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Our Stories
The following stories have been submitted by athletes who wanted to voice their stories. Note that some stories are anonymous, with the identity of the writer not revealed and there is never a mention of the names of others who could be identified.
If you wish to submit a story for consideration in this section, email us @ email@example.com Here are a few stories from our brave athletes that have spoken up about their experience.
Annabelle Cripps - An Olympic Swimmer Speaks – Raped by Her Coach at the Age of 14 As Annabelle Cripps, I started swimming at a very young age and showed promise from my first stroke in the pool. I won just about every race growing up setting many state records that still stand today. My desire to be a champion swimmer was not just from me but my parents supported my dream too. My swimming career continued to show a lot of promise and at the young age of 14 I was world ranked for the first time. I wish that was all that happened to me that year. However, a month or two after experiencing that achievement I was also raped by my swim coach. As I continued to excel in sport, making two Olympic teams (Great Britain), so did the sexual harassment and abuse. I was often portrayed on the pool deck as the "troubled kid" when I fought back from the abuse. All the while, my coach, the head Olympic coach for my country, gained power and prestige. There was no protection from the adults around me and nowhere for me to turn to for help. When I spoke up, I was told that I needed to do "what the coach said." I felt so hopeless and alone. After many years of addressing this issue head on, I realized that the heartache was still with me. It occurred to me that the only healing that could take place would come from changing the culture in the amateur sports community, to one that put athlete welfare and safety in a positive sport environment as a primary responsibility and free for sexual abuse, bullying and harassment. I am now Katherine Starr, the founder and President of the Board of Directors of Safe4Athletes.
All-American Gymnast – From Love of Sport to a Culture of Abuse One day, there was a tumbling class and a wooden beam was pulled out to see who walk across it...I fell in love. My passion with gymnastics started with no coach. Rather I had a book I'd study which had skills broken down by frames to teach body position. I taught myself and would practice whenever I could -- recess, the back of the sofa, play grounds, and lawn. My "floor routines" started in the living rooms to the start of each TV series like Dallas. I excelled quickly and was a partner with my first coaches at the local recreation center, choreographing my own routines, making up moves on bars (I had to use men's parallel bars because the unevens were too large to fit my small beat setting) and deciding what my floor passes would be at each competition. I was a state level Champion and finished 4th at the regional level within one year of starting the sport, the passion and love for gymnastics solidified forever. When having to move across country for my dad's work, I started gymnastics at a new gym. I was no longer a decision maker in anything to do with my sport. I learned quickly that every girl was expected to put her gym bag in the exact spot they told you was yours, wear her hair a certain way, think a certain way, eat a certain way, don't be scared, don't think, just do. So I did as I was told. By the age of 13 I was an elite gymnast training 40 hours per week, anorexic, and running on my day off, Sunday, in order to excel. My sport environment was set up in a way I thought was part being a gymnast which was to endure molestation, rape, and physical and emotional abuses of all kinds. It was implied that all of these things were a part of elite level gymnastics and necessary in order to develop trust with your coach and demonstrate your mental ability to be a top level gymnast. Your ability to endure all of this and guarding this terrible secret from everyone, was your responsibility. If you did this well, your coach's end of the agreement would be to coach you, allow you to compete in competitions and save your life daily when spotting you during training sessions while performing life threatening skills. At competitions and training camps, surrounded by other coaches and gymnasts, this complete sacrifice was expected and glorified. Coaches bragged about the things their athletes "endured" in training. When coaches weren't around, top senior gymnasts were bingeing and purging and teaching junior gymnasts to sit in saunas with three layers of clothing for three hours in preparation for weigh-ins the next day. Psychological tests were performed and when your self-esteem wasn't high enough, your coach was alerted and of course, the repercussions of your scores were endured until the next training camp where you could redeem the perception of "perfection". This "mental toughness" was a part of the training and expectation of perfection in my world within the sport of gymnastics. Years later, after having my own children, I realized it was a part of my life's purpose to do what I could to change this environment for them and others. I spoke out and, even though I was now an adult, encountered denials, barriers, accusations, and even hatred because I decided to come forward. I found that speaking out and doing the right thing -- positively impacting the lives of others so they can enjoy the sport I loved -- has been the true measure of mental endurance. I have found much healing in supporting others who come forward and lending them the benefit of my experiences. I am committed to Safe4Athletes to ensure others will not have to endure the abuses I did during my youth and the hardships in my adult years confronting these abusers and the sport organizations that provided safety for these coaches and cultures to flourish.
Doe Yamashiro - A National Team Gymnast that didn't have a voice to speak up at the time, speaks up NOW! Some of us find our voice when we are in childhood, some of us it takes a little while longer. I am one of the latter. At the ripe old age of 42, I am still finding my voice. When I was in third grade, I started gymnastics classes at a local gym. My parents were told that I was talented and I was put on the "Mini Team" because I was still too young to compete. A few months later I tried to quit. I had discovered things like: I am terrified of heights, and my hands and feet sweat so much with fear that they became slick and slippery on the equipment. Despite my misgivings I allowed myself to be convinced to continue with gymnastics, and ended up making the national team in high school. Fear still haunted me, but now the stakes were higher... I knew ten or more people who had broken their necks or backs. I had constant visions of wipe outs that I didn't think I would survive. In short, with every routine I did, I feared injury, paralysis or death. When I was 16, my coach began groping and fondling me. As he was the one "spotting" me on dangerous tricks, he was the person I relied upon for my perceived survival. He also happened to be replacing an absent father figure. Needless to say, I didn't report him, and I allowed the relationship to continue for two years. I now know that there were people around me who suspected or knew about my coach's illicit behavior, with me and others before me. Because of his position of power within the community, his behavior was not questioned, neither was he. I stuck with my sport because as a teenager, I felt obligated to fulfill an imagined duty to the "talent" others said I possessed, and because the adults in my life expected it of me. What I wanted and needed had no relevance, even to me. But because of my decision to continue in a sport which was terrifying and abusive in many ways, I have an immense resource of courage within me... which I am eternally grateful for. It is this courage that allows me to stand up now and to tell my story; to speak up as I find my voice. This is what I wish for all young athletes: to have a voice, and to have a safe and sanctioned platform through which they can be heard.


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Configuring issue sources
This page discusses the usage of Portfolio for Jira live plans (any version from 2.0 to 2.27). If you're using the redesigned planning interface, see this page instead.
After you've created your plan, you can modify the issue sources for your plan at any time. Note that changing issue sources will affect your plan's scope, releases, and teams.
- Go to your plan via Portfolio (in header) > View Portfolio > click your plan.
- Click more () next to the plan name > Configure > Issue sources.
Click Edit sources. The 'Create' page will be displayed.
- Select your issue sources from existing boards, projects, and filters, and then click Next.
- Select the releases to include in your plan, and then click Next.
- Select the issues to include as the scope of your plan, and then click Done.
Converting varying estimates of multiple issue sources
In some cases, you might have different issue sources with different estimation methods, but you want to import them into one plan in Portfolio for Jira. A plan can only have one estimation unit, and therefore, you will have to convert estimates of the secondary planning unit to the primary planning unit. In this section, you'll learn how to select a conversion ratio that will convert time to story points once your plan is created.
The conversion factor is only applied to issues coming from the respective issue sources that don't have an estimate set in the plan's planning unit.
For example:
Let's say you have one plan that's using story points, and another plan that's using time-based remaining estimates. Only the ones coming from the plan that uses story points will show up as estimated in the table.
- Go to your plan via Portfolio (in header) > View Portfolio > click your plan.
- Click more () next to the plan name > Configure > Issue sources.
Click Advanced settings for the board where you want to apply the conversion rate. The advanced settings for the selected board will display.
- Select On, and then set the number of hours that will be converted to one (1) story point.
- Click Save, and then refresh your plan by clicking Calculate.
- If you have an issue associated with multiple issue sources, Portfolio for Jira will only consider the conversion factor of the first source.
Whenever you commit estimate changes back to Jira, the estimates will be set in the plan's planning unit. Let's say you have an issue with a remaining estimate of 2 hours, and you've applied a conversion factor of 1 hour = 1 story point. When you convert the time of 2 hours, the issue will then have 2 story points. However, if you want to commit the new issue estimate back to Jira, the result will be 2 story points and 2 hours remaining. This means that there's no conversion applied when committing back to Jira.
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Romans in a New World: Classical Models in Sixteenth-century Spanish America
University of Michigan Press, 2006 - 440 páginas
Romans in a New World shows how the ancient Romans haunted the Spanish conquest of the New World, more often than not as passionately rejected models. While the conquistadors themselves and their publicists challenged the reputations of the Romans for incomparable military genius and daring, Spanish critics of the conquest launched a concerted assault upon two other prominent uses of ancient Rome as a model: as an exemplar of imperialistic motives and behavior fit for Christians to follow, and as a yardstick against which to measure the cultural level of the natives of the New World.
In the course of this debate, many Spaniards were inspired to think more deeply on their own ethnic ancestry and identity, as Spanish treatment of the New World natives awakened the slumbering memory of Roman treatment of the Iberian tribes whom modern Spaniards were now embracing as their truest ancestors. At the same time, growing awareness of the cultural practices--especially the religious rituals--of the American natives framed a new perspective on both the pre-Christian ancestors of modern Europeans and even on the survival of "pagan" customs among modern Europeans themselves. In this incisive study, David A. Lupher addresses the increasingly debated question of the impact the discovery of the New World had upon Europeans' perceptions of their identity and place in history.
Romans in a New World holds much to interest both classicists and students of the history and culture of early modern Europe--especially, though not exclusively, historians of Spain. David A. Lupher's concern with the ideology of imperialism and colonization and with cross-cultural negotiations will be useful to students of cultural studies, as well.
David A. Lupher is Professor of Classics, University of Puget Sound.
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A few weeks ago I posted a review on Cathay Cuisine Chinese takeaway in Newton Mearns. This was a fairly new takeaway that had opened not too far from home that we ordered from instead of our usual takeaway, the Jasmín Restaurant in Clarkston. The meal was alright but tonight we made the decision to get back to what we know.
When it comes to Chinese starters, I could happily work my way through the menu. Prawn toast, spare ribs, dim sum, satay skewers, as well as a huge choice of soups...they're all delicious! Given the choice, I think my favourite has to be pancake or spring rolls and I love the way that every Chinese chef has their own recipe and twists to these classic starters.
The traditional accompaniments of fried rice and noodles are always done well at The Jasmín. I love the smoky flavour that they manage to get into the egg-fried rice, as well as the subtle introduction of sesame oil that helps give the rice a lovely finish. In fact, I could quite easily enjoy a bowl of fried rice all by itself.
We have had lots of different dishes off of the huge menu at The Jasmín and have yet to be disappointed. It doesn't matter what we order, each dish has its own unique flavours. With good sized portions and a well priced menu, plus the fact that they always seem to give free prawn crackers with every order, I can recommend The Jasmín Restaurant in Clarkston for your next takeaway.
For those of you who prefer a sit-in meal over a takeaway, The Jasmín also has a restaurant attached. We've never eaten in, but if the quality is as good as the takeaway then I'm sure you won't be disappointed.


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I think your point about language learning depending crucially on lip movements is too often missed in discussions of this case. When I first heard the story on the news I couldn't see the point of the school letting her wear the veil in corridors and the staff room; the story didn't mention language teaching at all.
When I was learning Spanish, in Spain, I thought watching films would help. But they were mostly American films, and often not sub-titled but dubbed. As the lips told me nothing, having Spanish sounds coming out of the box was useless.
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Officials Shut Down Independent Art Fair | NBC Miami
Officials Shut Down Independent Art Fair | NBC Miami
Officials Shut Down Independent Art Fair
Twenty-seven artists were displaced because the fair was shut down, a fair organizer said.
By Donna Rapado and Lisa Orkin Emmanuel
| Saturday, Dec 3, 2011 | Updated 9:22 AM EST
Miami Beach police officers and city code compliance officers shut down a small, independent art fair at a South Beach hotel.
Miami Beach police officers and city code compliance officers shut down a small, independent art fair at a South Beach hotel.
Rod Eisenberg, the building owner, told NBC Miami that he has been involved in some legal battles with the city.
Meanwhile, Miami Beach spokeswoman Nannette Rodriguez said that Eisenberg was arrested for violating a cease and desist order. They were "operating this art fair without a special events permit and the building owner is operating the hotel without a license," she said.
She said officials learned that there was a show opening somewhere that didn't have a permit.
"Unfortunately, the victims here are probably the artists," she said. "We learned the artists were staying there as hotel guests."
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The building has been cited, and they have to cease and desist immediately, she said. There had been a cease and desist order on the building since Sept. 23, Rodriguez said.
It wasn't known if Eisenberg had an attorney. A telephone message left at a number for the Sadigot Court Hotel wasn't immediately returned.
Thierry Alet, the founder of Pool Art Fair, told NBC Miami the 27 artists participating in the fair have been displaced. Alet said authorities showed up 15 minutes after the art fair opened at 3 p.m.
'They started asking us for permits," Alet said. "Telling us the hotel doesn't have the right to operate the hotel."
At some point the artists went outside, and they temporarily weren't allowed back into hotel, he said.
'When we tried to go back, the police wouldn't let anyone go back. Eventually we went back," said Alet. "I don't understand. Why can't we just sleep there? I don't understand what's the urgency?"
Alet said they chose the hotel because it is well located and each room has suites.
'It's was the first time we had the event there," Alet said. "The fair has been going on for seven years and we never needed a permit at other hotels."
"It's not like we are trying to cheat the law or anything. When we were asked for permit we got it," he added.


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Season after season, you can count on this elite group of insiders to deliver because beyond the big collections, industry upsets, and daily fashion news, these are the fashion world's real fixtures! Each one — be it Anna Dello Russo with her quintessentially over-the-top accessories and thigh-high minis or Olivia Palermo with her crafty mix of labels and layers — has captivated us with a style all her own, no matter what the passing trend. So, we're celebrating these style-setting stars with a look at the who's who of the fashion world's most fabulous. Study up and get ready for a whole new season of street style throughout all of Fashion Month.
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For quite some time now there has been an overhanging question of what may happen to the campus at Stony Brook Southampton. However, earlier this month East End lawmakers developed a plan that will keep the campus in Shinnecock Hills strictly for higher education purposes.
Recently, it was rumored that there were talks on possibly selling the land for future development.
The new plan proposing a new zoning district, aptly titled University 25, requires that at least 25 acres be reserved only for development associated with higher education, such as instructional institutes, museums, theaters, laboratories, hospitals, radio stations or other not-for-profit projects.
The Southampton plan was co-proposed by New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, state Senator Kenneth LaValle, and Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst earlier this month. Although the plan has not been formally adopted, as it awaits final approval from the Southampton Town Board, legislators feel very confident for the future success of the plan.
"We have overwhelming support. There really is no strong opposition…local people support it and the State University supports it," Thiele said in a phone interview.
This action was inspired by legislation enacted in Ithaca, New York at Ithaca College and Cornell University, where the city wanted to preserve its educational foundation by setting aside land strictly for educational endeavors.
The Southampton campus was purchased back in 2006 by Stony Brook University after Long Island University closed the campus down in 2005. In 2010 Stony Brook University rerouted many of the classes offered at the campus to its main campus due to budget restraints. Many feared that SUNY was considering abandoning the Southampton campus and selling the land off for a housing development. The new University 25 zoning classification will ensure that the campus is always dedicated to higher education.
"It's like a cat (the campus) in terms of its nine lives," says Thiele. "It looked like it may close for good several times, at least twice for sure."
However, to coincide with the University 25 legislation, the University plans on reenergizing the campus with new buildings and an expanded curriculum.
"The University supports the concept of maintaining the academic use of the land," says Lauren Sheprow, a media relations officer with Stony Brook University, in an interview. The University continues to be "working on program building and expansion through its new Semester by the Sea programs in marine science," she adds.
The University plans to continue the education tradition in Southampton by building a $7 million marine science building, beginning construction this summer. Additional plans include offering an oceanography program this summer for high school students and reopening dormitories as early as September for students enrolled in the marine science program.
"The college has been a fabric of the South Fork for over 50 years," informs Thiele. "Not just because of the education if affords to locals residents, but what it means for the local economy."
Stony Brook also anticipates offering more graduate programs at the local campus as well.
"There is a commitment to a college at this site. It has been zoned for a college, let us keep the college," concludes Thiele.


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Daniel Z wrote:Hi Mark.
You can start here if you're interested in what's known about the original game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot_card_games
Apparently there's a lot of textual evidence in the historical record.
I'd be happy to lend you a DVD of my documentary on the Tarot if we can figure out where and when to hand it off (warning Mark there are tarot magic performances by Jeff McBride and David Ben).
Otherwise you can stream it from Gaia.com I don't know what they charge, but they have our doc on Crowley as well as a few others you may find of interest.
A word to Daniel. I now have in my possession the DVD in question and I thank you for leaving it for me. I will attempt to gird up my loins and force myself to watch the performances by David and Jeff McBride that you mention and pray that they do not horrify me too much. I just find it vaguely sacrilegious to use Tarot cards for trickery. And what is even worse is that tricks with tarot cards usually bore me to distraction
Still, I shall watch the DVD avidly and return it in the same manner as you gave it to me. Magic shops make an excellent postal outlet.


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Glen Cove freezes waterfront zoning
A $1 billion mega-development envisioned on Glen Cove's waterfront is protected for 12 years from zoning changes that builders contend could disrupt construction, following a City Council vote split 4-2 along party lines.
The council's Democrats, including Mayor Ralph Suozzi, voted Wednesday in favor of the "vesting rights," saying they are the assurance that developer RXR Realty of Uniondale needs to secure financing and move forward the 52-acre Glen Isle project, whose master plan includes residential units and a hotel.
"I think this is beneficial for the city and it's incumbent upon us to support our partner," Councilman Michael Famiglietti said of the project he sees as a public-private joint venture. "I think there are enough checks and balances and guarantees going forward that this developer will deliver on what has been claimed."
Republican Councilman Anthony Gallo Jr. and Councilman Reginald Spinello, of the Independence Party, vehemently opposed freezing zoning changes as unnecessarily binding.
"The vesting right takes away the City Council's function of rezoning. We need that ability because a lot can change in 12 years," Gallo said. "I understand that the developers are attempting to get backing from lenders; the question is who's going to back taxpayers . . . down the road?"
Glen Isle vesting rights have been the controversial subject of three public hearings since January that have drawn vocal opposition from dozens of residents.
Detractors, including Glen Cove Republicans, at Wednesday's meeting continued to condemn the vesting rights as irresponsible and the legislation's handling as possibly illegal.
Gallo and Spinello attempted to table the vote, saying changes to the resolution brought to their attention just this week warranted additional time for review. The four Democrats -- Councilman Anthony Jimenez was absent -- blocked their motion.
Suozzi defended the changes as tweaks that clarified some points and gave context to others in light of public input.
An additional point of contention among the audience members Wednesday was an executive session held recently at a pre-council meeting. RXR chairman Scott Rechler spoke to the council at the executive session, which was closed to the public.
"Either the information is available to every resident of Glen Cove or it is not," said resident Janet Blatt, a Democrat who added that she has been opposed to Glen Isle for years. "If it is not, it's suspicious . . . because this is a democracy."


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This is a response to Walter Benjamin's Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction for Comm Lab @ ITP.
I had to brush up on my Marxist fundamentals, which I haven't really engaged in depth since my undergrad political science classes, to understand some of the historical/political references that Benjamin was making. This sent me on an hours-long quest looking up articles and reading articles online related to the issues Benjamin brings up. I find the essay prophetic, as if Benjamin can somehow look into the future and see Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia and even more obviously propagandistic films like The Eternal Jew.
Benjamin writes: "For the first time in world history, mechanical reproduction emancipates the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual." And he continues, "Instead of being based on ritual, it begins to be based on another practice — politics." I don't think politics can be viewed as something separate from ritual. Politics and religion have always been linked. Also, in political narratives that legitimize power, there are invocations of "cult value" or "instruments of magic," be it a "founding myth" of a state or nation, or in the idolization of certain historical founder figures. To me, they are two sides of the same coin.
"This is the situation of politics which Fascism is rendering aesthetic. Communism responds by politicizing art."
These are the last two lines of the essay. Maybe I'm not understanding nuance here, but aren't these the same thing? Both Fascism and Communism are mixing the art with politics or politics with art. I believe that art and politics have always been bedfellows and that the role of artists is to comment upon and engage with their societies and times. Sure, politicians and others can use art as a means of persuasion or propaganda, but others can similarly use art as a means of resistance against coercion and hegemony. The innovation of mechanical reproduction, or in our times, digital distribution and network communication make art an even more powerful and even more dangerous two-edged sword and tool for oppression and for liberation.
I don't necessarily agree that there is a decline of the aura in art, but instead, I think that the ritual value and the aura of art have changed. There is still a ritualistic quality to going to see a movie at the cinema as an "event" or happening. Or the ritual fetishistic quality of unwrapping an album or CD recording and playing it for the first time. In fact, even with MP3s replacing CDs and movies available to download on demand, there is still an aura attached to the real thing. Audiophiles and DJs still appreciate the qualities of vinyl or CDs over MP3s. Even with the ubiquitousness of music through the popularization of iPods and other MP3 players, live music shows are still an event, a spectacle, something with an aura that has ritual value. In fact, the relative banality of ubiquitous mechanically/digitally reproduced music probably makes us appreciate live shows even more. Probably the same goes with movies. Sure, I can BitTorrent a movie and watch it on my laptop to avoid paying money to see it in a theater (but of course I wouldn't because that would be unethical and even illegal), but there is still a lingering aura in seeing it in a theater, for the immersive experience and for the ritual social value of experiencing it with friends or a date.


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I'm an honest 65 year old virgin when it comes to video editing so I ask a little understanding if I totally misunderstand some of the things on here. I thought video editing was beyond me but I plan to be taking several over seas trips and bought a new Panasonic Lumix FZ-300 camera hoping to shoot some 4K videos and put them on DVD's for the family to watch. I will be asking tons of beginners questions.
I live out in Western Kentucky and just bought a new PC and Photoshop Elements 15 & Premiere Elements 15. I also ordered Muvipix Guide to Premiere Elements 15. I hope to learn how to turn my home videos into a better video than I did when I was in my 20's and 30's before PC's were common.


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User:James Legg
SoC2009 James Legg
This is the Google Summer of Code 2009 project proposal page for James Legg. In the 2008 Summer of Code I wrote the Hugin Fast Preview window
Enfuse / Enblend Gimp Plugins
I would like to create Enfuse / Enblend Gimp plugins so that people can blend image layers with minimal visible seams directly in the GNU Image manipulation program.
Previously, a user would have to export each layer as a separate file and blend them on the command line. After the project's completion, a user should be able to have the same functionality directly in the Gimp. This would have the advantages of speed of use, as it removes several steps for the user; the ability to use Enblend and Enfuse in Gimp scripts; and the ability to consider blending like any other operation in the Gimp, with features such as undo, redo, and repeat last effect. A user interface will be created that allows the user to pick the options that are currently command line arguments. To demonstrate the plugins, I will create scripts that:
- 'enfuses' exposure stacks
- 'enfuses' focus stacks
- makes any texture a seamless image, similar the "Make seamless" plugin, however it will use Enblend to reduce visible seams.
If time allows, I could also create a Gimp plugins to do the job of nona and align_image_stack (with layered, unblended output, as the Gimp does not support high dynamic range images). Then I would create scripts for aligning and blending focus stacks or exposure stacks directly in the Gimp.
This project is based on this project suggestion
I have picked this idea as it would be useful for panoramic photography and seamless texture creation, both of which I do myself. I use Hugin and the Gimp, and such a plugin will be very useful for me as well as others.
I will work full time for the majority of Summer of Code. However, my final exams are at the beginning of June, so I intend to be revising for them, instead of coding, for the first three weeks. I will also need to take a couple of days off for my graduation and a family event.
This is a rough estimation as to how I spend the time:
- Weeks 1-3: revision (not coding).
- Week 4: Create the user interface for the Enblend and Enfuse plugins.
- Week 5: Write the part of the plugins that gets the required image information (e.g. image format, sizes of layers) from the Gimp, rather than a file.
- Weeks 6-10: Modify Enblend so that the source of the image data can be from the Gimp, and not just a file, and the result can be written back to the Gimp rather than written to a file.
- Weeks 11-13: Testing, bug fixing, and enhancements.
Alternative suggestions
Here are other projects I would be happy to work on:
Bracketing Panorama Model
I will add row, column, and bracket fields to the images.
They should be set automatically after alignment. However, if there is any confusion, the user may set them manually: either individually on the images tab, or in a new layout tab. This tab will allow the user to specify something like "I was shooting with 3 bracketed images per direction, my rows span a full 360 degrees, I have 7 rows spanning 180 degrees. They are 3 rows of 14 positions, 2 rows of 6, and a single angle zenith and nadir row. Oh, and I shot in that direction twice since someone walked across the shot, so don't count those!". There is a possibility of taking the intended positions as they are given and showing a fast preview so the user is aware their settings are working quickly.
Alignment can then be done optionally per stack, or with the stacks intact as required. Also the rows can grouped together if wanted.
The previews will be modified so that there is an option to show only images in one bracket without manually picking the numbers.
The makefiles will be modified to merge the brackets based on this information, and to enblend each row together, then enblend the rows as a separate step if wanted. The interface to control what is given as output can be altered depending on the bracketing information. For example, if only focal distance changes between images in the stacks, "Create focus blended panorama" will be the most prominent option. If exposure varies greatly between images in the stacks "Create high dynamic range panorama" and "Create exposure blended panorama" will be the most prominent options. If there is only 1 image per stack and similar settings across the panorama, "Create low dynamic range panorama" will be the most prominent.
GLSL shaders in the Fast Preview
For a computer to support the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL), the graphics hardware must conform to OpenGL 2.0 or greater, or support the GL_ARB_fragment_program and GL_ARB_vertex_program extensions. Shaders can be written which are compiled by the graphics driver, and run on graphics hardware. They are highly parallisable, as the code is run independently on each vertex in an object, or each pixel in the output depending on the type of shader. We can specify values in Hugin to be passed to shader per vertex, or for the entire scene.
This would be ideal for photometric correction, which is currently poor in the fast preview. We can also support high dynamic range images, and write code to map hdr information to a ldr image for display.
Hugin could check if the OpenGL shading language is supported, and if it is offer more features and replace some functionality.
I propose to enable HDR display, an entire panorama difference mode, and real-time full photometric correction in the fast preview for hardware supporting the OpenGL shading language. I will also write a remapper that uses a GLSL vertex program to perform the remapping, and compare it with the non-GLSL originals. I do not have particularly "high end" graphics hardware to test it on, though I have a new machine and it supports GLSL, so the performance may vary widely to systems other than my own. (My graphics chipset is an Intel 965GM.) An option will be present in the preferences to use this remapper if supported.
Unlike the nona GPU branch, the shaders that remap positions should not be compiled for every image, as this would be slow during updates. Instead, modifiable parameters will be passed to the shader from Hugin. Once a shader is compiled, it can be reused with different parameters.


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Wayland receives coveted accreditation from NASM
PLAINVIEW - Wayland Baptist University's music department has something new to sing about. The department received word on July 21 that it earned accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music, a nationwide organization that is recognized for excellence.
The university was accepted as an associate member for a period of five years, after which time Wayland will be up for an accreditation review. The designation is standard procedure for first-time applicants to NASM.
The honor came after an extensive self-review process that began in 2000, a preliminary consultation in April 2001 and an on-site accreditation review led by a team of NASM officials. During that visit in October 2002, the panel heard student testimonies and performances, sat in on classes and visited with music faculty and university officials. They combed over curriculum and degree requirements as well in order to make their decision, said Dr. Ann Stutes, music department chair at Wayland.
Stutes said the years-long process meant redefining the music department and its goals, including the addition of courses and faculty to create a well-rounded program and strengthen the existing offerings.
She added that the NASM accreditation should improve the university's ability to recruit music students and future music faculty.
"(NASM approval) puts us in a different grouping of schools and encourages highest standards. It keeps you reviewing your degree plans and programming to keep you in the mainstream," said Dr. Carl Moman, professor of music who helped oversee the process, giving due credit to students and faculty of the past who helped bring the department to where it is today. " We only stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before and press on."


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Having just got to have a look at Luc de Gijzel's new dictionary, I can say there are marked improvements. I found the old edition useful, but was always wary about picking words from it, as I knew there were some problems with definition and vocabulary choice.
The first great improvement is the tone marks.
Then there are about 100 pages of extra words, and more words to each page.
The vocabulary is also now much closer to what Penangites actually use, with words like jam-mân (jamban) for "toilet" where the first edition had piàn-só•, which I have only heard in Taiwan. There is also an amazing amount of culturally specific vocabulary, some of which is arranged in categories at the end of the dictionary.
The POJ is still a slightly modified version that might make it difficult for people who are starting to move to an even higher level of Hokkien and want to refer to Douglas or Campbell for pointers to the Chinese characters, but it;s rally just a case of the -oa and-oe diphthongs in POJ being written as -ua and -ue, and is nothing major. de Gijzel also makes sure that the Chiang-chiu vowel [ɛ] is clearly distinguished with a dot (e•) and that nasalised vowels are carefully indicated with an ⁿ so that there is no guessing about whether they need to be pronounced or not. Another nice feature is the careful distinction between a final -k and a final -h (glottal stop).
The only thing I feel has problems is the explanations of tone sandhi, as de Gijzel still sticks to the traditional descriptions of tone changes. For example I am sure the 陰去 tone becomes 陰平 in Penang now, and the 陰入 tones with -h are basically the same as those with -t -p-and -k for most speakers now in most words, but de Gijzel's guide to tones still describes the changes as the 陰去 and 陰去 with glottal stop (-h) sandhiing to 上. Sometimes I feel it would be good to indicate where sandhi occurs with a hyphen, but this is not always done, so there is room for ambiguity.
Some of his definitions are a bit odd too, i feel. I just saw khàm mûi defined as "shut the door" and kuaiⁿ mûi as "close the door". The shutting and closing a door are identical for me, and I don't know why they are defined with two different words, the second of which I have never heard out of the mouth of a Penangite).
Overall though, I feel this is an unsurpassed reference guide for learning Penang-style Hokkien. If you use it to cross reference other materials you can pick up a good pronunciation of each word from this dictionary, despite the author's own pronunciation not being that great (at least that was the case four years ago). POJ may be counter-intuitive for some Malaysians, but at least it is a one-stop-shop. Once you have learnt the rules of the system, you will be able to know the exact pronunciation of any word from its spelling. Now all we need is a version with characters and parts of speech!
Second Edition of de Gijzel - a review
Discussions on the Hokkien (Minnan) language.
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Great review - where is the book being sold?
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This new edition of the Penang Hokkien dictionary is the most thorough reference guide to a unique form of Hokkien widely spoken in and around Penang today. Hokkien is a fairly old language, introduced more than two centuries ago by settlers from Southern China's Fujian province. In an atmosphere of melding languages and cross-pollination of cultures however, Penang Hokkien assumed a unique character incorporating a mélange of colorful local words and expressions. This gives Penang Hokkien its distinct character, often charmingly described as 'rojak Hokkien' – rojak being the name of a popular local fruit salad !
The Penang Hokkien Dictionary features over 7,500 vocabulary entries divided neatly by common words, themes (numbers, money, the Chinese zodiac etc), special occasions (weddings, funerals), short phrases and expressions and grammar. All Hokkien words are written with a tone mark and spelled using the established missionary Romanisation (POJ). The handy pocket-sized Penang Hokkien dictionary will prove to be both an enlightening and educational read, and an invaluable guide to locals and newcomers alike.
Winter Solstice tang-cheh
Amorous man gò-peh sì
Don't fool around! mài siáu-siáu!
To be clumsy ah-kha, ah-chhíu (duck feet, duck hands)
cobweb ti-tu-si
Veteran lāu-chiáu (old bird)
Penang Hokkien Dictionary (English-Hokkien) is on sale at Areca Books for RM25. Click here (http://arecabooks.com/product/penang-ho ... ictionary/) for more information, or to purchase.
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Fiesta Friday Nights at the de Young Presents Live Gypsy Jazz, a Special Conversation with Rupert Garcia, and Artist Fellows
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Live Music at 6:30–8:30 p.m.
The all-acoustic Gonzalo Bergara Quartet plays a modern variant of 1930s Django Reinhardt–inspired Gypsy jazz. Composer and lead guitarist Bergara mixes cascades of arpeggios with the sounds of Paris and his native Argentina, supported by an ace clarinetist and a honed rhythm section. Bergara is fiery and focused, while the hard-swinging band takes the audience for a ride.
Hands-on Art Making
6:00 p.m. Meet our museum artists and create your own piece of art to take home. We will create "Colorful Abstractions" considering the elements of printed imagery, color, flat planes, and symbols.
In Koret Auditorium
6:30 p.m. (limited seating, free tickets will be avaible at 5:30 p.m in front of the auditorium, no reservations)
Conversation with artist Rupert Garcia and Donald Farnsworth of Magnolia Editions
Rupert Garcia was a leader of the powerful sociopolitical Chicano Art Movement almost since its inception in the sixties, and he continues to use art to address social and political concerns and inequities. He was also a student at San Francisco State during the 1968 student-led strike, for which he designed many of the posters. While a graduate student studying painting at State in 1969, Garcia was invited by Raza Studies to design and teach the first La Raza Art Workshop. In 1970, he was a co-founder of the Galería de la Raza, a nonprofit community-based arts organization which still exists and whose mission is to foster public awareness and appreciation of Chicano/Latino art.
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Meet 2011 de Young Artist Fellows Todd T. Brown, multidisciplinary artist; Kevin Epps, filmmaker; and Campo Santo theater company, directed by Sean San José; and enjoy artist talks, salons, and performances each Friday Night presented in collaboration with Red Poppy Art House, the African American Art and Culture Complex, and Intersection for the Arts. This week, The Red Poppy Art House is featured.
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Winner 5 is Easter whose favorite fairy tale is East of the Sun, West of the Moon. She wins a copy of Twelve Dancing Princesses Tales From Around the World.
Thanks everyone for visiting SurLaLune!
In case you missed this from earlier:
I performed a fail with the recent SurLaLune Giveaway by not actually announcing and giving away each week. I've been spread too thin with the upcoming SurLaLune book releases. So today is devoted to giving away all the prizes. I generated random winners at Random.org based on date of entry and what should have been the corresponding week. So for several hours today, I will be announcing winners. I will also contact the winners by mail and must request a reply with mailing address by Tuesday, June 14 at 11:59 PM CST. If I don't hear from the winners by then, I will choose another.


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Up Front - December 2012
Mecum Big in Texas, New Museum in Pacific Northwest, and more!
Mecum Big in Texas
Dana Mecum's second annual Dallas collector car auction moved some $31.6 million in vintage sheetmetal, as more than 800 of the 1,200 cars offered for sale found new homes. The highest price paid at the sale was $285,000 for a triple-black '67 big-block Corvette convertible, though close behind that was the $240,000 paid for a Rallye Green '69 Yenko Camaro.
One of the stars of the sale was the Packer Pontiac "Swiss cheese" Catalina, arguably the most famous of the factory lightweight drag cars nicknamed for all the lightening holes drilled into its framerails. A bid of $570,000 wasn't enough to sell the car. Full sales results are available at www.mecum.com.
New Museum in Pacific Northwest
LeMay, America's Car Museum (ACM), opened in Tacoma, Washington, after years of anticipation and planning. Located 30 minutes south of Seattle, ACM houses a unique collection of cars from the LeMay family collection as well as rotating collections from around the world. The bulk of the display comes from the 3,500 vehicles that the late Harold LeMay and his wife Nancy amassed during years of collecting, at one time considered the largest privately held collection in the world.
More than just a display of static vehicles, the four level, 165,000-square-foot museum boasts banquet and event facilities, a 3-acre showground, and interactive activities such as race car driving simulators and slot car racing. ACM is not a muscle car museum, though there is a smattering of big-inch American iron throughout. To learn more, visit www.lemaymuseum.org. —Eric English
Barrett-Jackson Breaks Records in Vegas
Barrett-Jackson's fifth Las Vegas auction was its biggest ever, with $23 million in vehicle sales and attendance that was 10 percent higher than last year's event. Two Shelby Mustangs set sales records, a '67 Super Snake that went for $330,000 and a '70 G.T. 500 (seen here) that fetched $220,000.
Barrett-Jackson CEO Craig Jackson was encouraged by the results and the momentum generated going into Scottsdale. He said, "Several consignors waited on the sidelines because of the uncertainty in the world market, and after seeing the results, they are eager for our Scottsdale show early next year. The collector car market proves to be stronger than ever, and we look forward to an exciting auction in Scottsdale."


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I know where it is, I had it open to maybe copy part for what I had posted earlier in this thread.Be home in an hour or so, will post it then.
Here it is. I only did 3 of 5 rows, the other 2 are connected up the same.
The first 3 layers are shown. Columns are the anodes.Each layer is made of 5 groups of 5 common cathodes - one group of one layer is turned on at a time.
"wouldnt turning on group 1 section 1 turn on that whole section? not individual LEDs?"Only if the anodes were driven high for all LEDs. Otherwise, just the LEDs with High anodes turn on.The idea is you enable 1 group of 5 LEDs at a time, a 5x5x5 cube would have 25 groups to cycle thru. 4% duty cycle.Driving each group for 1667microseconds would yield a 24 Hz refresh rate - leaving over 25,000 cyckes in between writes to do other stuff.I would imagine a loop within a loop to cycle thru the groups & layers, reading from a 25-byte array (upper 3 bits ignored) to send out a new byte every 1667uS. 2nd array of 5 keeps track of group enable pins, 3rd array of 5 keeps track of layer enable pins.There are 5 anode drive pins, 5 group select pins, 5 layer select pinsl, so the whole cube is multiplexe with just 15 pins, directly controllable by a single '328P chip with no extra shift registers. Just 15 resistors and 20 transistors.I didn't make one myself, just helped the original requestor with a design that could be done.
You can drive the anode with 5 arduino pins. PNP transistors are not needed.


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Back in March we were all atingle with excitement over the lo-fi Russian trailer for Sylvain Chomet's upcoming film, "The Illusionist." Today we got the real deal in glorious English and HD, to boot.
The story centers around an aging magician who is beginning to feel his livelihood threatened by the advent of rock 'n' roll, only to meet a young girl who believes in his illusions.
Chomet's first film, "The Triplets of Belleville," was a visually stunning debut featuring some fantastic music and beautiful storytelling. If you haven't seen it, do so.
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The day's top national and international news.
The first clips of the film were shown at Cannes in 2008, but the movie didn't make its world premiere until February at Berlin Film Festival. It opens Wednesday in France and the UK, and has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classic for release here in the States.


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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is hitting the airwaves to try to convince war-weary Americans that limited strikes against Syria are needed for the United States' long-term safety, while his national security team is attempting to reassure skeptical lawmakers that the United States is not heading toward another Iraq or Afghanistan.
Obama on Monday planned to make his case for punishing Syrian President Bashar Assad for what the United States says was his decision to turn chemical weapons against his own people - a charge Assad denies in a new interview. Top administration officials are heading to Capitol Hill for more classified briefings. And White House national security adviser Susan Rice is scheduled for a speech at a Washington think tank timed to the public relations blitz.
In an interview Sunday in Damascus, Assad told American journalist Charlie Rose there is no conclusive evidence about who is to blame for the chemical weapons attacks and again suggested the rebels were responsible. Rose said Assad also warned him previous U.S. military efforts in the region have proved disastrous.
Kerry, appearing at a news conference Monday with his British counterpart, William Hague, vehemently denied Assad's assertions.
"We know that his regime gave orders to prepare for a chemical attack. We know they deployed forces," Kerry said. He added that the United States knows "where the rockets came from and where they landed ... and it was no accident that they all came from regime -controlled territory and all landed" in opposition-held territory.
"So the evidence is powerful and the question for all of us is what are we going to do about it. Turn our backs? Have a moment of silence?" Kerry said.
He said that if Assad wanted to defuse the crisis, "he could turn every single bit of his chemical weapons over to the international community" within a week. But he said that Assad "isn't about to do it."
Pressed further on Assad's denials, Kerry said, "I just answered that. I just gave you real evidence. Evidence that as a former prosecutor in the United States I could take into a courtroom and get admitted."
Obama will meet with Senate Democrats Tuesday to seek support for U.S. military action against the government of Syria, according to two Senate Democratic aides. The meeting at the Capitol would come just hours before Obama addresses the nation in a prime-time speech on Syria from the White House.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is scheduled to speak Monday at a White House event on wildlife trafficking, planned to reiterate her support of Obama's efforts to pass the Syria resolution, according to a Clinton aide who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly.
With Congress set to have its first votes authorizing limited strikes into Syria as soon as Wednesday, Obama and his allies were arguing that the United States needs to remind hostile nations such as Iran and North Korea of American military might while working to reassure the nation that the lessons of the last decade were fresh in their minds.
"It is not Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya," White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said Sunday during one of his five network television interviews. "This is a very concerned, concentrated, limited effort that we can carry out and that can underscore and secure our interests."
But McDonough conceded the administration lacks "irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonable-doubt evidence" that skeptical Americans, including lawmakers who will start voting on military action this week, are seeking.
"It's an uphill slog," said Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, who supports strikes on Assad.
"I think it's very clear he's lost support in the last week," Rogers added, speaking of the president.
A survey by The Associated Press shows that House members who are staking out positions are either opposed to or leaning against Obama's plan for a military strike by more than a 6-1 margin.
"Lobbing a few Tomahawk missiles will not restore our credibility overseas," said Rep. Mike McCaul, the Texas Republican who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee.
Added Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif.: "For the president to say that this is just a very quick thing and we're out of there, that's how long wars start."
Despite public backing from leaders of both parties to strike, almost half of the 433 current members in the House and a third of the 100-member Senate remain undecided, the AP survey found. They will be the subject of intense lobbying from the administration - as well as outside groups that have formed coalitions that defy the traditional left-right divide.
Public opinion surveys show intense American skepticism about military intervention in Syria, even among those who believe Syria's government used chemical weapons on its people.
The United States, citing intelligence reports, says the lethal nerve agent sarin was used in an Aug. 21 attack outside Damascus, and that 1,429 people died, including 426 children.
Excerpts of Rose's interview are to be released Monday on the CBS morning program that he hosts. The full interview is set to air on Rose's prime-time program on PBS.
Even before the interview was released, the White House criticized it.
"It doesn't surprise us that someone who would kill thousands of his own people, including hundreds of children with poison gas, would also lie about it," spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said.
Top administration officials, including Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, planned to brief lawmakers ahead of the Wednesday vote on a resolution that would authorize the "limited and specified use" of U.S. armed forces against Syria for no more than 90 days.
The measure bars American ground troops from combat. A final vote is expected at week's end and the House is expected to take up the issue the following week.
McDonough spoke with ABC's "This Week," CBS' "Face the Nation," NBC's "Meet the Press," CNN's "State of the Union" and "Fox News Sunday." Rogers spoke to CBS. McCaul and Sanchez were on NBC.
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Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Ken Thomas contributed to this report.


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Lance Corporal James Wharton yesterday completed the Brighton Marathon in 4 hours 52 minutes, raising £4,000 for Stonewall.
A slightly tired James Wharton said: 'It was a pleasure to run for a cause I'm passionate about – although pounding the streets in camouflage trousers and army boots in temperatures over 20 degrees was as hard as any army mission I've completed!'
Seven other runners joined James in running the Brighton Marathon on behalf of Stonewall, together raising over £7,000.
All funds go towards Stonewall's Education for All campaign, which tackles homophobic bullying in Britain's schools. Nine in ten teachers say their pupils currently experience homophobic bullying, but nine in ten have never received any training on how to tackle it. James Wharton, who has served in Iraq, is currently touring schools nationwide on behalf of Stonewall as a positive gay role model. He's giving assemblies and chatting to teachers and pupils about joining the army and Stonewell's anti-bullying campaign.
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Hey, guys. We're getting rid of the post counters. I know this might be unpopular at first, but we think it'll help us focus on what's important: finding out as much about these strange events as we can.
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Honor the Heroes of the Game, Preserve Its History, Promote Its Values & Celebrate Excellence Everywhere
"Strength is important…you need a combination of strength, speed, and mobility or agility…I know I have good strength; but without the speed and agility to go with it, I would not be playing major league football."
(Maryland)...6'4'', 257...Randy Lee White. . .Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award winner at Maryland. . .No. 1 draft pick, 1975. . .Possessed quickness, balance, toughness, ability, desire, intelligence. . . Played in 209 games. . . Missed only one game in 14 years. . .Co-Most Valuable Player, Super Bowl XII. . .Played in three Super Bowls, six NFC title games. . .All-Pro nine years. . .Elected to nine Pro Bowls. . .Born January 15, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Randy White, a 6-4, 257-pound All-America defensive end at the University of Maryland in 1974, was the Dallas Cowboys' first pick and the second player selected in the 1975 National Football League Draft.
For the first two seasons he was tested at the middle linebacker position but he didn't develop into a super-star until his third season, when he became the starting right defensive tackle on a permanent basis. For the remainder of his 14- season, 209-game NFL career, White was an outstanding anchor of the Cowboys' excellent defensive line.
White capped his first season as a regular by being named as the co-Most Valuable Player in the Cowboys' 27-10 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII. That year he began a string of nine straight seasons running through 1985 as an All-Pro selection. He also was named to nine straight Pro Bowls during that span.
In 1978, White was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Year. What set Randy apart from the other Cowboys was not his ability to make big plays but his consistency and his willingness to work hard. At practice, his teammates would suffer just trying to keep up with him.
Blessed with all the traits for a great defensive lineman – quickness, balance, toughness, ability, desire, intelligence and durability – White missed only one game in 14 seasons. He played in 209 regular season games, at the time of his election to the Hall of Fame in 1994, the second most by any Cowboy in history. White played in three Super Bowls and six NFC championship games. He recorded four sacks in the three Super Bowls, including two in Super Bowl X against Pittsburgh. In his regular season career, White was credited with 1,104 tackles, 701 solo tackles and 111 sacks.


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Ohio State says football coach Jim Tressel resigns
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State says football coach Jim Tressel has resigned as the NCAA investigates the Buckeyes for possible rules violations.
The university announced the resignation Monday. Tressel says in a statement that he met with university officials and agreed that it is in Ohio State's best interest that he resign.
The school says Luke Fickell, an assistant head coach under Tressel, will serve as interim head coach for the 2011-2012 season.
University President E. Gordon Gee says the university's "public purposes" and "tradition of excellence" are guiding its actions.


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Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Reasons for the procedure
Gastric sleeve surgery is a form of bariatric, or weight-loss, surgery. (It is also known as sleeve gastrectomy or vertical sleeve gastrectomy.)
Your doctor may recommend this procedure if you have severe health problems related to obesity. Gastric sleeve surgery restricts your food intake, which leads to weight loss. It's often performed before you undergo a more complex and riskier weight-loss surgery known as biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, or BPD-DS for short. Gastric sleeve surgery may help you to lose weight before a BPD-DS. However, your doctor may perform gastric sleeve surgery only, without any additional procedures.
Risks of the procedure
Bleeding, infection, and blood clots in your legs are possible side effects that may occur shortly after the procedure. Over time, you may also experience difficulty absorbing certain nutrients, or you may develop strictures (narrowing) in your intestine. People who have bariatric surgery are also at risk for abdominal hernias.
Before the procedure
Before undergoing gastric sleeve surgery, your doctor will perform a complete physical exam. You may also need blood tests and nutritional counseling. If you smoke, you should stop several weeks in advance. Besides the many other health risks of tobacco use, smoking slows wound healing and can cause a number of issues after your surgery. Your doctor may tell you to stop taking aspirin, ibuprofen, and other blood-thinning drugs in the days before your surgery. The night before your operation, you should not eat or drink anything after midnight.
During the procedure
Your doctor will give you anesthesia before your surgery to help you sleep and offset pain. Your surgeon will perform a laparoscopy for your gastric sleeve surgery. In this procedure, your surgeon makes a few small cuts, or incisions, in your abdomen. Into one of these incisions, he or she inserts a thin, narrow tube (a laparoscope), with a video camera attached. This camera allows your surgeon to view your internal organs. The surgeon inserts additional surgical instruments into the other incisions. The laparoscope guides the use of these instruments. During the operation, your surgeon reduces the size of your stomach. With the remaining tissue, he or she creates a vertical tube, or sleeve, that can only hold a small amount of food. Unlike BPD-DS, this surgery will not affect your intestines.
After the procedure
After gastric sleeve surgery, you will probably spend several days in the hospital. You may be able to eat only a pureed diet for the first few days. You will need to change your eating habits to compensate for your smaller stomach. Each meal needs to be very small, and you should take care to eat slowly, thoroughly chewing each bite. You may also find it easier to avoid hard-to-chew foods, which can cause vomiting. If you eat too many sugary or fatty foods, the contents of your stomach may rapidly empty into your small intestine, causing unpleasant symptoms like nausea and cramping. This is known as "dumping syndrome." Work with your medical team to figure out what is best for you to eat.
People who have weight-loss surgery are more susceptible than others to nutritional deficiencies, because they absorb fewer nutrients. Ask your doctor if nutritional supplements are appropriate for you; many experts recommend a daily multivitamin, plus a calcium-vitamin D supplement. Additional nutrients, such as vitamin B12 or iron, may also be necessary.
You'll need to have regular blood tests every few months in the year after surgery, to make sure you don't have anemia, high blood glucose, or low calcium levels.
Keep in mind that it is possible to regain weight that you lose after surgery. To avoid this, be sure to follow a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise. A support group for people who have had bariatric surgery can help you stick with your new healthier habits.


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Jim Everett, the former Rams, Saints, and Chargers QB (and current investment manager) is probably best known for charging at tiny loudmouth Jim Rome on ESPN2 in 1994, despite his long and fairly successful NFL career. Everett, the good sport, embraces it. He talked to us back in January when Rome's show went off the air, and on Friday he appeared with Rome's occasional mimic, Adam Clanton, on 1560 the Game in Houston.
Clanton was hosting the annual Smack Off On A Mobile show, which parodies Rome's own Smack-Off, where callers do their best shit-talking. Everett called in and dressed fake-Rome down.


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◇ Sailors sue Japanese company over Fukushima radiation
SAN DIEGO — Eight U.S. sailors who were aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan off the Japanese coast during the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year have sued the company that owns the power plant, claiming they were harmed by radiation exposure.
The lawsuit, filed last week in San Diego federal court, accuses Tokyo Electric Power Co., or Tepco, with covering up how much radiation was being released during and after the March 11, 2011, disaster.
The U.S. government unwittingly sent the San Diego-based Ronald Reagan into dangerous levels of radiation as a result, states the lawsuit, filed Dec. 21 by Encinitas attorney Paul C. Garner.
The ship assisted with American humanitarian operations in the region after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, killing thousands. The Fukushima nuclear power plant failed after the tsunami knocked out power to reactor pumps, causing a meltdown and release of radiation.
In addition to the Reagan, the United States sent the San Diego-based destroyer Preble and the cruiser Chancellorsville to help with relief operations off Honshu, Japan.
The lawsuit seeks $40 million from Tepco for each of the eight sailors, and the same amount for a baby of one of them born seven months after the disaster. That amount includes $10 million in damages and $30 million in punitive damages per person. In addition, the suit seeks $100 million to provide medical care for all nine.
Six of the eight sailors were stationed on the Reagan's flight deck, and one served as an air decontamination specialist, the lawsuit states. The eighth worked in the air department, which handles aircraft launches, landings and maintenance.
The sailors experienced "great physical pain and mental anguish," require therapies such as chelation and bone marrow transplants, and have had their lives shortened, the lawsuit states. It accuses Tepco of negligence, fraud, and deceptive business practices, and other legal violations.
More specifically, symptoms include "unremitting migraine headaches," difficulty in concentrating, weight loss, ulcers and rectal bleeding, Garner said.
Tepco's Washington, D.C., office did not respond to a request for comment Friday afternoon.
Two days after the disaster, the Navy said it had repositioned the Reagan after detecting low levels of contamination in the air and on 17 aircrew members who flew earthquake relief missions near the Fukushina plant.
"The low-level radioactivity was easily removed from affected personnel by washing with soap and water," the U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a statement about that incident. "They were subsequently surveyed, and no further contamination was detected."
The statement said the maximum potential radiation dose personnel were exposed to was "less than the radiation exposure received from about one month of exposure to natural background radiation from sources such as rocks, soil, and the sun."
Calls to the Navy on Friday afternoon and evening were not returned.
Garner said the U.S. government relied on information from Tepco and the Japanese government that it was safe to enter the area. That makes them liable for the damage.
"They bring it upon themselves, basically, with the misinformation that they give out," Garner said.
The sailors received enough radiation to cause the symptoms they reported, Garner said, and an expert toxicologist consulted for the case is "staking his reputation" on that assessment.
The Japanese government itself is not named in the lawsuit. Garner said that is a distinction without a difference, because Tepco is a "government-owned subsidiary."
The Japanese government has repeatedly increased its ownership stake in Tepco after the disaster to prevent the company from going under. On Aug. 1, 2012, the Japan Times reported that Tepco received 1 trillion yen, or $11.6 billion from the Japanese government, giving it effective control of Tepco.
Traces of Fukushima's radioactive plume reached San Diego, according to a study by UCSD atmospheric chemists. The traces were not large enough to pose a danger to public health in California, the researchers said.
The sailors suing Tepco are Lindsay R. Cooper, James R. Sutton, Charles A. Yarris, Robert M. Miller, Christopher G. Bittner, Erik Membrila, Judy Goodwin and Kim Gieseking. The infant is Autumn Gieseking, whom Kim Gieseking gave birth to on Oct. 15, 2011.
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By Tsvetana Yvanova
The story behind this work is long. It started in the spring of 2010.
I was asked often – Why did you sculpt the President?
The main inspiration behind the President's sculpture portrait are Mr. Obama's character, individuality and intelligence.
As an Artist – for portraiture, I am attracted to subjects, who posses a unique blend of character features, which are seemingly unrelated, but in reality are deeply interconnected. Mr.Obama's features are of such nature. His contained radiance, his charisma stems from his deep belief and his deep caring for all Americans, regardless of age, financial status and color. This universal quality comes from the depth of his desire to awake the passion of millions and sparkle a call to action to make a difference –this is what made him inspirational.
When a person with such global vision ignites an idea, which comes from this love and compassion for all people – people follow. He managed to begin restoring the world's respect and admiration for America – so tarnished during the previous presidency.
The historical fact that Barack Obama is the first black President is indisputable. This fact has a significance within our country and outside its borders. With in the US – it gave hope to all who have given it up – outside the US – his election proved to the world that America has changed and all the
shadows of the dark past were just that – shadows.
On a personal level – I have discovered subtlety in Mr. Obama's character qualities, which make him more powerful. His kindness, his calm and collected demeanor blends with the resilience and enhances remarkable strength that he possesses. Artistically, I am only interested in the character of a subject, so I can give the sculpture a personal presence . In the case of Mr. Obama – this was not an easy task, since I have never met him in person. When I finished it in clay, one viewer made a remark , I will never forget " Oh my God – he is ready to talk?". This gave me the assurance that maybe I have accomplished my goal
That evening it was also the first time anyone would view the President's Portrait in bronze. For all who viewed it that night, I hope I have created and image of a remarkable man, whose personal presence inspires and at the same time makes us ask ourselves questions. One question comes to mind: How far are we willing to go to make the United States of America the greatest country in the world once again? Are we ready ? Can we do it? We all know the answer.
Yours Truly,
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I am pregnant.
My already large breasts have grown to the size of two cantaloupes. My nipples look like they have met a tanning bed. I haven't seen my vagina in weeks, and I have bright blue veins running the length of my body.
Remind me of my beauty. Help me embrace my current shape. Rub my growing belly.
I am pregnant.
The smell of most food repulses me. The intense taste of spices and flavor additives like garlic, oregano, and onion cause me to gag.
Accept my unspoken apology when I do not eat the meal you have cooked. I want to, but I can't. It will go down and come up. The nicest gesture you can extend is to ask what else I would like.
I am pregnant.
My moods fluctuate often and in an instant. Christmas music makes me cry. Q-tips in the toilet cause me to unravel in rage.
Don't judge my emotions and reactions to things. Don't ask me "What's your problem?" Understand the sane part of who I am is hidden under my rising hormone levels.
I am pregnant.
My belly is round and quite large. My lungs are compressed by the inside human that continues to grow. At night I toss and turn. During the day, typical tasks like mopping a floor or scrubbing a tub take extra time.
Rub my back, do the dishes, or place an extra blanket on my side of the bed. Tell me it is okay to just relax… and mean it. Ask me what you can do to help and do what I ask. The smallest, meaningful gestures make me love you more and allow me to accept the limitations of my current body.
I am pregnant.
One day I will give birth. I will labor in pain and demonstrate strength of steel. I will stay focused and will search deep to successfully deliver our child safely to this world. Afterwards I will suffer silently. I will be sore. I will physically hurt. I will need rest with no time to spare for myself.
Let me sleep. Take care of me. Take care of our children. Temporarily carry the burden so I can recover. Appease my unreasonable requests. Be my superman. Our family will need you.
I am pregnant.
What do you wish you could tell your partner about being pregnant?


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They have abolished several consultant psychiatrist and junior doctor posts and a great tranche of CPNs, social workers, support workers, and secretarial staff. But fear not, because this will not affect frontline service delivery. How? We all asked. By 'working smarter' we were told by the newly employed 'Team Building Manager', 'Productive Community Champion', and 'Performance Advocate'.
And what, specifically, does this 'working smarter' entail? We all asked again, because we weren't sure where the extra hours in the day were going to come from to see the same number of patients. And the answer we got was fiendish in its ingenuity. We're going to have a big whiteboard in the reception area of our CMHT community bases. Truly the NHS is safe in their hands.
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It's a Hat-trick in Uruguay!
Courtesy Denise Kelly - Team Manager
Canadians continue to dominate the competition at the velodrome in Montevideo with another convincing win in the Madison. Zach Bell and Svein Tuft controlled the race from start to finish en route to another gold medal. They took the first sprint then a lap with the Chileans and never looked back.
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I've been thinking about strength lately: bodily strength, mental strength, and the places where the two intersect.
All day long, I cultivate strength—my strength, particularly my body's strength, and other peoples' bodies' strength. I help people find their muscles and use them, which is great fun. I can't help but notice as I do this that finding physical muscles often results in finding mental ones, too. Finding physical strength requires attributes like discipline, determination, and will, and these qualities are the underpinnings of mental strength.
Becoming embodied—and I mean that in the sense of truly inhabiting one's body, being in sensations—creates an independent mind. Being aware of your body makes you aware of your internal reality. I'm pretty sure that self-awareness through physical exertion was the original intention behind yoga asanas.
Although we are not surrounded by images of strong female bodies, we are all overly accustomed to the hyper-sexualized female body. You cannot escape it. You get Victoria's Secret catalogs in the mail. There are buttocks selling thong underwear on the side of the bus, pouting lips promoting ice cream on TV, and hairless legs hawking shoes at the mall. Very few of these bodies (you can't really call them women—that's not what they are—they are often headless, chopped up, clearly objectified bodies) are what I would deem physically strong. In fact, just for fun, I searched through dozens of images of "beautiful" or "hot" female bodies: Victoria's Secret advertisements, Vogue spreads, fashion layout after fashion layout, and guess what? I found a disturbing recurring theme: these women are posed in the strangest, most flimsy postures you can imagine. Hips thrust awkwardly to one side, buttocks stuck out so the back arches in parody of the lordosis I try to cure in peoples' spines daily, and the slumping shoulders and caved-in chests in the high fashion spreads…don't get me started. They are, in short, a mess of bad posture, weak centers, and wilting arms: the ideal woman as weak and helpless.
I only care about any of this because I think the images of women we see regularly do damaging things to women's brains. We can't help it; we are social creatures; we compare ourselves to each other, especially in the domain of our appearance—for better or worse. Because women compare themselves to other women, the pictures we see on billboards, in advertisements, and on television or the internet have an effect on our brains. If we look at these "idealized" images a lot, we may begin to think they are a prescription for how one should look. Then we start to try to fit that mold.
This desire to fit the mold brings me clients who say things like: "Will this exercise make my calves big? Because I don't want to do this exercise if it will make my calves get muscular." I've heard this comment (or substitute some other body part for calves) countless times. Every time I have to bite the inside of my cheek, hard. I have to coach myself to have sympathy and compassion and remind myself that I am hearing a deep insecurity about embodying strength that is the one of the curses of women in the world I live in. Even after two waves of feminism, we are still dealing with this fear of strong.
In The Velocipede Races my main character, Emmeline is a strong woman—physically and mentally strong. I wanted to explore what happens to such a woman in a world where women are expected to demonstrate physical frailty. The women of this world, bowing to social custom and aesthetic, wear corsets and are squeezed into their weakness. Women like Emmeline who wish for a different life, are thought of as freaks. But let's face it: a really muscular woman in our world might endure similar comments to those flung at Emmeline. Comments like "You're mannish and unfeminine. You're too big. You take up too much space."
But as we see from Emmeline, who rebels against the fashion dictates of her world, aesthetic originates outside of us, in the opinion or view of others. Function originates inside, with awareness of sensation. There is a lot of power in being free from others' opinions. Emmeline gets so free from others' opinions of her that they go to great lengths to get her to care again. Breaking the mold is not usually a popular activity.
I think it's possible to escape the vicious head game born from seeing too many images of women's bodies, to break out of that mold, but it takes a lot of mental strength, a willingness to swim upstream, and a contrariness that you'll have to defend again and again. How do you get that mental strength? Physical training might be one way.
Being physically strong, as anyone who's been there knows, makes you feel different. You are less afraid. More capable. More certain of yourself. The way you assess your possibilities is different. You say "I can" more often, and "I can't" less. You rely more on yourself, and less on others, both for doing things (picking up that heavy box, standing on a ladder to reach for stuff in the cupboards, moving the trash cans) and for permission to do things.
By building that physical strength, a woman breaks the mold. She puts herself in a position where she has to face others' opinions of her, whether good or bad. And then she has to say: I don't care what you think of me. I'm going to please myself. And if lifting this weight, or climbing this hill, or running this fast is what pleases me, then I'm going to do it. Even if it makes my thighs big. Even if it means I take up more space than the world wants to give me. She, like Emmeline, places function over aesthetic, which is one of the most physically empowering things you can do for your own view about your body.


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One of the questions that we were given for an assignment was to predict to be the # of bands that would form on an agarose gel after electrophoresis of a plasmid which contained one kanamycin gene (1875 bp) and one ampicillin gene (3755 bp), and to explain our prediction. We didn't really learn much about this in class; it's more of an individual learning assignment. My guess would be that there would be two bands formed on the agarose gel, since their are only 2 genes. Is this correct, or am I misunderstanding something?
Any help is very much appreciated!
The number of genes doesn't matter. If the plasmid is intact (not cut by any restriction endonuclease), you will get 2-3 bands usually. The reason is here:
Hola, plasmid have not only resistence genes, they have other fragments to assure their replication. look in the net for any plasmid map as pUC 18 or pBR322 ones of the simplest .All the plasmid could have in a gel three bans depending of the quality of preparation. Upper is supelcoil band, medium linear plasmid (broken in two bands) and lowest nicked form where one of chains is broken. Unless you have two resistence genes in the same plasmid, it, the plasmid is one unit and could show the three bands above mentioned, two or one. Different case is if you digest it with a RE wich have only a site of cut you will see only a band,: linear digested , if you cut at same time with RE which only cut on the sides of resistence genes you will have one band for any of them and the rest, thinking in that this RE don´t cut in any part of rest of plasmid. But I repeat without digest you have only the typical three band mentioned above. Buena suerte


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