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It is 1943, deep in the midst of World War II, and Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn has been sent to New Zealand to look for spies when he gets a letter from Dr. James Ackrington that he is certain that a spy is inhabiting Wai-ata-Tapu Hot Springs, which are thermal springs with mud baths and mineral waters full of "alkalize, free sulfuric acid, and free carbolic acid gas" in Colour Scheme. Then the book shifts to the Hot Springs with the Claire family and Dr. Ackrington, along with their guests and local native friends. Dr Ackrington receives a letter from a doctor friend asking if the famous Shakespearean actor, Geoffery Gaunt, might be allowed to spend some time at the Hot Springs doing hydrotherapy. Gaunt got stuck in New Zealand when the war started, so he has spent his time raising money for the war effort. But now he needs medical treatment and has been recommended to visit Wai-ata-Tapu. Most of the Claire family are inclined to reject the visit of Gaunt, along with his secretary and manservant, but Colonel Claire reveals that he is in serious debt to Maurice Questing, the odious man who has been occupying a room at Wai-ata-Tapu, so they need the funds from Gaunt, though that will almost certainly be insufficient to save the springs for themselves. Thus they invite Gaunt to join them.
It doesn't take long before Gaunt takes up residence, leading to a visit by the Maori top royalty, Rua, a 100- year sort of uber- chief who began life as a warrior, then became a newspaper editor and then a member of Parliament before returning to the traditional Maori lifestyle in his old age. He wants to invite Gaunt and the other residents at Wai-ata-Tapu to join a special gathering among the Maori people. But then he brings up a further subject, that he has had reports that Questing has been searching for Maori artifacts on the mountain, something highly "tapu" to the Maori people. Questing has been boasting among certain groups that when he takes over Wai-ata-Tapu, he will set up a fancy resort with a curio shop. What's worse is that Questing has been seeking out the sacred axe of Rui, the oldest known chief, who is buried with this sacred axe. Dr. Ackrington announces that all of this secret night work on the mountain just gives him an excuse for sending signals to the Japanese in the nearby sea, since Dr. Ackrington believes strongly that the other man is a fifth columnist, an "enemy within."
The night of the concert, all the residents of Wai-ata-Tapu go, either by foot over the mountain filled with hot mud geysers or by car, to the Maori village. Everyone has a great time, especially when Gaunt brings the building to its feet with his recitation of the famous St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V. But Questing still manages to make everyone around him angry, and they all go off in different directions, most to walk home. Then, as Dikon Bell, Gaunt's secretary, gets ready to drive the women home, they hear a piercing scream that takes Dikon up the mountain, where he runs into Septimus Falls, a new visitor to Wai-ata-Tapu, who thinks that Questing may have fallen into the geyser of boiling mud. The rest of the book tries to solve the mystery of what truly did happen to Questing. Did he fall in the geyser? Was he pushed in? Or was this all an elaborate scheme to make his getaway?
Could he have been a spy?
Colour Scheme begins a pattern in which Marsh experiments with different styles of narration. The book begins with a third person omniscient point of view but shifts about a quarter of the way to a mostly limited point of view from the perspective of Dikon, but it doesn't limit itself even to the limited viewpoint, shifting in and out of it to an omniscient angle.
It is also interesting how the war affects the content of the book. First, Alleyn is in New Zealand in the first place because of his war duties to look for spies, whether from the outside or from within. This served as a reminder that everyone must be wary even in locations seemingly afar from the action of the war. Second, the conclusion of the personal action ends with less certainty than most books, which usually end with an impending wedding or similar. Without creating a spoiler, though, I can't go into further details on this. But throughout the course of the book, we are constantly reminded that war is present amid everything.
The people at Wai-ata-Tapu live very comfortably next to the Maori people, the native people of New Zealand. This book spends a lot of time portraying the Maori from the region of this book. As it says, "White men move across the surface of
New Zealand, but the Maori people are of its essence." They have had to adapt to the modernization of a millennium in just a century. It is worth noting that the name Ngaio is actually our author's middle name and is of Maori origin. Though I believe Marsh was not of the Maori people, she clearly had strong sympathies for the group. It is important for readers to separate racist comments made by individual characters from the actual opinion of the author. In this case, some characters do say things disrespectful to the Maori culture, but they do not represent the attitude of the author, as her complaint against the ways the colonizers have harmed Maori culture shows.
As I look through reviews, I see many people who do not like the performance of Nadia May in the audio versions. I, however, really like Nadia May, the nom de vox of Wanda MacCaddon, another name she records under. In fact, my mother and I will always choose Nadia May over any other narrator if a book has multiple offerings. To illustrate my pretence of this narrator, I own 30 titles performed by her, even of books with other narrators as selections. I like hearing May's pleasant voice as she reads a book to me. Further, she uses effective pacing, neither too fast or too slow. She did a great job voicing the Maori people, especially in their native wails. Does anyone notice a pattern here? I just really like Nadia May!
Colour Scheme is a really creative, fascinating book, but because we don't actually meet Alleyn until the very end of the book, I do not recommend it for someone new to the works of Marsh. I love the taste I get of northern New Zealand, which is so different from the taste I got of other parts of the island country in Vintage Murder, Died in the Wool, and Photo Finish, each of which highlights a different part of the country. The background of the war just adds further intrigue to an already interesting plot. But because of the absence of Roderick Alleyn for almost the entire book, I lower my five stars to four.
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I visited Chippenham Ambulance Station to better understand the excellent work our team here in Wiltshire does and meet with the paramedics and operational teams who make it happen.
999 Calls to South Western Ambulance Service Trust have been up almost 3% on the previous year and I was interested to learn that they also have the highest number of people staying at home following a 999 call, due to our highly skilled serving Paramedics. Additionally, based on Red1 Call response times, 73.72% of their calls are responded to in 8 minutes; placing our Trust in the national top 3.
The rural nature of our county in particular means that co-responders and defibrillators are an increasingly vital resource. It is imperative that our communities have emergency assistance as quickly as possible. Whilst our Emergency Services, without doubt, performance fantastically, I will continue my commitment to try and get a defibrillator in every school and push to extend this commitment into work places and more communities.


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MIT google sniper review Stefan Helmreich wins google sniper Carson Prize for "Alien Ocean" Presented by the Society for the Social Study of Science Stefan Helmreich's much-admired book "Alien Ocean, Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas" (University of California Press, 2009), … Continue reading
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Study of Science Stefan Helmreich's much-admired book "Alien Ocean, Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas" (University of California Press, 2009), has won the 2012 Rachel Carson Book Prize, given by the Society for the Social Study of Science to recognize a work of special social or political relevance in science and technology studies.
Helmreich, a professor of anthropology, has received two earlier significant prizes for "Alien Ocean": the 2010 Gregory Bateson Book Prize, awarded by the Society of Cultural Anthropology, and the 2010 Senior Book Prize from the American Ethnological Society. Presenting the award at the ceremony in Copenhagen, Javier Lezaun said, "This is a book that leads us into an alien world in the company of the scientists who research microbial life forms, and of all those who place their hopes in the hidden riches of the sea.
This is a book that will change the way you think about nature and ecology; an anthropological study that reads, at times, like science fiction. Please join me in congratulating Stefan for this achievement." Full story at MIT SHASS News A former Loudoun County manager at a bank pleaded guilty Friday to stealing $14.1 million from her customers and using the money to buy houses, vehicles, a luxury motor home and a helicopter.As
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Penguins rallied past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Monday night. While a master of many forms of music, Evan Ziporyn has a particular affinity for the sounds of Bali.
Ziporyn, the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music, has been involved with Balinese gamelan – a kind of percussion orchestral music -
since his 1981 Murray Fellowship from Yale University.
In 1993, three years after coming to MIT as an assistant professor, he founded Gamelan Galak Tika, a popular performing group.
Yet Ziporyn, a composer and musician, writes and performs music ranging from classical, hard rock, alternative to ensemble.
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and soloist with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a high-energy chamber ensemble, and has toured as a saxophonist with Paul Simon. Ziporyn now adds another credit to his lengthy resume: an opera based on a true-life story that combines Balinese and Western musical forms.
"A House in Bali," based on a 1930s memoir of the same title, traces the roots of the West's century-long infatuation with Bali, through the true story of three Westerners – composer Colin McPhee, anthropologist Margaret Mead, and artist Walter Spies - during their 1930s sojourn in Bali. Ziporyn composed the music, which will be performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars and a Balinese gamelan directed by Dewa Ketut Alit, with choreography by Kadek Dewi Aryani. Marc Molomot, Anne Harley and Timur Bekbosunov will perform the roles of McPhee, Mead and Spies, respectively. "A House in Bali" (www.houseinbali.org) will premiere on June 26-27 in the Puri Saraswati, a part of the palace complex in the village of Ubud, Bali; it will be performed on Sept. 26-27 in the Zellerbach Auditorium at the the University of California, Berkeley. (See www.houseinbali.org.)
The MIT News Office caught up with Ziporyn by e-mail while he was in Bali
preparing for the production. Q: Why did you choose to create an opera as opposed to another kind of musical form? A: The word "opera" just means "works" - and to me it means total theater, a combination of all the performing arts – music, theater, dance, lights and costumes, etc.
This is what it meant to Wagner as well, but that doesn't mean all opera has to sound like Wagner – not that there's anything wrong with that. I am in fact working with three opera singers (mainly from Baroque opera, as I prefer those vocal qualities), and the piece does tell a story, but I'm also working with three traditional Balinese singers, whose voices and mannerisms have nothing to do with western opera or, for that matter, western music. Q: What is your source material? What will the music be like? A: "A House in Bali" is based on a memoir of the same name by the first Western composer to travel to Bali, Colin McPhee.
McPhee heard the first recordings of Balinese gamelan in 1928 and immediately went there to study and document the music.
He did a tremendous job of it: his book and transcriptions are still considered the definitive source on the music of the period, both by Westerners and the Balinese. And he loved Bali.
He came back to America as WWII loomed and, sadly, never got his life back on track. His own music was never the same, and he died without ever finding a way to return. He's a very important figure to me, both a model and a warning, and his story is truly tragic: unrequited love, but the object of affection is a culture, rather than a person. As with the singers, the instrumental music brings together two worlds. My own ensemble, Bang on a Can, is involved, and our instrumentation is basically a rock band with strings. Beyond that, I have a full Balinese gamelan – 16 musicians from the Ubud area – and the combination of these disparate sounds mirrors and frames the story.
They come together and drift apart, mesh and clash – just as they do in my own imagination and, I think, as they did in McPhee's.
Q: Is there anything that is particularly characteristic of MIT in the opera? A: Only that it's sui generis or "in a class of its own." There have been other operas that have employed Balinese music for color or exoticism, but I don't know of any piece that's interweaved these two cultures so extensively.
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"Organic" Foods
Most of us wouldn't describe ourselves as activists. We don't have enough time to join rallies, or enough money to make donations, but the truth is we make a political statement every time we go shopping. With everything we buy we are saying "I support this product and how it was made."
Lately I've been seeing more and more items at the grocery store with a big "O" on them; Organic pasta sauce, Organic cereal, Organic butter. They are some sort of store-brand, generic, organic product line. I have begun buying them whenever I find them. Even if they cost a few more cents, I feel those few cents are my way of supporting organic farming, which I firmly believe is better for the environment and the long term sustainability of our food crops.
As these products become more prevalent, I have found myself wondering what requirements exactly have to be fulfilled for a product to be considered "organic."The USDA had a wealth of information on their website.
In 1990 the National Organic Program was established to set national standards for organic foods. The USDA describes organic food as "…produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations." There's a lot more to it, but that's the overarching idea. By law, only food producers who meet the standards set by the 1990 Organic Food Production Act can put "USDA Certified Organic" on their labels.
That's all well and good, but do the "O" brand organic products have the USDA stamp of approval? I couldn't remember ever seeing the phrase "USDA Certified Organic," so I pulled out a jar of pasta sauce I bought recently and looked closely for the first time. There on the bottom right hand corner of the label was the tiny USDA ORGANIC logo. So now we know. The logo is the thing to look for. It's an easy and relatively cheap way of making an environmental statement.
One last quick note on the organics front. There has been some trouble surrounding this issue in Washington in the past year. Big companies have lobbied for (and won) the right to put the organic label on their products, even though they don't contain organic ingredients. For example, Anheuser Busch can now sell its Organic Wild Hops Beer without using any organic hops at all.
If you would like to contribute your voice to the protests against the degradation of the organic stamp of approval, the Organic Consumers Association has everything you need to know, and a form to make emailing your representatives very easy. Sassy mommas unite!


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Day 3….Hmm is that a French pastry and espresso….from a foreign land or right down the street? And what does that dress say…au revoir…translation app, please… Lawdy,What is she up to this time?
Stay tuned Summer Adventure Blog is a mere 5 days away. In the meantime enjoy your illegal fireworks!
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At a social gathering of 85 faculty members, graduate students and staff at the department of food science at the University of Illinois, the partygoers served themselves ice-cream.
They did not know they were also the subjects of an experiment. Half the participants were given bowls with a half-litre capacity, and half were given litre-capacity bowls.
In addition, half were given 60ml spoons to scoop their ice cream and half were given 90ml serving spoons. With larger spoons, people served themselves 14.5 per cent more, and with a larger bowl, they heaped on 31 per cent more.
With both a large spoon and a large bowl, the nutrition experts helped themselves to 56.8 per cent more ice cream than those who used the smaller utensils. And almost all of them ate all the ice-cream they took.
The findings will appear in the The American Journal of Preventive Medicine; reported by The New York Times.
Can anyone tell me why nutritionists are eating Ice cream? It annoys me that we are supposed to be taking their advice, while they can't follow it themselves! And if they are advising eating ice cream, then as nutritionists, they aren't worth a damn.


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Colorado is the place for various fishing cultures which includes Freestone Rivers, High Mountains, Fish Colorado, still reservoirs where one can experience the best fishing adventure. Colorado fishing reports are on regular basis monitored, updated and maintained for the perfect fishing experience. Because of the extensive exposure under Colorado, it is easy to look for an elongated passage of the river which proves fruitful in any sought of the weather conditions.
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Jackson Hole Places
TripWhat's travel guide to Jackson Hole; our list of the best things to see, including Snake River Brewing Company, Snake River Grill and Mad River Boat Trips.
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The best things to do near Jackson Hole
Snake River Brewing Company265 S Millward StEvery day 11:30AM-1AM. A good place to go for an excellent microbrew at the end of a long hike or ski. Award winning beer and a boisterous atmosphere.
Snake River Grill84 E Broadway AveEvery day, from 5:30PM in summer, 6PM in winter. Offers excellent dinners, with local touches found in not only the atmosphere, but the menu and ingredients, too. Nationally recognized chef. Most sought after reservations in town. Rather expensive, about $40-$50 a person.
Mad River Boat Trips1255 South US Highway 89One of several float companies in Jackson, offering scenic leisurely trips or whitewater rafting trips with up to Class 3 rapids on the Snake River. Great fun with safe and knowledgeable guides. Great for older kids.restaurants nearby
Barker-Ewing River Trips945 West BroadwayA family owned and operated Snake River whitewater rafting and float company with guides and gourmet meals.food nearby
Jackson Hole Museum105 North Glenwood StreetOpen M-Sa 9:30AM-6PM, Su 10AM-5PM. Over 50 years old, this museum houses almost 12,000 antiquities that range from Native American artifacts, to objects and tools from the area's first settlers and traders. Also features exhibits on the history of Jackson, Jackson Hole, and the surrounding National Parks. Walking tours available. $3 adults, $2 seniors, $1 students.eat nearby
RARE Gallery Jackson Hole Arts485 West BroadwayJackson Hole Art gallery featuring western contemporary art from Warhol, Lichtenstein, Ansel Adams, Tomas Lasansky, Michael Kalish, and many others.restaurants nearby
Tootsy's Footsy Lounge565 N Cache suite 6extremely reasonable prices. Tootsy's Footsy Lounge : Locals and visitors love this day spa for it's local charm, character and friendly prices. The signature special is the Deluxe 1hr Tootsy Footsy Massage for $43.99! There are 3 treatment rooms and Tootsy's Footsy Lounge can accommodate up to 5 people comfortably. Also try a Therapeutic Massage, a Tootsy's Feel Good Facial or even waxing (men's & women's). Advance reservations are requested. A 'Must Do' in Jackson Hole. www.tootsysfootsylounge.comfood nearby
Snow King Resort400 East Snow King AveThe base of this smaller mountain is incredibly convenient to the town, located a mere 6 blocks from the town square.eat nearby
Thai Me Up75 E Pearl AveJackson's newest (only) nano-brewery. Follow Us on Twitter @ThaiMeUpBrewery
Rendezvous Bistro380 S Us Hwy 89Open Tuesday - Saturday 5:30-10:00pm www.jhfinedining.com/offseasonspecials.html
Pinky G's Pizzeria50 w broadwayLocally VOTED BEST PIZZA IN JH 2012! Opened in 2011
Sweetwateron the corner of Pearl and King StGreat homemade soups and sandwiches for lunch, slightly expensive but awesome dinner (the macaroni and cheese side dish is a must).
Pica's1160 Alpine LaneEvery day 11AM-10PM. Inexpensive burritos made with fresh, healthy ingredients. Excellent guacamole.
Teton Thai135 North Cache DriveOpen M-F 12PM-2PM, M-Sa 5PM-9PM. Where the locals go for Thai food. Except for about 6 seats at the counter, seating is outside and BYOB. Excellent Thai food at a reasonable price. As of fall, 2010, Teton Thai located in Teton Village
The Blue Lion160 North Millward StSomewhat pricey but well worth it. The stuffed mushrooms and mud pie are incredible.
Silver Dollar Bar & Grillcorner of Glenwood and BroadwayLocated inside the Wort Hotel. Offers great drinks and food in an Old West saloon-style setting.
DANNA a signature eatery520 South Highway 89Jackson Hole's best new restaurant serving an eclectic variety of fresh and tasty food cooked to order! Serving lunch/dinner 10:30AM-8:30PM
The Bunnery Bakery & Restaurant130 N Cache DrAll Natural Granola, Jackson Hole Wyoming Restaurants & Dining
Sweetwater Restaurant85 S King StSweetwater Restaurant Jackson Hole Wyoming serving lunch and dinner daily
Nikai Sushi225 N Cache Drjackson hole restaurant and sushi bar
Bubba's Bar-B-Que Restaurant100 Flat Creek DrJackson Hole Restaurants featuring delicious BBQ and hearty meals - Breakfast, lunch and Dinner.
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Sometimes you just have one of those days (or weeks) and, if you're like me, you need some serious chocolate to make things right again. That's why I decided to head to the Chocolate Box in downtown Seattle, near Pike's Place Market.
The store is a combination of the following: retail outlet for local chocolatiers and bakeries, headquarters for the Seattle "Tour de Chocolat" ($69, every Thursday, Friday & Saturday), and espresso/chocolate bar. Although I was tempted by the mini cupcakes, I decided that my bad day warranted a staight shot of their famous "drinking chocolate" – basically melted chocolate in a teacup.
The weather was perfect for al fresco drinking, so I took my teacup to the outdoor sitting area in front of the store. After taking a few deep inhales to take in the smell and prepare myself, I took a sip. Instantly, my troubles melted away as the velvety and intense liquid hit my tongue. This actived the chocolate nerve center in my brain, and although I tried to savor each sip, the frenzy began and the drink was gone before I knew it. So, me being me, I licked the cup.
If you are a chocoholic who appreciates intense, rich, and pure chocolate, the "drinking chocolate" is something you must experience. An added plus: In my opinion, a shot of this chocolate relieves a troubled mind faster than a shot of whisky… give it a try!
Chocolate Box:
108 Pine St
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Most often we ask our self "how to win back my lover even if they cheated."
It is easier to make someone fall in love with you again then it was for the first time. When you have already been partners, you have a shared history. Sure not all of this time will have provided great memories but some of it will. You just need to think of the good experience you have and not to dwindle on the bad one.
I presumed that you did not lose your partner's love and affection by having an affair. Having an affair will damage any relationship but it does not need to end. It can be natural reaction to be angry. But when you think about it, does the fact he slept with someone else really mean that you should end something that was good for most of the time.
Of course it will depend on the situation. If he had a one night stand and is now full of remorse that is one thing. But if he has been having an affair for a long period of time, that is a completely different matters to think about. The one night stand is easy sex, the long term affair is emotional betrayal and lying both of which hurt a lot more. The long term affair will do a lot more damage to your relationship.
But it still does not have to be the end. Affairs happen for all sorts of reasons and so long as it has not been a pattern through your whole relationship you can fix things if you want to. But if you were the other woman when you met, and now he has moved onto another person then you are in trouble. That is the problem when the mistress becomes the wife. She often are available.
So how to win your love back? You need to educate yourself on how to make the most of your relationships. Because people get together every day, we often just assume that this is something we should know how to do. After all the secrets to successful relationships is not being teach at school.
Well money management is not either taught, yet both are very necessary skills for leading a happy life. So get yourself an education. Start reading and listening to all the information you can on how to rekindle past love. How to build successful relationships and have happy marriage. There is no end to the amount of information available. Just be sure you pick a course that has been used by many happy customers who have been so pleased with their results, they have posted testimonials to the effectiveness of the course.
In no time at all you will no longer be asking "how to win my love back" and will probably find your friends are now looking for your help on how to achieve the happiness you now have.


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Andrew BezenahIT and Security Manager
Andrew Bezenah is the Information Technology and Security Manager for Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group. He manages the internal technological infrastructure for the company, while ensuring all internal systems run efficiently and effectively across all company locations.
Andrew earned a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and Cyber Security from ITT Technical Institute. Andrew also served his country as a Combat Engineer with the Marine Corps and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.


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The Adobe Art Gallery is a program and facility of the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. The Adobe Art Gallery is a public fine art gallery, committed to promoting and encouraging visual arts within the District.
Photographs courtesy of Marco Zecchin, www.image-center.com
The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District established the Adobe Art Center in the fall of 1961 to fulfill the need in the area for an art center. Classes are offered for all ages, day and night, in ceramics, painting, sculpture, jewelry and watercolor while the Adobe Art Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their works.
The Adobe building, located on the grounds of the Castro Valley Elementary School, was leased to the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District for use as a community center. The Adobe was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project designed by Mario Corbett of San Francisco and built in 1938. The building is located in an elm grove planted by the Castro Valley Boy Scouts in 1926. There are hundreds of 4x9x16 inch adobe bricks made by the W.P.A. from dirt excavated from the site of the Redwood School in Castro Valley. The walls of the Adobe are 16 inches thick. Most of the timbers were hand hewn from discarded telephone poles given to the Castro Valley School District by the Pacific Telephone Company. Stabilized mud was used as mortar and the Glidden Paint Company developed special paint. The original draperies were hand woven by WPA workers from twine supplied by the Castro Valley School District.
Of special interest is the copper mural over the large fireplace in the meeting hall portraying scenes from the life of California Indians designed by Clay Spohn and executed by Alanzo Chard in 1941. A mosaic mural by an anonymous artist at the entrance to the building depicts a bullfight and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The building was first used as a day nursery, a meeting place for the Parent Teachers Association and community groups. Kindergarten classes of the Castro Valley School District met in the Adobe from 1943 through 1950. The Adobe building located on the North side of the elm grove was used as a meeting place and is now the ceramics studio.
The Redwood Studios were completed on February 1965. The 3,360 square foot building houses the painting, jewelry and sculpture studios, offices for the Adobe Art Center and an exhibit lounge.


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Optical company
I need down payment for established 75 year old optometric practise.
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- Industry Healthcare Services
- Location Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Currency USD
Company Summary
The company is the largest optometric practise in the southwest. The owner has passed away and the widow will sell to remaining four doctors. I need $125,0000 dollars for down payment. We do eye exams and prescribe glasses and contacts cheaper than the competition. The practise is still growing after seventy-five years. I have been there for twenty-three years and would like to preserve the jobs of the other 50 employees.
Ellis R JonesOptometrist
I served in the military for seven years as Army optometrist. Worked at current position for 23 years as an optometrist. I'm married with one son in the military.
Mike JakowitschOptometrist
Worked as an optometrist in a solo practise for nine years. Worked as an optometrist at current job for five years.
Shama DeanOptometrist
Worked at current position as an optometrist for twelve years.
Mike AndrewsOffice manager
Worked at current position for thirty years. Responibilities include managing the optical business, hiring people, ordering materials, making the glasses.


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A Guide to Nightlife in Ilford – Hostalworld London Guide
Whilst there are good transport connections into central London, Ilford does have all the ingredients needed to have a good night out. With a theatre, pubs, restaurants and clubs all within easy walking distance of one another, there is no need to travel far.
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Restaurants in Ilford
There are numerous restaurants in Ilford to eat at, with cuisine from around the world, including Indian, Thai and Mexican. The Wok Wala on the High Road gets consistently good reviews, and they have an interesting range of new milkshakes which appeal to some. Another good restaurant is Mirage Steak Restaurant on Eastern Avenue. Portions are large enough to satisfy even the hungriest steak lovers, and there is also a selection of Turkish dishes. Other notable restaurants include the Thai Royale on Woodford Avenue, and Yen Lin on Goodmayes Road.
Pubs and Bars in Ilford
Ilford has a mix of local pubs, and pubs part of national chains. The Great Spoon of Ilford on Cranbrook Road, is part of the Wetherspoon chain of pubs, for example. Specialising in cheap food and drinks, it is a good place to start the night before moving on to one of the other pubs and clubs in the Ilford area. Slightly upmarket from The Great Spoon, is O'Neills on Station Road. Again, part of a chain pub, this Irish themed bar has food throughout the day, and a good range of beers and spirits including Guinness of course. Live music is also a feature at the weekends, with Irish folk and Indie bands proving popular. For a drink in a more traditional looking building, The Cuckhold a short distance away in Wanstead might be better.
Clubs in Ilford
There are half a dozen nightclubs in the Ilford area to choose from, with Faces Lounge and Club on Gants Hill being perhaps the most prominent. They encourage membership, but it is possible to pay on the door, and various offers and a good vibe entice locals and visitors alike. Close by to Faces, is Visage 80's bar. This appeals to an unpretentious crowd who are more interested in having plain, simple fun. 80's music and neon lighting go hand in hand to give the place a retro feel that is more cheesy than cool, but all in a good way. For other clubs, it is best to ask in the local bars and clubs to see what the locals recommend.
Other Entertainment in Ilford
The Kenneth More Theatre was opened in 1975, and provides a stage for both professional and amateur productions. If visiting during the Festive season, be sure to catch the pantomime, which is a firm favourite with the locals. Located on Oakfield Road, it's worth contacting the box office to see what may be on when you are in the area. The I-Scene complex in Ilford has a cinema and a bowling alley for those people seeking a more relaxed way of spending an evening in the area, or looking for something to do before hitting some pubs and clubs.


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Aural tests are an integral part of all ABRSM Practical graded music exams. The Specimen Aural Tests provide teachers and students with many practice examples of the tests to use as part of a music lesson or when preparing for an exam.
This volume covers Grades 4-5 and includes:
The Specimen Aural Tests volumes are each available in versions with or without CDs.


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Ben Hogan took the golf ball and pressed it into Joe Dey's palm.
"This is for Golf House, Joe," said the Hawk.
Dey knew why. Ben Hogan had just conquered the field, and The Olympic Club, to score his fifth United States Open title.
Except Jack Fleck was still on the course, equaling Hogan's 287 after NBC television signed off. Using a set of Ben Hogan irons, Fleck beat the great man himself in the following day's playoff.
That left Hogan with four Open titles.
Or is it five? Hogan's backers, starting with fellow Fort Worth native Dan Jenkins, will tell you Hogan already had five Opens before that 1955 Open at Olympic.
"Remember Ridgemoor," they say.
Ridgemoor? The leafy country club on the northwest edge of Chicago never has hosted a U.S. Open. But barely six months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and 70 years ago this week, it hosted the Hale America National Open Golf Tournament.
Ben Hogan just happened to win it. And he just happened to receive his gold medal, one closely resembling the U.S. Open champion's medals that he would receive four times in the future, from George Blossom, a Chicagoan who happened to be the president of the USGA.
Jenkins thus wrote, "I say a man who owns five gold medals for winning U.S. Opens has won five U.S. Opens."
On the surface, that rings true. Dig a little for the secret, as Hogan did for countless hours in practice, and differences appear.
The Hale America was created as a substitute for the U.S. Open – then often called the National Open – less than two weeks after Blossom's USGA canceled the Open and its other three 1942 championships.
Blossom agreed with CDGA president Thomas McMahon that the CDGA's Chicago Open could be expanded into a wartime substitute for the U.S. Open, and arranged the USGA to tab Chicago, accessible by train, as host.
Fred Corcoran, boss of the PGA of America's tournament series, gave the CDGA the U.S. Open's dates, ensuring the Tour's stars would play. The USO and Navy Relief Society were selected as charities by the three presenting golf groups.
Ridgemoor was picked because it was reachable by streetcar, and because its fences would discourage gate-crashers.
The field was stout – only Sam Snead, who that week commenced Naval training, was missing among big names – and bolstered by the first non-Masters appearance of Bobby Jones since his Grand Slam triumph of 1930.
Grantland Rice, sage of sportswriters, arrived and called the Hale America, "Ben Hogan's last chance in 1942 to rake in his first major victory."
But while 1,541 entered qualifying (the U.S. Open record was 1,402) and the USGA administered the rules, the Hale America was hardly Open-like.
There was no cut. The action took place across four days, eliminating the Open's 36-hole Saturday grind. There were trick shot, long drive and skill exhibitions. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby were given exemptions, though Crosby was unable to reach Chicago, and Hope only played an exhibition match with Jones on Wednesday. The "Old Guard" division featured players who had competed in the U.S. Open 20 and more years earlier.
Hogan, as the 1941 Chicago Open winner, was installed as the defending champion. Craig Wood, the 1941 U.S. Open winner? He was just another guy in the field.
Finally, Ridgemoor's 6,519 yards were nudged by light rough, conducive for birdies.
Players came off the course smiling, starting with first-round co-leader Otey Crisman, whose 7-under 65 matched the course record – and would have been one stroke better than the U.S. Open standard of 66.
This was no U.S. Open. More than half the field breaking par in the first round of an Open?
"I don't think it had the mood of an Open," said Carol McCue, hired by the CDGA a few weeks before and the association's executive director for four decades. "It was fairly modest compared to the Open in later years. There was much more excitement when Bob Hope and Bing Crosby came to Edgewater for an exhibition. But Hogan claimed it as a fifth Open, as did many others on his behalf."
Crisman faded on Friday, and Hogan ascended. Scoring 10-under 62 will do that. Hogan's sterling round, still among the best in Chicago golf annals, featured 13 fairways and 17 greens hit in regulation, only 26 putts, and matched the tour scoring record. He opened birdie-birdie-eagle and barely slowed, holing 133 feet of under-par putts.
Tommy Armour, playing alongside, called it "the nearest thing possible to a perfect round."
Hogan, who had whiffed on a tree-hindered left-handed stroke in the first round, remained three strokes back of Mike Turnesa, who shared the lead with Crisman after one round and now held it outright at 13-under 131. By Saturday night, Ben had tied Turnesa for the lead at 13-under 203. So it would be Hogan and Turnesa, the least-known of the golfing brothers, chased by the field on Sunday.
As was customary before television arrived, the leaders were scattered about. Hogan went out 20 minutes before Turnesa. Jimmy Demaret was out early and making birdies, tying Hogan and Turnesa before they teed off. The large gallery roared when Demaret holed his wedge for an eagle 2 on the par-4 13th. Hogan and Turnesa knew something was afoot.
Demaret, sporting a red-white-and-blue tam, stood 17 under after a birdie on the par-5 14th, three strokes ahead of Hogan and Turnesa.
It was his tournament to lose.
He lost it during a half-hour in which he made three bogeys and Hogan made two birdies, taking a lead he would not surrender. Hogan, scoring three birdies in his last six holes, finished at 17-under 271, three strokes ahead of Demaret and Turnesa.
Hogan had won the Hale America.
Not a U.S. Open, but something unique in the game. Wrote Gayle Talbot of The Associated Press, "Little Ben Hogan, some 138 pounds of pure whipcord, finally crashed through to win that major golf championship which eluded him so long while he was busy winning most of the money and otherwise establishing himself as the uncrowned king of the links."
Whatever the title, Hogan knew he'd accomplished something.
"What difference does it make?" he said of the name. "If this wasn't an Open championship, I don't know what could be. Everybody was in it. I'm glad to win, whatever they call it."
Just call it a major accomplishment.


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YBSA Monthly Report September, 2017
YBSA Monthly Report
September, 2017
Water Adjudication: The adjudication process to determine who has a water right and how much water is to be concluded in December after decades of study and meetings. Everyone had an opportunity to have your questions answered in a meeting at the Department of Ecology headquarters in Yakima. The final report is being prepared.
Integrated Plan Update: Cle Elum fish project will take 5-7 years to complete once the money is available.
There will be no new funding for the Integrated Plan project without a capital budget.
Roza Water Storage: The Roza Irrigation District has completed a storage facility in the Lower Yakima Valley. It holds 3-4 days of water to be used in the lower system.
Columbia Basin Hydropower: See the link for information on hydropower projects operating in irrigation in the Columbia Basin. http://www.cbhydropower.org/existing-licensed-projects.html
Go to www.ybsa.org for additional information.


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by Rossland Telegraph on Thursday Jun 04 2009
The Greyhound Canada Transportation Corporation, a subsidiary of British rail and bus company FirstGroup, is currently applying to the BC Passenger Transportation Board to reduce east-west trips through our region from two a day to one. The British corporation (it's a sign of the times that Canadian buses are run by a British company with a famous American brand name) cites low ridership as the reason for this request. It needs provincial approval to cut back its schedule as the provision of bus service is seen as being done in the public interest.
What's that you say? Who cares? Well, actually, we all should. There are a couple of compelling reasons why cutting bus service through the West Kootenay is a really bad idea.
First, bus transport is very important for the poor, the old, and sick. There are a lot of people out there who either can't afford to maintain a car or who have physical or medical/mental infirmities (or ethical qualms, but more of that later) that prevent them from driving a car. They deserve the right to travel as much as anyone else. Many people in our area need to travel to Vancouver and Kelowna for medical appointments and have no other way of getting there. To erode bus service is to deny these people an important and even essential support service.
Next, buses are green. I know you don't want to think about this, but taking the bus to Kelowna is morally superior to driving one's Subaru. Most of us think of riding the bus to Calgary something beneath us (come on, when was the last time you or I took that shopping trip to Kelowna via Greyhound?) it's actually a very green form of transportation. We will look at this sort of service with new eyes once gas hits $2.00/litre. It would be a shame if it was gone before then.
Finally, bus transport is spiritually and aesthetically superior. Despite our Bon Jovi-ish mythos of individual motorized transport ("I'm a cowboy/On a steel horse I ride") riding the bus is actually a superior experience to spending hour after hour hunched over a steering wheel pretending you're a cowboy. On a bus you can read books, watch movies, and sleep. You can get up and walk around and even do some yoga. It's not a bad thing.
It's a shame that as we all chant the green mantra, one of the greenest services in our region is under threat thanks to under use.
The good news is, we can all make our voices heard on this matter if we so choose. British Columbians who feel cutting Greyhound service through our region will hurt members of our community are encouraged to provide comments to the Transportation Board before June 17, 2009.
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This morning I am giving a presentation on developments in continuities in the psychology of Origen of Alexandria. Here's the abstract:
The soul is a key middle term in the philosophical system of Origen of Alexandria. The question and problems associated with the soul concern not only the human being, but extend to the rest of the cosmos. I reconsider several aspects of Origen's psychology in the light of the 29 recently discovered Homilies on the Psalms, which date most likely to near the end of Origen's life. I argue that, broadly speaking, Origen's psychology becomes less Stoic and more (ideosyncratically) Platonic over the course of his career, though on some issues there is strong continuity between On First Principles and later works.
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Hi I'm Anneliese, everyone calls me Anna (pronounced like Princess Anna from Frozen). I am a wedding and portrait photographer along the Emerald Coast!
I love creating art out of candid moments and capturing emotion that radiates through my images. Being in the modeling industry for seven years has taught me a lot about being in front of the camera and about being behind it. I enjoy using my unique perspective to bring editorial vibes to your portrait session.
My favorite thing to capture is the love between souls. Whether it's downtown, or along the water, I love photographing those incredibly sweet moments of cuddles, laughs, and kisses. I also enjoy capturing those cuddles with your kids in your lap while you enjoy a beautiful Emerald Coast sunset!
If I'm not taking photos, you can find me at the gym – only so I burn enough calories to enjoy some Starbucks, vacationing at Disney World, or collaborating with local incredible artists!
I am looking forward to turning your memories into beautiful art for you to enjoy for years to come.


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Five Reasons I Love Betrayal at House on the Hill
The fact that you never know when someone will become the traitor and you never know who it will be, I find really cool.
Betrayal at House on the Hill is my favourite board game ever. Mystery is my favourite genre, you're in an old spooky mansion and even the pieces are amazing! Here are some other reasons why I love the game so much!
The genre. As I said a minute ago, mystery is my favourite genre. Betrayal at the House on the Hill definitely falls into the mystery category. The fact that you never know when someone will become the traitor and you never know who it will be, I find really cool. Then after that you obviously have to try to complete your end-of-game goal, which can be quite tricky.
The traitor. Games with traitors are my favourite game to play, even if I'm not the traitor. Trying to figure out who it might be, looking really closely at tiny details (or if my little brother Harrison's the traitor just realising that he seems to only be taking black cards, then smiling when something terrible happens in Shadows over Camelot.) Also trying to hide the fact that you are the traitor, and if there's two of you, teaming up. In Betrayal there can only be one traitor and everyone will know who it is, but it's still so fun which I think is really cool.
The art. The detail of each room card in Betrayal is phenomenal! All the different colours and how each board links to something else in the game. Also, the character figures. My favourite is Zoe Ingstrom/Missy Dubourde with her teddy bear dragging along the floor. I just think that the whole design of the game is amazing and I don't know many other games that go into that much detail with every single tile.
The Haunt. My favourite thing about the whole game is the haunt. If you don't know what the haunt is, it's when a player doesn't roll a number equal to or higher than the amount of omen rooms currently in play, resulting in one of the players turning into a traitor and leaving the table to read their new main objective whilst the remaining heroes do the same. I love wondering who the traitor is going to be and getting excited when it's me, but the main thing that I love is the fact that there are 50 haunts in the base game and with the Widow's Walk expansion, there are 100! In every single game you get a different experience, yes, some better than others, but you will always find some that you love.
Good for younger Gamers. I recently played a game of Betrayal with my Dad, my older brother Dylan (17) and my little brother Harrison (7) and it was really good. Despite the box saying 12+ Harrison loved it and rarely need help with cards and dice rolling. Sometimes younger gamers might need help with the haunt but other than that I think that this game is good for ages 6+ which is another reason I love it so much. Harrison (I think) is one of the best people to play board games with because he is so creative. He really makes the game that bit more interesting and is just plain crazy sometimes. I especially love playing Dixit with him because his clues are awesome, but even in betrayal he always has little tricks and is so sneaky when he's the traitor!
Those were just some of the reasons why I love Betrayal at the House on the Hill so much but there are many more. I would love to write some more reasons why I love other games and hopefully do some reviews in the future. Thank you for reading and thank you to Dad for letting me write this little post which I loved doing! See you soon!
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Swiss Grill G300 - Package Deal - Gas Grill
- Swiss Grill G300 - 3 burner gas grill
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The Swiss Grill G-300 is designed for people who want the best. Buy now, enjoy forever. Stainless Steel Grill and Components, Stainless Steel Tubular Burners, Matte Enamelled Cast Iron Grids, Signature Bottle Opener
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Tutorial: Deploying Static Sites on AWS
I've blogged about how the contents of my website are maintained with Lektor, a static content management system. However, websites are about more than just content. Deployment is a deceptively difficult problem, and a lot of software developers struggle with learning how to deploy their software effectively. It's a large enough problem that there's an entire field dedicated to it: operations, or DevOps. I deploy my website using Amazon Web Services (AWS), and I've gotten some requests to write a tutorial for how to do that.
Well, your wish is my command. There's a shiny new tutorial for how to deploy
a static website on AWS,
and although it's focused on Lektor-based websites, the tutorial can be
easily adapted to work with any static website or static site generator.
This tutorial will take you from AWS newbie to running a bulletproof static
website that no amount of traffic can overwhelm. Your site will run on
HTTPS for added security and no additional cost,
which is good because
every website should use HTTPS.
You'll also learn how to set up an email address at your domain, like I have
with mine:
(So fancy!) And the best part is,
running a static website on AWS can be shockingly cheap! The whole thing
only costs about $20 per year.
What are you waiting for? Read the tutorial, and don't forget to give me some feedback! I love comments, emails, and tweets, but will accept smoke signals and messenger pidgeons as well. The only way to improve is by getting feedback!


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I have written about nuclear fusion as an energy source before:
- Casting doubt on fusion power
- Problems with fusion ITER means to solve
- Nuclear fusion as a power source
Periodically, however, there are news stories about supposed breakthroughs in fusion technology with the potential to be rapidly and affordably deployed, potentially curbing climate change.
I have seen enough of these stories in my life to be pretty skeptical, but this can be a thread for keeping track of and discussing them.
Here's the latest: Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project


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Interactive TV Now Through Tours.com and Comcast Cable Television
Interactive TV Now Through Tours.com and Comcast Cable Television
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - January 20, 2011) - Interactive TV is here and consumers seeking travel advice and information on their next destination may be among the first to experience this exciting emerging platform.
Tours.com and the Cable Comcast television audiences can interact with a travel destination or supplier message by choosing to see a longer informational program about it simply by clicking a button on the TV remote control. Long form video programming loads and launches within seconds.
For television audiences accustomed to the tailored choices brought by Video on Demand technology, the service puts Information on Demand in the palm of their hand, all within a context of engagement and interest.
For travel companies groping for new ways to reach wide bands of consumers in increasingly cost-efficient and targetable ways, the offer of Tours.com and Comcast could not be more appropriate.
"Just as the travel industry is getting back on its feet we are seeing new technologies coming on line that will make the marketing more wide-reaching and precise than ever before," said Maria Polk, President and CEO of Tours.com. "There is not a lot of room for error in these tight times. The Interactive TV option we have created as offered through Comcast provides the right solution for targeted marketing. It's all about choice, and isn't that what travel is really supposed to be about?"
How Interactive TV works is: Television audiences are accustomed to the traditional 15-, 30- and 60-second commercial seen on national broadcast networks. Advertisers that might have signed on to certain programming on Comcast get an overlay band on their commercial allowing watchers to click a button and watch more -- perhaps a 15-minute video prepared by the advertiser on the destination or the product. Consumers benefit by obtaining the information they seek while advertisers gain by being invited to provide in-depth, emotionally engaging content to self-selected individuals.
"It's as simple as that," says Polk. "The customer wants to know more about the advertiser and the advertiser wants to know more about the customer so we put the two together with the power of the TV remote control to give them ways to contact each other while remaining entertaining, engaging and extremely cost-efficient." For a short presentation just go to www.tours.com and click on Interactive Television -- iTV.
About Tours.com Tours.com & Sightseeing.com were founded in 1995 by three veterans of the travel directory publishing industry. Leveraging the experience & travel industry contacts they've garnered over two decades of publishing hard-copy directories for the travel community, they created the Web's first online directory of tours & vacations. Since then, the site has expanded to include tens of thousands of tour and vacation companies searchable by activity and/or destination, plus the most comprehensive travel resource section on the web today.
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Exploded Views for Volume Data Stefan Bruckner, M. Eduard Gröller Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms Vienna University of Technology
Stefan Bruckner 1 Motivation (1) Volumetric data sets: information about interior and exterior of an object Frequently focus objects are occluded by other structures Reduce opacity, cutaways: information is still removed, particularly for large focus objects Alternative approach: split up context structures and displace them Rely on human perception to put pieces back together
Stefan Bruckner 2 Motivation (2) Plastinated anatomic sculpture (G. von Hagens, Bodyworlds) Interactive exploded-view illustration
Stefan Bruckner 3 Related Work [McGuffin et al. 2003] Interactive deformation widgets for browsing segmented volume data [Islam et al. 2004] Modeling splitting operations for volumetric data sets [Cornea et al. 2005] Curve-skeleton for partitioning volumes [Cornea et al. 2006] Feature-aligned volume manipulation Our contribution: fully interactive approach, automated part layout, view-dependent explosions, high-quality rendering
Stefan Bruckner 4 Overview (1) Focus Selection Part Definition Layout Generation Rendering
Stefan Bruckner 5 Focus Selection (1) Approximate specification of focus object in dataset Via transfer function, segmentation, volume painting Degree-of-interest function specifies importance of each voxel [Viola et al. 2004] Can be refined after an initial exploded view has been generated All voxels with nonzero degree-of-interest are called selection, rest is background
Stefan Bruckner 6 Focus Selection (2) selection background
Stefan Bruckner 7 Overview (2) Focus Selection Part Definition Layout Generation Rendering
Stefan Bruckner 8 Part Definition (1) Partition of the background object into several non-overlapping regions Could be done automatically (curve skeleton, symmetry detection) Simple interactive approach: user can split volume along arbitrary planes Different tools: axis splitter, depth splitter, line splitter Splitting can be refined/modified once the view is exploded
Stefan Bruckner 9 Part Definition (2) part
Stefan Bruckner 10 Overview (3) Focus Selection Part Definition Layout Generation Rendering
Stefan Bruckner 11 Layout Generation (1) Displacing each part manually is cumbersome and time-consuming Would have to be adjusted whenever the viewpoint changes Several potentially conflicting layout requirements We use a three-dimensional force-directed layout approach for part arrangement Different forces represent our layout requirements
Stefan Bruckner 12 Layout Generation (2)
Stefan Bruckner 13 Explosion Force (1) Part arrangement should depend on the shape of the selection object The explosion force moves the parts away from the selection object A set of points (explosion points) within the selection object is generated Each point exhibits a repulsive force on all parts
Stefan Bruckner 14 Explosion Force (2) For each part P i For each explosion point e j Find point p on P i closest to e j Apply F e to P i at point p with r = p - e j
Stefan Bruckner 15 Viewing Force (1) Occlusions of the selection object should be prevented for every viewpoint The explosion force does not take the viewpoint into account The viewing force moves parts away from the line of sight Modeled after the graph distortion viewing technique by [Carpendale et al. 1996]
Stefan Bruckner 16 Viewing Force (2) For each part P i For each explosion point e j Find point p along ray to e j closest to the center of P i Apply F v to center of P i with r = center(P i ) - p
Stefan Bruckner 17 Spacing Force (1) Parts should move apart in order to prevent clustering Spacing force causes parts to repel each other Each part exhibits a spacing force on all other parts
Stefan Bruckner 18 Spacing Force (2) For each part P i For each part P j Apply F s to P i with r = center(P i ) - center(P j )
Stefan Bruckner 19 Return Force (1) All previous forces move parts away from their original position To reach an equilibrium, we need a force which works opposite to the other ones The return force pulls parts back to their initial location
Stefan Bruckner 20 Return Force (2) For each part P i For each vertex v j of P i Apply F r to P i with r being the vector from the current position of v j to its original location
Stefan Bruckner 21 Degree-of-Explosion For ease of use, we have one global degree- of-explosion parameter The degree-of-explosion controls how exploded the view should be This parameters scales the normalized explosion, viewing, and spacing forces For additional control, the contribution of each force to the total force can be adjusted
Stefan Bruckner 22 Constraints (1) Add additional joints to constrain part movement, e.g. based on semantics Different joints: hinge joint, slider joint, ball joint, etc. Adjust mass of parts: heavier parts will move less Special case: infinite mass means part will not be displaced (useful for breakaway views)
Stefan Bruckner 23 Constraints (2) unconstrained explosion parts connected by slider joint, left part is static
Stefan Bruckner 24 Overview (4) Focus Selection Part Definition Layout Generation Rendering
Stefan Bruckner 25 Rendering Background object divided into multiple non- intersecting parts Each of the parts has its own transformation matrix Selection object may intersect one or several parts Additional bounding geometry (e.g. octree) for background and selection (used for empty- space skipping)
Stefan Bruckner 26 Algorithm Process parts in visibility order (GPU-based visibility sort is performed) Use Z-Buffer to compute intersections between part geometry and bounding geometry Store the resulting entry & exit points + depth for background and selection in 2 sets of off- screen buffers Use buffers in fragment program to perform raycasting for background and selection
Stefan Bruckner 27 Example selection entry and exit buffers
Stefan Bruckner 28 Example selection entry and exit buffers background entry and exit buffers
Stefan Bruckner 29 Example
Stefan Bruckner 30 Raycasting Do raycasting for selection and background for one part in a single fragment program Two intervals per ray, one for selection and one for background selection background Need to sample both volumes and do multi-volume compositing
Stefan Bruckner 31 Performance Expected bad performance due to dynamic branching in fragment program Does not seem to be the case, most probably due to coherency in branching patterns Some performance penalties due to usage of OpenGL FBOs – might disappear in the future Comparison with reference raycaster – same shading and compositing routines, but no handling of exploded views
Stefan Bruckner 32 Performance GPU: GeForce 6800 GT Image: 512 x 512 Volume: 256 x 256 x 166
Stefan Bruckner 33 Demonstration
Stefan Bruckner 34 Conclusions and Future Work Automated approach for interactive generation of exploded view illustrations Uses a flexible and extensible force-based layout approach Fast high-quality GPU-based renderer using raycasting Future: automatic part generation (curve skeleton, symmetry detection) Pre-generated explosion setups, use template matching to adjust to different datasets
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I met the whole faculty today. Sort of. It is huge. It took me 6 months to learn the staff at WHS. This place has, I think, close to 80 faculty of various stripes. So, yeah, pictures. Pictures and name tags, Except half of them don't wear their ID, so I will smile and nod and pretend I speak their language.
The 8th grade team, obviously, is a whole lot smaller, and most of us are in trailers. And they seem great. Of course, no faculty meeting would be complete without a 'discussion,' and we spent some time 'discussing' how to address the need to allow make-up work and test retakes. But every school has that sort of discussion, no? Remember 50? Same discussion here. I can go with what they want, but boy, it was awesome to see that the other two social studies teachers in the 8th grade were on my wavelength. I really really like my department, so far (though damn if I still really miss my old folks; you never forget the first, hmm?). The guy I spent most of the time talking to said he is often known as the resident ahole, hardcore and rigorous and demanding, but that he is actually a softie. I like him already. 🙂 And, of course, one of the school's math teachers is as die hard a Sox fan as I am! From Brockton, I think! Awesome.
We meet the Superintendent on Friday. He is a graduate and disciple of the Broad Foundation. He seems an interesting choice; I look forward to hearing what he has to say.
I hope all of you who are educators are having a great start to the year in this pre-planning week, or with your first couple weeks of students.


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TAYLOR, Norie
Norie Taylor 1955-2017
Norie (Nora) Taylor (nee Hutchinson) fell asleep in death after a courageous battle with cancer on Thursday, July 13, 2017. She was predeceased by her father Bob in 2012 and her brother-in-law Marcel in 1993.
Norie is survived by her husband of 38 years Brian, mother Mary, sister Joanne Doiron, nephew Kyle (Alicia), niece Alicia (Danny), step-daughter Shealyn (Shannon), granddaughter Kaitlyn (Thomas), great-grand daughters Jayda, Khloe, and Stella, many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and friends and last but never least her "little man" Rocky.
Norie was born on February 14, 1955 in Burnaby, British Columbia the younger of two daughters. She spent her school years between Seattle, Nakusp and Coquitlam. At 18 years of age she started working for Sears Canada in the Burnaby Warehouse where she met her husband Brian. They soon found themselves accepting a transfer to Edmonton and then on to Toronto, where she became Superintendent of the Purchasing Department, responsible for over 1400 clerical staff.
In 1998, Brian accepted early retirement and not long after that, Norie realized that joining Brian on the golf course would far outweigh those long days at work. So she quickly left the corporate world, and together they began planning their retirement. In the year 2000 they decided to move back to British Columbia, and retired in the beautiful Okanagan Valley.
Norie was introduced to the Bible by her Mom and Dad at a young age, and as she came to appreciate the truth of God's Word she made a conscious decision in her twenties to dedicate her life to doing Gods Will and pursued the ministry as one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
"Any hoots" Norie Taylor we will miss you terribly, but will always remember:
Your smile….. that lit up our lives
Your flair for decorating and entertaining
Your enjoyment of music, from blues to jazz to rock & roll - (country not so much)
Your delight in nature and the beauty that surrounded you
Your sense of humor, your laugh - contagious and genuine
Your odd dislike of anything "orange"
Your affection for animals - especially the 'furry 'ones
Your acts of compassion, your loyalty and frequent deeds of kindness
Your love of books - from your daily Bible reading to searching for that last "Perry Mason" novel
Your endurance, and the grace you displayed accepting what you could not change
But most of all
Your fierce and unconditional love for family and friends!!
Norie looked forward to the promise found in the Bible at Rev 21:4 "…and God will wipe out every tear form their eyes, and death will be no more…."
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the East Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1424 Mission Road, Vernon. BC.
The family appreciate the compassionate and dignified care that Norie received during her brief illness from the staff of The North Okanagan Hospice House, and from Dr. Chris Cunningham. We request that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in her memory to the North Okanagan Hospice Society, 3506 27 Avenue, Vernon, BC V1T 1S4
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vernon Funeral Home, Phone: 250 542 0155
- Aug 05, 2017
Nori and I became good friends through Facebook, she had purchased a few treasures from me and was always so upbeat kind and a gorgeous lady. I was so shocked to hear of her passing. She was one of those gals that you thought you had known forever. I send love and healing to Brian and family!


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2011 marks the second year of MLT's successful stewardship activities at Mo'omomi Preserve, adjacent to MLT's Mokio Preserve. This parnership further strengthens the relationship between MLT and The Nature Conservancy. The MLT was contracted by TNC in 2010 to take over stewardship activities at TNC's Mo`omomi Preserve. MLT Field Staff remove kiawe, perform weed control, and manage predator trapping. MLT also assists TNC with bird banding at the recovering wedge-tailed shearwater colony within the preserve.
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Strong and steady northeast trade winds shape the dunes of Mo'omomi, creating linear dunes a mile long and hundreds of feet wide. At first glance, these dunes appear nearly barren. Yet within these vast communities of native grasses and shrubs grow more rare coastal species than in any other single place in the main Hawaiian Islands.
The preserve harbors more than 22 native Hawaiian plant species, four of which are globally rare or endangered. These rare plants, like 'akoko and 'ena 'ena, thrive in the dry, windy, salt-sprayed environment. A member of the sunflower family, tetramolopium rockii, is known to be found only at Mo'omomi.
In addition, Mo'omomi Preserve is an important nesting site for the endangered green sea turtle. Deposits of bird bones reveal that the dunes were once home to at least 30 bird species, about one-third of which have since become extinct: a sea eagle, a flightless ibis and a giant flightless duck, among others.
The Hawaiian owl (pueo) is one of the few native land birds that can still be observed regularly at Mo'omomi. Native shorebirds, like sanderlings and plovers, and seabirds, like the great frigatebird ('iwa) can also be seen, while the nests of the wedge-tailed shearwater ('ua'u kani) are visible as small tunnels with sand mounds.
Over time, most of Hawaii's native beaches have been lost to coastal development. Today, Mo'omomi Preserve, created in 1988, is the most intact coastal beach strand and sand dune area in the main Hawaiian Islands. By protecting the dunes and beaches of Mo'omomi, the Conservancy is safeguarding native plants found nowhere else on earth.
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