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December 28, 2012 By: Former Writer
Android 4.2 AOSP development has been pretty widespread. Despite the busy holiday season, developers have found ways to get Android 4.2 AOSP ROMs on devices of every shape and size. Recently, two more devices have been given some Android 4.2 goodness—the ZTE Blade and the Nexus 7 3G.
XDA Senior Member eak1080 has released an official CyanogenMod 10.1 build for the Nexus 7 3G. Given that the Nexus 7 is a Google-controlled device, the CM10.1 build is pretty much complete. All of the main features work, with only a couple of ROM features not working properly. If users want Picasa Sync, there is a fix they'll need to flash; and the Quick Settings Toggles are a work in progress. Otherwise, the ROM should be pretty stable and usable.
The ZTE Blade port was actually built by MoDaCo's KonstaT, but posted to XDA by Forum Member android@sam. Even though the ZTE is not a pure Android experience like the Nexus 7, the ROM is still pretty complete. There are only a few things wrong, including:
Bluetooth (& bt-tethering)
Wifi tethering (use an external app, e.g. WiFi
Tether for Root Users)
USB-tethering (use an external app)
FM radio
Despite the small number of things wrong, KonstaT has stated that this ROM is really only for developers, advanced users, and testers as it is not yet a complete ROM. So this probably isn't 100% ready for daily use, although it could be used that way if Bluetooth is not needed.
For additional details, check out either the ZTE Blade thread or the Nexus 7 3G thread.
August 18, 2012 By: Conan Troutman
There are quite a few devices out there that are capable of dual booting. Now it seems that the ZTE Blade has also joined that club thanks to XDA Forum Member android@sam. This project is still at a very early stage, and is currently only compatible with one particular CM9 ROM. However, it demonstrates that dual booting is indeed possible on this device.
The developer plans to extend the project to support as many of the ROMs currently available for the device as possible. In the developer's own words:
This mod works on the basis of two scripts which are to be executed in the terminal emulator or script manager and a modified boot.img to boot the rom from sdcard instead of NAND.
The process involves quite a few steps, including partitioning your SD card and replacing the boot.img of the ROM, but all of these are covered in the original forum thread and you should be up and running in no time. If you would like to test this out, head over to the original thread.
July 26, 2012 By: Conan Troutman
It's always nice to see older and lower spec devices brought up to date and in line with the heavyweights. Those with ARM v6 devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Gio or ZTE Blade, might not have ever expected to see your device running Ice Cream Sandwich, let alone Jelly Bean. That, however, is not how things work here at XDA. There's always somebody out there who refuses to accept that their device will not run the latest version of Android. Thankfully for the three devices I just mentioned, they were right.
While XDA Senior Member Matt4321 has posted an unofficial version of CM10 by konstaT for the ZTE Blade, XDA Senior Member Maclaw has been doing the same for the Samsung Galaxy Ace and Gio. Obviously these build aren't going to be flawless, but they certainly do show that these devices are capable of a whole lot more than they are often given credit for.
CM10 for the ZTE Blade is functional for the most part, but has some issues with hardware acceleration. Also, the camera, tethering, and FM radio aren't working—although a 3rd party app can be used to tether wirelessly. As far as the Ace and Gio builds are concerned, there are few more serious bugs such as the microphone, headphones, camera, and deep sleep not functioning as they should. The earpiece speaker does not currently work, but a fix has been found and will be incorporated into the next release. Bugs aside, it's still pretty impressive to see 4.1 on these devices at a time when HTC has shown reluctance in updating a much more capable device to 4.0
If you want to try out CM10 on your device, visit the release threads below:
April 21, 2012 By: Former Writer
While there are many people who aren't fans of Samsung's OEM skin Touchwiz, that doesn't mean that others wouldn't enjoy it if they were given the chance to use it. When a device development begins to get a little stagnant, it's nice to see the opportunity to see a different UI come in and give users an opportunity to flash something new. And now we have some TouchWiz to play with on the ZTE Blade.
With some help from others on the same quest, XDA Senior Member weeo has released TouchWiz for the Blade, and believe it or not, the user response has been positive. Along with TouchWiz, users will also get a number of other modifications to their Blades. Says weeo:
– SII Boot animation
– SII sounds
– TWframework
– Bravia Engine
– SGSII Icons
– Samsung apps
– Beats Audio
– TWapps ( not complete + FC's )
– WBAWS Kernel (I think)
– Much more & More to come!
The bundled extras all amount to a pretty decent experience for Blade users. It is still in beta, though, and some Samsung apps as well as the Samsung keyboard is reported as force closing. However, the developer is working on fixing everything, so users who want to try it out need not fear that things won't get fixed. Until then, though, users would do best showing patience.
If you're running the Blade and want some TouchWiz action, check out the original thread for more information, screen shots and download links. As usual, don't forget that backup!
April 25, 2011 By: egzthunder1
Well, it seems that the concept of devs and cooks having all the fun tweaking roms has pushed XDA member Charles Darke to develop and release an app that would allow you to tweak various parameters in your Android device. Blade Buddy will enable tons of hidden tricks in your device to speed it up a bit, make your device compatible with a few games that would otherwise not run properly or at all, reduce some of the memory consumption, and thus it may end up allowing you to increase battery life in the process. The app can also help you unlock the network component of your device and also, you can mount the device as read-write, which would grant your file explorer access to the root, thus turning it into a root explorer type of application. Finally, it also has a HEX editor, which you may want to stay away from unless you know what you are doing.
If you have tried this, please share your feedback with the dev.
- Hardware acceleration (required for some games to run)
- Disable boot animation
- Enable/Disable Stagefright codecs (helps some games, and videos – depends on device whether this helps or not)
- Disable forced camera shutter sound
- Change LCD Density
- Change WIFI scanning interval
- Alter Dalvik VM Heap Size
- Alter Dalvik VM Heap Start Size
- Alter Dalvik VM Heap Growth Limit
- Ability to remount /system as read-write or read-only, effectively turning any explorer into a Root Explorer
- Integration with basic settings Spare Parts Plus!
You can find more information in the application thread.
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December 22, 2010 By: egzthunder1
Due to an overwhelmingly amount of requests, we have decided to include the ZTE Blade forums to our ever growing Android family. The Blade is popular for a very good reason… bang for your buck. This device is comparable spec-wise to most of the other mid range devices like the LG Optimus S. However, the price is what sets it apart from the others. Google it around, you will be surprised, I can guarantee you that. The device sports a rather large screen 3.5 inch and is packed with a fairly good processor and enough on board memory to allow you to run all of your programs with ease.
Development on this device has been underway for some time now and it is quite advanced. So, if you were waiting for this, now is your chance to get your hands dirty with the rest of XDA.
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text: Internationally acclaimed architect, Avi Friedman recounts the genesis and development of his innovative project, the Grow Home. Like the auto industry's approach to the economy car, Friedman's Grow Home gives people what they need in a house at an affordable price - a quality product that allows both the perimeter and interior of a house to be expanded and changed to fit the space needs and budget of its owners. Frills are extra. In this illustrated guide, Friedman describes the conception of these modest (14" x 36") homes. He details their construction for prospective owners, builders, and architects and shows how the design has been adapted for prefabrication to meet the needs of the developing world. The "Grow Home" reveals the development and history of a concept that revolutionizes the home and building industry, has been translated into over 10,000 housing units, and has received, among many accolades, the United Nations World Habitat Award. A new preface to the paperback edition assesses the impact and development of the Grow Home since the first units were built in the 1990s.


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You make an interesting point, actually. In TBC we had been looking at BT for a long time, sitting there in the east of Shadowmoon, right? And in WotLK, we were constantly told while questing in Icecrown that the Lich King was holding up inside ICC. Most of the quests there involved simply preparing the area for the Argent assault on the Citadel.
There's not really been a zone like that for Deathwing. Twilight Highlands does feel like the 'end-game' area, like Shadowmoon and Icecrown did, but Deathwing's presence is pretty minimal there - it's Cho'gal that pops up and threatens you and begs you to come and end his silly little mutated life.
Deathwing doesn't seem to have a 'home' or a base of operations or anything along those lines, because he's a badass and just likes to fly around blowing things up.
This makes me think one of two things - there will be a future raid just before we actually have to fight and finish Deathwing, that involves us fighting him to weaken him. At this point, he'll fly back to Deepholm where (unless i'm mistaken) he spent all that time resting after turning from Neltharion into Deathwing. The problem with this is that I'm not sure where in the zone he would go, and that Therazane and the dwarves wouldn't allow him back to rest so easily.
The other is that you progress through the xpac and find out about a new zone, and then head there to finish him off, maybe. Similar to the Sunwell in execution, perhaps.
Or maybe we all just hop on Alexstrasza and ride the dragon bus to wherever he's flying around torching things and stab him in the face. Conjecture, conjecture.


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BSE Launches Custom Website
Blackstone Edge Studios has created a sumptuous, tasty new website, all done from scratch – all cooking term puns intended! Visit the custom made Thai Square website by BSE and you'll be drooling. Not only for its vibrant colors, tasty food and snazzy new logo, but also for its YouTube video, which takes you behind the scenes to see just how your food is made… You'll wish we had installed a scratch and sniff as well!
Check out BSE's updated website, too. There you'll find updated images under DETAILS, COVERS, and the YOUTUBE tiles.
Grass doesn't grow beneath our team's feet… because we enjoy what we do!
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Blackstone Edge Studios – 60 Second Beauty Energizer
You've heard of the Energizer Bunny, right? Well, Blackstone Edge Studios, known for its yummy vignettes, has compiled a bevy of beautiful, perky, funny, images, including some funny cats, dogs, and mannequins – as the perfect way to start your day! Or uplift that 4 o'clock slump. The music, composed and performed by Colin E. Cowles is the best antidote to any sort of bad weather blues. Now, just click and enjoy! Don't be afraid to click several times, just to see them all again… and, well, maybe AGAIN!
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What's New @ Blackstone Edge Studios
As passionate filmmakers, we at Blackstone Edge Studios wanted to amend our website to feature some of our film clips and awards as a landing page! Now you don't even have to go to the "tile" marked "Awards" at the bottom of the Home Page to see what Blackstone Edge Studios has garnered most recently.
We hope that more of clients present and future will make use of our talents as filmmakers and editors to promote their product in a unique way.
You'll want to see this on device larger than your cell phone to get the full visual effect. We've highlighted a few of the clips with references to their original films or YouTube series, but others you will have to go a bit deeper into the site (click on YouTube tile, for instance) to discover their origins.
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SRO at the Baghdad Last Night!
I hosted last night's Meet Up event held at the Baghdad in Portland, OR on "How to Pitch & Package Your Idea to the Movie Industry." I enjoyed sharing my knowledge of the film industry to a standing room only (SRO) crowd. Thanks to all who attended.
I received several enthusiastic comments, including this: "It's great to have a presenter who understands the complicated process that films go through before they go into production."
And this from a USC graduate with a pilot film to sell: "It was great meeting you tonight. You certainly sent me in the right direction for my pitch!"
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How to Pitch & Package Your Idea to the Movie Industry
I will be presenting a Meet Up event on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Baghdad Theater in Portland, Oregon. The event, which will focus on "How to Pitch & Package Your Idea to the Movie Industry," starts at 7pm. Many people have already signed up to attend, but there's always room for more! Come on down.
February 28, 2014 No Comments
Blackstone Edge Studios – with roots in Europe – was chosen to photograph hi-tech Radisys CEO, Brian Bronson, for the cover of Mobile Europe magazine. Congrats to all involved!
February 8, 2014 No Comments
BSE's FORMER ASSISTANT MEETS AIR FORCE ONE!
Blackstone Edge Studios has had a number of fine photo assistants over its long history, but none so illustrious and entertaining as Matthew Dae Smith, now of Lansing, Michigan. Matthew is a highly respect AP photographer, who was chosen to cover President Obama's visit to Michigan recently. You can also see him as the funniest of hosts on BSE's Pack Your Kit hit YouTube series with over 100,000 hits worldwide about how pro photographers pack their gear. Kudos, Matthew!
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While snow flurries dot the Portland landscape, a flurry of national and international covers by Blackstone Edge Studios are appearing on newstands every where. This adorable seaside cabin with a lighthouse tower – article written and house styled by Donna Pizzi of BSE – is located in Cannon Beach, Oregon. We shot the cabin after photographing a pair of homes, one in Cannon Beach and another in Astoria, Oregon for the same magazine.
The Brick House Beautiful, which we photographed for Old-House Interiors before it was shuttered has now graced the covers of two Old-House Journals, including the initial 40 year anniversary cover of the combined magazines. Kudos to clients Karla Pearlstein of Restoring History and Matthew Roman of Roman LLC for the kitchen design. Here's the cover shot of exterior.
Finally we shot an Oregon hi-tech CEO for the cover of Mobile Europe, which should appear very shortly!
We're nearing 200 national covers very soon…
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Ardoyne – Again & Again
I've been working on the lyrics to my original song "Ardoyne" with Daniel Buhr - a Swedish film composer of Colombian origins – which will be accompanied by excerpts from my award-winning film "A Place Called Ardoyne" that I directed in 1974, about the Troubles in Ireland. The song and new video will be premiered November 23, 2013, at the Old Liberty Theater in Ridgefield, Washington, when Blackstone Edge Band performs it there with me singing the lead.
While on location in California, shooting for our client Heritage Commons, I received an email from a native of Ardoyne now living in Wales, requesting the usage of 20 seconds of my film for a video depicting his original song "You In His Eyes." I granted him the rights to do so, and this morning I received a very early and excited call from the songwriter Padraig Lalor. He was describing to me how emotional he was the first time he saw an excerpt from the film on YouTube, in which he appears. He just couldn't get over having spoken to the young man (myself) who he recalls coming to Ardoyne to make that film so many years ago. I was incredibly impressed that he had a full ride to Oxford University, where he studied Milton, and from which he received his law degree. (What's interesting is that Milton was an advocate of Free Press in his time!)
Now I must get back to memorizing my own lyrics! You'd think that would be easy, but it's not! Come see the show. Daniel Buhr's sister, who lives in Eugene will be there to hear her brother's composition – the two were separated when adopted to different countries. Already, I feel the power of this song to bring reconciliation to our troubled world.
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Blackstone Edge Studios' Love for Filmmaking Shines Through
Filmmaking has always been at the root of our careers and our passions and even brought us together.
Our client, Garrison Hullinger, a whiz on social media, was excited by the prospect of our latest promotional film concept that shows not only GHID's superb work, but also the faces and personalities behind his growing business. As a setting, we used the Waterfront Pearl Condos Penthouse, since we were also shooting the two showcase condos the company had decorated.
This film was used as a promo tool at 2013 Street of Dreams, where over 60,000 attendees viewed the video that played in the rec room throughout the day and month-long event. Now it's available for the public on YouTube for all to see.
The first video we created for GHID won a Gold Pixie Award for Animation. Blackstone Edge Studios loves filmmaking!
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d1ckjustice said...
The Slap Chop should be an offhand for Mutilate Rogues.
Or, I suppose, anyone who likes slapping then chopping. Let's just call it a one-hander for everyone to play with and have it drop off a holiday boss.
Martha Stewart boss anyone?
d1ckjustice said...
And, no, I have no idea what holiday she would appear to drop the mighty Slap Chop. Heck, she could drop all the items mentioned.
Rapskallion said...
If there was a slapchop weapon my rogue could use, it's farm for it like nothing else. Mostly due to the inside family joke of my four year old son doing this crazy dance to that remix. It's made slapchop an every day item in our house since he just loves using it (with supervision, of course).
Rapskallion said...
That should be, "I'd farm for it like nothing else." WTB better commenting system. PST to AOL.
Martha Stewart? I think not. Even after her time in prison, I can't see her lowering herself to the infomercial set. I see it more like this...
[Slappable Handle] is a %.00001 drop from 25 man Hogger (hard mode)
You must seek out the spirit of Bil Leemayze who will guide you in scouring all of Azeroth and Outland for the compenents...
Once ready for assembly you must don a [Skanky Blood Elf Callgirl] disguise made from 1000 bolts of silk cloth and a rotten fish. You summon Vince Shlomi in the heart of Gnomeregan. He naturally can't resist your disguise, so when goes in for the forbidden kiss you must be ready to channel your Clamping Bite ability. He will repeatedly strike you in the face, but if you can hang on for 5 minutes he will submit and grudgingly craft the Slap Chop for you, moments before Stormwind Police haul you both off to the Stockades.


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Forecasting the Quantiles of Daily Equity Returns Using Realized Volatility: Evidence from the Czech Stock Market
AbstractIn this study, we evaluate the quantile forecasts of the daily equity returns on three of the most liquid stocks traded on the Prague Stock Exchange. We follow the recent findings that consider the potential value of intraday information for volatility forecasting and, instead of proxying volatility using daily squared returns, we use both the intraday returns as well as their lower frequency aggregate (realized volatility) to forecast volatility and ultimately the quantiles of the distributions of future returns under different scenarios. We find that a simple autoregressive model for realized volatility together with the assumption of a normal distribution for expected returns results in VaR forecasts that are no worse than those based on other models (HAR, MIDAS) and/or other methods of computing the distribution of future returns. In fact, similar results obtain across the different forecast horizons and at both 2.5% and 5% VaR levels despite superior performance of HAR model in out-of-sample volatility forecasts.
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Although you certainly won't hear them complaining, Article One's Nathan and Matt Piché didn't really have a choice when it came to pursuing music. Unlike a lot of families, their parents were both music teachers.
"We were brought up in a musical household with parents who obviously believed in musical education," Matt says. "I started playing violin at the age of five, and Nathan took up piano a year later. We also have a younger sister who plays classical guitar. She's amazing."
In addition, Nathan and Matt's dad toured as a solo Christian recording artist and served as a worship leader. "He traveled a lot around Canada, so we were exposed to Christian music from a young age."
Now as Article One, Nathan (vocals, guitars, piano, bass) and Matt (violin, mandolin, vocals) along with Dave De Smit (drums, vocals) are using the skills they honed early on to follow in their dad's musical footsteps, albeit with a more current musical approach.
Inspired by U2, The Beatles, their classical upbringing, as well as Top-40 radio faves like Keith Urban and John Mayer, their diverse influences, not to mention relatable insight on the joys and trials of Christian life, is what makes Article One's music stand out.
"While I don't think U2's sound comes across in our music, I've always been drawn to Bono's lyrics," Nathan shares. "He's not afraid to talk about what is on his mind. And I've always loved The Beatles, ever since I was little. Their music was accessible yet clever, and I love their harmonies. All of those were things we wanted to incorporate in our music, too."
Aside from the music, however, it was important that the band have a sure sense of purpose, something it even wanted to reflect in its name, which was inspired by a speech Bono gave during U2's recent "Vertigo" tour.
"Bono was talking about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and what it meant... and we were like 'Hey, is there any way we can use this?' We looked [the Declaration] up and article one [of the Declaration] talks about how everyone is born equal and how we should all be treated equally," Nathan explains. "We loved the message it had, so we decided to use it for our name. Not only does it sound good, but it brings more meaning to what we do. It's another way we remind ourselves that Jesus calls us to love others (Mark 12:31). Whether we're hanging out with friends after a show or explaining how our audiences can help the world's poor, it's important for us to remember that God's called us to more than our guitars."
And while there was no doubt in his mind that music would somehow figure into his life, Nathan wasn't always sure it was something he'd pursue professionally. But that all changed the summer after he graduated from high school.
"I was at this camp, and it was a cool experience for a number of reasons," Nathan remembers. "There was a speaker who challenged us to give 100% of our life to God, not just settling for the half-hearted Christian faith. I remember going up to my counselor about halfway through the message and saying, 'This has been on my heart for a long time. Now is the time to make things right.'
"I'd always been a good kid growing up, but I had reservations about jumping in wholeheartedly. And that was actually the summer Matt and I formed Article One. From there, it's been a gradual progression of doors opening and us just really being called to pursue music, which has led us to where we are today."
Now signed to Nashville-based Inpop Records, these Canada natives are ready to introduce their eclectic brand of pop/rock to the masses with a national U.S. self-titled debut, due out spring 2007. Produced by Siegfried Meier (The Salads, Turn off the Stars), Article One's extensive musical training shines with touches of mandolin as well as violin woven in for arresting effect on songs like the catchy opening track "Slow Down" and the emotionally charged "So Many Ways to Say Goodbye," inspired by a classmate's unexpected death.
"We casually say 'bye' to people every day, but when it comes to saying goodbye for the very last time, it's just not as easy to do," Matt shares. "This song is about a guy we grew up with in school. One day he went home sick, and 24 hours later, he had passed away before even making it to surgery. It was one of those times when the whole community was in a state of shock. When Nathan combined memories from his childhood with the emotions we were feeling, you have what I believe is one of the most powerful moments on the record."
Another track, "In No Time At All," was a musical response to a Bible verse Nathan had been reading. "When I worked as a server at a country club one summer, I started to think about what it meant to not let the sun go down on your anger," Nathan relays. "One day as we gathered around the office, the phone rang, and it turned out to be a frantic grandmother who was trying to inform her husband that their granddaughter had been in a horrible accident. We didn't hear all the details, but all I remember was panic. Here she had been driving on the same streets I drive every day. They didn't know if she was going to make it. I just remember thinking 'That could've been me. Why is she the one to get in this accident?
"Then I started thinking about that verse and how we don't ever know what's going to happen. It would be awful if I had stuff that hadn't been settled with some of my friends or other people who mean a lot to me."
And it's insights like these coupled with the relatable, affirming sentiments of "Still At a Green" and "Heaven Let Me Know" that showcase Nathan's diverse approach to songwriting.
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- Dejay Davison
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- New Zealand
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We're not using the right side of our brains! (enough)
Before I write anything, I feel it wise to state i'm only 17.
I like to feel as if i'm talking on behalf of my teens, but I don't know for sure..
No, I don't have a piece of paper stating i'm intelligent - I don't even wear shoes.
I'm not a psychologist or a neuroscientist; but I'd rather read, write or run then talk to other humans, being young I don't think I've quiet had the opportunity to 'find my kind' yet.
As I've grown up, I've watched my teenage contemporaries chase desires that some greedy intellectual has created.
I've watched them direct their emotional insecurities into a facaded product of media.
I've watched insidious piles of information and influence uncontrollably seep into their consciousness, deprecating their talents, passions and potential.
I observe.. quietly yet torturously as my fellow teens live; completely oblivious to the world that narrows their perception, and kills their ambition, subtly encourages apathy and evilly feeds off their ignorance.
This 'new world' hasn't been around for long right?
No one has taught us. No one IS teaching us, to be aware, to know of it.
We are being drowned in information and starved for knowledge.
What hurts the most, is that it's found upon, and nurtures ego and greed.
I feel as if the months of pain and self education has lead to such a simple conclusion.
We're bought up in a world that predominantly focuses on the development of the left brain right?
I think we need to begin raising awareness to this influence, nurturing a protective psychological construct to barrier this bombardment of 'junk information' subtly yet evidently manipulating our consciousness.
I believe through my own lively experience, and the many books I have read that we need to start nurturing the development of our left and right brains EVENLY.
We need coalescence of reductionism, and holism.
I feel this is the answer.. (r)evolution.
My wee project
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Oct 26 2012: DJ, In many of my posts I state that it is very important to know who you are. Once this occurs you can resolve many conflicts both internal and external.
The right side of the brain is more intersted with the arts and things philosophical. While I agree with you that the right side is not employed enough .. I also see a big problem looming in our immediate future. During the last PISA Exam the United States came in on the lower third of the lower third and caused the administration great embassement. So with a bruised national ego the Secretary of Education decalred that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) would be the basis of all education. Due to funding schools have to eleminate some classes in order to put others in place. Our state now requires four years of Math, science, and english to graduate. On the bubble to cut if funding is not available is 1) Music, 2) Art, 3) all shops, 4) home ec, etc ... get the picture? By national decree of the President and his staff the Arts and right brain activities are declared not important.
Does that mean that they will fad away .. I don't think so but to have a government declare them unimportant could seriously hamper funding for the performing arts and deminish young talent from developing.
Would restricting right brain activities classify us as entering another "Dark Age".
I look forward to your next conversation and conversing with you again.
All the best. Bob.
Oct 27 2012: Wow, that's definitely conjured up mixed feelings.
This is only my opinion here, but I think there is a deeper yet externally ubiquitous significance of a developed right hemisphere. The ability to 'see the whole' or observe and live with a more empathetic, understanding perspective is evidently needed in this world.
I've grown up in this new world of 'junk information' and a prevalent bombardment of commercialism, it's so easy to see the influence it has on teens. I could ramble on about this for ages but I could very confidently posit that I do think the significance of an unbiased brain is very underestimated!
The Secretary of Education should become familiar with Einstein's: "A problem canont be fixed with the same level of consciousness that created it."
Maybe another 'Dark Age' is imminent but I do believe that creative minorities such as TED may help save us from our own demise.
My only approach at the moment is to push action towards creating awareness to not only the influence, but the implications; other than that i'm stuck! (for teens)
Thanks for your words Bob :)
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|Farore's Wind
Farore's Wind
|First appearance
|Ocarina of Time (1998)
|Given by the Great Fairy of Magic in Zora's Fountain
|Creates warp points inside dungeons
- "You got Farore's Wind! This is warp magic you can use with (C). Warp when you are in danger! You will teleport to the Warp Point. When you first use the magic, you will create a Warp Point. When you use the magic again, you can either dispel the Warp Point you created last time or warp to that point."
- — In-game description
Farore's Wind is a spell from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Although not necessary for the completion of the game, Farore's Wind is a valuable addition to Link's arsenal of magic. With Farore's Wind, Link can create a warp point in his current dungeon room. When used again Link can either dispel the Warp Point or use it to travel instantly to the entrance of the room in which he created the point. Also, if a Warp Point is placed in any dungeon, Link can warp to it from any other dungeon. The Great Fairy of Magic in Zora's Fountain gives Link this magic spell after he bombs the rock outside of her cavern.
Farore's Wind is named after Farore, the Goddess of Courage.
Non-canonical appearances
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Super Smash Bros. series
In Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Farore's Wind is the name of one of the spells used by Princess Zelda; it provides her with an extra jump. The player can control where she reappears to an extent by tilting the control stick.
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Local Doc-Maker Jesse Moss Heads to Sundance
7x7 checks in with a member of the local film scene and takes their temperature. This week, we chat with SF-based film director Jesse Moss.
What do you do?
I'm a documentary filmmaker. I'm 43, and I live in San Francisco, next to the Presidio.
How long have you lived in the Bay Area?
I've lived in the city for 2 years. I was born here in the city, grew up in Palo Alto, and then lived in New York for fifteen years, before moving back to the Bay Area.
What did you do before you worked in film?
I very briefly worked in politics in my early 20s, but have spent most of my adult life making films.
So… what are you working on?
I'm finishing The Overnighters, my new documentary. The film is about desperate, broken men chasing their dreams and running from their demons in the North Dakota oil field, and a local pastor who risks everything to help them. It's a modern-day "Grapes of Wrath" set in an oil boomtown.
The film will premiere at Sundance this January, in the documentary competition. I've spent the last two years working on the film, including many months of work in North Dakota, and a year editing the film here in San Francisco.
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The Overnighters premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah later this week.
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Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing: A General Equilibrium Approach with Micro-Data for Households
AbstractMany policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions have at their core efforts to put a price on carbon emissions. Carbon pricing impacts households both by raising the cost of carbon intensive products and by changing factor prices. A complete analysis requires taking both effects into account. The impact of carbon pricing is determined by heterogeneity in household spending patterns across income groups as well as heterogeneity in factor income patterns across income groups. It is also affected by precise formulation of the policy (how is the revenue from carbon pricing distributed) as well as the treatment of other government policies (e.g. the treatment of transfer payments). What is often neglected in analyses of policy is the heterogeneity of impacts across households even within income or regional groups. In this paper, we incorporate 15,588 households from the U.S. Consumer and Expenditure Survey data as individual agents in a comparative-static general equilibrium framework. These households are represented within the MIT USREP model, a detailed general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy. In particular, we categorize households by full household income (factor income as well as transfer income) and apply various measures of lifetime income to distinguish households that are temporarily low-income (e.g., retired households drawing down their financial assets) from permanently low-income households. We also provide detailed within-group distributional measures of burden impacts from various policy scenarios.
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Uwe Friedrichsen has a long track record as architect, developer and project manager. His focus areas are architecture, agile software development and scalable systems. Besides writing articles and sharing his ideas on conferences he is also one of the founders of a local software craftsmanship community in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Philadelphia. Bagmaker-in-training. Obsessed with backpacks and messenger bags.
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One of my readers, Tom, was nice enough to send me some pictures of his gear.
First up is a shot of two of his Timbuk2s:
The top bag is a small messenger. According to Tom, signs of its age include the narrow strap (what were they thinking?) and the ballistic boot (why don't they do this anymore?). The bottom bag is a utility bag that Timbuk2 used to make called the Pork Chop. According to my Googling, it's got 234 cubic inches of storage space. Perfect for small stuff, and keeping in line with the whole hip pouch thing that people are into these days. Granted, Timbuk2's got one available, but it looks more like a "fanny pack." I think I like the Pork Chop design better.
The other pic Tom sent me is of his Domke F-803:
Domke's a dedicated camera-bag company, and the F-803 is designed for light carry/stealth not-carrying-expensive-equipment-please-don't-mug-me action.
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A Joyful Tribute to Ruth Simmons
The Brown University Orchestra & Chorus join forces with the Providence College Festival Chorus to perform a gala concert at The VETS on March 3, 2012, paying tribute to Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons.
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Despite the "tidal wave" that allowed Democrats to wrest control of the House of Representatives from Republicans for the first time since 1994, the undemocratic effects of blatant political gerrymandering were alive and well. Across the country the levees of politically gerrymandered congressional districts held against the tidal surge of voter outrage. The 2006 elections proved why gerrymandering is still a national scandal, and why those of us pushing for redistricting reform are more emboldened than ever.
Most states have vested authority over congressional redistricting in their state legislatures and that is where the problems often begin. Many of these state legislators are anxious to move up the political food chain, and so some of these politicians actually carve out a congressional district for themselves. In the post-1990 round of redistricting, for example, soon-to-be eighth term incumbent Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) did precisely this in her role as a state senator and chairperson of the Texas Senate Redistricting Committee. A more recent example is how Congressman Tom Feeney from Florida (R), who as speaker of the Florida House in 2001 carved out a district for himself, which he has since won convincingly in 2002, 2004 and again in 2006.
In states where one party has a monopoly over state government (as Johnson's Democrats did in Texas in 1991 and Feeney's Republicans did in Florida in 2001), drawing districts to bludgeon the other side of the aisle can be a relatively easy task. The precision with which it can be done, given the level of political data and sophisticated redistricting software available to gerrymanderers, is unfathomable to most Americans. With control of the state house, state senate and Governorship all in the hands of one party, no political compromises are needed to get a redistricting map passed. All that is necessary is party unity and discipline. In the post-2000 round of redistricting, Democrats possessed few such monopolies while Republicans held a number of these trifectas. And in a few of those states where Democrats did hold a monopoly on state government in 2001 (e.g., California), the State was one that voted decidedly Democratic (or "blue") in national elections already. ( California though had the sad distinction of producing a bi-partisan gerrymander that safeguarded every incumbent so thoroughly that in three election cycles involving 159 congressional elections only one seat changed parties.)
The two most effective means of rigging the voting process in redistricting are known as "packing" and "cracking." Packing occurs when the party in control of the redistricitng process places as many voters of the opposite party into a single district to reduce their influence in other districts. Cracking on the other hand disperses a concentration of voters from an opponent's party into numerous districts in order to hinder the ability of those voters to elect representatives of their choice.
With control of the state house, state senate and Governorship all in the hands of one party, no political compromises are needed to get a redistricting map passed — no matter how unfair it may be to voters from the opposite party. All that is necessary is party unity and discipline. Passing a gerrymandered map no longer even requires waiting for the turn of the decade and the next U.S. census. The Supreme Court's refusal to overturn the mid-decade Texas re-redistricting of 2003 (which saw only one district overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court on Voting Rights Act grounds) makes clear that redistricting is no longer a decennial blood sport, but can occur repeatedly throughout the decade. In the aftermath of the Texas re-redistricting, Georgia Republicans redrew the congressional districts and the legislative districts for the second time this decade. Colorado Republicans also attempted a re-redistricting of congressional districts, but the move was ruled contrary to the state constitution.
Republicans, on the other hand, held unilateral control in many more states in 2001, and in a number of those states (e.g., Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania), Democrats actually fared slightly better than Republicans in national elections or at least were roughly equivalent with Republicans in political strength (many label these states "purple" because they are so closely divided in national elections).
A closer look at Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania clearly reveals the grip that gerrymandering has on congressional elections in these four so-called "purple" states.
In Florida, in 2000, whether one believes Al Gore or George Bush actually received the most votes, most would agree that the state is almost evenly split politically. In 2004, President Bush narrowly carried Florida over Senator John Kerry and in 2006, the State elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate seat. But Florida's congressional delegation in the wake of the post-2000 redistricting has not in the least resembled a state nearly evenly divided between the two major parties.
As a result of the 2000 census, Florida gained two new congressional seats which gave it 25. With Republicans in total control of state government, the districts were gerrymandered in a way that packed Democrats into a few congressional districts, much to the dismay of Democratic incumbents. The extreme politically gerrymandering engineered in Florida by Republican leaders such as then-Speaker, now Congressman Tom Feeney, worked like a charm. Of the 25 congressional seats, Democrats were only able to win election in seven seats in 2002 and again in 2004. A Republican advantage in Congress of more than two to one in a state that most would agree is evenly split between Democratic voters and Republican voters!
So what happened in Florida's congressional districts in 2006 — a year that saw many Republicans unseated in other states as a result of a voting public that ranked corruption on capitol Hill as their most important concern? Only one Republican incumbent was actually defeated (Clay Shaw). It is true too that former Republican congressman Mark Foley's district also changed hands and went Democratic, but this is considered by many to be a fluke, given he was left on the November ballot but had already resigned his seat over the congressional page scandal. Political pundits predict this seat will return to Republican hands in the next election. Not a single other Republican incumbent in Florida lost their seat. And Congressman Feeney, who drew himself a district in 2001, won re-election by a wide margin over his Democratic challenger, garnering nearly 60% of the vote.
Even if Democrats are successful in the post-election challenge in Florida's 13th District, the party would have only ten congressional seats to the Republicans 15 in a state that's split politically 50-50. This post-2000 gerrymandering in Florida shows why, even in a year where Democrats were able to knock off Republican incumbents in other states, they fared poorly in Florida. The margin of victory for the seven Democratic seats (including six incumbents) shows just how effectively gerrymandered (and thus politically uncompetitive) these districts are at packing Democrats into districts:
Rep. Boyd (FL-2) 100% (unopposed)
Rep. Brown (FL-3) 100% (unopposed)
Rep. Hastings (FL-23) 100% (unopposed)
Rep. Meek (FL-17) 100% (unopposed)
Rep. Wasserman Shultz (FL-20) 100% (unopposed)
Rep. Wexler (FL-19) 100% (unopposed)
Rep. Castor (FL-11) 69.7% (non-incumbent)
Al Gore carried Michigan in 2000 and John Kerry carried the state in 2004. Both U.S. Senators from Michigan are Democrats, as is the Governor. So the State is decidedly Democratic in national elections. It is, in today's political jargon, at least a purple state, if not a blue state. Republicans controlled the state senate, state house and Governor's chair in 2001 and masterfully gerrymandered districts in a way that packed Democrats into the fewest number of districts possible. The post-2001 redistricting plan forced Democratic incumbents to face-off against each other and invariably a number of them went down to defeat. As a result, in the 15 member Michigan congressional delegation in 2002, there were only six Democrats left standing. All incumbents in Michigan were re-elected in 2004, leaving Republicans again with a nine to six advantage in a blue state.
The "perfect storm" of the 2006 election that saw Democrats sweep to power nationally on a wave of voter disgust with corruption in Congress, faced a stiff challenge in Michigan's stacked Congressional districts. How many seats would Democrats pick up in a blue state in a year when Republicans bore the burden of one of the largest corruption scandals ever? The answer is a big fat zero. Not a single Republican candidate lost. And this is true even as Democrats took over 56.4% of the vote statewide in Governor's race and 56.9% of the vote in the contested U.S. Senate race in 2006. And it's also true even though the Michigan State House flipped from Republican controlled before the 2006 elections (by a margin of 58 Republicans and 48 Democrats (with three vacancies) to a post-2006 election total of 58 Democrats and 52 Republicans.
So despite coasting to landslide margins of victory in the two statewide contests in 2006, Democrats failed to pick up a single congressional seat held by Republicans. Thus, Democrats today still hold only 40% of seats (six of 15) where they comprise a strong majority of the voters in national elections. In fact, five of the nine Republican incumbents in Michigan received over 60% of the vote in their safely gerrymandered districts. The margin of victory for the six winning Democratic incumbents shows just how packed these gerrymandered districts are and why, even in a year where Democrats picked up congressional seats from coast to coast, the Michigan gerrymander prevented them from doing so. Not a single incumbent won reelection by a margin of less than 40% of the vote:
Rep. Stupak (MI-1) 69.4%
Rep. Kildee (MI-5) 72.9%
Rep. Levin (MI-12) 70.2%
Rep. Dingell (MI-15) 87.9%
Rep. Conyers (MI-14) 85%
Rep. Kilpatrick (MI-13) 100% (unopposed)
President Bush received 50% and 51% of the vote in Ohio in 2000 and 2004, respectively, in hard fought races with Al Gore and John Kerry. In the November 2006 elections, however, statewide Democratic candidates won convincingly by landslide margins. In that election, Ohioans elected Democrat Sherrod Brown with 55.9% of the vote in the statewide election against a sitting U.S. Senator. In the Governor's race, Democrat Ted Strickland coasted to a victory, capturing over 60% of the vote statewide.
Back in 2001, Ohio had a Republican Governor and a Republican controlled state house and senate. The Ohio Legislature drew districts in such a way as to minimize Democratic voting strength and maximize Republican voting strength. When the dust settled, Democrats, who comprise roughly half of the state's voters in national elections, held only six of the 18 congressional seats. The six Democratically-controlled districts were so packed with Democrats that the six incumbents received over 60% of the vote in 2004, and all but one received over 59% of the vote in 2002.
The scandals of 2006, however, seemed the perfect opportunity for Democrats in Ohio to make gains in the congressional delegation. Some predicted huge losses for Ohio Republicans in the 2006 elections, in part because Congressman Bob Ney (R) had resigned his seat over his criminal involvement in the Jack Abramoff scandal. The state was also rocked hard by other recent state-level scandals involving Republican officeholders. But despite Democrats capturing both statewide offices by large margins against a sitting Governor and Senator, they only picked up one congressional seat in 2006: ex-Congressman Ney's seat. Not a single Republican congressional incumbent went down to defeat in 2006. The Ohio congressional delegation still tilts decidedly Republican even after the 2006 elections, with 11 Republicans and eight Democrats in a state where Democrats swept to victory in statewide races on the issue of corruption. The incumbents breezed to reelection with the closest race decided by a two-to-one margin. Even the open "packed" districts saw Democrats maintain control with victories by more than twenty percentage points:
Rep. Kaptur (OH-9) 73.6%
Rep. Kucinich (OH-10) 66.3%
Rep. Tubbs-Jones (OH-11) 83.3%
Rep. Ryan (OH-17) 80.2%
Rep. Sutton (OH-13) 61.2% (non-incumbent)
Rep. Wilson (OH-6) 61.9% (non-incumbent)
In the last two Presidential elections Al Gore (2000) and John Kerry (2004) carried Pennsylvania. And in November 2006 Pennsylvania voters unseated an incumbent U.S. Senator, electing Robert Casey with 58.7% of the vote. Similarly, Democrat Ed Rendell was elected Governor in 2006, capturing 60.3% of the vote statewide. But at the time of the Commonwealth's last redistricting in 2001 Republicans occupied the Governor's chair and held sizeable majorities in both the Pennsylvania House and Senate. Pennsylvania lost two congressional seats following the 2000 census, and like Michigan, the shrinking congressional delegation gave Republicans an opportunity to force some Democratic incumbents to square off against each other and pack Democratic voters tightly into fewer districts. And that is precisely what they did. As a result of the 2001 Republican gerrymander, Democrats ended up controlling only seven of 19 seats. Now unlike some of the other states mentioned in this piece, Democrats actually picked up four congressional seats held by Republican incumbents in the 2006 elections. So the Republican gerrymander of 2001 was not quite as bulletproof as the Michigan, Florida, and Ohio efforts. Some critics accused the Pennsylvania legislators of overreaching and cutting their margins too thinly to withstand a voter backlash of the scale seen in 2006. In some circles, Pennsylvania's redistricting is referred to as the "dummymander."
But even in a state where Democrats made gains, two things stick out. First, if the size of the Democratic statewide landslide had been even slightly smaller, Republicans would have likely retained a majority of the congressional districts. Two of the four Democratic victories were by very narrow margins (with 52% or less of the vote). So the Republicans would have maintained their majority in the Pennsylvania congressional delegation even if the Democrats had won 54% of the vote statewide (instead of the higher percentage they actually garnered). And needless to say districts "packed" with Democratic voters were barely contested with no race closer than 22%:
Rep. Brady (PA-1) 100% (unopposed)
Rep. Fattah (PA-2) 88.6%
Rep. Schwartz (PA-13) 66.1%
Rep. Kanjorski (PA-11) 72.4%
Rep. Holden (PA-17) 64.6%
Rep. Doyle (PA-14) 90.1%
Rep. Murtha (PA-12) 60.7%
In any event, if one looks at the five large states with pro-Republican, anticompetitive gerrymanders — the nation's four biggest "purple" states ( Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan) plus Texas, a "red" state — we find that Pennsylvania was aberrational. The four states other than Pennsylvania continued to perform disproportionately well for Republicans in the U.S. House, even as Democrats were winning by landslides in the U.S. Senate contests in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan. In sum, Democrats picked up one House seat in Texas (because there was no Republican on the ballot once Tom DeLay resigned), two seats in Florida (where, even with the two new seats, Democrats will have elected only nine out of 25 seats), one seat in Ohio (where Democrats will have only seven out of 18), and zero seats in Michigan (where Democrats will continue to have only six out of 15).
So in these five states (including Pennsylvania), it appears that Democrats in the next Congress will have only 45 seats, as compared to 64 seats for the Republicans. Given how strong a year it was for Democrats at the polls, the figures in these states continue to be lopsidedly Republican, reflecting the continuing effects of the Republican gerrymanders
Some members of the Supreme Court have decided that the federal courts should not wade into the political gerrymandering thicket. Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, for example, believed (erroneously) that partisan gerrymandering was a "self-limiting enterprise." If that were so, one would think that the best time and place for the Democrats to pick up ground would be in a year when Democrats ride a national wave and in Republican-gerrymandered states. Even though 2006 was such a year, that did not turn out to be the case. Instead, Democrats did best in states where the congressional maps were produced by bipartisan compromise, by courts, or by commissions — including, for example, Arizona, Iowa, New York, Indiana, and Connecticut. Such numbers show that redistricting reform offers the greatest prospect for the creation of districts that give voters real choices on Election Day.
If our nation's congressional districting maps were reasonably responsive to swings in the electorate, and if maps in some of these larger purple states were not heavily biased in favor of Republicans (principally due to the maps in the five states discussed above), the Democratic majority in the upcoming 110th Congress would have been much, much larger. Districts that fail to switch hands even when one political party captures a sizeable majority of the electorate in a state, combined with excessive gerrymandering are two unfortunate features of the way our electoral districts are drawn today. These features prevent political parties from making gains even when the electorate swings their way.
For 2006, it was Democrats who saw their gains severely constrained, and this occurred despite the fact that voters clearly wanted massive change (as exhibited by the startling six-seat Democratic pickup in the Senate). In the 1980s and 1990s, Republicans suffered the effects of excessive Democratic gerrymanders. What is clear now more than ever, is that voters and our democracy suffer most of all from partisan gerrymandering. It is high time we did something to fix it. And redistricting reform will get us started down that path. If we hope to maintain some semblance of a representative democracy, voters must be allowed to choose politicians, not the other way around.


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