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April 4, 2012
Salinas was well represented Wednesday in Washington, D.C., as Deputy Chief Kelly McMillin was recognized at the White House for his work to prevent youth violence, alongside Fernanda Ocana, a sophomore at Hartnell.
McMillin and Ocana were two of 12 leaders honored in the the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, launched at President Barack Obama's direction in 2010 to work toward sharing information across agencies to strengthen efforts to reduce youth violence.
"I'm proud leaders like these have found new and innovative ways to prevent youth violence," said Jon Carson, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, in a statement. "If we're going to combat violence and keep our kids safe, then we need to ensure we dedicate time and manpower to the issue. These leaders have done just that, and this is what makes them true champions for their communities and our country."
McMillin directs Salinas P.D.'s Ceasefire strategy and represents the department to the California Cities Gang Prevention Network and the National Forum for Youth Violence Prevention.
Ocana has been active in Building Healthy Communities for East Salinas and the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace, and alliance forged in 2008 to combat gang violence in Salinas.
Kelly McMillin and Fernanda Ocana are indeed local heroes! Thank you for recognizing their efforts.
The tragic news of the Monterey County bicyclist killed at 11:40 p.m. on 4/5/12--after being questioned about his gang affiliation--is yet another reminder that McMillin, Ocana, and other leaders need our support.
A widespread effort, through many channels, is essential to help change this grave situation of gang violence in our county. Bicycling advocates can get involved by mentoring youth and in other ways. See "Salinas youth and others for bikes: Bikes make life better" at BicyclingMonterey.com.


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PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CooperVision, Inc. (NYSE: COO) today announced the launch of a new website in partnership with the Armed Forces Optometric Society (AFOS), reinforcing the global contact lens manufacturer's continued commitment to serving the U.S. military community. By logging onto www.coopervision.com/armedforces, military members and their families can purchase CooperVision's contact lenses affordably and be assured guaranteed delivery wherever they are located around the world.
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"The Armed Forces Optometric Society's primary mission is to serve our nation's military personnel and veterans," expressed AFOS executive director Dr. Anthony Borgognoni. "Since we have the highest vision standards in the world, we are dedicated to preserving vision and eradicating blindness. This opportunity with CooperVision serves our military community in pursuing these goals."
AFOS was created in 1970 to advance the science of eye care throughout the world. Today the society has more than 1,200 military and federal doctors of optometry across the country and internationally. AFOS has the largest group of Vision Scientists worldwide, and strives to elevate the standards of eye care for the benefit of men, women, and children everywhere.
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CooperVision, a unit of The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO), is one of the world's leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses. Dedicated to continually bringing a refreshing perspective to the contact lens experience for practitioners and patients, CooperVision specializes in lenses for astigmatism, presbyopia, and ocular dryness. The company routinely collaborates with eye care professionals in the research and development of relevant products, manufacturing a full array of monthly, two-week, and daily disposable contact lenses featuring advanced materials and optics. For more information, visit www.Coopervision.com
About The Cooper Companies
The Cooper Companies, Inc. ("Cooper") is a global medical device company publicly traded on the NYSE Euronext (NYSE:COO). Cooper is dedicated to being A Quality of Life Company™ with a focus on delivering shareholder value. Cooper operates through two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision brings a refreshing perspective on vision care with a commitment to crafting a wide range of high-quality products for contact lens wearers and providing focused practitioner support. CooperSurgical focuses on supplying women's health clinicians with market leading products and treatment options to improve the delivery of healthcare to women. Headquartered in Pleasanton, CA, Cooper has approximately 7,800 employees with products sold in over 100 countries. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com.
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John Pike – American Watercolour & Combat Artist
One could argue that John Pike is perhaps one of the United States less well known practitioners of watercolour art; perhaps this was because of his predilection to undertake a huge amount of industry work; advertisements, illustrations and the like. Nothing wrong with that of course, it pays the bills but in the eyes of some purists it can detract from the art for art's sake mentality that we project onto some painters.
Even Pike's date of birth appears to be a little sketchy although it seems to have been around 1910 in the United States. He was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller in the period in which was learning his trade but in 1933 he headed to Jamaica. It was here that he married and had his only son. He remained in the West Indies for the next five years, working in the advertising industry there, in particular for the rum industry. He also became involved with interior design of nightclubs, theatres and the like.
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Added to this was Pike's continual work for industry and he undertook contracts for a large number of American institutions such as Equitable Life, Reader's Digest, Life and Standard Oil. From 1960 to his death in 1979 he ran the John Pike Watercolor School which catered for a variety of students from those wishing to study watercolour techniques for art's sake to those sent by industry to pick up some advertising tips. By the time of his death he had also exhibited at more than sixty one-man shows.


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Bears' Jay Cutler to miss 49ers game with concussion
Jay Cutler (6) of the Chicago Bears is hit by Kareem Jackson (25) of the Houston Texans at Soldier Field on November 11, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The Texans defeated the Bears 13-6. / Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
LAKE FOREST, Ill. Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler will miss Monday's game at San Francisco because of a concussion.
The Bears announced the decision Friday, meaning Jason Campbell is the likely starter against the 49ers.
Star receiver Brandon Marshall said Cutler is getting better, but he also said there's a bigger picture that goes beyond this week's game.
"Our life, our health, is more important than football," Marshall said. "I think we'll get Jay back sooner than later."
For now, they believe they have enough to get by. They brought in Campbell in the offseason just for a situation like this, and he found out Thursday that he'll be starting.
"You definitely don't want to see anyone get hurt or injured in this business," said Campbell, who's made 70 starts in his career with Washington and Oakland. "We understand it is a tough sport. Sometimes, things like that happen."
Asked if the league has done enough to stop concussions and recognize when they happen, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on "CBS This Morning," "I don't think you ever do enough."
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"We believe as leaders in sports, that part of our responsibility is to bring recognition to this injury," he said. "It's an injury we think that happens in other sports; in football it's is one of our major challenges, and we want to show people what we're doing in football to make not only football safer, but I think we'll make all sports safer."
Cutler's status was in question after he sat out the second half of Sunday's loss to Houston. The Bears believe he was injured on a helmet-to-helmet hit by the Texans' Tim Dobbins, who was fined $30,000 by the league, late in the second quarter.
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He seemed to start slow and it took a little longer to complete the job than originally expected. This did not bother me as it was a fixed bid though this may have caused some rushing towards the end. It also meant for some late evening working (until 9:30pm one night) which is not what I was expecting - it caused more upheaval in our days as a result. does seem to prefer starting a little later and working later than my normal experience with contractors.
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"I called for an estimate when we had a car go
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"The experience overall was great. I love that they reuse what they can and even recycle the concrete. Responsiveness was the only thing really lacking. I had to follow-up several times before and during the process to find out what was going on. I have patience though and wasn't on a strict timeline, so it worked out well."
" was on time, answered emails promptly, and had good suggestions to make work go more smoothly and less expensively. I have recommended him to friends. "
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20Jun20122:37pm, EDTResponse to painkillers may be linked to geneticsSusan E. Matthews MyHealthNewsDaily How the body responds to opiates — the powerful, pain-relieving drugs that carry a high potential for addiction — may be partly determined by genetics, according to a new study.Researchers studied 121 pairs of twins to look at the role of genetics in people's reactions to the pain medications. They found that genetic predisposition accounted for 59 percent of the variation between people's levels of nausea, 36 percent of the differences in how much people disliked the drug and 38 percent of the variation in itchiness in reaction to the drug. The findings are important because the degree to which people experience unpleasant side effects, and like or dislike the drugs, can be a sign of how effectively the drugs treat their pain, and their potential to develop addiction, the researchers said. Liking a drug increases the susceptibility to addiction, while experiencing negative side effects decreases it."Genetics matter … people are different, and if we understand why they are different, we can take better care of them," said study author Dr. Martin Angst, professor of anesthesia at the Stanford University Medical Center. It's well-known that the pain relievers cause extremely different reactions in people, but the new study gives researchers a better understanding of how genetics could play a role in those reactions. "Patients vary dramatically in how much pain relief they get, what extent they suffer from opiates and how much pleasure they get from opiates," Angst said. Opiates: reactions and addictions Nearly 2 million people in the U.S. are addicted to prescription painkillers, a 2009 government survey found, and the problem is growing. Painkiller addiction often begins with a patient taking legitimate prescriptions.Researchers believe the addiction problem could be curbed if people's reactions to the drugs were better understood, or could be predicted. Some patients may require 10 times the typical dose for adequate pain relief; others prefer lower doses that cause less extreme side effects, even though it means experiencing more pain.In the study, participants were randomly assigned to receive either a small amount of a short-acting opiate or a placebo, followed by a heat probe or ice-cold water. Researchers spent 6 hours with each participant, but didn't know which treatment they'd received. General tolerance to pain was also assessed by applying the heat probe or cold water without any medication.The study demonstrated that one of the most uncomfortable side effects, nausea, is strongly inherited, as genes account for almost two-thirds of variability between people.The more severe side effects that come with opiates include slow breathing, which can result in death. Genetics accounted for 30 percent of the variation between people in respiratory depression, and 32 percent of dizziness, the study found.Opiates represent a "double-edged sword — they're really important drugs to relieve pain, but they come along with side effects," Angst said. More personalized treatment This line of research could result in a more personalized approach to administering the medications, the researchers said. Someday, people could be screened prior to use so doctors could understand their predispositions, and respond appropriately. For example, screening could prevent a patient with a low tolerance for opiates from getting a high dose that could bring such euphoric feelings that they predispose the person to seek out the drug in the future, which could be the start of an addiction, said Dr. Doo-Sup Choi, who studies addiction at the Mayo Clinic. Angst said further research must be done to determine which genes affect tolerance. The study of 242 participants was large considering the amount of time spent with participants, and it was well-designed and well-performed, Choi said. The study was published Wednesday in the journal Anesthesiology. Related content The Old Drug Talk: 7 New Tips for Today's Parents America's Prescription for a Medical Nightmare Trippy Tales: The History of 8 Hallucinogens


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1) How would the US's current situation differ if all aspects of dropping the gold standard and any related events remained the same, but there never was a central bank? Or simply where would we be if congress was in charge of our fiat currency? That obviously is a bit contradicting since the Constitution says "no bills of credit", but there clearly are five-hundred other things that we do that are prohibited by the Constitution.
2) The biggest argument I ever tend to hear against the gold standard usually is something along the lines of "a gold standard can burden growth when it runs short (in the sense that there will be demand but no supply)" or something like "well then South Africa will have control over the US's wealth by controlling the gold supply." How do you argue against that? I personally find it difficult to argue since intuitively both statements make sense, but I think such issues are unrealistic. So would the availability of gold actually burden growth (excluding the idea that it'll never run out - in this particular question)?


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Asian lettering with a YTPMV tag? I'm pretty sure you can just assume its going to be 500bpm at that point.
1.) 雪Twilight Gooseの滝 (彼らはポニー大好きです)
2.) Rainbow Double Dash - Rainbows Rainbow Road
3.) Friendship Double Dash - Pinkie Park
I love that picture so much, always gives me a good lol
Eh, not really a fan of these...
Still gonna give #2 a thumbs up, just for the nostalgia's sake.
Maybe it is because I haven't listened to any YTPMV's in a while but that last one sounded really good to me. Its been a while since I enjoyed one.
Hey Seth, you misspelled park in the title. Then again, the "T" and "K" keys are too far from one another to make such an error by accident...
Good ol' Rainbow Road. Epic as always. It was inevitable.
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There must be an icon for that face!
"Asian lettering with a YTPMV tag? I'm pretty sure you can just assume its going to be 500bpm at that point."
and it was...
Pinkie Pie playing the trombone in the third video really sells it
First two were alright. I like fast fun tracks like these sometimes.
Third one certainly gave me a smile. That was fun to listen to and cute to boot. <3
I've been a huge fan of YouTube Poop for years now, and since I'm also a broy it's neat to see YTPMVs posted on this site. But why not post some straight up YouTube Poops? There's some really great stuff out there. Just a little while ago several YouTube users got together and made a 25 minute MLP: FiM YouTube Poop called "the Grand Galloping Collab" and it's one of the best Poops I've seen in my life. If you'd like to start out with something a bit less lengthy, I'd recommend any of the MLP videos by the user Dikekike.
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You will have enough money to have a great time, but you need to revise your expectations. Use those kitchens: eating out is a good deal more expensive (and seen as more of a luxury) in Europe than in the USA. And rather than shopping, plan to spend time in the museums (mainly free in London). And remember that tipping is far less usual here than in the USA, so that is another saving.16
100 free things to do in London that don't change http://golondon.about.com/od/londonforfree/tp/Free-Things-To-Do-In-London.htmAnd free things that do: http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1424/free-london - just check the TimeOut website when you are here for current activities and events.
Aubo,I had a friend who stayed in Paris for a semester last spring and she made it seem that in comparison to London, Paris worked better money-wise for her. She avoided London on purpose because she called it "the most expensive" city she could have traveled too. I took her word for it since our budgets are the same.
No- you buy a couple of half-bagettes each day.Then four slices of meat, two slices of cheese, a lebbo cucumber and one tomato from the supermarket.
Because you go to McD for a breakfast muffin every couple of days, you will have several sachets of salt and pepper to sprinkle over the salad roll.
If you get bored with this, you can vary the diet and buy one banana and stick it in the bagette for a pleasant change!
I am one of the last of the tight-wad backpackers!
I think the expensiveness of London gets overrated a lot of the time. I was just in Boston and everything cost the same, if not more. $8 for a pint (plus tip!) $25 to get into the art museum (you can see better art for free in London), and forget about getting even a dingy hotel room downtown for less than $200 a night. Maybe compared to the rest of the UK London is pricy, but on a world stage it's not really that bad.26
$8 for a pint? Well if petrol is cheap out there, the price of beer throws any saving out the window, unless of course you don't drink beer! And of course there are many many hotels a long way from London that are far more expensive than those in London!28
Reading your posts, it seems as though you are really asking about how much cash to bring with you and you actually have more available if necessary. Don't you have an ATM Card? Just make sure it is approved for overseas use and you can withdraw local currency (like pounds) from any major bank ATM if needed. Just don't do little amounts like some folks do, cause the $5 fee or whatever they charge will seem huge. If you do $100 or $200 worth when you need it, that fee becomes relatively small. By the way, ATMs provide the best exchange rates anyway.


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Ian Stevens prepares for his attempt at the Birdman competition.
THE VIEW FROM HERE CONGRATULATIONS to Ian Stevens for his superb fundraising effort on behalf of St Catherine's School, Ventnor, a residential centre for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
Nothing so boring as a sponsored walk or getting his hair cut off. These things are now really quite passe in the charity world and fundraisers are having to look for ever more exciting initiatives to get the moolah rolling in.
Ian decided the best thing to do was to jump off Worthing Pier. Well, it's undeniably different, Ian. And certainly quicker than having your hair shorn. Did it just seem a good idea at the time or what?
Oh, you were taking part in the Worthing International Birdman competition? Ah, now we get it. One of those events that make this country the great nation that it is.
Winston Churchill, the Spanish Armada, William Shakespeare, the Battle of Trafalgar, our glorious monarchy, the conquest of Everest — I could go on but surely the pinnacle of British supremacy must surely be the Worthing International Birdman competition.
And how marvellous the Island should be represented this year among all those courageous men and women who compete in this event, not just for the glory of winning a prize of £10,000 on offer for any birdman who achieves 100 metres in a human-powered flying machine but for the sheer emotional consummation that can be achieved only by falling into the sea off Worthing Pier, preferably in fancy dress.
Ian, in full Magnificent-Men costume, designed by the young people of St Catherine's and complete with leather flying jacket and false moustache, was certainly up there with the best of them.
His rival birdmen included somebody called Wenning Meech (with a name like that, jumping off Worthing Pier is simply a natural progression along the path of eccentricity) who was dressed as a starfish (also including seagulls) and a team who chose to sit in Santa's sleigh as they fell off the pier and plopped into the waves.
The overall competition was won by Ron Freeman, who fluttered an impressive 86.7 metres in his Geordie Flyer.
Ron lives in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. That probably gives him an unfair advantage. You only have to wave your arms in windy old Northumberland and you're flying. I don't suppose the residents of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea ever have their feet on the ground.
How did the Island do in the face of Ron and his Geordie Flyer? Did Ian set the standard for Islanders who can lurch around in the air for a while before plonking into the sea? I'll say he did. He managed "about four metres". That's fantastic for a first effort, Ian. Regard it as a trial run.
Tell the technology teacher, Ian Rees, who helped you with your polystyrene plane, the design needs a tiny bit of tweaking before you try again next year. I'm sure between the two of you, the Birdman title is within your grasp, bringing glory to the Island and seeing off that Ron Freeman.
Think of yourself as the Usain Bolt of the skies. He could easily do 86.7 metres in less than eight seconds. Surely you can flap around over the briny for that long, can't you?
In the meantime, anyone who would like to support the excellent St Catherine's School by sponsoring Ian and his flying machine, can contact Hannah Davison on 01983 852722 or e-mail hannah@stcatherines.
However, we should also remember that if the NHS has a duty towards its patients, there is also an obligation on those who use its services.
It was recently revealed that one in ten health appointments (including 5.5million hospital appointments) were missed last year, costing the NHS millions of pounds.
Missed outpatient appointments alone are estimated to cost NHS hospitals around £600 million a year.
There is no reason to suppose patients on the IW are any more conscientious than those elsewhere and if our health services sometimes fail to come up to scratch, patients are no less at fault.
And, of course, for every patient who fails to keep an appointment, there's one who is wasting the doctor's time and money with some footling complaint or ridiculous demand for antibiotics for a child who has a slight sniffle.
Perhaps patients and health services could strike a deal. More basic care and kindness on the part of the medics, less thoughtlessness and stupidity on the part of the patient. Mutual respect, in other words. Worth a try, isn't it?
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Yesterday, the Republicans passed a bill (despite their earlier agreement on the budget) to:
Save the Pentagon from cutting $55bn. (Having already voted to add $8bn.)
Stopping 2m Americans from getting food stamps, and reducing what all the others get;
Cutting the Consumer Protection Bureau's money by half;
Eliminating the $1.7bn social services block grant to states that helps 27m with home help, meals on wheels, child assistance, foster care. . .But I'm sure that the 27m or so Americans affected will be happy that the Pentagon will be so much better placed to protect them against a supersonic flying undetectable explosive underwear attack.
Read The Hunger Games, have we?
the 27m or so Americans affected will be happy that the Pentagon will be so much better placed to protect them against a supersonic flying undetectable explosive underwear attack.
That'll be the budgets for CIA and Homeland security, which they haven't even started on yet…
Not to mention the cost of keeping people like Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Dooley lecturing the troops.
o/t, but Tomasky seems to be banging out 3 – 4 blog posts a day. The man is a beast (as is Richard Adams tho, respect there). Too bad it's on the Beast though, the architecture and low quality of the commenters and trolls makes discussion not really worth the effort.
I agree with Squirrel re this cartoon, and Pornie re Michael T's new blog. Is there some kind of trick to finding his blog? I do research for a living, and I think the Beast's page sucks.
It's good to read MT's blog, as always, but the BTL there is of no interest. He's trying like hell to work it into something like what used to happen at the G, but there's too many kooks and too little conversation. Which the nested architecture would wipe out in any case, even if one did threaten to flare up.
Bluth -
Agree. Maybe he just signed another year contract. Too bad the Graun didn't jump on him, he's totally wasted at the Beast. I don't think it's going to happen over there either, it's just the wrong platform. I doubt if many people interested in politics do more than check in over there, it's not a go to news source like the Graun.
Gunny -
I blinked – looks like you're playing around / test driving – i use the Social Sharing Toolkit plugin for posts.
Gunny -
Rest easy, has nothing to do with being computer literate, and everything to do with finding your way around your WordPress admin.
Look to your left sidebar inside WP, and you should see "Plugins". Mouse over that and click on "Add New". That will bring up a search field. Then you can go to town! If you type in "Social Sharing", that will bring up a list of plugins for social sharing. The one i use is called Social Sharing Toolkit – what that does is put a list of links at the bottom of each post – for Splatter, FB Like, Google +!, and a host of others. So folks can splat or like your posts, or circulate them in any number of ways. You can choose which ones you want to show. You may have to fiddle with it a bit till you get it to look the way you want to. There are many others besides the one i use. Installation directions for plugins are usually included under one of the tabs when you click on the "details" link. If you need help from there, let me know.
I don't see a share button. Or a splatter button. All i see is a "bookmark the permalink" link.
Which means that to share it, someone would have to paste the url from the browser to share it. That takes laborWhat that plugin will give you is something like this, from one of the blogs on your roll. See the buttons at the bottom of each post – Splatter, Like, G+1, etc? That's what it will do.
Nevermind Gunny, i just now found your share button. My bad.
Yeah, but i still had to look hard for it. Wasn't real obvious
There ya go.
I only use 3 or 4 of them on mine too – Splatter, FB Like, Tumblr and G+1. I don't really think many people use Digg or Stumble Upon anymore. Reddit maybe for scientific and atheist stuff, but that's sort of died too i think. Myspace is worthless unless you're a musician now.


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I have the following piece of code in the Draw event:
Here, mouse_region is a script with the following code:var tt;
tt = "None"
if mouse_region(200, 100, 400, 150) {
tt = "Blue"
else {
tt = "Red"
draw_rectangle(200, 100, 400, 150, true)
draw_text(250, 120, tt)
draw_text(10, 300, "mouse_x: " + string(mouse_x))
draw_text(10, 320, "mouse_y: " + string(mouse_y))
So this return whether the mouse is in the given coordinate rectangle.//mouse_region(x1, y1, x2, y2)
return (mouse_x >= argument0 xor mouse_x > argument2)
and (mouse_y >= argument1 xor mouse_y > argument3)
I set the target to Windows and press Run in debug mode. I get an exe that gets run and indeed, whenever the mouse is within the given rectangle it turns blue and the text in variable tt changes accordingly, and the two mouse variables are visible on the screen.
I set the target to HTML and press Run in debug mode. I get a browser window. However whatever I do with the mouse, the rectangle and text stay red. The strangest thing is that the the two mouse variables are visible on the screen and are updated (as long as the mouse is within the room). So why does this script not work in a browser, while it does in a Windows executable?
When I change the mouse_region script code into
it works as it should. Is the xor operator bugging out?//mouse_region(x1, y1, x2, y2)
return mouse_x >= argument0
and mouse_x <= argument2
and mouse_y >= argument1
and mouse_y <= argument3
When I change the mouse_region script code into
it works as it should too. My only conclusion is that the order of operations is different on HTML5 than on .exe. Why? Is this intended behavior, or a bug?//mouse_region(x1, y1, x2, y2)
return ((mouse_x >= argument0) xor (mouse_x > argument2))
and ((mouse_y >= argument1) xor (mouse_y > argument3))
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I start this thread because I found on the net a link giving detailed infos for the Samyang 8mm fisheye CS lens
and in special it shows an image with the exact location of the NPP for different pano settings:
Source: http://michel.thoby.free.fr/SAMYANG/Ear … eport.html
how to shave it: http://www.autopano.net/forum/p56419-20 … -29#p56419
perhaps images for other well used lenses are around and could be posted here to create a sort of central point for this information...
Liebe Gruesse,
other sources:
NPP/Entrance Pupil Database: http://wiki.panotools.org/Entrance_Pupil_Database
explanation of the Samyang picture:
2 x ß angel = rotation angle
NPP 60: fov = 120 (60 left 60 right to the middle axis)
(if you follow allans link from post #3 to nodal ninja page you can find link to http://www.johnhpanos.com/epcalib.htm with an link inside to Michael Thobys http://michel.thoby.free.fr/SIGMA8mm/Al … 20Beta.jpg (explainign the values for an sigma fisheye...)
Last edited by gkaefer (2010-06-11 14:03:57)
ok some external links I found to find correct NPP, Nodal Point, No Parallax Point or correctly named: Correct Location of entrance pupil:
http://archive.bigben.id.au/tutorials/3 … nodal.html
http://www.vrphotography.com/data/pages … gn-tn.html
any my favorite (french and english pdf available on bottom of his page):
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DELETED: http://www.kingpano.com/nodal_tut.htm (domain currently expired, maybe only by accident)
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I came across this page on the NodalNinja website which has lots of values for how much to setback / offset the camera on the panohead for various camera / lens combinations.
The webpage has the following notification, but I suppose it is ok to provide the link.
> These settings are for the use of our customers and may not to be reproduced,
> copied or shared in any manner. Many of the settings have been submitted by
> the end user and as such we cannot guarantee the accuracy of every setting.
I'm trying to find OSP for Samyang and D300 on NN5.
Through other user's I started at LRS at 60 and URS at 97. However, I'm still testing for OSP / NPP.
Here is an image of my tripod. I'd like for you guys to take look and tell me, if any adjustments are necessary. Exposure of these shots was not the best, but it should be sufficient to see.
It's 6 around for purpose of evaluation. Otherwise, I shoot 4 around.
Thank you!
Last edited by Adam (2010-12-08 02:47:29)
The bottom right hand side looks longer edged than the others.
Have you tried the Nodal Ninja forum for an answer? This tutorial on how to locate the NPP rather than zoning on two differently spaced verticals may also help
http://www.easypano.com/forum/display_t … readPage=1
It seems to me that I found NPP, but center of my lens is
UK Pano wrote:
The bottom right hand side looks longer edged than the others.
Have you tried the Nodal Ninja forum for an answer? This tutorial on how to locate the NPP rather than zoning on two differently spaced verticals may also help
http://www.easypano.com/forum/display_t … readPage=1
That is tutorial that I tried to follow. Spent whole day playing around.
Here is my last attempt for today. Please tell me what am I doing wrong.
Last edited by Adam (2010-12-10 02:12:08)
When determining the NPP/OSP two factors are most important:
1. To get the LRS (lower Rail Setting) correct.
2. To have the camera sensor plane at 90 degrees to the upper rail.
Looking at your image - I'd say one or both are not correctly set.
As Hans Nyberg has demonstrated the URS is far less critical.
Last edited by mediavets (2010-12-10 09:49:12)
Thank you!
I'll work on it some more adhering to your pointers. Let you know soon.
Where can I see Hans Nyberg's demo?
Adam wrote:
Thank you!
I'll work on it some more adhering to your pointers. Let you know soon.
Where can I see Hans Nyberg's demo?
You'll find it on panoguide.com in this thread:
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Very interesting stuff on this forum, but for now I need to keep it simple and then make a progression into technical niche.
Here is my last attempt for today. Thank you for looking.
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