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- class unreal.ARSharedWorldGameMode(outer: Object | None = None, name: Name | str = 'None')¶
ARShared World Game Mode
C++ Source:
Module: AugmentedReality
File: ARSharedWorldGameMode.h
Editor Properties: (see get_editor_property/set_editor_property)
actor_guid(Guid): [Read-Write] The GUID for this actor.
- Note: Don't use VisibleAnywhere here to avoid getting the CPF_Edit flag and get this property reset when resetting to defaults.
See FActorDetails::AddActorCategory and EditorUtilities::CopySingleProperty for details.
allow_tick_before_begin_play(bool): [Read-Write] Whether we allow this Actor to tick before it receives the BeginPlay event. Normally we don't tick actors until after BeginPlay; this setting allows this behavior to be overridden. This Actor must be able to tick for this setting to be relevant.
always_relevant(bool): [Read-Write] Always relevant for network (overrides bOnlyRelevantToOwner).
async_physics_tick_enabled(bool): [Read-Write] Whether to use use the async physics tick with this actor.
auto_destroy_when_finished(bool): [Read-Write] If true then destroy self when "finished", meaning all relevant components report that they are done and no timelines or timers are in flight.
auto_receive_input(AutoReceiveInput): [Read-Write] Automatically registers this actor to receive input from a player.
block_input(bool): [Read-Write] If true, all input on the stack below this actor will not be considered
buffer_size_per_chunk(int32): [Read-Write] The size of the buffer to use per send request. Must be between 1 and 65535, though should not be max to avoid saturation
call_pre_replication(bool): [Read-Write]
call_pre_replication_for_replay(bool): [Read-Write]
can_be_damaged(bool): [Read-Write] Whether this actor can take damage. Must be true for damage events (e.g. ReceiveDamage()) to be called. see: https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/damage-in-ue4 see: TakeDamage(), ReceiveDamage()
can_be_in_cluster(bool): [Read-Write] If true, this actor can be put inside of a GC Cluster to improve Garbage Collection performance
content_bundle_guid(Guid): [Read-Write] The GUID for this actor's content bundle.
custom_time_dilation(float): [Read-Write] Allow each actor to run at a different time speed. The DeltaTime for a frame is multiplied by the global TimeDilation (in WorldSettings) and this CustomTimeDilation for this actor's tick.
data_layer_assets(Array[DataLayerAsset]): [Read-Write]
data_layers(Array[ActorDataLayer]): [Read-Only] DataLayers the actor belongs to.
default_pawn_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] The default pawn class used by players.
default_player_name(Text): [Read-Write] The default player name assigned to players that join with no name specified.
default_update_overlaps_method_during_level_streaming(ActorUpdateOverlapsMethod): [Read-Only] Default value taken from config file for this class when 'UseConfigDefault' is chosen for 'UpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming'. This allows a default to be chosen per class in the matching config. For example, for Actor it could be specified in DefaultEngine.ini as:
[/Script/Engine.Actor] DefaultUpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming = OnlyUpdateMovable
Another subclass could set their default to something different, such as:
[/Script/Engine.BlockingVolume] DefaultUpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming = NeverUpdate see: UpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming
delayed_start(bool): [Read-Write] Whether the game should immediately start when the first player logs in. Affects the default behavior of ReadyToStartMatch
enable_auto_lod_generation(bool): [Read-Write] Whether this actor should be considered or not during HLOD generation.
find_camera_component_when_view_target(bool): [Read-Write] If true, this actor should search for an owned camera component to view through when used as a view target.
game_session_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] Class of GameSession, which handles login approval and online game interface
game_state_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] Class of GameState associated with this GameMode.
generate_overlap_events_during_level_streaming(bool): [Read-Write] If true, this actor will generate overlap Begin/End events when spawned as part of level streaming, which includes initial level load. You might enable this is in the case where a streaming level loads around an actor and you want Begin/End overlap events to trigger. see: UpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming
hidden(bool): [Read-Write] Allows us to only see this Actor in the Editor, and not in the actual game. see: SetActorHiddenInGame()
hlod_layer(HLODLayer): [Read-Write] The UHLODLayer in which this actor should be included.
hud_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] HUD class this game uses.
ignores_origin_shifting(bool): [Read-Write] Whether this actor should not be affected by world origin shifting.
inactive_player_state_life_span(float): [Read-Write] Time a playerstate will stick around in an inactive state after a player logout
initial_life_span(float): [Read-Write] How long this Actor lives before dying, 0=forever. Note this is the INITIAL value and should not be modified once play has begun.
input_priority(int32): [Read-Write] The priority of this input component when pushed in to the stack.
instigator(Pawn): [Read-Write] Pawn responsible for damage and other gameplay events caused by this actor.
is_editor_only_actor(bool): [Read-Write] Whether this actor is editor-only. Use with care, as if this actor is referenced by anything else that reference will be NULL in cooked builds
is_spatially_loaded(bool): [Read-Write] Determine if this actor is spatially loaded when placed in a partitioned world.
If true, this actor will be loaded when in the range of any streaming sources and if (1) in no data layers, or (2) one or more of its data layers are enabled. If false, this actor will be loaded if (1) in no data layers, or (2) one or more of its data layers are enabled.
layers(Array[Name]): [Read-Write] Layers the actor belongs to. This is outside of the editoronly data to allow hiding of LD-specified layers at runtime for profiling.
max_inactive_players(int32): [Read-Write] The maximum number of inactive players before we kick the oldest ones out
min_net_update_frequency(float): [Read-Write] Used to determine what rate to throttle down to when replicated properties are changing infrequently
min_respawn_delay(float): [Read-Write] Minimum time before player can respawn after dying.
net_cull_distance_squared(float): [Read-Write] Square of the max distance from the client's viewpoint that this actor is relevant and will be replicated.
net_dormancy(NetDormancy): [Read-Write] Dormancy setting for actor to take itself off of the replication list without being destroyed on clients.
net_load_on_client(bool): [Read-Write] This actor will be loaded on network clients during map load
net_priority(float): [Read-Write] Priority for this actor when checking for replication in a low bandwidth or saturated situation, higher priority means it is more likely to replicate
net_update_frequency(float): [Read-Write] How often (per second) this actor will be considered for replication, used to determine NetUpdateTime
net_use_owner_relevancy(bool): [Read-Write] If actor has valid Owner, call Owner's IsNetRelevantFor and GetNetPriority
num_bots(int32): [Read-Write] number of non-human players (AI controlled but participating as a player).
num_players(int32): [Read-Write] Current number of human players.
num_spectators(int32): [Read-Write] Current number of spectators.
num_travelling_players(int32): [Read-Write] Number of players that are still traveling from a previous map
on_actor_begin_overlap(ActorBeginOverlapSignature): [Read-Write] Called when another actor begins to overlap this actor, for example a player walking into a trigger. For events when objects have a blocking collision, for example a player hitting a wall, see 'Hit' events. note: Components on both this and the other Actor must have bGenerateOverlapEvents set to true to generate overlap events.
on_actor_end_overlap(ActorEndOverlapSignature): [Read-Write] Called when another actor stops overlapping this actor. note: Components on both this and the other Actor must have bGenerateOverlapEvents set to true to generate overlap events.
on_actor_hit(ActorHitSignature): [Read-Write] Called when this Actor hits (or is hit by) something solid. This could happen due to things like Character movement, using Set Location with 'sweep' enabled, or physics simulation. For events when objects overlap (e.g. walking into a trigger) see the 'Overlap' event. note: For collisions during physics simulation to generate hit events, 'Simulation Generates Hit Events' must be enabled.
on_begin_cursor_over(ActorBeginCursorOverSignature): [Read-Write] Called when the mouse cursor is moved over this actor if mouse over events are enabled in the player controller.
on_clicked(ActorOnClickedSignature): [Read-Write] Called when the left mouse button is clicked while the mouse is over this actor and click events are enabled in the player controller.
on_destroyed(ActorDestroyedSignature): [Read-Write] Event triggered when the actor has been explicitly destroyed.
on_end_cursor_over(ActorEndCursorOverSignature): [Read-Write] Called when the mouse cursor is moved off this actor if mouse over events are enabled in the player controller.
on_end_play(ActorEndPlaySignature): [Read-Write] Event triggered when the actor is being deleted or removed from a level.
on_input_touch_begin(ActorOnInputTouchBeginSignature): [Read-Write] Called when a touch input is received over this actor when touch events are enabled in the player controller.
on_input_touch_end(ActorOnInputTouchEndSignature): [Read-Write] Called when a touch input is received over this component when touch events are enabled in the player controller.
on_input_touch_enter(ActorBeginTouchOverSignature): [Read-Write] Called when a finger is moved over this actor when touch over events are enabled in the player controller.
on_input_touch_leave(ActorEndTouchOverSignature): [Read-Write] Called when a finger is moved off this actor when touch over events are enabled in the player controller.
on_released(ActorOnReleasedSignature): [Read-Write] Called when the left mouse button is released while the mouse is over this actor and click events are enabled in the player controller.
on_take_any_damage(TakeAnyDamageSignature): [Read-Write] Called when the actor is damaged in any way.
on_take_point_damage(TakePointDamageSignature): [Read-Write] Called when the actor is damaged by point damage.
on_take_radial_damage(TakeRadialDamageSignature): [Read-Write] Called when the actor is damaged by radial damage.
only_relevant_to_owner(bool): [Read-Write] If true, this actor is only relevant to its owner. If this flag is changed during play, all non-owner channels would need to be explicitly closed.
optimize_bp_component_data(bool): [Read-Write] Whether to cook additional data to speed up spawn events at runtime for any Blueprint classes based on this Actor. This option may slightly increase memory usage in a cooked build.
options_string(str): [Read-Write] Save options string and parse it when needed
pauseable(bool): [Read-Write] Whether the game is pauseable.
pivot_offset(Vector): [Read-Write] Local space pivot offset for the actor, only used in the editor
player_controller_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] The class of PlayerController to spawn for players logging in.
player_state_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] A PlayerState of this class will be associated with every player to replicate relevant player information to all clients.
primary_actor_tick(ActorTickFunction): [Read-Write] Primary Actor tick function, which calls TickActor(). Tick functions can be configured to control whether ticking is enabled, at what time during a frame the update occurs, and to set up tick dependencies. see: https://docs.unrealengine.com/API/Runtime/Engine/Engine/FTickFunction see: AddTickPrerequisiteActor(), AddTickPrerequisiteComponent()
relevant_for_level_bounds(bool): [Read-Write] If true, this actor's component's bounds will be included in the level's bounding box unless the Actor's class has overridden IsLevelBoundsRelevant
remote_role(NetRole): [Read-Only] Describes how much control the remote machine has over the actor.
replay_rewindable(bool): [Read-Write] If true, this actor will only be destroyed during scrubbing if the replay is set to a time before the actor existed. Otherwise, RewindForReplay will be called if we detect the actor needs to be reset. Note, this Actor must not be destroyed by gamecode, and RollbackViaDeletion may not be used.
replay_spectator_player_controller_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] The PlayerController class used when spectating a network replay.
replicate_movement(bool): [Read-Write] If true, replicate movement/location related properties. Actor must also be set to replicate. see: SetReplicates() see: https://docs.unrealengine.com/InteractiveExperiences/Networking/Actors
replicate_using_registered_sub_object_list(bool): [Read-Write] When true the replication system will only replicate the registered subobjects and the replicated actor components list When false the replication system will instead call the virtual ReplicateSubobjects() function where the subobjects and actor components need to be manually replicated.
replicated_movement(RepMovement): [Read-Write] Used for replication of our RootComponent's position and velocity
replicates(bool): [Read-Write] If true, this actor will replicate to remote machines see: SetReplicates()
role(NetRole): [Read-Only] Describes how much control the local machine has over the actor.
root_component(SceneComponent): [Read-Write] The component that defines the transform (location, rotation, scale) of this Actor in the world, all other components must be attached to this one somehow
runtime_grid(Name): [Read-Write] Determine in which partition grid this actor will be placed in the partition (if the world is partitioned). If None, the decision will be left to the partition.
server_stat_replicator_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write]
spawn_collision_handling_method(SpawnActorCollisionHandlingMethod): [Read-Write] Controls how to handle spawning this actor in a situation where it's colliding with something else. "Default" means AlwaysSpawn here.
spectator_class(type(Class)): [Read-Write] The pawn class used by the PlayerController for players when spectating.
sprite_scale(float): [Read-Write] The scale to apply to any billboard components in editor builds (happens in any WITH_EDITOR build, including non-cooked games).
start_players_as_spectators(bool): [Read-Write] Whether players should immediately spawn when logging in, or stay as spectators until they manually spawn
tags(Array[Name]): [Read-Write] Array of tags that can be used for grouping and categorizing.
update_overlaps_method_during_level_streaming(ActorUpdateOverlapsMethod): [Read-Write] Condition for calling UpdateOverlaps() to initialize overlap state when loaded in during level streaming. If set to 'UseConfigDefault', the default specified in ini (displayed in 'DefaultUpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming') will be used. If overlaps are not initialized, this actor and attached components will not have an initial state of what objects are touching it, and overlap events may only come in once one of those objects update overlaps themselves (for example when moving). However if an object touching it does initialize state, both objects will know about their touching state with each other. This can be a potentially large performance savings during level loading and streaming, and is safe if the object and others initially overlapping it do not need the overlap state because they will not trigger overlap notifications.
Note that if 'bGenerateOverlapEventsDuringLevelStreaming' is true, overlaps are always updated in this case, but that flag determines whether the Begin/End overlap events are triggered. see: bGenerateOverlapEventsDuringLevelStreaming, DefaultUpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming, GetUpdateOverlapsMethodDuringLevelStreaming()
use_seamless_travel(bool): [Read-Write] Whether the game perform map travels using SeamlessTravel() which loads in the background and doesn't disconnect clients
- property buffer_size_per_chunk: int¶
[Read-Write] The size of the buffer to use per send request. Must be between 1 and 65535, though should not be max to avoid saturation
- Type:
- get_ar_shared_world_game_state() → ARSharedWorldGameState¶
- Returns:
the game state for this game mode
- Return type:
- set_ar_shared_world_data(ar_world_data) → None¶
Sets the image data for the shared world game session
- Parameters:
ar_world_data (Array[uint8]) – the blob to use as the AR world data
- set_ar_world_sharing_is_ready() → None¶
Tells the game mode that the AR data is ready and should be replicated to all connected clients


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British Columbia shuts out Saskatchewan for seventh place finish at U18 nationals
by Amy McCormack
CALGARY, Alta. – In the fight for seventh place, British Columbia managed to shut out Saskatchewan 5-0, giving Valencia Yordanov (Port Coquitlam, B.C./Fraser Valley, BCFMAAAHL) a well-deserved shutout Saturday morning at the 2013 National Women's Under-18 Championship.
The game remained scoreless for the first period and the shots on net were almost equal, seven to six in favour of British Columbia. After a scramble in front of the net late in the second, B.C forward Chelsea Wilson (Langley, B.C./Fraser Valley, BCFMAAAHL) picked up the rebound to give her team a 1-0 lead.
Early in the third Emily Costales (Vancouver, B.C./Pacific, JWHL) fed Alyssa Erickson (Mission, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) to make it 2-0 for British Columbia.
Penalties also helped out British Columbia in the third and left Saskatchewan shorthanded, resulting in power-plays goals Costales at 6:34, Micah Hart (Saanichton, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) at 9:02 and Leah Lum in the last eight seconds of the middle frame.
"We had been practising our power plays leading up to the tournament and we were able to use that practice this game," Erickson said after the win in what was both team's final game of this prestigious tournament.
Saskatchewan defenceman Brooke Hobson (Prince Albert, Sask./Prince Albert, SFMAAAHL) and B.C. forward Lauren Spring (Kelowna, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence, Midget AAA) earned the Player of the Game honours.
Medal games take place Sunday, with the bronze set for 12 p.m. MT and available for viewing live on FASTHockey at www.hockeycanada.ca/nwu18 and the puck dropping on the battle for gold at 4 p.m. MT, with the final game to air at 10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT on TSN 2, official broadcasters of Hockey Canada.
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On Monday, Americans will honor men and women who died while serving this country.
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•The Town of Niagara Lions and Lioness Clubs will host their annual Memorial Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday, May 27, at the Witmer Road Cemetery on Witmer Road in the Town of Niagara. The ceremony will include the placing of a memorial wreath next to the monument by the presidents of the Lions and Lioness Clubs. The flag ceremony will be conducted by the Western New York Corps of Cadets and assisted by the Girl Scout Brownie Troop 70008. The color guard will be provided by the Conrad Kania Detachment of the Marine Corps League. The Marine Corps League also will perform a live gun salute and play taps.
Opening and closing prayers will be offered by Pastor Ron Maines of Forestview Church of God. The principal speaker will be U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Browngriffin.
Other speakers will be Joseph Rizzotto, veteran and commander of the Fredrick F. Cadille Post of the American Legion; Angelo Onevelo, veteran and Lions Club chairperson; and Michael Hoplight, veteran and Lions Club member.
•Wheatfield's ceremony also is at 11 a.m. Monday, May 27, organized by American Legion Post 1451 and held at the war memorial at the town's Highway Garage on Ward Road. Speakers will include Niagara County Legislature Chairman Bill Ross and Wheatfield Town Supervisor Bob Cliffe. Karen Foote will sing the National Anthem.
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Activities will kick off Saturday at 10 a.m. with a colors ceremony presented by the Lewiston-Porter High School Air Force Junior ROTC. This ceremony will raise the fort's reproduction 24-by-28-foot 1812 flag in commemoration of the American attack on neighboring Fort George in 1813.
Other activities will include military music featuring the fort's Regimental Field Music, artillery and musket demonstrations and a special display of World War II and Korean War-era vehicles by the Military Vehicle Museum of Greater Rochester.
Visitors will explore period military camps, experience soldiers' rations through time and witness the evolution of military weaponry from the days of LaSalle through World War II.
Living history programs will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. On Memorial Day, at 11 a.m., the Lake Ontario Post 313 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a special memorial service at the Fort Niagara Military Cemetery.
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Castrillo Matajudios, which means 'Castrillo Kill Jews' in English, is the name of a town, which the locals admit is not really fit for the modern age. The mayor of the small town has announced that the residents will get the opportunity to vote on a name change.
The 56 residents of the town, which lies near the northern city of Burgos, will vote May 25 on whether to change the name and instead celebrate the location's Jewish heritage, mayor Lorenzo Rodriguez said Monday.
If they agree to the change, locals will be able to choose between the rather less offensive Mota Judios and Mota de Judios, which both mean Mound of the Jews.
"Nowadays when people hear Castrillo Matajudios they go, 'What a village. They kill Jews there. You have killed Jews'," he said.
"There are some villagers, business people who travel to Israel, and they try not to show their identity card. It is a name that we know today is not very correct," the mayor explained.
Rodriguez said the town hall wanted to change the name as long as it could convince the residents.
He said the town was born in 1035 when Jews who had been stripped of their possessions and exiled from their homes decided to settled on a mound, or mota, in the area.
They remained there until 1492 when the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, expelled the Jews from Spain, allowing only those who converted to the Roman Catholic faith to remain.
Now the town hall wants to commission an archaeological study and excavations to unearth the Jewish history of the site and even to attract visitors to the area, Rodriguez said.
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Archaeologist Angel Palomino said an initial study of historical documents carried out for the town revealed that the first mention of the name Castrillo Matajudios appeared in 1623.
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Anyone watching the Olympics, would have noticed that in the first days of these summer games, Italy was trailing behind only China and USA in terms of medals (but who's counting?!) We loved seeing the three women fencers (including one mom) up on the podium, having garnered the bronze, the silver and the gold. My question: did they play the Italian national anthem three times?
I've posted this before, and will post it again, if we could just get the (often female) journalists to stop writing dribble on our bellissime and sexy athletes, and give them credit for all the hard work...we would truly have gotten some top honors.
Rome's Mayor announced that work would begin on the restoration of the Colosseum. Of course, we know this routine: They'll probably wrap the entire building in scaffolding, just in time for tourist season, and then go on holiday. As humor columnist Dave Barry once summarized after seeing so many statues and buildings in wraps..."In Italy, even all the statues go on vacation..."
Actually, it turns out that they will smartly start the works after the tourist season - this coming December. It will, however, go under wraps. Now if they could just call in Christo.
The region of Liguria (with Genova at its heart) approved 'medical marijuana'. This is terrific news, and hope that the rest of Italy follows. It would be interesting, however to see the statistics of the numbers of people who suddenly turn ill...
Although I already reported it, the Beagle puppies from the Green Hill Puppy Farm were getting adopted in droves, so at least a few won't end up on lab tables and stuck with pins. This does not mean puppy raising is still illegal, and, from reports, there are oodles of other puppies available from centers, illegal and not, waiting to be adopted after their rescue.
And, back to sports, who didn't enjoy ASRoma soccer team as they went on tourneè in America. A stroke of brilliance by our American owner (who also owns the Red Sox). Everyone is looking forward to American player Bradley as he brings his touch to Rome this fall.
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How can art serve science? NYU answers this question with the opening of the Neurobiology of Cognition Laboratory, a new Center for Neural Science laboratory featuring an art piece that doubles as the facility's conference table. The work, "Reconfiguring Memory," by internationally recognized artist Shuli Sadé, will be the centerpiece of Professor André Fenton's laboratory, which will be dedicated to research on memory.
How can art serve science? New York University answers this question with the opening of the Neurobiology of Cognition Laboratory, a new Center for Neural Science laboratory featuring an art piece that doubles as the facility's conference table. The work, "Reconfiguring Memory," by internationally recognized artist Shuli Sadé, will be the centerpiece of Professor André Fenton's laboratory, which will be dedicated to research on memory.
The Neurobiology of Cognition Laboratory, built within existing space in NYU's Meyer Hall, opened with a ceremony on Thurs., April 19 at its 4 Washington Place location.
"Reconfiguring Memory" is an artistic affirmation that the best science is not conducted in isolation and through a microscope, but, often, through collaboration and the exchange of ideas.
"The laboratory will serve as a space for communication between scientists, international and local guests," explains Fenton, a professor in NYU's Center for Neural Science. "It will grant the scientists a sophisticated ambiance into which they can invite visitors to expose their work and an attempt to make explicit the interlocking efforts of art and science in defining culture. Our intent is to build a laboratory culture of innovation and rigor by providing inspiration and a laboratory infrastructure that broadcasts our respect and continuous promotion of intellectual exchange, debate, and discovery."
The work, the result of a two-year collaboration between Fenton and Sadé, will not only serve a practical purpose, but also artistically incorporates the laboratory's scientific focal point--memory.
The 15 x 5 foot long conference table is made of 32 photographic panels, fragments of a single New York night cityscape photograph incorporating urban and natural visual textures. Pixels are digitally removed from the photograph, signifying the loss and gain of information that is fundamental to memory storage. The images are so enlarged that, in the table, their elements become abstract and form visual references to the memory research practice and concepts. For example, building elements appear as immunoblots, a biochemical research technique that is routinely used for revealing the molecules that store and regulate memory. Striping in the images resembles the raster displays used to represent electrical discharge of neurons within brain networks.
"With imagery taken from the city, the lab inhabitants are able to reconnect and to be constantly reminded of life outside of the lab and the purpose of research, human health, and knowledge," notes Fenton.
An additional visual presentation references "Reconfiguring Memory" and brackets the laboratory meeting space: "Traces," made of six photographic panels applied to the soffit surrounding the conference table. Its images are based on patterns of identified memory loss and memory gain embedded in the conference table. Patterns of photographic information removed from the same photograph that was used to create "Reconfiguring Memory," printed on transparent film. "Traces" is made from the retracted particles of the total memory of an image in order to animate the memory cycle of laying down traces of experience, their imprecise reactivation in recollection, and their reconsolidation within which information is gained, lost, and distorted.
"Traces are stretched to new dimensions, creating horizontal panels, a metaphoric reminder of the fundamental plasticity of the brain: it creates a continuous contemplation on the reconstructive nature of memory and the laboratory's efforts to decode the neural code and syntax, the very language of neural communication," adds Sadé.
Fenton is an internationally recognized neuroscientist and biomedical engineer. He works on three related problems: how brains store information in memory; how brains coordinate knowledge to selectively activate relevant information and suppress irrelevant information; and how to record electrical brain activity in freely-moving subjects. His recordings of electrical brain activity are elucidating the physiology of cognitive control and cognitive dysfunction in diseases, including schizophrenia, depression, and mental retardation.
Sadé, an Israeli-born, New York-based artist, specializes in working among the interstices of art categories. Most often, her work includes photography and video, but her images also explore the boundaries of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. She works with elements in space that are ethereal in nature: light, sound, movement, and arrested images. Sadé is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council/ NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Art Fund for video and sculpture. She has taught and lectured at Barnard College, Columbia University's School of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania's School of Architecture, Parsons School of Design, SUNY Old Westbury's Art Department, and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Her work is represented by Cynthia- Reeves projects and in the collection of the Mead Art Museum in Amherst, the Israel Museum and the Haifa Museum and in numerous public and private collections including Pfizer Corporate Art Collection, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH, and Duke Energy Headquarters in Charlotte, NC, among others.


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Popular websites make fun of peoples' ugly food pictures
The sites were founded at roughly the same time as a reaction to ubiquity of foodie pics posted online
Hilarious, sometimes crude captioning, is part of the allure
"The most important part is a false belief that what has been cooked is simply fantastic," says blogger
Is it possible to vomit while laughing?
This appears to be the question behind a pair of websites that lampoon the popular practice of people taking pictures of their food and posting the results on social media.
Someone Ate This and Cook Suck (websites contain obscenities), which celebrate the botched efforts of would-be foodies, are simultaneously tasteless and hilarious.
Both have earned robust worldwide followings.
"The site came out two or so years ago at the height of the global food photography crisis, when absolutely everyone was taking pictures of their food, and not one of them had any idea why," says the blogger behind Cook Suck. "It was an epidemic, an absolute epidemic. I simply could not stand aside and let the 'om-nom-nom baked beans on toast #bestcookever' continue."
Based in Sydney, Australia, Cook Suck's founder and sole operator identifies him- or herself via email only as being "in my late twenties."
Balut: The Filipino delicacy that makes the world squirm
As their predominantly pictures-and-salty-insults approach to ugly food indicates, the duo behind Los Angeles-based Someone Ate This (SAT) are somewhat less strident about their mission.
"Someone Ate This is a food blog that celebrates the hilarity of cooking mishaps, bad food photography and the grossest things people shove down their throats," says co-founder Jeffrey Max, a 30-year-old originally from Dallas. "The message is if you do a bad job at cooking, we're going to make fun of you."
Along with friend Ren Ariel Sano, Max launched SAT in May 2012 by posting a picture of a typically limp TV dinner covered in a gelatinous brown sauce.
Since then the pair have posted hundreds of gut-busting (literally, figuratively) pictures, including a mysterious melange described as "several cans of cat food in a sauce pan," a pizza misfire glossed as "a dermatologist's nightmare" and not one but two separate and utterly mad spaghetti tacos – they look exactly how you think they would – that earned the tags "serving your kids food on the floor" and "high on weed."
Scrolling through the SAT archive is like sitting down in a comfortable chair with a full bag of potato chips – it's almost impossible to pull yourself away from the treacherous pleasure.
Tips on bad food photography
The sites are labors of love.
"I've been collecting pictures of gross food for a really long time," says Sano.
Though separated by the vastness of the Pacific, these connoisseurs of culinary miscarriages are engaged in the same quest, constantly foraging for just the right combination of dismal ingredients.
"The perfect terrible meal needs poor photography, terrible plate aesthetics, irritating captioning … poor ingredients and, and this is the most important part, a delusion of grandeur, a false belief that what has been cooked is simply fantastic … that your photographed meal is a gift to us all on Facebook/Instagram," says Cook Suck.
"The most important thing you can do to make your food look disgusting is use the flash," advises Sano. "If you wanna throw a whole hardboiled egg on top, too, it can only help."
"Get super-close to the food, maybe just past the minimal focus distance of your camera," adds Max.
Cook Suck says its site generates enough traffic "to ensure I can afford food that won't appear on my site."
Sano says SAT has about 15,000 followers and gets about 150,000 page views from 50,000 unique visitors a day.
"Which is bananarama," she adds helpfully.
Japan's puffer fish capital: delicious and deadly
Touchy subjects
Not everyone is pleased to find their pictures or pictures of foods they cherish plated up for online ridicule.
A series of hollowed-out pumpkins woefully stuffed with things that make you go blergh consistently raises the ire of sentimental diners on SAT.
"More than anything else, people come to the defense of this food-like item," says Sano. "They like to say it's a family favorite and they eat it at holiday meals and it's actually really good for you, blah blah blah. It strikes a nerve with a lot of people."
"It seems like a pain … to eat out of a pumpkin," says Max. "Like, there's a reason bowls don't hold four gallons and have a small opening at the top. I don't get it at all."
Both sites mine comedy pewter out of go-to genres and ingredients.
Canned corn, black beans, eggs and American cheese are common thematic elements in the images they feature.
While Sano and Max note that all-American potluck casseroles typically yield a high rate of repulsive return, Cook Suck believes it's sitting atop of the mother lode of culinary ineptitude.
"Australians cooking anything Asian," says Cook Suck. "Australians cooking anything, actually.
"We're very very poor cooks in Australia, yet due to our culture we think we are the best. Ninety-nine percent of the country believes they're BBQ masters and yet this couldn't be further from the truth."
All by my selfie: Blogger takes travel photos with imaginary girlfriend
Price of Internet infamy is steep
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Cook Suck impresario admits to not yet parlaying the site's popularity into an elevated social position.
"Australians are terrified of me and I don't get invited to any dinner parties anymore, or no one ever suggests places to eat if I'm invited."
Despite suffering the slings of critics – to say nothing of the mountains of unidentifiable glop on their screens – the pundits of heinous helpings say they'll keep soldiering on, providing much needed perspective to the foodie world.
"Our message is, 'We love it, don't stop, never stop,'" says Sano. "Eat so many hotdogs."
Just don't expect to see any of their vacation food pictures posted online.
"I don't take pics of what I eat," says Max. "I know better."
Doh! 20 biggest travel mistakes
Originally published May 2014.


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|July 16, 2008
Chess Life Online correspondent Jonathan Hilton will be the guest on the Dan Heisman Chess Radio Show this Thursday at 9:00 P.M. EST. The show will be broadcast live on Chess.FM and will last until approximately 10:00 P.M. EST.
Hilton will be taking questions from listeners on the Internet Chess Club regarding his groundbreaking "How Wojo Won" series , including his efforts to obtain lost Wojtkiewicz game scores and turn his series into a book; the Chess Journalists of America Awards; his new job as editor of the World Chess Live Newsletter; blogging for CLO from tournaments across the country; and, of course, his head injury at the World Open.
If you aren't a member of the Internet Chess Club and do not have access to Chess.FM, you can still catch the action about an hour after the show concludes in the archives, which will be made freely available to the general public. The link will be http://webcast.chessclub.com/Heisman/2008_07_17.Heisman.wma
So come prepared with your questions and tune into the show!


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By Monica Tran, Developer Marketing Team
As Vic Gundotra announced previously, Google Developer Day (GDD) will be coming to eight cities in 2011. Please save the date, as we prepare to bring our world tour of GDDs to a city near you.
- September 16: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- September 19-20: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- October 10: Moscow, Russia
- October 18: Prague, Czech Republic
- November 1: Tokyo, Japan
- November 8: Sydney, Australia
- November 13: Tel-Aviv, Israel
- November 19: Berlin, Germany
In the meantime, get the conversation started with our official Google Developer Day 2011 hashtag, #gdd11.
In the past four years, Monica Tran has been around the world, working as a Product Marketing Manager in Mountain View, London, and Tokyo. After a good run on Google I/O, Monica is back to lead the charge on Google Developer Day, happening in 8 cities worldwide in 2011.
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Early Roth IRA distributions without penalty
On Monday, I answered five common questions about Roth IRA's. Today I thought we could dwell on one aspect of Roth IRAs, namely, the rules governing Roth IRA withdrawals. In fact, there was one comment from a reader on that post asking for more clarification.


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Being Toastmaster for a science fiction award ceremony appears to be something of a banana skin. Years ago we had Harlan Ellison's GropeGate at the Hugos. Jay Lake and Ken Scholes attracted some negative comment for their performance in Reno. And last night John Meaney attracted a lot of flak for his performance at the BSFA Awards. (See here for some reaction.)
Inevitably, when these things happen, those at the center of the storm tend to get characterized as Bad People, much to the bemusement of those who know them. I should note here that I'm an openly out, female-identified trans woman, but I count Jay and John as good friends, and my one interaction with Harlan was very pleasant. I'd feel perfectly safe in their company, which is more than I can say for some of the people who attend Eastercon. But people, including me, occasionally say dumb things, especially when they think it is their job to make an audience laugh.
The thing about an award ceremony is that it's not like being in the pub with your mates. It's not like giving an after dinner speech at a gentleman's club. In these days of U-Stream it isn't even a case of giving a speech to a small group of fans who are predominantly older, male, bearded and beer-bellied, and who will get all of your fannish in-jokes. You are on TV, being watched by people all around the world, and you need to be aware of how that audience will react to what you say.
The same goes for ceremony organizers. If you are going to run one of these things, and put it out to the world, you have to be aware that anyone might watch, and react to what goes on. That means talking to your toastmaster in advance about what is going to be said, and accepting some of the responsibility if you get negative feedback.
These things are not necessarily easy. We are all learning to come to grips with the global village in which we now live. But ultimately the only way to avoid train wrecks is to think about these issues, and be careful about what is said.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Mainly because of telecom, as SIP has problems being used behind NAT. These days it is less of a problem than it used to be.
Usually there is a router before the core anyways


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Scientific objectives of planetary sensor systems
Planetary research is closely linked to experiments and instrument-related activities, including scientific and technical proposals for planetary space missions, instrument design, test activities and instrument calibration. Planetary space projects require autonomous instruments with high sensitivity and reliability that can survive deep space and harsh planetary environments. In particular, these instruments are required to consume very low power, tolerate cosmic radiation, and being as light as possible without compromising their scientific performance. The link between planetary science and the required science instrumentation is provided by the Planetary Sensor Systems Department.
Basically, the department is an engineering group, consisting of engineers and physicists, dealing with the design and development of advanced instruments, sensors, and sensor subsystems for detection and investigations of solar- and extra-solar objects The Department's key objectives include:
In most of the Institute's space projects, staff members of the Department act as project engineers, system engineers, and project managers. In this respect, the Department closely cooperates with the industry, which handles most of the fabrication of our instrument-subsystems.


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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. will recall 270,000 Lexus and other vehicles worldwide to fix faulty engines in the latest quality lapse at the world's No. 1 automaker.
Flaws in valve springs, a crucial engine component, could make the vehicle stall while it's moving, Toyota spokesman Hideaki Homma said Friday in announcing the recall.
Lexus General Manager Mark Templin said contaminated materials had been used for valve springs during manufacturing.
Toyota has received about 200 complaints over faulty engines in Japan but no accidents were reported there or abroad, Homma said. Some drivers told Toyota that engines made a strange noise.
The global recall that starts Monday affects seven luxury Lexus sedan models as well as the popular Crown, Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco said. Of the 270,000 recalled cars, some 180,000 were sold overseas, including the United States, and 90,000 in Japan.
The automaker was already scrambling to repair its reputation after 8.5 million vehicles were recalled beginning in October because of problems with sticking accelerator pedals and other issues.
Toyota was slapped with a record $16.4 million fine in the United States for acting too slowly to recall vehicles with defects.
Japan's major daily Asahi said Friday the latest recall of 270,000 vehicles could cost Toyota around 20 billion yen ($227 million). Toyota could not confirm the report, which gave no sources.
Toyota will inform Japan's transport ministry of a recall of 90,000 vehicles on Monday. Nolasco said it was unclear how many vehicles would be recalled in the United States, and Toyota will take action for overseas markets as soon as next week.
Lexus said Thursday about 137,000 vehicles could be affected by the engine problem in the U.S.
Ryoichi Saito, an auto analyst from Mizuho Investors Securities Co. Ltd., said the latest recall was unlikely to hurt Toyota.
"It is clear that Toyota has learned a lesson from the recall disaster. The company has acted very swiftly to deal with problems," Saito said.
Toyota dealers have repaired millions of vehicles following the massive global recalls, but the automaker still faces more than 200 lawsuits tied to accidents, the lower resale value of Toyota vehicles, and the drop in the company's stock.
Toyota said last week it will recall 17,000 Lexus luxury hybrids after testing showed that fuel can spill during a rear-end crash.
U.S. regulators were working with scientists from NASA to investigate what caused some of Toyota's vehicles to suddenly accelerate. That review is expected to be completed by late August.
Officials were also investigating whether Toyota waited nearly a year in 2005 to recall trucks and SUVs in the U.S. with defective steering rods, a case that could lead to additional fines.


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Are you looking for a light, fun, holiday read? Julianna Marley has you covered! She's combined her sports romance heroes with a easy holiday novella! Preorder this one now!
Title: Christmas with the Cunninghams (A Mavericks Novella) Author: Julianna Marley Release Date: December 12th Genre: Holiday Sports Romance Cover Designer: Shanoff Formats
Shay Cunningham has some big news to announce. Not only did he just lead his national football team into the playoffs, but he's bringing home his new fiancé and her daughter for Christmas. With a father recovering from back surgery, a painfully pregnant sister-in-law and eight rambunctious nieces and nephews all under one roof, what could possibly go wrong?
Whitney Scott cannot wait to spend Christmas day with her new large, lively and loving family now that Shay made all her dreams came true less than twenty-four hours ago. But with twenty-one family members all under one roof, things are bound to heat up.
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Victoria Falls and the Victoria Falls Hotel, Zimbabwe
We wrapped up our safari trip with a short visit to Zimbabwe to stay at the Victoria Falls hotel and see the falls. The hotel has the feeling of an old Explorers club. At any moment you expect someone in full safari gear to walk in boasting of his latest trip to the Congo or such. Game trophies litter the walls alongside life size portraits of English royalty. A short walk away, Victoria Falls lives up to its reputation as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.Read More


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Tim Minchin's "Pope Song"
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Published in Christianity, dance, politics, religion, satire, skepticism, video
Tip of the papal mitre to Attempts at Rational Behavior, Pharyngula, Skepchick and basically every other skeptical blog on the web. Yeah, I'm late, as usual.
The Never Ending Memeplex
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 | Published in discordianism, irreligion, jake, memes, meta
Original Snub
Golden apple
Greek mythology
Hot dog buns
Erisian calendar
Conspiracy theories
JFK/Oswald/Kerry Thornley
Law of Fives
Pineal gland
Black Iron Prison
Militant Subjectivism
Iron bars
Think for Yourself, Schmuck!
Eristic/Aneristic Illusions/Principles
Imposition of Order = Escalation of Chaos
Taoism in a clown suit
Zen koans
Sacred Chao
Five tons of flax
Nonsense as salvation
Everyone is Jesus in Discordia
Starbuck's Pebbles
Hung Mung
Chaos Magick
Turkey curse
Curse of Greyface
Bugs Bunny
Operation Mindfuck
Fake mustaches
Fear the Boobquake
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Monday, April 26, 2010 | Published in activism, denialism, jake, memes, religion, satire, science, skepticism
Ok, now that I have your attention... Hopefully you've been following the craziness over at Jen McCreight's Blag Hag. If not, here is a quick rundown. Last week a crazed Iranian cleric made the mistake of making a supernatural claim that could be tested. He said, "Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes." That's right, cleavage causes earthquakes. Well, he didn't mean the cleavage that occurs between rock formations but the cleavage in a woman's bossom. (Sidenote: The term penetrative cleavage proves that all geologists are massive pervs). Jen, being the science minded person that she is, decided to put it to the test:
Sedighi claims that not dressing modestly causes earthquakes. If so, we should be able to test this claim scientifically. You all remember the homeopathy overdose?
Time for a Boobquake.
On Monday, April 26th, I will wear the most cleavage-showing shirt I own. Yes, the one usually reserved for a night on the town. I encourage other female skeptics to join me and embrace the supposed supernatural power of their breasts. Or short shorts, if that's your preferred form of immodesty. With the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake. If not, I'm sure Sedighi can come up with a rational explanation for why the ground didn't rumble. And if we really get through to him, maybe it'll be one involving plate tectonics.
So, who's with me? I may be a D cup, but that will probably only produce a slight tremor on its own. If you'll be joining me on twitter, use the tag #boobquake! Or join the facebook event!
Since then tremors have passed through the internet. Going through my Google Reader I see that it has been mentioned by Skepchick, Pharyngula, Unreasonable Faith, Friendly Atheist, and ERV. She's already been covered by Rev. Barry Lynn, CNN, Mashable, the Washington Post, the Chicago Sun Times, and even the New Zealand Herald. On top of that she has a completely full schedule of interviews set up during the event tomorrow (including every single Indiana based news station).
Jen has managed to set forth a skeptical quake that has reached around the globe several times over. How the hell did she do it? No one really knows. Hemant over at Friendly Atheist has several ideas as to why (pithy name, good time line, humor, youth, BOOBS!) but in the long run no one really knows why these things happen. The media is so fickle that you never know what pick up its attention. As skeptics we have to just keep hammering away until something clicks. And when your name is called all you can do is ride that dragon out until the bitter end.
And showing a bit of cleavage along the way probably doesn't hurt either.
(Make sure to follow Jen on Twitter and watch the hashtag #boobquake for updates during the day)
Motivate Your Fallacies #2
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Thursday, April 22, 2010 | Published in logical fallacy, memes
Too harsh? Sure. Do I care? Not really. My personal tolerance for willful ignorance is all used up. I'm tired of seeing people worship at the altar of the God of the Gaps. Time to get off your knees and learn some SCIENCE, bucko.
(Also, sorry that the picture quality sucks. You'd be surprised how hard it is to find a good picture of Ray Comfort with just the right facial expression.)
Discordian Hymnal #028
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | Published in discordianism, hymnal, video
Reiki Therapy: Also Crap
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Friday, April 16, 2010 | Published in science, skepticism, woo
Reiki : Massage :: Homeopathy : MedicineReiki is a not-so-ancient Japanese version of therapeutic touch therapy. As the Indy Star put it:
In Reiki, a light-touch healing treatment, the practitioner gently places his or her hands in specific positions on a person's body. The therapy, which originated in Japan more than 100 years ago, draws on the belief that our bodies have a universal energy source around them. Reiki practitioners harness that energy and transmit it to their clients.Translation for those that don't speak woo: a therapist waves their hands around your body and this somehow makes you feel better. They say that they are rearranging your "Chi" but they never feel explain what exactly they mean by "chi" and "energy" nor do they tell us how we might be able to detect these things. The entire concept relies very heavily on animism, the belief in an innate soul/energy that resides in all living creatures. They also never explain how moving your hands very slowly over someones body can rearrange that energy. I'm guessing that you have to concentrate really hard, breathe slowly and hold your tongue just right.
I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you...
(Photo via the Indy Star)The weird thing is that reiki does work... kinda. Sorta. People report that it makes them feel more relaxed and can help alleviate pain. The obvious answer isn't that reiki aligns your energy but that it is tapping into the placebo effect. You are forced to lie completely still for about an hour while someone does an elaborate (and useless) ritual around you. Of course you are going to start feeling relaxed. The article even mentions that people occasionally fall asleep during the procedure (probably from boredom). There doesn't seem to many scientific studies on reiki yet but I would love to see how it stacks up against things real massage therapy, hypnosis, or simply having the patient to rest in a darkened room while listening to soothing music. I'm guessing that they would fare roughly equal to one another.
As a side note that is sorta buried in the original story, reiki therapy is being used by nurses at St. Francis Hospital which is very obviously a Catholic hospital. That really surprised because I was under the impression that Catholic bishops were banning the use of reiki. Either they've softened lately or they haven't gotten around to Indiana yet.
Betting on Infinity
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | Published in atheism, irreligion, memes, religion, skepticism, video
World Homeopathy Awareness Week
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Monday, April 12, 2010 | Published in activism, denialism, science, skepticism, video, woo
Thankfully homeopathy is almost strictly a British phenomenon. I'm not entirely sure why. However, there are some homeopathic medicines sold in popular US drug stores. More often then not they are things that are alleged to treat the common cold, headaches, allergies, ear aches, or menopause. Or they are homeopathic sleep aids that contain caffeine, which the Amazing Randi made infamous.
Long story short: homeopathy is nothing but wishful thinking that relies completely on sympathetic magic married to the placebo effect. There has never been any scientific evidence to prove that it works and every proposed mechanism to explain how it works is beyond laughable. The fact that anyone would think that it works boggles my mind.
P.S. Hi, Redditors!
Intermittens #9: Phobia
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Saturday, April 10, 2010 | Published in discordianism, intermittens, jake
As always, it is available on Scribd. For some reason it hasn't been posted on the Intermittens site yet. I'm sure that will be fixed shortly.
Intermittens Nine
More Form Spring Me
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Thursday, April 8, 2010 | Published in formspring, meta, video
1) WHY IS EVERYTHING INFINITELY MORE AMUSING IN CAPS LOCK AND WITH NO PUNCTUATION (via Herbertina Merrique)
2) do you prefer eddie izzard with or without makeup? (via an anonymous coward)
Great question. I'm a huge fan of Eddie Izzard, a British comedian who used to do his comedy act as an "executive transvestite". Seriously, if you haven't watched his stand up special "Dress to Kill" then why are you still alive? It's easily in my top 5 comedy performances ever along with Mitch Hedberg's "Mitch All Together", Lewis Black's "Rules of Enragement", Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and Kathleen Madigan's "In Other Words" (don't judge me!).
Back to the question though, yes Eddie Izzard was obviously better with the makeup. He's not as funny without it. It's almost as if the heel gave him the funny, like Samson's dreadlocks. I can think of only one time where he was funny without the dress, make-up and high heels on and that was twelve years ago in Mystery Men when he played Tony P. And then you have to admit that his outfit was pretty flamboyant.
It feels like in recent years he has been drawn to more serious roles, like "The Riches" and is actively trying to run away from comedy, which is a big mistake. As a serious actor he is extremely average. Almost forgettable. For instance, his Twitter feed is nothing but where he is currently at and what his jogging schedule is. There are much better uses of Twitter, my friend. However, as a comedian he is one of the best of all time.
So, yes. Eddie needs to put the heels back on and make with the funny.
3) is the cake a lie? (via Missy Grace)
The cake is in a constant quantum flux between the truth and a lie. Pie, on the other hand, is as honest as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln combined.
Ok, so there you go. Got more questions for me then drop by FormSpring.me and ask away. I'll try not to forget this time.
Discordian Hymnal #027
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Wednesday, April 7, 2010 | Published in discordianism, hymnal, video
Discordian Erister Sunrise Service
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Sunday, April 4, 2010 | Published in discordianism, irreligion, meta
Rev. Reinard: Thank you all very much for joining me for the first (of hopefully many) Erister sunrise services. Most of you we had to drag out of bed, kicking and screaming. And from the looks of it some of you didn't even bother going to sleep last night.
Please, LMNO, I understand that you are still in the partying mood but this is a residential area and there are people trying to sleep. Could you put the noisemakers away?
As I was saying, we are here to celebrate the beginning of a new...
Oh, Chloe, I say! Can you help keep Cramulus up? Ok, just sit him up again. Lean against him and he can lean against you. There, perfect.
Ok then. We are to celebrate the beginning of a new season. A season of hope and...
Nurse Mayhem, NO! What did I tell you? Dok Howl is not allowed to have any Death Coffee until after the service. I don't care. I am not chasing him into the woods again. I learned my lesson the last time.
Now, we are to celebrate the beginning of a new season. A season of hope and light. A chance for nature to renew itself just as the sun rises every morning.
What's that, Enki? Yes, I realize that the sun doesn't actually physically rise in the sky. I'm well aware of the general layout and physics of the solar system. It's called a metaphor. There's no need to be so pedantic about it... I say, there's no need to drag Galileo's ghost into this discussion. I fully understand the trouble he got into with that other pope guy but now is not the time...
You know what, screw all of this. I am going to Starbucks. You are all invited to follow if you promise to behave.
No, I don't think that they sell pebbles there.
New Fool's Day
Posted by : Rev. Ouabache | Thursday, April 1, 2010 | Published in discordianism, jake, larf, memes, troll
However I won't insult your intelligence by putting up some lame attempt at a practical joke or satire. That's what Facebook and Twitter are for. I would like to brag that I got eight different people (including a fictional character) to wish me happy birthday on Facebook and countless people to click on the new George Hrab sex tape on Twitter. Yes, these are cheap thrills but I must not let my followers/friends down. But you, my blog friends are prank connoisseur. That's why you get something from the vault, aged like a fine wine. Here's the classic segment originally aired by the BBC way back in 1957 about the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest.
If you get anybody good with an April Fool's prank leave a little something in the comment section.


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Has anybody written a bash function to add a directory to $PATH only if it's not already there?
I typically add to PATH using something like:
export PATH=/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH
If I construct my PATH in .bash_profile, then it's not read unless the session I'm in is a login session -- which isn't always true. If I construct my PATH in .bashrc, then it runs with each subshell. So if I launch a Terminal window and then run screen and then run a shell script, I get:
$ echo $PATH
I'm going to try building a bash function called
add_to_path() which only adds the directory if it's not there. But, if anybody has already written (or found) such a thing, I won't spend the time on it.


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A number of folks in recent weeks have questioned or criticized my views, both here at OTE and on TV, regarding endorsing spending cuts, including some targeted at the social insurance programs Medicare and Social Security. So let me expand a bit on those views and what I believe is a balanced take on these highly charged issues right now.
First, I can't be held accountable for what I say on TV—kidding! But I would ask that folks don't pull out one phrase or sentiment in one segment. It's true that one has to mind one's words carefully on TV but you can go too far with that and say nothing. So while I'm sure I lean too far over my skis at times on the airwaves, where you can't edit yourself, I'd ask my critics to read what I write up here and to listen to more than one segment on more than one show before deciding where I stand.
On fiscal matters, while I've been a loud voice for avoiding austerity (including bemoaning the demise of the payroll tax break this very AM on MSNBC's Alex Witt Show), I've also argued that we need to chart a course such that eventually our public debt starts growing less quickly than our GDP.
In this regard, I'm what you might call a cyclical deficit dove and structural deficit hawk. In downturns, or any period like this with highly elevated unemployment, the most important fiscal question is whether our budget deficits are large and stimulative enough to offset the private sector contraction. In periods of strong growth, the deficit should move toward primary balance, which by definition leads to a decline in the debt/GDP ratio.
I'm also a strong believer in an amply funded government sector that is able to respond to market failures, which guys like me see around many more corners than the typical economist, and structural budget deficits undermine our ability to respond as needed.
Of course, the question is how do we get there: through cutting spending or raising taxes? The politics points strongly toward both—I don't believe there's a deal out there that achieves the goals outlined above without changes on both sides of the budget ledger. But the economics points toward balance as well.
I've long and loudly advocated for new tax revenues and in fact have gone further than most.
But I think the mandatory side of budget—the part that funds the entitlements—must be on the table as well. In fact, as I've stressed in many posts, we've already cut too deeply on the non-defense discretionary side, where programs to aid states, fund Head Start, support college access, even provide health services for vets, are already compromised (the defense side hasn't been held harmless either but it has many more Congressional champions than the non-defense side).
Though they require a grain of salt (see end of this discussion), I generally believe the predictions that the growth of health care spending, private and public, will continue to outpace that of GDP. That means an increasing share of GDP growth goes to paying for health care. Some of that is inevitable given demographics, but most of it is due to excess health-care cost growth. This must be dealt with or inefficient US-style health care (other advanced economies spend much less on health care) will crowd out other stuff we want and need.
At the same time, as I also incessantly stress, most retirees depend on Social Security and Medicare and can't afford benefit cuts. So that means that any cuts should a) come from squeezing out the known inefficiencies from the delivery side of health care system (our current system rewards providers for quantity over quality), b) not target economically vulnerable individuals. As a rule, I'd avoid further raising eligibility ages in both programs.
So let us run these criteria by the ideas on the table. The President's $350 billion or so in mostly Medicare cuts (it's harder to find cuts in Medicaid that meet the above conditions) are mostly from 'a' above, things like incentivizing efficient hospital care and using Medicare's clout to bargain for cheaper drug prices in Part D. But he also suggests increasing premiums on parts B and D on high income beneficiaries.
In fact, some of this is kind of baked in the cake with new taxes starting next year: an additional HI payroll tax of 0.9% on earnings above $250,000 and an ACA measure that taxes unearned income at 3.8% to support Medicare. I suspect critics of means-testing entitlements feel better about that, but to me they're pretty close and reasonable policy measures, IMHO.
As per Social Security, this post has a list of fixes to close the funding gap. Clearly, in an era of much higher wage inequality, raising the maximum earnings threshold makes sense as a larger share of earnings is over the cap (why this fix has gotten lost in the recent debate is an important question for the program's advocates). I like the Domenici/Rivlen idea to gradually apply the payroll tax to employer-provided health care benefits. Rather than means-testing, I'd support a lowering in the "bend-points" affecting the wealthiest beneficiaries, but we must be guided here by the fact that for a large majority of retirees, Social Security is their main source of income. It's true that Warren Buffet doesn't need Social Security. But that shouldn't guide policy.
My views on the chained-CPI—a benefit cut—are here. I support the change—it's a more accurate measure of price growth (though a chained index for the elderly would be better), and I'm sure it's coming, so I want to get something for it. That 'something' is an offset from the benefit cut for poor, old elderly. But I agree, and stress in the post, that there are reasons to be nervous about the change.
So, there you are. I'm sure many disagree and I'm happy to have constructive arguments about all of the above. There's a lot of nuance here, I think, and I know—my bad—it sometimes gets lost on TV. Often, I'm trying to emulate balance and compromise, which as both a Buddhist and policy wonk, I highly value and believe are very much missing in today's debates.
But I know that I sometimes push them too far in ways that are inconsistent with my values and those of many of my readers and listeners. Clearly, in trying to be too balanced, one can be imbalanced. We are all works in progress.


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Summer in Europe
Today let's talk about summer. For some, it's the best time of year. For schoolchildren, summer is the time of long school holidays. It's also when many families go on their summer holidays.
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere in Europe is the season after spring and before autumn. The summer solstice on June 21 is the traditional date of summer starting. June 21 has the longest day and the shortest night. Druids like to meet at Stonehenge in Southwest England on this day.
Summer is traditionally June, July and August. It is when the weather in Europe is normally at its best. It is hot and sunny.


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We've known for a while that Kuro and Toro, the Sony cat mascots, would find their way into Street Fighter X Tekken. Also, Cole McGrath from inFamous. The inclusion of classic (i.e. shitty) box art Mega Man and Pac-Man also weren't much of a mystery, but their appearance is confirmed in this video, along with the full terms of their inclusion in the Capcom/Namco fighting team-up.
All these characters will be exclusive fighters for, naturally, the game's PS3 and PS Vita versions. Pac-Man, as you can see, sits atop some kind of mecha-suit, and Mega Man, well, lets just say he looks well past his fighting prime in 1987. At least the costume still fits.
Street Fighter X Tekken arrives March 6 in North America, March 8 in japan, March 9 in Europe.
[h/t Tommie S.]


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They weren't in my pockets. Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot. My husband has scolded me many times for leaving my keys in the car's ignition. He's afraid that the car could be stolen. As I looked around the parking lot, I realized he was right. The parking lot was empty.
I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen.
Then I made the most difficult call of all to my husband: "I left my keys in the car and it's been stolen."
There was a moment of silence. I thought the call had been disconnected, but then I heard his voice. "Are you kidding me?" he barked, "I dropped you off!"
Now it was my turn to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me."
He retorted,"I will, as soon as I convince this cop that I didn't steal your darned car!"
Welcome to the golden years…
Hat tip: Linda W.
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The Raider
By Monica McCarty
By Monica McCarty
By Monica McCarty
By Monica McCarty
Part of Highland Guard
Part of Highland Guard
Category: Historical Romance
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Enchantress Mine
Praise for Monica McCarty and The Raider
"McCarty's latest Highland Guard novel is a deeply moving and delightful read . . . once again proving that McCarty is a master storyteller."—RT Book Reviews
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Brokers and Purchasing agents and suppliers of fresh fruit and vegetables in Spain for foreign retailers, distributors and food processors.
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- Based on our customers' requirements, we do research for fresh fruit and vegetables directly from growers and producers, and also in Mercamadrid, the biggest European perishable-goods wholesale market (nearly 2 Million tonnes per year), and worldwide second only to Tokyo in regards to fish. Often, due to this critical mass, and to demand and supply bottle necks, prices are lower in wholesale markets than at the producer itself.
- We are fully independant of any cooperative, grower or producer; we are committed to searching for the produce all over Spain, there where we can find the best price / quality relationship, be it any grower, cooperative, national wholesaler, etc.
- We operate maily on a FCA basis, and we offer you a full-service solution, that is, we do source, purchase and can also organize the logistics, transportation and delivery to your warehouse or point of sale whereever it might be outside Spain.
- We can handle small or big-ticket orders. In case you need small deliveries, you are not obliged to purchase full-truck loads or containers of just one same product; we can fill up a truck or container with different goods depending on your needs.


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