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Asheville's outdoor enthusiasts come together for the festivals, markets, and bohemian art and music scenes in this Blue Ridge Mountains hot spot.
Trek the Big Fork Ridge Loop in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The 9.3-mile (15-kilometer) circuit is notorious for its rough terrain and renowned for its old-growth forest (nps.gov/grsm). Whitewater raft the French Broad River and tackle the turbulent Class IV rapids ($62 for a full day; www.blueheronwhitewater.com). Or take a trip down the 60-foot (18-meter) long Sliding Rock, a natural water slide where Looking Glass Creek pours down a slippery boulder in Pisgah National Forest.
Some of the best restaurants in this eclectic city serve European fusion bites. Zambra Wine & Tapas has an evolving menu that features Carolina seafood with Spanish and North African flair, like seared scallops with oranges, capers, and Spanish honey (www.zambratapas.com).
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Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. – Colossians 4:12
Brothers and Sisters, can your prayer life be compared to Epaphras's? Do you love Christ Jesus? If you do then you will love His people (read 1 John). If you love fellow Christians then do you think enough of them to pray for them? The spiritual battles…the advancing of Christ's Kingdom will be done on our knees first and foremost.
You don't have enough time? What kind of love is that?
Epaphras was always struggling on the behalf of the church of Colossae. He poured his heart and soul into his petitioning of his Father in Heaven. He was like Jacob wrestling with God and not letting go until his Father blessed him. Do you pray like that? Do you wrestle with God?
Are you struggling in your prayer closet on behalf of those in your church, your pastor, the missionaries that your church supports?
Are you crying out to God that souls be saved and that His Kingdom would continue to advance against the spiritual forces of darkness?
Are you praying for fellow Christians that they would grow more Christ-like?
Are you praying that they would be filled with the Holy Spirit and a knowledge of His will so that they can walk in a manner worthy of Christ Jesus and be pleasing to Him?
Are you praying for God to give you strength to go proclaim the Gospel…to hand out those tracts…that eyes be opened so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Christ Jesus the Lord?
Brothers and Sisters, now is the time for earnest prayer; pouring out our hearts to our Father in Heaven for revival and spiritual awakening. Do you want to see souls saved in your community and around this globe? Do you want to see lives changed? Do you want to see Christ Jesus magnified in your life and the life of your church? Do you want to see your children saved and used mightily by God? THEN PRAY…PRAY…PRAY!
And He did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. – Matthew 13:58
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Another Ride Rescued From "I'm Gonna Restore It Someday"
It's happened to most of us. We're driving through town and spy some interesting iron sitting in a driveway or backyard. We're not sure what we saw, so we turn back for a second look. Usually it's a wasted trip around the block, but sometimes a treasure is uncovered.
What David Pannepacker of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, stumbled across one day was a treasure in his eyes, although gratification was not instantly achieved. Upon his first inquiry into this '69 Dart, David was greeted with the dreaded "not for sale," yet he was undeterred. Whether the previous owner could tell David would take care of the car, or if he just got tired of David pulling into his driveway we may never know. For whatever reason, David got the keys, and with an updated title in hand, the restification began in earnest.
The seasoned body was given to Ott's Auto Body in Salford, Pennsylvania, where it was treated to some needed repairs. A fiberglass hood, fenders, and bumpers were also employed, and the entire body was covered in an acrylic urethane shade of Tangerine.
If the exterior looks good, the inside should as well. David added new black vinyl goods like seat skins, headliner, and door panels from Legendary Auto Interiors. He retained the factory gauge cluster and added Autometer tach, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges. Knowing from the beginning that this Dart would be a high-performance machine, a 10-point chromoly roll-cage and Simpson safety harnesses were included in the buildup.
Then the fun really began.
David opened up a '68 340 block to a 4.080-inch bore and polished the inside oil galleys to remove any imperfections. The lower portion of the block was filled, while the four-bolt main caps received studs to replace the bolts. A steel crankshaft with a 3.454-inch reach helps the Oliver rods slam the J&E pistons up and down. A Crower roller cam makes the Harland Sharp roller rockers open and close the valves in the W-2 heads. The combination is fed through a Victor Jr. intake supporting a Holley 830 HP carb. Leftover juice is sent through Super Comp headers to Raptor mufflers. Tire-buckling power goes through a 727 with a 4,500-stall converter, then out to the 831/44 Auburn-style rear featuring 4.88 gears. To plant the tires, David uses only a pair of super stock springs and an adjustable pinion snubber. Speaking of tires, Mickey Thompson carries the front and Hoosiers bring up the rear.
To date, David has run a best e.t. of 11.35 at 116 mph-not bad for a car that spent a large portion of its life just sitting beside a house.
For every car that ends up rusting away in somebody's backyard or driveway, David Pannepacker gives us hope that we all can eventually find our dream car if we just take a second trip around the block.


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My associates and I distributed about 700 little cards with "secret missions" on the playa this year--each of them designed to be passed on to another person once their agent completed them. Did you carry out a secret mission? How'd it go?
Post here or, if you'd rather not have it be public, send your story to email@example.com.
Secret Missions
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A ha so it was you! I loved this idea and am making some right now actually for this year I didn't get one but my good friend did and i don't think it could have gone to a better person. It was along the lines of Give this to the most beautiful girl you see, say nothing and walk away. This warrior took this as a very serious mission and waited and contemplated until the perfect circumstance came up. Im not sure what happened with her but the amount of joy i saw from the messenger made it well worth it.
Bless it!
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Where ever did you get these cards and the content for them? these were fantastic!!
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ok Secret Mission......get secret mission card next year lol sounds like this was a lot of fun! I hope I get one net go around!
If the playa dont find you handsome! It should at least find you handy!
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love the idea!
Burners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.
Burners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.
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Games of Oct. 26-27, 2012
QB Logan Turner, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Turner threw for 685 yards on just 39 attempts and 24 completions, averaging 17.6 yards per attempt and 28.5 per completion in an 86-42 win against Sul Ross State.
OL Jordan Austin, Ty Olson, Seth
Zimmerman, Andrew Gessler, Andrew Pankow, Cal
The Kingsmen produced 638 yards of total offense with 442 through the air and 196 on the ground for eight touchdowns (five passing, three rushing) in a 62-38 victory on Saturday. Zach Shultis was 32-for-48 passing without being sacked. CLU running backs averaged 5.4 yards per carry and catches went for 13.8 per completion. Over the past two games the line has helped the Kingsmen gain 1302 total yards (810 of it passing) of offense without allowing a sack.
RB Devin Carver, Sr.,
Carver had 192 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground, plus three catches for 98 yards and a score through the air.
RB Matthew Olson, Fr., Martin
Olson ran for 212 yards on 39 carries and had four catches for 54 yards in a 30-27 win against MacMurray. He also rushed for a touchdown and three two-point conversions for a team which needed to rely on the run (8-for-25 passing, five interceptions).
WR Duncan Hussey, Sr.,
Hussey had an epic performance to nearly single-handedly lead the Sagehens to a win over Occidental in the annual Battle of the Drum. Hussey played both ways, and finished the day with 13 catches for 218 yards and a school-record tying three touchdowns, in only his second game ever playing wide receiver, while also adding five tackles, a sack and a pass breakup as a safety. Pomona-Pitzer trailed 21-7 at the half, but Hussey had 11 catches for 205 yards and three touchdowns in the second half alone, including a 78-yarder on the first play from scrimmage.
WR Scott Pillar, Sr.,
Pillar had 13 catches for 223 yards and three TDs against 12th-ranked Widener. He had a 41-yard catch to set up his first touchdown and added a 57-yard TD catch.
TE Mike Berkowitz, So.,
Berkowitz caught four passes for a game- and career-high 89 yards and two touchdowns in Hobart's 42-34 win over Union. He scored on plays that covered 8 and 10 yards, but he's nominated for his efforts on his other two catches. Berkowitz also pulled in passes that gained 28 and 43 yards, ripping them away from defenders in coverage.
DE Tyre Coleman, So.,
Coleman posted a team-high eight tackles, including six solo, as Hobart defeated Union 42-34. He broke the Statesmen game record for tackles for a loss with five stops behind the line of scrimmage, including three sacks. Coleman stopped the Dutchmen's first two fourth down conversion attempts. On the first, he dropped the Union ball carrier for a 6-yard loss. Hobart drove for its first touchdown on the ensuing drive. On the second, he batted down a pass at the line of scrimmage. On the very next play, Hobart scored on a 62-yard pass play for a 14-0 lead.
DT Bryan Narcisse, Jr., Worcester
Narcisse finished with six tackles (five solo) including four tackles for a loss and a pair of sacks for 26 yards to help Worcester State defeat Fitchburg State 28-14.
DE Preston Thibeaux, So., Louisiana
Playing with acute appendicitis, Thibeaux led his team to a 44-37 overtime victory over Texas Lutheran. Thibeaux, who underwent an emergency appendectomy on Sunday morning after the game, finished with eight tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, and a forced fumble.
LB Sosthene Kapepula, So., Wesley
Kapepula had seven tackles, including one for loss and a fumble recovery as Wesley held Huntingdon to just 24 yards rushing in a 31-21 win.
LB Beau Steffens, So.,
Steffens totaled 11 tackles, including eight solo and a sack, as UW-Oshkosh defeated UW-La Crosse, 41-7. The win gave the Titans at least a share of the WIAC title and their first victory in La Crosse since 1967. Steffens recorded his sack, one of nine by the Titans, during the third quarter. In the second quarter, he made five tackles (four solo). Steffens helped limit the Eagles to 43 rushing yards on 43 carries.
LB Larry Delviscio, Sr.,
DelViscio made a game-high 15 tackles, including 10 solo stops and three tackles for loss, in the Bullets' 42-20 win over Moravian. He has now made 51 tackles over his past three games.
CB Mitch McClune, Sr., WPI
McClune set a school record with four interceptions in WPI's 36-17 victory over St. Lawrence. A pick right before halftime thwarted a St. Lawrence scoring drive and set up an Engineer touchdown which gave the Crimson and Gray a 22-3 lead at the intermission. McClune added to his standout day with five tackles, including 1.5 for loss, and returned four kickoffs for 98 yards with a long of 41.
S Bryan Mills, Jr.,
Along with four tackles, Mills also had a pair of interceptions, one of which led to a Pacific field goal. He also had one fumble recovery and one pass breakup.
S John Robinson, Sr., Delaware
Robinson produced two of the six turnovers forced by the Aggie defense. The first led to a first-half field goal while his second (the interception) stopped Lebanon Valley in Delaware Valley territory in the third quarter. He also had nine tackles, eight solo.
S Andre Green, Fr., Cortland
Green shared the team lead with 12 tackles, including eight solo stops, in a win at Kean that clinched the NJAC title.
CB Cameron Cutter, Jr.,
Cutter had two interceptions, a fumble recovery and also recovered a blocked field goal in Chapman's win against La Verne. He had three tackles, all solo.
Special teams
K Cody Ausherman, So.,
Ausherman tied a school record with four field goals, including the game-tying 45-yarder on the final play of regulation and then the game-winning 23 yarder in OT in a 26-23 win against LaGrange.
P Reece Attard, Fr.,
Attard punted eight times for an average of 45.0 yards in a 17-14 overtime win against SUNY-Maritime. He also kicked the game-winning field goal, from 43 yards out, lifting a team that had just 157 yards of total offense.
RET Ira Jewitt, So., Louisiana
With his team down 24-7 in the second quarter to Texas Lutheran, changed the momentum of the game with a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown. The return helped LC turn the game around, en route to a 44-37 overtime victory. Jewitt finished the game with a team leading 166 all-purpose yards, all of them on kickoff returns.


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Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia 1935
'There is a little creek near there, called Gunyunmirringa, and in that creek is where the practice of the first hollow log ceremony took place for the Dhuwa people. They say that this is where a crow made one of these logs … The soul is indestructible. It stays behind … The log is thought of as the flesh, as the skin, and putting the bones inside is like putting the soul back into the body … This is painted with a design like a body design …'
Used as a repository for the bones of deceased people, badurru (hollow log coffins) have been created for exhibition since the 1950s. They refer potently to the spiritual universe beyond earthly existence. The shapes of the cylindrical logs lend themselves to the calm, insistent rhythm of Philip Gudthaykudthay's geometric designs, which the artist has also successfully translated onto bark paintings.
In the work Badurru and Dindin, 1985, equidistant black bands encircle the badurru. They define the two sections painted with distinct patterns, signifying Gudthaykudthay's clan lands at Gunyunmirringa, forested country to the east of Ramingining, Arnhem Land. The design on Badurru (Hollow log), 1986, is another variation, with the rectangular grid containing unhatched diagonal stripes. Bands of yellow ochre at either end magnify its intense golden hue. Badurru (Hollow log), 1986, is entirely covered in Gudthaykudthay's clan design and has a band of thick black beeswax anchoring the lower edge.
Philip Gudthaykudthay was born to the east of Ramingining in central Arnhem Land. Following the death of his parents he was adopted by a Murrungun clan family and initiated around 1949 at Gatji lagoon. Gudthaykudthay has worked as a crocodile hunter, stockman and station-hand. He now lives and paints at Ramingining, his mother's country, where he is known as 'Pussycat' (a reference to the native cat, one of his ancestral totems).
Gudthaykudthay had his first solo exhibition in 1983 at the Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney. He has had several exhibitions in the years since then, and has also exhibited in many group shows. In 1997, Gudthaykudthay participated in printmaking workshops held in Ramingining, and his paintings were included in the exhibition, 'The Painters of the Wagilag Sisters Story 1937–1997', held at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Ken Watson in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2014


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Baked Eggplant Parmesan
This post is sponsored by DeLallo.
I have always wanted to love Eggplant Parmesan. But there have always been two pesky problems getting in the way:
- I don't love eggplant.
- I really don't love frying stuff.
One might think that both are kind of, you know, deal breakers with a traditional fried eggplant dish. But eh, deal breakers shmakers. I had resolved at the beginning of the summer that 2015 was going to be my year for learning how to love eggplant, and I could think of no better gateway into the vegetable than
disguising preparing it with a crispy breading beneath delicious layers of melted cheese and tomato sauce. (Kind of impossible to go wrong there!) And when it comes to frying, my response has always been to nix the unnecessary oil and pull out the Panko and gimme some oven, baby! (Because this blog is not named Gimme Some Deep-Fat Fryers.)
So armed and vegetable-ready this week, I set out on a mission to see if I could figure out how to prepare a recipe for Eggplant Parm that I actually liked. I went to the farmer's market and selected the most beautiful, smooth, vibrant eggplants I could find. I gathered up an assortment of other good-quality simple ingredients, including my favorite tomato sauce, fresh basil, and part-skim Mozzarella and freshly-grated Parmesan. I revisited the ol' salt-sweat-rinse-and-dry trick to suck the extra bitterness right outta the eggplant rounds, then oven-fried them with a crispy Italian breading. Then I baked them up until the cheese was nice and melty, the tomato sauce was bubbling around the edges of the pan, and the eggplant was blissfully hidden. And guess what?!
I loved it!!!
Eggplant mission: ACCOMPLISHED.
Ok, ok, I know that most people interested in cooking Eggplant Parmesan probably already love the vegetable and need no convincing that its flavor will be deliciously
overshadowed complimented by all of these other ingredients. But for anyone out there who's still learning how to love it — from one eggplant skeptic to another — trust me, I think you're genuinely going to love this one.
The key, though, is totally in how it's prepared.
The biggest trick for me is taking the extra time to literally suck the bitterness out of the eggplant before cooking with it. A friend taught me this years ago — simply cut the eggplant into rounds, sprinkle them with lots of salt, place the eggplant in a colander (or on a few sheets of paper towels), and then let it sit there for anywhere from 30-90 minutes. Little beads of sweat will start to form on the outside of the eggplant, which you can then rinse off thoroughly afterwards, along with that extra salt. Pat the eggplant nice and dry with some paper towels, then proceed with the rest of the recipes.
In lieu of frying, I dipped each eggplant round in whisked eggs, and then in an Italian Panko breadcrumb mixture. Then I misted the tops of the eggplant with some olive oil (or you could use cooking spray), and roasted them all up to crispy perfection in the oven. No unnecessary oil needed!
Once the eggplant rounds were ready, I then layered them in a baking pan with a jar of my favorite Tomato Basil Pomodoro Fresco Tomato Sauce from DeLallo, some part-skim shredded Mozzarella, freshly-grated good-quality Parmesan cheese, and lots of extra fresh basil. And then baked that entire dish until everything was fully cooked and bubbly and golden and…
I mean, really, does this look like eating your vegetables?
Works for me!
Feel free to serve up the dish along with some simple pasta or quinoa, paired with some other cooked veggies or protein if you'd like. But the dish also stands well on its own, and it's an incredibly rich and filling vegetarian option if you're looking for a seasonal entree.
And again, two cheers for that miraculous Panko that makes the eggplant breading nice and crispy, without having to fry it in an inch of oil.
Oven-frying…and eggplant…FTW!
I feel like such a grown-up. :)
Baked Eggplant Parmesan
This Baked Eggplant Parmesan recipe is made lighter by being baked with a crispy Panko breading, yet still has all of the delicious and comforting flavors of the classic dish!
- 2 medium eggplants, sliced into 1/2-inch thick rounds
- salt
- 1 1/2 cups Panko breadcrumbs
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning, homemade or store-bought
- 2 eggs (or 1 egg + 2 egg whites)
- cooking spray (or olive oil in a Misto)
- 1 (25 ounce) jar DeLallo Tomato Basil Pomodoro Fresco Tomato Sauce
- 2 cups grated Mozzarella cheese (I used part-skim)
- 2/3 cup finely-grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup loosely-packed chopped or julienned fresh basil
Optional first step: If you have extra time and would like to remove some of the bitterness of the eggplant, sprinkle each round with a pinch of salt. Then place the rounds in a colander in the sink to drain, or place them on a few paper towels for about 30 minutes. Rinse the salt off with water, then proceed with the recipe.
Preheat oven to 425°F. Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
In a shallow bowl, whisk together Panko breadcrumbs, Italian seasoning and 1 teaspoon salt until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs until smooth. Dip an eggplant round on both sides in the whisked egg mixture, then immediately dip it in the breadcrumb mixture until the eggplant is completely coated, then set on a parchment-covered baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining eggplant rounds until they are all evenly spaced on the baking sheets. Bake for 20 minutes, flipping once halfway through, until the breadcrumbs are toasted and slightly golden. Remove from the oven and set aside.
Spread 1/2 cup tomato sauce evenly over the bottom of an 11 x 8-inch baking dish. Place half of the eggplant in a (mostly) even layer along the bottom of the baking dish. Spread an additional 1 cup of tomato sauce evenly over the eggplant. Then sprinkle 1 cup Mozzarella cheese evenly over the sauce, followed by 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, followed by 1/4 cup of the fresh basil. Repeat with another layer of the remaining eggplant, then tomato sauce, then Mozzarella, then Parmesan cheese.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cheese is melted and starts to turn slightly golden around the edges, and the sauce is bubbly. Remove and sprinkle with the remaining basil. Serve immediately.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
This is a sponsored post in partnership with DeLallo Foods. I am partnering with DeLallo to create new Italian recipes for the blog this year, and all opinions are my own as always. Thanks for continuing to support the brands who help make this site possible!
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212 comments on "Baked Eggplant Parmesan"
This is wonderful! I made my own bread crumbs from a leftover baguette, where I brushed each piece with Italian seasoned butter and baked until crisp. Then the pieces were put into a food processor to create crumbs. I skin my eggplant and cut it into 1/4″ slices and made four layers instead of two. We loved the extra crunch from the breading. The sauce was to die for. The only thing I did differently was instead of adding water, I added a cup of good red wine. I doubled the recipe, making two dishes full, freezing one for another meal. This is now a permanent part of my recipe book.
Question! Is the eggplant cooked and edible after it's baked, before adding the sauce and baking again? I love eggplant parmesan, but I find that no matter what once sauce is on it and its bathed in the oven, it loses the crispiness. I was wondering if after the first baking I could just eat it with some sauce on the side for dipping?
This sounds so delicious. I have to watch every tiny bit of sodium. I'm wondering if rinsing the eggplant after sweating will remove enough of the sodium for me to have it. Do you know anything about the sodium content?
Ali — I just made the Eggplant dish. It was so awesome and easy, though I had four trays but could only fit two at a time in my oven. Thank you so much for posting the recipe with all your helpful comments! I'm putting it on the rotation, so still be making it plenty more!
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FORT LEE, N.J., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie apologized Thursday for the George Washington Bridge traffic jam and fired a top aide who allegedly orchestrated it.
"I'm heartbroken and incredibly disappointed. ... I'm just stunned," said Christie, adding he does not understand why Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly thought it was OK to engage in such shenanigans and then lie to him about it.
Emails and texts, made public Wednesday, show Kelly urged longtime Christie friend David Wildstein, who worked at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the bridge, to create "traffic problems" in Fort Lee for Mayor Mark Sokolich, who had not endorsed Christie's re-election.
Wildstein, who appeared at a legislative hearing Thursday, imposed lane closures leading to the bridge's toll barrier that created auto gridlock in the town across the Hudson River from New York City.
Town officials said school buses and emergency vehicles were severely delayed in some instances, the Record of Hackensack, N.J., reported.
Wildstein, after failing to convince a judge to quash a subpoena, asserted his Fifth Amendment rights in an appearance before the New Jersey General Assembly's Transportation Committee Thursday, the Hill reported.
Christie said he doesn't care why Kelly and Wildstein engaged in the scheme.
"Frankly, I'm not interested in an explanation," Christie told a news conference.
Christie said the action was "unacceptable" and he knew nothing about it until he saw the emails and texts in a newspaper Wednesday. Before that he said he thought the traffic jam had to do with a traffic study.
"It's still my responsibility," Christie said. "I didn't know about it but it was my responsibility."
In an interview on CNN Wednesday, Sokolich, a Democrat, called the revenge scheme "the lowest, most venomous form of political retaliation. ...
"And this in a time when New Jersey needs this like we need a hole in the head," Sokolich said. "We've now ensured that we're going to remain the butt of every political joke for the next 20 years on political misconduct."
A text-message exchange on the second morning of the closures mocked concerns about school buses filled with students stuck in the gridlock.
"I feel badly about the kids," one text read.
"They are the children of Buono voters," Wildstein wrote, referring to state Sen. Barbara Buono, Christie's Democratic opponent in the race for governor.
Christie said Wednesday he didn't know of his staff's involvement and alleged he was misled.
He canceled a public appearance but issued a statement saying he considered his staff's behavior "unacceptable."
"I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge," his statement said.
"One thing is clear: This type of behavior is unacceptable, and I will not tolerate it because the people of New Jersey deserve better. This behavior is not representative of me or my administration in any way, and people will be held responsible for their actions," Christie's statement said.
Before the release of the emails and tests, Christie dismissed allegations anyone in his administration was involved in the decision to close the bridge lanes.
Wildstein and another top Christie-appointed Port Authority staff member resigned in December after port officials testified in a legislative hearing the men had sought to hide their plans for the lane closings from Fort Lee officials, police and even other Port Authority officials.


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There are a couple things to keep in mind to protect yourself against phishing attacks:
Believe it or not, e-mail is very similar to physical mail in several ways. One such way is just as you can specify ANY return address on an envelope, so you can also easily disguise who an E-mail is from. Therefore, when dealing with a messages that requires validation, further steps should be taken to ensure the message is legitimately from who it claims.
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The blue outlines the actual server sending the message; this CANNOT be forged, just as you can't forge the postmark on a real mail envelope. The information highlighted in Green - Date, Subject, From - CAN be forged and must be matched up against the area in blue to establish validity.
The following message is an example of a real-life phishing E-mail, where we were supposedly sent an invoice with a link to log-in and review this invoice. The message was considered suspicious because we did not recognize the sender. Further examination of the message header confirmed this. The link in the e-mail, if clicked, would have redirected us to a website attempting to infect the computer with a virus.
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In a world that constantly throws big, unexpected events our way, we must learn to benefit from disorder, writes Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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PHILADELPHIA - Claude Giroux wrapped up a dominant series with his sixth goal, Ilya Bryzgalov had his first outstanding effort in net and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Sunday to win their Eastern Conference opening-round series in six games.
Giroux scored only 32 seconds into the game, and the Flyers rolled from there. In a series where no lead was safe, the Flyers scored the first three goals and made it stand behind stout defense and stellar play out of Bryzgalov.
Bryzgalov allowed 20 goals in the first five games. He settled down in Game 6 and gave up only Evgeni Malkin's goal in the second period.
The Flyers had stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series before Pittsburgh won two straight. Philadelphia finished off the 108-point Penguins and wait to find out who they play in the next round.
A day before Game 6, Flyers forward Scott Hartnell called out his defense and Bryzgalov and said it was their turn to win a game.
They delivered.
Bryzgalov was at last the shutdown goalie the Flyers expected when they gave him $51 million to steady one of Philadelphia's weak links. He outplayed Marc-Andre Fleury and helped the Flyers advance to the conference semifinals for the third straight season.
Fleury had seemingly pulled together after some awful efforts in Games 2 and 3. He steadied the Penguins in a Game 5 victory and had the Penguins feeling confident about sending the series back to Pittsburgh for Game 7.
So much for that.
Moments after Giroux leveled Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, he took the loose puck and fired from the circle for a 1-0 lead. He gestured toward the crowd and slammed the glass in celebration, firing up 20,000 fans that hadn't had much to cheer about the last two games.
It was Philadelphia's first even-strength goal since Giroux scored one 27 seconds into the third period of Game 3.
The team that scored first had lost the first five games of the series. For once, the Flyers piled on.
The Flyers made it 2-0 on the second bad goal allowed by Fleury. He had seemingly stopped the puck and had it covered it up, but Hartnell poked it free and jammed it into the net for a 2-0 lead and Philadelphia's 12th power-play goal of the series.
From there, Flyers fans started their derisive chants of "Fleur-rrrrry! Fleur-rrrrry!"
He was rattled more by the Flyers in the second period than the crowd noise.
Erik Gustafsson was all alone when he fired an uncontested shot from just above the circle for a 3-0 lead.
Gustafsson scored one goal all season. The Flyers put his face on the big screen as he sat on the bench, and the crowd erupted and gave him a standing ovation. Gustafsson cracked a small smile when he looked up at the video board and realized those screaming fans were all for him.
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The 3-0 lead looked shaky for a moment when Malkin scored his third of the series to make it 3-1. The Penguins scored 19 goals over Games 2-4 and certainly had the firepower to rally one more time.
The Flyers silenced them 34 seconds later when Danny Briere's shot trickled between Fleury's sprawled legs for his fifth goal of the series and a 4-1 lead. Brayden Schenn added an empty-netter in the final seconds.
Flyers fans chanted "We don't like you!" in the waning moments, a poke at Crosby's comments that he didn't like anyone on the Flyers.
The Penguins were the odds-on favorite to win the Stanley Cup and could find the early elimination leads to sweeping changes on the roster.
The testy series concluded with a peaceful handshake line — and the Flyers having several days of rest before the next round begins.


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Wisconsin Senator Asks for Recount in Recall Race
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard has asked for a recount in last week's recall race. The outcome will determine the majority party in the state Senate.
An official canvass this week showed Wanggaard trailing his Democratic challenger by 834 votes, or 1.2 percent. The Racine Republican said Friday he wants election officials to count again.
The state Senate currently has 16 Democrats and 16 Republicans. The winner of Wanggaard's race will give his party majority control.
If the recount reverses the outcome, the loss by Democrat John Lehman would be bitter end to the party's already disappointing recall effort.
Democrats came up empty in the other five recall races, including a failed attempt to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his second-in-command, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.


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The Blazers will be without the services of team captain Chase Schaber for the remainder of the playoff season. Schaber suffered a long-term leg injury during game three in Victoria of a best-of-seven WHL Western Conference quarter-final series. Schaber finished the series with 2 goals and 2 assists in the first two games of the series.
The 20-year-old forward was acquired by the Blazers in January 2010 from the Calgary Hitmen. In two and a half seasons with the Blazers, he played in 135 games and totalled 49 goals, 60 assists for a total of 109 total points. In 277 WHL games, Schaber finishes his WHL career with 68 goals, 102 assists and 170 points.
A few career highlights with the Blazers included Schaber being selected to play in the 2010 Subway Super Series game in Kamloops. He was also named the Blazers co-MVP during the 2010-11 season, as well as the recipient of the Dean Evason Award for Inspirational Leadership this past season.
The Red Deer native has been the team captain the past two seasons. His leadership, character, passion and skill are undeniable. He will be missed as the Blazers continue into the second round of the WHL playoffs.


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Cleaning out the bookmarks...
- Meghan McCarron dared to dive into the treacherous waters of the question "Why aren't more women published in SF magazines?", and the results were, as she says, more a brainstorming session than a debate.
- Dan Green on Kafka and detective novels.
- By the way, I'm currently reading the new Kafka biography that Dan references in his post (via Steve Mitchelmore), and it's easily the best literary biography I've read since Hermione Lee's bio of Virginia Woolf. It's so much more than just a chronicle of the events of Kafka's life -- it weaves in fascinating discussions of all sorts of different things, from the various uses and meanings of personal correspondence through the ages to how the advent of the telephone affected people's relationships, to previous critics' interpretations of Kafka's relations with his family and friends and lovers to the exact circumstances of Kafka's daily life. Extraordinary, and remarkably gripping for a book so full of data.
- Speaking of things giving me pleasure these days, you do know about the new Dresden Dolls DVD, right? Christopher Lydon MCs it. The real Christopher Lydon. That's not the best part, though. The best part might just be the drumming on the song "Half Jack". Or the video for "Coin-Operated Boy" (yes, I know it's online, but I don't have a fast connection, so never watched it till I got the DVD). Anyway, I owe Sonya Taaffe for a lot of things, but especially for introducing me to The Dresden Dolls, a great source of (admittedly perverse) (and often coin-operated) joy. (And they have a blog.)
- (Book deal of the week: You can own But I Digress: The Exploitation of Parentheses in English Printed Verse for only $121!) (Follow that link!) (While supplies last!) (Buy copies for your entire family!)
- Kameron Hurley pointed to this article about a gallery in England removing a picture of a nude man and replacing it with a picture of a nude woman because they'd gotten too many complaints about a nude man being such a tasteless thing to display. Huh. I have an almost-lifesize painting of a nude man (full frontal) hanging quite prominently in my apartment, a birthday gift from the painter (she knew I liked the painting, and she had just broken up with the guy who was her model, so instead of burning the painting she gave it to me, which I thought was both reasonable and generous). It's been there for about four years, and in that time has provoked some interesting comments, but I have yet to be asked to replace it with a woman. Maybe because a few feet away hangs a poster of Duchamp's Mona Lisa...
- Glenn Hirshberg on Denis Johnson's "Emergency".
- Nick Mamatas on short story collections: "In the genre model, one writes a bunch of short stories and sells them to small publications that seem large only because genre authors live at the bottom of deep wells. Then one writes a novel, and then another, and another, and they come out every year or every six months and they generally all stink because one writes in the same way one makes McDonald's toadburgers, and then one gets famous (because people love to put diseased shit in their mouths) and then one comes out with a collection of short fiction for one's fans."
- "A Myth of Innocence" by Louis Gluck.
- Coalescent on Tiptree.
- Jonathan Stahan's favorite short stories of 2005 (My only big disagreements, at least among the stories I've so far read, are that I would have picked Joe Hill's "My Father's Masks" over "The Cape", and I think "There's a Hole in the City" by Rick Bowes absolutely belongs on any best of the year list. But that's my personal list, not Jonathan's. And you'll hear more about mine sometime in January, because I have to write an article about the year's short fiction for Vector. (See Niall, I haven't forgotten!)
- Undead in Appalachia? (Elizabethan English, that is.)
- The Worst Album Covers of All Time. (via Buzzwords Blog)
- Stay tuned, kids: Barring strange connection troubles or something, tomorrow I'll be posting an interview with Joe Hill.


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SNOW HILL – A Worcester County jury took a little under two hours last Friday to return a verdict in favor of a former Ocean City Chamber of Commerce executive director against his previous employer, but chamber officials this week said the door is still open for an appeal in the case.
At the close of a three-day trial last Friday, a Worcester County Circuit Court jury awarded former Executive Director Daniel Barufaldi $60,000 in damages in the suit that alleged breach of contract and other charges related to his hiring, employment and eventual resignation from the post. Barufaldi was seeking an undisclosed amount of damages in the suit, but a source close to the case said the jury's award was about half of what the former director was seeking, suggesting the final verdict represented a compromise of sorts by the jury in a complicated case.
In the suit, Barufaldi alleged he was never offered a formal contract when hired by the chamber in November 2005, nor were the terms of employment ever finalized. At issue were the conditions of his employment related to incentive bonuses for increased chamber revenues from historic baselines under Barufaldi's watch.
According to a source, Barufaldi was supposed to get 25 percent of the net increase in the chamber's revenue as an incentive bonus to his base salary of $52,000 per year, but Barufaldi contended in his suit he was supposed to get 25 percent of the gross increase in the chamber's revenue.
Chamber officials this week were disappointed with the jury's verdict, claiming the incentive language in the contract was not as nebulous as the plaintiff would have the jury believe.
"The incentive pay language was extremely arbitrary and opened the door to different interpretations, but we believed it was very clear," said the chamber in a prepared statement.
Chamber President Todd Ferrante said the outcome was disheartening but hinted last week's verdict might not be the end of the story.
"It is unfortunate that the jury found against the chamber and we are very disappointed," he said. "The chamber is weighing all of its options including an appeal."
It is believed the chamber's insurance carrier is footing the bill for the defense of the case as well as the settlement awarded to Barufaldi, but it is not known whether the same insurance carrier would pay for what could be a lengthy appeal in the case. That determination could be a factor in whether or not the chamber's Board of Directors decides to file an appeal, according to a source close to the case.


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Rangers plan to place bid on Japanese ace Tanaka
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Rangers are planning to submit a posting bid on Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka if he becomes available this winter, according to a source.
The problem is nobody knows when the new posting system will go into effect or if Tanaka will be posted by the Rakuten Golden Eagles when it does.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Rangers are planning to submit a posting bid on Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka if he becomes available this winter, according to a source.
The problem is nobody knows when the new posting system will go into effect or if Tanaka will be posted by the Rakuten Golden Eagles when it does.
The new system is expected to have a $20 million cap on the posting fee, which goes directly to the Japanese club that loses a player to the Major Leagues. That's far less than the $51.7 million fee paid by the Rangers to the Nippon-Ham Fighters two years ago for the right to sign Yu Darvish.
Rakuten president Yozo Tachibana arrived at the Winter Meetings on Tuesday and said he is "disappointed" in the new system, which hasn't been officially implemented. The Golden Eagles are considering not posting Tanaka this winter, although Tachibana said he will talk to his star pitcher before making that decision.
"First of all, [I'll] discuss it with him," Tachibana said. "I don't know if he wants to do it."
The Rangers are interested in Tanaka but don't expect to sign him. They had sole negotiating rights with Darvish. Under the new system, any club will be able to negotiate with Tanaka as long as it is willing to pay the $20 million bid. Only the team that signs Tanaka would actually lose the $20 million.
The Rangers expect the Dodgers and the Yankees, among other teams, to go hard after Tanaka, who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in 28 games this past season.
Worth noting
• General manager Jon Daniels said reliever Tanner Scheppers could get stretched out as a starter in Spring Training. But it's more likely that he'll be used in the bullpen and is a candidate to be the Rangers' closer. Said Daniels, "He is interested in starting and also interested in closing."
• Daniels said the Rangers are fielding calls from clubs asking about some of their relievers.
• Former Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski was at the Winter Meetings on Tuesday to have lunch with White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf. Pierzynski lives in the Orlando area and recently agreed to a one-year deal with the Red Sox.
• Pierzynski on staying in the American League, "Well I hope it helps. But at the end of the day, guys change teams and change leagues all the time. It's not like it used to be, where there was no free agency, no bouncing around. It definitely helps being in the American League, a lot of these same guys are recycled through. When you change teams, you find out new things about new people you never heard before. I know coming from Texas, [pitching coach] Mike Maddux was one of the best at scouting reports. Hopefully he taught me some things that I can kind of learn."
• Daniels and manager Ron Washington are planning to attend a meeting Thursday on the expansion of instant replay.
• The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported the Rangers are interested in free-agent pitcher Bartolo Colon on a one-year deal. That would give the Rangers some depth in the starting rotation and allow them to keep Alexi Ogando in the bullpen.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.


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WILLIAMSBURG — An elderly woman was severely burned in a late-night fire on Saturday in a Brooklyn high-rise, officials said.
Firefighters responded to a residential fire at the Taylor-Wythe Houses, a NYCHA building, on Ross Street at 11:10 p.m., and extinguished a fire inside a 12th floor apartment, police said.
Upon putting out the fire, rescuers discovered Nelly Bermudez, 78, who had suffered from severe burns in the blaze, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Fire Marshall will determine the cause of the fire, but no criminality was suspected, police said, and no other apartments were impacted by the fire, police said.
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Nine freshmen will help Harvard in its fight for the 2010-11
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's swimming and diving team announced nine freshmen will join the team for the 2010-11 season. Two divers and seven swimmers representing six different states will bolster the Crimson roster.
The group of incoming freshmen will join a squad that recorded second-place finishes at both the 2010 ECAC and Ivy League Championships, led by Stephanie Wriede Morawski, The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving. Eight members of the 2009-10 squad earned All-Ivy status at the league championship meet and seven of those student-athletes are returning this season.
"We have a very talented class of 2014 that has yet to reach its full potential," said Morawski. "They will be a tremendous addition to the team in terms of both speed and enthusiasm. We look forward to a great four years with them."
Here is a look at the women's swimming and diving class of 2014:
Deirdre Clute, Free/Back, Alamo, Calif./Carondelet
Four-year member of the Carondelet swim team and captain of the team as a senior … Junior national qualifier in four events … Four-time All-American, six-time all-league first team nominee and all-league second team nominee … League champion in 100 backstroke and 500 freestyle in 2008 … Four-year NCS/CIF Distinguished Scholastic Team member and Scholar Athlete Award recipient freshman through senior year … Scholastic All-American as a senior … Undefeated in three of four years of high school swimming … Seven-year national charity league member and student council treasurer all four years of high school … Recipient of the Bank of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art … Cousin, Paul Koss, pitched for USC and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007.
Taylor Foster, Freestyle, Eden Prairie, Minn./Breck
Four-year member of Breck swimming and diving team and captain as a junior and senior … Three-time individual All-American … Four-time Minnesota Class A swimmer of the year nominee and two-time award recipient … Athena Award winner for top female athlete at Breck … Voted team MVP twice and named all-state and all-conference freshman through senior years … Four-time Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) individual champion … Competed in the short course national championships in 2008 and 2009 … Five-time qualifier for NCSA junior nationals … Three-year Scholastic All-American and member of the Chinese National Honor Society … Special Olympics volunteer coach for three years … Father, Steve Foster, played football and baseball at St. John's University and captained both teams as a senior … Mother, Renee Foster, was a member of the Pompom squad at University of Wisconsin Madison.
Jenna Gregoire, Sprint Free, Colorado Springs,
Four-year letterwinner on Rampart swim team and captain as a senior … Named Colorado Division 5A and Colorado Spring Metro League swimmer of the year as a senior … Eight-time All-American … Named to the all-city team all four years and all-state squad as a sophomore and junior … Colorado Springs Rotary Champions Foundation Female Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2010 … Two-time state champion in the 100 freestyle and Colorado 5A state record holder in the event … Led team to three Metro League Championships … All-area record holder in four events and school record holder in six events … Class valedictorian and part of International Baccalaureate Program … DECA President and National Honor Society Vice President.
Petra Janney, Free/Fly, Edgecomb, Maine/Phillips Exeter
Swam three years at Phillips Exeter Academy after spending freshman season on North Yarmouth Academy squad … Named 2010 MVP of Exeter girls swimming and diving team … NEPSSA top 20 in 100-yard butterfly, 200 individual medley, 200 freestyle and 400 free relay … Exeter school record holder and All-American as part of 400 free relay team … Holds 10 team records and was named MVP as a freshman at Yarmouth Academy … Holds 10 club and four Maine state individual swimming records and helped club team to state and national championships … Led Exeter swim team to a state championship as a senior … Presidential Scholar and National Merit Scholar semifinalist … Top performer in national German test in 2009 and outstanding academic performance in French in 2008 … Noted for excellence in English composition in 2007 … Volunteers at animal shelters and the Make-A-Wish Foundation … Enjoys reading, music, movies and baking … Brother, Niall Janney, is a member of the Harvard men's swimming and diving team and grandfather, Henry James McTighe II '37, was a member of the swimming and diving and boxing teams while at Harvard.
Sara Li, Free/IM, Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow
Swam for four years and ran cross country for one at Longmeadow … Served as captain of the swim team as a senior and captain of ultimate Frisbee team as a junior and senior … Named to the Western Massachusetts All-Scholastic first team all four years of high school … Massachusetts state record holder in the 200 individual medley … Nine-time All-American and a junior national qualifier … Undefeated in high school career … National Honor Society member and scholastic All-American as a junior and senior … Harvard Book Award recipient in 2009 … Mother is a professional swimmer in China and father is professional basketball player.
Schuyler Moore, Diving, Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard
Three-year member and captain of the diving team at Harvard Westlake … Junior nationals qualifier in 2009 … Placed fifth at nationals for age group in the one meter competition in 2009 … Took second in the three meter event at AAU nationals and sixth in the one meter in 2008 … Graduated Summa Cum Laude … National Latin Exam Award in 2008 and 2009 … Cum Laude Society as a senior … Involved with People to People leadership in 2009 … Sister, Merritt Moore '11, is a member of the Harvard Ballet Company.
Paige Newell, Freestyle, Highlands Ranch,
Four-year member of the swim team at Arapahoe … Colorado High School State Finalist in 2007 and 2008 … U.S. Open qualifier and 20-time sectional finalist … Ranked eighth nationally for 16-17 year old females in the 1,000 freestyle … Class valedictorian and graduated with high honors … Kaiser Permanente Health Fair volunteer in 2005 and 2006 … Club team and community swim instructor … Brother, Robert Newell '12, is a member of the Harvard men's swimming and diving team.
Danielle Schulkin, Butterfly, Bethesda, Md./Walt
Lettered four years on the Walt Whitman swim team, serving as captain as a senior … Three-time All-American … Named Montgomery County Gazette swimmer of the year and Washington Post All-Met first team as a senior … 2010 recipient of Walt Whitman Chichester Sportsmanship Award … Montgomery County Gazette first team as a junior … Metro champion in 100 butterfly in 2009 and 2010 and county record holder in the event … Led team to Metro championship as a senior … U.S. Senior Nationals qualifier … Giant Athletic and Academic Achievement Award recipient … Scholastic All-American from 2008 to 2010 … AP Scholar with distinction … Athlete representative for Potomac Valley Swimming … Member of Maryland all-state chorus in 2008.
Alex Stanton, Diving, Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill
Four-year letterwinner on Winston Churchill diving team and two-year letterwinner on outdoor track and field team … Captain of the diving team as a senior … Honorable mention All-Potomac Gazette in 2008 … Helped team to division, county and metro championships in 2009 and a runner-up finish at metro championships in 2008 … A Speedo junior national qualifier in 2008 … AP Scholar and National Hispanic Scholar … Brother, Michael Stanton '13, is a member of the Harvard men's diving squad.


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So you like them shadows?
As you might know Unity3D now supports realtime shadows on mobile devices, woot! For those interested here's the official announcement of 4.2: http://blogs.unity3d.com/2013/07/22/unity-4-2-has-arrived/
But, like us, your first response is probably: "That's never going to fly in my mobile game, it'll suck down frame-rate like nobody's business!", and you would be partly right. But it's not the whole story. If used correctly and carefully it is possible to add a whole new layer of visual depth to your game.
First of we need to talk about what type of shadows unity3D allows on mobile devices. This blog post is not about shadow-maps, but about real-time shadows. This means shadows projected from a directional light onto your scene. Shadows that are rendered every frame, and thus dynamically respond to your scene and light..
Some basic rules
- Only hard shadows are supported, (we can soften them up in the shader pass I'll discuss later, but that's not advisable processing wise)
- Only 1 directional light is allowed in the scene.
- Basically, only low-resolution shadows are practical on most devices (even the nexus 7 (2nd gen, 2013) will take a substantial hit from medium resolution shadows)
Now a couple of main problems pop up, specific to most mobile games.
- Most mobile games don't use lights due to the added rendering cost, or are based on unlit atlassed textures, vertex colors or shaders optimized to work without light sources.
- Draw Calls and batching, these related issues are a pain when doing mobile development. It just got a whole lot nastier with real-time shadows.
So in this week's blog post we'll be looking at solutions for each of these two problems.
Solution 1: Differentiate between what needs to cast a shadow and what needs to receive one.
First off all the most basic rule is: Don't use shadows where it's not required, and know the difference between a receiver and a caster.
A shadow caster is an object that casts a shadow. You need to minimize the amount of these. The fewer casters, the fewer shadows and the faster the calculations are. This works down to detail. So if you have a building, make sure only the base structure casts a shadow. Don't do the chimneys, windows, doors, and other details! They have no need to cast a shadow. Make sure they are turned of in the mesh render component in Unity3D.
A shadow receiver is the object that receives the shadows. First of all, make sure that an object that receives shadows does NOT cast shadows. So separate ceilings from floors for instance, and have the floors be shadow receivers, but not the ceiling. (Or not even the walls. Remember, because you have only 1 directional light, it's practical to make it a top-lit scene).
Now splitting up your objects might result in additional draw calls,but we'll deal with those later.
Solution 2: Adding real-time shadows to an Unlit or custom-lit scene.
So a basic trick transferred from the days of yore to modern mobile game development is the use of vertex colors. Vertex colors allow you to not just paint a model, but actually light it (with, for instance, a radiosity solution) and then save it or bake it into the vertex data of the model..
That will look something like this. A basic vertex colored lighting solution, merged with a custom shader.
This gives the Illusion of lights without using any. Add to this light-maps or pre-lighted textures and you get a static object, that looks like its lit. Additionally, you can shape the visual style to be unrealistic, cartoony or anything else.
Now that your game artists have gone through all the effort to make something look nice without light just to save performance, it's un-logical to simply add a light to have shadows. Basically a double whammy, the shadows need to be rendered, and the light needs to be calculated.
So why not just turn on shadows?
Here at Little Chicken Game Company our artists write their own shaders in tools like the Strumpy Shader Editor. The disadvantage of this is that you export surface shaders. To turn on shadows, you need to create a shader that has an output to diffuse. This causes the shader to become lit: lighting your object and at the same time creating shadows. The moment you connect an input to emmisive to create an unlit shader, your shadows disappear. And we don't want to light the object, we only want the shadows.
Solution: Add a renderpass to your unlit surface shader.
If you really want shadows, you'll need to find a way to add shadows to your emmisive surface shader. (fragment shaders might be faster and simpler, but when you're stuck to strumpy and don't know how to code fragment shaders, this will do the trick)
So we're going to add a shadow pass to an emmisive shader. I'll be quick and just give the shader code for the second pass.
Blend DstColor Zero
{ Mode Off
#pragma vertex vert
#pragma fragment frag
#pragma multi_compile_fwdbase
#pragma fragmentoption ARB_precision_hint_fastest
#include "UnityCG.cginc"
#include "AutoLight.cginc"
struct appdata
fixed4 vertex : POSITION;
fixed4 color : COLOR;
struct v2f
fixed4 pos : SV_POSITION;
fixed4 color : TEXCOORD0;
v2f vert (appdata v)
v2f o;
o.pos = mul( UNITY_MATRIX_MVP, v.vertex);
o.color = 1;
return o;
fixed4 frag(v2f i) : COLOR
fixed atten = LIGHT_ATTENUATION(i);
fixed4 c = i.color;
c.rgb *= atten;
return c;
Just paste this after the ENDCG of your regular shader code, in the un-compiled unity3d shader. Make sure you use FallBack "VertexLit" at the end of your shader. (FallBack "VertexLit" will also enable shadows in your fragment shaders, it's way easier)
Example, here I've only used this additional shading pass on the ground surface. On nothing else. All the shading and colors you see are not created by the directional light, but by the shader, combining fresnel effects, ramps and vertex colors. And finally a shadow pass.
Solution 3: Batching and drawcalls.
So we now have two things: shadows in our unlit scene and a selection of objects that cast shadows, and an even more limited number of objects that receive shadows.
Doing this separation tightly, will already decrease your drawcalls substantially compared to blindly turning on your directional light with shadows.
But there is an additional problem, materials that are still shadow capable are not batched. In the documentation it states that objects that cast or receive shadows are not batched. But the problem goes deeper, any material capable of casting shadows (or possibly, that is also used for shadows) is not batched! So in Oberon's Court I made the mistake of having one solid black material that could cast shadows.
This shader:
Shader "Oberonscourt/Color"
Properties {
_Color ("Color", Color) = (1,1,1)
SubShader {
Color [_Color]
Pass {}
Fallback " VertexLit", 1
—————code ends——————————————————————————————-
Now I stupidly assumed that using this shader on an object that did NOT cast or receive shadows would allow the object to be batched. This is not true! Even objects that do not cast or receive shadows but have shadows enabled in the shader will not batch. (so it seems, I could be wrong, but I've got the drawcalls to back it up)
So the final trick was to take any object that receives or casts no shadows, and make sure it had a material that had no shadow capabilities. In the sample case I removed the fallback vertexlit code from the shader
To optimize even further I changed the shader on materials that where on a shadow caster, but did not need to cast a shadow to a non-shadowed version of the same shader. Practically this means the eyes, the mouth and other small props that where part of the skinned mesh. These are part of a shadow-casting mesh, but now no longer cast any shadows, and reduce the drawcalls. This is especially true for characters with many small un-skinned sub-parts.
Its probably more logical that any material with a shadow capable shader that is also used in an object that does NOT cast or receive shadow(so used also in non shadow, and shadowed objects). Causes the instance of the non casting material to be NOT batched.. (A hunch),, The solution is the same no matter what the cause. Do not reuse a material you've used on a shadow caster or receiver, on an object that is not casting or receiving a shadow. Otherwise the non casting/receiving object will not be batched.
Having done these steps, and making sure that only a few objects actually cast shadows, I was able to create the environment for the game and have it run on most android 4.1+devices. An added advantage by skipping the lighting and keeping the shadow reception shader unlit, I can now turn off the directional light and shadows, and it will look exactly the same (without shadows). Which is great for an ingame settings menu for instance.
Do remember that shadows are now possible and performance can be maintained, but still if you expect anything less than a doubling of your drawcalls, you will be disappointed.
To finish it off here's a side by side of with and without real-time shadows. I hope the above solutions and workflow will help you out in implementing shadows on mobile devices.
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Wind Mobile will be fully owned and controlled by VimpelCom subsidiary Orascom, which already has a 65.1 per cent stake in the company and was major financial backer, chairman and CEO Anthony Lacavera said Friday.
Wind Mobile is using new foreign investment rules for telecom companies of its size for the takeover.
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Foreign ownership limits for large telecom companies such as Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B), Bell (TSX:BCE) and Telus (TSX:T) remains at 33.3 per cent.
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DevOps Gurgaon Meetup : Some High octane gyan
With the clock striking 6 P.M. on the 12th of July, few geeks from MakeMyTrip were all set to brainstorm with some other fellow geeks from the DevOps community, for the first time in the Northern region of the country. There is a good chance that this was the first time such a platform was being set up in the country.
Devs, Ops, Hackers, and Engineers wanted to learn from each other, and share what is new and cooking in their web of cyber world. The theme of primary interest revolved around CentOS 6.0, Security(Systems/Network + WebAppSec) , understand how DevOps as a culture could establish best practices, tools, infrastructure as a code, Datacentre and operations automation.
We were hoping that about 7 or 8 people would show up, but a gathering of 18 exceeded our expectations.
The nerdy geeks attending this session, were:
- Karanbir Singh : Project Lead (The CentOS Project)
- Satyaakam Goswami: FOSS consultant and evangelist
- Jasbir Khehra : Infra Architect(NDTV)
- Abhishek : Infra team(NDTV)
- Shomirondas Gupta : Founder NetMonastery
- Sanjay Kharb: AVP, Website operations (MakeMyTrip)
- Asheesh Saxena : AVP, Tech development(MakeMyTrip)
- Virender Bisht : AVP, Tech development(MakeMyTrip)
- Manish Gupta
- Dharmendra Kumar
- Ayush Gupta
- Garima Sharma
- Akhilesh Gupta
- Munish Kumar
- Sudhanshu Shekhar Sharma : Cloud computing enthusiast
- Neeraj Arora : Network Specialist (MakeMyTrip)
- Konark Modi
- Piyush Kumar
Mr. Satyaakam Goswami kick started the Meetup by gelling with young guys/gals and making them understand the nuances of operations, the associated learning curve, and utility of being a part of the operations team.
An appropriate example quoted was – "Everyone uses Facebook, Everyone uses Google! But as an engineer you should also have the zeal to learn/know how things are running behind Facebook, and Google in terms of technology and processess, which will not only increase your knowledge, but also help you create interest and awareness."
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It was very rightly explained that "It is not just about tools: it is about people, processes and then about tools. Until and unless the people are appropriate, and the process is right, a DevOps culture cannot sustain in an organization".
Neeraj Arora and Sanjay Kharb (Infrastructure team) shared their experience of collaboration between the development team and the business folks, while designing the setup of a new facility at VSNL Chennai (Co-Location services).
To better understand the packet flow it is necessary to understand how an application works and there is no better source than the developer him/ herself.
Initially – while discussing the failure points in the N/W design, they(Neeraj and Sanjay) only considered from systems/network's perspective and planned for redundancy/failover/DR accordingly. After taking insights from the development leads and business leads, they were able to pin point more failure points from application's perspective such as connections made to GDS etc. To mitigate this business risk of loosing connectivity to GDS systems within and outside the country they designed a solution for having a direct link via an MPLS cloud.
ShomironDas Gupta who heads a company that provides real-time network attack monitoring was the best guy to raise queries about security. One of the questions asked to him by Dharmendra was "How have the attacks changed from 2000-2005 to 2005-2011 era ".
What was explained to us made real sense, he answered "In 2000-2005 majority of the attacks were on web servers like IIS , now the trend has shifted and majority of attacks are on Web Applications."
It is very important for every individual in the organization to understand the importance of security, why it is necessary, what is the impact of security on business. Security at every layer has its own importance, Securing the network, OS, and server but neglecting to
secure the application is like building an elaborate fortress, but leaving its main gate open and
unguarded; which will allow attacker to damage the system.
Application security should start from the planning/designing of the application and should be continued throughout the SDLC called Secure SDLC (SSDLC).
Shomiron also mentioned about "Cyber Drills" that is being recently practiced by many companies which helps them measure their capabilities of incident handling and fill the gaps (if any).
By the time we finished discussing Security and role of devs and ops in it, we were joined by Karanbir, Jasbir and Abhishek.
Karanbir started to share history(his-story) of:
- How he started with Linux in late 90s
- Why he and his colleagues/friends decided to build a new Enterprise OS now known as CommunityENTerpriseOperatingSystem(CentOS) along the lines of White Box Enterprise Linux(WBEL).
- How they are same and different from RedHat.
- He shared some instances where they were served legal notices from RedHat and how they overcame them.
- He shared some interesting stories about Oracle Unbreakable Linux and CentOS.
- Various different weird clauses in licensing and subscription of enterprise distributions of Linux and company concerns on licensing and subscription models.
Taking a break from the Gyan session we celebrated the Release of CentOS 6 and it was one the the first cake cutting ceremonies for CentOS 6. 🙂
After the cake cutting ceremony and snacks break, it was time to hear from Karanbir speaking about "CentOS : Beyond distributed engineering" .
The talk was a full blown tech session where he talked about:
- The idea of a platform
- The real world
- CentOS Perspective
- Build system
- Testing Harness
- ContentDB
- Reemzul
- 4D packaging
One of the key things KB mentioned about CentOS 6.0 and upcoming releases is the effort being put behind by CentOS community to get most of the stuff automated and a strong testing processes (Build environment,Functional testing and Integration testing).
Karan,Satyaakam also highlighted and explained in detail the need to contribute to community at an organizational level:
- To protect the interest and copyrights of the organization; there is a strong need to draft a policy beforehand.
- Inculcate a culture in the workforce to contribute to open source projects.
- Doing this would not only encourage the individual but also helps represent the company at a larger landscape.
- Increases the productivity and talent within the organization. Also helps to attract good talent as they are willing to work with an organization which is actively involved in the community.
- Community participation takes both an individual and an organization one step further because contributions like code is reviewed/tested/used by people/geeks worldwide.
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