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|Excellent - 1 reviews
The Hilton Garden Inn Tampa East/Brandon hotel is located in Highland Manor Office Park near Sabal Park. Our Tampa, FL hotel is within 2 miles of the Florida State Fairgrounds, 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre and the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center plus minutes from shopping, restaurants and entertainment. We provide spacious guestrooms full of thoughtful amenities...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 1 reviews
|Excellent - 921 reviews
Country Inn & Suites Tampa East is near I-4, I-75, US-301, Lazy Days RV, Hardrock Casino, FL State Fairgrounds, 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre, Busch Gardens & Tampa port. Hotel is minutes from Sabal Industrial Park, Ford Credit, Progressive, CitiGroup, JP Morgan, University of South Florida(USF), Verizon, Telecom Park, Hidden River, Moffitt Cancer Center, VA H...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 921 reviews
Excellent 10.0
very nice. rooms were clean. easy on and off highway. staff was very helpful and friendly a very good breakfast. good location. we will be back.
Poor 2.0
My family and I stayed at the Seffner Country Inn & Suites during the Strawberry Festival in March. We accidentally left a few clothing items behind in a bag (T-shirt and a child's outfit). I called the hotel a couple of days later when I realized it. They said they would mail them to me. I told them to send it the cheapest way possible since the clothes weren't of huge significant value. They said they would. I asked for an estimate of what they thought it would cost. They told me about $7-$15, so I gave them my credit card number so they could ship it. I got the clothes a couple of days later and was billed $50.01 on my credit card!!! It had been sent Fed Ex Priority Overnight! I checked online to see how much it should have cost, it should have only cost $10.51 to send it the cheapest way by Fed Ex. I spoke to Fed Ex, and they said that it is solely the responsibility of the sender to fill out the shipping label of the package (which the hotel did not, they left the shipping method ...
|Excellent - 166 reviews
tons of fun for everyone.. welcome to the Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa-East hotel in Seffner, FL Discover Tampa, a city that celebrates its past and embraces the future. The Hampton Inn & Suites® Tampa - East hotel in Seffner, Florida is easily accessible from I-4 at Exit 10, just 1 mile east of I-75. Our East Tampa hotel is located within five minutes of the...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 166 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Great, clean, comfortable, hot breakfast, helpful front desk, and a small snack / toiletries shopEXCEEDED STAR LEVEL
Excellent 9.0
Quiet location close to the freeway
Away from major amenitiesThis is a family friendly clean hotel and is in the process of being renovated. I think it may even go up a star level once completely renovated. It is conveniently located off Hwy 75 which is a plus. The only negative is there are not enough food or shopping choices nearby.
|Excellent - 45 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 45 reviews
Good 7.0
Very friendly and clean
A king bed wod have been njce
Good 8.0
Nice spacious guest room with a nice modern renovation to the room we had.
The front desk staff made us wait to check in because the 'Priceline' credit card was declined. Why not check us in and then resolve your accounting issues with 'priceline'. It's not my concern nor am I interested in how 'the hotel' is paid .
|Excellent - 2 reviews
natural wonders and big-city thrills.. welcome to the Hampton Inn Tampa/Brandon Discover new worlds of natural wonders and big-city thrills in Tampa, a Gulf Coast metropolis bursting with the diverse influences of international cultures. The Hampton Inn® hotel in Tampa/Brandon is a great starting point to explore the area, located just west of the intersecti...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 2 reviews
Excellent 8.3
Staff was very courteous and helpful.Roomwas very clean and the bed was extremely comfortable..
Excellent 9.6
The hotel was very clean, and the staff was nice. Location was convenient, near a movie theater and comic book shop. Breakfast was great. Will definitely stay again.
Beds were a little small, but still comfortable.
|Excellent - 221 reviews
Make Yourself at Home at Our Hotel in Brando Stay at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Tampa-Brandon hotel, right off I-75 and near I-4, the crossroad of travel for the area, just minutes from downtown Tampa. Our hotel in Brandon, FL provides a location minutes away from downtown Tampa traffic, prices and noise. Enjoy our Brandon, Florida hotel's complimentary a...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 221 reviews
Good 8.0
The property was well maintain throughout the facility
The room was designed for the disabled, so everything was low. However the shower was almost useless do to the poor water pressure. It was most likely caused by the type of head used being a detachable one.Overall, this hotel was a good experience, the people were friendly, the property was clean and quiet, and you felt safe walking outside.
Good 7.0
convenient, free internet,breakfast,24hrs coffee stand, some of the staff.
When I asked for a room with two beds and a tub, they told me I booked through priceline & with that cheap price, that was the only room they could give me, and that if i wanted to change rooms to the two beds than i would have to pay extra for the roomThe hotel was nice, everyone was nice, only that they should not discriminate between clients who make reservations through priceline.
|Excellent - 212 reviews
Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express Tampa-Brandon Located just off I-75; our corporate travelers are close to Citigroup, Sable Park, Coca Cola, Sears/Kmart, Silo Bend, Ashley Furniture, Good Year Tire, and CSX Transportation; to name a few. It's also just a quick commute to downtown Tampa and the Convention Center. To ensure our guests have a successful stay...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 212 reviews
Excellent 10.0
clean, good staff, quiet, great pool and breakfast. great rate
Excellent 9.0
Maggie and Kissa were provided great, friendly customer service. Breakfast was good.
No hot tub. Bed not real comfortable.
|Good - 239 reviews
Kick Back and Relax in Tampa, FL at Our Hotel Boasting lush landscaping and excellent features like a sparkling, outdoor pool, the Holiday Inn Express® Hotel & Suites Tampa - Fairgrounds - Casino has everything you need to unwind. Because of the hotel's central location in Tampa, Florida, guests also enjoy easy access to attractions like Busch Gardens and bu...
Overall Rating - Good - 239 reviews
Good 8.0
Location, had business at fairgrounds across the street. Staff was accomodating and friendly. Best free breakfast of any 2 star inn.
Small inconvenience of entry cards not working after one night.Over all, a great experience for a 2 star. I have stayed in 3 and 4 star inns that weren't as good. Highly recommended!
Excellent 10.0
Very clean, new rooms, good breakfast. Everything that I expected.
Hotel could use more parking area, but this is only because I drive a semi truck.This hotel fully met my expectations.
|Excellent - 417 reviews
82 Deluxe & Whirpool rooms. Complimentary High speed internet, complimentary breakfast buffet, coffee makers, business center, outdoor pool, fitness center, guest laundry, iron and boards. Meeting room to accommodate 50 people theater style
Overall Rating - Excellent - 417 reviews
Excellent 10.0
The staff was the best. The girls working in the kitchen were wonderful. The girls behind the counter were so accommodating.
Not all of the work out equipment worked.
Good 8.0
The hotel was close to the cruise port. Shopping and restaurants were close as well
The beds were not very comfortable.It was pretty clean but the breakfast was not very good.
|Good - 2 reviews
The La Quinta Inn & Suites Tampa Brandon Regency Park was recently named a 2014 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award winner! NEW! Samsung Flat-panel TVs with 30 channels of HD programming. Easy-access Plug-and-Play feature makes it simple to connect electronics. The La Quinta Inn & Suites Tampa Brandon Regency Park is central to all area attract...
Overall Rating - Good - 2 reviews
Good 7.3
Other than the barking dogs, it was a nice stay.
That it is dog friendly
|Excellent - 1 reviews
The Embassy Suites Tampa Brandon hotel is just off I-75, 12 miles from downtown Tampa and in easy reach of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Gulf beaches. Discover Florida attractions close to our hotel near Tampa, including the Hard Rock Casino, Florida State Fairgrounds, Busch Gardens Tampa, Legoland Florida, and Raymond James Stadium. Enjoy a unique shopping...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 1 reviews
Excellent 10.0
The rooms were clean spacious and the breakfast was very good. The staff was excellent. I especially want to compliment and thank Diane and Paolo at reception desk and Olive who was waiting on us at our event.
|Okay - 1 reviews
Located in Brandon, Extended Stay America - Tampa - Brandon is convenient to Ice Sports Forum and Westfield Brandon. This hotel is within the vicinity of Florida State Fairgrounds and Bob Thomas Equestrian Center. Make yourself at home in one of the 142 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and microwaves. 32-inch fl...
Overall Rating - Okay - 1 reviews
Okay 5.6
Bed was uncomfortable
|Excellent - 184 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 184 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Good location and close to the Brandon mall.
Needs more parkingI stay there often when making trips to Florida to visit family, always a pleasant stay.
Excellent 10.0
The staff was incredible. Not just friendly, but helpful and fun. Not the typical hotel staff I'm used to, and I travel plenty. Everyone at the front desk and the bistro was great.
|Excellent - 103 reviews
Staybridge Suites Welcomes You for an Extended Stay at Tampa Sabal Park Hotel Ideally situated just over ten miles from downtown, the Staybridge Suites hotel of Tampa, Florida is in close proximity to the Tampa International Airport (TPA) . Our hotel is also located near prominent businesses, as well as many area attractions. This pet friendly Tampa extended...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 103 reviews
Good 7.0
It was very clean, and very pretty. Though we didn't really need it, the little kitchen suite was nice.
The hotel was nice, but it was way overpriced for what you get. The door wouldn't lock when we first got there, so we had to get help. The employees seemed over worked, but didn't seem to want to take it out on the customers, at least.Very nice, but overpriced. Not all the employees spoke english, either, which made it very difficult to communicate.
Excellent 10.0
The room was spacious. Easy check in easy check out.
No. Everything was great.We had a great stay.
|Good - 262 reviews
NEW! Samsung Flat-panel TVs with 30 channels of HD programming. Easy-access Plug-and-Play feature makes it simple to connect electronics. Located eight miles southeast of downtown with easy access to I-75, the La Quinta Inn Tampa Brandon West is just minutes from the best area attractions, including Busch Gardens, Adventure Island, and the Lowry Park Zoo...
Overall Rating - Good - 262 reviews
Poor 2.0
Open the sleeper sofa at 0030 am and discovered it was dirty sheets, called front desk 3 times before we got sheets 05 hour later. Never again.
Poor 2.0
After seeing a cockroach at 11pm crawling across night stand had a very restless night. Would not stay there again.


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Today's final landing of space shuttle Atlantis marks the end of an era for NASA, closing the careers of countless engineers, specialists, mission control personnel and even astronauts. The shuttle program was ground-breaking, innovative, exciting to witness and resulted in countless advances in technology of all kinds: spaceflight, engineering and telecommunications just for starters.
One questions that gets asked today (that probably didn't get asked during the early days of the program 30 years ago) is: was the shuttle program green, or at least carbon-neutral? Or was it harmful? Did it produce any advances in environmental science? Was it the sort of program a person who loves the planet could support enthusiastically?
The definitive answer is "Yes." And "No."
Clear as mud, huh? Visit the message board underneath any recent news item about a shuttle roll-out, launch or landing, and inevitably you will find comments discussing the shuttle's impact on the environment – either good or bad – and whether the "bad" was offset by "good" (green) technologies the shuttle program either directly developed or helped put in place.
The most visible element of a shuttle launch is, of course, acres and acres of what looks like smoke billowing from the launch
platform. Most of this, however, is actually water vapor, produced as a byproduct of burning liquid hydrogen and also from the shuttle's sound suppression water system. Seconds before ignition of the shuttle's main engines, nearby water tanks flood the launch platform with 300,000 gallons of water to help insulate against the intense sound waves produced by the shuttle's ignition and to help protect the platform itself (it being a rather pricey item to rebuild after each launch).
That's not to say there are no nasty emissions produced by a shuttle launch, and it's hard to argue that any vehicle that produces 37 million horsepower by burning five tons of super-cooled propellant each second, using as much energy as a single American in his or her entire lifetime, can be "green."
So let's examine the program in terms of "pros" and "cons," and get the "bad" over with first.
The Cons
Hydrazine. The shuttle's auxiliary power units (APUs) use hydrazine, a highly toxic and dangerously unstable inorganic compound that is a known carcinogen (in addition to causing all sorts of other nasty health problems such as irritation of the nose and throat; itching, burning and swelling of the eyes; and damage to the kidney, liver and blood cells, even at relatively low concentrations). Hydrazine, a commonly used rocket mono-propellant (meaning it can work as a propellant all on its own without the need to react with some other substance, like an oxidizer) is the result of pairing two ammonia molecules together and then removing a hydrogen from each. Hydrazine's unstable and dangerous nature is precisely what makes it so valuable for spacecrafts: because it needs no other compound to react with to burn, it can be used as a propellant to fire engines in space. It's tough to ignite things in space, so the fact that hydrazine is so unstable (it can ignite spontaneously when mixed with an oxidizer: no spark necessary) means it's ideal to help rockets fire and create thrust in the vacuum of space (or near-vacuum of orbit) in order to help the shuttle change position or angles. It's also an ideal propellant if you want a quick "start and stop" engine burn in space: since it doesn't actually require a second compound, like an oxidizer, it can fire an engine for a short period of time and then shut off quickly. With fuels like hydrogen that require an oxidizer, an engine generally must burn until it uses up all the fuel and oxidizer. With hydrazine, the burn can be started and stopped at will.
The fact that hydrazine is so ideal for spacecrafts means that it's hard to replace. But its health risks are well known: it's water-soluble and can be absorbed through the skin, which is what makes it such a dangerous human health hazard. In fact, the long, drawn-out procedures NASA goes through after a shuttle landing before the astronauts are allowed to disembark are primarily an effort to ensure that no hydrazine lingers around the shuttle or its exhaust ports before personnel are allowed to approach the immediate exterior of the craft. (It's also why NASA took such pains to make sure that anyone encountering debris from the break-up of shuttle Columbia in 2003 during its re-entry understood not to touch or even approach the bits.)
Hydrochloric acid. Most emissions produced by the shuttle during launch come from the craft's solid rocket boosters (SRBs) – which produce more than 70 percent of the thrust needed to lift the shuttle into orbit – and the binding and curing agents that are used for the fuels they consume. One of these binding agents is hydrogen chloride which, when mixed with water, becomes hydrochloric acid. The SRB exhaust also contains some other problematic substances: chlorine, a respiratory irritant; carbon dioxide, which is, of course, a greenhouse gas, and nitrogen oxide, another pollutant. Additionally, the primary component of the solid rocket boosters, the oxidizer ammonium perchlorate, is known to cause thyroid problems.
Other damage. Environment groups also point out that the shuttle launches can cause harm in the form of noise pollution and acoustic bursts during launch and re-entry (when a sonic boom occurs when the vehicle hits the atmosphere) that have the potential to harm or disorient nearby wildlife, though there has been no evidence of any major damage to local flora or fauna near launch and landing sites.
Others have expressed concern about the potential for leaks or mishandling of dangerous cleaning solvents, fuels and other toxic compounds used in spacecrafts and rocket propulsion. During the 30-year course of the shuttle program, of course, two shuttles have been lost: the Challenger during launch in 1986 and the Columbia during re-entry in 2003. In both cases, dangerously contaminated debris rained down on earth, requiring extensive clean-up in an effort to protect both life and the environmental health of the disaster sites.
The Pros
The environmental upsides of the space shuttle program are many, and few environmentally minded individuals appear to believe that the drawbacks of the program outweighed the benefits.
The hydrogen. While the always up-and-coming Earth-based "Hydrogen Economy" has yet to materialize, hydrogen has been used for a variety of critical mission purposes by NASA for decades.
For starters, hydrogen is the most important element (no pun intended) of the shuttle launch process. Inside the space shuttle's external fuel tank – the big orange thing – are both liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Hydrogen, which is burned by the shuttle at a rate of 45,000 gallons per minute during launch in concert with 17,000 gallons of liquid oxygen to help the hydrogen burn, is the most abundant element on earth and is high in energy yet extremely clean-burning, so it produces no pollution. (The burning of hydrogen produces water so clean that the astronauts can and do actually drink it.)
But hydrogen isn't used only as a fuel for the shuttle's launch. Hydrogen fuel cells provide energy on the orbiter for ordinary operations needs like lighting, life support, computers and scientific equipment. While hydrogen fuel cells are still relatively cutting-edge when it comes to green energy for the wider consumer marketplace, NASA has been using them for manned space travel since the 1960s. The space shuttle is not the first NASA craft to have its orbital energy needs met by hydrogen fuel cells: that honor goes to the Gemini program in the 1960s. (NASA briefly considered using nuclear energy for on-board energy needs, but decided it would be too dangerous.)
In reality, once the shuttle reaches orbit after launch, it uses a negligible amount of energy for operations – all of it provided by hydrogen fuel cells – and tiny positional and course corrections in order to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) and to start its insertion into the earth's atmosphere for the purpose of descent and landing.
Kinetic energy. When the space shuttle begins its descent to earth, all 115 tons of it are traveling at a brisk 18,000 miles per hour. The friction of the shuttle traveling at high speed hitting the earth's atmosphere converts this kinetic energy into heat: so much heat that the atmosphere the descending shuttle comes into contact with ionizes into plasma (the fourth state of matter after gas, liquid and solid). The good news is that this energy is free, clean and renewable, in the form of kinetic energy. The shuttle uses the friction and the heat it generates for the purpose of slowing down to effect an efficient re-entry, at which time it essentially turns into a no-power glider. The shuttle's final slow-down is achieved by the means of some pretty old-fashioned and clean technology: a parachute that uses wind drag to slow the shuttle to a full stop.
Certainly, the shuttle program evolved during its lifetime to be more eco-friendly. Earlier shuttle missions used freon-based foam for some insulation needs. Freon, as we all remember from public service announcements in the 1970s and early 1980s, contributes to depletion of the ozone layer. In later missions, starting with a refitting of the shuttle Discovery, however, NASA swapped out the freon foam to more eco-friendly alternatives.
It's hard to argue that the space shuttle program, despite its vast use of resources both natural and monetary, hasn't benefited the planet and its native occupants. The program has launched the Hubble Space Telescope that has greatly furthered our understanding of the universe. It has placed countless satellites, both for telecom and weather and space monitoring, into orbit. It was the most important element in the creation of the International Space Station, having carried a majority of its components into orbit, and it has launched a number of interplanetary probes.
It has also resulted in unintentional ecological benefits. A process developed by NASA called Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron (EZVI) technology – used to clean up launch and vehicle assembly sites contaminated by dangerous solvents – is now part of NASA's technology transfer program, which means it's being adapted for commercial use in cleaning up groundwater located at dangerous toxic waste sites all over the world, particularly those contaminated by dense nonaqueous phase liquids, or DNAPLs. EZVI will be useful for cleaning up land that has been polluted by a number of dangerously dirty industries, including dye and paint manufacturing, dry-cleaning, chemical manufacturers, metal cleaning and degreasing facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing, leather tanning and adhesive and aerosol manufacturing plants.
In addition, the shuttle has deposited a number of satellites into orbit whose job it is to study the earth's climate and help us better understand how the climate may be changing due to both natural processes and human activity.
While space enthusiasts (like yours truly) will miss the still-thrilling launches, landings and mission updates of the space shuttle program, it's not hard to understand why the program is being retired. It was an incredibly expensive way to launch payload and humans into space, and in the coming years, we can look forward to more advanced, forward-thinking (not to mention more economical) ways to connect the human race to space, via both governmental agencies like NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the European Space Agency and China's National Space Administration, plus the efforts of innovative private space enterprises such as Elon Musk's Space-X or Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.
In the meantime, we'll just have to wait for someone to develop the warp drive. Does anyone know if dilithium crystals are clean-burning and renewable?
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i am for it because even though they did a lot of damage we still did so many things to this world and learned so much about space

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The Open Toolkit 0.9.7 released with OpenGL 3.1 support
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Mar 30, 2009
The Open Toolkit is a free, cross-platform OpenGL/OpenAL wrapper for C# and other .Net/Mono languages. This release introduces OpenGL 3.1 support, improves the type-safety of the 3.0 bindings and enables automatic error checking for OpenGL.
ATI ships FirePro V7750 with 1 GB frame buffer and OpenGL 3 support
Categories: Processors |
Mar 30, 2009
The new ATI FirePro V7750 offers 1 GB frame buffer, OpenGL 3 support, 2 Display-Ports, 30-bit graphics pipeline, GPGPU support and more. But the got-to-have-it news is the price of $899
Mesa 7.4 OSS implementation of OpenGL released
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Mar 30, 2009
Mesa is a free and open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification. Mesa 7.4 is the latest stable release and implements the OpenGL 2.1 API and brings support for GLSL version 1.20. Intel DRI drivers now use GEM and DRI2.
AMD shows OpenCL-based Havoc physics at GDC
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Mar 27, 2009
AMD showed off OpenCL-accelerated Havok gaming physics at the 2009 Game Developers Conference.
Ardor3D, a Java OpenGL 3D engine, releases version 0.4
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Mar 26, 2009
Ardor3Ds Development team is proud to announce the 0.4 release of their API. This new release features many new API enhancements as well as improvements to process to make it easier to develop with the technology.
Algoryx releases OpenGL based Algodoo - Phun Edition
Categories: Applications |
Mar 24, 2009
Algoryx Simulation AB, Umeå, Sweden, today announced the release of Algodoo - Phun Edition for download. Algodoo is a 2D-simulation environment for creating interactive scenes in a playful, cartoony manner, making use of the physics that we use to explain our real world. It utilizes OpenGL for eye pleasing cartoon style rendering of physics simulations. The Phun Edition is free for personal non-commercial use and is a substantially updated version of its popular precursor, Phun 2D Physics Sandbox.
NVIDIA is committed to the rapid adoption of OpenGL 3.1 - beta drivers available now
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Mar 24, 2009
NVIDIA is committed to the rapid adoption of OpenGL 3.1 and we are proud to release our beta drivers on the same day as the specification itself. Drivers for both the Windows and Linux platforms are available and can be downloaded here.
Khronos Releases Streamlined OpenGL 3.1 Specification
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Mar 24, 2009
The Khronos™ Group announced it has publicly released the OpenGL® 3.1 specification that modernizes and streamlines the cross-platform, royalty-free API for 3D graphics. OpenGL 3.1 includes GLSL™ 1.40, a new version of the OpenGL shading language, and provides enhanced access to the latest generation of programmable graphics hardware through improved programmability, more efficient vertex processing, expanded texturing functionality and increased buffer management flexibility. OpenGL 3.1 implementations are expected shortly from multiple vendors. The new OpenGL 3.1 specification and more details are available here. The official OpenGL 3.1 Feedback thread is here.
Khronos announces highlights from the News Conference and Developers Sessions at GDC 2009
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Mar 23, 2009
Khronos is proud to announce the follow highlights in the upcoming Developers Sessions at GDC on March 24th 2009:
Streamlined OpenGL 3.1 Specification Released
Just nine months after OpenGL 3.0; Adds cutting-edge GPU functionality
OpenCL 1.0 Implementations Close to Shipping
Portable heterogeneous parallel computing; Seamless interop visual computing with OpenGL
OpenSL ES 1.0 Released for Cross-Platform Audio Processing
Extensive portable audio functionality; Enhances audio in the Khronos Mobile API Ecosystem
Khronos Launches Initiative for Accelerated 3D on the Web
Open call for industry participation and contributions; Project initiated by Mozilla
AntZero releases AtomicView, an OpenGL based DAM
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Mar 20, 2009
AntZero released V1.2 of its digital assets manager for Mac OS X (Windows version coming this summer) entirely based on the top of OpenGL. This application makes intensive uses of OpenGL for every visual processing going from video rendering to ultra fast user-interface navigation. Using OpenGL for rendering every single element of the software, from standard controls to media thumbnails, allowed AntZero to create a very polished and responsive user-interface, providing a unique user experience.
FirePro OpenGL Developer Tools & SDK
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Mar 20, 2009
AMD has released OpenGL tessellation example source code for the AMD_vertex_shader_tessellator extension as well as sample OpenGL source code that illustrates how to create and display 10-bit per component surfaces. This code is specifically intended for developers building products targeting professional users of FirePro workstation cards.
gDEBugger for Apple's Mac OS X will be launched at GDC 2009
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Mar 19, 2009
Graphic Remedy will launch the first official version of gDEBugger Mac at this year's Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 23-27 March. On Tuesday March 24, gDEBugger Mac will be demonstrated, all day long, in the Khronos Developer University full-day tutorial area. Fully functional trial version of gDEBugger Mac is now available for download. gDEBugger is an OpenGL Debugger and Profiler. It traces application activity on top of the OpenGL API, lets programmers see what is happening within the graphic system implementation to find bugs and optimize OpenGL application performance. gDEBugger Mac brings all of gDEBugger's Debugging and Profiling abilities to the OpenGL Mac OS X developer's world. gDEBugger now runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems.
Delphi OpenGL Community Wiki is celebrating its 1000th article
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Mar 18, 2009
The German DelphiGL-Community is celebrating the 1000th article in its DGL-Wiki. The wiki was founded in the summer of 2004 and has become the internets largest German-speaking OpenGL reference. It started with German translations of the specification and the well known DGL-Tutorials were transferred later. Tips and tricks have been added and references of related topics like SDL and OpenAL have joined the wiki. The DGL Comunity recently added a free shader collection. If you still have questions, the nice and helpful DGL-community will answer them in the DGL forum in English or German. Congratulations to the entire Delphi OpenGL Community on this momentous occasion.
OpenGL Bootcamp in Kloster Eberbach near Frankfurt, Germany
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Mar 18, 2009
Big Nerd Ranch Europe, provider of intensive training classes for programmers, system administrators and web developers, announced new dates for OpenGL Bootcamp in Europe, featuring instructor Jay Anderson and his co-instructor Carsten Haubold, for April 20-24, 2009. This intensive five-day class at the old monastery Kloster Eberbach near Frankfurt, Germany is the fastest way to master the ideas and techniques of OpenGL programming by focusing on advanced level visualization techniques and elevating the materials beyond simply video game development instruction. You can view more information about this course on the Khronos website and on the Big Nerd Ranch website.
How does an OpenGL specification get written and why use this process?
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Mar 16, 2009
AMD's Nick Haemel blogs about why OpenGL uses the extension process for adding new features. Simplified version: a new feature goes from Idea—> Vendor/ARB Extension—> Core OpenGL Specification, assuming hardware is capable. Extensions are proof-concept that lead to a core specification that is more stable and predictable.
Sun's VirtualBox 2.1.4 gets experimental OpenGL support
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Mar 13, 2009
Sun recently released version 2.1.4 of their VirtualBox for Mac. Among other improvements was the addition of experimental support for OpenGL in Windows virtual machines. Because this feature is labeled experimental, it's turned off by default, but it can be easily enabled in the virtual machine's settings panel. For the complete story and CINEBENCH animation bench marks, read the whole story by Rob Griffiths at Macworld.
Caustic announces CausticRT using CausticGL based on OpenGL and CausticOne hardware
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Mar 12, 2009
Caustic Graphics CausticRT™ is a raytracing acceleration system made up of the revolutionary CausticOne™ graphics accelerator card, and the CausticGL™ programming API. CausticOne enables your CPU/GPU to render stunning 3D imagery 20x faster than it can today. CausticGL is built on the OpenGL and OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) APIs. Jon Peddie Research says "Caustic Graphics has made the breakthrough with a combination of a small hardware accelerator and some very innovative software-this is an amazing accomplishment."
Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice - new book discussing GLSL shaders
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Mar 12, 2009
A new book will be available in May, "Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice" by Mike Bailey and Steve Cunningham. This book discusses GLSL shaders, explaining how they work and showing many examples of what can be done with them. Vertex, fragment, and geometry shaders are covered, as well as the OpenGL-GLSL API calls. The book is intended both as a text for classes to use, and as a step-by-step approach to learning GLSL on one's own. The book is available at A.K. Peters Ltd and Amazon.
Yogurtistan Brings Easy 3D to the browser with Flash 10 and OpenGL compatibility
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Mar 11, 2009
Yogurt is showing off their engine for its upcoming virtual world, Yogurtistan.The engine runs in Flash 10 with no other plugins required and is compatible with OpenGL, which means it could eventually work with the iPhone via OpenGL ES. Until then, it also makes it easier for developers to translate their OpenGL games via Yogurt's engine to Flash and for the company to include services like P2P voice and media in its world.
ToyRacers beta now available - based on OpenGL and GLSL
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Mar 09, 2009
A beta version of ToyRacers was released and is available for free download. The game features OpenGL graphics using GLSL for shaders - including perpixel lighting, shadowmapping and -volumes. The game offers splitscreen and singleplayer mode. Take it for a spin! Feedback and comments are very welcome.
AsdGraph3D v1.5 using OpenGL to create X-Y-Z 3D graphs in Excel
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Mar 09, 2009
AsdGraph3D Excel Add-in version 1.5 is an OpenGL Excel Add-in allowing users to easily create true X-Y-Z 3D graphs with just a few mouse clicks. Selected X, Y and Z cell ranges do not have to be of same dimension or size (they will be intelligently auto-resized!). Version 1.5 also adds the support for pivot-table like data format.
Open Toolkit 0.9.5 C# wrapper for OpenGL released
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Mar 09, 2009
This release introduces OpenGL 3.0 support on Linux, adds inline documentation to the OpenGL API and fixes several bugs related to joystick input and the OpenGL wrappers. The Open Toolkit is a free, strongly-typed and cross-platform C# wrapper for OpenGL and OpenAL. It is compatible with all .Net languages and runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Mazatech's AmanithVG reaches new milestone
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Mar 06, 2009
Mazatech has released a new version of the AmanithVG engine (now AmanithVG GLE). AmanithVG GLE is an high performance software library for 2D vector graphics, layered on top of OpenGL fixed pipeline and OpenGL ES 1.0+ CM, based on OpenVG 1.0.1 and OpenVG 1.1 specifications. This new milestone implements the whole OpenVG 1.1 features set just using the fixed pipeline, two texture units and a single auxiliary buffer (depth or stencil) only. AmanithVG GLE exploits all available GL extensions to accelerate the rendering and, where it's not possible, it uses few smart software fallbacks to implement a really small subset of the OpenVG pipeline. Evaluation builds are available for download on the AmanithVG website. AmanithVG internal testsuite results, as well as tests sources, are available on the GLE tests page and the SRE tests page.
AMD releases GPU Association extension to bind an OpenGL render context to a specific GPU
Categories: Developers |
Mar 04, 2009
The new WGL_AMD_GPU_association allows applications to make the decision of what work to task to each GPU. A workstation application can use this extension to determine what types of GPUs are in a system and pick which contexts to allocate on each GPU. This allows a workstation application, especially those that do off-screen rendering, to process multiple images or datasets simultaneously and combine the final image for display. The decision of how to divide up the work is left to the application.
Redsdk 2.0 released with Redmaterials
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Mar 03, 2009
OpenGL based Redsdk is the first graphics Software Development Kit which integrates real-time 2D & 3D visualization as well as photo-realistic rendering from a single API. Thanks to its patented hybrid CPU/GPU ray tracer called RED, Redsdk significantly reduces the processing time of still images and animations.
S3 Graphics Chrome 540 GTX
Categories: Processors |
Mar 02, 2009
S3 Graphics announced an 850MHz clocked GDDR3 based Chrome 540 GTX graphics processor. The S3 Graphics Chrome 540 GTX gives multimedia users the perfect balance of DirectX 10.1 / OpenGL 3.0 graphics performance, high-quality Picture-in-Picture Blu-ray playback, and a high-speed, high-throughput 64-bit GDDR3 memory bus interface running at 850 MHz.
EVEREST 5.0 Corporate EVEREST Corporate released with OpenGL 3.0 support
Categories: Applications |
Mar 02, 2009
EVEREST Corporate Edition is an automated network audit, system change tracking and network monitoring solution for small and large corporate enterprises, based on the award-winning EVEREST Technology. Now with support for OpenGL 3.0 with OpenGL version compliancy test. OpenGL video adapter information for the latest GPUs including ATI Radeon HD 43xx/45xx/46xx/48xx, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 295, S3 Chrome 530 GT. OpenGL properties, shader features and extensions listing with OpenGL 3.0 support. New OpenGL version compliance test to verify hardware and driver compliance to various OpenGL interface revisions.
The Open Toolkit library 0.9.4 released
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Mar 02, 2009
The latest version of the Open Toolkit library introduces support for OpenGL 3.0, joystick devices and the Mac OS X platform. The Open Toolkit library is a free, fast OpenGL & OpenAL wrapper for .Net. Its strongly-typed bindings catch typical OpenGL errors during compilation, making it very suitable for RAD development. The toolkit runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X without recompilation and can be used by all .Net languages.
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ABC News has confirmed that President Obama will attempt to grant a recess appointment to Richard Cordray, his choice to run the new consumer Financial Protection Bureau, using powers ordinarily only available when the Senate is in recess, which it is not.
Forty-four senators object to the appointment, not over Cordray's credentials, but over what they consider exceptional powers given to the new agency.
Cordray will travel to his home state of Ohio today with President Obama, who will make yet another high school gymnasium speech about the economy and the "We Cant Wait" campaign he is waging against Congress.
According to senior administration officials, the White House Counsel's office has decided that "by any straight reading" of the law, the Senate has in fact been in recess since December 23, and will not return to session until January 23. They say that remaining in "pro-forma session" with no business conducted in the interim is not sufficient to prevent a president from using his constitutional authority to place a recess appointment into office until the end of the current congressional term.
"In an overt attempt to prevent the President from exercising his authority during this period, Republican Senators insisted on using a gimmick called 'pro forma' sessions, which are sessions during which no Senate business is conducted and instead one or two Senators simply gavel in and out of session in a matter of seconds," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer writes in a White House blog. "But gimmicks do not override the President's constitutional authority to make appointments to keep the government running. Legal experts agree."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the appointment is "an unprecedented move" and he complained that the president "has arrogantly circumvented the American people."
"This recess appointment represents a sharp departure from a long-standing precedent that has limited the President to recess appointments only when the Senate is in a recess of 10 days or longer." McConnell, R-Ky., said. "Breaking from this precedent lands this appointee in uncertain legal territory, threatens the confirmation process and fundamentally endangers the Congress's role in providing a check on the excesses of the executive branch."
The new consumer watchdog agency can't employ some of its new regulatory powers until there is a chairman in place. President Obama is testing the legality of all this, and senators fume his maneuver is "arrogant."
Republicans also contend that the move "set the precedent that any time the House and Senate are not in session, the president could install his nominees — for up to two years." Tuesday a GOP leadership aide noted that the appointment was "unprecedented without qualification."
"Such a move would overturn more than 200 years of precedent and a core element of our constitutional system of checks and balances," the aide said. "No president has ever done what would be required to make a recess appointment [Wednesday]."
Tuesday the House held a pro-forma session to begin the second session of the 112th Congress. According to the Constitution, the House and Senate cannot adjourn for longer than three days without the consent of the other chamber by agreeing to a concurrent adjournment resolution. In an effort to block recess appointments, both chambers have held pro-forma sessions every three days and the president has not made any recess appointments since the GOP took the House majority.
Republicans are also quick to point out that the effort to block recess appointments is not a partisan one. During the end of the George W. Bush administration, the Democratic-controlled Senate regularly held pro-forma sessions every three days during holidays to prevent the president from making recess appointments. Then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid noted in remarks on the floor in 2008 that he had to keep the Senate in pro-forma session to block an appointment that President Bush wanted.
"Although the Senate is not in recess, President Obama, in an unprecedented move, has arrogantly circumvented the American people by 'recess' appointing Richard Cordray as director of the new CFPB," House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement. "This recess appointment represents a sharp departure from a long-standing precedent that has limited the President to recess appointments only when the Senate is in a recess of 10 days or longer. Breaking from this precedent lands this appointee in uncertain legal territory, threatens the confirmation process and fundamentally endangers the Congress's role in providing a check on the excesses of the executive branch."
Boehner contends that the agency "is poised to be one of the least accountable and most powerful agencies in Washington."
"Created by the deeply flawed Dodd-Frank law, it is subject to none of the checks that independent agencies normally operate under, and will have an unprecedented reach and control over individual consumer decisions," he added. "Earlier this year, 44 of my Senate Republican colleagues and I served notice that we will not confirm any nominee as director, regardless of party, until structural changes are made to make the bureau accountable to the American people—and more transparent. Our request was met with silence from the administration. As a result just last month the Senate rejected Cordray's nomination. Congress has a constitutional duty to examine presidential nominees, a responsibility that serves as a check on executive power. But once again, the President has chosen to circumvent the confirmation process."
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A number of government agencies are potentially in the gun following revelations a convicted sex offender worked on and off at schools for 12 years.
Ministers were informed late last week that the convicted offender had been arrested while allegedly in breach of their conditions of release.
It's been revealed the offender, who is now in custody, has worked at up to eight schools but court suppression orders mean Education Minister Hekia Parata can't confirm which schools may have been involved, or even if the offender is male or female.
A ministerial inquiry has been launched to look at how the person fooled the system.
Prime Minister John Key says the system needs a shake up because it's absolutely critical the confidence of parents is restored.
"We just need to understand why this person seems to have slipped through the cracks, we know that they are a fairly devious person obviously but we just don't know exactly why the system has failed to pick them up," he says.
"The only way we will restore confidence when, in my view, there's a full Ministerial Inquiry where we frankly rip the system apart and find out what went wrong and why."
Two schools and the parents of children at them have already been told the person worked there.
Derek, whose daughter goes to one of the schools in question, received a letter last night informing him of the situation.
"I've got a 16-year-old daughter and I've got a 15-year-old daughter and I've also got three sons so it's really close to home," he told Newstalk ZB's Danny Watson.
"It was just a big shell shock last night and then for it to come out in the news, I thought just as a concerned parent, someone should know that it's actually local and it's happening and we need to be aware of it."
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced a ministerial inquiry into the matter conducted by former ombudsman Mel Smith which will look at how the individual was able to exploit opportunities in the system and how it can be prevented from happening again.
"At this stage, I cannot discuss the details of this individual case as the matter is now before the courts and therefore there is very little information that can be made publicly available at this point. However, I am extremely concerned by the details of this case," says Ms Parata.
"Parents should be able to send their children to school confident that an individual of this type is not part of the school environment."
"Clearly there are weaknesses in the system and that is why I have taken this very serious step of establishing a ministerial inquiry and asking someone of the seniority of Mel Smith to begin and begin immediately," Ms Parata says.
The offender was convicted of a sexual offence involving a minor in 2004.
They're understood to have worked irregularly in the education sector since 2000.
Ms Parata indicates the person has been employed at up to eight schools before being found out.
"The schools that were immediately affected have been notified. School communities have been informed and the Ministry of Education is actively working with those schools. It is possible that several other schools have also been affected," says Ms Parata.
"We have asked the courts to vary suppression orders so that we can work with other schools that may have been affected and they can inform parents.''
"On the face of it it would appear that that was the case. This case is somewhat exceptional in that it appears that multiple identities have been used."
Labour is supporting the move, with MP Nanaia Mahuta saying it's imperative children are taught by people of good character.
New Zealand First is also on board, but MP Tracey Martin says the vetting system used for teachers' credentials needs checking as well.
Ms Parata has asked for the inquiry to report back no later than April 30, 2012.


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"Just love this soup. I developed it to use up small quantities of veggies, and we fell in love with the flavors. For a less spicy soup, use regular italian sausage. For more heat, add some cayenne pepper and/or crushed red pepper flakes."
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2 (4 ounce) links
hot Italian sausage, casings removed
2 quarts
chicken broth
1 (14 ounce) can
crushed tomatoes
1/2 (8.5 ounce) package
coleslaw mix
3 stalks
celery, sliced
2 large
potatoes, diced
2 large
carrots, sliced
1/2 large
onion, diced
2 cloves
garlic, crushed
bay leaves
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup
heavy whipping cream, or to taste
Made this for dinner tonight as written except that my sausage was sweet instead of hot and I used about 4 oz of shredded cabbage in place of the cole slaw mix. I also cut back the broth to one quart since we like our soup less watery. My husband and I both loved it!
jammari...its headlined as a cabbage soup. How much cabbage do I use or is it headlined wrongly? It sounds delicious but I am looking for a cabbage soup today. : )
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Leading conservatives are offering blunt advice to Mitt Romney: Quit ducking details, start engaging in a real and specific war of ideas with President Barack Obama -- or lose.
Here's just a sampling of the past 24 hours:
- Rupert Murdoch, the most powerful voice in conservative media with The Wall Street Journal and Fox News under his control, said on Twitter that "Romney must draw clear line: offer specific path to restore American dream...To win, Romney must open big tent to sympathetic families. Stop fearing far right, which has nowhere else to go."
(Also on POLITICO: The Kerry-ization of Mitt Romney)
- The Wall Street Journal editorial page, playing off Romney's confusing answer about what if any parts of "Obamacare" he would retain as president: "Mr. Romney's pre-existing political calculation seems to be that he can win the election without having to explain the economic moment or even his own policies. As this flap shows, such vagueness carries its own political risks."
- In an open letter to Romney posted on the Weekly Standard, a publication hard-wired into the Paul Ryan operation, Peter Hansen wrote: "The assertion that you are more competent than President Obama strikes many people as merely that -- an assertion. It would be supported by your speaking in more detail about a range of financial issues.
"It is still possible to convince voters that you will do a better job with the economy than President Obama has, but telling people you're better qualified isn't enough. To some extent, as writers are often told, you need to show it, not tell it."
- Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), told The New York Times: "It is always difficult to run against a sitting president, but he does need to be clearer about what his vision is and what he would do. People are ready to vote against Obama, but Romney has not yet sold the deal. Now is the time to do that."
(PHOTOS: Mitt Romney through the years)
- Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham: "Mitt Romney cannot at this point be convincing himself that he's winning. I hope they're not. I hope the Romney campaign actually knows what's going on with these numbers. And I hope that the strategy that has been in place, which is basically raise a lot of money in the summer, but not hit back, but not offer a clear, substantive, three-point solution to this mess that we're in -- five-point solution -- lay it out for the public. I don't care if he has to go back to the PowerPoints that he used in the road shows when he was at Bain. That's what he's really good at."
- Two prominent GOP strategists who have worked for Romney in the past, Alex Castellanos and Mike Murphy, have thrown up their hands on Twitter with apparent frustration at the trajectory of the Republican's campaign. When Romney's team put out a memo Monday urging reporters not to make too much of Obama's post-convention poling numbers, Castellanos judged it "a bit weak. "romney can still win but few at bats left," Castellanos tweeted, "still think an Obama 2nd term = disaster. just haven't heard why Romney would be better. i remain hopeful."
- Weekly Standard editor William Kristol knocked Romney for running a "pre-Ryan sort of campaign," comparing the strategy to Michael Dukakis's competence-not-ideology 1988 theme. "Mike Dukakis lost," Kristol reminded Romney. "As the examples of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Bill Clinton in 1992 suggest, successful challengers don't just jab lightly, parry punches, and circle the ring. They go for at least a few knockdowns. It's not enough to float like a butterfly. You have to sting like a bee. No sting, no victory."
- In addition to the broadside from the Journal editorial page, former George W. Bush speechwriter William McGurn penned a separate column lamenting "the silence of the Republican lamb" - that would be Romney - on the war in Afghanistan. Democrats have pilloried Romney for not mentioning Afghanistan in his GOP convention speech, and McGurn shakes his head at the absence of in-depth war policy from Romney's comments and campaign website. "Maybe that makes political sense, with unemployment stuck above 8% and the economy sputtering," McGurn writes, calling that a "disservice" to the country on several levels. "It is, first, a disservice to the stronger foreign policy Mr. Romney is alleged to represent. Does he really believe, for example, that the Israelis will be encouraged and the Iranians deterred by expressions of resolve from a political leader so reluctant to bring up a war Americans are actually fighting? Silence is also a disservice to those whom we ask to do our fighting."
- Former New York Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, said Tuesday on MSNBC: "As strongly as I support Governor Romney, we need to be better and sharpen our message more. We need to say something in simple terms, and one of the things I've been saying is take a position that a middle class family in Ohio sitting around the table can say, 'Yes, Governor Romney's going to do that and I agree with it.' He has an excellent economic plan, but it's 57 pages long, with so many points. We need to distill it down to a thing that's simple to understand and that connects to people. And I think when it happens, the polls are close and we're going to see that turn around."
- In a weekend column, conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg branded the 2012 race as "The Campaign of Wrong Ideas vs. No Ideas." Guess who the no-ideas candidate was. "After running to the right in the primaries and boldly picking Representative Paul Ryan as his running mate, Romney bizarrely seems to have retreated to an ideological and even intellectual crouch," Goldberg wrote. "Though he doesn't say it explicitly, the tone and tenor of Romney's convention speech suggested that Obama failed because didn't have the right resume, not because he has the wrong ideas ... Listening to the Romney speech, you'd have no idea he picked a principled, fearless, and brilliant conservative lightning rod as a running mate."
This is not a new concern: Before Romney picked Paul Ryan as his running mate, many of the same conservatives were lamenting the Romney strategy of showing very little leg when it comes to his policy plans, as a way to keep all eyes on Obama. The selection of Ryan, many of these conservatives assumed, meant Romney was prepared to scrap that plan and engage in an authentic, if high-risk, war of ideas. They assumed wrong.
Romney, according to people who have discussed the issue with him, did not pick Ryan because he suddenly changed his mind about the strategic risk of detailing his ideas. Instead, it was personal chemistry first and a belief that Ryan would be instrumental in a governing context second that ultimately sealed the deal. Still, that didn't keep conservatives from hoping otherwise -- and Romney and Ryan from sending mixed signals about their intentions to go all-in on policy debates, especially on restructuring Medicare. Initially, they promised a campaign of bold choices and substance. Since then, the campaign has very much settled into a pre-Ryan mind-set.
Why such reticence to go specific? Top campaign officials have explained it this way: In the modern political and media culture, with every day dominated by one side doing a better job than the other of pouncing on facts or, more often, on plausibly defensible distortions or lies, specificity is merely ammunition for the other guys.
Moreover, the officials believe voters are moved by big ideas -- a bad economy or impulse for change. The Romney theory of the case for winning rests on voters turning against Obama because of the economy and then ultimately warming to Romney because they see him as a better-than-even bet to improve it.
In this context, a full-throated engagement on the laurels of injecting private competition into the existing Medicare system or detailing the loopholes to be eliminated to finance broad-based tax reductions for the middle class are a distraction -- not a political asset.
It's not clear the pressure from the leading voices on the right will do anything to change this.
Alexander Burns contributed to this story.


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From left to right are Minerva Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Junior Members Gabrielle McNally, Massena Green, and Karissa Wright, practicing the taking of vital signs (blood pressure, pulse rate, and respirations) in Minerva's ambulance.
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Las Vegas, Nevada – One of the season's most recent feuds was settled in the Octagon® on Friday as Canadian Michael Hill defeated Matt Secor with a split decision win on The Ultimate Fighter® Fridays episode seven – 'Summer Camp' – that aired on FX.
After a heated argument in the house, the rivals finally got to settle their differences where it matters. And the victory - the second in a row for Coach Roy Nelson's team - ties the series at three each after six preliminary bouts. Team Nelson eradicated the previous two-win lead held by Coach Shane Carwin's team, and it is all to play for heading into episode eight.
Hill, 25, from Kelowna, British Colombia, is the first of two Canadian contestants this year to compete in the Octagon. While a winner in his fight, the former personal trainer, who is 4-0 in his professional mixed martial arts career, was dissatisfied by his performance.
"After my fight I felt embarrassed. I felt like I let everybody down, from Dana White, to the producers, my teammates and my country. I think everyone wanted to see Matt Secor's mouth shut. I have never ever felt that pressure or jitters before. It was like I forgot everything I'd learned to this day. I just froze.
"It's the worst feeling ever, to know that that fight would be talked about all season, and once I got out of the house, on TV worldwide. I have so much to improve on. Every fight can't be pretty but you do what you can to win, and one thing's for sure I won't ever give up."
Fighting out of South Glen Falls, NY, Secor, 25, has always been into thrill-seeking sports, even taking up snowboarding when he was only four years old. The 3-1 MMA fighter and movie buff was disappointed but not discouraged with his TUF result.
"I felt mad because of the loss. I was mad because my hand was broken and that I got robbed. I wish that my hand didn't break. When something like that happens in a fight it makes the fight change completely. I was trying to finish but I couldn't use my right hand at all. The mood on Team Carwin didn't change after my loss because obviously I won that fight, it was more that everyone was pissed at the judges than anything else."
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A Female Hiker Grapples With Mysterious Mount Tam Deaths
Two women hiking alone have died on Mount Tamalpais in recent weeks without any known cause.
SF Supervisor's Airbnb Proposal Would Legalize Some Short-Term Rentals
Chiu's legislation would impose stiff requirements and not override restrictions in lease agreements.
San Francisco Hotel Tax May Be Just the Beginning of Regulation for Airbnb
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Russia adapts Lithuanian playbook to Crimea
Today Lithuania celebrates the 24th anniversary of its declaration of independence on March 11 1990 – the first former Soviet republic to take such a step – after decades of Soviet rule. Yet this declared independence did not become reality until September 1991. First a violent Soviet crackdown killed 14 people in January 1991 and a propaganda war hit the airwaves with distinct echoes of Moscow's current efforts to justify its seizure of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
Smart Reads February 21, 2014
- Economix does its take on the Transpacific Partnership and free trade.
- The Archdiocese of Newark doesn't have enough money to keep a school open, but it does have funds to build a palatial vacation home.
- Roy Isacowitz criticises Benjamin Netanyahu's definition of boycott supporters as anti-semites.
- Delphine Minoui sees in Egypt a current, real-life version of "Rhinoceros," the 1959 play by Eugène Ionesco.
- Soviet cuisine is making a comeback.
- David Gardner on how efforts to pressure the Assad regime in Syria have backfired.
- The suspension of Nigeria's central bank governor, Lamido Sanusi, is likely to cost the country dearly.
- The trial of Wu Guijun, who was accused of disrupting public order during a labour protest in Guangdong, could mark the end of a period of relative tolerance enjoyed by China's worker movement.
Smart Reads August 8, 2012
Here are the pieces that got us interested today:
Partying like it's 1989: the return of Viktor Tsoi
In Russia, the music of Viktor Tsoi, a rock star who died young in 1990, is being played again. That is not just testament to how good it was, writes the FT's Neil Buckley. With Russians once again protesting on the streets demanding greater democracy, the Tsoi resurgence highlights that history is, in part, repeating itself. Read more


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Marco at Milano has a very modern minimalist feel and serves Italian cuisine to a very high standard in a stylish and relaxed atmosphere.
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100 degree weather to start our day in Vegas. We had an event at The Pike Restaurant and Bar in Long Beach, California, so into the desert we went. Through the Mojave (without any visions) and terrible LA traffic to an old friend of Bowman's and Gordan's. The Cadillac's air conditioning died, so Sarah & I didn't have the best ride through the desert. We were trying to ditch the guys & find a bathroom when Tillie balloons waved us into The Pike. The TMU showed up and began deploying to an eager crowd of Long Beach natives. After the show, we hung out with some of their Columbia buddies, ate amazing tacos, and drank free beer. (Thanks Larry!)
Onward to Vegas! We left the flat-topped rocks of Utah and dipped into the sharp spires of Arizona before getting into Nevada, the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel out destination. Once we arrived, we were informed by Brian (with the Elvis hairdo) that the TMU is a little too big for their front driveway because of some legal issues with the Super 8 next door. We parked the TMU in back and got some In-And-Out Burger, animal style, of course. Then we came back to the chapel and did a full deployment for an audience of fellow travelers. The show ended right as wedding bells rang.
We rolled into the Archview Resort rather late and in the rain, so unfortunately, we couldn't set up the tent. Dogs weren't allowed to sleep in the cabin, so Bowman was kind enough to sleep in the TMU with them. The rest of us shared the cabin. We woke up to a red wonderland and drove into Arches National Park, although it was still raining. Lunch was at a delicious Mexican restaurant in Moab, where the decision was made to nix the Grand Canyon and drive into the wilds of Utah. It was quite a ride that had no service and very steep cliffs. We stayed the night in Panguich, UT at a small little motel.
The Color Hound (Jerry) had written Bowman about his thoughts on Tillie's Blue Period. He thought she should buck up! So, we paid him a visit in Golden, Colorado. A beautiful little brewing town in the foothills of the Rockies and home of Coors. Jerry, the geologist, was delighted to meet Tillie. She painted in his backyard and it is one of the best of tour. We bid Jerry and his friend Lou adieu then headed for Moab, Utah via Walmart. The drive through western Colorado is breathtaking. Huge rock mountains flank the road and at some points the road tunnels through them. The epitome of The West.


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The kids at Gray Stone Day School in Misenheimer have tennis teams, but they don't have a tennis court.
Caby Styers, now 17 and a senior, decided during her freshman year that she wanted to change that. After several fundraising efforts, she's collected $10,000 for the school to use toward a court.
That's about a seventh of what it would cost, but she says she learned a lot in the process. Besides helping her school toward that goal, Caby says the effort was worth it because, in the fundraising process, she learned a lot about improvising plans, dependability of others and the importance of asking for help.
"I learned the first initial plan won't always work out," she said. An adult tennis tournament and donation letters were ideas that came along later that were crucial to her fundraising.
"I also learned you can't always depend on a group of people," she said. Caby experienced this when working with people who didn't have the same drive as she did.
"I probably struggled with that the most. You have to move around that and look at what else you can do," she said.
And adults can be wiser than kids: "I relied on the advice of a lot of adults."
Helen Nance, the school's chief administrative officer, said that because Gray Stone Day is a charter school, it doesn't receive public funding for sports facilities. The school hasn't had the extra money to build a court.
Caby, who joined the tennis team as a freshman, was bothered the team had to travel at least a half-hour away to different parks for practices.
"Their tennis teams have gotten better and better, but they have nowhere to play," said Joe Baile, the tennis director of Ole Porte Racquet Club; he used to be the head coach of the Pfeiffer University tennis teams. Gray Stone Day's campus is next to Pfeiffer.
"I'd let them use our courts when I could, but we have two teams and play year-round, so it was tough," he said.
All Gray Stone Day high school students are required to complete a big service project, and for Caby, her choice was obvious.
"As a freshman, I didn't understand how hard it was going to be," she said. "Tennis courts are really expensive."
Caby realized early on she probably wouldn't raise $70,000, but resolved to try.
To raise the money, Caby organized tennis youth tournaments her freshman and sophomore years. She made T-shirts, got trophies and ran a raffle. She made a website too, but said not many people used it.
She approached local businesses to ask if they'd sponsor the tournament, which for her was the hardest part.
"It made me so uncomfortable," she said. "I'd ask for the manager and have to give them my pitch, and that was probably the scariest part."
The tournaments had lukewarm turnouts, so she decided to organize an adult one, which was far more successful. Caby also distributed more than 100 donation letters.
"That's where I raised the bulk of the $10,000," she said. "Adults have the money, and they're much more willing to help."
Caby said she worked a lot with Baile for guidance.
"She's just such a hard worker and so mature for her age," Baile said. "It was easy to work with her ... To even think that big, I was pretty amazed with that."
Caby has donated the $10,000 to the school in hopes that the ball's rolling for a new court.
Nance said the money is being set aside for a tennis court fund. "She has a good start for us."
And wherever she attends college next year, Caby said she'd like to continue with tennis, as long as there's a court: "Hopefully I'll be able to play club or intramural tennis – I think I'd like that."
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The state is sending 830,000 dollars to Northwest Florida to help support our military bases.
Governor Rick Scott announced the annual grants today.
Escambia County is getting 250,000 dollars.
Santa Rosa County, 280,000.
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--Originally posted in the group forum of "PCOS/MCOS No More!"--
Great news and hope, ladies.
Today, March 16th, was the day I got my period back since around the same time this past November! Sheesh!
I have been writing on the forum comments about my personal experiences, experimentation, and results, and this is what I found to be very important over these past few years. These are my tips for ladies with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome/PCOS after years of experience and experimentation:
Other factors to consider: medications, most especially birth control, and the time frame you have been on/off them (it may take a few months to a year or so for this to sort out... don't worry, it will) thyroid issues/ iodine supplementation; past traumas; pesticides, additives, chemicals, air quality, water quality, and overall pollution; perfumes; negative people and situations in your life; etc.
I hope these tips are useful for you women out there experiencing PCOS and hormonal issues. Please remember that hormonal issues take time, and heck, even I am not 100% regular yet, but I am more regular and the healthiest I have ever been for sure. I even glow! The weight will come off, but be patient. We have done our bodies so much damage in the past; it takes time to recover.
It has taken me almost 4 years since I was 18 to get to where I am today, and that is just when I started experimenting with a better diet. It excludes the time I had been researching for a cure. Love yourself enough to give yourself the time you need to heal and progress. If need be, experiment with the above, and I am positive you will come up with similar if not identical results, especially if you are at your beginning stages. I experimented and gave my body a chance to heal, and I am so happy I did. Looking back, I have gotten my menstrual cycle around 8 to 9 times naturally without hormones or herbal meds last year in 2011 as opposed to 0 times from when I first had my period.
I am still on my journey, and continuously learning. I am more than happy to assist others in their journey as well, as helping others helps me to learn more about myself and about this "condition" so to say.
Spread the word to family, friends, and anyone else who may need some guidance with PCOS. Please direct them to this forum and to this discussion. The message needs to get out. There is a cure for PCOS! Have faith.
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I alternate between Pure Vegan and http://www.pure-vegan.net/Pure-Vegan_vitamin_b12_spray.asp and when I don't have the funds or want to save, a B12 from a company called Enzymatic Therapy, which I learned about through Don Bennett. He actually has a link in which you can get it for cheaper when asking him (he wants to make sure people are safe when supplementing; contact him if you have any questions. He is on this site!), which is here http://www.vitacost.com/Enzymatic-Therapy-B12-Infusion
Hope this helps!
Wow! Thanks so much for putting the effort into typing this up and sharing it. I just got my ultrasound results today and I have cysts on my ovaries so I am just beginning my research on how to fix this problem. This is a great start. I really appreciate you sharing these tips :)
I used to have excruciating periods that would put me into shock. The first three months of raw they got less and less painful until they just disappeared. I was still ovulating, I knew, through tracking my cycle. At one point I fell off the wagon eating burritos..etc. and sure enough my period came back.
Menstruation, I believe, is a function of an unnatural diet. An emergency detox so we are still able to get pregnant. Wild mammals do not menstruate, mammals in captivity eating processed food do.
I think maybe your body is detoxing but don't be surprised if it stops or becomes very very light.
Thanks for posting all this info!
Wonderful, officially bookmarked! Thanks for sharing and for the hope! :)
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3 Stocks to Pick up Despite Buying Stampede
Casey is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Events of the past 45 days have been called by some a "buying stampede." And within it we've seen 10 straight up days for the Dow Jones, an unprecedented streak since I've personally started investing six years ago. For value-minded and fundamental investors, this can be a frustrating time. After all, with indices hitting all new highs, bargains are increasingly difficult to find.
But I made a similar complaint in an entry on March 1, so we won't go down that same road this time. Once again, I have three stocks which I believe are a good value and trade at a discount despite averages being at multi-year highs. The best thing about these three plays is that they are all "best of breed" among their peers.
Realty Income (NYSE: O): The monthly dividend company
Realty Income is a triple net-leasing Real Estate Investment Trust. By triple net I mean that tenants will pay property taxes, insurance and building maintenance. Realty Income acquires and owns commercial real estate, collects rent and distributes dividends monthly. They own more than 2,500 properties in 49 states spread to over 100 tenants in long-term lease agreements, and their market cap is now just under $8 billion.
It's known as "the monthly dividend company," and Realty Income has lived up to that name for over 500 consecutive months, raised the dividend over 60 times and have never had to cut the size of its distribution. This includes 2009 when many other REITs were cutting dividends.
One of the reasons Realty Income is so consistent is the long-term nature of its leases. The REIT has targeted retail tenants in non-discretionary markets with low price-points and services, which can't be bought on the Internet. Management is very selective with whom they get into lease agreements with and Realty Income has a good reputation among retail operators for being a fair and desirable acquirer of property.
As of Friday, March 22, Realty's dividend yield stands at 4.89%. The stock's price is likely down due to a recent secondary offering to fund an accretive acquisition. Although the price-to-FFO is fairly high at 19.1, I believe the dividend yield represents a compelling value. From a technical standpoint, Realty has just bounced off its 50-day moving average.
Linn Energy (NASDAQ: LINE): Stable, high-yielding oil and gas company
Linn Energy is an independent oil and gas producer with a diverse asset base in the US. Its core focus is in the Mid-Continent (Kansas, Oklahoma, Permian Basin, Bakken, East Texas), Michigan, the Rockies and most recently California. The company has a balanced portfolio of both oil and gas, and it produces a nearly equal amount of each. Its strategy is to acquire long-life, high-quality assets, squeeze as much production out as possible, thoroughly hedge that production to minimize risk and finally -- to distribute maximum cash to shareholders. Linn's market cap is $8.84 billion. Those who do not want a Master Limited Partnership [MLP] in their IRA may buy Linn under the symbol LNCO.
Linn is the most conservatively-hedged of the MLPs. The sale price for 100% of its production is already locked in through 2016 with all oil being sold at over $90 per barrel, which makes its marginal cash distribution coverage ratio of 1.1 times more secure. Linn is the best cash distribution-centered way to be involved in domestic energy production. Like Realty Income, Linn has never had to cut its distribution.
Despite the company's best of breed status, the stock has really been down on its luck lately. After having its hedging policy questioned by a silly Barron's article and issuing a straightforward response, Linn just hasn't gotten much sustained traction to the upside. After falling substantially in the last week, the stock is now trading at $38.44 per share with a yield of nearly 8%.
Gold in SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSEMKT: GLD) shares
Gold is a timeless investment if there ever was one. Many buy the precious metal as a hedge against inflation or just outright economic collapse. Over the last 18 months, the price of gold has gone nowhere despite central banks around the world effectively printing money. With recent news that the Bank of Japan will aggressively be buying assets with the goal of hitting a higher inflation target, all three major central banks now have a policy of quantitative easing.
I believe the fundamentals for gold are therefore strong and the recent drop in price since late 2012 represents a good chance to accumulate the asset. My favored way of buying gold is through the SPDR Gold Trust ETF, which is ticker symbol GLD. This ETF is flexible and easily traded with minimal trust expenses. While the physical gold is stored in an HSBC vault in London and not in your safe, the transaction costs here are minimal. Consider adding some gold to your portfolio.
Although stocks have had a huge run, there are still a number of great companies out there that can be bought for a reasonable price. I believe that Realty Income and Linn Energy are just that. Gold is also down substantially and can be picked up here, and the best way to do that is through the SPDR Gold Trust ETF, which is both secure and flexible.
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