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Day 32
Day: 32
Date: 01 Feb 2018 11:56PM EST
Location: Camping at The Depot in Lake Butler, FL
Today's Miles: 17.4
Total Miles: 560.7
Up with the sun, took a bit to get moving. Laid on my air mattress and just felt a bit off. Think I may have picked up a cold or the flu at the picnic I went to a few days ago, been extra sore in the muscles and joints lately.
Packed up and off I went. Mostly the straight dirt roads of an unpaved rails to trail section flanked by trailer parks and private property signs, nothing too exciting.
Was having a crap day for some reason. Could be the sickness, but my head just wasn't in it. Saw there was a detour along the way that would add a couple extra bonus miles of road walking because a bridge was out.
Partially because of my mood, partially because of my pride, bridled with my newfound familiarity of waking through so many swamps and muck on this trail, I figured I'd take the original route where the trail used to go. Save me some time, keep me off a long road walk, win win.
Let's just say it was a bad decision.
Trail ended up being super overgrown with blowdowns and vines all over the place. Not unexpected since this bridge has been damaged for quite some time and the reroute effectively *is* the trail.
Ended up getting all cut up from thorns and vines, and when I arrived at the bridge it was completely destroyed. I later found out that some kids ended up burning it down one summer long ago when the water levels were super low.
It was a huge train bridge. In my mind I was picturing some relatively small bridge built for hikers that may have sustained some storm damage and was merely closed for "public safety". Not a friggan four story tall trail bridge that was completely burned and absolutely structurally unsound!
I attempted walking across the extremely wide swamp that this massive bridge spanned over, but due to the recent rains it was no longer a swamp with a lazy steam running through it - It was over my head deep with a pretty rapid current.
So I did what anyone with water survival training and too much pride does: I secured my gear, made sure all my stuff sacks were closed tight, and used my pack as a flotation buoy as I kicked my way across the river.
Aside: if you have waterproofed items in your pack such as a stuff sack or two with clothing, a sleeping bag, etc., squeeze all the air out and make the stuffed bags as small as possible. Contrary to popular belief, these smaller, compact bags will provide a perfectly sized, perfectly viable flotation device when shoved inside a backpack. Too much air makes the pack float too high out of the water and is like trying to swim while lying on top an overinflated beach ball.
While I don't advocate crossing rivers alone with no experience, the method I detailed above is the same I used to teach in water survival classes for Marines, and will float a fit, ripped young man decked out in full battle rattle: flak jacket, helmet, rifle, utilities, boots, etc.
Made it to town early in the afternoon, even with my little detour. Town has an outbuilding they call "The Depot" in their town park that they allow hikers to sleep in, so I retrieved the keys from the town hall, laid out all my stuff, and hung a clothesline to dry out any wet gear from earlier.
Another hiker showed up, started the day after me at Big Cypress. He was super excited to finally catch up in the way only a hiker who's been tailing another for a few weeks and reading logbook entries can be.
Headed over to the local grocery store to resupply, and saw they had a pretty slick deli in the the back with loads of hot cooked foods at a decent price. Smartly, I ate a meal first before doing my resupply shopping.
Headed back to The Depot and the local chapter's section leader came by to talk for a little bit. Super nice lady, she's been maintaining this section of trail for many years. She was incredibly responsive to our reports of blow downs and apologized for not getting to them yet.
Finished off the evening doing some administrative life stuff, and chatting with the other hiker over a few beers.


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Watching Disney's Menstruation video and looking into Reading 17 made me think of a few recurrences in Disney films. When looking into various films in my own collection I noticed a lot of differences in their presentation of their princesses. Like the ones that Sperry and Grauerholz base their findings from Cinderella and Snow White both movies reference their protagonists as the classic damsel in distress. This has been very apparent in other movies that Disney has produced during this time period however I do believe they are slightly evolving in what they believe women should represent in society. Other movies that have currently been made, like Snow White and the Huntsman, the Princess and the Frog, and Brave, have shown more of a tolerance of making the woman stand up for herself and her beliefs. They still use it in more of a feminine aspect but they are slowly progressing into making a stronger masculine presence in their princesses. The most apparent would be Merida in Brave. She is able to hunt, provide for her family, and is constantly chastised for being unlady-like. She is classified as a female but she is unable to present herself in the appropriate way so that others see her as feminine at times. This shows a great sense of evolvement either from the medieval period or in the 21-Century. Just as the Elizabeth Gilbert's reading in Kaleidoscope of Gender (203), Merida is a girl and a identifies herself as feminine but she has masculine qualities that put her too close for comfort in her similarities to masculinity. However, as by the end of Gilbert's experience as a man, both women are able to see feminine qualities that exclude physical qualities.
I own neither posters of Brave or Snow White and the Huntsman

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YOU are an athlete, or, at least, very active. Should you seek doctors who are athletes, too? After all, some obese people pass around lists of "fat friendly" doctors who treat them with respect. Women often want female doctors.
Are athletes also a special group? And, if so, do they fare any differently if they see doctors who are athletes?
"Nobody knows," said Dr. James Fries, a 20-mile-a-week runner and a professor of medicine at Stanford. "There's no data."
There are some hints, though, said Dr. Ronald Davis, who is the president of the
Dr. Davis cited a study by Dr. Erica Frank, who is now at the University of British Columbia. Her study, published a few years ago, involved a survey of about 4,000 female doctors and found that those who were at least moderately active were much more comfortable advising patients about
A doctor who is physically active, Dr. Davis said, "is more likely to provide advice on exercise that will be meaningful to patients."
That stands to reason, Dr. Fries and other physicians said. Doctors who are athletes, he added, are less likely to say "untoward things like that running destroys the knees or that you need an electrocardiogram before you can exercise."
But it is not always obvious whether a doctor is an athlete. Some tell their athletic patients about their exploits. Some have photos in their offices showing them crossing finish lines. With others, though, unless you ask, you may never know.
Of course, good doctors can be sedentary and terrible doctors can be athletic. What matters most is the doctor's skill and training and whether you feel comfortable with the doctor. Some active people, in fact, say they had an awful experience when they sought out an athletic doctor.
But in general, doctors who are athletes tend to be more aware that active people want to stay active more than anything else, said Dr. William Kraus, 53, a cardiologist who is a professor of medicine at Duke and runs 35 miles a week and finishes 5-kilometer races in about 20 minutes. He said athletic doctors are less likely to take the easy way out and tell an active person who is injured or ill to stop exercising.
"For many of us, that's just unacceptable," Dr. Kraus said.
That was the reaction of Richard Hulnick, 40, a manager for business development at the New York Road Runners, when an orthopedist told him to stop running. He saw the doctor because his knee was bothering him. But the doctor, who, Mr. Hulnick said, "did not look like an athlete," told him to take up another sport.
"I wanted to get better," Mr. Hulnick said. "I wanted someone to work with me, but he didn't tell me what to do." So Mr. Hulnick walked out of the doctor's office and resumed running. His knee recovered on its own and he never saw that doctor again, he said. Since then, he has completed six marathons and an Ironman distance triathlon.
Dr. Paul Thompson, a 60-year-old marathon runner (he finished second in his age group in the Chicago Marathon last year) and the director of cardiology at Hartford Hospital in
For example, he said, a woman with a malfunctioning heart valve came to him for a second opinion. Another cardiologist had told her there was no need to replace the valve because the woman had no symptoms. But she had been a competitive triathlete. So when she told Dr. Thompson that she had recently run a five-mile race in 50 minutes, he was suspicious. He asked her if that was her usual pace, and she told him that her time was actually much slower than in the past.
"To me, it was quite clear she was limited in her exercise tolerance," Dr. Thompson said. He recommended she have the valve replaced, and she did.
Dr. William Roberts, a runner, skier and sailboat racer who is a professor of family medicine at the
"They know I like physical activity and I am willing to try to find ways to keep them active," said Dr. Roberts, a former president of the American College of Sports Medicine. He recently saw a patient with
He did. Dr. Roberts said he told the man that he could exercise as long as he kept his
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Yet not every mistaken doctor is a nonathlete. Those who are athletes can be wrong, too.
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They tend, in fact, to be like one of my running partners, who told me that when it comes to a diagnosis, she regards doctors mainly as a source for a second opinion. The first opinion is her own, she said.
Perhaps the best indication of whether athletes should seek fit doctors is to ask doctors who are athletes whether they choose athletic doctors for themselves.
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Low valent transition metal complexes,particularly ruthenium complexes are of interest,because ruthenium complexes have various oxidation states(from Ru(-II) to Ru(VIII))and strong coordination ability to oxygen and nitrogen atoms. Concerning to low valent ruthenium complex catalyst,we have investigated three type of reactions. 1)Cytochrome P-450 type oxidation. 2)Lewis acid promoted reaction. 3)C-H activation of nitrile. 1. Ruthenium-catalyzed reaction of teriary N-methylamines with t-butyl hydroperoxide gives the corresponding alpha-(t-butyldioxy)methylamines highly efficiently. The kinetic experiments indicate that the present reaction proceeds via Cytochrome P-450 type mechanism,which involves oxo-ruthenium(IV) species as a key intermediates. The oxidation of amides and lactams with peroxides also proceeds under mild reaction conditions to give the oxygenated products. Similar treatment of beta-lactams with peracetic acid affords beta-acetoxy-beta-lactams which are key intermediate
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It is surely in the interest of the United States to have a robust deployment of 5G sooner rather than later. But it is important we not overreact to the race with China or lose sight of America's strengths.
April 29, 2019
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There is a clear lesson for consumers: do not use piracy apps. Do not download them and do not purchase streaming device boxes with these apps preloaded. They are untrustworthy.
April 25, 2019
Countries with robust IP rights and protections must recognize that new energy, new tactics, and a new strategy are needed to encourage other nations to contribute more and detract less from global innovation.
April 23, 2019
As David Hart writes for InsideSources, a cold war on global warming would fight climate change in ways that the Green New Deal and New Manhattan Project cannot.
April 22, 2019
Debates over drug pricing often consider the impacts on health and innovation, but rarely examine the costs those drugs offset. According to new research examining drug releases for 67 diseases across 15 countries in the three decades from 1982 to 2015, these offsets are dramatic.
April 22, 2019
A national "road user charge" system would ensure that everyone who drives on America's roads contributes their fair share of the infrastructure costs.
April 19, 2019
Submarine cables use fiber-optic technology, whereby information is encoded onto waves of light transmitted by lasers across thin glass at up to 200 terabits per second.
April 16, 2019
Stephen Ezell presented about opportunities and challenges in Chile's transition to a knowledge- and innovation-based economy at an event hosted by Chile's Centro de Estudios Publicos on April 16, 2019.
April 15, 2019
Innovation Fact of the Week: The Digital Economy Grew 4.3 Times Faster than the U.S. Economy Overall from 1997 to 2017
Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis updated a recent paper on the digital economy to include more precise data, and it expanded the observed period to cover the years 1997 through 2017. In doing so, it found that the digital economy grew 9.9 percent annually over this 20-year period—4.3 times faster than the overall economy—and represented 6.9 percent of U.S. GDP as of 2017.
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The Classic D'angelo song "Brown Sugar" remixed by Paris Toon & Mothers Favorite Child featuring Mos Def!! New for 2012
Official release date: Nov 12, 2012
Produced and remixed by: Paris Toon & Mothers Favorite Child.
Vocals: D'angelo & Mos Def
Drums: Dowell Davis
Bass: Kent Phillips
Guitars: Kenny "Shut It Down" Brown
Rhodes: Ted Belledin
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Kolton Lee at Carefree Sound Studios
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I haven't had a hospital incident in at least a month. Well at least no emergency visits, I did however have one scary chemo reaction where I was pretty much rendered useless and if not for the speed of Tracey, well let's just say this blog may have come to an untimely end.
But other than that experience I have been feeling really good as of late.
And when I have energy, minimal pain, and freedom from an IV pole I tend to go a bit manic. Well maybe not manic all the time but certainly highly motivated to do stuff while I have the chance.
So I've been trying to walk minimum of 5km per day, I've kayaked twice, I'm out at events or theatre, I have been to Hump Day Social at Village, we've had dinner guests and have been to our fair share of dinner parties, golfed twice, two photo shoots, I even got to experience various labs and parties for Best of Calgary, a project I am a cofounder of. All the while still having my weekly lab work, Oncologist meeting, a blood transfusion and have of course continued my weekly chemo session.
I'm having fun being a bit more engaged.
Many people have said to me that perhaps I am doing too much and I should slow down. I hear things like 'hey Mr Do It All' or 'Mr Busy Boday' or sentences like 'Are you sure it's healthy to be as active as you are?' or 'In your condition should you be kayaking?'
I really appreciate the sentiment behind the request but I always respond with the fact I haven't had this opportunity for months and that I am really enjoying each and every day as much as I can tolerate. Actually, it's not even how much I can tolerate, it's more like how much can I fit in while still having the occasional nap to keep the energy up.
In reality we should all be living more each day. We spend way too much time working and not enough time is spent prioritizing playtime. I know this and can preach this having been an 80+ hour a week guy for the last eight years while building Evans Hunt and Village Brewery, as well as Circle and Best of Calgary and not to mention the many other civic activities. I loved them all and really didn't consider it work at the time. But in hindsight maybe I could have fit in more playtime. Maybe.
The one area where I now am going to spend more time is with my family. I have a habit of filling my day with so much I sometimes forget the real reason I am working so hard to stay alive is because of Tracey, Jack and Amanda and the rest of my extended family. This doesn't take away from my friends, it's just a prioritization exercise.
This week we made a list of activities we are aiming for this summer. (In order that it was given whist sitting at a family dinner). We also make a family work list but no value sharing that one.
Head smashed in Buffalo Jump
Ghostlake and McKay's ice cream
Heritage park - cycle/picnic
Calgary Zoo pandas
Calaway park
Kayak down down bow
Calgary stampede
Dura creek
Legacy trail bike ride
Watertown Ntnl park
See Dead pool
Visit Mandy's Lake
Ping pong table for beer pong
Fire pit night
Long table night
Mini golf
Emerald Lake Lodge
Jasper Park Lodge
Montana to visit Zahra
I hope we get through many of them, but if we don't it also won't matter because in reality just being with each other is the true prize.
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John K. Nichols / 1960-1961
John worked with Natkin & Company in Tulsa for many years before transferring to Oklahoma City in 1965. John later joined Walldinger Corporation in Des Moines, IA.
James D. Shaw / 1961-1962
Jim joined Public Service Company of Oklahoma in 1949 as HVAC sales engineer. He was transferred to McAlester in 1973 as a Regional Technical Supervisor. Jim returned to Tulsa in 1978 and retired in 1986.
Warren W. Smith / 1962-1963
Warren worked for E.R. Heiliger Company from 1950 to 1956 in Tulsa. He later joined McCune & McCune and Associates before starting his own consulting firm in 1960. His son Wes has been in the business since 1982.
Richard L. Herron / 1963-1964
Dick first became active in the HVAC field in Kansas City in 1946, later joining the Trane Company in Tulsa in 1956. Dick started the Herron Equipment Company in Tulsa in 1969 and retired in 1985. His son Joe joined the company in 1973 and sold the company. Back then the meetings were held at the Saratoga Motel on 7th Street and held the first joint meeting with Oklahoma City Chapter.
Leslie Bury / 1964-1965
Leslie was with the Service Pipeline Company from 1940 until 1965 when he retired. The CRC was held in Tulsa that year and our chapter toured the new Civic Center central plant. We had 70 members.
William R. Strain / 1965-1966
Bill worked for York Distributors from 1953 to 1955, when he joined Honeywell in the Oklahoma City office. He later transferred to Tulsa in 1959 and then to Kansas City, MO in 1970.
Robert E. Swain / 1966-1967
Bob was with Honeywell in 1951. He later was with National Tank and joined Oklahoma Natural Gas in 1959. Bob retired from ONG in 1974. He also worked with Sharp Refrigeration and City Service Company. Bob was also with Ogden Allied Building Services in Tulsa as a facility manager.
J. N. Hambrick / 1967-1968
Jay was a manufacturer's representative with R. F. Bagwell Company and in 1962 started the Hambrick-Ferguson Company with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. His son John has been with him since 1979. This was the year the booster ticket was initiated. Jay is a life member and is still working and an active member of our chapter.
Jack L. Evans / 1968-1969
Jack joined the Russ Sigler Company in 1951 and was with the Swan-Sigler Company in Oklahoma City. In 1964 Jack joined Orvil Gilliam to from the present Sigler Company. Jack passed away in 1972.
Thomas Reinhart / 1969-1970
Tom started his HVAC career with the Burns and McDonnell Company in Kansas City from 1958 to 1962, when he joined the Johnson Controls Company in Ohio. In 1965 he moved to Tulsa and in 1972 was transferred to St. Louis. Tom left J. C. I. in 1979 and joined the Trane Company in Tulsa. The chapter won the Chaparral Award and placed second for the Golden Gavel Award.
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which type of style best describes you?
Inside school: classy and simple
"Each piece of clothing has a function."
Where do you usually shop and which brand/brands do you prefer?
In China: Zara, H&M, Uniqlo
Outside: RW&CO, Le Château
Do you prefer to shop alone or with company?
Any inspirations or motives?
Simple but interesting, not just plain. I like to layer subtle contrasts, and then add a pop of colour or a sharp pattern. Clothing should also be seasonal. Dark colors in Winter, light colors in Summer and Spring, and earth tones in the fall.
Do you get judged by what you wear? This can be directly or maybe as a joke. If so, how do you reply?
Yes, treatment, perception can depend on how we dress. I get called 'sir' much more often when I wear a suit.
When I dress down, I tend to wear a polo or something like that. Sometimes my friends tease me that I'm fancy, but I tell them I'm French or they just don't know how to dress. You have to learn to laugh about it…
Do you adapt to new trends, do you create or do you ignore?
I'm not a big fan of trends, but I am influenced by the world of fashion. Sometimes, I get inspired and "I do my own funky thing".
Has there been a case of you over dressing? What were you wearing?
The first day of my internship, I wore a suit, but nobody else was really dressed up.
Have you seen anybody over dressed? What were they wearing?
Yes, anonymous, he wears suits on Mondays when only a shirt and pants are required.
Are there trends you feel should be eliminated?
Sandals and dress pants. Pointy arms on women's blazers.
Trends that you feel should come back again or be retouched?
Yes, The pointy arms on women's blazers should fall naturally on the shoulders.
If you could choose any one item from my magical closet that would appear as I continue reading, what would it be and why?
Crocodile shoes: "I like them, but I would never buy them; they're too expensive."
If you could create one brand for a certain item what would you call it and why would you create this bread (motives)?
Brand: Gentlemen Today
"Classy clothing but wouldn't have ties"
Quote of the Year or favorite quote or quote of hope?
Quotes that are for low fashion and big fashion
"Whether you're conscious of it or not, fashion is your life."
– Willam Saulnier
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Friedman Billings Ramsey analysts said Tuesday they believe Fannie Mae FNM, -1.99% should be able to meet new, increased capital level requirements without issuing new shares and without lowering its growth expectations, and without causing liquidity problems in the mortgage market. However, they also cautioned that, "the stock should not be afforded its historical valuation as it wrestles with OFHEO's requests." Fannie Mae shares rose 99 cents Monday, and closed at $66.50.
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- Lead the development of project with cross functional stakeholders, initially in discovery and then in Design Controls of Stryker
- Active contribution towards driving technical specifications with internal / external reviews involving project stakeholders, core team and third party vendors.
- Participate & Contribute in System Level Architecture and Design workflow with Stryker core team and Vendor Partner team.
- Take technical implementation challenges and proactive communications with project team, owner & stakeholders to mitigate the risks at early stage and support in driving the business objective and acceptable solutions.
- Understand customer needs and channel them into global product development
- Accountable for driving towards finding unmet needs.
- Identify new opportunities for cross platform development
- Accountable for leading engineering efforts for Discovery stage and New Product Development
- Responsible to grow internal teams delivering better outcomes
- Coach/ grow internal leads of respective Engineering and front-end product development
- Align with Stryker business and stakeholders towards signoff project charters
- Scout, find and build external teams to deliver solutions to technical problems quickly and efficiently
- Plans, organizes, staffs, directs and controls the engineering function within appropriate guidelines, policies and regulations
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team members.
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- Good interpersonal & communication skills
- Ability to work within cross functional/global team structures
- Works with abstract ideas under guidance
- Exercises judgment deals with high complexity, innovative and uncharted paths, under guidance
- Conceives and gets executed projects representing long term solutions to complex issues of customers
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - The Nikkei Average erased early gains to end up slightly higher Thursday, as gains in Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and automakers offset renewed weakness in tech stocks.
The Nikkei Average ended up 52.49 points, or 0.5 percent, to 11,409.14, while the broader Topix eased 0.37 point, or 0.03 percent, to 1,151.12.
"It looks as though that the recent slide in tech stocks following Intel's results began to slow," said Masatoshi Sato, senior strategist at Mizuho Investors Securities in Tokyo.
Most banks fell on profit-taking after rallying in the previous session on news that two of Japan's Big Four are considering a blockbuster merger. See full story.
Wednesday's U.S. share weakness also weighed on sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4 percent and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.8 percent following a spike in oil prices and a disappointment over Intel's margin outlook. See Market Snapshot.
Chip stocks extended declines after bellwether Intel lowered its gross margin targets Tuesday due to higher sales of less profitable assets. See full story.
"Intel's announcement that its inventories are rising also raised concerns about the outlook on the high-tech industry as a whole," said Toshio Sumitani, senior strategist at Tokai Tokyo Research Center.
Sumitani added that a surge in oil prices in New York also dampened sentiment. Crude oil futures for August delivery closed up $1.53 at $40.97 a barrel. They last traded down 13 cents at $40.84 in after-hours trading.
Other regional markets were mostly weaker.
Taiwan's Weighted Average index shed 1.4 percent, South Korea's Kospi index fell 0.5 percent and Singapore's Straits Times index eased 0.1 percent.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 0.1 percent and China's Shanghai Composite was up 1.3 percent.
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In Tokyo, UFJ Holdings (8307) UFJHF fell 6.5 percent, while Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (8306) MTF, +0.62% jumped 11.7 percent on top of its 7.4 percent gain in the previous session. The two banks will likely announce a basic agreement on their proposed merger by the end of the week to create the world's biggest financial institution, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
Hitachi (6501) HIT, +0.61% declined 0.6 percent. The diversified electronics conglomerate said Wednesday it plans to double its household electric appliance sales to 2 trillion yen ($18.3 billion) by 2010.
Honda (7267) HMC, -0.33% rose 0.8 percent. Japan's third-biggest automaker aims to almost double its motorcycle sales in China to 2 million units from 1.14 million by around 2007, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. Separately, the automaker will start marketing a lower-priced car in the U.S. in 2006 to tap growing demand for affordable vehicles in its crucial U.S. market, according to published reports. See full story.
Tokyo Electron (8035) TOELF, +4.74% fell 1.9 percent and Advantest (6857) ADTTF, +37.18% eased 0.2 percent. Kyocera (6971) KYO, the world's biggest maker of ceramic chip packages, lost 0.9 percent.
Sony (6758) SNE, -0.65% gained 0.5 percent. Its joint venture with Samsung Electronics, S-LCD, on Thursday said it will manufacture LCD panels used in LCD television sets in a new factory. See full story.
The dollar traded at 109.57 yen in late Tokyo, compared with 109.15 yen late Wednesday in the U.S.
Asia movers
Chip stocks were down throughout the region.
In Seoul, Samsung Electronics SSNGY, +0.00% shed 2.3 percent. The electronics giant reportedly said Thursday it expects prices for liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to fall about 10 percent in the second half due to oversupply.
In Taipei, Taiwan Semiconductor TSM, -0.31% fell 2.7 percent after Smith Barney reportedly cut its rating on the world's biggest contract chip maker, to "sell" from "buy."
Its rival United Microelectronics UMC, -1.80% also lost 2.7 percent.
In Sydney, National Australia Bank (NAB) NAB, -2.75% fell 1.4 percent after UBS reportedly cut its rating on the bank and reduced its share price target in the wake of the bank's profit warning a day earlier.
In Hong Kong, Sinopec (386) SNP, +1.78% was up 1.8 percent. China's largest refiner said on Thursday that strong domestic demand probably pushed up its first-half net profit by more than half, Reuters reported.


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Commuters coming into the city from the west should know the drill by now: Big traffic disruptions and detours are in order as the state completes the replacement of the Commonwealth Avenue bridge over the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Later this month, officials will begin a series of road closures and traffic diversions to buy working room to replace the westbound side of the bridge; the eastbound side was replaced last summer.
A long stretch of Comm. Ave. and the Boston University Bridge will close to cars. Shuttle buses will replace the Green Line. And the Massachusetts Turnpike will go on a major diet, reduced two lanes in each direction.
Here's what you need to know about the summer's biggest road project.
1. 16 days of summer.
On the night of July 26, Comm. Ave. will close to cars from Kenmore Square to Packard's Corner until Aug. 11. Cyclists and pedestrians will still be allowed through. The BU Bridge will close to cars the same night.
The next morning, the Green Line will be replaced by shuttle buses between Babcock and Blandford streets.
The Big One comes the night of July 27, when the Turnpike shifts to two lanes until Aug. 6.
The heavy lifting is scheduled to run for just over two weeks, though some finishing work — such as sidewalk construction — will take another few weeks. Other more minor finishing work will run as late as next spring.
The $110 million bridge replacement is being done in two around-the-clock summer sprints, one last summer, one this year, rather than a more traditional project that would keep Comm. Ave. open but take as long as five years.
2. Don't get too comfortable.
While there were definitely traffic backups last year, things went reasonably well. The Pike returned to full capacity weeks earlier than expected, traffic on the highway during rush hour was down as much as 30 percent, and ridership ticked up on the commuter rail — suggesting some drivers took a different route in. Meanwhile, state officials practically begged commuters to take a vacation during the project if they could.
Now, state highway administrator Jonathan Gulliver is worried that the smooth sailing last year will lull drivers into a false sense of confidence this time around.
"We're a little concerned we're going to be victims of our own success," he said. "Last year went really well. It went really well because everybody took our advice and stayed away. That's the only reason it went really well. . . . People absolutely need to find alternate routes."
3. What's changed?
There are a few differences from last year.
Pedestrians and cyclists crossing the BU Bridge from Cambridge will be detoured through a parking lot because of construction where the road meets Comm. Ave.
The state is also ditching a massive crane it used last year that took weeks to assemble, and it will instead use smaller cranes. That should benefit drivers because last year officials had to shut down an entire lane on each side of the Mass. Pike lane just to set up the big crane a few weeks before the project started.
Finally, last year's work on Comm. Ave. also included Green Line track work. That doesn't have to happen this year, so the closure of that road should be several days shorter.
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text: SCRANTON, Pa. – Railfest 2012 at Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, is an annual celebration of railroading past, present and future that is held on the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend. This year, the event takes place on September 1 and 2, with an opening ceremony on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. The park announced today that Mr. Al Boscov, Chairman of Boscov's Department Stores, has been named Grand Marshal for Railfest 2012!Mr. Boscov is a successful merchant, showman, and benefactor of numerous community organizations, as well as a long-time supporter and partner with Steamtown NHS. Mr. Boscov began his merchandising career in 1954 when he returned from serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and joined his father, Solomon, and brother-in-law Edwin Lakin, in the operation of their small neighborhood dry goods store which they would renovate and enlarge. In 1962, the Boscov's expansion program began with the opening of Boscov's West, a contemporary, full-service, full-scale department store in suburban Reading, Pa. Before long, the department store expansion program moved beyond Berks County, and now consists of 40 major department stores reaching across 5 states in the Mid Atlantic region of the country, including the beautiful, multi-story Boscov's anchor store at the Mall at Steamtown, located along Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton. The Mall and Steamtown NHS are connected by the Mall's boardwalk-style bridge, fashioned to represent the former railroad yard coaling trestle, and built upon the original concrete supports. The Mall walkway bridge is accessible during regular Park operating hours and, while providing access to the Mall stores and Food Court, also provides a great overlook for the Steamtown NHS rail yards.Mr. Boscov is also well-known for his community-focused philanthropic enterprises; in addition to building the Mall at Steamtown, he also restored the former Oppenheim's and Samter's Department Stores in downtown Scranton into first-class office space. In neighboring downtown Wilkes-Barre, Mr. Boscov was responsible for purchasing the former Comerford/Paramount movie theater, and spearheading a $3 million fund drive to convert the building into the stunning, 1,800 –seat Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Public Square. In his home area, Mr. Boscov founded and serves as Chairman of "Our City Reading" which was responsible for developing the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, a community art and cultural resource center located in downtown Reading.Mr. Boscov attended the Drexel Institute of Technology, and holds honorary degrees awarded by Albright College, Reading, Pa., King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Kutztown University. He has received many prestigious awards including the Pennsylvania Society's Gold Medal and B'nai Brith's Americanism Award, and has been recognized by numerous business organizations, including the "Retailer of the Year" awards from both the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association and the Pennsylvania Retailers' Association, "Business Leader of the Year" from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and "Master Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young, Nasdaq, and USA Today.Mr. Boscov is a devoted family man who, according to his staff, "refuses to take himself seriously." He and his wife, Eunice, are the proud parents of three daughters and grandparents of five grandchildren. As Railfest 2012 Grand Marshal, Mr. Boscov will join with Steamtown Superintendent Kip Hagen in welcoming visitors to this year's celebration of railroading in Scranton.Located in downtown Scranton, Pa., Steamtown NHS is open daily from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. From I-81 follow exit 185 (Central Scranton Expressway); then, follow the brown and white signs to the main entrance at Lackawanna and Cliff Avenues (GPS: N 41.41, W 75.67). Additional general park information is available by phoning (570) 340-5200 during regular business hours, or by visiting the Park website at www.nps.gov/stea anytime!


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What is the best thing that I love about my work? As an indie author, I love that I have complete control over my work. I get to write the kind of story I want to read, at the length the story requires – no more, no less – and with cover art that I pick out.
What is my idea of perfect happiness? For me, it would be an autumn day, warm enough to sit outside, with a cup of something warm to drink and a good book to read.
What is my greatest fear? I can't think of anything I'm afraid of. I don't do well on airplanes, but that's not fear – that's an inner-ear thing.
What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? I tend to eat to excess when I'm anxious. I have to force myself to do something else to calm down – like writing or knitting.
What is my greatest extravagance? I spend a fair amount of money on books, but my biggest non-essential spending is on yarn. There's nothing like walking into a yarn shop and seeing all the beautiful colors and textures, and thinking about all the lovely things I could knit with them.
On what occasion would I lie? I make it a policy to avoid telling lies. It's too hard to keep your story straight!
What is the influence of role models, in my work and in my life? My favorite authors are, I think, a subconscious influence on my work; I don't try to pattern my writing after anyone. But I love reading work by Stephen R. Donaldson, Graham Joyce, Patricia McKillip, Barbara Kingsolver, Margaret Atwood, and Kent Haruf, among many others.
What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? I have zero aptitude for sales, so marketing my work is difficult for me.
When and where was I the happiest, in my work? The best part of this gig is when I can immerse myself in the writing and let the words flow freely. I call it a writer's high – it's like a runner's high, but you're not all sweaty afterward.
If I could, what would I change about myself? I've had a hankering to move to the Southwestern United States for many years. I'm planning to actually do it in a few years, once I retire from the day job.
What is my greatest achievement in work? This year, I have finished the Pipe Woman Chronicles story cycle – twelve novels, four or five short stories, and a guide to the mythology I used when writing the series – and I'm pretty excited about that. But I was very proud to have been invited to write for IndiesUnlimited.com, a wonderful resource for indie authors, and my proudest achievement there is the month-long series on scammy publishers that we did in April 2015.
What is my most inspirational location, in my city? I live in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC. Some of the scenes in Crosswind are set at the National Museum of the American Indian, which is my favorite museum on the National Mall in DC.
What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? The neighborhood I live in is called Shirlington, and it has a ton of great restaurants. I'm particularly fond of Luna Grille, but the Carlyle Grand has the best food and would be my first choice for a special occasion.
Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime? I like to say that I grew my own editor. My eldest daughter and a college friend of hers are my editors; both have degrees in fiction writing (as do I), and they are great at keeping me from looking like too much of an idiot in print.
Whom would I like to work with in the future? I'm not much for collaborating, but I do intend to keep working with Five59 Publishing's anthology group. And I plan to keep writing for Indies Unlimited, too.
What project, in the near future, am I looking forward to working on? My next two projects will be a short story for a Halloween anthology, and an omnibus edition of the four books in my Pipe Woman's Legacy series. After that, I'll probably start working on a new series.
How can you contact me? You can find me on my blog at http://www.hearth-myth.com, or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Jesica Lahey, NY Times Bestselling Author will discuss her book the Gift of Failure.
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Jessica offers practical advice for fostering intrinsic motivation and weaning kids off of extrinsic motivators such as short-term rewards, bribes, honors, coercion, and yes, even grades, while giving kids the support and encouragement they need in order to succeed.
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Well that escalated quickly! On one hand we have our first LGBT Best Picture winner and another win for best screenplay for an LGBT themed film, plus we have another win for an African American film (the second behind 12 Years A Slave) and eventually a whole stage of creative queer people of colour accepting awards.
But boy oh boy did it feel pretty awful getting to that stage...in the Academy's biggest ever fuck up when it should've been their biggest (and our biggest) triumph. There was a lot of hate and backlash for La La Land in the end and I feel it probably wasn't deserved...films are films and great films are great films but this is the Academy Awards and it's a competition so the backlash was for the shoe-in that a retro styled, painfully white picture was going to beat this small, beloved queer black modern film from a brilliant new director and writer and cast who took a punt on a film that is about masculinity, has a hand job on a beach and a sweet conversation in a cafe as their big scenes and presented them in a poetic, dreamlike state that really pushed what an independent film like this can look like, can do and can make their audience feel.
And the Oscar was handed to Moonlight like a dog's dinner. It wasn't on purpose but it didn't feel surprising. It should've been a coronation and a message sent out by the Academy that these sort of films can win and should win and should be made...but they flubbed it.
But let's party and press forward because yeah we love a fuck up and a gasp moment but right now an LGBT black, working class film is not only on the list of great films of all time who won Best Picture like Gone With The Wind, Laurence of Arabia, Schindler's List and The Lord of The Rings but it is, because some white guy was too busy taking photos of Emma Stone to hand Warren Beatty the right envelope (finally Mommie Dearest is no longer the most embarrassing thing Faye Dunaway has been involved in!) Moonlight is now the most famous film in the world and perhaps it's important that we have a visual representation of the baton being handed from the whitest straightest guys alive to the new wave of black, gay, everything film makers and this image has been beamed around the globe. Film is visual and maybe it's time we see more white straight guys graciously bowing their heads and handing over their awards to the other guys who don't get the easy chances, who are even more talented than you and who are ready to hold that beacon high to inspire others like them and to level the playing field so all the best talents are able to work alongside each other to make each other's work better and to make the race to the top more exciting and challenging for everyone.
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Forgiveness is a hard thing to do. But why? What is the big obstacle in forgiving others? Through these past 6 months of my life, I have learned that my heart is so deeply oriented on other people more than it is on God. My great need is that the Lord be MORE real to me than OTHER people.Read More
As believers we constantly hear the saying, "Just pray about it" or "I'll be praying for you". This has always rubbed me the wrong way; because I think to myself, "well will they really pray about it" "will they really be praying for me?"Read More
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You know the saying "when it rains, it pours"? Well, this was a saying that I have heard many many times but never understood it until these past two months. I remember waking up one day and everything and anything that could have gone wrong went wrong for weeks.Read More


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Accepting the nomination
I don't care how many people CNN interviews. I don't care how many times they say it. I don't care which adjectives they use to describe it. No one, I repeat, no one, can fully comprehend how historical this event is. And to think, he hasn't even won yet.
Recall the history you know and imagine the history you don't. Think of the events and the stories that you'll never know, that no one will ever know, because they are dead and buried. Few times have I been proud of America. This is one of them. I don't pray nearly as much as I should, but I'm gonna try and keep you safe the best way I can. Don't let us down.


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Opéra de Lyon Season 2017-18 – Attila: Verdi Opera Rants & Rampages But Daniele Rustioni Reigns
Rustioni's Magic
As part of the Opéra de Lyon's mini-Verdi Festival in their 2017-18 season, the debonair Directeur Général Serge Dorny (soon to swap Côtes du Rhône and saucisson de Lyon for Münchner Bier und Weißwurst) wisely opted for a concert version of Verdi's fascinating ninth lyric drama, which was held in the capacious 2,000 seat L'Auditorium.
Although categorized as "early Verdi", "Attila" is oceans away from its Peruvian predecessor "Alzira." As Muti advised: "In 'Attila' it is critical to bring out the 'accento Verdiano' – the Verdian accents and articulations of the words and the music. There is a shape to the musical lines that is like sculpture. The singing and articulation must come first, even more than urgency and emotion." Under the Opéra de Lyon's enormously talented Chief Conductor Daniele Rustioni, Muti's admonitions were followed to the letter, or perhaps more accurately, to the note.
Rustioni clearly inspired both singers, chorus and orchestra and it is easy to understand why he is considered one of the most exciting young opera conductors today. The smiling Milanese maestro is tremendously physical on the podium with crouches, leaps, jumps, jabs and stomps all part of his palpable enthusiasm. From the first luxuriant string crescendo over staccato bassoon warbles during the Preludio, it was clear that Rustioni was going to mould Verdi's lyrical sculpture with brilliance of a baton-waving Bernini. Trumpets and trombone fanfares opening the Prologo flipped the mood to noisy militarism in the "Urli, rapine, Gemiti, sangue, stupri, rovine" chorus. The Choeurs de l'Opéra de Lyon was consistently crisp with commendable articulation and attention to the dynamic markings – even with the Italianate "d" in "Wodan". The storm music before Foresto's entrance anticipates the first measures of "Otello" and was excitingly played with some excellent piccolo and flute passages over crashing cymbals and pounding timpani. Rustioni handled the big concertante sections particularly well with the climatic crescendi in the Act one "Dinanzi a turba devota e pia" finale being marvelously rhapsodic. The fortissimo Donizetti-esque "Morte, morte, vendetta!" conclusion to Act two was taken at a helter-skelter pace with both chorus and soloists enjoying the ride although it would have been fun if Odabella had interpolated a top E flat at the end. Rustioni's most impressive strength, however, was in pacing the Verdian rubati and fermate with ease and eloquence.
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I sit at a small desk, trapped between the cheep sprigs of a bed, and the fridge that is clearly marked 'do not remove' as if I would just up and heft the damn thing and walk away. I am hunched over and listing to Bob Schneider as I bang away on the lap top that is square center on the desk, the top of the screen barely touching the small hutch that is weighed down with books, papers, and the gloc. My elbows are on the table and my arms are wrapped around the cut-off plastic bottle that is being used as a rock glass for the Jack Daniels that sits just below my nose. In an attempt to saver every bit of the joy of drink I have placed it in a spot that allows me to breath in every wafer of sweetness. Yes, it is addicting, the smell, the taste, the feel of comfort that comes from some state side habit. I cant help but singing along with the song that is playing. The world can go away and hide behind the sunrise that is occurring outside my blacked out room. The poor souls that need my attention and decisions can wait; I am tired. In fact, the world can wait until I am ready for it again. Tonight was no different than the possibility of any other night. There is no difference in my world between possibility and reality, they are treated the same, with the same level of detachment. I want my humanity back; I want to feel again, so I bury my head into the electronic page that sits in front of me. Oh how I wish I was not good at my job.
The streets of Baghdad are not quiet tonight, nor will they be all day. As I do finally sleep, I have left the small portion of the city called Yusafiah in turmoil. I have separated families, changed the social makeup and forced more children to grow up way to soon. I have ruined the lives of a dozen men tonight, and those whose price I exacted was the least, are those that will be buried in the next two days. Such a world I live in. There are thousands of men and women who claim to do my job, yet in truth it is such a small number of us that are forced to exact violence upon others, forced to do the unthinkable. The night was quiet when I went to this town, even the dogs had decided not to make such a fuss, though that should have clued me in to how the night would turn out, and In all honesty, it did. There was no trap, no ambush, just a group of men that thought they were wrong done by and decided that they would not give up their homes, would not let intruders into their house. It is unfortunate because they were men with families, they told us that we could not come in, that they were protected by the law. Well tonight, my companions were the law and they thought otherwise, these were men that were wanted, with warrants, for acts of indiscriminate war, acts of barbarism. Before I had a chance to intervene, the night became bright under the explosion of artillery pieces precisely laid along the road.
The fireworks were incredible, the lights, and sounds were enough to amaze you. The fighter jet that came in next had me standing with my mouth open staring into the contrails of smoke and stars as he made an entire building buckle and fall. The night did fall quiet again, silence, the eerie silence that is unnatural, I have tasted it before, I have heard it before. The night would be quiet for another hour while we left, and then the streets will fill up as they are now; now as I sit and remind myself. Tonight I will sleep like a baby under the heavy eye lids of scotch carefully poured into a makeshift plastic cup. It is this cup that I find refuge, that I find comfort in. I look into the bottom of the clear plastic and ask what was the price that I paid. I have measured and weighed the price that others have paid tonight, but what in the end was the cost for me. Well I assure you it was not as much as the men of Yusafiah, though still heavy. Achmed, Mahmood, Ali, Mohammad, Yasid, and Saad will all go to the promised land and take with them the trophies of shrapnel to show Allah, they will stand tall at Mohammad's side (blessings be upon him) they will see the glories that are for those that do good in the name of protecting those that cannot protect themselves. They died trying to prevent another tragedy, another senseless death. It is easy to see how some men can be confused into thinking that all deaths are senseless, yet I cannot see this logic. I have been trained and educated to understand the Kings Gambit in chess. To learn the sacrifice necessary for victory, the definition of the victory will tell us who is fit for the hereafter filled with the glories of your deity. In the end I hope to find my departed state without any of the accoutrements of the religions that I have seen on this planet because I will not answer for the acts that I have done. That is right, I will not commit to remorse, nor will I accept accolades, what I have done without humanity I should receive its rewards without it as well. Give me nothing but room to walk my way and alone, and do not for the love of your life, or those that you have heard about tonight, nock on my door for the next seven hours.


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Houdini Engine 2.0
The most common way to load assets is by first loading an asset library file (one of: .otl, .otllc, .hda, or .hdalc). This library file can contain multiple Houdini assets (HDAs).
The first thing to do is call HAPI_LoadAssetLibraryFromFile(). This will give you back a HAPI_AssetLibraryId which is a handle to the library that was just loaded. Keep it safe. You can also use the equivalent memory based function, HAPI_LoadAssetLibraryFromMemory(). Keep in mind that this memory variant will still produce a file on disk somewhere so the performance benefits are minor at this time. It is purely here as a convenience.
allow_overwrite parameter on either HAPI_LoadAssetLibraryFromFile() or HAPI_LoadAssetLibraryFromMemory() to control whether you want to allow overwriting asset definitions that have already been loaded from a different asset library file. If this flag is true and a clash is detected the function will return with a HAPI_RESULT_ASSET_DEF_ALREADY_LOADED result code.
Next, query how many assets there are in the just-loaded library using HAPI_GetAvailableAssetCount(). Use the count to allocate an array of HAPI_StringHandle's and feed that into HAPI_GetAvailableAssets() to get the actual asset names.
Finally, feed any asset's name into HAPI_InstantiateAsset(), exactly as given by HAPI_GetAvailableAssets(), to actually instantiate your asset in the underlying Houdini scene.
Once HAPI_InstantiateAsset() returns successfully, you will have a HAPI_AssetId (a typedefed int) which is a handle to the underlying asset. Hang on to this handle as it's the only way to talk to Houdini Engine about the asset you just loaded. It will be required in almost all subsequent calls into Houdini Engine.
If you've chosen to set the
cook_on_load flag to true, HAPI_InstantiateAsset() will return immediately if you're in threaded mode (
use_cooking_thread set to true in HAPI_Initialize()). Houdini Engine will load the asset into memory and "cook" it so that it is ready to use. Assume this is as if you also called HAPI_CookAsset() and see Cooking on how to check progress.
If you choose to set
cook_on_load to false you'll need to call HAPI_CookAsset() first, before attempting to use the asset - see Cooking. However, you can still get some information about the instantiated asset via HAPI_GetAssetInfo() and you can use the HAPI_AssetInfo::nodeId to change parameters on the asset before the first cook. To see if an asset has ever been cooked there's a flag, HAPI_AssetInfo::hasEverCooked.
This HAPI_GetAssetInfo() function takes an HAPI_AssetInfo::id from the call to HAPI_InstantiateAsset(), and fills in a HAPI_AssetInfo struct on successful return. The HAPI_AssetInfo gives you basic, high level information about your asset such as the name of the asset, the asset label as defined in Houdini, the number of objects, handles, and the inputs, if any, on the asset and so on.
One notable point is the concept of the HAPI_AssetInfo::validationId. The idea here is that in saving a session in the host application, one might just serialize all the data structures pertaining to HAPI, such as the HAPI_AssetInfo struct. On reloading of the saved file, there might not be a session of Houdini Engine currently running, or, even if there is, it might have different things loaded in it. We then need to establish whether the asset that has just been reloaded has a corresponding valid entry on the Houdini Engine side. The HAPI_AssetInfo::id is not sufficient in this case, as it may clash with other assets across different sessions. Here is where the HAPI_AssetInfo::validationId comes in handy - whenever any asset is instantiated, Houdini Engine will also pass back a HAPI_AssetInfo::validationId, calculated based on the current system time. This HAPI_AssetInfo::validationId is unique across sessions of Houdini and it can be used later, such as on file load, to determine whether the saved asset has a valid entry on the Houdini Engine side. If not, then asset needs to be re-instantiated.
Once an asset is loaded, it needs to be "cooked" before its results are ready to be used. This is done by calling HAPI_CookAsset().
In threaded mode, this cook happens asynchronously. Your next call should be to HAPI_GetStatus(), with HAPI_STATUS_COOK_STATE as the
status_type, which will return to you the current state of that cook. Keep calling HAPI_GetStatus() until it returns one of the
READY states - a state less than or equal to HAPI_STATE_MAX_READY_STATE. Here's what the different
READY states mean:
You can get even better information on cook progress using HAPI_GetStatusStringBufLength() followed by HAPI_GetStatusString() for current cook step descriptions and HAPI_GetCookingCurrentCount() / HAPI_GetCookingTotalCount() for an idea of percentage completion.
Here is a code snippet to show the status update loop in threaded mode:
Where each of ENSURE_SUCCESS and ENSURE_COOK_SUCCESS are macros:
In single threaded mode, the cook happens inside of HAPI_InstantiateAsset(), and HAPI_GetStatus() will immediately return HAPI_STATE_READY.
In both cases, even if you completely omit calling HAPI_GetStatus(), the next API method that you call that relies on the cooked results will block until the cook is finished. Therefore, you should structure your code the same way, regardless of whether you're in threaded mode or not, so you can flip between threaded and non-threaded mode with a change to a single variable and all the rest of the code can remain unchanged.
It is generally important to check the return codes and error messages of all API calls but with HAPI_CookAsset it is especially important. This is because if anything bad happened during the cook it means most if not all proceeding API calls on this asset will fail or cause other problems. See Return Codes and Error Strings for details.
When the cook is finished without fatal errors, and you're ready to find out some information about the asset you just loaded, you should call HAPI_GetAssetInfo(). The most important field in this structure is HAPI_AssetInfo::objectCount, which tells you the number of objects this asset contains, and allows you to populate your asset with content. Please see the next section on Objects.
For all assets there are two sets of transforms. First, there is the transform in the host environment, describing where asset sits in the host. Underneath the covers, however, there is another transform, which indicates where this asset sits inside Houdini Engine (the underlying Houdini scene). Usually, these won't match up. For example a user could drag the spaceship that he/she brought in to any location in the host but not have it move in the Houdini scene. For most asset types, it doesn't matter that these two transforms don't match up.
However, for some asset types such as a physics simulation the Houdini scene transform, not the host application transform, drives the output of the asset. In these cases, it is important to make sure that the two sets of transforms - the one in the host and the corresponding transform in the Houdini scene - match up. What we need to make sure of in this case is that when an asset such as a collision plane gets moved around in the host environment, the collision plane is being moved in exactly the same way in the Houdini scene. To this end, we have two functions:
The first of these queries where an asset is in the Houdini scene and the second sets the location of the asset in the Houdini scene. When using these functions, please remember to account for the differences in axis orientation and handedness between your host application and Houdini. See Utility Functions.


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People often think pursuing education in a creative art is the foolish and selfish endeavor of a delusional person. They are not wrong. But I think, for the most part, they're missing the point. No one goes to "school" in a creative art because they believe they'll be handed a 75k a year job in writing/sculpture/painting immediately after. For many artforms, especially playwriting, there is almost a zero percent chance of making a living entirely off art . Graduate education offers community, connections, and further chances to workshop material. But more than anything (and the primary reason I'm here) is that it gives you time.
I knew pretty much since I went to Sarah Lawrence in 2011 that I was moving to the city after. At that time I had no idea who I was or who I wanted to be. But growing up in New Jersey presents a specific type of angst that can only be satisfied by conquering the great titan of New York. I've known it in one way or another since I was a small kid, and every time I visited growing up I'd see more and more experiences and places to uncover. It seemed endless with activity and bustling with life and presented this alternative reality of being an anonymous figure amongst many. Obviously I am the billionth person to write about the magic of New York, but the allure is real. So in 2015, literally the day I graduated college, I moved to the city with my friends.
Disillusionment was inevitable. When you view anything in microscopic detail on a daily basis you'll soon notice the smaller cracks before the larger beauty. But even in my life time the city has changed. And there is simply no way, even as someone who grew up in its proximity, for an entrance point of becoming a New Yorker. I was there for three short years. In maybe fifty, if I had lived there long enough and contributed enough to its culture, I could consider myself amongst those who will live and die in the greatest city in the world. Before I came to Illinois I often thought I might do it.
But there's something about my life right now. Where I come home to a bigger apartment with a person I love. Where I walk to school and work everyday listening to music. Where I bike home after my night shift in an empty town. I just feel so happy. Like I have all the room in the world. In many ways Evanston and by extension Chicago is much smaller and more limited than New York, but then again I never really had access to so much of New York to begin with.
Even a few months later, when I look back at NY I immediately feel tired. A big part of it is spending a massive chunk of the day on public transit with far too many people, all irritated by delays. But then there's also just the constant rat race. In comedy, in writing, even in work. I've written here before how even leisure time would make me feel immensely guilty. But too often I'd come home so tired that I would just go to sleep in attempt to garner enough energy for the next day. Social events felt more like obligations because of the time spent getting there, and the risk of them being too 'unfun' to be worth the hour long endeavor each way often lead to me skipping them entirely. It's weird to think how even now I see my friends at about the same rate I did when I lived in New York.
Then on top of all this, trying to write plays. Trying to get motivated enough to truly sit by myself, distraction free, and actually fucking write something. And then to go back and look at it and change it. And pass it around, trying to get literally anyone else to read it. And to submit and to get rejected, over and over again. Every rejection felt like a massive sting, existential crisis inducing. Here I am, 10 am on a Wednesday, getting a standardized impersonal rejection letter for an application I spent a week on, for a play I spent a year on. And I've still got 7 more hours of coding work to do. Then an hour train home. Work out. Go grocery shopping. Go to sleep on time. Wake up and do it all again.
And here now, it's a Friday night. I'm at my job, and I'll be here until midnight. I'm working on a play and reading Dance Nation by Clare Barron (truly one of the best scripts I've maybe ever read I love it so much). I'll bike home and see Sarah and Hector. Then tomorrow I'll get to shoot a film, start a project, do any number of things. I feel relaxed, content. I'm stressed but excited. I wake up everyday thinking how lucky I am to be here.
Sometimes the most disturbing thing about thinking back on New York is how little I miss it. Mostly because, my time here will run out, and I'll have to go somewhere and do something. But maybe the best thing coming here has taught me is how small New York really is. In New Jersey it seemed like everything. And if I didn't enjoy it, that was too bad, because this was as good as it could be. Now I'm not sure. In a way, I feel like I have more time than ever. It's the most optimistic I've felt about anything in a long time. Which is wild because, who the fuck knows what's next.


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Painting is an emotional connection from one's subconsciousness, which marriage through a filter and displaced into so called reality.
Art represents a feeling, mood, expression, a scene of reality, the color show actions.
The landscape are fantasy of a place or an mood that represents a place of meditation, a scene of isolation from the common environment.


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Questions Asked frequentlyHere are some answers to the most common questions we get.
What all do you do?
Do you have an hourly rate?
Once our website designs are completed and live, we offer to handle content changes, edits and graphic work done at our $75/hr rate.
How does the design process work?
The logo design process starts with research. I find out about your business, your goals, your vision and then I look at your competition. Once I find the elements that will set you apart, then I hit the drawing board. Most items are sketched out to find the right design elements and shape arrangement, then the top designs are taken to digital format where they really come to life. You'll receive jpegs of the first mock ups via email. Once the design is approved, you'll receive a full logo package with different file formats for web and print.
The print design process is similar to that of the logo design process. I look at your needs and work toward designing creative materials that represent you well. Initial designs are sent via email for edits and approval. The editing process continues until the product design is completed to satisfaction. All files are then finalized, formatted and ready to be sent to print.
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For print design, I let you know when I plan to jump on the project then the initial design mock ups are sent within 72 hours unless stated otherwise. You'll receive jpeg images via email to view for any input, adjustments or corrections you may have. That process continues until the design is completed and ready for print.


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To start selling work from the Art Catalogue you'll need to have your Shopify store pre approved by us at creativehub.
To request approval simply select the images you'd like to sell and we'll get back to you at the latest within 3 days, but we aim to have an answer for you within 24 hours.
We do not enter into specific discussions about the reasons for this disapproval. However what we look for is:
- A high standard store design with a good brand and a clear concept to the product mix
- If you are selling products other than art, that the product mix you have fits with selling art
- Detailed descriptions on other products you are selling
- Clearly marked customer service contact details
If your store was password protected, not launched or the design was not finished and you would like us to take another look then please email me us at firstname.lastname@example.com when you are ready.
Please be aware that this does not prevent you from selling your own art via our creativehub app. To learn about this please take a look at the "Sell Your Own Art" page on our app.


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Liverpool decline £5m bid for Yossi Benayoun but Albert Riera may leave0 Comments Published by KL Ocs Kid on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:15 AM.
Liverpool have wasted no time in initiating a much needed shake-up at the club with negotiations for Bordeaux's Marouane Chamakh and Atletico Madrid's Maxi Rodriguez believed to be in the advanced stages, while Andriy Voronin looks likely to be leaving.
And while manager Rafael Benitez appears untroubled by the potential loss of Riera, according to the Mail, the Spaniard will not allow Benayoun to leave.
Meanwhile, it seems the curtain is about to fall on another Anfield career with out-of-favour defender Andrea Dossena on the verge of a £4.5m transfer to Napoli, after his agent claimed the deal had been held up by the bad weather in the north west which closed airports in the region.
The Italy international has failed to establish himself in the first team following his £7m move from Udinese in the summer of 2008 and he has made just five appearances this season.
"I believe the player will arrive in Napoli tomorrow," agent Roberto La Floria told Tuttomercatoweb.
"At the moment there are logistical problems - that is to say he can't leave Liverpool because of the snow.
"The player will arrive on a permanent basis with a contract for four and a half years."