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Spring is the time to eat fresh asparagus. We've been seeing this delicate and often misunderstood vegetable everywhere lately: at the supermarket and specialty food shops, in farmers' markets and discount grocers; even at Costco. This is one of those foods that children turn their noses up at (at least that's what I used to do when I was young.) Perhaps the issue is the unusual shape? Or, maybe it's the flavor, which is very distinct, though yummy, that takes some people time to adjust to. Whatever it is, now's the time to get over it!
I threw this dish together the other day while preparing Roman tomato pasta, one of my perennial favorites. It's handy to make the two together because you can use the boiling water for pasta to cook the asparagus. Thus you save a pot and more clean up.
The lemon zest makes this especially aromatic without distracting from the asparagus-ness of the dish.
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Black pepper to taste
Olive oil to taste
If asparagus has woody bases, remove these before cooking. If they are thick, using a potato peeler, remove some of the outer layers at the base of each stalk.
To blanch, first boil asparagus until just tender, about 3 to 5 minutes, then immediately throw in an ice water bath. This stops cooking and keeps both the texture right and the color fresh.
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Heres quite a useful gadget I think. An alarm that detects when you have had enough sleep and then sets itself off.
A wristband that you wear detects your body movements and decides when you have had the optimal amount of sleep.
One downside that I can immediatly spot is the fact that it would be useless in waking you up in time for work or school, which is when you really need to be up at a set time. Also, you wouldn't need it on weekends because you can sleep in for however long you want.


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For general discussion on this episode, visit the DS9 forum at The Trek BBS.
Feature Article statusEdit
A very detailed episode summary with good backround info, and memorable quotes. All in all, everything needed in an episode article. Tobyk777 02:24, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)
I'd like someone familiar with MA to address a question I asked concerning this article before anyone votes on it. Thanks. --Schrei 03:59, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- I converted my analysis into background information, so I'll say neutral since I wrote about 95% of the article. --Schrei 03:06, 19 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Support There is a good summary there, plus the pictures and background information. Tough Little Ship 21:17, 20 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Featured; the least amount of votes ever.... --Alan del Beccio 23:01, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)
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How did humans get to a planet in the gamma quadrant so many years before the wormhole was discovered? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk).
- Although the article really doesn't make it very clear, the planet in this episode is on the Alpha Quadrant side of the Bajoran wormhole. -Platypus Man | Talk 20:50, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- It says near the wormhole not in the Gamma Quadrant... But then again, how much nearer can you get on our side than DS9, which is practically on top of it? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk).
But how do you explain "Deep Space 9 receives a report from Starfleet Command that the Romulan vessel Gasko reported seeing an abandoned runabout in the Gamma Quadrant. The markings match those of the Rio Grande." I understand that the runabout could have gone through the wormhole, but you then have to ask why didn't the personnel on DS9 question the unmanned runabout passing into the wormhole and how did Alixus know about the wormhole if she had been without technology for ten years. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Damgood85 (talk • contribs).
- That information was incorrect. People were sending requests to set up colonies nearby the wormhole, so Sisko and O'Brien went out to survey nearby Class M planets. There is no mention of Alpha Quadrant or Gamma Quadrant in the episode, but it's unlikely that a Romulan ship would be using the Bajoran Wormhole at that point in time.--Tim Thomason 22:49, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)
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I removed the following notes for being commentary:
- Although the concept of technology as a detriment to society is not new, "Paradise" attempts to portray it in such a way that the viewer is forced to decide for him- or herself. For example, Alixus is extremely jaded and is willing to sacrifice several people's lives for her beliefs, yet the colonists ultimately choose her way of life over that of the Federation.
- Sisko's uniform symbolizes his resistance to Alixus's control, as evidenced by her repeated attempts to get him out of it. O'Brien and Joseph come from similar backgrounds as engineers, yet one cannot imagine life on the planet, while the other can no longer imagine anything else.
Regarding the first, we already have a cited quotation from the producers about trying to balance the viewpoints presented.
The following is unsubstantiated. If it was a deliberate homage (with a citation provided to that effect), this information belongs on Orellius system, not here.
- The Orellius system was probably named for Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor who like Alixus was known as a philosopher.
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I have removed the following notes as they are inaccurate:
- Apparently, either Runabouts lack the ability to be remote controlled with prefix codes like other starships or the technology that made this possible is no longer employed on Federation vessels due to its potential security risks.
The capabilty of remote controlling a runabout is cleary shown in the previous episode "Armageddon Game". The reason for choosing not to use the feature in this episode seems unclear though. – --126.96.36.199 13:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
How the DS9 episode "Paradise" would have gone with other characters: Edit
Odo/Quark: Odo determines the location of the duonetic field within 6 minutes by asking four very precise questions. Quark disables it after revealing the entire thing was a scam he set up convincing the colonists they were heading to a resort planet. He is sentenced to six years in a Federation prison, but is running the bar again by the next episode.
Kira/Dax: Kira beats up the entire colony single-handedly and is sentenced to a night in the punishment box. One of Dax's previous hosts has experience with diaflectic fields or whatever. She disables the field by the next morning, at which time Kira emerges from the punishment box, nonchalantly claiming it was the best sleep of her entire life.
Bashir/Garak: Garak murders Alixus within two hours of their arrival, then uses the ensuing chaos to orchestrate a civil war between the remaining colonists, which creates the diversion needed to allow him to find the duonetic field generator, which he then disables using only his sewing kit. Bashir spends the entire episode looking confused and horrified.
Worf/anyone: Worf snaps Alixus's neck and becomes the new leader of the colony. They never actually leave the planet. A new series is spun off, titled "Star Trek: Worf's World."


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Way back when, about 25 years ago, I read a whole book on how to use non-discriminatory language when referring to women. In grade school they taught me to use "he" when referring to a male or female; saying "he or she" being considered wordy and unnecessary. No longer.
Maybe you remember the joke that ran around back then, that went something like this:
A man and his son were in a serious traffic accident. The man was killed and the boy received a serious head injury. They rushed him to the hospital and called on the hospital's brain surgeon to operate. The surgeon took one look at the boy and said, "I can't operate on this boy—he's my son!" How could this be?
Another group has become more vocal about linguistic discrimination. Not being familiar with the field of transgender and sexual preference issues, I found the reference enlightening and useful. Well, I use the term "useful" advisedly. I'm not likely to need much of the vocabulary to write computer documentation (my day job), and I tend to hold the opinion that private matters are private, but still, it's nice to know, and it might prevent me from making a faux pas.
It's the GLAAD Media Reference Guide – 8th Edition. It's a pdf, and it's free. If you'd rather, here's a link to the page that has the link. It lets you browse the topics in the guide without needing to download the whole document.
A somewhat related linguistic note: Although I bemoan the loss of a perfectly good word for happiness, the term "gay" has a legitimate etymology. I'm told it's derived from the French gai, meaning a male actor who plays a female role.
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Patriotism which appears to have been left behind in our struggles of day to day life seems to come alive only twice – either during an Indo-Pak cricket match or during an Indo-Pak war movie. Yes, our patriotism which sleeps more often than not gets an ego boost when we watch movies where our gallant actors playing soldiers fight with honour and chivalry. When movies combine this emotions and present to us on the silver screen they become epics. Let's find out about some of India's top Bollywood movies based on war.
'Param Vir Chakra' is a Bollywood war film which released in the year 1995. It was directed and written by Ashok Kaul. Saeed Jaffrey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Hema Malini were some of the actors who starred in it. It may not have been able to set the cash registers ringing yet it is one of the well made Bollywood movies on war.
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'Lalkaar' was released in the year 1972 and was directed by Ramanand Sagar. It is a tale of two brothers one in the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) and the other in the Royal Indian Army and how they fight Japanese invaders in Burma during World War II. The film stared Dharmendra, Mala Sinha and Rajendra Kumar among others.
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'Tango Charlie' released in the year 2005 and was directed by Mani Shankar. The movie was an attempt to portray war and the grief caused by it. Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Ajay Devgan and Bobby Deol starred in this installment of war saga by Bollywood but it encompasses several internal conflicts with the Bodos and Naxalites before moving on to the Kargil War.
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'Hindustan Ki Kasam' was released in the year 1973 and it was directed by Chetan Anand. Needless to say following so close on the footsteps of the 1971 Indo-Pak war; this movie too was based on it; particularly on Operation Cactus Lilly. The movie has an all-star cast which includes Raj Kumar, Priya Rajvanshi, Vijay Anand, Balraj Sahni, Amrish Puri and Amjad Khan. This movie mostly concentrates on the role of the Indian Air Force in the war in the western theater.
The movie was released in the year 1975 and it starred Bollywood actors like Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Farida Jalal, Sujit Kumar, Asrani, Keshto Mukherjee, Mumtaz Shanti and Rajesh Khanna. It was directed by J. Om Prakash. On the backdrop of the 1971 Indo-Pak war; it focuses on the chivalry and valour of the Indian soldiers who fought in the war.
Another film based on war directed by J.P. Dutta, 'LOC Kargil', released in the year 2003. It had a large ensemble cast of Bollywood actors and it was based on 1999 Kargil conflict. The movie was an attempt to showcase the battles fought by several soldiers who lost their lives during Operation Vijay in the year 1999. Capt. Vikaram Batra, Anuj Nayyar, Manoj Kumar Pandey and Sanjay Kumar were some of our gallant soldiers portrayed in this movie.
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'Lakshya' was released in the year 2004. Starring Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Sharad Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri and Boman Irani, the film was directed by Hrithik Roshan. The plot is set on the backdrop of the 1999 Kargil Conflict. It is a coming of age story of a boy to a Lieutenant and draws in all the emotions that perhaps are a reality for field officers. All in all one of the greatest Bollywood movies to watch!
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Directed by Amit Sagar '1971' is a movie based on the true story of prisoners of war after the Indo-Pak war of 1971. Released in the year 2007, this went on to the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpai, Ravi Kishan, Piyush Mishra and Deepak Dobriyal among others played a great role in the success of this film. It depicts the escape of six soldiers of the Indian Army from the clutches of Pakistan after being taken as prisoners of war.
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This 1997 movie is a Bollywood blockbuster directed by J.P. Dutta. Based on Indo-Pak War of 1971 it was a critical as well as commercial success. Actors like Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Jackie Shroff, Tabu, Pooja Bhatt, Puneet Issar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Raakhee from the Indian film fraternity starred in it. This epic war movie is an adaptation of real events which took place during Battle of Longewala fought in Rajasthan. It was a well written script enunciated with great acting and equally wonderful music.
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'Haqeeqat' was released in the year 1964 and was directed by Chetan Anand and also supported by Government of India. Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, Priya Rajvansh, Sanjay Khan and Vijay Anand were some of the actors who starred in this classic. The movie was based on the 1962 Sino-Indian War and also went on to win the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film in the year 1965. It remains the best of the Bollywood movies on war till date and has one of the finest soundtracks in Bollywood's history.
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Topic: In-Law(s) (05/08/08)
TITLE: Bev's Only Daughter
By Ann Marie Lindenmeyer
Bev was the proud mother of three boys and married to their abusive, alcoholic father. When Desiree began dating Bev's oldest son, Bev welcomed her with open arms and a merry heart.
Desiree watched for years as Bev did her best to hold her family together, she remained strong and held tight to her faith in God. She invited Desiree to attend church with her and this became their time since the men did not join them. It was one of these times during fellowship, while sipping coffee, that Bev claimed Desiree as her daughter.
Two years later, Ted and Des married and it became official; Desiree was now Bev's daughter-in-law. Their closeness grew stronger.
Now at a crossroad of her marriage, Desiree wondered if Bev would still consider her a daughter. Ted had become like his father, not by drinking alcohol or by physically abusing her, but rather, he emotionally and verbally abused her regularly. It had become more than she could handle and she knew deep in her heart she had to leave.
Desiree found a studio apartment and was packing her most important possessions. Ted was gone for the weekend and she wanted to be moved out before he returned. The thought of his rage if he were present frightened her.
While packing, Des heard a knock at the door. She opened it and found herself quickly enveloped in the arms of her mother-in-law. When she drew back, she saw the tears brimming on the lids of Bev's eyes.
"Abby told me you were moving to her little studio she rents out," Bev told Desiree as tears left her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. Bev paused and looked deeply into Desiree's eyes with total concern and then asked, "So, where can I start?"
"Um,…well, over here," Desiree replied with confusion. "I'm so sorry, Bev, I'm sorry about me and Ted, it's just that…" Desiree hesitated.
"No worries, my dear, you need my help right now, so here I am."
Desiree felt a little bit more at ease then she had since she made this decision. She had felt so alone, but now, she wasn't alone. She had a mom that wasn't going to desert her. "I'm so glad you are here," she wholeheartedly expressed to Bev.
"Desiree, God knew that you couldn't do this alone. As hard as it is to see you leave my son, I truly can understand why you have to. My prayers will never stop while God walks you through these troubled times. And I pray that He will guide Ted to become someone different,…well, someone different than his father."
Bev turned away for a few minutes as she packed up some items and then she turned back to Desiree with more tears in her eyes, "God is that strong Desiree. I still pray every day for my husband, and some day Harold will find his way, I have faith in that."
"You are so strong, I am so thankful to have you in my life to guide me in my faith," Desiree's own eyes were now welling with tears.
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The international shipping industry last week gave the UN Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia an insight into industry-wide activity in support of deterring and defeating piracy off Somalia and in the wider Arabian Sea. The presence of industry representatives at this meeting provided a significant opportunity for industry to work together with the UN in addressing the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia which continues to endanger the safety, and even the lives, of the seafarers who keep these vital trade routes open.
The Round Table of International Shipping Associations (RTisa) attended the 7th Plenary Session of The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, at the United Nations in New York, as NGOs in an advisory capacity, and was invited by the chair of Working Group 3 to make a statement in Plenary on the industry's continued commitment to deterring and defeating piracy off the coast of Somalia.
In particular the industry brief focused on:
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- The direct and indirect costs of operating continuously in a high-risk environment (willingly borne to safeguard crew, cargo and ship) - including implementation of BMP, crew training, passive protective measures, increased insurance and crew costs and provision of MNLOs to EUNAVFOR
- Urging all Governments to robustly pursue the prosecution of those committing acts of piracy on the high seas
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I, along with millions of others signed up for a gym membership last January.
I'm also a health and fitness writer , though you'd never know it from the way I whine about that whole "no pain, no gain" clich. I guess it's partly because it stinks to feel pressured into anything, and boy, is the pressure on to get into shape.
Exercise lowers stress, but I'm stressed about exercising
As recently as two weeks ago a report was released that stated the more vigorous the exercise you do, the more you lower your stress level . Now, I don't know about you, but I'm terrified of going to a spinning class , not coordinated enough for a step class, and too easily bored by the treadmill. So where does that leave me?
Completely stressed out. I was doing pilates for a while (it's sort of a cousin of yoga), but it wasn't making me sweat through my gym shorts. A friend recommended I supplement the pilates with some "cardio." It was getting complicated.
They don't serve wheatgrass smoothies at martini bars for a reason
Speaking of complicated matters, the world is pretty pressure-filled right now. I don't know many people, for example, who are feeling 100 percent secure at work if they haven't already lost their job. And worrying about the state of the world outside the country can also become overwhelming.
So making time for your personal life outside of work (or school) can be difficult. In Manhattan, there's a health club on every corner and lots of people skip their hour lunch to hit the gym for a quickie. I couldn't imagine going to such lengths. The truth is that if a friend called and invited me to dinner or drinks I would gladly skip my scheduled workout. Because human contact enriches me and makes me happy. Contact with an elliptical machine? Not so much.
But undeniably, by March, I was starting to feel down about my lack of fitness commitment.
Release pressure from gym bag and self
Then the other day I noticed something. I'd been absent from Mass a few times in the past couple weeks. Catholic guilt aside, I realized that I missed being there. That going to Mass is actually a stress reliever for me.
It became clear that I was treating exercise the way I treated Mass a few years back�like I'd rather be anywhere but there because I felt pressured to attend. It wasn't until I started going to church for my own reasons and not because I felt obligated that I started getting something out of it.
So I decided to listen to the voice inside my head (which was telling me to scrap the gym) and spend a little time thinking about the kind of activity I might enjoy and benefit from. So I've opted to go back to pilates and not worry so much about the quantity of sweat. It's more about the quality.
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out a way to make it all fit into my life: God, relationships, exercise-oh, and that martini, too.


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In an electrifying theatrical performance, 'When Yellow Were the Stars on Earth' tells the interlocking stories of a band of Jewish resistance fighters led by a woman in 1943 Berlin, the Nazi SS Captain hunting them down, and his lover, a feisty cabaret singer who lives upstairs from their hideout, and is forced to choose sides.
The play, written and directed by Robert Williams, is framed by the testimonies of Anne and Eva, the now-grown daughters of Miriam, the soulful Jewish resistance fighter, and Klara, the fiery redheaded singer, who present the drama as if they'd pieced it together from historical documents they discovered linking their mothers during the war.
The action is presented with a very cinematic flair, with short scenes, cliff hangers and tension that builds as it reaches a climax, where the resistance fighters, who have information that could save hundreds of Jews, will inevitably have to face the Nazis, who are closing in as time runs out.
What makes this story different from other dramatizations about the Holocaust is that, only in New York City, it seems, could a, descendant of captain in Mussolini's fascist army, write and direct an emotionally riveting play that ties together these three different narratives. Williams shows the humanity not only in the band of Jewish resistance fighters, a story often retold, but also the pressure faced by the Nazi commanders, as the war turned against them, and, most importantly, profiles the Germans who stood up as righteous gentiles after recognizing the enormity of the Nazi war machine that was slaughtering the Jewish people en masse.
Fittingly, in one of its most gut-wrenching scenes, Wolfgang, the cabaret singer's brother, a German soldier, who returns home wounded, physically and psychologically, from the Russian front where he admits to his sister that he lost his humanity and felt the death of his soul when forced by his commanding officers to lead the Jews from a village to dig one of the infamous Nazi trenches before lining up for their own deaths by firing squad. The pathos is even deeper – and it's worth revealing the scene because it was just so powerful – as Wolfgang tells of his childhood friend in the same battalion who cocks his rifle to kill the Jewish children on the trench in front of him, but refuses the order, and he, himself, is shot dead in the temple by his own commander.
In a cast interview with The Algemeiner, Williams said the prologue by the daughters of Miriam and Klara was added, as well as another pivotal scene – also worth revealing – that showed the Jewish resistance fighters, played very believably by non-Jews Luke Bond , Matt McAllister, and Ian Potter, debating the philosophical argument behind their actions, which resonated as true then as it did 70 years later. And not to give the impression that the play is another drawn-out philosophical dialectic, William was successful in also wanting to show the action involved with actually being a resistance fighter, featuring them smuggling guns to prepare for their battle and a real Hollywood-style confrontation that – without revealing what happens – convinced the playwright to begin work on the screenplay adaptation of the story.
The real pathos in the play comes from the scenes where Hilary Walker, who plays Miriam, the leader of the resistance, interacts with her real-life friend, the German actress Gudron Buhler, who plays Klara, the cabaret singer. From the start, Klara's questioning of Gunter, her SS Captain lover, about rumors she's heard of Jews being killed for being Jewish, sets the scene for her to play her role as the righteous gentile, but in speaking with Buhler after the performance about her own feelings as the real-life German in the play, indeed, as much as Jews are taught to never forget, the Germans of this third generation since the Holocaust have been taught the same. In her view, the only rationale for the law-abiding German people to have gone along with the final solution during the war is summed up in only one word, "madness."
Of the other featured players, Ron Nunni playing Gunter, Kazi Tauginas has the Nazi heel-toe march down pat, and shows the Nazi training, never looking his commanding officer in the eye.
The play also received the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" from Elizabeth Bettina, a very knowledgeable member of the audience in last Sunday's matinee, who wrote the book 'It Happened in Italy,' about the righteous gentiles there who also risked their lives to save the Jews living in their midst.
A Roman Catholic who grew up in Jericho, New York, where she considered herself "Jewish by association," Bettina told The Algemeiner, "The Talmud says if you save a life, you save the world. Since writing the book, what has amazed me most was meeting the grandchildren of the children of the Jews who survived in Italy, and connecting them back to the righteous ones there who had saved them – we actually flew over to meet them. There's a lesson here about the 'goodness' of people who stand up to save even one life, that one life can beget so many more, and I think this play tells that story very powerfully."
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I remain a part of the dissenting minority who argue that our system isn't broken. Action on a number of thorny issues — ranging from immigration to education reform — is stymied because of big disagreements on what should be done. Our experience with the Affordable Care Act illustrates the peril of making big changes in the absence of substantial majority support.


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Athinton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Athinton family
Yorkshire, in the West Riding, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8) indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Arthington or Ardington, held Richard de Surdeval from the Count of Mortain, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. It is notable for its nunnery.
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spelling variations are a prevailing characteristic of Norman surnames. Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules, and the introduction of Norman French added an unfamiliar ingredient to the English linguistic stew. French and Latin, the languages of the court, also influenced spellings. Finally, Medieval scribes generally spelled words according to how they sounded, so one person was often referred to by different spellings in different documents. The name has been spelled Ardington, Ardinton, Arthington, Arthinton and others.
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Migration of the Athinton family to the New World and Oceana
To escape the political and religious persecution within England at the time, many English families left for the various British colonies abroad. The voyage was extremely difficult, though, and the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving. But for those who made it, the trip was most often worth it. Many of the families who arrived went on to make valuable contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families reveals a number of immigrants bearing the name Athinton or a variant listed above: Herbert Ardington, aged 21, who arrived at Ellis Island from Rillington, in 1906; John Ardington, aged 25, who arrived at Ellis Island from London, England, in 1913.
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This is a picture of the sterling silver and turquoise pendant I made last weekend ( Dec 6-7, 2014) in at a silversmithing class I took in Cincinatti along with Carol Korros.
We had an absolute blast and I think I am officially hooked on another hobby .
But it will make great settings for the porcelain , right? ( she says, trying to justify having to now buy all the tools )
It looks like there is a little shmootz at the top of the bezel but its just the weird way the light hit it..


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ISTANBUL (Aug. 30)
The Sofia radio today broadcast a lengthy explanatory statement concerning the abolition yesterday by the Bulgarian Government of anti-Jewish legislation, emphasizing that all confiscated property will be returned to Jews and that the decree covers all anti-Jewish measures whether of a "political, moral or police character."
The statement says that the abolition applies to all decrees issued under the "law for defense of the state" as well as the cabinet order of August 29, 1942. All restrictions are abolished including the wearing of yellow badges, prohibitions on freedom of movement, places of residence or practice of professions.
The functions of the dissolved Commissariat for Jewish Affairs have been transferred to various ministries. The Ministries of Finance and Agriculture will deal with the question of Jewish property, while the Ministry of the Interior will issue instructions and legislative decrees covering the resettlement of exiled Jews and the legal problems arising from the restitution of Jewish possessions.
The statement revealed that on August 24 the Minister of the Interior received the executive council of the Jewish Consistory to whom he explained the government's decision to rescind anti-Jewish legislation. The council expressed full satisfaction and declared their support of the Bulgarian State, to which, they said, they had never ceased their allegiance.


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For generations of animation fans there is no greater legend than Chuck Jones. The creator of the famed Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for Warner Bros., Tom & Jerry cartoons, the TV version of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and many other well-known classics, Jones was a pioneer in the art of animation and a fine artist in his own right. His life and legacy will be celebrated on January 19 with the official grand opening of The Chuck Jones Experience at Circus Circus Las Vegas. Many of Jones' family will welcome celebrities, animation aficionados and visitors to the new attraction when they open the attraction in an appropriate and unconventional way at 11 a.m. Among those in attendance will be Jones' widow, Marian Jones, daughter, Linda Clough, and grandchildren Craig, Todd, and Valerie Kausen.
The Chuck Jones Experience is a nearly 10,000-square-foot destination that provides kids and animation fans of all ages with an extraordinary place to not only learn about the art of animation, but to discover the creativity and magic that's inside us all. Designed to "Educate, Inspire & Entertain," The Chuck Jones Experience takes visitors on a unique journey through Jones' life, engaging guests with interactive exhibits, displays and learning experiences along the way. The Chuck Jones Experience is also home to the largest collection of original Chuck Jones animation and fine art anywhere in the world with more than 250 pieces on permanent display.
"This attraction will give fans an unprecedented window into my grandfather's amazing life," said Kausen. "We are proud to make Chuck's original artwork, a lot of which has never before been seen, available to the public. Visitors will have a great time learning all about the inspiration behind the creation of some of Chuck's most beloved and enduring animated characters such as Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Pepé le Pew and many others. It's an animation lover's paradise."


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Bearing in mind that we are "grafted in"to the one plant of Israel, and that JESUS said that there would be
" one fold and one SHEPHERD+" ,
one can look at the 144,000 as a mathematical formula of completeness.
• 12,000 from each of the twelve tribes of Israel ( into which we are grafted )
• Crown of 12 stars - (12:1)
• City of 12 gates made of 12 pearls
• 12 angels guarding the gates
• Names of the 12 tribes inscribed (21:12-21)
• 12 foundations, made of ~ ~ ~
• 12 different gems having on them the names of the ~ ~ ~
• 12 Apostles of the Lamb+ (21:14- 19-20 )
• And also, a river on both sides of which grow specimens of the Tree of Life, bearing 12 crops of fruit (22:2), one for each of the 12 months of the year.
• The City is 12,000 stadia long, wide, and high, being cube shaped, like the Holy of Holies,
• Its 12 edges multiplied by 12,000 = 144,000 (21:16)
• Its walls are 144, that is 12 x 12 cubits high (12:17)
• 12 for the ancient number of GOD's people, "squared" to emphasize totality or completeness, multiplied by 1000 to emphasize how many there are. Possibly, this is the totality of the entire house of Israel, from Genesis to Revelation, all the children of Abraham, both natural and grafted-in, in their final destiny.
• If this is the case, the number 144,000 does not set a numerical limit, but rather signifies "innumerability".
• Listing of the 12 tribes does not set an ethnic limit, rather, it signifies a theological status.
• They are the whole house of Israel /the church/ the called out from first to last, including the time of Jacob's Trouble /the tribulation.
Mathematics are very precise!
"....one fold and one SHEPHERD+".
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......."is not My WORD+ like a fire,"
says YHWH (I AM ),
"and like a HAMMER
that breaks the rock in pieces?"
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Air Dates: October 27, 1995 - November 16, 1998
Network: FOX Kids, The Hub
Best Episode: "Welcome To Dead House" (June 29, 1997)
Before one can graduate to the advanced, grown-up horrors of author such as Stephen King and Jack Ketchum, budding scare enthusiasts must endure the PG-rated thrills conceived by R.L. Stine. From 1992 to 1997, Stine's Goosebumps book series gave kids their very own nightmare factory—62 novels' worth of monsters, ghosts, and demons, to be exact. So it was only natural that Goosebumps would be adapted into an anthology TV show for the youth—their very own Twilight Zone.
Using Stine's plots, the televisionseries Goosebumps supplied the frights in humble portions—it's a kids show, after all. In that pre-legal-age realm, though, it's a hoot. Goofy yet ominous episode titles such as "Night Of The Living Dummy" and "Say Cheese And Die" exemplify the Goosebumps spirit: Scare the kiddies, but also keep the fun intact.
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A closer look, a new image and specs on the HTC Bravo (aka Passion)
December 8, 2009 | by Robert Nelson
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We saw that leaked HTC roadmap the other day and were given a pretty good idea as to what we can expect to come from HTC in 2010. All things considered, it looks like we have a few decent handsets to look forward to seeing come available. But in the meantime we are stuck waiting and digging for what information can be pulled and found.
And with that, we are now being given a little bit of a closer look at one of those handsets by way of Ai.rs.
So far, what we now have is the better image, which can be seen below. But here is a closer look at those specs. To begin with the Bravo will be powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250 Snapdragon processor, which may be good or bad depending on how you look at it. The higher processor may in turn run Android and any apps a little smoother, but also may take a little more of a hit battery wise.
Otherwise, the Bravo will have a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display, 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus, 512MB flash memory, 320MB RAM, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, GPS, G-sensor, a digital compass, FM radio, 3.5mm headphone jack and an "optical joystick." Finally, it will have a 1400mAh battery and come with Android 2.0.
As of now an official release date, nor pricing has been mentioned. But as far as the rumor goes, it looks like we can expect to see the Bravo become available here in the US during January with a European release coming a little later in April.
[DigiTimes and Ai.rs via Gizmodo]


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February 10, 1961 - April 29, 2013
Tracey DuShane
Tracey DuShane, 52, wife, mother, and grandmother passed away surrounded by her loving family on April 29, 2013. She was born on February 10, 1961 in Flint, Michigan.
Tracey is survived by her husband of 32 years, Greg; children, David and Devyan; Jacob and Caroline, Joel, Jessica and Dillon and Alexis; brothers, Jim and Kay, Mark and Mary McDiarmid; sister, Sharon and Fred, and Mickey Hill; grandchildren, Collin and Evan and numerous nieces and nephews.
There will be a viewing at Johnson Mortuary on Sunday May 5, 2013 from 5pm to 9pm. Services will be at the chapel on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:30am presided by Father Chris


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Well last month sure was a fun month full of awesome projects, you ladies & gents really strutted your stuff in style. So many gorgeous projects again… thank you everyone. It would have been almost impossible to have picked a winner if I had to do it myself.
This month we are sponsored by Kitty Bee Designs who are offering the following prize:
PRIZE: 1 (non-colored) digi to a random winner.
….and the DT team have these fun projects to share with you. The team were given two images to play with… so I picked these two cuties, and the ladies did a fab job. Thank you ladies.
Last month we had so many great entries, and I am happy to announce that random.org picked this project as the winner for the Kit & Clowder Gift Certificate…
Congrats AJ, please email me to claim your prize. For anyone unfamiliar with Kit & Clowder online coloring classes… be sure to drop by the Facebook Group too and check out all of the fab work by the Clowdies.
And now let's get cracking on some fab August projects…
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- Must be a colored piece featuring some kind of image, rubber, clear, digital stamps.. hand drawn..whatever. Does NOT have to be a card.
- No artist restrictions.. but we'd love it if you were using a sponsor image
- Please watermark your images before linking, but if you choose not to… that is your choice.
- Project must have been made/posted on your blog within the last 7 days prior to the start date of the challenge.
- If you do not have a blog, you can still enter… but please do not post your projects anywhere that requires registration to view, or comment.
- Most importantly..you must have FUN while you craft…totally unenforcible rule… but heh.
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- All submissions will require approval before going live, if I am awake and at home… that won't take long usually. But please be patient as I do have some important family issues going on right now.


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As much as I admire former Secretary of State George Shultz, and because I do, I was totally flummoxed by a recent Wall Street Journal article he co-authored with economist Nobel laureate Gary Becker. Incredulously, the two senior fellows at Stanford University's conservative Hoover Institution expressed support for a "revenue neutral" tax on carbon.
They begin by saying "Americans like to compete on a level playing field to win on competitive merits"…then go on to argue that the way to level that playing field is to introduce that tax on what they described as a "major pollutant" to "encourage producers and consumers to shift towards energy sources that emit less carbon- such as toward gas-fired power plants and away from coal-fired plants- and generate greater demand for electric and flex-fuel cars and lesser demand for conventional gasoline-powered cars."
The op-ed piece proposes that this can be accomplished in two possible ways. It might be imposed upon the population-at-large at the point of consumption (gasoline stations and electricity bills), or alternatively, could be collected as a tax at the production level to "greatly reduce the number of collection points" through the IRS or Social Security Administration. In the case of using IRS, "an annual distribution could be made to every taxpayer and recipient of the Earned Tax Credit. In the case of SSA, the distribution could be made in terms proportionate to the dollars involved, to everyone either paying into the system or receiving benefits from it."
And You Thought Income Redistribution Was Just a Liberal Democrat Thing?
Yeah, and the amount of the tax would then rise or fall on the basis of the subsequent increase or lessoning of "climate effects"… and "should be supplemented by a reasonable and sustained support for research and development in the energy area."
Sadly, they aren't the only prominent and usually brilliant conservatives who seem to have sampled the carbon tax Kool-Aid. Reagan economist Arthur Laffer has said he would support such a tax in exchange for a payroll or income tax reduction; Bush 43 economist Greg Mankiw supports a global tax; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a senior advisor to John McCain in 2008, wants a tax to provide the energy industry with regulatory "certainty."
The only certainty I foresee in such a buy-in, is a sacrifice of core conservative principles, an abandonment of common sense, and a deserved loss of political base support.
Been There…Tried That!
President Clinton attempted a similar gambit nearly 20 years ago with a proposed tax on energy use. His so-called "BTU tax", which would have been imposed upon every segment of the economy, provoked a brutal backlash that should have been no big surprise. He and congressional Dems soon caved in to demands of a vocal anti-BTU coalition which included small businesses, the agriculture sector, the building trades, the transportation industry, manufacturers and even social-service organizations representing poor and homeless clients who rely upon affordable gasoline and heating fuel.
This experience constituted a "teachable moment". As the great English writer Samuel Johnson observed, "There is nothing like a hanging to concentrate the mind." One year later (November 1994), Republicans took over control of the House for the first time in decades.
And It's Really, Really Stupid, Because…
The whole carbon tax idea is based upon the notion of taxing "bad" fossil energy to make it more expensive and "level the playing field" (without government picking winners and losers, of course), to make "good" energy (determined by politically-favored green-marketing crony capitalists and climate alarmists), more cost-competitive.
As my respected friend Marlo Lewis at the Competitive Enterprise Institute cogently points out, economic arguments that government should tax "bads", like CO2 emissions, rather than "goods", like labor and capital, reflect sloppy thinking. "In technical economic terms, only finished products and services are 'goods'. Labor and capital are inputs, production factors or costs." Here, energy is a key input without which most labor and capital would be idle or non-existent. And since about 83% of U.S. energy comes from carbon-based fuels, a carbon tax also taxes what economists loosely call "goods". Lewis refers to this as "free- lunch economics…a recipe for failure or worse."
The fundamental premise underlying the carbon tax rationale is that it offers economic compensation for harm that fossil fuel consumers inflict upon public health and the environment. Proponents argue that because fossil fuel is therefore underpriced, society uses too much of it. Therefore corrective ("Pigouvian") taxes should be added to these costs to achieve "efficient" energy markets.
This is exactly the curve being pitched by the International Monetary Fund's carbon tax proposal to provide punitive compensation for the "social cost of carbon" (SCC). And how does IMF determine that "appropriate" amount of SCC compensation? While acknowledging that "estimates in the literature have varied considerably, ranging from $12 per ton [of emissions] (Nordhaus, 2011) to $85 per ton (Stern, 2006)…[IMF] estimates assume damages from global warming of $25 per ton of CO2 emissions, following the United States Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon (2010), an extensively reviewed study."
In addition to pricing that assessed carbon emission tax by the ton, the IMF also recommends a $1.40 per gallon gasoline tax. Never mind that the $25 per ton SCC estimate would actually translate into a lesser $0.22 per gallon tax… or that the purpose of gas taxes is to pay for infrastructure. They are not intended to finance more subsidies for electric Obamacars that aren't otherwise marketable, and most likely still wouldn't be.
Regarding Those Social Costs and Tax Benefits
IMF social cost estimates are divined based upon highly theoretical climate model scenarios and associated hypothetical economic influences upon public health and welfare. Such assessments obviously don't consider negative carbon tax impacts upon the health and welfare of those who depend upon fossil-fueled electricity, food transport, heating and other fundamental life-support requirements.


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Safety Communication: Bacteria Found in Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel Poses Risk of Infection
The FDA received a report from a hospital that 16 patients had developed colonization or infection with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Each of these patients were examined with transesophageal ultrasound probes* using Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel. Upon investigation, the ultrasound gel was found to be contaminated with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella oxytoca.
The product, Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel, is not labeled as sterile. It is NOT sterile.
At this time, the FDA is concerned about contamination of Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel lot numbers 060111 through 120111. These lots contain both 250 milliliter (mL) bottles and 5 liter (L) dispensing containers of gel. The lot number is printed on each bottle of gel. The lots were manufactured June through December 2011 by Pharmaceutical Innovations. You cannot identify contaminated products by looking at the gel.
Not every patient exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella oxytoca bacteria will develop colonization (the presence of bacteria at a site without any signs of infection) or infection, but the risk remains present.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is found in water and soil. Patients exposed to the bacteria on the surface of their skin could develop inflammatory dermatitis, even on intact skin. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not usually found in places such as the upper airway, the lower GI tract or the female genital tract—if it is introduced to those places, it could colonize or cause an infection.
Invasive biopsy procedures can carry bacteria into tissues, and could cause an abscess or sepsis. The bacteria can also move from one site to another. For example, if Pseudomonas aeruginosa is introduced into the upper airway through a TEE procedure and begins to grow, it may cause no symptoms. However, if it is accidentally inhaled into the lower airway, it could cause pneumonia.
Klebsiella bacteria is often found in the digestive tract where they do not often cause infection; however, when the lungs or other tissues are exposed to Klebsiella bacteria, either minor problems or more serious infections such as pneumonia, wound infection, or bloodstream infections could occur.
Recommendations for Health Care Professionals and Facilities Regarding Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel
- Do NOT use Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel from lot numbers 060111 through 120111.
- Identify patients who have been exposed to these lots of Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel. Review the procedures they underwent and the outcomes of those procedures to determine if further evaluation is needed.
- To report adverse events associated with use of the contaminated gel, contact Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. at 973-242-2900 (897 Frelinghuysen Avenue, Newark, NJ 07114). Refer toyourfacility's infection control or other risk controlproceduresfor appropriate disposal ofOther-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel.
Recommendations for Health Care Professionals Regarding All Ultrasound Transmission Gels
- Be aware that only unopened containers of ultrasound gel labeled as sterile should be used for an indication that requires sterile gel. Ultrasound gel products that are labeled as non-sterile or that are not labeled at all with respect to sterility are NOT sterile.
- Review your policies and clinical practice standards to ensure you are always using sterile ultrasound gel for those procedures that require it.
- Check the instructions for use, as well as hospital/facility policies, to determine if sterile ultrasound gel is needed for a particular procedure or if non-sterile ultrasound gel is recommended for procedures using ultrasound transducers.
- Use sterile ultrasound gel as recommended in clinical practice standards for all sterile body site procedures and any invasive procedures using ultrasound-guided biopsy.
- Use sterile ultrasound gel for procedures with mucosal contact where biopsy is not planned but any possible added bioburden would be undesirable or mucosal trauma is likely (e.g., transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) procedures, transvaginal ultrasound procedures without biopsy, transrectal ultrasound procedures without biopsy).
- Be aware that once a container of sterile or non-sterile ultrasound gel is opened, it is no longer sterile and contamination during ongoing use is possible.
- Use open containers of ultrasound gel only for low risk procedures on intact skin and for low risk patients.
- Never refill or "top off" containers of ultrasound gel during use. The original container should be used and then discarded.
- Review clinical policies for the handling of ultrasound gel products, and take these recommendations into account when choosing the ultrasound gel product, size and type.
FDA Activities
The FDA collected and tested unopened bottles of Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel at the reporting hospital and at Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc.'s facility. The FDA's testing revealed that the finished product contained significant amounts of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella oxytoca. This result suggests that contamination occurred during the manufacturing process.
On April 18, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication and news release notifying the public about the seizure of remaining inventory of Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel located at Pharmaceutical Innovations, Inc. Newark, N.J.
Reporting Problems
Prompt reporting of adverse events can help the FDA identify and better understand the risks associated with medical devices. If you suspect a problem with Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel, we encourage you to file a voluntary report through MedWatch, the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting program. Healthcare personnel employed by facilities that are subject to the FDA's user facility reporting requirements should follow the reporting procedures established by their facilities. Device manufacturers must comply with the Medical Device Reporting (MDR) regulations.
To help us learn as much as possible about the adverse events associated with Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel, please include the following information in your reports, if available:
- Lot number
- Bottle size
- Date of adverse event
- Type of ultrasound procedure
- Details of the adverse event and medical intervention (if required)
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This week brought lots of interesting health news to the web along with many other articles that I'd like to share. Find a nice glass of wine and enjoy all the reading!
I think I'll dig right into all the health news. The Drinks Business rounds up their top 10 health-related claims of alcohol and a bit of the science behind the claims. While NPR reports that wine may help prevent bone loss in women. Two separate articles report on a new transgenic yeast that may help alleviate allergic reactions to red wine: find the first article here and the second article here.
Moving on, but not too far away, this article is about a new scientific grape research alliance being formed in the state.
The Huffington post had two articles that caught my eye. The first links wine and the future of tomatoes, while the second article takes on wine and food pairing.
After last week's slew of conterfeit wine, The Drinks Business also weighed in on conterfeit wines this week.
Google announced that alcohol products have been dropped from it's products listing service.
And finally, I'll end on an article from Wine and Vines that reports that more women are finding winemaking jobs in premium wineries than ever before.
Hope you found at least a few of these articles interesting this week! Cheers!


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The Future of the Embodied Mind
The summer school focuses on cognition in artificial and biological systems from a theoretical perspective that considers embodiment, situatedness, and action-relatedness as key elements in understanding and implementing cognitive systems.
Event dates: 4th -- 10th September 2011
The school will expose young researchers to theoretical ideas and modeling techniques, thereby facilitating a wider understanding of the broader enactive approach to cognition. It will take place against the background of the celebration of 20 years of the publication of the book "The Embodied Mind" by Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch. This book is a symbolic landmark demarcating the beginnings of the consolidation of the embodied turn into a theoretically-loaded gathering of insights, discoveries and ideas within the sciences of the mind. The summer school will gather several of different disciplines affected by this turn (robotics, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, AI) and some of the main protagonists in these fields. The objective will simultaneously be a taking stock of progress in embodied approaches over the last two decades and the elucidation of current challenges and directions. The school will have a duration of 7 days (1st day arrival and social event, 5 full days school activities, 1 day departure), each day featuring 3 talks in the morning by invited speakers, smaller discussion groups and workshops in the afternoon, and a general discussion session in the evening. The school is initiated and substantially funded by the consortium of the "eSMCs" project (http://esmcs.eu), a newly starting STREP funded by IST-Cognitive Systems.
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As part of a project I'm involved with, I've been back at the shader business a little bit lately. In particular, I've been interested in how to provide input to a shader to allow dynamic displays of various kinds.
This post will be super-basic for those of you who already know how to write shaders, but if you're just starting out with them and using Unity, it may provide a little extra help where you need it.
The shader explained below is a surface shader, which means that it controls the visual characteristics of particular pixels on a defined surface, and more particularly that it can interact with scene lighting. It also means that Unity does a lot of heavy lifting, generating lower-level shaders out of the high level shader code.
Doing this the way I am below is probably overkill, but since I'm learning here, I'm gonna give myself a pass (Shader Humour +1!).
Creating and Using a Surface Shader in Unity
In Unity, a Shader is applied to a rendered object via the object's Material. As an example, in the screenshot below, a shader named "PointShader" is applied to a Material named Upstage, which is applied to a Quad named Wall.
You can see in the UI that the Upstage material exposes two properties (actually 3, but we can ignore one of them), Color and Position. These are actually custom properties. Here's a simplified version of the shader code for PointShader.
Shader "Custom/PointShader"{ Properties { _MainTex("Dummy", 2D) = "white" {} _MyColor ("Color", Color) = (1,1,1,1) _Point ("Position", Vector) = (0, 0, 0, 0) } SubShader { // Setup stuff up here CGPROGRAM // More setup stuff sampler2D _MainTex; fixed4 _MyColor; float4 _Point; // Implementation of the shader ENDCG } }
That "Properties" block defines inputs to the shader that you can set via the material, either in the Unity editor or in script.
In this case, we've defined 3 inputs:
- We will ignore _MainTex below because we're not really using it except to ensure that our generated shaders properly pass UV coordinates, but basically it is a 2D graphic (that is, a texture). It's called "Dummy" in the editor, and by default it will just be a texture that is flat white
- _MyColor (which has that My in front of it to avoid any possible conflict with the _Color variable that exists by default in a Unity Surface Shader) is a 4-component Color (RGBA). This type is basically the same as the Color type used everywhere else in Unity. This variable has the name "Color" in the editor, and defaults to opaque white.
- _Point is a 4-component Vector, which is slightly different from a Color in that it uses full floating point components, as you can see in the SubShader block. It's referred to as Position in the Unity UI. The naming is up to you; I'm just showing you that you can use one name in code and a different one in the editor if you need to. It defaults to the origin.
As you can see in the screenshot above, you can set these values directly in the editor, which is pretty handy. The real power of this input method, however, comes when you start to integrate dynamic inputs via scripting.
PointShader was created as a sort of "selective mirror". It allows me to apply an effect on a surface based on the location of an object in my scene. In order to do this, I have to update the _Point property of my material. The code below shows how I'm doing that in this case.
public class PointUpdate : MonoBehaviour { public Vector2 texPos; internal override void Apply(Vector3 position) { var transformedPoint = this.transform.InverseTransformPoint(position); var tempX = .5f - transformedPoint.x / 10; var tempY = .5f - transformedPoint.z / 10; texPos = new Vector2(tempX, tempY); var material = this.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material; material.SetVector("_Point", texPos); } }
Whenever my tracked object moves, it calls this Apply method, supplying its own position as a parameter. I then map that position to the local space of the object on which my shader is acting:
transformedPoint = this.transform.InverseTransformPoint(position);
Then I turn that mapped position into coordinates on my texture.
Three things you should know to understand this calculation:
- Texture coordinates are constrained to the range of 0 to 1
- A Unity quad has sides of length 10
- In this case my texture coordinates are inverted to the object orientation
var tempX = .5f - transformedPoint.x / 10; var tempY = .5f - transformedPoint.z / 10; texPos = new Vector2(tempX, tempY);
Finally, I set the value of _Point on my material. Note that I use the variable name and NOT the editor name here:
material.SetVector("_Point", texPos);
With this value set, I know where I should paint my dot with my shader. I use the surf() function within the shader to do this. I've added the full SubShader code block below.
SubShader { Tags { "RenderType"="Opaque" } LOD 200 CGPROGRAM // Physically based Standard lighting model, and enable shadows on all light types #pragma surface surf Standard fullforwardshadows // Use shader model 3.0 target, to get nicer looking lighting #pragma target 3.0 sampler2D _MainTex; fixed4 _Color; float4 _Point; struct Input { float2 uv_MainTex; }; void surf (Input IN, inout SurfaceOutputStandard o) { if(IN.uv_MainTex.x > _Point.x - 0.05 && IN.uv_MainTex.x < _Point.x + 0.05 && IN.uv_MainTex.y > _Point.y - 0.05 && IN.uv_MainTex.y < _Point.y + 0.05 ) { o.Albedo = _Color; o.Alpha = 1; } else { o.Albedo = 0; o.Alpha = 0; } } ENDCG }
The Input structure defines the values that Unity will pass to your shader. There are a bunch of possible element settings, which are described in detail at the bottom of the Writing Surface Shaders manpage.
The surf function receives that Input structure, which in this case I'm using only to get UV coordinates (which, in case you're just starting out, are coordinates within a texture), and the SurfaceOutputStandard structure, which is also described in that manpage we talked about.
The key thing to know here is that the main point of the surf() function is to set the values of the SurfaceOutputStandard structure. In my case, I want to turn pixels "near" my object on, and turn all the rest of them off. I do this with a simple if statement:
if(IN.uv_MainTex.x > _Point.x - 0.05 && IN.uv_MainTex.x < _Point.x + 0.05 && IN.uv_MainTex.y > _Point.y - 0.05 && IN.uv_MainTex.y < _Point.y + 0.05 ) { o.Albedo = _Color; o.Alpha = 1; } else { o.Albedo = 0; o.Alpha = 0; }
Albedo is the color of the pixel in question, and Alpha its opacity. By checking whether the current pixel's UV coordinates (which are constrained to be between 0 and 1) are within a certain distance from my _Point property, I can determine whether to paint it or not.
At runtime, this is how that looks:
It's a simple effect, and not necessarily useful on its own, but as a starting point it's not so bad.


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Take your toilet roll and cut it into half. Then use your paints and embellishments to decorate the rings to suit your décor.
These napkin rings are fun for kids to make as gifts for grandparents, teacher gifts or loved one.
Just box them up and make a pretty little "Handmade by…" tag for a super unique and practical gift.


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The New Administration of a Fine Arts Education is a conversation series with leading individuals in contemporary art, culture and education who engage in multiple and overlapping artistic and pedagogic practices. Their exhibitions, actions, writing and artworks are at times seamless integrations of cultural production, lifestyle, studio and teaching. Some of them operate from inside or in coordination with art education institutions, challenging tradition from within. Others combine education and creative economic strategies to sustain practices in the realm of contemporary art and beyond and to realize new institutions. In all cases they are dismantling, intentionally or not, rigid definitions of what it means to be an artist, curator and educator today.
The series and accompanying publication intend to consider prescient questions related to contemporary cultural production and models of education. What exactly is a cultural producer? How has the portrait of the solitary artist working in the studio been reshaped as the artist simultaneously making objects, writing, curating and teaching? What are the challenges posed by these interchangeable and expanding identities and platforms? The participants in The New Administration of a Fine Arts Education represent diverse but complementary points of view for considering these questions and others.
About the artists
Jon Rubin from Bureau for Open Culture on Vimeo.
Matthew Higgs from Bureau for Open Culture on Vimeo.
J. Morgan Puett from Bureau for Open Culture on Vimeo.
Michael Mercil from Bureau for Open Culture on Vimeo.


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It's done, Milan to Pippo Inzaghi - evening meetings between Berlusconi, Galliani and Inzaghi, who will succeed Seedorf - announcement soon
Prandelli renewal, will be manager until Euro 2016
Thohir-Moratti, money is there, Ince deal underway
Milan choose Inzaghi, Emery to stay at Sevilla
Juve up Sanchez chase with Barca
Get in a queue for Benatia
Lazio future, Lotito asks the help of the fans
Moratti and Thohir, no peace, Ince in Milan with his father, Inter offer a four year contract
Immobile to Barcelona? Not only Dortmund and Atletico interested, Luis Enrique wants him. At Barcelona is also the agent of Benatia
Padelli-Torino renewal
Prandelli until 2016, "And now the World Cup"


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Don Crouch, 79, of Williamsburg, died Sept. 8.
Crouch was an ironworker at Martin-Marietta Uranium Plant in Piketon. He was a life member of the American Legion and served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his service.
Crouch is survived by his wife Jewell Crouch, children Dee (Bud) Hall, Richard (Teresa) Crouch and Michael Crouch, grandchildren Brittany, Anthony, Matt, Josh and Ashley, seven great-grandchildren and daughter Kathleen Miller.
Services 1 p.m. Sept. 18 at Living Church of Five Mile in Mt. Orab. Memorials to Megie Funeral Home. Megie Funeral Home caring for the family.


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I am using itheme2 on my blog. I've set up sticky posts along with a featured image. The feature image displays as expected but my latest posts don't and the only way I can get to them is by selecting the feature image, I don't understand why.
What do I need to do so that my latest post (e.g. from today) displays on the landing page (e.g. latest posts) even if it has a sticky and featured image set?
I noticed, none of the posts I've set with a sticky and featured image display at all. Again the only way I get to them is by selecting the featured image on the slider.
Here's my blog: http://inluvwithromance.wordpress.com/
Blog url: http://inluvwithromance.wordpress.com/


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001286: 1895 Plat Map
Detail from an 1895 plat map of Wilkins Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania showing the location of the Albert and Mary Pohl family homestead, highlighted. The area was also known as #3 Hill. It is in the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company plan of lots.
Source: Digital Research Library, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Historic Pittsburgh (http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/ : downloaded 16 September 2011), Real estate plat-book of the eastern vicinity of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co., 1895). Plate 16. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/20090121-hopkins.html.
Citation: Mike Voisin, iSeeAncestors (http://iSeeAncestors.com/tree/groups/public/media/si-00007-i546-17.html : revised January 02, 2018), Gallery.
Revised: January 02, 2018
Copyright © 2000-2018 Mike Voisin. All rights reserved.


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7 in 7 challenge [as easy or hard as you want it to be]
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For this challenge you are to walk, jog, or run 7 miles in 7 days. I know some of you may have to wait on doing this challenge because of weather. But when you can, you should do it.
I like doing challenges like these because you get out of the house. You can take you kids and/or dog(s) with you on this one too.
Make sure you post here when you do the challenge.
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I'm in Tucson. I HATE it here!! However, I'm not a heat and sun person.
by Sue ~ Head Admin on Jan. 19, 2011 at 1:07 AM
I prefer mild weather myself. Warm for this time of year here in WA state is 50 degrees.
by Sue ~ Head Admin on Jan. 19, 2011 at 4:45 PM
by Corinne ~ Owner on Jan. 21, 2011 at 12:06 AM
Awesome job Amber!!!!! You go girl ;)
by Sue ~ Head Admin on Jan. 21, 2011 at 2:56 AM
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I'm a freelance user interface designer & front end developer from Rotterdam (The Netherlands).
I love working on interactive projects for brands and individuals. If you are looking for someone who specializes in interface design for websites and apps:
Thanks to my design and code skills, I'm able to lead teams and communicate with designers and developers. Like a translator I understand the goals of a designer and the underlying technical implications for developers.
I'm also for hire as a freelance front end developer. I specialize in the design and implementation of responsive design in HTML/CSS. I'm an expert in WordPress. I wrote my own framework that combines WordPress' ease of use with a modern git driven deployment workflow.
In 2006 founded online magazine Fontanel and in 2011 I founded it's offspring Fontanel Jobs, the job board for the Dutch creative industry together with Thomas Moes and Willem van Roosmalen.
I have worked for the following brands and companies: Ace & Tate, HBO, Vitra, Philips, Studio Dumbar, Tam Tam, Argos, Team Argos-Shimano, Het Spoorwegmuseum, De Consumentenbond, D-reizen, Heineken, The Red Cross, The Graphic Design Festival, Artsen Zonder Grenzen, Blend Magazine, Delta Lloyd Group, Hogeschool Rotterdam, Waternet and others.