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This is not surprising to me at all. Digital technologies were there for hundreds of years - just look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom">Jacquard .
To be even more precise, J.M. Jacquard "only" automated the pattern transfer into the fabric by using a mechanical device with punched cards.
Manual creation of such fabrics existed for over two thousand years. To make any such fabric, a sketch is necessary, since it is impossible for a weaver to make complex designs out of his/her head.
The "pixels" in textile sketch are rectangular, to reflect the density of weaving. So pixels can also be square, but more often they are not.
Weaving of carpets also requires the same kind of pixel-based sketch.
Check the wikipedia entry on tapestry
for some pictures of old tapestries.
As does needlepoint. A friend of mine got me into needlepoint (briefly) some years back, claiming that it was "relaxing". Unfortunately, I did not find it so. It's essentially turtle graphics. Invariably, during a session, I would make a mistake, and then do about a hundred more stitches before I noticed... at which point I would have to tediously back the "turtle" up 100 stitches to correct the error and then redo them all correctly. If I wasn't in an aggravated state at the start of the session, I was surely so by the end.
Latch-hook rug making might be more to my liking. I had not considered it before, thinking it similar to needlepoint. But rug making is essentially raster graphics with random access to individual points. Maybe I should try it out?
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It sort of reminds me of the article I read once about the Egyptians somehow "using" Pi to construct their pyramids. Turned out that they didn't have direct abstract knowledge of Pi, but were rather using measuring wheels to set the massive construction dimensions. The wheels then forced Pi's relationships into the pyramids. Here you have a craftsman faced with the challenge of making an image from interconnected yet discrete pieces. He does the (repeatedly) logical thing, and bam! You have "pixels".
I wonder if he thought, "Wow! This would look great on a properly-designed OLED screen!"
Nihil nova sub sola.
Just in case you did a double-take on that alphabet image in the article, there were indeed 24 letters in the (medieval) Latin alphabet (no J or U) - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_alphabet
Looks to me like there are far more pixels on earth than ever before. I think the author means that they are so small that we no longer have to care about them, or exactly how they are positioned. Right... Then why are are the OSNews right side bar fonts so grainy when I view them in Opera? And why do we argue back and forth about whether antialiased fonts are better or just blury? And why do we use things like subpixel smoothing? And why did the otherwise seemingly non-technical woman ahead of me in line at Whataburger yesterday make a casual comment about her 1080p TV? Far from dying, nontechnical people are *learning* about pixels. About megapixels, even. It seems to me that pixels are poised to rule the world, or at least demand the vote. ;-)
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Strike two may be coming for the troubled upfront advertising market.
The possibility of a walkout by the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild/American Television & Radio Artists is complicating an already difficult-to-read TV advertising market and threatening to cause a rare decline in the $8 billion upfront advertising marketplace.
The upfront market, which typically starts in mid-May, will break around the same time the Writers Guild and SAG/Aftra contracts expire - the writers' contract ends the first week in May; the SAG/Aftra contract expires the last week in June.
If even one of those strikes occurs, advertisers will be left to sort out a hodgepodge of reality programming, reruns and limited series on network schedules this fall. That uncertainty could lead to less upfront buying by advertisers and result in more money being moved to other TV venues like scatter.
"Unquestionably, this upfront could be complicated," said Marc Goldstein, president of national broadcast at WPP Group's MindShare USA, New York. "There are additional layers of variables and unknowns that we haven't seen since 1988." That's when a WGA strike lasted five months, from March to August.
For this year's market, the key question is whether advertisers will continue to slow their spending on TV - a medium that has shown major weaknesses in the fourth quarter 2000 and the first quarter of 2001. Some ad agency buyers have suggested that as a result of this weakness, they might stay away from buying in the big TV ad-purchasing period in May, and instead play the scatter market.
"Maybe you don't buy the upfront," hinted Bob Igiel, president-broadcast division for WPP Group's The Media Edge, New York, who buys for major advertisers such as AT&T Corp. Mr. Igiel said he is working on strike contingency plans, but he wouldn't reveal details.
The prospect of a softer upfront is no idle threat. At the beginning of the fourth quarter 2000, for example, a rare event occurred when about $200 million to $300 million in upfront prime-time "holds" (prospective deals an agency makes for its clients) didn't become orders. That brought down the $8.3 billion upfront ad level estimated in May of last year to $8 billion.
CBS believes that even with the strike, it will be virtually business as usual. "We think disruption will be minimal because we will go into the upfront" with a lineup of shows ready to sell, said Mel Karmazin, president-chief operating officer of CBS's parent company, Viacom, in a recent conference call with analysts. "The only concern would be that if there is a strike and replacement shows get on the air and they don't perform as well."
Concerning upfront sell-out levels, Mr. Karmazin said: "If we can get the pricing that we like in the upfront, we will probably sell 80% of our [ad] inventory again. If in fact we don't like the pricing, we will sell 55% or 60%."
Still, not every network will be in perfect programming shape in the event of a strike. For both agencies and advertisers, a strike could mean a plethora of complex scenarios when it comes to estimating program share and ratings estimates for the fall television season.
Steve Siskind, senior VP-media and co-op advertising for News Corp.'s Fox Filmed Entertainment, said, "In September, people automatically tune in, thinking there is new programming. Networks will have to build in a cushion. Estimates probably won't be as low as for summer, but they be certainly lower than the traditional premiere week in the fall."
Moreover, broadcast ratings could be significantly down, especially in the fourth quarter. "You'd probably have to take [ratings estimates] down 20%," said Neil Baker, senior VP-advertising sales for E! Entertainment Television.
A strike also may result in networks running more reruns of network-scripted shows as well as more game shows and reality programming, which aren't under either union's domain. ABC, for instance, could run even more episodes of viewer favorite "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and there may be more programs such as Fox's controversial "Temptation Island" and ABC's reality series "The Mole."
If networks turn to reruns and more reality shows to wait out strikes, competing media sellers such as cable and syndication are ready to step in. "You'll see cable ratings go up," said E!'s Mr. Baker.
The Media Edge's Mr. Igiel concurs that advertisers will adjust their buys accordingly. "Viewers will have to go somewhere," he said.
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1. My family. I don't just mean my mother-in-law, her husband, and his children. I'm talking about the friends and network I've built the last decade. The Houston Browncoats, for one. Our Gamer Group (though here lately we've expaned that to include people in other parts of the US gaming via Skype and Roll 20). Thankfully, I have Facebook and other social media to keep in contact with them, but I can imagine quite easily that without social media, these friends and family would soon become a memory. These people have helped Morgan and I through some dark times.
2. Texas Pride. I have been to a concert where this happened:
By the way, it was a Goth band playing, and still, everyone in the audience sang along. Oh, actually, no. It happened at a Blue Man group concert as well.
Texans, in general, are PROUD AS HECK of this place where they live/are from. There are people with "Texas-themed" décor: Decorations that are shaped like Texas. The American and Texas Flags fly EVERYWHERE. Plus, there's this:
That's what Texans seem to think.
I'm not even getting into the "Texas should secede from the Union" thing. That's its own ball of wax.
3. HEB: This is a giant, texas-based grocery store that has amazing produce and generally has great shopping deals. For instance, they have 'weekly meal deals' where you buy one thing and get a WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF Free. Last thanksgiving, I bought a ham and got a turkey. Or once, I bought a package of Tortellini and got a bag of salad, salad dressing, marinara sauce, garlic bread and a 2 liter coke for free. They're really good at giving 'smart' type coupons. Buy x get y, when x and y blend together.
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4. Barbeque. I know, you're thinking "You can get that anywhere." No, man. Texans take barbeque to the extreme. And they always invite a crapton of people for a barbeque. It's not just 'grilling stuff out in the yard" it's a long, drawn-out day long process for a meal. And there are just a boatload of barbeque restaurants around here.
5. Conventions. Houston has some 6-7 RPG/Game conventions a year, and most of them are gigantic affairs. I am going to do my best to return for some of them, but let's be honest, I'll have to pick and choose, maybe only do two Houston Conventions a year or something. In the last year, since I started writing here for Land of the Nerds, I've attended 4 conventions and passed on going to at least 3 others due to money/travel differences.
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There, six things I'll miss about Houston. Why did I post this on Land of the Nerds? Perhaps because so much of that family/support system I listed in #1 read me here. Or perhaps it is because of the conventions.
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You can bet the farm that if Hillary is elected in November, she'll be even worse than Obama in pushing every type of gun control and ban possible in an effort to disarm the American people. It's hard to conquer a nation when the general population are well armed and ready to defend themselves against the type of tyranny Clinton and others want to rule by.


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* Gross Margin of 37.5%
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American Reprographics Company (the "Company"), the nation's leading provider of reprographic services and technology, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.
"Our performance was very strong under extraordinary economic circumstances," said K. "Suri" Suriyakumar, Chairman, President and CEO. "We protected our profits and cash flow despite the obvious challenges we encountered during the period, and I remain confident in our ability to protect them in the future. Over the past nine months, we've made significant changes to improve sales management, eliminate overhead, reduce our labor costs, and streamline reporting and administrative functions to keep the management team tightly focused on both the opportunities and challenges we face on a day-to-day basis. Those efforts are clearly paying off as demonstrated by our improvement in gross margins and the continuing strength of our cash position."
Net revenue for the second quarter of 2009 was $131.1 million. The Company's gross margin was 37.5% for the three-month period ending June 30, 2009. Net income for the second quarter of 2009 was $6.3 million, or $0.14 per diluted share.
Net revenue for the first six months of 2009 was $270.5 million. The Company's gross margin was 37.4% for the six-month period ending June 30, 2009. Net income for the first six months of 2009 was $13.8 million, or $0.31 per diluted share.
Jonathan Mather, Chief Financial Officer, said, "While we saw a continuing slide in revenues during the period, the decrease was not as steep as the two previous quarters, and our gross margins continue to show incremental improvement despite the difficult sales environment. We made additional progress in our cost savings programs and eliminated an additional $8.6 million in costs for 2009, and also exercised our strong cash flow by paying down at the Company's discretion, an additional $10.7 million of capital lease debt during the period. In addition, I'm happy to report that the environment for amending our debt agreements is more favorable today than we've seen in the recent past. In order to increase our flexibility regarding the financial covenants associated with our credit facility, we have begun discussions with our banks to review our present requirements."
The Company reaffirmed its EPS forecast of $0.50 to $0.75 on a fully-diluted basis, projecting cash flow from operations in the range of $70 million to $90 million.
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How to Breed Quail
Four Parts:Preparing to Breed QuailKeeping Breeding QuailHatching ChicksIncubating ChicksCommunity Q&A
Some quail are hard to get broody whilst others are easy to breed and will often hatch out a lot more chicks than you may have expected. Because of this, it's good to be prepared and know what you are doing.
Part 1
Preparing to Breed Quail
1Decide whether you will be able to breed quail. Breeding quail can be hard at times. You will have to have a lot of space to house the quail, you will have to spend a lot of money on feed, water and housing for the quail, and you will have to give up most of your time on the quail.
- Make sure that the seasons favor you. Breed your quails during spring or summer. These are the seasons when your quails start to mate and nest. Keep in mind though, some quail breed year round whilst others mostly go broody during the spring and summer time.
2Make sure you have enough space to breed quail. Although quails do not take up much space, they will hatch out a large amount of chicks, and males cannot be housed together. If you're going to continue to breed your quail as a profession, at least three large cages in your back garden, shed or garage is a good starting point.
- Each quail needs at least 1 square foot of floor space. Any less and your quails will not lay any eggs due to stress from confinement.
3Place the cage in an undisturbed room. Quails need to be in a peaceful, undisturbed area in order to lay eggs and start to breed. You should not have the following in your area:
- High traffic
- Predators (including pets)
- Loud noises
- Other birds or animals
4Consider hanging lights above the cage. Provide lights for 13-16 hours per day, it will increase the quails egg production. Never keep the lights on all day and night; this will exhaust your quails, they need sleep too.
5Provide hay/straw for your quails. Quails need to build nests before they hatch out chicks or lay eggs. Give them time and they will soon clutch together about five eggs.
- Sometimes quail will lay eggs in peculiar spots or all around their cage rather than in their nest. They'll lay about 5-7 eggs and then clutch them together in their nest and sit on them. Both male and female will take turns sitting on them or sit on them together.
- Consider adding a nesting box for the quail. You can make a nesting box out of plastic container, pots or small cardboard boxes as long as they have an entrance to them. The nesting box should be a bit bigger than the quail itself and the quail should be able to fit through the hole/entrance.
6Decide if you want to let your quails hatch out the eggs or if you want to incubate the eggs yourself. It might be more easy to let the quail hen to hatch the chicks as she will do all the work for you and you will not have to cash out for an incubator. However, some quail don't make good parents and some are hard to get broody.
Part 2
Keeping Breeding Quail
1Choose healthy quails to breed. Whether you are choosing the quails from your flock or from a store, choose the healthiest quail you can see/find. Healthy quail will be:
- Lively, playing around, quite curious and looking cautious.
- Eating, pecking at bits of food or any nearby bugs.
- Drinking, not all of the time but you should at least see the quail drink occasionally.
- Out in the open, quails that are huddled up in the corner are often sick or cold.
2Make sure the quails are at least six weeks old. Any younger and the quails are considered as chicks and will probably not be laying eggs yet.
3Keep one male with every two to five females. Five females is the maximum amount of quails to have with one male, but you will have to keep at least one male quail in each cage to fertilize the eggs.
- Do not house more than one male together. They will compete for the females and kill each over. Separate the quails in order to keep them from fighting.
4Feed your breeding quails a high quality feed. A high quality feed will help your quails breed healthy chicks and can be bought from most pet shops and feed stores.
5Leave the quails undisturbed. They will soon start mating, nesting and sitting on eggs. The occasional check up is okay as long as you are calm and quiet.
Part 3
Hatching Chicks
1Leave your quails to hatch out the eggs. Do not touch or mess with the eggs unless necessary, the quail might discard them.
- You may see eggs lying about separate, leave them, your quails are making a clutch before they sit on them. It will take 17-21 days or more for the eggs to hatch once your quail hen has started sitting on them.
2Check on your quails more often after the 17th day of sitting. By the 17th day your quail chicks will be close to hatching.
3Separate the quail hen and her chicks from the flock. Other quails (especially males) will attack or peck at the chicks, causing serious injuries. Put them in a warm place with bedding, food and water. Consider placing a heat-lamp if the area you live in is quite cold, otherwise, the quail hen will keep her chicks warm naturally.
- Consider keeping the male with the chicks and hen. If he seems like a good father and doesn't peck or trample on the quail you can keep him with the chicks and hen. He might also help the hen care for the chicks.
4Observe the parents. See if they care for the chicks properly and make good natural parents. If they abandon the chicks, peck at them, trample on them, or are quite aggressive towards them, they might not be good parents. If they feed them, call to them, and sleep on top of them they are good parents.
5Purchase chick starter for your chicks. Feed this to your quail hen and chicks soon after hatching. Try purchasing a chick starter with around 28% of protein to ensure that your chicks will grow into strong and healthy quails.
- Chick starter meant for chickens or turkeys should be crushed up into little crumbles so that the chicks can eat it without any trouble.
6Provide water for your chicks at all times. Make sure the water is refilled daily and is always fresh, clean the water bowl once a week and make sure it is shallow enough for your chicks to have access to but won't be at the risk of drowning.
- If you cannot acquire a shallow container to supply the water in, put some marbles, pebbles or something alike so that the chicks will not fall in and drown. You should also keep the water away from the heat source.
7Sex your chicks at six weeks old. There are many ways to determine the sex of a quail. If you're planning on selling your quail, buyers prefer ones that are sexed and it's easier to put a price on your quail. Some methods can be seen below:
- Use vent sexing. This is the most accurate way to tell the sex of your quail. If you press lightly above the vent you should see a bump and some white foam coming out. If so your quail is a male, if not your quail is a female.
- Look at the feathers of your quail. Males usually have brighter colours around their neck and head whilst females are usually plain in colour depending on the breed. You can also look at the breast of your quail, common breeds that are male will have a rusty colour.
- Observe your quails behaviour. Males are usually more aggressive than females, and the dominant male will chase the other males or fight them.
- Listen to your quail. Males such as the coturnix quail will crow now and then and females do not. But if you have button quail, females might also crow mainly to call for chicks.
- Observe your quail during breeding season. Males will mount on top of the female and hold on to the females head with its beak when mating. And females might have a loss of feathers due to mating.
8Separate the chicks after 6 weeks. By this time you will know which ones are males and which ones are females. Here are some tips on separating quails:
- Keep all males separate to prevent fighting.
- Keep quails in pairs so that they do not get lonely.
- Try keeping all the quails together (unless they are males) to reduce the noise volume. Some quails will call for each over if separated.
- Try not to add new quails to an old flock. They will get chased because some quails consider this as invading the flock. If you are going to do this, supervise them.
Part 4
Incubating Chicks
1Purchase a good incubator. Buying one with an egg-turner is recommended, but you can turn the eggs yourself. You can purchase an incubator from a ranch, feed or pet store.
2Choose the eggs you wish to incubate. Wash your hands before touching them and be very careful, the eggs are very fragile. Never wash the eggs; you will remove the coating which protects them from bacteria. Bad eggs will have:
- Dirt on them.
- Cracks.
- Weak or thin shells.
3Set up your incubator. The temperature should be set at 100 °F (38 °C) and the humidity should be set at 60%.
4Place the eggs in the incubator three days after they have been laid.
5Turn the eggs. The eggs should be turned five times a day and you should stop turning the eggs 3 days before hatching.
6Start checking on the eggs three days before they are due to hatch. Some eggs hatch early whilst others hatch late but they should all hatch on the same day.
- Do not interfere with hatching. Usually if a chick doesn't hatch it's for a reason. Also, if the eggs don't hatch 1-2 days after they were supposed to, discard of them.
7Move the chicks to a brooder. A brooder is a place where are raised in, a simple box makes a great brooder. The brooder should include a constant supply of fresh water and chick starter feed, bedding and a heat lamp.
- Keep the brooder at 100℉ (38C) and lower the temperature by 5℉ (3C) each week until it reaches room temperature.
8Check on your chicks at least three times a day. Make sure that they are healthy and are being cared for properly. The signs of unwell chicks are:
- Chicks huddling up or piling on top of each over, this indicates that they are cold.
- Panting chicks, this means that the chicks are either thirsty or hot.
- Chicks that will not eat or drink. Your chick may be sick, it's best to contact a veterinarian.
9Move your quail chicks to a proper cage at 4-6 weeks of age. You can put them in a spacious pen or in a simple rodent cage. As long as your quails have 1 square foot of floor space each they will be happy.
- You should also sex them and find out their gender. Males will fight if housed together and they should be kept in pairs or in groups of 2-5. To breed your new chicks, follow this article through again and see the breeding ratio above.
Community Q&A
QuestionDirectly after my quail lays an egg, can I put it in the incubator to hatch?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerIt can be done but this isn't an effective method to hatch quail chicks. You'll need to first collect enough eggs over a period of time (a week or 7 days) and then put them in the incubator to hatch. If you put the eggs in the incubator at random times they will hatch at different rates which is why it's better to jot down when they were laid and what date they entered the incubator at.
QuestionCan I keep males together without females?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerNo, you cannot. They will fight unless there are many females with them, so do not put them together.
QuestionHow can I get my quail to become broody?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerYou cannot force a bird into broodiness but you can encourage it. Provide nesting materials, hiding spots, calcium, a roo, lightning and do not disturb him while he is trying to breed.
QuestionHow old would a quail be when it starts breeding?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerAt 6-8 weeks is when your quails mature. By then a female quail should be able to become broody and breed if put with another mature male. The eggs should also be fertilised.
QuestionDo female quails go broody often?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerIt depends on the breed and environment your quail is in. There is no way to tell how often a female quail goes broody due to the fact that they are in captivity and the broodiness has been 'bred' out of them. But, there are ways to increase a quails broodiness. First tip; the ratio which is 1 male quail to every 3-5 female quails. The second tip is to set up a breeding habitat which needs to be set-up in a way that the quails have plenty of space and have a natural habitat set-up. The third tip is to keep your quails healthy and try not to disturb them often. They also need to be old enough to breed and lay eggs. Keep clean straw/hay and nesting materials in their habitat at all times.
QuestionHow can I make my female quail broody?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerYou cannot force a quail into broodiness. However, you can promote them into broodiness by providing nesting materials, plenty of space, males, hiding-spots, etc. Read over the article's first method to give you a hint.
QuestionWhat do I feed the mother button quail after her chicks have hatched?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerYou keep her on her normal feed. The mother quail is just the same as before she had her chicks. However, chicks need a higher protein content provided separately.
QuestionHow often should I feed my quail?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerFeed them a small bowlful and fill it again once that runs out. After a few days, notice how much your quail eat and use it as a guide. Remove old feed and wash the bowl every week or so.
QuestionHow long are quails good to breed?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerIt is uncertain as to how long quails breed in their lives, but they're ready to breed at 6 to 8 weeks. From there, they can hatch out up to three eggs, and then start separating females from males, as over-breeding is said to cause stress. However, you can keep males with every two females or so and keep on letting them lay fertilised eggs, just as long as you collect the eggs to incubate. When they stop laying eggs, this is the time they stop breeding.
QuestionMy king quails have started laying eggs and their not sitting on them their only checking them every now and then I also don't know which one is laying the eggs.wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerButton quails (aka King quails) commonly lay eggs year-round and may or may not sit on them. If they haven't built a nest it means they're not planning to ever sit on them. The best thing to do is to chuck them. Next time the quails lay eggs they'll properly build a nest and become broody. Remember, females are brown all over.
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- Moving both the mother quail and father quail is optional. Normally the male quail will be happy to take care of the chicks but at times he can be aggressive, so it is best to observe what he does for the first week or so.
- Consider giving your female hen layer-pellets. Layer-pellets usually have more protein than normal quail feed and helps your quail lay strong, healthy eggs.
- Clean the cage out thoroughly before breeding. You won't usually get the chance to clean the cage when the quails are sitting on eggs as it will disturb them and ruin the whole breeding process. When cleaning the cage it will prevent diseases getting to the quail eggs, so it's a good idea to get scrubbing.
- Quail can have different coloured feathers but be the same breed, they can still be bred though.
- There is a chance that the mother quail will abandon or harm the chicks leading to you hand-raising them. Many people say that quail don't make good mothers but this depends on the quail themselves and your experience. However, you must always be prepared for the worst.
- Dip the chicks beaks in the water to make sure they know where they can drink from.
- Consider purchasing a red bulb as a heat lamp instead of the usual one. Chicks are attracted to red colours which is why they peck at each over and cause bleeding. If they have a red bulb they won't be able to tell if one of the chicks are bleeding or not, leading to no pecking.
- If you're looking in breeding Coturnix/Japanese quail you might have heard that they rarely go broody, which is true. Though it is possible for them to go broody as long as you have two females and a male, a natural habitat that is on ground, plenty of straw, shelters and hiding spots.
Things You'll Need
- Around five quails
- Spare cages
- High quality quail feed
- Water dish
- Chick starter
- Brooder
- Incubator
- Heat source (light)
- Hay/straw
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So now, like everything else, the film is being remade. I'm sure theres an executive somewhere in a Hollywood office with a catalog of properties that are already owned by his studio, biding time, waiting for the right moment to spring a remake on unsuspecting audiences. Likely this one was picked up in an attempt to ride the coattails of the sudden surge in vampires on screen over the past few years before the trend fades away completely. I'm not going to hold that against the new movie, I'm just pointing it out. It probably also helps that the film has a rhyming name, making easy for potential audiences to remember it during the fickle month of August when expectations for summer blockbusters have been severely diminished after all the razzle dazzle effects and explosions of the July releases. I can only hope that the makers of the new film don't see this as chance to rest on their laurels, but to put the same degree of passion on the screen that helped the original in order to break from the doldrums of tradition and expectation.
I'd like to touch briefly on the poster for the new movie before moving on the trailer because I saw the poster before the trailer and it helped form some of my attitudes towards this upcoming film.
This isn't a great movie poster. It reminds me a little too much of the poster for "No Country for Old Men". But there is at least one thing I like about it, and that is surprisingly, Anton Yelchin. The protagonist stands defiantly at a profile, facing left rather than facing straight on or looking to the right, this helps guide our eye past the angle of the supporting background houses, down the text which lets us know the all important what and when. The distinct axe also breaks the silhouette and sticks out in our minds. We don't need to see his face, we just need to know that our hero is a small person stands guard in front of a small pass, facing up against overwhelming odds, but that he is prepared for action!
The biggest problem is the biggest thing in the poster; Colin Ferrell's floating head. Sure he's got red tinted eyes, but that really isn't scary. If his nose is going to take up this much space, at least make that facial feature somewhat frightening! What I'd like to know is why we don't see fangs on Ferrell in the poster. Two pointed fangs are a classic feature of vampires and excellent for use in graphic design, hence why they're being used in the title's text. So why not show us a hint of any in the part of his mouth that we do see?
Then there's the tagline. "You can't run from evil when it lives next door." Wordy, but it does tell you the film's plot.
Quick comparison to the original poster:
The tagline: "There are good reasons to be afraid of the dark" is a bit generic, but the with image beneath, it works. A wide eyed pale face strikes boldly against a dark atmosphere bearing an inhumanly wide mouth full of cruel, sharp teeth and cackles menacingly while commanding the clouds, harnessing the forces of nature itself to assume the shapes of demons to assault a dwarfed house with no neighbors to allies to be seen, just two pine trees, both easily victimized by the blitzing breeze. There is but one light on in the house outlining a human silhouette, and whoever this lone person might be, they are residing in the last outpost against a devastating devil.
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* Establish Anton Yelchin's Charlie as a typical teen with the good life in what we later see in the big city of Las Vegas.
* Charlie's peers, rather than nameless periphery females are the victims. This makes the disappearances distinct, even if we never see them because there are in the same peer group as the intended audience. Though one could argue that the fanservice victims of the original are more memorable because they were just there for gratuitous breast shots then be killed to drive the plot forward. I'm sure its no coincidence that the one victim we do see in this trailer is a pretty blonde, scantly clad woman.
* Speaking of which, theres a scene were Mom introduces us to Jerry, also provides Charlie's name, but only addresses his girlfriend as "His girlfriend". I guess that really is all we need to know about her, since the only things we see her do in the trailer is be threatened by Jerry and show off black lace bra , the latter being the official Hollywood code for "Let's Fuck". I'm going to go out on a limb a say she's going to be more of an archetype than an actual character.
* "Evil" Ed resumes his role as Mr. Exposition, but here he's the one to explain the connection in disappearances and go to Charlie about it rather than having Charlie be the one to figure everything out. He also looks more like a simple high school nerd archetype, rather than the original's big haired goofy spaz. This makes his role in the film more recognizable in the trailer and it looks like this version will be far less annoying.
* The shots in the last half focus on Charlie and Jerry going on the offensive, preparing for war and promising a greater level of violence and destruction than the original's "cry wolf" build up story.
* Sadly, there are no shots of David Tennant as Peter Vincent. The only reason I'm at all interested in this movie at all is to see The Doctor fight monsters on the big screen. If this is not delivered in a following trailer than I'm ready to write this off as a failure already.
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Last week, we had a lab that was really cool. I learned how to fix a pneumothorax (not that hard), place a chest tube, intubate a dog, and how to theoretically do transtracheal washes and tracheostomies. I was excited because I thought I was going to learn how take a pen and stab a choking dog in the throat (tracheostomy) and open an airway like the heroes do in the movies with people all the time. However, the emergency vet said he's seen 1 or 2 in the past 7 years which means I'll never do it and doing a blunt dissection to place the tracheostomy tube is much more likely, though less exciting. It was easily the best part of this semester.
I also had my Pathology final today. It feels so good to have another class done. I have no more tutoring for the semester. Everything is coming to an end.... not fast enough though. Now, I have classes the rest of this week and then finals all next week. The pain is about to begin. Oh, how I missed the taking a final, having 22 hours to prepare for the next one, and then repeat 4 times - all the while getting less sleep as the week progresses. Welcome back Finals Week!!
I'm trying to start studying hardcore, but the motivation is hard to find. I was talking to a 3rd year the other day who had some encouraging words: he was saying how I didn't pay attention this semester because there wasn't much worth listening to (I totally agree). Then next semester, he said the classes will be interesting, but it will just be too hard to pay attention in class. Next semester's final schedule is supposed to be the worst too. At least, I have something to look forward to.
Time to get back to respiratory diseases with a little bacteriology sprinkled on top.
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Today in Tech News Digest, prescription lenses could be coming to Google Glass, the Xbox One succeeds and fails at the same time, Flickr Photo Books arrive, Turntable.fm is shuttered, Place Pins come to Pinterest, Philadelphia bans guns (but only the 3D-printed variety), and Eric Schmidt helps out unhappy iPhone users.
Google Glass Gains Actual Glass
Important next step, 225m in US have corrective lens — "Google Glass found a prescription lens partner" by @sethr http://t.co/p51UN4S67I
— Mike McNamara (@MikeAMcNamara) November 24, 2013
Google Glass has had a big week, with a sneak peek of the Glass Development Kit (GDK) showing some of its potential capabilities, and talks taking place to provide prescription lenses for the wearable hardware. This comes not long after a new set of Google Glass features was revealed Google Glass, Customized Twitter, Justin Bieber Selfies [Tech News Digest] Google Glass, Customized Twitter, Justin Bieber Selfies [Tech News Digest] Google Glass gains new features and sign-up page, Twitter unveils Custom Timelines, the iPad mini with Retina Display goes on sale, Sony adds confusion to used games policy, and Vine arrives on Windows Phone. Read More , and Google opened interest up to more than just rich geeks.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is in talks with VSP Global, an American vision benefits provider, to make frames and lenses for Google Glass. The lenses would allow spectacle wearers to use Glass without limiting their vision, while the frames are likely to increase the range of designs into which the actual technology is incorporated.
Meanwhile, TechCrunch has a short rundown of some of the more interesting Google Glass apps to have emerged recently. These include Word Lens for Glass, which is capable of translating any text you look at while wearing the device. And GolfSight, a GPS rangefinder which promises to offer golfers an augmented round of driving and putting.
As we have said before, Google Glass is currently too expensive and too much of an unknown quantity to be mainstream, but it offers an intriguing vision of the future 5 Reasons Why Google's Project Glass Is The Future & Why That's Awesome [Opinion] 5 Reasons Why Google's Project Glass Is The Future & Why That's Awesome [Opinion] Google's Project Glass has everyone talking. It's a glimpse of the future of augmented reality, wearable computing, and better integration of the Internet and technology in our day-to-day lives. Imagine replacing your smartphone with a... Read More that could potentially change the world.
Xbox One Succeeds, Fails
Microsoft sold 1 million Xbox Ones in the 24 hours after its release, but not all of those are working as they should. Microsoft has matched the success of the PS4 by hitting the 1 million milestone, but that number includes sales in 13 countries rather than just North America, as Sony's did. Still, it's fair to say both consoles had successful first weekends.
Microsoft has managed to match Sony on another score: hardware failures. While some PS4 owners suffered from the BBLoD Bitcoin Bonanza, vBulletin Hack, PS4 Fix, Google Canal View [Tech News Digest] Bitcoin Bonanza, vBulletin Hack, PS4 Fix, Google Canal View [Tech News Digest] Bitcoin enjoys its biggest day yet, Google and Microsoft combat child porn, Sony fixes bricked PlayStation 4, Pocket 5.0 is released, Venice joins Street View, and YouTube causes the Web to lose its s**t. Read More (Blinking Blue Light of Death), some Xbox One owners have found the disk drives on their new consoles to be less than happy to play games. Microsoft has stated that this issue is only affecting "a very small number of Xbox One customers" and that the company is working hard to "get a replacement console to them as soon as possible through our advance exchange program."
Here's hoping we don't have another RRoD-sized debacle on our hands.
Flickr Photo Books
Yahoo has launched Flickr Photo Books, which offer those who prefer hard copies of their favorite photos a simple way of taking their creations from the cloud to the real world. The process of creating a Flickr Photo Book is refreshingly simple, though the service is unfortunately only available in the U.S. I'm sure the timing of this launch, with the holidays just around the corner, is a complete coincidence. Because Yahoo.
Turntable.fm Shutting Down
Turntable.fm, a virtual DJ app, is shutting down as the company cuts its losses to focus on its new Turntable Live platform. Anyone outside the States won't care about Turntable.fm shutting down, because it was (apart from a month at launch) only available to U.S. residents. Fans of the service have until Dec. 2 to enjoy spinning their vinyl (I know, I'm old).
Place Pins On Pinterest
Several Pinterest rivals have been offering Pinterest-for-location services Plan Future Vacations With These Pinterest-Style Websites For Locations Plan Future Vacations With These Pinterest-Style Websites For Locations Pinterest has inspired many websites to adopt its look and feel. Pinterest-for-location is a genre all of its own, populated by beautifully designed travel websites. Head towards five of the best. Read More for a while now, but Pinterest itself has finally decided to join the party. The new Place Pins Roam The World One Pin At A Time With Place Pins On Pinterest Roam The World One Pin At A Time With Place Pins On Pinterest Visualizing your dream vacation just got easier with the introduction of "Place Pins" by Pinterest. Pinners can create travel focused Place Boards with the help of Place Pins on an interactive map. Read More are designed to allow users to plan the perfect vacation, with placemarkers on a map providing a visual overview of the locations they wish to visit. Unfortunately, Pinterest hasn't included tips on how to afford these dream vacations.
Philadelphia Bans 3D-Printed Guns
Philadelphia has become the first major American city to ban the manufacture of guns via 3D printers. 3D printing is becoming increasingly popular, and some people fear the consequences of anyone being able to print their own lethal weapons at home.
As a result of this, the Philadelphia City Council unanimously voted to outlaw these weapons, though it admits that the ban is a pre-emptive strike "just based upon internet stuff out there." Philadephia may be the first American city to ban 3D-printed guns but it's unlikely to be the last. If you have strong views on the issue feel free to air them in the comments below.
Eric Schmidt's Guide To Android
And finally, Eric Schmidt wants to write for MakeUseOf, but his day job won't allow him to do so. Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, is a busy man. But not too busy to write a 900-word guide for those switching from iPhone to Android.
The guide, which he opens by stating, "Many of my iPhone friends are converting to Android," appeared on Google+, the much-maligned social networking site Google is forcing down everybody's throats. It's a solid guide that's worth a read, but Schmidt hasn't done enough to secure a place on the MakeUseOf writing staff. Better luck next time, Schmidty.
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I doubt the XBox hardware issues will be as severe as the RRoD ones were, simply for the fact that Microsoft are admitting there is a problem and taking positive steps to solve it. It was over a year before they admitted that RRoD was a widespread problem, and they suffered a lot of negative PR because of it.
Regarding the 3D guns, I'm not really a hardware geek but I've been told that it is as cheap to buy the milling equipment to manufacture a gun as it is to buy a 3D printer. Apparently it also takes similar skill. So really, the 3D guns are no more of a threat than already exists.
Microsoft cannot afford another RRoD. And they're certainly doing the right thing admitting the problem and tackling it immediately.
That is extremely interesting. This decision was clearly taken out of fear and ignorance, though I can fully understand the concerns. If 3D printers become as ubiquitous as they could do, then there would have to be controls put in place. Is it better to do that preemptively?
It is possible to make explosives out of things like shampoo, fertiliser, flour, and other easily available ingredients. I don't need a license to buy any of those things. There is a big difference between "Can" and "Will". By attempting to regulate it, all that will happen is that more people will attempt to print them because it will be getting a lot of attention.
Besides, once you regulate guns, you open the doors for big businesses to restrict all sorts of other items which pose no threat other than potentially eating into their profits.
Looks like Philly is acting in fear instead of in fact, much like all politicians.
Not only that but acting out of ignorance too, which is a shame.
I am sorry but I seem to be one of the few who still believes in the US Constitution! To my knowledge there has not been a Constitutional congress that has met to change the Constitution. The last time I read it it clearly states that I and any other US citizen has the right to own and bear arms (meaning guns). This law is clearly a violation of the US Constitution!


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What do you get when you take everything that tastes amazing, but is really, really, bad for you, toss it on some dough and then bake? Well, that's easy . . . you get my deliciously high fat, cholesterol nightmare of a calzone . . .THE DOMESTICATOR! Probably should have named it the widow/widower maker, but I bet those names have already been taken, huh?
So here's the skinny, (no pun intended, well, maybe a little pun) 95% of the time I cook, bake and create on the healthier side. I mean, I don't go OCD on it, such as; I never, ever, use margarine, or low fat milk when I cook and I believe the key to eating what you like (or doing anything else in life) is moderation. I also try to make sure that I cook or have one or two healthy vegetables with supper. I never use canned vegetables unless it's totally necessary and always cook fresh or frozen instead. I also make sure we have plenty of fruit around for snacking too.
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First off, I don't know why the picture I took of my calzones looks like butt cheeks, so I apologize up front.
Dough– homemade or pre-made. I made my own for this calzone, but it was because I had some time on my hands.
1 cup sliced pepperoni
4-5 sweet Italian sausage, cooked and sliced
6-7 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled into large pieces
1 small container Ricotta cheese (I believe it's 15oz)
1 small block of Mozzarella cheese slice into medium size pieces or 1 cup shredded
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 medium onion (any type) chopped
1/2 green or red pepper chopped
2 tsp chopped garlic
1 cup tomato sauce (any kind, your choice)
3 TBSP butter
Wax paper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a frying pan, melt butter and saute onions and peppers until gently browned
In a bowl combine Ricotta, sauteed onions and peppers and garlic
Roll out dough on a floured piece of wax paper (if large enough, cut dough in two pieces and make 2 calzones)
Working from almost direct center of dough, pour tomato sauce in straight line across dough
Using a large spoon, start spooning Ricotta mixture across dough as well
Next, stack remaining ingredients beginning with the meat and ending with the shredded cheddar
Grasping the dough from the side farthest away from you lift and bring it towards you connecting the two sides like half moons.
I then take a large fork and press down to make sure the connection is sealed well.
Carefully lift the calzone and place on a cookie sheet
Lightly brush the top of the calzone with butter and place in the oven for approx 20-25 minutes or until dough is beautifully golden brown
Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing and serving. Word of caution . . . It's delicious . . . and filling . . . A little goes a long way
Um, you might want to have some heartburn medicine ready for later
As Always . . . Enjoy my friends . . . Peace, Light and Love to all of you!
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And here's the completed block:
At the 1:54 mark, I had a bird's nest issue, but the machine managed to get through it.
This was my favorite pattern for the whole modern block template. It just has this cool Pac Man board, science fiction feel to it. Stitching on the 1/4" scale was also fun, and even the 1/8" wasn't too challenging, although you'll note I did stop to rest my eyes. Working on small scale, you can definitely get an optical illusion effect.
This is the last block in our modern block, so I will see you in two weeks as we tackle a drunkard's path block.


text: They turn down their thermostats, weatherize their buildings and band together to secure the best buys. Faced with rising natural gas prices, school districts across Michiana are employing a variety of tactics to tackle heating costs. It's their way of addressing a problem that experts say won't go away. "Consumers, businesses and school districts should expect to pay more for natural gas in any year than they did the year before," says Jim Ostroff, a Washington, D.C., energy expert. "It is extremely unlikely that natural gas prices will go down." Given that grim forecast, schools are doing what they can to cut heating costs. Tweaking the temperature One of the simplest ways to reduce natural gas use, school officials say, is to adjust the thermostat. It's a quick trick that many schools use these days. For instance, take St. Bavo's School, in Mishawaka. Its last heating bill was more than $5,000 -- about double the previous bill, says Principal Linda Hixon. After seeing it, she decided the school would turn down the heat, and students would wear sweaters and sweat shirts to keep warm. Now, officials keep the temperature at 62 degrees during the day, she says. At night, they shut off the heat completely, and when students first arrive for school, the temperature is only about 58 to 60 degrees. "I thought 65 to 66 degrees was pretty low, but to have it over $5,000, it was like, whoa!" Hixon says. "You try to do your best, and you try to cut back." Randy Squadroni, business manager for School City of Mishawaka, says his district keeps its buildings at about 68 degrees during the day, and as low as 60 degrees on nights and weekends. Plymouth Superintendent John Hill says his school corporation sets its thermostats at about 69 degrees during school hours and about 61 degrees after hours. Art Weaver, director of the school operations center for Niles Community Schools, says officials turned down the thermostat to about 65 degrees during the recent holiday break; that's down from the normal temperature of 72 degrees. And John Strauss, assistant superintendent of facilities management for the South Bend Community School Corp., says the corporation turns off the heat in many buildings during student breaks. Fixing facilities, equipment Some districts, including South Bend, find it useful to weatherize buildings and replace old equipment "The big thing, I think, is we (have) spent a lot of time and money to upgrade our facilities," Strauss says. School officials keep track of how heating-efficient each building is, he says, and use "surgical strikes" to target inefficiency. "We just sit down with our figures and decide, OK, this is the bad school, and let's figure out why it's bad," he says, adding that insulation, better boilers and windows, and an operator-friendly energy management system have all helped the district use less gas. That's important, Strauss says, given today's energy costs. Through Dec. 1, he says, the district paid an average of $1.03 per therm; he estimates the average cost for all of 2005 was $1.15 per therm, thanks to a cold December. Hill says Plymouth has cut gas use by replacing old boilers, which were generally about 65 percent efficient, with new ones, which are about 95 percent efficient. "When we replaced the boilers at the high school -- I think that was about three years ago -- they have already paid for themselves," he says. Meanwhile, Niles' Weaver says boiler maintenance has helped his district reduce its demand for gas. Buying, saving together In addition to cutting back on gas use, some school districts are joining with others in order to save on purchases. For instance, Nina Kuhlman, a spokeswoman with Illinois-based Nordic Energy Services LLC, says almost two dozen school districts currently claim membership in the North-Central Energy Cooperative, which buys natural gas through Nordic. The cooperative includes districts in Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Pulaski, St. Joseph and Starke counties, she says. Members, Kuhlman says, include Bremen Public Schools, Culver Community Schools, John Glenn School Corp., Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp., the Plymouth Community School Corp., School City of Mishawaka, Triton School Corp., and Union-North United School Corp. The cooperative buys natural gas in bulk in order to save, says John Zaharias, vice president of operations for Nordic. Each member school district pays the same rate, he says. Currently, the cooperative's rates are between $1 and $1.10 per therm, Zaharias says, adding that in 2005, the average rate was 74 1/2 cents per therm. "I know we've all saved money," says School City's Squadroni. "I know we've all saved thousands and thousands of dollars." Staff writer Joshua Stowe: email@example.com (574) 235-6359


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Globalization, Market Economy and Social Inequality in China: Exploring the Experience of Migrant Teachers
This study explores the experience of migrant teachers in China. In particular, it examines how China's market economy might have impacted on the status and living and working conditions of migrant teachers. The study adopts a case study approach, drawing on personal interviews with 21 school teachers in Shenzhen and Zhuhai of Guangdong Province. The findings reveal that despite China's economic miracle, migrant teachers' status and teaching and living conditions have not improved. On the contrary, they have deteriorated. Migrant teachers are paid less, live in poor housing conditions, and face heavy workload. Many teachers have to tutor outside of school hours or work a second job to make ends meet. Through an account of the experience of migrant teachers in China, this study contextualizes the concept of globalization by examining its impact on China through the influence of the market economy. It also reveals a number of social injustice and inequality in education which requires the Chinese government to take immediate actions to reduce and eliminate it.
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Guo, Shibao
"Globalization, Market Economy and Social Inequality in China: Exploring the Experience of Migrant Teachers,"
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale: Vol. 41
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Available at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cie-eci/vol41/iss2/2