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SEED 1 - RISE OF DARKNESS Cheats :
WaLkthrough for Beginning through middle
by Unregistered Dec 18, 2010
First you are on a hill. Skip that then you are with your "dad" in the store. He tells you to got to class. Go outside and the next building north from the store is your class. You don't actually do anything, It's still Litta (your character) controlling. Just skip that, so then you are on the hill again. Your teacher comes to you and asks if you want to go and explore the world. You accept and you are given your starter up weapons. A dagger, staff, gun, and a spear. After that head to the port from the hills. YOu get there by going to town then there is a sign keep going after that. Then you have Litta controlling it again. You travel to Moiser, but after you get off some guards show up. A hooded guy then appears next. He kills the guards and he tells you that if Moiser doesn't stop expanding it's borders it will face the power of Gheeno. You sare then taken to see the king and you tell him what happened at the pier. He then sends you to go to the acedemy. You go out of the castle, in that area is where the acedemy is. It has has flags that have swords crossing each other in a X. Go there and talk to the man with the ! on top of him. He will say you need to e trained (you will do it this time) so he give you 3 tests with each completion of the 3 tests go back to the man. Complete all the tests, he then says you are ready to go to Gheeno. Where you went for your 3rd test you must go back there. Look at your map, go to the opening to the east. Then you are in a forest again and check your map again. Go to the opening in the south. That leads to Gheeno and when you enter there will be a girl. You must talk to her. She is the queen of Gheeno and thenshe goes away. But then guards say the queen asked to you. You go see the queen an you explain the murder in Moiser. She says that is imposible the guards of Gheeno are known to have heavy calvary. Well that's all for now! But anyone feel free to edit it. Give it your best shot! :):):):):):)):):):):):):) :)::):):):):)::):):):):): ):):):):):):)::):):)):):) :):):):):):):):):):):):): ):)::)
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The NSW government says no decision has been made on council amalgamations amid fears some may be forced to merge.
A discussion paper released by a review panel last month recommended "significant consolidation" of councils across Sydney, the lower Hunter, Central Coast and Illawarra, without detailing specific proposals.
It was set up by Local Government Minister Don Page in March to examine changes to cash-strapped local councils, including voluntary amalgamations.
Mr Page told News Ltd on Tuesday that he backed the changes and would take them to cabinet for approval.
But acting Local Government Minister Robyn Parker said the government was yet to make a decision.
"The panel is continuing its work and is due to make its final report to the minister in July - we won't pre-empt its outcome," she said in a statement.
Opposition Leader John Robertson accused the government of preparing to break its election promise of no forced amalgamations.
"This government is looking for every excuse available to it to force councils to amalgamate, and the terms of reference from this report was set up by this government so that they would use this as the vehicle to force councils into amalgamation," he said.
"Forced amalgamations will see less input from local communities, less control, more increases in rates and more job cuts."
United Services Union secretary Graeme Kelly predicted the review "is going to espouse mass amalgamations and boundary changes in metropolitan Sydney".
Mr Kelly said tens of thousands of council jobs - from labourers to admin and childcare staff - would be lost.
Lucrative "super contracts" could also be tendered to the private sector, he said.
"Creating super councils then creates super contracts," he said.
"Forming a super contract (would be) worth hundreds of millions of dollars instead of fives of millions of dollars."
Greens MP David Shoebridge said there was no evidence larger councils provided more efficient services.
"Most people's ordinary experience is that the larger the bureaucracy the less personal and less efficient the service they receive.
"There is no reason to think this will be any different with super-councils."
However, the Sydney Business Chamber said amalgamation was needed.
"Sydney has too many councils deciding the future of our city," said director Patricia Forsythe.
"If we are serious about making NSW number one again, we have to start at the grassroots and that means a fundamental overhaul of Sydney's local government."

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Jealousy Wakes with Blue Look
Jealousy Wakes with Blue Look
My eyes have been really dry lately, so under normal circumstances, I wouldn't create a look and post it (just because the surface of my lids makes working with powder products a big pain!), but how could I not do something to commemorate this day?
You will need the following…
- Eyes: NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base (primer), Urban Decay Verve Eyeshadow (soft pewter), MAC Jealousy Wakes Eyeshadow (emerald green), MAC Atlantic Blue Eyeshadow (dark blue), Burberry Trench Eyeshadow (highlighter), Urban Decay Deviant 24/7 Liner (blue), Benefit They're Real Mascara (black)
- Face: Make Up For Ever HD Foundation (140), Guerlain Les Violettes Mineral Powder (03)
- Cheeks: Benefit Sugarbomb (golden pink)
- Lips: Cle de Peau #2 Lipgloss (peach pink), Guerlain Mambo Terracotta Lipgloss (sheer tangerine)
- Brushes: 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 222 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pencil brush), 188 (small, circular stippling brush)
For eyes, start by applying Smudgeproof all over the lid and above the crease with the 249 to lay down your eyeshadow base. Next, apply Verve eyeshadow on the lower third of the lid with the 239. Then pat Jealousy Wakes eyeshadow onto the upper half of the lid and into the crease with the 239. With the 226, apply Atlantic Blue eyeshadow above the crease. Diffuse the crease edge with Trench eyeshadow using the 217. Lightly highlight the edge of the brow bone with Verve eyeshadow with the 239. Next, apply Deviant liner on the lower lash line, and then smudge with Jealousy Wakes. Coat lashes with They're Real mascara to finish the look.
For cheeks, apply Sugarbomb on the apples of the cheeks and sweep towards the temple with the 116.
For lips, apply #2 lipgloss mixed with Mambo lipgloss for a complementing lip.


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Christians For A Moral America Plan 'The Hobbit' Boycott
The Christoholics are upset again! OH NNOOEEZZ!! You poor, persecuted shitheads, I totally respect your feelings! :(
"Invading your local cinema next winter is a new work of evil "The Hobbit". "The Hobbit" follows on from the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy and seemingly has brought everyone back to "Middle Earth" from the dead. Peter Jackson has once again stepped up as Satan's Little Helper to direct the two-part film and is once again using witchcraft and wizardry to peddle the film, even though the books had strong Christian undertones (good vs evil; Christians vs Atheists) but Jackson being the self-proclaimed Atheist he is obviously doesn't want to present this movie in the way it was meant by Tolkien. Let's vote with our wallets and send a big message to Hollywood and Jackson; Christians will NOT tolerate this blatant Anti-Christian bigotry and Atheist propaganda. Our children's minds are filled with enough poison these days from the media without us as parents actively doing the same while filling liberal fat cats' coffers."
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That is there facebook page,from what I can tell it is real. Very sad.
I would hope it's a poe site,however I don't think it is :(
The betting begins!
Five bucks on them being Poe's.
The original article calling for the ban.
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A more appropriate response to Calandris
[Much of this, while accurate as far as it goes, is confusing and even misleading. Please read More Melee for clarity.] Rereading my response to Calandris in the 2h vs 1+Shield post, I realize I came off a bit brusk. Worse, it looks like I ignored a big chunk of what he said. Thing is, what he said was valid, just irrelevant to that particular discussion. In an attempt to apply things a bit more relevantly, this post. (Don't you love long introductions?)
As I said in my response to him, the original post was raw number consideration. It's a tiny part. One of the things I emphasized over and over in the two posts – shield and the dual wield that followed – was that talents and spells and such may change the valuation. Let's get specific for an example, and in fact let's use the example Calandris gave.
Shamanistic focus is a tier 3, one point talent (Enhancement) for Shamans. Every time the shaman melee crits, the next shock costs 60% less mana. Now any mana user is going to know the usefulness of that. And experienced ones will know that it matters only if you use shock a lot – or if it's one you keep ready to go at all times 'just in case'. And the answer is that yes, shock meets this standard.
Now, it just doesn't matter until you are at least level 20. One of the things I've been frustrated about in several classes – and in fact one of the reasons I dug so deeply in HOW to theorycraft – is that almost everyone who writes theorycraft does it as though the player is level 70. Great, and it certainly resolves a number of other issues, but it's not helpful to the player trying to GET to 70 – not really. Equally frustrating to me is that of those that do discuss getting there, most just say, "take these talents" without discussing why, or why other alternatives aren't as good, or… It doesn't help that there's a tendency (and I'm guilty here, though not with priests) to just write as though the way YOU chose was the only one.
So for up to 20, use a 2 hander instead of a shield. At 20, IF you're taking enhancement, you have something to think about. And that is this talent. Now before we jump into this, I need to look at the shocks.
I have three shocks – Earth, Flame and Frost – at level 20. Earth takes 85 mana, does an average of 62 damage, and it's a spell interrupt (and shutdown of that class for 2 seconds). Flame takes 95 mana, and does 45 damage immediately plus a 48 damage flame DoT. Frost takes 115 mana and does an average of 92 damage, plus slows its target movement 50% for 8 seconds. (note, not anti-haste, just movement). All three share a six second cooldown timer. (There is an elemental talent that will reduce this. I'm ignoring it for now, but want it known that it's there.)
Now, Primulaveris is level 16, not 20, but this is some hard numbers for me. Right now, thanks to gear choices, PV's mana pool is 646. I suspect it'll be close to 720 by the time he's 20, so I'll use that. His 2 handed weapon does an average of 48 every 3.5 seconds, and with his strength and enchants and all of that he actually does an average of 73 every 3.5 seconds for a DPS of 20.9 (nominal, excluding miss rate). He's up to almost 6% crit chance.
Now it's not the way I fight, but for theorycrafting we need to establish a solid baseline, so let's go with casting 2 shocks every fight. We'll use the frost for our calculation because we're making maximum effect.
Using my two hander and casting two frost shocks in every 15 second fight, I'm doing a nominal 4 hits * 73 plus 2 * 92 = 476 damage over 15 seconds — 31.73 DPS. I crit once out of every 17 swings which means I see the effect once every 4 battles. Since I drain my mana every three battles, what this means is that I expect to have to restock mana every 3 then 4 fights, alternating. It's a time issue – drinking is not killing is reducing my overall DPS. hmmm, let's check that more fully. It takes a drink 21 seconds to replenish my mana. So what happens is I go 45 seconds fighting, drink for 21, 60 seconds fighting, drink for 21, and so on. 45 + 21 + 60 + 21 is 142 seconds, during which I did a nominal 476 for seven battles. No, wait, I had one crit, so I've got an additional 73 damage in there. My sustained nominal DPS, with this talent and crit rate, would be 23.98 DPS.
Now let's do some figuring using a one-hand weapon. I'm going to swag slightly, using nominals determined earlier. I will assume a nominal one-hand weapon with a dps that's 75% and a weapon speed that's 2/3 (approximate) that of my two hander. So my nominal one hander does 10.3 dps over 2.3 seconds for 23.69… let's call it 24 damage average hit every 2.3 seconds. Add the 15 that's my personal stuff not part of the weapon to keep things equal, and I do 39 every 2.3 seconds.
My melee is 16.95 seconds (nominal), and my nominal shock dps is 19.17 for 36.17 non-crit DPS. Notionally, I can get to 476 damage in 13.16 seconds. Backing out two shocks of 184 leaves 292 to be done by melee, which at 39 per hit is just about 7.5 hits, which comes out just about 17.25 seconds per battle. I am killing a bit slower. Adding a third shock does no real good – it kills the first mob fast, but after that I have to wait for the cooldown during the subsequent mobs. I run out of mana after six shocks, regardless.
Basically, I can do 4 battles before I run out of mana, and that happens over just over a minute (66 seconds due to cooldowns). Except, we have two crits. (well, 1.7). Which means I get 5 battles before I'm out of mana. 5 battles at ~17 seconds (476 damage per battle), plus 21 seconds of drinking. 23.33 sustained DPS.
So, my 2 hand sustained DPS is 23.98 and my sustained sword and shield is 23.33. Which means the 2 hander still wins, right?
Well, not necessarily. Because what's not in here is the time needed to recover from damage taken – whether healing wave or bandage or food or…
And these MATTER, in the long run. Which is why any theory craft has to include a bunch of caveats.
But we've now run enough numbers to know that ONCE the enhancement shaman is level 20, and PROVIDED he gets focus, and PROVIDED he uses shock in pretty much every battle, then the DPS for both systems is just about equal.
And in my OPINION, this would have me shift to one hand and shield at that point, because the increased life expectancy from the shield more than overcomes the loss in killing speed. Add the fact of one more enchantment point, and the deal is clinched.
Till more talents come along to confuse the issue further, of course.
In the meantime, go have fun.
6 Responses to "A more appropriate response to Calandris"
Woot, a post with my name in it. And it hurts my head. Thank you kirk for going back and looking at this.
I understand what your trying to do here, but you are doing more harm than good. Your math is nonsense and completely ignores some very significant parts of the Melee DPS formula. For example – look at the following example you provided:
Our one hand is .95 * 10 = 9.5 DPS.
Our two hand is .95 * 1.33 * 10 = 12.635 DPS
Our dual wield is (.76 * 10) + (.76 * 10 * .5) = (.76 * 15) = 9.234 DPS
First of all, you are only considering base chance to MISS. Your target also dodges, parries, blocks. Factor those things into the simplified equation you provided above and you'll find that dual wielding yields a higher DPS.
Second of all, you completely ignore how ATTACK POWER weighs into this discussion.
(Weapon DPS + AP/14) * Weapon Speed = Damage for Mainhand / Two-Hand
((Weapon DPS + AP/14) * Weapon Speed) * .5 = Damage for Offhand
For simplicity, that is roughly 1 DPS per 14 AP for One Hand / Two Hand and 1 DPS per 8 AP for Dual Wielding. In other words, 140 AP is the equivalent of 10 DPS with 1 weapon and 17.5 DPS for dual wielding. That is VERY significant and SCALES as you get better gear. For Fury Warriors, Shamans and Rogues that all have abilities that provide a form of haste, the benefit from AP when dual wielding is magnified tremendously.
Under no circumstances or DPS calculations is it acceptable to ignore the impact that AP has on your damage output. On my Rogue, my Attack Power counts for 58% of my WHITE auto-attack damage output.
Third of all, you seem to be ignoring the effect your weapon has on YELLOW attacks. The most important weapon stat is often the AVERAGE damage of the weapon, not the DPS. This is because INSTANT attacks don't care about a swing timer – they just deal the average damage. So while a weapon 2.0 speed weapon may have 3 DPS more than a 2.6 speed weapon, the amount of damage it deals overall may be significantly less because it provides 30 damage more per instant attack. And most of these instant attacks are modified, so it's really more like 30 + 25% = 37.5 damage. Since most melee classes and specs rely heavily on instant melee attacks, this stat contributes very significantly to the overall DPS formula.
As I said, you think you are helping out and providing some prescriptive guidance but you can't just broadly apply DPS formula to all melee. The correct weapon choice really has too many variables for the scope of a signle discussion.
It's different for Rogues, Fury Warriors, Arms Warriors, Shamans, and I am sure Paladins. Better advice would be to talk in generalities about how basic concepts (like attack power, to hit and such) can impact different abilities rather than trying to mathematically calculate if a sword + board is better than a two-hander. The answer is (and always will be) it depends on your class, talents, gear and your preference for the abilities you will be performing. Even within a single class and tree like a Fury warrior, there is much debate about the merits of slow/slow, fast/slow, slow/fast, fast/fast or a two-handed sword.
I understand the intent, but I very much disagree that it is helpful and in fact is fairly harmful.
My example with Attack Power is strictly 100% about WHITE damage. If you Dual Wield, you get vastly more WHITE damage benefit from Attack Power than someone who uses a one-handed or two-handed weapon. That holds true at level 20 and at level 70. However, your math only considers the effect of the DPS stat in the item tooltip. As a result, your calculations indicating that a 2-handed weapon provides the greatest amount of WHITE damage is flatly wrong. Were you to factor in Attack Power, you would find that Dual Wielding actually provides the most WHITE damage. Moreover, the delta between them grows incrementally as you scale Attack Power by leveling.
I don't disagree that there are elements to theorycrafting that are common amongst all classes. However, your definition of crawling and my definition of crawling are quite different. I'm not saying that you are wrong to teach someone to crawl, only that you are trying to teach them to crawl while laying on their back instead of on their hands and knees.
My suggestion would be to focus on core stats and formulas like Attack Power, the Hit Table and the basic theory behind how instant yellow attacks are calculated. Those are the types of building blocks you need to provide to teach someone to crawl.
AP matters from day one, but it's on top of the weapon and other damage (not to mention it's not constant across classes, neither in what stats generate how much but in the multiplier).
Wrong. It's included as part of the formula used to calculate the actual damage caused by each white attack. This formula does not change from class to class and is not impacted by any multiplier. What DOES change from class to class is how your Attack Power is derived. Warriors, for example, get 2 AP for each STR while Rogues only get 1 AP. However, both of them convert AP to DPS at the same 14:1 ratio.


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In New Interview, Jesse Diamond Opens Up About Being 1st Trans Man to Model for Andrew Christian
A San Diego-based personal trainer is opening up about becoming the first transgender man to model for the underwear company Andrew Christian.
Speaking with Gay Star News this week, Jesse Diamond, 27, revealed he's the first trans man to be featured in a campaign from the company, calling the opportunity a "dream come true." He is featured in Andrew Christian's annual Pride campaign, which also happens to be his first modeling gig.
"When I started working out about five years ago, my dream was basically to become Marky Mark," he said. "I wanted to be an underwear model, a buff guy, and I've been buying Andrew Christians for years. So it was definitely like a dream come true for me."
Designer Andrew Christian told Gay Star News the company is "proud" to have the personal trainer "as one of our brand ambassadors."
"The political environment in the United States has become very dark and divisive toward the LGBTQ community so it is extremely important that we all stick together and support each other in every way possible especially being inclusive and celebrating the amazing diversity in our community," Christian added.
In his interview with Gay Star News, Dimond explained he began his transition four years ago and says though he isn't close with his family, they were not surprised when he came out and did not have any "big issues" about his transition. He also acknowledged that he's able to "pass" as a man, saying, "I got white male privilege as soon as I started passing," adding that he knows many trans people are not as fortunate.
Diamond also opened up about his sexual identity, saying he identifies as "demi-sexual, queer," revealing he is currently single.
"Most women seem to think I'm really gay, but I'm like, 'No, I'm queer, so it's like I'm not totally gay,' so I don't know," he told Gay Star News. "Most people seem to think I'm only interested in men."
Elsewhere in the interview, Dimond talks about go-go dancing at gay clubs and work as a personal trainer. Click here to read the Gay Star News interview in full. Below, watch Dimond in Andrew Christina's Pride campaign video and check out highlights from the trainer's Instagram, which boasts over 32,000 followers.


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Mack Brown answers critics best way he can -- by winning
DALLAS -- Obviously, there's a disconnect somewhere. How can a man be doused with water in celebration while swimming in a sea of criticism?
This is Mack Brown's world, everyone. This is what it's like to pilot the beast that is Texas football.
Everyone knows why you're losing, and you better believe they'll tell you. Everyone can't understand why you're not winning like you should, and you better believe they'll let you know.
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And everyone wants change now or else -- and you better believe they're going to be heard.
"I guess when you win, you can shut them up," Brown says. "That's kind of fun."
There's something so simplistic about that; something so refreshing for the sweet as tea Carolina man who would never say I told you so, even though he has every damn right to after what has transpired since his defense gave up 18,000 rushing yards to BYU and he had to fire his defensive coordinator and life as the football coach at Texas became win or else.
You want to run him out of town? Fine. He'll win the next six games, win the Big 12 and skip all the way down Sixth Street in Austin while cashing that large buyout Texas officials will have to cough up.
You want to tell him he can't coach, that the game has passed him by, that he has lost the fire in his belly? No problem, he'll just lead a mad as hell Texas team into the Cotton Bowl as a 14-point underdog and whip bitter rival Oklahoma like few Longhorns teams have in this storied series.
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"Yeah we were mad," said Texas quarterback Case McCoy. "We're better than what we showed. (Brown) shouldn't take the blame for us. We decided weeks ago it was time to stand up and be held accountable."
So that's just what they did. Texas beat Kansas State when it looked like the iconic Tower on campus was falling on the entire program. Then came Iowa State, when everyone watching the nationally televised game saw Big 12 officials blow a call that likely cost I-State a victory -- and further bloodied Brown's prospects to escape this season without getting fired, resigning in shame or any other emasculating fantasy delusional Orangebloods were concocting.
This, of course, brings us to the Red River Rivalry; the Oklahoma game that, without question, would be the beginning of the end for the coach who revitalized a program over 16 years in Austin and turned it into a revenue-generating beast. A crossroads game with noise and traffic at all four stops.
In the last month alone, we learned the Texas Board of Regents went behind Brown's back before the season began to gauge Nick Saban's interest in the job, and athletic director DeLoss Dodds, Brown's close ally and friend, announced his retirement effective at the end of the year.
The perfect storm was building, and there on the other sideline was Oklahoma -- the same OU that scored 118 points on the Longhorns the last two seasons. If you though the last two years were bad, the scoreboard this time around would light up like one of those midway rides at the Texas State Fair.
It lit up, all right.
Texas had two running backs rush for more than 100 yards. Texas had five plays of 20 yards or more on offense, and converted 13-of-20 third-downs.
Texas had a backup quarterback heave two perfectly thrown deep balls for touchdowns, and had two non-offensive scores (interception return for a touchdown; punt return for a score). The maligned Texas defense held OU to -- get this -- 263 total yards.
Texas played exactly like Brown thought they'd play this season -- before this crazy ride began on a weird night in Provo, Utah.
"They outplayed us in every facet of the game," said Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops -- and how many time has Stoops said that in the aftermath of this rivalry?
Texas played with poise and passion. It played with confidence. It attacked and was the aggressor and played with a physical attitude not shown in this game since ... "Been a while," Brown said in a moment of candid honesty.
He then followed that up with, "We've won five of the last nine now -- for those of you who are counting."
That's about as close to a "I told you so" moment as you'll get from Brown, who actually told a group of reporters away from the dais that he understands they "have a job to do" when criticizing him. Just like he told Earl Campbell, maybe the greatest Longhorn of all, he's still welcome on campus after the Tyler Rose publicly stated it was time for Brown to move on.
"Years ago, handling (criticism) wasn't easy for me," Brown said. "It doesn't matter anymore. People can say whatever they want. I just want to win games."
Brown ran around the field at the Cotton Bowl minutes after another big win in this rivalry, dripping wet from the post-game water dump but soaking in what might have been the most satisfying Eyes of Texas moment ever. He sang with his players and held that gold cowboy hat trophy and bathed in 10-gallon victory.
His first thought wasn't redemption; it was TCU. Next week's opponent.
"All that other stuff," Brown says, "doesn't mean anything if you win."
For those of you who are counting.


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This Week in Stanford 12/6/11 – 12/19/11Monday, December 19th, 2011
Forgive me Stanford, for there were finals. I didn't have a chance to post the news last week since I was (attempting) to study diligently and it kind of got lost on my to-do-list. But I'm free. I'm home. And just because I'm not in the Bay Area doesn't mean I don't know what's happening there.
- In probably the biggest news of the last week, Stanford dropped its bid for the NYC campus giving room for Cornell to swoop in with their engineering center. The pure unadulterated California spirit that pervades our school is saved.
- Andrew Luck didn't win the Heisman. Although he was a runner-up at the Heisman award ceremony, he's not only No. 1 at Stanford, but he may be taking that spot in the NFL draft pick next year.
- Stanford doesn't Occupy Wall Street. We don't Occupy our campus. We Occupy the Future. The SF Chronicle covered the event, offering a way for students to gain insight into why faculty and administrators alike may have invited them to the event.
- Stanford admitted755 profros in early admission! This might be a little premature, but welcome to the farm! Or, really, it's an awesome place and we hope they join us here.
- Fiesta Bowl game tickets are gone. Vamooshed. Or in literal terms – sold out. If you'd like to get one still, I would start chatting up friends and alums.
- We've ditched the engineering school in NYC and now Stanford is making plans for a much needed expansion of the campus's artistic space. They're going to add a new gallery and an academic building. We already have an engineering quad – it's nice to finally see the arts get a space of their own.
- Stanford's ever growing offering of free classes are making waves in our credential heavy society. In this op-ed, Carey discusses how free courses from universities like Stanford are changing the meaning of "higher" education.
- And just to end on a little known fact, other research teams are finding support for a Stanford study that says we can hallucinate color. The blog looks red – but is it really?
Otherwise, enjoy the holidays and break!


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Best SAG Print: Shailene Woodley
We will fight a lot today about what we liked, what we didn't like, what we could not deal with. This will probably be one of them. Most of you, I'm sure, probably loathed the L'Wren Scott beaded gown worn by Shailene Woodley. Me I love it so much. SO much.
There are certain dresses a fresh-faced 20 year old can pull off without looking dripped in grandmother and socialite. It pops. She pops. And, at the same time, I don't get the sense that she spent 5 hours trying to.
By this time during award season, we are all tired of the same strapless, drapey sh-t over and over and over again. By this time during award season, it's harder to excite. I can't get hard for a grey beaded floor-length number at the end of January. I'm sorry. Shailene's bright bold print I'll take more of, please, over and over and over again.
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... I'm not sure it is a good idea to honor image's "dpi" setting
yesteday I applied a jpg that, inadvertantly, forgot to check and found it was set to 500x500px *and* 600dpi. result: *in Tag's "cover preview"* the image was terribly small
re-saved with a 72 dpi setting and all was fine
but there might be a good reason to honor dpi that I'm missing
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|Condition or disease
|Stroke Ischemic Attack Diabetes Mellitus Hypertension Fragility
|Other: Factors associated with the use of emergency departments
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- Usual care as the comparison group
Usual care or standard refers to those processes or services that the elderly claimant receives the IMSS services network, after the acute phase of their illness has been stabilized and is defined that can be discharged from the emergency department, following clinical and therapeutic recommendations for improving their health.
- Elders risk population for emergency
The aging population brings a major change in health conditions and social conditions around the elderly, the analysis of the elderly population is considered according to functionality and risks of old age, when it comes to care services emergency, care becomes more critical as the elderly are older, have been identified adults of 70 and over as more vulnerable to health services, especially for the emergency services as they do not exhibit classic patterns to acute events of prevalent diseases.
- Functionality and dependence
The commitment of the functionality in adults older than 65 may be present in 5% of cases, while in over 70 years this figure rises to 50% or more. Functional impairment may be a "marker" of the effect of systemic disease on the patient and is also an indicator of severity of disease because it measures the ability of independence
The accumulation of normal aging characteristics define a threshold, which once pierced, tends to increase the propensity for loss of functional abilities due to aging. However, not everyone ages the same way, since factors such as inherited genetic capital, especially the accumulation of risks associated with lifestyle and work activities, and the opportunity to identify the disease in its period latency coupled with the accessibility and use of health services, can delay or exacerbate the loss of functionality and increase the dependency of the elderly.
- Quality of life of older
Frailty in the elderly is a state of increased susceptibility due to less booking multiple physiological systems resulting in lower resilience, negative energy balance, sarcopenia, decreased strength and reduced exercise tolerance. Frailty is associated with adverse health outcomes such as institutionalization, falls, reduced performance status and increased mortality.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|1400 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Elderly in Emergency Services: Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes
|Study Start Date :
|June 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 2014
No Intervention: Basal phase
Integrated measurement of all variables involved impact and frequency of prior use of health services and specifically to the emergency room, service access, patient characteristics, features for the classification of frailty, cognitive impairment and depression, why consultation, triage scale level on admission to the service and to the service variables in terms of length of stay, diagnosis and medical management, and related services with internal consultants percentage of inpatients discharged or deceased, in further analysis the researchers undertake group estimating frequency of use and the identification of factors associated with the use of emergency departments and adverse events
Other: Factors associated with the use of emergency departments
Participants who were assigned to the intervention will be evaluated jointly by the medical service by a medical specialist in geriatrics and a nurse trained in gerontology and geriatrics. The doctor will monitor the apparition and / or aggravation of any geriatric syndromes already established by the specialty in geriatrics, namely, polypharmacy, delirium, dementia, depression, risk of falls, etc.. The nurse will monitor and follow up in four areas I. medical issues (pressure ulcers, infusion, mobility); II. Mental and emotional state and coping strategies with hospitalization; III. functionality, and IV. Atmosphere (A. Service status, architectural difficulties for mobility, bathing etc. B. Support Network, caregiver, and C. hardship)
- Change in hand grip strength (HS) as a physical performance test [ Time Frame: Basal and Six months ]A standardized technique and digital dynamometers (Exacta TM) wil lbe used, and the best result of two tests in the dominant hand will be used for analysis. No cut-off points will be applied; instead the variable will be assessed as a continuous one with kilograms as the units of measure.
- Evaluation of individual and institutional impact [ Time Frame: Six Months ]
Evaluate the impact of a scheme based on internal consultation geriatricians and home visiting nurses oriented elders 70 and over, in terms of individual outcomes and health services:
a. Individual Impacts:
a.1 Primary:
• Fragility
- Quantify hospital readmissions [ Time Frame: One Year ]Estimate the readmission to hospital adverse events in adults older than 70 years, underwent surgery and its comparison group from discharge from service
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|70 Years and older (Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults 70 and over.
- Both sexes
- Affiliation force in the IMSS
- Attending spontaneously or referred to the emergency department of hospitals in the study.
- Agree to participate in the study phase in observational or intervention by signed written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Adults 70 and older whose income is service by:
a. A very serious acute condition with imminent risk to life and requires immediate emergency care, cataloged by the Triage system marked by the IMSS as Red or (state the patient's functional impairment characterized by high and low, with imminent risk life or the integrity and function of some of their organs and requires immediate medical attention since his arrival to the emergency room) or require emergency care (patient condition characterized by acute and severe functional impairment, life-threatening or the integrity and function of some of their organs and requires medical attention within the next 10 minutes after arrival at the emergency department).
- An automobile accident
- Burn-grade II or III
- Partial or total unconsciousness
- Severe cognitive impairment
- Individuals who do not agree to participate in the study
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01706133
|XXI Century National Medical
|Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico, 06725
|Principal Investigator:
|Carmen García-Peña, PhD
|Epidemiological Research Unit and Health Services. XXI Century National Medical Center
|Study Chair:
|Sergio Sánchez García, PhD
|Epidemiological Research Unit and Health Services. XXI Century National Medical Center
|Study Chair:
|Teresa Juarez Cedillo, PhD
|Epidemiological Research Unit and Health Services. XXI Century National Medical Center
|Study Chair:
|Rogelio Moncada Tobias, Doctor
|Emergency Service. General Hospital Zone No.2
|Study Chair:
|Nubia Franco Alvarez, Doctor
|Internal Medicine. General Hospital Zone No. 2
|Study Chair:
|José García González, Master
|Department of Nephrology. Regional General Hospital No. 1
|Study Chair:
|Ulises Pérez Zepeda, Master
|Institute of Geriatrics
|Study Chair:
|Leslie Viridiana Robles Jiménez, Doctor
|National Institute of Psychiatry
|Responsible Party:
|Maria del Carmen Garcia-Pena, Head, Research Unit on Aging, Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01706133 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R-201 l-785-056
|First Posted:
|October 15, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 4, 2015
|Last Verified:
|February 2015
Frailty, emergency services, elderly
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Three-track 7" of The National Anthem of Elgaland-Vargaland #6
This 7� is the fourth in a series of vinyl acoustic versions of the National Anthems of Elgaland-Vargaland. See also the Mariachi version [Ash 7.2], the Klezmer and Afrobeat versions [Ash 7.4], and the Norwegian School Marching Band and Underwater versions [Ash 7.6] issued between 2007 – 2008 by Ash International.
These recordings were regally made during the unofficial inauguration of the KREV Ministry of Bankrupt Shopping Malls in Porto, Portugal, on October 10, 2008,
in the presence of the KREV Ambassadors Mike Harding and Heitor Alvelos.
Genuflections to the Future Places digital media festival, University of Porto Masters in Image Design and the University of Texas in Austin, and Transmedia Brussels.
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People often ask me how I do my work as a county supervisor. I answer that I build relationships. That is a simple question and answer, but it requires a more complex response than that.
Everyone has a different style of leadership. There are those in leadership positions who like to use their authority to bulldoze their way to solutions and those who prefer to build consensus before arriving at a solution.
I lean toward the latter style. Sometimes, though, I've learned that occasionally, people need a good kick in the pants.
But if a good relationship has been nurtured, that kick in the pants is often unnecessary.
A good example of relationship-building is the grant that Contra Costa County recently received from the federal Department of Justice to help in our efforts to reduce the impact of state inmates being returned to the county's supervision.
I find that the time spent developing good, respectful relationships with people is still the best way to get things done for the benefit of all. And nothing enhances a relationship more than face-to-face meetings with the people with whom you want to work.
Admittedly, it takes time, and the process may try one's patience, but in the long run, establishing and nurturing these relationships are worth it.
I'm pleased that Contra Costa County's efforts to help inmates redintegrate into our communities is being recognized and supported by the federal government through the Department of Justice's Second Chance Grant. The $750,000 is the largest amount allowed.
But, before receiving the award, a relationship had to be established.
Through my work with the justice committees of two important organizations, the county Supervisors Association of Calfornia (CSAC) and with the National Counties Organization (NaCO), I was able to establish contacts and secure meetings with Department of Justice officials.
In my Washington meetings with those DOJ officials earlier this year, they encouraged me to continue pushing for the Second Chance Grant even though an earlier effort failed to meet their requirements. I brought that message back to county staff, and they began the arduous process of applying for the grant by bringing all the county agencies, state and local offices and nonprofits to the table.
By combining our information and sharing our expertise, we were able to meet the stringent requirements and tight deadlines for this grant.
By having these meetings, establishing my credentials and bringing to their attention what the county faces with realignment, I was no longer just another faceless bureaucrat seeking a handout. We shared time together and found common ground. We shook hands.
As a result, on Aug. 28 I was informed by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer's office that the county was successful in winning the grant. The grant will allow the county to develop a pilot program to deal with the realignment initiative under AB109 that returns state prisoners and keeps low-level offenders under the county's supervision. The money will be used for a pilot project, collecting and evaluating data showing the effectiveness of the county's efforts.
Establishing a relationship between DOJ officials and the county was essential. The DOJ officials told me that they wanted to work with a California county because they knew about the historic shift in how the state is dealing with incarceration.
It takes a real coordinated effort at all levels of government — from the county, cities, state and federal representatives in partnership with a host of community-based organizations — to bring about this acknowledgment of the county's efforts to address our realignment needs.
I want to express my deep appreciation to everyone involved, especially Sen. Boxer, with whom I worked for many years on a variety of issues. She supported the county's effort and monitored our application through the DOJ. Other elected officials at state and federal levels joined in also.
The county plan provides for a network of resources for the formerly incarcerated so they can have a path out of the cycle of prison and recidivism. This will include education, job training, helping them find employment and housing, reuniting them with their families, treatment for their mental health and drug counseling.
The Second Chance Grant is in addition to the $19 million the county is receiving from the state to implement Contra Costa's realignment plan.
Through this grant and the funds from the state, Contra Costa's realignment planning, which is already under way, will help produce the data and results that we all want for a safer community by developing a process and services so that returning inmates can receive the help they need to reintegrate back into their communities.
Building relationships is not always the easiest path, but for me, it is the way I prefer to get things done. A smile and handshake can do wonders.
Glover represents District 5 on the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors.


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ROCKLEDGE, FL - Health First announced today that the Cancer Programs for its three hospitals - Cape Canaveral Hospital, Holmes Regional Medical Center, and Palm Bay Hospital - have earned the highest national Cancer Registry award from the statewide population-based cancer surveillance system - Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS).
The Jean Byers Memorial Award for Excellence in Cancer Registration honors Florida cancer registries that exhibit outstanding leadership and dedication to the field of cancer registration.
"A big part of what we do at Health First is focused on improving the health of everyone right here in Brevard County. As a long-standing, local member of the community, it's important that we help to keep track of what affects the health of our patients and neighbors," said Elliot Cohen, spokesman for Health First. "This award is just the latest example of how we're serving Brevard County in more ways than just treating the patients who walk in our doors."
The award is named for Jean Byers, who passed away in 1996 following a long career dedicated to promoting a healthier community through research and education in Florida.


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Fraunhofer (ITWM)
A simple transformation of the Equation of Motion (EoM) allows us to directly integrate nonlinear structural models into the recursive Multibody System (MBS) formalism of SIMPACK. This contribution describes how the integration is performed for a discrete Cosserat rod model which has been developed at the ITWM. As a practical example, the run-up of a simplified three-bladed wind turbine is studied where the dynamic deformations of the three blades are calculated by the Cosserat rod model.
In this paper, we present a viscoelastic rod model that is suitable for fast and accurate dynamic simulations. It is based on Cosserat's geometrically exact theory of rods and is able to represent extension, shearing ('stiff' dof), bending and torsion ('soft' dof). For inner dissipation, a consistent damping potential proposed by Antman is chosen. We parametrise the rotational dof by unit quaternions and directly use the quaternionic evolution differential equation for the discretisation of the Cosserat rod curvature. The discrete version of our rod model is obtained via a finite difference discretisation on a staggered grid. After an index reduction from three to zero, the right-hand side function f and the Jacobian \(\partial f/\partial(q, v, t)\) of the dynamical system \(\dot{q} = v, \dot{v} = f(q, v, t)\) is free of higher algebraic (e. g. root) or transcendental (e. g. trigonometric or exponential) functions and therefore cheap to evaluate. A comparison with Abaqus finite element results demonstrates the correct mechanical behavior of our discrete rod model. For the time integration of the system, we use well established stiff solvers like RADAU5 or DASPK. As our model yields computational times within milliseconds, it is suitable for interactive applications in 'virtual reality' as well as for multibody dynamics simulation.


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- Heavyweight
Klitschko is thinking of me, says Haye
David Haye believes he is the opponent Vitali Klitschko has in mind for his rumoured 'last big fight'.
Heavyweight Haye claimed there was an unofficial agreement between himself and Klitschko's agent that the winner of his 2012 fight with Dereck Chisora would then face the WBC champion.
While a fight contract has reportedly been agreed between the two it has not been signed off - but Haye, 32, believes the ink will be added.
Haye's desire to fight Klitschko is driven less by the prospect of a seven-figure payday and more by an ambition to secure another world title.
And despite the roadblocks preventing the fight from actually happening - the Briton's refusal to fight in the Ukraine and Klitschko's silence coupled with his political career - Haye still believes he will get his shot and that he will take it.
"There are a lot of talks from Germany that Vitali is not going to retire and that he's maybe going to have one last big fight," Haye told radio station talkSPORT.
"If he's going to have one last big fight - unless it's against his brother [Wladimir], which he said it isn't going to be - in my opinion I say that's going to be against myself. After my little scuffle with Chisora at the press conference, Vitali's agent said if I fight Chisora, the winner will fight Vitali.
"So I did that, I knocked him [Chisora] out and I did a lot better than Vitali did, I knocked him out in five rounds and Vitali beat him in 12 rounds on points. I'm looking at knocking out Vitali Klitschko and regaining the heavyweight championship of the world, that's the only thing on my mind."


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President Barack Obama's biracial identity has at various times presented political rivals with opportunities. Born to a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya, Obama has a "blackness" that some suspect political opponents of having emphasized to exploit negative associations. Hillary Clinton, as his chief opponent in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, was accused by political bloggers of artificially darkening Obama's picture in a television advertisement in an effort to win the Democratic Party's nomination, although the Clinton campaign strongly denied having done this.
But a recent study by Chicago Booth associate professor Eugene Caruso, with Nicole Mead of Tilburg University in the Netherlands and Emily Balcetis of New York University, shows that it may not be necessary to manipulate a candidate's physical appearance to try to sway voters. That's because voters themselves will tend to see a mixed-race candidate's skin color as lighter or darker depending on whether they think the candidate shares their political beliefs.
A person who belongs to a group tends to evaluate its other members favorably, especially when the person in question identifies strongly with that group. A political party is an example of one such group, and an affiliation with a party influences how party members react toward candidates who share, or do not share, their political beliefs. Political partisanship can even shape how people see a biracial candidate's skin tone, their views likely reflecting society's long history of associating the color white with good and black with bad.
In the first experiment conducted for the study, participants were asked to assess an unknown male biracial candidate for a government position. The researchers gathered multiple photos of the candidate and created lighter and darker versions of each photo. In some, the candidate's skin tone appeared lighter than in the original, and in others it appeared darker. Participants were led to believe that the candidate either did or did not support their views. They were then shown lightened, darkened, and unaltered images of the candidate, and they were asked to rate how well each of the photos represented him.
Participants who generally agreed with the candidate's political views consistently rated the lightened photos as the ones that best represented him. By contrast, participants who disagreed with his views reported that the darkened images were most representative of him. Moreover, those who said the lighter-skinned images were most representative were more likely to say they would vote for the candidate.
Skin Tone and Voting
Even a well-known politician such as Barack Obama, whose face and image is recognized globally, can appear slightly different in the eyes of people who have differing political beliefs. In the study's second experiment, corresponding with the 2008 presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain, Caruso, Mead, and Balcetis devised a similar scenario, but used photos of Obama rather than of an unknown candidate.
The researchers found that liberal-minded students were more likely to pick lightened images of Obama as most representative of him, while conservative-leaning students were more likely to say darkened photos looked most like Obama. For comparison, researchers ran the same experiment using lightened and darkened photos of McCain, Obama's 2008 conservative rival. Because there is no ambiguity about McCain's racial background, the researchers did not expect—nor did they find—any relationship between students' political orientations and their perceptions of McCain's skin tone.
Moreover, Caruso, Mead, and Balcetis found that the more participants believed that a lighter-skinned photo was representative of Obama, the more likely those participants were to say they intended to vote for him. Some participants leaned right while others leaned left, but the researchers found that even after taking participants' political beliefs into account, participants' preference for a lighter-skinned image of Obama continued to be a significant indicator of their intended vote.
"It's somewhat surprising that a subtle difference in the perception of skin tone is related to such an important decision like who to vote for in the presidential election," says Caruso.
The Role of Prejudice
It would be possible for the results of this study to be driven by a strong bias against individuals with dark skin, including black people. Participants who are prejudiced against blacks would likely find the darkened images to be most representative of candidates they dislike. Those participants would also be unlikely to vote for biracial candidates they perceive as black.
To control for such racial attitudes, Caruso, Mead, and Balcetis asked the students who participated in the study's third and final experiment to complete two previously-designed tasks that measure implicit and explicit prejudice. The first task, known as the Black- White Implicit Association Test, measures whether and how much students associate blacks with negative concepts and whites with positive concepts. The second task, the Attitudes Toward Blacks Scale, measures how respondents feel about statements such as, "Generally, blacks are not as smart as whites." Students filled out these surveys a week before the 2008 presidential elections and at the same time they rated Obama's photos. Immediately after the elections, the students reported who they voted for.
Participants who had reported that a lightened photo of Obama was most representative of him were more likely to report that they had voted for Obama in the election, while participants who had said a darkened photo looked most like Obama were more likely to have voted for McCain. Even after taking racial attitudes into account, the results persisted—regardless of a participant's racial bias, the preference for a lighter skinned Obama led to a stronger tendency to vote for him.
As for prejudice, the researchers found a statistically significant relationship between the Implicit Association Test and the photo ratings for conservatives, which suggests that the more the conservative participants associated blacks with unpleasant concepts, the more likely they were to rate darker photographs as more representative of Obama. However, liberals who displayed similar racial prejudice did not view the darkened photos in the same way. This result suggests that the conservatives' racial bias reinforced their negative attitude towards Obama's political beliefs and led them to consistently choose the darkened photos. By contrast, the liberals' preference for Obama's political views may have overridden their racial bias and led them to choose the lightened photos.
How a person sees a biracial candidate's skin tone may also depend on the color of the beholder's skin. Most of the students who participated in this study were white, and initial results from follow-up studies with black participants show slightly different results. Caruso and his colleagues find that black and white participants react similarly in the studies when the political system is seen as unstable, which is often the case during elections. However, when the political system is seen as stable, they find the relationship between political views and skin tone is reversed for black participants: they will tend to see candidates with whom they agree as darker instead of lighter.


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GEOslant with Sarvia Jasso, Aki Sasamoto & Kathryn Garcia:
Individuality, Jean Genet, Mosquitoes & High Heels
Aki Sasamoto, performance still from Skewed Lies, 2010; photo: Arturo Vidich, Courtesy of the artist.
We first met Aki Sasamoto at MoMa/PS1 while she was participating in Greater NY in 2010. Pipes and mosquito nets traversed the dusty, cavernous boiling room that she had chosen as the site for her installation and performances during the exhibition. It has been a few years since then and we have spent time together in NY, Miami and Mexico City, talking about underground culture, performance art, sexuality, boxing, basketball and of course mosquitoes. The summer was busy for Aki, who participated in the Gwangju Bienniale and also mounted a solo exhibition in Japan. Back in NY Aki is getting ready to present a new theater piece, Centripetal Run, at The Chocolate Factory in November.
Kathryn Garcia: Can you talk about Jean Genet and Mosquitoes, what is their relationship?
Aki Sasamoto: I hate a mosquito more than the horse whose tail once hit my face big time. I despise the petty scale of its sneaky attack; body size, noise level, amount of sucking up, persistent but nonfatal itchiness from its little poison, all seem petty but never grand. In A Thief's Journal, Genet talks about the difference between a noble criminal and a petty criminal. I was moved by the pursuit of elegance within the ever-questionable moral spectrum. I wanted to say to mosquitoes, "If you commit an attack, do it with pride." At the time I happened to pick up this book, I was cooking up an idea for an art work to explore ways to expunge people who act like mosquitoes in my life. Genet described some criminals with mosquito netting around their heads in the book's first pages. The context was somewhat random and not related to my desire to kill mosquitoes, but I took this appearance of the keyword, mosquito, as a serious and personal coincidence. I ended up featuring a room-dividing fence made of mosquito net in Skewed Lies (2010), advocating for putting up the nets in order to ignore petty criminals instead of pulling my hair out trying to kill them.
KG: Interesting, honorable deviance. You've mentioned to me before that while growing up in Japan you frequented underground nightclubs; how do you think your experience with clandestine subcultures in Japan informs your perspective or your work? Or does it?
AS: I liked watching businessmen in suits going into a tiny basement locker room off the busiest Tokyo street, only to come out in a most modest drag. I found it elegant that he had two lives and he was not loud about his sexual hopscotch. Being gay was not illegal like the time of Genet, but it felt stigmatized. As a teenager I liked talking to people in the basements who were hungry for a sense of social taboo and who had a big question mark about sexuality. I was especially curious how some frequently crossed this taboo quietly and in secrecy. It's possible this youthful research informed the way I like to have multiple possibilities now, both in sexuality (using both masculinity and femininity) and in artistic medium (moving, making objects, drawing...). Wait a minute, do I sound sneaky? I hate mosquitoes...So I should raise my voice here; I LOVE DOING ALL.
Sarvia Jasso: Two lives, multiple possibilities, masculine and feminine--can you talk about these ideas in relation to sexuality and how they influence your work?
AS: The body is involved and affected, but sexuality for me is largely mental. I went through different periods, a consecutive five to six years devoted to each, believing I was bisexual, asexual, lesbian. Lately I am thinking I may be a heterosexual middle-aged man in a woman's body (half-joking, half-serious). Although it is more convenient for me to say I am open, I would rather have a list of what I have been and can be, because I enjoy the problematic boundaries of those categories so much. Setting up imaginary types and exposing my curiosity to travel among them is what I like to do. I do not explicitly talk about sexuality in my work but the polarity often appears as key concept in many of my works. I imagine my comfortable confusion in sexuality is a role model when I work with other dichotomized categories, such as underground-aboveground, art-nonart, object-body, and of course masculine-feminine. Ultimately I do not believe in the rigidity of these categories, so I take the liberty and enjoy setting them up in my mind, only to focus on fighting, merging, confusing those things. [To Kathryn] How do you see your work in relation to your sexuality or sexual history? Is there a relationship?
KG: I think my earlier work was in a way about the dissolution of binaries relating to gender, and now it's becoming more about the fusion of opposites or becoming an androgynous whole. To reach a state where binaries are no longer in contention with each other, but complement one another. History plays into it but more reflexively, like an instinct propels me towards reaching this state, and looking back validates the drive. Like, oh yeah Weimar era Berlin was polysexual or Diaghelev's ballet was about androgyny, and then I read a quote from Jean Cocteau's journals where he writes: "Joan of Arc is my favorite writer. No one expresses himself more clearly than she does, in both form and content," and I feel validated, inspired.
AS: A nice sentence indeed. Kathy's transition sounds like a healthy sportsmanship. Combatting gets resolved in merging; I'm thinking of the picture of Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield partying together, embracing their friendship. Now that I'm recalling how you mix up binaries recently, I want to rephrase "comfortable confusion" to "playful confusion" of sexuality. After the phase of being sensitive to the icons (I am guessing your drawing hands specialize in recognizing those?), I felt a need to decide whether to pick a certain perspective or to laugh them all off. Hence I go for comedy. It's the sense of fun that I am attracted to.
KG: I feel on a certain level as I draw I am looking at a mirror of my interior world.
SJ: My own ideas of gender and sexuality definitely influence my curatorial work. I am interested in artists who are unconventional in some way or another, particularly how they challenge binaries and other cultural norms. I do believe that we are oftentimes "performing" our sexuality and gender, so why not have fun with it and explore. The Swiss artist Manon comes to mind–-she was taking photos of herself in different guises in the 1970s—and she received a lot of antagonism from other feminist artists because she was a beautiful woman and they thought she was only objectifying herself. So even though they were fighting for the same thing using a different visual language, institutionalized feminism was telling women what they could and could not do, how they should and should not look. Of course the movement fizzled out because of these clashes, among other internal conflicts, and the way I see it individuality prevailed. As young artists, do you feel that you are part of a community or many communities?
AS: I agree that we are often "performing" our sexuality and the important thing about my queer exploration has been its "-ing" ness. (This doesn't mean I am a slut, by the way, in fact I rarely move, but the mental discussion is alert.) Once static, a performance freezes up under institutionalized feminism and starts to grow a hump at its back, called not-performed reality. As a performance artist, I sometimes get lost as a "performed" self feels closer to reality, or I am "performing" my daily life. I love this confusion. This only falls onto me when I perform a lot. It's about constantly moving. So I like to make friends with many people with different perspectives but would rather not stay in a community.
KG: I don't know if I feel a part of a community per se, I think I have certain groups of friends or collaborators who I feel very close to because of shared interests or visions that overlap, and a resulting kinship.
Kathryn Garcia, Carla's getting married, 2011; Courtesy of the artist.
AS: What do you think about the serious/hilarious spectrum? How do you use each? I am asking because I feel like I can laugh about myself all I want, but not others. Especially so in sexuality.
KG: I think the ability to laugh at oneself is important and healthy for the ego. In a way it relates to what you said about Tyson and Holyfield, it's like no matter who your opponent is in reality it is only yourself—you compete against your best and worst. Maybe that's why they could hang out together, I want to hang out happily with my shadow, that's my goal. I do use humor in my work—Carla for instance, her character is ridiculous, a blob in heels who's getting married. I drew her when gay marriage was legalized in NY, to parody the idea of "normal." When I think of serious/hilarious I think of John Waters or Pedro Almodovar and how they both make challenging, transgressive films that are also completely over the top. To me they embody that balance.
SJ: Great examples. I think you both also manage to walk that fine line in your work, fusing high and low, serious and hilarious. And while the end-result is very different it seems like you both are invested in challenging the (art) establishment, as well as prescribed notions of sexuality and gender. And for me, and many others like you too, these are the kinds of friends that I'd like to conspire with.
Aki Sasamoto - Centripetal Run at The Chocolate Factory in LIC from Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2012.
—Kathryn Garcia, Sarvia Jasso, Aki Sasamoto
(Image on top: Aki Sasamoto, Skewed Lies, 2010; Courtesy of the artist)
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Bike Touring – it's cheap, healthy and always an adventure. So, how do you prepare?
By Erik Neumann
Bike touring is hands-down, one of the greatest ways to travel. On a bicycle you can cover large distances in a single day, but travel slowly enough to take in the breathtaking scenery around you. It's cheap, healthy and always an adventure. So, how do you prepare?
1. Planning & Prep
Consult guidebooks and map publishers to help you find a destination. Check out the Adventure Cycling Association and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy for cycling maps and routes in the United States. For a DIY tour, you need look only as far as city and forest service maps for adventurous wayfinding. Regardless of what resources you use, be sure to check their publication date. Old websites or books can be frustratingly out-of-date, and can mean arriving at non-existent campgrounds or re-routed roads.
2. Soak in the Sunshine
Aim for warm weather. This may seem obvious, but here's why: Riding within the optimal 60-80 degree Fahrenheit range (15-27 degrees Celsius) means you'll be carrying less clothing to combat cold weather and less water than you'd need in very hot temperatures or during the height of summer. This temperature window varies between regions, so look up seasonal averages for the areas where you'll be riding. Traveling in the summertime means more hours of daylight, an important point in order to avoid watching the sun go down at 4 p.m. on a brisk October day when you still have 20 miles (32 kilometers) left to get to camp.
3. Shake it Down
A shake-down ride is great if you don't have much time to train. A good shake-down ride should be comparable in distance to your
first day on the road, with your full complement of gear, supplies and bike set up. Not only will you have a gauge for how many miles you can expect to ride at the beginning while fully loaded, you can also test your gear to make sure everything works well and is compatible. Getting your bike fixed pre-trip is easier than when you're on the road or in a foreign place.
4. Pack on the Layers
Dressing in layers (rather than one all-
purpose garment) means having numerous clothing combinations. A set of general riding clothes, a rain shell and long-underwear provide many combinations and can stand up to different weather conditions.
5. Ship Excess Home
No matter how well you plan, there will come
a point when you'll realize you have gear you wish you didn't bring. Thankfully, post offices can be found in even the smallest towns. So when you can no longer stand trying to repack your coffee cone/ 800-page hardcover novel/ ukulele thingamajig, do yourself a favor and ship it home.
6. Plan in Some Buffer Days
On any bike tour you should assume that you'll discover some incredible places that require more exploring. You'll likely stumble upon cool secluded towns, meet people to do a side trip with or just need some time out of the saddle. Creating a buffer of a few extra days will make a trip much more enjoyable and relaxed. Mechanical breakdowns and inclement weather can also be huge impediments to a too-closely timed schedule. Extra time is without a doubt one of the most important ingredients for a good tour.
7. Welcome Home
Lastly, planning your riding direction is a fun element of any bike tour. Consider making where you live the final destination of your trip. Riding home creates a motivating goal and eliminates transportation logistics, such as bike boxes, trains, buses and airplanes. Plus, there's a special triumph that comes with rolling up to your house on your trusty steed after miles on the road.
What to Bring:
+ Sturdy steel bicycle frame with comfortable posture
+ Minimum 16-gear drivetrain
+ Long-distance touring saddle
+ Sturdy, comfortable riding shoes
+ Riding gloves
+ Small bag to carry personal items when off your bike
+ Thick-tired wheels – 32-milimeter tire width is capable of handling most touring surfaces
+ Padded riding shorts – can mean the difference between being able to comfortably ride all day and having to quit early
+ Headlight or flashlight (in addition to bicycle lights)
+ Bandana(s)
+ Bungee cord or parachute cord (25-feet-long)
+ Guidebook or maps
Luxury Items
+ Handlebar bag
+ Bicycle computer
+ Stuff sacks to organize gear inside panniers
+ Flip-flop sandals
+ Insulated mug for hot drinks
What to Know:
+ Warm showers: Web-based lodging for cycle tourists,
+ Adventure Cycling Association: Maps and info galore, adventurecycling.org
+ Rails-to-Trails Conservancy: Rail trail routes throughout America, railstotrails.org
+ Mountaineers Books: North America and international bicycling destinations, mountaineersbooks.org
+ Bed, Breakfast and Biking: North American guide to bed and breakfasts along many established bike routes, bbbiking.com
Inspiring Blogs and Books
+ Travelling Two: Helpful bike touring advice from a Canadian couple who rode around the world, travellingtwo.com
+ Crazy Guy on a Bike: Entries from many cyclists on destinations, gear lists and bicycle types, crazyguyonabike.com
+ Bike 49: Cycling the 49 continental United States, bike49.org
+ Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy
+ Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure by Barbara Savage
I use a ten litre dry bag to carry my rolled-up thermarest. It fits perfectly and in the event of an absolute downpour I can sacrifice the thermarest to the elements and put any electronics, ID etc in the dry bag for safekeeping. Also, a frisbee can double as a great dinner plate/campsite new acquaintance attractor.
A few thoughts:
Have a plan for storing food and anything with an odor (i.e. deodorant, toothpaste.). The racoons killed me on my last adventure. A small bear bag is not a bad idea.
Don't depend on your phone for anything. I was without service for the entire length of my last run.
Have a plan but be prepared to embrace the inevitable twist in the road.
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Types of Projects
These are examples of some of the types of projects that CWSP grants fund. Many of our projects fit into multiple categories.
Education is a part of every CWSP project. CWSP connects community groups with resources to develop educational events or programs about Portland's watersheds and natural areas. Innovative workshops, curricula, videos, creative writing, art projects, special events, interpretive signs and data collection for watershed projects are essential to creating a community of watershed stewards.
- Franklin High School Nature Trail
- Franciscan Montessori Earth School Window onto Wetlands
- IRCO Gilbert Park
Pavement Removal and Urban Restoration
Removing concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces allows stormwater to infiltrate into the soil, reducing flooding and sewer overflows and increasing the steady flow of cool ground water into streams during warm, dry periods. Depaved sites are converted into community gardens or stormwater management facilities.
- King Neighborhood Association "Green King"
- Beach School Stormwater Gardens
- St.Francis Catholic School Courtyard
Rain Gardens and Stormwater Management
On-site stormwater management using green infrastructure is vital to Portland's watershed health. These projects on developed sites include anything from swales and disconnected downspouts to pervious pavers.
- Tabor Commons Stormwater Shelter
- Bridger Water Garden Downspout Disconnection
- Heart of Wisdom Rain Garden
Natural Area Restoration
Removing invasive plants and restoring native plants improves wildlife habitat and maintains natural food webs. Participants in natural area restoration projects learn about watershed health and discover places to enjoy nature.
- Tryon Creek Watershed Restoration Mentors
- Friends of Tideman-Johnson
- Friends of Crystal Springs
Community Gardens
Creating community gardens can involve pavement removal, soil improvements, erosion control, and invasive plant removal. Community gardens can include edible native plant areas, native plant areas for pollinators, rain gardens, fruit and nut trees and can provide watershed education opportunities.
- Metropolitan Family Services, David Douglas High School Community Garden
- Glenfair Church, Glenfair Community Garden
- Muslim Community Center of Portland, Seeds of Understanding
Cleanup Projects
Removing trash from natural areas and waterways benefits local wildlife and water quality, and transforms neglected places into community assets.
- Our Happy Block Watershed Project
These vegetated roof systems replace conventional roofs. Ecoroofs collect, filter and evaporate rainfall to reduce stormwater runoff while improving urban heat island effects and providing habitat.
- Groundwork Portland Green Teams
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Lanzarote, the island shaped by Manrique
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César Manrique's Jameos del Agua, Lanzarote
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Mirador del Rio, Lanzarote
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Cactus Garden, Lanzarote
César Manrique created art from and with the local landscape, in a perfect symbiosis and equilibrium with the natural environment. He was unique in his ability to interpret the beauty and value of the space around him, and use it to express his brilliant imagination. His legacy can be found all over Spain and his fame is international, but Lanzarote, the island where he was born, is where the relationship between his art and the landscape reached his apogee - in fact, some say Manrique's greatest work of art is Lanzarote.
Lanzarote cannot be conceived without the contribution of César Manrique. The artist was fascinated by Lanzarote's unique volcanic landscape. While others saw it as a desert, arid and inhospitable, for him that volcanic nature was a synonym of beauty, and he created his work with respect, admiration and gratitude for his native environment.
How can his work be defined? It is difficult to answer that question, and even harder to slot Manrique's work into other artistic currents and techniques. Although he defined himself as a painter, it is true he was also a sculptor, architect, town planner, landscaper, ecologist and a monument curator. Manrique was all these things and this is what his work reveals.
His first and perhaps most spectacular work in Lanzarote was the Jameos del Agua cave, where he created a natural auditorium, perfectly integrated in a space shaped at random by volcanic activity. The space is universally admired for its beauty and contrasts of light and colour. This work is an excellent example of a constant theme in Manrique's art: creating spaces where the human contribution is harmoniously integrated with the natural environment, enhancing its beauty and qualities.
The Río viewing point is another of his projects in Lanzarote, skilfully integrated into the cliffs on the north of the island. From here you can see one of the most spectacular views of Lanzarote: the Chinijo Archipelago and Risco de Famara Natural Park. His own home in Taro de Tahíche is perhaps the work which best represents Manrique's personal and artistic ideals: it expresses his fascination with volcanic rock, and is an exceptional example of a home integrated in nature, a bubble in the middle of a river of blue-black lava.
At present, it is the headquarters of the César Manrique Foundation, set up in 1992 to research and disseminate Manrique's work, and to promote artistic and cultural activity that encourages respect for the environment. The building was constructed in 1968 on a lava outflow and takes advantage, on the lower level, of the natural formation of five volcanic bubbles to create a surprising liveable space; the upper level and exterior of the house are inspired by traditional island architecture.
His Monument to Farm Workers and his Cactus Garden are among other works that can be visited on Lanzarote. Manrique also left a major legacy off the island. Highlights of his spatial work include the spectacular viewing point of La Peña (El Hierro), the Palmarejo viewing point (La Gomera), the Costa Martiánez Complex and Playa Jardín (Tenerife), La Vaguada Shopping Centre (Madrid) and the large Mediterranean Maritime Park (Ceuta). All are public spaces, works of architecture and town planning, although he was always criticised for not having the engineering training expected of architects. Manrique never denied this criticism, merely stating he was an artist and expressed himself at all times with the media he believed appropriate. In any case, it is true that all these works are truly unique creations, where the environment is the protagonist.
In short, for César Manrique nature was not only the main reference point for his artistic creation but also for his life. He did not create in nature but rather with it, and his relationship with the landscape was not simply aesthetic but also a truly exemplary commitment to defending the environment. There is no other Spanish artist whose work is so intimately linked with nature.
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MERRITT ISLAND, Fla., July 21 (UPI) -- A building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where Apollo astronauts once trained, was named in honor of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
Armstrong passed away two years ago, but friends, family and surviving Apollo 11 crew mates gathered Monday in Florida to pay tribute at the naming ceremony.
"He would not have sought this honor, that was not his style," said Michael Collins, a fellow astronaut who orbited the moon as Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on its cratered surface in 1969. "But I think he would be proud to have his name so closely associated with this, the heart and the soul of the space business."
The building -- where NASA continues to carry out testing and training activities as pay of the agency's Orion mission -- will from now on be known as the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. During Armstrong's time with NASA, the building was used to service the Apollo spacecrafts and prepare them for launch.
The words offered by Jim Lovell, the backup commander for Apollo 11, echoed the sentiments of Collins.
"Neil never capitalized on his celebrity," Lovell said. "He always felt that he was part of a team of thousands of people working together to honor President Kennedy's commitment. So I also think it's very fitting that this Operations and Checkout building be named in the honor of Neil Armstrong."


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There's going to be a Shannara TV series. (Hooray!) And it's going to be on MTV, which is... interesting. And with Iron Man's Jon Favreau directing. Can Favreau really recreate our epic-fantasy dreams on basic cable?
Top image: Cover art by Keith Parkinson.
Deadline broke the news that Terry Brooks' classic book series will be coming to television, with Favreau directing the pilot. Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar are on board to write. And all of a sudden, it all makes sense. This kind of talent paired with MTV paints a very colorful, and probably fairly fun, take on the Shannara series. And that works. We're picturing something almost akin to the Hercules/Xena series of the 90s — only with more robes and elves.
The books, by Terry Brooks are set in the Four Lands — which is actually Earth hundreds of years into the future, after a nuclear war has wiped out most of the planet. The survivors have reverted back to a feudal system, and magic has replaced science. This is absolutely the most ambitious thing we've ever seen MTV take on, but it kind of plays to their demographic. Think Tolkien, only with more hot guys. What do you think?


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Let P be a convex polygon with area A(P), and to each side of P, attach the largest area triangle possible that lies entirely within P. Must the sum S(P) of the areas of these triangles always satisfy $S(P) \geq 2A(P)$? If P is a rectangle, then $S(P) = 2A(P)$.
Supposing this is true, is there a lower bound with some parameter that would detect, for instance, that for P a triangle, $S(P) = 3A(P)$?
A friend mentioned this question to me several months ago, and it has been bothering me (and several other people) since. I've heard claims of a Fourier-analytic proof, so I believe it isn't open. On the other hand, it sounds like a problem from an IMO or Putnam competition, and it feels like it ought to have a clean solution.


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Legendary Entertainment, the Hollywood studio behind "The Hangover" franchise, is teaming with state-owned China Film Group to make more global blockbusters as it advances a delayed expansion in the rapidly growing Chinese movie market.
Their deal is the latest example of growing collaboration between entertainment companies in the world's two biggest movie markets.
Legendary, which also made "Inception" and "The Dark Knight," said its Chinese venture, Legendary East, signed an agreement with the Chinese company's unit, China Film Co., on Thursday in Beijing. The deal calls for the companies to fund development and production of multiple films over three years.
Their first collaborations will be announced in the coming months. Legendary said each is planned as a US-China co-production. That means they can get around China's import restrictions that limit the number of foreign movies shown on the country's 12,000 screens to 34 each year.
The companies said they plan to produce movies for global audiences that will be "tentpole-scale" — in other words, the big-budget, highly promoted productions that earn enough box-office revenue to support the whole studio, in the same way that a tentpole holds up a tent.
No specific details were released.
In a statement, China Film Co. Chairman Han Sanping said the partnership will allow the companies to "make films that are more appealing to filmgoers, creating new genres that, through the magic of film, bring greater variety to audiences around the world."
Faced with stagnant box-office growth at home, Hollywood studios are keen to break into China, now the world's second-biggest film market. Box-office receipts in China totaled $2.7 billion last year and pushed the country's movie market past previous second-biggest, Japan, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
Legendary East was set up in 2011 with the aim of making one or two "major, event-style films" starting in 2013. But the company had remained quiet since then and a plan to raise $220.5 through a deal with a Hong Kong construction company was scuppered by rocky financial markets.