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941: Depth Perception
|Depth Perception
Title text: I've looked at clouds from both sides now.
This comic is very self-explanatory as it explains what he is doing every step of the way. This is one of those xkcd's that is all about emotion and feeling for both Cueball and the reader.
Ancient stargazers thought the sky was simply a domed ceiling like the 2nd frame on the top line.
In the first frame of the 2nd line, Cueball puts HD webcams on the tops of football uprights, so "hundreds of feet" apart would be 120 yards (360 feet) apart exactly.
Cueball uses strong reading glasses and reversed webcam images to greatly expand his Depth perception using the principle of Parallax.
The title text is a line from "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell.
- [The comic is narrated by an unspecified person. All dialog is shown in boxes overlaid on the comic panels.]
- [The panel background looks like a cloudy sky, with the clouds all running together and appearing as a blue
- grey smear.]
- I've always had trouble with the size of clouds.
- I know they're huge. I can see their shapes.
- But I don't really see them as objects on the same scale as trees and buildings.
- They're a backdrop.
- [A person stands on a flat disk inside a hemispherical dome with the front half cut away. The dome is labelled "Sky", and the disk is labelled "Ground". The dome is about twice as tall as the person.]
- Stars are the same way.
- I know they're scattered through and endless ocean, but my gut insists they're a painting on a domed ceiling.
- ((The next two lines of dialog are stretched over the following three panels.))
- [A person stands on a curved surface, looking up.]
- If I try hard enough, I get a glimmer of depth, a dizzying sense of space,
- [The perspective of the scene shifts, suddenly the surface the person was standing on is in the top left of the panel. The person is now looking down, leaning back, and waving their arms trying to regain balance.]
- But then everything snaps back.
- [The perspective of the scene returns to normal, the person is now semi-crouched, staring at the ground with legs spaced apart to help them balance.]
- [An American football field is shown, with sections at the tips of the goal posts highlighted and shown as a zoomed view in an insert box. The goal posts each have a webcam mounted on top of them.]
- So one summer afternoon
- I set up two HD webcams hundreds of feet apart,
- Pointed them at the sky,
- [The next two lines of dialog are stretched over two panels each.]
- [The first panel shows a pair of glasses with the note "Very strong reading glasses." and a smartphone with an attachment designed to clip onto the glasses. The smartphone screen is setup to display two images side by side such that one camera is visible in the left half of the screen, and the other camera is visible in the right half of the screen.]
- And fed one stream to each of my eyes.
- [The next panel shows the completed phone glasses assembly.]
- The parallax expanded my depth perception by a thousand times,
- [The person stands wearing the phone glasses assembly, staring into the sky.]
- And I stood in my living room
- At the bottom of an abyss
- [The person now stands on the shore of an unidentified coastline (possibly Boston?), a city is near their right foot and the tallest skyscraper appears ankle high. A mountain range is behind them that is also barely ankle high. The person is standing with their head well above cloud level as clouds swim around them.]
- Watching mountains drift by.
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Somebody needs to try this. Couldn't be that hard. 18.104.22.168 21:27, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
Those must have been some tall goalposts if his point of view is above the clouds! -- mwburden 220.127.116.11 13:16, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
Also, the cameras should be mounted on servos so that when the phone is moved or tilted the cameras can follow, so your viewpoint isn't fixed in one direction. -- mwburden 184.108.40.206 13:18, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
- That wouldn't work. The entire football field would have to swivel, or else he'd get some wicked image shearing... 184.108.40.206 01:42, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
- actually, it might be possible to correct for that, using bipolar geometry. Essentially, you can derive a 3d model from 2 images from different view points. Here is a (very geeky) demontration of what can be done. Watch the end, where they construct a fly-around video from two images of the opera house in sidney. -- 18.104.22.168 21:10, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
- Interesting link, thanks, but I don't think the video was generated from only 2 images, there isn't enough information. If you select "Download the Opera House sequence" you can download the original 43 photographs used. 126.96.36.199 14:05, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
- You're right. But of course you wouldn't need a 90-degree flyby for this. 184.108.40.206 16:56, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
An updated solution would be to put the two stabilised cameras on quadracopters which are coded to remain a set distance apart. When you want to look left/right it would take a while for the pair of drones to rotate around their centre point but not too long..... Then you could also get a perspective from the height of a giant (drones can go to any height) and with their degree of parallax (from whatever value of height and eye spacing you choose). 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- This is a very cool project indeed! Some hardcore image stabilizing software would be required too, since you would get nauseous if the two images weren't perfectly aligned at all times. But this setup is the only one I could think of that would enable you to perceive the view from the last frame. Mumiemonstret (talk) 08:44, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
Look at this in stereo mode: http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Solar and cross your eyes so you see three images, then hold your hands up so you only see the one, then... I forget...
I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 12:44, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
I used to do that all the time at one time ... until I got a l...ot of things different to do..
I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 12:44, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Stereo aerial pairs of clouds do exist see the Google search: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=stereoscopic+aerial+photos+clouds 220.127.116.11 07:33, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
Or you could ride in an airplane. Or stand on a mountain. 18.104.22.168 19:58, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
- That would defeat the point entirely. The distance between the two viewpoints is what provides the increased perspective, not the height of the observer. 126.96.36.199 21:55, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
- using a plane isn't a substitute for this, but there's no reason adding the element of flight has to defeat it entirely: you could put one cam on each wing tip & get maybe the coolest effect of all..
Likely the reason the right image is shown on the left and vise versa is that there are two ways to fuse stereo images. Either Walleyed, right-to-rght, or Crosseyed, right-to-left. Doing it the wrong way may result in concave faces and other aberrations. 126.96.36.199 15:20, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Clouds are fractal, small ones up close look the same as big ones far away. So I don't think this would look as spectacular as imagined. 22.214.171.124 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
The thing is that our brains only associate the binocular/3D effect with items that are relatively close, and tend to judge sizes accordingly. If something appears 3D to us, we judge it to be a certain distance away (a key function of binocular vision) and from that we also get a rough estimate of its size. That's why if you see something like a star destroyer in 3D in the movie theater, it looks like something the size of a bus hanging up in the general vicinity of the screen. It doesn't look like something miles long, because big things look flat when they look that size. I believe this way of looking at clouds would give a similar effect. The clouds might look 3D, but they'd also just seem closer and smaller, rather than giving you a real sense of their size. 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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For thousands of years, people have been harnessing the energy of the wind. A fascination for wind energy has driven both of us to build, buy, install, and maintain our own machines for the last three decades. Chances are that the first wind-energy users were driven by the same maniacal glee that we experience when we grab energy out of thin air.
The design of home-scale wind-electric generators has been through many permutations and variations, with lots of circles and dead ends. But most of today's modern wind-electric generators are surprisingly similar. This article will help you understand each part of a typical wind generator, and how it functions in the overall design.
"Rotor" is just a fancy word for a wind turbine's blade assembly—the part that rotates. (There are actually two rotors—the blade rotor, and the magnet rotor in the alternator or generator, which is driven by the blade rotor.) The wind generator's blades are the energy collectors. After the wind itself, the circular area that the rotor sweeps is the most important factor in determining how much power the machine can generate. The swept area of the rotor depends on the square of the diameter. Compared to a 5-foot-diameter rotor, a 10-foot one will be twice as wide, and twice as high. Doubling the diameter gives access to four times as much wind, and usually results in four times as much power.
Most modern wind turbines have three blades. Blades are usually made of plastic, often in a composite with fiberglass, or sometimes out of wood. Rotors with more than three blades have more start-up torque, but actually produce less power at high speeds. Two-bladed rotors can work at even higher speeds than their three-bladed counterparts, but can be noisy and also vibrate when the wind changes.
Mechanical power is a combination of speed and torque. Wind-electric generators need to spin at relatively high rpm and at low torque, unlike water-pumping wind machines, which need low rpm and high torque.
For home-scale wind generators, the blade rotor drives the magnet rotor directly. This design is the simplest and most efficient way to collect the wind's energy. Adding belts, pulleys, gearing, or any other indirect transmission will incur losses, as well as require more maintenance.
Most modern small-scale wind turbines employ permanent magnet alternators (PMAs). Electricity is generated when a magnetic field passes a wire. In a PMA, magnets move relative to coils of wire (windings). In one popular configuration (as shown in the diagram above), the magnet rotor is a rotating "can" that spins outside the coils. The magnets are on the inside (facing the coils) and the blades attach directly to the front of the can. These PMAs usually generate wild three-phase AC, which is not usable by appliances directly. Instead, this energy is rectified (converted to DC electricity). After that, it can be used as DC or inverted to AC electricity for AC appliances. Traditionally, the energy has been stored in batteries, but in many modern wind-electric systems, it is fed straight into the household grid supply.
The tail of a wind generator orients the turbine into the wind. When the wind changes direction, it pushes on one side of the tail, swinging the turbine around to face and collect wind energy. In tail-furling designs, the tail is also involved in protecting the turbine from high winds (see Governing Systems), and tail and boom length are designed carefully for weight and area. Changing these parameters can change the way the machine operates—so don't do it.

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These policies apply only to individuals with the title of research fellow on the payroll of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. When an individual's funding source mandates a policy that is different from the policy noted below, the policy of the funding source must be followed. Policies relating to research fellows funded directly by other sponsoring entities while based at and accepted into a program at Einstein are the responsibility of those other sponsoring entities. However, preceptors for research fellows funded by other sponsoring entities are encouraged to consider guidelines similar to the Einstein policies in granting leave to such individuals.
These policies apply on a pro-rata basis to individuals who work 20 hours or more per week but less than full-time (defined as 40 hours per week). Those who work less than 20 hours per week are not entitled to paid leave or health benefits.
The College of Medicine reserves the right to modify these policies from time to time.
Research fellows serve for a specified period of appointment (generally one academic year for each appointment) pursuant to a letter of appointment signed by the director of the Belfer Institute, which sets forth the basic conditions of the appointment. A leave pursuant to these policies applies only within the approved appointment period. No appointment period is extended by a paid or unpaid leave of absence unless there is an explicit extension of the appointment signed by the director of the Belfer Institute, or in the case of military service, as required by law.
Research fellows are allowed 20 working days of paid vacation for each full year of service computed on the basis of 1-2/3 days per month. Scheduling of vacation may be requested by the individual research fellow at his or her convenience, subject to the approval of the preceptor, who will determine if it is consistent with the operating responsibilities of the laboratory. All earned vacation time must be used within the year in which it is earned and cannot be extended to a subsequent year without the written authorization of the preceptor and department chair. In no event may more than 40 days be accumulated. Unused vacation time will be forfeited.
B. Holidays
Research fellows are allowed the following eight paid legal holidays celebrated by the College of Medicine if, in the opinion of the preceptor, such time off is operationally viable: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. An individual who is obliged to work on a legal holiday may take another day off in lieu of the legal holiday, to be scheduled with the approval of the preceptor. Leave for religious observance and other personal leave may be taken as vacation time or unpaid leave, if operationally viable.
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In the event of an illness or injury (including the disability period of pregnancy) that renders a research fellow unable to perform his or her functions, he or she will be eligible for paid sick leave of 12 days for each full year of service accrued at the rate of one day per month of service, up to a maximum accrual of 36 days. The research fellow must notify the preceptor as soon as possible of a planned absence or prior to the normal working hours for an unforeseen illness. Medical certification may be required.
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Leave for jury duty shall be granted as required by applicable law. Verification of jury service should be retained and must be produced if requested. Research fellows on jury duty are eligible to receive full stipend up to a maximum of 10 days during a two-year period.
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In the event of an illness or injury (including the disability period of pregnancy) that renders a research fellow unable to perform his or her functions, an individual may take an unpaid medical leave of absence for up to a total of six months. An individual with accrued sick leave may offset part of the unpaid leave by charging accrued sick leave. Where the necessity of leave is foreseeable, the research fellow is required to provide the preceptor with at least 30 days' notice; otherwise, as much notice as is practicable is to be given. If the leave is for planned medical treatment, the research fellow is required to make reasonable efforts to schedule the treatment so as not to disrupt unduly the laboratory's operations. Health benefits coverage may be continued for up to six months on the same cost basis as prior to the leave. Medical certification may be required.
B. Family Leave
A research fellow who has served at Einstein for at least 12 months may be eligible for up to a total of 12 weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period for the birth or adoption of a child or for a serious health condition affecting a family member (spouse, child, or parent). (Please Note: A leave due to the disability of pregnancy is covered under the illness and medical leave provisions stated above.) Where the necessity of leave is foreseeable, the research fellow is required to provide the preceptor with at least 30 days' notice; otherwise, as much notice as is practicable is to be given. If the leave is for planned medical treatment of a family member, the research fellow is required to make reasonable efforts to schedule the treatment so as not to disrupt unduly the laboratory's operations. The College of Medicine may require medical certification to support the need for a leave for the serious health condition of a family member. The research fellow will accommodate the need for leave by first using accrued vacation in lieu of or before requesting any unpaid leave. Health benefits coverage may be maintained during the leave on the same cost basis as prior to the leave.
C. Other Unpaid Leave
An unpaid leave may be requested for a designated portion of the appointment period for other special circumstances. The request for such leave must be submitted as far in advance as possible with all appropriate documentation. The preceptor and department chair will determine whether such leave should be granted. If the leave is granted, the research fellow will receive no stipend during the period of the leave, nor will the period of the unpaid leave be considered for accrual of time for vacation or sick leave. Health benefits may be continued during such an unpaid leave for a period of 30 days on the same cost basis as prior to the leave. Health benefits coverage may be continued for an additional 30 days with the research fellow required to pay the full premium. After 60 days, the research fellow will no longer be eligible to participate in an Einstein health plan but will have the opportunity to purchase a personal health insurance policy from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield on a direct-payment basis. The research fellow may renroll in the Einstein health plan after his or her return to the laboratory. Other than in exceptional circumstances, no research fellow who has served for less than six months will be considered for such a leave.
PLEASE NOTE: Prior to any leave, the research fellow is required to submit a signed application to the benefits office, requesting continued health coverage during the period of the leave. Failure to do so will be considered an election to waive insurance coverage during the leave period.
D. Military Service or Training
Unpaid leave for military service or training shall be provided in accordance with applicable law.


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As Laura ('Princess Buttercup') pointed-out, the "Beautiful Sierra Spring Conditions" thread has run it's course, as we head into Summer.
I'll start the ball rolling with a Mt. Lamarck TR...
As some of you may know, in mid-April I attempted this trip, only to turn back below Upper Lamarck Lake, due to dangerous snow conditions. This time would be different!
Friday morning, I headed-out from North Lake parking area. I made it to Upper Lamarck Lake by 10:30, set-up camp, ate lunch, and headed up towards Lamarck Col to do some recon, so as to be familiar with the route for the next days climb.
Upper Lamarck Lake, with Mt. Lamarck (13,417ft) in the background
Campsite near the lake. If you look to the left of my pack, I did bring my 'camp stool' (aka Bear Vault). One never knows when a bear might show up, and it's rude not to offer a guest a seat (especially since he wouldn't be getting anything to eat)!
The 'cross country' route -actually a unmaintained trail- to Lamarck Col is a strenuous 3 miles (give or take).
A quarter mile from the lake, 38 switchbacks take you up this steep rocky slope
Reward: a great view of Upper Lamarck Lake
Lamarck Col
After making the approach to the col, I turned right and headed for Mt. Lamarck's southeast slope.
It's roughly 600ft of climbing to gain the summit plateau, mostly class 2 talus, with the final 150ft class 3 boulders.
Once atop the summit plateau, a problem presented itself: which of the five visible high-points was the true summit? According to the Tom Harrison map I brought, the one I was standing on (to the southeast of the North Couloir) should be it. Search as I might, though, there was no trace of a summit registry. Looking to the north, I noticed two separate summit blocks that were both obviously higher than where I was.
Maybe it's one of these?
After failing to find the registry, I contented myself with lunch and a couple more pics.
Mt. Darwin and Mt. Mendel from the summit
The total time from my base camp to the summit and back was seven hours. By the time I got back, I was exhausted. Much respect to those who do the peak "car to car" in a day.
This morning I made the leisurely descent back to North Lake, had lunch in Bishop, and drove home. Fun trip!
On a more sober (and sombre) note, here's hoping that overdue hiker Adam is found safe. If I have the facts correct, he's 19, has no map (!), is unfamiliar with the area (Piute Pass area), and has been missing since June 16.


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Franchising could put your business on the path to hypergrowth, but only if your business model is a fit.
Fast-food restaurants aren't the only types of businesses that can be franchised; financial planning, convenience stores and beauty salons are other kinds of businesses that have proved amenable to the model.
To be franchise-worthy, there are at a couple of conditions you need to meet, notes Maryalene LaPonsie at Small Business Computing.
First, you need to be solidly profitable – and even better, to have done it in more than one location. Occasionally a business becomes so famous that investors clamor to copy it, but business people generally want some solid reassurance before investing in something new.
Second, it helps to offer something unique. And if you're not first to market, then a novel or catchy way of delivering your product or service could make you unique.
If you meet those two conditions, the third might be tougher: Can you let go of your creation and let someone else run it? You want to screen franchisee candidates carefully and set proper restrictions and responsibilities, but once you've done all the necessary preparation, it's time to let go, albeit with some manner of ongoing support and involvement.
If you think your business qualifies, find a good franchise attorney to make sure all your bases are covered. The International Franchise Association is another good resource to help get you started.
Adapted from 3 Things to Consider Before You Franchise at Small Business Computing.


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Fr. Cuenin guides students, staff to Rome and vicinity
Brandeis group (and many others) recognized at audience with the Pope
When I came to Brandeis, never did it cross my mind that my college years would include a tour of the Vatican, much less Italy in general. As a young Jew from Rochester, Minnesota, I was most grateful to be invited and join many of my Catholic peers in exploring the "Eternal City." As a history buff, I was hungry to see the sites where event upon event occurred which shaped today's world. I was even more excited to explore the culture of a religion different from my own, and Catholic Chaplain Father Walter Cuenin's annual trip to Rome for members of the Brandeis community provided a perfect avenue to do both.
From the moment our plane touched down outside of Rome, we made sure to make the most out of every second in Italy. We barely had walked into our hotel rooms before Father Cuenin had us out walking through St. Peter's Square (which was only a couple meters from our hotel). I remember gaping first at St. Peter's Basilica. It is an incredible building, looming over all of Vatican City, which its magnificent dome (designed by Michelangelo) visible to all Seven Hills of Rome. It is not possible to gain complete comprehension of its size until you are walking through its spacious halls, and climbing the tiny stairs pressed against the curved side of the dome – only to exit upon a balcony on which you can see all of Rome and more.
|Fr. Cuenin celebrated Mass in the crypts beneath the Vatican.
I was amazed at the elaborate and detailed decorations of all the Vatican. Every single mosaic, fresco, sculpture and painting made you stop and take a second look. There was an incredible amount of detail; so much so that it hurt my head trying to take in everything before me. And of course there was the Sistine Chapel for which my peers and I had no words to describe, except for the fact that many of us spent more than an hour craning our necks up to see each and every image sketched onto it surface.
I think the common theme for this trip was "jaw-dropping." I at least had to massage my jaw a couple times a day due to gaping at everything I walked by. Rome like most great world sites is a city built over city after city. It was not uncommon to be walking by ancient ruins one moment, only to discover that you are in a busy intersection. It is impossible to really comprehend all of the history that happened under the dome of the Pantheon or within the caverns of the Colosseum, but we did our best to take in all the Eternal City had to offer us.
There was a special dedication by the group to sampling as much Italian food as possible, a goal which caused many of us to pack our largest belts. Many of us also did our best to take several moments of silence to just enjoy the many breathtaking views before us. Some of the most beautiful parts of the trip were when we watched the sunset from the Spanish Steps, or drove through the rainy Italian countryside outside of Assisi.
We also had the incredible fortune of participating in an audience with Pope Benedict XVI. Though I am not Catholic, it was heartwarming to watch such a celebration of faith and love. We appreciated being amongst groups who came from all across the world to see this religious leader. We were sure to yell loudly when a Cardinal announced that "Students and Staff from Brandeis University" were in attendance. I admittedly brought along a cardboard cut-out of Ollie, and I am pretty sure the Pope must have seen it waving in the air.
For me, this trip was a true Brandeis experience. Father Cuenin was considerate of the non-Catholic students on the trip; he made us feel welcomed and comfortable in the Catholic culture of the Vatican. He was delighted to share the Eternal City with all of us, and I emerge from this interfaith experience feeling enlightened and grateful. This was an incredible trip, and one that I hope Brandeis students have the opportunity to experience in the future.
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Ran some PvP on my level 69 Warrior tonight – EotS twice, had a lot of fun. One decisive win, one close loss. Flipped over to Cynwise, EotS again, 3-1 victory, okay. Experimented with different places to put her circle around MT, there's probably a post in there somewhere.
Started to get a little late, Tol Barad was about to pop, figured I'd queue up for it and maybe eke out a nice chunk of honor.
In the words of the immortal sage of Star Wars, whassa meesa thinking?
ICG. Fight, rout the Horde, move to Slags. Entire Horde team is at Slags. Get killed, try to draw them out, get killed again. Move on to the East Spire, watch a demo take out the spire.
Getting more tired. Go to WV, I like WV. Good places to put your circle in WV. (Also, not 20 Horde to 1 Alliance.) Take WV. Yay WV! Lose ICG. Boo ICG!
Take ICG back. Lose WV. Yawn a few times.
Poke at Slags. Get a few Horde to follow me out. Kill a few, get killed by the rest.
Rez at ICG. God damn, this is boring. West Spire down. 40 Honor, but now there's more time on this clock. Damn clock. Wintergrasp was never like this.
Go to WV. Die defending WV from a massive inc. No chance. Infernal bought some nice time, but I couldn't take out the healers because their rogues were protecting them. WHAT WHAT you heard me right.
Why is this so boring? Thoughts wandering. Wintergrasp wasn't this boring.
Why is this so boring? I can't shake that thought. I buff up, but don't move. Why?
TB Attackers have one task, to be repeated in three locations. Take this base, this base, or this base. They're all the same layout, with some minor variations of internal layout. Three people can go get demos and knock down towers, but that's it.
TB Defenders have one task, to be repeated in three locations. Ride, stay, fight, repeat.
Wintergrasp gave you several choices right off the bat.
Attackers: take workshops, kill npcs, assault the walls on foot, defend south towers, defend south workshops, build vehicles, assault walls. That's just deciding what you want to do in the first two minutes.
Defenders: man the walls, or go south for the towers? Ride out to stop siege massing at SR/BT? Get in a cannon on the walls?
If you wanted individual PvP, go south to the towers. Or go to the workshops. Less comfortable with it? Stick with the groups in the courtyards.
Choices. Lots of choices. Different activities. Keep, workshops, or towers?
WG towers mattered. If you got them down you could WIN. Not give you a chance to win, you could end the game with a victory by taking all the time off the clock. Defending the towers could give you time to win, and failure to do so meant you could actively lose.
TB towers prolong the game. They give you more time to win, more chances to flip the bases, but they don't actively win the game. They don't matter. Why do defenders ignore them? They don't really matter.
Why is Tol Barad boring, while Wintergrasp was exciting?
Because doing the same thing over and over again in different locations is boring.
Doing different things in different locations is not.
Choices. That's why Wintergrasp was so cool – it offered choices.
Final spire goes down. Total time on clock jumps up to 14 minutes. We'd lost WV but gotten ICG back.
I logged off. I didn't need to see any more.


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Tech for keeping pace with the marathon trendsetters
It's been two years since the Japanese press got all out of breath announcing an "unprecedented running boom," and yet the spandex-clad pack of joggers shows no sign of slowing down. Though the numbers are down from last year, this Sunday's Tokyo Marathon still had almost 10 times as many applicants as the 35,500 spots in the race. The increase in women running put the phrase "beautiful jogger" onto the shortlist of top buzz words for 2011. As the marathoners get in their final practice runs and the spectators stake out their spots, we bring you a few of the tech trends that are going the distance for runners in Japan.
Sites like Run Net and Sports Entry make it easy to apply online for the growing number of races held all over the country. Popular races can fill up the same day they're announced, leaving many would-be entrants hovering over their computer screens like they're waiting for a starting gun. In addition to dedicated sites like these, runners in Japan are using Twitter to find running partners and groups with hashtags like #run_jp and #running (in both English and katakana).
The American fitness app RunKeeper has a loyal following among runners in Japan, even though the interface is only in English. A similar Japanese app called Tweet Runners also maps and shares completed runs on social media and is sponsored by pharmaceutical and supplement company Otsuka. Maybe not surprising for an app from a company better known for products like CalorieMate bars and the sports drink Pocari Sweat than its software, runners find its functions less robust than RunKeeper's.
While not a role model for every runner, Tokyo Marathon veteran Joseph Tame is showing exactly what is possible when mobile tech is applied to the marathon course. Over the past few years, Tame has made an international name for himself by broadcasting his Tokyo Marathon runs via a wearable Ustream studio cobbled together from various mobile-tech devices. He keeps in shape between races and sharpens his tech capabilities at the same time with his "Art of Running" project: His meticulously plotted routes draw pictures or Japanese characters on the Tokyo map when he's done. This year, he'll be broadcasting a live interview with a fellow runner every kilometer of the race.


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Hello there,
I was wondering (new to the field) if anyone has any experience in reusing already stained+air dried FNA smears on (ordinary-no polylysine) slides from a pathologist's archive to perform immunofluorescence and look at the cells under the confocal.
I list the pathologist's staining protocol for you to have a better impression on the material's state:
1) Fine needle aspiration smearing on glass slides
2) 3min May Grunvald staining (this stain is diluted in MeOH)
3) Rinse in H2O
4) Giemsa stain (1:10) for 5min
5) Rinse in H2O
6) Air dry
There are slides from recent FNAs (month's old) up to 6 years back. Is any of this usable for immunostaining and if so which protocol would you recommend? I presume the MeOH step partly fixes the cells and air drying too but I am not too confident about this?
Any help will be much appreciated.
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Flood of New Bible Flicks Make Leap of Faith
As many as 15 faith-based movies could be released in U.S. theaters over the next year, even though Hollywood has never matched the blockbuster success of 2004's "Passion of the Christ." Erich Schwartzel reports on the News Hub.
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Campaigners are confident that a museum to commemorate the 1916 Rising will be opened on an historical site at the centre of controversial rebuilding plans.
The Save No 16 Moore Street committee have called on Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Minister for Arts and Culture Jimmy Deenihan to restore the Dublin site to its former glory.
The building at the heart of the city centre was the venue for the meeting where the 1916 leaders decided to end their historic rebellion.
As plans continue for centenary commemoration ceremonies in 2016, the committee hope a museum will be opened on the site.
They renewed their appeal after the government announced a $30million revamp of the National Gallery which will be concluded in time for the 1916 celebrations.
Their plans would see numbers 14-17 Moore Street restored to their period condition and opened as a museum.
The Irish Times reports that the second floor of the museum would hold archived material relating to the Rising.
The first floor and ground floor would host a public exhibition space including restoration of battlefield tunnels.
The planned exhibition would include exhibits such as the Proclamation of Independence and the letter of surrender according to the report.
Group secretary John Conway outlined to the paper how the committee has campaigned for more than 10 years to save No 16 Moore Street after it was set to be demolished in 1999 to create a millennium centre.
Conway said: "A couple of the lads found out what was afoot and we started the campaign back then. It gained speed slowly, but by 2002 we were really stuck in.
"We got what was planned stopped and done away with and we got this new idea to develop.
"It is a really sensible balance between conservation with regeneration. We were deliriously happy and we remain deliriously happy. We have saved a lot of what's left of the 1916 Rising."
The campaigners include Nuala O'Rahilly-Price, the granddaughter of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly who was the only rebellion leader to die in battle.
She told the Irish Times that she is excited to see museum plans come to fruition.
O'Rahilly-Price said: "It is absolutely wonderful to have an actual memorial here in the centre of Dublin and to see what was done and to see the mayhem that was going around.
"It will bring recognition and hopefully a sense of history to any of the youngsters who come here."


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PHOENIX – Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto has numbers. Lots of them.
This year, his scouts will observe 6,000 baseball players around the world and gather data on each. Some players will be scouted more than once. The coaches of each team in the Angels' system are required to file daily reports about their players.
Dipoto also has video of every pitch thrown in the major leagues in 2012.
He knows where every hit landed and how every fielder handled, or mishandled, each ball in play.
The question for Dipoto and all 30 members of the general manager fraternity is, how does one make use of this mountain of data?
"It's really tough to remember all of it," Dipoto said. "Maybe Jason Varitek's the only one I've ever seen who can process all of it."
One scan of the Angels' clubhouse offers a glimpse at how 21st century technology is reaching the modern baseball player.
Many are inseparable from their iPads, where video of their at-bats or pitches – any game, against any opponent – is streaming on demand. Others prefer their data in writing.
"One guy's job," Dipoto said, "is to make sure the advance scouting report is available daily and the cheat sheets are on the bench."
Still others prefer their data subconsciously.
"We may take (video of a player), put it into a reel, and play it over and over in the clubhouse," Dipoto said. "The guy may absorb it without knowing they absorb it."
The fulcrum for this mountain of data is Bloomberg Sports 2.0, a marvel of engineering and baseball statistics that counts scouting among its many practical applications. The system offers a user-friendly database of video, charts and stats that integrates the kind of data stat wonks have been collecting for years. Bloomberg-compiled data feeds into every iPad, "cheat sheet" and clubhouse video the Angels offer their players.
It's a definite score for new-school scouting, and it's probably no coincidence that the 44-year-old Dipoto was the lone GM expounding on the Bloomberg system's virtues Thursday at the SABR Analytics Conference.
Among players, who are inherently young, there is no debate.
"You want to know where the hot zones are, the cold zones are, what kind of success or failure (opponents) have had against you – or the lack thereof," Dipoto said. "Players almost 100 percent will look at that information."
Washburn returns
Jarrod Washburn was at Tempe Diablo Stadium and the Angels' newest guest instructor was eager to get a look at major-league talent up close.
This is a departure for Washburn, who is now the coach at his alma mater, Webster (Wisc.) High School. The city of Webster has a population of 655 at last count, so this isn't a high-profile job. Washburn said he was motivated to help a program that's seen four coaches in the past four years.
"They need stability," he said.
The previous coach had only one assistant. Washburn wanted two, but the school said they couldn't afford two.
"I said, 'Just take it out of my salary and pay two,"' Washburn said. "They said, 'Nobody's ever done that before."'
Washburn pitched eight seasons for the Angels and retired in 2010. David Eckstein, Chuck Finley, Mark Langston and Bobby Grich are among the other former Angels who have served as guest instructors this spring.
WBC roundup
With Italy trailing 5-4 in the top of the ninth inning, Dodgers infielder Nick Punto doubled off Mexico's Sergio Romo with one out to ignite a two-run rally in Italy's 6-5 upset victory.
Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez reached in all five of his plate appearances for Mexico: two singles, two walks, and hit by a pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning. Dodgers third baseman Luis Cruz walked and hit an RBI double in five plate appearances.
Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez shifted to third base and homered in the sixth inning for the Dominican Republic in its 9-3 win over Venezuela.
The Angels' Erick Aybar served as DH for the Domincan Republic and scored twice.


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Kendall Williams starts warming up for No. 14 New Mexico just in time
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Kendall Williams has had a bit of a timing problem for No. 14 New Mexico this season.
The junior guard did not start two games because he was late to team functions. One of those times, he watched the entire game from the bench.
There was nothing wrong with Williams' timing Saturday. He dropped a career best 46 points on then-No. 16 Colorado State, including a school- and Mountain West-record 10 3-pointers in the 91-82 win.
Williams' performance, which equaled the third-highest point total in school history, was better than anything his coach, noted long-range sniper Steve Alford, managed to do while playing at Indiana.
"There's not too many times you can one-up him on, especially from a shooting standpoint," Williams said. "But it was one of those nights where they wanted to fall."
Alford, whose career-best was 42 points and eight 3-pointers, said it was something to watch.
"In my era, in my six years here, there probably hasn't been an individual performance quite like that," he said. "He took care of the ball. He defended."
And Williams did it on just 16 shots from the field.
"I was definitely in the zone," he said. "I just stepped up with confidence and it was truly one of those big games. I wanted to go out there and lead more than anything, but since the shot was falling, I really was able to make a statement offensively and it was very special."
New Mexico (23-4, 10-2 MWC) enters Wednesday's home game against San Diego State with a two-game lead in the conference. A sweep of its last two home games, it plays Wyoming on Saturday, will give New Mexico the conference title outright and the top seed in the Mountain West tournament.
But neither Alford nor Williams said he needs to put together a similar game for the Lobos to win.
"I don't expect Kendall to get 46 against San Diego State," Alford said. "I expect him to provide the role that we expect him to do. He's one of our leading scorers. He's one of our go-to guys. . But to think he all of a sudden has to average 40, I don't think is going to happen."
Trying to settle down after such a performance may be the most difficult aspect to Wednesday's game, Williams said.
"It's tough, but at the same rate, I was back in the gym practicing, trying to get my mind focused and trying to get the touch again and stay confident," he said. "I know I probably won't have another 46-point night on Wednesday, but if I can make some shots and play good defense and stick to the system, as long as we get the win, that's all that matters. I just want to stay consistent for the team."
Still, it was a game that will go down in Lobos lore, senior forward Chad Adams said.
"Just being there to witness that was crazy," he said. "He couldn't miss. Everything he threw up was going in. To see somebody feeling that was incredible. He had never dropped that many points. It was amazing."
Adams is among the players who help Williams stay on time. No need for any more benchings, after all.
"Being the senior leader, we try to help each other out," Adams said. "He's our team leader and ... he's been a lot better about things like that. We try to set three alarm clocks apiece."
It's something Williams said is in the past.
"I've put more importance on being punctual and focusing on all the little stuff," he said. "Being a leader is more consistency than anything. In terms of all that, it's obviously something that I slipped on and you try not to let that set you back too much. I learned my lesson and you build from them. I've been watching my Ps and Qs really. I enjoy the game of basketball too much to let other stuff throw me off my game."


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The AIDS Vaccine 2013 conference that concluded last week in Barcelona "may best be described as a roller coaster ride marked by highs and lows," Linda Villarosa, the journalism program director at City College in Harlem, writes in the Huffington Post's "Healthy Living" blog. She summarizes several study results presented at the conference, writing, "Many in the vaccine field hope to build on the recent successes ... [b]ut even so-called failures can provide teaching moments" in the search for an effective vaccine. "In the meantime, prevention strategies like circumcision, microbicides, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and treatment as prevention are speeding ahead of vaccines," Villarosa states, noting, "Beginning next October, scientists and advocates from all prevention disciplines will convene together in Cape Town to encourage more 'interconnection'" (10/16).
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When Digory took a minute to get his breath, and then went softly into his Mother's room. And there she lay, as he had seen her lie so many other times, propped up on the pillows, with a thin, pale face that would make you cry to look at it. Digory took the Apple of Life out of his pocket.
And just as the Witch Jadis had looked different when you saw her in our world instead of in her own, so the fruit of that mountain garden looked different too. There were of course all sorts of colored things in the bedroom; the colored counterpane on the bed, the wallpaper. . . But the moment Digory took the Apple out of his pocket, all those things seemed to have scarcely any color at all. Every one of them, even the sun- light, looked faded and dingy. . . Nothing else was worth looking at: you couldn't look at anything else. And the smell of the Apple of Youth was as if there was a window in the room that opened on Heaven.
"Oh, darling, how lovely," said Digory's Mother. "You will eat it, won't you? Please," said Digory. "I don't know what the Doctor would say," she answered. "But really—I almost feel as if I could." He peeled it and cut it up and gave it to her piece by piece. And no sooner had she finished it than she smiled and her head sank back on the pillow and she was asleep: a real, natural, gentle sleep, without any of those nasty drugs, which was, as Digory knew, the thing in the whole world that she wanted most. . . He bent down and kissed her very softly and stole out of the room with a beating heart, taking the core of the apple with him. For the rest of that day, whenever he looked at the things about him, and saw how ordinary and unmagical they were, he hardly dared to hope; but when he remembered the face of Aslan he did hope.
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Tottenham want to sign Schalke midfielder Lewis Holtby ahead of his previously agreed summer arrival.
Andre Villas-Boas feels he needs the youngster now after Sandro was ruled out for the forseeable future having undergone knee surgery.
Schalke's general manager Horst Heldt has not ruled out the sale of players during the January window, fuelling speculation in the media that Holtby will be at Spurs imminently.
There has been talk that Tottenham will pay a fee this month rather than sign the 22-year-old on a free transfer in the summer.
Heldt told Die Welt newspaper: "This transfer window will not close until the end of the month. We have signed Raffael and it could become a fact that we will sell or buy one or more players this month.
"We will have to wait on a certain progress in some affairs."
Tottenham take on Manchester United this Sunday having already beaten Sir Alex Ferguson's side 3-2 earlier in the season at Old Trafford.
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Let me explain. Everyone in that room knew that a buffet of spinach would have been healthier than a bunch of hot dogs. But you didn't see a pile of greens next to the chip bowl.
Same with financial literacy. We know we could use the help. Look at how few of us save and how much debt we carry. Just about any test of financial know-how has many Americans earning a failing grade.
But hand us a textbook or invite us to a workplace seminar about money matters, and chances are most of us won't crack open the book or bother to show up.
Maybe if we expected learning about spending, saving and investing to be fun, we'd eat it up.
So how do we make financial education as appetizing as hot dogs? That was the focus of two events held during the Republican National Convention.
The hotdogs were served during a rousing game of Financial Football, part of Visa's "Practical Money Skills for Life" curriculum. The online game, which can also be played on your cell phone, combines the rules of the NFL with financial questions of varying difficulty on topics from taxes to credit to loans. Answer questions correctly to move down the field and score.
At the event, two teams, made up of Young Republican National Federation members and College Republican National Committee members, answered nearly every question right. I guess they learned it in school or in the school of hard knocks.
Cris Carter, former Vikings All-Pro wide receiver, was there to "coach" the teams. He signed up with Visa to promote Financial Football at both the Republican and Democratic conventions and the Super Bowl. Growing up in a family of seven on welfare, Carter said he didn't learn much about money as a kid except that there wasn't much of it to go around.
"An interactive game ... is a great idea from Visa. It's in [kids'] sweet spot," Carter said.
"If we did the textbook version, kids just wouldn't be engaged," said Jason Alderman, Visa's director of financial education. "By taking the core messages and wrapping them in something engaging and entertaining, you can break through."
The game, now in its fourth "season," is designed for high school and college kids, and comes with a classroom curriculum that anyone can download. Sixteen states have partnerships with Visa to distribute copies to every high school. Minnesota is not one of the states, but teachers can play the game and download the curriculum for free online.
After the Financial Football game ended in a tie, I headed to a forum held by the business group the Savings Coalition of America, which addressed teaching kids about money as well as financial education in the workplace.
Gary Knell, president and CEO of Sesame Workshop, highlighted "Talking Cents,'' a program designed to teach children 2 to 5 years old concepts such as counting, value, patience and entrepreneurship. The hope is that if young people are introduced to money concepts early, they will avoid some of the mistakes we've all made.
Panelist and Wayzata High School teacher Candy Lee shared her stories about the Stock Market Game, which gets her students so excited that they come into class eager to check their stock portfolios. Adults can play online; the fall session costs $20, the yearlong session is $30. Register at www.stockmarketgame.org .
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT men's and women's track and field student-athletes and teams were recently honored by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), as 15 Tech athletes were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic squad. In addition, both the men and women received the Team Academic award. To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.3/4.0 and have met either the NCAA Division III Indoor or Outdoor automatic or provisional qualifying standard in their respective event. Squads with a cumulative team GPA of 3.10 or better also earned the All-Academic distinction. The Engineers' total of 15 individual honorees was tied for the second most in all of Division III while the men's team GPA of 3.44 was good for fourth-highest nationally.
Nine women, including national champion Jacqui Wentz, and six men were tabbed to the All-Academic squad. Joining Wentz were teammates Hazel Briner, Karin Fisher, Alina Gatowski, Martha Gross, Brooke Johnson, Portia Jones, Margaret Leibovic and Tania Morimoto. Briner, Fisher, Gross, Jones and Wentz combined to capture 13 All-America accolades at the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor National Championships.
Yermie Cohen, Kyle Hannon, James Oleinik, Vladimir Sobes, Greg Tao and Paul Welle earned this distinction on the men's side. Hannon, Oleinik and Sobes were among a group of just six student-athletes to record cumulative GPA's of 4.0 or greater.
Both teams had tremendous success in the 2009-10 seasons, culminating in a pair of top four finishes at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship in May. The women collected six All-America nods en route to a third place finish, the best national result in program history, while the men finished fourth overall on the strength of four All-America honors.


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The enjoyable side of school
Despite being someone who is rather lackadaisical in school, I have a tendency to get good results. Besides, who cares about that anyway, that's not even why I'm starting this topic.
I was wondering what class or subject you have/had the most fun in in school, if any. With some exceptions.
So, excluding P.E., Home economics and Art, what is/was the subject you have/had the most fun in in school?
For me, surprisingly, it's maths! My teacher kinda turns a blind eye to me and my friend talking, because we always get the highest results, and therefore it's a chance for me to have a laugh.
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in Middle school i really liked French, in High school I quite liked History.
For me it was sociology and psychology since I had one the first semester and the other the second semester and it was both with the same teacher. He didn't care about really teaching either of those since he was also a social studies teacher. We just watched movies nonstop the entire year and would get Bs if we put anything on the tests at all. We were allowed to use our books for every test even the finals and I still put things like "I have no clue" or "42" as my answer for things and still got a B. I remember at one point he told us that he wanted us to watch a movie that day but unfortunately it needed to have a parents signature allowing it and so we had to find some way to bring it back to him within 5 minutes with our parents signatures on it.The movies could be tied in with the subjects at least though and we would talk about it a little bit. Ultimately in the end though neither he nor the rest of the class cared and so we all won.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
English, mainly because it was always my favourite subject, but also because I had fun teachers and friends in that class. Math was only really fun for me thanks to having friends in the class, I'm terrible at math and my teacher wasn't particularly great.
definitely physics and french. For no reason really, its just fun.
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You know, I'm sitting here unable to pick out one single subject in school that I like above all others... I'm one of those people who enjoys everything at school and is excited by just the prospect of new knowledge.
However, I must say that math and physics in particular have never really been my thing (which may partly explain why I'm in Biology ). I liked math in high school because it was fun and the teacher was great, and my calculus teachers in College were great fun, but the math itself started being too much for me (though it's still a great feeling when you finally solve a problem). I struggled through my physics courses until I took Astrophysics and discovered that it could be fun. Overall, I've always loved everything at school.
I am here to see with eyes unclouded by hate. - Prince Ashitaka
My art class was in college was awesome. My Professor show me to make pipe with clay looking like a mini toilet.
Raining days are for relaxing if your listening some old tunes from dino
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... I'm one of those people who enjoys everything at school and is excited by just the prospect of new knowledge.
^ I've always wished I could've been one of those people who just loved learning new things. I enjoy learning but if it gets too complicated (like math would) my brain just tends to automatically shut itself off to conserve energy or something lol.
But even though all my teachers blew balls with this subject my favorite was always history. I don't know why. It was just always so interesting to. Maybe because it was an easy subject as well due to it only being memorization all the time.
I enjoyed bitching my teachers out.
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I'm gonna go with Forensic Science My senor year of highschool. because i had a crush on my teacher...... and still do ^///^
It was so fun to learn about atoms and molecules. I had a good science teacher from grades 9 to 10... which influenced my liking for science.
Before that, I was more an English person. But I had really bad English teachers for 5 out of 6 years of high school :-( So I got really bad grades in high school for English.
And I'm not even going to start with my Music teacher. A music teacher that doesn't teach you how to play the piano... -__-;;;
I wasn't expecting her to teach me one on one, but seriously during our practical everyone just listen to music, she didn't bother telling the class how to sight read or how to place fingers properly on the piano. She just sat there and let everyone do random things.
I feel like I have a lot of potential that could have been polished by the right instructor...
That's why it's important, if anyone here has a child who likes music, to send him/her to a school that specialises in Music not a normal high school.
The way I hold you and the night just seems to fly
Socializing with my friends.
And the glorious library, and numerous selections my school library has to offer.
As for subjects? PFFFT. I despise most of my classes at the moment.
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History is probably the one I enjoy the most and that gets boring sometimes.
Like someone said, my brain tends stop following the lesson and start thinking about other stuff that has nothing to do with school.
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Name 5 better ones.
I got Yao, Amare, Camby (when he's healthy) and that's it.
He's outplayed Brad Miller, Shaq, Kristic, Kaman, and Ben Wallace this season.
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Righthaven Copyrights 'Sold' Back To Stephens Media For $80k To Pay Legal Fees
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Eventually, since Righthaven refused to cough up any money, the court granted Randazza's request to put Righthaven into receivership. That eventually led to the "sale" of various Righthaven assets, including the Righthaven.com domain name, which sold for $3,300 to a hosting company that promised to resist bogus takedown notices.
In May of last year, we noted that the receiver was now planning to sell Righthaven's copyrights, since they were the only remaining "asset" from Righthaven. Of course, this seemed fairly tricky when you thought about it. The whole reason Righthaven lost the case was because it didn't actually hold any copyrights. But, of course, it claimed it did, so in some twisted way, you could maybe sort of possibly argue that what was being sold was the possible rights to those copyrights if Righthaven ever got through its appeal and won. But that seemed highly speculative, and we couldn't figure out who would want to buy such a thing, other than for the novelty of it all.
Except... as has now come out, Randazza (somewhat brilliantly) approached Stephens Media (who started this whole thing in the first place) and asked them if they wanted to buy the copyrights (which, the court's ruling in this exact case had said they actually still owned). I don't know exactly how the conversation went, but you can think through the implications fairly quickly.
Stephens Media, who set up Righthaven, and would have liked for an appeal to go forward showing that Righthaven owned the copyrights, even though it was still using the works and retained all the control. But, suddenly, if Randazza is offering them back the copyrights and they refuse, they're somewhat screwed. Because... first, it's something of an admission that they don't actually believe Righthaven had the copyrights in the first place, which is an admission they don't want to make. Second, if those copyrights are sold to someone else, that someone else could likely sue Stephens Media for still having those stories up without a license -- and then suddenly Stephens Media could find itself in court with the most convoluted copyright case imaginable, in which any argument Stephens makes hurts them elsewhere. It's mindbogglingly amazing. Stephens was effectively tied into a pretzel with any move that doesn't involve buying back the copyrights they "already own" potentially leading Stephens to an involved and problematic court case.
Oh yeah, and also I would imagine that getting money into the receivership that "satisfies" the court's awards probably would mean that Hoehn and Randazza don't then go after Stephens Media directly for the funds, considering how much they controlled Righthaven. As such, Stephens "buying" back those copyrights was probably seen as a strategically wise move.
And so... Stephens bought back its "own" copyrights for $80,000, which Randazza and Hoehn have agreed ends the matter, even though technically they were still owed much more.
Presently, the Righthaven Receivership Estate consists of $85,000. $80,000 of this was obtained from a private sale of Righthaven's rights back to Stephens Media LLC, the creators of the works underlying many of Righthaven's more than 275 lawsuits. While this was not obtained at auction, prior auctions for Righthaven's rights failed, largely due to their indefinite nature. After searching for buyers in the face of the auction's failure, Righthaven's rights acquired from Stephens Media were sold back to their original source in a commercially reasonable manner, as no other market existed for them. As the Receiver in this limited receivership, I am satisfied that no other method of sale could have brought a higher price.In the end, the money was distributed with $11,600 going to the two different people who acted as receivers in the case, $18,400 going to Wayne Hoehn who brought the case, and the remaining $55,000 going to Randazza Legal Group for all the legal fees accrued. While the money to Hoehn and Randazza was less than the court had initially ordered, given the lack of any actual assets from Righthaven, the fact that they were able to get this much, out of Stephens Media, no less, is pretty impressive.


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Local restaurateur Jean-Pierre Bleger is a free man, at least free of the $1.5 million he owed on his downtown Main Avenue building currently occupied by Jean-Pierre Bakery.
Bleger said equity from properties his family owns in Paris allowed him to pay off the $1.5 million he owed Durango Main Avenue LLC, a company registered to local real estate agent John Wells.
Wells said the LLC bought the note on the building from First Southwest Bank about two years ago as an investment and extended the date Bleger needed to pay off the building multiple times so he could secure his finances.
"I'm happy he was able to keep his building and happy he was able to pay it off," Wells said.
Bleger has been plagued by financial woes throughout the years. His real-estate company – Winble Corp. of Colorado – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006. The bakery at 601 Main Avenue, purchased in 2003 for $1.63 million, foreclosed in 2009.
Bleger said he always has had the funds to pay off his debt, but he wanted to put the money toward other investments.
He filed for bankruptcy because he didn't want to restructure his assets in France, he said. Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows a debtor to reorganize in order to make a business profitable again.
Bleger still owes $600,000 on a mortgage on his building at 873 East Third St. The money is there to pay it off, he said, but it is being put toward other projects.
He established a new company, Mondorivoli, in April, and future real-estate ventures will be registered to it.
Bleger said he is ready to invest $7 million to $8 million in real estate around the Durango area.
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When Robert Pattinson drops by "Good Morning America" Aug. 15 to promote his new indie movie "Cosmopolis," "Twilight Saga" fans will be champing at the bit to see if he'll also break his silence over his co-star and girlfriend Kristen Stewart's recent cheating scandal. Speculation began burbling yesterday over whether the ABC morning show will have full access to the star or be constrained to stay away from the breakup. But sources close to ABC tell us the interview has no restrictions. "Everything's on the table" for discussion, a source said. (Then again, remember what happened when "GMA" asked Chris Brown about Rihanna?) Two days before "GMA," Jon Stewart will get a crack at Pattinson on "The Daily Show," reports said yesterday. But both chats had been booked in advance for Pattinson to promote his film. When news broke of Stewart's tryst with married "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders, her gushing apology said of Pattinson, "I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry." Pattinson's so far remained silent.
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Jordany Valdespin jumped Justin Verlander's third pitch of the day for his second home run off Tigers pitching in four days before a Verlander fastball knocked him out of the game, part of a bizarre day and an 11-0 Mets win Monday at Joker Marchant Stadium.
Valdespin's third homer of the spring was a drive pulled down the right-field line on Verlander's 1-1 pitch. It was reminiscent of some of the early damage Verlander took in some of his starts last summer. In this case, however, he never settled in.View Full Game Coverage
"It just wasn't a good day," Verlander said afterward. "Usually there's one of those in the spring, one or two. You'd rather get them out of the way in the spring."
The day went much smoother for Mets starter Jon Niese, who blanked the Tigers for the second time in 12 days with 4 2/3 innings of one-hit ball. He walked four, but only one of those runners advanced.
John Buck doubled leading off the second inning against Verlander and scored on a rare run-scoring balk with only a runner on third, which became irrelevant once Brandon Hicks homered a couple pitches later for a 3-0 lead.
Verlander overcame leadoff runners in the second and third inning before a one-out, fifth-inning walk to Hicks set up the ending to his start. Valdespin turned to bunt on a 1-0 pitch, hoping to move the runner over, but Verlander's fastball went inside and hit Valdespin in the groin area, sending him to the ground in pain.
Brian Bixler replaced Valdespin, who later said he was OK. Ike Davis' two-run single off Kenny Faulk completed Verlander's line: five runs on four hits over 4 1/3 innings with two walks, three strikeouts and two hit-by-pitches.
Bixler had two hits and two RBIs, including an eighth-inning solo homer off Trevor Bell. Buck went 2-for-3 and scored twice. Former Mets Minor Leaguer Matt Tuiasosopo had two of Detroit's three hits through the first seven innings.
Up next: Following an off-day on Tuesday, right-hander Matt Harvey will look to continue his strong Spring Training as the Mets battle a split Nationals squad at 1:05 p.m. ET in Viera, Fla., available on Gameday Audio. Along with Harvey -- coming off a perfect 4 1/3-inning outing -- the Mets will also get a look at a group of relievers, including closer Bobby Parnell, who continues to fill in for Frank Francisco.
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