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Kimi ni Todoke Season One (Blu-ray/DVD) Review
Kimi ni Todoke is an anime adaption of Karuh Shiina's romance shoujo manga serialized in Bessatsu Margaret. The manga won the Best Shoujo award in the 32nd annual Kodonsha Manga award, and was nominated for the first Manga Taisho award. The show aired in Japan from October 6, 2009 to March 30, 2010, totaling 25 episodes. A second season was released a year later in January 11 and ran until March 30. A live action film was also released in August 25, 2010.
Sawako Kuronuma is a high-schooler fresh and ready to experience her upcoming adolescent life. Unfortunately, she enters high school with the false reputation of being the scariest girl around because of her long hair, quiet personality, and name; all of these things resemble Sadako from The Ring, a cursed girl who lives inside a video and kills people in one week (even their names are one consonant apart). Despite all of these things, Sawako is actually a timid and kind teenage girl. She is unaware of the rumors around her school, and only seeks to make friends with everyone. Her efforts usually turn out for the worse as everyone usually mistakes her kindness to be related to curses or the unnatural.
When Shota Kazehaya, the most popular and friendly classmate, begins to talk to her, Sawako's life starts changing for the better. Kazehaya has always been her role model. He is always the center of attention, kind, cheerful, and lively around everyone, even a quiet girl like Sawako. He decides to get Sawako to speak her mind when talking to people, and she finds herself in a new world when trying to make friends and talk to different people.
To be frank, I usually do not pick up shoujo manga or anime. I usually find it difficult to pay attention to romantic drama because it over-exaggerates adolescent love. However, Kimi ni Todoke was easier to follow because its core story develops human relationships and delivers a single message: take the initiative to make friends. Most people have experienced a time when people avoided them because they were seen as weird. For Sawako, it was difficult for her to even get to know her classmates because of her resemblance to a horror movie character (if you think that would be easy, try sitting next to someone who looks like Leatherface during woodshop).
Sawako's resemblance to Sadako also made the series more humorous because of the large gap between her appearance and her personality. Sawako looks like the cursed black haired undead girl from the deepest part of the well from The Ring, but she has a personality so pure and sweet, it's as though it came from the heavens. It is unbearably funny to see everyone misinterpret her actions with the occult when she is actually doing something with good intentions. This misunderstanding made me want to cheer for her, hoping things would change positively during her daily school life.
Another thing I enjoyed was the male role in this story, Kazehaya. Shoujo manga usually illustrate the main male role as someone with a remarkable appearance and perfect soul (being rich and mysterious may be included); in other words, the perfect male figure. I usually frown on this because it gives me a bad vibe, that the story is going to be about an insecure girl complaining about her high school life rather than changing it. In these kinds of stories, the perfect shoujo male will practically do everything and anything for the protagonist. From her classroom dispute to her makeup management, the heroine will have every obstacle cleared by that male character. The female protagonist will end up not taking any initiative, and leave the male protagonist to take care everything around her. (You can also say the same thing for harem shounen anime too.) However, in Kimi ni Todoke, Sawako tries to change herself to become like that perfect model to gain friendship and trust from her fellow classmates. This role model turned out to be Kazehaya.
Kazehaya is a kind and generous person who is admired by everyone. Despite that everyone else in the class fears Sawako, he is the only one to openly confront their misconceptions of her. He is humble about his reputation and admits that everyone is giving him more credit than he deserves. The audience can see what he means as his human faults are shown further in the story. As a male viewer, I see Kazehaya as more human compared to most male protagonist in other shoujo manga. He has faults and insecurities, and he kind of represents how we men think sometimes. Although he has some perfection in his background, Kazehaya is the type of character that we can learn to respect.
Getting back to the anime, I believe that the animation was done nicely. The production studio, Production I.G., never fails to satisfy the viewers' expectation of well-done animation. They've done work on Higashi no Eden, Ghost in the Shell, and Sengoku Basara, which are great works with fantastic animation quality. Kimi ni Todoke has met the expectation of I.G.'s reputation. This is a big accomplishment because this anime has great animation despite the lack of a single scene of physical action or violence. When there is a lot of action and movement in a scene, viewers can really tell animators have spent some time on it. However, the quality comes through in Kimi ni Todoke despite it being a school life romance.
To actually impress the audience with animation, animation staff needs to focus on the mangaka's art and challenge their artistic talent. Production I.G. is able to reproduce Shiina sensei's style consistently, retaining her rich creativity throughout the series. From her cute adorable chibi drawings to her expressive color pages, animators were able to translate her work onto the TV screen. In addition, the staff also created some impressive backgrounds to fit the characters. Looking at the time setting of the story, the seasons are colorfully imprinted into your eyes. When the story takes place during spring, you see the cherry blossoms pink color popping up while autumn has orange leaves gloriously blowing down the streets. The background is art on canvas. If you really enjoy Kimi ni Todoke as a manga because of the art, you should have no fear of disappointment by this anime as Production I.G. covers that very well. Also, keep an eye on the ending because the animation and song are just perfect.
In terms of voice acting, the staff chose the right voice actors. Mamiko Noto voices Sawako. Noto is quite famous for playing gentle, calm and feminine characters that match Sawako's personality. In addition, her quiet voice really merges with Sawako's timidity. In addition to the matching voice, Noto's Sadako imitation is pretty funny to hear as it tickles the humorously scary part of the series. We also have Daisuke Mamikawa acting for Kazehaya. I believe that Mamikawa is a very talented voice actor, giving life to a variety of characters with different personalities: the calm Fai from Tsubasa Chronicles, the unemotional Ulquiorra from Bleach, and the cheery North Italy from Hetalia Axis Powers. He recently has been accepted to replace the voice of, Ishigawa Goemon from Lupin III, one of Japan's iconic characters, which has been running since the 1970's. As Kazehaya, Namikawa added a slight young and naïve twist to him which fits the character but feels slightly forced. Other characters in the series are voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro (Maria from Arakawa Under the Bridge), Yuuichi Nakamura (Mr. Bushido from Gundam 00), Yuko Sanpei (Ryo Akizuki from The iDOLM@STER: Dearly Stars), and Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu). It is rich in terms of seiyuu, and the voice actors play their strong points in each role. I say there were no mistakes in casting for this series.
I would recommend anyone who is interested in some good school life relaxing comedy and genuine romance to watch Kimi ni Todoke. I am usually fussy about shoujo manga, but I believe Kimi ni Todoke is one that both male and female audiences can enjoy. The animation was perfect, the voice cast was appealing, and overall, the story is interesting. The only complaint I would make is that they should hurry up with the release of the second season


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St. Joseph, Vazzano rout Wilton
Updated 10:19 pm, Saturday, September 22, 2012
TRUMBULL -- When a football team loses it season-opener by three touchdowns, it usually does not serve as a real confidence-boosting experience.
Perhaps it says something about the collective psyche of the St. Joseph High Cadets that their confidence was actually lifted following last week's 21-point defeat to defending league champion Staples. It certainly says something about the perennial powerhouse Wreckers.
On Saturday, a confident St. Joseph squad, led by quarterback Jordan Vazzano, bounced back and blew out Wilton, 34-0.
"We were upset about the first game," said Vazzano who threw for two touchdowns Saturday and ran 72 yards for another. "But we played great against Staples. Staples is a really good team and we stuck with them. It gave us a lot of confidence."
The Cadets (1-1) did everything well Saturday in dismantling the Warriors (1-1), who were coming off an impressive 35-28 win at Central. St. Joseph had 429 total yards, got touchdowns from five different players, and kept a dangerous Wilton offense, led by quarterback Brett Phillips, running back Mike Burns and receiver Zack Laurinaitis, off the scoreboard.
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"(Vazzano) and the offense really played well and we challenged the defense to step up and make plays, and they did," St. Joseph coach Joe Della Vecchia said. "I'm very happy with our effort."
Wilton got inside the St. Joseph 20-yard line three times in the opening half but came up empty.
"In the first half it came down to who made the plays, and to their credit, they did," Wilton coach Bruce Cunningham said.
After Mike Pulaski capped the game's opening drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, Vazzano hit Mark Hirschbeck for a 16-yard score. Vazzano then took off on a 72-yard run to make it 20-0 in the second quarter.
"Their quarterback was outstanding," Cunningham said. "When we had everything covered, he takes off like that. He ran it real well."
Mufasa Abdul-Basir scored from 29 yards out before halftime, and Vazzano added a cherry on top with a 19-yard scoring pass to Denzel Moscovain the third quarter.
Vazzano finished 11 for 18 for 181 yards and rushed seven times for 101 yards. Joey Civitella added 86 rushing yards on 13 attempts. Moscova had 87 yards receiving on three catches and Hirschbeck had five receptions for 71 yards.
The Cadet defense, led by James Bulerin, Jon Prutting and Darren Jackson, limited the Warriors to 65 yards in the second half, and 60 of those came on the final drive against reserves.
Phillips was 5 for 11 for 73 yards while Mike Burns had 54 yards rushing on 12 carries for Wilton.
St. Joseph 34, Wilton 0
Records: Wilton 1-1, St. Joseph 1-1
SJ--Mike Pulaski, 1 run (kick failed)
SJ--Mark Hirschbeck, 16 pass from Jordan Vazzano (Jake Pelletier kick)
SJ--Vazzano, 72 run (Pelletier kick)
SJ--Mufasa Abdul-Basir, 29 run (Pelletier kick)
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Gazpacho Granita
Recipe courtesy of Nadia Roden.
So much prettier than guacamole, this frozen treat is composed of tiny crystals of potent tomato ice paired with a crisp chopped salad.
Level: Moderate
Yield: 4 first-course servings
Serves: 4
- 2 lb. ripe sweet tomatoes
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1 clove garlic
- ¼ c. finely chopped fresh basil
- 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp. coarsely ground pepper
- ¾ tsp. salt
- ¼ c. extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp. white wine vinegar
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. Freshly ground pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 cucumber
- ½ red onion
- To make granita: Quarter tomatoes and puree in a food processor with sugar and garlic. Strain puree through a sieve to discard seeds. Stir in basil, lemon juice, pepper, and salt.
- Let mixture chill in refrigerator at least 20 minutes to allow flavors to develop.
- To freeze granita: (Recommended method) Pour granita mixture into a wide and shallow container, such as a stainless steel baking dish (the shallower the container, the quicker the granita will freeze).
- Cover with a lid, foil, or plastic wrap. Freeze mixture 1 to 2 hours, until it is solid around the edges. Take container out of freezer and scrape ice with a fork, mixing it from edges into center.
- Repeat scraping and mixing process every 30 minutes or so (at least three times), until entire mixture has turned into small, sequined ice flakes. When ready to serve, "rake" with a fork to loosen the granita and spoon into serving dishes.
- To make dressing: Whisk together all ingredients until blended.
- To assemble salad: In a large bowl combine all ingredients; add dressing and toss to coat. Spoon granita on center of serving dishes. Arrange salad evenly around each.
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I have a 2003 Pontiac Montana and all at once the keyless entry functions, power locks, power windows, interior lights, and the radio shut off delay stopped working. From some research it sounded like it could be a faulty BCM but when I took it to my Autozone to have the codes checked no codes came back. I checked all the fuses (both under the hood and on the dash) and visually checked the wires and couldn't see anything obvious.
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Van Swol Finishes Ninth in 100 Butterfly Semifinals at Olympic Trials
The junior finished ninth overall in the semifinals of the 100-meter butterfly.
Van Swol, Richards Advance to Semifinals at Olympic Trials
The semifinals of both events will be broadcast live on NBC tonight beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Four Gopher Men Compete on Fourth Day of Olympic Trials
Derek Toomey placed 33rd overall in the 100-meter freestyle.
Gophers Earn 67 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Spots
Minnesota student-athletes well represented on Winter Academic All-Big Ten Teams
Seven Gophers Earn All-America Accolades at NCAA Championships
Minnesota finished the event with 31 team points and 24th-place finish.
An eight-time All-American 2011 Big Ten champion in the 200 free relay holds the University record in the 200 freestyle relay.
Earned All-American Honors in the 12th place 200 free relay, 15th place 400 free relay and 16th place 800 free relay at the NCAA Championships established three career-best times at the Big Ten Championships finished third in the 100 free (43.52) placed 12th in the 50 free (19.93) finished 20th in the 200 free (1:37.32) leader of the third place 400 free relay member of the fifth place 200 free relay and 400 medley relay Academic All-Big Ten letterwinner.
Big Ten champion in the 200 free relay, which set a Big Ten Championships record of 1:16.78 and went on to finish seventh at the NCAA Championships also part of the eighth-place 400 free relay and 15th-place 400 medley relay finished third in the 100 free at Big Tens with a time of 43.42 finished fifth in the 50 free (19.99) won the 100 free and 100 back against Wisconsin finished eighth in the 100 free and 14th in the 50 free at the Minnesota Grand Prix finished 10th in the 100 free and 13th in the 50 free at the Georgia Invitational Academic All-Big Ten letterwinner.
2009-10 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Part of the 200 free relay that took second at the Big Ten Championships and ninth at the NCAA Championships part of 400 free relay that took second at the Big Ten Championships and seventh at the NCAA Championships part of a one-two-three Gopher finish in the 100 free, finishing third versatile performer that finished fifth in the 100 freestyle at the Ohio State Invitational was the runner-up in the 100 free at the Minnesota Challenge.
2008-09 FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed at first Big Ten Championships, swimming the 100, 200 and 500 free made a 28th place finish in the 500 free in a career-best 4:26.53 posted a time of 1:39.24 to finish 39th in the 200 free reached the C Final of the 100 free where he placed 19th in 44.91 letterwinner.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Blue Springs High School (Mo.) high school coaches were Bill Shalley and Robert Sturman won Missouri state title in the 500 free as a junior in 2007 was runner-up at state meet in the 500 free as a senior and sophomore also a two-time state runner-up in the 200 free won state title in the 400 free relay as a sophomore in 2006 eight-time NISCA All-American earned 15 all-state certificates multiple event qualifier at U.S. Senior and Junior Nationals 14-time Suburban Big 7 All-Conference honoree led Blue Springs to four conference titles and two state runner-up finishes during career named The Examiner Swimmer of the Year three times and the Kansas City Star Swimmer of the Year in 2006-07 named the Fox 4 News/Hyvee Athlete of the Year in 2007-08 National Honor Society member also competed for Team Dolphins and coach Aaron Dean.
PERSONAL: Born December 15, 1989 majoring in chemistry son of Connie and Steve Bolin father played college baseball and basketball at William Jewell College.
Bolin's Top Times:
50 free 19.93 2/24/12
100 free 43.23 2/25/12
200 free 1:37.32 2/24/12
Gophers Set to Host B1G Meet
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No. 21 Minnesota is set to host the Big Ten Championship meet at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
Gophers Earn B1G Weekly Honors
1/31/2018 - M. Swimming
Three student-athletes of the Minnesota men's and women's swimming and diving team earned Big Ten weekly honors this week.
Gophers Earn CSCAA Academic Honors
1/29/2018 - M. Swimming
Minnesota men's and women's swimming and diving programs were named Scholar All-America teams for the 2017 fall semester.


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You have Android phone probably because you love to have your phone OS be open sourced. If you are finding difficulties in knowing the basic parameters of your phone which are important, then you should certainly have a look at this post. This parameter includes battery status, storage status, and support information providing easy access to consumers.
Verizon MyInfoZone Widget App
Verizon Wireless is one of the top 4 network operators in United States and it cares for its customer. From time to time they have introduced apps which makes things better for customers. Today they have come up with Verizon MyInfoZone widget app available exclusively for smartphones powered with Google's mobile OS called Android.
Verizon brings the My InfoZone app for Android smartphone available for purchase on their network. This is a free applications works on Android phones and tablet PCs. This application also provides more tips on how to get the maximum use of your phone or tab. This works on the devices with Android 2.2 and higher.
This application once installed on your phone will be shown like widget so that it's easily accessible via the Widget section. There are five easy shortcuts like –
- Access Your Account Information: In this tab you can find information like number of calls made, number of minutes that you have talked, total number of text messages, incoming messages count, outbox messages count, data usage details. This is very much helpful because while you are using a post-plans you must understand that you are not going over your monthly budget limits.
- Check your Current Battery Status: This tab will show the percentage of battery left on your Android device and what consumers how much of battery.
- See the amount Storage: Just like battery status, this option will show how much amount of storage status is left on your device.
- See specific support information: Support tab provides information and help guide for the Android phone that you are using.
- Info Option: When this option is red, you will get new tips for your device exclusively delivered by Verizon Wireless team.
The My InfoZone Widget app is available for free download via the official Google Play Store but you should make sure that your phone is on Verizon Wireless network in United States.


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This we believe: safety is a right. The most productive societies are secure, prepared, and populated by citizens free to focus on bettering themselves rather than protecting themselves.
Guardsman Group Limited began with founder Kenneth Benjamin's passion for training canines. For years, he nurtured the strength and intelligence innate to these animals, employing them to protect his family and his property. But he recognized that his motivation for safety was in fact a far-reaching need.
Today, Guardsman Group Limited has 13 companies, over 7,000 dedicated employees, and provides world-class security to citizens across the Caribbean region. Our canine training unit is second to none, and now part of our much-expanded operations. We offer everything from data security systems and armed bodyguards to GPS tracking and air courier solutions.
Further extensions of the brand include services in personal fitness, farming, landscaping and pest management.
Finally, a commitment to the value of human life has led Guardsman Group Limited to develop culture and community. We revitalized the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, actively sponsor homes for children and the aged and continually patronize the arts.
Guardsman Group Limited stands on 30 years of experience, unmatched technical prowess and the unbending belief in the right of safety for all.


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Here's the latest extract from How To Help Your Child Talk and Grow Smarter: your chance to learn more about the way your child learns to talk.
I'm getting great feedback from those of you who read this every week, thanks to everyone who's tweeted or emailed. If you'd like to get in touch, maybe with a question on babies, toddlers and language development, or any communication topic, feel free to email me through the Contact Me tab at the top of the blog.
The third key that unlocks the mysteries of language for your child, is understanding.
In this extract, I explain a little about what it means to a baby and toddler to begin to understand words.
Often, sign language helps, as he uses a set of simple signs more easily than putting together the words and saying them so people understand. If you use sign language with your toddler, make sure you always say the words as you make the sign. You want your child to hear words in context many, many times, before he learns to say them himself.
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If I upload a file called C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan\My Documents\sample.txt it gives me the full path minus the path separators.
The output for Unix is sample.txt.
The output for windows is C:Documents and SettingsMy Documentssample.txt.
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|Welcome Page of Movie Ticket Booking Project
Source code is not for everyone, If you need you can ask me(Source code is not free). If you are facing any problem or find any bug(error). Let me know. This project include many feature. you can check the advance version of this assignment which is in Java, Movie Ticket Booking in Java
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1. Welcome Page which include important details.
2. You can see the cinema hall seating layout .
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3. There are three category ( Silver,Gold and Diamond)
4. You can get the complete details that total ticket booked in each class,available balance.
|Account Details like seats booked in each class & Available Balance
5. You can booked ticket according to your needs,
|Ticket Booking Menu 1. Choose Class , 2. Choose Desired Seat Number
6. You can cancel any ticket anytime, Only you have to remembered you class and seat number.
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7. You can change the movie any time.
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8. You can reset all seat after booking all seats.
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You know how "Fruitvale Station" ends because of how it begins. Shaky cellphone footage from a Bay Area train station shows a group of black men sitting on the ground, surrounded by transit officers. One gets up. There's a scuffle and he's pushed back down. Another guy tries to get up and is pushed to the floor, facedown. There's a lot of shouting. Then there's a bang, and Oscar Grant is dead.
Oscar's final day is the subject of the based-on-true-events "Fruitvale Station," which opens Friday and was written and directed by 26-year-old first-timer Ryan Coogler.
The real-life Oscar Grant was fatally shot by a transit cop in 2009 at the age of 22, and the images that start the movie are from cellphone video of the actual shooting. Coogler had no problem giving away the ending right at the start.
"There are so many examples of stories that we know the endings to, and we're still interested in watching," he says. "Think of 'Romeo and Juliet.' How many times has that story been told? We know the ending and it's always super interesting."
Because the audience knows what's in store for Oscar (played by Michael B. Jordan of TV's "Friday Night Lights"), even the slightest interactions in his life take on new weight. In one scene, Oscar and his friends are riding a train into Oakland when another African-American man enters the car. He looks at Oscar's group; they stare back at him. Both sides seem ready for a confrontation. The new guy opens his backpack, reaches inside — and pulls out a set of speakers.
"They're not sure if he's friend or foe, and they have to have their guard up," Coogler says. "When you're young and especially if you're black, you have to constantly be on guard. The people most likely to hurt you are the people who look like you. The second most likely are those people paid to protect you."
Still, there's lots of love in the film. Oscar is constantly calling and texting his mother, his grandma and his girlfriend, and he's especially affectionate with his young daughter.
"People ask why Oscar says he loves somebody [when] he gets off the phone," Coogler says. "With a lot of young males in urban environments, you never know when your last moment is going to come. So when you're telling the people you love goodbye, you tell them you love them. Because you never know."


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Vincent Aboubakar, 22, may be Cameroon's only hope against Croatia in the 2014 World Cup. The young striker, known for his speed and strength, will finally get his chance to gain international notoriety as their team struggles not to be eliminated.
Here is what you need to know:
1. He Plays for Lorient
Aboubakar plays for the "modest" team Lorient, in the primary French league. There he has the impressive stats of 16 goals in 35 appearances.
2. Cameroon Team Captain and Fellow Striker Samuel Eto'o is Out
The doctors confirm! I would probably not be able to play the match vs Croatia on Wed, june18th due to an injury on my knee causing me pain.
— Samuel Eto'o (@setoo9) June 15, 2014
Cameroon team captain and legendary striker Samuel Eto'o, announced that due to a knee injury he would be unable to play in the Wednesday, June 18 game against Croatia.
3. Cameroon's Coach Believes He Will Pose Problems for Croatia
Speaking to the Guardian, Cameroonian coach Henri Manga explained:
Aboubakar has really improved his finishing skills and has developed real composure over the year. His speed and predatory skills make him very important to Finke's team, as does his ability on the ball. He is very dangerous. He is one of our best weapons and I am sure our opponents are aware of that.
4. He Was the Third Highest Goal Scorer in French Football
Aboubakar is the third highest scorer in Ligue 1. Above you can see a highlight reel of his goals this season.
5. Cameroon Plays Croatia for Elimination at 6 p.m.
You can follow Heavy's coverage of the exciting elimination game here.
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The short narrative "My Love" has several, very, curious aspects involved in its writing. There is the unusual content. The next is circumstances in which it was written. It is a one draft narrative. The last two curious aspects are timing, and knowledge.
The content is curious because not being religious it is about life, our purpose here at this time, the importance of knowledge over ignorance and fear, death, and beyond that. What "My Love" tells the reader is not something I intended to tell the reader. To be, totally, honest about it I didn't know what I was writing, nor to whom it was written to. I was, merely, the fingers on the keyboard. It's not that I don't have the knowledge to write the narrative, but I, also, have the knowledge to know there are some things I know that should never be told to anyone else out of time. It is an interesting paradoxical situation in that with knowledge you don't need faith. An idea presented to you is merely that. It takes a leap of faith in order to make an idea a belief, but when you have knowledge of the idea; belief is not necessary. It's just that this may not be something I would tell any, save for a very few.
I have a rule I follow when I write something. I never, ever, show the first draft. It usually goes into the trash. After the third draft is when I allow someone to see my work. "My Love" is a first draft work. I did go back over it, but there was not anything I could find to refine, or change. I know I am not a good writer, so I have to try harder to express myself.
Circumstances, timing, and knowledge
The first of January I knew something was wrong, and it was wrong enough to make me go to a doctor. My chest hurt, I had trouble breathing, and one lung was all wheezy. She prescribed two week regime of antibiotics and steroids. On that day, and every day after work no matter how bad I felt I worked on "My Love" I did not miss any work, but I felt really bad, but then, to go home and write a story made no sense at all. I had no idea who I was writing it to, nor why. On Friday, the fourteenth I took my last antibiotic, my last steroid, and finished "My Love." Still not knowing what it was for I put it away in a password protected file.
On Saturday I felt worse, if anything, so I went back to our local clinic. This time they did an EKG. They told me my heart was in afib, and I should go to the emergency room, now!! I finished "My Love" on Friday, I checked into the hospital on Saturday, and I coded on Sunday. Only by the valiant efforts of many professionals and some of the strangest medical technologies I have never heard of, and already being in the Heart hospital did I live through that, not undamaged, but alive.
I, now, know who it was written to, and why. Read it and see if you know, too.
My Love
I know you have night mares
In your sleep
I know you have fears, that from all,
You keep.
You ask questions for answers
You are brave enough to seek
Your fears are from the questions, which,
You dare not breach.
Life's questions which you pursue are not an indication of immaturity, but rather a result of maturity. Only when someone is ready for an answer will they contemplate the question, and it can be amazing how long some may put off asking the hard questions. Beware the trap which lies on this path to enlightenment. Once begun, the trip cannot be abandoned. Wisdom and knowledge cannot be cast aside in order to return to a state of innocence if you should hear an answer that would frighten you the only thing you can do is cast around for a deeper meaning, and if you feel you are right then stand your ground. There is serenity in innocence when knowledge may be uncomfortable or unsettling at times. Keep in mind, as you proceed, true serenity will, only, be found with knowledge, for in innocence serenity is supported by ignorance. Fear is a possession of ignorance, and has no relation to knowledge.
My Love, know that, although, we travel on this path, together, my feet trod, once, were yours are now placed. What you see, now, once was the view that belonged to me. I was twelve years old when, first, I died. I learned of death on that day, but I found much more of life than I can say. One thing I will say is that you are never, ever, alone, it only feels that way. Your friend will come to you in a variety of ways. The most likely will be as a counselor in your dreams; another will be that gut feeling of intuition. Although my place on the path is a reach away from where you, now, stand I know you will make it here, one day. I will help you on your way.
My light, my love, I cannot give the answers away. They do not have meaning if passed on in that way. The most I can and do is lead you close enough so you may see the way. My path is slightly different than the one you will take, just as yours is slightly different than any other. In essence, your path defines who you are, today, and who you will be some other day. Each step changes you just as the path changes with each step. Although all our paths are different they all lead the same way.
My friend, lust, envy, anger, temptations of the body and soul may, at times, may make your path seem to be a slimy, slippery morass. If you slip and fall, or when you slip, fall, and seem to lose your way do not despair for your path is still there. Pick yourself up, or crawl, if you must, from here to there. Just continue your journey as you did before. If you despair and depression takes you, then you must stop and contemplate where, and who you are. Remember to believe in yourself and listen to the one who comes to help you. (You are never, ever alone, but you must listen when you are spoken to) Then take one step, more, the right way.
At times, my friend, time seems to fly away. It is funny that way. There are times when time may seem a friend, and at times it will not seem that way. As for, "How long is a life?" None can say. The second lesson is that time and life are not that way. Be it heinous or be it bliss, but time and life are not as they seem, today.
At one point, or one step on my path, life seemed to start at the point the moment of birth. From that moment our line of life inclined, slightly, as we grew, developed, and learned our life's lessons. Somewhere along this inclining line it leveled off, for a while, then began to decline as we grow older, then would decline back to the point of birth, and stop. Our life's line would decline abruptly in the event of illness or an accident, or it would decline slowly if we age gracefully. That would be a life, or at least the part we can, now, see. Life seemed that way, just a beginning, a growing, a decline, and an ending. It seemed very simple, if I might say. Life and time seemed that way, but a few steps down my path it was quite different. Imagine, if you will, a sea shell found upon a beach. When cut in half it reveals a wonderful spiral looped pattern. Each of the spiral loops begin and end at the center point of the shell. Life begins in the center of the shell. It loops out as we learn and grow, life peaks, at some point and begins to loop back to the center as we grow older. The most important part of this lesson is when the line reaches the center of the shell we find not an ending, but rather a new beginning. We cannot see this beginning until we reach it. That does not mean it is not there. From where I am on my path I cannot see either true beginning nor true endings, only many lessons to be learned though many life experiences. I have seen the immortal spirit within. It is just the concepts of eternal life and infinite space, still, give me pause. Our, only, conscience experience is one where all is limited, I suppose it would be the most naturally similarly difficult, concept for a caterpillar to, try, to imagine what it would be like to be a butterfly.
Once, when I was young, I died, my love, it was long before we met. I was found by a friend when I was alone in the dark, and I was taken to another place. It was a place being prepared for us. There are many mansions within the Father's house. There is one being prepared for us. I was taken to the place that is to be ours'. It is near being ready just as some among us are nearing being ready to be there. A great analogy would be when we graduate from grade school we go to a different place for middle school, and so for high school, and on. We never stop learning, but one day we will be out of school and all our friends and family will meet us for a celebration. My friend, that met me when I died put it this way, "We (He said we! He included himself as a human, although not in a physical body. Contemplate the ramifications of that. He spoke as if he were my brother, or I were equal to him. Me, equal to the angel that guided me into heaven! That is so beyond amazing.) He said, "We are made in The Great Shepherd's image. We are learning to be." That was said to me forty-seven years ago and it still gives me goose bumps.
There is one other place I have seen from my path. It, too, was shown to me. It is a place of healing; it is a place of love. It is a place of refuge for us when we are in need. My friend told me we pursue physical life because it is rich in experiences, but there are times those experiences may leave us, somewhat, battered and bruised. It is not a physical place just as it is not a place for physical healing. It is a place of spiritual healing. This is a step you probably cannot quickly make, my love, but I will tell you of it and you may think of it to find your own way. My friend, who met me and guided me into the light, upon hearing my thoughts as if they were words. When I thought , I know I am dead. What and where or when is this? I have been taught that when we died we entered a sleep. We slept until the resurrection at which time we would rise and be judged. We would, then, follow the judgment. "Sleep? There is no time for sleep! There is too much to learn, too much to do. You have no need of sleep!" He plainly exclaimed. The second thing is I was no longer in a physical body. If I may say, I was clothed in a spiritual body, and it truly was wonderful beyond all words of description. He was telling me the physical and the physical world in what he called, "The human condition," It is excellent as a teaching tool because it is extremely rich in experiences and feelings. I could not help but think, "Who, in their right mind, would want to live in the physical world when they could be like this?" He did understand what I was saying, at this he responded, "We live physical lives in the physical world because we want to. Each of us will live that life many times, until the lessons are learned." That, I believe is why I was shown the place of healing and love, and you would need no words to explain this if, just, for an instant you could remember what it felt like when you were clothed in your spiritual body. For a spiritual person to live in a physical body, much less to live a lifetime in a physical body, could be, and probably would be traumatic for a being as graceful as an (Angel?). Some lives, I know, are easier than some others, but look around you. There are many that will lead a traumatic life. Rich in experiences and feelings would not be the way I would explain it, so I can see the need for the place of healing after living a life here.
Whether you believe there is something of us that binds us to a greater life, or this present life is all there is there is one thing you should agree to, and that is that each and every person alive today is a unique individual that cannot be explained by physical differences, alone. There is a word of warning which needs to be pointed out, at this point. There is something within that makes each and every one of us special and unique. Whether this something is an immortal spirit, or if it fades away when the body dies; it can be damaged. Anything that can be damaged can be damaged beyond cohesiveness or beyond recoverable life. We can do this to ourselves when we stray from our path, or others may damage us when we allow someone to seduce us to stray from our path. The further we stray from our path the greater the damage will be. There is a third possibility for which this warning is needed. There are some that can and may damage or destroy either a person's immortal spirit or that which make each of us special. I cannot say if these may be as a physical presence or not only that there are some who can do this, and they can do this whether we are on our path or not. Even an immortal spirit is not indestructible. Even knowing who you are does not clad you in protective armor. To lose one unique person is terrible, but to lose a gentle immortal spirit is, truly, heinous. Take care, my love, it could be your awareness is your best defense. I would, gladly give myself to keep you from harm, but we are rarely given that choice.
I know you have nightmares
When you sleep
I know you have fears that,
From all, you keep.
Beware the monsters that thrive in ignorance. Always strive for the light of knowledge. Never let others control or limit you by exploiting your fear which is caused by a lack of knowledge to force you to serve them and their goals! The only avenue to empathy, self-development, joy, and happiness is through knowledge. All else is a façade.
Do not despair or be fearful. I have seen the other side and we are OK! Everyone is alright! I could see the quest that we are on, and all of us alive today, yesterday, and tomorrow are on this quest, and you know, as a whole, we are doing pretty good.
Understand that you will only understand what you are ready to understand, but what you may not be able to understand today, you may understand tomorrow.
The tricky thing is that questions may lead to answers. Good questions may lead to better answers, but answers will only lead to more questions! That is until it is your time.
Be strong. Be patient. Persevere, we have far to go, but even a faltering step is a step closer to our goal.
My love, my heart is with you, and I have always felt I will see you, again.
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He may have won the election but President Obama hasn't given up the campaign.
Aiming to bring public pressure on Republicans to back higher taxes for the rich in the "fiscal cliff" fight, the Obama-Biden campaign today began urging supporters to join a local, online phone bank to help the president blast the GOP.
In an email, supporters are directed to a "Call Tool" where they are provided with somebody to call. Included is a telemarketing-style script to read.
A successful effort will then be tabulated on a "leaderboard" of callers.
"Today you will be calling fellow supporters with a message about extending middle-class tax cuts. Your job is to lay out the choice Congress is facing on keeping taxes low for the middle class, and encourage supporters to call their representative. You will be able to provide all the information," said the memo emblazoned with the Obama-Biden campaign emblem.
The effort is the latest by the White House to pressure the GOP and members holding out on a deal because they oppose higher taxes on those earning $250,000 or more. It follows another Obama-Biden campaign bid to draw attention to the hit middle class Americans will feel if Congress doesn't act to stop the Bush tax cuts on the non-rich from ending.
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Hi, is JAMES available?
Hi, my name is P and I'm calling because President Obama is asking all of us to take a minute and make our voices heard in the "fiscal cliff" debate.
The President is asking Congress to move forward on a plan that would prevent 98 percent of American families from paying higher taxes next year. If Congress fails to act, a typical middle-class family of four would see their taxes go up by more than $2,000.
Working families could face some tough financial decisions simply because Republicans didn't want to ask the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans for pay their fair share. There's a petition in House to force a vote on the bill that passed in the Senate, and your representative needs to hear from you.
We know we can affect change in Washington when we raise our voices together--all you have to do is pick up the phone.
Will you call your representative?
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China's property values are currently in the stratosphere. Combine that with stagnant wages, and it's easy to see that the "Land of Unwanted Daughters" has been pushed to the precipice, reports CNBC. Harsh economic reality has forced many families to abandon the tradition of favoring sons over daughters. The nation's "One Child" policy has skewed toward female children so that families are not subject to the traditional burden of buying the of-age male child a dowry flat to make him suitable for marriage.
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text: Introduction to PsychToolbox in MATLAB Psych 599, Summer 2013 Jonas Kaplan, Ph.D. University of Southern California Week 6 Week 5 Recap Sound data Sound data should be in the form of a matrix where each row is one sound channel Samples in the vector should range from -1 to 1, where 0 is silent. You can create a sound by generating data for a matrix on your own, or you can read in from a wav file Reading from wav files Y = wavread(FILE) [ Y, freq ] = wavread(FILE) Reading from audiofiles New Matlab command available in versions 2012b and later, will read many audio formats including WAV, FLAC, MP3, MPEG-4, OGG [Y, freq ] = audioread() Preparing sound data for playing >> whos funkData Name funkData Size 624000x1 >> funkData = funkData' >> funkData = [funkData; funkData]; >> whos funkData Name Size funkData 2x624000 Bytes 4992000 Class Attributes double change column to row duplicate to make two rows for stereo Bytes 9984000 Class double Attributes Steps to playing a sound InitializePsychSound open audio channel with PsychPortAudio('Open') fill audio buffer with PsychPortAudio('FillBuffer') start playing a sound with PsychPortAudio('Start') stop playing a sound with PsychPortAurio('Stop') close the audio channel with PsychPortAudio('Close') Step 2: Open audio channel pahandle = PsychPortAudio('Open' [, deviceid][, mode] [, reqlatencyclass][, freq][, channels] [, buffersize] [, suggestedLatency][, selectchannels][, specialFlags=0]); playback channels: 1 = mono how aggressively to take over 2 = stereo the sound device in order to etc. assure latency default is 2 requested playback rate in Hz Step 3: Fill the audio buffer PsychPortAudio('FillBuffer', pahandle, bufferdata); This is analogous to drawing on the back buffer with the Screen command. We fill the buffer now, but it will not be heard until we play it. Step 4: Start playback startTime = PsychPortAudio('Start', pahandle [, repetitions=1] [, when=0] [, waitForStart=0] [, stopTime=inf] [, resume=0]); Wait until this set a time to stop time to start playing (default is 0: Ask playback to start playing play now) and move on 1: wait for playback to actually begin. A 1 here is necessary if you want to get timing info back Set to 0 to repeat indefinitely Remaining steps Stop playback if necessary: PsychPortAudio('Stop',pahandle); Close the audio driver: PsychPortAudio('Close',pahandle); Remember: Do not close audio channel before the sound is finished playing if you want to hear it all Sound recording steps Initialize sound driver: InitializePsychAudio Open audio channel for recording with PsychPortAudio('Open') setting mode to 2 Clear a buffer using PsychPortAudio('GetAudioData') Start recording with PsychPortAudio('Start') Stop recording with PsychPortAudio('Stop') Get audio data using PsychPortAudio('GetAudioData') Step 2: Open audio channel pahandle = PsychPortAudio('Open' [, deviceid][, mode] [, reqlatencyclass][, freq][, channels] [, buffersize] [, suggestedLatency][, selectchannels][, specialFlags=0]); 1: sound playback only (default) 2: audio capture 3: simultaneous capture and playback (may not work on all hardware) GetAudioData Call before you start recording to setup an empty buffer, then after recording to retrieve recorded data [audiodata absrecposition overflow cstarttime] = PsychPortAudio('GetAudioData', pahandle [, amountToAllocateSecs] [, minimumAmountToReturnSecs][, maximumAmountToReturnSecs] [, singleType=0]); Writing data to file wavwrite(audiodata, freq, nbits, filename) audiowrite(filename, audiodata, freq) NOTE: for writing to file, audio channels must be in columns, not rows, so you will have to transpose them again. Collecting responses Listing devices devices = PsychHID('Devices'); • Returns a structure array where each element describes a single device • PsychHID only checks for USB devices on startup. If you plug in a device after starting matlab it wont be recognized by PsychHID, even if you can see its input on the screen. You need to either restart Matlab or issue clear PsychHID to renumerate the connected devices. Psychtoolbox Response Monitoring GetChar() GetMouse() KbWait() GetClicks() KbCheck() GetMouseWheel() KbQueueCheck() SetMouse() ShowCursor() HideCursor() GamePad() Keyboard responses GetChar() KbWait() KbCheck() KbQueueCheck() GetChar [ch, when] = GetChar() GetChar can return characters that were type before you called it! As long as listening is turned on, GetChar will be listening. It will then return all the keys pressed since it started listening, in order. If there are none left in the queue, it will wait for a new one. Use FlushEvents() to clear the queue and to start listening. You can also call ListenChar() to turn listening on and off directly. KbWait [secs, keyCode, deltaSecs] = KbWait([devicenumber] [, forWhat = 0][, untilTime=inf) which device are we listening to? use PsychHID('Devices') to list all devices GetKeyboardIndices() will return the device numbers of all keyboard devices Use -1 to listen to all keyboards Use -2 to listen to all keypad devices Use -3 to listen to all keyboards and keypads KbWait [secs, keyCode, deltaSecs] = KbWait([devicenumber] [, forWhat = 0][, untilTime=inf) 0: Default. Listen for key down 1: Listen for key release 2: Wait until all keys are released, THEN wait for key down 3: Wait until all keys are released, then wait for a full key press and release Stop waiting when we get to this time inside KbWait.m KbCheck [keyIsDown, secs, keyCode, deltaSecs] = KbCheck([deviceNumber]) Has a key been pressed? 1 if any key has been pressed, 0 otherwise Time key was pressed interval between this check and the last one 256-element logical vector indicating which key(s) were pressed Ignoring responses DisableKeysForKbCheck([disablekeys]) vector of key codes to ignore RestrictKeysForKbCheck([enablekeys]) vector of key codes to include waiting for a specific response waiting for any response EXCEPT certain keys KbQueueCheck An alternative set of commands for collecting keypresses: KbQueueCreate KbQueueStart KbQueueStop KbQueueCheck KbQueueWait KbQueueFlush KbQueueRelease KbQueueCheck Advantages of KbQueueCheck: Sometimes detects really brief responses that KbCheck can miss Very accurate time recording Records presses and releases both Disadvantages: Difficulty in recording multiple presses of the same key May not deal well with many rapid keypresses Steps to using KbQueue KbQueueCreate([deviceNumber]) to create the queue. KbQueueStart() to start listening KbQueueStop() to stop listening (does not clear the queue) KbQueueCheck() to check the values recorded while the queue was active KbQueueFlush() to empty the queue KbQueueRelease() to destroy the queue object KbQueueCheck [pressed, firstPress, firstRelease, lastPress, lastRelease] = KbQueueCheck() has a key been pressed? array indicating when each key was first pressed array indicating when each key was first released Mouse responses GetMouse() GetClicks() GetMouseWheel() SetMouse() ShowCursor() HideCursor() Mouse responses [x,y,buttons] = GetMouse([windowPtrOrScreenNumber][, mouseDev]) vector of three numbers, one for each mouse button 0 = not pressed 1 = pressed which mouse device Other input devices GamePad() Type Gamepad in the command window for help, or Gamepad Subcommand? for help with a subcommand Gamepad Gamepad('GetButton',gamepadIndex, buttonIndex) to get status of buttons Gamepad('GetAxis',gamepadIndex,axisIndex) to get joystick position Gamepad('GetBall',gamepadIndex,ballIndex) to get trackball info Assignment #5 Create a function called yourinitials_week5() The function will take one input, radius, which will determine the radius of a circle Draw a black circle in the center of the screen. Using KbCheck, wait for the user to press a key. If the user presses R, the ball will turn red; if they press G the ball should turn green; B will turn the ball blue. The ball will begin moving towards the mouse position. Only move the ball 2 pixels each frame, do not jump right to the location of the mouse. The ball will follow the mouse around the screen until the user clicks the mouse, when the program will end and the screen will clear. While the ball is moving, the user may press R, G, or B to change the color of the circle accordingly. Week 6 • • • • DAQ toolbox Randomization, permutation, condition order Priority handling Handling complex code: Subfunctions DAQ toolbox DAQ = Data Acquisition device For communicating with the USB-1208FS from Measurement Computing Allows input and out of digital and analog signals Using the DAQ to synchronize external measurement system Daq functions Type "help DaqFunctions" to see all the PsychToolbox DAQ functions Sending output with the DAQ 1. Identify the DAQ device in the PsychHID device list 2. Initialize the DAQ device with DaqDConfigPort() 3. Send output with DaqDOut() Finding your DAQ device devices = PsychHID('devices'); daqIndex = 0; DAQFound = 0; for i = 1:length(devices) if strcmp(devices(i).product,'USB-1024LS') daqIndex = i; end end OR daqIndex = DaqDeviceIndex(); Communicating with the DAQ device Digital vs Analog connections: DaqAIn DaqAOut DaqAInScan DaqDIn DaqDOut DaqDInScan Initializing a port DaqDConfigPort(DeviceIndex, port, direction) 0 = output 1 = input device index of the Daq device which port you want to configure Sending output DaqDOut(DeviceIndex, port, data) value you want to send to the output channel Example Send a pulse to the Biopac (physio measurement) computer when the script receives the first trigger pulse from the MRI scanner in order to synchronize measurement among the devices Randomization On startup, Matlab initializes the random number generator. The rng creates a sequence of random numbers called the global stream. The random number functions (rand, randi, randn) access this list of numbers, in order Randomization rng controls the random number generator Randomization >> rng ans = Type: 'twister' Seed: 0 State: [625x1 uint32] >> rng default >> randi(100,[1,10]) ans = 82 91 13 >> rng default >> randi(100,[1,10]) 92 64 10 28 55 96 97 92 64 10 28 55 96 97 ans = 82 91 13 Randomization "Seed" the random number generator to generate different values Common seed to use is the current time rng shuffle to reseed with current time Randomization >> rng shuffle >> rng ans = Type: 'twister' Seed: 2062320423 State: [625x1 uint32] >> rng(1) >> rng ans = Type: 'twister' Seed: 1 State: [625x1 uint32] >> rng(5,'combRecursive') >> rng ans = Type: 'combRecursive' Seed: 5 State: [12x1 uint32] Permutation Matlab function randperm() and PTB function Shuffle() are useful for permuting lists Permutation randperm(N) will create a vector of numbers from 1 to N in random order. You can use these numbers as indexes to reference multiple lists in the same random order Permutation Example: You have a list of fruits, and a separate list of colors that describe those fruits. They are in order, such that colors{1} describes the color of fruits{1}. You want to describe the name and color of each fruit, but in random order Permutation PTB function Shuffle() will take a vector or matrix, and return to you the items in random order If the input has multiple rows, each column will be shuffled, but numbers will stay in their columns. Note this multi-column shuffle does not work with cell matrices. >> fruits = {'apple','banana','cucumber'}; >> fruits = Shuffle(fruits) fruits = 'apple' 'cucumber' 'banana' >> fruits = {'apple','banana','cucumber'; 'red','yellow','green'} fruits = 'apple' 'banana' 'cucumber' 'red' 'yellow' 'green' >> fruits = Shuffle(fruits) Other randomization functions RandSample() ChooseKFromN() RandSel() URandSel() CoinFlip() Priority Modern computers have multiple software processes constantly competing for access to resources. How these resources are allocated moment to moment can affect the execution of your script Priority Recommendation: When you are testing with PTB, close applications other than Matlab Use PTB's Priority function to assign a priority to the execution of your process Priority Use Priority() to set the priority level The higher the priority level, the less chance there is of other processes interfering with your script Available levels and their functions differ depending on your OS Priority: OSX OSX: Priority levels range from 0-9 and relate to the percentage of CPU time guaranteed to the PTB thread However, if you use too much CPU, the OS may kick you back down to level 0 If you frequently call WaitSecs or Flip, you are unlikely to be demoted Priority: Windows On Windows there are 3 levels available: 0 : normal priority level 1: high priority level 2: real time priority level Using level 2 may cause problems (for example, it may disable keyboard input). Probably only want to use this when absolutely necessary, for example when running an intense animation where timing really matters. Priority MaxPriority(windowOrScreenNum) will tell you the maximum priority allowed on your system Not recommended to use greater than 1 on windows Priority whichScreen = max(Screen('Screens')); maxPriorityLevel = MaxPriority(whichScreen); Priority(maxPriorityLevel); These lines would go at the beginning of your script to set priority level for that script Testing for OS >> IsOSX ans = 1 >> IsWindows ans = 0 if IsOSX %OSX specific code here elseif IsWindows %Windows specific code here end Code organization Functions and subfunctions In your script all of the following functions are available to you: Built in Matlab functions Any functions whose name is a filename in your current directory Any functions whose name is a filename in another folder when that folder is in your Path Functions and subfunctions Outsource repeated and often-used code to its own function Remember variable scope! Variables that exist in one function will not be available to another, unless you pass them as parameters function addEmUP(x,y) addedUp = x + y; printItOut(); end function printItOut fprintf('The output is: %d\n',addedUp); end function addEmUP(x,y) addedUp = x + y; printItOut(addedUp); end function printItOut(numToPrint) fprintf('The output is: %d\n',numToPrint); end function welcomeUser [wPtr,rect] = Screen('OpenWindow',1); myText = 'Welcome to my script'; drawAtCenter(myText); KbWait(); myText = 'So, here we are.'; drawAtCenter(myText); KbWait(); end function drawAtCenter(theText) DrawFormattedText(wPtr,theText,'center','center'); end function welcomeUser [wPtr,rect] = Screen('OpenWindow',1); myText = 'Welcome to my script'; drawAtCenter(myText); KbWait(); myText = 'So, here we are.'; drawAtCenter(wPtr,myText); KbWait(); end function drawAtCenter(wPtr,theText) DrawFormattedText(wPtr,theText,'center','center'); end Acccessing the web web(url) to open url in matlab web browser web(url,'-browser') to open in system browser Invoking programs outside Matlab system() >> system('open –a Textedit.app') Other PTB toolboxes PsychGLImageProcessing PsychVideoCapture PsychColorimetric PsychKinect Final Exam Full Experiment. Must: Write the entire thing from scratch yourself Take subject code and any relevant conditions as inputs Present repetitive trials that involve at least 2 different conditions Must present either visual or auditory stimuli (or both) Must collect some kind of behavioral response where timing is recorded Must write responses out to a log file Please run your experiment plan by me as soon as possible. If you don't have something you are working on now, I will make something up for you.


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LITTLE ROCK – "How do you load this thing"? Silly question, but it will be asked here and there as Arkansas's muzzle-loading season for deer gets underway.
It is also the black powder season for bear. Check your Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Hunting Guidebook for specifics.
Nearly everyone who has recently purchased or borrowed a muzzle-loading rifle for the first time has practiced with it. Many of these neophytes are now comfortable with the gun or at least not apprehensive about taking it to the woods.
Call it a front-end loader, smoke pole, charcoal burner, whatever, nearly any muzzle-loading rifle you buy these days will be effective on Arkansas deer. That is, depending on the person using it – but that's also the case with modern guns, the cartridge rifles.
For starters, there is nothing to beat tutelage from someone who has used a muzzle-loader. That person can take you step by step through the process, and that person will emphasize that shooting a muzzle-loader does not end with pulling the trigger and hearing the boom. There is the essential cleaning process that you don't find with modern guns.
First, acquire and look over the ingredients of muzzle-loader shooting. These are rifle, powder, bullet, patch, lubricant, percussion cap. Learn and become comfortable with the sequence of loading. It's not difficult, but don't try to skip or shortcut any of the steps.
Note the last item listed, the percussion cap. That goes on last. Never put a cap on the firing mechanism until the gun is loaded with power and bullet.
They call it a ramrod, the long wood or plastic stick that is housed under the rifle's barrel. Forget the "ram" phrase. The instructions are to tamp the powder into place. This means a firm but gentle push with the ramrod, not a slamming of it.
Patch and lubricant will depend on the items you have purchased. Follow instructions that came with the rifle, if you bought it new.
If the recommended powder load is 60 grains, put 60 grains of powder into the barrel. More is not better, whatever you may have heard. A heavier than recommended load of powder is dangerous, of course, and it also affects accuracy in many cases. Stick with what the manufacturer says.
All right, you load the black powder rifle, you hunt all day, and you don't shoot a deer. What next? Unload it before getting into a vehicle, and unloading doesn't mean just removing the cap from the firing nipple.
You have two choices, and many hunters simply fire the rifle safely into the ground to unload it. An alternative is to use a bullet puller after the cap is removed then work out the patch and the powder. Some modern muzzle-loaders make these easier with removable breech plugs.
When the gun is unloaded, if it has been fired, and you are home or in camp, you clean out the barrel thoroughly with soap and water. A brush or swap on the end of the ramrod or on a cleaning rod is needed.
Work through the process form start to finish just a few times, and it becomes routine. Then muzzle-loader season becomes more enjoyable in addition to your hunting more days and perhaps bringing home good meat for the table.


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Saif kills zombies for free!
The Nawab of Bollywood, Saif Ali Khan is quite enthusiastic about his just released zombie flick, Go Goa Gone. So much so that he didn't charge a single penny.
Director Krishna DK reveals, "The production cost of Go Goa Gone is Rs 10 crore, and along with print and publicity, it goes up to Rs 16 crore. If Saif charged his usual fee, the budget would've been something else."
Saif, who generally charges a good remuneration for films under his own banner, waived off the fees for Go Goa Gone. The other actors of the movie, Kunal Khemu and Vir Das also completed the film in discounted fees. Zombie being a very new genre of cinema in the Hindi film industry, the director duo of Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK managed to finish the movie in a low budget.
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July 14, 2013
LAND O' LAKES - Traditionally, the top two seniors at high schools in Pasco County have gained recognition at their graduation ceremonies with the designations of valedictorian and salutatorian.
School officials are starting to question whether that concept might be outdated, though, especially now that the proliferation of online classes means a high-performing student can rank as valedictorian while spending little to no time on campus and remaining a stranger to his or her classmates.
Alison Crumbley, vice chairwoman of the Pasco County School Board, remembers just such a scenario at a graduation she attended a few years ago.
"It was demoralizing for the students sitting watching this," she said. "It was probably difficult for the valedictorian giving the speech."
The issue came up July 2 at a school board workshop as the board discussed proposed changes for how class rank is determined. Beginning with incoming freshman in August 2014, the grade-point average for determining class rank would include online classes taken outside the regular school day and middle school classes that were taken for a high school credit.
In the past, those classes haven't been included in the calculation, and district staff members began to question whether the current method is fair. A survey of several other school districts, including Hillsborough and Pinellas, revealed those districts include in the class-rank GPA all courses that count toward the high school diploma.
"If the purpose of class rank is to rank the top students, why are we not including all the courses?" Darrell Huling, a supervisor in the district's Office of Teaching and Learning, said. "Right now, we are isolating a group of courses and using that in the calculation."
Crumbley said the proposed change presents plenty of concerns, especially the possibility that a school's top-ranking student could be completely removed from campus life.
"Maybe I'm the only one concerned about this, but the direction you are going in you are changing the definition of the community of a school," she said.
That raised further questions: Should the system of choosing a valedictorian and salutatorian continue in the traditional manner? Or should the district look for other ways to recognize high-performing students and determine alternative methods for choosing which students give speeches at the graduation ceremony?
No one is advocating an immediate change. School officials are mindful of what happened in Hernando County this year when the school board voted to eliminate the valedictorian and salutatorian designations, then reconsidered when there was a backlash from parents and students.
Still, Superintendent Kurt Browning said it might be time for the district to have discussions.
He noted that colleges don't have valedictorians and salutatorians. Instead, they have honors designations such as cum laude, summa cum laude and magna cum laude that apply to a large percentage of high-performing graduates.
He suggested that might be something to consider.
"Do we want to recognize two students or do we want to recognize many more students than that during a graduation ceremony?" Browning asked.
Board Chairwoman Cynthia Armstrong said the valedictorian has always been strictly a class-rank position. Whether the student played any leadership role on campus was never relevant.
Armstrong said some high schools choose a senior of the year who is picked based on a mixture of academics and the active role they played in campus life. She suggested that person might be a better choice for giving a graduation speech.
"Students are going to know them," Armstrong said. "They've been a leader in every area."
Regardless, any change would be phased in, Browning said, so that an incoming freshman class knows exactly what to expect when its commencement ceremony rolls around four years later.
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After 36 years with the Frenship Independent School District, and another five elsewhere, Suzy Jackson is retiring.
Jackson has been the director of special education since some time in the mid-90s - she's not sure on the exact dates. She came to the district 36 years ago as a special education diagnostician.
Jackson did not originally plan to go into special education. When she started college, her goal was to teach math. She did that for two years, but continued working on her master's degree in counseling.
"When I started teaching, that was the year we started having resource classes," Jackson said. At first, she said, no one was really sure what was in the room at the end of the hall.
After getting her master's degree, she became an elementary school counselor and had to participate in some of the diagnostic work involved in determining whether a student should be placed in special education.
That experience came in handy when a job came up closer to home in West Texas.
"I decided it was time to come home," she said. "They (Frenship) happened to have a position for a diagnostician."
In fall 1976, she joined the Frenship staff in a special education cooperative with Shallowater, New Home and Wilson. The program had a director, two diagnosticians and a teacher for each campus.
The program is larger now, even though Frenship ultimately left the cooperative.
Frenship schools grew. But the amount of paperwork also grew, and the types of disabilities that schools recognized did as well, such as learning disabilities.
"The kids pretty much stay the same," Jackson said.
But where Frenship devised its own one-page, one-sided form for special education students in her early years, there is now a nine-page form with supplemental forms.
"The bureaucracy's changed a lot," she said.
Over the years, her favorite part of the job has been the kids, Jackson said, and seeing their successes.
Just like other teachers, she said, she gets the same thrill out of seeing a student who struggled with a subject suddenly get it.
On days that were tougher in her early years, Jackson said she particularly enjoyed going to what was Casey Elementary and visiting with the pre-schoolers.
As a diagnostician, she said she had one-on-one contact with students, but more contact with their teachers.
As the director, Jackson said she spent a lot more time answering questions, communicating with parents, reporting to the Texas Education Agency, budgeting and working on state compliance plans.
She said she rarely makes it through a day off without a text or a phone call asking her questions. But she said she does wonder what she will do when that phone stops ringing.
"I'll probably miss some of that," she said.
She said she will also miss the students and her co-workers.
"People ask me what I'm going to do after I retire, and I say, 'Nothing,' " Jackson said. Many of her thoughts about retirement revolve around not having to set the alarm.
But Jackson said she is considering volunteer work. She likes CASA, and she thinks she knows enough about how schools work that she could be useful there.
Jackson said she also read an article about therapy dogs being used in schools so children could read to them, and she said she believes children do need more one-on-one reading time. She joked that if she volunteers to listen to students read, unlike the therapy dogs, she probably won't lick any students.
One thing she has little interest in is traveling. She has been to Israel two times, and visited Rome, Greece and Amsterdam along the way. She's also visited Quebec and different states.
"I'm not really interested in going overseas anymore, just because of the hassles in the airports," Jackson said.
Visiting Israel, she said, was "like going home, for me. It's like, this is where I'm supposed to be."
For two weeks while there on her first visit, it was a completely different environment.
"It was peaceful," she said.
On her second visit, five years later, Jackson said it was becoming more "touristy."
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NEW YORK — Purple jerseys have eschewed red faces. Though the season is lost, the Rockies are sprinting to the finish line with a collection of rookies who are trying to win jobs and make strong impressions entering the winter.
On a night when they lost Dexter Fowler to a severely sprained right ankle, the Rockies won their seventh consecutive game at Citi Field, eclipsing the Mets 5-2 before a crowd that spent more time booing than cheering.
Jeff Francis delivered his best outing in a month as the Rockies posted their 11th victory in 16 games.
"It makes a big difference when we're keeping our team in the game and we're not having to come back from five or six runs down," Francis said.
Turning point. The current collection of Rockies kids is caffeinated and passionate. Wilin Rosario personifies the energy. With Matt Harvey gone, Rosario greeted reliever Ramon Ramirez with a home run to lead off the seventh inning, giving the Rockies a 2-1 lead. Colorado inflated the cushion with a perfectly-executed squeeze bunt by DJ LeMahieu, scoring Tyler Colvin. This marks the second time in six days that the Rockies have delivered a perfect bunt, hinting that the contact play might have finally and mercifully reached its expiration date.
On the mound. The Rockies were nothing more than bugs on Harvey's windshield. The rookie and former North Carolina teammate of Alex White breezed through six innings. He allowed just one run with nine strikeouts. His 43 Ks is the most by a Mets pitcher through his first six starts, breaking Nolan Ryan's record, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
At the plate. Rosario has 20 home runs, most among National League rookies and second only to American League MVP candidate Mike Trout among all rookies. Fowler turned his ankle on second base in the fourth inning. He was helped off the field. It's the same ankle he hurt in Miami on May 23.
"It was just one of those weird things that happened.," said Fowler, who left the clubhouse on crutches. "It doesn't feel good now, but I don't think it will be a DL situation."
What it means. The Rockies are two games over .500 this season when their starter throws at least five innings.


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Ugly Duckling Films is a film, tv and media production company that works with unique and distinctive filmmakers to produce bold and powerful drama.
Founded by Oscar-nominated producer Lene Bausager in 1995, films under the Ugly Duckling umbrella include the Oscar-nominated short Cashback, directed by Sean Ellis (Anthropoid, Metro Manila) and its subsequent feature of the same name, Flashbacks of a Fool starring Daniel Craig, and James Ward Byrkit's sci-fi hit Coherence.
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The next draft of '7 Island City' will be written by emerging writer Mark McNally (Of the Land of Saints and Sinners) and developed in assistance with Northern Ireland Screen.
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The feature documentary, directed by Joe Stephenson and produced by Ugly Duckling Films with B Good Films, Great Point Media and in association with Lipsync Productions, received its world premiere at the 12th Rome Film Fest on the 1st of November 2017, at the MAXXI gallery in Rome.
The sold-out screening came after Sir Ian McKellen gave an hour masterclass as part of the Roma Cinema Fest's programme.
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London-based sales and production outfit Independent has boarded feature documentary MCKELLEN: PLAYING THE PART and will introduce the title to buyers at Cannes.
Independent MD Andrew Orr commented: ''This is the first of several exciting announcements for us in Cannes this year."
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Ugly Duckling Films has optioned the rights to Sophie Kipner's debut novel, The Optimist, with a plan to adapt the material into a TV series.
Set to be published in May 2017 by Unbound (UK), The Optimist follows Tabitha Gray, a delusional girl from Topanga, California, as she embarks on a very misguided search for love. What results is a warmly witty and satirical look at the extremity of romantic desperation, as Sophie Kipner pays wry tribute to the deep human need to search for love, despite our manifold absurdities.
A visual artist and writer from Topanga, Sophie's writing has appeared in Kugelmass: A Journal of Literary Humor, Metazen, Amy Ephron's One for the Table, FORTH Magazine and The Big Jewel.
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Lene Bausager and Sophia Gibber will produce for Ugly Duckling Films, along with Joe Stephenson (B Good Picture Company), and Mark Birmingham of Surreal Film Company.
The documentary will feature rare archive material of early work from stage and screen, never-before-seen photography from McKellen's private collection, and cinematically reconstructed scenes from his life. McKellen has been Oscar-nominated twice: for "Gods and Monsters" in 1999 and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" in 2002. He has been Emmy-nominated five times.
UDF jump on board 'Paper Babylon'.
Ugly Duckling Films has jumped onboard to produce the upcoming feature PAPER BABYLON with Blue Shadows Films (Butterfly Kisses, Wasp).
PAPER BABYLON is co-written by Henry Eagleton and Greer Ellison (Butterfly Kisses). Des Hamilton is the casting director. The project is receiving development funding from Northern Ireland Screen. Stephen Fry is an ambassador and has deemed the script "extraordinary".
Based on Eagleton's own experiences, the film follows Josh, recently out of school, as he explores the hedonistic underbelly of London's Soho gay scene. In his search for love in a loveless world, Josh teeters dangerously close to the perils of chemsex, becoming a victim to its allure. Fuelled by a fantasy with death and harbouring his own suicidal desires, Josh finds himself balancing on an increasingly fragile tightrope between life and death. A coming of age story about self-acceptance, PAPER BABYLON is a challenging but intimate look at how we come to terms with life.
The script was a participant of this year's CINESTORY. Merlin Merton, Sophia Gibber and Lene Bausager will be producing. Casting will commence next month, with shooting set for the first quarter of 2017.
Said Merlin Merton of the coproduction, "Paper Babylon is an important but difficult story, with complex characters at its core. I'm extremely excited to be working with Lene and Sophia, who will bring their experience, great taste and sensibility to what will hopefully prove a powerful and original piece of filmmaking."
Speaking on behalf of Bausager and Ugly Duckling Films, Sophia Gibber commented the following: "We've long been admirers of Merlin and his team, and were struck by the strength of the script and its subject matter. We're looking forward to working together on this project, bringing what we deem to be an important aspect of our society's culture to light."


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Cingrani entered the game in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and the Reds clinging to a narrow 2-1 lead against the Pirates.
He then buckled down to record the final two outs of the inning, but not before giving viewers at home a front row seat to the one of the most intense and menacing game faces you are ever likely to see.
Who wants a piece of this guy? Obviously, not the Pirates.
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Why Zillow may be a Roseville, CA or Rocklin, CA home sellers worst nightmare…
Zillow's Zestimate-ZeWrong!!!
In Roseville, CA and Rocklin, CA homes are selling like hot cakes! Supply and demand are hard to calculate. So in that aspect, I will give Zillow a "pass." However, it never fails that a buyer states… "Well, the Zestimate says…." NEWSFLASH-the Zestimate is Ze-WRONG! Well I guess I don't have to be that harsh, but it sure is frustrating. So I thought I would explain where Zillow is getting their numbers and how to use Zillow to help in your home searches. I will also include some of the idiosyncrasies of Zillow and hopefully steer you away from using it as a reliable valuation tool in your home search.
Zillow defines Zestimate-
"The Zestimate® (pronounced ZEST-ti-met, rhymes with estimate) home valuation is Zillow's estimated market value, computed using a proprietary formula. It is not an appraisal. It is a starting point in determining a home's value. The Zestimate is calculated from public and user submitted data; your real estate agent or appraiser physically inspects the home and takes special features, location, and market conditions into account."
Here are some hard and fast examples of Zillow's Zestimate compared to actual sales, so you can see the differences. I used recent sales so you can see these are not just listed at this price, but they have actually sold and we all know a home is only worth what someone is actually willing to pay!!!
Example #1- 5505 Cabrillo Way Rocklin, CA 95765
This home sold March 21,2013 for $305,000… let's see what Zillow says….
Notice Zillow says home "Is not for sale." The home was actually listed February 7, 2013, it's been on the market for over 30 days. Not only that but the Zestimate, lists the homes value as
YIKES!!! Do you think this may have brought some BIG TIME objections for the sellers? Not too mention some doubts in the buyers minds about potential offers.
Let's Look at another example, 6681 Silver Mill Way, Roseville, CA 95678
Let's see what Zillow says…..
Again property is "not for sale." It was actually listed February 27, 2013. Check out the Zestimate
And just to be thorough, we'll do one more…. 1618 Abilene Cir, Rocklin, CA 95765
And Zillow-Zestimate???
At least this one has the property actively for sale…. but what about the Zestimate???
This one is closer… but still $25,000 off!!! Who couldn't use an extra $25,000!!! Ouch!!!
In these examples I've purposely chosen to use active sales, none are short sales or bank owned. As we progress away from the distressed market, traditional sales are becoming more the norm and are being hit hard with pricing objections… Here's showing traditional equity sales are back!!! and are worth every penny paid… not what Zillow's magical Zestimate algorithm states.
Zillow, Trulia and all of the home finder search engines can be resourceful tools in your home search, but should not be used in a evaluating either an offer or a list price. You must consult a professional to review the numbers!!!
Zillow has wonderful property information that you may not find elsewhere, i.e. school information, property history information, neighborhood details all in one easily accessible spot. For up to date accurate information about the real estate market in Roseville, CA or Rocklin, CA home sellers please contact Jennifer Klein (916)230-3880 or email email@example.com