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void glUniformBlockBinding(GLuint program, GLuint uniformBlockIndex, GLuint uniformBlockBinding);
- program
- The name of a program object containing the active uniform block whose binding to assign.
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- The index of the active uniform block within program whose binding to assign.
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- Specifies the binding point to which to bind the uniform block with index uniformBlockIndex within program.
Binding points for active uniform blocks are assigned using glUniformBlockBinding. Each of a program's active uniform blocks has a corresponding uniform buffer binding point. program is the name of a program object for which the command glLinkProgram has been issued in the past.
If successful, glUniformBlockBinding specifies that program will use the data store of the buffer object bound to the binding point uniformBlockBinding to extract the values of the uniforms in the uniform block identified by uniformBlockIndex.
When a program object is linked or re-linked, the uniform buffer object binding point assigned to each of its active uniform blocks is reset to zero.
GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if uniformBlockIndex is not an active uniform block index of program.
GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if uniformBlockBinding is greater than or equal to the value of GL_MAX_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BINDINGS.
GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated program is not the name of a program object generated by the GL.
glUniformBlockBinding is available only if the GL version is 3.1 or greater.
Associated Gets
glGetUniformBlockIndex with the program and the name of the block.
glGetProgramResourceIndex with the program, GL_UNIFORM_BLOCK, and the name of the block.
glGetActiveUniformBlock with argument GL_UNIFORM_BLOCK_BINDING
glGetProgramResource with GL_UNIFORM_BLOCK and GL_BUFFER_BINDING
See Also
glLinkProgram, glBindBufferBase, glBindBufferRange
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@vilgessuola: explain to me how two men or two women can create a child. That's one of the natural functions of sexual intercourse. So explain to me how it's possible for any child to be produced as a result of gay sex.
You make a pact with the Devil, as you knew all along. Simples. Then, of course, you eat the baby.
I asked the same young man why Christians are so exercised about what other people do in bed. He protests:
It's more natural at some point in your life to have the strong urge to assault or murder someone than it is to want to engage in sexual activity with someone of the same gender. Murder and assault are illegal and are not tolerated in any circumstances, so why should homosexuality be accepted, let alone tolerated?I've given up on him. When people think the urge to murder is 'more natural' and by implication less reprehensible than the urge to lust, then start refering you to 'Answers in Genesis' and articles by Ken Ham, you know the gulf between you is just too bloody wide to shout across.
Christians aren't obsessed with other people's sex lives at all. Christians don't care about what goes on during sex as long as it's done within marriage between a husband (man) and a wife (woman). Then, anything goes. The couple gets to decide what positions to have sex in, whether or not to have oral sex, sex toys, etc. It's up to them.'
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Well anyhow, about the video. Here's a real profound and comforting song from way back before all that evil talk of gay jeans and same-sex marriage sung by a bunch of nice smiley God-fereing hetrosecxual folks in a real nice place - kinda like a wood with a farm and a waterfall and all green and all. I like to think, this is a four taste of that Blessered Place where all us true beleivers are headed. Its' real soon, folks!
And finerly, Oh-My-Goodness, I pray in Jesus'es name that we will see Sir Dawkins and Dr Christopher Hitchinson smiling and singing right along, before it's too late. Can you guy's just pitcher how wonderful that would be? I sure can! What a triumph for God! Praise the Lord!
*This is a abrevviation meaning 'Laughing Out Loud' and my daughter whose in college uses it in reply to all my texts. The Lord gave us a sence of humor!
if he'd let Lord Jesus into his heart!

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This is how I titled the book I have just completed.
Gina, a friend of mine who I have known since early childhood, commissioned the book for her partner Karen. To celebrate Karen turning 50 (sorry Karen, but you don't look a day over 30) Gina arranged to go to the Zoo in Sydney. There, an elephant presented Karen, via it's trunk, a huge bamboo cylinder. Inside the cylinder was the itinerary for the surprise trip. The book I just finished was about their elelphant trek through Thailand's Golden Triangle. Karen has loved elephants since she was a child so imagine the surprise when she recieved the itinerary from one.
Fortunately, I am able to share this Visual Anthology with you.
I feel it is befitting to state that having done one of Nina's classes at Artisitic Journey , it certainly influenced this book. So thankfully some of the techniques I learned, whilst rushed, as they are in a one day workshop, were honed well here. Nina is an not only an artist whom I greatly admire but has become a lovely friend as well. If I could only produce as well as Nina does - we all live and dream.
I would like to make special mention of Christine Cox from Volcano Arts. I have been a customer of Volcano for some-time now. I emplore those who do book arts and any artisitic endeavour to look at what Christine has to offer. She has an abundance of helpful information on her site too in "The Muse". Her service is amazing, fast, efficient and very personal when needed. I do not know too many people in the industry who answers calls at all hours - and rushes to the post office whilst trying to teach workshops and run a shop - for someone desperate for product from the other side of the world. Chrisitine does and did - so thanks, you are a life saver. I could not have finished it without your amazing products.
Befitting an elephant story, the book took on mammoth proportions. I had to bind the front and back last as I was not sure just how big it would be. When I first saw all of the pages stacked up, one on top of the other, I nearly collapsed from worry - what if I could not bind it all so it would sit correctly?
How was I going to stitch the signatures in?
Do I start from front to back or visa versa?
I took a mega logical approach and worked through it bit by bit until it worked.
It was so wonderful to work in unlimited dimensions. Being a perfectionist, whilst I ummmed and ahhhed over how the signatures of the book would fit to the binding and whilst it was a struggle, the struggle was indeed worth it.
Working in these dimensions and being able to adapt any part of the book myself was sooooo liberating.
Alot of the treasures within the book came from the haul Michael and I received from my ex Bob (see earlier post). The metal piece on the top of the front cover looked to me like an elephants trunk, a perfect embellishment to adorn the front of the book, I thought.
Ah yes! I went through copious amounts of Liquid nails. My dremel and soldering iron got a good workout. And it was only on the very last of hundreds of setting of eyelets did I manage to smash my index fingernail which is now an unsightly blue! I managed to go through an eyelet setter and the punch because the vintage book covers used were sooooo thick. Liver of sulphur stunk the house out for 2 days as well. i almost went through an entire stamp re-inker of walnut ink - and that was alchohol ink which goes really far - so you can imagine just how much I went through.
As with all my Visual Anthologies a hand is always featured - usually on the first or introductory page. Why a hand?
In Judaic and Middle Eastern customs, the hand or "Chamsah", as it is known, is the symbol that wards off the evil eye. It is a protective amulet, as it were. My VA's usually tell a story of someone's life and involves a celebration of some-sort. The books are usually seen by many people and I put the Chamsah in so as to protect my client from any jealous eyes.
The hinged frame, when opened, reveals the Chamsah. Under this one I have featured an elephant's trunk and leg. I symbollically wanted to protect not only Karen but the elephants she holds dear. As we all know, elephants are poached for their ivory and are taken from their environments/habitats for a number of reasons - so I felt to combine the hand with the image would be befitting.
Thanks for looking.
To be continued...
Thinking Blogger.
On that Thinking Blogger thing that is whizzing around blogs at present I have recieved three.
Not sure why really and I have been avoiding it but thanks to Ruth Rae for the latest one. At least I think it was on of those... Ruth and I have indeed become good blog mates. I absolutely adore her art. Her fibre works are soooo inspiring and so much thought goes into each piece. She is such a deep and spiritual person - something that I very much appreciate in her and her work. I was initially attracted to her work as I stumbled upon her blog and noticed that the background was opaqued out Hebrew Text. I became curious and more and more of her art was revealing the use of Hebrew texts - which I do as well. So one day I just had to ask her why she used them. I am such a busy-body sometimes. Anyway, so started a lovely link between us, her love of the look of the hebrew letters and my knowledge of all the texts she was putting in her art. I am so grateful to have found Ruth and hope to meet her one day, maybe at Artfest next March.
Then there was the nomination from Ro Bruhn - thanks Ro you were the first of two in one day. It was so nice of you to nominate me - as stated previously, not really sure why as I do not really reveal, or so I thought, the thinking side of me on this blog. But alas maybe I do without even realising it. Anyway Ro and I met at the Artistic Journey retreat earlier this year. What a giving person, what a great blogger and a very very talented artist. Lately we have been doing lots of shopping for each other and I even recieved a magnificent piece of Ro's art, a gorgeous necklace, which I will take a photo of soon and post. Ro even incorporated Red Velvet into it - How nice was that - my favourite. You are such a darling Ro, so thanks.
I happened to be checking out what Fibre Artist Extraordinaore Barbe Saint John was up to and there I was, listed on her Thinking Blogger list. It happened to be on the same day as Ro and I thought what is happening here. Anyway I met the ever so lovely Barbe when I was in the USA last year. She is a great friend of Michaels and he really wanted me to meet up with her so we did. Barbe is a great girl, "shoots from the hip" and that's what I love about her, my kinda woman. Yes she is another of the talented bunch I have met and, boy, does "she spin a good yarn"- lol. Well actually, go check out her blog, she really does spin her own yarn - delicious stuff. Anyway, thanks Barbe, hope we can catch up soon.
Sooooo, not sure about the 5 links I am supposed to forward on... still thinking... will let you know.


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Farsight's Climate Project
A Global Climate Change Remote-Viewing Study
Multiple Realities, Timelines, and Events
Introduction: We at The Farsight Institute
have just completed a fascinating study using remote viewing to study climate
and planetary change between 1 June 2008 and 1 June 2013. We have published three reports on this project (actually, four, sort of). The original report was published in June 2010. An "Early Update" for the project was released on 16 February 2013. Finally, there are two versions of our "Project Summary," published after the closing date for the experiment. The "Official Project Summary" of the project has been published on 10 June 2013. A second version of this project summary is the "Speculative Version of the Project Summary." This speculative version contains speculations by Courtney Brown regarding a possible use of our Climate Project data to alter timelines. These speculations cannot be verified by any means known to us. Nonetheless, some web site visitors may enjoy considering these speculations. We share these speculations with you because learning is supposed to be fun, and the best way to learn is to think "out of the box." Web site visitors are encouraged to watch all of the video reports below. Our web site visitors are reminded that this is research, not certitude. Remember what Albert Einstein once said, "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" Note that these analyses are the product of the Chief Investigator for this project, Courtney Brown. Other investigators using different methods of analysis may come to different conclusions. HRVG and CRV methods of analysis in particular tend to be more nuanced than some of the analyses presented below.
Below is our Project Summary of the Climate Project.
Here (and immediately below) is the Project Summary for the Climate Project. This was published on 10 June 2013. The graphic/link to the left shows a printed version of this report. This report includes speculations by Courtney Brown regarding possible use of our Climate Project data to alter a future timeline.
Here (and immediately below) is the update of this Climate Project that was published on 16 February 2013 relating to the meteor and asteroid events of mid-February 2013. The graphic/link to the left shows a printed version of this early update.
Principal Investigator: Courtney Brown
Remote Viewers: HRVG viewers led by Glenn Wheaton and CRV viewers led by Lyn Buchanan.
Overview of Remote-Viewing Perceptions for This Project:
This project describes change between the years 2008 and 2013 across nine geographical locations with a global spread. The locations are
In general, nearly all of the remote-viewing perceptions for all targets for the date 1 June 2008 appear to correspond with the physical state of those locations for that date. However, the remote viewing perceptions for 1 June 2013 appear much different, and they seem to suggest the following types of physical changes across many of the above geographical locations by mid-2013:
In terms of the effects of these changes on humans, these data also suggest:
We do not know with any certitude why the remote-viewing data appear to show these things. Web site visitors should remember that this is a public experiment, and we hope the public will learn along with us as we complete the experiment. We are not predicting anything with this experiment. We are only looking at the data and comparing it with what actually happens.
For this project, all targets are assigned two timelines for the date 1 June 2013. This allows us to attempt to use remote viewing to describe alternative futures by specifying characteristics of future timelines. Web site visitors who are not familiar with our research into multiple realities might want to view this introductory video presentation on the subject. Crucially, this research is based on the assumption or theory that there are an infinite number of "parallel" timelines, and that there is no single future for any moment of the "now." Thus, it is not possible to "predict" any single future since there is no such thing as a single future. There are only multiple futures, and we are using this experiment to see if it is useful to find a correspondence or correlation between timelines, as with our perceived timeline and one of the two timelines specified below.
The two 2013 timelines examined in this study are
Timeline A: 1 June 2013, 12 noon target local time, following the timeline in which the leadership of the mainstream global scientific establishment continues to ignore or deny (1) the reality of the remote-viewing phenomenon, and (2) the existence of life not originating from Earth.
Timeline B: 1 June 2013, 12 noon target local time, following the timeline in which by the end of 2009 leaders of the mainstream global scientific establishment publicly recognize (1) the reality of the remote-viewing phenomenon, and (2) the existence of life not originating from Earth.
Timeline A: 1 June 2013, 12 noon target local time, following the timeline in which the leadership of the mainstream global scientific establishment continues to ignore or deny (1) the reality of the remote-viewing phenomenon, and (2) the existence of life not originating from Earth.
Timeline B: 1 June 2013, 12 noon target local time, following the timeline in which by the end of 2009 leaders of the mainstream global scientific establishment publicly recognize (1) the reality of the remote-viewing phenomenon, and (2) the existence of life not originating from Earth.
The results of this study do suggest that there is a difference between the two timelines. These data suggest that the impact of planetary change is less severe for Timeline B as compared with Timeline A. This suggests that having the mainstream scientific community openly acknowledge the reality of remote viewing and life (even microbial) not originating on Earth may help ameliorate the impact of severe planetary change. The Key West target was added late in the study to explore a timeline in which the scientific community recognizes the reality of remote viewing and the existence of extraterrestrial life by 2011.
Here are links to some of the data and analyses for the current project.
Project Parameter Overview for the 1 June 2008 and 1 June 2013 Experiments:
The remote viewers participating in this study have remote viewed various
geographically determined targets during two time periods: 1 June 2008
and 1 June 2013. This five-year gap will allow us to look for planetary
change that may occur over that period.
From our past research
we know that the future is probabilistic. (See also, the Multiple Universes Project.) If multiple realities emerge from every moment of now, then there is no single future timeline. Thus we hope that by specifying certain timeline conditions with our remote-viewing tasking, it is possible to perceive a specific future (for a specific timeline) correctly.
For this reason, our participating remote viewers have perceived the 2013 targets along two
separate timelines, with each timeline offering the potential for significant
differences in future events given specific possible actions taken by
the mainstream scientific community. Thus, we are hoping to discern what
the future looks like if the mainstream scientific community pursues one
policy as compared with a future in which the mainstream scientific community
pursues a different policy. In the former case, the policy is a continuation
of a current policy. In the latter case, the policy is an alternate policy
that might produce a significantly different future. We are attempting
to learn if the publication of information about two future timelines based on differences in current policies can change the future that our current now evolves into.
The various 2008 targets establish a baseline set of criteria by which
the accuracy of the remote-viewing results in general may be evaluated.
Thus, if the 1 June 2008 targets are perceived accurately by the remote
viewers participating in the study, then it is reasonable to assume that
the results for the future dates for those same targets will be comparably
accurate. Since each geographically determined target is evaluated three
times (once in 2008, and twice in 2013 — once for each future timeline),
there are three times as many total targets as there are geographically
determined targets in this study.
The remote-viewing sessions were conducted prior to the targets
being assigned to those sessions by a truly random process
(explained in "Experiment Details" below as well as in the "Original Report" video presentation that appears above) that took place on Wednesday, 4 June 2008. It was not possible for a remote viewer (or anyone else) to know the
identity of a target at the time the target was being remote viewed since the remote-viewing sessions were conducted before 4 June 2008.
Thus, the targets are assigned in the future with respect to when the sessions were done, and the remote-viewing data
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FLORENCE - Shameik Blackshear and K.J. Ford like to spend most of their time in opposing teams' backfields.
The disruptive defensive linemen did plenty of that Thursday at South Florence, but they were just as productive lining up in Bluffton's backfield. Ford scored twice on 1-yard plunges and Blackshear added a short touchdown from the wingback spot in the Bobcats' 37-13 victory in the first round of the playoffs.
Bluffton coach Ken Cribb said he decided to give the linemen a few short-yardage carries because running back Tykeem Major was still feeling the effects of a hip flexor injury.
"That was a good way to change up things," Cribb said, "and it worked real well."
Blackshear's 1-yard run was his first offensive touch since he caught a touchdown pass at Wade Hampton in Bluffton's fourth game. He said Cribb didn't talk to him about being more involved in the offense before the playoff game.
"They gave me the ball for the first time since Hampton, so I was pretty shocked," Blackshear said.
Big night for Webber
Senior Marquis Webber once again displayed his versatility as an offensive weapon.
Webber primarily plays wide receiver, but Cribb is always looking for creative ways to put the ball in his hands. He'll get it on reverses and sweeps, and occasionally line up at wingback, on top of his ability to make big plays on screens, intermediate routes and deep balls.
"He's such a good athlete," quarterback C.J. Frazier said. "It's impossible (to cover him)."
Webber caught eight passes from Frazier for 100 yards and rushed four times for 86 yards. He averaged 15.5 yards on those 12 touches.
Webber didn't score, but he did set up touchdowns for teammates when he was stopped just short of the goal line on three occasions.
Cribb has talked up his senior receiver as a Division I prospect all season. Like Frazier, he has an offer from Division II Newberry and has received interest from several other schools.
Monster test
Barring a stunning upset in last Friday's Goose Creek-Conway game, Bluffton was prepared to hit the road this week to play the state's No. 1 team in the quarterfinals.
Goose Creek is the defending Class AAAA Division II champion and has won 24 consecutive games dating back to September 2011, when it lost to University (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 52-51 in double overtime.
The Gators have three players committed to Division I schools in wide receiver Tramel Terry (Georgia), linebacker Gerald Turner (South Carolina) and defensive tackle Mike Myers (East Carolina). Running back Caleb Kinlaw and tight end Kalan Ritchie, both juniors, have offers from Clemson and South Carolina.
Cribb said after the first-round victory that he and his staff planned to travel to Goose Creek on Friday to scout their next opponent.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Author: Lawson Fusao Inada
Work: Legends From Camp and Drawing the Line
Sandra Childs uses critical pedagogy to help students understand the victimization of Japanese Americans during World War II, the focus of Lawson Fusao Inada's collection of poems Legends From Camp. Students visit the Nikkei Legacy Center, where they see an exhibit of artifacts, documents, and photographs, and hear first-person accounts of the internment camp experience from Lawson Fusao Inada and Center volunteers. Inada reads a poem from his collection Drawing the Line. Using Inada's poetry and the texts from the exhibit, students write and share their "found poems."
To prepare for the lesson, view The Expanding Canon video program 8, Part I. Online, review the Session 8 theory overview, strategies, information about the authors and literature, resources, and the downloadable print guide. Read Legends From Camp and Drawing the Line -- excerpts available in the print guide. Read Executive Order 9066 (Japanese Relocation Order - 1942 ) -- available online at http://ipr.ues.gseis. ucla.edu/images/Evacuation_Poster.pdf. Gather photographs and historical documents to create a classroom exhibit about the internment camp experience. Selected poems available in print guide.
Teachers will need the following supplies:
Standards for the English Language Arts
1. Sandra Childs begins by reading the poem "Instructions to All Persons," and the "Prologue" of the title work from Lawson Fusao Inada's Legends From Camp.
2. Childs then explains specific terms to her class. She also provides some information about the history of discrimination against Japanese Americans in the U.S.
3. The class then engages in a ten-minute roundtable discussion where each student must have an opportunity to speak once before anyone can speak for a second time. Childs gives each student a copy of the executive order issued to Japanese Americans during World War II. She asks the students to imagine themselves in the position of the Japanese Americans who were told to enter internment camps. Students discuss how they would respond to the complex situation. They structure their discussion so that one student acts as a facilitator and one acts as a recorder. Childs asks students if there are any justifications for the governmental order.
4. The class goes to the Nikkei Legacy Center in downtown Portland, where they see an exhibit of artifacts, photos and historical documents documenting the Japanese American internment camp experience. Childs encourages students to note images or text lines that grab their attention. (Teachers can create an exhibit in the classroom by finding photos and historical texts on the Web; teachers may also show students a clip featuring the Nikkei Legacy Center from The Expanding Canon video program 8, Part II.)
5. Childs introduces the students to poet Lawson Fusao Inada, who shares with them his childhood memories of life in the internment camp. He reads aloud the title work from his collection of poetry, Drawing the Line.
6. Childs asks students to walk around the museum, picking out meaningful lines of text from the exhibit, and/or words from Inada's poetry to create their own "found poems" -- similar to the way in which Inada used words from Executive Order 9066 in his poem, "Instructions to All Persons." Students also talk to Nikkei Legacy Center volunteers about their experiences in internment camps.
7. Students share their "found poems" with Inada and the group before returning to school.
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We all feel anxious at one time or another. For some people, though, the anxiety can come in an extreme form. Sometimes the anxious thoughts take over, incapacitating the person so that he is unable to do anything useful. He remains caught up in his apprehensions, with panic setting in. Sometimes, the panic attacks get so bad that the body reacts in like manner. The person starts to break out in cold sweat. Or he can get headaches of gigantic proportions. He can become dizzy, or nauseous. Pains creep in for no apparent reason at all – back pains, stomach aches, chest pains.
Sometimes, people do not see the condition as something which can be dealt with through medical and therapeutic means. We have become so used to leading stressful lives that we fail to notice when the anxiety has become so severe or so unreasonable that it already incapacitates us.
Severe or chronic anxiety disorders warrant serious interventions. Fortunately, advancements in research and technology have resulted in a broad spectrum of anxiety treatment. It goes without saying, though, that we need to consult professionals in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, psychology, and other related fields when considering these treatments.
In the medical plane, there are drugs with anti-depressant and anxiety-reducing capabilities. Drugs the likes of benzodiazepines and antidepressants are used. These are prescription meds. Their use, as well as the effects they have on the individual, has to be closely monitored by a professional. By keeping a regular close watch on the individual, you can avoid adverse effects.
Another possible intervention is psychotherapy, the treatment of the anxiety disorders and its related bodily ills by psychological means. A professional trained in mental health sits with the patient in several counseling sessions so that the patient gets to understand what it is he is going through and eventually becomes able to cope with it.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is still another option. Again, with the help of a professional, the patient learns to identify and consciously alter the way he thinks, feels, and behaves. He is thus able to manage and control the anxiety feelings which upset him and disrupt his daily functioning.
Research indicates that a blend of these treatments is better than just taking drugs. A "cured" patient is also less likely to suffer a relapse, even when he stops taking his meds. This is probably because, armed with a keen awareness of the anxiety process, he is better able to stay in control.
Some people have anxiety feelings to a much lesser degree, a much milder form than that requiring professional intervention. This type of condition can be addressed with what can be referred to as basic "home remedies." Some of these simple do-it-yourself anxiety treatments are as follows:
• Eat the right food. There is what is known as a mental health-friendly diet. Fresh fruits and vegetable are first on this list of food. Avoid food that triggers an adrenalin rush – food that makes you unable to stay calm and relaxed. Caffeine, alcohol, sugar, and some spices belong to this list.
• Drink clear, healthy water. Choose water instead of colas or juice drinks which are loaded with artificial flavorings and sugar.
• Choose an active lifestyle. Choose a sport that you can be passionate about. Engage your family or friends in it to up the likelihood that you will spend time on it.
• Get enough sleep. Sleep recharges you and helps you maintain your mental equilibrium. Make sure that you get from between seven to eight hours of sleep every night.
• Take control of habits which, after a short temporary high, make you feel exhausted, out-of-sorts, irritable, and weary. Smoking, drinking, and taking uppers are among these.2016-08-19
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B Vitamins in Diabetes: Just "Expensive Urine"? (part 2)
In Part 1 of this article series, we discussed the topic of B vitamins in diabetes, including some of the relevant clinical research evaluating B vitamins in the treatment of various concerns in diabetes. Yet one of the most controversial, and still unresolved, questions regarding B vitamins in diabetes, and more broadly in cardiovascular disease, is the issue of the importance of homocysteine in cardiovascular health. In this article, I will provide some background on homocysteine, including why the medical community thought is was of concern, and then following the progression of our knowledge on homocysteine to the present, where the danger of homocysteine is being challenged. In addition, I will write briefly about special clinical considerations for B vitamins in diabetes.
What the Heck is Homocysteine Anyway?
Homocysteine is a by-product of our metabolism of sulphur-containing amino acids (amino acids strung together in various combinations form proteins- which we eat!). Homocysteine is converted to methionine (another amino acid) and back again; it is also converted to cysteine (yet another amino acid) by a separate process. The conversion of homocysteine to methionine requires vitamins B12 and folic acid, while the conversion of homocysteine to cysteine requires vitamin B6.
This process is important for several reasons; it serves a role in the interconversion between different forms of folic acid, each with specific jobs; it assists in the availability of specific amino acids, namely cysteine and methionine, which have biologic functions of their own; and some methionine gets converted to S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) which serves as an important intermediate (methyl group donation) in numerous biologic processes including detoxification in the liver.
Is Homocysteine Dangerous?
The short answer is, we don't really know. As is usually the case in medical research, we are limited by the answers different types of research methodology are able to give us, and by the studies that have been performed. Specifically, many times in medicine "risk factors" are identified based on following large groups of people for long periods of time and waiting for them to get sick. Studying people in large groups like this allows epidemiologists to look for exposures that increase risk. A key limitation of this type of research is that observational studies cannot say a risk factor causes disease, only that the risk factor is associated with the disease. This limitation occurs because although researchers try to control for other possible contributors (or confounders) to any observed change in risk, no one study can control for all confounders. In some cases, these risk factors stick around and in some cases they do not. Although it may sound like a waste of time to do this type of observation study, they spawn hypotheses to be tested in clinical trials. Clinical trials, when properly designed, do not suffer from the same influence of confounding. Confounding is controlled in clinical trials by "placebo-controlling" trials and by randomization. For this reason, only clinical trials can determine causality.
Observational Studies
Now back to homocysteine. Back in the 1990s, several epidemiologists published papers on the risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction) relative to homocysteine levels. Stampfer et al. published a study demonstrating a greater than 3-fold increased risk of heart attacks in males with elevated homocysteine levels[1]. Supporting these findings was a published report by Verhoef et al. in the American Journal of Epidemiology based on research in the Netherlands showing an 11% increase in risk of heart attack from elevated homocysteine, and the risk seemed to increase as the level of homocysteine increased, i.e. there was graded risk[2].
Findings suggesting homocysteine was associated with harm to the heart were further supported in 1998 by a study by researchers Wald et al. studying homocysteine in over 1300 men in the United Kingdon; this study showed men with the highest levels of homocysteine had 3.7 times the risk of developing ischemic heart disease compared to those with lower levels[3]. Wald et al. also reported that the risk seemed to increase by 41% for every 5 umol/L increase of homocysteine in the blood. These researchers went out on a limb in their study and said, because the associations seemed so strong, that elevated homocysteine appeared causal.
The story continues in 1999 (although many other papers were published during 1997-1999 adding further support to the "homocysteine hypothesis") when research was published evaluating homocysteine and risk of death in 1933 elderly participants in the Framingham cohort (the Framingham cohort study followed - and still follows - thousands of American men and women in order to determine risk factors for cardiovascular disease; Framingham remains important in determining risk factor reduction guidelines)[4]. The study, published by Bostom et al. in the Archives of Internal Medicine, reported over a doubling of risk of cardiovascular death and all-cause death from homocystiene levels greater than 14.26 umol/L.
By the 2000s, enough observational data was accumulating showing that homocysteine was associated with an increased risk of heart disease and death that researchers began pooling this data together, performing meta-analyses. In 2002, the Homocysteine Studies Collaboration published their meta-analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association showing an 11% reduced risk for ischemic heart disease and a 19% reduced risk for stroke by lowering homocysteine levels 3 umol/L[5].
In addition to these (and many other) observational studies, animal and bench researchers discovered many possible mechanisms for the observed increase in risk. Included in the probable mechanisms were:
increased endothelial dysfunction (the endothelium is the innermost lining of arteries and serves an important role in responding to chemical signals to dilate or constrict to regulate blood flow)
increased smooth muscle cell proliferation (smooth muscle cells are in the middle of our larger arteries and therefore proliferation of these cells contribute to reduced blood flow)
increased pro-clotting factors and reduced anti-clotting factors in the blood
All of this data fueled the fire for the "homocysteine hypothesis". Everyone loved homocysteine. Cardiologists loved it because it was something else to measure and easy to treat. Complementary medicine providers loved it because there was finally a strong case for extra B vitamins in the diet, typically through supplements. The public loved it because it supported theories of reduced quality in the food supply. Everyone was happy.
Clinical Trials
All of this data also fueled the development of clinical trials - the necessary step to determine causality. In 2004, The Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) trial was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association[6]. This trial randomized 3680 adults with history of stroke to receive either high (5 mg of B6, 0.4 mg of B12, and 2.5 mg of folic acid) or low (200 micrograms of B6, 6 micrograms of B12 and 20 micrograms of folic acid) dose B vitamins for 2 years. The outcomes of interest were recurrent stroke and death. The results of the study showed that B vitamins do reduce homocysteine (with the high dose arm ending up with lower levels than the low dose group), however the study did not find any reduction in risk of second stroke or for death. The study did still see a baseline association between high homocysteine levels and risk of recurrent stroke and death. These findings suggested 2 years was not long enough to reduce stroke risk by lowering homocysteine.
Following the VISP trial, was the NORVIT trial which randomized 3749 men and women with history of heart attack to one of four arms: 0.8 mg of folic acid, 0.4 mg of B12, and 40 mg of B6; 0.8 mg of folic acid and 0.4 mg of B12; 40 mg of B6; or placebo[7]. The primary question in this trial was: will lowering homocysteine after first heart attack reduce the risk of having a second heart attack? or reduce the risk of death? Disappointingly, the NORVIT trial also produced negative findings, there seemed to be no beneficial effect of B vitamin supplementation to lower homocysteine on risk of second heart attack or death. Alarmingly, the arm of the NORVIT trial that received folic acid, B12 and B6 seemed to have an increased risk of second heart attack!
The findings of the homocysteine-lowering elements of the HOPE2 study were also published in 2006 in the New England Journal of Medicine[8]. HOPE2 randomly assigned 5522 men and women with known vascular disease to 2.5 mg of folic acid, 50 mg of vitamin B6, and 1 mg of vitamin B12 or with placebo for an average of five years. The primary aim of the study was to determine if lowering homocysteine reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke or risk of death during the study. The findings of the HOPE2 study similarly showed no benefit for death or cardiac event. The study did show a 25% reduced risk for stroke, however it also showed a 24% increase in risk for unstable angina, a significant risk factor for heart attack.
Unanswered Questions
Obviously there is unsettled business surrounding the issue of homocysteine and the risk of vascular disease. The data to date still suggests lowering homocysteine has some benefit on reducing the risk for stroke[9]. However, what is still not clear is whether assessing and treating homocysteine in patients with or without known heart disease does any good in reducing their risk for cardiovascular events (ischemic heart disease, heart attack, heart-related death). There are still unanswered questions regarding homocysteine, including time. Does lowering homocysteine levels for longer periods of time reduce risk, i.e. does preventing homocysteine elevation reduce risk? How long is necessary before benefits are seen? Do extra B vitamins cause cardiovascular harm - or was this finding an anomaly? We'll have to wait and see.
What do I do about Homocysteine?
I must admit, I have been less aggressive in my approach to homocysteine lowering since the NORVIT and HOPE2 trials were released last year. However I do think homocysteine is still worth checking and treating in patients with diabetes. We know people with diabetes have an increased risk for stroke, and to date the data seem to suggest treating elevated homocysteine is still protective. My rules of thumb are to lower homocysteine down to less than 10-12 umol/L whenever possible, ideally through dietary B vitamins.
When Do I Recommend Extra Supplemental B Vitamins?
Megaloblastic Anemia - Deficiencies of either folic acid or vitamin B12 can cause a characteristic anemia. "Anemia" is a category of conditions that all have a reduced ability to deliver oxygen in the body, often due to changes in red blood cell number or oxygen saturation. The anemia resulting from deficiencies of vitamin B12 and/or folic acid is characterized by larger than normal red blood cells, or megaloblasts. Your physician can check for this type of anemia by checking for simple characteristics in your blood.
Neuropathy - As discussed in Part 1, patients with diabetes who experience reduced sensation or have known nerve complications of their diabetes often benefit from vitamin B12 treatment.
Special Considerations with Metformin - Metformin is one of the first line medications for the treatment of diabetes. However, a small percentage (estimates vary) of patients can end up with deficiencies of vitamin B12 and elevations in homocysteine[10].
Thiamine vs. Benfotiamine (See Part 1) - The safety of benfotiamine is still too unknown in my opinion. If you have reason to suspect thiamine deficiency, discuss testing and trial treatment with your physician care provider.
B vitamins have vital functions in human health that may be disrupted in conditions like diabetes. Although some clinical trials suggest benefit, the consumption of large (much larger than diet) doses of nutrients should always be discussed with your physician. In the meantime, enjoying fresh vegetable foods that are rich in these nutrients is a sure bet to health improvement/risk reduction in cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Until more research steers me otherwise, I will continue checking and discussing homocysteine in an effort to assist in the optimal health of my patients.
Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH November, 2007
1. Stampfer, M.J., et al., A prospective study of plasma homocyst(e)ine and risk of myocardial infarction in US physicians. Jama, 1992. 268(7): p. 877-81.
2. Verhoef, P., et al., Homocysteine metabolism and risk of myocardial infarction: relation with vitamins B6, B12, and folate. Am J Epidemiol, 1996. 143(9): p. 845-59.
3. Wald, N.J., et al., Homocysteine and ischemic heart disease: results of a prospective study with implications regarding prevention. Arch Intern Med, 1998. 158(8): p. 862-7.
4. Bostom, A.G., et al., Nonfasting plasma total homocysteine levels and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in elderly Framingham men and women. Arch Intern Med, 1999. 159(10): p. 1077-80.
5. Grundy, S.M., et al., Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of once-daily niacin for the treatment of dyslipidemia associated with type 2 diabetes: results of the assessment of diabetes control and evaluation of the efficacy of niaspan trial. Arch Intern Med, 2002. 162(14): p. 1568-76.
6. Toole, J.F., et al., Lowering homocysteine in patients with ischemic stroke to prevent recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, and death: the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) randomized controlled trial. Jama, 2004. 291(5): p. 565-75.
7. Lonn, E., et al., Homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in vascular disease. N Engl J Med, 2006. 354(15): p. 1567-77.
8. Bonaa, K.H., et al., Homocysteine lowering and cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med, 2006. 354(15): p. 1578-88.
9. Spence, J.D., Homocysteine-lowering therapy: a role in stroke prevention? Lancet Neurol, 2007. 6(9): p. 830-8.
10. Sahin, M., et al., Effects of metformin or rosiglitazone on serum concentrations of homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B12 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes Complications, 2007. 21(2): p. 118-23.


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Pass test ... the Wallabies captain's run at ANZ Stadium yesterday.THE Wallabies are buoyant after repeatedly peaking at the right time during the Wales Test series, but know they are still well short of what is required to be confident of beating the All Blacks at ANZ Stadium tonight.
Wallabies captain David Pocock yesterday called on his teammates to lift their game and make full use of home-ground advantage.
The Australian Rugby Union has certainly applied the pressure on the Wallabies by focusing its marketing campaign around how it has been a barren decade since they last won the Bledisloe Cup, and that the task may be easier as they are playing two of the three Tests at home.
No wonder Wallabies coach Robbie Deans was provoked into commenting over whether it had been too long since the team had shown off the cup. ''Clearly it's time,'' Deans said.
At least the Wallabies head into the series with some of the attributes needed for trans-Tasman success. After the blip against Scotland in Newcastle, the Wallabies rebounded brilliantly against Wales, one of the best northern hemisphere teams to tour Australia in decades, winning the series 3-0. What was most encouraging was the team's ability to play at their best near the end of each Test and withstand pressure, showing the squad's level of conditioning had improved markedly.
The sign of a good side is that they consistently win the tight ones, and several close victories had the desired effect of boosting the Wallabies' spirits.
''We took confidence out of that series,'' Pocock said. ''As a team you want to win those arm-wrestles right at the end. In these Tests, we stayed in the contest and found a way to win.
''But the Rugby Championship is going to be a totally different beast, and we know those performances against Wales won't be anywhere near good enough.
''We just have to do everything better, and in particular we know we have to start better against the All Blacks. Our general intensity has to go up, because New Zealand tend to take their opportunities. Wales, in the first and second Tests, created a lot of opportunities and didn't take them. But the All Blacks do.''
As importantly, Pocock knows he will play a critical role in the outcome of this Test. The breakdown battle will be decisive, and with the All Blacks showing during the Ireland Test series that their intensity at the tackle is of the highest standard, Pocock's openside breakaway work will be important in providing a handbrake. As important will be how new Wallabies blindside breakaway Dave Dennis, and No.8 Scott Higginbotham, combine with Pocock.
But Deans also argued it is imperative Pocock gets a fair deal. The coach was irritated during the Wales series that Pocock was often held back by opponents after the breakdown so that he had no involvement in the next few phases. Deans called on the touch judges to properly adjudicate that area, as he believes the All Blacks, knowing how pivotal Pocock is to the Wallabies' plans, will try similar tactics.
''It's not so much at the breakdown, but what's happening long after the breakdown is over,'' Deans said. ''The ball is gone, the game is carrying on and players are being denied the ability to participate. It's the touch judges' responsibility because the referee, invariably, is watching the game, which is somewhere else.''
But one area where Deans is forever evasive revolves around his new opposing coach Steve Hansen. As expected, Hansen, in his first Bledisloe Cup battle as head All Blacks coach, has tried to provoke his old Canterbury playing and coaching partner with old-fashioned sledging.
The All Blacks coach this week had a dig at the Wallabies forward pack, and also suggested Deans made a succession of selection bungles during last year's World Cup. The inference was Deans no longer had confidence in World Cup five-eighth Quade Cooper, who has not been picked for this Test.
Asked about the comments yesterday, Deans laughed and said: ''Steve is a very good fisherman. He loves fishing.''
Hansen will keep tossing the burley in Deans's direction during the season. But the ever cautious Australian coach will keep spitting out those smelly bite-sized pieces of pilchard. He has been around too long to attack low-grade bait.
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The day began as a beautiful, clear, September morning. It was perfect for the outing my daughter and I had planned. Our husbands were comfortably situated in front of the large screen TV, watching the Florida State Seminoles playing the Clemson Tigers. We gals were off to Richmond's Maymont Park with cameras in hand. The men had been supplied with snacks and the promise of fried chicken later; so they had no complaints when we said it would be MUCH later before we returned.
Maymont Park is a wonderful place for just walking and enjoying flowers, birds, and butterflies. There are easy paths and several individual gardens occupying various parts of the park. The "butterfly gardens" are lovely and well supplied with educational signage, The only deficiency I saw was a lack of identification of specific plants; but general information about butterfly needs was supplied with easy to read, permanent signs at each garden plot..
In addition to the large space for well planned butterfly gardens, there is a large Italian garden, and a very attractive Japanese garden. We spent the entire morning in those various gardens, trying to get that perfect shot of species we had not previously added to our albums. I, in particular, was determined to photograph a cloudless sulphur; since these are not common in Bedford, and I had seen a few flying around the gardens here. However, the only photo I was able to take was partially obscured by a flower. Nevertheless, the search, itself, is most of the joy; and searching in an area like this, on a perfect early Fall day, with one's daughter, is God's blessing at its best.
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Symptoms may be as minor as only a stored code and an illuminated service engine soon lamp or as major as a no start or engine stall condition. If the direct ozone reduction catalyst temperature is not within the manufacturers specifications, or if the oxygen sensor/s are faulty, there are likely to be drivability issues as well. If the direct ozone catalyst has broken or melted internal components, engine hesitation, an overall lack of engine performance, hissing noises when accelerating, or even a no start/engine stall condition may occur.
The most common cause of this code is due to a faulty direct ozone reduction catalyst temperature sensor. Bad oxygen sensors are also a possibility but if this is the case an oxygen sensor code will usually accompany the direct ozone reduction catalyst temperature code. Always diagnose and repair oxygen sensor codes before attempting to diagnose direct ozone reduction catalyst temperature codes. Since the direct ozone reduction catalyst converter is not designed to wear out, its failure is normally associated with some contributing malfunction. Contributing factors in direct ozone reduction catalyst converter failure may include incorrect fuel usage, excessive fuel being dumped into the exhaust system due to a faulty coolant temperature sensor, mass air flow sensor, manifold air pressure sensor, fuel pressure regulator, or fuel injection component, an ignition misfire, retarded spark timing, or oil contamination. Leaks from an exhaust manifold, down pipe, flex hose, or other exhaust component that is upstream from the direct ozone reduction catalyst can also appear to the PCM as direct ozone reduction catalyst failure.
The most common misdiagnosis is caused by not thoroughly investigating what led to direct ozone reduction catalyst failure. Technicians report that repeated direct ozone reduction catalyst failure occurs when other codes are present and left unattended for long periods of time. Engine misfires are known to deteriorate the platinum element of the converter, as is excessively rich exhaust. The next most common misdiagnosis comes from oxygen sensor replacement. Oxygen sensor failure should be verified before replacement. Techs report that oxygen sensors are often replaced blindly in order to avoid costly converter replacement. This just leads to added expense. Also, aftermarket and "rebuilt" direct ozone reduction catalyst converters have proven problematic. Although they may cost much less, they provide neither the efficiency nor the longevity of OEM quality catalytic converters.


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When word leaked that LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne scored a four on his Wonderlic, our measured reaction was "who gives a shit?" It's a test of certain cognitive abilities, and gives a result that offers no prediction of future performance. Claiborne has a distinction that's a hell of a lot more important than a correctly filled-out Scantron: he was one of the best defensive players in football, on one of the best teams in the country.
Ask the Cowboys, who traded up to grab Claiborne at No. 6, what they think of his Wonderlic. Ask Claiborne, who even with the new rookie wage scale, will make eight figures before he plays a game, what he thinks about the Wonderlic. Actually, no need. Here's what he thinks:
"They say it's an IQ test. I came to the combine for football. I looked at the test, and wasn't any questions about football. I didn't see no point in the test. I'm not in school anymore. I didn't complete it. I only finished 15 or 18 questions."
Out of the mouths of babes. Since IQ testing for football players is like forcing prospective math teachers to run a 40-yard dash, there's zero reason any of them should be wasting their time on it. At best, a high score wins hosannas from Gregg Easterbrook. At worst, fans and reporters will gleefully trumpet their low scores, often in racially coded terms.
Every prospect should do what Claiborne did: don't take the test seriously. Don't complete it. Draw little pictures with the Scantron bubbles. Taking tests is no fun, especially when you don't have to take them. And you don't have to take this one. Claiborne's draft position is the latest of thousands of proofs of that.


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It will be ten years and one month before former State Senator Charles Walker walks out of federal prison. On Thursday, Walker reported to federal prison to begin serving his sentence. News 12 followed the Charles Walker trial and sentencing and now tells you what he had to do once he reported to federal prison.
Thursday afternoon, former State Senator Charles Walker reported to federal prison to begin serving his ten-year sentence.
At about 8:10 o'clock Thursday morning, News 12 caught a glimpse of what appears to be Charles Walker getting into his car. Shortly after his wife Shelia leaves and his son Champ Walker arrives at the house, but no one answers the door.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms that Walker arrived at the Federal Correctional Institution located satellite camps at Estill Federal Prison Thursday afternoon. He will be at the minimum-security camp where 302 inmates are housed. It's one of the two facilities on site. The other is medium security, where there are about 1,044 inmates are housed.
Once Walker reported at Estill, he was processed, searched and given an initial intake interview and medical screening. That was followed by admission orientation handbook. After that if Walker had any personal property that was confiscated and inventoried, anything unauthorized would be mailed home. He then received his prison clothing and fingerprinted along with being photoed. Finally, Walker received his ID card and was taken to the housing unit he will be living in where he was given safety orientation provided by an officer.
The minimum-security camp Walker will live at has a total of 302 inmates. There's dormitory-type housing, there's limited or no perimeter fencing, and has a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio.
You'll remember Walker's attorney filed an emergency motion for a hearing regarding Federal Judge Dudley Bowen denying Walker's bonding pending appeal which would have allowed him to stay out of prison until the federal appeals court in Atlanta heard his appeal. And by him reporting to prison today, either the court has not dealt with the motion or it was denied.


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POLITICO interviews Piers Morgan
To Piers Morgan, the answer is simple: pro-gun advocate and conservative radio show host Alex Jones was the best guest he ever had.
"The best thing about Alex Jones is that 8 million people watched that video on YouTube," Morgan told POLITICO in an extensive interview at his CNN office in New York. "I would suggest it's the smartest booking we've ever made. The attention that interview got exploded this issue back onto the agenda for the entire week leading up to what Obama did today."
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"The president of the United States espoused exactly what I've been saying for the last five weeks," Morgan continued, referring to the President Barack Obama's proposed ban on assault weapons. "No one can tell me we haven't had an influence."
Morgan's show has been on air for two years, but it's only in the past five weeks, since the shooting in Newtown, Conn., that the CNN host is getting any real attention. In a departure from the down-the-middle ethos that has governed CNN since its inception, the highly opinionated Brit has been an outspoken advocate of gun control, inviting his opponents on air night after night — alongside mayors, scholars, law enforcement officials and pundits — to entertain their argument against tighter gun laws while publicly admonishing them for it, even referring to some of them as "idiots."
( PHOTOS: Politicians speak out on gun control)
Many champion Morgan's ongoing dedication to the gun issue and his commitment to hearing out a multitude of voices. "I'm delighted that Piers has tackled our national public health crisis of gun violence. And if he can boost ratings while tackling a serious issue, more power to him," Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times columnist and a recent guest on the show, told POLITICO. "We need examples of TV shows that make money as well as make people think."
But the approach grates on Morgan's critics, who think he generates controversy for the sake of self-promotion. Larry King, who previously occupied Morgan's chair at CNN, recently said the show was as much about Morgan as about his guests. Michael Moynihan, a columnist at The Daily Beast, likened Morgan's booking of pro-gun "crazies" to Mike Tyson's post-prison boxing matches, where weak opponents were sought out merely to bolster the former champion's image. The blogger Andrew Sullivan, who has had it in for Morgan for years, accuses the host of broadcasting "a rolling freak-show designed entirely for ratings."
( PHOTOS: Will these guns be banned again?)
Morgan, who describes himself as "deliberately provocative" and knows he has "a unique ability to rub certain people the wrong way," doesn't really care — or, in his native tongue, doesn't give "a monkey's cuss."
"Andrew Sullivan is a dick," Morgan told POLITICO. "He's an extremely bitchy, deeply unpleasant, rather confused individual who for whatever reason despises the very spittle I put on the floor. Well, good luck to you, mate. But I couldn't give a toss."


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Bane wrote:BrunoBKMazing wrote:Bane wrote:MCU isn't the reason I dislike Joss Whedon, I wouldn't dislike a director for making a film for a company I'm not a fan of. Kenneth Branagh is my all time favorite director and he made the Thor movie.
I've seen Whedon's other works and I'm just, really not a fan. I don't think he really understands superheros, or at least the characters he's working with currently. But That's just me.
I didn't imply that. But, The Avengers films are about the only thing that I've seen out of Whedon's curriculum, and I remember you saying one day that you don't like the MCU, so I just associated one thing with another. Nevermind.
That whole Hulk/Black Widow thing was a big low point in AOU (which is a mediocre film IMO), I'll give you that. Ultron itself actually was pretty bad too.
Also, Kenneth Branagh? I don't know much about him as a director. Genuinely curious, what makes him your favorite director?
I'm a huge Shakespeare fan, and his Shakespeare adaptations are beyond amazing. Especially the 1996 Hamlet he directed, it's just stuff I'm personally really into, and what he did with them is easily the best we'll ever get as far as Shakespeare adaptations go within my lifetime.
I could go into depth about what I like about his directing style and techniques in particular, but it's basically just, I like Shakespeare, and he made some flipping fantastic Shakespeare movies.
Ah I see. Personally, I'm not a HUGE fan of Shakespeare, but I have a lot of respect for his work. I've only read "Romeo & Juliet" and some bits of "Hamlet". Gotta check out some of Branagh's movies then.


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My last post focussed on some concerns and questions I had about the Digital Bolex Kickstarter campaign. Despite stating numerous times that "I really want these guys to win," I didn't spend much time talking about what I liked about their project—and have thus unwittingly been cast as a vicarious mouthpiece for some far more negative appraisers than myself.
I could have mentioned that I appreciate any camera concept that sets out to capture the highest-quality image and bring it home unadulterated. I could have pointed out the planned on-board XLR inputs and metal construction. I could have talked up the compact size, or the affordable price. I could have cast these positives against the embarrassing backdrop of expensive, brick-shaped cameras made of cheap plastic that hammer your footage into an over-compressed pulp before committing it to a CF card, offered by camera companies with high-end markets to protect.
But all that stuff now pales against my new favorite thing about the Digital Bolex: how its creators reacted to my blog post.
Three days after launching their campaign, which funded successfully in less than 24 hours and has now well exceeded its outside target of $250,000, who do the Digital Bolex creators want to talk to? The grumpy guy who posted a bunch of concerns and tough questions.
Elle was a good sport about my post right away on Twitter, but Joe also sought me out via the Prolost contact form. We had a delightful chat this morning via phone. Joe specifically wants to connect with filmmakers who have reasonable concerns. He sees thoughtful critique as an opportunity, not an attack.
You know, like all our favorite camera makers.
Joe is so mellow in the Kickstarter video that I was immediately taken aback by how enthusiastic and passionate he was on the phone. He and his partners have an idea that seems so simple to them that he's shocked they're (nearly) the only ones doing it. Here's some of what we talked about:
- The reason Joe feels they can make this camera at the price they've set is that it is the simplest possible digital camera—just a sensor and a card slot, with the bare minimum of electronics in between. He points out rightly that the D16 needs to do far less than any of the many far less expensive video cameras out there. A $200 flip camera requires more processing power than what they've envisioned, because it needs to debayer, color-space-convert, and compress the footage in real time.
- Joe harkened back to the days of the original Bolex and other 16mm film cameras, when the camera "didn't affect the image quality at all, it just carried the film." "[The Digital Bolex] is just the carrier between the sensor and the card."
- Joe's other passion is about on-set monitoring and the ubiquitous flip-out LCD panel on digital video cameras. He hates them—or rather, hates that they've taken the trust away from the director/cinematographer relationship. The director sees the ugly little image and thinks that's what their movie is going to look like, instead of listening to the DP. "That little LCD has robbed the independent film industry of cinematography."
- If there's one criticism Joe's sick of hearing, it's "If Red couldn't do it, how can these guys?"—a chorus of which I must confess to being a part. Of course, the situation is more nuanced than that. Red was aiming for an integrated, electronic zoom lens at that price point, as well as all the powerful internal computing horsepower required to compress Redcode footage.Ultimately, it seems clear to me that Red chose not to pursue the 3K Scarlet rather than "failed" to deliver it. "We recently came to the conclusion that, indeed, we cater to the professional market," wrote Jim Jannard. "We want to build the best tools possible for those that want to 'man up.' Life is short and the clock is ticking."
- Amazingly, Joe expressed the same sentiment, but carried it in a much different direction: "You only have so much time in this life," he said to me. "I want to spend mine having fun." I can think of no better expression of the difference between Digital Bolex's lofty camera promises and Red's.
- They're not kids building these cameras in a garage. They have manufacturing partners who know how to bring camera stuff to market.
- I asked Joe about the 4:4:4 descriptor on their site. He said it was pulled directly from Kodak's documentation of the CCD sensor, and that he realizes it's misleading in the context of a raw workflow.
- Joe has a background in image software and is very interested in debayering techniques. He's researching how to provide the best quality 1:1 2K RGB renderings of the D16's raw DNG files. Now that they've hit the $250K mark, raw processing software is a part of what they plan on delivering to their backers.
- But the Digital Bolex also lists JPEG and TIFF output, so real-time debayering is in the plans. Joe estimates that a high-quality JPEG frame could be about 1/3 the size of a DNG frame.
Unlike some seem to, I get no joy from fearing the worst about a project like this. I wasn't very happy about writing Tuesday's post, and while most of you got it, the easily-inferred negativity that I tried to dampen with honest optimism was enough to bring the internet to my door, resulting in my first opportunity in months to delete a couple of nasty comments.
Now I'm glad I wrote what I did though, because, as a result, I have a new friend who makes cameras. Thanks for taking the time Joe, and a hearty congratulation and best of luck to you and the Digital Bolex team. Maybe some of my readers will ask themselves the same question I posed to myself: In your short time on this Earth, would you rather be a pessimist who's often proven right? Or an optimist who's occasionally wrong?


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driz needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 72 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Harefield PharmacoVigilance provide a service for pharmaceutical companies; they help them satisfy their regulatory obligations in relation to adverse drug reactions. They want a logo based on their initials, HPV, which reflects both their professionalism and their friendly style.
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HPV are looking for logo which reflects their key themes in the context of pharmaceutical regulatory support based on their three initials "HPV". They'd like a logo that would be suitable for use both on their letterhead and their website
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UK Government Announces Copyright Plans; Surprisingly Good, With A Few Problems
from the and-expect-a-huge-legal-fight deptAs was expected, the current UK government has made it clear that it would like to follow the (relatively mild) suggestions of the Hargreaves report. Glyn Moody does an excellent job breaking down the details of the government's announcement, noting that it's mostly good, though there are a few areas of concern. One nice thing is that the government insists that it will require actual evidence that stronger IP laws actually benefit the country, rather than just taking it on faith. Hopefully they follow through on that.
There are a few interesting specific notes in the report, including saying that it will not support "site blocking," as a way to deal with infringement. I'm not quite sure that fits with the recent Newzbin2 ruling in the UK that ordered BT to block the site, but it certainly seems notable. Unfortunately, they are implementing a £20 fee for anyone who wishes to appeal a "strike" under the Digital Economy Act. This is problematic, as it again seems to assume guilt before innocence, and makes you pay to get a review of your own innocence.
The government's plan also appears to support a broadcast treaty, which is a dangerous plan to give intellectual property-like rights to broadcasters over works they broadcast even if they're in the public domain. This recommendation seems wholly out of place. In the end, Moody sums it up, saying that while there are some bad things, there's a lot to be encouraged by:
However, to summarise an over-long post, the UK Government's response to the Hargreaves Report is much better than I expected. It has largely accepted Hargreaves's main points, including the crucial one about the need for evidence before policy is formulated, or action is taken. Of course, there remain problems - the £20 fee for appeals is hugely discriminatory - and the UK Government did not address the underlying problems with copyright and patents, but that is not surprising - neither did Hargreaves and his team.For the most part, I agree. I am curious how this will play out in actual policy however. The entertainment industry is an incredibly powerful lobby, and history has shown that they have had tremendous success, decade after decade, in convincing politicians of their evidence-free claims on certain things. Often it just takes trotting out some celebrity to complain. At other times they use a variety of tactics that get politicians to make proposals that clearly favor the specific interests of a few legacy players, pretending they're for actual content creators instead. I have no doubt that we will see quite a battle in the UK over this pretty quickly, and while I'm encouraged by much of what's been said, I have little faith that those implementing the policy will be able to successfully do so without being pressured by the industry into changing those plans.
By setting himself a more modest goal of pointing out the most flagrant absurdities of the system in our digital world, and offering plausible fixes, Hargreaves seems to have managed to convince the UK Government of the wisdom of accepting more or less all of them. That's no mean achievement, and both parties deserve kudos for arriving at this starting point, even if the real legislative journey has only just begun.
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The number of children under the age of 18 who live below the poverty line in the United States increased by 9% between 2000 and 2006. In Colorado, the number of children living in poverty grew by 73%, the highest rate increase in the nation. These are the stories of some of those children. The project provides a window into the lives of eight families; the Razey Family in Lamar, Colorado; the Atencio Family in Grand Junction, Colorado; the Martinez Family in Capulin, Colorado; the Cook Family in San Luis Valley, Colorado; the Archeluta Family in Pueblo, Colorado; the Hessling Family in Broomfield, Colorado; the Dorsey Family in Denver, Colorado; and the Guernsey Family in Aurora, Colorado. The Denver Post project contains photos of the children living in poverty, videos of the families and their struggle to survive below the poverty line, an interactive map of childhood poverty in Colorado and contacts for agencies offering help to children and families living below the poverty line.
The interactive map shows the childhood povertyrates in Colorado in 2000, the childhood poverty rates in Colorado in 2007 and the percentage change in childhood poverty in the United States from 2000-2008. Colorado leads the nation in the percentage change with 72% rise in childhood poverty in the state.