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Using python for mobile GameDev
VertPingouin replied to Frosty78's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingPygame might have a version 2 in a near future with support of SDL2 with android and eventually ios support. But it's not ready to go yet. Here is what was posted on pygame mailing list last week.
Game directory data structure
VertPingouin replied to VertPingouin's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingFor what I've tried, sqlite in memory seems affordable. For 50 objects I get the nearest object with a certain tag : results are thrown in less of 1/100 seconds. So doing it 2 or 3 times by seconds won't be an issue.
Game directory data structure
VertPingouin posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingHello everyone, I was trying to implement some sort of global directory for my game where all actors are registered with some tags. For example, all objects I need to update over timùe are tagged UPDATABLE, ennemies are tagged too... so with a simple getbytag function, I can get an iterable list of these, or single. Groups are pre constructed when objects are registered to improve speed as I'm in python and it works pretty well. But now, I wan't to implement a positionning grid and add some functions like : is_there_a(tag, direction distance) (returns True if there is an object with tag within a direction in a certain distance) get_the_nearest(tag, direction, distance) (returns gameobject) But I'm stuck with my first implementation, I had a dictionnary by object and a dictionnary by tag, but If I add a position criteria, it's naturally getting more like a relationnal database. Besides, I'll need to update positions maybe 2 or 3 times by seconds. Could be a performance bottleneck for sure... My question is what data structure to use in this case. Maybe sqlite living in memory but in this case I've no idea how to store an object refernce in it, and no idea whatsoever of the perfs... Thanks in advance for your answers !
General advises on conception of a game engine
VertPingouin replied to VertPingouin's topic in For Beginners's ForumYep (pong, arkanoid clone, simple platformer...), even it's almost 2 month I've not create something functionnal. I'm ok on some topics like collision, sprites, state machines and event handling (not enough on this last one !)... That's why I'm now stuck in conception problems. I know what to do, it's more a matter of where to do it and how to split repsonsabilities among my classes. I have a precise and documented idea on how the game works... so I thought. For example, I worked hard on how the player behave, but not so much the ennemies, that's why they're now lacking a brain ! The next aim for me is to provide a functionnal level of my game. I think I'll need more specifications. Though my previous so called games were clearly "Creeping Featuritus" , I'll try to avoid that now (but all short sometimes !)
General advises on conception of a game engine
VertPingouin replied to VertPingouin's topic in For Beginners's ForumThank you for your answers. It makes me feel I'm on the right path (which was in fact what was behind my question I think !) The book suggested by axefrog is really great and I read things that also makes me feel I'm working the right direction. I've indeed a precise idea of the game I'm developing. I spend much time writing down things on my white board !
General advises on conception of a game engine
VertPingouin replied to VertPingouin's topic in For Beginners's ForumWow... well... that was a thousand pages advice ! I would have preferred a methodology or as the topic's title says general advises... no offense intended. But, indeed, after reading some pages on amazon, it seems simple enough to pick some topics. I'll give it a go maybe. My question is maybe too generic...
General advises on conception of a game engine
VertPingouin posted a topic in For Beginners's ForumHi everyone, This post is really like a message in a bottle, I not really looking for a unique absolute answer, more advises and game making wisdom ! For 4 months now I'm trying to develop an engine for a 2d action platformer with pygame library en pyopengl. I've got all the tools in terms of library but I'm really missing conception experience in object oriented programming. For now, I seem to go deeper every day, and the more I dig the more difficulties I encounter. I often restart for zero. Thing is I don't really know how to describe my game actions in the first place so I run into programming just to realize that I forgot a huge thing. Now I'm stuck again (just forgot to implement an artificial intelligence decision system...) The traditionnal object oriented methodology (user story, sequence diagram etc...) seems to not fit completly the conception needs for a game. So I ask you how you work ! When you start a new game engine totally from scratch (I mean no game maker or unity, not necessarily a very low level language), how do you plan your developpement ? (For now it is just trial and error, but it's hard to ascertain wether or not I made a mistake sometime !)
Conception problems on activity and animation
VertPingouin posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingHi everyone, I'm having trouble designing my 2d engine when it comes to displaying animation. I'm not quite sure if what I do is good in terms of object oriented conception and I need a little advice on it. I've got thes objects : FrameSet : a set of frames, each frames contains picture to display, hitboxes (created from white rectangles in images) and movement vector. It is created based on a xml file which is pretty self explanatory : <frameset> <framenumber>5</framenumber> <framewidth>17</framewidth> <frameheight>15</frameheight> <mode>loop</mode> <picturefile>test_picture.png</picturefile> <hitboxes> <hitbox file="test_hitbox0.png" name="body" /> <hitbox file="test_hitbox1.png" name="weapon" /> </hitboxes> <frames> <frame number="0" duration="2" /> <frame number="1" duration="1" /> <frame number="2" duration="3" /> <frame number="3" duration="4" /> <frame number="4" duration="1" /> </frames> <events> <kickvector frame="0" x="100" y="100" /> <fixvector frame="0" x="20" y="20" /> </events> </frameset> Animation : It has a FrameSet as attributet, it adds a clock to it and it provides proper information whenever it is called. Activity : Instancied by gameobject when gameobject has a certain state, it applies information given by animation (self.target.picture = self.animation.getpicture(), self.target.move(self.animation.kickvector etc...) GameObject : moving object in the game with movement vectors, statemachines and one activity. A game master clock asks it to update periodically. When it does, it updates the activity, which apply information got from animation to GameObject. The problem with all thes objects is they're so tied together that not a single one is functional when took apart and I'm not sure this is the way to do this. Another thing is that I've got one clock per animation, but also have a master clock that would be sufficient but my game (cpuspinner with clock asking for draw and updates) never asks things directly to the animation. Thanks for your help.
What is game maker?
VertPingouin replied to Fraynk's topic in For Beginners's ForumGamemaker has been really underestimated though it exists before the crazy indie game rush. GML scripting is indeed very well done. I tried it several years ago, then tried it now. Except the exepensives new export function (html5, android... which I know is nearly mandatory), the application hasn't evolved much. It is still good, but I doubt its functionnality will grow aside of the exports. If you want to make a little game quickly and learn some tricks at a scripting level, it is for you. If you really want to learn programming game to move forward to other, more complicated, tools or language, it may not be the best choice.
Thanks for thes enlightening answers. I know have a clearer vision of what I need to do : 2 state machines : action and movement (where attack is an action and walk a movement), and a bunch of activities corresponding to combination of states. A can have object can have of course only one activity at a time. Player start moving : action = Idle, movement = walk >> walk activity player pushes the attack button without releasing direction : action = attack, movement = walk >> attack activity attack animation ends, action return to idle and movement still = walk >> walk activity
Sorry, my bad, the link wasn't the intended one. I corrected it. Thank you for you're answer, I'll look a deeper into it. 1,2) I consider more and more having two state machine because the case I described is not really the only one after all. I realized that in 2). As my game is 2d, there is actually two direction to attack so instead of just having an attribute facing left or facing right, it could be another state machine... Then I realized there are more states than I thought (attack while in mid air, facing left, right etc...). Even if sprite and hitboxes will be the same inverted, that's different states ! The fist would be conditionned by my movement vector (walking_right walking_left, falling, ascending...) The second by the input (attacking, jumping, countering etc...). Another way to do things when I look at 3), is having more states with different default next state. In my case, a attack (idle neighbor) that leads to idle state and a walkattack (neighbor of walk) that leads to walk state, even if these two states are resulting in the same animation... 4) The stack thing is tempting but seems too generic for what I want to acheive. I'll think of it if I ever tried to do a versus fighting game ! 5) I really want it to be explicit because I'm working in collaboration with another game designer, who's not a programmer at all. States machines are more complex than I thought, but I still stick to it because I feel it might prevent complex bugs (which is worse !).
Precision on StateMachines
VertPingouin posted a topic in For Beginners's ForumHi everyone, I'v a little issue on how I should implement a state machine logic in my game. (as described in http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/game-programming/state-machines-in-games-r2982) I'm programming a platformer and state machine logic seems fine for it except for one particular case. Let say I've three states for the player, idle, walk and attack idle is the beginning state. walk is triggered when pressing a direction and end when this direction is released or when another state is called. attack is triggered when attack button is pressed. All of thes states are neighbors from each other : each of them can transition to one another. But if I press a direction, then the attack button (without releasing direction), when attack state is expired, the character should transition back to walk. There's a bunch of solution tha crosses my mind for that but I'm not sure what's the best : character has an internal state walking or not triggered by direction down and direction up, which is used to choose the next state after attack. It seems a little clumsy as it is kind of a parallel state machine. adding an input event "direction pressed" in addition of "direction down" and "directionup" which is fired in event queue from the moment direction is pressed until it is released, walk event should be now triggered by this event. or other things I hevn't thought of. What do you think ?


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Okay this episode is going to be different.
I'll admit it, this episode is UBER niche. I've been engrossed with the story Mars Argo, Titanic Sinclair and Poppy. If you will, you can follow me down the rabbit hole. In a nutshell, Mars Argo is the name of a woman and a band who rose to some notoriety in Chicago and then LA. They made awesome little videos on their channel grocerybagtv. But one day, much like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory – 90 videos just disappeared off the site, Mars went completely missing and her boyfriend started making similar videos with a new girl – Poppy. For three years, people asked – WHERE'S MARS ARGO? It became a mystery people obsessed about.
I'm not the only one, there are hundreds of Argonauts on YouTube scouring the web for answers and theorizing about what's actually going on.
Video: Delete Your Facebook (https://youtu.be/KbS-dKD4c9I):
Mars Argo music and videos were fucking brilliant.
After Mars Argo, videos mysteriously resumed with a new girl. The "Poppy" project was born – which is also freaking brilliant. Titanic is essentially a genius.
Video: The Clock is Ticking: https://youtu.be/UNqXmOLN3Ww
After three years, Mars Argo has returned and she's suing her ex-boyfriend Titanic for essentially stealing her online persona and brand and physical and mental abuse.
Accompanying us into the rabbit hole is YouTuber Irrelevant News, who makes videos about the Mars Argo situation.
Irrelevant News YouTube Channel:
NOTE: Although I side pretty strongly with Mars Argo on this, I want to stress that NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVEN. So Titanic Sinclair is still considered innocent until proven guilty in a court and who knows if that will happen. I want to make this clear because he could be completely not guilty and that's up to the courts to decide once and for all. Honestly, I have a lot of admiration for Titanic — he's a technical genius and it's sad that this whole thing is going down.
In the end, nobody deserves to get harassed. So leave Mars, Poppy and Titanic alone on the Internet please.
Exoticcandyfloss is raising money for a new microphone:
Original Mars Argo instrumental track which Exoticcandyfloss sang over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5K3KEZ1ng
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Mars Argo:
Titanic Sinclair
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Brittany Alexandria Sheets, professionally known as Mars Argo, is an American singer, actress and YouTuber.[1] She is best known for her collaboration with former boyfriend, video director and musician Titanic Sinclair[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] whom she met on MySpace.[9] Together, they moved to Chicago and became an indie pop duo, similarly named Mars Argo. They also co-owned a YouTube channel under the title Grocerybagdottv, where they uploaded music-related content and a series of social commentary videos, dubbed Computer Show. Their most popular non-music video is a 2014 episode of this series, titled "Delete Your Facebook,"[10] mocking social media usage and the website of the same name. The music video for "Using You", the most well known single from the project, already counts more than 6 million views on Youtube.
The duo released their debut studio album, Technology Is a Dead Bird, on November 6th, 2009.[11][12] It was followed up with an acoustic EP, Internet Sessions, in 2010,[13] and another EP, Linden Place, in 2011.[14][15] They began working on their eventually scrapped second album with Chicago-based producer, Johnny K, soon after Technology Is a Dead Bird was released.[16][17][1] The couple moved to Los Angeles in 2012,[10] where they filmed and released the remainder of their YouTube channel's uploads until early 2014, following the romantic separation of Argo and Sinclair. The band continued to perform during the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas,[18] before going on a permanent hiatus.
On April 17 2018, Mars filed a 44-page lawsuit against Corey Mixter (Titanic Sinclair) and his current collaborator Moriah Pereira (Poppy) alleging copyright infringement, stalking and emotional and physical abuse by Sinclair after their breakup and subsequent abandonment of the Mars Argo project.[19][20] That same day, Argo posted a message on her social media pages to address the lawsuit, thanking her fans for their support and confirming new music to come.[21][22]
Since this episode is about YouTube stars and conflicts between them. I put it up ahead of time over at YouTube! (https://youtu.be/YD-FI_PdUvk)

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Stitch Lab: Modular Knits
There was some debate during our planning phase about what the term modular really means. The word modular itself means that the object (in this case, the project) has pieces that can be combined or connected in different ways. Couldn't this speak true of so many knitting projects?
For our Stitch Lab today, there won't be any technique tutorials — instead, we'll be exploring the flexibility of the term modular as it applies to knits, and how there are many designers that are constantly stretching the boundaries of it's applications.
While researching the subject, we came across this very interesting blog post, which discusses a technique for knitting originally patented by Virginia Woods Bellamy in 1948. According to the writer, Bellamy called her invention 'numbers knitting,' and used a collection of six elementary shapes that built up into a variety of garments. All of Bellamy's pieces were designed and explained using the knitter's workhorse, garter stitch, and her six shapes, to form mostly variations on knitted blankets. (She also wrote a book on the subject, but it's exorbitantly expensive and hard to find!)
The idea of piecework or patchwork knitting, as modular knitting is sometimes called, is hardly a new idea — and has been explored by many knitters outside of Bellamy (though she is one of the only ones to patent it.) You might have encountered modular knits from Elizabeth Zimmermann, like the Tomten Jacket, which was re-visited by Jared Flood for adults on his blog, Brooklyn Tweed, in 2007. Or perhaps you've come to the technique by trying out a pattern like Wingspan. In these pieces, modular knitting takes on the definition of being built in small sections at a time — each wedge builds on the next, each square turns and miters and forms the next piece.
Other patterns expand on the idea of modular knitting in a more literal way — making 'modules' that will be knit together into a greater whole. Olgajazzy's Aranami Shawl is one of our favorite examples of this, but there are others, like Svalbard, which uses pieces knit flat to form a dimensional garment built off of itself. You can see how the construction has no seams, as viewed in the Wool People 6 LookBook screenshot, below:
When you look at modular knitting as individual smaller parts forming the whole, it's easy to see how a technique like entrelac could be considered modular. Since each piece is knit separately and builds into the diamond-patterned fabric, but these pieces aren't individually responsible for the garment's shape (they are only used within it,) entrelac is a bit of a stretch of the definition. Couldn't you imagine Motley in our exclusive Spincycle colorway?
Be sure to check out this week's newsletter to see some of the other ways we decided to stretch the definition of modular knitting, or come to our Stitch Lab, Modules, to learn how to create some of these techniques yourself!
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Vermont recalls new biometric licenses
23 September, 2009
category: Government, RFID
The Vermont State Department of Motor Vehicles has had to recall the more than 4,000 enhanced driver licenses that were developed to assist in Identification when crossing over the Canadian/American border, according to a Daily Mail article. The problem, which reportedly did not create any large delays for travelers, was noticed when border agents were unable to scan the IDs at the border.
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Good day all! This will be a quick post. I think I will be moving my blog here instead of the old one. This way I have everything all in one place and I think it will be easier for me to keep track and updated this way. It will be a trial run just to make sure. I hope you all enjoy my new website. I know it's going through a lot of changes, but stick with me! I would love some feed back, good or bad, just please be tactful =)
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It's day 11 of our Launch Series, and day 4 of our RDS series. The past few posts, have covered the numerous User Interface changes and enhancements that have been made within Windows Server 2012 with regards to Remote Desktop Services (RDS). Today we are going to do a walkthrough of creating a Session Based Desktop deployment and describe the supported methods of accessing session-based collections.
Session-based Desktop Deployment Walkthrough
1. Open Server Manager, Click on Add Roles and Features , Select Remote Desktop Services Installation and Click Next
2. Select Deployment Type
3. Select the Session-based desktop Deployment and Click Next
4. Click Next
5. Select the RD Connection Broker Server and Click Next
6. Select the RD Web Access Server and Click Next
7. Select the RD Session Host Server and Click Next
8. Confirm Selection and Check Restart the Destination automatically if required and Click Deploy
After completion of this process, the RD Connection Broker , RD Web Access , and RD Session Host roles will have been installed.
The next step is to create a collection.
1. Open the Server Manager, Click Remote Desktop Services and Select Collections
2. In Collection Section, Click Tasks and Select Create Session Collection
3. Create Collection Window and Click Next
4. Type the Name of the Collection and Click Next
5. Specify the RD Session Host Server and Click Next
6. Specify User Groups and Click Next
7. Specify the User Profile Disk with the UNC Path if you want and Click Next
8. Confirm Selections and Click Create
It will take several minutes for the creation process to complete. When the collection has been created, you can publish RemoteApps within the collection:
1. Select RemoteApp ( Name of Collection) under Collections Tile and Click on Publish Remote App Programs
2. Select Remote APP Programs and Click Next
3. Confirmation and Click Publish
4. In RemoteApp Programs, you will see the Remote Apps Listed.
5. We can assign the Remote apps to Specific Users. Right Click on Calculator ,Select Properties.
6. We can publish the remote apps in virtual folders.
7. Expand the User Assignment and Select Only specified users and groups
A RemoteApp has now been published.
There are two supported methods of accessing sessions and RemoteApps that are part of a session collection:
- Web Access
- WebFeed ( Remote App Desktop Connections)
Web Access
The Web Access method can be used to access (launch) RemoteApps or Desktop Sessions. The screenshot below shows the RDWeb page without Folders.
WebFeed (RemoteApp and Desktop Connection)
RemoteApp and Desktop Connection allows RemoteApps to be deployed and accessed on the client machine's Start menu (Windows 7) or Start screen (Windows 8). To configure RemoteApps and Desktop Connection on the client:
1. Open Control Panel , Select Remote App and Desktop Connections
2. Type the Url and Click Next. URL should be your web access sever name/rdweb/Feed/webfeed.aspx
3. Click Finish
4. We should now see the shortcuts on the Start screen.
That concludes our 4 part mini series on RDS. Hopefully now you know how to install the RDS components in Windows Server 2012. We will go into more details surrounding these features at a later time. With that, tomorrows post is going to take a look at what's new in Printing for Windows 8.
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A person is convinced by evidence or argument made to the intellect. A person is persuaded by appeals made to the will, moral sense, or emotions.
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It's Bridezilllllllllllaaaaa!
No Bride-to-Be wants to be tagged as a Bridezilla, but certain behavior can earn even the most well- mannered Bride this unbecoming title. The term "Bridezilla" was first used by the Boston Globe Newspaper back in June of 1995 in an article describing overbearing, perfectionist, and difficult to deal with Brides-to-Be. Chances are if you think you might be a Bridezilla then you probably are, but just in case you're unsure, check our list of common incidents that can have your friends and family fleeing from your path.
Talking about the wedding non-stop! Yes, getting married is very exciting and stressful and it's great for a bride to plan with enthusiasm but keep in mind the world is still turning outside of wedding –land. There will a time and a place for chat about roses vs. dahlias, and 3 tiers or 4, but try to remember to ask your friends about the happenings in their lives too and don't always let the conversation veer back to your big day.
Spending yourselves (or your parents) into the Poorhouse! It's perfectly natural to want the best of the best for your big day but going seriously over-budget to achieve it is serious Bridezilla behavior. Even worse, your Mom and Dad shouldn't have to remortgage their house for their baby girl to have $100 per plate meals and crystal candelabras. Expecting this of them is not practical and newlywed bliss will certainly be strained by wedding debt.
Failing to spend time with the Fiancé! When wedding planning and vendor meetings take precedence over spending time with your fiancé, it can set a poor course for the future marriage and stress out the current relationship. You love each other, that's why you're doing this in the first place, take time to do un-wedding related things or decide on "No-Wedding-Wednesdays" (or something) when no wedding talk is allowed.
Fighting with Friends and Family! Weddings aren't just a stressful time for Brides and Grooms, but can also take a toll on friends and family surrounding the couple. Parents and friends WILL have an opinion about a lot of your plans, and if you don't want to hear that they don't agree with yours then don't ask. Now is not the time to fight with your mom about the seating arrangement or centerpieces. Or with your best friend about whether or not she gets bangs before your wedding. These little details aren't worth getting worked up over, keep your eye on the prize and focus on the grand scheme of things. Unwillingness to compromise can get you Bridezilla status quickly.
Expecting Preferential Treatment! Quick to point the Bridezilla finger can be your wedding vendors. Brides and Grooms that are rude to or think they deserve something extra from these industry professionals will find they're doing more harm than good. Couples should remember that florists, bakers, seamstresses, musicians and photographers work very hard in their lines of work and often with couples who are emotional and feeling the stress of spending large amounts of money. Adding even more animosity to the situation could result in less-than-perfect results on your wedding day. You should be able to trust that they've been in every situation before and they know what they're doing.
Some tips to avoid the Bridezilla Meltdown:
1. Set a budget and stick to it, shop around to suppliers and discuss extra costs before committing to get the most bang for your buck.
2. Take time for yourself between appointments and dress fittings and viewings to just relax, otherwise something really minor could end up setting you off or too much stress could cause you to get sick.
3. Resist the temptation to control every little thing. Focus on the most important tasks and delegate smaller items as much as you can.
4. Remember at the end of all of this you're going to be married and that goal should be at the top of every list.


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Was this ever committed to the OMPI src as something not having to be run outside of OpenMPI, but as part of the PSM setup that OpenMPI does?
I'm having some trouble getting Slurm/OpenMPI to play nice with the setup of this key. Namely, with slurm you cannot export variables from the --prolog of an srun, only from an --task-prolog, unfortunately, if you use a task-prolog each rank gets a different key, which doesn't work. I'm also guessing that each unique mpirun needs it's own psm key, not one for the whole system, so i can't just make it a permanent parameter somewhere else. Also, i recall reading somewhere that the --resv-ports parameter that OMPI uses from slurm to choose a list of ports to use for TCP comm's, tries to lock a port from the pool three times before giving up. Can someone tell me where that parameter is set, i'd like to set it to a higher value. We're seeing issues where running a large number of short srun's sequentially is causing some of the mpirun's in the stream to be killed because they could not lock the ports. I suspect because of the lag between when the port is actually closed in linux and when ompi re-opens a new port is very quick, we're trying three times and giving up. I have more then enough ports in the resv-ports list, 30k. but i suspect there is some random re-use being done and it's failing thanks On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Jeff Squyres <jsquy...@cisco.com> wrote: > Yo Ralph -- > > I see this was committed https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/changeset/24197. > Do you want to add a blurb in README about it, and/or have this executable > compiled as part of the PSM MTL and then installed into $bindir (maybe named > ompi-psm-keygen)? > > Right now, it's only compiled as part of "make check" and not installed, > right? > > On Dec 30, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Ralph Castain wrote: > >> Run the program only once - it can be in the prolog of the job if you like. >> The output value needs to be in the env of every rank. >> >> You can reuse the value as many times as you like - it doesn't have to be >> unique for each job. There is nothing magic about the value itself. >> >> On Dec 30, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Michael Di Domenico wrote: >> >>> How early does this need to run? Can I run it as part of a task >>> prolog, or does it need to be the shell env for each rank? And does >>> it need to run on one node or all the nodes in the job? >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote: >>>> Well, I couldn't do it as a patch - proved too complicated as the psm >>>> system looks for the value early in the boot procedure. >>>> >>>> What I can do is give you the attached key generator program. It outputs >>>> the envar required to run your program. So if you run the attached program >>>> and then export the output into your environment, you should be okay. >>>> Looks like this: >>>> >>>> $ ./psm_keygen >>>> OMPI_MCA_orte_precondition_transports=0099b3eaa2c1547e-afb287789133a954 >>>> $ >>>> >>>> You compile the program with the usual mpicc. >>>> >>>> Let me know if this solves the problem (or not).


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Downtown Miami ushers in new hotel boom
In a long-forgotten corridor of downtown Miami, two black flags with gold lettering swayed from the historic Miami National Bank building, signaling a new spirit of hospitality in Miami's urban core.
"The Langford," each flag read, named after the first boutique hotel of its kind to take residence downtown — in a building from 1925, no less. The Beaux Arts-style hotel includes touches from the last century: 1920s-style sinks, 1940s sailor tattoo-inspired wallpaper and 1950s Cadillac seat-inspired headboards.
Marrying Miami history and renewed opportunity, the Langford aims to reignite the downtown core as a Miami destination in its own right.
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 121 SE First St., hotel general manager Oscar Suarez quoted Miami historian Paul George.
" 'To know Miami, you have to be able to know downtown,' " Suarez said. "There is so much history in downtown Miami, and I think we are creating history. I say now, to know the new Miami, you have to know the new downtown."
The new downtown — the area north of Brickell and south of the Adrienne Arsht Center — has evolved drastically in the past decade. Propelled by a population boom that has brought restaurants and attractions to the area, downtown has morphed from a nine-to-five sleepy town to the kind of urban core that is luring hoteliers nationwide.
Once home to just a handful of longstanding hotels, such as the InterContinental Miami, built in 1982, and the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, built in 1983, downtown is welcoming a new generation of hotels.
Opening this spring are the 126-room Langford hotel and 129-room ME Miami, of Spain's ME by Meliá brand. Next year, a 250-room futuristic Yotel hotel is set to open near the Langford, and Miami Worldcenter's massive two-tower hotel, with 1,700 rooms total, will break ground for the first phase of its construction, just a block from ME Miami.
The properties mark the first downtown lodging developments in recent years. The last new hotel was the gutted and renovated Continental Bayside Hotel that opened as b2 hotel in early 2013 and was later rebranded as Yve Hotel Miami.
They also represent the first hotels built away from the Miami River.
During the last wave of development, Kimpton's EPIC hotel opened in 2008 at 270 Biscayne Blvd. Way near the Miami River. In 2010 and just across the street, the JW Marriott Marquis Miami and the Hotel Beaux Arts Miami were built as part of the same property at 225 Biscayne Blvd. Way.
I say now, to know the new Miami, you have to know the new downtown.
Oscar Suarez, general manager of the Langford hotel
The shift further into the urban core, experts say, began when developers set their sights on downtown Miami as a place people could reside in, not just work in. As the population of the city began to balloon and Miami grew away from the core, it became a challenge to drive into downtown for work.
"We started having more residents that came to downtown, and we started having more offerings," said Alyce Robertson, executive director of the Miami Downtown Development Authority. "Downtown started developing its own flavor as a destination."
As condos pierced the skyline, the surrounding infrastructure adjusted to cater to the area's new residents. From 2000 to 2015, the population of downtown, including Brickell, doubled from about 40,000 to 80,000, according to the Miami Downtown Development Authority's 2014/2015 annual report. Last year, the area boasted 400 restaurants and bars.
"The rule of thumb is retail follows rooftops. I like to say that retail follows balconies in our case," Robertson said.
Coral Gables public-relations executive Hanna Thornton and her husband, Ryan, were part of the population influx, moving to downtown from the suburbs in 2013.
"When we moved there originally, everything closed after 5 o'clock," Thornton said. "I think it's definitely changed. I've noticed more things are opening later and there is more of a dinner scene. There are a lot of younger kids."
Miami is not about the beach anymore. It's about culture, it's about festivals.
Olivier Servat, general manager of ME Miami
The shifting demographics and enhanced infrastructure primed downtown for lifestyle and boutique hotels — the kind that appeal to millennials visiting the area for work or leisure. Residents ages 25 to 44 make up nearly half of the population downtown, according to the DDA's report.
"Miami is really playing out the current trend in hotel development as millennials take over," said Max Comess, managing director of the hotel group at commercial real-estate investment banking firm HFF. "They want an authentic sense of place, and they want to feel a certain connectivity to the city they are residing in."
That's downtown's sweet spot among powerhouses like South Beach and Brickell. More than any other part of Miami, experts said, downtown has the combination of history and culture that attracts hotel brands aligned with the current trend toward authenticity.
At the Langford opening this week, Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado said he hopes the hotel, with its original black-and-gold elevator doors and rooftop views of the area's other historic properties, will pioneer more activity downtown and draw people to the amenities in and around the area, such as Wynwood and the Design District.
"If you talk about legacy, I think that part of the legacy of our administration is to have broken the perception that progress only goes to Brickell," Regalado said.
Debra Klemm, the Langford's director of sales and marketing, said her international clients have responded positively. "They said, 'We are looking for something different, something boutique, historic, luxury' — and that's exactly what we are."
From 2000 to 2015, the population of downtown, including Brickell, doubled from about 40,000 to 80,000.
Downtown's other new addition, ME Miami, aims to fulfill a similar traveler desire.
The upscale lifestyle brand chose to enter the U.S. market through downtown Miami, targeting travelers who are more interested in interacting with the place they visit. The hotel, at 1100 Biscayne Blvd., is scheduled to open in late April at the site of the former 56-room Casa Moderna, previously known as Tempo. That hotel opened in 2010, before the neighborhood added the Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science across the boulevard.
The new proximity to cultural landmarks is what drew ME by Meliá to downtown Miami. ME Miami aims to create a social hub within its walls, attracting creative world travelers interested in immersing themselves in Miami's arts and culture scene. The hotel's "aura" manager is tasked with ensuring that guests engage in the authentic Miami experiences they come seeking.
"Miami is not about the beach anymore. It's about culture, it's about festivals." said Olivier Servat, ME Miami's general manager. "Our job is to make sure we are taking the destination inside the hotel and that as a guest you can really get the pulse of what's going on around."
Like the Langford, it's also near the AmericanAirlines Arena, Olympia Theater and the Freedom Tower.
The area may be getting new attractions too: the Miami Worldcenter complex will comprise 27 acres of apartments, hotel, retail and restaurants. Nearby, a 1,000-foot-tall observation tower called SkyRise Miami at Bayside Marketplace earned voter approval but has faced delays, including a pending lawsuit.
Together, the new hotels will appeal to international travelers, particularly Latin Americans who are comfortable in an urban setting; Europeans familiar with the Spanish hotel chain giant, Meliá Hotels International; and North American visitors who come to the area for business, said Scott Berman, Miami-based industry leader for hospitality and leisure at PwC.
"The destination itself has gone from pockets of international appeal to a world-class appeal," Berman said.
Downtown will be the new South Beach.
Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado
Part of that appeal is the relative walkability of downtown compared with other areas of Miami and its accessibility to the airport and PortMiami, said William Talbert III, president and CEO of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The Metrorail's Orange Line now takes travelers from the airport to downtown. The PortMiami tunnel offers a faster route to and from cruise ships. Metromover and the Miami Trolley move travelers among downtown amenities, Talbert said.
Earlier this week, trolleys and public buses stopped every few minutes across the street from the Langford. Down the road, at the intersection of Southeast First Street and Southeast First Avenue, a Metromover swished by.
Getting around via public transit is an attractive option for any traveler, said Brian Adler, who represented the Langford hotel and is a partner at law firm Bilzin Sumberg's land-development and government-relations group.
"People don't necessarily want to rent a car and park in downtown; they don't know the area," Adler said. "Now we have viable options, which are the trolleys and Uber and Lyft, which have international appeal."
Mayor Regalado said there's still plenty of work to be done to ensure downtown's transit infrastructure is on par with other major cities with a strong urban core.
Despite the area's shortcomings and recent development boom, he offered a definitive prediction: "Downtown will be the new South Beach."


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Now that 2009 has come to an end I thought that I would look back and review my live music experiences, which after all was the primary reason for starting this blog at the beginning of 2009. Live music is one of my favorite "hobbies" or "recreational activities" and this tool has turned out to be a good way for me to document and somewhat preserve my memories. I look forward to continuing this blog in 2010 and I hope that I create some great new memories to save here. I'm toying with adding new features, perhaps live "tweets" from shows, certainly adding more photographs, and I would like to figure out how to add relevant music downloads.
Looking back at 2009 the first major highlight is definitely our seven show Dead experience in April and May. We caught the first show of the tour in Greensboro, NC only hours after returning from our Jamaica vacation and we finished five weeks later in Mountain View, California. This was wonderful for me on so many levels. The band reinvented itself for this tour with new energy and provided some of its best performances (I believe) in over 20 years. As I noted in the blog, I finally realized how the tour is really one long show and that is why so many people make the effort to see as many concerts as they can. I also saw my first show at the historic Madison Square Garden and one of the last shows at the venerable Philadelphia Spectrum ("we're going to tear this old building down!"). It was a great experience to share with my wife ("The Bird") who loves the Dead so much and I think it was an excellent new chapter in the continuing rock music education for my son ("The Boy") who went to the first and last of our seven episodes.
Music festivals have always been great fun for us and an excellent way to experience many different bands in a beautiful outdoor setting. As is tradition for us, we went to the All Good and the FloydFest Festivals again in 2009. These two festivals are very different in their character and environment, but both deliver a nice mix of new bands and old favorites. We went to DelFest this year for the second time, and although a near tornado ripped through the festival site on Saturday afternoon the spirit and the music prevailed. In October of 2009 I went to the Crozet Music Festival (just outside Charlottesville) and had a wonderful time at this small local event. The weather and setting were perfect and there is plenty of local music talent to keep this festival on the "repeat" list.
The concert with the most "star power" for me in 2009 was probably Steve Winwood/Eric Clapton in June at the Verizon Center. For some strange reason I had never seen Eric Clapton before, but his performance with his old partner from Blind Faith was top notch professionism and a 2009 highlight for me.
Other musical artists that truly impressed me in 2009: Old Crow Medicine Show at the DelFest. After the storm, everyone was sort of wet, down, and wondering if the festival was going to go on (the main stage took major damage). The OCMS moved to the indoor rec center and created a positive storm of musical energy that got everyone dancing and back in the zone of good vibrations. Jackie Greene at the All Good Festival. I would love to see him again soon, he's got just the right combination of original songwriting and musical skills that leave you wanting more. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the FloydFest. This performance made a big impression on me and I made the effort to see them again (a short set at the Rt. 29 Revue at Merriweather Post and a rocking show at the Ram's Head Live). She is a very talented performer and continues to win fans nationwide. Mark my word, she'll have a hit single someday and Grace Potter will be a household name.
Another super highlight for me was the City Farm Benefit show in August, seeing so many Danville friends, young and old (well I guess old and older!) in such a positive setting was a ton of fun. My parody of the event in my blog got a lot of favorable comments, except from the band members who thought it was a factual report of the event.
There were many other highlights, seeing Dave Matthews in California with the Boy after touring the college where he'll be for the next four years, a killer Allman Brothers performance at the Merriweather, watching Donna the Buffalo from the shelter of the VIP seats at FloydFest while it poured down rain (thank you John!), the list goes on and on. In fact, by my count I saw 29 shows (counting each Festival as one "show") and over 90 bands this year. I'm afraid to run the total on my Quicken account to see how much $$ I spent on concert tickets, that's a number that's probably best left unknown.
As I look over the 2009 list a few things are missing. No shows at the Birchmere or the Strathmore! This is a sin to live so close to such treasures and not take advantage of it. I still have yet to see Bruce Springsteen live and I missed his tour again this year. My calendar didn't line up this year with Bob Dylan's never ending world tour. These things will be addressed in 2010. And speaking of Bruce and Bob, check out Jon Stewart's tribute to Bruce Springsteen at the Kennedy Center Honors. It's brilliant.
We finished 2009 in Austin, Texas ("the live music capital of the world") and I was able to catch a few sets (the Evans Johnson band played some rockin' rock-a-billy at Antone's and I saw a fun bar band on Sixth Street but I forgot their name). Austin is a town where you can hear great live music every night if you want so we'll have to get back down there again soon.
It looks like 2010 will start off with some good music, I have tickets already for Zappa Plays Zappa in January, in February it's going to be Yes and Furthur. And I have tickets for DelFest and FloydFest, and I'll pick up my All Good tickets as soon as they go on sale. Thanks for reading this, I appreciate your comments and I hope to see you at the next show.


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Tucked away alongside Portland's West Hills, Forest Heights boasts beautiful homes with diverse architecture, well-maintained walking trails, and, most of all, a vibrant and beautiful community.
Marked as one of the most successful and largest developments in Oregon, Forest Heights has a rich history and stands out as a truly unique development. The project began in 1972 when developer Homer Williams, purchased 1,100 acres throughout what we now know as Forest Heights and adjacent communities. The land had been used off and on for the past 100 years, mostly because of a local sawmill and the abundance of timber that was available in the area. While Williams recognized the tremendous potential of the acreage he purchased, there was no arguing that it was going to be a challenge to develop. The hills were steep and lacked the sizable utilities required to power a large number of properties.
To get the job done, Williams recognized that he must look beyond himself and he and his partners went in search of an organization that would be able to take on the financials and management of a project this size. By a series of happenstances, Williams and his partners became acquainted with members of the island of Nauru, a single island nation in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles west of Hawaii. Due to an abundance of phosphate found on the island, Nauru was extremely wealthy and had been investing in various housing developments in other parts of the United States.
Having caught their attention, Williams sold 601 acres of his land for $16 million to Nauru in 1988. Local developer, George Marshall was hired to develop, manage and sell the property. Having worked on many developments throughout Oregon, including Claremont, The Highlands at Gearhart, Charbonneau, Kings City, Summer Place and built over 2,000 single family homes, Marshall thought it was best to build Forest Heights as an extension to the neighborhoods that are known as the West Hills.
In the beginning, the early 90's the economy was in a down cycle and sales were slow. To jump start activity and represent the Nauruan's commitment to the community, Marshall had 30 architecturally designed homes built as specs. Not only did it relieve purchaser's anxiety of being the "pioneers" in a new development, and lots started selling, it solidified his vision of Forest Heights being an extension of the West Hills. The architecturally designed homes ranged from 1,600 sq. ft. to 5,000 sq. ft. and from traditional cape cod style to contemporaries, and everything in between. The use of eclectic design and size interspersed among each other is what is found in the older heights neighborhoods and adds to the charm and grace of the neighborhoods. It set the stage for construction of future homes and an architectural review committee was established to assure the vision was adhered to. It is quickly apparent when driving through Forest Heights that although it was primarily built between the 90's and mid 2000's, it does not date itself as such, and has matured in a more timeless manner.
To further encourage interesting architecture and variety, individuals were allowed to purchase lots, design custom homes and have them built by the contractor of their choice. The unique concept of having individuals and builders (not production builders) purchase lots allowed the community to have character and individuality rather than just be another "project". It was almost never a possibility for a purchaser to buy their own lot in a subdivision, which were usually controlled by one or a couple of builders, and is virtually unheard of today. By the mid 90's demand skyrocketed and lots were sold in lotteries, and the sales team primarily completed the sell-out of lots by 2007.
Just some of the amenities in Forest Heights are the premier Forest Park Grade School (Nauru donated the land), Mill Pond Park, The Village Commercial Center, 8 miles of beautifully manicured trails, 200 acres is designated greenspace, concerts and numerous activities for everybody in the park, incredible location being 5 miles to downtown and approximately the same to the Sunset Corridor, to mention just some.
The architectural integrity and standards that Forest Heights was founded on remain intact and have created a unique development that is able to stand the test of time. Everything included in Forest Heights was chosen with a purpose. The Forest Heights logo, for example, represents the 12 different tribes on Nauru and the Marshalls have carefully chosen streetlights and features that represent the deep roots Forest Heights holds in the development of the Portland Metro area. It is these thoughtful decisions and investment in the attention to detail that has landed Forest Heights a number of awards including MAME awards from the Home Buyers Association and a Lifetime Achievement Neighborhood Builder Award for George Marshall himself.


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Friday, March 16, 2012
Apptio (not to be confused with Appirio) Closes $50 Million Series D Round
Apptio, the leading provider of on-demand Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions, today announced that it has closed a $50 million Series D funding round. Certain investment strategies managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. led the round and were also joined by existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Shasta Ventures. The new round of capital will be used to further invest in the development of the company's TBM platform, expand market penetration, drive customer success, and maintain its independence as the industry's trusted provider of TBM solutions. The Series D round brings the total amount raised by Apptio to $91 million. In addition, the company also announced it has appointed current Apptio Board Member Tom Bogan as Chairman of the Board. Bogan is currently Chairman of the Board for Citrix (CTXS) and serves as an independent Director for PTC (PMTC), in addition to several other private companies. "Apptio has pioneered the creation of a new enterprise SaaS category for CIOs that enables them to manage the business of technology and clearly communicate its value to the enterprise," said John O'Farrell, general partner for Andreessen Horowitz. "This is a winning team that knows how to execute at scale. We are delighted to be participating in this latest funding round."
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Google+ is eating up the SERP
With Places being replaced by G+ Local over the past week, it's small businesses that are almost immediately forced into taking action.
Why? Subtle G+ links are starting to appear directly in the snippets of the businesses' official website results in the SERP - whether they like it or not.
But hey, what if the business had not yet bothered creating a page? No worries at all -- Google has automatically created one for you!!
In the case of Gelato Messina, a well-loved Sydney institution in Darlinghurst, Google is linking to one of these automagically created G+ pages (based on previous reviews on the now defunct Google Places platform). Furthermore, they will show you the 'Search Plus Your World' result on the right side of the results page, whilst relegating all other review sites like Urbanspoon and Eatability to the bottom portion of the page.
I'm fairly certain +Messina Gelato (which appears to be their official page) does not even know that this is going on right now. I will surely be looking on with keen interest on how this develops over the next few weeks.
Will businesses feel the need to come on board after completely freaking out from a test vanity search? Will they suck it up and rely on Facebook and Twitter to get the right information out? So many questions..
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Doing Dallas
15 hours stuck in the middle of the very last row of a 747 is a special kind of hell alright, but we managed to make it to the other side fairly unscathed. Predictably, I only got an hour of shut eye, but just like last year, I got through a tonne of films, including The Descendants and 50/50.
Can I just call it? From now on, any movie that is to be set in Seattle is required to end with Yellow Ledbetter as the credits start to roll. So good. And The Descendants should have won best picture. Both films dealt with death in an incredibly honest way but my god, Descendants kinda blew me away..
So Dallas, what can I say about Dallas.. I'm surprised it is raining here but I'm also hearing that it has been torrential in Sydney town since we left too. The hotel we're staying downtown on Elm St, has a really cool 9th floor pool deck - check out the panoramic view: http://360.io/vcThRV
In other news, just heard that the Laneway Festival guys are hosting some bands again at SXSW. At the same party last year, I managed to discover excellent bands like Givers and Twin Shadow. This year's line up is again looking great and you should expect a bunch of them to be added to the 2013 Laneway list. Takes place at Mohawk on Wed 14 March. Bands are:
Blood Orange
Clock Opera
Django Django
DZ Deathrays
Zulu Winter
+ one other _special_ guest
More here: http://sydney.lanewayfestival.com.au/news/announcing-our-second-annual-sxsw-party/
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
SX tools
So I have a page on my iOS device dedicated to SXSW and NYC designed for maximum enjoyment. Apps like Highlight and Glancee sound a little creepy but hopefully they will lead to connection with some cool people while over there. Basically, it will buzz me when someone with similar interests (based on our FB profiles and our likes) is in close proximity.
Sched will be used for tracking panels mostly - tracking bands however for the second half of the festival will be crazy ambitious.
If you're reading this and you would like to connect with me in Austin, find me on the twitters (@getbiglittlekid) or check out my schedule: http://austin2012.sched.org/getbiglittlekid
Also let me know of other apps you could recommend. Thanks!
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Austin bound
So here we go again.. Wildly packing my bags for Austin and SXSW.
Never-ending thoughts of Texan Bar-B-Qs, stupendously enormous conference halls, beef brisket taco food trucks and all that free booze flicker through my mind, as I frantically try to remember that last thing I was supposed remember to pack from earlier..
This time tomorrow folks, I will be somewhere over the Pacific en route to Dallas Fort Worth. I will schedule a blog post (for #b03 sakes), but really, see you Stateside.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Viral videos worth spreading
Tonight, while I should have been packing, watched a whole bunch of TED videos instead. One of the better ones was this talk by Kevin Allocca on 'Why videos go viral'. He should know his stuff too as the YouTube's Trends Manager, which allows him to "professionally watch YouTube videos".
In this entertaining and at times hilarious talk, Allocca shares his theories on why videos do get shared around so that a video of a cat watching a kitten watching Nyan Cat could be viewed millions of times. His main factors are the unexpectedness of the video (which end up being hilarious), a sense of participation (modern remix culture), and just dumb luck ('double rainbow' was uploaded months before Jimmy Kimmel tweeted it out).
Nothing ground breaking here, but worth a look if you're in the mood for a bit of a laugh.
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Love After Love opens in NYC!
Russ Harbaugh's beautiful film opened last month in New York. See it if you can.
We got a lovely write up in the Times:
WAMC interview I did about 'Curious'
Here's a 15 minute interview from the radio, where I speak about education, acting out of period costume and working with rats.
'Curious' opens!
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is up and running on Broadway.
It was a fun night!
Hecate, Lady M and the iPad
Christopher Isherwood did a great piece in the NY Times, reviewing the Wordplay Shakespeare series, and it came out right at the time we were performing Jack O'Brien's production of Macbeth at Lincoln Center.
A Midsummer Night's Dream eBook
The first in the series of Shakespeare eBooks produced by The New Book Press is now for sale in the iTunes eBookstore.
I play Titania/Hippolyta in this filmed version of the play, which has the full text right next to the video and is interactive. It is a pretty great learning tool for anyone wanting a simple and fun intro to Shakespeare or for those who know and love it and want to hear the play again.
Helen Hayes Award Winner
Francesca is the recipient of the 2013 Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play for her portrayal of Nina Leeds in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC, directed by Michael Kahn.
- This production was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Michael put together the most marvelous team of actors and designers and the Shakespeare Theatre is a hugely supportive place to work. A fabulous, fabulous ride we all had with this extraordinary, gnarly, heart-breaking, long (and consequently rarely done) work of art. What a work out for soul, mind and body.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-04-27/entertainment/35451692_1_helen-carey-roles-stclaunch link
Martin Pakledinaz
One of costume designer Martin Pakledinaz's final great creations for Maria Aitken's production of Man and Boy at the Roundabout.
Rest in peace dear Marty.
Sylvia Plachy's beautiful shots
I love Sylvia Plachy's beautiful shots from our production of Orlando at Classic Stage Company in 2010. A great way to remember a magical time.launch link


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Mystic Marsh (ミスティックシャワー; Mystic Shower) is a realm in Winter Tundra that only appeared in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!. There is trouble in the marsh. A fountain that once kept the creatures calm has now stopped working and the creatures have become violent and hostile towards their marsh-mates. It is Spyro's job to figure out why the fountain has stopped, as well as to turn it on again.
Mystic Marsh is a tropical world set all in an African, Southern Asian, and Australian-style setting. It is evident that Australian wildlife had influenced the design of the creatures in this world as some are similar to platypus, while others are similar to kangaroos as well as a possum-like mammal. Elephants and rhino-type creatures also make appearances.
Orb Challenges
Fix the fountian
- The main challenge of this realm, the water-wizards have lost control as a result of their fountain being shut off. By defeating enough enemies, you can activate the spring power gate and jump to the wizard in charge of powering the fountain. Turns out the wizard named Snoozle was slacking off, and the switch to the fountain was powered down.
Very versatile thieves!
- An explorer named Basil requests your help! His car has broken down due to missing spark plugs, and it's up to Spyro to retrieve them. The four plugs are held captive by four kangaroo-like thieves. The thieves run in simple trails, so it is easy for Spyro to catch up to them. Upon collecting all four, Basil rewards Spyro with an orb, saying it is museum quality but he still deserves it. (Difficulty: ★★★★☆)
Retrieve Professor's pencil
- The Professor is missing his trusty pencil, misplacing it somewhere in the marsh, and Spyro must assist him. He entrusts Spyro with an egg and instructs the player to trade it with another creature in the marsh in exchange for the pencil. Spyro trades the egg with a bird, who gives him a seed. He plants the seed in a pot and a resulting flytrap gives him a rubber-duck. He then trades the rubber-duck with the mother duck to give him a turnip. The turnip can then be traded with a cooking pot for a golden coin. Finally the golden coin can be traded with the well for the Professor's pencil. Return to the Professor, and he will give you an orb, saying that Elora thinks he will lose it. (Difficulty: ★★★★☆)
Opening Scene
The scene opens with three Water Wizards soothing three Snailephants due to the power of the fountain. The fountain suddenly turns off mysteriously. The Water Wizards gasp, and sink to the ground, sadly. The Snail Elephants raise out of their shells and look at the three wizards menacingly. The wizards shake their heads in disbelief upon this sudden turn of events before the Snail Elephants instantly charge at them, who scream, and trample upon them.
In Reignited, there is only one Water Wizard instead of three. And at the end, instead of the Snailephants trampling the Wizard, they instead chase after him as he runs away.
Closing Scene
Snoozle, the Water Wizard in charge of controlling the fountain, is seen controlling it for a few seconds. However, he soon starts to nod off, and falls asleep. He is soon abruptly awaken by another wizard who bangs on a gong behind him. He hits Snoozle on the head with the gong stick, to wake him up and warn him not to go back to sleep. Snoozle shakes his head, and continues controlling the fountain, before he starts drifting back to sleep.
Intro and Closing Video
- Water Wizards
- Hydrar
- Snoozle
- At least two other Water Wizards
- Professor
- Basil the Explorer
- Elora (mentioned)
- Snail Elephants (4/36)
- Snail Rhinos (15/36)
- Puffing Platypuses (9/36)
- Striped Monkey (8/36)
- Kangaroo Thieves (4 total)
- There is a glitch that allows you to swim in the air. To cause the glitch, you must do following: accept both orb challenges. Take the egg from the Professor, then start catching all the thieves, remembering that the one that swims through the water tunnel must be the last one caught. If you will catch this thief while swimming through the tunnel and have all other plugs already, then you'll be teleported to the Basil, still swimming. This glitch allows you to "swim" literally everywhere, even outside the borders of the marsh.
|Mystic Marsh (Part 1) - Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
|Mystic Marsh (Part 2) - Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
- Mystic Marsh is paired with Cloud Temples. An early name for the realm, found in the code for the demo, was "Mystic Savannah", and Mystic Marsh was to be called '"Mystic City".
- If you look at the coins in the fountain, you'll notice a face in them. It is the face of Dan Johnson, an Insomniac employee famous for his in-game cameos. The coins would begin the Easter egg that would continue on in the Ratchet & Clank series.
- In Reignited Trilogy, Dan Johnson's face was replaced with the moon from the 2001-2016 version of the Insomniac Games logo. This was likely a nod to Insomniac being the developers of the original trilogy.
- The unswimable purple sea is the only boundary sea in the series to have a waterfall to match the upper levels. In the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, that area was made into a wide river with a wide waterfall.
- Mystic Marsh is one of only three known realms whose trouble was not (presumably) caused by Ripto, with the other two being Breeze Harbor and Zephyr. The main reason behind the trouble with the fountain and the rampaging animals was because Snoozle fell asleep on the job (hence his name).
- The music in Mystic Marsh sounds like a remix of Misty Bog in Spyro the Dragon.
- Mystic Marsh is the only level in the game to contain three powerup gates. The majority of levels in the game have one, while a handful have two.
- If the draclets from Crystal Glacier are not counted to the enemy count in that level, then Mystic Marsh has the most amount of enemies of any level in Spyro 2.


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Dr. Fong Says:
Of all the Jesus shaped things I have seen this one look spretty good. Why Jesus would choose to manifest himself as a cluster of roots is another question all together.
"A gardener had a revelation when he dug up his asparagus plant and saw the face of Jesus."
"Martin Gregory was enjoying his Sunday morning gardening when he noticed something quite different about one of his asparagus ferns he removed from a pot."
"As the 52-year-old laid the 30-inch plant on the grass the sun shone down on the roots and revealed the face of Jesus to him."
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Typhoon Roke hits Japan causing flooding, deaths
Typhoon Roke hit Japan's main island on Wednesday, and after causing evacuations, cancellations and deaths is moving through the northeastern coast, which is still recovering from the tsunami and earthquake that hit in March. As Chico Harlan reported:A powerful typhoon hit Japan's main island on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of more than 1.2 million from the area and causing the deaths or disappearance of at least 13 people as it began its slow path toward the northeastern part of the country.
As Typhoon Roke made landfall, businesses in Japan all but halted, with the cancellation of domestic flights and bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka.
With a maximum speed of 130 miles per hour, the typhoon drenched the western and central part of the country, which also was blasted two weeks earlier by another fierce storm.
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Before I started dating Dan, I was great at making dinner every night and making sure I had leftovers. Then I learned, boyfriends eat what would be your leftovers, scraping off the bottom of the pan. I suppose this means we have delicious food, but it also means I never have lunch to bring to work and am stuck with cans of soup! This Sunday I was a "single" girl again (Dan was running around Seattle with his mom) and I thought I should make something that would last for a week of lunches. I had some asparagus with my lunch on Friday, and realized I should make shrimp and veggie stirfry! I went to Safeway and wandered around the vegetable section grabbing whatever looked good. This is the stirfry I came up with:
4 Yukon gold potatoes
1lb Asparagus
3 Roma tomatoes
1 Broccoli crown
1lb mushrooms
Large chunks of red onion
Red chili sauce
Salt and pepper
Shrimp for your hearts content
I took a large stirfry pan, coated the bottom with olive oil and started the potatoes on medium heat. I let those soften while I chopped and cut up the other vegetables. I added the broccoli, onion and asparagus, then started cooking the shrimp in another pan. I added some garlic and put the onions and mushrooms to the pan. I stirred in the red chili sauce and salt and pepper, then added the cooked shrimp and let it simmer for a little to let the flavors merry. This was the end result:


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Most Americans have heard of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) through its ill-conceived scheme to prevent Boeing from building a new plant in South Carolina because the Palmetto State has a right-to-work law. The board's actions have created a huge backlash against the Obama Administration and its pro-Big Labor policies.
But how much do most Americans know about Obama's other labor board?
Most Americans haven't heard of President Obama's other labor board, the National Mediation Board (NMB). This board is specifically focused on labor relations between the railroad and airline industries. And just like the NLRB, the NMB is aggressively pushing Big Labor's agenda.
Last July, the NMB overturned nearly a century of precedent and issued a new pro-union rule regarding union elections. Instead of requiring the traditional democratic practice of a simple majority of members to unionize, now the rules only require a majority of votes cast for unionization.
If a company has 2,000 workers and only 400 people vote but 201 of them are pro-union, the entire workforce of 2,000 people are forced to unionize. Couple that with the fact that it is nearly impossible to decertify a union, and those 201 votes in effect mandate unionization for good.
Now we are seeing Big Labor take advantage of this new rule. The Hill reports:
A Washington, D.C.-based union group has filed paperwork vying to represent flight attendants for Virgin America airlines. The Transport Workers Union, which represents employees at airlines including United, American and Southwest, said Monday it has submitted a petition calling for a vote on unionization at Virgin America to the National Mediation Board (NMB).
The TWU is also pushing to organize workers at JetBlue Airlines. Additionally, flight attendants at AirTran Airways will join the group as aresult of that company's merger with Southwest Airlines.
Under current rules, the NMB must schedule an election within 45 days of receive a petition for a union vote.
House Republicans are making efforts to prevent the forced unionization by a small minority of workers from taking place. In the midst of larger negotiations over the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the NMB union election rules are playing a major role. The Journal of Commerce reports:
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica said he will take "every measure that's needed" to pass a four-year authorization of the Federal Aviation Administration by the end of the year.
The House and Senate agree on major points of reauthorization and are ready to settle on funding, but there are still a "half dozen issues pending," said Mica, R-Fla., on Monday. Disagreements continue over proposed rural air subsidy cuts and changes in National Mediation Board rules to make it easier for unions to organize airline workers.
On the latter issue, Mica said he was willing to have "equal-in, equal-out" provisions, which would balance the rules governing union certification and decertification.
Negotiations on a final bill have stalled so that Congress has had to approve 22 extensions of the previous FAA law since it expired in 2007. The latest FAA extension expires March 31.
So while the NLRB is currently getting all the headlines and attention, look for the NMB to start sharing the spotlight soon. As more people hear about the NMB and its work for Big Labor, people will agree that we need Chairman Mica to work out a deal to prevent the forced unionization of our airlines and railroads by a minority of union-lackeys.


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Orange and Honey Ginger Pork Tenderloin
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Yield: 1 tenderloin, enough for 2-3 people
1 (about 1 lb) pork tenderloin
2 Tbsp Flying Olive Blood Orange Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 Tbsp Flying Olive Honey Ginger Balsamic Vinegar
½-1 tsp Flying Olive Chipotle (mild spiciness), Harissa (medium spicy, which I use), or Cayenne Red Chili (HOT!) Extra Virgin Olive Oil, or leave out if you don't like any spice at all
½ tsp salt, divided
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper, divided
1/3 cup orange marmalade
1 Tbsp orange juice
1 ½ tsp ground ginger
Chopped cilantro to garnish, if desired
Remove the silver skin from the pork tenderloin with a sharp knife. Combine the Flying Olive Blood Orange Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Flying Olive Honey Ginger Balsamic Vinegar, and Spicy (or not) Flying Olive Extra Virgin Olive Oil of Choice. Add half the salt and pepper and whisk until thoroughly mixed.
Add the tenderloin to a zip-lock bag. Add the marinade. Flip the bag a few times and massage the marinade into the pork tenderloin. Place in the refrig for 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Remove the pork tenderloin from the marinade. Discard the marinade. Place the ork tenderloin on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, combine the marmalade, orange juice, ginger, and remaining salt and pepper in a bowl. Spoon the mixture over the pork and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes. The meat thermometer should read 145 degrees when done.
Let the tenderloin stand for 10 minutes before slicing and serving. Garnish with cilantro, if desired
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Times Odyssey
Diwali is the most celebrated festival of India as it marks the beginning of a new year. The significance of Diwali, with respect to mythological importance, is related to ancient times event when lord Rama came back to Ayodhya after fourteen years of exile and in response to their return to kingdom of peace and tranquillity, the Diwali is celebrated by lighting up earthen lamps or diyas and distributing sweets as victory of light over darkness or victory of good over evil and not the other way around.
Nowadays, on the day of Diwali, firecrackers are burnt and wishing of "happy diwali". The next day starts the new year for hindus with the wishing of "happy new year" and offering sweets to anybody who comes to your house to wish. That's the most common scene during these times...
Usually, that's how Diwali is celebrated.
Thursday, 8 October 2015
The Journey To Mars
The discovery of Mars by NASA and subsequent photographing of Mars and proof of water by its various spaceships Viking voyager, Curiosity lander and so on, lead us to the speculation of the possibility of life there.
However, to transport huge number of people out there and establish colonies there are a very distant dream. Although the seasonal atmosphere is like the earth, it's still not like the earth. There is no sign of any life forms or little sign of life forms. To grow vegetation is a daunting task. Without enough supply of water, oxygen and food, any life forms cannot be sustained. To consider socio-economic problems at this time would be stopping the endeavour. At least, we can grow desert like vegetation on the Mars or the controlled use of light and moisture in farming.
The Mars is the only earth-like planet in our solar system. The hoping from earth to Mars with possible stay on intermediate planets or comets or space stations would make the journey exciting.
As there are few countries striving hard for the Mars, they all want to claim life there. Not a few of us might want to go to the Mars as there are no wars or conflicts that make it difficult to live on the earth!?
Saturday, 5 September 2015
Times Odyssey
Watch video of our times on earth
and in the universe.
(This video made with Flipagram and used some Google Images.)
click here for video: Times Odyssey
As people came to Know the possibility that we are not alone in the universe or there are aliens in the far... far... galaxies, the excitement of finding lives in the space might not end.
There are innumerable galaxies float in the entire universe even before time presented to human beings.
The time exists because of the sun as our planetary system revolves around the sun. The importance of the sun on our lives and our time-cycle cannot be diluted. The gravitational effect of the sun and the earth on the time fragments it into different time zones. The time won't exist if there were no sun.
The intelligence of the universe or the god-particle with inbuilt intelligence may define the origin of the life or earth, as if born out of the sun.
Many life forms manifested themselves on the earth and gone or passed onto other life forms questioning their existence and answering somewhat. Some passed onto...without questioning.
Thursday, 13 August 2015
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Helping Humans and Horses
Sponsored by:
Nurture and Swiftsure Equestrian Center
Project Champion:
Kathryn Guylay and Cheryl Bennett
What are the appropriate grade levels:
Kindergarten through 6th grade
Is there a limit to the number of participants:
2 classes
Is there an opportunity for community service:
No – existing program
The goal of Helping Humans and Horses is to empower students with information about nutrition for themselves as well as all living creatures. Food is fuel, and we need to understand how to fuel ourselves for optimal energy and performance. The project is collaborative with Swiftsure Ranch and Nurture, combining in-class lessons from Nurture with a "finale" field trip to the ranch to visit the beautiful therapy horses.
- Students will learn about the importance of nutrition and its role in keeping all living things healthy.
- They will specifically learn about go vs. slow foods, my plate, the role of advertising in food, and sugar.
- The class will learn how we are interconnected to all living things, and experience (through the field trip) the healing power of horses.
Class Visits & Field Trips
- 1st in-class visit (go/slow foods and MyPlate) by Nurture
- 2nd in-class visit (Be Ad Smart and Sugar Sugar!) by Nurture
- 1 field trip to Swiftsure Ranch including presentation of check to help feed horses– which in turn help humans.


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Completed cross stitch tapestry – Roses
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The Loving HusbandBook - 2017
"A psychological thriller about a woman who, after her husband's murder, discovers that he may not have been who he seemed"-- Provided by publisher.
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The story was interesting, but extremely hard to follow. The writing could have been better and it feels as if details were left out. The book bounced back and forth through time, but did so poorly in a way that left me struggling to put the pieces together.
The ending, while unpredictable, was poor and left out details.
Throughout the book, I found myself having to reread things, sure that I had missed something, only to discover I had not. The characters were undeveloped, with random new traits thrown in sporadically and incompletely.
I'm still not sure who did what, or what the purpose of a lot of it was. And that's not an issue on my end, it's an issue on the author's.
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First Thursday (Walter) at Banc Cafe
June 7, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Walter Tice presents…
First Thursday
aka International Beer Night
The roaming after-work happy hour hosted by Walter Tice
held on the first Thursday every month for over 30 years running.
Banc Café
431 Third Ave. (30th St.)
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My printer of choice is an HP Laser Jet color printer. I have owned several of these in the last 20-25 years. However, they are more expensive up front compared to an ink jet printer (starting cost is around $300 I believe). The ink jets I owned went through ink so quickly and I was constantly replacing the cartridges at $15-25 each. I have not owned an inkjet for many years, so this may have changed.
What printer do you recommend?
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