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CZ Document Converter for MS Word V2.0 |
CZ Document Converter is a batch office document converter that convert between doc, html, rtf, text, WordPerfect and Works for windows etc file format that that you can open in Microsoft Word. And can watch source file path and convert new uploading ms word doc, text, rtf or html documents to document files automatically. you can convert word doc to html, html to rtf, rtf to html, word doc to text, html to word doc, text to html and html to text etc, you can convert a lot of files once time, saving your time!
Using this tool, you can convert doc to rtf, doc to htm, doc to html, doc to text, doc to txt.
Key Features
A. batch convert word doc to html, html to rtf, rtf to html, word doc to text, html to word doc, text to html and html to text files quickly, also it convert wpd, wordpretect, sam, amp pro, lotus 1-2-3, wk1, wk2, wk3, xls, excel, xlw, asc, olk, outlook, scd, schedule, ans, wri, write, works, wps, pad to wpd, wordpretect, sam, amp pro, wri, write, works, wps.
B. watch source file path and convert new uploading ms word doc, text, rtf or html documents to document files automatically. While your user upload word documents to your website, then this folder watcher can automatically convert them into all kind of documents formats.
C. support command line arguments.
D. can add the files in subfolders to convert.
E. supports drag files and folders from your desktop.
F. fit to convert so much as over 1 million files in folder, you need not wait at all.
System Requirements
1.You will need a Pentium 150 PC or higher, 16MB RAM or more.
2. The operating system should be Win95, Win98, Win2000, WinNT 4.0, WinME, WinXp, Win2003.
3.Of course, you must install Microsoft Word 95 or higher for windows
What's New In CZ Document Converter?
03/10/2004: New! release CZ Document Converter V2.0 Build040310, add folder watcher that watch source file path and convert new uploading ms word doc, text, rtf or html documents to document files automatically. While your user upload word documents to your website, then this folder watcher can automatically convert them into all kind of documents formats.
04/27/2002: release CZ Document Converter V1.5 Build020427 update the way of load files, you do not wait to convert so much as over 1 million files in folder.
02/25/2002: release CZ Document Converter V1.0 Build020225 fix command line /h option, fix the problem pops up a screen while command line using /h param.
01/08/2002:release CZ Document Converter V1.0. support convert between office document(word doc, rtf, html, text format and almost any other format that microsoft word will support), beautiful GUI interface, support command line run, convert the files in subfolders.
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Manual Convert | Folder Watcher |
Relative Keywords:doc to htm doc to html doc to pdf doc to acrobat doc to text text to html txt to html xls to html excel to html wk1 to html More Popular Keywords ...
How does "Manual Convert" work?
Please click "Manual Convert" tab sheet, you can simply press the "add files" button, then select the files to batch conversion list with ctrl or shift key, or click the "add folders" button to select the file folder. Finally press the "convert" button, in a short time you will have finished conversion!
How does "Folder Watcher" work?
Please click "Folder Watcher" tab sheet, then click "Add Watch" button, and show a "Add Watch" dialog, and input "Source File Path", "Dest File Path" and "File Filter", press "OK" button, you will add a file watch to folder watcher list. Finally press "Start Watch" button, while the word documents are copied to the source path, then this folder watcher can automatically convert them into viewable html format of dest file path.
How to use command line run?
usage: cz-docvt <file path> </f:<dest file format code>> [/d:<dest folder>] [/s] [/h]
file path | the path and files want to be converted, this parameter must exist. for example, d:\*.doc |
/f:<dest file format code> | destination file format code, this parameter must exist. the format code list is following: 0 doc file 1 dot file 2 text file 3 text file with line break 4 dos text file 5 dos text file with line break 6 rtf file 7 unicode or encode text file 8 html file >8 other file format your office word can support, you can find it in CZ Document Converter's gui, please see following red frame. for example, /f:8, express you want convert documents to html files |
/d:<dest folder> | destination folder for example, /d:d:\test, express file convert result will be saved to d:\test folder |
/s | include the files in subfolders |
/h | hide the CZ Document Converter gui while running |
convert all doc files in folder d:\source to html files, destination folder is d:\dest
czdocvt d:\source\*.doc /f:8 /d:d:\dest /s
Does this converter convert quickly?
Yes, CZ Document Converter can convert between doc, html, rtf, text files very quickly, you can download the Free Demo and test the converting speed.
Does this converter support word xp?
Yes, CZ Document Converter can support word xp.
Is there a batch process available?
Yes. CZ Document Converter can support batch conversion between doc, html, rtf, text files, so much as over 1500 files.
Can this converter convert many pages in a document file?
Yes. CZ Document Converter can convert very big document file, so much as over 5000 pages in a document file.
I am trying to use your Document Converter product (cz-docvt) to convert HTML to RTF via the command line, but can find no way to tell it the source document type; it seems to just copy the HTML and do no translating.
You need not to know the soure file type, and you only set the destination file format, please add /f:6 to your command line, then you can get rtf result.
fox example: convert all htm files include sub-folder in folder d:\source to rtf files, destination folder is d:\dest
the command line can be : czdocvt d:\source\*.htm /f:6 /d:d:\dest /s
Will this software convert MS Word documents to Coral WordPerfect documents?
Our product cz-document converter can help you, but you must open a word document using ms word first, then save it as WordPerfect format, and the system will prompt to insert the window install disk. If you can use save as a WordPerfect file successfully, you can use cz-document converter to convert to WordPerfect.
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You can choose to pay for each copy, or pay for Developer License. After you order the developer license, there is not any limit for the developer license, you can bundle our product to your application, then redistribute your application to anyone, any times, and anytime.
The fee of Developer License is $960, and you can order it from
How we can redistribute your product with our product? If it is possible, What file we need to insert in our setup?
You only add cz-docvt.exe and register.dat to your setup, then OK.
I have more questions - who should I write to?
Please send your additional questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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No need to define the trend, it's obvious. No need to talk about the reasons why. They are fairly obvious as well, and the reasons that aren't so obvious have probably been picked through like a complimentary bowl of mixed nuts at a cashew convention. So instead of the set-up and dwelling on the how's and why's of Hollywood's (and the public's) current hyper-enthusiastic embracing of comic book movies, I'd like to take a sec and talk about one release in particular.
Captain America was the first movie I've ever walked out of. I surprised myself. I was a bit troubled by the previews: sets seemed a little too bare, dialog a little wooden, but I over-intellectualized my way out of it: maybe this is a throwback to pulpy war movies of the '50's, where action felt more stage-y and stilted, where lines and the accompanying acting was a bit too rhythmic and plastic. All that being said, I walked into the theater cautiously enthused.
Captain American, first scene, arctic wasteland. Heavy storm, low visibility, headlights approaching. Oh no. They are copying Close Encounters. Double oh no. They are copying Close Encounters shot for shot. Triple oh no, they are copying dialog from Close Encounters while shooting directly from CE3K's storyboards. They even copied the intonation on specific lines of dialog. They copied the actor putting the hand on this hat (hood) to keep the wind from blowing it off. They must have had a digital copy of CE3K on the set, running on a 60" HD LCD for reference.
[Seriously, go back and watch the first five minutes of CE3K and compare it to the first five minutes of Captain America. You'll be astonished.]
I love early Spielberg films. It may sound overly romantic, but my youth is entwined and strangely defined by them. I saw Close Encounters three times in the theater. I made my dad take me. I was five. You know how many times I saw Star Wars in the theater? Zero. I was a Close Encounters freak. At its core it was a love of Spielberg or at age five, the love of the colors and music, and that appreciation grew well into the '80s with 1941, Raiders and E.T. and, finally being old enough to watch it, Jaws. A lot of my understanding of tension and staging comes from Spielberg's visual lexicon. Among a laundry list of talents, he had a gift of understanding the camera as representing the audience (that's worth another post altogether) and the concept of tableau. As such, I totally get it when a director, cinematographer, or writer goes back and is inspired by some of early Spielberg's cues and devices. Most modern blockbuster directors have "quoted" Spielberg in their movies, some effectively, some not so, some heavy-handedly, some with more finesse.
To burrow down a wee further for a second:
To me, there are three levels of imitation (there are more, but breaking things into threes gives good-enough fidelity.)
1) Adaptive integration: the highest form of flattery. A technique is seen, and remembered, and then adapted and made itself a new thing. Like the dolly zoom in Vertigo being appropriated for Jaws, and from there dozens of imitations since. You really have to earn that move, and it has to fit into your sequence.
2) Replicating with understanding or synthesis: you understand why the mechanism works, and you have a need for it because of similarity in sequence, be it emotive or action oriented. "Understanding" here is a fairly broad bucket and also includes "having a moral and ethical system in place and enough creative self-respect not to wholesale lift someone else's work." It might not make sense to use the device, but you do it 'cause it is neat. At least your heart is in the right place.
3) Copying (replicating without understanding): Eff it, we're too lazy to figure out something new, copy-paste from someone who knows what they are doing.
The opening of CA was a total lift of the beginning of CE3K. Captain America started with a Level 3 Imitation. Bad start. And I am ignoring the heavy-handed Aliens, Transformers, and The Thing influences. If I went into actual execution, we'd be here all day, and I tend to be verbose, so moving right along …
The above is a beef with a particular sequence. Movies are made up of individual scenes. Those scenes are brought together to create a sequential and coherent plot. There are fundamental changes that take place in the characters over the course of the that plot. These are called arcs. You could argue that the arcs are the movie, without which there would really be no reason to shoot the story. But, again, a topic for another time.
On its surface, Captain's journey is familiar: Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, that Karate Kid guy. Same arc, different characters: scrawny insignificant guy with dreams of something greater gets his wish and is off and running. Usually, they succeed, and they end up the heros of the world. The world can be big (in Star Wars, a galaxy) or small (in Karate Kid, Ralph Machio's school). It really depends on the scope set by the picture, but the arcs are still the same.
Luke, Frodo, and Daniel (had to look it up) all end as fundamentally different people by the end of their respective arcs. Luke goes from being a boy to a man (his orgasmic gasp at loosing the lethal shot into the Death Star is pretty obtuse, but so is the death of his 'parents' and his mentor). Frodo goes from being a rather pleasant and naive adventurer want-to-be to becoming a severely damaged recluse. Daniel LeRusso goes from being a victim to being fulla' beans with an awesome crane impersonation and a date to the prom.
What is Captain America's arc? The only obvious one I can find is this: he goes from being a little runt to being a large muscle-bound guy. Hell, that's an arc, right, John? No. No emotion. We could watch a guy lift weights for two hours and have the same emotional attachment (maybe more so: the weight-lifter would be earning his muscles through hard work.)
Why isn't his arc Brooklyn no-one to American hero? Because, simple, he doesn't change anything to get there. His mindset, outlook, emotions. Nothing changes. Therefore, there is no arc. There is no change. The circumstances have changed, but he is the exact same.
So what is Steve Rogers / Captain America's arc?
I'd say this is Steve Roger's (Capt.) arc: he goes from being an extremely dedicated and patriotic idealist to being an extremely dedicated and patriotic idealist with a dame.
Let's discount my snarky "with a dame" right away. The romantic arc of the movie is not rewarding, nor is it remotely central to the plot. It seems that Hollywood has started putting women into movies where their sole function is to be love interests, or the pivot points, for the male leads. Captain America, Star Trek, Green Lantern, Paul, Tron Legacy, Twilight, etc etc. Some of these movies pull it off better than others. Some actually manage to weave the female character into the plot, and give her some backbone and responsibility. Most of them don't and you end up with the female character as an "object" to be won and a rather shallow pandering to the female demographic. That drives me bonkers. But I digress.
What I am saying is this: Captain America has no arc.
Once you remove the dame, Steve Roger's arc does not change at all. His character does not change at all. In the beginning, as a little skinny guy, he throws himself on a grenade. He has heart. He wants to kill nazis. In the end, as a big guy, he would throw himself on a grenade and wants to kill nazis. His mindset has not changed one bit. His performance doesn't change one bit. In the car, as a weakling, he is still chatting it up with the female lead. He isn't shy, he isn't pip-squeeky. He's Captain America, but in a little body. His arc is completely flat and without inflection. A body change is NOT an arc.
How would you fix it? What makes a more emotionally involving and sympathetic character for the audience to journey with? Well, why not have Steve Rogers start out as a victim, due to his size. He's small, runty, has a high-pitched voice, and is uncertain around people because they've always treated him as a second class citizen; because they've judged this book by its cover. He can't talk to a girl to save his soul, but inside, he's a heart of gold and courage galore. And slowly, after he gets the new body and after he starts to learn how to use it, he begins to lose that uncertainty and gains confidence. He is no longer a professional victim, but a true leader. But he has to earn it. He has to fight through the entire second and third acts to get there. And since we, the audience, have agreed to go on that journey with him, we are fighting for him to get there. We want to see the little runty kid grow up and win it all, and we will sit there and feel great about it all when he does, and will feel terrible when he makes the ultimate sacrifice and ditches the flying wing into the, um, frozen tundra.
Nice reversal to be had there. He's on the radio, about to ditch the plane, he looks at his hands, turns them over. "I haven't changed at all. Since the day I threw myself on the grenade, all those times I got beat up, I haven't changed at all. This body doesn't matter, this uniform, the shield. They don't make a difference. Why couldn't they see that? I could have done all this stuff. There was nothing wrong with me, with me before."
Maybe I don't dislike the flatness of that arc as much as I dislike the wasted opportunity the filmmakers and screenwriter's had access to and threw away. There could have been some powerful parallels between Rogers and the Jewish doctor that befriends him early on, and some interesting interplay between Rogers and his new found troop of buddies, as he learns to accept them as equals, and stops fearing them as potential tormentors.
I could do deep dives on this stuff, but I am keenly aware of the clock ticking and the value of your time, dear reader, and thusly, moving forward:
There are some key pivot points in the movie that make no sense. Since it is a comic book movie, I am willing to let go of a lot. And frankly, I WANT to. If you are doing a comic book movie, feel free to blow it out. Play with proportion, play with characterization, play with this and that. At the end of the day, I ask you one simple thing: have it make sense. And be consistent.
Even with accepting that certain genres are compatible with, or even ask for, exaggeration, there are still rules. Here are the two main inflection points in Captain America that blew my mind (in a bad way) and the ultimate reason I walked out of the theater. The fact that they occur within 90 seconds of each other didn't help.
1) During the final fight between Red Mask and Captain America, somehow the Blue Cube of Valhalla pops out of the mega-wing's Cube Holder. Red Face grabs it and … screams … and burns up. Whoa. What? This is almost as bad as Anakin accidentally popping a couple of caps into the shield generator in Star Wars 1. To repeat: the blue cube pops out by accident, the bad guy grabs it for some unknown reason, and he gets de-rezzed and sent to Valhalla for another unknown reason. Sort of random. Not very satisfactory.
2) Captain America grabs the yoke of the mega-wing, and decides there is no way to save New York but to crash the plane. Hard, nose first, at a 75 degree angle. Into ice. Howabout leaning a gun against the yoke, grabbing a parachute and floating gently to the ground while the plane ditches itself in the ocean? Howabout turning off the ignition and gliding to the waves below and pulling a Sullenburger? Howabout just pushing the pilotless bomb (remember, they had soldiers flying them to their destinations) out the door and flying safely home?
I crushed five people's feet getting out of my row.* It had become a point of pride not to finish watching Captain America.
*For that, I feel terrible. I interrupted the ending of a movie for a couple rows of people. That is a criminal offense. Honestly, I owe those people their money back. I have a rule never to interrupt a movie in progress (even Captain America) and I broke that rule that day.


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Lawmakers are set to vote today on a plan to close a state budget deficit by scrapping longevity bonuses for nonunion state workers in favor of a new compensation formula and cutting payments to hospitals, among other measures.
Before they take action on the budget, however, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and legislators will hold a short memorial service in honor of the victims of the Newtown school attack.
Legislative leaders declined Tuesday to discuss the specifics of the budget deal, which was hammered out in a series of meetings last week. It follows a series of emergency cuts ordered by Malloy last month to close a gap that his administration estimates at $365 million.
The agreement also includes a restructuring of business tax credits and a plan to aggressively crack down on income tax fraud, sources said. The proposal preserves aid to municipalities and provides for a cost-of-living increase to private, nonprofit social service providers.
The state House and Senate will convene at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon to allow Malloy and other lawmakers time to attend funerals earlier in the day for the victims of last week's school shooting in Newtown. Members of the clergy as well as leaders of both chambers, Malloy and the Newtown delegation will speak at the memorial service.
In addition to the budget, lawmakers are expected to take up one additional item: a measure that would exempt Sandy Hook Elementary School from complying with a state law requiring schools to remain in session for at least 180 days.
Legislators from both sides of the aisle had informally agreed not to negotiate the budget deal in public. "The discussions were bipartisan,'' said incoming House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden. "All four caucuses contributed equally to the discussion and, in the end, it appears as though we've come up with a package that will generate support from all four caucuses."
House Republican Leader Larry Cafero said the agreement was reached through "a lot of hard work and compromise."
"It was a bipartisan effort that involves tough choices that needed to be made,'' Cafero said. "Our options were few, yet I believe we were finally able to come together and make the best decisions for the people of Connecticut."
The elimination of longevity payments is something Republicans have been advocating for many years. Although the agreement cuts the bonuses, which are next due to be awarded in April, it creates a new formula to compensate those nonunionized workers who had been receiving them. Despite that, the plan will still save the state money, said those who know the details.
The deal also includes more than $110 million in cuts to the state's hospitals for uncompensated care. Part of the cost of treating those without insurance is reimbursed by the federal government.
Jennifer Jackson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Hospital Association, said those cuts will hurt.
"It is our expectation that hospitals will do all they can to preserve services and jobs, but cuts of this magnitude cannot be absorbed simply through more budget tightening such as delayed investment in equipment and technology,'' she wrote on the group's website. "They will result in lost jobs and elimination of critical community programs and services."
The proposal also trims mental health services, sources said. That proposal raised concerns among some lawmakers in the aftermath of Friday's shooting.
"Many of us questioned that,'' Sen. Terry Gerratana, co-chairwoman of the legislature's public health committee, said. "If Friday hadn't happened, we probably would not have. But obviously we're extremely sensitive about what happened in our state."
Gerratana said it is her understanding that the commissioner of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Service has deemed the cuts "absorbable.''
Gerratana and other officials said the budget agreement might be subject to some last minute tinkering prior to the special session. The document crafted last week is "a snapshot in time,'' she said. [Today] I will see what the picture will look like in its final form and there may be some changes."


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Why should Christians consider evolutionary creation?
Because evolution is a challenging subject, many Christians are tempted to simply ignore or reject it. Yet considering evolutionary creation has important benefits for Christians both in our relationship with the Creator, and with our relationships with other people—believers and non-Christians alike. First, Christians should study evolution because (like all the natural sciences) it is the study of God's creation. Creation itself is a complementary revelation to what is communicated in the Scriptures, and through it God shows how and when he brought about life, to his honor and glory. Studying the creation is also an invitation into a deeper understanding of the attributes and character of Father, Son and Spirit. Second, considering evolutionary creation aids the Church in its gospel mission, supporting young Christians in their faith, helping answer critics, and equipping us to engage effectively in the wider culture. An anti-evolution attitude can harm Christian young people by presenting them with a false choice between pursuing science OR holding to faith. Similarly, a hostile attitude towards evolution can hinder evangelism when seekers hear that they must reject science to follow Christ. On the other hand, studying evolution as a God-ordained process helps Christians refute arguments that science encourages an atheistic worldview. Furthermore, as the church engages front-page issues raised by the rapid growth in science, medicine, and technology, a Christ-centered voice in such areas as bioethics will be stronger if based on a thorough understanding of the natural sciences, including evolution.
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We at BioLogos believe that God used the process of evolution to create all the life on earth today. While we accept the science of evolution, we emphatically reject evolutionism. Evolutionism is the atheistic worldview that says life developed without God and without purpose. Instead, we agree with Christians who adhere to Intelligent Design and Creationism that the God of the Bible created the universe and all life. Christians disagree, however, on how God created. Young Earth Creationists believe that God created just 6,000 to 10,000 years ago and disagree with much of mainstream science. Supporters of Intelligent Design accept more of evolutionary science, but argue that some features of life are best explained by direct intervention by an intelligent agent rather than by God's regular way of working through natural processes. We at BioLogos agree with the modern scientific consensus on the age of the earth and evolutionary development of all species, seeing these as descriptions of how God created. The term BioLogos comes from the Greek words bios (life) and logos (word), referring to the opening of the Gospel of John. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made."
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Science as an Instrument of Worship
NASA astronomer Jennifer Wiseman asserts that studying creation can show us the nature of God; science can inform us of what we need to do as stewards of God's creation; understanding the natural world gives us a deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ; and science can give us a better understanding of ourselves. This essay was presented at the November 2009 Theology of Celebration Workshop.
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Many barriers to the acceptance of the BioLogos model by evangelical Christians arise from popular misconceptions about the nature of science and its relationship to God's action in our world.
How Does a BioLogos model need to address the theological issues
Science and Religion scholar Denis Alexander presents two models for relating Adam and Eve with the findings of contemporary anthropology. This essay was presented at the November 2010 Theology of Celebration Workshop
How can evolution account for the complexity of life on earth today?
A complex biological structure with many interacting parts might appear, at first glance, as if it were originally created in its present form with all its interlocking components fully formed and intact. It doesn't seem possible that they developed step by step via biological evolution. In Darwin's Black Box, Michael Behe introduces a term that he and other proponents of Intelligent Design use for this concept: irreducible complexity.
What is evolution?
Evolution is the biological model for the history of life on Earth. While some consider evolution to be equivalent to atheism, BioLogos sees evolution as a description of how God created all life. Evolution refers to descent with modification. Small modifications occur at the genetic level (in DNA) with each generation, and these genetic changes can affect how the creature interacts with its environment. Over time, accumulation of these genetic changes can alter the characteristics of the whole population, and a new species appears. Major changes in life forms take place by the same mechanism but over even longer periods of time. All life today can be traced back to a common ancestor some 3.85 billion years ago.
Evolution and the Origin of Biological Information
In this paper, Venema explores several examples in biology where random mutation and natural selection have indeed led to substantial increases in biological information. The question of how new specified information arises in DNA, far from being an "enigma", is one of great interest to biologists.
Barriers to Accepting Creation by an Evolutionary Process: Concerns of the Evangelical Theologian
Renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke considers eleven barriers that prevent evangelical theologians from accepting evolution as a possible means of creation and what these barriers tell us about the tensions perceived by many Evangelicals between science and faith. Waltke's work was based on a survey sent to members of the Fellowship of Evangelical Seminary Presidents and their faculty.
Does thermodynamics disprove evolution?
A common argument against biological evolution is that the theory contradicts the second law of thermodynamics. The second law says that disorder, or entropy, always increases or stays the same over time. How then can evolution produce more complex life forms over time? The answer is that the second law is only valid in closed systems with no external sources of energy. Since the Earth receives continual energy from the Sun, the second law does not apply.
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Weekend (Saturday & Sunday), and weekly (Monday-Friday incl.) painting workshops will take place at Dánlann Yawl Gallery beginning on the 12th May and up to the 23rd September, 2012, under the tuition of artist, Seosamh Ó Dálaigh. These two day and five-day workshops will be held on the scenic Achill Island - the perfect location for artists with its ever-changing light and fantastic scenery which offers great inspiration. See website for more information.
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Banksy is recognized for his mostly black-and-white, stenciling technique resembling that of fellow American artist Shepard "Hope" Fairey and old Soviet propaganda posters. His painted scenes advocate the panoply of progressive causes, such as pushing for health care reform, climate change legislation, nature, and peace; bemoaning war, the police, corporate control, the commodification of art, poverty, the displacement of Native Americans, and Hurricane Katrina; and idolizing Charles Manson. A recent series of wall paintings on the Israel-Palestinian border protested security measures Israel took to protect itself against suicide bombers.
To commemorate the Copenhagen Climate Summit in November 2009, Banksy painted four murals along Regent's Canal in London, one of which declared "I DON'T BELIEVE IN GLOBAL WARMING" in red letters, the last two words partly submerged below the water line. This was supposed to be a statement about man-made climate change, and while it likely had little impact, it arguably yielded more efficacious results than the summit itself. read more »


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I like to try and stitch image sets that others present as challenging.
This set of seven was supposedly shot with a Nikon D3X witha Samyang 14mm WA rectilinear lens. In an irregularly spaced single row.
The only way I can get APG 2.5RC2 to give me a decent stitch is to treat the images as if they were fullframe fisheye images, with Detection quality set to High, which doesn't make sense to me.
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What counts as "decent"? I got RMS under 6, but some images were severely warped.
Note that APP sees the lens as 12mm, not 14.
Did a detection for 12mm rectangular lens, detection quality set to high. Image 1 linked to both 6 and 7 but not 2. Cleared the link from 1 to 6, added link from 1 to 2, optimized, set multiple viewpoints on and reoptimized.
APP seems to have issues with very wide rectilinear lenses, or perhaps wide rectilinear lenses distort the image to make it rectilinear, and APP "undistorts" it, then optimizes it.
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APP seems to have issues with very wide rectilinear lenses, or perhaps wide rectilinear lenses distort the image to make it rectilinear, and APP "undistorts" it, then optimizes it.
Yes, I agree, APP/APG does seem to struggle bit with wide angle rectilinear lenses. I have read that such lenses tend to exhibit quite complex distortions.
Perhaps Alexandre can comment on that?
FWIW several PTGui users claimed they were able to stitch those images and didn't observe/report that it was that much of a challenge.
Really short rectilinear focal length can be a bit more complicated to detect ( not to optimize in fact ).
So, one solution that works quite well is to use ransac model 'homography' when having short focal length rectilinear lenses. It works better in detection.
The rest ( meaning lens model, optimization ) is working great.
Issue 539 opened ( to check the case and confirm the above hypothesis )
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Does beer pair with strawberries and waffles – well, not really. With the short seasonal availability of fresh local strawberries, I have been trying to find ways of incorporating them into every meal, snack or a bored moment in my life. Eating out of boredom is healthy, isn't it?
As I posted previously, yesterday was strawberry, waffle and beer day. Growing up, waffles were never a breakfast food, I was raised thinking that waffles for dinner was perfectly reasonable. Some people seem to find breakfast for dinner a bit odd, those people are truly missing out. Although eating waffles for dinner was a normal childhood occurrence, beer was never included.
We tried a myriad of different fruit beers with the waffles only to find that beer and waffles just do not work all that well together. We worked our way through Swans Berry Ale, Wittekerke Rose – "the fruity pink beer", Lindemans Framboise, Morte de Subite Kriek, Lindemans Peche(Peach) and Morte de Subite Geuze. Unfortunately I was unable to find strawberry ale. Not one of the beers truly complemented the meal – the beer was either too grainy or too cloying. The Framboise was over the top sweet and overpowered the strawberries, in contrast Swans Berry Ale tasted too much like beer. The berry ale also had a distinct cheese flavour and reminded me of eating raspberry jam with processed Kraft singles on top of my grandma's homemade bread – good memory, bad flavour. The top beer of the evening was Wittekerke Rose, described as "the fruity pink beer… with a sensual body" I kid you not; it really says that on the label. The beer flavour was subdued as was the fruit flavour – perhaps this is why it didn't taste terrible with waffles and strawberries.
In hindsight, my approach for selecting the beer was critically flawed. When eating a sweet meal, fruit punch is probably one of the last drinks to reach for. Instead, a drink that helps to balance the sweetness, my choice has always been milk, is a more appropriate choice. Drinking a fruit beer with waffles is no different than drinking fruit punch with waffles.
I think it would be a real struggle to find a beer that works with a sweet fruity meal. Finding a beer that cuts through the sweetness of waffles and strawberries while providing a complementary contrast would be a struggle for even the most knowledgeable beer aficionado. This may be the one meal where beer stays in the fridge.


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The public hearing for the Communication Tower on Telegraph Rd. for Jefferson County 911 scheduled this Thursday evening at 7pm. in Arnold City Hall has been cancelled. The project must start the whole process anew due to failure to comply with proper notification procedures. The project has been plagued with notification errors. The last meeting was postponed because the wrong date appeared on the site signage. It was determined today that the letters appearing on that same sign were less than the required four inches tall. Since that sign was used for all public hearings, with only the date being changed each time, it was determined that the process needed to go back to the beginning and start over.
Mr. Sweeney represents the Jefferson County 911 Board on this project, being the city attorney for the City of Arnold also, you would think he would advise his clients of the rules and proper notification procedures. That doesn't seem to be the case...no pun intended.
Robert Sweeney
9:20 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
I think this is the first time I have ever commented on one of these blogs, but I feel compelled to point out of few items: First, while I represent Jefferson County 911 Dispatch ("911"), the 911 Board of Directors hired an outside contractor to usher the tower project through the administrative zoning/adjustment process. I have neither been consulted nor have I participated in the review of the notices or the placement of the notices on the site -- in Arnold or anywhere else in Jefferson County. Second, because I represent both 911 and the City of Arnold I am conflicted on this matter and separate counsel have been retained by both 911 and Arnold. (Ms. Borgelt is well aware of that fact, having actually voted on hiring special counsel. Instead of the providing the true facts, she clearly prefers misleading your readers at my expense.) Third, Ms. Borgelt's misleading statement/comment is a classic example of her "ready, shoot, aim" approach to life. Instead, of finding out the facts (by perhaps picking up the phone) she prefers to incite, slander, enflame and mislead. Fourth, this comment is yet another example of what appears to be Ms. Borgelt's very unhealthy fixation on me. It is starting to really creep me out. Finally, perhaps the Patch should consider fact checking certain people (e.g. Ms. Borgelt) who have a history of misunderstanding and/or misrepresenting the truth.
Doris Borgelt
7:17 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Whatever Bob. Seems you can always find someone other than yourself to be accountable. Deflect, blame shift, point the finger the other way, that is your usual method of operating
Your expense??? You mean the expense of the taxpayers, don't you? Ultimately they are the ones that end up paying for all of these debacles you just happen to be connnected to somehow. I wouldn't pick up a phone to call you if you were the last lawyer on earth, I wouldn't want to waste another cent of city or any other of the many taxpayer supported entity's money you work for. How many is it now? 7? By the way whom did you bill for this little memo? Will I find it in one of your monthly $17,000 bills labeled as investigating an allegation and/or threat?
Unhealthy fixation? Yeah, I guess it is unhealthy...for you! I am merely following the money Bob and it seems to lead right to you.
Doris Borgelt
7:17 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
I stand corrected! Although Mr. Sweeney is the regular attorney of record for both Jefferson County 911 and the City of Arnold, on this matter, Mr. Jeff Wagner is representing Jeffco 911 and Frank Vatterott is representing the City. I guess Mr. Sweeney doesn't communicate with these attorneys as frequently or in depth as he does with others handling cases for the city.
Matt Hay
7:30 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Where are all the comments? It says there are 3, but I see none.
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Mick Mulvaney has been in political office for six years. He's a "what can you do for me" politician, not a "what can I do for my constituents" politician. Let us look at his voting record:
• He voted against raising the national debt ceiling with fellow Tea Party representatives in 2011, thinking America defaulting on its debt would solve our problems, but in actuality it would shut down the government. That vote also resulted in the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.
He voted against a constitutional amendment to overturn "Citizens United," giving corporations and Superpac's unlimited money to sway people's votes in elections – in short, buying people's votes.
• He voted to delay environmental and public health protections (H.R. 4480), jeopardizing the safety of our air due to pollution.
• He voted for H.R. 3078 and 3079, the Columbia and Panama Free Trade Agreements, essentially sending American jobs overseas.
• He voted for the Fiscal year 2013 Budget Resolution (H.CON.RES 112), for major cuts to non-defense discretionary and mandatory spending over the next 10 years. The effect of this would restructure Medicare and convert Medicaid and the food stamp program into block grants to states.
• He voted for the Budget Sequestration Replacement Passage (H.R.5652), effectively making all other state and federal programs survive on less, but giving the military more, when already most other programs have been hit with bigger budget cuts. The military should use their appropriations more efficiently to fund more programs and care for returning injured veterans.
Did he support any bills to help the struggling people in S.C.?
Do you see any bills that helped the people of the 5th District? I don't.
It's time for change.
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On Saturday night, locals gathered at Windham High School for the town's "Souper Bowl" event to benefit New Horizons, a homeless shelter and soup kitchen in Manchester.
Guests had the chance to choose from around 200 or so handcrafted ceramic bowls, which they filled over and over again with a variety of soups provided by local eateries.
The first Souper Bowl was held in March 2011, when a group of Windham High School students banded together to begin raising funds and awareness of the plight of some of their neighbors.
That year volunteers raised more than $1,800 for New Horizons. There was no event last year, though art teacher Hannah Cole, one of the event's organizers, said she's hoping to keep the tradition going. About 20 minutes after the doors opened Saturday night, Cole and fellow art teacher Janet Robbins said they'd collected nearly $500 toward the cause.
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6:06pm Tuesday 19th March 2013 in Sport By Alan Foley
Gareth Gardner produced a near punch perfect display on Saturday to claim the Queensbury Boxing League's British light middleweight title by a unanimous decision.
The 28-year-old carpenter from New Addington entered the contest at Epsom Downs Racecourse off the back of an incredible run of form that had seen him claim titles in three different weight divisions. And it was clear from the very opening seconds of his latest title challenge that he would not be denied a fourth as he set about champion Aaron Lowery with ferocious intent unleashing vicious combinations that left the judges and the packed arena in no doubt who the victor would be.
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New deck design. 12x20. Trimmed in ''cedar''. Deck lighting---stairs and posts. Privacy lattice surround---allows for under-deck airflow, to keep goods dry.
Ballasters are black painted alum tubing. Double-door entry on front and single door entry on back-side. GFI electrical supply to under-deck. Motion lights turn-on when door(s) are opened---lighting the area, when under low-light or night conditions. Under-deck facilitates storage for yard tools, yard machines & tools, supplies/materials & lumber. Under-deck drain system feature that carries rain water drippage, from between the deck boards above, and directs the drainage on to panels that direct the water to troughs and downspouts.
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Nice looking deck with storage below, great idea , thanks for sharing !!!!!!
Nice looking Ken
Ken, Great job on the deck. Looks like you thought of everything for this project. Thanks for sharing. George
Thanks gents, for your replies.
The foundation and framing structure is designed and built, to support a fully enclosed upper level,
if and when I decide to add an enclosed unit with a roof, over the deck.
The exposed 6x6 upper post members are tenoned, that fit into sockets and bolted in place---
remove the face trim, unbolt the posts, lift them out, replace with longer 6x6 posts, add framing, roof and enclose.
Ken, Looks like you have really thought this project through. Great idea. That is what it is all about. George
It was a fun filled planning project.
Ken very nice design and planning. looks inviting to spend time on and do so while enjoying the outdoors. Like the rainings and post. Nice storage below and a nice attractive way of securing the storage area. Thanks you for sharing and hope to see more of your projects posted on here. Themore members post the better it is for everyone else to see adn get ideas of building projects. Thanks again for posting a delightful deck project.
Thanks Jay, for your compliments.
Yes, we spend several dining hours on the deck---breakfast, lunch, dinners, a wetting the 'ol whistle.
The wife and family love it.
I was making plans to build all new deck furniture---however,
my wife was so anxious to start using it, we ended up buying wrought alum tables and chairs.
A dining table and a serving table, along with a couple swivel-rocking chairs and a small round table.
A telescoping-folding and tilting umbrella, shields us from the bright sun and rain.
The deck furniture accents the deck design, giving it a nice ambiance.
It all turned out beautiful, if I must so say myself.
We gotten lots of compliments on it.
Upcoming plans are to install outside audio music, piped-in from a receiver and tv music channels.
For the under-deck area, I built provisions for a small frig, tv and lounge chair---
however, the area was quickly consumed by storing other equipment.
Lumber storage are for 4x8 sheet goods, racks for 2x stock, and adjustable racks for strip stock--- also, adjustable racks for molding and trim.
The lumber sheet goods, 2x stock and board storage areas are along the outside wall, so as to be close to the lattice wall, for natural venting and air circulation, to keep lumber dry.
The trim and molding stock, are on the inside wall.
Great job ken, did you have any extra muscle to give you a hand.
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