leaves some room for improvement, but certainly an acceptable, if slightly outdated, transfer of an older picture made on a modest budget.
The only audio option on the disc is an English language Dolby Digital Mono track, there are no alternate languages, subtitles or closed captioning options of any kind provided here. The quality of the track is fine. Dialogue stays clean and clear and while things lean towards the flat side, this seems like a reasonably accurate representation of how the movie should sound. The score has a bit of depth here and there and the effects sound good while the track shows consistently well balanced levels from start to finish.
Extras are identical to the pressed disc that appeared as part of The William Castle Film Collection boxed set release from a few years ago. That means you'll find an original theatrical trailer for the film, a British trailer introduction, the Candy Web trailer, the Candy Web" theatrical opening message from Castle, the Candy Web theatrical closing message from Castle and alternate openings from the film from British, Swedish, French and German sources.
13 Frightened Girls isn't the horror movie you'd expect from a title like that and from a director like William Castle, but it is a fun and entertaining James Bond inspired teen movie. It probably hit some of the right notes when it played theaters back in the sixties and while it's more than a little dated by anyone's standards, that there is half of its charm. Sony's MOD/DVD-R release is seemingly a clone of the out of print disc, making it more affordable than tracking down that release. Recommended for Castle fans, a fun rental for everyone else.
Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.


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Residential Student Parking
Specific parking lots on the UIS campus are designated only for UIS Housing Residents.
Those parking lots are as follows:
- East Campus Housing: Sunflower, Clover, Bluebell and Larkspur Courts
- West Campus Housing: Pennyroyal, Foxglove, Marigold and Trillium Courts
- Residence Hall Housing: Lincoln Residence Hall and Founders Hall
- Download Residential Student Parking map (pdf)
The parking lots above are reserved only for the residents who live in those specific housing complexes and that have obtained a current hang tag for that specific parking area. Additionally, each "Residential Student" may not park in any other Residential Court parking lot, due to the limited number of spaces that are available in those lots.
Residential Students must park in the lot corresponding to their housing location, but may during the day, drive to other nonresidential lots to park during class time. Residential Students must park overnight in the lot corresponding to their housing location.
Students living in the Residence Halls must park in the southern half of the Marigold and Trillium parking lots (see signs on light poles).
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Angular harp
In Mesopotamia a new harp came into existence. It was quite different from the arched harp. The oldest known picture is from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. The angular harp has a vertical sound-box and a horizontal string-carrying arm. It has usually more strings than the arched harp.
This type of harp was very successful. It spread through the ages from Mesopotamia all the way to China and Japan in the East and as far as Spain in the West. It is still used in folkmusic of Eastern Europe, Siberia and Indonesia.
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Small drawing on a wine-cask from the dynasty of Larsa [1900 – 1600 BC] in Babylonia. The instrument looks rather big with regard to the player. How many strings it really has is not clear, the drawing being too small. It is one of the first pictures of the angular harp.
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Terra-cotta relief from Larsa, Babylonia, dating from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. This instrument has a big sound-box and seven strings, fixed with tuning-cords. The sound-box was made of wood, covered with cloth or leather.
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Wooden statue, found in Egypt but from Hettite origin. The Hettite people came from a northern region to Mesopotamia and settled there around 2000 BC. Enlarging their territory they met the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II who was doing the same in the opposite direction. Ramses won the battle and so the little lady with her harp landed in Egypt.
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Harpist with an angular harp, found in Egypt in a tomb from the 19th dynasty [1200 BC]. It is probably from Assyrian origin and brought to Egypt as spoils of a victory. It is now in the British Museum in London.
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Horizontal angular harps played with a plectrum by martial looking men in de palace of king Sennaherib [704 – 681] in Nineveh, Assyria. Pairs of these harps provide the music for sacrifices and festivities. This fragment is now in the British Museum in London.
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Garden party at the palace of king Assurbanipal [661 – 631], the grandson of Sennaherib [see 2.05]The king celebrates a victory with music of the vertical angular harp. A tall instrument with many strings and long tuning-cords hanging down the string arm. As a reminder of his conquest the head of the slain ennemy, king Teumman of Elam, has been put on the tree near the harpist. This relief is now in the British Museum, London.
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Fragment of an Assyrian musical procession with angular harp, double-flute and another stringed instrument. It could be an horizontal harp but the relief was damaged and somewhat wrongly repaired. It could be a psaltery. It is now in the British Museum, London.
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A parade of angular harps from Elam after the conquest of their land by the Assyrian king Assurbanipal [661 – 631]. The defeated people try to appease the conqueror with their music. Relief from the palace in Nineveh, Assyria. Now at the Britisch Museum in London.
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Horizontal harps accompany a libation for a killed lion. King Assubanipal of Assyria [661 – 631] was a famous lion hunter. After killing the animal, Assurbanipal honoured the lion with a libation. Relief from the palace in Nineveh. Now in the British Mueum in London.
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Fragment of a sculpture found in Israel during excavations in Yanneh Yam. It shows part of an angular harp and is from Greek/Hellenistic origin. It dates from the 2nd century BC. After Alexander the Great who conquered the whole known world, Greek trade and culture dominated the Eastern Mediterranean coasts.
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Greek angular harp painted on an Attic red-figure vase. Greek vases of this period, 5th century BC, had red figures on a black background or black figures on a red background. On this vase Muse Terpsichore plays an angular harp with a tall sound box and about 12 strings. The vase is now in the British Museum in London.
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Greek vase from Apulia [Italy], a Greek colony. During the 5th and the 4th centuries Athens and its neighbours were constantly fighting each other. Artists and merchants left Greek for Italy to be able to work in peace. On this vase the story of Helena is painted. Menelaos, Helena and small flying Eros above have music from the harpist with the Apulian angular harp. This vase is now in a Museum in Boston, USA.
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Attic vase from Apulia [Italy] with a Maenad as harpist, on the couch a man resting and behind him a Satyr. Maenads and Satyrs were the followers of Dionysos, the god of wine. The Apulian angular harp has a row of spikes along the sound box. The meaning of these spikes is obscure. The vase dates from the 3rd century BC en is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA.
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Angular harp from Baktria, once lying between Afghanistan and Iran [Persia]. The Baktrian culture was a mix of Greek and Persian styles in the 1st century BC. This fragment of a limestone frieze was found in a monastery and is now in the Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia.
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Terracotta statue with a Chinese angular harp, the Kong Hou. It was found in a grave from the Sui dynasty [589 – 918 AD]. The Chinese kong hou has a support for resting it on the ground or in the girdle of the player.
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Ensemble in procession with lutes, flutes, kong hou harp and bells. It is a wall painting in the Dunghuan caves from the time of the Sui and Tang dynasty [581 – 918 AD].
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Tall Chinese kong hou harp, played at the court. It is a fragment from a big screen representing festivities at the court. It dates from the Ming dynasty [16th century AD]. It is now in the British Museum in London.
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Japanese angular harp, Kugo, painted on a roll-up book. It is more like a painter's view of a harp. It dates from the 14th century AD.
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Modern reconstruction of the Japanese kugo. This harp has 23 strings. De tuning cords hanging down from the string arm look like those on the old Assyrian angular harp [see 2.08]. This kugo is now at the Sho-sho-in Repository in Nara, Japan.
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Bronze statue of the "Flying angel with harp" from the 10th century AD. This angular harp could well be the model for the reconstruction of the modern kugo [see 2.19].
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Modern Japanese angular harp, kugo, which is an existing musical instrument as the harpist playing it shows.It doesn't look really easy to handle.
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Indonesian angular harp. This instrument is used by the Dayak people on Borneo/Kalimantan. A small instrument with about 5 strings. It dates from the 19th or 20th century AD but the tradition in folkmusic is much older.
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Angular harp used in the folkmusic of Georgia, south of Russia. A simple sound box with 6 strings, fastened to the string arm with tuning pins. This string arm has gaps to have a better grip on the instrument while playing and walking at the same time.
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Reconstruction of an angular harp found in pieces during excavations of a tomb in Pasyryk, Altai in West-Siberia. It dates from the 5th century BC. The shape of the instrument seems to be the same as that of angular folk harps in Asia, which made reconstruction possible.
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Byzantine angular harp in an ensemble on a mural, painted in a church in Prizren, Slovenia. It is from c. 1300 AD. It looks as if it has a pillar but that is a piece of the wooden panel behind the musicians. The harp has c. 12 strings. It has a nice sound box, rather similar to the Persian harps.
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Angular harp from Cyprus, but the picture was printed in Istanbul, Turkey. It shows a beautifully made harp on a high stand. No date mentioned on the picture but more or less from the time of the Persian miniatures, c. 15th century AD.
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Persian angular harp. Persia is now Iran. This picture from the 15th century AD shows singing and playing figures celebrating Spring. The big harp has c. 12 strings and a stand that fits in the waistband of the player.
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Persian angular harp. Detail from an illustration in the 'Book of Kings', a manuscript from the 16th cent. AD. It shows a wedding festivity. This MS is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA.
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Persian angular harp, detail of a Persian miniature. It shows that harp-playing while riding on a horse must be possible. This harp has 10 strings.The picture dates from the 17th cent. AD. it is now in the National Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.
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A Spanish/Moorish angular harp. The harpist is a Mussulman. He sits in the right corner. This dates from the 13th cent.AD when the south of Spain was governed by sultans. The friendship between South and North, Islamic and Christian rulers created a unique cooperation in the time of king Alfonso el Sabio [1221 – 1284]. He ordered Islamic, Jewish and Christian artists and musicians to create two books: a cancionero or songbook, the 'Cantigas' and a book of plays, the 'Libro de los Juegos'.These books are in the Escorial in Spain.
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Female harpist with an enormous angular harp from Constantinople [now Istanbul]. It is a woodcut by Melchior Lorich [c. 1558]. No data of harp and harpist. This picture is now in the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany.


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A federal jury in New York has rejected the argument that use of the N-word among blacks can be a culturally acceptable term of love and endearment, deciding its use in the workplace is hostile and discriminatory no matter what.
Jurors last week awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages to a black employment agency worker who was the target of an N-word-laced rant by her black boss, and they return to a Manhattan federal court Tuesday to decide on punitive damages.
The case against Rob Carmona and the employment agency he founded, STRIVE East Harlem, gave legal airing to what some see as a complex double standard surrounding the word: It's a degrading slur when uttered by whites but can be used at times with impunity among blacks.
But 38-year-old Brandi Johnson told jurors that being black didn't make it any less hurtful to be the target of what her attorney called Carmona's "four-minute @!$%# tirade" about inappropriate workplace attire and unprofessional behavior.
Johnson, who taped the March 2012 remarks after her complaints about his verbal abuse were disregarded, said she fled to the restroom and cried for 45 minutes.
"I was offended. I was hurt. I felt degraded. I felt disrespected. I was embarrassed," Johnson testified. In closing arguments, Johnson's attorney Marjorie M. Sharpe said Carmona's use of the word was intended to offend "and any evidence that defendants put forth to the contrary is simply ridiculous."
"When you use the word @!$%# to an African-American, no matter how many alternative definitions that you may try to substitute with the word @!$%#, that is no different than calling a Hispanic by the worst possible word you can call a Hispanic, calling a homosexual male the worst possible word that you can call a homosexual male," Sharpe told jurors.
But defense lawyers said the 61-year-old Carmona, a black man of Puerto Rican descent, had a much different experience with the word. Raised by a single mother in a New York City public housing project, he became addicted to heroin in his teens and broke it with the help of drug counselors who employed tough love and tough language.
Carmona went on to earn a master's degree from Columbia University before co-founding STRIVE in the 1980s. Now, most of STRIVE's employees are black women, defense attorney Diane Krebs told jurors in her opening statement.
"And Mr. Carmona is himself black, as you yourselves can see," Krebs said. In his testimony, Carmona defended his use of the word, saying he used it with Johnson to convey that she was "too emotional, wrapped up in her, at least the negative aspects of human nature."
Then he explained that the word has "multiple contexts" in the black and Latino communities, sometimes indicating anger, sometimes love. Carmona said he might put his arm around a longtime friend in the company of another and say: "This is my @!$%# for 30 years."
"That means my boy, I love him, or whatever," he said. He was asked if he meant to indicate love when he called Johnson the word.
"Yes, I did," he responded. The controversy is a blemish on STRIVE, which has been heralded for helping people with troubled backgrounds get into the workforce. Its employment model, which was described in a CBS' "60 Minutes" piece as "part boot camp, part group therapy," claims to have helped nearly 50,000 people find work since 1984. Sharpe told jurors that STRIVE's tough-love program cannot excuse Carmona's behavior.
"Well, if calling a person a @!$%# and subjecting them to a hostile work environment is part of STRIVE's tough love, then STRIVE needs to be reminded that this type of behavior is illegal and cannot be tolerated," she said.


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Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I am off on a much "needed" camping holiday for a week!
See you all soon!
Edit..I'm now back from our camping holiday in beautiful Dorset! We had a great time and the weather was great too. We visited many lovely places, Corfe Castle, Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Brownsea Island and Studland Beach to name a few. I would definitely recommend a visit to this part of the UK and it's somewhere I will visit again ;o)
Saturday, 12 July 2008
See you all soon!
6 comments:
- Nickki said...
Have a lovely time Maria! :)
- 12 July 2008 at 21:19
- Nic said...
Have a great time, hope the weather is good for you!
- 15 July 2008 at 10:15
- Ms O said...
Happy Holiday, Maria!
Lea x
- 16 July 2008 at 04:04
- Anna said...
Hope you're having a good time! Take care!
- 16 July 2008 at 17:42
- Sally said...
Do hope you had a restful time Maria. You should be back around nowish?
Look forward to reading all about it.
- 20 July 2008 at 04:26
- Maria♥ said...
Thanks everyone. We had a lovely week away and the weather stayed good for us, thank god! Sorry for my lack of blogging but when it's hot I don't feel up to baking much.
- 31 July 2008 at 22:26
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In https://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/630-making-mo-figures-in-gabedit-using.html I mentioned that g09w doesn't seem to handle my .chk files for linux (G09D).
If you have gaussian for linux (e.g. G09D), then you can set up a small linux installation on windows, install gaussian there and run formchk in the linux environment.
The guide assumes that you don't really know much about linux, or virtual machines. There are plenty of screenshot -- probably too many -- but if you work through them one by one it should be easy to get set up.
1. Install virtualbox
Go to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Download "VirtualBox 5.1.2 for Windows hosts"
Download the "VirtualBox 5.1.2 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack" as well.
It doesn't have to be version 5.1.2. Download whatever the latest version is.
Run the installation file for virtual box.
2. Install linux in the virtual machine
Assuming that you have cheap and fast internet, download the netinst version of debian.
You'll want the AMD64 iso file: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso
You can also download this via bittorrent: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/bt-cd/debian-8.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent
Start virtualbox and set up a new machine.
Then install linux: Note that at no point are any changes made to your Windows harddrive. All changes are made to a file that virtualbox uses as a harddrive for the virtual machine (i.e. your linux installation)
|NO changes are made to your 'real' harddrive, so don't panic.
3. Install gaussian in the linux virtual machine
For this you will need to figure out how to transfer files between the machines. The easiest, most dependable way is via sftp.
To do this you will need to download and install filezilla: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
Do that. It's easy.
Next, configure your virtual machine to set up port forwarding.
Start your linux installation (e.g. hit the Start button in VirtualBox)
First figure out what your IP address is. Log in using the username and password you created when you installed linux.
|ip addr
Next configure virtualbox: (leave linux running in the background)
|Hit connect
|Create a new directory on the linux computer
It should now look like this (look at the right column)
Transfer your files (navigate to the correct directory in the left column, select files and drag them across)
|Select and drag
cd ~/g09
Then run
chmod ug+x formchk
4. Transfer .chk files from windows host to linux guest
You'll transfer the files using filezilla as shown before. Connect to sftp://127.0.0.1, port 2222, and go to the g09 directory where your formchk file is.
|Like so
5. Convert .chk files to .fchk files
In the linux computer, change directory to g09 and run formchk
./formchk example.chk4. Transfer .chk files from windows host to linux guestThe ./ before formchk is important
|running formchk
Then transfer the file back using filezilla:
|See the files
6. Shutdown linux
E.g. by running
sudo shutdown -h now
All in all the linux install takes about 1.1 Gb -- this could probably be cut down to 100-200 Mb, and the set up can be improved quite easily. However, this is the most straightforward set-up that I can think of without having to do customisation.
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