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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Payout, Inc. (OTC: GOHE) has signed an agreement with ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB:IWSY) ("IWS"), the leader in cloud based multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, whereby ImageWare will provide its patented GoCloudID™ Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, which will enable a fully-validated, feature-rich, security solution that will run on top of the Fujitsu Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5 platform. Global Payout and ImageWare will enable secure access services for users of Global Payout's Consolidated Payment Gateway. The MoneyTrac Consolidated Payment Gateway (CPG) provides clients with both off-the-shelf and customized payment options through a worldwide payment solutions platform tied to banks, card associations and payment processors. Working through processors and banking relationships, the CPG provides a custom, one-stop solution for access and payments to international and domestic bank accounts, debit cards and other payment systems in more than 120 countries through desktop and mobile devices.
Multi-modal biometrics are being adopted by industries requiring limited access to restricted areas – such as in the transportation, utility, and governmental markets. The financial services and banking industry has begun adopting the technology for use in the banking, payment processing, and eCommerce sectors. By including ImageWare Systems GoCloudID with ID document capture, and biometric authentication, Global Payout is delivering the next generation method to automate and verify the "know your customer"(KYC) process.
In 2012 the United States saw more than 12 million identity fraud victims at a dollar cost of $21 billion. In fact, an identity is stolen every three seconds. "Worldwide mobile payments are expected to become a $400 billion market by 2015," said, Jim Miller, CEO of ImageWare Sytems. "We are pleased to work with Fujitsu to offer Global Payout clients worldwide, with the additional level of, and the IT security industry's most reliable form of identity theft protection for accessing their gateway accounts through desktop and mobile devices."
"Our MoneyTrac Consolidated Payment Gateway platform enables our multinational business clients to efficiently make payouts to their employees, contractors, and affiliates through a single management console," says Bill Rochfort, president and executive vice president of sales and marketing, Global Payout. "Working with ImageWare Systems, our gateway solution can now offer a second level of access authentication to each individual's electronic wallet account, reinforcing the accurate identification of the end-user."
ImageWare's services will be delivered for a onetime enrollment fee per new customer and a monthly subscription fee basis that will vary per customer). Services are to be delivered via Fujitsu's global data center networks, with the Fujitsu platform providing full configured, on-demand IT infrastructure for the ImageWare CloudID SaaS.
"We are pleased to be able to provide authentication and verification over the Fujitsu Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5 platform from ImageWare Systems to Global Payout customers around the world," said David Berry, executive vice president, infrastructure services, Fujitsu America. "Our cloud platform addresses the needs of the enterprise, service providers and consumers by enabling the deployment of a secure, agile and reliable could-based identity management solution."
About Global Payout, Inc.
Global Payout, Inc., www.globalpayout.com, headquartered in San Diego, California, is a management consultant services company and program manager offering companies electronic payment and prepaid card solutions. Global Payout has a product line of prepaid products that can be utilized off the shelf or the company can customize payment solutions for qualified businesses. Through Global Payout's processors and solution providers, the company offers both international and domestic payment solutions. The company provides for U.S. and international prepaid cards allowing account holders without bank accounts to access funds worldwide. As program manager, reseller and consultant, Global Payout is a provider of prepaid cards in the U.S. for payroll and general spend programs. Additionally, Global Payout offers an electronic payment platform that will allow transfer of money to bank accounts, credit and debit cards, prepaid cards and remittance locations, worldwide.
About ImageWare Systems, Inc.
ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) is a leading developer of mobile and cloud-based identity management solutions, providing biometric, secure credential and law enforcement technologies. Scalable for worldwide deployment, ImageWare's biometric product line includes a multi-biometric engine that is hardware and algorithm independent, enabling the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. ImageWare's identification products are used to manage and issue secure credentials, including national IDs, passports, driver's licenses, smart cards and access control credentials. ImageWare's digital booking products provide law enforcement with integrated mug shot, fingerprint livescan and investigative capabilities. ImageWare is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices in Portland, OR, Washington, D.C., and Ottawa, Ontario. For more information on ImageWare Systems, Inc., visit www.iwsinc.com.
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This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In this context, forward looking statements may address the Company's expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "seeks," "will" and other terms with similar meaning. These forward-looking statements address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Although the Company believes that the assumptions upon which its forward looking statements are based are reasonable, it can provide no assurances that these assumptions will prove to be correct. All forward-looking statements in this press release are expressly qualified by such cautionary statements, risk, and uncertainties, and by reference to the underlying assumptions.
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Passear por Gramado significa conhecer pessoalmente alguns dos mais belos cartões postais do Sul do país. Dos pórticos às igrejas, da Rua Coberta ao Palácio dos Festivais, dos museus às praças, tudo em Gramado é motivo para uma visita, uma foto, um ponto de encontro para uma conversa tranqüila e acompanhada de contemplação.
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Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.Text by Steve Smith.

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So many great learning resources and communities out there, but how do I get started? How do I make plans, achieve goals, and hold myself accountable without traditional courses or grades?
In this group, based on The Edupunks' Guide, we'll write personal learning plans and try building relationships with people who can help us.
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I'm finally going to go smart phone and giving up my flip texting phone. I'd like to hear from you about your likes and dislikes about your phone. If you have tried different ones would be helpful too.
I'm currently leaning towards the iPhone5 because I've had an iPod Touch for several years and have many songs and apps purchased through iTunes and I also bought one for my wife last year. I haven't messed around with it much though.
Your input would be great. Thanks.


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The college launched the farm in 2009 as a kind of laboratory to help Marin residents and others learn the essentials of organic farming from experts like the University of California Cooperative Extension's Steve Quirt and Wendy Johnson of Green Gulch Farm, the story said.
State inspectors have been cracking down on the use of unpaid labor on California farms — ending an informal tradition of agricultural apprenticeship. The College of Marin program has emerged as an option for those who want hands-on organic farming experience.
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that whenever I read something about posture, I spend the next 30 minutes pretending like I don't actually have terrible posture?
Why is it…
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Travis Says:
August 10, 2010 at 3:17 pm |
I can't even pretend I have good posture because it's that bad. Oh well.
Also just posted on JsOnline is the packers depth chart. Some interesting information on it.
Nick Says:
August 10, 2010 at 9:00 pm |
I have awful posture yet I run marathons and do triathlons up to the half ironman distance. Its overrated. They are invested in the over-expensive posture chairs/chairs/keyboards/etc.
Just my three cents.
Schaefer Says:
August 11, 2010 at 11:53 am |
sit up straight Andy!
Ron LC Says:
August 11, 2010 at 9:00 pm |
Kind of like standing in front of the mirror and not exhaling for 5 minutes. As much as you may try, you can't fight gravity.


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Actually putting the wrong fuel in your car is a very common thing to do in the UK. According to this company it happens once every 3 minutes in the UK. Thats 150,000 people every year! http://www.wrongfuel-recovery.co.uk
The most common seems to be petrol being placed into a diesel car, as the size of the nozzles is slightly different.


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Title: It Happened One Bachelor
Series: Windy City Bachelors #3
Author: Caitlyn Blue
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Sometimes you can't help falling in love with the wrong person.
Successful art director, Brynn Callahan has had it in for adventure vlogger, Paxton Mercer since he introduced her fiance to the love of his life and caused her engagement to end. But when their group of friends heads to the tropics for a fun getaway, an unexpected kiss to end all kisses convinces her what she needs is a little adventure with a man who knows how to have fun.
But a vacation fling isn't enough to build a relationship on and Brynn is a girl who has her future all planned. Once they're home it's going to take more than flirty banter or through the roof electricity for Brynn to take a chance on someone who goes wherever the wind blows him.
Can a guy who lives on the edge convince a woman who loves to play it safe to risk her heart with him?
I toss my suitcase onto the bed and unzip it. Unpacking gives me a reason not to stare at Paxton. Obviously he's already settled in because he's swapped jeans and a T-shirt for a ridiculously bright pair of swim trunks and nothing else. They ride low on his hips, showing off his ripped body. My fingers twitch as I pretend to be absorbed in my task, but I can't stop myself from biting my lip as my pulse starts to race. Damn it. I can't afford to be attracted to him. He ruined my life. I don't like him.
It's just a simple physical reaction to a gorgeous man. I haven't had sex in a long, long time and there's no question that he's hot.
"Hey, I have those. They're great."
He's referring to the travel cubes that hold all my clothes. Made of nylon and mesh, they come in various sizes and enable me to keep everything organized and wrinkle free.
"You mean you don't stuff everything into a duffel and head out?"
"With all the traveling I do, I needed a better system than that." He gives me a long, lazy look. "Hey, there's something else we have in common. I bet we spend the weekend finding out that we're two peas in a pod."
I don't like the way he's looking at me. Heat begins to build beneath my skin and suddenly I'm imagining the two of us in that huge shower I can see in the bathroom beyond him, naked and going at each other. I'm almost overcome by the urge to moan.
I. Am. Not. Attracted. To. Paxton.
I can't be. His actions resulted in my broken heart. How many times do I have to remind myself of that?
"Look," Paxton says, "I want to be cool with you this weekend."
Cool? I'm feeling anything but that. I grab my make-up bag and head toward the bathroom. He backs up just enough to let me by. Again I'm assaulted by the scent of him. Bittersweet citrus, mint, and something peppery for heat. Clean and manly. Faint enough to make it necessary to lean close. Almost before I realize what I've done, I suck in a deep breath. Sharp desire spears straight to my core, awakening a keen ache.
And suddenly I want something besides my lungs filled with him. My stomach drops as I imagine wrapping my legs around his waist as he enters me. Damn it. I hate carnival rides and that's what being around Paxton is like. Pulse stopping dips and exhilarating twists.
As I scowl at his reflection in the mirror, it's no challenge to pitch my voice into frustrated tones. "But that's going to be really hard if you talk to me. At all. Why don't we keep the distance of the house between us at all times and everything will be great."
"So you need me to stay away from you to remain cool? What happens if I get close?" His voice is a self-satisfied purr. "Are you going to heat up?"
He demonstrates by setting his hand on the countertop and shifting in my direction. My heart hammers so hard, I'm sure he can hear it. There's no missing the bright color that pops into my cheeks or the sudden glazing of my eyes. Despite the warmth of the room, goose bumps appear on my arms.
"Please." My voice breaks on the word. "Don't play with me. It's not fair."
"I'm not playing." And he's not smiling. His gaze is keen and probing as it meets mine in the mirror. "I'm deadly serious about you."
My mouth opens to ask a question but nothing comes out. I don't want to know what he has in mind or why. "We're not a good fit, you and me."
"Are you so sure?" The light kiss he drops on my shoulder make my toes curl. "You've never given me a chance."
I gape at him. "Why should I after what you did?"
"I mean before. Back in high school."
"High school?" We'd barely known each other. We hadn't had any classes together and I'd hung with my own friends. I didn't know who he was before Julie started dating Zach. And I don't think I said two words to him after that. "We ran in completely different circles."
"You with the future leaders of America," he says with the lightest touch of sarcasm. "Me with the future losers?"
"I'd hardly call you, Paul, or Zach losers." In fact, they all owned their own businesses and had done exceptionally well. "And I'm no leader."
In fact, when I allow myself to think about it, I'm disappointed in both my career and personal life.
"Besides," I continue, "From what I remember of you then, I wasn't the sort of girl you were interested in. You liked to party and that wasn't me."
"That doesn't mean I wasn't interested."
"We would have been a terrible fit." I don't know why I'm so insistent that he agrees with me. "It's no better now."
He doesn't say anything for a long moment and then shakes his head. "I disagree."
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Let me share an alternate model to the "internal community manager" role. This is based on a case that I worked on, and I wanted to get feedback from you if you think this is a better model.
Context: I worked with a client who was not in a position to hire a full time community manager. But only to bring me on for a limited engagement to set them off toward a good path. The situation: about 1000 people in the division, multiple locations, multiple products, multiple clients, you name it - silos everywhere. The big enabler: the thought leadership was committed to an Enterprise 2.0 collab strategy. They had software which provided them with a wiki, forum, blog, and "facebook-like" application for employees to provide branded identity and form into visible groups.
We followed the org structure, based on product, geography, and client. And we set up 10 sub-communities. Each group was willing to assign one person a 5--10 hour a week allocation for community management. But these people who were assigned this role were all over the place in terms of their awareness and abilities to perform this role. So we created a community of community leaders -- we met every week to review the community practices, barriers, successes, etc. The community of leaders shared practices about discussion forum moderation and wiki-page gardening etc. The leadership blogged to the organization promoting the success stories, and sometimes addressed the barriers.
Each sub community was set up consistently (group wiki pages, categories, tags, etc.), and the part-time leaders helped group use the tools to collaborate and share effectively. There was no formal training. Rather we use the "I do, then we do, then you do" method of mentoring. And people followed the examples. It was easier to follow than to deviate, so people use the tools and collaborated effectively.
In upshot: instead of a dedicated internal community manager, we set up a community of part time managers. It had the advantage of spreading the "gospel" (so to speak), and talent, so that others in the company got better at business/social information exchange. I will admit, there were many speed bumps on the road, it was not smooth. But looking back, I think it was an overall successful approach.
The concept that many part-time contributors can scale better than one expert is very harmonious with Web 2.0. Perhaps this is a better model? It worked for me in this case, but I'd like to get your input -- one example is not a pattern. Anyone else see something like this before? What do you think about the approach?


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On results of monitoring maximum interest rates of credit institutions
The August 2018 results of the monitoring of the maximum interest rates on deposits in Russian rubles of the top ten credit institutions1 attracting the largest amount of household deposits are as follows:
The first ten days of August — 6.32%;
The second ten days of August — 6.32%.
Data on the dynamics of monitoring results are available in subsection Banking Sector / Credit Institutions Performance of Statistics section on the Bank of Russia website.
1 PJSC Sberbank (1481) — www.sberbank.ru, PJSC Sovcombank (963) — sovcombank.ru, VTB Bank PJSC (1000) — www.vtb.ru, JSC Raiffeisenbank (3292) — www.raiffeisen.ru, Gazprombank JSC (354) — www.gazprombank.ru, PJSC B&N Bank (323) — www.binbank.ru, JSC ALFA-BANK (1326) — www.alfabank.ru, PJSC Bank FC Otkritie (2209) — www.open.ru, PJSC Promsvyazbank (3251) — www.psbank.ru, JSC Rosselkhozbank (3349) — www.rshb.ru. The monitoring was conducted by the Bank of Russia Banking Supervision Department using the information provided by the said websites. The published values are indicative.
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Major prices: For Minor art, as Nurse sells for $6.5 million
The contemporary collection of embattled art collector/hotel maker Halsey Minor touched off a Thursday night bidding war and brought in nearly enough to satisfy the claim against him by Merrill Lynch, the financial firm that won a $21.6 million judgment against him last year.
The pre-sale estimate for the May 13 event was $16.3-23.9 million with another $3.0-5.9 million left to sell in two additional auctions. The first of these, May 14, brought an additional $3 million; the latter is slated for June 9.
But because Minor is under a court order to pay the Sotheby's auction house $6.64 million, he may be hoping the latter sales exceed estimates. Meanwhile, in the state of California, where Minor is the top tax delinquent, a trial is underway on issues between him and the Christie's auction house. Minor, whose business successes are legion (he co-founded Cnet, funded salesforce.com and the predecessor to GoogleVoice and more recently scored with Scout Labs and OpenDNS), traces his liquidity issues to Merrill, a company now part of Bank of America but which he he vows to eventually own.
–story updated Tuesday, May 18 to include results of May 14 auction also.
Bloomberg and the New York Times have reports on the May 13 auction.
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I hope he does eventually own Bank of America, and I hope he manages it with more decency and honesty than have his predecessors. Bank of America has a history of game playing with credit cards. (Alteration of due dates without proper notification in an apparent bid to farm cash from the abundance of late fees this practice generates.) It is also impossible now to go to a branch with a question about a credit card issue. They divorced the branches from the card center, no doubt to diminish the number of irate customers in their lobbies. They also have computer settings which generate the maximum number of bounce fees, and then will not correct their own errors.
I have dumped my checking accounts with them, my BOA stocks, and credit card with them. Their purchase of ML has not thrilled me, but when the time is right, as long as their parent company is BOA, I'll dump them too.
Minor may contend with jealous masses, but no one who's had day to day contact sees him sees him as evil or vile.
Richard Prince is one of the greatest American living artists. Halsey -- the least one can say -- had great taste in art, or great advice about what art to purchase.
Daddy Warbucks is finished? All he had to do was be a "good" guy and not think he knew everything. Now he has lost it all. Wish he would just let the hotel go and he could do Charlottesville a big favor and save himself more humiliation (if he knows the meaning of the word). The theory that everyone else is wrong and he is the only virtuous man in the universe is not holding up.
re:"I'm no fan f BofA but at least their bank on the mall is lovely and finished."
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he is no prince.
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The market cap of Bank America is nearly 170 billion dollars. For Halsey to own just 1% he would have to all his money in Bank America stock. That would be 1.7 billion dollars, not likely.
Another empty boast by someone who has become the poster boy for the internet excess of the 90's. I'm no fan f BofA but at least their bank on the mall is lovely and finished.


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Emmet (Clown) FNHLTK
Emmet (Old West) NIHX2B
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Lord Vampyre KGJ4DU
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Yeti V4P96P
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Larry the Barista K7TDXJ
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Prospector FHNCD1
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The Bonus Room
Successfully complete the game to unlock The Bonus Room at the hub. This area has the last ten gold bricks. Complete the objectives in The Bonus Room to earn them. Note: One of the gold bricks has a special requirement to be earned. You must collect one million studs in The Bonus Room without the use of multipliers
Character prices
The following characters can be purchased for the corresponding amount of studs.
Astro Kitty: 200,000 studs.
Biznis Kitty: 150,000 studs.
Bruce Wayne: 50,000 studs.
Calamity Drone: 500,000 studs.
Calimity Drone: 500,000 studs.
Cardio Carrie: 10,000 studs.
Caveman: 100,000 studs.
Cleopatra: 150,000 studs.
Demolition Guy: 50,000 studs.
Deputron: 150,000 studs.
Dr. McScrubs: 10,000 studs.
El Macho Wrestler: 100,000 studs.
Emmet (Clown): 50,000 studs.
Emmet (Lego Piece): 50,000 studs.
Emmet (Pyjamas): 50,000 studs.
Emmet (Shower): 50,000 studs.
Emmet (Surgeon): 50,000 studs.
Emmet (Trash Can): 50,000 studs.
Emmet (Woodsman): 50,000 studs.
Executive Ellen: 10,000 studs.
FemBot: 150,000 studs.
Frank the Foreman: 25,000 studs.
Gallant Guard: 50,000 studs.
Garbageman Grant: 10,000 studs.
Good Cop (Scribble Face): 300,000 studs.
Gordon Zola: 10,000 studs.
Green Ninja: 250,000 studs.
Hank Haystacks: 25,000 studs.
Hot Tub Harry: 50,000 studs.
Ice Cream Jo: 10,000 studs.
Ice Cream Mike: 10,000 studs.
Kabob Bob: 10,000 studs.
Lady Liberty: 150,000 studs.
Lord Business (Minifigure): 1,000,000 studs.
Lord Vampyre: 100,000 studs.
Ma Cop: 25,000 studs.
Magician: 100,000 studs.
MetalBeard (Minifigure): 250,000 studs.
Michelangelo: 100,000 studs.
Mummy: 100,000 studs.
Native: 100,000 studs.
Pa Cop: 25,000 studs.
Panda Guy: 150,000 studs.
Plumber Joe: 10,000 studs.
President Business: 1,000,000 studs.
Prospector: 25,000 studs.
Robo (Construction): 75,000 studs.
Robo (Demolition): 100,000 studs.
Robo Cowboy: 125,000 studs.
Robo Fed: 25,000 studs.
Robo Skeleton: 150,000 studs.
Robo SWAT (Armour): 125,000 studs.
Robo SWAT (Laser): 50,000 studs.
Robo SWAT (Rocket): 125,000 studs.
Robo SWAT: 50,000 studs.
Shakespear: 100,000 studs.
Sharon Shoehorn: 10,000 studs.
Sheriff-Not-A-Robot: 500,000 studs.
Sir Stack-a-Brick: 50,000 studs.
Taco Tuesday Guy: 10,000 studs.
Test Dummy: 100,000 studs.
Tomahawk: 150,000 studs.
Velma Staplebot: 50,000 studs.
Vitruvius (Ghost): 750,000 studs.
Where Are My Pant? Guy: 10,000 studs.
Wildstyle (Space): 75,000 studs.
Wiley Fusebot: 125,000 studs.
Witch: 150,000 studs.
Wyldstyle (Hood): 50,000 studs.
Yeti: 100,000 studs.
Complete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation trophy rewards.
The Piece of Resistance (Platinum): Unlock All Trophies.
Cover Your Butt! (Bronze): Complete Prologue - The Prophecy.
Lets Get Craaazzzyyyy (Bronze): Complete Level 1 - Bricksburg Construction.
Darn Darn Darn Darny Darn! (Bronze): Complete Level 2 - Escape From Bricksburg.
Are You A DJ? (Bronze): Complete Level 3 - Flatbush Gulch.
Freeze, Turkeys! (Bronze): Complete Level 4 - Flatbush Rooftops.
Rest In Pieces (Bronze): Complete Level 5 - Escape From Flatbush.
No Frowny Faces (Bronze): Complete Level 6 – Welcome to Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Every Man For Himself! (Bronze): Complete Level 7 - Attack On Cloud Cuckoo Land.
You Can't Build 'Em All At Once (Bronze): Complete Level 8 - Escape From Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Why Are My Pants Cold and Wet? (Bronze): Complete Level 9 - The Depths.
This Bedoubled Land Couch (Bronze): Complete Level 10 - Infiltrate The Octan Tower.
See You Later Alligator (Bronze): Complete Level 11 - Put The Thing On The Thing.
Found Your Pants, Series Is Over (Bronze): Complete Level 12 - Broadcast News.
I Am A Master Builder! (Bronze): Complete Level 13 - Back From Reality.
Release Every Micro Manager! (Bronze): Complete Level 14 - Bricksburg Under Attack.
You Can Still Change Everything (Bronze): Complete Level 15 - The Final Showdown.
Honey, Where Are My Pants? (Silver): Collect all pairs of Pants (Single Player).
You Are The Special (Silver): Achieve The Special in every level (Single Player).
Welcome To Bricksburg (Silver): Collect all of the Red Bricks (Single Player).
Build Things Only You Can Build (Bronze): Collect all Golden Manuals.
Including, But Not Limited To (Bronze): Purchase all Master Builders.
The Special People In Your Life (Gold): Purchase all Characters (Single Player).
Always Read The Instructions! (Bronze): Complete all Instruction Builds in Story Mode.
Midas Touch (Bronze): Complete all Golden Instruction Builds.
Business Business Business (Gold): Earn 1,000,000,000 studs.
Everything Is Awesome! (Gold): Achieve 100% completion.
Really hard? This be Impossible! (Bronze): Destroy 50 enemies as MetalBeard.
The Opposite Of Happiness (Bronze): Defeat 20 enemies as Rage Unikitty.
Ah! The Kragle! (Bronze): Kragelize 10 people with the Kragle gun.
Building Bad (Bronze): Attempt a Master Build-It with a Non-Master Builder
Pow Pow! Bullet Bullet! Gun! (Bronze): Defeat 30 enemies as Emmet Cowboy.
Ayayaya! (Bronze): Defeat 20 enemies as Sheriff Not-A-Robot.
I Could Sing This Song For Hours (Silver): Score 21 awesome dance moves in the Construction Site dance mini game.
No Way, This Is My Jam. (Silver): Score 21 awesome dance moves in the Kragelizer dance mini game.
Firestarter (Bronze): Make a Fire.
First Try! (Bronze): Complete an Instruction Build without losing any studs.
I Am The Computer (Bronze): Collect all studs in any hacking mini-game
Wear Clothes… Check! (Bronze): Customise your character.
A House Divided (Bronze): Play as Abraham Lincoln and Lady Liberty.
SPACESHIP SPACESHIP! (Bronze): Complete all Master Builds in Server Room as Benny.
I Super Hate You Right Now (Bronze): Play as Superman and Green Lantern.
It's Just Business (Bronze): Use Lord Business Legs Machine.
The Prophecy, I Made It Up! (Bronze): Switch from Vitruvius into Ghost Vitruvius.
END OF THE LINE! (Bronze): Shoot Emmet with Robo Skeleton.
Glues Your Daddy? (Bronze): Use the Kragle Gun to shoot Ma and Pa Bad Cop in the Relic Room.
To The Invisible Jet! (Bronze): Find and destroy the Invisible Jet.
Grrrg! (Bronze): Smash a chair as Bad Cop.
Too Bad! (Bronze): Switch from Good Cop (Scribble Face) to Bad Cop.


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The Key to Mobile Marketing: A Strong Opt-In List
Feb 9, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Mobile messaging -- which includes SMS, MMS and rich media messaging (RMM) -- has quickly become a staple in the world of marketing campaigns for many large brands. Mobile messaging, although still in its infancy, has drastically impacted the marketing landscape and is vital to any program.
Mobile messaging creates a very personal link between a brand and its customers. It has enjoyed 97 percent open rates, and 90 percent of messages sent to customers are opened in the first three minutes of delivery, according to Frost & Sullivan. Furthermore, mobile messaging provides up to 15 times higher response rates when compared to other marketing tactics such as email. This has created new possibilities when it comes to integrated marketing campaigns and customer engagement.
Because mobile messaging is so personal, there are very strict guidelines enforced to protect consumers from unsolicited messaging. Mobile messaging strictly follows permission-based communication with customers.
Must Opt In
"Mobile marketers must respect the right of the user to control which messages they receive. Users must opt in to programs via SMS, MMS, website registration and other legitimate methods. If a user opts in to only one program, marketers cannot send messages for another program," according to the Mobile Marketing Association.
The key challenge for brands is building an opt-in list from scratch. The best way to start is to integrate the mobile messaging campaign into all other initiatives. Brands should make customers aware of the mobile opt-in code through online, email, in-store, television, print and radio channels.
If customers are unaware of the mobile messaging campaign, how can they sign up? There is an investment involved to building an opt-in list as it does require an integrated effort across all initiatives. The payoff is delivered once the customer is opted in and over time messaging allows the brand to generate a direct response from the list within minutes. This is especially true with rich media messaging, where response rates can be as high as 38 percent.
Grow Your List
It is not enough to simply build a list; a brand must also maintain and grow it as well. Once a customer has opted in, the next goal is to learn more about your customer by sending specific messages to personalize the experience based on interest. This strategy not only generates better results, but also strengthens the relationship and loyalty between the company and the customer over time. Without value, the customer will simply opt out.
Redbox and Men's Wearhouse are examples of retailers that have successfully utilized messaging-based campaigns to promote value to their customers and generated incredible results.
Redbox was able to grow its opt-in list by 200,000 participants over 10 days by promoting free rentals to its existing client base. Men's Wearhouse obtained 93 percent coupon redemption rates by simply sending mobile messages.
Both of these are extraordinary examples, however, with recent advances in mobile messaging technology, it is possible to not only engage customers further by sending image- and video-based content, but also using social media to further amplify the ability to grow your opt-in list. By including social sharing links in the image and video based content, it is possible for the customer to post the latest received content easily to their social media networks for further exposure beyond the immediate opt-in list to generate further campaign participation.
The key to a successful mobile messaging campaign is to create and maintain a robust opt-in list. This can be achieved by integrating a strong call to action for the messaging campaign in all initiatives, leveraging social media to provide further exposure for image-based campaigns, maintaining the list through analytics, and sending value-based content.
With a carefully created campaign, brands can expect more from marketing programs and celebrate with unprecedented results.


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The Many Benefits Of Summer In Bozeman
With summer now officially underway, let me count the ways. This season is just so good for the mind and body (soak in that vitamin D while using the outdoors as your gym people). And my good people of Montana, don't forget the sunscreen (it's been a long winter once again).
I can't help but be overjoyed with new vigor, thanks to the increased sunlight. We've been couped up long enough, the door has now been opened to this domesticated winter house cat. Outside is where you will find me, whether it be exploring, fishing, golfing, camping or just plain chillin. I plan to mix it up with a smile on my face and color on my skin!
So goodbye fitness club and hello mother nature's gym (we're in one of the best in the world and the membership is free). Even when I have to mow the lawn, I still get to stare at a beautiful landscape doing it and it's all good. What else can this excited little kid say? I love summer in Bozeman! I won't stray far too often. I look forward to seeing you all at Music On Main (which kicks off on June 30th), the Bogert Farmer's Market, the Downtown Art Walks (the second friday of the month) or the Crystal rooftop. Cheers!


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Christopher L. Walker started out 19 years ago as a transactional wirehouse broker making a whopping 400 daily dials nationwide. Yet inside this conscientious cold-caller was a consultative, relationship-oriented financial advisor yearning to break free. Plenty successful as a broker, Walker was, however, equally unhappy being a broker.
That's why a year later he jumped off the transactional treadmill to become a relationship-based, fee-based advisor. His transition from broker to advisor is illustrative of the challenges that many FAs face—his story perhaps helpful to others who are contemplating such a move.
Specializing in retirement planning and retirement income re-creation, today Walker is a first vice president-investments at Wells Fargo Advisors in Kansas City, Mo., managing client assets of nearly $50 million. Last year he led the 25-advisor branch in bringing in new IRA assets. The bulk of his clientele are engineers and computer folks either preparing for retirement or who are newly retired.
"The old rules of retirement no longer apply, but there's still a tendency for individuals to think of retirement as a fixed-income retirement. Now, though, there's a need to continue to grow that nest egg through retirement to address life expectancy and the rising cost of living," says Walker, 47, an energetic Los Angeles native with a highly engaging, often humorous, style.
"Chris has an amazing personality that resonates with clients and prospects," notes his branch manager, Erik Gaucher, senior vice president. "He takes a deep, personal interest in clients, getting to know them and helping them with their financial hopes, dreams and goals to get them where they're trying to go."
Then there's Walker's exceptional work ethic. The advisor, who maintains daily and weekly productivity goals, is probably one of the most self-disciplined people you're likely to meet. He tracks every minute of his work-day, dividing it into time blocks: prospecting, marketing, service, administrative.
For example, not only does he record each prospecting, marketing and service call that he makes, he compares planned versus actual time spent on them. Further, he allocates time to evaluating just how well the strategies he's using in his practice are working.
"I tend to be kind of obsessive," he says, candidly. "But in the chaos of things we can't control, I like to focus on the things I can. It gives me the ability to manage anxiety and allows me to be productive."
As a UCLA undergrad, Walker was unclear about his path. After studying languages and philosophy for a while, he worked two summer internships in Germany: at a Berlin bakery-cafe chain and a large department store chain in Duisburg.
Following those fulfilling experiences, he decided to aim for a career in international business. Back in California, he began his first real job: coordinating the course program for personal financial planning at UCLA's Extension Department of Business and Management. That was when, becoming friends with the head investment instructor, he radically changed his intention and opted to become an FA.
But once in production at Shearson Lehman Brothers' aggressive Downtown L.A. office in 1994, he found dialing for dollars—those of affluent investors wanting to buy IPOs—short on personal gratification. Albeit, "people sent me hundreds of thousands of dollars without even meeting me face to face," says Walker, who, by the end of that first year, scored in the top quintile of his training class.
Apart from instilling a laudable work ethic, "that whole [Shearson] model was kind of nutty. The target market was quasi-institutional. It was a very intense environment and quite a stark introduction to the business," he remarks.
After a year, he transferred, for family reasons, to the firm's Kansas City office. (He and his former wife are parents of three children, ages 17, 13 and 11.) Now, in Missouri, Walker zeroed in on transforming himself into a comprehensive planning-based, fee-based advisor.
"I wanted to focus on relationships and people versus transactions and markets," he says.
But together with functioning as an advisor, he was also his clients' money manager. That combo proved problematic.
"I was trying to be both an excellent financial advisor and an excellent portfolio manager. But I've come to believe," he says, "that those are two different skill sets and that there is at least a potential conflict of interest in trying to do both."
In 1996, Walker graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in Germanic languages, after completing night classes in L.A. and finalizing administrative details in Kansas City.
Two years later, he left the former Shearson Lehman, which, via mergers, had become Smith Barney, to join PaineWebber in Kansas City.
For four years, Walker incorporated PW's proprietary model portfolio into his practice. But that approach performed "poorly," he says; and an ill-fated partnership with another FA turned out to be a bad mismatch.
At that point, he became convinced that he needed to shift to third-party money managers. "I believe there's [good reason] for placing money with a firm that employs 50 guys from Wharton and Harvard to evaluate the tactical picture rather than my trying to do it alone looking at my terminal here in Kansas City," he says.
In 2002, he made a pivotal move to Prudential Securities (predecessor to Wachovia Securities and Wells Fargo Advisors), where he was delighted to have available "the tools and resources for a comprehensive planning focus," he says. With, for instance, WF's Envision process, which uses a simulation model, he can "dovetail clients' goals and planning issues into a portfolio on a real-time basis to move [retirees] toward their destination. This has made me a very happy camper!"
Off-hours, Walker trains in the Israeli fight system of Krav Maga and competes in amateur boxing bouts as well. His companion, Kati Toivanen, is an artist and associate dean of the University of Missouri.
As for achieving a professional identity as a relationship-based FA, Walker has learned: "The success of a client's long-term investment plan depends on a partnership with a financial advisor that is based on shared responsibilities. Some of the biggest challenges to my personal serenity," he says, "had been accepting clients that weren't willing to shoulder their share of responsibility, my owning their bad choices and then my trying to fix them."
He adds: "Today if I get any sense of that from a client, I politely suggest that they work with someone else. I'll be someone's partner, but I won't be someone's parent."


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Downtown Living: Torrington seeks development as apartment rates stay unchanged
City continues seeking development as apartment occupancy rates stay unchanged
TORRINGTON >> A building on Main Street in downtown houses eight residential units with balconies overlooking the Naugatuck River.
Six of those units are vacant, according to a member of the Torrington Downtown Partners, Steven Temkin, who own the building. Only two people are living in the large, 1,100 square-foot apartments of the building at 11 to 21 Main St.
Although the remaining six units are not on the market, Temkin, who operates T&M Building on Brook Street, said they may soon provide residency to Torringtonians. But not before they're expanded: A pilot program last year called "Come Home To Downtown" chose the site as part of a mixed-used feasibility study that looked at buildings in two other cities to demonstrate how they improve downtown development.
The plan essentially called for turning the eight large apartments into 16, roughly 500-square-foot apartments. The partners are still mulling over the idea. Temkin calls it a "big decision," as he said the pilot program, operated by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, made the building the "poster child" for downtown development.
"We are at a decision point," Temkin said. "We just haven't made a final decision yet. It's a fairly major project."
Such a massive development would require relocating the two existing tenants and shutting down the building. And it would be costly, too: about $1.3 million. Tax credits are available for redeveloping such historic buildings, which would help move the development forward.
"Torrington Downtown Partners is hopeful the job could get done for less than that," Temkin said of the approximate $1.3 million sticker price.
The potential split wouldn't affect the partners' rent rates on their other sites; they own nine buildings, and three of them provide residential space totaling 41 units. Twenty exist on 29-57 Water St., all of which are about 1,100 square feet, with no vacancies. Then there's the eight units inside 11-21 Main St.; 10 units on 19 Maiden Lane, though Temkin said the partners are still trying to figure out what to do with those units; and three units on 51 Main St., two of which are occupied.
Rent for the partners' apartment properties ranges between $950 to $975, Temkin said, similar to what tenants paid five years ago. If the eight-unit building is divided into 16 units, that would allow more flexibility. Temkin said he could see rent decrease to about $650 to $750 per month.
A sampling of three local building owners and landlords suggested occupancy rates in apartment properties downtown have not changed much in the past five years in mixed-used buildings. The owners include Temkin, David Dean of Litchfield County Commercial, and Bob Capuano.
Three units between 236 to 248 Water St. each contain six rooms, owner Capuano said. All three apartments are occupied, and prices have not fluctuated in the last six years — he charges tenants $525 per month.
Dean rents nine units, one of which is an office, on 25 Maiden Lane. Unlike most other apartments, his rooms come with indoor parking, which he likes to promote as beneficial during winter months. The units range in size from 500 to 800 square feet, are one bedroom apartments and cost between $600 and $750 per month.
Other places, like the Palmer Hotel, rents out single rooms in the Downtown District. There is also the massive Torrington Towers complex, which provides elderly housing.
The city's Downtown District is 199 acres, GIS and technical services coordinator David J. Scherf said. It's among the smallest of the 16 zones in the city, which stretches 39.75 square miles—or 25,440 acres, Scherf said.
It's unclear how many of the city's 36,000 residents live in the downtown area, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey's five-year estimate for 2008-2012, there are 17,157 housing units in the city. At least 15,335 of those housing units are occupied, while 1,822 are vacant.
The study said more than half — 67 percent — of the city's housing units are owned, while 33 percent are rented housing units. The average size of a household in both cases is about two people.
For the 4,730 occupied housing units paying rent, 38 percent (1,792 units) pay between $750 to $999, while 22 percent (1,048 units) pay between $1,000 to $1,499 and 20 percent (955 units) pay $500 to $749 per month. The median monthly payment is $840.
Dean said people enjoy living downtown because of what it offers: restaurants, art galleries, the occasional nightlife spurred by restaurants whose bars close late like Backstage, O'Connor's, Bogey's and Sawyer's.
"We never have a problem with renting them," Dean said. "The cool part is you really get to walk all over downtown."
Temkin, whose partners have an office on Water Street and were instrumental in helping develop the chic Five Points Gallery on the same street, is aware of the allure of downtown living. It's all part of the package, he said.
"We think it brings livelihood to downtown," Temkin said. "Everything feeds to each other."
It's a notion the city is aware of, one that City Planner Marty Connor enjoys exploring. He's supportive of the Come Home to Downtown findings. With the downtown area being the city's de facto façade, Connor finds it exciting to see the arts flourish there, with restaurants opening and feet on the ground.
"We are working on the cool factor for Torrington," Connor said.
Filling the vacant apartments downtown is a start, mostly because it's beneficial to the community at large.
"It's called feet on the street," Connor said. "That's what we want to encourage, because if we have a 24-hour downtown, you know, it's going to be more lively. It helps the businesses, it helps everybody out."
Economic Development Director Erin Wilson said the city is in the early stages of putting together more ideas for residential growth downtown. She has solicited suggestions from community investors and property owners. She wants members of the city's thriving arts community to begin investing in the city the same way they invest in its culture.
"You put more people in downtown Torrington, that's going to support all the businesses downtown," Wilson said. "You put more foot traffic in the streets, it's going to benefit all the restaurants, all the small businesses."
The people living downtown tend to be on opposite ends of the adult spectrum: both Connor and Wilson said it's Millenials — people between 18 and their late 20s — and empty nesters — older generations whose children have left their homes.
"They have a 2,400-square-foot home and they're like, why do I need to have a 2,400-square-foot home now?" Wilson said. "They're looking for stuff like this... They're looking to have amenities close by, entertainment close by, they want to be less dependent on cars."
Connor said he envisions young professionals, perhaps people working at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, living in the proposed 16-unit expansion. He said he understands that it's expensive to renovate those buildings, though he knows the partners are trying to find the most cost-effective way of doing it. The pilot program is currently in its second phase, which is figuring out how it will fund the redevelopments, Connor said.
Wilson said she even knows of a few young professionals who commute from Waterbury — one of the three cities that also participated in the pilot program — and live in that city's downtown area. She wants those young professionals living here instead.
Millenials often can't afford to buy houses, as most have low-paying jobs and student loans to worry about, which means renting makes the most sense. But to entice these young renters, apartments should also offer something different, Wilson said. She suggests providing modern-looking apartments with contemporary accessories like stainless steel appliances.
In Torrington, there are 8,489 people between the ages of 15 and 34, according to the 2010 Census, close to the definition of Millenials. That's nearly a quarter of the city's total population.
In addition to the physical aspect of the living arrangements, the rent has to be market-rate housing, based not on affordability or state requirements — though the city needs such housing, Wilson said — but rather on what the market indicates.
One of the ways the city has supported downtown development is through its Planning and Zoning Commission, which has made efforts to encourage more growth.
"What we've tried to do is make things easier for the kinds of uses that we want to encourage," Connor said. "So the commission has changed some of the permitted uses in downtown over the past five years."
This includes changing parking requirements and making sure that if there is a change in retail use on a property downtown, the applicants don't need to show they have adequate parking. Requiring on-site parking was eliminated in favor of encouraging public, metered parking.
Parking requirements can be tricky, Wilson said, and can be a drawback in other downtown communities.
A handful of municipal parking lots are available in addition to on-street parking littered throughout downtown. They include the Torrington Library Lot, the lot next to City Hall, a small lot next to the YMCA and a new lot on the north end of the city across from the police department. But it's a common refrain during any event downtown: Why is there no parking?
Connor and Wilson both said there's plenty of parking.
"There is a lot of parking — it's just that you have to walk," Connor said.
Younger people don't care as much about parking, Wilson said, which is part of the allure of downtown living. They may enjoy walking nearby to local shops, and there's at least one local supermarket, Stop & Shop on High Street, available for people living downtown. Shawn's Mini Mart on Water Street is the only shop downtown offering similar amenities within walking distance.
Connor suspects, in addition to the parking lot being developed on Franklin Street, that the addition of the Litchfield County Courthouse Complex on Field Street will add on-street parking. That area was, coincidentally, the latest addition to the Downtown District zone. The change was made to encourage redevelopment of the building on 59 Field St., which is mostly vacant except for The Register Citizen's office, Connor said.
"That was an industrial use — not a lot of uses that you can do with that building," Connor said. "Now we can have restaurants, we can have retail, we can have other things."
Other things could include residential space on the upper floors.
While downtown development seems to attract the most attention, Connor said the city doesn't focus solely on its growth.
"We are concerned about industry and jobs, so we're concerned about our industrial park zones and trying to bring jobs in," Connor said. "There a lot of focus on downtown because it's very visible and it's the regional center for the whole area."
Reach Esteban L. Hernandez at 860-489-3121, ext. 328.
CORRECTION: The cost for redeveloping 11 to 21 Main St. is estimated at $1.3 million. It was incorrectly reported as $3.1 million in an earlier version of this story.


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A low nasal bridge is a flattening of the top part of the nose.
Saddle nose
Decreased growth (hypoplasia) of the nasal bridge may due to infections or genetic diseases. A decrease in the height of the nasal bridge is best seen from a side view of the face.
Call your health care provider if you have questions about the shape of your child's nose.
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about the patient's family and medical history.
Laboratory studies may include:
Jones KL, Jones MC, Del Campo M. Osteochondrodysplasias. In: Jones KL, Jones MC, Del Campo M, eds. Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2013:chap K.
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text: LEOTUS A/C is a modular home air-conditioner that offers smarter energy consumption. It will benefit users by the restored use of windows, easier installation, modern aesthetics and quiet operation. The double loop system separates its working parts into two units linked together by a connector. The outdoor unit generates a cold temperature while the indoor unit stores and dispenses cold air inside.


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Tuesday 6 June 2006
PlayStation 3 will launch with the crucial components of a PS2 embedded into its architecture, enabling owners to play every PS2 game ever released.
Both PS2's Emotion Engine and graphics chip will be included in PS3's hardware - in a similar way to how PS2 contains parts from PSone - claims Japanese tech magazine Ultra One. But the benefits of next-gen, plus PS3's ability to go online to download new software, means that every old game should work - unlike with PS2, which was unable to read a number of PSone games.
But this isn't a permanent fix. The inclusion of PS2 bits is a temporary measure to bridge the gap between PS3's release and Sony's tech-guys building a robust PS2 emulator for the next-gen console. Hopefully, this wouldn't be in the same style as Xbox 360's, which is only compatible with a fraction of Xbox games.
Sony has replied to these reports by stating: "We are not in a position to comment on details at the moment," perhaps suggesting that the final word on going for hardware add-ons or emulation has yet to be decided. Whatever the final decision, it's clear that backwards compatibility is still a very important element of any next-gen console. Are you listening, Mr Moore?


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I have a strange problem with glsl shader.
On nvidia it compiles, links, validates and runs just fine.
On ATI (ATI Radeon HD 4800, GL:2.1.8577) it compiles, links
but validation fails with this message:
Validation failed! - Different sampler types for same sample texture unit in fragment shader
in the shader there are samplers:
uniform sampler2D _IN_NormalsTexture;
uniform sampler2D _IN_SColorsTexture;
uniform sampler2D _IN_LNDepthTexture;
uniform sampler2DShadow _IN_ShadowMapTexture;
_IN_NormalsTexture, _IN_SColorsTexture and _IN_LNDepthTexture are accesed just once by texture2D()
and _IN_ShadowMapTexture is accesed 4 times with shadow2DProj()
so i do not see any problems (for example accesing sampler2D with shadow2DProj or such)
so why the shader do not validates on ATI ??? any ideas ?
Is glsl on ati have some weird limitations on shadow texture lockups ?
(HD series under DirectX10 behaves just like nvidia, so hardware supports filtered shadow map lockups)
The shader is spaghetti style couse it is generated by CG from hlsl source.
the full source is here http://mxadd.org/trash/shader.txt
Thanks for any ansfers!


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"I will be damned if any white man shall be master over me"
Transcription of trial record in the case of the Commonwealth v. Reuben, Greenbrier County, May 27, 1861, Executive Papers of Governor John Letcher, Pardons, June 1861, Acc. 36787, State Government Records Collection, Record Group 3, Library of Virginia.
On May 27, 1861, in the western mountain county of Greenbrier, a court convicted an enslaved man named Reuben of conspiring "to rebel and make insurrection in said county." The court heard testimony that Reuben had said that he and other enslaved men could take Lewisburg after their masters left on military duty. The court also heard evidence that loaded pistols and weapons were found in Reuben's cabin. The court convicted Reuben and sentenced him to be hanged.
Since the 1690s in Virginia, trials of slaves accused of criminal offences were tried by the judges without a jury. The justices of the peace set a market value on the convicted prisoner in order that the state government could compensate the owner for the loss of his laborer. Governor John Letcher made two notations on the trial transcription: "Recd June 6. 1861 JL"; and on June 10, 1861, the governor ordered the paper "filed" and took no action on Reuben's behalf, letting stand the sentence that Reuben be hanged.


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Slate Bridesmaid Dresses
If you want a versatile color for your wedding motif, look no further than the slate color. A slate bridesmaid dress comes in many natural variations that will make it easy to find other complementary colors.
The most common color variation of slate is medium dark gray with a tinge of blue. However, the slate color also varies to include gray, greenish gray, blue, dark red, tan, black and purplish gray. [Continue reading..]
Choosing the slate color for your bridesmaid dresses will make it easy for you to create a wedding theme as you will be provided with different color options. The many hues that can be derived from the slate color will give a unique and original look to your wedding.
Slate Bridesmaid Dress for Every Size and Shape
The good thing about choosing a slate bridesmaid dress is you will not have any problems picking a style despite the different body types of your bridesmaids. It is important for bridesmaids to feel beautiful in their slate dresses so they may require different styles to flatter or enhance their shapes. You can help your ladies look great in their slate bridesmaid dresses by knowing what dress style would look best on each body shape.
Strapless or tank slate bridesmaid dresses are the ideal choice for those with pear body shape. An A-line style will cinch the waist and cover the thighs and butts in a flattering way. Meanwhile, the tank or narrow straps will draw attention to the décolletage and accentuate the smaller area of the body. It will create a balance proportion to create an hourglass shape.
Bridesmaids with large bust will look good in one shoulder, crossover neckline or scoop neck. The necklines are classic and flattering and will not draw too much attention while the bridesmaids are strutting down the aisle in their slate bridesmaid dresses.
Tall bridesmaids will look gorgeous in a column strapless dress or streamline silhouette with subtle detail. A short dress is also a good choice for tall bridesmaids so you do not have to worry about ordering extra fabric lengths or the hem of the slate bridesmaid dress not being long enough.
V-neck, high neck or strapless slate bridesmaid dresses will flatter a petite frame. Choose a fabric or style that will not overpower the petite frame such as spaghetti strap, lace or mesh. A slate bridesmaid dress with V-neckline and narrow or spaghetti straps will elongate the body. Strapless will also look good on small shapes but avoid drop waist or seams that end at the knees as this will make petite bridesmaids look even shorter.
Emphasize and flatter a curvy body shape in a subtle and classy way with a strapped slate bridesmaid dress with ruching at the waist or a cap sleeve. A bridesmaid dress that does not cut off the body curves will create a classy hourglass shape.
Do you have bridesmaids built like actresses Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson or Jennifer Aniston? Then pick a slate bridesmaid dress that has a ribbon, sash or strapless that cinched at the waist to create a defined waist and curves.


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So, you want to participate in all of the holiday sales that are going on today, but you don't want to leave the couch? Fortunately, the Internet and its many available services have made this possible. And if you've got an Android device handy, there are also a couple of apps that you can install that will enable you to shop right from your smartphone or tablet so that you never have to venture into that terrible, evil place called "the mall." Here are just a few of them to get you through this consumer-driven weekend. Go ahead, make yourself a turkey sandwich with yesterday's leftovers and indulge in the fact that you don't even have to leave the house today to do your Christmas shopping.
Google Shopper, Free
This app is curated for the shopaholic. Google Shopper simply helps you find things to buy. Looking for mascara on sale? Select it from the front page and it'll show you which brands are having sales. Shopper also helps you find local sales and prices, looks up reviews and specifications for things like gadgets, and even looks for video of a product. You can also scan items with the included barcode scanner if you're at a store to find out if it's cheaper elsewhere.
Amazon Mobile, Free
If you subscribe Amazon Prime, then you already know the wonders of online shopping. But even if you don't, you can find practically everything you could ever want to buy for anyone on this one site--and do it all from your Android smartphone. The app also features a bar code scanner and lets you add items to your wish list, as well as peruse through similar items.
Milo Local Shopping, Free
In the event that you do feel like leaving the house, Milo helps you stay local. If you're looking for something specific like say, a teapot, type it into the search bar and Milo will scope out which nearby store carries it as well as which stores have the item in stock. You can also use the application to buy something from your phone, and then pick it up later at the store.
Mint, Free
Mint is a personal financial app that displays all of your bank accounts and finances in one easy-to-read package. It also breaks down the entirety of your spending history and lets you know when you're teetering dangerously close to zero dollars. Mint also updated its Android app today to include budgeting and split transactions. For the holidays, this is probably the number one app that you want prominently displayed on your home screen.
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This is Cullen Gray of NATO's International Security Force. He's going to be the lead performer in the upcoming SOCOM sequel. Sony published a small batch of screens, plus a profile of what makes the new Operations Commander tick.
Gray's profile says he possesses a service record that is "the stuff of legend" and has seen such vacation spots as North Korea, Algeria and Iran. He also went MIA in Southeast Asia for several months while on an "intelligence protection" mission during a civil war there. Think there's some battle scars, or at least a plot point, coming out of that?
"[P]sychologically his profile is something of a mystery. Generally exemplary before his rescue, routine profiling since shows that he became withdrawn and cynical, choosing to socialize little with colleagues and showing a distinct lack of empathy for those unwilling or unable to comply with his directives." Fun guy, this Gray.
The SOCOM Operations Commander [PlayStation.Blog]


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So what about the usual times for accepting people into the order of catechumens?
18. The following should be noted about the time of celebrating the rite of acceptance into the order of catechumens (RCIA nos. 41-74).
1. It should not be too early, but should be delayed until the candidates, according to their own dispositions and situation, have had sufficient time to conceive an initial faith and to show the first signs of conversion (RCIA 42)
2. In places where the number of candidates is smaller than usual, the rite of acceptance should be delayed until a group is formed that is sufficiently large for catechesis and the liturgical rites.
3. Two dates in the year, or three if necessary, are to be fixed as the usual times for carrying out this rite.
So much for the mindless practice of the First Sunday of Advent.
We've read earlier that the catechumenate is a gradual process (RCIA 4) and it may take several years (RCIA 7.2). So we can conclude that counting backward from the Rite of Election within a single year isn't relevant. It is often discerned that appropriate moments during the liturgical year are good choices. I find ordinary time Sundays the best. All Saints Day is a good choice, too. I would aim for celebrating this rite just prior to Lent, too. with an eye to the following year's Vigil. In my years of directing (four) a catechumenate and being the parish liturgist for it (seventeen) I've found that the Lent and Triduum observances inspire inquirers, especially in an open and welcoming parish. Some Sunday during the summer would be a good time for the rite of acceptance.
How many parishes out there still trying to cram a catechumenate into nine or ten weeks, like last year? Is that working, from what you see?


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One Big Bottle: Pelican Riptide Red Ale
The brews we're sipping, one by one.
Editor's Note: So many beers, so little time. One Big Bottle will spotlight the brews we're sipping, one by one.
This bottle is marked "Irish-Style Red Ale", but there's a real Northwest spin on this beer from Pelican Pub & Brewery in Pacific City, Oregon.
Kiss me, I'm Irish-inspired?
The Riptide Red pours a rosy brown, and there's a hefty portion of herbal rosemary-like hops popping in front of the toffee malt flavors. The hops freshen a beer style that can sometimes be overwhelmingly malty.
Golden Promise malt gives this beer a slightly toasty caramel-laced flavor—but it's subtle, not sticky-sweet. Santiam hops add hints of cantaloupe, chamomile, and herbs: each mouthfeel is a bit like dipping a rosemary sprig and a thyme sprig in a bowl of caramel. Though these flavors might not fully resolve into a coherent story, the finish is impressively clean, urging you to take another sip.
Riptide Red is an unusual beer that's full of flavor despite being pretty low in alcohol. We'd pair it with fish tacos or squid splashed with fresh lemon.
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If you want to be 100% sure you're able to see The Dark Knight Rises at midnight on July 20th, then you should mark you calendars for June 11th. According to Yahoo!, Tickets for the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy will go on sale in less than a week from today, and more than a month before the movie opens. This early pre-sale reminds me when people used to camp out for movie. Remember when fans would pitch tents outside a local theater, and just wait for weeks on end for what amounted to getting a good seat? I miss those loonies.
Tickets will be on sale at Movietickets.com, Fandango, and your local theater. Hit the jump for a recap of our recent The Dark Knight Rises coverage.
Here's the official synopsis for The Dark Knight Rises:
Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' "The Dark Knight Rises" is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar(R) winner Christian Bale ("The Fighter") again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar(R) winner Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose"), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar(R) winner Michael Caine ("The Cider House Rules") plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar(R) winner Morgan Freeman ("Million Dollar Baby") reprises the role of Lucius Fox. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on "Batman Begins" and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
Click here for all our Dark Knight Rises coverage or check out the links below.
- New footage from the MTV Movie Awards
- Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Trailer 3
- Warner Bros. Initially Wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as The Riddler for The Dark Knight Rises
- Gotham Rogues Wide Receiver Hines Ward Action Figure
- Christopher Nolan Says He Was "Nervous" to Include Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises; Christian Bale Talks the Future of the Franchise
- TV Spot "Retired"
- 20 Things to Know from our The Dark Knight Rises Set Visit
- Limited Edition The Dark Knight Rises-Themed Nokia Phone
- TV Spot, Banners, Images, SDCC Action Figure, and Promo Posters
- Mega Gallery featuring 50 Images and 15 Posters
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- New Footage to Premiere During the MTV Movie Awards
- Set Visit Preview and Four New Banners
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- New Image and Poster Highlighting Bane's Mask
- Images of the Tumbler and Bat-Pod from the Tumbler Tour