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Congratulations to Anniece Spencer on Receiving the AANP 2018 State Award for Excellence
Posted about 1 year ago by Aleisha Breen
Anniece Spencer is an AMNP member who was recently recognized by AANP. We want to congratulate her on her accomplishments and thank her for all she does for our profession.
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Nurse Practitioners and Advocates To Be Honored at National AANP Conference
January 27, 2018 – Nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner advocates, recipients of the prestigious American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 2018 State Award for Excellence, will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception held during the AANP 2018 National Conference June 26-July 1, 2018, in Denver, CO. Anniece Spencer of St. Louis, MO will be among the recipients honored.
The State Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence, founded in 1991, recognizes a nurse practitioner (NP) in a state who demonstrates excellence in practice. In 1993, the State Award for Nurse Practitioner Advocate was added to recognize the efforts of individuals who have made a significant contribution toward increasing awareness and recognition of NPs.
Dr. Anniece Spencer earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, Advanced Diabetes Management Concentration, from The University of Alabama Birmingham in 2015. She earned a Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner concentration, from Penn State University in 2010 and Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Tennessee State University in 2006. She is board certified in Advanced Diabetes Management through the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She is a native of St. Louis, MO and graduate of Hazelwood East High School in 2002.
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In the community she is as a level 1 certified USATF coach and USATF certified official. She coaches youth athletes for the St. Louis Express Track club, which is affiliated with AAU/USATF. Also, Anniece is a member of St. Louis Nurses in Advanced Practice and serves as a symposium committee member.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is the largest professional membership organization for nurse practitioners (NPs) of all specialties. It represents the interests of more than 234,000 NPs practicing in the U. S. today, providing a unified networking platform and advocating for their role as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive, patient-centered and personalized health care. The organization provides legislative leadership at the local, state and national levels, advancing health policy; promoting excellence in practice, education and research; and establishing standards that best serve NP patients and other health care consumers.
For more information, visit aanp.org. To locate a nurse practitioner in your area, visit npfinder.com
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Janice Davies is the Immediate Past President of The Auckland Speakers' Association of NZ, an Attitude Specialist, Author and Creator of The International Self Esteem Day Purple Tick for Healthy Thinking - a NZ Self-Esteem Day.
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The Travel Hack – One Year Freelance
I've said before how much I love reading The Travel Hack – this post really struck a chord with me. As I'm not far off the same position as Monica, coming up to a year now since I handed my notice in at my previous job. There are a few pointers in here that can very much relate to – the ups and downs and the losing of the blogging mojo are all things that I've experience so far. Got the old brain-cogs working at what I would write should I do a similar post in future.
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A Little Obsessed – Finding Inspiration
Sabrina is one of my favourite bloggers and this post came at just the right time for me. I was stuck somewhere between trying to right a similar post myself, and also feeling a little lacking on the inspiration front. She's also ventured into the vlogging world recently (go Sabrina!) so make sure you go and check her videos out too! Also now want to make jam after watching her vlog.
That's it on the reading front this week! I have been indulging in a bit of TV, since the husband has been away for a few days I've had full control over the remote – so have mostly been watching E! or my current addiction… Geordie Shore (love me a Mortal Marathon…) can't wait for the new series. I know, too classy…
What have you been reading this week? Or leave your own blog links below and I'd love to check them out – always love finding some new blog inspiration!


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Corps News - Current Year
Use the links at the left to check out the Corps Calendar, Corps Journals and the Corps News Archives.
S.A.C. Students Rank Among
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November 23, 2006 - To many, St. Andrew's College is known as a top-flight university preparatory school recognized for its impressive athletic programs and exceptional Music, Arts and Drama.
But unless you have witnessed a cadet inspection, music concert or McPherson Tournament, you may not be privy to the hidden gem that lies within – the school's Bagpiping programme.
This past weekend Robbie Beaton (Grade 11 student from Scotia, New York) and Kegan Sheehan (Grade 10 student from Queensbury, New York) made St. Andrew's College proud at the George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Piping Competition in Hamilton, Ontario, placing 2nd and 3rd respectively.
"This is a restricted event that invites the 10 leading amateur competing pipers in the world to compete in three events in front of an international panel of judges," said their teacher Jim McGillivray. "It is wonderful to watch these two very talented young men continue to carry the St. Andrew's College name to the world's piping stages!"
McGillivray, the Director of Piping at St. Andrew's for the past eight years, has taught both boys since their Grade 9 years, and sees great promise for the future. Himself, a double gold medallist and one of the most successful Canadian competitive pipers worldwide, McGillivray is considered one of North America's leading players and teachers and is a wonderful mentor to these rising stars.
Robbie and Kegan are both fine examples of master jugglers at the school. Not only have both been busy with recent competitions, but both are also involved in sports, clubs and maintaining their academics as well.
Robbie was awarded the Piper's & Pipe Band Society of Ontario's "Champion Supreme" award for Grade 1 Amateur solo piping for the 2006 competition season in September, and received notification earlier this month from the Pipers' and Pipe Band Society of Ontario that he has been upgraded to the Open/Professional competition class. According to McGillivray, this is the top level of open solo piping, and very few make it to this level at Robbie's age. He also plays with the Toronto Police Pipe Band every weekend, is on the school's JV Hockey team, and was awarded his scholar tie last week at the school's Academic Assembly.
Kegan was the overall winner of the Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Championships in Albany, New York this past September. This is an event that brings together the top non-professional-class pipers from North America. He was in Scotland in August, where he placed 3rd in the MacGregor Memorial Competition. This competition is open to competitors under 21 who have impressive resumes of piping successes. Kegan also plays JV Basketball and 1st Lacrosse at the school, and manages to keep an A average on top of that.
Congratulations to them both – there is no telling what they are capable of during their last two and three years at the school!
Cadet Corps Training Update - Fall 2006
Senior Leaders Course (Gr. 12s)
The start up of the year begins with a two-day program designed to build teamwork and refresh skills for our Corps Staff Cadets. This year, the program was held here on campus, utilizing our own facilities.
The 30 Staff Cadets were divided into four syndicates or rotations and covered many practical skills: High ropes program, low ropes, marksmanship, map and compass skills, communication and leadership.
The group reviewed their bushcraft skills spending the night in our own bivouac site, located in the forest past the upper fields. Most memorable was the night game commonly known by the Cadets as "Man Hunt."
The event was a great
success and those that attended found it to be an opportunity to confirm skills
and to build the bonds with their Corps colleagues.
Operation Black Bear is the annual Silver Star exercise consisting of a two-day adventure based program at Base Borden. The buses pulled up on the Sunday of the Homecoming weekend at 0900hrs, which was a little early for some of the 75 Cadets attending (for some staff too!). By the time we hit Blackdown Cadet Training Centre the Cadets were ready to get into action. We took over our Company lines and issued out the sleeping bags, liners and other necessary items and had a boxed lunch that wasn't half bad. The afternoon training consisted of four stations: the abseil tower, field first aid, communications/leadership and weapons handling drills. Dangling off the twenty-five foot tower like Spiderman was certainly a thrill for most, however I'm sure some preferred the search and rescue exercise that completed the field first aid section of the training. Dinner was brought in from the mess hall and the Cadets had no problem devouring the fresh rations served by the Staff Cadets and Officers. The evening was completed with a night patrol exercise on camp and pizza arrived in for a late night snack.
Day two of the program offered abseil tower training for those that missed out, as well as a military confidence course (team obstacles) and small bore range training. The Cadets all had an opportunity to fire the Lee-Enfield No 7 rifle (.22 cal) that was commonly in use with the Canadian Army in the Second World War. A little piece of history indeed but the Lee-Enfield is still considered to be one of the most accurate rifles of its kind. A final boxed lunch brought the training exercise to a close and after cleaning up the camp, we loaded the buses to come home.
Highland Laddie
Operation Highland Laddie once again brought the bushcraft skills of our Red Star Cadets to the test. The Red Star program begins with six weeks of training in outdoor expedition skills. Cadets have been learning about meal planning, equipment preparation, route planning, hiking skills, emergency first aid and orienteering during their Thursday training sessions. The two-day hike puts all these skills into practical application in a real-life scenario. In addition to completing their Cadet training each Cadet will complete their Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award in recognition of their hard work.
The exercise began early on a cold, damp Sunday morning as we loaded the yellow buses en route to the start point of the expedition, the Manitou Scout Camp in Milton. The embarkation took a bit of time to sort out as vehicles needed to be shuttled, equipment needed to be checked, walkie-talkies were issued and the Cadets prepared their rucksacks for the 20 kilometre journey they were about to face. Each of the four platoons was divided into two sections of approximately ten, complete with a Staff Cadet team leader. CI Ramon, Lt Zangov, Major McCue and former Cadet CO Mitch Myers rucked up alongside the Cadets of each platoon to ensure that all were safe and on the correct route.
The trails were muddy but the fantastic scenery certainly made up for any hardship felt. The grey drizzle continued throughout the day however we were fortunate that it never poured down, soaking our gear. The sections arrived into the lunch stop area that was at Crawford Lake Interpretive Centre. Although we didn't have much time to explore the first nations fort, it provided a dry, warm place to have lunch. The afternoon was the most picturesque section of the route as it took us up along the ridge of the Nassagaweya Canyon. In addition to the spectacular lookout points, deep rocky caves were well worth some time to explore. The last section arrived in at 5:00pm to the overnight bivouac site, which was at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area.
The 5-man crew tents, supplied by the military proved to be extremely warm and durable as the rain kept up and the sun sank along with the temperature. Fires were quickly built and naphtha stoves were lit to prepare the evening meals, which were cooked by the Cadets. Huddling around the fires seemed to be the order for the remainder of the evening, and tired bodies clambered into the tents by 9:00, readily looking forward to some sleep. Captain Steeves arrived in to the camp taking over from Lt Zangov and CI Myers who both had to get back to civilization. The sight of Tim Horton's coffee was well received by the Officers!
Day two of the expedition brought relief to the conditions and by early morning the sun was shining and the temperatures were coming up. The sections set off on staggered timings starting at 10:00am and the trails were quite different than the rocky cliffs of the first day. Winding through the pines, the Cadets headed alongside Limestone Creek, crossing Appleby line and finishing with a run down the Glen Eden ski hills towards the Halton Museum. The sections were all in by 1300hrs, and ready for a quick lunch and return to home.
A little adversity is certainly good for the soul and the Cadets braved on through some pretty rough weather. Despite the challenges, the Cadets complained little, worked extremely well as a team and were supportive of one another. I think the Duke would have approved of their efforts and I certainly commend all of the Cadets and Staff for a job well done.
Still to come….
Major Brian McCue
St. Andrew's College Boys Piping Hot at Summer Competitions
September 6, 2006 - Three St. Andrew's pipers achieved remarkable success in solo and band competitions over the summer, spreading the St. Andrew's College name across Canada, the U.S. and Scotland.
Pictured at right is Robbie Beaton, an Albany area native who had tremendous success on the Ontario Highland Games circuit. Robbie won the aggregate points total for Grade 1 Amateur (the highest amateur classification) at 4 out of 5 Highland games he played in. This included Maxville games near Montreal, which is the official North American Championship. This makes Pipe Sergeant Robbie Beaton, a Grade 11 student, the North American Amateur Solo Piping Champion!
In addition Robbie's band, the Toronto Police Pipe Band, captured the North American Pipe Band Championship on the same day, a huge victory for any aspiring young piper. Robbie will be the Pipe Sergeant (second in command) of the S.A.C. Pipes & Drums for 2006-07.
Grade 10 student Kegan Sheehan achieved international success, taking a 3rd place in the MacGregor Memorial competition at The Argyllshire Gathering in Oban, Scotland in August. This is a superb prize for a boy of 15. The competition is open to pipers under 21 who have been able to provide a resume of piping success indicating that they would play well in the event. There were 40 competitors in the event, which is for Piobaireachd, the classical music of the pipes. The tunes range in length from 6 - 20 minutes. The tunes Kegan played were each around 10-12 minutes in length.
Former S.A.C. Pipe Major Andrew Douglas '03 won this event in 2004. Andrew currently plays in the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, which placed 2nd in this year's World Pipe Band Championship in Glasgow. Andrew also won two major professional prizes at The Argyllshire Gathering, continuing his steady ascent up the competitive ladder.
While both Robbie and Kegan are seasoned competitors, 2006-07 Pipe Major Graham Hynds participated in his first solo piping competitions during July and August. Graham played at three Highland Games this summer and won a prize – either first, second, or third – in each event. This is quite a remarkable achievement for a 'rookie' soloist and reflects how well Graham has been developing as a piper even without the added motivation of the competition platform.
While the St. Andrew's Pipes & Drums is not a competitive pipe band, its pipers and drummers are always encouraged to try their skills at the summer Highland Games in Ontario. Georgetown, Hamilton, Cambridge, Fergus, Maxville: these gatherings feature piping, drumming, pipe band, highland dancing and athletics, massed pipe band and athletics such as 'tossing the caber' almost every Saturday during June, July and August.
Director of Piping Jim McGillivray achieved his own level of success in August as well. Mr. McGillivray was one of three judges at the Highland Society of London's Gold Medal competition at The Argyllshire Gathering in Oban, regarded as one of the five top solo piping events in the world. It marked the first time the event has been adjudicated by a North American judge. Mr. McGillivray returns to Scotland in October to adjudicate The Glenfiddich Piping Championship, the premier professional piping competition in the world and generally regarded as the unofficial world solo piping championship.


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As I reported last week, my Mediport was removed without incident. The Steri Strips haven't come off yet but everything's been going well, with virtually no soreness or discomfort. The bruising is gone and so is the irritation caused by the waterproof Tegaderm (or something like it) dressing. That adhesive sticks like superglue and really tears up my skin. My oncologist's nurse knows not to use it on me, but I didn't think to mention it to anyone last week, so there it was. As careful as I was removing it — by the book as best I could — I still ended up with a 4-inch-long blistered welt along its bottom edge. Took it about a week to heal, and it stung more than the incision.
What I wanted to mention, however, is the catheter that ran from the Mediport injection site up to my collarbone and into a vein in my neck. The entire time the port was in place, about 9 months, I could see the catheter on the side of my neck, just under the skin, ending at a tiny scar at the base of my neck where the surgeon had accessed the vein to place the catheter.
Anyway, a few days after the port was removed, I noticed what looked like the catheter still in place in my neck. I worried about it for a few days, thinking surely if there had been a problem, someone would have told me. That catheter was supposed to have been taken out along with the port.
Finally I did the obvious thing and called the medical center to ask about it. As it happened, the NP who'd removed the port was there the day I called and was able to reassure me. Yes, the catheter was out. What I was seeing and feeling, that looked (and felt) exactly like the catheter, was in fact just scar tissue that had formed around the catheter. In time it should disappear. Or it might not.
But most definitely, she told me, the catheter was out. Otherwise that bit of plastic (or whatever it's made of) at some point would have worked loose and gone directly into my heart.
Just thought I'd mention this, in case someone else has a similar concern about ports, catheters, etc. Harmless scar tissue can look and feel exactly like a catheter.


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Sunday, October 07, 2007
Update 10/7/2007
The owners also allow dogs, so I have my 2 with me. They're adapting well.....seem to think they own the place now! There are other people with dogs, and so far things have been good. My friend works here and last night, while I was visiting her, another woman came by with her dog. My two were actually crying because they couldn't say hi....but the woman wouldn't let her dog meet mine as it's a recent rescue and she didn't know how her dog would behave.
This is going to be longer haul than I figured. I'm getting information a little at a time and not happy. As of right now I do not have a pre-qualification letter!! The good news is I no longer owe anyone!!! Well except my car and a small personal loan (may get paid off, depending on ending balance)....and one charge on my report owed to "unknown", which for obvious reasons won't be paid at this time.
The ranch is now sold, so the bungalow is the one I'm hoping for. They finished the bathroom and did a great job! I'm hoping to put down an offer soon!!
I've been doing pretty good with sticking with my plan. The night I finished moving and the next day I binged. Red hots, crackers with peanut butter and chocolate! Back on track the next morning, Wednesday, and have been sticking with plan since. I've pretty much maintained.
I'll update again soon! In the meanwhile, if you haven't already, check out some of the blogs on Kimkins!! Spread the word!
Deni's blog,
Laura Dolson's take on About.com,
Becky's blog,
Kristen's blog,
Kimkins Dangers,
Carol Bardelli's blog post,
and her Anti-Kimkins site.
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- BamaGal said...
I'm glad you are settled in and the dogs are adjusting. Too bad about the ranch house. Hope things work out on the other one for you. It is not fun being in limbo, between homes.
You ave the right attitude with the binge--forget about it and go on.
- Monday, October 8, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM EDT
- Carol Bardelli said...
I'm glad your transition is going well and your dogs are happy. I once moved with 4 dogs (chihuahuas) 4 cats, and a horse! Luckily we only stayed in a motel one night and the horse was already transported to his new corral.
Thanks for the link! Cheers, Carol
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 5:18:00 PM EDT
- Carol Bardelli said...
PS. The Anti-Kimkins site isn't mine.
Your link's "and her site" implies it is. They did quote me on their site but not with permission - though I don't mind. I figure it's a compliment. All my blogs and websites have my name on them. I have a thing about anonymous anything, I dislike the lack of disclosure. I understand some do it out of fear (stalkers fear maybe) but I try not to live or act out of fear. Hence my 1200 pound Thoroughbred mare!
Cheers, Carol
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 5:30:00 PM EDT
- Cindy Moore said...
Bama and carol!! Thanks!!
Dogs are quite comfy now....they only get upset when certain people walk by. Even new people don't get barked at....unless there's something they don't like.
Son is with me again....subject I'll post about soon. I was really looking forward to being an empty nester....but that's not going to happen for a few weeks, at least.
I'm so glad this place is pet-friendly. Not too many pets here right now, but last week there were several. They love the grounds!! Just can't seem to get the idea of pooping outside! They're used to being in a kennel, alone, for their pooping! LOL
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 9:27:00 PM EDT
- Cindy Moore said...
Carol! Sorry about the mix up on the Anti-Kimkins site.
- Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 9:42:00 PM EDT
Curious on any house updates?
Paying off debt is the best!
- Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 5:08:00 PM EST
- Cindy Moore said...
Hi Meredith!! I now have a contract on the house, but I'm still waiting on a letter from one of the creditors! All the rest have sent me letters and notified the credit bureaus, but this one (goodyear credit card! avoid these people!!!) are simply giving me a run around. They were the first paid, and I still have no letter and the debt is still on my reports!! I'm hoping for an answer within the next few days, I'm getting anxious....and so is the seller!!
- Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 11:46:00 AM EST
- OhYeahBabe said...
Great post. Thanks for the links!
Resolve not to get ripped off by scams like Kimkins!
Friends don't let friends do the Kimkins Starvation Diet!
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STRAVINSKY Symphony Op 1. Suites Nos 1 & 2 (Kitayenko)
The variably transliterated Dmitry Kitaenko continues his Indian summer in the company of musicians with whom he has been associated as artistic advisor and regular guest conductor since 2011. On this evidence their playing is nicely turned rather than supercharged but then the programme scarcely lends itself to earth-shattering revelations. Stravinsky's early Symphony (1905 07) is very much a student work, the influence of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov more noticeable than any premonitions of modernism. The score betrays scant awareness of Wagner, Liadov, Scriabin or Rachmaninov, unlike Stravinsky's recently unearthed Chant funèbre or Funeral Song (1908). Kitaenko ensures that it sounds pleasant enough but there's more space, character and drive in Antal Dorati's Detroit account (Decca, 9/86).
The two Suites, extrapolated in 1921 and 1925 from wartime piano duets, again display considerable charm. Those averse to Stravinsky's spikier writing won't mind a certain decorousness about the music-making here which perhaps fails to tell the whole story. Kitaenko is certainly slower and less pungent than the composer himself in his concert performances of the 1950s.
This pleasant, non-standard fare is captured in the ripe, sonically accommodating style Oehms has previously perfected in Cologne with Kitaenko and the Gürzenich Orchestra. Although playing time is ungenerous – the duration given for the opening Andante of the Suite No 1 (track 5) is out by a factor of 10 – it helps that booklet notes are provided in both German and English. The design is attractive too.


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---On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:10:35 -0400, Iceyalan <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Can you please explain to me in detail how to spawn AI's (such as
> banshees, warthogs, etc.) and also covenant and marine AI's. Ive read some
> of the tutorials here (HDM) but I've gotten a little confused. If u can
> direct me to a better tutorial or explain it to me I would really
> appreciate it.
> - alien
Alien, the AI must first be present within the map file, then they must be located within the scenario in some way.
Also note that if you will be adding AI to a multiplayer scenario, the other players of your mod will need to have the map file in order to join your hosted game (it won't be "CSS") and they will not be able to see where the AI actually are, since AI do not normally synchronize their positions over the net code like players synchronize positions. You will instead need to apply them to vehicle seats so they will synchronize from within vehicles, since vehicles themselves synchronize over the net code. Even so, vehicles will normally be necessary to even spawn the AI into the scenario to begin with, since current mac modding tools don't allow adding reference slots to a tag, where you would otherwise need to add AI into a reference slot directly within the scenario tag.
You can use the tool Eschaton alone for this task. The latest versions of Eschaton are available at http://tools.halodemomods.com/ .
Instructions for using AI in a multiplayer map file:
First, open Eschaton and go under "File -> Open" and choose the map file that you will be modding in order to contain AI. Since it is a multiplayer map, you will probably choose "bloodgulch.map".
Bloodgulch does not contain any AI by default, so you will need to also open The Silent Cartographer (b30.map) which contains AI. You should now have bloodgulch and b30 open in Eschaton.
Since we want to add tags (the related AI tags) to bloodgulch.map, select the map file in the left column in Eschaton (click the second drop-down arrow to see it, then click on the bloodgulch item) and choose "Expand" from the bottom of the right side. Wait for the map file to expand.
Now find the AI tags that you want to use from within the b30.map file. Navigate using the dropdown arrows until you see a bunch of "actv: Actor Variant" tags. Look at the end of each actor variant tag to observe the name of the AI, and decide which ones to use. I'll assume you want to use them all, but with whichever ones you choose to use in your mod, click on the tag name in the list and press "command-option-e" or use the menu item to "Recursively Extract Tags". Do this for each "actv" tag that you want to use. (Recursive extraction includes references within the tag such as bitmap images and character sounds and weapons. With AI, recursive extraction is quite necessary, otherwise you would have no model, collision, behavior, skin, weapon, physics, etc.)
You should now have a bunch of recursively-extracted Actor Variant tags. Close up the b30.map expansion arrow, and click on the bloodgulch.map expanded map file. On the right side, click the checkboxes next to each actv tag and click the "Import" button. It will take some time, as there are many recursions within actv tags. Click OK when it's done. Then rebuild the map file and save it with the mod's name and place it where you want. When it's done, continue.
For efficiency, quit Eschaton now and reopen it.
Now open the rebuilt map file in Eschaton and head to the "scnr: Scenario" tag. Go under the Reference Swapper menu tab on the top right and find a vehicle (vehi reference) that normally spawns in your gametype, like CTF or Slayer. For example, choose the multiplayer machine gun warthog, "vehi vehicles\warthog\mp_warthog". Double click on that tag reference to go to it. (You could have directly chosen this vehi tag, but we went through the scnr to make sure that it's in your scenario.)
Continuing the example, you should now be under the "vehicles\warthog\mp_warthog" tag, a vehi tag type. On the right side, we'll need to find some seat entries for the vehicle, so that our vehicle can spawn with AI inside of it. Click on Reference Swapper, then find some empty actv reference slots and for each one, select the slot and use the bottom right popup menu and "swap" button to choose and swap in an actor variant type into each empty actv slot.
Once you do this, the map file has been modified to contain AI that spawns in these vehicle seats in the scenario. Right now, you could test the mod in a new game by renaming it to bloodgulch.map and starting a new multiplayer game with it by using that map file in place of your original bloodgulch map file.
Always make backups. Now would be a nice time to control-click on your mod-in-progress and choose "Create Archive" to create a backup .zip file of the mod.
That's the entirety of the basics of adding AI into a map. If you want to make it look like they didn't spawn within a vehicle, you'll have to sacrifice the vehicle: go under the vehi tag that will use the AI spawns, null out its coll, mod2, antr, and phys references under Reference Swapper, then rotate the appropriate vehicle spawn(s) 180 degrees upside-down (pitch value) within the scnr tag, so the AI essentially fall out of the vehcile. You may need to experiment here, because messing with coll, mod2, and antr will usually prohibit the vehicle from being spawned in the scenario.
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I was one of the 1st 100 hit and injured (burns on arms and shoulder, left side and a piece of shrapnel in the stomach, nothing compared to Bob Hoopes (my best man at my wedding), who almost lost his leg and a lot of other marines and sailors. We lost 6 marines that day (January 21st, 1945) and many more sailors. It took one week for us marines to search and find all the dead bodies. It took us a whole week to bury them at sea. We played "Taps" for each one as we dropped each into the ocean. I still fill up heavy when "Taps" are played and I still hear "the sound of the Plunk in my head when each body hit the ocean water. It stays with you. -Dave KelleyDave Kelley was a marine on USS Ticonderoga CV14 1944-45 who later for his
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CARNIVAL time is returning to Bognor Regis.
A traditional street procession is being planned for June 7.
A three-man committee has started organising the community occasion to give the town its first daytime parade for two years.
They have been given £6,000 by the previous organiser, Bognor Regis Town Council, to get them started.
Initial entries have already come in. Three of the eight groups are expected to have floats, with the others walking, in a return to the old-style occasion.
Secretary Mark Marsh said: "We have a meeting with the police on April 13, to go through the details, but we want to have the start at West Park at 2pm and the procession going along the seafront and through the town centre.
"I would like the parade to stop outside the Regis Centre and the first, second and third in the categories to be given their certificates, if not their trophies, so the spectators on the rest of the parade will know how they've done.
"They will then go back to West Park as they have done in the past."
One of the groups committed to taking part is Bognor Regis Swimming Club. Sarah Boote-Cook, who chairs the club, welcomed the carnival's revival.
"Every resident of the town is invited to the party. The town is lacking a sense of community," she said. "There are so many parts of the community and they all come together at things like the carnival.
"The swimming club is 50 years old this year and we want to join in as I know we did back in the '60s and '70s. It's the start of a new era for us."
The carnival committee, which also comprises chairman Stuart Capelin and treasurer Alan McTernan, was formed last month to take over from the town council.
The council decided against continuing with the carnival it had taken on in 2009 after Bognor Regis Lions Club ended the event in 2005. Last year's parade was replaced by a series of static displays in the town centre.
But the new committee is determined to stage a parade which used to see thousands lining the streets. However, Mr McTernan said more help was needed.
"We need more committee members because we can't do it all on our own. We will also need some 25-30 marshals on the day.
"We are holding the carnival on June 7 because of the need to avoid clashing with other events and so Town Force will be available to give us their assistance," he said.
The initial plans include attractions in the town centre - like zumba and children's entertainers - from 10am and a fun fair at West Park.
A public meeting about the carnival will be held soon to enable residents to find out more.
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Today my son helped me take the hard top and doors off the jeep.
It will be like this till late Fall
It's fun to drive again.
God that thing is sexy
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From a distance it looks clean
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Poll: Americans Remain Staunchly in Israel's Corner – Lydia Saad (Gallup)
Americans' stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is as strongly pro-Israel as at any time in Gallup's three-decade trend.
In a poll taken Feb. 1-10, 64% say their sympathies in the dispute lie more with the Israelis, tying the high previously recorded in 2013 and 1991.
Just 19% of Americans sympathize more with the Palestinians, slightly higher than the 15% in Gallup's initial 1988 measurement.
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LDF 2015 - A video snapshot/
Chris Luehning's video snapshot of this year's London Design Festival takes us back to Somerset House, the Shoreditch Design Triangle and much more. Happy days!
It's only been a couple of weeks since London shook to the beat of the London Design Festival and we're already missing it. So we were more than thrilled when this video by Chris Luehning, an animation and motion design student from HS Anhalt in Dessau, Germany, arrived at DesignFizz HQ.
Luehning's film captures events around town from Somerset House to Shoreditch taking in Covent Garden and Heal's in between. There are short interviews with exhibitors including Tino Schaedler (who wowed us with his virtual reality space trip at Somerset House), Patternity and Deadgood, who created a pop-up library that showcased favourite books from design luminaries such as Yvés Behar, Marcel Wanders and Maarten Baas.
So if you want a little reminder of some of the highlights from LDF 2015 take a look. It's just like being there all over again. And if you weren't able to get there then you're in for a real treat...


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The Courtneys: Toto's "Africa" is our tour theme song
Vancouver trio the Courtneys have fashioned a perpetual summer. It lives in the playful demeanor of their self-made workout videos, personality quiz and snapback caps. It lives in their ability to not take themselves too seriously. And it flourishes on the ramshackle joyride of their spirited self-titled debut. It can be hazardous for any band to act as a conduit of the not-so-distant past but the Courtneys reference Flying Nun-era slackers with a fresh vitality that rings strong whether they're gushing over Keanu Reeves or confronting inner turmoil with Slayer maxims.
The sounds may be optimistic, but depth is tangible and Courtney Loove, Sydney Koke and Jen Twynn Payne are grasping at something pure. Indie queens Tegan and Sara have a history of nabbing promising female acts as support and catapulting them into the success they deserve (e.g. Waxahatchee) and so it's no surprise that the Courtneys have taken this role on the band's current tour. Ahead of their Monday performance at First Avenue, Gimme Noise chatted with drummer/lead singer Jen Twynn Payne about life as a Courtney.
Gimme Noise: I read on your Tumblr post about the midpoint of the tour that you've only cried four times so far. Is that a good number? Have you guys ever been on the road this long before?
Jen Twynn Payne: We've already been on the road for about five weeks so far for this tour and the longest we've ever been out before was only like three or four weeks. I have indeed cried four times and they were all ridiculous reasons. I'd be crying and then laughing because I was crying and then I wasn't actually upset about anything anymore. It was pretty funny.
I feel like I learned a lot about the Courtneys through that list with both the cry count and the "Africa" by Toto play count (it was 33).
Absolutely, that is our tour theme song. We seriously listen to it every morning. Our tour manager recently changed his cell phone ring to be that song too so now we hear it even more often.
How have you had to adjust to being away from home in Vancouver for so long?
It's interesting. Before tour it's always me who is like "I don't wanna go" and I act like I hate traveling and just want to sit in my house and watch TV. I feel like I'm a homebody. But then once we get on the road I am usually very quick to adapt. I'm a Gemini and the other day we found this Gemini keychain and on the back it has all of these traits and Courtney was reading them and she was like "Oh this sounds exactly like you" and then Sydney read it and saw that it said "loves traveling" and it was the only questionable one. I think that I do love traveling, just not the idea of it. Once I'm on the road I'm the most adaptable. You can't get me to leave but then once you do I'm used to it right away. It's strange.
How do you think your music has been received by the Tegan and Sara fanbase?
The shows have been going really good. It's funny having a Tegan and Sara show and then playing these side shows that are just us. It's the complete opposite ends of the spectrum from each other. They both are amazing in their own way. Last night we played this all ages show in McAllen, Texas, and the scene here is really amazing. We're 20 minutes from the Mexican border right now and I guess not a lot of bands come down here very often so everybody was so thankful that we took the time to plat. On the other side of things Tegan and Sarah shows are this amazing event. There's like 2,000 people and their fans are something else. They are really, really dedicated. It's cool because we are opening and I feel like usually when I go see bands that size and there is an opener there is nobody there. But I swear their fans get there the morning of the show and start lining up because they want a spot at the front of the stage, so when we play it's already full. It's pretty crazy.
How did you start playing together initially?
Sydney and I are from Calgary originally and we were roommates there and had another band called Puberty. But then she moved away to North Carolina to go to grad school for Neuroscience. Then I moved to Vancouver and met Courtney there and I was going to school there. Almost a year after I moved to Vancouver Sydney dropped out of grad school and drove to Vancouver basically just to play music and start a band with me. And so I said we had to start a band with this girl Courtney. When she and Sydney got to Vancouver we jammed and that was like May of 2010 I think. At that point we jammed all summer but then Courtney got a job in Montreal so she moved there for about eight months. It wasn't until she came back that things got more serious and we played our first show.
Did it seem apparent that aside from geography that the project had potential?
I don't really think we were even thinking about it. We wrote a bunch of songs before she left and we recorded them in the jam space and then she left and I remember listening to them with my friend Pat and even though they didn't have vocals yet he was like "these are so awesome." It was weird though because when Courtney was gone Sydney and I actually started a different band and I didn't even think about the Courtneys. It wasn't even on my radar at all. When Courtney came home it was our friend's birthday party and we ended up playing it. We jammed for like two weeks and played it and we still didn't have vocals. We hadn't found what we are now yet, it was the very early stages. It took a few shows to really get an idea that we were going to continue with it.[page]
How did you figure out how to incorporate vocals?
The first few songs we wrote and the first few songs we played we didn't really know who was going to be singing or, you know, what our aesthetic was. We were just playing these songs we had jammed out. At some point we started write new songs. It had been over a year since the originals. When we started writing those new ones we suddenly had this message and I started working on the vocal parts. The way we write songs is very collaborative. We get together and we all jam and talk about it and will start creating a song from something. Then once it's a structure we'll record and listen to it for a week and if we're still stoked on it we'll continue.
We throw a lot of stuff away. But if we keep it then I'll take that recording home into garage band and write the vocals for it. So it was when we felt we had the real vocal message that I went back and made vocal parts for all of the old songs. When we recorded the first album originally it was just going to be an EP that was really short. We were only planning on recording four songs. So we went over to our friend's studio assuming we were just going to record these four songs but then we recorded them very quickly so then he told us to record anything else if we had it. We ended up recording four more and it turned into the album.
Does it feel strange to have gotten such a response?
Not at this point anymore but when the album first came out a year ago definitely. The band to us has always been about having fun with each other. Jamming was fun. Writing songs was fun. Playing shows was fun. We never thought it would be much more than that. But our friend Ryan put it out on Hockey Dad Records and he had a pre sale of the record before it came out and it sold out before the day we even released it. We were like "Ohh. What's going on?" It's really interesting now thinking about our next record and sort of what we're doing with that. We are in a totally different mindset.
You all three come from very different realms of musical interest. How does it all fuse together to create the sound of the Courtneys?
That's one thing that we really value about our band. It also causes the most tension. We're extremely different, not just in musical taste, but in every way.
I took the "Which Courtney are you" quiz. I got Sydney.
[Laughs] Oh awesome! Basically, with the music it's like we all have different music taste but there is a tiny overlap. So we have all of these different backgrounds in music but there is this area that overlaps and that's where the influences for the Courtneys comes from. It's a lot of '90s grunge and Pavement and Flying Nun bands like the Clean and stuff. Courtney's favorite genre of music is '80s synth/goth stuff and then Sydney likes a lot of experimental noise music. She has another band Shearing Pinx that's more in that genre. And I like lots of stuff I'm really all over the place. I like a lot of pop music and metal. Sometimes there will be times where we each try to sneak in little things from these genres that just one of us likes and usually it either doesn't work or it causes some sort of really cool tension in the song.
What's the band's highest priority at present?
In short term it's definitely getting through the rest of the tour. We realized that we were a little bit confused about our Visas and when they end so we had a little bit of a change of plans at the end of tour. We were supposed to have our last show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and then just drive back to Vancouver through the states. But now we actually have to be back in Canada the day after our Michigan show which means we're gonna be in Ontario and driving back through Canada is awful. It's just a lot longer of a drive. Now we're adding shows on in Canada so we can deal with it. Aside from that we have most of our next record recorded already aside from a few songs. That's kind of the first priority. Sydney's going to Europe with Shearing Pinx in September so we'll take a little break. Mainly it's the album.
Are you going to stick with Hockey Dad? I would imagine you have some choices at this point.
We are not sure what's happening with it. We're weighing our options. We're in the process of mixing the songs that are already recorded so we're using those as demos right now. We'll see what happens. Oh! OK before you go and before I forget I have a question for you. The venue we're playing at in Minneapolis is where Purple Rain was filmed? Is it true?
It's very true! Are there some Prince fans among you?
Yes! That's so cool! Sydney and Courtney are really into Prince so they're really stoked about it. We are so excited to play that venue.
The Courtneys. Opening for Tegan and Sara. $40, 7 p.m., Monday, June 16. First Avenue. Tickets.
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My lead kid, Christopher is pretty cool, and his friend, Jason too — who is the standard sidekick and comedic relief. I actually really like Jason, as I had a friend just like him when I was young. I really enjoyed remembering him and letting him be such a big part of my story.
Another character that sort of moved from the background to the foreground was a chap called Dr Tabernacle. This is one interesting guy. He is a combination of a few people that I know. He has some good qualities and reminds me of gentlemen of a bygone era that naturally emanated manners and etiquette — a sorely missed attribute in this day and age. Whether his outward manners mask any darker intentions, one will have to see as the series progresses.
But in this book, my favourite to write was actually the utterly evil local priest, Reverent McBride. He has some wonderful characteristics that were just so much fun to create. Actually he is a composite character based off a few stories that I have heard, and people I have met.
Writing for a dark and twisted soul was always going to be great to get my teeth into. These fellows are somewhat complex, in that they are also the driving force behind the main characters pitfalls and terrors. They have their own mental reasons for doing what they do, and the darker they have fallen from a place of morality, the more it tends to show upon their face and in their actions.
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Caching and replay of place sequences in a Temporal Restricted Boltzmann Machine model of the hippocampus Sue Becker, Dept. of Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster Univ., firstname.lastname@example.com and Geoff Hinton, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto. 1. Summary .
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Caching and replay of place sequences in a Temporal Restricted Boltzmann Machine model of the hippocampus
Sue Becker, Dept. of Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster Univ., email@example.com and Geoff Hinton, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto
1. Summary
3. Learning in RBMs and TRBMs
5. Training patterns
Place tuning in linear track environment
The hippocampus is thought to be critical for the rapid formation and cued recall of complex event memories. For example, a set of hippocampal place cells that fires in a particular sequence during exploration may fire in the same sequence during sleep [1,2,3]. We propose a novel model of the hippocampal memory system that reconciles a wide range of neurobiological data. Here we address the question of how the hippocampus encodes sequences rapidly, and what is the function of sequence replay. Our model draws upon two recent developments of the Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM): 1) a hierarchy of sequentially trained RBM's [4], and 2) the extension to sequential inputs employed in the Temporal RBM [5]. The top two layers of the model, representing the dentate gyrus (DG) and CA fields, are connected via undirected links to form an autoassociator, allowing the model to generate memories of coherent events, rather than generating top-level unit states independently. The CA region also has directed connections from previous CA states, representing the CA3 recurrent connections. Thus the probability distribution learned over the visible and hidden units is conditioned on earlier states of the autoassociator. The model is trained by contrastive Hebbian learning, with data-driven and generative phases providing the statistics for the positive and negative Hebbian updates respectively. This is broadly consistent with Hasselmo's proposal that the hippocampus oscillates between encoding and recall modes within each theta cycle [6]. When trained on a variety of spatial environments (fig 5), the hippocampal units develop place fields (fig 6), while the CA time-delayed recurrent collaterals encode the sequential structure of the data (fig 7). It has been widely assumed that sequence replay is required for memory consolidation, in which rapidly stored hippocampal memories are gradually transferred to cortex. Alternatively, the hippocampus may always be required to recall complex associative memories, while replay allows the brain to maintain consistent forward and generative models in the hippocampal-cortical system [7].
3.1 Restricted Boltzmann Machines
Figure 4: Spatial locations are coded by Boundary Vector Cells (BVCs) [11]. Each BVC's tuning curve is a product of 2 Gaussians, tuned to distance from and direction to environmental boundaries
Probabilities of states P(V,H) are
proportional to their Boltzmann
free energies.
In an RBM, conditional probabilities of H & V can be computed efficiently:
Figure 6: Place tuning of several CA units
Sequence replay
Figure 5: The model was trained on 3 environments, a linear track, a U-shaped maze and a rectangular box.
Left: U-maze, with training locations shown by blue dots.
Right: the reconstruction of the boundaries from the BVC representation of the location marked X in the U-maze.
3.2 Contrastive divergence learning [10]
Maximizing likelihood requires settling to equilibrium.
Instead, minimize diff. between 2 K.L. divergence terms:
2. Data not explained by most HC models
6. Simulation results
Figure 7: Model's reconstruction of a sequence of spatial locations along the linear track.
Input reconstruction
3.3 Temporal Restricted Boltzmann Machines
7. Discussion
This is one example of a class of models called TRBM discussed in [5].
The model learns spatial environments gradually, but can rapidly cache state sequences in its temporal generative model (CA recurrent collaterals)
Making the temporal connections bi-directional requires propagation of states backwards in time, accounting for reverse sequence replay.
The addition of sparseness constraints sharpens place-tuning and leads to a grid-like representation
Figure 1. Cascaded architecture of the HC.
Figure 2. Left:Theta-modulated gamma ripples (fig 2A from Chrobak et al 2000) [8].
Right: Sharp waves (fig 1 A, C from Chrobak & Buszaki, 1994). [9] Reproduced with permission.
8. References
[1] Wilson, M.A. and McNaughton, B.L. (1994), Science 265(5172):676-679
[2] Louie, K; Wilson, MA (2001), Neuron 145-156
[3] Lee, A.K. and Wilson, M.A. (2002) Neuron 36(6):1183-1194
[4] Hinton, G. E., Osindero, S. and Teh, Y. (2006), Neural Computation 18(7):1527-1554.
[5] Sutskever, I. and Hinton, G. E. (2006) Technical Report UTML TR 2006-003.
[6] Hasselmo, M.E. et al (2002), Neural Computation, 14(4): 793-817.
[7] Kali, S. and Dayan, P. (2004) Nature Neuroscience 7(3):286-294
[8] Chrobak,J.J., Lorincz,A. & Buszaki,G. (2000) Hippocampus 10(4):457-65
[9] Chrobak & Buszaki, (1994) J Neurosci 14:6160-6170
[10] Hinton, G.E. (2002) Neural Computation, 14(8):1711–1800
[11] Hartley, T., Burgess, N., Lever, C., Cacucci, F. and O'Keefe, J. (2000), Hippocampus 10(4):369-379
4. A TRBM model of the hippocampus
from Fig 2
Lee & Wilson
Figure 3. Top: Smoothed raster plots of spikes vs sequentially traversed spatial locations (5-second time scale).
Bottom:Same sequence of 6 place cells fires during slow wave sleep (150msec time scale).
Figure 5: Examples of boundary reconstructions from BVC input patterns (left) and from model's reconstruction of input (right) averaged over 5 binary stochastic samples
Figure 4. Simplified HC architecture used here.
This work was supported by funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (SB, GEH) and CIAR (GEH)


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