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Feel free to post any questions that you think ought to be added to the list (even if you don't know the answer). Check the FAQ regulary as I will be updating stuff whenever possible. Credits also go to Benmcl and NextDesign who have both helped me to improve this thread and provided me with new questions and answers.
Cheers Folks!
Count Zero
Last Update: 20 Dec 2008
1. How do I add to and subtract from a selection of multiple objects/object-components?
• Holding down CTRL while selecting will subtract from the current selection
• Holding down CTRL + SHIFT while selecting will add to the current selection.
• Holding down SHIFT while selecting adds and subtracts to the selection depending on what you select. Formerly unselected items become selected and formerly selected items become unselected. Sounds confusing, but makes a lot of sense actually.
2. How do I snap using hotkeys?
The hotkeys for snapping are as follows:
Snapping to the grid = x
Snapping to curves = c
Snapping to points = v
In order to make the snap work correctly you have to press and hold the hotkey and middle mouse drag over the target. Don't just middle mouse click, you have to make at least a slight movement for the snap to work.
3. How do I snap align in two axes?
I'm sorry to tell you, but you can't. You can either snap align in one axis or all three axes at once. To snap in one axis make sure that the movement is constrained to either X, Y or Z by clicking on the manipulator (if the arrow turns yellow it is then constrained to that axis). Maya snaps to all three axes by default (even if you constrain the movement to two axes).
4. How do I constrain the movement to two axes?
• If you CTRL + Left Click on a single axis you will remove it from the Global Movement. If you look closely at the Move Manipulator you can see that the plane in the center is now pointing into the constrained axis (instead of pointing to the camera).
• Switch to an orthographic view and your movement will automatically be constrained to two axes (according to the view you have chosen).
Side View: ZY Constraint
Front View: XY Constraint
Top View: XZ Constraint
5. My snap Align doesn't work anymore, how do I fix it?
Double Click on the Move Tool to open up its options in the Attribute Editor.
• Check to see if the Move Tool is in World Mode.
• Make sure that Keep Component Spacing is set to off.
6. My Input Nodes have become Output Nodes and I can't delete them!
I'm still not sure why this happens. I continue to call this a bug until someone tells me otherwise. I have noticed that this happens mostly when working with Subdiv Proxy. The easiest way to get rid of this problem is by duplicating the object and deleting the original.
7. Help, I can't see my objects anymore!
• Select the mesh from the outliner and hit F in the viewport.
• Increase your Far clip plane for your Perspective camera in the attribute editor to a ridiculous amount (like 1,000,000).]
8. Max has spinners for all its attributes, why does Maya not?
Maya has them, too, but they are sort of hidden (They are called Channel Sliders by the way). Click on any keyable attribute in the channelbox and middle mouse drag in the viewport.
9. How do I use spinners in the attribute editor?
You may have noticed that you can't middle mouse drag numerical values inside the attribute editor. You need to hold down CTRL and left mouse drag inside the attribute editor in order to spin attributes.
10. The spinner moves way too fast, how can I reduce the speed of the channel slider?
In the channel box on the top right corner click on the small Move manipulator icon twice in order to switch it to "Channel Slider". Now click on the icon right next to it to change the channel slider speed. Click several times to chose between slow / medium / fast channel slide controls. Another trick to control the channel slider speed is to use CTRL and SHIFT. Hold down CTRL while mouse dragging and the channel slider will slow down. Hold down SHIFT instead, and the channel slider will speed up tremendously.
11. How can I select object components from multiple objects?
• Right click over every object that you want to use for your selection and chose the corresponding selection mask (e.g. Vertices, Faces etc.). You can now shift select to add to the selection but you have to drag over each object separately (You can't just drag over all objects at once).
• Very annoying you say? I agree. Here is an easier method: Group all the objects and switch to the desired component mode. Don't forget to Ungroup when you're done
• Hold down ALT+Q and left mouse button. Choose any component mode from the marking menu, drag over a selection of objects and transform away!
12. Maya always selects through the backside of the object, can I turn that off?
The following only applies to Polygon Objects.
Select the object and press CTRL+A to switch to the attribute editor. In the shape node under Mesh Component Display turn on Backface Culling. You can choose between Wire, Hard and Full Display. This is a pure aesthetic choice as it only changes they way Maya displays your Poly Object.
If you want to affect all objects in your scene at once you can go to Display->Polygons->Backface Culling (Make sure that "Limit to Selected" is set to Off).
13. How can I use angle snaps for my rotation tool?
Double click on your rotation tool to open up its options in the attribute editor. Turn on snap rotate. Under step size you can change in the increments for the snap rotate.
14. How do I change the size of my manipulator? !
Use the '+' and '-' Key on your Numkey Pad to increase / decrease the size of your manipulator.
15. I want to use the selection mask menu but when I right click a Menu comes up that says Complete Tool and Select All?!
It happens when you right click in empty 3d space. Make sure that your mouse cursor is over an object when right clicking. In case you are wondering what "Complete Tool" does, it finishes the operation of your current tool. It is the equivalent to pressing Enter and yes, it is pretty useless.
16. I have heard that Maya has hidden Marking Menus. Where do I find them?
Who told you that?
17. Where is the "Polygon" and "Edit Polygons" Pulldown Menu?
These Menus have been renamed to "Mesh" and "Edit Mesh" in Version 8. A few other items have been re-arranged, too and the Nurbs and Subdivsion Surfaces now have their own category.
18. How can I select faces by just clicking on the face and not the center point?
Go to Window-> Setting/Preferences->Preferences and under Settings->Selection change "Polygon Selection" from "center" to "whole face".
19. How can I force Maya to keep the selection locked on a single object?
By default you can switch to different objects while working in component mode, which can cause you to accidently change your selection. If you want to lock your selection then go to the status bar and look for a green icon that says "Highlight Selection mode". Click on it and a red cross appears on the icon causing your selection to be locked on the current selected object. Now you can't accidently select other objects until you press the button again or right click and choose "Object Mode". Just like in Max.
Here is the MEL command that will toggle the button:
20. I am using tool x and Maya won't let me do anything else anymore!Code:toggleHighlightSelectIcon;
You need to exit the tool; do one of the following:
- Hit 'Enter'
- Switch to a Transformation tool by hitting either 'Q', 'W', 'E', or 'R'
- Right mouse button click in empty space and choose "Exit Tool" from the marking menu
21. Why can't I export to the .obj format?
Make sure that under Window->Setting/Preferences->Plug In Manager you have the "objExport.mml" loaded. Once it is loaded you should have the option to export to .obj under File->Export All / Export Selection.
If you are using the Maya PLE version then you can't export to .obj.
22. How do I export Maya files to the Unreal Editor?
Get this plug-in:
Here is information on how to use it:
23. Why does copy paste not work in the channel box?
You need to keyframe the channels first before you can transfer them to other objects.
24. How do I change the application directory for Maya?
You need to define an environment variable called MAYA_APP_DIR. This variable CANNOT be defined in the maya.env file. Instead you will need to set this variable from the operating system as follows:
o Right click on my Computer and choose "Properties"
o Go to the Advanced Tab and choose "Environment Variables"
o Under "System Variables" click on New
o For Variable Name enter " MAYA_APP_DIR"
o For Variable Value enter the new path for the application directory (e.g. c:\Maya)
1. How do I navigate using the mouse?
If you don't know this, it means you have not bothered to watch the Essential Videos that come with every fresh Maya installment. Shame on you! Anyway, here are the shortcuts anyway:
Zoom in/out: ALT + LMB + RMB or ALT + RMB or Mouse Wheel
Pan view: ALT + MMB
Roll view: ALT + LMB
2. How do I quickly navigate between different viewports?
- Quickly press the spacebar to jump into four panel view (or whatever panel you have currently active). Move the move cursor over another panel and tab spacebar again.
- Hold down spacebar, then hold down the left mouse button (don't move the cursor away from the hotbox center), and from the marking menu switch to any desired view. Memorize the view panel positions and practice quicker access; you will eventually be faster than the menu takes up to appear on your screen.
- For pre Maya 2008 users: Under your view panel bar go to View->Camera Settings->View Compass. Click on the compass axis on the upper right corner of your panel view to switch views.
- For Maya 2008 users: Under Window-> Setting/Preferences->Preferences under the Viewcube tab active "Show the ViewCube". You can now switch your views by clicking on the viewcube on the upper right corner of your panel view. Note that the viewcube will never switch a perspective camera to an orthographic camera (or vice versa) as opposed to the Compass in previous Maya versions.
3. How do I frame the viewport on all objects in my scene?
• Method 1: Press the 'a' button (Press Shift+A to frame in all viewports)
• Method 2: Edit->Select All and hit 'f' to frame the view
4. How do I frame the view on a single object in my scene?
Select one or multiple objects and hit the "f' key.
5. How do I reset the center of interest for my current camera?
• In your viewport panel menu bar under View->Predefined Bookmarks you can find all the default camera positions
• If your center of interest is off tilt while you tumble your camera, you'll need to do the following: Go to View->Select Camera, hit CTRL+A to open up the attribute editor, go to the transform node tab (e.g. "persp"), expand "Pivots->Local Space" and zero out your Local Rotate Pivot inputs.
1. Where can I find reference for Modeling?
Read this
2. My objects disappear when I apply a Boolean, why?
Something is wrong with the Geometry of one or both of the objects. Use Mesh->Cleanup on both objects. You can find more information on Booleans in this thread:
3. I always have to draw my primitive out on the screen. Before Maya 8 I didn't have to do this – How do I turn it back?
Turn off "Interactive Creation" under Create->Nurbs Primitives for Nurbs and under Create->Polygon Primitives for Polygons.
4. How do I constrain my scale in two axes?
Click on the axis that you want to exclude from your scale so the box turns yellow. Hold down CTRL and begin to drag the axis with the mouse. This might seem a bit odd because you are dragging the axis that you don't want to use, but it works.
5. How do I change the position of my pivot point?
Hit the insert button and move the pivot wherever you like.
6. I have a Mac, where do I find the insert key?
• Press the 'd' key instead.
• Press the 'Home' key instead.
• Press FN + Left Arrow + Right Arrow
• Assign a new hotkey. Go to Window->Settings/Preferences->Hotkeys, under Categories go to "Tools" and look for the command "EnterEditMode".
• Type "ctxEditMode" in the Command Line.
7. How can I lock the position of the pivot in component mode?
You may have noticed that if you move an object's pivot point in selection mode and then switch the tool (e.g. fom move to scale) Maya will reset the pivot point to the center of your selection. You can easily lock the pivot point position by clicking on the blue circle while the pivot move tool is still activated. Click on the circle again to unlock the pivot position.
8. How do I change the Pivot Orientation?
You CAN directly rotate the pivot for the Move and Rotate manipulator.
1. In component selection mode click the ? icon on the Status bar.
2. Rotate the pivot of your object.
3. In the Tool Options check "Along Rotation Axis" for the Move Manipulator and "Local" for the Rotate manipulator.
You CANNOT directly rotate the pivot for the Scale Manipulator, but there is a work around.
1. Create a new object and rotate it the way you want the scale pivot of your original object to be rotated
2. Make the original object a child of the new object.
3. Freeze transformation on the original object
4. Unparent the original object
5. Delete the new object
9. When I move a Subdiv Proxy mesh I can only move either the Low Poly or the High Poly Mesh, but never both at once, why?
Press the up arrow key to select the entire Group before moving.
10. How can I toggle between the SubDiv Proxy Cages?
Select the object and…
• CTRL + Tilda = Applies a new Subdiv Proxy (Same as Proxy->Subdiv Proxy)
• Tilda = Toggles between Low and High Poly Cage (Same as Proxy->Toggle Proxy Display)
• SHIFT + Tilda = Displays both Low and High Poly Cage (Same as Proxy->Both Proxy and Subdiv Display)
• Page up = Increases Smoothing Level
• Page Down = Decreases Smoothing Level
11. I have lost the toggle of my SubDiv Proxy object!
When working with SubDiv Proxy you need to be aware that certain operations on your mesh will break the connection between your Low Poly and High Poly Cage.
• Deleting History on your High Mesh Cage
• Using a Combine or any type of Boolean
• Using Extract Faces or Duplicate Face with "Separate" set to on.
12. The input nodes for my geometry have disappeared from my channel box!
Make sure that you have Construction History turned on. Under the status bar click on the icon that looks like a scroll. Alternatively you can type "constructionHistory -toggle true;" in the Script Editor.
13. Why is my image skewed/stretched when I apply the material for an image plane?
Make sure that in the channel box under the object's attributes "Create UVs" is set to "Normalization off" and you should be all set.
14. Are there any hotkeys for the Artisan brush?
Hotkeys to change artisan attributes on the fly (You have to hold down the key and left mouse drag in order to change the attributes):
• b = Change Brush size (upper radius)
• Shift + b = Change Brush size (lower radius)
• n = Change Value
• m = Change Max Displacement
Other Hotkeys:
• Alt + a = Toggle "Show Wireframe"
• Alt + f = Flood using the current settings
• Alt + r = Toggle Reflection
15. How do I edge loop split exactly through the center?
Go to Edit Mesh->Insert Edge Loop Tool->Options. Set "Maintain position" to "Multiple edge loops" and change the number of edge loops to 1. If you use the edge loop split tool now, it will split exactly through the center.
Alternatively you can use a mel script to do everything in one click. Select an edge and execute the following script:
RenderingCode:SelectEdgeRingSp; polySplitRing -ch on -splitType 2 -divisions 1 -useEqualMultiplier 1 -smoothingAngle 0 -fixQuads 1 ; //Reset settings to equal distance polySelectEditCtx -edit -splitType 0 polySelectEditContext;
1. Where can I find more information on Mental Ray?
Read this
2. I want to render with Mental Ray but I can't find it in the Render Global Options box!
Make sure that Mental Ray is activated under the plug-ins section. Go to Window->Settings/Preferences->Plug-in Manager and make sure that Mayatomr.mll is loaded.
3. I want to use Mental Ray Shaders but I can't find them in the Hypershade!
Under the Create Menu you can click on "Create Maya Nodes" and switch it to "Create Mental Ray Nodes". If you don't have that option then Mental Ray is not loaded in. Go to Window->Settings/Preferences->Plug-in Manager and make sure that Mayatomr.mll is loaded.
4. I want to use Raytrace Shadows but I can't see them when I render my scene!
Make sure that you have Raytracing enabled for both your scene lights AND your render settings. For your lights open up the attribute editor (select and press CTRL + A) and under Shadows->Raytrace Shadows Attributes check on "Use Ray Trace Shadows". For your render settings go to Window->Rendering Editors->Render Settings. If you use Maya Software you have to go to Raytracing Quality and check on Raytracing. If you are using Mental Ray you have to go to Raytracing or Rendering Features and check on Raytracing.
5. How do render my scene with the wireframe visible?
Read this
Another Method by benmcl using Toon Shader
6. How can I create a realistic Clay Render?
Read this
7. What is Ambient Occlusion and how do I use it?
I was going to write a tutorial for this, but then I found out that somebody else had already done an amazing video tutorial on this. Enjoy!
8. How do I control where Maya saves my rendered images?
By default Maya saves your renders under the images folder of your current project. If you don't know what your current project is go to File->Project->Edit Current. On the top of the option box it will tell you which project is currently set and also in Project Data Locations under images you can change the name of your image folder (set to "images" by default).
9. How can I cancel a render during the rendering process?
If you are using the Render View Window just hit ESC and the render will stop immediately. If you are batch rendering go to Render->Cancel Batch Render.
10. Why do my UVs get messed up as soon as I move/rotate/scale my object?
Make sure that you have history deleted. If any mapping history is still on your object, Maya will try to move the UVs along with your object, failing miserably in the process.
11. How do I render out to an AVI file? (Answer by Benmcl)
Ok first you don't want to output to an avi. You want to output to a series of images. This is for two reasons. Let's say you have 500 frames to render and your machine crashes on 499. You lose everything. If you are rendering a series of images though, you can just start at 499 and finish.
Second if lets' say you don't like a piece of animation in frames 150 to 189. Instead of fixing that part and re rendering the entire thing all you have to do is re render that portion. This saves you time.
Go into your render settings. Set the image size and the render you want as usual.
Under Image File Output use something like this.
Frame name prefix: any name you want.
Frame/Animation ext: I usually use name_#.ext
Image format: Targa(tga) is what I normally use.
Start Frame: The first frame of your animation
End Frame: The final frame of your animation
Yes these two are obvious but if you need to only output part of the animation adjust these numbers for those frames.
By Frame: almost always set to 1
Frame padding: If you have a total of 10 to 99 frames set to 2, 100 to 999 set to 3, 1000 to 9999 then 4 etc.
Select you camera
Then in the render menu set go to batch render and render. Yes it is more efficient to run the batch render from the command line but I can never remember the commands.
Go have several beers.
Download VirtualDub, it is free and easy to use. I can't remember exactly how to use it but you can open the first file of your animation sequence and it will load all the frames. You can then output to an avi file. VirtualDub Tutorial. Scroll to the bottom for links to VirtualDub and Xvid
12. Why can't I see the entire resolution gate for my rendering camera?
Select your camera and open up the attribute editor. Under Display Options increase the Overscan value until your resolution gate is visible again.
Material, Textures and Shaders
1. Where can I find free textures?
Read this
2. Where can I find free HDRI maps?
Read this
3. Where can I find custom shaders?
4. I have heard Maya 2008 comes with new Shaders that are hidden from the user?
They are called the Production Shader Library, written by Master Zap and at the moment these shaders are still somewhat beta, yet fully functional. Read this:
The Hidden Shaders
Production Shader Examples
Production Shader Library Documentation
5. Why are my textures blurred when I import them to Maya?
You need to decrease the Filter. In the attribute editor move to the file tab and under "Effects" change the filter from 1 to 0.1.
6. Why is my texture transparent when I import it to Maya?
You probably have an alpha channel in your texture file that Maya has automatically connected to the transparency channel of the shader. Right click on the transparency channel and choose "break connection".
7. How do I apply a normal map to a shader?
Connect it to the Bump Mapping Channel of your Shader and in the Bump2d node change the 2d Bump Attributes to "use as: Tangent Space Normals".
8. How do I create a normal map from a high resolution mesh?
Watch this
9. How can I prevent texture bleeding?
A quick way to deal with most color bleeding issues: In Photoshop duplicate your textures to a new layer and choose Filter->Other->Minimum. Set the radius to whatever you need and apply a Gaussian Blur to the layer (Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur). Place the blurred layer underneath your texture layer and you're all set.
1. How can I freeze the Move Transformation inputs on my joints?
In Maya you can't freeze-transform the move input nodes of joints. You can however group a joint to itself and center the pivot on the joint to get a zero input node. You can also point constraint joints to dummy objects like Nurbs Curves that have zero input nodes.
2. Why do my joints get messed up when I apply a constraint?
Make sure that you freeze Transformation before applying the constraint.
In the Constraint Options enable "Maintain Offset" to make sure that the joint transformation remains the same.
3. How do I move single joints without affecting the entire hierarchy?
Select a joint, enter the move tool and hit the "Insert Key" to move the joint exclusively.
4. How do you expand an entire hierarchy in the outliner?
Shift-Click on the plus button to expand the entire hierarchy
5. How do I select an entire hierarchy of joints?
- With the entire hierarchy expanded in the outliner you can shift drag over joints you like to select.
- You can select a joint in the viewport, hold down the right mouse button and choose "Select Hierarchy"
6. How do I select the entire hierarchy of multiple objects / joints?
"Select Hierarchy" only works with the current select object. Use this mel script to select all children of every selected object in the scene.
MEL Scripts, Plug-ins, UI customizationCode:string $all[] = `ls -sl`; select -hierarchy $all;
1. How do I execute a MEL command in the script editor?
Select the mel could you wish to execute and hit ALT + Enter. Alternatively you can also use the Enter key on your numpad without having to use the Alt key. If you don't select the mel code beforehand Maya will still execute everything in your input window, but will also clear out the window afterwards.
2. How can I change the text font size for my code in the script editor / expression editor?
Hold down CTRL and scroll your mouse wheel up in order to increase size font or down to decrease size font.
3. Why can't I run some scripts and plug-ins in PLE? (Answer by NextDesign)
Due to that PLE is a limited version, Autodesk specifically took out certain MEL commands, and all plug-in capability to stop people from creating exporters, or a means to get data out of the application. Some of the restricted commands are:
* fprint (Used to write files out of Maya)
* polyInfo (Used to get information about a mesh. Extensively used for exporters)
4. How can I find the command to do ______? It's not showing up in my script editor. (Answer by NextDesign)
Many of the commands that Maya runs are hidden from the user. You can show them by opening the script editor, and under one of the menus, you will find "Echo all Commands". Now, this will SEVERELY slow down your computer, so you should activate it, run your action, and turn it off. You'll also notice that a lot of commands go by, so it's up to you to find the right one.
5. How do I install MEL script X that I downloaded from homepage Y?
Most MEL scripts come with installation notes when you download them. Often times they are embedded right into the code, so you might have to open the .mel file with a text editor. In general most MEL scripts need to be placed in the Maya script folder under C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents\Maya\YOUR_MAYA_VERSION\Scripts. Depending on what the MEL script does you might have to source it from within Maya first. Type "source "MELSCRIPTNAME.mel"; " in order to load it up.
6. How can I auto-load my MEL scripts on startup?
Go to your Maya scripts folder under C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents\Maya\YOUR_MAYA_VERSION\Scripts and look for a file called "userSetup.mel". Open it with a text editor and add the source commands to the end of the file (source MELSCRIPTNAME.mel"; )
7. How do I get the attribute editor to open in a separate window?
Go to Window->Setting/Preferences->Preferences, under "Interface" look for "Open Attribute Editor" and change it to "In separate Window".
8. How do I get the channel box to open in a separate window
Use the following Mel Script:
9. How do I get the Layer Editor to open in a separate window?Code:window -t "ChannelBox" -tlb 1 channelBoxWindow; frameLayout -lv 0 -borderStyle "etchedIn"; channelBox; showWindow channelBoxWindow;
Go to Window->Setting/Preferences->Preferences, under "Interface" look for "Open Layer Editor" and change it to "In separate Window".
If you have the channel box open in a separate window (as described above) you can open the layer editor via Window->General Editors->Display Layer Editor. Alternatively you can also use the following MEL script (and add it to the floating channel box MEL script):
10. How do I reset Maya to its default settings?Code:RenderLayerEditorWindow;
Go to Window->Settings/Preferences->Preferences. Under Edit choose Restore Default settings.
11. How do I customize my Viewport to get more Real Estate?
• Press CTRL + Spacebar and Maya switches into a Full Screen Mode (or Expert Mode if you're a Max user).
• If you look closely at the Maya UI you can see that every section has a tiny arrow with a dotted line. Left click on it and the section will disappear. Right Click on it and a Menu will pop up where you check all Maya UI sections on and off.
• Go to Display->UI Elements where you can customize your UI.
12. How do I add buttons to my shelf?
- Adding items from the menu bar: Hold down CTRL and SHIFT (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT in older Maya versions), click on any menu item and it will be automatically added to your current shelf.
- Adding items from the Script Editor: Select any number of lines from either the input or history window and middle mouse drag it to your shelf.
- Adding items from the Hotkey Editor: Choose any command and select the entire script in the Command Prompt on the bottom of the Editor. Middle mouse drag it to the shelf.
You can move rearrange items by middle mouse dragging them to different positions. If you want to delete an item middle mouse drag it to the waste bin (displayed right next to the shelf). You can also manually edit shelf items in the Shelf editor which can be found under Window->Setting/Preferences->Shelf Editor.
13. Where can I find the Maya Bonus Tools?
Right here: http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/d...s/plugins_list
14. I have installed the Bonus Tools but how do I use them?
- If you have a custom userSetup in your script directory you need to update it. Go to your Maya script folder (C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents \maya\YOUR_MAYA_VERSION\scripts) and open the userSetup.mel with any text editor.
Go to your Bonus Tool Install folder (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaBonusTools2008\scripts) and open the userSetup.mel. Copy all the content and append it to the end of your custom userSetup.mel in your Documents folder.
- Run Maya and you should find a new pull down menu in your menu bar named "Bonus Tools ".
- Most of the bonus tools should already work, but some need to be loaded first. Go to Window->Setting/Preferences->Plug-In Manager and manually load whatever scripts you want.
- NOTE: The bonus tools come with a documentation which can be found in your install folder usually in C:/Program Files/Autodesk/MayaBonusTools2008//docs/bonusTools.html. Make sure to read it!
15. Is there any way I can change the roll down menus in the main menu bar?
On your status line all the way on the left you find a pull down menu where you can switch to different menu sets. Click on the last item which reads "Customize" to open up the Menu Set Editor. In there you can customize all the menu sets to your heart's content.
16. How can I create custom icons for my shelf buttons?
You can create your own icons in any image processing application that supports either the .xpm, .bmp or .dib format. Create your images at 32x32 pixel resolution and put them in your icon folder located under C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents \Maya\YOUR_MAYA_VERSION\Prefs\icons.
You can load the images from your shelf editor. Click on "Change Image" and load the new icons.
17. Where are my custom Marking Menus stored?
Marking Menus are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents \Maya\YOUR_MAYA_VERSION\Prefs\MarkingMenus
18. Where are the Maya Shelves stored?
All shelves including your own custom ones are stored under C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents \Maya\YOUR_MAYA_VERSION\Prefs\Shelves
If you should have deleted the standard shelves Maya will automatically make backups in the same folder by appending a ".deleted" to the files. You can restore them by removing the ".deleted.
19. What are all the other MEL scripts in the Prefs folder for?
menuSetPrefs.mel: Saves your menu sets preferences
plugInPrefs.mel: Lists all the plug-Ins that are loaded when Maya starts.
userPrefs: Stores all the changes you make to tool options as well as the global settings
userNamedCommands.mel: All the user-defined commands that have hotkeys go into this file
userRunTimeCommands.mel: Lists all user-defined commands
userRGBColors.mel: I'm not sure, but I believe it stores all the changes you make to Window->Settings/Preferences->Color Settings.
userHotkeys.mel: All your customized hotkeys are stored here.
windowsPrefs.mel: Stores location and resizing of all the floating Maya Windows.
commandFieldContentSaved.mel: I don't know actually, mine's always been empty.
20. How can I export my Maya preferences?
Just take your Maya version folder and put it on a transportable medium (C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\My Documents \Maya\YOUR_MAYA_VERSION).
21. How can I rescan my MEL scripts folder without having to restart Maya?
Run this command from your script editor:
22. How can I find the location of a global procedure?Code:rehash;
In the script editor type "WhatIs procedureName".
Code:whatIs buildRotateMM; // Result: Mel procedure found in: C:/Programme/Autodesk/Maya2008/scripts/others/buildRotateMM.mel //
23.What IDEs can I use for MEL/Python/API programming in Maya?
Read this
22. How do I clear the Undo list in Maya?
Type and execute "flushUndo" in the Script Editor.
23. How can I re-declare a variable to a different type after it has already been loaded into Memory?
You have the following options:
1. Restart Maya.
2. Put the new declaration (and the rest of the code) inside curly brackets {}.


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Hear deleted scenes from the Odyssey vault.
June 18th, 2008
Bob journies into the Odyssey vault searching for deleted scenes.
Tags: Deleted Scenes, Vault
Bob journies into the Odyssey vault searching for deleted scenes.
Tags: Deleted Scenes, Vault
doug on April 14th, 2009 - 7:14am
victor on April 15th, 2009 - 12:36pm
Wow those are really great!!
mercy on April 17th, 2009 - 3:33pm
Those were totally great!! I Loved them!! 🙂
hml on April 20th, 2009 - 4:58pm
HAHAHA!!!! this was soooo funny i LOVE it!! 🙂
Sophie on April 26th, 2009 - 1:04pm
Sophie on April 26th, 2009 - 1:05pm
Awesome :/
devin on May 3rd, 2009 - 7:23pm
That was hilarious!
MERCY on May 30th, 2009 - 10:20am
TOTALLY AWESOME!! Trust me,I laughed for a long time!! 🙂
aly on May 31st, 2009 - 6:56pm
odessy fan on July 1st, 2009 - 2:35pm
this is so funny! i've listened to it may be 5 times and i know i'm going to listn to it again!
Kenadee on July 31st, 2009 - 10:57am
When Whit asked Bartfor help I screamed!
Mercy on August 17th, 2009 - 11:26am
Just really,really funny!!!
AmY on September 3rd, 2009 - 5:32am
O, 2 fuuny
Caleb on September 9th, 2009 - 6:31pm
that was like a cool blooper reel
valerie on October 2nd, 2009 - 4:37pm
Honor on November 3rd, 2009 - 11:07pm
These deleted scenes are so funny if you put them in the show people would die laughing ! I know I did 🙂
THEWALRUSMAN on March 17th, 2010 - 5:31pm
princess on May 15th, 2010 - 4:55pm
I LOVE these!!
When Connie said, "Guess what? I'm actually older than Whit," I cracked up.
I also like when Whit asked Bart for help.
These are SO funny.
liza on May 29th, 2010 - 7:11pm
how can you put these on an MP3 player?
liza on May 29th, 2010 - 7:19pm
Oh, i just listened to it again, and i wondered what would happen if the aio address really changed. I think a universal scream would be heard all over the planet!
adrian on June 7th, 2010 - 8:08am
Madison on June 28th, 2010 - 12:42pm
I had to bite my toung to keep from laughing out loud. I almost choked on my ice cream because I was laughing.
Miss America on May 7th, 2011 - 9:27pm
First comment of 2011. these are soooooooooooooooo funny!
Mandie on November 8th, 2011 - 3:22pm
Josiah on April 19th, 2012 - 9:34am
I think they should make a sequel to "I Slap Floor" with these scenes!
Ben on August 12th, 2012 - 7:20pm
I am
JOshua on November 11th, 2012 - 7:06am
I think that Chris had a bad attitude.
jaden on September 21st, 2013 - 5:38pm
you should put the deleted scenes in a adventure
jaden on September 21st, 2013 - 5:39pm
Did my comment get sent thru?
Christian on September 22nd, 2013 - 3:26pm
LOL that is so funny! I think Connie would be older than Whit if she lived in California for 40 years! LOLOLOLOLOL the deleted scenes were so funny!!!!!!!
Jess on April 9th, 2014 - 9:59am
odyssey on June 13th, 2014 - 1:45pm
Can/will you have Kidsboro in more episodes? I think a lot of fans would love it if you did!
JUNIOR MINTS on January 4th, 2016 - 12:16pm
Ok, so THAT IS SOOOO FUNNY!!!!! I've listened to it like, 100 times and still find it hilarious
Prkr prstn on October 20th, 2017 - 5:05am
First comment of 2017 yeahhhhhh!!!
Prkr prstn on March 7th, 2018 - 2:34pm
First comment of 2018 yeahhhhhh!!!


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If you've ever worked within the fluorescent confines of an office space, then the sounds of blinding monotony are very familiar. Fingers furiously type away, copiers shift into gear and filing cabinets slam shut. The same banal noises play over the opening credits of Talya Lavie's riotous Zero Motivation, an Israeli deadpan comedy about a unit of female administrative soldiers stationed at an isolated desert base. With menial responsibility and no power, these women are left to question their very existence within a patriarchal military institution that neither respects nor understands them.
Zohar (Dana Ivgy) and Daffi (Nelly Tagar) are inseparable friends who lean on each other to survive the horrendously boring working conditions during their mandatory two-year service contract. A tribe of other archetypes rounds out the unit, including a few ditzy guy magnets, one insufferable Russian named Irena (Tamara Klingon) and an overly serious commanding officer (Shani Klein), who fails to inspire her conscripts in the least. For the most part, male soldiers remain off-screen, except when they admonish or attempt to seduce the women.
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Smartly written and witty, Zero Motivation plays with the viewer's expectations in surprising ways. At first one-dimensional and sour, Zohar quickly becomes the film's most complex character, inhabiting a desert full of doubt and sadness underneath an off-putting façade. Daffi feels less fleshed out by comparison, seemingly because she doesn't contemplate any situation beyond her own. The same could also be said of Irena, who undergoes a supernatural transformation midway through the film, which is more like a gimmick than anything else.
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Hellooo meatless Monday – this meal is A MUST! I am for real making this for my friends who LOVE cheese/HATE tofu – cause this will trick them (insert evil laugh here)!!!
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- Preheat oven to 350degrees & fill pot with water/let boil
- Once boiling add 20 jumbo pasta shells & salt – boil for 9 minutes, then drain – set aside
- Defrost 10oz frozen spinach pouch & drain Lite Firm Nasoya tofu – pat dry with paper towel
- Crumble tofu in food processor & mix in: 2T EVOO, 1.5t salt, 1t oregano, 1T nutritional yeast, 2 cloves minced garlic, 1/2C fresh basil & defrosted spinach
- In a bowl combine crushed San Marzano tomatoes, 2 cloves minced garlic & 1t of oregano, basil & parsley
- Grab baking dish & cover bottom with half of your marinara – fill shells with tofu mixture (~2T each) & place open side face down
- Pour remaining marinara over filled pan
- Cover with aluminum foil & bake for 30minutes
Served with a side salad with balsamic vinaigrette & toasted french bread – YUM!
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Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity
Imagine a stroll through ancient Athens among colorful statues and brightly decorated temples—in contrast with the colorless stone ruins that survive today. This exhibition presents full-size copies of Greek and Roman sculpture whose painted decoration, faded over the millennia, has been painstakingly reconstructed.
The color reconstructions—based on close examination and scientific analysis of the scarce traces of paint remaining on the surfaces of the originals—include a number of well-known masterpieces, such as the Peplos Kore from the Athenian Akropolis, pedimental sculpture from the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, and the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus. The reconstructions will be juxtaposed in the galleries with ancient statues and reliefs from the Art Museums' own collection in their current, colorless, state of preservation. The exhibition opens up a world of richly attired deities, proud warriors, and barbarians in dazzling costume and dispels a popular misconception of Western art: the white marble statue of Classical antiquity. A brochure accompanies this exhibition.
Organized by the Stiftung Archäologie and the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, and curated at the Art Museums by Susanne Ebbinghaus, George M. A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art, and Amy Brauer, Diane Heath Beever Associate Curator of Ancient Art.


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BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced a new addition to its exclusive line of Android™-powered T-Mobile® myTouch® smartphones and the continued expansion of its new super-fast HSPA+ mobile broadband network. Built with families in mind, the newest T-Mobile myTouch helps solve the challenges of staying physically and emotionally connected by sharing photos and video with the HD Camcorder, spontaneous face-to-face conversations through Video Chat and the ability to reach 4G speeds on T-Mobile's new network, which is now available in more cities across the country.1
Unlike other video-calling solutions on the market that only work through Wi-Fi, Video Chat on the new myTouch enables customers to connect with loved ones spontaneously from practically anywhere through T-Mobile's network or Wi-Fi. With the myTouch's front-facing camera paired with Video Chat through Yahoo! Messenger or QIK, customers can hold video conversations with friends and family who have a new T-Mobile myTouch, other compatible mobile device or PC. Customers can even see who is available to chat through presence information integrated into the myTouch's address book, and have the option to leave Video Mail using Qik when someone is unavailable.
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T-Mobile now offers 4G speeds on the new myTouch and the T-Mobile G2™, as well as the webConnect Rocket™ 2.0 and Rocket laptop sticks. In addition, customers located in new HSPA+ locations can benefit from faster speeds on their existing 3G smartphones — including popular devices, such as the myTouch 3G Slide.2
1 Based on 4G speeds currently available to mobile device users in the U.S. Device has theoretical capability of 14.4 Mbps. HSPA+ coverage is rapidly expanding, but it is not currently available everywhere. For more details on where T-Mobile network coverage is available, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage.
2 Improved speeds vary, due in part to device capabilities.
T-Mobile and the magenta color are registered trademarks of Deutsche Telekom AG. Stick together and myTouch are registered trademarks, and Genius Button, Faves Gallery, G2 and webConnect Rocket are trademarks of T-Mobile USA. Google, Android, and Android Market are a trademark of Google Inc. Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Inc. Snapdragon is a trademark of Qualcomm Inc. Yahoo! and Yahoo! Messenger is the trademark and/or registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.
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Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom AG. By the end of the second quarter of 2010, approximately 130 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group — 33.6 million by T-Mobile USA — all via a common technology platform based on GSM and UMTS, the world's most widely used digital wireless standards. T-Mobile USA's innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.
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The Aera K5 is upgraded in each and every way from our previous generations. With a larger and longer pivot mating to an made in house pivot cup, the truck has more stability and accuracy, and the hanger and baseplate have been designed such that they add stiffness and strength to the truck with their highly engineered angles, curves, and features. This is the truck of choice by 2x World Champions Carlos Paixão, Kevin Reimer, and World Champion Patrick Switzer.
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Repeated Miscarriages and IVF
Repeated Miscarriages are one of the most frustrating experiences a couple can have when trying for a baby regardless of whether conception takes place naturally or via assisted reproduction. If miscarriages occur after a natural conception, patients often do not read too much into it and keep trying a few times before they consult their doctors. In IVF treatments, if there are recurrent miscarriages, then the IVF specialist will be able to notice this earlier on and usually after a single miscarriage following treatment, additional tests will be required to rule out certain possibilities. Recurrent miscarriages can be treated in most cases and patients can have a healthy pregnancy to a full term.
One of the first things that needs to be addressed is the time frame in which miscarriages are taking place. The cause and severity of the problem may differ depending on whether your miscarriages are occuring earlier on during your pregnancy (within the first trimester) or later on.
Management of the problem requires an effective testing and diagnosis as well as appropriate measures to make sure the risk of a miscarriage can be minimized based on what the problem might be. (Read More).
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Mexican glassware, ... it all starts with intense heat.
Glass melts at between 2600 to 2900 degrees (F.) or 1425 to 1600 degrees (C.) depending upon the composition of the glass. Glass was discovered by potters about 3000 B.C.E., and the technique of glass blowing was invented about 100 B.C.E. Glass blowing was introduced to Mexico in 1535, shortly after the Conquest, and has been a staple of Mexican craftsmanship ever since.


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We just passed Memorial Day, when we celebrate summer's here with our friends, loved ones, family. But what about your employees this 4th of July coming up ?How will you thank the very people that power your business and profit and may be on call for you then ?
"Truly, from bosses I liked, anything was great because I appreciated that they thought of me. From "bad" bosses, anything would annoy me. You can't make up for being a jerk with a token of any kind once a year."
Ideas for inexpensive but really appreciated gifts for Care Managers and staff– cards to grocery stores or department stores, a gift certificate from Amazon all given with a nice personal handwritten note.
Staff Thank You Gifts All Year.
- You need to bill 85% of your client hours. When a care manager does bill's 85% write them a handwritten thank you note being grateful for having the amount of productivity to keep the business thriving. Handwriting is not a lost art. It sends a message that you take the time personally to really care what the employee does for your business.
2. Send a handwritten thank you note to each staff member during the year to applaud something they did. Saying thanks about something specific may be the ultimate reward. If you do it selectively yet authentically, a thank you note may be pinned above your employee's desk for years. Create a formal letter recognizing your employee 's achievement. Sign it and use the company's seal to give the letter something extra. If you really want to do it right, frame it.
3. Name an employee of the month in your newsletter with their picture. Give them a gift to tell them you are grateful for their hard work. Create a formal letter recognizing your employee's achievement. Sign the letter and use the company's seal to give the letter something extra. If you really want to do it right, frame it too.
4. Have an employee summer picnic and give gifts to all employees for being such excellent care managers and for billing the 85% you need them to bill so you will all have employment.
5.Plan employee picnics, birthday parties, anniversary parties to thank them publicly throughout the year.
6. B.J Spitler , one of the first and I might say the greatest care managers, founded Age Concerns in San Diego in 1982. She gave gifts of massages to her care managers. A brilliant gift, a massage recognizes the tough emotional work that care manager's do and their need to take care of themselves- which you as their employer are doing.
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The weather was perfect this past Sunday for our HRRP 6th Annual Shoreline Cleanup. The event was very well attended, with more participation by local youth groups than ever before, and coverage by the local press. A video crew was there to record the event for a documentary / promotional video.
Below are some of the pics from the day. If you participated in the cleanup and took your own pics, please feel free to post them to our Facebook page – www.facebook.com/HutchinsonRRP – or email them to email@example.com, and we'll upload them to our website. Be sure to include your name so we can give credit where due.
Thank to everyone who came out. Hope to see you again next year.


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Gay Superheroes & Same-Sex Marriage: Why Comics? Why Now?
Same-sex marriage is a political hot-button topic right now, and today, the issue spilled over into what many would call an unlikely arena: Superhero comic books.
While a decade ago, "Men in Tights" may have been in the title of a film parody about gay heroes, superhero comic book publishers have started taking the idea of gay caped crusaders very seriously. And they're turning it into a selling point for the mostly male audience that reads comics — including a vocal contingency of gay comic book fans.This morning, Marvel Comics revealed on ABC's The View that the June issue of Astonishing X-Men will feature the superhero team's first gay marriage. X-Men team member Northstar, who is openly homosexual, will marry his boyfriend, Kyle, in issue #51.
Also this week, DC Entertainment, which publishes stories about iconic characters like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, is publicizing the fact that there will be a 'coming out' issue soon for one of its "most prominent" superheroes. The company, which recently rebooted the history of all its characters, will reintroduce a formerly "straight" character as now being gay.
This clambering for attention follows on the heels of Archie Comics getting unprecedented mainstream attention and sell-outs for a comic that featured gay marriage. "We're glad Marvel and DC are finally coming around to embracing the diverse world we live in," said Archie Co-CEO Jon Goldwater of the current trend. "As a company, Archie led the charge when it came to showing gay marriage as a part of our characters' day-to-day lives."
Yet Archie's character wasn't a superhero. So the Astonishing X-Men issue announced today does represent a milestone in that it's a high-profile superhero team embracing gay marriage. While Newsarama reported on DC's inclusion of a gay superhero in the Justice League of America last year, the X-Men issue will be a first for superhero gay marriage. And it's definitely part of a growing trend toward sexual diversity in comic books.
According to avid comic book fans and creators, it's not surprising that superhero comic books would feature gay issues, because the genre has always been riddled with themes of secret identities, persecution and social issues. Plus, there's a vocal part of comics' Internet fan community that is homosexual.
Comics' "Queer" Audience
Joe Faust, one of the voices behind the popular fan-driven podcast "Comic Book Queers," said there's a significant audience of gay readers who buy superhero comics. "We're always surprised at the conventions by the number of other fellow fans that are out there," he said. "There's a lot of overlap there between comic book fans and the gay community."
Why? Faust believes it's all about the secret identity.
"Superhero comic books, at their root, are often about a person who puts on a different costume, a secret identity, and has a whole separate life that he has to keep hidden from his family and his loved ones, and I think that resonates with a lot of people — particularly gay kids," he said. "I think a lot of us who are fans started out when we were young. So there's something about that story of 'no one knows who I really am, but I'm still trying to do the right thing.'"
Social Commentary — for Kids?
Gay rights aren't the first "issue" that comics have attacked head-on. The medium has a long history of including social commentary in its comics — as Newsarama explored last year.
"Comics should be a cutting-edge medium, and it's good to see them fighting for social change," Paul Cornell, a novelist and comic writer who's worked on X-Men comics, said of the X-Men marriage.
But Faust said he thinks the comic industry's sudden interest in gay marriage is actually a little late, as is much of the "social commentary" in comic books. "I think I would argue that comics are usually a little bit behind the curve," he said. "Even though the market for comic books continues to age, I think there will always be somewhere this sense that comic books are ultimately a kids game. And so you'll see these sort of cultural milestones being hit on cable television, for example, which is much more geared toward adults than comic books."Comics are often perceived as a child-oriented medium, even though most buyers are over 18. For decades, most comics even followed strict guidelines under the banner "Comics Code Authority," an organization created to keep controversial subjects out of comic books so children would be protected. But last year, the Comics Code Authority officially became defunct, and comic publishers have been self-labeling their titles instead.
When Archie Comics featured a gay marriage scene on the cover of Life With Archie #16, the Toys 'R' Us stores that carried the publication were threatened with a boycott by the family-focused group One Million Moms. "Unfortunately, children are now being exposed to same-sex marriage in a toy store," the One Million Moms website said. "This is the last place a parent would expect to be confronted with questions from their children on topics that are too complicated for them to understand."
Writer Fabian Nicieza, who has written Northstar for X-Men comics, scoffed at the complaint with sarcasm. "You mean because it's a comic book for kids and it could end the institution of marriage as we know it?" he said. "My opinion of the inclusion of gay marriage in comics is the same as anywhere else: It should be both the right and the choice of the people involved and anyone else's opinions shouldn't matter."Archie also defended its gay marriage issue by pointing out that it reflects the real world. "As a company we don't look to trends or political movements to make our editorial decisions," Goldwater told Newsarama. "The bottom line is, Riverdale is a place where everyone can feel safe and like they belong, no matter their race, gender or sexual orientation."
This "reflection" of the real world has been a struggle for companies like Marvel and DC, because their most iconic superheroes were created in the 1940s. Superhero teams like the one featured in Marvel's hit movie The Avengers and DC's popular Justice League comics and cartoons are usually populated by white men.
Comics writer Judd Winick, who created the lead Asian-American character in the cartoon series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, has championed for years the inclusion of more gay characters in comic books.
"It really feels like, culturally, fiction should be more ahead of reality," Winick said. "There's, give or take, over 130,000 same-sex couples that identify themselves s married. And as much as this seems to be a part of the zeitgeist, a discussion within our culture, a political football, one would think that there would be more stories about same-sex marriage.
"With our stories about beings for other worlds, realities, dimensions, the idea that two characters of the same gender getting hitched should be a simple thing," he said.
The X-Factor
The fact that the gay marriage will occur on an X-Men team also feels appropriate to fans and creators who have been fans of the superhero team since its creation in 1962 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The X-Men is based on the idea that there are "mutants," and within the comic, they are often persecuted for being different from "normal" human beings.
"There's a lot of parallels in X-Men stories because that team origin's came from being, you know, 'born different,'" Faust said. "There's a metaphor there. From their outsider status, they're the most obvious metaphor for the gay community, so it doesn't surprise me at all that they're the ones that are having this gay marriage."
Novelist and comic writer Mike Carey, who just finished a run last year as the writer of Marvel's X-Men comic, said the fact that the issue is being addressed publicly makes it good timing for Marvel.
"It's very timely," Carey said. "Given that the X-Men has always been about prejudice and persecution, and has always championed an ideal of inclusivity and tolerance, this is obviously entirely in keeping with the book's ethos, and entirely to be welcomed."Northstar, who was originally a member of a Canadian superhero group, has been openly gay since 1992, when writer Scott Lobdell was given permission to have him "come out" and announce his homosexuality in Alpha Flight #106. That announcement also made headlines and caused controversy.
Lobdell told Newsarama he's thrilled that Marvel has taken the next step and given the character a marriage. "There are still places in America where the idea of gay marriage is met with fear and loathing the same way mutants are in the comics," Lobdell said. "But any time we as an industry can help move along the national dialogue it is a good day worth celebrating."
"I'm glad it's Northstar," Winick echoed. "He's kicked open a few doors. Being carried across the threshold seems like a nice way to go as well."
Headline Grabbing
As comic book fans know, publishers like to get mainstream press coverage to sell more comics. But creators and fans alike acknowledged that — while they like getting more attention for the medium they love — they are a little uncomfortable with the hype that publishers get for including gay characters and topics in their comics.
"It is significant that there's a gay marriage, because it's another touchstone along the path," said podcaster Faust. "But that book is already pretty significant, because there's already an openly gay couple. We've seen them kiss; we've seen them be affectionate with each other; they're living together. So as exciting as the wedding is, the wedding is almost an 'event.' It's almost an afterthought."
Lobdell also wondered at the media attention for gay character, but only because he wants more of them. "Twenty years ago he came out and it was in all the newspapers," the writer said, remembering when he first wrote Northstar as a gay character. "Twenty years later and it makes headlines that he's getting married. Let's hope that in 20 more years, gay comic book characters don't make the news at all because they are as common as capes and cowls!"
Len Wein, one of the more famed X-Men writer because he created Wolverine, was even uncomfortable being asked what he thought of today's announcement.
"What a shame this sort of question still even needs to be asked," he said. "My attitude is more power to them. I hope the two of them will be very happy together."
- 10 Great LGBT Superheroes (And Superhero Couples)
- DC's Gay Character: Male, Hasn't Been Seen Post-Relaunch
- Marvel's X-MEN Support Gay Marriage on ABC's The View
- Past Mutant Marriages Bode Poorly for June X-MEN Wedding


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Imagine the scene. You have set up your Cloud related service / business or you finally decided to make the move to the Cloud to save costs and get better flexibility. You are happily poodling along when wham ! You get notice that your service is down and the data has been taken by a law enforcement agency who have taken the actual physical servers where your virtual instance resides. You have lost your service and more importantly you have lost your data. You can't go to a backup as the provider has had to hand all those across to. In the meantime you can do nothing. Your customers go elsewhere, your reputation takes a hit so new customers don't want to use your service, that is assuming you can get it back online again.
Sound far fetched ? Well have a look at the case of Liquid Motors whose servers and backup tapes were seized when the servers at Core IP Networks were taken by the FBI due to an investigation into VoIP fraud. Matthew Simpson, the owner of Core IP networks, who provide server and co-location facilities in their data centres, had this to say in a letter posted online:
" Dear Customers,
Today at 6:00am, the FBI conducted an unwarranted early morning raid of our 2323 Bryan Street Datacenters, on the 7th and 24th floors.
I received a phone call at 6:05am from our NOC that the entire network was powered off. I called Capstar Commercial and TELX, our landlord, and was told that the FBI was in the datacenter with a search and seizure warrant. I asked that the agent in charge call me immediately.
I received a call 15 minutes later from FBI Agent Allyn Lynd. Mr. Lynd would not tell me why he raided our datacenter or what he was looking for. He also accused me of hiding inside my house in Ovilla, Texas. I was actually in Phoenix, Arizona when this happened. I told him that, and he told me that he was "getting the dogs" after me, and hung up on me. I found out from an employee that there were 15 police cars and a SWAT team at my home in Ovilla.
The FBI has seized all equipment belonging to our customers. Many customers went to the data center to try and retrieve their equipment, but were threatened with arrest.
Neither I, nor Core IP are involved in any illegal activities of any kind. The only data that I have received thus far is that the FBI is investigating a company that has purchased services from Core IP in the past. This company does not even colocate with us anywhere, much less 2323 Bryan Street Datacenter.
If you run a datacenter, please be aware that in our great country, the FBI can come into your place of business at any time and take whatever they want, with no reason."


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IBM Security zSecure 2.1 Service Stream Enhancement: Support for CICS V5.2 and enhanced Compliance Framework for security intelligence, governance, risk, and compliance
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Fifty years after the announcement of the IBM System/360, mainframe security has evolved to support cloud, mobile and big data applications for future innovation. Mainframes continue to be the home for mission critical information and essential business production applications in many organizations due to the strong heritage of integrated security support capabilities across hardware, operating system, software and applications. IBM
Many industries have security standards and compliance regulations such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) that require special security controls and auditing. zSecure introduced the Compliance Testing Framework for these in zSecure 1.13.1, which is regularly being extended. The new SSE will focus on the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) used by government and commercial customers as technical guidance to "lock down" information systems and software that might otherwise be vulnerable to a malicious computer attack.
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Many of us have been raised to deliver one answer to the question: "How are you feeling?" Any guesses to the answer??
Do you have a hard time expressing your feelings? I did and I came to realize why. As a kid, I was always told to "Be quite", "Sit down", "You are to be seen not heard", "You're a kid, what do you know?". Does any of this sound familiar? For years I shut my feelings off and did not express my thoughts. I learned to say nothing. I began to feel invisible. I began to question my feelings and thought my opinions didn't matter. I had to make everyone else happy. To speak up would be selfish. Selfish was not good.
When asked how I was or what I thought my answer was usually "fine". It was an answer that seemed to be acceptable, no need for further conversation. It was the easy answer. As time went on, as an adult, I felt uneasy giving "my opinion", questioned my decisions and I had a hard time trying to have meaningful conversations with family, friends and my peers. It was very frustrating. Finally, I made the decision to stop. One way was to upgrade my emotional intelligence. Identify what I was feeling in the moment and give it a name and be honest about how I felt and what I thought. Yes, I did have a voice like so many other people I associated with. In fact, they actually did care what I had to say. Wow what a limiting belief I had! Do you have one like this? Are you holding out on your thoughts and opinions because you do not think anyone cares to listen?
Is Fine even a feeling?
I don't think so. Fine is a COP OUT. Most of the time it's not even true. It really means "I'm actually furious, sad, lonely, upset, but I'm going to be a good girl/boy and stuff those feelings deep down inside of me and pretend that everything is FINE."
Fine, live your life like that! Just know that you are missing out on real relationships, true connections and the good things that makes life worth living, while teaching your kids to do the same. Do you want that?
Are you wondering why we do this crazy "Fine Thing?"
We do it because it is the path of least resistance. It's easy. We don't have to acknowledge difficult feelings. We don't need to take responsibility for our feelings and actions.
Have you ever been on a plane and the kids are well behaved and as the plane arrives the other passengers, with huge sighs of relief, tell the parents how good their kids were?
Or on the other hand, the kids were losing it for the entire plane ride and everyone is glaring at the poor parents like they are the worst ever! We are conditioned to be FINE. Fine wins the prize…or does it?
Our parents wanted us to be fine so they didn't have to deal with us. When we were fine, they could clean the house, do their work or read a book. Fine is "convenient". (Not saying All parents here.)
Is Fine Convenient?
Emotions are messy and inconvenient. Think about the last time that your child had a complete melt down…messy right? What about the last time your significant other and you had an argument…messy right?
Was your child wrong for feeling what they were feeling? How did you respond or react? Did you teach your child what you know or how to deal with how they were feeling?
Have you ever told your child: Stop Crying! You're being ridiculous! What's the matter with you? Have you witnessed you child just sit there in silence with "that look" on his/her face? Don't worry if you did. It's ok! We have all done this!
The Big Problem
Emotionally disconnected kids become controlled, which can lead to controlling and disconnected adults.
And adults who don't know how to connect and recognize their emotions cannot teach emotional intelligence to their own children.
Children who are taught to follow all of the rules, because if they don't they will face punishments and consequences, are going to follow the rules, absolutely. And they will continue to do what they're told. As a teen they will follow: a friend or peer who tells them to steal, do drugs or just have a drink, or as a young adult: listen to a boss take who will take advantage of them or as an adult: allow a spouse to walk all over them. Is this what you want for your child?? Follower vs Leader. Leaders feel, however, great leaders feel and are compassionate, this is not a weakness, it is a strength.
If Fine is not the answer you seek
Then we MUST let ourselves and our kids to FEEL and find the words to express those feelings!
Most of us have been raised in a way that taught us that any emotion was undesirable. If we cried, we were told not to. If we got angry, we got in trouble. If we were scared, embarrassed or shy we were told we were wrong. As a result, we've missed out on and even repressed a whole spectrum of other emotions that are going on inside us. We haven't allowed ourselves to notice, feel or express.
Not to worry. Get down and get messy because it is okay! No one is going to melt! You can turn the tides right now. Be the Great Compassionate Leader for your family and express your feelings and teach your child to do the same. You can Repairent the moment that you decide to do it.
You can have a deep and lasting connection between you and your child that profoundly impacts the quality of time and cooperation that you have together.
The next time you have a feeling, try not to do anything about it. Just feel it, lean into it and learn from it. Be a role model for your child. It takes some practice but you'll start to feel better and so will your child. It's Magical.


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For a while there, it certainly seemed like Montreal producer Lunice was about to blow up, but he just sort of disappeared instead. 2011-2013 were his years, with highlights consisting of a remix of Deeerhunter's "Helicopter" alongside Diplo, a cameo in Azealia Banks' wildly popular "212" video, a production credit on a Rick Ross/Rockie Fresh song, and of course, TNGHT, the trap-rave duo he formed with Scotland's Hudson Mohawke that seemed to only last for one EP. Since then, Mohawke's gone on to work with Kanye West and release a great (if brutally underrated) solo album, while Lunice only has a handful of tracks on his Soundcloud to call his own.
That's why it's amazing to hear that Lunice finally has a debut album due out this fall on LuckyMe, the label that's released all three EPs (two solo joints as well as TNGHT's) that he's been a part of thus far in his career. "Mazerati" is a track taken from the upcoming CCCLX (360), and today Lunice has shared the song's music video. Fittingly, it features him doing what he does best-- aside from producing, that is-- dancing.
If you've ever seen a Lunice show, you'll know that he spends almost as much time dancing as he does behind the boards, and even if you haven't, you've definitely seen him doing his thing in the "212" video. This "Mazerati" clip is straight-up performance art, a bare-bones video shot in a single room with no special effects and no narrative or action save for Lunice's expressive movements. Speaking to The Fader, Lunice stated that he'd had this choreographed routine in his mind ever since he started production on the song.
Musically, "Mazerati" is the deft blend of minimalist and maximalist impulses that Lunice has harnessed so well throughout his career, and it offers a lot to be excited about come this fall.
Stay tuned for more details on CCCLX (360) as they emerge.


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Happy New Year 'Cips!
Since it is the start of a new year, I thought a good topic could be beginnings. Just like most of the Perspectives topics this can have different interpertations.
What was your hero like in the beginning? Is there some untold tidbit about their past you'd like to relate to us? Was there some defining moment, perhaps even before they were a hero? Perhaps there are new things happening in their life? Are they taking the beginning steps in a new journey? Entering a new stage of their life?
Also as always feel free to revisit any of the previous topics. I still have a back log of stories I need to write. =-/ Check Mr. Mundane's Perspectives Sticky for a reminder of last years topics.


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Maralad are working on a very exciting project developing the Video Platform Shabingo.com
We hope to have it ready for Beta Testing within the next 3 months.
What is it?
Shabingo is a way for people who have quality video content to make money…
Shabingo is like a mix between Youtube and Ebay. It is a web platform which allows anybody to upload a video with a preview clip. Then people can browse or search the site for video content. They click on a video and the preview clip gets played.
When the preview clip is finished the user is asked if they would like to see the Full Shabingo?
If they click yes they are prompted to pay a few dollars to the uploader to watch it. Then they get unlimited streaming access for that particular clip. The user can read comments and ratings about the clip before deciding to pay for it.
The clip could be a tutorial, a movie, a song, a niche how to video like how to reset the ecu on the latest Mercedes Benz uploaded by a Mercedes Mechanic for other Mercedes mechanics.
It could be one of a series of courses. It could be anything at all as long as the preview clip captivates the user enough to pay to view the full Shabingo!