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Don't start packing for summer vacation just yet: there's a slew of high-stakes season finales from your favorite shows ahead, and you'll want to stay glued to the tube – or at least DVR them – before stepping out into the sunshine. PopcornBiz serves up your guide to some of May's most anticipated season-enders, with some inside info from the stars.
Community – May 12
When last we saw the fractious Greendale study group, they were embroiled in yet another cutthroat paintball competition, complete with Sergio Leone overtones, a handsome stranger in the form of Josh Holloway, a $100,000 prize on the line, and the discovery of a conspiracy by the mysterious chicken-suited sponsor. In the second season closer, "For a Few Paintballs More," the students have to try to set aside their in-fighting to defeat their common foe – and the unification might get romantic for someone.
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"There are some interesting romantic twists and turns, and they do involve Annie," says star Alison Brie. "And when we read the script I was quite shocked at the direction that it went, but I think it turned out really good. There's a bit of a cliffhanger at the end, and I'm not sure people will know which way it's going to go. I may not know which way it's going to go! It's a big cliffhanger. I feel like we leave you on the brink of something bigger at hand."
Meanwhile, in a nod to Abed's ongoing obsession with "Cougar Town," sharp-eyed viewers should freeze-frame for paint-splattered cameos from that show's stars Busy Phillips and Dan Byrd.
Desperate Housewives – May 15
According to the original game plan, the ladies of Wisteria Lane were supposed to move on after season seven, but series creator Marc Cherry plans two more years of suburban sin and scandal. Although the show's official fate remains unconfirmed (negotiations are still in progress) the two-hour finale, "Come On Over For Dinner," features a progressive meal from household to household, with of the neighbors secrets being laid on the buffet table.
"It's a big night," star Teri Hatcher tells PopcornBiz. "It's really a big event on the Lane – and Mike and Susan haven't been back on the Lane a lot this season. So the finale really brings everybody together in a super-exciting way. I think it's in the proud tradition of some of the best episodes, like the one when we had Beau Bridges, which I thought was a great episode. That kind of storytelling."
Bones – May 19
As the sixth season's Sniper story arc comes to a close with a finale title – "The Change In the Game" – that portends a major shift in the show's status quo. A new character will appear ("Veronica Mars" and "Big Love" vet Tina Majorino as an FBI agent who style complements Booth's) and a regular character will die, upending the delicate dynamic between Brennan, Booth and their team.
"I think it resets the show in a different way," star Emily Deschanel tells Popcorn Biz. "Things change in these final episodes. There's a death in one of the episodes and that has repercussions, beyond just the person's death, that could change things forever. The death creates a domino effect – it changes things and will effect next season, for sure."
"The relationship will really take on a whole different turn," adds David Boreanaz. "But that's not to say that things won't get messed up in Season Seven, because I think that lends itself to the two characters splitting apart somewhat – but having to deal with something that's pretty big for them."
Meanwhile, "Bones" producers are still brainstorming exactly if/how Deschanel's real-life pregnancy will be addressed in the coming season. "Whether we hide my pregnancy or write it into the show, I see pros and cons to both," says Deschanel.
Grey's Anatomy – May 19
It wasn't too long ago that "Grey's" was looking ready for life support, but last year's shocking Seattle Grace shootout and a fresh round of interpersonal entanglements re-energized the seventh season. This year's finale, however, will not be traumatic, at least as far as body count, but the emotional stakes are still high: Meredith's (Ellen Pompeo) career – and her relationships – are jeopardized over her clinical trial falsehoods, Cristina's (Sandra Oh) compromising situation forces a major choice between career and love, and the Chief Resident is finally chosen.
"There's a huge race for Chief Resident going on right now that Jackson's right in the middle of – I think more than people know right now," star Jesse Williams (Dr. Jackson Avery) tells PopcornBiz. "I consider this season a very transitional season. After the shooting last season, people were kind of shattered on the floor and are now putting the pieces back together. This year that this wrap up is going to be the culmination of all of that: romantically, relationships, character work. It's going to be very different event than the finale we had last year."
Private Practice – May 19
As she has for its sister series "Grey's," creator Shonda Rimes is promising a lower key fourth season finale than in previous years – but expect the last the last two minutes to blow your mind. We're expecting a sweet – rather than shocking – sendoff for series regular Naomi (Audra MacDonald, who may yet recur next season), so expect the focus to land on Addison's (Kate Walsh) baby-making ultimatum to Sam (Taye Diggs) and the arrival of new cast member and Addison-admirer Conor (Benjamin Bratt) – plus some grace notes following Charlotte and Cooper's (KaDee Strickland and Paul Adelstein) wedding.
"After the wedding, there's even more payoff coming in the finale," Strickland tells PopcornBiz. "And now we have the lovely Benjamin Bratt, which is very exciting. He is not like any other character on the show. That's your tantalizing hint – that's all you're getting about Benjamin Bratt!"
The Event – May 23
The show's "on the bubble" status for a second-season renewal has its die-hard fans contemplating their own infiltration of network headquarters to ensure its survival. Whatever the series' fate, the first season finale "Arrival" promises to satisfactorily tie up a considerable amount of its long-dangling loose ends, while planting a few seeds for a hoped-for second season.
"Everything that you thought you knew about the show and everything that you assumed about the character's storylines is now all completely upside down and backwards," star Jason Ritter tells PopcornBiz. "It's an all out scramble for power, and people are taken out of their positions in various ways – It's pretty crazy right now! Something comes to an end, and then there are teasers of the things that they're going to be dealing with next season. They're going to tie a lot of things up – I don't think they're going to just leave it all completely unraveled or unravel it even further. Then with a couple of the loose threads they'll start a new story arc."
Glee – May 24
The second season finale is as shrouded in mystery as anything "Glee" can be (as is its title), but we do know the following: there's a funeral of someone close to the McKinley-ites (and it's not a canary this time: Sue's sister Jean tops fan speculation); a song from Matthew Morrison's debut album will be performed by Mr. Schue himself, and the show choir sings an original song "Light Up the World"; teen songbird Charice will be back as Vocal Adrenaline's Sunshine Corazon, and the New Directions kids will hit the Big Apple for their big Nationals show-down.
"Nationals is coming up and I think that's really our primary focus," says series creator Ryan Murphy, who'll be putting the show's guest star obsession on a backburner. "It's this big national event where they finally get to face their big rivals once again, so that's a pretty big drive."
The season-long story arc involving Dave Karofsky (Max Adler) and the soul-crashing bullying at McKinley High will finally come to a resolution as well. "I love the story that it's telling," star Jenna Ushkowitz tells PopcornBiz. "The way that he's kind of this suppressed kid who doesn't feel like he can come out and be who he really is. So I think they're going to take care of it very, very carefully, and I'm really excited for that."
Murphy agrees, hinting at a triumphant, rather than tragic, conclusion. "The tone of the show is inspiration and aspiration, so I hope we can make it a positive thing."
Dancing With the Stars – May 24
Only four celebrity competitors are left cha-cha-ing – Kirstie Alley, Hines Ward, Chelsea Kane and Ralph Macchio – and only one can twirl away with the coveted Mirror Ball trophy. But in a rare "DWTS" season where no single, clear frontrunner has emerged, it's truly anyone's to win – or lose, with one misstep.
"At this point it's about consistency," competitor Chelsea Kane tells PopcornBiz. "Everyone has been at the top of the leader board, and I think the weakest performance that night is going to be the one that goes home, because at this point everyone is good and they're only getting better. I feel like you have to deliver from here on out every Monday night. There's no get-out-of-jail-free card in this competition!"
Cougar Town – May 25
The second season finale, "Something Good Coming" (airing in two back-to-back parts), culminates with a scenery shift from sunny Florida to even sunnier Hawaii, where Jules (Courteney Cox) and the gang travel to help her son Travis (Dan Byrd) deal with some serious heartbreak – but Travis also finds solace – in song – with another depressed soul-searcher: "Scrubs" hapless hospital lawyer Ted Buckland (Sam Lloyd).
"I just like the show at the end of the year being about something," says creator Bill Lawrence (who also created "Scrubs"), "and I feel like the end of this year is really about Courtney's son's descent into following his father's footsteps, and how it affects the whole group. He kind of becomes an unemployed ne'er do well, living on a boat. I think people will really enjoy the last few shows."
"I'm excited that we get to watch Travis grow up," star Courteney Cox tells PopcornBiz. "We get to watch Jules stop being so controlling of her son. We get to watch Bobby become more of an independent man and not such a man-child. And watch Grayson and Jules figure out real life problems: you know, 'What about kids?' And we'll get to watch Laurie and Ellie just have really funny stories."


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Faithful followers of Urbanscale will have noticed that things have been very quiet hereabouts — a quiet which is probably more acute for the contrast with the pace of commenting we'd kept up since the launch of the practice at the beginning of last year. In part, this sense of quiet is illusory, in that there's been the usual amount of work and travel going on in the background, but it also clearly speaks to some pretty major transitions in the nature of the practice.
Rather than trying to continue the level of output we'd been keeping up, I'm going to be trying something a little unusual, which is putting the practice per se on pause for an indefinite period while I concentrate on finishing The City Is Here For You To Use. The book has gone through a lot of changes since I first announced my intention to publish it, way back at the beginning of 2008, and while I think it will unquestionably be better and more useful for having matured over this extended period, it really does demand my total attention now. Demands my attention, that is, in a way that's inconsistent with the realities of running a client-service business honorably and with a focus on detail.
We've wrapped up work on all the projects we had in the shop, shipped our final outstanding deliverable, and will be putting things in hibernation until such time as I am once again free to pursue active design and development work. This is certainly a strategy with its share of risks, but ultimately I think it's the best way of fulfilling my obligations to the book, to the people who have already invested in its appearance, and to the networked cities and citizens I care about so passionately. (I am continuing to take on a limited number of public-speaking engagements, so as ever you should feel free to get in touch if this is of interest to you.)
I want to thank Mayo, Jeff, Leah and J.D. for their talent and fervor; our collaborators Ryan Sullivan, Benedetta Piantella, Justin Downs and Todd Bailey for theirs; and everyone who's responded to what we've been trying to do with such enthusiasm and love for that wonderful and truly affirmative energy. This includes each and every one of you who have followed our weeknotes, reposted our essays and videos, come to our FRIDAYS AT 7 events and, yes, sported our stickers.
For my own part, I would encourage you to think of this not as a departure, but as a shift into a different mode of investigation. The mission is a very long way from completion, there are many loads left to lift, and miles to go before we sleep. Take care and stay in touch.

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Soybean futures are fractionally lower this morning. They posted 5 to 5 1/2 cent gains on Wednesday, after US/China trade talks concluded. Soymeal futures were up $1.40/ton, with soy oil 14 points higher. Following the 3-day meeting between US and China, a US trade representative stated one of the focuses was China's pledge to buy a "substantial amount" of US goods. That is a follow up from earlier talks, with still few details on what, when, and how much will be purchased. With the government shutdown still ongoing, Export Sales data will not be released today. AgRural cut their Brazil production estimate by 4.5 MMT from November to 116.9 MMT. CONAB put out their updated estimates this morning at 118.8 MMT vs. 120 MMT last month.
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Bought this skirt off ebay on a whim after seeing Victoria post about them ages ago and it'd been sitting in my watched items for a few months now. Decided on the wine colour as I thought it would be nice for A/W, its much more purple toned than these photos, my camera isnt very good at picking up red tones for some reason. But its a gorgeous colour wine-y burgundy colour in real life and I cant wait to wear it more! Couldnt resist posing in my new fur coat as well, despite staying inside for most of the day and I was already wearing a jumper so I was a bit hot! My coats a size 10 for anyone thinking of buying it, I can fit a jumper under it too without being too snug!
Couldn't decide if I needed a necklace or not at first so hence why I'm not wearing one in some photos. Sometimes its nice to take photos of a outfit and step back and think "does this work? can I add to it/make it better". Its useful sometimes when picking outfits and pairing new things together. I often wear things, take photos and think "wait this is all wrong". I think a photo is easier to judge if something works or not than a mirror!
In other news today I made a cheesecake and had a good hair day so I did a happy dance.


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Former boxing champ-turned-actor Mike Tyson's one-man stage show has landed him his first TV special.
His "Undisputed Truth" show is to be filmed by HBO Films for a broadcast later this year. The project will be directed by Spike Lee, who championed and mentored Tyson throughout his theatrical run.
"Undisputed Truth" debuted in Las Vegas in 2012 and has since enjoyed success on Broadway and on tour across the U.S.
Tyson says, "I'm incredibly grateful to HBO for partnering with me and for believing in my story. It is an honor and a privilege to be working with them to bring my one-man show, "Undisputed Truth," to life on the television screen."
Tyson's wife, Kiki, is among the show's producers and she will also co-write her husband's dialogue for the HBO special.


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On Feb. 5, 1963, 50 years ago this week, President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress on "Mental Illness and Mental Retardation." He proposed a new program under which the federal government would fund community mental-health centers, or CMHCs, to take the place of state mental hospitals. As Kennedy envisioned it, "reliance on the cold mercy of custodial isolations will be supplanted by the open warmth of community concern and capability."
President Kennedy's proposal was historic because the public care of mentally ill individuals had been exclusively a state responsibility for more than a century. The federal initiative encouraged the closing of state hospitals and aborted the development of state-funded outpatient clinics in process at that time.
Over the following 17 years, the feds funded 789 CMHCs with a total of $2.7 billion ($20.3 billion in today's dollars). During those same years, the number of patients in state mental hospitals fell by three quarters""to 132,164 from 504,604""and those beds were closed down.
From the beginning, it was clear that CMHCs were not interested in taking care of the patients being discharged from the state hospitals. Instead, they focused on individuals with less severe problems sometimes called "the worried well." Federal studies reported individuals discharged from state hospitals initially made up between 4% and 7% of the CMHCs patient load, and the longer the CMHC was in existence the lower this percentage became.
It has now become politically correct to claim that this federal program failed because not enough centers were funded and not enough money was spent. In fact, it failed because it did not provide care for the sickest patients released from the state hospitals. When President Ronald Reagan finally block-granted federal CMHC funds to the states in 1981, he was not killing the program. He was disposing of the corpse.
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Meantime, during the years CMHCs were funded, Medicaid and Medicare were created and modifications were made to the Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance programs. None of these programs was originally intended to become a major federal support for the mentally ill, but all now fill that role. The federal takeover of the mental-illness treatment system was complete.
Fifty years later, we can see the results of "the open warmth of community concern and capability." Approximately half of the mentally ill individuals discharged from state mental hospitals, many of whom had family support, sought outpatient treatment and have done well. The other half, many of whom lack family support and suffer from the most severe illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, have done poorly.
According to multiple studies summarized by the Treatment Advocacy Center, these untreated mentally ill are responsible for 10% of all homicides (and a higher percentage of the mass killings), constitute 20% of jail and prison inmates and at least 30% of the homeless. Severely mentally ill individuals now inundate hospital emergency rooms and have colonized libraries, parks, train stations and other public spaces. The quality of the lives of these individuals mocks the lofty intentions of the founders of the CMHC program.
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this 50-year federal experiment is its inordinate cost. In 2009, 4.7 million Americans received SSI or SSDI because of mental illnesses, not including mental retardation, a tenfold increase since 1977. The total cost was $46 billion. The total Medicaid and Medicare costs for mentally ill individuals in 2005 was more than $60 billion.
Altogether, the annual total public funds for the support and treatment of mentally ill individuals is now more than $140 billion. The equivalent expenditure in 1963 when Kennedy proposed the CMHC program was $1 billion, or about $10 billion in today's dollars. Even allowing for the increase in U.S. population, what we are getting for this 14-fold increase in spending is a disgrace.
Including President Kennedy, five Democratic and five Republican presidents have presided over the 50-year federal experiment. Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush appointed presidential commissions to examine the failed programs, but nothing useful came from either.
Nor is President Obama likely to do anything, since his lead agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, has essentially denied that a problem exists. Its contribution to the president's response to the Dec. 14 Newtown tragedy focused only on school children and insurance coverage. And its current plan of action for 2011-14, a 41,000-word document, includes no mention of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or outpatient commitment, all essential elements in an effective plan for corrective action.
The evidence is overwhelming that this federal experiment has failed, as seen most recently in the mass shootings by mentally ill individuals in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., and Tucson, Ariz. It is time for the federal government to get out of this business and return the responsibility, and funds, to the states.
The federal government, perhaps through the Institute of Medicine, would be responsible only for evaluating and rating state programs, much as it now does for education. The ultimate responsibility would rest with state legislatures and governors. Then, for the first time in 50 years, somebody could be held accountable for what has become an ongoing disaster.
Dr. Torrey is founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center and author of "American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System," forthcoming from Oxford University Press.


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Creator of the terrifying Cthulhu mythos, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, a.k.a. the Sage of Providence, was often less than wise in his divisive opinions. But he was an inveterate letter writer and throughout his life he cultivated a loyal network of correspondents, many of whom were pioneers of weird fiction too. Explore his network.
If you came up with one of the most important ideas in history, would you give up the credit? Alfred Russel Wallace developed the Theory of Evolution independently to Darwin, but held off publishing his ideas until the older man published his. Explore the world of one of Science's unsung heroes.
Letter writing is a rich and ancient form of communication. It offers deep insights into the thoughts, feelings and experiences of people from every walk of life in a more immediate way than almost any other medium. As well as the content of letters, the set of circumstances surrounding a letter's creation, transmission and reception tells a story in itself.
Data visualisation strives to make sense of the large and complex, condensing and clarifying complicated data in a single image. It can achieve an impact that words simply cannot replicate.
Visual Correspondence uses data visualisation to makes sense of a person's life through their correspondence. Who they wrote to, who wrote to them, when and where - these flashes of detail unveil a rich narrative about people and our past through images.
As well as providing tools to visualise huge collections of correspondence, in bringing together detail on 165327 letters from 56 collections, Visual Correspondence provides a new way to explore the letters themselves. Links to the full text of the letters are provided were possible and added information helps put the letters in context. Hopefully in exploring this site, you will start to see correspondence in a new way.


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Dealing in Historical Documents
A scary report for South African genealogists to note:
What family historian wouldn't love to possess their great, great grandfather's original will or a centuries old family Bible? Such items are treasures for anyone with a love of history. But they are also a rich source of income for collectors, leading to our nation's history disappearing piece by piece into private hands.
- In the summer of 2006, a former National Archives intern named Jim McTague stole 164 historical documents from NARA's Philadelphia facility, selling almost half of them on eBay.
- Six years earlier, former National Archives employee, Shawn P. Aubitz, pilfered several hundred documents and photos over a period of months, including pardons signed by Presidents James Madison and Abraham Lincoln.
- During a six-year period from 1996-2002, a Virginia amateur historian named Howard Harner repeatedly tucked Civil War papers into his clothes and smuggled them out of a National Archives research room.
- In 2006, Western Washington University discovered that more than 600 pages of maps, lithographs, charts and illustrations had been torn from at least 102 vintage volumes.
- Edward Forbes Smiley III, a Massachusetts dealer, was sentenced to 42 months in prison for stealing 98 rare maps from university libraries in the United States and United Kingdom between 1998 and 2005.
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One of the main standards in 5th grade geometry is for students to classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties (5.G.4). I have been working with my class on lines, angles (types as well as measuring), congruency/similar, parallel etc.
In this standard, the students need to group shapes based on the properties of sides - parallel, perpendicular, congruent and number of sides; and properties of angles - types of angles, congruency. This builds deductive reasoning and precise vocabulary use.
This lesson seems very simple, and there is a lot to be learned before this. The more ways students can classify and discriminate shapes the better they will understand them.
There is a common misconception to look for while your students are sorting the shapes - students will think that the last category they put the shapes in is the only classification that can be used.
I believe that my students have a better understanding and reach a higher level thinking when I am able to tie their learning to their previous knowledge and their personal life. I either do a strategy activity from Tribes or ask a questions that will relate to my students' lives and the lesson I am about to teach.
Today I ask my students to talk about how they would group items in their desk and if some of these items were more important (hierarchy).
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Most of the students grouped their shapes by the number of sides and angles and the shapes did not overlap into different categories.
Once my students have a chance to share their ideas about classifying and ordering the items in their desks, I link them to classifying and ordering geometric two-dimensional shapes based on their properties. I tell them that not only can we group things together we can also put them in order of how important they are - we can do this in science and now in math.
I ask my students - What is the definition of geometry? In the past I have always said it is the study of lines and shapes but today I have a different definition for them. Geometry is all about shapes and their properties. I am now using the word properties to group the shapes.
My next slide has Plane Geometric shape definition and Solid Geometric shape definition. I also write on my board Geometry indicating it as subdivided into plane and solid shapes. I ask my students to brainstorm some plane figures and solid figures. There is an arrow off to the left side of my slide where I can slide my images of the two types of shapes under the definitions.
Coming up later in this lesson students will be sorting and grouping shapes and I want to give them some math tools to do this. In their bins they have a compass, protractor, rulers, definition cards and polygon tiles (left over from an old math program but you can Google polygon shapes and find numerous images to print off). Because I seem to always mix up the names of the protractor and compass I have an image on a slide where I can slide the name next to the tool.
Since I have not completly introduced the term properties to my students I make a point to do this with the next slide. In each of the rectangles I have properties the students will need to be looking at to create their groups or subcategories of polygons.
The next slide has Questions to ask yourself when you work together to sort your pieces....
By giving the students the words angles, sides, equal and parallel I am intentionally directing their ideas to include these when they group their shapes.
Whenever I have my students work together in groups - which is really often because I believe students will build on each other's ideas, it cements the ideas when they have to explain it to another person and it will be in more kid friendly language when coming from another student, and it creates leaders - I always review my class "rules" which are the four Tribes Agreements of Attentive Listening, Appreciations / No Put-Downs, The Right to Pass and Mutual Respect. I also refer back to another Tribes lesson/strategy I've taught called "The Roles People Play." You may hear some of my students talking about being helpers, organizers, leaders, encouragers not talkers, sitters, jokers or bosses. I find negative behavior is greatly reduced during group work and if there is a disruption in learning my students can use these strategies to get the group back on task.
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I walk around the room as each group works to sort all of their pieces, listening for students to be using the geometric terms we have covered in class and specifically the words for classification of angles, parallel, sides etc. If I don't hear this I will guide the students to using them.
After the groups have finished their classifications I will have them walk through what I call a Table Tour or Student Self-Assessment. Students will walk around the tables and write down how they think each table grouped their polygon tiles - once again giving the student's time to practice vocabulary (MP6) and constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others (MP3).
On the next slide I put up the classification given in the CCSS and ask my students to once again critique the reasoning of others and to check their own work.
Here is a link to the Geometry Shapes. If you use Smart Notebook there is a Notebook file in the Resources.
It is important to always have your students reflect what they have learned. This will more than double their retention of the content. For this lesson I had my students popcorn answers to the question "What did you notice about how the other groups sorted their shapes?" Not only did they have the time to sort their own shapes but also to look at how other students sorted their shapes.
Classroom Video: Developing a Conceptual Understanding
The last slide is reflection questions - for content, collaborative and personal behavior. Research states that if a person reflects on their learning retention of the knowledge doubles. When students reflect on their behavior there is more positive behavior than negative. Students are seeing themselves as leaders, helpers, organizers and encouragers. The negative roles melt away.


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'Remember me when I am gone away'
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The majority of cemeteries and churchyards have restrictions on the type of memorial they allow and may have regulations on the length of time required for ground settlement before a memorial may be erected.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Ryder Cup - Final Thoughts
Well, first things first....you heard it here first - I correctly predicted a 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 victory for the USA, as well as being pretty darn near perfect in my assessment of who would be a stud and who would be a dud. Attending the event in person was an incredible treat, and something I will never forget. In keeping with the nature of my previous Ryder Cup posts, I will share my observations in sort of a "free association" manner (primarily because I was unable to even take in a microcassette recorder due to the security dudes - so I did not even write stuff down)
- From the very start of the matches on Friday, you could feel in the air that something was different. The USA players all seemed confident and relaxed - and perhaps most important really comfortable with each other. Even the fans seemed to sense it.
- Similarly, the Euros seemed tense (except for Poulter, who seemed ready to prove to EVERYONE that he was a force to be reckoned with). We followed Sergio and Westwood for a while, and neither of them ever seemed comfortable. And believe me, the fans were extremely nice to ALL players.
- The Euro fans were very cool - they cheered hard for their team, but I heard no whining or bitching. We watched the shots coming into #3 on Saturday morning with a large group of Euro fans (aka eFans) who, just like us, cheered all the good shots and lamented the poor ones. If diplomacy were this easy...
- The Euro WAGS (wives and girlfriends) were, uh, hot.... I've gotta give it to them in this category, they won the prize here. They too seemed pretty nice, often chatting with the USA WAGS.
- The course was really set up for scoring, and the greens were super receptive. Approaches stuck like they were hitting flypaper.
- This is less obvious on TV - but at least for this week, put one of the Pros inside 70 yards with a wedge and they will stick it inside of 5 feet...I cannot count how many times we watched this happen on par 5s and short par 4s - but it was ridiculous...
- During the foursomes and fourballs, watching live on the course, you just don't see very much golf action. And with 40,000 spectators onsite, once the groups pass whatever hole you are on, you will be hard pressed to find another good viewing spot. Best case is to catch a few holes on the front side, dash to the back side and catch a few others...and set the TIVO before you leave home.
- JB Holmes really DOES hit it that far...and man, when he catches it just right, it is RIDICULOUS. His warm up is like watching the fuse burn down on a box of Y. Lee Coyote's dynamite...
- Par 5 #7 - Amazing observation (this is where Sergio rinsed two on Sunday) - At least 80% of the time, the players who hit the best tee shots on this hole selected an iron for their approach to the green....and fed the pond. Equally amazing - the players whose drives were further back down the fairway selected hybrids (or in Perry's case when playing Furyk's drive) a 3 wood - and the same 80% landed safely on terra firma....go figure
- Lost all respect for Lee Westwood after his attack on Boo Weekly on Friday. What a whiny,sniveling, prissy a$$ loser he revealed himself to be. Dude - you had you a$$ handed to you....man up and accept it.
- Not sure how to explain this, but Sergio showed little heart all week. He was thoroughly dominated by AK on Sunday, but even when he was halving matches earlier in the competition, he just did not seem to have it all there.
- Ian Poulter....my pick for the next Euro to win a major (Sorry Sergio,Lee,Justin, et al....). I was completely impressed with Ian, and would defend his celebration to the end. His antics, just like Boo's were genuine,honest, from the heart, and impossible not to admire...tip of the hat, er visor, to IP.
- AK - After being a little offput earlier this year by his cockiness, I admit that I was wrong. This kid is the REAL DEAL, and I am officially a fan.
- Ryder Cup gear - Don't bother....they sell it in any PGA Tour shop in most airports across the USA...and the selection was disappointing.
- Nick Faldo - Hard to fault him...his captain's picks played well, I thought his pairings were thoughtfully assembled, and he kept his wits. The USA team just flat out played better. He has to be disappointed by his big 3 (Sergio,Paddy, and Westwood) - none of whom got it done.
- GREAT story for Kenny Perry and JB Holmes, both of whom were stronger than a shot of Kentucky rye whiskey on Sunday. Hats off to both of them.
All told, I was very proud of how the players and fans from BOTH teams behaved (except for the aforementioned whining). It was a great competition, and I hope I can attend another one someday.
Posted by Cash at 8:10 PM
Labels: Anthony Kim, Boo Weekly, JB Holmes, Ryder Cup 2008
2 comments:
- Patricia Hannigan said...
It must have been so exciting and fun to be able to be there. I'm definitely going to try to get to Wales for the next one.
This is an awesome retelling of the event. Thanks for sharing it!
- September 22, 2008 at 12:07 AM
- Cash said...
GG - Thanks. It was really cool.
- January 13, 2009 at 4:39 PM
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It's been a while since I posted but I don't want you to think that I've been taking a vacation from my documentary because it's actually the opposite. I've been so busy with a hundred different things that I keep forgetting to post updates. So here's the scoop:
I have been planning a trip to Vancouver / Seattle to visit Leanne Prain and Mandy Moore, authors of the book Yarn Bombing, yarn graffiti scholar Jessica Glesby, and maybe the Seattle-based group Yarn Core (I'm still waiting for confirmation). John and I leave for this trip on Friday morning and come back on Labor Day. It's going to be really exciting. There are a lot of things to think about when planning a trip for a documentary. It's not just hotels and rental cards, I've been having to secure equipment, release forms, scout locations for places I've never been. I've been reading and reading about my interview subjects and writing question. I've even made a shot list of what I think we should shoot. So needless to say, it's a lot of work.
There's been a shift in my crew. I'm happy to announce that Taylor Hagan has joined the prestigious rank of producer along side Spencer Stoner. John is taking a hiatus from producing to work on his own project (check it out, it's pretty incredible, ONCE AGAIN). With Taylor and Spencer behind me, I know we're going to get more organized and get this thing made. Now none of my crew, Spencer, Taylor or John, can knit or crochet but they are all lovers of the craft. Hopefully by the end of this project I will teach them how to knit or crochet so that they can have some yarn cred* in the community.
Lots of other fun things going on with the documentary. More grant applications. We're currently looking into securing fiscal sponsorship. I've also been toying around with the idea of getting an intern to help me get my footage transcribed and organized.
One thing to know about documentary filmmaking, is that it's a lot of planning, a lot of quick thinking, and a lot of work in post-production to make everything come together. It's never ending as far as the workday goes. I dream about making my doc. I'm starting to realize that documentary filmmakers must be a little crazy because it's a very unpredictable life that is almost constant stress, but I love it.
Last night I was happy to attend a Documentary Filmmaker Panel sponsored by a group at the University of Texas at Austin, Women In Cinema. The panelists Laura Sobel, director of Cereal: History in a Bowl, Rakeda Lashae, documentary television director, and Mike Nicholson, producer of Better This World came together for an evening of shared non-fiction filmmaking secrets. I was really inspired by each of the panelists. As I heard them talk about their struggles, it gave me strength to persevere through this tough patch. I know that I'm on the right path.
* Yarn Cred is similar to Street Cred but it has to pertain to the world of crafts specifically the fibered arts. I don't think I came up with this on my own, I'm sure I've heard this or read this. Actually I think someone praised me and my documentary because I have yarn cred.
Yarn Cred - Commanding a level of respect in the craft world environment due to experience in or knowledge of issues affecting those environments.
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Well our online fundraising campaign is over. We had a good run. We raised $5,640 of a $15,000 goal by 112 different funders made up of friends, family, colleagues, knitters and strangers. I got 65 comments including favorites like, "Sarah Gonzalez has a true vision and I am glad o even have a small part in her success! All the best!", "Who knew that knit one, pearl two could unite the world. I look foward to seeing more.", "I am very impressed with your vision and the powerful message I know your film will send. Every action people take to make the world a better place is a worthy action. Congratulations in advance for this great work." and many many more.
Even though we didn't hit the goal, there is no doubt that this campaign was a huge success. Many people have found out about the documentary and are generally excited. We got enough money to travel to the Pacific Northwest to films some more yarn bombers. I'm excited. This is another beginning.
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The tidal current runs to and fro […] crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea. Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire. What greatness had not floated on the ebb of that river into the mystery of an unknown earth! … The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealths, the germs of empires.
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899).
Here, surely, we have a passionate and evocative description of the Vikings: bold adventurers stepping forward onto the world stage, ready to set a blaze on four continents and pave the way for the nations that would rise in their wake. In fact, this passage, taken from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, describes the explorers, buccaneers, settlers and merchants – 'the dark 'interlopers' of the eastern trade, and the commissioned 'generals' of the East India fleets" – who had set out from the Thames from the 16th to the 19th century, laying the foundations of the British Empire and changing the world forever. But striking similarities between the Vikings and the British of the early modern and modern age underlie this coincidence of images: societies alienated in politics and religion from their closest neighbours and rivals, possession of a technological edge at sea, bravery, curiosity, a lust for gold and a willingness to use violence and brutality to whatever end. It was a comparison that the Victorians were not slow to identify, though they saw the comparison in a generally positive light.
…much of what is good and true in our laws and social customs, much of what is manly and vigorous in the British Constitution, and much of our intense love of freedom and fair play, is due to the pith, pluck and enterprise, and sense of justice that dwelt in the breasts of the rugged old sea-kings of Norway!
R M Ballantyne, Erling the Bold: A Tale of Norse Sea-Kings (1869)
But just as the legacy of Empire is constantly being re-evaluated, so too is the impact of the Vikings on the people with whom they came into contact, and the darker side of both has frequently been at the foreground of contemporary thought. The Vikings were happy to acquire goods by plunder and extortion when it was expedient, and to open up new markets for trade by the sword. Evidence from Viking military camps in Britain suggests that trade and manufacturing could go hand in hand with raiding and conquest: perhaps an early equivalent of 'gun-boat diplomacy'. And just as the early wealth of the British Empire was founded on the horrors of the slave trade, so too were slaves a major trading commodity for Vikings. Written sources give a sense of some of the misery experienced by people subjected to early medieval human trafficking:
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Viking slave shackles excavated in Dublin and Germany bear a startling similarity to those used in the transportation of Africans to the Americas and West Indies in the 18th and early 19th centuries by British slave-traders, such as these in the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool. But at the same time, the rapacity and technological edge that made the Vikings so feared were also to effect lasting change on a continental scale. Settlements in Ireland, Russia and Ukraine played a pivotal role in the development of urban civilisation in those regions, and the influx of trade goods and silver from the east contributed in no small way to the economic development of European markets. New settlements and cultures grew out of Viking exploration, sometimes where none had existed before. The birth of an Icelandic nation was to give Europe its oldest living parliamentary system and lead to an extraordinary flowering of medieval literature in the shape of the Icelandic sagas. The legacy of the British Empire remains highly controversial. But it is even more problematic trying to judge the Vikings by the standards of 21st-century morality. As with all stereotypes applied to large groups of people, labelling the Vikings as heroes or villains, raiders or traders, distorts history and oversimplifies complex phenomena. The Vikings were many things in equal measure, and their diversity of expression, activity and ethnicity is a defining aspect of what Vikings: life and legend seeks to explore.
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Muskallonge Lake State Park is located 28 miles northwest of Newberry in Luce County. The 217-acre park is situated between the shores of Lake Superior and Muskallonge Lake and the area is well known for its forests, lakes and streams. Muskallonge Lake State Park was the former site of Deer Park, a lumbering town in the late 1880s, and prior to its lumbering history, an Indian encampment. Muskallonge Lake was a mill pond for millions of white pine logs that were brought to it by railroad lines. By 1900, the virgin stands of pines were depleted, the mill was closed, and the lumbering operation moved away. All that remains as evidence of the lumbering community are piles of sawdust and a few partly submerged pine logs in the lake. The park was also the old site of a Coast Guard Life Saving Station.
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There are about 70 lakes and five rivers within a 20 mile radius of the park. Historic forts and the Father Marquette National Memorial and Museum are excellent destinations for day-trips. Tahquamenon Falls State Park is a relatively short drive away and offers spectacular scenery that includes Whitefish Point and several waterfalls. In Newberry, park visitors can take a trip to the Logging Museum or get on a riverboat that will take you down to the falls. West of Grand Marais is the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Southwest of the park are the Kingston Plains and the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Even closer to the park, duck and goose hunting are allowed on both lakes, but not within the confines of the park. And, charter boat fishing is available at Grand Marais.
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When you watch reality TV, you are living vicariously through people who are living fake real lives. At least when you watch a sit-com, there are no promises of reality. On a sit-com, the majority of the characters are quick-witted with biting senses of humor, and that doesn't exist in real life. If we were all that quick-witted, we'd also be clever enough to change the channel.
Ever since Real World III, I've said I wanted to be on the show, if for no other reason than to make fun of the freaks with whom I'd be living. And with all these new shows, I still stand by that desire - because I would be able to admit how ridiculous everyone was for being a part of it. I may even get raucous applause for doing so.
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When Red Pearl closed in October, we worried about losing our dim sum outlet, but we hit up Asian Court on Christmas and pulled almost all of our favorite dumplings and treats from the passing carts.
Barbecue pork buns. Shrimp dumplings and shrimp in rice noodle sheets. The sesame balls that Mrs. HowChow needs for dessert. Asian Court delivered them all, and we enjoyed a leisurely lunch with a friend, balancing the starch with a little Chinese broccoli but mostly eating dumpling after dumpling.
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Time has been good to Asian Court. We joined an energetic flow of people on Christmas Day, many filling large tables with 10 or 12 people and everyone picking dim sum off the circulating carts.
The dishes are routinely well-done -- the fried items crunch while the broccoli was the perfect tender-crisp, the dumplings come out fresh and hot and the shrimp are sweet. We doubled down on the steamed shrimp dumplings because they were so good. Nothing fancy. Just sweet, tender and pulled off with talent. The service was minimal, but they politely left us alone as we talked.
My one disappointment was that Asian Court didn't have the full range that Red Pearl used to offer. I looked in vain for a duck, spare ribs, or vegetarian shu mai. (Update: Dzoey comments below about the fry cart. That was unusual.) The place was so crowded that carts couldn't always get around, and I wonder if we just didn't see some of the options because they were snapped up in other parts of the room. You should definitely grab an employee to request anything that you specifically want.
There are dim sum options just south of the county -- especially Wong Gee in Wheaton and Oriental East in Silver Spring. Look for reviews on Yelp, or start with some of the comments on a 2011 post about Red Pearl.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Feb. 21, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a $19,500 settlement with D.W. Phillips, L.L.C., dba Arizona Honda, resolving allegations that the Tucson power equipment dealer used deceptive practices to secure financing for consumers who may not have otherwise qualified for financing.
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My first job in radio was in Bowling Green, Missouri in 1972, and I've been fortunate to have been gainfully employed (mostly) in the media ever since. I'm a native of northeast Missouri and western Illinois, and most of my time in the media has been in the area – from Hannibal, Monroe City and Branson, Missouri to Pittsfield, Virden and Jacksonville, Illinois. Over the years, time off the air has been spent lay speaking, auctioneering, emceeing various area events and rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals. Occasionally over the years, I've thought, "There's gotta be a better way to make a living." Well, I've checked … and there's not. As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
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Nobody wants to disappoint their father.
That's the main takeaway from Nike's new thirty second ad for the world's most mysterious cad. This isn't about what Tiger did, or how he did it, or in what positions. It's about disappointing dad.
And what a trick that is. It's not about the deed. It's about the perception of that deed. And perception is what Tiger -- and Nike -- is all about.
Here's how the ad unfolds: Curtain up, Tiger's face in black and white. He looks...tired? With a near-wetness in his eyes. Not crying, maybe about to cry? Not contrite. Maybe confused? Embattled?
This is the point: you're not supposed to know what emotions he's feeling. Nobody knows. That's why we're going to watch the Masters, right? To figure it out. To try to suss for ourselves -- in the way he stands, the way he crouches, the flick of his wrist, his gait on the fairway, anything -- the smallest semblance of a clue to who this man is.
But you won't figure it out. Your only clue will be this brilliant Nike advertisement.
The brilliance is in the blankness. Nike knows -- like everyone who's seen Tiger apologize knows -- that whenever the golfer opens his mouth he fails to sound truly contrite. Solution: render him mute.
Instead: play the voice of Tiger's dead father.
"Tiger?" Earl's voice says. "I am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion." As if to say: I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed. "I want to find out what you're thinking, I want to find out what your feelings are, and...did you learn anything?"
Cue the camera flashes.
You can't see this ad and dislike Tiger. You can't see the ad and even remember what he did. He's just a blank slate on which we project our own troubled lives. That dread that we've let our parents down.
That's the brilliance. The despicable: actually using Tiger's dead father for a rebranding project. The ad is a calculated attempt to use the father Tiger possibly disappointed for material gain. And if Earl were disappointed in Tiger, would he not be more so that his voice was used for this ad? To make people less disappointed?
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A man has pleaded guilty to the rarely charged crime of leaving a loaded firearm unattended after a San Diego County teenager shot himself in the face with the rifle and died.
U-T San Diego reports ( https://bit.ly/Y99aJO ) 50-year-old Kevin Brennick entered the plea Wednesday, marking the fourth time county prosecutors have pursued the misdemeanor charge.
Brennick is the father of a friend of 17-year-old Luke Lipscomb, who was smoking pot with his friends Nov. 4, 2011, when he picked up the rifle and shot himself between the eyes. He died two weeks later.
Brennick says most of his weapons were secured but the loaded .22-caliber rifle left on his kitchen counter was used it to kill "varmints" in his yard.
Brennick will get three years of probation and community service.
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Whewww! We finally made it to the final week of the 25 Days of Tegra and boy do we have some awesome stuff lined up for you guys. We're starting today by revisiting the prize from Day 1, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, but this time around we've doubled up to the 32 GB model so you'll have even more room for all your media and pictures and whatever else you guys cram on a tablet.
The Prize: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (32GB)
Highlights of the Galaxy Tab 8.9 include an 8.9-inch LCD display, a dual-core 1 GHz Tegra 2 processor, 1 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage, 3 MP rear camera, 2 MP front camera, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0.
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Teleporters, also known as Telemax Teleporters, are a type of building produced by the Telemax Corporation that can be constructed by an Engineer using the Build Tool. Two components make up a complete and functional teleporter set: the Teleporter Entrance and the Teleporter Exit. Both ends appear as team-colored devices that rotate quickly to form glowing, circular pads.
Players who stand on a fully charged Teleporter Entrance are instantly transported to the corresponding Teleporter Exit in a flash of light and team-colored particles. After a brief period of recharging, another teammate can pass through. With the ability to transport teammates quickly over any distance, Teleporters are an essential component to any team not defending their front porch: when fully upgraded, respawned teammates can be back on the front lines many times faster than walking or even most special jumps. A team can easily have their offensive push or defensive setup crumble if they lack prompt reinforcements, while one with a judiciously-placed exit can apply constant pressure and even sneak into an unaware enemy's territory.
When using a teleporter after the Love & War Update, forms of bread will pop out of the center of it. Bread has no use and disappears after several seconds.
Teleporters cost 50 metal each to place, 200 metal to upgrade to Level 2, and an additional 200 to upgrade to Level 3. Upgrading a Teleporter will decrease the entrance's recharge time by approximately half. Upgrading the Teleporter on one end will automatically upgrade its counterpart. However, if one end is destroyed, the remaining end reverts to Level 1. Although the model itself does not change when upgraded, the particles surrounding the teleporter become faster and more intense, and the sounds it makes increases in pitch and volume.
If a Spy places a Sapper on one end, another Sapper is automatically placed on the other end, if it exists. In turn, an Engineer can remove both Sappers by destroying one on either teleporter. The Engineer may then proceed to repair both ends of the teleporter system by using his Wrench on either end. However, since the Spy can place an infinite amount of Sappers on either the entrance or the exit of the teleporter, the Engineer may not be able to fully repair the teleporter system before another is placed upon it. This will result in the entire system being destroyed unless the Spy is disposed of.
Both Teleporters' health increases as they are being constructed until they reach a maximum of 150 health upon completion. When completed, a Teleporter Entrance will be instantly charged if there is an exit available, but subsequent charges will take ten seconds each unless the Teleporter is upgraded. Destroyed Teleporters leave 60 metal worth of scrap, which can be collected by teammates for metal and/or ammo.
Players who have recently teleported are surrounded by a distinctive, glowing particle effect for eighteen seconds after teleporting. The effect is visible if the player looks at their feet after Teleporter use. Spies who are disguised or Cloaked are not affected by this. Players cannot normally use the enemy team's Teleporters. However, Spies can use enemy Teleporters, even while Cloaked or undisguised. Standing on a Teleporter Exit when it is used by an enemy (whether it is an enemy exit or a friendly exit used by an enemy Spy) results in a fatal telefrag.
By default, players appear facing the direction the Engineer was facing when he placed the Teleporter Exit. The Teleporter Exit can be rotated by clicking the player's secondary attack button before placing the building, with an arrow on the blueprint indicating the direction a teammate will be facing upon use. The Teleporter Entrance can be rotated too, though this has no effect on gameplay. The entrance has an arrow that automatically points towards the exit (if it exists), which is unaffected by the rotation of the Teleporter Entrance. This arrow shows the player the general direction in which they will travel. The builder earns half of a point each time a team member other than himself uses his Teleporter.
While the Teleporter's blueprints are out, the Teleporter Entrance shows an arrow pointing to the ground while the Teleporter Exit shows an arrow pointing away from the ground. This is to distinguish the entrance and the exit while building.
Players who are carrying the Intelligence cannot use a Teleporter.
In Mann vs. Machine mode, Teleporters can be upgraded at Upgrade Stations to increase their health and activate the ability to teleport in both directions, allowing one to stand on the Exit and teleport to the Entrance (in which case the rotation of the Entrance will affect the direction of players teleporting "backward"). Using an Upgrade Buildings Canteen will also instantly upgrade Teleporters to level 3.
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- Fixed bug with placement of Teleporters that could result in players being unable to move.
- Demomen grenades now collide with players and Engineer buildings after the first bounce, but still won't explode on contact
- Engineer buildings now explode when the Engineer dies during sudden death.
- Fixed scoring problem where destroying a buildable added a phantom point, not attributed to any scoring bucket but still included in total score
- Fixed some edge cases where grenades could go through player or buildings
- The Engineer's "build X" commands will now behave properly when bound directly to keys
- Engineers no longer earn points for using their own Teleporters.
- Fixed a bug in scoring Engineer building destruction.
- Fixed exploit that allowed players to teleport with the intelligence
- Fixed building bone merge cache from dormant entities. Fixes weapons in SourceTV attached to wrong bones
- Fixed the teleporter's player shaped particles not drawing.
- Sapped buildings now take slightly less damage from the Spy who sapped them.
- [Undocumented] Fixed model exploit in stage one allowing Sentry Gun/Teleporter to be placed behind chain link fence on Dustbowl.
- Added server log entry for buildings destroyed by their owner
- Changed Engineer buildings to detonate when a player disconnects instead of blinking out.
- Fixed Engineer being able to detonate buildings that are being sapped.
April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)
- Teleporter effect no longer shows up on invisible or disguised Spies.
- Fixed "times used" entry in Teleporters maxing out at 32.
- Mapmakers can now place Engineer buildings directly into a map, with an option for them to be invulnerable
- Teleporters can now be upgraded to level three. It will recharge faster the higher level it is.
- Added teleporter sounds for level 2 and 3 Teleporters.
- Fixed teleporter entrance/exit effects being drawn when they don't have a matching teleporter entrance/exit.
February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)
- Added new sounds for upgraded Teleporters.
- Added a "player_teleported" game event that is sent when a player is teleported.
May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)
- Spies can now use enemy Teleporters.
- Fixed Spies not being telefragged when standing on an enemy teleporter exit with the Dead Ringer enabled.
- Fixed Teleporters not being buildable in some places where they should be (such as within the pit at the end of Badwater Basin).
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- Engineers wrenching a teleporter will repair the other end as well, and remove Sappers from both if they exist.
- Fixed being able to burn buildings that are in the water while standing outside the water.
- Fixed teleporting Spies getting stuck in enemy players standing on the exit.
- Fixed server log not listing telefrag kills as weapon "telefrag".
April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)
- Fixed Teleporters not reverting to level 1 when their other side is destroyed.
- Fixed Teleporter exit using the wrong particle effect.
- Fixed the Engineer being able to build more than 1 of each type of building.
July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)
- Engineers can now pickup & move their buildings.
- Fixed a server crash related to carrying buildings.
- Fixed a bug that allowed sapped buildings to be picked up by the Engineer
- Fixed a bug where players would go into reference poses when switching classes while carrying a building.
- Engineers can no longer pick up buildings while stunned or in loser state.
- Fixed a server crash in the player death code, related to building carrying.
- Fixed a server crash related to carrying buildings at round start.
- Fixed players picking up buildings before a round has started.
- Fixed a problem with not being able to pick-up buildings in Arena mode.
- Fixed a bug where Teleporters could be given more than their normal amount of health.
- Fixed Engineers being able to destroy sapped buildings by issuing the command directly in the console.
- [Undocumented] Several particle effects, including Teleporters, were altered to appear brighter. These changes do not apply to ATI graphics card users and some others.
- Fixed teleporter progress being displayed incorrectly after upgrading a teleporter while it was recharging
- Fixed being able to place buildings in nobuild zones
- Fixed Sappers attaching incorrectly to Teleporters that are still building
- [Undocumented] Teleporters now have an upgrade animation. If unconnected, its active rings glow for a moment as if connected. If connected, it temporarily appears disabled.
- [Undocumented] Teleporter Exits now point towards their Entrance.
- [Undocumented] Teleporters can no longer be wrenched during an upgrade animation.
- Fixed a bug where you could come out of a teleporter facing the wrong way in VR mode mode.
- Fixed an exploit where Teleporters could build up a large amount of health.
- [Undocumented] Bread props now sometimes spawn when using a Teleporter.
- Fixed Sappers sometimes only being applied to one Engineer teleporter.
December 21, 2016 Patch (Smissmas 2016)
- Fixed not clearing the teleport condition for players who have their teleport interrupted before the teleport is complete
- Fixed Teleporters teleporting players that respawn or change team during the teleport animation
- This fixes an exploit possible when playing on some "instant respawn" community servers
- It is impossible to use an entrance that is underwater as the game will not see you as standing on top of it.
- If a teleporter exit is on a significantly sloped ground, within the bounding box of certain props (typically large and/or rotated), or has a physical projectile nearby, any attempts to teleport will instead destroy the exit and leave the player on the entrance. This appears to be a too-sensitive safeguard against getting stuck in objects by teleporting.
- Sometimes when a teleporter is placed in a tight corner of two walls, any player that uses the teleporter will travel through but be stuck at the exit.[1]
- Placing a Teleporter entrance at the top of a slope with the exit in the spot on the slope directly in front of it (so that the exit is beneath the entrance) will cause the teleporting player to get stuck in the entrance and constantly teleport into the exit.
- Rarely, a player will be stuck outside of the map if the exit is destroyed while a player is using it.
- Teleporters in Mann vs. Machine sometimes apply the Building Health upgrade too many times, resulting in having more health then other buildings of the same level.
- Levelled-up Teleporters may attempt to and fail at teleporting players as they progress through their "upgrade animations".
- In rare cases, the Teleporter will appear sideways when built. This glitch does not affect the teleporter in any way.
- Sometimes the teleporter circle effects are upright instead of flat on top of the teleporter.
- If two opposite-color Teleporters are placed next to each other, a Sentry Gun the same color as the teleporter nearest to it will not be able to target the further opposite-color teleporter. This can lead to players being teleported through and immediately being fired at by the Sentry Gun.
- The Engineer's Teleporters are manufactured by Telemax, a division of TF Industries.
- According to the Team Fortress comics, teleportation was invented under the effects of Australium.[2]
- Teleporters may have more health than other buildings in Mann vs. Machine mode.
- Rotating a Teleporter entrance has no effect in normal gameplay.
- There is a small chance that the teleporter will spawn a bread prop. This is referring to the Love & War Update when the Engineer and Soldier were teleporting bread in the video, "Expiration Date".
- The teleporter is 130 Pixels/ 16.0575296108291 Inches/ or 1.338127467569092 Feet tall.
- The teleporter (from a top view) is 450 Pixels/55.58375634517767 Inches/ or 4.63197969543172 Feet wide and 370 Pixels/ 45.70219966159053 Inches/ or 3.808516638465877 Feet tall.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 84 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We want an instantly eye catching "Web 2.0" Logo that is modern, clean and trendy. For an online corporate b2b audience.
We are also looking for a team of designers for a number of exciting projects in the pipeline.It all starts here!
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We wish we could own the domainstorm.com.
We needed to be creative. The "im" obviously stands for internet marketing –"Storm Internet Marketing". We do not want to hide the "internet marketing" butwe would like to be know as "Storm". Can you carry this through to your design?
Can you be creative with the "im"? ****edit - We now feel that the"im" in your choice of font should just bedifferentiated by a different colour. This should make the final logo cleanerand simpler.
Thefinal logo should contain the following text: "STORMIM – INTERNET MARKETING"the "IM" in your choice of font should just be a different colour to storm. Nota different font or a different size font. Unless you choose to take the risk andsurprise us. We feel that our target audience will be arty enough to see thelink with just a difference in font colour.****
Think of what a storm represents. Although they can be a threat to us ashumans they can represent life and re-generation to all of us including nature.For example: An African drought that wreaks havoc for humans and animals alikeis suddenly tamed and the earth is replenished - thanks to the long awaited"storm".
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A full website will also be required on completion of the logo. Pleaseconsider this in your choice of colours for the logo. We want our site coloursto be on the lighter side, easy to the eye and definitely not deep and dark.
We are looking for a logo and site design team that we hope to work with ona number of projects soon to be launched. We hope this team will start to bemade up of the top 3 designs of this contest. We are prepared to offer future"logo" work to the top 3 designs of this contest.
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