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I need some graphic design. I am building a game using RPG Maker MV, and I need some custom sprites. I am looking for things such as werewolves, knights, dragons, and other medieval/fantasy creatures. If you prove to be a good fit, there may be additional work in the future for you. I would pay per character sprite (I.e., a set of 12 images that show
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... Below is the skill set for which we're looking for the business 1)- Magento 1 and Magento 2 Design and Custom Development 2)- Anglar (1, 2, 4, 5,6,7) 3)- Node 4)- Web Design using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery 5)- Graphic Design - Logo, Banners, Template Other information will be provided during selection of the freelancer. Portal[freelancer, upw...
Hello! I run a custom branding/apparel decorating company in Canada and I'm looking for some help in our graphic design department. What we need is someone to prepare/fill-in our mockup templates so that our sales department can send them to clients for approval and then to our production team. It's fairly basic work, and there is very little
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...on a template from CMSMART company (business card theme) on Magento 2 we are searching a freelance for : - set up back office - bug fixes - translate blocks into french - linking with our ERP for invoices (sage online solution) - set up front end (we have our designers all graphic design) - everything must be nice - set up drop files and custom design
...are too many time wasters on this site. Next, we have the design of this site in AI format already with all the fonts. You can take the pieces of it from that file and use it to create the site template in Wordpress format. We have the logo and some images too. Thus, there's no graphic design necessary here. Finally, here's a short list of what's req...
...are too many time wasters on this site. Next, we have the design of this site in AI format already with all the fonts. You can take the pieces of it from that file and use it to create the site template in Wordpress format. We have the logo and some images too. Thus, there's no graphic design necessary here. Finally, here's a short list of what's req...
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I need graphic design for a charity run banner. The banner to be used for website [identifikohuni për të parë adresën URL], Facebook and also can be printed. The size is 1440x600px and 400x240px. I have posted some sample photos. Please quote only if you can do custom design not ready template. We don't need complicated design, we ...
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Hi, I would like a website build in which I will be selling custom built computers, the site should be fluid as it will be advertised to many people. The starting budget is low as the person chosen will be receiving more payment to advance the website, we just need to see what you can do initially. Pointers: - Must have consistency - layout & format
...technology Logo Needs: 1. Vector Formatting. The logo needs to scale from large scale print, to website design, to business cards. 2. The words "Carbon Link" need to be incorporated in the logo. Preferably in a nice professional, modern font. 3. A graphic, something that can work in color and in grey-scale. Ideally something that looks like chain or a link
I need some graphic design. I need a logo for my resume writing business. Please contact me with example of your work. If your logo is being used on a website, send me the link of your website. I want this logo to custom build NOT FROM TEMPLATE.
I'm getting a custom surfboard made for me and need help with the graphic design. The board will be 9'2" long and 23" wide. I've attached a very rough idea of what I'm looking for in the design, which is a dark blue background with light blue waves crashing fading to a lighter nose. As is clear from this draft, I'm an idiot who ...
Highly skilled graphic designer and/or typographer required. Design a logo with an icon/ symbol and clean typography. Logo should look professional, modern, stable and corporate. The award winner will need to make this into a template for the following: stationary, emails, printouts, etc so it should also look good in color and black / white. We will
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We are searching for a graphic designer to design the logo of our skincare brand. We want a specific look, our brand name written in modern script (Black over white background). We will also be needing a label design, which will be on all of our serum bottles and a second label design for our creme containers. (2 different formats). The last part to
...using a custom template, the backend of the design should be flexible in order to rearrange blocks with a wysiwyg editor for ease of management and additional pages made from blocks at later dates. I think <5 specific page designs would do. These Being: - Home - Services - About - Blog - Downloads The project should include Graphic language
I need a Shopping Portal for handmade goods. Custom Programming no WordPress, OC, etc. Bootstrap Template already exist so no Graphic design (or almost no) is needed. Payments: Paypal (every vendor get the payment directly to their account, not the admin account!) and payment in advance in-house affiliate program Backend with 3 types of users (Admin
...Designer / Graphic Designer starcreative design is one of the finest and most creative custom logo design company with a team of in-house, great quality designers. Services provide: ★Logo Design ★Website Design ★Website Development ★Flyer Design ★Cover Page Design ★T-Shirt Design ★Letterhead Design ★Bro...
I need to Move my client's website over template/design pretty much as-is where possible from ExpressionEngine to Shopify Scope: 1) BID#1: Website Design and Production . Custom E-Commerce Site Design & Development for my client website . The website must have a Responsive Design to be Mobile & Tablet Friendly Homepage Shop ...
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...developer, who will be able to code WP template from the HTML and do some edits in the WP backend. We already have graphic design coded in HTML. Our priorities are SEO and we require perfectly clean code. Site speed should be optimized by Google Mobile Friendly and GTmetrix tools. More info: 1. The template must be responsive, it consists of 8-11


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February 2, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir on Thursday renewed his welcome to the Washington's decision to ease sanctions imposed on Sudan saying the move "came after the U.S. Administration was convinced of its futility".
On 13 January 2017, pleased with the Sudanese government's efforts on the fight of terror groups, President Barak Obama eased the trade and economic sanctions imposed on Sudan since 1997.
On Thursday, Al-Bashir addressed a public rally on the occasion of the inauguration of the power production plant from Upper Atbara and Setait Dam in eastern Sudan.
He said the U.S. Administration sought to press Sudan by all means but to no avail, describing the Americans as "pragmatic" people.
Al-Bashir pointed that a number of countries and organizations have participated to the lift of sanctions and on top of them Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and China.
The Sudanese President also thanked Algeria and Sultanate of Oman for supporting his country, saying the latter didn't respond to all attempts to prevent it from offering support to Sudan.
It is noteworthy that the lifting of sanctions would be delayed by 180 days, however. The delay is seen as a way of further encouraging the Sudanese government to continue its anti-terror fight -and to improve its record on human rights.
The six month delay means that by July 12, U.S. government agencies will confirm to the White House that Sudan has continued to be cooperative on both fronts.


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The Kronos Quartet—David Harrington and John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jennifer Culp (cello)—was founded in 1973 and has colored outside the lines from day one. Their antic curiosity and remarkably un-complacent taste has led them to reach out to a wide variety of cutting-edge and/or traditional classical, jazz and world music styles and to collaborate with an astonishingly diverse roster of international superstars. Their latest project, You've Stolen My Heart (Nonesuch), is an exploration of wild-and-wooly, shamelessly romantic soundtrack hits from India's frighteningly prolific "Bollywood" (Bombay + Hollywood) film industry, composed by the great Rahul Dev Burman and performed by the much-recorded "playback" singer Asha Bhosle, an iconic queen of the genre. Of course, many people might find the idea of a string quartet moving from cerebral iconoclasts like John Zorn, George Crumb and John Adams to a medium renowned for cheerfully blatant, non-stop excess rather surprising. But an examination of the Kronos discography reveals previous encounters with Gypsy music, Chinese opera, Latin American jazz, folk and pop and assorted African traditions, all of which were approached with deep respect but reinterpreted amid an atmosphere of mutual discovery and non-antiseptic playfulness. Seated in the restaurant of a midtown Manhattan hotel, Kronos founder and violinist David Harrington is modestly proud of the ensemble's many accomplishments, which include a bevy of Grammy wins and nominations. For him, an awareness of the world's music began as a precocious teenager in Seattle, Washington. "You know, I've never recognized boundaries that you might see in a record store," he begins, "When I was about 13, I realized that all the music I was then playing—Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart—was written by men who had all lived in one city (Vienna, Austria) and that I had never played anything from Africa! From that point on, I tried to learn more about music from other places." Guided by this epiphany and an open-minded composition teacher named Ken Benchoff, who later contributed to the more than 500 works composed especially for Kronos, Harrington spent long hours studying what was then known as ethnic music. Sometimes he would even cut school to hang out at a local record shop equipped with listening booths and a remarkably liberal attitude toward non-purchasing customers. Once he started Kronos, it was understood from the beginning that their repertoire was going to be eclectic, up-front and personal. "To play one note beautifully, with all the information, knowledge and feeling you have about life is a huge challenge," Harrington relates earnestly. "And whether that note originates in Mongolia, New York City or San Francisco doesn't matter. Because my task as an interpreter of music has been to keep my ears and imagination open. God, if I could only go back to school right now, I'd study languages, sociology, history, things that I feel would be great to know for the job that I'm doing. There's so much to learn!" The Burman-Bhosle project germinated fairly gradually. R.D. Burman was the groove-meister of Hindi film music, one of the first composers to up the ante with rock and other whiz-bang, trendy touches. His sound dominated the Indian film industry from late 1960s till the early-to-mid-1980s, transforming the styles of established stars like Asha Bhosle (who is known affectionately as "Ashaji") and Kishore Kumar. "Well, I'm reminded of something Bartok (Hungarian composer-ethnomusicologist) once said, that it's important to graft new roots very carefully!" Harrington observes. "I first heard Burman's music about 15 years ago and his song, "Aaj Ki Raat," became a track on Kronos Caravan." Then, a journalist friend of Harrington's interviewed Asha Bhosle, and played her the Kronos version of the tune. "He sent me a photograph of Asha
Recommended Recordings: These are the albums a world music fan might find immediately intriguing, but the balance of their huge discography is also well worth exploring. You've Stolen My Heart—Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood Nonesuch 79856-2 with Asha Bhosle, Wu Man, Zakir Hussain Nuevo Nonesuch 79649 with Cafe Tacuba, Luis Conte, Alejandro Flores, Carlos Garcia, Ariel Guzik, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble, Efren Vargas, Luanne Warner Kronos Caravan Nonesuch 79490 with Zakir Hussain, Taraf de Haidouks, Kayhan Kalhor, Ziya Tabbassian, Ali Jihad Racy, Souhail Kaspar, Martyn Jones Early Music Nonesuch 79457 with Marja Mutru, David Lamb, Wu Man, Olov Johansson, Huun-Huur Tu Pieces Of Africa Elektra/Nonesuch 9 with Dumisani Maraire, Hassan Hakmoun, Foday Musa Suso, Hamza el Din, Obo Addy, Radouane Laktib, Said Hakmoun, Dan Pauli and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79254 with Astor Piazzolla
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Welcome to libpqxx, the official C++ API to the PostgreSQL database
management system.
There are many similar libraries for PostgreSQL and for other
databases, some of them database-independent. Most of these, however,
are fairly C-like in their programming style, and fail to take
advantage of the full power of the C++ language as it has matured
since the acceptance of the Standard in 1996. What libpqxx brings you
is effective use of templates to reduce the inconvenience of dealing
with type conversions; of standard C++ strings to keep you from having
to worry about buffer allocation and overflow attacks; of exceptions
to take the tedious and error-prone plumbing around error handling out
of your hands; of constructors and destructors to bring resource
management under control; and even basic object-orientation to give
you some extra reliability features that would be hard to get with
most other database interfaces.
WWW: http://pqxx.org/
make generate-plist
Dependency line: postgresql-libpqxx>0:databases/postgresql-libpqxx
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql-libpqxx/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install postgresql-libpqxx
cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql-libpqxx/ && make install clean
pkg install postgresql-libpqxx
PKGNAME: postgresql-libpqxx
There is no flavor information for this port.
SHA256 (postgresql/jtv-libpqxx-6.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a36899821e4bc354f424c041d43a7f5c0def24d2b7bb3f486d0e6b131520603f
SIZE (postgresql/jtv-libpqxx-6.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 680636
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
This port is required by:
No options to configure
compiler:c++11-lang gmake libtool pathfix pgsql python:2.7,build shebangfix
Affects: users of databases/postgresql-libpqxx
Author: email@example.com
postgresql-libpqxx has been updated to 4.0. If you want to stick
with version 3, install postgresql-libpqxx30:
# portmaster -o databases/postgresql-libpqxx30 postgresql-libpqxx
Number of commits found: 55
Bump PORTREVISION for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC
defined via Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk which has moved from GCC 7.4 t
GCC 8.2 under most circumstances.
This includes ports
- with USE_GCC=yes or USE_GCC=any,
- with USES=fortran,
- using Mk/bsd.octave.mk which in turn features USES=fortran, and
- with USES=compiler specifying openmp, nestedfct, c11, c++0x, c++11-lang,
c++11-lib, c++14-lang, c++17-lang, or gcc-c++11-lib
plus, as a double check, everything INDEX-11 showed depending on lang/gcc7.
Bump PORTREVISION for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC
in the ports tree (via Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk and lang/gcc) which
has now moved from GCC 6 to GCC 7 by default.
This includes ports
- featuring USE_GCC=yes or USE_GCC=any,
- featuring USES=fortran,
- using Mk/bsd.octave.mk which in turn features USES=fortran, and those
- with USES=compiler specifying one of openmp, nestedfct, c11, c++0x,
c++11-lib, c++11-lang, c++14-lang, c++17-lang, or gcc-c++11-lib.
Adjust USES to fix builds on gcc-based architectures.
While here, pet portlint.
Tested for no regression on amd64.
Approved by: portmgr (tier-2 blanket)
Update to version 6.1.0
Update postgresql-libpqxx to latest version 6
Keep version 4 as a separate port
Set license for the old version 3 port
Submitted by: Yuri Victorovich
- Those ports fail to build with python3
- Add some explicit FLAVOR to dependencies where needed
Use USES=pathfix where applicable.
Submitted by: mat
Exp-run by: antoine
Sponsored by: Absolight
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8093
Switch default python_CMD used by shebangfix to ${PYTHON_CMD} for ports
using python
Reviewed by: mat
With hat: portmgr
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2955
Cleanup plist
- Convert ports from databases/ and deskutils/ to new USES=python
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
Convert pgsql ports to use USES+=pgsql
Reviewed by: bapt
Convert to USES=pgsql
While here:
- stagify
- convert to USES=libtool
- strip binarie
- strip binaries
- convert to USES=libtool
- strip binaries
- stagify
- convert to USES=libtool
- strip binaries
- convert to USES=libtool
- strip binaries
fix building when python meta port is not installed
Update to 4.0.1
PR: ports/185591
Submitted by: Bartek Rutkowski <email@example.com>
Update CONFLICTS given the PKGNAME change of pqxx-3
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- convert from USE_GMAKE to USES=gmake
- trim historical headers
With hat: pgsql@
- restore databases/postgresql-libpqxx, distfiles are now available
- maintainership over to pgsql@ (with hat pgsql@)
Reported by: email@example.com
2012-11-26 databases/postgresql-libpqxx: No more public distfiles
2012-10-20 devel/portlet-api: No more public distfiles
Feature safe: yes
Deprecate a bunch of ports that are either abandonware and/or for which no more
public distfiles are available, or for which are -devel version with a more
recent stable version for long
Feature safe: yes
- Update libpqxx to 4.0. [1]
- Update CONFLICTS in libpqxx30.
- Add instructions to UPDATING for people willing to stick with
version 3.
Submitted by: arrowdodger via IRC [1]
- Reset ports due to maintainer timeouts and lack of response to emails
With hat: portmgr
Update to version 3.1
- Get Rid MD5 support
Mark conflict with databases/postgresql-libpqxx30
set PORTSCOUT
Bump PORTREVISION
- Update download location
Reported by: -fetch-original pointyhat run
- Remove conditional checks relevant only on FreeBSD 5.x and older
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Remove unneeded dependency from gtk12/gtk20 [1]
- Remove USE_XLIB/USE_X_PREFIX/USE_XPM in favor of USE_XORG
- Remove X11BASE support in favor of LOCALBASE or PREFIX
- Use USE_LDCONFIG instead of INSTALLS_SHLIB
- Remove unneeded USE_GCC 3.4+
Thanks to all Helpers:
Dmitry Marakasov, Chess Griffin, beech@, dinoex, rafan, gahr,
ehaupt, nox, itetcu, flz, pav
Tested on: pointyhat
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
Updating to version 2.6.9:
"Many things have changed. Bugs have been fixed, new features
have been introduced. But most importantly, we're really retiring
the old 1.x-style libpqxx API now. This API (where upper-case letters
were still used in function names and such) has been supported for
more than three years in the interest of backwards compatibility,
but has been marked as obsolete all this time."
Update to 2.6.7
Update to 2.6.6.
Security: http://thaiopensource.org/development/libpqxx/
Conversion to a single libtool environment.
Approved by: portmgr (kris)
Approved by: krion@
Mass-conversion to the USE_AUTOTOOLS New World Order. The code present
in bsd.autotools.mk essentially makes this a no-op given that all the
old variables set a USE_AUTOTOOLS_COMPAT variable, which is parsed in
exactly the same way as USE_AUTOTOOLS itself.
Moreover, USE_AUTOTOOLS has already been extensively tested by the GNOME
team -- all GNOME 2.12.x ports use it.
Preliminary documentation can be found at:
which is in the process of being SGMLized before introduction into the
Porters Handbook.
Light blue touch-paper. Run.
The gborg.postgresql.org distributions exist on the main postgresql
ftp stites, so let's use them
Updating to 2.5.5
Approved by: ade, seanc (implicit)
- libdata/pkgconfig is now included in mtree
Approved by: marcus (portmgr hat)
Split the postgresql ports into a server and a client part.
All ports depending on postgresql shall use the USE_PGSQL=yes knob
defined in Mk/bsd.ports.mk. Bumping portrevisions where needed.
Approved by: portmgr@ (kris), ade & sean (mentors)
Add myself as committer, and use my @FreeBSD.org address.
Approved by: ade (mentor)
Fix configure checks for C++ headers on 4.x
Submitted by: maintainer
(¹) PR was cc'd to me six hours ago, but hasn't made it into GNATS yet.
Assemble an away team, number one!
Update to 2.4.2
Submitted by: maintainer
- Mark BROKEN on 4.x
PR: ports/73904
Submitted by: Palle Girgensohn <email@example.com> (maintainer)
Upgrade to 2.4.1
Submitted by: Steven Looman <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Palle Girgensohn <firstname.lastname@example.com>
update to 2.2.7
fix a wrong pkg-config specification position
PR: ports/69960
Submitted by: Jie Gao <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Approved by: maintainer
Apply a big libtool patch to allow porters to use the libtool installed by
the libtoolX ports instead of the one included with each port. Ports that
set USE_LIBTOOL_VER=X will now use the ports version of libtool instead of
the included version. To restore previous behavior, use the new macro,
USE_INC_LIBTOOL_VER. Both macros accept the same argument: a libtool version.
For example, to use the ports version of libtool-1.5, add the following to
your Makefile:
To use the included version of libtool with extra hacks provided by
libtool-1.5, add the following to your Makefile:
With this change, ports that had to add additional libtool hacks to prevent
.la files from being installed or to fix certain threading issues can now
delete those hacks (after appropriate testing, of course).
Based on work by:eik and marcus
Approved by: ade (autotools maintainer)
Tested by: kris on pointyhat
Bound to be hidden problems: You bet
Unbreak on -STABLE.
PR: ports/68217
Submitted by: maintainer.
Upgrade to 2.2.3.
Warning: broken on 4.x.
Submitted by: maintainer.
SIZEify (maintainer timeout)
Bump PORTREVISION on all ports that depend on gettext to aid with upgrading.
(Part 2)
Introduce the world to PostgreSQL 7.4! By and large this release is
regarded as a major release with features with interest to those with
large databases. The updates are extensive and the best source of info
is in the release notes. Enjoy and direct questions to database@!
Release notes:
PR: ports/59403, ports/59404, ports/59393, ports/59394,
ports/59395, ports/59397, ports/59398, ports/59402, &&
Submitted by: maintainer
Approved by: marcus (portmgr@ hat)
USE_REINPLACE need be defined only when REINPLACE_CMD is used.
Update to 1.5.1
Add PKGNAMEPREFIX=postgresql
Submitted by: maintainer
Add libpqxx. libpqxx is no longer hosted under the main PostgreSQL tree and
is now a project on gborg. libpqxx is still a supported interface.
PR: ports/45944
Submitted by: Palle Girgensohn <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
12 vulnerabilities affecting 85 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
All vulnerabilities
Last updated:2019-02-15 15:06:58


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new.yearseve.org » USA » Washington
Celebrate the New Year 2013 in Washington State
The state of Washington, located in the northwest region of the USA and bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the West and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north, is an economic powerhouse and home to some of the world's largest corporations. From aircraft manufacturing (Boeing), to software development (Microsoft), to online retailing (Amazon.com), and travelling (Expedia Inc.), Washington State is popular not only for its economic activities but also for tourism. Tourist attractions in the state that are sure to captivate vacationers and revelers include the beautiful Olympic and Cascade Mountain ranges in the Puget Sound, picturesque Mount Rainier and the unique Space Needle. There are a number of fun ways to celebrate New Year's Eve 2013 in the state of Washington.
With events at venues around Riverfront Park and downtown Spokane, this New Year's Eve celebration includes dances, theatre, art shows, games, a 5 kilometer fun run and a 48-hour film festival. New Year's Eve Tacoma/Pierce County does not take itself seriously at all. Silly characters, puppet shows, and fire gardens are among the potential festivities. First Night Tri-Cities takes place on the Columbia Basin Campus at venues such as Byron Gjerde Center, the gymnasium, and the outdoor amphitheater. This New Year's festival has lots of live music featuring local talent along with dance, magic, and comedy. Fireworks mark the turn into the New Year. In Seattle, the Space Needle's top house is transformed into a massive New Year's Eve party where guests are treated to a six-course meal followed by dancing on the Observation Deck. The 605-foot Space Needle is also the famous backdrop to thousands of pyrotechnic effects on New Year's Eve. Plan ahead as over 20,000 people gather below the tower to view the firework display at midnight.


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Compared to other capitals around the world, Ulaanbaatar is relatively young. Furthermore, the lifestyle of the Mongols was not conducive to permanent residency. Their most important domicile, the ger, was by its nature, mobile. Even now, a significant part of the population live in them--many in the country, but there are some semi-permanent ones in the city.
The gers are the small round structures in the picture above. They look like little oil storage tanks.
Here are some gers in a smaller town outside the capital.
This one, in Terelj National Park, is actually occupied.
The city maps mark the outlying territories as all gers, although the reality is that a lot of the buildings (the clutter near the top of the above photo) are houses.
I think they should build higher up on the hills so they can escape the worst of the bad air in the winter.


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Shrek Forever After [2010]
The fourth movie of the animated series
finds Shrek (Mike Myers) and Fiona (Cameron Diaz) with three
children and comfortable in the daily routines of married life,
but Shrek gets a hankering for the way things used to be, when
everybody was afraid of him and he could do whatever he wanted
to. When he makes a deal with the conniving Rumpelstiltskin
(Walt Dohrn) without reading the fine print, he finds himself in
an alternate universe where no one knows who he is, not even
Fiona. Desperate to get back to his real life, he must find a
way break this spell. Also with the voices of Eddie Murphy,
Antonio Banderas, Jon Hamm, Kristen Schaal, Julie Andrews and
John Cleese. Directed by Mike Mitchell. [1:34 - PG]
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and heartfelt from start to finish, this is the
best Shrek
of them all, and that's no fairy tale...If
Shrek Forever
After is to really be the ending for this
terrific franchise, it's definitely a happy one."
Pete Hammond
This series is as exhausted as
after a day of baby wrangling and diaper changing.
Just writing about the movie is making me as dozy
as the back row of an eighth-grade math class on a
warm afternoon."
Kyle Smith
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PreSeed Academy was developed from a strong desire to make early-stage startups succeed.
Starting a company is without doubt challenging, but the good news is there are many people who have already done it. That is what PreSeed Academy is all about. We believe your journey can be made easier by tapping into the expertise of seasoned entrepreneurs from the start-up world. As you contemplate the next steps for your company, obtaining the right advice from experienced investors can make a big difference to your success.
With approximately 15 startup events planned for 2018, PreSeed Academy will host a mix of talks, masterclasses, workshops and walk-in sessions – all geared towards achieving success for early-stage startups.
PreSeed Academy was pioneered by Preseed Ventures in collaboration with Nicolaj Højer Nielsen, a serial entrepreneur and external lecturer at Copenhagen Business School.
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Blah! This state can be so frustrating to live in sometimes. Such as this past Tuesday, when our wonderful state representatives decided to vote the latest legislation regarding the state's constitution down:
Bill To Rewrite Constitution Killed
Heck, the bill didn't even call for a constitutional convention. It just called for a referendum to be placed on the next general election ballot to allow voters to decide whether or not we should call a convention. But apparently even that idea is too wild and "progressive" for most Alabama representatives to handle. I guess they don't trust the voters to do the "right" thing. The status quo is much too important to protect for these folks. They can't risk letting the people decide. They must think that they are smarter than the rest of us. Considering their own intelligence, that is an insult of epic proportions! Do you realize how stupid we must all be if those folks are all smarter? We must not be just dumb, we are all Sarah Palin dumb!
Opponents argue that a convention would be dominated by special interests, and lead to tax increases and legalized gambling. I would argue that even if those were valid points for being opposed to a convention, they are not valid points for being opposed to a referendum regarding a convention. Allow the vote, make those same points, let proponents of the convention make their points, and then let the voter decide. What could be more democratic than that? (The funny thing is based on other votes we have had in this state, any argument that makes a claim that something will lead to tax increases, regardless of how flimsy that argument may be, will almost always get that something defeated. If the convention were to lose on a referendum, I would think that would kill the issue. It would be hard to argue for a constitutional convention when opponents can simply say that the people do not want it and here's proof! But I guess as long as measures to even getting a vote are being defeated 58-32, the people who don't want a new constitution figure why bother. It's not even close to getting on the ballot. And even if it does long down the road, then the tax argument is a fallback strategy.)
Alabama's constitution has been amended over 800 times. That fact alone tells me that the document is fundamentally flawed. Could special interests dominate a convention? Yes. But special interests dominate the current government now and are largely able to do so because of the current constitution that concentrates power at Montgomery. We really have nothing to lose in that regard. (Besides, in this context, when convention opponents use the term "special interests", they are simply talking about any group that disagrees with them.) Could taxes go up? Yes, though if you rewrite the Constitution, you could make it whatever you want it to be in regards to taxes. But considering how regressive our state tax system is, and the freebies that many special interests get, then yes, it would probably go up for certain groups. That's because it should to be fair and equitable. Will it allow for gambling? Maybe, maybe not. Let the people decide.
Really this is probably just a waste of space. The chances that this state will get a new constitution is less than the chances that President Obama and Dick Cheney will hug out their differences!
I wrote about our need for a new constitution before. Nobody listened to me then either!


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Lord Pearson of Rannoch, UKIP Party Leader, will talk about UKIP's decision not to field candidates against a number of sitting Eurosceptic MPs and candidates, both Labour and Tory...breaking with the tired, old traditions of British politics.
David Campbell Bannerman will give a brief run-through the manifesto and Paul Nuttall, Party Chairman, will introduce the new poster campaign.
The following day Lord Pearson will be in Buckingham to launch, together with Christopher Booker, Nigel Farage's campaign there.


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The 23 best Netflix films under 90 minutes long
As far as mid-week pleasures go, nothing beats getting home and settling in with a mocanvie. But do you find that by the time you've prepared and eaten dinner, done the… read more
The 23 best Netflix films under 90 minutes long
As far as mid-week pleasures go, nothing beats getting home and settling in with a mocanvie. But do you find that by the time you've prepared and eaten dinner, done the washing up, got comfortable, scrolled through the annals of Netflix and finally chosen something to watch, it's pretty much time for bed? We certainly do. That's why we've done the hard work for you, and compiled this definitive list of the 23 best films on Netflix that come in at 90 minutes or under in duration. We've got everything from con men to high schoolers, to paranoid mathematicians, pilots, male models, daredevils, zombies, clowns and aliens, so whatever your tastes, when you're in the mood for some short and sweet entertainment, look no further than here.
The Limey (1999)
88 minutes
A short movie with an even shorter temper, this underrated neo-noir from Steven Soderbergh stars Terence Stamp as a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Peter Fonda, Luis Guzmán and Lesley Ann Warren also star in this tightly plotted, excellently scripted revenge thriller.
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
85 mins
Based on his 1969 Broadway play of the same name, this short and snappy (if highly predictable) comedy from Woody Allen follows a recently divorced, overanxious film critic, who feels a close personal identification with the movie Casablanca, and unsuccessfully attempts to emulate Humphrey Bogart's interactions with women, before falling for a woman he categorically cannot have.
Circle (2015)
86 minutes
This Twilight Zone style no-budget psychological thriller looks at what happens when fifty strangers find themselves locked in a mysterious chamber and facing sudden execution. They soon realise that they as a group have the power to decide who will be the next to die. But how will they choose?
Pi (1998)
84 mins
"Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers". The dark, cerebral debut from Darren Aronofsky, this surrealist psychological thriller follows Max Cohen; an unemployed number theorist seeking to find a formula that will explain the whole of nature. Upon encountering a mysterious number, Cohen finds himself the target of ill-intentioned Wall Street agents bent on using the number for profit.
Slow West (2015)
83 mins
Undoubtedly one of the best movies of last year, this yarn set in 1800s Colorado follows a bounty hunter (Michael Fassbender) who keeps his true motives hidden from a Scottish teenager searching for his beloved, for whom he voluntarily serves as a bodyguard and guide. Co-starring Ben Mendelsohn, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Caren Pistorious.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
86 mins
Move over, Pennywise! I'm so well and truly obsessed with this cult '80s horror that I've been adapting it into a 120-page comic book. There are balloon animals and shadow puppets that come to life, guns that shoot popcorn, and a lair filled with cotton candy cocoons, all employed by a bunch of murderous aliens who look very much like circus clowns. Hugely creative, silly fun.
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
88 mins
Almost seventy years old but still just as chilling, this black and white psychological thriller starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster made me wish I wasn't watching it while home alone. When a bed-bound housewife dials a wrong number by mistake, she overhears two men plotting a murder, and is soon convinced that her husband is involved.
Zombieland (2009)
87 mins
A zombie send-up featuring a rag tag group of ridiculously named survivors – Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) – this wickedly funny gorefest proves the zombie apocalypse genre is far from dead.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
84 mins
A fresh new twist on the 'cabin in the woods' genre, this absurd satire follows two backwoods dwellin' dudes (Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk) who find their vacation take a bloody turn when ignorant college students mistake them for a pair of murderous hillbillies.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
89 mins
A very young Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this legendary coming-of-age comedy from Jerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe. Adapted from Crowe's book of the same name, for which he went undercover at a San Diego high school, the film chronicles the sophomore year of a group of students, and is perhaps most famous for that Phoebe Cates swimsuit scene.
Creep (2014)
77 mins
A film's title has never been so accurate… In this completely unpredictable, oddball found-footage horror from Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass, a cash-strapped videographer answers an online ad and drives to a stranger's house to film him for the day. The 'client' is apparently dying from a terminal illness, and recording a series of videos for his unborn son. But as the day goes along, his requests become more and more bizarre…
Craigslist Joe (2012)
90 mins
On the subject of online adverts… Funny man Zach Galifianakis presents this documentary following Joseph Garner on a month-long journey across the United States, solely supporting himself on the kindness of people found on the website Craigslist. Who said our modern times are eroding our sense of community?
Manson Family Vacation (2015)
84 mins
Another offbeat creation from those eccentric Duplass brothers, this comedrama joins two estranged brothers, one of whom is obsessed with Charles Manson, who come together in the wake of their father's death to embark on a road trip across Los Angeles and into the desert to pay homage to the Manson murder sites.
Zoolander (2001)
89 mins
Whether you were disappointed by the sequel, totally loved it, or still haven't seen it, go back to where it all began, as a much younger Derek and Hansel (Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson) join forces to take on Will Ferrell's Mugatu and his plot to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Hilarious, iconic fun.
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
81 mins
Speaking of Will Ferrell, this one's a classic. Based on a popular Saturday Night Live sketch, Ferrell and Chris Kattan play two dim-witted brothers who still live at home, work at their dad's flower shop, and live an empty existence of hitting on women at low-life discos, until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco lands them inside the most exclusive club in town.
30 Minutes or Less (2011)
83 mins
What better title for our '90 minutes or less' list than 30 Minutes or Less – the action-comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg as a pizza delivery boy who finds himself kidnapped and forced to rob a bank with a bomb strapped to his chest. Battling the time constraints standing in the way of him pulling it off, he enlists the aid of his estranged pal Chet, played masterfully by Aziz Ansari.
Airplane! (1980)
87 mins
Relive one of Leslie Nielsen's finest moments in this spoof disaster movie, in which everything that could possibly go wrong aboard a flight does just that. Widely regarded one of the greatest comedy films ever made, this fast-paced slapstick is the perfect concoction of and visual and verbal punchlines.
Hot Rod (2007)
87 mins
King of late night comedy Andy Samberg stars as an accident-prone daredevil determined to jump fifteen buses on his moped to gain the respect of his abusive stepfather (Ian McShane). Also stars Isla Fisher, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, and Samberg's fellow Lonely Islander, Jorma Taccone. Cool beans.
Blue Ruin (2013)
90 mins
When vagabond Dwight Evans (Macon Blair) finds himself well and truly unhinged by the news of his parents' deaths, he embarks on a mission of bloody retribution through his childhood hometown in this critically acclaimed, low-budget tale of revenge.
Cropsey (2009)
84 mins
Staten Island filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio investigate the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life bogeyman linked to their disappearances in this uniquely hair-raising documentary that turns out to more terrifying than any urban legend.
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
82 mins
Ahead of the upcoming DreamWorks remake starring Scarlett Johansson, check out this original animated adaptation of the manga by Masamune Shirow, which examines self-identity in a technologically advanced world via the hunt for a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master.
Radio Days (1987)
88 mins
Set in 1940s Brooklyn, this Woody Allen classic follows a young Jewish boy and his houseful of eccentric relatives during the Golden Age of radio through a series of vignettes. Starring an adorably young Seth Green, plus Allen's usual team of muses including Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton and Julie Kavner.
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
88 mins
A Wayans Bros film that wasn't completely slated by critics? You'd better believe it! This goofy send up of gritty urban movies from the '90s sees Shawn Wayans play 'Ashtray', an innocent young black man forced to move to notorious South Central L.A., where he falls in with the bizarre criminal underworld inhabited by his nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans). Yes, it's every bit as brilliant as it sounds.


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How to Recover from an "Oops" Moment
Rick Perry had his "oops" moment on Wednesday night, but yours could come tomorrow or even (gasp!) today. When you work fast and take on bigger-than-you're-used-to challenges (as many of us do), verbal gaffs are bound to occur. But what will set you apart is your ability to recover. If your audience remembers your suave save more than the mistake itself – well, then, you've probably won them over.
One of the challenges about "oops" recovery is that there is no "one size fits all" solution. What works for one scenario may not work for another, so no matter how many tips you read, it will still be up to you to use your own critical reasoning skills and on-your-feet thinking to get out of the snafu. Which leads me to the first tip…
Stay Calm
Nothing makes an "oops" moment worse than freaking out. Overreacting also has a tendency to create new missteps, at which point you'll have to recover from two mistakes. Not worth it!
Consider Doing Nothing
Laughter may be the best medicine in theory, but in practice silence has a lot to offer, too. Imagine mistyping the word "clip" while your computer screen is being projected in front of your boss, an employee, and several other, mostly male, colleagues. Yes, this happened to me. I quickly erased the "t" and replaced it with a "p," but not before everyone saw the four-letter word I'd originally typed. And you know what I did? Nothing. And you know what happened? The meeting continued, uninterrupted.
Say, "Let me get back to you."
Rarely is it a problem to ask for more time. And if you can connect your need for more time with a reason – such as running the numbers, asking a knowledgable expert, or finding the exact quote requested – then your audience is even more likely to understand your request and might even appreciate your thoroughness. Just remember to actually follow up with the answer. Dropping the ball looks much worse than not knowing in the first place.
Apologize Once, Then Move On
An apology isn't always needed, but if you're going to give one, give it quickly and then get back to business. Don't try to overcompensate by apologizing profusely. Too many apologies will only make everyone feel awkward and make the entire experience last longer. And you know what happens when an "oops" moment turns into an "oops" minute? It becomes more memorable, and not in a good way.
Change Your Proposal
Only experts should attempt this tip because it can be risky to change your proposal on the fly. If you're a candidate like Rick Perry, your website lists your platform and if you make knee-jerk adjustments, you could be seen as a flip-flopper. On the other hand, if you're speaking candidly or aren't being recorded, you might be able to simply change your original intentions: "Oh, did I say I'd close three agencies? Actually, I only want to close two." Of course, you have to be willing to actually stick with the new direction – hence the riskiness of this approach.
What are your tips for recovering from an "oops" moment? Share them in the comments below!
Note of thanks: Ty Martin helped inspire this post and contributed to many of the ideas herein. Ty is a search media maven with more than six years' experience charming executives and clients alike. His current title is Senior Associate Director of Media Insights at iCrossing.
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Today, since the playlist is late, I thought I would do something... well completely different from the normal way things are done around here.
This week's playlist will feature 100% Japanese artists, and NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS METAL. OR JAPANOISE. We are kinda taking things easy this week with some nice noise-pop, post-shoegaze, math rock... and some other crazy shit which is purely of the Land of Godzilla.
Weaboo Boogie
1. 385- "脳みそあらおう" : Noise Rock/Jazz Rock/Funk. From the EP 脳みそあらおう(2010)
2. Mass of the Fermenting Dregs- "ハイライト" : Post-Rock/Shoegaze/Pop Punk. Off the EP Mass of the Fermenting Dregs(2008)
3. つしまみれ- "J-POP" : Post-Punk/Rock. Off the LP Sex on the Beach(2010)
4. 百蚊- "ライオット" : Post-Rock. Off the LP 刺したい(2006)
5. ゲルニカ- "Shishou Miya" : Avant-Garde Pop. Off the LP 新世紀への運河(1988)
6. ハイスイノナサ- "The Child of Imagination and City" : Math Rock/Post-Rock. Off the EP The Child of Imagination and City(2007)
7. ミドリ - "Ai no Uta" : Noise Rock/Jazz Fusion/Crust Punk. Off the LP Second(Heart)(2009)
8. toe(Featuring Toki Asako)- "Goodbye" : Math Rock. Off the LP For Long Tomorrow(2009)


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You may have read last year my post explaining "why eating a healthy breakfast is important'.Starting our day with a good, healthy breakfast gets our metabolism started and supports weight loss efforts, giving us plenty of energy to get us through the day. Having a balanced breakfast also helps start the day in a happy and stress-free mood and reduce cravings during the first part of the day.
Toasted muesli is a simple and delicious breakfast meal. The main ingredient in muesli is rolled oats combined with a mixture of nuts, seeds, desiccated coconut, and whatever else tickles your fancy!
DIY Healthy Muesli – with Nuts and Superfoods
3 cups of rolled oats
1 cup of nuts (I used macadamia nuts, walnuts and roasted almonds)
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup goji berries
2 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp sesame seeds
4 tsp cinnamon ground
2 tbsp maple syrup or honey (optional)
- Preheat oven to 180C
- To toast rolled oats, just spread in a shallow layer in a baking pan
- Mix some cinnamon through the oats (for a sweeter muesli, you can also mix through some maple syrup or honey).
- Bake for about 15 min, or till lightly browned, stirring occasionally
- Once the oats is toasted remove from oven and add mix grains, nuts and seeds (add more cinnamon if required)
- Pack in airtight containers or ziplock plastic bags.
The best thing about making your own cereal is that you get to add all the things you like and none of the things you don't! Enjoy!
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Hello my friends,
I promised Klemen I would write something for "Its Psychedelic Baby" months ago and so here it comes, in The Eternal Now, just like we play it in Yahowha13.
Psychedelic music, to me, is pure spirit and emotion. It is the open-ended sometimes harmonious "imaginarium" of sounds and feelings originating from the primordial depths of our less listened to voices from our soul. It is the gift of the "mu-gician" architects of sound, who have desired to explore the unknown, unheard vibrations the cosmic mind is capable of producing. Father's gong playing was often part of our morning meditations right after our sacred herb ceremony and I can remember the journey it would take me on into so many detailed dimensions and sound-scapes of imagination…. how relaxed and settled I'd feel, physically and mentally, after he brought us back into 3D for a landing. Where had we gone? What happened? We knew the power and potency of that experience on so many levels being "penetrated" and that we must share this with others.
Psychedelic music, at its best, is free medicine…closer to a medicinal use of music than is the popular music of the day. It is more akin to shamanism than entertainment. Yes don't be surprised to discover you have the power to replenish, renew and help someone's healing with your "sound medicine". Psych-rock is not the usual egoic use of music to me, it's a service provided by the universe to a society with great psychological need for liberation from narrow mindedness….why else would it have come into existence and be growing as it is otherwise? Nothing exists without a purpose. Psychedelic music, raw and unfiltered, liberates from restrictions… and people need this even if it is vicarious. Psychedelic music is like a form of yoga, which means union, because it can hook one up to limitless life energy, bypassing intellectual thought and judgment to experiences of pure mental and spiritual vibrations not received in everyday normal life activities.
Psych-rock contains all possibilities, like the universe, yet has no preceding genre that is its direct parent. It was truly a musical misfit of sorts when we entered its realms as Yahowha13. It was actually our attempt to reach the infinite and mysterious spaces that resonate within our personal and collective psyche and deliver that to listeners.
Psych-music can be your own personal tool for self medicating or amusement or a cosmic dispensary of sonic antidote to psychic toxicity. I think part of the attractiveness of it is in its accessibility to amateur players as well as proficient players but, to play it and shape it as an individual or band actually requires quite a bit of skill and a psychic attunement to "cosmic composition" or your personal inner realms and if in collaboration a spiritual union among the mu-gicians.
Sound waves can travel where Light rays cannot. A wave of sound may be heard on the opposite side of a wall which at the same time blocking light rays or images emanating from that same source. In the same manner sound can reach to the depths of a soul in darkness where light of the mind cannot and Father Yod/Yahowha believed this fully. A well crafted song or tune is a truly wonderful thing that invokes inspiration, thoughts and emotions and yet it is limited by certain restrictions of scales, arrangements, culture and tastes etc. whereas psych-music demolishes boundaries and forges into the unknown dragging an audience along on the ride, kind of like a psychedelic substance does.
From Kohoutek to the Operetta, and the many more lost recordings, it was all improvised psych and even when he produced Savage Sons of Yahowha with crafted songs he insisted we do not practice the songs with each other beforehand but just learn the chords and arrangements and record in order to preserve the spontaneous vital nervous feelings you tend to lose when over rehearsed and learned . It took us as long to record as it does to listen to any of our music. He considered pre-written, rehearsed music to be Yin and receptive compared to psych as Yang and penetrating.
Through the 37 years since Father passed over leaving his vocal and vibrational legacy on vinyl, and 37 years after the family dispersed and YaHoWha13 was mere audiophile history, I have seen the psych genre emerge, expand and flourish and along with that, the limited editions of Yahowha13 records became more and more collectable. I sold my "Lovers Chariot" for $750…6 years ago. I was extremely surprised to discover in the late 90's that our records had survived and were valued for the same reasons I felt when channeling and recording them so I see the vibe has thrived and has accomplished what it was sent out to do. Perhaps only Father had the knowledge, at the time, this would surely happen as it did, being the adept that he was at spiritual seed planting, nevertheless we are enjoying the harvest of his love for humanity. Thank you all young and old for helping us keep the psych-vibe alive.
Oh, one more thing….Psych-rock, being an experimental form of social experience and artistic expression that simulates and stimulates a sense of freedom and rebellion toward convention and the dulling soul sleep of material pursuits and repetitive ruts some of us are in, prepares us for the coming awakening of an emerging awareness toward acceptance of what is unusual…..Maybe it's an alien race trying to contact us… so keep it "Psychedelic Baby" all the way through 2012 and into 2013….Speaking of "2013" be sure and checkout our latest record "YAHOWHA 2013" at www.PROPHASE RECORDS.com, located in Philadelphia.
Take good care of one another…. Sing YAHOWHA and Yod Hey Vau Hey….. Breathe, Love and Give Consciously Knowing the power of your *Divine I AM* within*
Yahowha 13 and Djin Aquarian's music can be found also on Captain Trip Records, Japan----Swordfish Records, England, ----Drag City Records, Chicago,----TeePee Records, LA and Global Recording Artist Records, San Francisco
BlessingsDjin Aquarian 4/20…12
Column made by Djin Aquarian / 2012
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Note: Slides and Abstracts as PDF can be found on the Talk Abstracts Page
When: Friday, May 10, 2013, 8:30am--5:00pm
Where: Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe
State-of-the-art robotic systems continue to make strides in terms of their ability to operate independently for progressively longer and longer periods of time. Existing robots have demonstrated robust, autonomous operation for durations on the order of days. However, to be most useful, future robots will be required to extend this period to months, years, or more. In particular, long-term navigation capabilities will be critically important. While current navigation and mapping algorithms are able to function over substantial areas, it is still unclear how to extend these algorithms to deal with human-scale spatial and temporal dimensions. This focused, full-day workshop will concentrate on problems related to the development of long-term navigation and mapping technologies, for use in unstructured and highly dynamic environments. How can we enable consistent state estimation over very long time periods? What types of representations are most suitable for capturing both static and dynamic aspects of the environment? What role should online learning play? We invite researchers to share their experiences and insights.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
The list of speakers will be updated as confirmations are received.
Organizers and Contact Details
Dr. Jonathan Kelly, Robust Robotics Group, MIT
jskelly (at) csail.mit.edu
Dr. Paul Furgale, Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zürich
paul.furgale (at) mavt.ethz.ch
Prof. Gabe Sibley, Department of Computer Science, George Washington University
gsibley (at) gwu.edu
Prof. Tim Barfoot, Autonomous Space Robotics Lab, University of Toronto
tim.barfoot (at) utoronto.ca
The Workshop on Long-Term Autonomy is a full-day workshop of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, May 6 - 10, 2013.


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During the next week, the Magic Plan for Afghanistan that has been presented to President Obama will be put out for our consumption and for Congressional action. It is important to see what we've done in the past EIGHT years, what mistakes were made, and what options are open for President Obama and our country.
In searching for the inside information, I came to The Center for Strategic and International Studies section entitled "Resourcing for Defeat". Here, you will find a report:
The Critical Failures In Planning, Programming, Budgeting And Resourcing The Afghan And Iraq Wars
By Anthony H. Cordesman, Erin K. Fitzgerald
Sep 1, 2009
The United States is now losing the war in Afghanistan, and is failing to consolidate its victory in Iraq. Reversing this situation requires changes in strategy, but it also requires significant additional resources. It may be tempting for the Obama Administration and the Congress to deny this reality, but any failure to provide the additional funds and forces needed to win, and to correct seven years of under-resourcing the Afghan conflict, may well lead to eventual defeat.
…Pay More or Lose
These years of underfunding the Afghan conflict have created a dilemma for the Obama Administration where it must now pay far more to compensate for a past Administration's grand strategic failures or risk losing the war in Afghanistan. Moreover, neither DOD nor the State Department budgets now fund an adequate or well-defined plan for the civil side of either war, and it is unclear that the Department of Defense plans to sustain the US military advisory effort in Iraq at anything like the level required. The US finds it easy to announce "strategies" and concepts; it has yet to show that it can back them with efficient and effective plans, programs, and budgets.
The end result is that President Obama must now deal with two badly managed and budgeted wars. In the case of Iraq, he must deal with the withdrawal of US combat forces from a war with no clear plan or funding for making the transition to a civilian-dominated nation building effort or supporting the development of Iraqi security forces. It the case of Afghanistan, he must either make unpopular and costly decisions to compensate for seven crippling years of underresourcing the war, or risk losing it.
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My thoughts: The closing words "…or risk losing it". There's no mention of what is "Winning It?". Pour more money in so we don't lose it means we keep pouring money and our soldiers into a death zone for how long? It's time for us to GET OUT OF CENTRAL ASIA.
Also, read Joey Galloway's "Afghanistan isn't worth one more American life", and the Powell Doctrine and answer the eight questions it poses. Can't answer one in the positive now regarding Afghanistan.
Write your Congress Member and your Senators right now at this link. It is easy to do. Please do it now. No more troops, no more money, End the War(s) Now.
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE The Afghanistan Abyss, written by Nicholas Kristof as an OpEd piece for the NY TImes reports on interviews with top Afghan experts in the military and ex-CIA:
"The basic ignorance by our leadership is going to cause the deaths of many fine American troops with no positive outcome," the statement said.
Thank you Mr. Kristof and the NY Times for this great OpEd piece. END THE WAR(s) NOW.


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Light is more than a physical effect for Neil Billet. Sitting in Buro Happold's central London office which is flooded with early autumn light, he recounts the past life of the building as a dark, badly lit sweatshop for the rag trade. When Buro Happold moved in there were black boxy offices under the rooflights and the large windows were filled with concrete blocks. The quality of light and other services is central to the experience of the building.
As group director of building services for the London office, Billet has a professional concern with these things, in buildings from the British Museum to the Media Centre at Lords. Temperature, ventilation, the nuts and bolts of buildings - these are his everyday problems. But lighting is his passion.
Billet took the architectural and building engineering course at Bath when the role of head of school was shared by Michael Brawne and by Ted Happold, the founder of Buro Happold. Many core courses were taught to both architectural and engineering students. When he started Billet had little fixed idea of where he was going: 'I wanted to be 'creating.' There needed to be a physical, tangible product at the end of it.' In theory that could have been anything - 'cars could have been fun' - but he says that it was 'always buildings'.
Billet plumped for engineering and eventually for services engineering. 'I had a science background', says Billet, explaining why he took what he sees as the middle path between architecture and structural engineering. 'I understood what engineers did each day.' Billet's father was an electrical engineer for the Ministry of Defence in Plymouth, where he was brought up. Within these limitations Billet's choice of career eventually betrayed his real interest - people. 'Architecture deals almost exclusively with people, while structural engineering is about physics,' he says. 'Building services affect people more.'
He specialised in lighting, recognising the powerful and emotional effects of it: 'You can't see temperature - but light can change spaces.' For his msc at the Bartlett, he strayed away from the traditional concerns of a service engineer with an investigation into the 'aesthetic side' of services and the effects of daylight. His dissertation on the use of light in religious buildings considered the treatment of light as man's response to the divine, from the distant, dim light of Gothic cathedrals obscured by stained glass windows, to the intimate spaces for reflection and contemplation created by Le Corbusier at Ronchamp, where gentle shafts of daylight penetrate the thick walls.
At the Thames Valley University Learning Resource Centre (aj 10.10.98), designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, daylight was an important part of the design. 'We just sat down with the architects and took a scalpel to the model,' says Billet, describing the creation of windows at the early stages.
Billet maintains that buildings are about people more than function. 'It should all start from the people on the inside.' Most models are made looking from the outside, but he is an advocate of the modelscope, a periscope- style camera which allows architects and engineers to appreciate scale models from the inside.
Working with Future Systems on the NatWest Media Centre at Lords (aj 29.4.99), Billet and his team were faced with the challenge of preventing large reflective surfaces blinding the players, while creating a comfortable environment for people to watch a day's play in hot summer weather. Sunlight simulation did some of the work: the inclined glass on the front of the media centre was to reduce glare on the pitch. But reporters would have to sit behind the glass panel in the sun to see the game. Billet imagined them as drivers heading down the m5 into the sun, and installed sun blinds and air vents, all operated individually: 'As the sun creeps round you see the journalists turning them on. It is the psychology: if you can control your environment, you are more tolerant of it.'
Billet has worked at Buro Happold since he graduated in 1989, although he has done other things, including spending a year travelling through countries such as India and Guatemala and studying part time for his msc. Two years ago, he moved to London from the company's Bath headquarters. (Buro Happold has about 600 staff in 13 offices worldwide). 'It has grown so fast that many people were anxious where we would all end up,' says Billet, who has now become a director in the London offices where there is plenty of space for development. His building services team has expanded from eight people in a small Praed Street office in 1997, to 30. The environment is constantly evolving. Billet finds he needs this change and stimulation, whether it is through learning or otherwise: 'There is something about learning that is a way of working.' He is likely to continue creating. His dream while travelling was to run a restaurant and club somewhere in Bath or Bristol - with a small design studio above it.
Billet is clearly adept at creating solutions to complex problems. He is helping Foster and Partners open up the Reading Room at the British Museum in a subtle and typically Buro Happold style, working with the existing building to keep intervention to a minimum, using pre-existing maintenance stairways for ventilation, for example. When complete, the renovation will show how a famously old, artificially lit, closed environment can be altered to allow natural light and atmosphere into one of the few public oases in central London. Billet's contribution shows that attention to service details is essential to the transformation of space.
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