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VEM301: Marine Corps JROTC I (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Marine Corps JROTC I
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The Marine Corps JROTC I (Leadership Education I) course focuses on introducing and integrating students to the JROTC program and its objectives. Classes focus on introducing leadership concepts (definition, traits, morals & ethics, responsibilities) and the following introductory sub-courses:
- Patriotism/Citizenship (rights & responsibilities)
- Health (stress management, nutrition, drug & alcohol abuse)
- Study Skills
- Uniforms, Clothing, Equipment & Personal Appearance
- Military History (Revolutionary War to WW I)
- Community Service
- Vocabulary development
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will be conducted in a general classroom setting, the media center, computer lab, and the community environment. Instructors serve as positive role models and facilitators of student learning and development of critical thinking skills in the context of a safe and positive learning environment that fosters individual growth, mutual respect and personal accountability. Educational activities will be varied and be attuned to student cultural diversity and multiple intelligences. Techniques and strategies include; oral presentations by students, small group discussions, student working groups, student projects, group and individual research projects, guest lecturers, Socratic seminars, dramatizations, role playing, and participation in school/ community support projects.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated for class participation and completion of all assignments. Assignments include writing papers, oral/written testing, oral presentations, practical application of learned skills, and performance of assigned duties. These activities support and augment the goals of reading, writing, and math across the curriculum to assist the overall development of student literacy, and critical thinking, leadership and management skills.
Course Objectives:
- Development of student self-confidence/discipline
- Development of leadership skills
- Development of informed/productive citizens
- Strengthening of character
- Understanding the purpose and functioning of the military in a democratic society


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A nickname for someone named November.
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A small city in Michigan. It has the worst motto in the US, possibly the world. It's divided like a generic town with two sides of the tracks. One side has giant houses with trees made of money and the other is like eating out a hobos asshole with syrup, it's not THAT bad. Most minority's live on the east side and not allowed to the west side by city ordinance.
Steve: heres novi's motto "its all about you".
Nick: What the fuck does that mean?
Nick: What the fuck does that mean?
by thatVOkid July 14, 2009
Novi is a suburb of Detroit, MI in Oakland County. It is the most boring town in Southeast Michigan, and possibly the entire USA. Almost everybody is a stuck up rich kid, psuedo-badass, and/or a pothead. It's also a super conservative town, which also sucks. The cops here are assholes and think all teens who don't wear preppy clothes are criminals. Almost all the parents either don't give a shit about their kids or are helicopter parents. We have a mall, but is mostly oriented towards snobby rich kids and women between the ages of 25-40. Fountain Walk sucks now that they tore down the skate park. Everything here is about twice as expensive as it is in places like Livonia or Farmington. Only about 25% of the roads have sidewalks here, so it's more dangerous to walk places, so you have to waste gas and money driving 2 miles away. The only good thing about this town is the school district, which is one of the best public districts in the nation. Novi is somewhat divided too, kind of like East and West Berlin. The East side (East of Taft Rd.) has all the smaller and older homes, and most of the apartments, trailer parks, and condos. The West side of Taft has all the obnoxiously large houses and obnoxious people.
So basically, this place sucks. Unless you're old and want to retire in a quiet community, don't live here. There's nothing to do.
So basically, this place sucks. Unless you're old and want to retire in a quiet community, don't live here. There's nothing to do.
Jimmy: Dude, let's go hang out in Novi
Johnny: ...why?
Johnny: ...why?
by streetlightmanifesto28 May 04, 2009
A term used meaning someone who is a professional game hacker; who cheats to win.
I can't beat this game so I'm just going to Novis it.
I just Novis'd a new high score!
I just Novis'd a new high score!
by Qisdu QJds November 15, 2009
something new and fresh that stands out from the old and common stuff
New Kanye song is the NOVI hit
That movie I saw today was so NOVI
That movie I saw today was so NOVI
by anonymus001 September 22, 2007
Awesome, Nice, wonderful, friendly, and Cool.
Your so novi! (damn right)
by Anonymous March 30, 2005
A town in Michigan. Named after the Number 6 train stop with absolutely nothing at it. Do to the notation, No. VI the town was named Novi.
The joke is that nobody stops at the number six stop. So No going to the number VI train stop.
(VI is 6 in roman numerals)
The joke is that nobody stops at the number six stop. So No going to the number VI train stop.
(VI is 6 in roman numerals)
George: Want to go to Novi?
Molly: No.
Molly: No.
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COLUMBUS - Each year at the Ohio State Wrestling Tournament the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association honors a coach from each division as coach of the year for accomplishments during the previous wrestling season.
At the 2013 state tournament the OHSWCA will honor Big Red head wrestling coach Mike Blackburn as Coach of the Year in Division II.
"It's one of the biggest honors a coach in Ohio can receive besides being voted into the hall of fame," said Blackburn. "It's an award voted on by your peers on what happened in the past season. It's humbling to be added to a long list of great coaches have who have won the award.
"To be part of something like this is a pretty exciting thing."
During the 2011-12 season Blackburn, who is to be honored along with Oregon Clay's Ralph Clubberly in Division I and Applecreek Waynedale's Louie Stanley at the 2013 state tournament, led Big Red to a 19-1 dual meet record along with an OVAC Class 4A title and overall second-place OVAC tournament finish, district and sectional titles, and a fifth place finish at the 2012 state tournament.
"Coming into last year we had a great group of seniors," said Blackburn. "We also had a great group of juniors. We had a group of kids that had been in the program for about eight years. We knew we had a pretty good team coming in. I wasn't sure if it would come together.
"Things started rolling and we gained more steam. When we went to the Wheeling Park Duals and wrestled Parkersburg South nip and tuck it showed them what they needed to do. At the OVAC tournament we wrestled a great tourney. Coming into the Claymont dual we knew how great they were. You couldn't ask for a better meet than the one we had with them. For it to come down to the eighth tiebreaker criteria and for us to beat a team the caliber of Claymont was huge.
"We went on to win sectionals and districts, sending eight guys to the state tournament and putting five on the podium, it was just a really great season. The guys putting is the hard work is why this program is heading where it is.".
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You can also find additional information in the Guide to Hajj (in 8 languages)
Each applicant for a Hajj visa must apply through a licensed U.S. travel agency, which must present the Consulate with copies of "Accommodation Contacts" and a letter from the Ministry of Hajj in Saudi Arabia confirming that the travel agency has duly completed all requirements to qualify to assist pilgrims.
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Let $E \subset \mathbb{P}_\mathbb{C}^2$ be an elliptic curve. If $E$ has complex multiplication (by anything) then the theory of complex multiplication in particular tells us that if $\sigma \in \textrm{Aut}(\mathbb{C})$ then $E^\sigma$ will be isogenous to $E$. Suppose $\textrm{End}(E) \cong \mathbb{Z}$ do we still have that $E^\sigma \cong E$ or are there some obvious counterexamples? What if we insist that the $j$-invariant, $j(E)$ is an algebraic number?
We say that an elliptic curve $E$ over a number field $K$ is an elliptic $\mathbf{Q}$-curve if it is is isogenous to its Galois conjugates $E^\sigma$. These were first studied by Benedict Gross, but were later studied by Elkies, Ellenberg, Ribet, and many others. It's possible to show that $\mathbf{Q}$ curves are modular, independently of the BCDTW modularity theorem, and that even though they are defined over $K$, their $p$-torsion Galois representations (at least away from the degrees of said isogenies) descend down to $\mathbf{Q}$. Elkies also famously showed if $E_{/K}$ is a $\mathbf{Q}$-curve without CM, there must be a geometrically isogenous curve $E'_{/L}$ such that $Gal(L/\mathbf{Q}) \cong (\mathbf{Z}/2\mathbf{Z})^r$ for some integer $r$. This comes down to showing that the moduli space of elliptic $\mathbf{Q}$-curves of degree $N$ form a certain very special quotient of $X_0(N)$. For details on most of this, see Jordan Ellenberg's "$\mathbf{Q}$-curves and Galois representations" ( http://www.math.wisc.edu/~ellenber/MCAV.pdf )
One way to get a counterexample is to take any elliptic curve $E$ over a quadratic field $K$ whose conductor is a prime ideal $\mathfrak{p}$ lying over a split prime $p$ in $\mathbb{Q}$. This means that $E$ has multiplicative reduction at $\mathfrak{p}$. If $\sigma$ is the non-trivial automorphism of $K/\mathbb{Q}$, then $E^\sigma$ has conductor $\mathfrak{p}^\sigma \neq \mathfrak{p}$, so $E^\sigma$ has good reduction at $\mathfrak{p}$. Any isogeny $E \to E^\sigma$ would be defined over a number field, and multiplicative/good reduction are both stable under finite field extension. Since isogenous curves have the same reduction type, $E$ and $E^\sigma$ cannot be isogenous.
An example: the two curves of minimal norm conductor over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{5})$ have norm conductor 31, but their conductors are the two different ideals of norm 31. Check out William Stein's table: http://modular.math.washington.edu/Tables/hmf/sqrt5/ellcurve_aplists.txt
As a double check, you can even tell from the Hecke eigenvalues in the table that the curves are conjugate to one another.


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After posting three runs in the opening inning, Nebraska City added a run in the third frame and looked to be in good shape during Tuesday's game against Bellevue East.
That all changed in the bottom of the third as the homestanding Chieftains posted 11 runs and never looked back en route to a 10-run victory.
"We walked the first two batters in the third and then had an error on a bunt and that really opened the flood gates," said Coach Bales. "We have to learn to control those types of innings and get out with minimal damage if we want to become a good team. It's happened in each of our three losses where we give up a big inning with walks and errors and it's been the difference in the games."
Nebraska City, 1-3, was scheduled to return to action at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Wahoo and at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Yutan.
The Pioneers will return home for a 4:30 p.m. Monday game against Seward and a 5 p.m. Tuesday game against Omaha Skutt.
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I am new to GIS. As a part of my research, I want to figure out among OSSIM, Saga API, Terralib and MApnik which one will best satisfy the following functionalities and why ( all for desktop GIS application).
- Loading/Saving major GIS files (library OGR/GDAL)
- Database compatibility.
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- Georeferencing.
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When taking about visuals, we can use the verb show as follows:
- I want to show you something.
- Can you show me?
What would be the corresponding verb to use when talking about sounds?
- I want to [verb] you something.
- Can you [verb] me?
When taking about visuals, we can use the verb show as follows:
What would be the corresponding verb to use when talking about sounds?
I think the verb for it does not exist. All the answers and comments are good but they are good alternatives. Changing the sentence structure may get you to convey what you want but that was not the question. If you think like that then there are millions of way to construct sentences to work around some words or phrases. So I believe that the answer is that the word you are looking for does not exist.
You wouldn't say it that way. You'd say
or even
The latter could be switched around to
But that still wouldn't cover all sounds, as I mentioned in my comment to you.
I'm going to disagree with Robusto's answer slightly and say that play is the equivalent you're looking for.
While it is true that play does not apply in all situations, I think you can also find situations where show does not make much sense for visuals.
Play is a general fit when you are either playing a recording, or playing a musical instrument. If you are talking about a more specific sound, you would use a more specific verb, like tell (for speech) or sing (for vocal music).
I don't think it's as simple as filling in blanks with corresponding sense words. I think there is also something to the usage of show in this question. For instance, in the first example, "play" functions similarly to "show".
But in the second example it does not:
This is because we can remove it and to with the verb show and not lose the meaning.
However, it should be noted that the unspoken it or something in "Can you show me" is the direct object of the sentence and me is the indirect object. Without the it/something, ambiguity exists. A similar sentence could be written where me is the direct object and there is no indirect object:
This omission is not always possible. Play does not function the same way as show though. We cannot remove it and for and retain the same meaning.
A closer meaning to OPs example would be "tell", which works identically in both cases:
However, tell only covers speech.
The combinations of verbs with dependent prepositions are vast in English; and it's not necessarily that we lack a verb to fit a specific construction, but that just because some verbs share a common trait (i.e. they deal with senses), they don't necessarily share a common construction. To show vs. To play is an example of this. With that said, all five sense words (taste, touch, see, smell, hear) can form identical constructions.
To emit, while applicable to more than sound, may also work — as show may not be limited to visuals.


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Hotel Yam
'Old Taiwan (Liouhe) Hostel' offers a comfortable and clean accommodation that has a designer retro chic flair.
The interior design here is one of the most appealing aspects of staying here with each room paying homage to the 50's / 60's design and simpler times in Taiwan.
Well appointed with each room has an air-conditioner, an antique reproduction desk, mirror and bathroom.
The first floor has a revolving art exhibition, desktop computers for guests to share.
The third floor is a multi-purpose recreational area for dining and chatting. It's equipped with DVD home theater, cable TV, kitchen facilities with coffee machine and coffee grinder. We also supply herbal, black & green tea. And you might also gaze at the stars from our roof garden.
Location, Location, Location...
1-5 minutes walk to 24hrs pharmacies, traditional markets, tea houses, cafe, bank, fruit stores, department stores, juice bars,steak house, therapeutic massage, and traditonal foot message shops.
*20 minutes walk to the most charming place in the city ~ Love River.
*5 minutes walk to Liouhe night market, one of the most popular one with tourist.
*10 minutes walk to the Kaohsiung MRT~ Formosa Boulevard station Exit 11 (Red Line R10)
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- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Air Conditioning
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Meeting Rooms
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Postal Service
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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*From Kaohsiung Train Station
By Walk:
Walk across Jian Guo 2nd Rd 建國二路.and take Zhong Shan 1st Rd中山一路. Keep on going
straight until you come to Cisian 2nd Rd七賢二路. then turn right , keep on going straight pass
the 7-11 until you see the Taiwan Cooperative Bank 合作金庫, immediate turn right , and turn right
again, its Ln. 6, Zili 1st Rd 自立一路6巷8號
By Bus:
Take the bus no.82. no.83. no.56 at the bus station ( front of the Kaohsiung Train Station)
and get off at Zili Ru KO (only 2 stop ) bus stop 自立路口站, 1.5 mins' walk to Oldttaiwan(Liouhe)
By taxi:
About 85~90 NT
*From Kaohsiung International Airport
By KMRT (Subway):
Take the Red line direction Gangshan South南岡山and get off at R10 Formosa Boulevard美麗島
Exit 1, 7 mins' walk to Oldtaiwan(Liouhe) .
Take the Exit 1s, then turn right, 10 meters turn left when you see Jhongshan Rd.中山橫路, go straight till you see Nantai Rd.南台路(200meters), then turn right, it takes longer on Nantai Rd.南台路(500meters). Once you pass the 7-11, pls turn left at first alley. Then, keep walking you will see our hostel on your left hand side.
*From Taiwan High Speed Rail(Zuoying):
By KMRT (Subway):
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In a game a material does only influence the visual appearance of the object. The visual appearance is effected by shaders. So regarding to terminology is there a difference between materials and shaders? Should you write one shader for one material?
A material is a combination of attributes which describe how a surface of the given material should look like.
Some engines use different shaders for different materials, in which case a material definition could look like this:
Other engines use one shader for all objects (or rather the engines decides what shader to use dependent on the parameters, the capabilities of the GPU and other factors such as distance), in which case a material would look more like this:
A material specifies how an object responds to light.
There are a couple of common parameters:
Now say you have a triangle rendered with material
The job of the shader is to use math to take the vertex positions of triangle, the position of the light, the material color values, and figure out what color the triangle should appear. A vertex shader does this "shading computation" once at each vertex and interpolates the color across the triangle.
A common operation in a shader to compute the diffuse response at a vertex is:
A material is what you apply to geometry to give it a colour and pattern. A texture is a component of a material.
A shader is a small program that allows this material to be rendered at runtime. The nice thing about shaders is that you can do everything from simply rendering the material, to adding dynamic effects like specular highlights and reflections all the way up to extremely clever things such as rendering fake holes through walls where a bullet has hit.
so in answer to your question - yes there is a difference, there is a little overlap too - you could either make a red material or write a shader to render things as red, but both of them also allow you to a lot of things you could not with the other.
and no, you don't need one shader per material. although a material requires a shader to be rendered, you could have one for all you materials if you wanted. they do specific things so if you wanted everything to be shiny for example, you could just write one.
A nice example of shaders is in gears of war. there is one set of materials for the scene, but when you press a button to switch to tactical view, the shaders that are rendering these materials change so things look outlined and generally different. The same thing happens in batman: arkham's 'detective mode'.


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WINTERSVILLE - Play good defense and get to the foul line and good things happen in the game of basketball. The Indian Creek boys basketball team did both of those things en route to a dominant 50-27 victory over Buckeye Local Tuesday.
"I was real happy with our effort," said Indian Creek head coach Joe Dunlevy. "We always play hard. These kids just play hard. We have some veteran kids out there that play smart so they're in the right place at the right time.
"Part of playing great defense, is playing smart. Just being there in the right spot."
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TO A TEAMMATE — Indian Creek Jonathan Haught dishes inside while defended by Buckeye Local's Austin Marshall Tuesday during the Redskins 50-27 win over the Panthers in Wintersville. - Fred Younce
The Redskins held the Panthers to single digits in all four quarters, forcing them into bad shots and turnovers throughout the game.
"Well we got in early foul trouble, and then we had to go to the bench early, and Indian Creek plays great defense," said Buckeye Local head coach Jay Morris. "To score 27 points in a high school game you know the other team played good defense."
For the evening the Panthers were called for 26 fouls to the Redskins' 14 with one Panther fouling out and and three others receiving four fouls. Indian Creek had just one player with three fouls.
The foul difference led to the Redskins doubling up the Panthers from the charity stripe - 20-for-28 for Creek to 10-for-14 for Buckeye.
"That was kind of a point of emphasis for us because at halftime of our first game we had only shot four free throws," said Dunlevy. "That didn't have anything to do with the officials, that had to do with us not going to the basket and attacking the rim.
"That's what we tried to do today. Bobby Knight used to say you want to make more (free throws) than the other team shoots, and you do that by attacking the basket, getting the ball inside, and that's what we did tonight."
With an 8-6 advantage for the Redskins after one quarter Indian Creek began exerting its will over the middle two quarters.
Led offensively by Alex Young and Frankie Kamarec, the Redskins outscored the Panthers 32-14 over the second and third quarters to lead 40-20 after three. Young scored 13 points over those two quarters and Kamarec chipped in with 11 of his own.
The fourth quarter saw Creek cruise to a 10-7 advantage and both teams give minutes to their bench players as the game ended 50-27 Indian Creek.
Young led all scorers with 18 points, including a pair of electrifying dunks - the first for the game's opening two points on a fast break and the second taking the ball on the wing and going baseline for the jam.
"Alex is a special player," said Dunlevy. "You saw him on the football field. He kind of doing the same thing on the basketball court he did on the football field.
"He's a kid that works really hard just like they all work really hard. He puts the extra time in at the gym. You don't have to tell him to, he's just there. They're all like that."
Kamarec added 12 points for the Redskins.
Buckeye Local was led by the duo of Brennan Czuchran and Kyle Michalo with 10 each.
Both teams take to the court Friday against Buckeye 8 rivals with Indian Creek (2-0) hosting Harrison Central while Buckeye Local (0-3) welcomes Martins Ferry.
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INDIAN CREEK: Kamarec 3 4-6 12, Furda 0 0-0 0, Roar 2 2-2 6, Young 6 6-10 18, Haught 1 0-0 2, Huynh 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 2-2 2, Durbin 0 1-2 1, Connor 0 0-0 0, Woodbury 1 0-0 2, Sullivan 0 3-4 3, Winland 1 2-2 4. TOTALS: 14 20-28 50. 3-pointers: Kamarec (2).


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Is it the Vilna Gaon who maintains that it is a mitzvah to eat matzah (to eat matzah, in addition to abstaining from chametz) every day and night during the week of Passover, or somebody else? The main opinion is that it is a mitzvah to eat it on the first night(s) and reshut (optional) during the rest of the holiday, but he differs. For some reason I remember it being him, but is it somebody else?
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The Vilna Gaon's opinion followed those who explain that one is not obligated to eat matza on the latter 6.5 days of Pesach, but if one did so one has fulfilled a Biblical injunction. This is parallel to the rule by Sukkot whereby one must eat in the Sukkah on the first night, but for the remaining 6.5 days one may survive on fruits and drinks and never sit in the Sukkah (except, of course, sleeping because one cannot go 72 hours without sleeping, cf. Shevuot 25a); yet we know that if one does sit in the Sukkah he has fulfilled a Biblical injunction.
The only reason that the obligation to eat Matza on the latter 6.5 days is called a "Reshut -- optional" is to contrast it with the obligation of the first night which is a "Chovah -- mandatory".
Source: Maaseh Rav 185. (See also this summary of the Gemara and Rishonim's discussion on the matter.)


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I am new to the tablet market, but i am trying to learn more. Are any current tablets capable of running programming software such as Visual Studio? I understand they'd have to come up with some kind of streamlined version, but I can imagine the programmers out there excited about the possibility.
Does anything like that already exist, or are there rumors of it being available in the near future?


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Last week the USD 474 School Board announced that two candidates will replace outgoing USD 474 hyphenate Mike Couch beginning next school year. The school board opted to split the combined USD 474 superintendent and Haviland Grade School principal position into two part-time positions, extending offers to former USD382 superintendent Dr. Glen Davis and current Haviland Grade School instructor Mark Clodfelter.
The school board interviewed three candidates for superintendent, which will now become a part-time job, choosing Davis, a former Pratt and current Cunningham School District superintendent.
"He has had years of experience as a superintendent," said USD 474 Board President Jean Jones. "We thought it was good for the district. We hired him because he has so much experience and knowledge that could help Mark [Clodfelter]."
Davis, according to his official LinkedIn page, also works in the Pratt High School's Office of Finance, received his bachelor's degree in music education from Bethany College and received his master's degree in educational administration from Fort Hays State University. In 2000 he received his doctorate degree at Wichita State University.
Davis became the superintendent of USD 382 in 2005 on the heels of a successful Pratt High School bond initiative to build new facilities. He is credited with a wide range of successes during his seven-year tenure and was awarded full retirement benefits after leaving the district in 2012.
He has also worked in the Ellis, Lincoln and Skyline School Districts in various capacities.
Clodfelter, the current 8th grade Haviland Elementary School teacher, was also extended a contract that will split his duties between the classroom and the principal's office.
"We thought he was a great choice," said Jones. "He's had a lot of experience inside the district. He has a passion for the kids; everyone likes him. Everyone knows him and we thought he would be very good as our principal."
Clodfelter, the only person interviewed for the principal job, recently received his principal certification.
USD 474 will be his first job as principal.
The unconventional arrangement is meant to accommodate district salary limitations and to keep Clodfelter in the classroom, where he excels in science education, said Jones.
"The district values Mark's quality science instruction to the point that it was the impetus of separating the superintendent's position from the principalship," said Couch in a press release. "Mr. Clodfelter will be able to give direct attention to the principalship… while still teaching a few classes."
Clodfelter is a Haviland resident and teaches tennis at the Kiowa County High School. His wife Diann Clodfelter is a 5th grade teacher at Haviland Grade School.
"It's a shame to have to lose someone like Mike [Couch] because he's an incredible guy and he is so informed on all of the issues that face a principal," said Clodfelter. "For me personally, it's a perfect situation. We have great teachers and the school system is fantastic. I think I have a good relationship with the school board. I'm really looking forward to working with everybody in a place where I understand their values and I know the expectations. It's ideal for me."
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Belmont County Animal Shelter answers claims
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Belmont County Animal Shelter gave an interview recently, after allegations over social media regarding their record keeping and euthanasia policies....
This probably should have been posted sooner: I spoke with people who were there. This was NOT about the dog being put on the internet. The visitors were told that the dog did not have a record at the shelter. No name, no number. Nothing was known about the dog other than what was obvious and that the dog was scheduled to be euthanized.
There was no attempt to find the owners because it was PRESUMED that they put the dog in this condition. THE DOG WAS NOT CONFISCATED. It was found by someone lost on a ridge.
As to the dog's condition, she is doing fine with her new local adopter. The shelter was attempting to transfer this dog over 200 miles (at county/shelter expense) to a rescue in MD. If she truly was too ill to be adopted, she was too ill to travel that far.
Vaccines aren't "live". They are dead or attenuated. Considering the dog's age, spaying to prevent breeding isn't needed.
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This shelter has needlessly taken too many pets from their rightful owners, euthanized many animals unnecessarily, and committed countless other violations. It's time for Belmont Co. taxpayers and voters to take control of this situation! Call/write/email the Belmont Co. Commissioners and tell them it's time for a group other than BCARL to operate OUR animal shelter the humane and legal way!!!
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She's been there a week and knows ALL the answers, huh? Hmmm.......... Verna has been there how long and is clueless. Sounds like a good team.
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I had to call the shelter MANY times to complain about animal cruelty that they ALREADY knew that things werent right. Nothing was being done. I called Columbus to report what was going on.They in turn put some pressure on the shelter to look into my complaint, the problem FINALLY got resolved ONLY because i keep on their backs.Unless you pressure these people, they wont do anything unless FORCED to do.All the have to do if a person wont abide to the rules is to get a deputy and take him with them,Simple as that, and IF the owner of the animal wont abide to the rules, they get arrested.How easy is that?
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Disclaimer: I'm no native speaker.
Thomas gets pronounced with a starting "T" (the "h" is silent), while Theodore with a "Th". What rule is followed here?
Disclaimer: I'm no native speaker.
Thomas gets pronounced with a starting "T" (the "h" is silent), while Theodore with a "Th". What rule is followed here?
There is no rule at all. As Robusto mentioned, there isn't really any rule for pronouncing th, and even if there were it's common for names not to follow rules.
Thomas comes from the Aramaic t'om'a, while Theodore comes from the Greek Θεόδωρος (Theodōros), which is probably the reason for the difference in pronunciation. Eventhough the th in Thomas comes from the later Greek spelling, it's likely that the pronunciation remained from the original form.
Unfortunately, the rule is pretty much that you have to know how it it is pronounced for every single word in the English language that begins with th-. Especially for proper names.
Even then it won't help if you work with two women named Thalia, one of whom insists on her name being pronounced Talia and the other wants the lithpier version.
Oh, and by the way ... Theodore's nickname is Ted! And you thought English pronunciations ought to make sense. That's just ... adorable! :)
P.S. I'm not poking fun at you, but at our silly, unreasonable language.
From the great poem on English pronunciation The Chaos:
It was actually written by a Dutch teacher of English.
I once had an English trainer who taught us that proper nouns that start with Th should be pronounced with a silent h. Like Thomas = Tomas or Thailand = Tai-land. I don't know if it's really how it should be. I kind of adapted it but it doesn't really apply to all such words.


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It's no secret the weather this year has been anything but typical for much of the nation. From heat in Texas, to flooding in the Midwest, to a hurricane on the East Coast, Mother Nature seems angry. And she unleashed her greatest fury this spring with killer tornadoes ravaging much of the South.
That means the storm shelter business this year has been anything but typical for Barger and Sons. The family-owned, fifth-generation precast producer in Kingston, Tenn., has manufactured a record 175 precast storm shelters in 2011, compared to a typical 100.
Sales continued as August ended. "This season has run longer than most," says company vice president Eric Barger. "We're still selling storm shelters, and that's pretty odd. We should have stopped selling these two months ago." Ironically, it was the producer's own close call that prompted it to enter the storm shelter business. One of the worst tornadoes in Tennessee history struck the tiny town of Mossy Grove in November 2002, only a few miles from Barger and Sons' office.
"We bought half a shelter form in 2001, but we never did anything with it. We never made one." Barger says. "Then when the tornado came, we got serious about designing the door and getting the engineering done. We sold our first one in 2003, a year to the day of the tornado."
Thanks to the awful 2011 season, the public is getting serious about tornadoes and how to survive them. "Everyone is experiencing quite a surge right now," says Ernst Kiesling, executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA), based at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where Kiesling also is a professor of civil engineering. He believes most precast producers have experienced increases similar to Barger's.
"It's been a phenomenal season and each time there is an event, there is a surge in interest," explains Kiesling. "Unfortunately, it subsides rather quickly after the event. But the intensities of tornadoes this year and the death tolls have been unusual and have stimulated unusual interest in residential and community shelters."
Many manufacturers cannot keep up with demand, with some customers waiting three and four months for shelters after placing orders. That has never happened before, Kiesling says.
There are other materials, especially steel and fiberglass, competing for the shelter business. Precast concrete's big advantage is that those competitors must be installed completely underground. This is an advantage for concrete, because the aboveground version is gaining momentum.
Steel is preferred if a shelter is being installed within an existing structure, such as a garage or basement. Some modular steel shelters come in kits which can be carried in pieces downstairs to a basement.
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Barger and Sons uses a 5000 psi, self-consolidating concrete mix for its steel-reinforced precast storm shelters. Its best seller, a partial underground shelter, is 126 inches long, 66 inches wide, and 80 inches tall. Half of it, or 40 inches, is buried underground. Deflector plates cover vent openings to prevent wind-whipped debris from penetrating.
At 7 feet wide, 7 feet deep, and 104 inches tall, the aboveground version weighs 24,800 pounds and can hold up to 12 people. "All we have to do is set it on the ground," says Barger. "They require no anchoring. They weigh so much and have such a small footprint, the wind would have to get underneath it to lift it. They're so heavy, even if you put a 250 mph wind on it in one corner, it's not going to budge."
Aboveground shelters have withstood EF2 tornado winds of 111 to 135 mph. "It will go through an EF5 (winds more than 200 mph) with no problems," Barger adds.


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I have a prehung exterior door that is a LH inswing (brand new not installed yet). Can I somehow switch it to make it a RH inswing? Would it work if I installed it as an outswing?
It is impractical, if not impossible to make a pre-hung/pre-drilled door (for knobs and locksets) change swings. The exterior is different than the interior in most models and the hinge mortises are on the wrong edge of the door. If you install it backwards, or swing to the outdoors, you may have a problem with the threshold. Many thresholds slope to the outside to shed water. If you reverse it, then water could flow indoors. Another consideration is that you cannot install a storm door if the door swings out.
Outswing would make it a Right Hand Reverse door (RHR). Changing the hand to make it RH would require you changing these preps ( door hinges , frame hinge , Door hardware preps , frame hardware preps ) . However this may not be practical on certain HMD door scenarios. That being said I recommend you exchange the door for the correct hand . If you are asking this question chances are good you are not equipped to pull this off


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Faraday's law is given by:
$\nabla \times E = -\frac{\partial{B}}{\partial{t}}$
On the right hand side of the equation, we have a quantity representing how $B$ changes over time. On the left hand side of the equation we have a quantity representing the spatial variation of $E$ (the curl of $E$).
The most common interpretation is that, we can determine the spatial variation of the induced electric field, if we know how $B$ changes over time. That is, the right hand side is producing the results obtained from left hand side of the equation.
Suppose instead however, I set up an electric field such that $\nabla \times E$ is non 0, will this induce a time-varying magnetic field given by the above equation?


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I have a fairly simple SQL Server 2005 schema that I exported to a tSQL file.
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I need to generate about 15 tables with autoinc PK's numerous FK relationships, some simple storedprocs and triggers.
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If you watched Nintendo's E3 2014 livestream all the way to the end, you would have seen the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto make an appearance while playing something that looked an awful lot like Star Fox, waving the Wii U GamePad back and forth to guide a flying ship of some kind with accelerometer controls.
The screen was (poorly) blurred out, but it's been confirmed that Miyamoto is working on a new Star Fox game, due out in 2015 for Wii U.
According to a report on IGN, Star Fox Wii U (not the final name) will let you use the GamePad as a first-person cockpit inside the awesome Arwing ship, with a helicopter vehicle and 'Landmaster tank' transformation mode available, too.
According to IGN, Miyamoto is also working on two new Nintendo projects, 'Project Giant Robot' and 'Project Guard,' the first of which will see you building robots which then battle as you use buttons and gestures to knock opponents over and win. Project Guard, on the other hand, gives players twelve cameras in the game to 'observe and attack' as you fight off an invasion of robots.
Robots seem to be on Miyamoto's brain lately. Has he been getting into hobbiest robotics?
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Personal Website: http://childliterature.net
Academic Background
PhD, English, York University
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I am delighted to be working as the Laurier/Nipissing librarian at the Brantford campus. Before I came to Brantford, I worked at both the University of Waterloo Library and the Waterloo campus of the Laurier Library. Please drop by my office on the first floor of Grand River Hall (Room 108B in the Digital Library and Learning Commons) for research and library assistance.
Dewan, Pauline. The Art of Place in Literature for Children and Young Adults: How Locale Shapes a Story. Preface by Ruth B. Bottigheimer. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Dewan, Pauline. The House as Setting, Symbol, and Structural Motif in Childrens Literature. Preface by Jon C. Stott. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2004.
Chapters in Books
Dewan, Pauline. "Getting Started: The Collection, the Service, and the Promotion." In The Slow Book Revolution: Creating a New Culture of Reading on College Campuses and Beyond, edited by Meagan Lacy, 33-46. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2014.
Recent Articles
Dewan, Pauline. Slow Libraries in a Fast-Paced World. Library Journal 140, no. 18 (2015): 46.
Dewan, Pauline. Reading about Reading: Elevate Your Work from a Job to a Passion. Open Shelf, September 2015.
Dewan, Pauline. Words versus Pictures: Leveraging the Research on Visual Communication. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 10, no. 1 (2015).
Dewan, Pauline. Reading Trends and College-Age Students: The Research, the Issues, and the Role of Libraries. Against the Grain 27, no. 1 (2015): 28-31.
Dewan, Pauline. Do-It-Yourself Readers' Advisory: Empowering the User. Open Shelf, February 2015.
Dewan, Pauline. Adopting Readers' Advisory Practices in the Academic Library.Open Shelf, October 2014.
Dewan, Pauline. Can I Have Your Attention? Implications of the Research on Distractions and Multitasking for Reference Librarians. Reference Librarian 55, no. 2 (2014): 95-117.
Dewan, Pauline and Michael Steeleworthy. Incorporating Online Instruction in Academic Libraries: Getting Ahead of the Curve. Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning 7, no. 3 (2013): 278-96.
Dewan, Pauline. Reading Matters in the Academic Library: Taking the Lead from Public Librarians. Reference & User Services Quarterly 52, no. 4 (2013): 309-319.
Steeleworthy, Michael and Pauline Dewan. Web-based Citation Management Systems: Which One is Best? Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 8, no. 1 (2013).
Dewan, Pauline. Making the Most of Google Scholar in Academic Libraries. Feliciter 58, no. 6 (2012): 41-42.
Dewan, Pauline. Are Books Becoming Extinct in Academic Libraries? New Library World 113, no. 1/2 (2012): 27-37.
Dewan, Pauline and Charlotte Innerd. Thoughts on the Regional Campus Library: Its Rewards and Challenges. Feliciter 57, no. 3 (2011): 118-19.
Dewan, Pauline. Should Academic Libraries Collect Popular Fiction? OLA Access 17, no. 1 (2011): 10-11.
Dewan, Pauline. Looking for a Library Job? Create an E-Portfolio. Feliciter 56, no. 4 (2010): 169-171.
Dewan, Pauline. Why Your Academic Library Needs a Popular Reading Collection Now More Than Ever. College and Undergraduate Libraries 17, no. 1 (2010): 44-64.
Conference Presentations
Dewan, Pauline, Nicole Adams and Melanie Kindrachuk. Reading Is Fundamental: Exploring the Relationship between Success and Reading. OLA (Ontario Library Association) Super Conference. Toronto, Ontario. January 27, 2016.
Lacy, Meagan, Barbara Fister, Pauline Dewan, Willie Miller and Elizabeth Brookbank. Sustaining Curiosity: Programs for Developing Lifelong Readers. ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) 2015 Convention. Portland, Oregon. March 27, 2015.
Stephenson, Carol, Pauline Dewan, Christine Jewell, Pam Jacobs and Gohar Ashoughian. E-books Are Here to Stay -- Are We Ready? (Session organized by Helen Salmon, Alan Gale, Linda Graburn and Pam Jacobs). TUG (TriUniversity) Conference 2013. Waterloo, Ontario. April 19, 2013.
Tessaro, Mary Lynn Bella, Maria Cantalini-Williams and Pauline Dewan. Teacher Candidate Development through a Family Literacy Program. Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Waterloo, Ontario. May 30, 2012.
Dewan, Pauline and Paula Cardozo. Create an Online Presence: E-portfolios and Marketing Opportunities. OLA (Ontario Library Association) Super Conference. Toronto, Ontario. February 4, 2012.


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Wow, were those attacks on Darci, Nilas and Yvonne Borree really necessary? And they were attacks, not appropriately toned critiques. To spend 3 lengthy paragraphs savaging them (mainly Darci and Nilas), writing that they are examples of "declining standards". Certainly Darci is a great enough ballerina that she has earned more respect than that - the level of animosity is really too much.
I understand your disagreement with Macaulay's tone better in other instances. I don't think these were attacks at all. I think he took a measured tone, and sadly, I think in all three instances he was bang-on.
It ought to have been said for the record (especially about Kistler, much as it hurt to say that) and as far as I'm concerned, he was right.
I have to say, while I've voiced some dissent from Macaulay on here, from what I've seen (and i'm NOT a frequent NYCB goer--keep meaning to change that!) I agree with what he said here, and while it is not kind, its not unwarentedly cruel either. And at least with Kistler and Nilas I think he explained and backed it up unlike with the criticisms i've had issues with (he didn't with Borree so much, but I really think she's awful. So I can't really get up in arms about that). Now one can (and I'm sure some DO) disagree, but he at least gave the reader the tools to do so.


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I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on an Asus p8z68 v-pro motherboard which is a UEFI bios. The install seems to have worked fine except for one thing, when restarting or shutting down it gets stuck at the Asus bios boot screen when starting up again (or blank screen if turning off the bios flash screen). This means I have to hold down the power button to turn it off and then back on again which boots ubuntu fine.
I have read a lot of the other questions and answers here and dont seem to find a problem/solution that matches this exactly.
I have ubuntu installed on a SSD and then have 2x2TB sata disks in a raid 1 array through intel storage technology and using dmraid to show the raid in ubuntu. Looking at the details for the disks in gparted, all the disks have an msdos partition table, and from what I can see there is not a EFI partition created.
I really dont want to have to reinstall everything if possible as its working well except for the restart glitch.
What things can I try to fix this problem or at least debug it (as it doesnt seem to even reach grub)?
UPDATE: I was sure this was a problem with the drive being a msdos partition table assuming that the EFI had not installed at all (I had a win7 installation on it previously so I wiped that with gparted before installing and must have put on a msdos partition table then). So I reinstalled Ubuntu with a USB install after wiping the ssd drive and setting it to gpt partition table. This correctly installed a Fat16 EFI partition at the beginning and I though everything was going to be rosey. However, it still seems there is a problem with reboot and shutdown except now it doesnt even show the bios splash, just a black screen with no prompt or anything.


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Does anyone know any simple tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons available for free? I just want to try out this type of game with my friends to see whether it's worth spending time/money on.
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There are thousands of role-playing games in many genres, and hundreds (at least) of free ones. So in general, there's lists like the Free RPG Blog that catalog them all. Fantasy, science fiction, cyberpunk, horror, superheroes, artsy stuff, etc.
If you specifically want something like Dungeons & Dragons, the successor to D&D Third Edition, called Pathfinder, has its rules free online. There are also "clones" of entire old editions of D&D available online; here's a list of retroclones - OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, and Swords & Wizardry are all pretty popular.
For the latest edition of D&D, Fourth Edition, there are some quickstart rules and a free adventure to try on the Wizards Web site.
There are LOTS of free RPG's.
There are several ways to find them.
RPGNow and DriveThruRPG
RPGNow and DriveThruRPG (same company, two interfaces) has a number of Free RPG's.
Finding them, however, is getting tricky. The key is to search for the term "Quickstart"... and see if one shows you the genre you want.
RPGG has a list of Free RPG's. Click here to go to page 1
Some games I'll Recommend
Any of the ones I've listed, and many that are not, are good systems. Each is a different style of play. T&T, D6, Basic Fantasy, Dark Dungeons, and Labyrinth Lord also have advice for new players. Danger Patrol doesn't, but has rather clear rules.
If you want something like D&D but free, take a look at Dungeonslayers. It's a game designed for traditional, straight-up dungeon plundering and monster battling, but with a system based on modern design sensibilities. For your first taste of roleplaying it's a good bet, and it's well-supported enough with supplements that you could stick with it for as long as you like.
GURPS Lite
GURPS Lite is a condensed version of the GURPS basic set.
GURPS is a well-supported RPG with a long history and tons of material an knowledgeable community members out there. It operates on a different paradigm from D&D (any edition) or its imitators. Let me explain:
A class-and-level system is basically the one D&D invented 30+ years ago. Many games, including most computer RPGs, have copied this system. It offers classes, which are like professions, and your character attains new levels as you progress. In essence, the game tells you, "You can be a Fighter, a Wizard, or a Thief, pick one."
A point-buy system like GURPS works differently. Instead of choosing a prefabricated character, you build one. Instead of telling you to pick a type of character from a list, GURPS asks, "What kind of character do you want to play?" You'll spend points to make your character smart, fast, strong, and healthy in varying proportions. You'll spend points to make him familiar with swordplay, or helicopter piloting, or lockpicking. You can decide what skills are important to the character you're making, instead of taking someone else's template.
Another difference is that for d20-based system or a similar system, success at tasks is based on a target number chosen by the Game Master (GM). If you have a lock to pick, the GM has to decide how hard it is and choose a target number. The player rolls a die and hopes that the number on the die plus his skill in picking locks exceeds the target.
In GURPS, most tasks have their difficulty set by the game system itself. If there is a lock to be picked, the GM doesn't have to set a target number - the player rolls 3 regular dice and hopes that their total is less than or equal to his skill in lock picking. This is nice because a new GM has enough to manage without being responsible for deciding how hard every action is, too.
I hope you and your friends find something you like!
You can actually try D&D for free. Wizards of the Coast has sample adventures, premade characters, and quick start rules available. You'll still need some basics, though, like dice, a gridded map, and tokens to use for miniatures.
A relatively recent addition to the crowd, Warrior, Rogue and Mage may be what you want. The core book contains all the data you need to start a Fantasy game right away. And there's already a nice range of supplements in both fluff and crunch categories. All there for your downloading.
I would recommend getting the Basic RolePlaying QuickStart, available here. It's simple and straight forward, with percentile skill systems being quite intuitive for almost anyone.
I've checked out Labyrinth Lord which is a nifty re-make of the original Dungeons and Dragons. I've also played Warrior, Rogue, and Mage which is a decent, and fairly simple game. I'm pretty sure Pathfinder had a free electronic version of their game out somewhere. It's essentially the latest revision of 3.5 Dungeons and Dragons and is quite popular.
You could also try typing in "Free RPG" and setting price to lowest on RPGnow.com or Amazon Kindle and see if something good comes up. You'll probably have to weed out a lot, though. Chris' RPG Compendium and Wikipedia's list of all RPGs might be handy, too.


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George Mitchell helped develop new technology for hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, which he used to tap oil & gas at the Barnett Shale in North Texas during the 1980s and 1990s.
US oil giant
George Mitchell died Friday morning at his home in Galveston,
Texas, a family spokesperson said. He was 94.
Mitchell was a pioneer in the technology of hydraulic fracturing
and horizontal drilling, which he used to tap oil and gas in
the Barnett Shale play of North Texas in the 1980s and 1990s.
The process became the foundation for the modern shale
Mitchell Energy & Development, the company he built and
eventually sold for $3.1 billion, was responsible for more than
200 oil and 350 natural gas discoveries.
In his career, Mitchell participated in drilling some 8,000
wells, including more than 1,000 wildcats.
The full statement from his family can be read below.
GALVESTON, Texas -- We are deeply saddened to announce
that George Phydias Mitchell passed away today. He died of
natural causes in Galveston surrounded by his family.
His story was quintessentially American.
George P. Mitchell was raised as a child of meager means
who, throughout his life, believed in giving back to the
community that made his success possible and lending a hand to
the less fortunate struggling to reach their
He married Cynthia Woods Mitchell, and, together, they
raised 10 children and collaborated on myriad projectsall dedicated to
making the world a more hospitable and sustainable place.
Cynthia passed away in 2009.
He will be fondly remembered for flying in the face of
conventionfocusing on what could be, with
boundless determinationmany times fighting through waves
of skepticism and opposition to achieve his vision.
Whether it was graduating first in his class at Texas
A&M University, developing the first master-planned
community, pioneering the technology that unleashed the shale
gas boom, working to create a more sustainable planet,
restoring the historic area of Galveston, or just fishing with
his family, he had the right mix of vision, optimism, and
tenacity, and a love for his fellow man.
We are and will forever be grateful for the gift of this
remarkable life. Theres no doubt that he helped make this
world a better place.
For more information, please visit the Cynthia and
George Mitchell Foundation website at www.cgmf.org.
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I've noticed a lot of my pictures look muddy. They don't have very high contrast. I know I can post process some pictures, but what is the secret to having nice contrast in a picture?
Based on the photograph you posted, there actually is quite a bit of contrast. In general, I think the photo is pretty good, if a bit soft (from a lighting standpoint.) You noted that you shot the photo without flash on an overcast day, which is the primary reason for lack of any defining shadows or "lighting contrast", if you will.
I would recommend using additional lighting if your primary light is very diffuse (like an overcast sky.) Perhaps and off-axis flash or something. A strong enough light that comes from an angle to create shadows and bring out depth in your subject.
Another word about contrast...it is not entirely tonal. Color also brings its own contrast, in a more complex form. With monochrome, you only have different levels of brightness to create contrast. With color, different colors of the same tone can also create contrast. Complementary colors, primaries, secondaries, split complements, etc. can all create varying forms of contrast in a scene, even if they are the same brightness level.
If you intend to shoot monochromatic photos, you will be lacking the element of color contrast, and will need to find ways to enhance tonal contrast. In diffuse lighting, this can be difficult, and sometimes you just need to resort to handling it in post-process. A technique that can probably be very helpful without actually overdoing any contrast adjustments is "local contrast enhancement". This is a technique that aims to improve contrast where it is necessary in smaller areas, without affecting what may be very good contrast from an overall scene standpoint.
Here is a copy of your image with some local contrast enhancement, using Unsharp Mask @ Amount 18%, Radius 97, Threshold 0. The left half is the original, the right half has local contrast enhancement, for comparison:
Please, don't try to fix it later. Another teacher (where I teach photography too) says there should be no such thing as photo-correction, only photo-enhancement. Actually, I don't believe in the latter either ;)
You have to be able to produce sharp pictures with good clarity and plenty of details straight out of the camera.
If you are not, then hundreds of things can be wrong but without an example we cannot tell you what. Some of the most common problems:
Can you post an example? (even a text link to an image hosted elsewhere)
Here are a few common solutions:
Aside from what you can do in post, I'd suggest look at the lighting you're taking pictures in. Try taking pictures using window-light only, or on a cloudy day. Avoid bright sunny days. Colors really stand out on cloudy days I find.
Shoot with good/interesting light!
See the image below, the reason (ultimately) that the image has nice contrast is the original image has contrast on her face, e.g. once side is quite bright, and the other quite dark, because there is a window beside her.
Try: putting your subject inside, with the lights off, facing you parallel to a window, so the light from the window hits the side of their face.
Also, I post processed this photo, adjusted the exposure (probably down), adjusted black and white levels etc.
Here's a go at improving the image's contrast in post. Note:
Steps I took:
Another cause might be your lens. Long zooms, with their large number of elements and multiple surfaces can significantly degrade contrast and colour. In my case when I moved from an 18-125mm lens to a high quality 17-70mm lens the images had significantly better contrast and better colours. It didn't hurt either that they were so much sharper.


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Is it possible to use the Goode Homolosine projection in QGIS? Both QGIS and GRASS seem to have trouble with the interruptions, squashing the higher latitudes together. I tried +proj=goode +ellps=sphere +datum=wgs84 as a custom CRS.
There has been a question on interrupted projections before: Discontinous or Interrupted map projections?
The conclusion was that proj4 (which is used for projection handling in QGIS and GRASS) does not support interrupted projections.
With QGIS Lisboa, there is now a basic support for Goode Homolosine projection.
I downloaded IGH data from http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/fao/data_specifications.php
and set up this user CRS:
for North America.
lon_0 and x_0 are from Appendix 03 of this document: http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc98/proceed/TO850/PAP844/P844.HTM
Overlaying natural Earth world boundaries_m, I get this picture:
Fitting good in North America (about 20km misplaced), and distorted in other regions.
Just noticed that proj knows interrupted goode homolosine by now:
gives me this picture of Natural Earths world boundaries and a 10-degree-vector grid:
I'm not sure which parameteres apart from