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WILSON, WOODROW. (1856-1924). Twenty-eighth president of the United States. TLS. ("Woodrow Wilson"). 1p. 4to. Washington, D.C., January 5, 1922. On his 2340 S Street NW stationery. To Columbia geography professor DOUGLAS W. JOHNSON (1878-1944) who, as chief of the Division of Boundary Geography on the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, advised Wilson on Adriatic and Balkan questions during the Paris Peace Conference.
"Of course I recall, and with real gratitude, the matter of the assistance you gave me in the matter of the vexed Adriatic question when we were in Paris; and the use you suggest making of your records seems to me just the right one. I have entire confidence in Stannard Baker, and I suggest you get in early communication with him and you and he together work out the best method of using your material. I sincerely appreciate your offer of assistance in this matter, and honor the motives which prompted it. No doubt you know Baker's address is Amherst, Massachusetts. With pleasant recollections of our association in Paris, and most cordial good wishes for the New Year and the years to come; cordially and faithfully yours…"
From January 7 to February 14 and March 14 to June 18, 1919, Wilson participated in the Paris Peace Conference, at which the Allied victors of World War I established the terms of the peace. In so doing, he became the first American president to travel to Europe while in office. The conference's arduous negotiations culminated in the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 and the subsequent establishment of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations. For his efforts to establish a lasting peace, Wilson won the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize (awarded in 1920).
During World War I, muckraking journalistand Wilson supporter Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946) went to Europe to keep the president informed about current events; during the Paris Peace Conference, Baker acted as Wilson's press secretary. The pair maintained a close relationship and Baker became Wilson's biographer, publishing The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson (6 volumes published 1925-1927) and Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters (8 volumes published 1927-1939). Our letter is undoubtedly an early reference to Baker's biographical undertaking.
Johnson, a world-renowned expert in his field, defended the treaties negotiated at Versailles in 1942, refuting the notion that the boundaries drawn at the peace conference contributed to causing World War II. "An expert on geo-morphology, Professor Johnson was instrumental in settling Balkan boundary disputes at Versailles. 'No one factor determined a boundary,' he recalls. Ethnic questions and problems of national economy were primary factors, but topography had to be considered to insure geographical unity of the new nations,'" ("Johnson Refutes War Guilt of Versailles," Columbia Daily Spectator, Oppenheimer).
Following the Versailles conference and against his doctor's wishes, Wilson undertook a strenuous nationwide tour to promote America's joining the League; in the midst of his travels, however, he had a nervous collapse and, several days later, back in Washington, suffered a debilitating stroke. After his second term ended in March 1921, he moved to S Street, located in the Kaloramasection of Washington's elegant Embassy row, where his wife continued to keep his physical condition hidden from the public. Wilson's S Street home is now a museum operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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California Drops Claims Against Bristol-Myers
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Cartoonist, graphic artist, designer
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Work in the field of graphic design and caricature.
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The Arrowsmith Program at EAS is based on the philosophy that it is possible to treat learning disabilities by identifying and strengthening mental capacities. It is a program of intensive and graduated mental exercises that are designed to strengthen the underlying weak cognitive capacities that are the source of the learning disabilities. Each student's program is based on careful assessment to identify the specific difficulties.
Arrowsmith School in Toronto has developed and successfully used this exercise program over 30 years. The majority of these students have gone on to realize their academic and personal goals and attribute their successes to Arrowsmith methods.
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Arrowsmith students are typically of average or above intelligence but are experiencing problems in school which may include difficulties with reading, writing, mathematics, remembering, understanding, auditory processing, dyslexia or attention disorders (ADD/ADHD).
Parents who find that their child is being held back by learning disabilities are invited to review the list of 19 Learning Dysfunctions which appears in the Learning Dysfunctions page of the web site. Each student is unique in his or her combination of problem areas and the Arrowsmith Program addresses the most common areas. An abbreviated version of this list also appears in the EAS brochure (link to brochure).
The Admissions and Individualized Program page of this web site contain additional information about Eaton Arrowsmith Learning Centre admissions and assessment.
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The goal of the Arrowsmith Program is to strengthen the learning capacities of its students.
The basis of this approach is an understanding of the human brain, its functions and more particularly, its dysfunctions. The Arrowsmith Program's identification of learning dysfunctions is based on the work of the neuropsychologist, A. R. Luria, who investigated the function of specific brain areas.
Luria concluded that complex cognitive activities, such as reading, writing and mathematics, require the interaction of several areas of the brain and that each individual brain area has a very specific role to play. If one brain area that is part of a specific learning activity is impaired, the performance of that learning activity will be impaired in a way particular to the contribution of the weaker brain area. This impairment is the source of a specific learning dysfunction.
When several of these areas of the brain are impaired, the individual may be unable to compensate for his or her problems, which will then manifest itself in a learning disability. Please see the description of 19 Learning Dysfunctions for more information.
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Ok, so maybe cooking wasn't the best idea…but cooking has always been fairly therapeutic for me. Granted at home its usually cookies that I am making, but there is something about working out an entire recipe that feels peaceful. Maybe I'm just thinking about food all the time because here I feel like I'm being … Continue reading
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08 November 2008
No Peak of Abiogenic Oil
Right now, when oil prices have plunged from record highs, peak oil may not seem to be a big issue. But the price swings may be deceptive. The present downturn is obviously not due to increased production but rather to the expectation of a global recession and hence reduced demand. If advance stories on the World Energy Outlook 2008, due to be released by the International Energy Agency next week, are correct, even the previously optimistic IEA warns of a return of high oil prices and supply problems. Ironically, the current crisis leading to low oil prices may worsen the problem in the future. A UK industry taskforce also seems to be concerned.
However, there is still debate whether peak oil is a real threat. Somehow this reminds me of the debate about the reality of the climate change threat. I have written about some bogus arguments against climate change. Today I'd like to look at such an argument against the possibility of a peak in oil production.
The argument, which links to a previous post, is that oil in fact is not of biogenic origin and therefore severely limited, but rather of abiogenic, deep origin, and therefore present in vast quantities that we only need to tap. Does this argument stand up to a reality check?
Hardly. The foremost western proponent of the abiogenic oil theory is Jack Kenney, who indeed posts several anti-peak-oil articles on his website. I have already written about my weird experience with Kenney, based on which I certainly don't trust him. But his theory is also thoroughly refuted by many experts in the field.
Interestingly, the economic papers published on Kenney's website, which all refute the notion of limited oil supplies, mostly do not seem to refer to the abiogenic petroleum theory. They are authored by M. C. Lynch and P. Odell, which appear to be quite well-informed experts in the oil business. I wonder if these authors are aware of the fact that their articles are promoted on a rather dubious webpage. It certainly does not increase their credibility...
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Here is some reality.ReplyDelete
According to most independent scientific studies, global oil production will now decline from 74 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 9%.
No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always exceed production levels; thus oil depletion will continue steadily until all recoverable oil is extracted.
Alternatives will not even begin to fill the gap. And most alternatives yield electric power, but we need liquid fuels for tractors/combines, 18 wheel trucks, trains, ships, and mining equipment.
We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from "outside," and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.
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Cool story, bro. Worldwide oil production averaged 93 millions barrels per day in 2014.Delete
Thanks, Clifford, for the comment and useful links. I agree that peak oil is a real problem, but I am less pessimistic than you seem to be about its consequences. Perhaps this is because I live in Europe, where we are a little less oil-dependent than in the US.ReplyDelete
My home country Switzerland generates its electricity mostly from hydro and nuclear plants and has an excellent public transportation system in place. I hope we can make the transition, but surely we have to start at last!


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Models that capture interactions across the energy-economy-environment system can be used to better inform and guide policy decisions. In order to be used most effectively, however, such a model should consider all three aspects of the system in sufficient detail and be able to take full advantage of the linkages between them. We aim to start with the World Gas Trade Model (developed by economists at Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy) and extend the economic capabilities of the model by allowing consideration of climate impacts. The extended model can then be used to run various scenario analyses and analyze the effects of implementing economic or environmental policies.
In another project, we are looking at ways to ease load on the Texas electricity market. Both demand and supply side approaches are being considered. For example, one approach is to consider the feasibility of various policies that can make the best use of demand response measures, while also taking advantages of any increases in energy efficiency. Additionally, in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), we are starting to investigate challenges on the supply side of bringing online new renewable power (wind, solar, geothermal, etc.); specifically we will focus on integrating these intermittent sources into the grid while ensuring reliability.


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Man cannot live on Angry Birds alone. That's why the App Store had a hugely successful release with Cut the Rope, another game that manages to appeal to just about every person that picks it up (and subsequently can't put it down). The game has been a runaway succes on the iPhone after reportedly selling one million copies in just ten days.
Following the model of Angry Birds and a number of other popular iOS games, CtR just released a holiday app, Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift. As with any gift this one is free, but you don't have to wait until the 25th for it because it's downloadable now.
It's said to be a short game (I've only played for a few minutes), something akin to a demo, but free is free so if you love the original or haven't played it yet you probably want to pick this up.
There are 25 levels and one new game mechanic, not a lot, but think of it as a stocking stuffer from Chillingo.


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The motives of policing
The Iraq War was a war of liberation, in order to overthrow a regime of terror (Saddam Hussein), and implement a regime against terror (Iraqi democracy). Specifically, in this sense, there is no category by which one can distinguish the goals of the Iraqi state from the goals of the foreign policy. Iraq was to be an American satelite.
Yet, liberation never happened. Due to a complete misinterpretation of Iraqi sentiments, a complete fabrication of human nature ("the liberty we cherish is not our gift to the world, it is God's gift to humankind"), and a complete misunderstanding of ethnic arrangements and loyalties in Iraq, the war was a complete failure (I don't see how anyone can argue this point, given that the goal for Iraq was a satelite state in the War on Terror, a middle-eastern allie in America's war against the middle east)...
The motives in Iraq were never motives of freedom. They were motives of national security, only thousands of miles away, in a strange land. The beauty of this for Americans is that the brunt of violence against America is shifted, to a satelite rather than to the motherland. In this sense, Iraq is nothing more than a punching bag that a husband puts in the basement to beat senselessly in times of stress, an alternative to beating his wife.
The key: the Iraq War is a war that is meant to perpetuate violence. And yet, it's hardly a "war" any longer; the American presence is now determined to serve as a police operation, to train Iraqis to handle their own security. This is a bizarre turn of events, because the War was never about Iraqi security; and yet, I doubt that it really truly is about Iraqi security, even with the shift to American policing (from American dominance, asserting the raw power through which one state can create a satelite).
But, is policing in this sense an administration if justice? Or an attempt to suspend violence? One must be skeptical that the policing efforts of America in Iraq are actually meant to surpress violence in general; rather, the policing effort of America in Iraq is meant to redirect the violence...
...but to where?
The situation in Iraq is that of sectarian violence. To correct this is not to rid the situation of violence, but to unite the violence against a different target. The target, of course, is presumably terrorism. However, uniquely, the terrorist situation in Iraq is now split, split into sectarian camps, where terrorist violence occurs on a daily basis in a brutal campaign of retaliation, murder, vigilence, and ultimately, redemption (for one's sector, of course. The other can rot).
So, the motives remain, but they are a ruin. There is not "a" terrorism any longer. (In fact, there probably never were merely "terrorists," joined together in one easy-to-find, easy-to-eliminate enemy). There are many terrorist sectors now, almost none of them unified. Targets need not be discriminated; targets range from sects of Islam, sects of ethnicities, and American police.
The motives for the Iraq war were never introduced as motives that promote a police effort to redirect violence from being-against multiple sources (bad) to being-against one source (good). The motives in the Iraq War werenever explicitly stated as "to perpetuate violence in general in the world."
But yet, those were the motives. Combatting one unified terrorist organization introduces a great and formidible enemy to Americans, an enemy worthy of a long, hard, endless battle that requires various sacrifices by American people (insert any familiar slogan chanting at we, the people, by the Bush Administration, preparing our psyches for what was never intended to be a war without end).
Thus we should not be surprised at the administration demanding 20,000 more troops in Iraq. Those troops will serve as honorable targets from various terrorist sects, but they will not serve without purpose; they will serve to perpetuate violence, and tragically so, violence for which they will be the targets.
For this reason we should be brutally opposed to the ethical activities of the Bush Administration; we must demand that a regime of instilling peace-as-security (which really means perpetuating violence, which only demands that the targets be consolidated) be shifted to a regime of delivering freedom-without-security.
Our freedom as humans will never consist in a real peacefulness; for, what we always forget in our totalitarian pushes, desires, and demands for security is that freedom is insecurity; but, insecure as it is, our freedom, when executed, when we are emancipated from our prevalent order, will at the very least end the idea of violent acts to perpetuate violence in general; for, perpetual violence is a surefire sign of totalitarian security operating at its highest level.


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Battlefield 3: Back To Karkand Gameplay Teaser Trailer
In just a few weeks we will be able to use the Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand expansion pack to go back to the four most loved maps from Battlefield 2, boldly reimagined with enhanced destruction in the Frostbite 2 engine. Until then, we get to check out this latest trailer and witness the very first in-game shots from Strike at Karkand, Sharqi Peninsula, Gulf of Oman, and Wake Island, from the upcoming expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand.
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CUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwire - October 25, 2007) - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced
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-- Goldman Sachs Software Retreat 2007 on Nov. 7 in New York
-- UBS 2007 Global Technology Conference on Nov. 13 in New York
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Dusty Hannahs has some fun at the expense of fellow senior Manny Watkins following the Hogs' Senior Day win over Georgia.
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Originally posted by zedVSzardoz
reply to post by Spookycolt
I think the issue is the vaccines and other things administered to horses are not considered fit for human consumption. In the US we may use other forms of these drugs and vaccines that can be ingested.
edit on 8-2-2013 by zedVSzardoz because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by CX
Well seeing as people have obviously been eating it for a while now, and in all forms and makes without complaining that it tastes of horse....maybe we'll see a turn around in the thinking about eating horse.
I wouldn't say it's my cup of tea, but if it tastes ok, who knows?
I wonder how many will turn to vegetarianism after this?
I just hope that any criminal activity behind this doesn't involve missing people.....and no i'm not joking.
Originally posted by andy06shake
How the hell can this happen???
The only similarity Horses and Cows have is that they both have 4 legs for gods sake. This is obviously deliberate! Its not like one poor horse somehow fell into the mincer!
Findus obviously new the score!
There bawbag company should be liquidated and the board made to eat tons of there own horse lasagna!
Mr Ed will be turning in his grave!edit on 8-2-2013 by andy06shake because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by andy06shake
Mr Ed will be turning in his grave!
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
I don't mind eating cows, sheep, deer's, rabbits, chickens, pigs or fish so why should I care if I am eating a horse.
Yes I do agree that it's terrible that it's been put into food products without telling us but if horse meet tastes good then I will quite happily eat it. I would eat a unicorn if it tasted good enough!
Originally posted by aspiechick
I heard about this earlier, and just looked at oh, and said "do you think they're produced in France?"...
People have been warned not to eat the products, which were made for Findus by French food supplier Comigel
When something says "beef" on the pack, I expect bovine meat... not horse. Then again, I don't eat ready meal lasagne, I make it from beef mince... or what I hope is beef mince anyway. Hahahaha!
I do actually find it funny... but I wonder what people that keep horses think. I would be horrified if I knew there was cat meat, for example, in something!edit on 7-2-2013 by aspiechick because: I can spell, but my fingers clearly have a life of their own.


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Since the announcement last spring that they would bring the soon-to-be-big screen superhero the Green Hornet back to comics under the pen of film director Kevin Smith, Dynamite Entertainment has been teasing a second series starring the famed radio and TV character. Today, the publisher kicked off the 2009 Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend with the announcement of that promised series: "Green Hornet: Year One" from writer/cover artist Matt Wagner and interior artist Aaron Campbell.
Though Wagner has brought his talents to the Eisner-winning relaunch of "Zorro" at Dynamite, publisher Nick Barrucci explained that the creator did not pitch him on tackling the origin tale of newspaper publisher turned crime fighter Britt Reid…at least not directly. "Matt had a real passion for the Green Hornet," Barrucci told CBR News before the show. "I discovered this at Wizard World Texas last year when we did a panel, and he mentioned how he would love to be involved with the Green Hornet. We were still working on the contract so I couldn't discuss it at the time. Once we got the rights, signed the contract and had Kevin Smith in line, we thought, 'Wouldn't it be cool to have someone of Matt Wagner's caliber tell the story of "Year One"?'
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Campbell was last seen penciling Dynamite's "The Trial of Sherlock Holmes," and Barrucci noted, "Matt really enjoyed his artwork on that series, and they compliment each other so well. It's definitely going to be a great, gritty style. Not over the top gritty, but it's going to have enough of the elements of the original Green Hornet while, again, still making it cool for a modern audience."
One thing that won't be modern per se is the setting as "Year One" will remain a period piece set in the 1930s when the character was invented by radio writer Fran Striker, and will feature original crime-busting pair Britt Reid and Kato. "Without getting too far into it, you're going to find out how they found each other, and you're going to have some nice Easter Eggs in there."
As for whether or not those Easter Eggs would feature Western hero The Lone Ranger, Barrucci remained coy. Although, both characters share the same creator and the connection that in the original radio serials, the Hornet was the great-grandson of the Ranger's nephew. At this year's Chicago Comic-Con, the question of whether Dynamite had plans to cross the two characters over now that they'll be publishing both was breached with Barrucci saying, "To a degree, we're going to be allowed to [cross them over], but it's two separate licensors…it's something that we have to get both licensors' approval to do that we're going to hopefully eventually get done. There is a story to be told. It's 'When will we be able to tell it?' Let us build a little bit of attention around the Green Hornet when we launch him as a character."
The publisher noted how in Dynamite's "Lone Ranger" #17, John Reid's nephew investigated a hornet's nest as a tease of the connection that hasn't been explored since the rights to the Ranger were sold off decades ago. Wagner also explained then that, "If you think about it: they both wear masks. They both operate outside the law. They both have an ethnic sidekick. They both have a special means of transportation that's named after a color. It's pretty much the same character in different time zones, which is damn cool."
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Troy turned 21 and the gang took him out to a bar to celebrate. Jeff and Britta tried to school him in the "coolness" of the world of bars and booze, but ended up drunk and making out in the backseat of Jeff's car, while a newly matured Troy drove everyone home.
Britta got Annie a fake ID which caused Annie to adopt a fake Texas persona to try and avoid suspicion. She became so comfortable playing the role that she confided in Troy she didn't know who she really was as a person. Troy gave her a rundown on all the great things he's come to appreciate about her, and they shared a hug.
Shirley was mortified to find out the gang was going to a bar she used to frequent during her pre-Christian days, sending her on a mad dash to remove all photographic evidence of her wicked ways. The gang found one and teased her about it, which ticked her off and sent her heading for the door.
Abed got hit on by a guy in the bar who liked Sci-Fi TV shows, particularly Farscape. The guy became frustrated when it was clear Abed had no interest, but continued to chat because he loved talking bout Farscape. The guy threw a drink in Abed's face.
Pierce was having trouble with simple tasks because of his casts, but was refusing help, until his wheelchair broke down in the entrance to the bar and he had to swallow his pride and ask Shirley for help.
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Originally posted by Infodata
You would know, do you consider yourself a genius? Have you ever played clue? There are enough of us out there and who do you think is really listening?
Originally posted by antar
Can you describe the aliens which you have seen personally or have GOOD intel on?
I am very interested in your doom and gloom thread, S@F.
One thing, can you explain why I have good memories of aliens and why I always suspect deeply this level of message? I have always thought that it is a set up to make people go off on the friendlies when they do show up which I do not believe will happen in our lifetime.
Originally posted by MrPenny
Originally posted by Infodata
Have you ever heard of using a public phone in disguise and making a run for it?
You have found a way to post messages on the intarnets via public phones? This stuff is so juvenile it's hilarious.
Or, better yet, you're channeling Maxwell Smart.
Originally posted by Infodata
Originally posted by schism85
Yeah, but anyone trying to figure out who posted, would know there way around it too. No? Unless you hold some type of secret not known to the world of computer hackers, I think someone who wanted to know would find out.
I was actually being sarcastic if you didn't notice, since you haven't provided anything worth talking about.
ETA: Plus what Mr Penny has said, there can't be a whole lot of people with the highest ultra top secret cosmic Q level 33 security clearance to weed through to find out who posted.
[edit on 4-11-2008 by schism85]
Have you ever heard of using a public phone in disguise and making a run for it? I now leave you with my final assurance that the above statement is true and seal it in my own blood for God and Country. This will be my final statement, you should be appreciative that I even took the time.
Originally posted by MrPenny
Originally posted by Infodata
You would know, do you consider yourself a genius? Have you ever played clue? There are enough of us out there and who do you think is really listening?
Cool...I bet you wrote that in highest ultra top secret cosmic Q level 33 security code......huh? Didja'?
You must have, 'cause I'm having problems deciphering it.
Originally posted by Darthorious
Originally posted by Infodata
Originally posted by schism85
Yeah, but anyone trying to figure out who posted, would know there way around it too. No? Unless you hold some type of secret not known to the world of computer hackers, I think someone who wanted to know would find out.
I was actually being sarcastic if you didn't notice, since you haven't provided anything worth talking about.
ETA: Plus what Mr Penny has said, there can't be a whole lot of people with the highest ultra top secret cosmic Q level 33 security clearance to weed through to find out who posted.
[edit on 4-11-2008 by schism85]
Have you ever heard of using a public phone in disguise and making a run for it? I now leave you with my final assurance that the above statement is true and seal it in my own blood for God and Country. This will be my final statement, you should be appreciative that I even took the time.
Considering a bill was passed making it legal to wire tap all calls and they are listening in on them per news reports, all would be needed is a voice print which even I can do on my junk computer.
I would give them 30 minutes max before they knew who you were if this was actually real you wouldn't dare make another post much less reply. I don't care how many servers you go through with a security breech like this you would be tracked and found.
I would get into more details of how and why but we're not allowed to discuss that type of material on this site.
Originally posted by Waldy
You have the highest ultra top secret cosmic Q level 33 security clearance? Funny, thats what we used years ago, the highest clearance now is ultima xray lvl 50 cosmic ray jones junior master of bull#!
Originally posted by Infodata
You will never hear about us, we officially do not exist.
Originally posted by solarstorm
Originally posted by Infodata
The only reason I'm coming here and releasing such classified material is strictly out of anger, I need to steam some of this away anonymously, clear my conscious and get some of it off my chest.
[edit on 4-11-2008 by Infodata]
Ok here's the deal...when you decide to release "classified material" I will listen. So far you have released a soap opera.
The field is ripe and ready for harvest, they will separate the wheat from the chaff does this ring any bells? These monsters are not after your body but after your soul, first wake up and realize what is happening then deny them access to your soul. They will take it by force and that is when you must take up arms to defend yourself to the death which is greater than being captured before they brainwash you into signing your soul away forever. They will claim you theirs and lock you into their endless mind control matrix from one carnation to the next, you will become like battery fluid to them a lost and dead soul forever that is entrapped and in suffering. Your soul can only be freed if you take control of your destiny and refuse the system they will enforce upon humanity.
Everyone on earth is fair game when they make their final move, these monster aliens are trans dimensional entities masterminds of mind manipulation and false memory installations, they will suck your soul energy like a leaches sucking blood and it gets worse, once your shoved into an energy field that is like the sun there is no way out, you have entered into their realm and are lost forever. The pain is beyond human mind understanding and body, the pain and fear of our soul is energy to them. They are already harvesting the pain and fear of humanity and opening gateways. The field is ripe for harvest that is why this is the time they come, the earth is ripe for destruction and the monsters are ready to suck the souls of mankind and entrap us forever. DO NOT ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. Take arms before you freely give in, once you allow them to take you alive they will manipulate your minds into submission then you can kiss your soul goodbye forever. These entities are not from other worlds in the universe but have traveled here from other realms of existence trans dimensionally, gateways are continually opened through war, suffering, death and destruction this enables more of them to come through and enter.
My only advice for you is be prepared, mentally and with firearms, food and water as emergency backup, because the time will come that everyone will face this imminent alien take over. Your governments are not your governments anymore and cannot be trusted, there is not a single breach that has not been broken, even the world elite have been sabotaged and controlled, the time is coming soon. You must take control of your soul while you still can, empower it through meditation and prayer whatever it is you do that will enable your own individual soul to access a gateway into the higher positive fields of energy outside this world. These monsters have been gradually turning earth into a negative field zone through wars, hate, disease, suffering and destruction this is opening gateways for them to proceed further into our world and take over the psyche body and mind. Their only goal is taking the soul of man and harvesting them as a source of energy that gives them power in their realm of existence. These are real entities and they are here in the flesh most of them, they have underground bases and caverns full of them in the millions bases on and off earth waiting to unleash hell on earth when they strike. They have been cloning themselves and hybrids for this purpose for years.
When this strike happens then the sheeple of earth will realize all along that which they did not see or consider, they will see eye to eye those who have blindsided humanity all along. Those who have created and written in text some of the very doctrines of religion, the revelations will unfold as these demon monsters have planned all along. The prophecies were not handed down with good intent but are blue prints of what they have in store for us. Heaven and hell was created as a false illusion for humanity, a trap for the soul and mind, because a large percentage of mankind has believed in these things for so long, they have co-created and allowed them this reality and access into our world, the souls of man co-create reality through belief and vision, the belief in heaven and hell from most religions has created a reality of heaven and hell. In reality what you do not see is that heaven only equals an escape from these monsters to freedom of the soul and eternal hell that equals being used as energy burning in a star like the sun with no more incarnations.
They have played both roles of God and the Devil in all forms for all religions and every belief that has controlled. Would you like to meet your trans dimensional demonic Sun God? It has been confirmed by many working with these entities, they are soul trappers and destroyers, renegades only after the soul of man for the use of energy. Our bodies are of no interest to them, they have brainwashed humanity into creating this reality for them and for us by withholding knowledge from us and leading the sheep into slaughter. They will entrap us into a field of negative fire like the sun, where they harvest the soul and use us as energy. They are the Sun demonic Gods of this world that so many have worshipped and the day will come that they will burn it up as an oven. Does this ring any bells? They have manipulated all of mankind from the ancient texts and religions until present. Research those who have died and seen this hell, many have died and had a glimpse so you know innumerable are entrapped in fire like the sun screaming with no escape can you imagine the feeling of being burned up in a sun and never dying feeling the pain forever? These souls are screaming to us to wake up and free ourselves, we still have time there still is hope for those who wake up. The lake of fire so many believe in from the ancient texts and bible is really a star like the sun where they use and entrap souls for power and energy.
I am not telling you this from personal opinion or because I'm a religious nut I do not even have a religion or believe in any of them, I am relaying what we have learned , we have discovered this as a fact allowing many to leave the body through death and see for themselves, We have confirmed this reality of hell existence awaiting us if we allow them to take over the soul. These entities come in all forms greys, bugs, insectoids, demons, lizards and devil looking humanoid beings, some can shape shift and use other forms, they have displayed how they entrap souls and force them into accepting entrance into the lower fields of negative energy and dumped into a ball of fire or sun to burn forever. They are all working together and there are many of these inter dimensional beings. They have always been on earth from the beginning harvesting the souls of man from the underworld. The field is ripe and ready for harvest, the days are few and limited, it could be very soon or within a matter of years. The gateways are opening including other pathways within the solar system the greatest being Saturn where most of these beings come from but they can only enter through a portal or gateway on earth. It will happen all at once when the sheeple least expect it that much we know, these beings are beyond deceptive and have outwitted the most brilliant of minds.
They are following most of revelations word for word and are playing God and the Devil for man. They will harvest the world and are already starting by taking hundreds of thousands of women and children in secrecy, they have a soul machine that is entrapping them, there is not a single piece of technology owned by man that can stop them. All agencies have been seeking an extraterrestrial higher power of intervention to help mankind but have failed, most attempts have been made with humanoid extraterrestrial beings just like us who have escaped earth in the past under the same circumstances, some are our ancestors but they do not have the power to help us or the technology to save us and have been trying. Other extraterrestrials that have made contact through them have sabotaged some of our covert operations while others refuse to intervene completely, there has been no success these trans dimensional beings have this world locked into their realm of existence because of the negative fields and gateways they have created, there still is hope and only one way, we have learned that the human soul does move on and can only be freed by the individual themselves, by choosing not to accept soul entrapment or mind control which will entrap the soul and by understanding this hell they have created, if you are aware and awake with this knowledge they cannot control your soul or your mind. For most in power it is to late they are controlled and will never release this information to anyone. The warnings will be kept back so if you get this message pass it on to others. Only you can free yourself. TIME TO WAKE UP SHEEPLE AND LIVE.
Originally posted by schism85
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You sound like Rev. Maynard:
And the angel of the lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber.
And took me on high, and higher still until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself.
And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own midwest.
And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil.
One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear.
And terror possesed me then.
And I begged,
"Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams?"
And the angel said unto me,
"These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots!
You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust."
And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared,
"Hear me now, I have seen the light!
They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul!
Damn you!
Let the rabbits wear glasses!
Save our brothers!"
Can I get an amen?
Can I get a hallelujah?
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I will be busy for the better part of the remaining week, so I figure that this is as good a time as any to get some feedback from the Crashburn Alley readership about what they like and dislike about the blog, which will be two years old in August. It doesn't matter if you're a devout follower or just a passer-by, I'm interested in what you have to say about the good and the bad about Crashburn Alley.
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Stereoscopic workflow - image sequences comped in AE and cut in Premiere
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But just to clarify, this is not a 3D project, analglyphic or otherwise. I am using the L and R camera streams to create stereoscopic animations. Using two simulatneously captured frames, and quicly editing between the two to create a 3D-like effect. (Google image search "stereoscopic animated gif" for example of technique).
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The additional technical challenge is that I also want to use this effect with lip sync - so a frame-by-frame reading of my timeline would be:
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- alternating, and so on
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PS. And although I'm posting in the AE section, I'm open to other workflows (especially a Final Cut one)


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|01 January 2009
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Bronson Mathews
Game Artist
Find faces in camera frustum?
Im looking to find all the faces that are in a cameras view frustum.
So some pseudo code.
1. get my cameras skewed matrix
2. use the skewed matrix and apply it to a copy of my mesh(s) to skew it
3. run triangle box intersection test on a 1unit cube over the mesh
4. save my list of faces and delete the mesh
And im stuck on point 1, how do i generate a Projection matrix from a camera, i have a near clip plane and a far clip plane.
Last edited by Gibbz : 01 January 2009 at 05:08 AM.
|01 January 2009
Game Artistportfolio
Bronson Mathews
Game Artist
ok i think i need to write my own function to multiply matrix4's
Edit, making my own matrix 4 struct, is there a way to customize the way it prints out data so if i got "Print mMatrix4" it will format it the same as a matrix3 would?
Last edited by Gibbz : 01 January 2009 at 06:01 AM.
|01 January 2009
Enrico Gullotti
Technical Artist and Programmer
United Kingdom
Hi Bronson,
I admit I cannot completely undertand what you're trying to do, but maybe my article Practical Space Mapping for interaction can be of help.
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|01 January 2009
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Matan Halberstadt
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Tel-Aviv, Israel
I don't have time to look for an answer right now, maybe later,
but in the meanwhile I can suggest what seems to me a simpler solution.
If I understood you correctly, you can model a skewed box that covers the area of the camera fov and use volume select modifier on the object to select the faces outside that skewed box and delete them using delete mesh modifier.
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|02 February 2009
Sebrechts Jeff
I am making a similar script to perform Culling and clipping accordly to the camera frustum.
I use "meshop.slice" to create the new vertices at the intersection of the frustum and the objects.
This way i hope i can get an accurate Face Count to simulate geometry budget in a realtime game context directly in 3dsmax.
|02 February 2009
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Richard Annema
Caustic Graphics / SplutterFish
Groningen, Netherlands
You can just use the 'how to write a vertex renderer' script in the help file as a guide (as per Bobo's reply to a similar question in http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive...p/t-575182.html ).
e.g. (completely taken from the help file - this can be optimized for faster processing)
Select the vertices on the currently selected editable mesh which are within the current Perspective viewport's view frustrum:
With that basic function you can easily check if all 3 vertices of an object's face lay within the view frustrum - if they do, then that face is within the view frustrum. If zero vertices are within the view frustrum, it is outside. Otherwise, it's partially inside and partially outside.
Two notes:
- make sure you view the results with 'Show Safe Frames' enabled as otherwise the different viewport aspect from the actual (camera) view aspect may throw you off
- if any face -spans- the view frustrum or larger, it won't be counted. It will still be in view but because all of its -vertices- lay outside of the frustrum, it would be determined to be outside of the view frustrum. Rare in general, maybe not so rare in computer games (/me walks up to a wall) but probably not a huge issue.
|02 February 2009
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2015 Happy new year. No promises on new content, time will tell. older news
Purpose of this website is to remember and find new information about the first generation of gaming 3D cards. What is first gen? Well, there are many definitions, common one would probably define three early generations of early 3d gaming chips: first geometry accelerators like Millennium or Imagine 128 II, then first texture mappers like Gaming Glint or Virge and finally "mature" architectures like Verite and Voodoo. I want to cover all of this range from very first accelerators (if possible) to anything released before Voodoo2. From there on 3d chipsets were having more and more comprehensive reviews and are therefore well known. I want to show barely tested chips in extensive collection of real games. The benchmark suite currently consists of around 40 games from 1996 to 1999 and 2-3 artificial benchmarks. Reviews are not done from user perspective. I am trying to examine and compare performance, which means no proprietary APIs. Cards are tested with latest or best available drivers and in a system saturating video accelerators with power unreachable at that time. In the future I might build a low end rig to examine performance in budget PC. The main purpose is to learn about chips, which were not reviewed extensively in ways we are used to now. In fact, information about gaming performance of most first generation cards is remembered almost only through word of mouth. I am not a professional hardware reviewer, neither graphics technology expert, but I will try to do my best to reveal real capabilities of vintage 3D cards.
My benchmarking practices are definitely not the best. I don't run the tests more times unless the results seem off. I simply don't have enough time. Also, most of the old boards lack the option to disable vsync despite trying various tweakers. Because of this I run all the tests with vsync, unless the application itself can disable it. This shouldn't be much of a problem with some high speed CRT, but I have only LCDs now. Therefore 75 Hz is used. Still the results have value, since vsync is almost always on by default and most of users don't change video settings. The performance corresponds to user experience, however speed differences between cards can be skewed.


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