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Mystery Dungeons (Japanese: 不思議のダンジョン mystery dungeon), commonly abbreviated to dungeons, are areas in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games. Dungeons are where rescues, jobs and other explorations take place, along with where Pokémon can be battled and recruited. Dungeons can be found pretty much anywhere in the Mystery Dungeon games. Dungeons are labyrinth-like structures with 3 to 99 floors that the player must traverse to complete missions and are home to many hostile Pokémon. They change layout every time they are entered, making it impossible to predict how to get through beforehand. Dungeons may also have a set type of weather effects that remain for a whole floor unless a weather changing move is performed.
To enter one, a player simply walks to the crossroads near their Team Base or Wigglytuff's Guild, and selects the dungeon they would like to visit from a pop-up menu. Some dungeons, such as Beach Cave and the Hidden Land, can be visited more directly. Some dungeons are also visited without the crossroads as part of the storyline. Visiting dungeons is required to advance the storyline, as new areas must be accessed through them.
Dungeon Structures
Floors consist of multiple rooms that are interconnected by hallways. Using a One-Room Orb turns the whole floor into a single room. Each time a player visits a dungeon, its floor layout and the items inside it are randomized. Dungeons consist of multiple floors and waypoints, which can be traversed between by using stairs. Tiny Woods has the fewest floors with 3 (discounting the Explorer Maze of the Marowak Dojo which has one). The dungeons with the most floors have 99; they are Joyous Tower, Buried Relic, Purity Forest, Wish Cave, Silver Trench, Western Cave, Zero Isle South, Zero Isle Center, and Destiny Tower. To advance in the dungeon, players must find the stairs which take them to the next level. Wild Pokémon's levels increase as the player progresses through the dungeon's floors. Dungeons can also contain sleeping Pokémon, which do not move until attacked or a member of the player's party steps on a directly adjacent tile. Some Pokémon can only be found on specific floors, making it key to know which floors these Pokémon are on if one wants to recruit them.
Boss floor
Some dungeons feature floors that only contain a boss or bosses which the player must defeat. These bosses are commonly legendary Pokémon; however, they can be other Pokémon, such as Drowzee. Boss floors usually appear at the end of dungeons; however, in dungeons such as Buried Relic they appear between full floors, but still take a floor number. Some bosses can only be battled the first time the player explores the dungeon, as part of the storyline; other bosses appear until they are recruited (or every time if they cannot be recruited). Some bosses cannot be recruited the first time the player explores the dungeon. These bosses will have higher-than-usual HP. On these floors, Wonder Orbs cannot be used and the player cannot be rescued if they faint.
Treasure Floor
Treasure Floors are similar to boss chambers in that they usually only appear at the end of dungeons, but instead of containing a boss they simply contain an item or items. There is always a warp zone to allow the player to leave the dungeon (or proceed to the next floor if it is not the last floor).
Golden Chambers
A Golden Chamber replaces a specific floor in a dungeon when a taking a job to find a Golden Chamber. Golden Chambers all look exactly the same, and contain two Deluxe Boxes in the center which can only be accessed by crossing or removing the water, or moving through or destroying walls. These Deluxe Boxes will contain one of several rare items.
Treasure Memo floor
A Treasure Memo floor replaces a specific floor in a dungeon when a taking Treasure Memo job, which can only be found in bottles found on the Beach. Treasure Memo floors contain one Deluxe Box which will contain one of several rare items. There are 30 different possible layouts for Treasure Memo floors. To reach the Deluxe Box, the player must either cross or remove water, move through or destroy walls, use a Key, or any combination of the above depending on which layout the floor uses.
Outlaw Team floor
An Outlaw Team floor replaces a specific floor in a dungeon when a taking job to arrest an outlaw team. There are 5 different possible layouts for Outlaw Team floors. Like boss floors, Wonder Orbs cannot be used and the player cannot be rescued if they faint.
Challenge Floor
A Challenge Floor replaces a specific floor in a dungeon when accepting a Challenge Letter. There are 5 different layouts for standard Challenge Floors, but legendary challengers (Mewtwo, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Jirachi) each have their own unique layout. Like boss floors, Wonder Orbs cannot be used and the player cannot be rescued if they faint.
Secret Bazaar
The Secret Bazaar is a special floor that can only be accessed via Secret Stairs. It can appear in any dungeon in which the Secret Stairs do not lead to a Secret Room. It contains several different kinds of services. Secret Room A Secret Room is a special floor that can only be accessed via Secret Stairs. It only appears in Mystifying Forest, Mt. Travail, Marine Resort, Lake Afar, Happy Outlook, Mt. Mistral, Shimmer Hill, Lost Wilderness, Midnight Forest, and Zero Isle East.
Turtwig, Piplup, Manaphy and Cresselia in a room Rooms are rectangular-shaped areas that players may traverse through. They may contain Pokémon, items, Poké, stairs, Kecleon Shops, or all of the above. Other tiles may also be present within a room. Monster Houses and traps appear randomly in rooms of dungeons that are unlocked later in the game. When a player arrives at a floor, they always appear in a room. In dungeons like Beach Cave, where visibility is limited, the room the player is in will be completely illuminated. All actions in the room can be seen from any point. The hallways leading out of the room can also be seen, and the first tile of each hallway leading from the room is illuminated by the room. When a room is entered, everything in it is recorded on the floor map. Special floors like boss floors will only contain one room which makes up the whole floor, and is not the size of a regular floor. Treasure Chambers Some dungeons may also contain locked doors that can only be opened with keys. These locked chambers usually contain HMs or evolution items.
Hallways are long and narrow areas that connect rooms to each other. They are typically one tile wide, which prevents Pokémon from passing one another without destructing the walls and creating more space or being able to pass through walls. Since the space in hallways is very narrow, items will not spawn in hallways, but can be placed there. Traps also will not appear in hallways, and traps cannot be created here by moves like Spikes. In dungeons like Beach Cave, where visibility is limited, an illuminated circle will appear around the player, allowing them to see one tile in each direction more clearly. If a teammate is battling a wild Pokémon, only the teammate will appear on-screen until the wild Pokémon is in the circle. Hallways are recorded on the floor map only as the player traverses it, and only objects within one tile in any direction are recorded without the use of a Luminous Orb.
Waypoints are one-room, mezzanine-like floors that connect one part of a dungeon to a deeper part. Waypoints in a dungeon usually indicate that a boss will be present at the end; however, that is not always the case. Waypoints often connect dungeons to a "deeper" or "peak" of the dungeon. A waypoint usually contains a Kangaskhan Rock (only Aegis Cave waypoint lacks one), most of which have only the saving function available; however, some waypoints such as the Crystal Cave/Crystal Crossing waypoint allow item storage as well. Waypoints also have the option of returning to Treasure Town or Pokémon Square, or to the entrance of the dungeon in Special Episodes, or when the player is a fugitive, on the guild expedition, or in the future.
An exploration team cannot enter a dungeon if it has more than six body stars.
Dungeons may place restrictions on an exploration team in order for them to enter it. Possible restrictions are: All team members are temporarily reduced to level 1 (their level is restored when they leave the dungeon). Only a certain number of Pokémon may enter. If this restriction exists, it is usually in the form of only allowing the team leader, or team leader and one teammate to enter. Only the original team leader and original team partner may enter. Only a certain number of items may be brought into the dungeon. Excess items are lost if they are brought in. Items may not be brought into the dungeon (excludes held items in Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team). Any items brought into the dungeon are lost if this restriction applies. Poké may not be brought into the dungeon. Any Poké brought into the dungeon is lost if this restriction applies. Pokémon cannot be recruited in the dungeon.
Exploring a dungeon usually counts as one day in a game; however, there are a few notable exceptions (such as fleeing through Lapis Cave, Mt. Blaze, Frosty Forest and Mt. Freeze as a fugitive; climbing Sky Peak; and exploring Mt. Horn, Foggy Forest and Steam Cave on the Wigglytuff Guild's expedition).
Explorers or rescue teams sometimes faint in dungeons. If the leader, original partner (before beating the game,) or any client Pokémon faints and is not revived, the entire team is transported out of the dungeon. All of the team's Poké is lost, along with anywhere between half and all of the team's items (exactly which ones are randomly decided). The team is also kicked out and treated as fainted if they stay too long by taking too many steps on any one floor, getting three "warnings" beforehand.
Training mazes
Training mazes are a second, much less common type of dungeon that can only be found in the Makuhita Dojo and Marowak Dojo. While their floors, items and Pokémon are randomized every time they are visited, there are a few special things about them. They otherwise are the same as standard dungeons. Traveling through training mazes does not count as an in-game day, unlike other dungeons. If a player faints in a training maze, items and money that were collected inside them are kept rather than lost.
All dungeons contain wild Pokémon, which appear randomly. Each dungeon has its own unique set of Pokémon, which is based on the area in which the dungeon is located. Most Pokémon found in dungeons fit a theme, usually a type theme. The levels of the Pokémon in the dungeon get higher as the player enters dungeons unlocked later in the game.
Dungeon flooring
All floors are mostly covered by ordinary ground. Normal or ordinary ground tiles may be covered with aesthetic effects, such as grass or rocky terrain, and may be traversed by any Pokémon. Traveling across normal tiles does not produce any side effects, even if they do appear to have extremely rocky terrain. However, this terrain does affect Secret Power, Nature Power, and Camouflage. Special terrain that only certain Pokémon can cross also exist. They are water, lava, pit, and wall. Traps and Secret Stairs sometimes appear hidden on the floor.
Demo mystery dungeons
There are six mystery dungeons that are only accessible in the demo of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky sent via DS Download Play. These six dungeons are Little Plains, Mt. Clear, Challenge River, Trial Forest, Guiding Sea, and Hidden Shopkeeper Village. The demo can be downloaded from a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky game or the Nintendo Channel.
Other series
The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series is not the only series to have a Mystery Dungeon game, though it is the most popular. Other series in the Mystery Dungeon line include the Final Fantasy Chocobo series and the Dragon Quest series.


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ROCHESTER — The following items are based on 808 entries on the Rochester Police Log from June 6 to June 11:
Thursday, June 6
1:07 a.m. — Kyle Leavy, 27, of 152 Ten Rod Road, is charged with driving after suspension.
9:26 a.m. — Paul McKay, 42, of 466 Jug Hill Road, Milton Mills, is arrested on a bench warrant.
10:06 a.m. — Four benches, used by Day Out patients, have been stolen from The Homemakers overnight.
1:03 p.m. — Jonathan M. Lindsey, 27, of 15 Salmon Falls Estates, is charged with conspiracy to commit willful concealment, two counts of breach of bail conditions and two counts of receiving stolen property.
2:33 p.m. — A Salmon Falls Estates resident is being harassed by a former boyfriend via texts.
3:06 p.m. — More harassing texts pour into a Riverlawn Avenue home.
4:23 p.m. — In Hanson Pines a lot of people gather, to watch two kids work themselves into a lather.
6:53 p.m. — A "baby bird" is on the ground, on Brochu Court it can be found, in danger from both cat and hound — by 1 a.m. it ain't around.
6:55 p.m. — Carl Andrew Bodge, 51, of 410 Portland St., is charged with willful concealment.
7:11 p.m. — People at Pickering Pond Walking Park are counseled about their "activities."
7:40 p.m. — Dos Amigos has gotten stuck with a dud $50 bill.
8:36 p.m. — Jacob A. Benton, 22, of 579 Portland St., is charged with simple assault and second degree assault.
8:46 p.m. — More annoying texts wing their way to Amazon Park.
Friday, June 7
10:35 a.m. — A car is broken into on McDuffee Brook Place and a $200 GPS unit is stolen.
11:34 a.m. — A Sarah Court home has been broken into.
12:37 p.m. — At Walmart, a man steals sneakers and a "bag of things."
1:19 p.m. — A Bridge Street man says that his bike's a victim of a theft, it vanished off his porch… no, wait… he recalls where he left it.
5:18 p.m. — Two people smoke weed on Glenwood Avenue.
6:43 p.m. — It's said that students are staging fights in the Pines, recording the combat on cell phones and posting the videos on Facebook.
7:03 p.m. — A GPS unit has been stolen from a vehicle at the Lilac Mall.
7:39 p.m. — Shane E. Huckins, 42, of 72 Felker Drive, Milton, is charged with willful concealment at Walmart.
9:52 p.m. — Someone turns in a purse found at the Exit 14 off ramp.
11:50 p.m. — Four people exit a car on Whispering Pines Lane, where they go through mailboxes and try to open cars.
Saturday, June 8
1:57 a.m. — Adam Robert Freeman, 19, of 127 Wakefield St., is charged with willful concealment.
6:22 a.m. — A car is broken into at the Holiday Inn Express.
9:53 a.m. — Two pit bulls are loose near TD Bank.
10:07 a.m. — Kids scatter construction site cones on Common Street. A man finds one on his car.
11:25 a.m. — A Holy Rosary Credit Union customer says that Brock Street is "totally unacceptable and undriveable," due to potholes and chunks of asphalt. An SUR official checks the stretch and says that "it was not bad, but people need to go slow through the construction area."
11:35 a.m. — A Franklin Street home has been burgled.
11:48 a.m. — A North Main Street woman's boyfriend's ex-wife is posting photos of her, plus personal information, on a website.
1:00 p.m. — Exhaust parts have been stolen from several vehicles at Auto Images.
1:56 p.m. — A woman with a child is walking pit bulls (two or three), around the Common where the law says ne'er a dog should be.
3:24 p.m. — Construction barriers and cones have been moved on Congress to block a roadway for a block party. Several motorists are harassed.
3:43 p.m. — A hit-and-run near Colby Shoe is reported.
3:50 p.m. — Two women, one man and one dog are on Gonic Road seeking hand/paw-outs.
3:56 p.m. — There seems to be a tug-of-love situation over a tortoise on Cushing Boulevard.
4:01 p.m. — The block party on Congress Street is still making enemies.
4:07 p.m. — Screams, yells and threats occur in a South Main Street apartment.
4:22 p.m. — A shopper's purse is stolen at Lowe's.
4:43 p.m. — A TV is punched out at Royal Crest MHP.
4:46 p.m. — A seat, luggage rack and directionals have been stolen from a motorcycle on Bridge Street.
6:48 p.m. — A wallet, found near East Rochester School, is picked up by the owner.
6:54 p.m. — A man has "issues" with several folks on Congress Street.
8:22 p.m. — Two bothers, said to smell of drink, fight in Market Basket. Trespass orders are sought.
9:32 p.m. — A woman, also smelling of drink, screams on Portland Street.
10:38 p.m. — A woman is seen to smash a window on South Main Street and climb into the building. She didn't have her keys.
10:52 p.m. — A tune cranker is warned on Lafayette Street.
11:01 p.m. — Brian Luther, 30, of 135 Portland St., is taken into protective custody.
11:05 p.m. — Dylan Tooch, 27, of 639 McDaniel Shore Drive, Barrington, is charged with DWI.
11:15 p.m. — Brian Luther, 30, of 135 Portland St., is taken into protective custody.
11:28 p.m. — Steven Morgan, 26, of 12 Burr Court, is arrested on a warrant.
11:37 p.m. — On Meaderboro Road a gunshot and voices are accompanied by flashlights.
Sunday, June 9
12:09 a.m. — Carol W. Lyle, 38, of 119.5 High St., Somersworth, is charged with driving under the influence.
12:12 a.m. — A woman reports being assaulted on Pickering Road.
12:24 a.m. — Shots are heard on North Main Street. A woman denies they occurred, but won't let an officer look around.
12:57 a.m. — Music irks on Mill Street.
3:32 a.m. — A teen steals a 12-pack at Cumby's on Highland.
7:46 a.m. — At the station, it's reported that credit cards have been fraudulently used in the city.
7:58 a.m. — Police check with people shooting near Chesley Hill Road. All the requirements are being met.
9:11 a.m. — Fritz the fluffy dog with a Barrington tag, may have wandered into Rochester.
9:34 a.m. — At Bridle Woods, $3,000 worth of haircutting equipment has been stolen from a vehicle.
11:20 a.m. — Documents are stolen from a vehicle at Roberge Manor.
11:54 a.m. — On South Main Street, music blares and people thump on a deck.
1:45 p.m. — A license found on Charles Street is handed in and gets back to the right person.
2:48 p.m. — Ronnie Pitts, 28, of 314 Rochester Hill Road, Apt. 3F, is charged with fugitive from justice.
3:29 p.m. — Road rage on Milton Road features flipping off, yelling, slamming on brakes and an attempt to run someone of the road. Police counsel both parties.
4:09 p.m. — The Cushing Boulevard tortoise issue is still unresolved.
6:13 p.m. — Two kids hunt frogs with BB guns at the pond on Lilac Drive. Police give the guns back to parents, and counsel the adults and the youngsters on gun safety.
8:27 p.m. — A gent in dark clothes, sunglasses, and possibly wet shoes, is walking near Subway, urinating as he proceeds. It is also reported that he has "approached children."
Monday, June 10
12:47 a.m. — Music keeps folks awake on River Street.
12:58 a.m. — A man is taken to Frisbie after being assaulted near Wyandotte Falls.
2:04 a.m. — A camera, tools and an iPod Touch have been stolen from a truck on Village Lane.
6:22 a.m. — Crystal Lee McManus, 29, of 50A Lafayette St. is charged with operating without a valid license.
8:27 a.m. — A South Main Street employee reports her vehicle was ransacked overnight.
9:30 a.m. — A downtown resident finds a checkbook in her son's bedroom belonging to a woman. He has been making out checks in many people's names and cashing them. He has also cleaned out her bank account.
10:04 a.m. — An air compressor is stolen from a vehicle at Chasse Village.
10:08 a.m. — A burglary is reported on Given Circle.
12:35 p.m.— There are dead ducks at the edge of Crown Point Road.
12:38 p.m. — People outside a Portland Street building yell about teenagers living there who steal stuff.
1:38 p.m. — On South Main a couple walking, graduate from normal talking and give a workout to their tongues by "screaming at the top of their lungs," they each invade the other's space and "get into each other's face," yet both have instincts for survival, a cop reports "gone on arrival."
1:55 p.m. — A Somersworth High class ring has been stolen from a King Street resident.
1:58 p.m. — A bike found at Mel Flanagan's is brought to the station.
2:55 p.m. — A truck is keyed at the high school.
3:06 p.m. — On Brickyard Drive, a kid on a mini motor bike is towing two pals on skateboards.
3:11 p.m. — On Lincoln Street the screeching bird again, from early hours, is heard.
3:56 p.m. — A purse is stolen from an unlocked car at Kmart.
4:40 p.m. — Paul Joseph Labrie, 52, of 46 North Shore Drive, Barnstead, is charged with negligent driving after an auto accident on Upham Street.
5:08 p.m. — On Broad Street, $85 and four pairs of sunglasses are stolen from an unlocked car.
5:13 p.m. — Jamison Clement, 37, of 4 Peaceful Pines, Farmington, is charged with theft.
5:20 p.m. — A man reports his card has been used at both Hannaford stores, for $205.95 each time.
5:39 p.m. — One neighbor argues with another at Cumby's on Milton Road. One is poked in the face.
6:02 p.m. — Joshua Dubay, 31, of 10 North Main St., is arrested on a warrant.
6:58 p.m. — A Salmon Falls Road home is burgled and coins are missing.
9:35 p.m. — A man is punched on the arm during a Lafayette Street argument.
9:50 p.m. — A man bangs on a Knight Street door and demands all of someone's drugs.
10:33 p.m. — Music blasts on Gold Rush Lane.
11:32 p.m. — Two iced coffees are fired at a Fairway Avenue residence.
Tuesday, June 11
9:00 a.m. — Boxes on a truck have been opened at a business on Sawyer Avenue. The reporter recalls that he recently gave money to a panhandler and wonders if there is a connection. Police discourage him from helping panhandlers.
9:40 a.m. — At the district court it is reported that a man has a metal pipe with a fair amount of cannabis residue.
11:02 a.m. — A hit-and-run is reported at a South Main Street gas station.
11:39 a.m. — A toter is missing from Moores Court.
12:52 p.m. — A number of blue totes have been stolen from behind Rite Aid on Wakefield Street.
2:44 p.m. — An Old Dover Road woman reports a scam whereby her computer screen turned white and a message flashed up purporting to be from the FBI asserting she had looked at child porn, and to put money on a VISA card. Police call the number listed and find it is not in service. They will send an officer to give her advice.
2:58 p.m. — A man who left his wallet at a Hannaford checkout finds it is now gone, The store will check its tapes.
2:34 p.m. — A Forest Park Drive credit card has been stolen and $100 criminally spent.
4:58 p.m. — A laptop and charger are missing from a home on Walnut Street.
5:13 p.m. — A catalytic convertor has been cut from a car near Hair Excitement.
5:26 p.m. — Meds have been taken from a Portland Street man's apartment while he was locked up.
5:40 p.m. — Cortney Alessi, 22, of 492 White Mountain Highway, Apt. 3, Milton, is charged with shoplifting at Walgreens.
5:52 p.m. — A weedwacker and other things have been stolen from a garage on Crown Point Road.
6:17 p.m. — An ex-girlfriend employs a shovel to pry her way into a King Street residence. The log entry is changed from burglary to criminal mischief, because it's believed she was retrieving her own stuff.
6:36 p.m. — Michael Bray, 48, of 79 Periwinkle Drive, Apt. 2, is charged with simple assault.
8:01 p.m. — A lady on crutches begs at Walgreens, but hightails it before police get there.
8:51 p.m. — A Lafayette Street man is assaulted in his apartment by two thugs who tell him he has 10 minutes to get out.
10:11 p.m. — Someone calls the station to ask if a 17-year-old boy can date a 15-year-old girl, and wants to know the age of consent.
10:13 p.m. — Twelve people slug it out on Pine Street. All have been drinking, it's said.


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Location, Date and Time
Thursday May 24th in Toulouse
The exact location will be published soon.
Conference starts at 9:00
Call for Papers
The Eclipse Foundation, together with the M2M and Polarsys Industry Working Groups, are pleased to invite you to a day of exchanges around two topics strongly anchored in Toulouse and its area: Machine 2 Machine and Embedded Systems Engineering. This one-day event will feature keynotes and presentations highlighting cutting-edge topics in these fields, related to, but not limited to:
- Technical innovations
- Embedded OSGi
- M2M & Embedded Development Tools
- Open Source Hardware
- Scalable infrastructures
- Device Management
- Cloud infrastructure
- Data management
- Model Based Engineering
- Simulation
- Embedded Debugging
- ALM (Version Control Systems, technical facts management, etc.)
- Requirements Engineering
- Validation & Verification (code analysis, testing, formal proof)
- Qualification of tools
- Business innovations
- Industry-oriented communities
- Very Long Term Support
- Business Models
- SaaS
Presentations will be 30 minutes long, including time for questions. There will be a computer projector to support your presentation but you will need to provide your own laptop. Post your abstract or presentation here.
Language: English
Important Dates
|Submission deadline
|April 15th, 2012
|All Notification of acceptance
|April 21th, 2012
|Final version due
|May 8th, 2012
|Workshop date
|May 24th or 31th, 2012
Organization and Program Committee
|Gaël Blondelle (Conference Chair)
|Benjamin Cabé
|Sierra Wireless
|Raphael Faudou
|Atos Origin
|Pierre Gaufillet
|Gérard Ladier
|Aerospace Valley
For further information, contact gael.blondelle (at) obeo.fr
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Book News: Microsoft Rumored To Be Interested In Buying Nook
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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.
- Barnes & Noble stock shot up 24 percent in trading Thursday amid rumors that Microsoft is interesting in buying all of Nook Media's digital assets. The website TechCrunch has reported that it obtained internal documents stating that Microsoft plans to offer $1 billion for Nook's tablets and ebooks, the flailing rivals to Amazon's Kindle. Microsoft already owns a sizable stake in Nook. It isn't clear yet whether Microsoft has made a formal offer to Barnes & Noble, or whether the bookseller has responded.
- Michael Kammen on Jack Kerouac for the Los Angeles Review of Books: "He liked low-lifes better than the high life and spent many more days down-and-out than on a roll."
- Tim Parks describes the translator's urge to interpret, instead of translate in an essay for The New York Review of Books: "In short, there is a tension between reader and text that the translator experiences in a special way because, rewriting the text in his own language, he has to allow that tension to happen again for a new group of readers."
- Open Culture posts rare footage of a grumpy-looking William Faulkner, who in 1952 allowed a documentary crew to film him in Oxford, Miss., re-enacting various events in his life, including a speech at his daughter's high school graduation.
- Alex Jung considers Virginia Woolf, camp and the TV show RuPaul's Drag Race in an essay for the Los Angeles Review of Books: "I have often thought that if I were ever a drag queen, and more specifically that if I were ever a drag queen who was a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, I would play Virginia Woolf ..."


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An easy fancy meal with a bonus: Mushrooms and tomato may fight cancer.
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- 6 skirt steaks, 4 ounces each
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1/2 pound French or regular carrots
- 1/4 pound baby summer squash, halved
- 1/4 pound pearl onions, peeled and halved
- 1/4 pound brussels sprouts, halved
- 8 ounces cremini mushrooms
- 4 ounces portobello mushrooms
- 4 ounces button mushrooms
- 1 medium white onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
- 1/3 cup Cabernet Sauvignon
- 24 ounces low-sodium beef broth
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 ounces tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- Season steaks with salt and black pepper. On a grill pan coated with cooking spray, cook steaks over medium-high heat, turning once, until pink inside, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove from heat and cover with foil. In a bowl, toss carrots, squash, pearl onions and sprouts in 1/2 tablespoon oil. Over medium heat, in batches and turning once, cook until soft and seared, 6 minutes. In a large pan over medium heat, heat remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil. Slice mushrooms; to pan, add mushrooms, white onion and garlic; cook until onion browns, 5 to 7 minutes. Add wine and simmer 3 to 5 minutes. Add broth and bring to a boil. In a bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1 tablespoon cold water. Reduce heat and slowly add cornstarch mixture to broth mixture, stirring constantly, until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Add tomato paste, Italian seasoning and salt and black pepper; simmer 7 to 10 minutes. Slice steak, top with mushroom sauce; serve alongside vegetables.
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I've always wanted to post somewhere about this but haven't but now i will. I'm looking for opinions and hoping to provide people with facts that are true if they have any that they throw out. I believe that marijuana is nothing more than a miracle medicine and relaxant and by not legalizing it, we are missing out on helping tons of people.
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No, and I sat there for a looooooong time. My boyfriend said, "WTF?" once he came out of his stupor and realized we hadn't gone anywhere for a while.
I think that's the funniest thing I've ever heard that I didn't say!
But I will --
I tried it three times, really didn't care for the taste, smell, or the sense of time disorientation, so I never did it again. I have nothing against others using it, but I'd be a sheeple to do something I didn't enjoy, just because others are doing it. 'Nuff sed.
On the one hand, legalizing it would cut out the drug dealers and the cartels (who would just concentrate on other drugs, which, pound for pound, are much easier to make and smuggle, involve far less land investment, and are thus more profitable) and on the other, release Big Business to jump on the John Deere and start growing it for sale, and use the profits to help get the next Republican voted into office so they can find a way to rake in farm subsidies. The more relaxed we are, the less likely it is we will go to the polls to change anything.
On the third hand, said Zaphod Beeblebrox, I don't like the idea of being told what we can and can't do, whether I have a horse in the race or not.
Banning mind-altering substances hasn't really worked, has it?
Which is worse?
a) A guy gets into a fight/beats his wife/crashes his car, whilst drunk/high.
b) A guy gets into a fight/beats his wife/crashes his car, whilst sober/straight.
Answer - they are both equally bad. Criminalize the behavior, not the excuse. If you refuse to accept the excuse that the perpetrator has voluntarily taken a substance which encouraged the crime/anti-social act, then you begin to hold the perpetrator responsible for his own actions, including the action of voluntarily doing something to exacerbate such bad behavior.
If I poke myself in the eyes before I get into a car and drive, I am likely to not be able to see well enough to drive safely. Should we criminalize poking oneself in the eyes?
Who is to blame when an anti-social act is carried out? The perpetrator. If the perpetrator has in some manner ingested something to increase his chances of anti-social behavior, that's his problem.
Stop wasting time and resources to place bans on substances that you really have no effective way of enforcing, and instead, legalize and tax those substances and use the vast income, coupled with freed up police time and reduced jail occupancy, to manage the actions of those people unwilling or unable to manage themselves.


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Cap hit is probably pretty close to what he would have ended up with via arbitration, but, on a one or two year contract. So, this deal probably helps keep him affordable for longer.
That's Matt Martin money!Connor Brown 2.75 coming right up?
Quote from: herman on July 05, 2017, 09:05:50 PMThat's Matt Martin money!Connor Brown 2.75 coming right up?I doubt you will get him for that.
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Reality TV vixen Tila Tequila said she takes shots of love -- not of alcohol.
The curvy star of MTV's "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" took to Twitter to deny she was drunk over the weekend when she accused San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman of choking her.
"I am allergic to alcohol," Nguyen, who goes by Tila Tequila, tweeted on Monday. "It has been publicly known for years. That is how I got the name Tila 'Tequila' cuz of the irony."
"I can't drink."
Merriman, who spent 2-1/2 hours in jail after the spat, said he was not trying to harm the reality show vixen outside his Poway, Calif., home early Sunday morning after she told cops he had choked her and thrown her to the ground -- he was simply concerned about the starlet because she appeared drunk.
"I was trying to help her, not hurt her," Merriman told the San Diego Union Tribune. "I'm still glad I did what I did."
"I think when it all surfaces, it will be a different situation. Period," Merriman said.
The three-time Pro Bowler was taken to jail after Nguyen signed a citizen's arrest warrant charging him with battery and false imprisonment. He later posted bail and was released without charge, cops said.
Nguyen asked to be taken to a hospital after the incident. Officials did not see any physical injuries on her, CNN reported.
Merriman has maintained that far from hurting Nguyen, he had been trying to keep her from driving after a night out drinking at a club.
The owner of celebrity hotspot Stingaree, where both had partied the night of the incident, said his employees saw Nguyen downing shots of tequila and guzzling a bottle of vodka. Merriman, they said, appeared to be drinking only water.
"I feel sorry for the guy and I think the truth needs to be told," owner James Brennan, told The Associated Press.
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Yoga led me to waitering.
Let me explain. It was the second semester of my senior year of college (Emory, in Atlanta) and I had almost enough credits to graduate. In fact, the only credit I needed to graduate was a P.E. credit. Which was one credit. So I signed up for yoga and once a week for one hour I had to do yoga and that was it. My parents, not surprisingly, weren't too happy.
"You need to get a job," they said.
"Ummm, I have a job," I replied. "It's called yoga."
But they didn't buy it and soon I didn't buy it either. So I applied for a job at a restaurant that, for the purposes of this article, we'll call Milton's.
With zero waitering experience they hired me as a host. I would start immediately.
Hosting at Milton's was easy during the week, maddening on the weekend, especially Sunday when people came in droves for Sunday brunch.
My job would be to placate people and give them estimated wait times which, to be honest, I often made up.
"Oh, it'll be about 45 minutes," I'd say, looking at the list like some kind of scholar, a former Mathlete brought on for my superb estimation skills.
After 45 minutes, if a table hadn't opened up, I'd say, "It'll be just a few more minutes," and then I'd walk around the restaurant, pretending to search for a table, but really just stretching my legs. Inevitably a table would open up and inevitably the people would be seatedbut not because of any great planning on my part.
Soon, I grew restless in the job. I wanted to be a waiter—not because I'd make more money (which I would) but because I wanted to be like Flo at Mel's Diner in Alice and tell customers to "Kiss my grits."
Sure enough, a few weeks into my hosting stint, I overheard a manager talking to another manager about how a waiter quit and how they needed a fast replacement.
"I can do it," I said. "I can learn really fast."
The first manager gave the second manager a look and the second manager shrugged.
"Go find Jade," the first manager said. "Tell her that you're going to trail her today."
Jade was the most seasoned waitress in the restaurant. Trailing her would be like an amateur politican trailing Bill Clinton.
I tracked her down and told her the news.
"Just stay out of my way," she said. "And takes notes. I'm not going to repeat myself."
"Yes ma'am," I joked.
Jade was not amused.
After trailing Jade around for six hours, I learned a few things. I was always fascinated at what, precisely, servers wrote down when you ordered. Was there a secret code? A universal shorthand that only servers knew about?
"Just write whatever the hell you want," Jade explained, "as long as you know what to put into the computer."
Any romantic notion of friendly banter between waiters and kitchen staff was quickly dispelled when I learned the computer system: the only communication between the front of the house and the back of the house was via computer. You entered a table's order into the computer, the kitchen produced it, you took it from the expo station (after adding last minute garnishes) and served it to the table.
"It's your job to pace the meal," said Jade. "So you don't enter an appetizer, an entrée, and a dessert all at the same time. First you enter the appetizer, you wait for it to come out, and then you enter the entrée. Otherwise it'll all come up at once."
This immediately concerned me: I'd have to keep track of where all of my tables (five or six tables in a section) were in their meals in order to pace the meals correctly. That'd be hard.
"Now," said Jade, leading me into the kitchen. "Table 12 just ordered the Portobello mushroom soup." She lifted a giant soup bowl and placed it on a plate.
"Waiters do soup," she continued, ladling two giant ladlefuls into the bowl.
"Once in the bowl, you add the garnishes." She reached for a sprinkling of Parmesan and then a giant bottle of Sherry.
"Just a drop of Sherry," she said, drizzling Sherry over the top. "Sometimes we do this tableside, but I'm in a rush."
She passed me the bowl and then did the same thing again. We carried it over to the table and she quickly explained, on the way, the numbering system so you knew where to put the food.
"Position one is the one closest to the door," she said, "and then it moves clockwise around the rest of the table. So position two is at 3 o'clock, position three is at 6 o'clock and position four is at 9 o'clock. Put that soup at position four."
My head was spinning but since there were only two people at the table, I placed the soup at the only position remaining.
"Don't plop the soup down," Jade chastised, as we walked away.
"Come on," she continued. "Now we have to enter their entrées into the computer. Here, you do it."
After several attempts on my part, Jade grew frustrated. "Move," she snapped. She pushed me aside and let out a grunt.
At the end of the day, the managers sat down with Jade and me and asked her how I did.
"Bad," she said. "He's not ready."
My heart sank. Despite my early missteps, I was getting better as the day went along. Soon, I was manning my own tables, taking orders, garnishing soup, printing out checks.
"How do you think you did?" asked Manager One (a tall lanky man who walked with his hands flattened against his sides in a stiff, terrifying way).
"I think I did fine," I said. "And I can definitely learn. I'll be better tomorrow."
The managers consulted and then turned to me.
"OK," they said. "Come in tomorrow, and we'll put you on."
I smiled a big smile and Jade sighed.
"Iron your shirt," Manager Two said. "This is a nice restaurant we're running here."
I didn't own an iron, but I went out and bought one. That night I ironed my shirt over and over again and prepared for my first real day as a waiter.
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(a) Motion To Determine Present Mental Condition of Imprisoned Person.-If a person serving a sentence of imprisonment objects either in writing or through his attorney to being transferred to a suitable facility for care or treatment, an attorney for the Government, at the request of the director of the facility in which the person is imprisoned, may file a motion with the court for the district in which the facility is located for a hearing on the present mental condition of the person. The court shall grant the motion if there is reasonable cause to believe that the person may presently be suffering from a mental disease or defect for the treatment of which he is in need of custody for care or treatment in a suitable facility. A motion filed under this subsection shall stay the transfer of the person pending completion of procedures contained in this section.
(b) Psychiatric or Psychological Examination and Report.-Prior to the date of the hearing, the court may order that a psychiatric or psychological examination of the person may be conducted, and that a psychiatric or psychological report be filed with the court, pursuant to the provisions of section 4247(b) and (c).
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(d) Determination and Disposition.-If, after the hearing, the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect for the treatment of which he is in need of custody for care or treatment in a suitable facility, the court shall commit the person to the custody of the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall hospitalize the person for treatment in a suitable facility until he is no longer in need of such custody for care or treatment or until the expiration of the sentence of imprisonment, whichever occurs earlier.
(e) Discharge.-When the director of the facility in which the person is hospitalized pursuant to subsection (d) determines that the person has recovered from his mental disease or defect to such an extent that he is no longer in need of custody for care or treatment in such a facility, he shall promptly file a certificate to that effect with the clerk of the court that ordered the commitment. The clerk shall send a copy of the certificate to the person's counsel and to the attorney for the Government. If, at the time of the filing of the certificate, the term of imprisonment imposed upon the person has not expired, the court shall order that the person be reimprisoned until the expiration of his sentence of imprisonment.
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There are two ways to look at this incident, which took place during the Pacers-Cavs game last night, in which Tristan Thompson (probably inadvertently) elbowed Pacers rookie Ben Hansbrough, and Pacers psychopath Tyler Hansbrough intervened and admonished Thompson with gusto.
The first is that Ben Hansbrough, a 24-year old guard with 31 minutes of NBA experience, has the best personal enforcer in the league: his brother Tyler, already a budding body man with a reputation for having barely-controlled rage issues. Ben Hansbrough could poke Metta World Peace in the eye—it's his brother who will take (or dish out) the beating. He could tell Stephen Jackson that he usually raps slightly off the beat. He could grab Reggie Evans's balls. He could try to interview Gregg Popovich. He has nothing to fear. He is invincible. When Ben Hansbrough is on the court, you better watch where you swing your elbows, because if they connect with Ben Hansbrough, you'll get a face full of Tyler, and nobody wants that.
The second interpretation: Ben Hansbrough may as well have his mom storm onto the court to break up the fight for him (a shame for which there is some related precedent). Every time someone tries to bully him, his weird older brother—who, by the way, is six inches taller than he is, a lot better at basketball than he is, makes $2.5 million more than he does, and is almost definitely his parents' favorite—will swoop in and make everything awkward and embarrassing, even when he totally doesn't need it. Ben Hansbrough can handle himself, right? No one will ever know, because his insane older brother is always two feet away, barking at anyone who touches him. You just know that every time Tyler leaves the room, Ben ends up covered in toothpaste and toiletpaper, upside down in a locker. It's embarrassing and it's not helping him in fit in.
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This game wasn't nearly as close as the score indicates.
L – Johnny Damon (CF)
R – Derek Jeter (SS)
L – Bobby Abreu (DH)
L – Jason Giambi (1B)
L – Hideki Matsui (LF)
S – Jorge Posada (C)
L – Robinson Cano (2B)
S – Melky Cabrera (RF)
R – Miguel Cairo (3B)
Pitchers: Kei Igawa, Mariano Rivera, Luis Vizcaino, Mike Myers, Colter Bean
Subs: Doug Mientkiewicz (1B), Chris Basak (2B), Ramiro Peña (SS), Angle Chavez (PR/3B), Wil Nieves (C), Bronson Sardinha (PR/RF), Kevin Thompson (CF), Kevin Reese (LF), Andy Phillips (DH)
Opposition: Two-thirds of the Phillies starters, including Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell, but a double-A starting pitcher.
Big Hits: A double by Robinson Cano (2 for 3) in the second that turned into an inning ending play when Jorge Posada (0 for 3), who had been on first base via an error, missed Larry Bowa's stop sign and was thrown out at the plate. Doubles by Matsui (2 for 3) and Cairo (1 for 3). Melky Cabrera went 2 for 3.
Who Pitched Well?: Everyone. The four relievers combined to allow one hit (off Myers) and no walks while striking out six in four innings. Of particular note, Rivera struck out Ryan Howard on a changeup. Igawa looked sharp in the first inning, throwing first-pitch strikes to all four batters he faced, working down in the zone, and allowing just a bouncing ball single. In the second he was back to his old ways of being wild and up in the zone. He then recovered in the third and would have had a 1-2-3 inning on three groundballs if not for Jeter's error, which he followed with a walk and another groundout. He got that 1-2-3 inning in the fourth on a pop up and two strikeouts. He was less impressive in his final inning, walking the lead-off man, then having a homer blown back into Hideki Matsui's mitt by the wind that was gusting in all night, and finally having a ringing line drive head right to Miguel Cairo at third resulting in a 5-4-3 double play. All together he needed 65 pitches to work five innings, allowing two hits, walking three, and striking out three.
Slick Plays: In the first, Aaron Rowand hit a grounder that almost rolled to a stop on its way to the second base position. Robinson Cano charged and made a barehanded flip to Jason Giambi, who made a nice scoop for the out. With one out in the second, Jayson Werth tripped leading off first base on a fly out to center. Johnny Damon flipped to Jeter who, racing into shallow center, spun and fired low to first where Jason Giambi made a great scoop to complete the 8-6-3 double-play. Giambi later made another nice scoop on another low throw by Jeter on the play before Jeter's error.
Oopsies: Kei Igawa would have had a 1-2-3 third inning on three groundouts to the left side, but Derek Jeter booted the third out. Following singles by Cano and Cabrera in to lead off the fifth, Miguel Cairo popped up a bunt, failing to move the runners. Ramiro Peña made a throwing error later in the game.
Ouchies: Bobby Abreu went 0 for 3 in his spring debut, but didn't look hindered by his injury in any way, just rusty. Andy Pettitte had back spasms after his workout on Monday, skipped his bullpen yesterday and likely won't make his scheduled start on Friday, despite his own protestations. The Yankees are playing it safe and don't consider Pettitte's back to be a major issue right now.
Battles: Andy Phillips grounded out in his only at-bat from the DH slot. I have yet to see Phillips hit a ball in the air past the pitcher's mound this spring. Though I admittedly haven't seen all of his at-bats, I have seen one of his two hits. Will Nieves was also 0 for 1. For what it's worth, the only Yankee relievers not to allow a run or issue a walk this spring are Mariano Rivera, Scott Proctor, and Colter Bean, their combined line is 19 2/3 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 20 K.


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Lexington Medical Center has launched a new campaign to showcase the hospital's Women's Services. We emphasize that Lexington Medical Center offers comprehensive care for women in all stages of life.
The basis for the campaign is that women make the majority of health care decisions in their households. And when they finish taking care of their families, they make decisions about their own health care, too.
The print campaign features women of all ages who live in Lexington Medical Center's service area and have personal experiences with Lexington Medical Center.
In an innovative component, people can view video interviews with the women featured in the print ads by going to Lexington Medical Center's newly updated Web site, www.lexmed.com, and search Women's Services. In the videos, the women introduce themselves, talk about what they look for in health care and share their experiences with Lexington Medical Center.
"We hope that women will be inspired by the stories and see the vast array of services Lexington Medical Center has to offer them," said Mark Shelley, Lexington Medical Center Director of Marketing.


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MONTREAL - Five years after her final flight, retired astronaut Julie Payette admits she had doubts she would ever fly as she watched the Americans send astronauts to the moon in the late 1960s and early '70s.
She faced several obstacles on the road to fulfilling her dream of someday putting on a space suit and flying in a rocket.
"When I grew up and I was nine years old in Montreal, I was a girl, they were men, I was Canadian, they were American," Payette, 50, told a recent panel that included several international female astronauts.
Payette travelled into space twice during her more than 20 years as an astronaut before retiring last year. She is currently CEO of the Montreal Science Centre.
She was only one of two women in the Canadian astronaut corps. The other was neurologist Roberta Bondar, who spent eight days on the U.S. space shuttle Discovery in January 1992.
Payette noted that of the 500 humans who have flown in space, only 57 have been women, with just 12 of those coming from countries other than the United States.
But she said her family never discouraged her from pursuing her dream.
"Nobody in my family had ever been near an airplane, let alone inside one — and they spoke English — I spoke zero of that language," she added.
"I was very lucky, despite those disadvantages, to be born in a family that did not discourage me."
Payette said the hardest part while pursuing her career was convincing people she could handle the challenges.
"It just took a lot more time to convince (people) that you were there to do just as competent a job," she said.
"But the good thing about it is that with perseverance, hard work, humility and a lot of help from a lot of folks, you can always make it."
Payette finally found the Earth at her feet 15 years ago when she flew for the first time, on Discovery.
In so doing, she became the first Canadian astronaut to take part in a mission to assemble the International Space Station and to board it.
Her second and final trip into space was to the station in July 2009.
When the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour docked to the space station, it brought together a record 13 astronauts representing five different nationalities.
Payette was the only woman among the crew.
"Seven people on board the shuttle, with me and six American gentlemen, and on board the space station were six gentlemen," she noted.
Among them was another former Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk, who was on an extended six-month mission. Payette's visit marked the first time two Canadians had been in space at the same time.
NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, who spent part of her training in Canada, says a lot has changed for women in the space industry.
"Even, 10 or 15 years ago, the number of female engineers at the Canadian Space Agency was very small and it has changed . .it has changed everywhere," she said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.
Walker said the number of women at NASA has increased since she first started working there in 1987.
She described NASA as a reflection of society "so as women progressed in society, women progressed at NASA as well."
"More women went into engineering and science fields in universities and so there were more women available to apply for a job," she said.
Walker spent five months on the space station in 2010.
During its most recent selection of astronauts last year, NASA picked four men and four women. There were 6,113 applications — 1,355 women and 4,758 men.
While women astronauts have become accepted in North America, that does not appear to be the case in South Korea.
When Soyeon Yi was picked to be South Korea's first astronaut, she said it came as a surprise because, even in the government, many expected a man would be chosen.
"All the powerful people, they believe a guy is always better than a woman," she said recently. "That kind of culture we still have."
She said the situation was worse while she was training in Russia for her 10-day mission to the space station in 2008.
"It wasn't easy to accept me," Yi said. "I could feel it, I could read their faces — especially soldiers who didn't have enough education and enough experience working with women."


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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Where, oh where, has the summer gone?
It's a cloudy, overcast day with anticipated rain in the near future. Yesterday was spent removing the potted flowers from the deck and washing the deck. Today, after mowing the field and grass, I'm thinking the potted tomato plants will become history. They are looking rather sickly. I thought I was being diligent about watering - maybe it's just time. For some reason it's just a sad feeling. Fall is always my favorite time of year...that being said, just not ready for summer to go quite yet. Am I the only one who feels this way?
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HDR workflow with hugin
This tutorial doesn't cover reasons why you might want to stitch in HDR format. It is a simple HOWTO listing the tools available and how to use them with hugin.
Working with HDR images is fairly extreme behaviour. If you just want higher quality output than you get with typical 8bit photography, then you probably want to look at a 16bit workflow with hugin.
Still here? There are two basic ways of creating an HDR panorama:
- Stitch several panoramas of the same scene, each one at a different exposure, and merge them together into a single HDR file.
- Create a set of HDR shots of the scene and then stitch them together.
Each has advantages and disadvantages: The first technique is simpler and has the advantage that the final HDR step can be skipped and substituted with a Contrast Blending approach, but has the potential for misalignments causing ghosting problems. The second technique is presented here since it involves a greater range of tools.
- 1 Quick and easy technique
- 2 Laborious and difficult technique
- 2.1 Preparing the HDR images
- 2.2 Stitching with hugin
- 2.3 Post processing
Quick and easy technique
The rest of this tutorial describes generating high quality output using command-line tools. However it is now possible to complete the workflow entirely with GUI tools, something like this:
- Take bracketed shots of your scene.
- Merge bracketed shots to HDR with qtpfsgui, pick either RBGE radiance .hdr output or 32bit floating-point TIFF.
- Stitch the panorama with hugin and enblend.
- Optionally tonemap the result with qtpfsgui.
Laborious and difficult technique
Preparing the HDR images
Unless you have an expensive HDR camera, you will be merging bracketed shots to create the HDR images - Unfortunately this means that you are limited to static scenes and landscapes.
Taking bracketed shots
The number of shots required depends on the dynamic range of the scene you need to capture and the capabilities of your camera.
Many cameras have an auto-bracketing mode that takes three or five shots two stops apart with one press of the button. This may be adequate, though a typical outdoor scene might have a dynamic range of eighteen stops which would require eight shots two stops apart.
Whatever method you choose, it should be obvious that you need a good tripod to keep the camera steady.
Correcting chromatic aberration
Now is a good time to correct chromatic aberration and vignetting with fulla using pre-calibrated data for your lens, it doesn't really work later on.
Merging bracketed shots with PFScalibration
There are other tools for merging bracketed images, but PFScalibration is Free Software and does the job.
The steps outlined below for assembling HDR images can also be performed with the qtpfsgui GUI tool.
Calibrating the camera response curve
Generally when a digital camera creates a JPEG or TIFF file, it takes a 12bit per-channel dynamic range image captured by the CCD and compresses it using a camera response curve into a 8bit output file.
So JPEG and TIFF files need unrolling with a calibrated camera response curve so they can be mapped into the linear space of the floating-point HDR image.
If you are working with RAW images, the camera response is generally linear and doesn't need calibrating, so you can skip this step.
A quick way to derive the response curve for later use is to take a series of five bracketed JPEG shots, slightly out of focus and one stop apart. eg. 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25 & 0.125 seconds exposure. First extract the exposure times from the EXIF data:
jpeg2hdrgen *.jpg > mycamera.hdrgen
Then extract the response curve, by comparing the photos, and save it:
pfsinhdrgen mycamera.hdrgen | pfshdrcalibrate -v -g 6 -s mycamera.response
Aligning the shots
If the pictures were taken hand-held you will need to align the stack of photos using hugin.
Alternatively the hdrprep tool can be used to do all this automatically and save a lot of time.
Merging the bracketed images to Radiance RGBE .hdr format
Create a hdrgen file listing each of your bracketed photos and their exposure times, you can base this on the mycamera.hdrgen file created earlier.
Then use this and your camera response file to create an RGBE file:
pfsinhdrgen mypicture.hdrgen | pfshdrcalibrate -v -f mycamera.response | pfsoutrgbe mypicture.hdr
Check the output with pfsview:
pfsinrgbe mypicture.hdr | pfsview
Stitching with hugin
The RGBE images can be loaded into hugin as per usual with a couple of caveats:
- Everything may appear very dark since our images represent linear sensor data. The display of HDR images can be configured in the Hugin Preferences.
- Information about the Field of View was lost, so this will need to be re-entered manually or re-optimised.
Stitch the images as per usual into a TIFF file, you can use enblend as the final step.
Post processing
This TIFF file is in floating-point 32bit per channel IEEE format. This is impossible to display on a normal monitor in its entirety at once, so you possibly want to create final 8bit per channel human-readable images.
Otherwise, typically a HDR panoramic image is used as a lightprobe for 3d rendering, in which case you are now done.
Adjusting in a GUI tool
There are various image editors that can open this file such as cinepaint, krita, vips and HDRIE. The capabilities vary so you need to experiment.
Alternatively, use pfstools to manipulate the image: pfstools has the facility to read HDR TIFF files.
An HDR image can be viewed using pfstools using:
pfsintiff stitch.tif | pfsview
A quick way to create a good usable 8bit per channel image is to select logarithmic mapping, adjust the exposure slider until you see a good range of shadows and highlights, zoom 1:1 and save as PNG.
Tone mapping
tone mapping operations use HDR compression to compress high dynamic range images.
Note that local tone mapping operators produce strange artefacts in the zenith and nadir of equirectangular images. So either choose a global tone mapping operator or retouch the poles afterwards.
A related package to pfstools called pfstmo can do automatic tone mapping of an HDR image and compress it into a low dynamic range output. There are many options and techniques available, commands look like this:
pfsinrgbe stitch.hdr | pfstmo_drago03 | pfsgamma -g 2.2 | pfsout stitch.png
qtpfsgui is an open source GUI for pfstools and can perform tone mapping interactively.
Photomatix also can perform tone mapping.


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Go to http://tractortestlab.unl.edu. Click on "Test Reports." The Web site shows all makes and models tested at the lab since 1999. (Hard-copy reports for tractors tested before 1999 are available for purchase. Contact Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, Box 830832, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0832, 402/472-2442, firstname.lastname@example.com.)
Click on make and model of tractor. This will bring up the corresponding test report.
Check "Chassis: Type" to determine tractor category (2-wd, front wheel assist, 4-wd, or track). This information is included in the narrative text next to the charts on the site. We ranked tractors in two categories: row-crop tractors (2-wd/front wheel assist) and high-horsepower 4-wd/track tractors.
Check horsepower to determine size category. We used PTO horsepower (at rated engine speed) to determine if the tractor belonged to the category of row crop (150 to 200 hp) or high-horsepower 4-wd/track (300+ hp). (See lab chart called "Power Takeoff Performance.") This is the number used by all manufacturers to verify a claim.
Find the rating of horsepower-hours per gallon. The fuel consumption measurement, horsepower-hours per gallon (hp-hr./gal.), has become the standard used for comparing the efficiency of all agricultural tractor models. Measured directly, it means that burning one gallon of fuel in the tractor at full load and at rated engine speed produces a certain amount of horsepower for an hour. The higher the number, the greater the fuel efficiency; that is, more work is being done with a given amount of fuel.
We looked at that rating in two performance tests: power takeoff and drawbar performance. We used results from the "PTO Performance Chart" to establish the fuel-efficiency rankings. The lab says the PTO rating is a good indicator because it is one that is calculated for all tractors and it is always run at the maximum level. However, results from the drawbar performance test are also included, and depending on how you plan to use the tractor, it may be a better indicator of fuel efficiency for some tractors — for example, the very-high-horsepower tractors used primarily for their brute pulling power of, say, deep tillage implements. On the other hand, if the tractor is used primarily for PTO work, then the PTO rating will be your best indicator because it will not be likely to change or won't be as much affected by the size or weight of the implement the tractor is pulling. If you use the tractor for both PTO and tillage work, then consider both ratings in your decision.
PTO performance is measured at several different power levels and speeds, but for comparison purposes, the factor most farmers are interested in is maximum power at rated engine speed. This is the highest power level that the tractor can sustain over a long term and is measured in horsepower. Newer tractors usually have an operating range that includes maximum power at a speed lower than rated. Also, with modern high torque/constant power engines, the power at rated PTO speed is usually similar to the power at the rated engine speed.
Like PTO performance, drawbar performance is measured at different rates of pull and in different gears. Power measured at 75% of pull at maximum power is a reasonable reflection of performance during typical heavy fieldwork. At 75% of pull at maximum power, you will still have some reserve for heavy spots in the field. We list the horsepower-hours per gallon in "third gear" (to show maximum drawbar pull) and "eighth gear" (to show maximum power).
Drawbar tests are conducted on concrete or asphalt test tracks, which allow for consistency in comparison. As a result, the numbers in the test reports are not exactly the numbers you might get in field conditions.
The drawbar ratings listed are for "ballasted" runs. If a ballasted test was not run, then results from the unballasted test (at 1,800 rpm or the lowest engine speed) were used.
In cases where ratings are identical (for example, Case IH and New Holland 4-wd tractors), only one of the tractors was tested and the results serve for both because there was no performance difference between the two.


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Splash: Hi, Mandi. How long has your band, "of Verona" been playing together?
Mandi Perkins: We've been a band for about 2 years now.
Splash: Where is everyone from and how did you guys connect?
Mandi: I'm from Toronto and the other band members are from New York and LA. We are now based in LA though. I began writing with Dillon Pace for other projects in early 2010 (after he moved from NY to LA) and then we realized that the music we were creating together didn't sound like it could belong to anyone else. It was uniquely ours. And that is how of Verona began. Then in June of 2010, we met Jeff Sojka, saw him drum and asked him to join us. Luckily, he agreed.
Splash: You've certainly managed to gather momentum rather quickly with both KROQ and Hits Magazine calling you one of the top 5 acts to watch for and MTV about to start airing your brand new video. How difficult has it been to get where you are now?
Mandi: To be truthful it's been a grind, but I think that's life for every artist in the modern music industry. Although we quickly gained recognition from just a few demos that we put up, we also have a sound that is both commercial and indie. Meaning we aren't creating a sound that fits into any one specific scene, which can sometimes be tricky. But that often seems to be the case with many big bands like MGMT, Muse, Florence +Machine and others, so hopefully we can follow that trend. Fortunately, we have already garnered some great support from a few big industry players and radio stations. We also made the entire record ourselves, which takes a long time, but it's been well worth it.
Splash: How would you describe your sound?
Mandi: futuristic rock or maybe electro indie pop.
Splah: Tell us about your new album, THE WHITE APPLE. Who is putting it out and what does the title mean?
Mandi: We put it out in partnership with HYPE MUSIC. To understand what the actual title "The White Apple" means, you have to really listen to that particular song. But as a whole, the album is a collection of songs about realizing what is real and what is an illusion and learning to tell the difference; It's about letting go of the things we cannot change.
Splash: Is there a single off the album?
Mandi: CASTLES is the album's first single, with DARK IN MY IMAGINATION to be released next. We also released a more viral video for our song MATCH.
Splash: You've had a sold-out residency at THE VIPER ROOM here in L.A. and have played some great venues such as the EL REY and the TROUBADOUR. What's next for of Verona as far as live performances?
Mandi: We are working on our Fall tour plans right now. We are looking forward to really playing this album out live. We have some very cool visual elements as part of our live show to really bring the songs to life.
Spash: Who are some of your songwriting collaborators?
Mandi: This album was written almost entirely by the band. I have so much to say and the band helped make worlds for me to say it in. We also produced and mixed it ourselves. Dillon handled the production and then mixed it along with Jeff.
Splash: What's been the best or most exciting thing to happen to you personally in the music business?
Mandi: Singing with ROGER DALTRY at a benefit was awesome and surreal. We're all big fans of "THE WHO" Also the support of Hype and Converse has been really great for us. We are fortunate to have some really great sponsors in Sennheiser, Mac Makeup, Westone, D'Addario, Paiste and Swing House Studios.
Splash: And the worst or the most disappointing?
Mandi: We've been literally in the middle of 3 or 4 different label deals this past year when either the A&R or label head has gotten let go. Every time someone flew us out or sent over paperwork, there would inevitably be a problem a few weeks later. It was almost curse-like. We even had a situation where we went to meet with a label and a month later the entire label was shut down. That's why we decided to make the record ourselves and release it independently. We couldn't rely on a volatile industry any longer.
Splash: What would you say is the biggest challenge you face as a female artist?
Mandi: You get put into categories a lot when you are a woman in the music industry. They like to think of you as either a pop artist or as a singer/songwriter. You just have to be who you are and hope people get it--because we are all made up of a thousand and nine things, and trying to pigeon hole an artist is a terrible idea.
Splash: Who are your musical heros? Who would you like to have lunch with and pick their brains if you could?
Mandi: Bjork, Bowie, Stevie Nicks, Leonard Cohen, anyone from Pink Floyd or Zeppelin. Dillon would probably also say Garbage and Jeff is really into dance now, so I'm sure he would love to chat with guys like Avicci and Skrillex.
Mandi: If there was one thing you could change about your career so far, what would it be? What would you have done different?
Splash: I wouldn't have had any shows until things were completely ready. With the sheer abundance of acts out there and with social media the way it is, people are quick to judge. Particularly in LA. And one bad show could take years to overcome. You can't really play out and build things slowly like you could a few years ago. But patience and tenacity are key and just because things aren't happening for you right now doesn't mean they never will.
Splash: Describe your perfect L.A. weekend.
Mandi: Hanging with my nephew, hiking, and then sushi. Sushi is perfect anytime.
Splash: Where can people buy your album?
Mandi: Any digital site worldwide.
Mandi: And is there a website for of Verona?
Mandi: http://ofVerona.com and people can also find us on Facebook and Twitter: http://facebook.com/ofVerona & http://twitter.com/ofVerona
Splash: Thanks, Mandi. Best of luck with the CD and your upcoming gigs.


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There is very little that can get me out of bed really early on a Sunday morning…
but a desperate mother referred to me by one of my recent brides is certainly one way to do it!
Paulette, 14 years old, was getting confirmed and there was no salon open and willing to accomodate her and her mother early enough that morning. To the rescue came their neighbor Sandra, who's wedding I had done just a few months back. A phone call later and we worked it out that I would come to them early enough so that I could still get to the wedding I was booked on for that morning on time. Mom simply wanted to look great, and Paulette sent me photos of the hair and makeup look she wanted.
Mom was proud as a peacock, and Paulette was too excited for words. She did, however, manage to tell me afterwards that if she has a Sweet 16, she will be calling me right away!


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The GALCIT faculty maintain strong connections with colleagues throughout the Division, the Institute, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Our faculty collaborate with colleagues from Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Applied Physics and Materials Science, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Bioengineering, Geology and Planetary Sciences, and JPL. Research in Biological Fluid Dynamics is carried out by GALCIT faculty and colleagues throughout Caltech.
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Many of the fluid dynamics phenomena studied experimentally at GALCIT are also being investigated by numerical simulation and by theoretical analysis. Present active research areas in computational and theoretical techniques include direct numerical simulation, particle methods for flow simulation, new algorithms and subgridscale models for compressible and incompressible flows, largeeddy simulation methods, flows with shocks and driven by shocks, analytical and computational techniques for turbulence structure diagnostics, analysis of turbulent mixing dynamics, high-explosive interactions with deformable boundaries, and detailed chemical reaction kinetics in flames and detonations.
- Modeling of Wall Turbulence
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The kinematics and dynamics of fluid flows in biological systems are studied in experiments, numerical simulations, and theoretical analyses. These flows are often characterized by unsteady vortex dynamics, coupled fluid interactions with flexible material surfaces, non-Newtonian fluid behavior, and, in some cases, compressibility. Areas of active research include animal swimming and flying, cardiovascular fluid dynamics and hemodynamics, the mechanics of morphing/ active deformable surfaces for flow control, and biologically inspired design of engineering systems.
- Jellyfish-inspired Design
- Compact Self-Contained Underwater Velocimetry Apparatus (SCUVA) for In Situ Field Measurements
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The goal of industrial utilization and exploration of space requires that one addresses a wide range of engineering problems. Examples of research activities include lightweight structures for large aperture systems, in-space manufacturing, material and structural behavior in extreme temperature and radiation environments, spacecraft shielding against hypervelocity impact threats, the mechanics of sample containment for planetary protection, low-g biomechanics, biomimetics of locomotion in planetary atmospheres, hypersonic reentry into planetary atmospheres, in-space propulsion, guidance, navigation and control, and launch-vehicle performance and safety. Opportunities exist for research in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


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Marine Avenue Repaving, Sepulveda Boulevard to Aviation Boulevard
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The project entails removal and replacement of select curb ramps, sidewalk, curb and gutter, asphalt concrete removal and replacement. Normal working hours will be between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Roadways are subject to reduced travel lanes between 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Temporary "NO PARKING" signs will be posted at least 48 hours in advance of the actual work on your street with the dates and times that parking is restricted. Access for emergency vehicles, pedestrians and traffic will be maintained at all times. Also, trash pickup and mail service will not be impacted. We ask that you refrain from running excess water into the gutter during construction as it may delay improvements. Rain could have an impact on project schedule.
Please keep children and pets away from construction zones. Please note that asphalt paving products contain oil and are very hot and sticky to the touch when applied. Once asphalt is placed it needs ample time to cool down.
Project Manager is Mo Estepa
(310) 802-5325