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Volume: 24 Issue: 3 (March 2001)
Gaming gets real
Issue: Volume: 24 Issue: 3 (March 2001)
Gaming gets real
Shenmue blurs the line between actual and virtual worlds
In Shenmue's dramatic opening scene, a young man named Ryo Hazuki witnesses the death of his father, a master in martial arts, after the elder refuses to divulge the location of the Phoenix mirror, a mysterious object from ancient China that holds great power (and becomes the key to solving the murder). Angry and confused, Ryo scours the depths of the city-from the seedy areas fraught with danger and crime to the high-rise office buildings brimming with power-while seeking clues and revenge. As the adventure unfolds into a vast international conspiracy, Ryo faces the wrath of the Chinese Mafia, deciphers a Chinese legend of Armageddon, and learns about his father's secret past.
In this drama-which takes place with in a virtual world intended to mimic the real world-the action is intense, the tale tantalizing, and the backgrounds, props, and costuming perfectly detailed. "My goal was to create a game that was intricate and lifelike by merging the cinematic qualities of movies and the interactivity of computer games," says Yu Suzuki, director of Sega's AM2 game division and producer/creator of the release.
Shenmue, like an epic created for the big screen, was an ambitious undertaking. More than 200 artists and programmers worked to complete the Sega Dreamcast title, which took more than five years to complete at a cost of $60 million, making it one of the most expensive computer games ever developed.
Sega's Yu Suzuki and his team created Shenmue, a highly interactive, cinematic-quality game that's meant to mimic reality. The characters are extremely detailed, including the spirited hero Ryo and his girlfriend (top and in profile below), as wel
The game, whose Japanese title is Shenmue Chapter 1 Yokosuka, is the first installment in a series envisioned by Suzuki. The drama begins in 1986 Yokosuka, Japan, as the player assumes the role of Ryo investigating his father's death. Unlike most computer games that focus on one genre-action/adventure, racing, role- playing, or fighting-Shenmue incorporates all of these within a fully interactive environment. Therefore, the players are not limited to following the game's story line, as they are for most titles.
"Shenmue offers players a wide range of choices. For example, they can go anywhere within the virtual environment or play with almost any object they find," says Suzuki. "Other general games have only the places and scenes needed for the main story. But when I created Shenmue, I created a virtual-reality world, which also contains places unconnected to the story that are fun for the player to explore." As a result, no two players have the same game experience.
In this virtual, living environment, a player can interact with more than 300 speaking characters-from children playing in the park to shopkeepers to delivery people-who exist on their own time schedules as they follow unique daily routines. "If I had created interactivity for only portions of the game, there would be a gap in context," explains Suzuki. "So I made all the characters have their own hourly life schedules that last for approximately one week's time."
During Ryo's investigation, the player chooses whom to question and when-for example, during the morning hours as a character hurries to work or in the evening as he or she dines at a corner café, where Ryo can even watch an appetizing meal being prepared. The characters also "hear" and react to sound. For example, if Ryo hears something and turns toward it, the sound will become louder.
This level of interactivity is not limited to just the characters. In the game, mirrors accurately reflect images, birds flee when they're approached, and shadows ac curately fall according to the time of day. Each scene offers a wide range of objects to manipulate-more than 1000 rooms to explore in which, for example, desk drawers can be opened, papers can be examined, and telephones can be used. In an arcade, Ryo can insert coins into a slot to play virtual representations of classic Sega arcade games.
"Interactive CG was a necessity based on the content of the game," Suzuki says. "Players have the freedom to walk anywhere [within the environment] and select what they want to do, and people and objects within the game will react to the players' actions."
To achieve realistic character movement, artists used a proprietary motion-capture system for simple actions such as walking, grasping, and driving, as well as for more complicated fighting moves.
While trying to solve the mystery, players encounter various "events," presented in the form of puzzles or mini movies. Players are also confronted with specific game-skill challenges, and their success will affect how the subsequent story line unfolds.
Like the interactivity, the characters in Shenmue are extremely lifelike and precise-from the accurate reflections in the characters' eyes to minute motions such as finger twitches. Because the game's success hinges on the player assuming the role of Ryo, the development team decided not to give him a strong personality so that he would appeal to a wide range of players. However, creation of the other main characters such as Lan Di (the villain), Nozomi Harasaki (Ryo's girlfriend), and Iwao Hazuki (the father) was more akin to casting a movie, according to the team, so these "stars" were given distinct personalities.
To achieve the desired look for the lead characters, the artists first created clay sculptures and 2D sketches before modeling them in Softimage. Few details were spared: The elderly characters have age spots and wrinkles, while the younger characters have smooth faces with rosy cheeks and styled hair that gently blows in the wind. These texturing details were accomplished with Softimage and Alias|Wavefront's Maya.
The characters also move realistically, whether they're walking, running, or fighting. Using a customized motion-capture system, the group captured typical actions in addition to Ryo's complex fight movements, which were performed by professional martial artist Tetsuya Hattori. Before e barking on the motion-capture portion of the project, the group gathered opinions from experts in the film industry, to ensure that the highest degree of accuracy was achieved.
Animation, lip sync, physical simulations, rendering, compositing, and AI were also accomplished with customized systems and software.
As they did for the characters, the artists also created realistic, de tailed, diverse settings where the action occurs. The majority of the game takes place in Yokosuka, a small city re-created to look and sound as the actual city did during 1986, the timeframe of the story, by using actual geographical data, maps, photographs, and recordings. "I also investigated Yokosuka by asking people who live there about the town and what it was like 10 years ago," says Suzuki.
Within this virtual city are more than 50 buildings that players can explore. In some cases, the group used diagrams provided by architects to re-create the structures. The artists also consulted with renowned architects such as Manabu Takimoto on building design and how to best represent rooms and interiors that would accurately reflect Japanese culture. Inside the buildings, every object-from light switches to refrigerators-is interactive.
Technology created by Suzuki further links the virtual world with its organic twin. By incorporating Suzuki's Magic Weather system, weather conditions, climate, landscapes, and vegetation change according to the season. This technology enabled the animators to simulate realistic weather patterns that accurately reflect those that occurred in the actual city during 1986. Using the developer's Time Control system, days unfold naturally, beginning with a sunrise as characters awake from their sleep. At nightfall, characters will close up shop, for instance, and head for home.
According to Suzuki, creating the weather system was especially challenging since most systems that simulate specific weather patterns cannot do so in real time because rendering takes too long. "To make the system work in real time for games, it had to be 1000 times faster than [what we had been seeing]," he notes. Once the technology for the system was built, Suzuki developed new effects techniques to create the snow and rain. "I investigated and developed a real-time program and special effects that will allow a snowflake to look like a real, puffy particle." By using an online game component called Shenmue Passport, players can gain valuable tips and information to help them play the game, including real-time weather predictions that will affect game play.
With its unprecedented amount of realism, Shenmue is helping to raise the bar in computer gaming graphics. Even so, Suzuki is not resting on his laurels. The developer and his team are already hard at work on Shenmue II, which will take place in China, a country Suzuki describes as full of "historic dignity, exotic mood, and mystique" that will lend itself to an interesting story line and eye-popping graphics. While the original Shenmue comprises just one chapter of the epic, the next title will consist of Chapters 2 through 6. (According to Suzuki, there are 16 chapters in the entire saga.) "The turn of the story in Shenmue II is more rapid than Shenmue I, and the story line has more variations [resulting from the interactivity and freedom of play]," says Suzuki.
It's difficult to predict when players will be able to continue the saga, and whether or not the sequel will have the same impact on gaming graphics as the original title. In fact, it's unclear whether the subsequent release will ever make it to the Dreamcast platform, especially after Sega's announcement that it will concentrate its efforts on becoming a platform-agnostic third-party publisher. For now, though, Shenmue's intricate, lifelike graphics have established a new genre in computer gaming.
Karen Moltenbrey is a senior associate editor at Computer Graphics World.
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Customers will surely enjoy our menu thanks to the excellent food, the Italian pizza and fresh fish, everything accompanied by selected wines. You must absolutely taste the "Cicchetti", the typical Venetian snacks created and inspired by the Chefs in the best venetian tradition.
The tastes of tradition and beyond. A kitchen that includes some of the classic Venetian dishes, leaving space to the creativity and imagination of our chefs, whose experience and passion make well-balanced dishes possible. Personal attention to the product, the seasons and the quality of preparation is the common thread where kitchen and pizza meet. Pizza is the main thing, thanks to a careful and prolonged yeast dough and a mix of stone ground flours, combined with a great blend of flavors and high-quality products.
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Rosa Rossa is family. It's at the same time the perfect place for a romantic night for a couple or a big reunion with good old friends or family. There are three different areas inside the restaurant to accommodate the needs of everyone, from those who want something quiet to those who prefer a bit more light as in the typical venetian osterias. During the summer it is possible to eat outside in the Rio terà degli Assassini, where you can breathe the typical Venetian atmosphere.During the day, the bar zone offers you a broad selection of wines and some high-quality Italian snacks, everything fresh made from the kitchen. Try the Cicchetti "on the bench", according to the best Venetian tradition; Rosa Rossa, indeed, during the day offers this typical snack and several other amazing ones created thanks to the chef's imagination.
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Plenary Speakers: Henry Sweet Lecture: Professor Philippe Schlenker (Institute Jean-Nicod/NYU) - 'Towards a primate linguistics' Linguistics Association Lecture: Jonathan Bobaljik (UConn) - 'Morphological universals and the hidden structure of words' Workshop on Primate Grammar (and Beyond): This workshop will be held in conjunction with Philippe Schlenker's Henry Sweet Lecture on 28th August 2013, and will include presentations by: Tecumseh Fitch (Vienna) - 'Animal pattern perception: a broad comparative approach' Robert Seyfarth (UPenn) - 'Social cognition and the origin of language' Simon Townsend (Zurich) - 'Semantic compositions in the meerkat alarm call system' Klaus Zuberbühler (St Andrews) - 'Meaningful strings of calls in primates' http://www.lagb.org.uk/lagb2013/primategrammar Workshop on Comparative Morphology and Morphological Theory: This workshop will be held in conjunction with Jonathan Bobaljik's Linguistics Association Lecture on 31 August 2013. 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RIM has stated that the problems with their software are going to be addressed in updates to be released over the summer. That leads many to believe that RIM launched the PlayBook in advance of it actually being market-ready. Now it appears the company has recalled a large number of PlayBooks due to a hardware defect.
If the gadget-loving public stays well-informed on the PlayBook's foibles since its launch, it makes me wonder if it will suffer the same fate as many other devices that may have been successful had it not been for overwhelming negative media. Or is it just that the PlayBook really is a half-baked device released before it was consumer-ready? RIM certainly has its hands full with the competition – namely the iPad 2, which is the #1 selling tablet in the world.


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Cafe Fusion
After your workout or swim, why not enjoy a coffee with a friend and let your children enjoy playing in our safe enclosed play area.
Enjoy a freshly made salad or baguette – or you may be looking for some breakfast to start your day, a snack to keep you going, or something for the children. Whatever it is, we have great options to satisfy your cravings.
We have designated eating areas around the Centre, which are located in the following areas:
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Please note: there is no eating around our leisure pools. Café may close earlier than scheduled depending on demand.
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Warriors To Assemble July 2
As the second Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draws closer, members of the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad will assemble from July 2 for an encampment period under the watchful eyes of head coach Roger Harper and team mentor Curtly Ambrose.
With the franchise having a make-up of regional and international T20 stars, having all the players available for early encampment is not a luxury the territory can enjoy.
Manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Omar Khan, is fully aware of this, and as such, his franchise, which has been bought by NEW GPC INC., has already started putting measures in place to ensure the squad is fully prepared for the July 11 start of the highly anticipated event.
"We have already booked flights for most of the support staff and players to arrive in Guyana from the 30th June. Two of the international players will be joining the squad: Martin Guptill, who will arrive on July 1 and Mohammad Hafeez, who will join the squad on July 2 upon arriving the same day. All the local players as well as Navin Stuart will join the squad from the start," Khan, the former West Indies team manager told this publication on Thursday.
He added, "The franchise as a whole sees it as critical that the players have a lengthy encampment period, so that they will be in tip- top shape, both physically and technically."
Meanwhile, Khan revealed that new West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin, who was part of the Warriors squad last year, will lead the Guyana Amazon Warriors after a unanimous decision was taken.
Under-19 Players
Khan further stated that West Indies under-19 opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Demerara left-arm fast bowler Daniel Basdeo and Essequibo all-rounder Kemo Paul will join the squad as the under-19 players. The other under-19 player will be selected shortly, according to Khan.
This year, each franchise team consists of a squad of 19 players, comprising two pre-selected players — one West Indies Franchise Player (WIFP) and one International Franchise Player- (IFP), selected by the franchise, as well as four under-19 players from each playing franchise.
Khan believes the squad selected is capable of facing the challenges ahead, adding that the squad is a well-balanced unit, comprising the maximum number of match-winners.
"I think the squad is well balanced. I think it's a good squad in terms [of] when you put it together, and it's a squad capable of winning."
The former West Indies team manager also believes the team's flexibility provided by the presence of batting and bowling all-rounders will be a major asset in the tournament, singling out Corey Anderson as the foremost asset to the team.
Further, according to Khan, the structure this year is different, since the team to win its respective league will automatically reach the final.
"Unlike last year, we won our league but had to still play in the semi-final, so this time once you win the league you reach straight to the final," Khan said.
The Warriors have retained 10 players from last year's edition and have already become a force to be reckoned with.
The players retained are: Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, New Zealander Martin Guptill, Trinidadians off-spinner Sunil Narine, opening batsman Lendl Simmons and wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, Jamaican Krishmar Santokie and Guyanese Christopher Barnwell, Steven Jacobs, Veerasammy Permaul and Trevon Griffith.
The formidable combination of these retained players forms the nucleus of the team, and with the retention of the core players, the Warriors will look forward to building a stronger, well-knit unit.
New Zealander Corey Anderson has been named as the Guyana Amazon Warriors international franchise Player. The all – rounder, who caused a stir in the T20 world of international cricket, has replaced former Pakistan Captain Mohammed Hafeez as the International Player.
The newcomers are Guyanese Leon Johnson, Ronsford Beaton, Robin Bacchus and Trinidad and Tobago fast-bowling allrounder, Navin Stewart.
Missing from last year's squad are: Ramnaresh Sarwan, Narsingh Deonarine, William Perkins, James Franklin and Keon Joseph.
This year's tournament commences on July 11 and ends on August 17, with Guyana hosting three of the 30 matches to be played.
Jamaica's Tallawahs won the inaugural tournament when they defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets in the final in Trinidad and Tobago on August 24. They will defend their title against the St Lucia Zouks, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, Antigua Hawksbills, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents.
Guyana Amazon Warriors comprises Sunil Narine, Mohammad Hafeez, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin, Martin Guptill, Krishmar Santokie, Christopher Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, Ronsford Beaton, Navin Stewart, Steven Jacobs, Leon Johnson, Robin Bacchus, Corey Anderson and Trevon Griffith.
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We know what we want on our wall this year.
We know we're only in August, but we might just have found our favourite calendar for when the new year comes rolling around.
Yep, the Meat NAKED 2018 calendar is here, and it's fighting stereotypes of just what makes a man sexy.
12 guys of all shapes, sizes, ages and backgrounds have stripped off for a sexy and laid-back shoot that's fighting back against the perma-tanned abs and perfectly-waxed pecs that often adorn nude calendars at this time of year.
The calendar is the brainchild of meat founder and editor, Adrian Lourie, who shot the boys nude in bed to help "defy the body shaming that goes on in the gay community."
One of the guys who's dared to go bare is digital marketing manager Warren, who says he hopes his participation inspires other to feel confident about their physique, in whatever shapes it come.
"So many of us have issues with our bodies; we think we're too fat, too skinny, too pale, our cocks are too small, our bums not pert enough or we're too hairy," he says.
"We are constantly comparing ourselves to others, but we need to take a moment to learn to be with happy with what we've got and see that there's no such thing as the perfect body.
"I'm not toned, I'm ginger, hairy, I don't go to the gym and don't have big muscles, I'm pale as snow and my bum jiggles but I now love being naked again. Confidence is sexy – so own what you've got and be proud lads!"
Singer-songwriter and meat Associate Editor Danny Polaris, who also appears in the calendar, says: "I've not been to the gym since New Year's Eve 2016. I run for the bus. And up and down escalators when I'm rushing around London, but that's about it.
"A few years ago I thought, 'fuck it, I'm never going to look like these Circuit Party boys, I find the gym so boring it makes me want to cry. Since then I've settled into my own skin and I'm happier with how I look than ever. Be yourself and confidence and sexiness will follow."
Dwayne, who also appears on the cover of the calendar's companion edition of meat says: "I think it's always interesting to see a broader representation of guys as pin-ups. Seeing down-to-earth men in a sexy, fun way is always important.
"I think everyone should be photographed for meat: not to make you be someone you're not, but to take what you are and show how amazing and beautiful that is."
Another of the calendar's stars, postman and playwright Anthony Bull, the 'Daddy' of the calendar says: "I love having my picture taken and I am not a shy man. I also like the fact that many of the meat men are not shaved and plucked but look beefy and manly and was only too happy to be included in that genre.
"In a youth obsessed culture it's refreshing that an older man could be considered for such a project and not just thrown on the trade trash heap.
"I think it's important to be inclusive and as I can attest from personal experience many younger men these days are attracted to older men so I am glad to represent."
Meanwhile, the calendar's cover star, Fernando, a human resources professional from London says: "It wasn't an easy decision to pose naked for meat but, now I'm absolutely proud of myself for doing it.
"I thought I would never be picked because of my body shape and I wanted to prove that you can be hairy and have a belly and it can be sexy."
The meat Naked 2018 Calendar is available now from meatzine.com, along with a special edition of Meat Zine featuring exclusive pictures of the guys and others.
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Brent Houzenga Works Both Sides of His Body & Mind in New Solo Show
New Orleans-based artist Brent Houzenga embraces his own personal intersection of punk, pop art, and philosophy. His latest solo show at Inner Recess is called "Integrating the Shadow." At first glance you might not think the word shadow is appropriate for his super-bright, spraycan and stencil paintings, but as usual with Houzenga, there's a lot of layers you don't notice at first.
The title of the show actually comes from the idea of using the parts of the mind that aren't usually accessed. Houzenga's work has such a ritual and routine to it—applying and removing tape, using familiar stencils, waving the spraycan—that he was interested in what would happen if he broke his pattern and started working with his left hand. Would he be retraining his brain or accessing new parts of his mind? Carl Jung believed that a psychic shadow lives outside of our awareness and our interactions with it help shape our personal identity both positively and negatively.
The experiment also started in part because of a nagging pain in Houzenga's right elbow. Sometimes acting on our most basic instincts like avoiding pain can have creative consequences.
Houzenga is a student of these small moments that can change our lives forever, those random collisions of emotion that alter the course of our lives. In 2006 he discovered an album of late 19th century portraits lying in someone's trash. He had an immediate response to the beauty of the pictures as well as the fact that the last remaining images of some long gone family were almost never seen again. He rescued the album and has been using stencils based on the people in it ever since.
Many of the pieces in "Integrating the Shadow" show how far his evolution has come. Houzenga's pattern and color work has become more and more complex, and his constant experimentation with his own personal format results in recognizable changes in mood or vision. You can scan his work and it will have an impact, but lean in further and you'll see that every piece has its own inner space.
"Integrating the Shadow" opens Saturday, April 5th at 8pm at Inner Recess, 1068 Magazine Street in New Orleans, LA.


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This website is a gateway to digitised copies from the Bodleian's collections of piano music intended for the amateur market in mid-Victorian Britain. The scores, many of which have richly decorated or illustrated covers, can be found here, along with a growing database of descriptive metadata to enable the sheet music to be searched and located.
What's the Score at the Bodleian? is a pilot project to investigate the potential for using crowd-sourcing to generate descriptive metadata to improve access to parts of the Bodleian's collections of sheet music. The project is focussing initially on this previously uncatalogued portion of the music collections and is collaborating with Zooniverse, world leaders in crowd-sourcing technology, to gather descriptive information about the sheet music from members of the public via a companion website. This is intended to improve access to the material, encourage wider engagement with the Bodleian's music collections and facilitate research into amateur music-making during the Victorian period. For more information about the project, see About Us or start contributing yourself.


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I saw a capture of what appears to be Google's new social media platform
on TechCrunch.
interesting (alarming?) was the sharing functionality around news
content given in this example here To what extent will Google intergrate social sharing around content? It
will be interesting to see how this develops. Ultimately Facebook and
Google will want to become your portal to the web similar to Yahoo!
Where does that leave the news portals? How will this dance play out?


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Fotrally 2018…
Late last year I decided to enter Fotrally, a non-stop walking race that some of my friends had been telling me about. They seemed to think that it would suit me, considering the amount of walking I have done!
I realized from the beginning that it was nothing like the walking that I have been doing, but the concept intrigued me. I decided to use the race as a motivational tool and enter, forcing me to get fitter and do a lot of walking. That was the idea, anyway. Reality proved to be very different.
Due to my bunion operation taking forever to stop hurting, several colds and flues that flared up every time I tried to exercise and an unexpected amount of stress at work, the planned preparations never happened. None of them…
Right up until the last moment I was very uncertain that I would even start the race, during the last couple of weeks a really bad toothache almost proved to be the straw that broke the camels back. But..
I mean, I had already entered and paid the fee and it was just the sort of wild, wacky event that appeals to me. I even had the best support in the world lined up in the form of my sister Denise and her husband Tomas. So I decided to at least be a small part of the event, I just had to adjust my expectations. Originally, I had hoped to be able to walk for 48 hours. Even though that is a very long time, it is far from a winning time and I thought it would just about be possible for me with the right sort of preparations. With no preparation and me being in possibly the worst shape I have been in during my life, I had to adjust my expectations radically.
6 hours. That would do it. I would be able to be a part of the experience and at least see what it was all about.
Friday evening saw a strange collection of participants gathering at Sjöhistoriska Museet getting ready to start. The event felt very friendly and open and the dress code was ultra-running sporty. I had, in view of my low expectations, chosen to turn up in long pants, a dress shirt and, naturally, flip-flops. After all, I was just heading out for a nice little walk.
At 9 pm the starting count-down ended and we were off. Off on a nice summer evening walk through a beautiful Stockholm.
A great start to the race and I walked along, taking it easy and talking to few of the others. There were a lot of different goals amongst the walkers, from just participating, like me, to beating earlier results or even trying to be amongst the top 20 and getting seeded for next year.
It was a nice night and the only problem I experienced during the first 6 hours was that my dress shirt was just a little bit too cold. So I decided to continue, just changing to a long-sleeved, thin hoodie and getting some wonderful tasting sandwiches from Denise at the service point.
The next 6 hours also passed without any major concerns and I decided to continue even further, just changing into shorts, t-shirt, sun hat, and sunglasses. At this point, I should really have changed shoes as well as I was starting to feel some blistering on the soles of my feet. That's what happens when you don't get enough training miles done..
Physically and mentally, I was doing really well, not feeling tired and enjoying the whole experience, but my feet were beginning to complain. A blister had formed on my right heel, and just as it was starting to get really painful, it burst and I felt sticky liquid running all over my right flip-flop. At least it stopped hurting!
Then I could feel the blisters start under both of the balls of my feet. Only a couple of hours into the 6-hour section. Still felt way better than I had any right to expect and I prepared Denise and Tomas for a change of shoes at the next service point.
With less than 2km left of section 3, as we were rounding Gripsholms Castle for the third time, I felt the big blister under my left foot burst and flood my flip-flop with sticky goo. That was it, what little common sense I had made me realize that I would have to quit at the 18-hour mark. I could definitely continue both physically and mentally but the cost to my feet would be greater and greater for every continued kilometer, and as I am heading off for a 2-week hike in Iceland in a week, I decided to be prudent and not jeopardize my ability to have recuperated in time for that.
Disappointing, sure as I still felt surprisingly fresh, but I had still managed to complete a lot more than I ever expected and I was more than pleased with the result.
Next year? Who knows, I am tempted to give the 48-hours limit another attempt, but that is going to be very dependent on my other travel plans.
Time will tell.
Just remeber to keep walking!


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Euro remains in uncharted territory flirting with the $1.37 level
A week ago I wrote that the euro was flirting with the $1.37 level, and now a week later that same statement holds. Traders did manage to briefly push the euro above the technical resistance level of $1.37 this past week, but profit-taking ensued and the euro was unable to close above the $1.37 level, with the June futures contract closing the week at $1.3669, less than half a cent above the prior week ($1.3628.)
We shouldn't take too much solace in the diminutive nature of that move since traders frequently take days and even weeks to "digest" any big significant move before a new trend emerges.
It would be absolutely no surprise if traders and speculators push the euro up above $1.37, but it is not an absolute "slam dunk" either.
There is no good economic fundamental reason for the euro to trading with this upwards bias, but strong anti-dollar investor sentiment has continued to ignore underlying fundamentals. Apparent current economic strength in Eastern Europe is not a credible comparison to future economic growth in the U.S.
For now, the euro remains in truly uncharted territory. It's now mostly a question of the level of speculative money flows. With a lot of people still misguidedly believing that Fed rate cuts are still likely over the next six months, the flows could be net-euro for some time to come. On the other hand, just a few good economic reports, persistently high energy prices, strong talk from the Fed about fighting inflation, and a strong hint of a rate hike in June or August, could quickly sap the staying power of any over-extended speculators.
$1.37 is within striking distance for euro speculators, but the shortness of that distance is far less important than the strength and durability of speculative money flows that can evaporate and reverse on a dime.
I wouldn't be surprised if speculators managed to keep the euro up in the $1.33 to $1.37 range for the next few weeks whenever there is any superficially bad news to focus on, but it is just as likely that they will trade it back down under $1.30 as soon as people grasp the truth that the Fed is very unlikely to cut rates over the next six months.
If traders and speculators do manage to push the euro up above $1.38, I will have to review and revise my outlook for the euro, but we aren't there yet. For now, $1.37 is a tough barrier for the euro to break through in a convincing manner.
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Top comedian Bill Bailey has appealed for help in tracing the thieves who stole his tour bus as he performed a gig at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall. Bailey was performing live when the burglars broke into the theatre's production room, stealing a couple of laptops and the keys to a Mercedes van which was in the car park.
The vehicle was driven off and contained tour merchandise and suitcases belonging to Bailey's crew. Bailey appealed on social media for anyone with information to get in touch. On Twitter he wrote: "Lively crowd @liverpoolphil last night- shame our tour bus was nicked from outside the venue! So gig not too bad all things considered .."
On Facebook Bailey wrote: "Scousers, keep 'em peeled... At 2.30pm yesterday afternoon (26th October) two thieves entered the Liverpool Philharmonic via a wedged open side door and broke into the production offices for Bill Bailey's live tour, Limboland. They then made off with two laptops belonging to tour personnel, and the keys to two of the tour vehicles.
"Whilst one vehicle was secured in the venue car park, the thieves were able to make good their escape in the other. This vehicle contained the personal suitcases for three crew members, as well as a large amount of Bill Bailey tour merchandise. The stolen vehicle was a silver/grey Mercedes "Tiger Tours Sprinter Splitter" van registration CE14VFS."
Although most people who posted comments on Bailey's Facebook page were sympathetic, some couldn't resist cracking jokes of their own. One wrote: "I heard comedians really hate it when people steal their material."
Merseyside Police are studying CCTV footage from the vicinity for clues. Anyone with information is asked to call the police in confidence on 101 or CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111. Bailey's gig at the same venue is taking place this evening (27 October).


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Brad Paisley Unrecognizable in Europe
Brad Paisley kicked off the European leg of his world tour Wednesday night at London's O2 Arena and while the crowd knows who he is on stage, he is unrecognizable in other places.Paisley interviewed with The Associated Press and told them that he has been questioned about being backstage. "I'm getting asked everywhere....if I belong here, you know, 'Excuse me sir, do you have a pass?'...(even at) my own gig!"
Paisley also told The Associated Press that he finds it pleasant and humbling because he now knows he can walk around without many people recognizing him. Despite the experience, Paisley feels country music is on the verge of hitting it big in Europe. He also stated that he feels his European fans are even more dedicated than his wider home crowd. He's been very surprised to find out how much the fans know and now much they're familiar with his music.


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Whipping my Schoolboy with Phoenix
Nothing like a pale British school boy to display the marks from a vicious double whipping from Mistrix and Goddess Phoenix. Mistrix laughs and teases him while he takes whip after whip from the two legendary dominas. Incredible 18 minutes of delighted sadistic glee for the ladies of pain.
Mistrix's latex hooded gimp learns to appreciate every breath as she wraps her Italian leather boot covered legs around his neck, smothers him with her bare hands, closes off his nose with her beautiful manicured fingers, puts her fingers in his mouth, and locks him in a choke hold. Breath play of the most elegant sort.
Leather Gimp Flogged and Tickled
Mistrix, in bandage dress and Wolford hose gets a leather gimp in her clutches on a visit to NYC, and she feeling corporal... so a flogging and whipping is in order. Of course, as a sadist with a sense of humor... she cant help but tickle him into submission too, once she discovers this weakness!
Mistrix, in luscious red Italian leather thigh boots and fishnet hose, takes her gimp though a series of canes and paddles. In very short order he is forced to safe word, pushed to his breaking point... yet he takes a few more swift shots from her vicious paddle to please her. Anything to be allowed to remain in her presence.
Mistress Julie Simone shares Mistrix's boot pig... both ladies wear beautiful leather boots. Natural black leather for Juliee and black patent on Mistrix. The boot piggie sucks, licks, and jerks the high heel boots with snorting glee, while the ladies taunt and kick him.
Red Thigh High Leather Boot Worship
Mistrix likes her slaves on their knees, at her feet, and focused on their tasks. Today, her leather harness and latex hooded gimp slave is tasked with lovingly worshipping her tall Italian leather thigh high boots. He gets right to his task.. only occasionally being distracted by her long lace net covered legs.
Mistrix in a lovely dress & studded leather gloves, is just getting started on her slave du jour. Strapped to the cross, his ass is spanked thoroughly, his back, bum and legs scratched, and his back repeatedly bitten. Leaving him nicely tenderized for the next course of abuse.
Mistrix & Mistress Julie Simone are decked out in shiny black latex from top to toe and in a particularly fine mood to test out this suck pigs limits. He has told Mistrix that he is willing to be pimped out to make her money, and Miss Julie decides he must prove himself with a hard face fucking from the two of them before they sell his mouth. They viciously abuse his mouth until he falls over in exhaustion.. and then he asks for more.
Butch Smoker and the Boot Worship Pig
Butch boot bitch smokes and forces the boot pig to worship her cherry Doc Marten boots.... every inch, soles and all... while she smokes her Nat Sherman Black & Gold cigarette.
Ahhh a new slave pup needed a little training, and I am always happy to oblige. A fantastic caning in a fancicul dress leaves him begging for mercy.... and begging to return.
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ReSPECT is a process that creates personalised recommendations for a person's clinical care in a future emergency when they are unable to make or express choices, such as at the end of life.
ZPB was asked by our client the NHS England London Region (Healthy London Partnerships) to conduct research with members of the public to inform a communications strategy for engaging the general public. The research objectives included understanding the benefits and the barriers to adopting this new process.
Qualitative research took place in June 2016 and we interviewed 12 Londoners from a diverse range of demographics. We recruited participants through community outreach, as well as email invitations to patient groups and undertook telephone and face-to-face interviews. The duration was usually one hour.
We presented the findings to the client and again to the National ReSPECT committee with multiple NHS health agencies involved. Our research provided some insights into three different attitudes to ReSPECT and highlighted the benefits and the triggers likely to make it relevant. The important role of health and care professionals (HCPs) was also clearly made by the interviewees which helped NHS England London adopt a strategy to educate and inform HCPs before communicating the process to the public.
We went on to develop campaign creative for ReSPECT based on the findings. The creative concept: "You have been making decisions all your life" was based on the insight that being able to influence how someone would be cared for when they were unable to speak for themselves was valued. Each poster focused on real, deeply held personal views that interviewees told us were important about their own care and treatment preferences. See more at respectprocess.org.uk.


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At Nibbit Works LLC, we celebrate the artist who gives beauty to
functionality. We have an eclectic collection of work from various
artists who want to show people that art is not meant just for the walls.
Everyday objects and even musical instruments can be hand crafted and
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granted. It is our purpose, at Nibbit Works LLC, to help artists reach
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May 8, 2018
Los Angeles– Kennston presents TransPOV.com created by Betty Black and Kristen Kraves that is now live on the Kennston Network.
For the first time the Kennston Network is featuring a multi-trans adult site outside of their FTM brand FTM.xxx. The concept to do an all trans POV site came from the minds of Betty Black and Kristen Kraves as they were trying to build content for their solo sites. What makes Trans POV stand out from other trans POV sites is it is the first time it's between two trans individuals may that be trans male or trans female. You will see scenes in oral and hardcore through the lens of the performers view. There is an exciting variety of genres from casting couch interviews with new girls. Our story driven Feature POV Series will electrify you with tension building story arch's. Our Amateur POV series is all raw and barley edited POVs.
"Kristen Kraves and I were in Texas waiting for Michelle to come over to shoot GirlDick. We decided to do a POV scene for our sites and that is how it all came to be. We feel we have an exciting and fresh take not only on what a POV can be featuring trans men, trans women, and an all trans production crew. This is trans porn made by trans people. I personally am really excited about our Sex club POV series which features performers in a real sex club environment." States co-creator Betty Black.
Kennston Entertainment is a trans owned and operate company. Bringing unique content and changing the landscape of trans adult industry. For more information you can visit kennston.com and follow us on twitter @kennston.
"We are so excited to feature a new site to the Kennston Network. When the girls brought up the idea, I was all for it. I encouraged them to build content and make it special and unique and they have. It is their project, Kennston is just helping feature it to the world." Kennston co-owner Michelle Austin.
For more information on Trans POV follow them on twitter @therealtranspov and visit their site transpov.com. Visit kristenkraves.com and tsbettyblack.com for more on Kristen and Betty. Watch site trailer.
After months and months of hard work and lots of shooting I am proud to announce the opening of https://t.co/1Stft5nKaY on the Kennston Network of sites.
This is trans porn made by trans people. #Trans #TransPOV #POV #Porn pic.twitter.com/29UMQPhkBI
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The adorable @_skylar_adams is on the Kennston casting couch w @EddieWoodXXX. Available May 1st on https://t.co/1Stft5Flzy#TransPOV #FTM #TGirl #SkylarAdams #TBoy #EddieWood #CastingCouch pic.twitter.com/Lom1CfCuWU
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The Walking Dead Trivial Pursuit
What Do You Know About The Dead?
- Test your knowledge of the zombie apocalypse
- 600 questions from the TV show
- Will you be the last survivor standing?
Finally, a true test of our zombie apocalypse knowledge: The Walking Dead Trivial Pursuit! This bite-size edition of Trivial Pursuit features 600 questions that cover characters and events up to Season 7 of the television show. Even the most ardent fans will have to fight for their survival over these six categories: People, Locations, Events, Episodes, The Dead, and Wild Card. (Ah yes, there's always at least one wild card in every survivor camp - isn't that how we always get into trouble?) The first person to collect six cards becomes the last survivor!
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- The Walking Dead Trivial Pursuit
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- 600 questions about the TV show
- Categories Include: Characters, Locations, Events, Episodes, The Dead, and Wild Card
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- Play time: varies depending on the number of players and how much they know!
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- 100 cards with 600 questions
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NET is Compile Time OR RunTime Environment?
ASP.NET and .NET WEB Questions and Answers
(Continued from previous question...)
NET is Compile Time OR RunTime Environment?
.NetÆs framework has CLS,CTS and CLR.CTS checks declartion of types at the time when u write code and CLS defines some rules and restrictions.and CLR comile everything at runtime with following benefits:
Vastly simplified development
Seamless integration of code written in various languages
Evidence-based security with code identity
Assembly-based deployment that eliminates DLL Hell
Side-by-side versioning of reusable components
Code reuse through implementation inheritance
Automatic object lifetime management
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2010 Named a
tri-captain for the Beacons ... Played in 23 contests, starting 20
games in the UMass Boston defensive unit that held opponents to a
1.15 goals against average on the year ... Named to the Eastern
College Athlete Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Second
Team while being honored by the Little East Conference (LEC) as a
First Team selection, joining her teammate in Kristin Mulry as the
only players in school history to earn All Conference honors in
each of their first three seasons ... Named the LEC Defensive
Player of the Week twice during the campaign, first during the week
of September 19-25 and again for her play during the week of
October 19-25 ... Finished the campaign with a career-best three
assists to register three total points on the year ... On October
30 vs. Rhode Island College, enjoyed most productive offensive day
by assisting on both goals in UMass Boston's 2-0 victory ... On
October 13 vs. Emerson College, assisted on the game-winning goal
in the Beacons 2-0 win.
2009 After enduring through off-season knee surgery, still managed to play in 18 of 20 matches and enjoy another solid year in which she was named to the Little East Conference Second Team backfield for the second straight campaign to become, like teammate Kristin Mulry, the first player in school history to earn All-Conference honors in each of her first two years of collegiate soccer ... Matched her totals from a year ago with six points on two goals and a pair of assists to lead all UMass Boston defenders for the second straight year ... One of two Beacons' defenders to notch a game-winning tally this season with the deciding marker in a 2-0 win at Plymouth State University on October 23 ...Earned LEC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the week of October 19-25 ... Was one of the major reason for the dominance of the UMass Boston defense that produced a school-record low goals against average and shutout total ... Helped UMB hold opponents to one goal or less in 14 of the 18 matches that she played in.
2008 Enjoyed an excellent first collegiate season ... Named a Little East Conference Second Team All- Star as a defender, despite playingmost of the season with a knee injury ... Played in 16 matches, while making 12 starts and tallied six points on two goals and two assists ... Ranked fifth on the team in points ... Named the LEC Rookie of the Week for the week of September 29 to October 5 after coming off an injury to net a goal in the team's 2-0 victory over University of Southern Maine on October 2 in a week that saw the defense hold opponents to just two goals in 200 minutes of play ... Notched points in back-to-back contests with an assist at Wheelock College on October 9 and a helper vs. Eastern Connecticut State University on October 11.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters in soccer and three in basketball at Kittatinny High School ... Named All-League, State, Area and All-West Jersey for the Cougars' soccer team ... Selected to the New Jersey Herald All-Star Team ... Tabbed as KHS soccer's Most Valuable Player twice and earned Scholar-Athlete honors in soccer and basketball from Kittatinny High ... Chosen as the Cougars' soccer Team Captain ... Named the KHS basketball MVP as a forward and was a two-time Captain for the team ... Recipient of the Cougars' basketball Coaches Award ... Selected as Student of the Month at KHS ... Born March 31, 1990 ... Daughter of Nadene and William Place ... Undecided on major ... Enjoys snowboarding.


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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
DAHoF Infographic #2: LugNut
Posted by Dick Allen Hall of Fame at 7:09 PM
Labels: Hall of Fame, Infographic
2 comments:
- Vonnoosh said...
This is a moronic way to look at someone's career. What would a similar chart look like for Ernie Banks? Records are never single baseball players fault.
Something I wondered and you are the person to ask.
What are the most common reasons people give for saying Dick Allen is not a Hall of Famer?
A chart based on team wins is meaningless without explanation.
- December 11, 2012 at 12:08 AM
- Dick Allen Hall of Fame said...
A chart based on team wins is meaningless without explanation.
The explanation is the moronic statement made by Bill James...
He said Dick Allen "did more to keep his teams from winning" -- I wanted to show that statement was not supported by the facts: Dick Allen and his teams won more than they lost.
- December 11, 2012 at 7:30 AM


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STURMGRENADIER // World of Tanks News
World Of Tanks - Commanding Officer's Report
SG's World of Tanks portal continues to grow in numbers and influence. During the first Clan Wars Campaign we finished in the top 30 clans, and 1st place in the third stage, securing the M60 reward tank for ourselves and our allies. The interim between the first and second Campaigns saw us jumping into the war between Relic and Havok/SIMP, during which we kicked several enemy clans off the map and held the region around Atlanta for over 20 days. That interim period also saw our launch of SGHQ as a second Clan Wars team. With Vird_Killer leading them, SGHQ have been training on landing zones, and they are now on the map next to SG for the second Campaign. The SG community now has over 200 members playing World of Tanks, and we are entering the second Campaign with solid allies and a good starting position.
Outside of Clan Wars, SG's "Founding Fathers" tournament team placed 1st in the Open League Championship series, and has now advanced to the Minor League for season 2. Two SG members, Trireme and SilentDemise, are members of "The Cunninghams" in the WGLNA pro league, and have qualified for their second trip to Las Vegas for the WGLNA Finals. With the new Team Battles mode introduced in patch 8.9 there has been a great deal of interest and activity in the 7 player/ 42 point format, and SG will likely produce several more tournament teams in the near future.
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For all of the surprises that this season's FA Cup competition has provided, the quarter-final draw has a wearyingly familiar look to it. Unless Leyton Orient can cause one of the greatest FA Cup shocks of all time at The Emirates Stadium tonight, seven of the clubs left in the last eight of this year's competition will be from the Premier League, including each of the current top four. Normal service, we may reasonably assume, has been restored and the divvying up of the League and Cup between an exalted trio of clubs remains well and truly on course. The tournament may yet have a sting in its tail – Arsenal found out last Sunday that cup competitions can retain their capacity to surprise and bewilder – but it seems likely that there will be some very familiar faces at Wembley in May.
And yet… Here are Reading. A mid-table Championship club, and now the only non-Premier League competition with both feet in the quarter-finals of this year's FA Cup. They're six points but five places from a play-off spot in the league, but last night they summoned the energy to seize the opportunity of a midweek trip to Merseyside and a win against Everton that propels them to a position in which they are now one just one match from a Wembley semi-final. It's true that things aren't going to get any easier for them in the next round of the competition. They don't know who their quarter-final opponents are yet, and they won't find out until this evening, when Manchester City play Aston Villa in their delayed Fifth Round match. A trip to either Eastlands or Villa Park awaits in the next round. Worrying about this, however, is for another day.
This wasn't merely a smash and grab exercise on the part of the visitors, either. Reading were economical without being overly defensive. They frustrated Everton without frustrating the viewer. Consistency has been a problem for them of late – this was only their second win in their last eight matches – but this was a performance that merited the win that they came away with. David Moyes opted to start with a reasonably strong team – certainly a team that Moyes may have felt would have been strong enough to win this match – but, after a strong start, Reading snatched the only goal of the match with a low volley from Matthew Mills after twenty-six minutes. A familiar, low groan drifted into the background. Everton were back-firing again.
There may not be a more infuriating team to watch in the entire Premier League than Everton at the moment. They have held Chelsea to a draw three times this season, taken four points from six against Liverpool and have also beaten both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City. They are, one suspects, good enough to be doing so much better than they are this evening. Yet there have been many occasions this season when they have just looked plain sloppy, or when the team, for all of its quality, simply hasn't clicked into place. As long ago as September, they were knocked out of the League Cup by Brentford after failing to get out of second gear all evening and eventually losing on penalty kicks.
This evening saw more of the same. Everton as the Premier League royalty waiting for a fall. If it hadn't been sixteen years (and, now, counting) since the club last won a major trophy, their supporters may have found it funny and, although they sit in eleventh place in the Premier League, they are just five points above the relegation places. Their dreams of ending the season with a trophy are now over. All that is left now for Everton for the rest of the season is to play out their matches, with the cold shiver of having to look over their shoulders at the clubs below them in the table. Actually getting dragged into a relegation battle remains extremely remote, but it's still possible and certainly not entirely implausible at this point in time. Stranger things have happened.
To suggest that Reading's win this evening was anything like entirely down to shortcomings on the part of their opponents, however, would be unfair. Mills, the goalscorer, and Zurab Khizanishvili were in "none shall pass" mode this evening, whilst goalkeeper Alex McCarthy played outstandingly, pulling off a succession of excellent saves, including one quite jaw-dropping one-handed stop from a close range Leon Osman shot with eleven minutes left to play that might rank as being amongst the saves of the season in any league. These were individual performances that didn't need poor performances from their opponents to merit their place in the next round of the competition, and on top of that Reading were solid and well-organised enough as a team to stifle Everton's game.
Perhaps it is a stretch too far to expect – or even hope – that Leyton Orient will be able to pull off a performance like this against Arsenal tonight. As such, Reading may well be the Football League's only representatives in the last eight of the 2011 FA Cup. Reading, it sometimes feels, is a club that doesn't quite get the credit that it deserves. They have been with us since 1871, just six weeks after the very first ever FA Cup matches were played and this morning sit one match away from equalling their best ever performance in the competition, a semi-final appearance that they mustered in 1927. It is, perhaps, entirely fitting that a club that has been with us since the heyday of the gentleman amateurs should be in the quarter-finals of the competition as it celebrates the one hundred and fortieth anniversary of its inception.
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August 4, 2008
by Fr. Michael J. Miller, Delano Catholic Community
While walking around the farm with my dad, he told me a story of how he had been working when he heard a cat meowing desperately.
He finally tracked the sound to the silo. No longer in use, he had put the bottom two doors in place to keep out animals. The cat, no doubt, saw these as mere obstacles to the possible delight inside.
Despite having the whole farm on which to hunt, in addition to the food already supplied, the cat climbed the doors and jumped into the silo. Once inside, the cat realized that it could not get out; the open door was too high and the walls too smooth.
The only thing left to do was cry for help, and hope that it would come. Fortunately, my dad heard its cry and opened the bottom door. The cat jumped out of its future tomb and scampered off, alive and free.
This story is a good image of the drama of the spiritual life. Adam and Eve had the whole garden from which to eat and, unlike the cat, understood the obstacle put before the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which "symbolically evokes the insurmountable limits that man, being a creature, must freely recognize and respect with trust." (Catechism, 396) The obstacle was a commandment, which required the response of obedience.
But as we know, "Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God's command . . . He chose himself over and against God, against the requirements of his creaturely status and therefore against his own good." (Catechism, 397, 398)
This left man helpless and unable to get out of the situation: "Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a Savior; prisoners, help; slaves a liberator." (St. Gregory of Nyssa, in Catechism, 457)
There was nothing he could do, but cry for help and hope that it would come. Each Sunday, we profess the joyful truth that that hope was fulfilled, when we recite the Apostles Creed: "For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit He was born of the Virgin Mary and became man."
Every person participates in this great drama of salvation. We all have been created by the same God for the same purpose: to know and to love Him, who first loved us.
We all face the same basic challenges: do we believe in Him, and do we trust Him? Do we trust Him enough to believe that His commandments are not limits on our freedom, but are rather the only way in which we can truly be free?
Do we understand ourselves well enough to know that because we still carry the wounds of original sin, we sometimes desire things that will harm us rather than make us happy? "Ignorance of the fact that man has a wounded nature inclined to evil gives rise to serious errors in the areas of education, politics, social action, and morals." (Catechism, 407)
Do we understand that we cannot get to heaven on our own, and that when we jump into the silo of sin we cannot get out by ourselves? Do we have the sense to say with the psalmist "Out of the depths I call to you, Lord; Lord hear my cry! May your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy." (Ps. 129)
And do we have the confidence in God's love for us that He will open the door of that spiritual tomb, that we may emerge alive and free?


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Be aware of your words
I was really frustrated this summer when my kid's vernacular was reduced to: "bring it" when compelling another sibling to a challenge of some order or type.
So, I used my coaching voice (it's how I describe raising my voice for emphasis) and told them to stop. I told them that it served no purpose to use such a trite expression for every single situation that might spark a disagreement or provoke some kind of competitive contest. A couple of days later, I heard one say to the other: "Advance toward me, brethren," and I couldn't help but ask where they found this hearty retort. Of course, they found it on YouTube, and I guess it is a little better and at least invokes context and makes use of specific verbs and nouns!
School is very much the same as we get busy with the serious business of learning; many kids have made connections to historical background without serious consideration of the context — but will regurgitate the facts. Facts are important but understanding context allows for a considerable advance from looking around at the surface to digging deeper.
Yes, it's important to know that literature provides a rich historical perspective of our culture and reflects the society in which it was written but moving it forward to understand the bias and stereotypes present in the culture during the time the literature was written catapults learning to a higher level.
It is fair to describe many people in our country as hard working, persevering and charitable but what's fascinating about this particular attitude is that it was shaped by a group of people who realized that the only way to make it this New World was to figure out how to — "make it." When the founding fathers recognized that making it meant throwing of the shackles of an impervious crown, I'm pretty sure they might have been heard to exclaim: "Advance toward me, brethren!" And the rest, as they say, is history.
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Syrian Army Jets and Helicopters Batter Aleppo
Regime forces used fighter jets and helicopter gunships to pound the city and province of Aleppo on Friday, a day after violence killed at least 125 people across Syria, a watchdog said.
The fighter jets bombarded the rebel-held towns of Al-Bab and Marea near Aleppo city, while fierce battles raged around the military airport at Minnigh, also in Aleppo province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Rebels have staged multiple attacks on military airports in recent weeks, focusing on the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, Idlib in the northwest, and Aleppo, the key battleground province of northern Syria.
As the army has increasingly employed fighter jets and helicopters in its attacks, the rebel Free Syrian Army has made military airports a strategic target, an FSA spokesman told Agence France Presse on Thursday.
Activists on Friday called for protests after the weekly Muslim prayers under the slogan, "Idlib: Cemetery of the planes and symbol of victory."
In the central Aleppo district of Midan, regime forces conducted air strikes against two police stations which the rebels had overtaken, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP by phone.
"Now no one controls these posts," he said, adding that "regime forces have deployed throughout Midan to try and push out the rebels."
In the Hanano district in the northeast of Aleppo city, air strikes destroyed another police station in the hands of the rebels, Abdel Rahman said.
Near the capital, at least 15 soldiers were killed or wounded in an attack on their vehicle in the restive town of Douma on Friday, as clashes broke out near the municipal building, according to the Britain-based Observatory.
Also in Douma, located northeast of Damascus, two civilians were killed as gunfire and army shelling broke out before dawn.
And in the capital on Friday, three large explosions were heard in the late morning, according to an AFP reporter.


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I've been looking at my logs to see how much webcasting would cost under the new Copyright Royalty Board Rates. The new rates are $0.0017 per song, per listener. So if one song is played, and that one song had 100 people listening, it would cost $0.0017/listener times 100 listeners, which is $0.17 (seventeen cents). An hour has approximately 14 songs in it, so an hour of webcasting to 100 people would be $2.38 per hour. Now multiple those figures by 24 hours in a day. And then 30 days in a month. At 100 listeners every hour, in one month, the total would be: $1,713.60. Does all that make sense? The per performance royalty rates get large very quickly.
OK, here are real numbers, from my network of stations. I'm still crunching numbers, but since most of my stations are Christmas-themed, most of my listening occurs between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. I won't have detailed stats on December 2015 until some time in 2016, so this is what happened last year, the calendar month of December 2014.
There were 3,583 different songs played across my stations in December 2014, with a total of 4,101,098 performances. Some songs were played on smaller stations and only had a handful of listeners. Some songs were played on the flagship station and so were heard by several thousand people simultaneously. Multiple the number of performances (4,101,098) times the cost of each performance ($0.0017) and you get a royalty bill for December 2014 of $6,971.87.
The VIP referral awards, listener awards, and ads on the Christmas Music 24/7 web site don't come anywhere close to earning nearly $7,000, plus whatever other royalties wold have been due for January through November. Niche webcasters simply can't afford these rates.


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Here's what's new and changed in this release:
- Completely reworked Bookmarks feature from the ground up. Added support for custom bookmark images. New bookmarks feature not only tracks the bookmark's line number but also its column position. Also added "Clear All Solution Bookmarks" menu item.
- Added a brand new Support Help Options feature. Among links to DPack site, support forums and blog, it also includes "Check for Updates" menu item.
- Added "Parent Code Element" menu item to Code Navigation feature. Moved all Code Navigation feature menu items into its own menu.
- Added a new match filter to Framework Browser. Added Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-4 keyboard shortcuts for various type filter values. Also added support for types cache reset via Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R key combination.
- Added Code Browser "Constructors" members filter, which actually filters member list down to constructors and destructors.
- Worked around Code Browser not working on VS.NET 2005 on project files with event declarations.
- Implemented numerous VS.NET 2005 fixes and workarounds.
- Miscellaneous patches and improvements.
- DPack's web site has been updated to make it easier to navigate around.
Please note that this beta version will expire on March 14th.
The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any issues. Enjoy!
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I've now released Vocality on the Google Play Store:
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I've now released Vocality on the Google Play Store:
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Okay. This is cool.
I'm wondering how long it'll be before somebody does a Daft Punk cover of Harder Better Faster Stronger!
is that an Aphex twin ref I see btw, Bojeroo?
Yep, my fav Aphex track of all time! :o)
i used your app in my song Say Nothing Girl....it worked pretty well.
Thanks Dan. I'm a bit behind on listening to people's tracks so need to catch up!
Oh ok! I get it now, where you got the vocals from.... nice work there..... see you already have support for your just released app...LOL
Congrats on the release
Thanks Jason. When Rej and I get the integration going with Caustic, it will become a more useful tool.
Danjdob, are you saying all the vocals in "Say Nothing Girl" were made with this tool!?
oh that would be delightful...but no, just the two spoken word samples, "the power is in the music, the music is in the soul" i think they sound pretty good, though a little noisy.
They sound REALLY good, whatever noise the was blends into the track anyway. What speech engine and voice did you use to make them? (I'm just putting together a blog post for Vocality and I'd like to show your track as an example)
i used the beta which has expired, unfortunately....i would love to get the full app but i cant get it on amazon yet.....in the settings the speech engine used is IVONA TTS.
There, done. You're both on the front page.
Good luck with the release Bojeroo, we can talk about Caustic-Vocality integration in a few weeks once the dust settles on your end and I'm finished with a couple of things over here.
cool my track is on the front page. i hope boojero releases his app on amazon...that would be awsome.
That's awesome, and congrats Bojeroo for your release.... I can forsee some good use for many projects for many people!
I'm working on a track with some TTS (I used FL for that) on Caustic Windows. Just dowloading your app and I will continue on tablet, to keep things caustic friendly.
Nice website!
Unfortunately, I can't download Ivona TTS from my country . I will try with the SVOX trial version ..
It's weird that the Ivona engine is not available anymore on Kindle as it looks like Amazon bought them(header on their webpage says "Ivona, an Amazon company".
Strange that they would extend the beta on Google/Android but not on the Amazon app store...
Ok, SVOX installed with a french vox, set SVOX as default TTS on my Acer 500 , but vocality crashes when I try to enter something. Tried also with Google voice, same thing...
i think IVONA TTS was already installed on my kindle, as i didnt have to download it or anything...it was already listed along with another another one when Vocality asked for a selection...the other one wouldnt load up into Vocality.
No idea why it crashes, but you don't need to change the default TTS on your device for it to work. I've just left my default Google TTS. You can change the engine Vocality uses by pressing menu from within the app and going into Settings.
Haven't tried SVOX yet, the GPlay reviews weren't great. Try "Céline" from Ivona if you want a decent French female voice.
is there anyway Vocality will be available on amazon...my kindle hates google play..lol
I'm sure Bojeroo can send you the APK (or publish on Amazon). He's in the UK, so he's probably sleeping right now.
Can you send me an email, then I can send you the .apk file? You don't have a contact option on here when I click your name.
That's strange Skarabee, I just downloaded Luc and Amelie to my wife's Galaxy S3 and they both worked fine.
Is it crashing when you go to enter the text, or go to press play? What's your device and android OS version please? I might have to give you a version with some debug output in to see of we can track this down.
Thanks Rej, great stuff!
If a popup came up saying "Complete action using..." and listed your installed engines, that's an android popup not vocality. If you haven't got the google engine installed, that might be why the popup came up.
As Rej said earlier, choose your engine in vocality by going menu->settings->text-to-speech engine and it should work fine. What was the other engine called btw?
the other was: pico TTS. it had a kindle logo next next it.
My tablet is an Acer 500 with android 4.0.3.
The app crashes as soon as I touch the text area. I tried differents settings on Vocality, but no way. SVOX works in trial mode. GooglePlay don't allow me to purchase it from my country. In fact I only have access to free apps.
In Vocality settings, when I try to use Google voice, I have a message when I try to "install missing language...": no downloadable voice (aucune voix telechargeable)
A couple of things to test Skarabee, does it crash if you press in the speed or pitch value windows? Does it behave the same in both portrait and landscape modes? Thanks.
I'm on a HTC One X and it crash for me to. I can do any thing with it except typing something in the text window. Soon as I select the window the app goes down. I tried to reinstall the app and restarting my device but nothing seams to help. Sorry I can't think of any reason for this.
Found the reason why this was occuring. Lightbulb turned on when I realised that Skarabee probably has his device set with French as the default locale.
Basically, for users who have their device set up in a language/locale that uses comma (,) rather than period (.) for decimal numbers, this was causing the app to crash as it didn't think that 1,00 was a valid decimal for example. I've now fixed this so that numbers are always forced to use period not comma.
I have published an update to the Play Store, which will hopefully come through to users in the next few hours.
Sorry for the inconvenience, I didn't think to test the app as if I had my device set up in another locale! Lesson learned!
Thanks Bojeroo, I look forward to test the new version
thanks boojero, for the apk,.... it works on my kindle fine....the pico tts works as well.
I'm interested in how you got the vocals to sound like a woman singing so well. I downloaded the app, as well as the USA Ivona HQ voices for the TTS engine, and the sounds nowhere near as smooth as what you had in your mix.
The app crashes only when I touch the input text panel, in portrait and landscape mode. I can move pitch or speed.
The update (v1.01) will fix this. You can either do it manually from the store now or wait for it to auto-update.
Thank you!
Yeah, great tune. Seem to remember it had some lovely analogue arpeggios and distorted drums.
I'm using the stock English US and UK voices in a track I'm working on. Since they're male and female is makes for a nice call-and-response effect. Very cool app. Is there a robot voice available for it somewhere?
If you're using the Google speech engine, then try the German voice on low pitch. That sounds quite robotic.
The Vocality App crashes on my devices. (htc flyer android 3.0 and htc desire s with custom ics)
The app doesn't ask for tts at start, all fields are blanc and no selection possible. when I enter text andhit the play button I get forced close. Installed TTS are google , inova and some more.
EDIT: I'm sorry, I figured it out. I had to set the tts module manually in settings...
That sounds like it was using ivono to start with and that you didn't have any ivono voices installed. I've had emails from quite a few users who download the voice installers for ivono or svox but don't realise you then have to run that to download all the voice data.
If Google tts is selected it should behave fine. Does it still crash of you choose ivono as the engine?
I love your Vocality bojeroo, but I wonder if there is something similar that runs on Windows 8 ?
To be honest I have no idea PQ. I expect there are some free Text-to-speech programs out there for Windows, how good the voices are is a different matter...
Hey I need to get your latest update to your app, and integrate it into my work here and put a plug out for you if you decide to make it a paid app in the future.....
Keep me posted if you have new projects in the making, I'll be happy to hang with you on that and spread the word...
Thanks Jason :o)
This is good two know thanx!