I hate having to post again, but we got help here when the menu was hiding behind a flash element, but now we have changed the video to a .mp4. I've set the z-index to 1000, and I have added <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> to the Object tag and wmode="transparent" to the Embed tag, but the menu is still behind the movie in Chrome, IE, and Safari.
Arrgh! It seems like such a simple concept but it is not working for me again. Can someone PLEASE look at my code and let me know what might be causing this? Thanks so much!
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="563" HEIGHT="275" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
I hate having to post again, but we got help here when the menu was hiding behind a flash element, but now we have changed the video to a .mp4. I've set the x-index to 1000, and I have added <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> to the Object tag and wmode="transparent" to the Embed tag, but the menu is still behind the movie in Chrome, IE, and Safari.
I tried making wmode opaque and it did not work. Please help!!!!!
Yes I did and that did not work. Please help!!!
If it were Flash, using wmode transparent or opaque would have the same effect here. They only differ in how the background of the Flash is rendered. Both allow other content to appear over the Flash.
But that's not Flash. As far as I know there's no corresponding param/attribute for Media Player. My advice would be to convert your movie to Flash. Or move it away from the menu in the layout.
You can upload the mp4 file to YouTube and they'll convert it for you, even host it privately or publicly for you if you like.
The problem is we cant convert to flash because then it cannot be viewed on mobile devices and tablets. We are trying to stay far away from flash.
We cannot re-design the whole thing either to move it away from the movie object. It's 99% done.
Maybe another drop menu might work.
for the embed tag will do it.
I am starting to think this might be true and we dont want to use QuickTime because they make you surrender your email address in order to get the download.
jscheuer1's suggestion did work for IE9 but the menu is still behind the movie in Chrome and Safari.
I'm not claiming this is true (or not) for your page. I'm just mentioning the possibility. I realized I made a mistake earlier: it's because it plays through video memory (but the situation is otherwise as I said).
QuickTime doesn't actually require an email. As far as I remember the form allows you to click submit without typing anything. I'm not sure that's actually within their TOS, but the form is annoying and it would be easy for them to actually require an email if they really wanted to. It's free software anyway.
But that's irrelevant if you're using Quicktime on your site. Aside from testing, there's no need that you even have it installed-- what matters is your visitors (potentially including yourself).
I'm not suggesting you switch to QT either. I was just mentioning a possibility. And as I said, maybe browsers do have a fancy way to work around that, but if you can't find a solution, maybe it really isn't possible. You could always contact the plugin software company-- in this case, Microsoft.
Are you sure you applied the attribute to the embed tag? That's what those other browsers use. With that sort of syntax, only IE uses the object tag.
But you may have. The plugins for Media Player for other browsers just aren't as advanced as those for IE. They might not even be written by MS. MP and IE are both MS products. Given the culture at MS, it makes sense that the two would work together better than on other browsers.
If you did and cleared the browser cache and refreshed the page and it still didn't work, for now I'd say just move it away from the menu.
Daniel, in another thread didn't you mention a tool for video that detects platforms and uses what's available?
I may have misunderstood, but that's the sort of thing that's required. Still, I doubt it has the kind of integration that Flash has. At least not yet.
The tool I mentioned is just for audio, unfortunately. Maybe it would eventually work for video too, but that would be difficult with differently sized videos, etc.
If Windows Media plugin doesn't work in this case, then the best solution for embedding video is probably Flash. It's the most well supported on all platforms and is integrated enough with the browsers that menus can probably go above it in all (or almost all??) cases.
Extra information about various alternative formats below. Feel free to ignore it if you can't or don't want to change formats at the moment. It's good to have an idea about what's out there. Window Media (WMV) is very incompatible; AVI (which usually can play in WMP) is more supported, but not always available (for example iPod/iPad, as explained below).
The main downside to Flash is that there are a few systems that don't yet support it, such as probably some versions of Linux and the non-computer Apple devices-- iPads, iPods, and maybe some other brands of mobile phone. For these cases, my strong recommendation is Quicktime, since most of the users who don't have Flash will be using Apple devices with Quicktime installed by default. In fact, I'd also strongly recommend Quicktime over Windows Media for a number of reasons (mostly that Window Media only works well on Windows and has very limited if any support on other platforms).
The most cross-browser solution would be to link directly to the video file so the browser can do whatever the default is; or create a script that checks what plugins are available (as soundmanager2 does with audio) and use whatever is available such as WM or QT plugin, or Flash, or even HTML5 <video>. The trick to this is choosing a video format that can play in all/most plugins/players. The absolute most compatible option is MPEG, but that's low quality and high filesize (not to mention old), so I'd avoid it. Short of that, I recommend .mov (the QuickTime format) that will play in many players if the format of the video (codec, mostly) is supported by the various players. For that reason it's good to use a common codec, probably at this point MP4 or H.624. Sorenson3 is older and was a very common format for a while and that might play in anything at this point. I haven't checked compatibility across players for a while. AVI is a common container as well, but very often these files can't play at all in quicktime and that means it won't work on a Mac (without secondary plugins installed) or at all on iPod/iPad. Short version: .mov container with a common video codec (and audio codec, but that's easier) will be best all around. Flash can play these as well in some cases, at least I believe so. Of course you could also convert two (or more) copies and conditionally serve one or another, if you don't mind the extra work and storage.
Thank you for your time. I cleared cache and cookies prior to testing with no avail. The menus still hide behind the video in Chrome and Safari. Your solution only worked for IE.
Again, we do not want to use flash because iPad and iPhones cannot read this format and this would be blocking out a HUGE part of the audience trying to see this video. Again, not an option for this reason.
We need to stream in something that is friendly for all devices like a .mp4 or .wmv, but we have the menu problem.
And for the record, if you haven't tried to download QuickTime lately, please Google "download QuickTime" the link takes you to their homepage where is clearly requires your email address. Of course you could put in a fake one if you like but not everyone will think to do that. Also in some browsers QuickTime plugin will install without having to go to the website, but we can't leave that to chance for this website build.
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="562" HEIGHT="276" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" SRC="/clients/pas/videos/main.mp4" NAME="MediaPlayer" wmode="transparent" windowlessVideo="true" WIDTH="562" HEIGHT="276" ShowControls="0" ShowStatusBar="0" ShowDisplay="0" autostart="1"
If no one else has any ideas then I think this menu will not work for anyone who wished to put a .wmv or a .mp4 anywhere near it. And then it should be documented in the instructions of menu.
But there's no guarantee that it would allow a drop down over the video when not using Flash mode. It uses HTML 5 for iDifferent devices, but I'm simply ignorant of whether or not that can allow for a drop down over the video, and if so if there are any special considerations to achieve that. The author of the above player might be willing to help, but even if he is, it might not be possible.
Since there is this commercial solution (at least for cross platform video), sooner or later a non-commercial one will probably emerge as well. There may even be one around. If so, I just haven't run across it yet. There used to be one - swfobject.js - but that was when all devices supported Flash. Perhaps those folks or someone like them will come up with a similar script which includes this HTML 5 pathway for iOther devices.
You must use Quicktime if you want to embed it for iPod and iPad. Quicktime is apple software, so that's how it will work. They also may have limited support for the HTML5 <video> tag, although my guess is that it will use the Quicktime player anyway (although the code would be more generic, just interpreted by the iPad/iPod that way).
As for downloading it, I'm well aware of that form. It's been the same for years. It has never actually required an email if you just click submit, at least as far as I can remember. I did just go to the page and it's strange because there was no form and it let me download the file directly. That's new, and the apple site has always served slightly different content for Macs and PCs, so maybe the Mac version has now eliminated the form and the PC version hasn't. Regardless, it's not that big of a problem to enter your email to get the software, and there are other ways to download Quicktime, such as through download.cnet.com. If you're not willing to bother installing it, then that seems like there's not much point in the rest. And as I said, that's a completely secondary issue to what you put on your site. There's no need to have Quicktime on your computer for others to use the plugin because that's all done on the final user's computer.
You can do what you want, but I see absolutely no reason you'd want to be using windows media player here. You claim you want to support iPad and iPod, so you "can't use Flash" but are you aware that those devices also don't have windows media player? So why is that any better??
You won't find anything that's completely cross-browser compatible, except something like John linked to above that actually conditionally uses one player or another.
Where they say they explain using swfobject 2.2 with HTML 5 fallback.
Which is the other way round, HTML 5 video with a Flash fallback.
However, as I said before, only with Flash am I reasonably certain you can drop over it.
Also, what Daniel says about Media Player is like 99% accurate. I meant to mention that earlier. No self respecting iApple owner would have it. Some might though.
But you still won't be assured of being able to drop over it in all browsers/on all platforms.
I'm going to repeat myself - move the video away from the menu.
And add that Media Player is a very poor choice for cross platform video. One of the solutions above would be better. But they should be tested on the devices. Otherwise there's no way to be certain they're working.
No self respecting iApple owner would have [Windows Media Player].
That's only half of the problem. With OSX for a Mac computer, there is a version of Windows Media Player available. It's an older outdated version but it exists and will probably work in most cases. I don't know if it has a browser plugin or not. Regardless, it's true that most Mac users won't have it installed.
But the other half of the problem is that the iPad/iPhone/iPod do not have any way at all to use Windows Media Player. So even if they DO want to have WM available, they can't.
And while most devices try to have flash available (with the notable exception of Apple), very few of them will bother to have Windows Media Player in any form, except for Microsoft brand phones.
So there's no question that Flash is the (single) most widely available plugin. The only better solution is to combine a few plugins as we've been discussing.
This has sure sparked quite a conversation! I know many people debate the best format to stream video. There's QuickTime, flash, and YouTube. Really I don't see any one solution that is best for all platforms. I say that because if the client refuses to use YouTube (which was our first recommendation) you have to move onto QuickTime and Windows Media Player. I don't know what they will not let us stream through YouTube (they said something about copyright etc), but that door is shut.
If they want it work on iPads then flash is a problem. It's a problem many web developers encounter and it doesn't help when the client is being difficult and not open to our suggestions. What I have told them is this is not a mobilized version of the site therefore do not expect the movie to work on iPad. If they want a completely mobilized version then we would add the detection script and send them to a re-skined version. That's what our other clients have to do so their customers have an optimal experience no matter what device they are using.
So, with that being said. The menu is why we even started this conversation. It is yet to be determined if it will hide based on your ideas above. We know it will work fine when the movie is flash. I've tested that and it works thanks to jscheuer1.
We will try the other methods you gentlemen have suggested and report back what works and doesn't work so it will help future users of the menu.
To report back.....iframe solves a portion of the problem. The menu still hides behind the video in Chrome. The other browser are fine using the iframe. The windowlessVideo helps in a couple of the browsers. I even tried a YouTube video just to see...still hides!
So at the end of the day, none of these solutions will work with the video and the menu unless the video is flash.
Try to use another menu.
What would work with this and many other menus is if there are params/attributes available for tags in the various alternative formats. Flash is the way to go for the PC/Mac computers and the PC hand helds. But the iDevices, they should probably use quicktime. But if there is a param/attribute to allow quicktime to go behind DHTML, I just haven't come across it yet.
Just in case you missed it before though, Media Player cannot be used on the iPhone/Pod.
Another thing about iDevices and other hand helds - They're touch activated so many menus will not work with them because they don't recognize rollovers (mouseover/mouseout). DD is updating its menu scripts that use rollovers to detect those devices and require clicks instead of rollovers to drop menus down for them. You should make sure any menu you use that uses rollovers has something like that or can detect the sort of events those devices do have. I believe there is a jQuery plugin that does. But for it to work with a given menu, it would probably have to be integrated with it. That has nothing to do with the dropping over video issue though.


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Helen is of course that Helen of Sparta. Helen of Troy. Helena hated of Greece. In a dream or trance she left Troy. She finds herself in Egypt. You must be patient, remembering. You can choose where. We are going to see whatever we haven't seen and maybe that means traveling down instead of across. Some say Taiwan gets better surf than China's southern beaches because it is out in the Pacific Ocean and exposed to larger swells. We camped at Bai Xia Wan. Soon Helen's skin peeled off in one snaking tube, leaving behind pink stinging surface. I lived in the south and there were always rich oil kids around. One of the great things about Taiwan, something not really true of China, is that there are a lot of small beaches where you can surf on your own. You have to watch the weather. Once, at Bai Xia, I tried to save a surfer who was drowning. I tried desperately to save him for almost twenty minutes but he didn't make it. Paradise, that idea of being together, of fusion or whatever it might look like. Here there is peace. For Helena. Helena hated of all Greeks. For Helen, the ocean is a way to talk about raw force. Of course, the deep sea is unknown. "More people have traveled into space than have gone down to those abyssal depths," she says. This work is work I made as we tread. While out on the coast, I kept cutting into the work, drawing over it. After living overseas for more than a decade, I had been altered in the way I had to be altered in order to enter a new lexicon, to become at once a "one" and "not one" of local culture. Whatever happened to me, I never felt out of place, like I shouldn't be here, in this vertigo of inducing. A female traveler is a jewel-encrusted fan: Helen. She's standing on the beach but the beach has turned to scrub brush or the tide is just out and silver is beneath the water. She sheds a silver snakeskin, broken speech. We see life and call it beauty. It is magnificent, wonderful. And remembering this scene, I see fever in her face. The sheen is so plasticine it recalls salt-eaters, salmon en croute, inky saturation, smudges, staining. It retells our whole history, a record of perforations, la parlourde, la morue, coquille St. Jacque, le filet de plié, and each notation we put in place so that we remember. Who are we? Who directs us? And after traveling so long together? Yes, it's this voluminous nothing that at the time is very real but later, trying to hold it still for a moment, it's then that we have reached for, or that we are straining toward, some first sight of home.
From Rayfish, published by Omnidawn. Copyright © 2017 by Mary Hickman. Used with permission of the author.
Mary Hickman is the author of Rayfish, winner of the 2016 James Laughlin Award, and This Is the Homeland (Ahsahta Press, 2015).
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I have to be strict with myself. I want to say "fluency" or "ecstatic grammars" but I try not to be swayed by fiberglass, cylindric columns inflating and deflating, iron mesh that trails cords and petals across the floor. Resin, vellum, wax—they are translucent, skin-like. In sunlight, the sculptures warm and glow. They take on the look of light penetrating the thinner parts of our bodies, ears or hands. She conjures life and it is formal. "That's why I think I might be so good," she says. "I have no fear. I take risks. I have the most openness about my art. My attitude is most open. It is total freedom and the will to work." Eva Hesse had a stepmother named Eva Hesse who had a brain tumor two years before Eva. She got out of the hospital two years to the day Eva went in. The same hospital and same doctor. In three years, two people unrelated but with the same name? Well the story goes on. In this work, she ties the frame like a hospital bandage as if someone has broken an arm. A rigid umbilical surrounds the frame. It's composed of malleable metal. Could it expose a body? We want to know what went wrong, in the cellular, the microscopic parts, in the lipids and tissue. Out of domestic reflexes my body surrounds itself. But the body ultimately stays what it is: combines of organ, bone, tube. It resists all sense. This first sculpture resembles dried intestines pulled through wall. Catgut used to string instruments will last two thousand years and carry a fresher song. It's very moving, visceral of course, but restrained. As vellum's dried hide insists that there is time to consider its shape, the shape itself decays. Several of Eva's sculptures have deteriorated. They are no longer their original selves. They cannot be handled or installed as before. Consider a sculpture that, when first made, is softly draped, understated, organic, erotic, like the meninges, the protective tissue just under the skull, and is now a rigid, tawny heap. Maybe what I really want is a round table discussion about conservation. If you cut out a sizable cube of brain it retains shape, more or less. We see the pattern develop. She only had a few hours left to live. There was so much pressure. The whole brain tipped over and all the intelligence is in the front. I'd like to try a material that will last. So many of Eva's raw materials are casting materials. But why think about them as casting materials? Imagine, instead, she makes the sculpture directly at the moment from each pliant or resistant shell. Although it's fragile, all Eva's work is tactile. The work has momentum. In Vinculum, everything is tenuous, knotted loosely, and can change. And I don't mind that, within reason. The work holds its tension even as the sculpture flexes, moves, and pours itself back into water. It is a life but of the most bizarre kind. Does it cry? Or grieve? Does it sting? Does it lie? Non-organic, but place your hand upon its hide and feel the waters riot, witness ecstatic grammars, fluent hands and a breaking, strong current and waves.
Everything Is Autobiography and Everything Is a Portrait
Your body in motion calls me to look. You know just how to move. You are determined to move just so. If I could make my image of you do anything, what could I imagine myself becoming? Rather than painting on canvas or sculpting in clay, I am driven to put all these ideas on myself. The artist's obsession with her subjects is all that I need to drive me to work. In Artemisia Gentileschi's painting of Cleopatra, Cleopatra reclines, heavy-lidded, left hand limp on the pillow above her head. In her right hand, she clutches an asp. Is this the moment before she is bitten or just after? I want to know whether, at the moment of death, that first release will stiffen. In Danaë, her reclining figure echoes Cleopatra's but Danaë's left hand is limp with leisure, not surrender, while her right holds a fistful of the gold coins raining down on her naked thighs. Looking at this painting now, I don't feel leisure. I don't feel sex. I feel that I might stiffen and not be able to rise. Danaë's legs crossed at the calves and pressing against the bed cause her back to arch so that the moment of her desire mirrors Cleopatra's death. The figure retains energy, a tension that defies either weariness or leisure. I like to work from the people that I see and that I want to see. What is fabric to skin, skin to violence? Sometimes I'm concerned with using something that's in them and which isn't actually visible. I try to capture the figure where the sun has darkened the skin. But that isn't the end of the neck. In Judith Slaying Holofernes, the light hits Judith's neck only at the base. This space between neck and breast forms a plane of skin belted with light and I can't look away. Not the bloody knife. Not the wide eyes of Holofernes. Nothing can hold my gaze beside this neck. Artemisia has used up her patience on the neck of Judith and left nothing for the head of Holofernes. I think I use up my patience working. I use my patience looking at the skin of Judith and cannot face the dull cheek of Holofernes. Is this personal? What I increasingly feel—that awful phrase "spiritual grandeur"—I feel it like the cap of a jellyfish behind my tongue. I think a skylight must have great spiritual value. Or in Artemisia's self-portraits, what can we say about self as martyr and self as lute player? Artemisia moves her women to action and I see the painter avenging herself again and again. As I begin to make her portrait, I am conscious of the biographical. I know that I don't want the body to be read as a violated body. In each of her self-portraits, the same face swivels toward us. And as a martyr, she looks calm; as a lute-player, she suppresses a smile. Through my intimacy with the people I portray, I may have depicted aspects they find intrusive. I have worked to make her appear three-dimensional, rounded. But in this one, done by night under artificial light, the figure looks greenish, bony. A thumb peeks out from between two fingers of her left fist. She dreams. She falls backward. Cloth fills my vision. And I think I'd like to bring, out of the abyss of her figure, all the illumination of arrival. The skin is teeming. The skin has such great spirit. An entire world of light is at play just under the skin. Your calves become Danaë's calves at leisure, pressed against the grey felt in pleasure, and your bare shoulders could be Judith's shoulders, broad and reflective under skylights. But as my eyes travel up, I realize you wear the wrinkled, gutted cheek of Holofernes's half-severed head. Or you wear the same dropped countenance as the one who watches you. This image denies me body in motion, your buoyant bulk; instead, it offers a still life of skin, a cap of flesh traversed by waves of color and revealing the threshold of my own body. If I can catch a glimpse of my face reflected in the facets of the paint, in the mirror of your shoulder, I feel myself lost inside the body that I see. I see myself in this naked body and begin to dress. What I like best is preparing for the party. I often change the fabric completely. Getting ready to go, arriving late, skipping the party, there's no difference really. It's only important to do the work. I'm doing what I want completely. This is where I lie.
Still Life with Rayfish
Soutine attempts to keep the color of his first carcasses fresh with buckets of blood. The neighbors hate the stench and the flies but he continues to pour blood over the bodies until he is ordered by the police to stop. Only then does he use formaldehyde. He isn't preserving the flesh, just refreshing it, maintaining the life-color of the carcass and painting that blood as lush. He is not emulating and there is no reminiscence. When Soutine's last privately owned carcass painting, Le boeuf écorché, was auctioned recently, the seller expected to get something like seven to eight million dollars. In the catalog description, Christie's lingers over Soutine's early intense poverty and the sudden relief of that poverty when he sold a large number of paintings to a banker. Le boeuf écorché represents a point at which Soutine could afford to buy whole beef sides just to look at rather than eat. Le boeuf sold for fourteen million dollars, which I find depressing. Or it misses the point. If anyone blends the line between still life and portrait, it's Soutine. The still life reflects portraiture without any deliberate reminiscence. Soutine's brothers beat him mercilessly. Their cruelty became a ritual. One day when Soutine was sixteen, he approached a pious Jew to ask him to pose for a portrait. The next day this man's son and his friends beat Soutine. It was a week before he walked again. Why is this story retold so often? I don't think I create heroes in my portraits in the conventional romantic or poetic sense. Soutine fights against the monsters. He fights against neuroticism and fear. His portrait can be made in many ways but always the same image. Sometimes, in fact, I make the same portrait. Say Still Life with Rayfish. It could have been a fairytale. My way of making a fable from the portrait is my way of telling it. I simply told it as I did. But our hero is really there: the one in the portrait who possesses the feel of his own life. This is part of Soutine's process also: to see the forbidden thing and paint it, to severely constrict his subject within the frame and enclose space. He imprisons the image within the image. In Chardin's Rayfish, the ray at rest has become a ghost already, nearly translucent at the mouth and eyes. In Still Life with Rayfish, Soutine attempts a portrait of Chardin. This ray rises howling from the table, its membranous belly shuddering. Its entrails glow with warmth. Today you will eat dead things and make them into something living: but when you will be in light, what will you do then? For then you become two instead of one; and when you become two, what will you do then? Do I mean that in all our portraits we tell the same story? But I can't say I have a special direction, although I feel a certain evolution in myself, in the ways I find of saying things. Let's call this a transition from attention to grace. When Soutine works in serial, painting the same object again and again, the paintings convulse. Seen side-by-side, their convulsions evoke sensation. I see great possibilities by shifting the wings, moving the feathers or necks. Swirling, lacerated flesh swells against blue or red or green backgrounds. The figure of the bird, whirling fowl of penitence, beats even as darker backdrops threaten to swallow it. The body which depends upon a body is unfortunate, and the soul which depends upon these two is unfortunate. In this first portrait of the rayfish, the ray is pulled up by its wings, each wing pierced with wire hung from the stone wall behind. Or the next ray hovers over the table, ascending; it swoops midair. Soutine presents the butchered animal opened, taken to pieces, bloody, glistening, shimmering yet conspicuously dead. I devour a skin that is grotesque with demonic aura, the terror and humor of its textures. I paint a skin made from sheer white curtains blowing at windows in stark sun. I make a figure from gray feathers stuck to my neck with sweat. I build whole visions of life out of the swirling black velvet of a woman's dress as she wades into water. That wet velvet billows, a second skin, sensual, dragging her under, pulling her out to sea. In La Dolce Vita, the soft, dark flesh of the monstrous ray is bound tightly by the fishermen's net as the ray is hauled onto the beach. "You will make a million with this fish!" "It's alive!" "It's been dead three days." Rolled onto its back, its mouth pulls open and one black eye stares back. Its slick surface resembles the protoplasmic source of all things. It insists on looking. The guardian angel of Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder quotes Meister Eckhart to the dying Jacob: "Eckhart saw hell too. He said: 'the only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you,' he said. 'They're freeing your soul. . . . If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the Earth.'" I imagine the nets around the rayfish as sutures pulled from its flesh, releasing the wings to unfold. I picture the scarred eyes of the surgeon's attendant in Jacob's Ladder as two layers of flesh folded over. Bones and lumps of flesh piled in the hallway, faces both vacant and badly twisted: Lyne's "body horror technique." The face moves with an alien speed, a filmic sensation of seizure, fit, possession, mutation. He who has known the world has fallen into the body, and he that has fallen into the body, the world is not worthy of him. The ray's blank eye and the attending angel's carved sockets equally terrify. Soutine's eddies in oil capture the ray's flesh. He structures my seeing; he imparts vision. I pamper this slight ghost—I encourage it. It takes shape slowly. It takes possession. "Once I saw the village butcher slice the neck of bird and drain the blood out of it. I wanted to cry out, but his joyful expression caught the sound in my throat." Soutine pats his throat and continues, "This cry, I always feel it there. When, as a child, I drew a crude portrait of my professor, I tried to rid myself of this cry, but in vain. When I painted the beef carcass it was still this cry that I wanted to liberate. I have still not succeeded."

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Q: Java code to run applications I need a java code to allow me to run this notepad and open a specified file, for example :
String []a={"C:/Users/day/Desktop/a.txt"};
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("notepad",a);

This code runs notepad but does not open the file a.txt.
What can be the problem ?

A: The second argument in exec represents the environmental variables. You want
String[] a = { "notepad", "C:/Users/day/Desktop/a.txt" };
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(a);

A: You need double slashes in your file name, and all of your command args can be in the same array.
String[] args = {"notepad.exe", "C://Users//day//Desktop//a.txt"};
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(args);

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Manifest Destiny? Why Developers Embrace Unreal, Unity and Crytek
Kotaku's Jason Schreier just published an in-depth look at the development of Destiny. It's a fascinating read about the development of Bungie's latest game. I'm going to focus on one aspect of it. Destiny's game engine.
The following quote perfectly highlights why so many developers opt to use third-party engines instead of designing their own.
"Let's say a designer wants to go in and move a resource node two inches," said one person familiar with the engine. "They go into the editor. First they have to load their map overnight. It takes eight hours to input their map overnight. They get [into the office] in the morning. If their importer didn't fail, they open the map. It takes about 20 minutes to open. They go in and they move that node two feet. And then they'd do a 15-20 minute compile. Just to do a half-second change."
Yeah, I'm sure Bungie didn't want the engine to turn out that way – but it's one of the potential pitfalls of building your own engine from scratch.
Jason goes on to report that Destiny's engine is great for player matchmaking, but not for creating the actual content. That makes sense. Bungie initially touted Destiny as a "shared-world shooter." Player matchmaking is one of the core pillars. But, the problems with creating new maps perfectly illustrates why business is booming for third-party engines.
Many of our favorite games are built using Unity, Unreal and Crytek. These three engines are favorites for development studios ranging from indie to AAA. From Pillars of Eternity (Unity) and Ori and the Blind Forest (Unity) to Batman: Arkham Knight (Unreal) and Star Citizen (Crytek). Developers may tinker with the engine, but the base foundation is there.
These third-party engines offer developers stable workflow and allow them to focus solely on creating game content.
I'm not hating on proprietary engines like the one used for Destiny. It gives us beautiful games like Uncharted, The Order: 1886, Battlefield, Halo and more. But, Schreier's article highlights the problems developers can run into when developing their own engines.
We also see problems other engines have, notably on consoles. DICE's Frostbite engine offers an impressive amount of destruction in the Battlefield series and looks incredible, if you have the hardware to back it up. Frostbite games tend to struggle most on Xbox One where the resolution typically sits at 720p. PlayStation 4 versions of the same games sit at 900p.
And who can forget the graphical glitches of Assassin's Creed: Unity? That game ran on AnvilNext 2.0. We'll see if Ubisoft fixed the many issues that plagued Unity when Assassin's Creed Syndicate releases on Friday on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The big question for Destiny fans is will these engine issues persist into Destiny 2? A significant engine redesign probably isn't in the cards. Instead, Activision is giving Bungie more hands to assist with development. Activision subsidiary High Moon Studios will help Bungie with future Destiny development. According to Schreier, that includes Destiny's full-sized 2016 sequel.
Despite Destiny's problems, both under the hood and in the game, Bungie managed to release a solid shooter. And made Activision a ton of money in the process. Destiny didn't grab me like it grabbed millions of you, but I will be keeping a close eye on the sequel to see what the future holds for Destiny.
Be sure to check out the entire Kotaku article. It dives into what the hell went wrong with the story, why Bungie approached Activision about microtransactions and more.


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Teledyne Brown Engineering
Emily Peck, Huntsville, Alabama
Teledyne Brown Manufacturing
Headquartered in Huntsville's Cummings Research Park, Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., is a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies, Incorporated, located in Thousand Oaks, California. The first high-tech firm to locate in Huntsville, Teledyne Brown Engineering has provided engineering and technology support to U.S. government space and defense programs since 1953 and later expanded into contracts for provide environmental and homeland security products.
Teledyne Brown's history is closely intertwined with Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal and Cummings Research Park. In 1950, Wernher von Braun and his team of German engineers and scientists were transferred to Redstone Arsenal to begin developing rockets for the U.S. Army. There were no engineering or manufacturing services available in Huntsville at that time. To meet that need, the local chamber of commerce recruited John Bolton, owner of Marietta Tool and Engineering, in Georgia to start a business in the city. Owned by local stockholders, Alabama Engineering and Tool Company opened on July 1, 1953. In 1956, the company merged with Brown's Engineering, an Indianapolis firm, and was renamed Brown Engineering. That same year, the U.S. Army formed the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), and Brown Engineering assisted it in developing the Redstone medium-range rocket and the Army's first long-range missile, the Jupiter.
Brown Engineering also supported the ABMA's revised mission to put a satellite in orbit following the launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. Under four months later, on January 31, 1958, the United States launched its first satellite, Explorer I, into space atop a modified Jupiter C launch rocket.
Ares 1-X Roll Control System Module
In 1958, the company was taken over by a group of local investors headed by Milton K. Cummings. He had been a cotton broker and was known for his keen financial sense. Cummings, now major stockholder of Brown Engineering, was asked to be president. In that role, he quickly set the company on sound financial footing. That same year, Brown Engineering relocated into the Huntsville Industrial Center building. The larger facilities enabled the company to continue supporting the Army and increase its participation in the nation's developing space program. William A. Giardini, an aeronautical engineer who joined the company when it first was formed, led the space efforts for 36 years.
Following the success of Explorer I, much of the nation's space activities shifted from the military to a civilian agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established on October 1, 1958, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Then, on July 1, 1960, the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center opened at Redstone Arsenal, relocating many of those who had worked on the ABMA's Explorer I mission.
In Brown Engineering's efforts to support NASA as well as the Army, Cummings and vice president Joseph C. Moquin led the creation of a research park adjacent to the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus. This area was eventually named Cummings Research Park in honor of Milton Cummings. In 1962, the company established its research laboratories headed by Raymond C. Watson Jr., a physics and engineering professor with wide industrial experience. The research operation supported Space Science Laboratories at Marshall as well as the Army's emerging Ballistic Missile Defense Program at Army Missile Command.
Moquin assumed the duties of president in 1966 after Cummings stepped down. (Cummings remained chairman of the board for several years.) In 1967, Teledyne Incorporated of Los Angeles bought Brown Engineering. The company was renamed Teledyne Brown Engineering. It had approximately 3,500 employees and facilities in several states. Moquin continued as president of Teledyne Brown until 1985, remaining the CEO for four more years, retiring in 1989.
In 1996, Teledyne merged with Allegheny Ludlum, a Pittsburgh steel company. Three years later, this new firm was divided into three independent corporations, one of which was Teledyne Technologies, Incorporated. Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., the engineered systems segment of Teledyne Technologies, is the largest of four units.
Teledyne Brown Armored Vehicle
Teledyne Brown has achieved several notable accomplishments throughout its history. In the area of space exploration in the 1960s, Teledyne Brown provided about 20 million hours of work to the Saturn and Apollo programs, including engineering the Lunar Rover Vehicle and scientific planning for surface explorations on the Moon. In the 1970s, Teledyne Brown engineers were highly involved with the design of Skylab, the first U.S. manned laboratory in space.
In the 1980s, the company was a technical leader in the development and scientific operation of the Space Station, followed in the 1990s by the International Space Station. After the turn of the century, Teledyne Brown continued to work with the U.S. space program on key components of the Ares launch vehicles designed to return humans to the Moon and to someday explore Mars.
In support of national defense programs, Teledyne Brown Engineering operations in Alabama have worked on essentially all of the U.S. ballistic missile defense programs, including Nike-X, Safeguard (the first operational ballistic missile defense system), and the Strategic Defense Initiative (often called "Star Wars"). The company also works on the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense program to provide protection against foreign long-range missiles. Teledyne Brown's air, space, and missile and ground warfare simulation software, Extended Air Defense Simulation, has more than 400 user agencies worldwide.
Manufacturing has always been a major focus at Teledyne Brown. The company's Manufactured Products Group has more than 300,000 square feet of fabrication and assembly space. Included are two facilities in the Huntsville area. One builds nuclear hardware and assemblies and the other supports space flight and military hardware development. Teledyne Brown also fabricates mechanical and electronic products, ranging from prototypes and one-of-a-kind items to large-scale productions. Teledyne Brown's three other business groups with activities in Alabama are: Air and Missile Defense Systems, Space Systems, and Chemical/Biological Systems.
Lunar Lander Test
Company business is also conducted by a wholly owned subsidiary, Teledyne CollaborX Inc., operating in other U.S. locations. Defense systems capabilities and areas include missile defense and tactical weapon system engineering and integration, test range instrumentation; foreign material exploration; and site development and operations. Air and Missile Defense Systems primarily supports NASA, and their capabilities and focus areas include: engineering for space exploration, space station and shuttle operations, payload and cargo integration, space science and technology development, NASA facilities and equipment operations and maintenance, and space systems training. The Chemical/Biological group capabilities involve weapon system demilitarization; chemical biological agent detection and decontamination; radiological laboratory services; environmental compliance; chemical/biological threat reduction emergency management training; and facility design, operation, and protection.
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A DC-based Catholic coalition of national organizations developed the Catholic Call to Civil Disobedience. This printable brochure uses Catholic Social Teaching and quotes from scripture and the U.S. Conference of Bishops as a guide to help energize and organize Catholics to challenge unjust structures of authority.
We also offer additional resources to help you plan a direct action, including Questions for Planning a Direct Action as well as a Civil Disobedience Strategy Activity.
The upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori to write this pastoral letter on the civil rights leader's principles of nonviolence. We invite all members and friends to read and reflect on it and allow it to inspire you to take action. We thank Archbishop Lori for his words.
We hope you take an opportunity to read these resources and use them in your community to demonstrate your faith in action.


A large power outage affected the west side of Findlay for several hours Thursday. American Electric Power's website says around 2,400 customers lost power. AEP says an equipment outage on Township Road 94 caused the outage. Officials report that power was restored to the area around 2 p.m. A glitch in the AEP outage map made it look like there was still an outage affecting the area for about an hour after it was resolved.
The outage knocked out power to several stop lights in the area and Liberty-Benton schools went without power for a majority of the school day. The outage forced several businesses and organizations to close.


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N4G (News for Gamers) és fòrum internacional d'internet de discussió sobre videojocs. Es basa en el contingut facilitat pels usuaris, on els contribuents registrats publiquen notícies sobre la indústria dels videojocs, notícies proveïdes d'arreu d'Internet, emprant articles publicats en llocs web professionals de notícies sobre videojocs. N4G també segueix la pista de les anàlisis de videojocs d'altres llocs web, i els combina per presentar una mitjana de cada joc.

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 http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/02/n4g_the_metaing_of_the_metagam.php
 http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17247
 http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/05/future-publishing-buys-share-of-n4g-com/
 http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-social-news-site-for-gamers-n4g-gets-investment-from-publisher-future-u/

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Published 21st December 2018
The Twelve Fixes of Christmas
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A state-funded campaign war chest, fraud and intimidation make the President's dauphin the heavy favourite on 23 December
Expectations of electoral chaos, fraud and intimidation lead many to conclude that Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, one of President Joseph Kabila's ultra-loyalists, will be declared the winner after the voters of Congo-Kinshasa go to the polls two days before Christmas. On 19 December, the governor of Kinshasa, André Kimbuta, suspended campaigning in the capital, ostensibly for security reasons. A rally for opposition candidate Martin Fayulu scheduled for that afternoon was cancelled as armed police blocked his return to Kinshasa and fired tear gas at hundreds of his supporters. These events are fuelling rumours that the electoral commission may postpone polling day at the very last moment.
Shadary, a former interior minister and head of Kabila's  Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie (PPRD), was handpicked by the President after he finally bowed to domestic and continental pressure not to seek a constitution-defying third term (AC Vol 59 No 16, Kabila names his dauphin). The candidate of the ruling coalition, the Front commun pour le  Congo (FCC), was quickly out of the traps when campaigning began on 22 November and will have visited each of the country's 26 provinces by election day.
Shadary can count on provincial governors, senior ministers, local oligarchs and regime moneymen such as Albert Yuma, the boss of state mining company Gécamines, and Moïse Ekanga, who oversees multibillion-dollar credit lines from China. Two Congolese tycoons told Africa Confidential that they were named as members of the FCC campaign finance team without being asked. They did not protest so as to avoid undue attention. The machinery of state has brazenly been put at the service of Kabila's  dauphin  while accusations are rife of public resources being funnelled to the campaign and government employees being forced to attend their meetings.
Congo-K's fractured opposition got off to a hesitant start. All seemed well on 12 November when seven leaders gathered in Geneva, including heavyweights Jean-Pierre Bemba and Moise Katumbi, who have been barred from pursuing their own presidential aspirations, and announced they had united behind Martin Fayulu, a courageous political fighter who was nearly killed by the police two years ago (AC Vol 59 No 23, Militias flex their muscles). A day later, Felix Tshisekedi and Vital Kamerhe pulled out of the pact, citing the furious reactions back home of the parties they lead – the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social  (UDPS), the largest opposition party which was founded in the early 1980s by Tshisekedi's father, and the Union pour la nation congolaise (UNC), another major political player (AC Vol 58 No 11, Kabila thriving on chaos).
Tshisekedi deal
Kamerhe subsequently struck a deal with Tshisekedi to withdraw his candidacy and serve as prime minister if their ticket wins. They hope the former's popularity in eastern Congo-K will combine with the latter's strength in Kinshasa and the central Kasaï region. Fayulu doesn't have a comparable national profile but retains the support of Katumbi and Bemba who are the dominant forces in much of southeastern and northern Congo-K respectively. While more than 20 people registered as presidential candidates, only Shadary, Fayulu and Tshisekedi are contenders. All three have busily toured the towns of the vast country and drawn huge crowds.
The FCC describes their two rivals as neo-colonial stooges and never misses an opportunity to point out that Fayulu's alliance was sealed in Switzerland and Tshisekedi's in Kenya. The former receives especially sharp insults because Katumbi is in exile in Belgium, the former coloniser, and the campaign supports the European Union's sanctions against Kabila officials, including Shadary.
The first two weeks of the month-long campaign were mostly free of violence aside from clashes between partisans of Tshisekedi and the FCC-backing provincial governor Alphonse Ngoyi  Kasanji in the UDPS's Kasaï heartlands (AC Vol 58 No 15, Losing control in Kasaï). Kamerhe also accused Fayulu's supporters of pelting him and Tshisekedi with stones in Beni. The relative calm receded on 11 December when security forces broke up a Fayulu event in Lubumbashi, shooting dead three men and injuring many more. The following day they killed another person when the candidate moved on to Kalemie. Police shot a teenager dead in Mbuji Mayi on 13 December as the town awaited Tshisekedi's arrival.
The government has exerted more effort obstructing Fayulu than Tshisekedi, who has been largely left alone. Other than the dispersed rallies, Fayulu's plane was prevented from landing in Kindu, Shadary's home turf, and Kolwezi, a mining city run by Richard Muyej, a powerful Kabila ally, meaning he was unable to campaign there.
Full of promises
The FCC candidate's charm offensive has included promising the population of Isiro that he will personally lobby for the canonisation of a venerated local nun. He also surprised Gbadolite, the hometown of Mobutu Sese Seko, by holding a minute's silence to the memory of the long-serving dictator who was ousted by Kabila's father in 1997. Tshisekedi told Mbuji Mayi, the home of the state diamond mining company, Société Minière de Bakwanga  (MIBA), that he would rescue the firm from bankruptcy and re-establish it as the region's economic engine.
Deep pocketed or well-connected parliamentary candidates have been boosting their chances by distributing largesse. Modeste Bahati, the planning minister, paid electricity bills for three months for 300 households in his Bukavu fief and donated cash to rehabilitate a road (AC Vol 53 No 11, A government of few talents). Papy Pungu, the president of the PPRD youth league standing for election in Kinshasa, persuaded the state electricity utility to restore the power supply and personally handed over the new equipment to the local community.
Calculations based on political survival have motivated some last-minute changes of heart. Delly Sessanga and Claudel Lubaya, senior members of Katumbi's Ensemble coalition, and therefore supposed to promote a Fayulu victory, urged their communities to vote for Tshisekedi as both men are fighting for re-election in areas which will overwhelmingly turn out for the UDPS man. Tryphon Kinkiey, a Mobutuist minister who became one of Kabila's most sycophantic and verbose disciples, has also hitched his wagon to Tshisekedi. Initially sceptical of his fickle reputation, the UDPS welcomed Kinkiey on the grounds that he comes from Bandundu, Fayulu's home region, and may divert votes their way.
Crispin Mbindule, a national deputy for Kamerhe's UNC, appeared alongside Fayulu in his hometown of Butembo inspite of his boss's union with Tshisekedi. Tharcisse Matadiwamba, one of Congo-K's best known lawyers and a senior pro-regime parliamentarian, encouraged his constituents in Bandundu to back the local boy rather than Shadary. One Member of Parliament told AC he had shifted his allegiance from Katumbi to Tshisekedi to the FCC 'because Shadary will win'.
The FCC has far superior financial and logistical resources to the other campaigns but its benefits are largely reserved for Shadary and – after him – the PPRD's roster. One candidate for a mid-sized party in the coalition told AC he had received only $500 from a central fund and was financing the rest himself. A PPRD source said that even those fighting for parliamentary seats for the presidential party were struggling to access campaign cash.
Many doubts remain about how polling day itself will unfold. The United Nations has expressed alarm that armed groups have been threatening supporters of political parties, especially from the FCC, in eastern Congo-K where more than 100 militias operate. Candidates in hotspots such as Beni live in fear of being attacked and killed while electioneering.
A special reticence is reserved for the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI, the electoral commission) which is widely derided as either biased towards Kabila or powerless to resist the regime's schemes. Its decision to use 75,000 touchscreen voting machines imported from South Korea is a source of particular suspicion and anger. While Tshisekedi has changed tack and accepted the plan, Fayulu continued to rage against the tablets and command his supporters not to vote with the 'cheating machines' before acquiescing to them at the last minute.
The European Union and the Carter Center, whose observers published highly critical assessments of the 2011 election, have not been invited back, while the Southern African Development Community and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie will deploy limited missions. The bulk of the observation work will be conducted by about 70,000 hastily trained Congolese working for either the Catholic Church or a coalition of NGOs known as Symocel. An insider told AC he was pessimistic because they lack the means to have observers in every polling office to monitor dirty tricks. He cited a loophole in the revised electoral law which permits an individual to help unlimited numbers of voters cast their ballots, fuelling fears that the FCC will co-opt local leaders such as customary chiefs in remote areas who will assist their whole communities to choose Shadary and other ruling coalition candidates.
CENI's president, Corneille Nangaa, has repeatedly promised that a manual count of the ballots printed by the machines will take precedence over the data stored internally, but doubts persist and, in any case, there are misgivings about how results will be transmitted from polling stations to the capital.
Adding to the atmosphere of mistrust, a CENI warehouse in Kinshasa burned to the ground in the early hours of 12 December. Nangaa told reporters that 8,000 machines and materials for 19 of the city's 24 communes were destroyed but reserve stock will be recalled from the provinces and the elections will go ahead as planned. The blaze sparked a chain of accusations after Henri Mova Sakanyi, the interior minister, and Barnabe Kikaya Bin Karubi, a senior Kabila adviser, immediately labelled it arson. Shortly after, the FCC began pointing the finger at Fayulu and prominent supporters such as Olivier Kamitatu for their 'extremism' and inciting the population to violently reject the voting machines. They allege that Fayulu's campaign is more interested in sowing chaos than winning an election. Fayulu's and Tshisekedi's camps say the government started the fire to hamper elections in Kinshasa, an opposition stronghold, or postpone the polls.
If elections are free and fair, few doubt that Fayulu and Tshisekedi would comfortably defeat Shadary, who is unrepentant about intending to continue Kabila's 17-year legacy in a country where most people live in grinding poverty, millions are displaced by conflict, and corruption corrodes public life at all levels. Similarly, should the polls go ahead on 23 December, most Congolese are resigned to seeing CENI name Shadary the victor and the constitutional court discarding the inevitable legal challenges. Kabila's protégé will then take the oath of office in mid-January.
A win for the FCC will not bring an end to the Kabila era even if a different man holds the keys to the Palais de la Nation. Officials have already said the president will continue to head the PPRD and FCC and in a series of rare interviews with the Anglophone international media the usually taciturn head of state repeatedly refused to rule out a return,  à la Putin, at the next election in 2023. Kabila's brother Zoe and sister Jaynet, both members of parliament and seeking re-election, are prominent members of Shadary's team and the former has been conspicuous on the campaign trail alongside the candidate.
Introducing Shadary at a rally in Kisangani, the president's wife Marie Olive Lembe placed a hand on his head and blessed him as he dutifully awaited the end of her prayer. The symbolism of the benediction, which was circulated widely on social media, demonstrates who will be calling the shots in Congo-K next year.
Yet Kabila may also choose to consider the experience of his long-ruling neighbour José Eduardo dos Santos, who carefully picked Joao Lourenço to succeed him after extensive and meticulous deliberation, only to find his legacy and network torn to shreds within months.
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Kabila names his dauphin
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Militias flex their muscles
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Kabila thriving on chaos
The President is manipulating opposition politicians while giving the impression of proceeding towards elections
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Losing control in Kasaï
Kabila benefits from a refugee crisis as politicians use militias against each other. But the President could be burned too
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A government of few talents
Kabila's new economic programme sets high targets but sceptics doubt the new cabinet can see it through
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After the Dentist, These Brothers Convinced Their Sister There Was a Zombie Apocalypse
By Jon Levine
When you're high on drugs, there are few things more dangerous than a trio of mischievous older brothers.
Millicent Phillips had just returned from having her wisdom teeth removed when her older brothers Cabot, Hudson and Barrett informed her that the they were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, USA Today and others reported.
Read more: Is a Zombie Apocalypse Possible? Some People Suggest It's Not Just Science Fiction
"State and local official have reported cases of high fever, nausea, death and even cannibalism," a fake "Center for Disease Control" broadcast blared suddenly over the radio. A call from "mom," also apparently in on the joke, confirmed that they needed to return home as soon as possible.
It went on from there — and of course the whole thing was caught on film.
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Despite being high on tooth removal drugs, Millicent sprang into action, decrying her brother's decision to fill the car with garden equipment and instead made a compelling case for Second Amendment rights.
"Cabot, a garden hoe isn't what we want," she said. "We have guns, why are you putting garden equipment in the car?"
Self-defense training was brief.
Resupplying at Costco was ruled out.
Eventually the devious brothers broke the news that there was no virus or cannibals or zombies and that they would not need guns or garden hoes in self-defense and that they would return home.
"I'm sorry." they said when it was over. "We love you."
And so all's well that ends well ... for now.
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Bowlers on top as Sussex begin week at Arundel
It was an idyllic scene in the sun at Arundel
It looked like a lovely day for batting - it turned into rather a good one for the bowlers.
It was the bowlers who dominated on a fluctuating first day at the Arundel Castle ground where Clint McKay's four wickets gave Leicestershire hope that they can win their first game of the season in the Specsavers County Championship.
The wholehearted Australian fast bowler picked up 4 for 59 in the heat as Sussex were bowled out for 262 and appeared to have squandered the advantage of winning the toss in front of a crowd of more than 2,000.
But a two-paced pitch, which is expected to turn, gave seamers assistance all day and Sussex's new ball pair Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer each picked up one of the Leicestershire openers as they closed on 77 for 2.
It was a day to remember for Leicestershire's 19-year-old debutant Will Fazakerley. Guernsey-born but educated just down the road from Arundel at Lancing College, he claimed his maiden Championship wicket when he had Jordan lbw for 34.
Jordan was one of several Sussex players who got starts without pushing on. Eight of their batsmen got to 20 but only South African Stiaan van Zyl, who top scored with 49, looked capable of dominating a persevering Leicestershire attack.
Van Zyl shared in a fourth-wicket stand of 62 in 12 overs either side of lunch with Luke Wright, whose first scoring shot for the second successive game was a six.
But from 138 for 4 Sussex lost three wickets adding 27 runs. Wright played on to Richard Jones for 25, van Zyl was lbw half-forward to McKay after hitting nine boundaries before skipper Ben Brown drove McKay's slower ball to cover for 19.
Jordan and leg-spinner Will Beer, who took 11 wickets at Arundel last month against South Africa A, put on 54 for the seventh wicket but Leicestershire wrapped up the innings with three wickets after tea, two of them to Matt Pillans.
Earlier, Luke Wells had passed 700 Championship runs after being restored to the top of the order. The left-hander lost opening partner Chris Nash (15), who played on to McKay before Harry Finch fell for a golden duck shuffling in front to a ball from Jones which nipped back.
Wells and van Zyl briefly prospered together, taking the score to 74 before Wells, who had struck eight fours in a fluent 42, was caught behind off Pillans.
By then umpire Martin Saggers was on the pitch, his arrival having been delayed by traffic congestion. Martin Bodenham, who retired from the first-class list last season but lives in nearby Ferring, stood at square leg before Saggers arrived.
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George Garton's Sussex One Day Cup aim: I will bowl aggressively - and want to bat a bit too
Sussex's Stiaan van Zyl (top scored with 49): "The pitch was on the slow side. A lot of our batsmen got in including myself but couldn't go on which was disappointing. But there is something in it for the bowlers and the aim now is to try and get a lead tomorrow. We picked two spinners because we think it will turn from tomorrow and they could be heavily involved in the game. It was important to get their two openers out before the end. Their top four is strong and after that they don't have a lot of experience and if we can get an end open early tomorrow we can attack them."
Leicestershire's Clint McKay (took 4 for 59): "It was a great day for us. After losing by three runs to Northants last week we wanted to bounce back and I thought our bowlers did that. It looked a beautiful wicket so to bowl them out for 262 was a great result. We stuck to our plans all day, kept running in and to see Will Fazakerley get his first wicket was a nice moment for him. It was disappointing to lose our two openers but Colin Ackermann and Mark Cosgrove did a good job and hopefully we can get ourselves a nice little first-innings lead. The wicket will turn and go a bit more up and down so it's important to try and get in a strong position because I wouldn't want to be chasing too many on the fourth day."


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Hypercompe cotyora is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

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How to Achieve Your Goals, Thrive in Adversity, and Grow in Character
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An indispensable survival guide to some of life's toughest situations, from New York Times bestselling author Bear Grylls.
The world-famous survival expert and reality television star teaches you how to make everyday an unforgettable adventure
Life in the outdoors teaches us invaluable lessons. Encountering the wild forces us to plan and execute goals, face danger, push our "limits," and sharpen our instincts. But our most important adventures don't always happen in nature's extremes. Living a purpose-driven, meaningful life can often be an even greater challenge. . . .
In A Survival Guide for Life, Bear Grylls, globally renowned adventurer and television host, shares the hard-earned wisdom he's gained in the harshest environments on earth, from the summit of Mt. Everest to the boot camps of the British Special Forces.
Filled with exclusive, never-before-told tales from Bear's globe-trekking expeditions, A Survival Guide for Life teaches every reader—no matter your age or experience—that we're all capable of living life more boldly, of achieving our most daring dreams, and of having more fun along the way. Here's to your own great adventure!
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Bear Grylls has become known around the world as one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure. His journey to this acclaim started in the UK, where his late father taught him to climb and sail. Trained from a young age in martial arts, Bear went on to spend three years as a soldier in the British Special Forces, serving with 21 SAS. It was here that he perfected many of the skills that his fans all over the world enjoy watching him pit against mother-nature.
His TV show Man Vs Wild and Born Survivor became one of the most watched programmes on the planet with an estimated audience of 1.2 billion. He also hosts the hit adventure show 'Running Wild' on NBC in America, as well as 'The Island with Bear Grylls' & 'Bear's Wild weekends' for Channel 4 in the UK.
He is currently the youngest ever Chief Scout to the UK Scout Association and is an honorary Lt-Colonel to the Royal Marines Commandos.
He has authored 14 books including the number one Bestseller: Mud, Sweat & Tears.


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The brick house at 725 North Dawson Street was built in 1923 by Joseph Hampton Flowers and designed by architect Frank Galliher. Other buildings in Thomasville built by Galliher include Eastside School, now the Thomasville Center for the Arts, the 1919 Flowers Baking Factory on Madison Street, and the original Thomasville utility building.
Built on the footprint of the 1893 Ewart mansion that burned in an electrical fire, the house was sold from Flowers to Fritz and Mildred Robert in 1939. During their time in the house, the Roberts family added carpeting to the floors, built partition walls between the dining room and living room, placed marble overlays on the fireplaces, dug out a basement, built a garage, and finished the attic for use as a bedroom and nursery.
The main building, the Flowers-Roberts House, contains more than thirty-five exhibits about the history of Thomas County, as well as the document, photo, and three-dimensional archives that provide the material evidence of what happened in Thomas County's past.
A guided tour of the Thomasville History Center grounds begins with a twelve-minute video documentary of Thomas County's history, with an emphasis on the Victorian-era hotels and the dozens of plantations scattered around Thomas County.
Your docent will then walk you through the 1870 Rufus Smith Log House, which was moved to History Center grounds in 1974, and provides a setting to share the story of both the Smith family and yeoman farmers of the period.
From there, you will walk to the 1877 Emily Joyner- Matilda Calloway House, and hear the story of both the Civil War widow who first lived there, and the Flowers' family nanny, Matilda Calloway, who lived there during the first half of the twentieth century. After the Joyner house, you will visit the 1896 Oliver Ewart Bowling Alley, built to entertain the winter resident who owned the History Center's property from 1893-1900.
Following the bowling alley, you will go to the 1942 Roberts' Garage, which currently houses a variety of carriages and other large artifacts. After the garage, you will return to the Flowers-Roberts House for a self-guided tour of the History Center's many exhibits, including the timeline-style exhibits in the large Davis Wing addition at the rear of the house.
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Brookside, De Turksville, Irving, Lincoln Colliery, Lorberry, Marstown, Oak Grove, Outwood, Roedersville, Stanhope, Suedburg
ZIP code 17963 is located in southeast Pennsylvania and covers a slightly higher than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly less than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 17963 are primarily white. The number of middle aged adults is large while the number of people in their late 20s to early 40s is large. There are also a slightly higher than average number of families and a slightly less than average number of single parents. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 17963 ZIP code is slightly less than average compared to other areas of the country.
103 people per sq mi
Male 279 311 287 318 215 250 268 290 322 383 371 339 299 239 180 158 104 67
Female 254 241 251 265 230 265 260 278 329 355 353 338 308 202 207 163 180 158
Total 533 552 538 583 445 515 528 568 651 738 724 677 607 441 387 321 284 225
Under 5 279 254 533
5-9 311 241 552
85 Plus 67 158 225
Owner 29 302 474 662 656 445 335 88
Renter 62 159 144 133 87 65 79 54
Total 91 461 618 795 743 510 414 142
55-64 656 87 743
85 Plus 88 54 142
Male 60 55 58 58 71 60 56 63 61 65 49 50 52 71 61 69 69 61 58 34
Female 56 59 52 45 46 51 42 43 59 50 48 54 56 43 57 65 68 43 32 49
Total 116 114 110 103 117 111 98 106 120 115 97 104 108 114 118 134 137 104 90 83
ZIP code 17963 has a small percentage of vacancies.
The majority of household are owned or have a mortgage. Homes in ZIP code 17963 were primarily built in 1939 or earlier. Looking at 17963 real estate data, the median home value of $142,500 is slightly less than average compared to the rest of the country. It is also high compared to nearby ZIP codes. So you are less likely to find inexpensive homes in 17963. Rentals in 17963 are most commonly 2 bedrooms. The rent for 2 bedrooms is normally $500-$749/month including utilities. 3+ bedrooms are also common and rent for $750-$999/month. Prices for rental property include ZIP code 17963 apartments, townhouses, and homes that are primary residences.
For more information, see Pine Grove, PA home values.
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112 38.6%
The median household income of $58,447 is compared to the rest of the country. It is also compared to nearby ZIP codes. So 17963 is likely to be one of the nicer parts of town with a more affluent demographic.
As with most parts of the country, vehicles are the most common form of transportation to places of employment. In most parts of the country, the majority of commuters get to work in under half an hour. Most commuters in 17963 can expect to fall in that range. It is much more common for employees to have to travel over 45 minutes to their place of employment than most parts of country which could indicate bad traffic or that people typically live far from where they work.
The population has a much higher percentage of people with low education levels (less than high school) than normal. Despite the lower high school graduation rates, compared to other ZIPs, a much higher percentage of the population has received a college degree.
ZIP Code 17963 is in the following school districts: Pine Grove Area School District and Private. There are 4 different elementary schools and high schools with mailing addresses in ZIP code 17963.
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Harvard Researchers Say This Is the Best Food to Combat Belly Fat
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Dacy was an editor at Byrdie for a year and a half and is now a contributor to Byrdie. Her work has appeared in Who What Wear, WWD, InStyle and Bustle.
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Banishing stubborn belly fat is no easy feat. Even when committed to strict eating plans and demanding workout regimens, we often find that our midsections don't end up showing the results we're after. So how can one finally put an end to the unwanted pooch? It comes down to a science. If you're already committed to healthy strategies to tone up your midriff, the final step to get there could be incorporating a few key foods into your diet.
Just as the secret to a flat tummy entails cutting certain bloating and fattening foods from our diets, a big factor in the equation is the foods you do eat. It's important to consume the right nutrients to help your system combat belly fat. Drawing upon a handful of studies conducted by Harvard researchers throughout the years, we've whittled their findings down to the top food that, when combined with a healthy diet and weight training, will help your body banish belly at once and for all.
Harvard researchers have provided a lot of evidence that the Mediterranean diet is the best approach for losing weight and maintaining weight loss. Several studies have supported the finding that switching out saturated fats with healthy fats—like olive oil and nuts—can be a big proponent in dropping pounds and promoting overall health. Incorporating nuts into one's diet can help with weight control. They're rich in unsaturated fats and proteins—to help keep you full and keep from overeating. One Harvard study that examined weight change in women, in particular, found that higher nut consumption was associated with lower risk of weight gain. Not only that, but women who consumed at least five ounces of nuts a week lowered their risk of heart disease by 35%. Psychology Today highlighted a Harvard study that found that when individuals added almonds, along with other nuts, to a low-fat diet, they lost as much weight as those who were on a low-calorie, low-fat diet. Six months later, the nut-eaters maintained their weight, while those who had committed to a low-calorie, low-fat diet had put it back on.
If you still aren't seeing the results you want, discover the overlooked (and easily fixable) reason you're not losing belly fat.
Bes-rastrollo M, Wedick NM, Martinez-gonzalez MA, Li TY, Sampson L, Hu FB. Prospective study of nut consumption, long-term weight change, and obesity risk in women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;89(6):1913-9. doi:10.3945/ajcn.2008.27276
Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, et al. Frequent nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 1998;317(7169):1341-5. doi:10.1136/bmj.317.7169.1341
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Roman René Ramírez (born June 11, 1988), better known as Rome Ramirez or simply Rome, is an American singer and guitarist best known for playing with Eric Wilson from Sublime in the band Sublime with Rome.

Early life
Ramirez was born and raised in Fremont, California. Both of his parents are of Mexican heritage, his mother being from Guadalajara and his father's parents from Tijuana, but his father relocated the family to Oakland. He first started playing guitar at age 11, and one of the first songs he learned was a Sublime song.

At 18, Ramirez headed to Los Angeles to focus full-time on music. There, he was introduced to one of his idols, Eric Wilson, bassist for Sublime. They became friends and started jamming together at Eric's infamous holiday parties in Long Beach. Within the year, the plan to bring back Sublime had been set into motion.

Sublime With Rome
In 2008, Rome collaborated with Eric Wilson on a RAWsession video (also at 17th Street Recording Studio) where he played Sublime songs such as "Saw Red" and "Boss DJ", and eventually began to play with the band's two surviving members, Eric and Bud Gaugh.

The trio then went on tour together playing covers of original Sublime material. Sublime with Rome made its debut in 2009 at Cypress Hill's Smoke Out Festival in San Bernardino, California. Ramirez was soon touring steadily with Sublime with Rome, and the trio released their debut album Yours Truly on July 12, 2011. Shortly after, Gaugh left the band and Josh Freese stepped in to play drums. In 2015, they released another album, Sirens. Freese left in 2017 to tour with Sting, and Carlos Verdugo of Tribal Seeds joined the band. They then released a new album in 2019 with producer Rob Cavallo.

Songwriting and Producing
Rome co-wrote the song "Lay Me Down" with The Dirty Heads and has collaborated with the band on several albums including Sounds of Change, Dirty Heads, Dessert EP and Swim Team.
Rome also worked extensively with Enrique Iglesias on his 10th studio album.

Rome has said in interviews that his influences are Sublime, Muse, Jimi Hendrix, Bad Brains, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys and Primus.

Rome's promotional solo single, "Dedication," was premiered on the Rolling Stone website May 30, 2012.  "The song's about loving someone who is struggling with getting their life together and eventually having to move on," says Rome. "It's probably some of the most personal stuff I've put in a song.  Sometimes all you need is the right people to pull the best out of you, and that's what I feel happened with the three of us. The right individuals, at the right place and time." His debut solo EP was released on June 12, 2012.

In March 2015, Ramirez appeared on Blues Traveler's album Blow Up the Moon, co writing the song "Castaway" and "Vagabond Blues" with Dirty Heads.

References

Further reading
Interview with Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome, NerdSociety.com, April 24, 2010.
Interview with Sublime with Rome, Hearing The Voice, June 11, 2011.

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Recognising the added difficulties the homeless face during the winter and the holiday season in particular, the team at Harrow Green have banded together and collected enough items to fill over 20 boxes worth of clothes, food and consumables which were donated to Crisis at Christmas and delivered by our vans, which also helped them distribute their items to various locations.
Crisis at Christmas aims to permanently combat homelessness and through the help of donations and volunteers they do everything they can to ensure that the less priviledged among us have a good Christmas by organising late night events, offering wellbeing services, sharing knowledge and providing emotional support.
We'd like to thank Crisis at Christmas for the great work they do every year.
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The Philippines has bettered its sustainable trade ranking, going up three notches to No. 10 in the region.
This year's Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index's latest cycle placed the Philippines at number 10, among the 19 Asia Pacific member economies.
The Philippines nabs the 10th place, behind China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United States, and Vietnam.
The index measures the overall preparation of each of the participant countries' economy to compete, contribute, and engage in global trade promoting sustainable growth and encouraging Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), which will, in the end,help them attract funding from the multilateral development agencies.
During the last cycle, released in 2016, the Philippines was ranked 13th.
The report found that the country maintained a stable environmental pillar, coming in at sixth place among the APEC countries.
"The Philippines had the second lowest levels of air pollution on the 2018 index, outscored only by Sri Lanka. Air pollution is measured by levels of particular matter 2.5 in a country," states the report.
The report also noted that there was a ranking increase in the country's transfer emissions indicator. But this was most likely due to worsening performance by the other countries, rather than a better performance by the Philippines.
The country was also lauded for its educational attainment indicator. This indicator takes into consideration the total number of the enrollments in tertiary education. The study commended the countries laws which gave universal access to quality tertiary education.
However, the Philippines was also found to have gone down in the rankings when it comes to economic performance.
"The Philippines scored last on the growth in labor force indicator, which measures the year-on-year change in a country's labor force. A growing labor force supports economic growth and a country's ability to continue trading and could pose problems for the Philippines in the future," the report said.
The study found that the Philippines shows interest in trading, based on its tariff and nontariff barriers performance. The country also scored well in terms of the foreign direct investment indicator but registered some of the highest trade costs in the Asia Pacific.


Pick up a little piece of the Murray region for yourself before you leave. Find a great item for the living room made from the iconic red gums of the Murray River, or bring back a taste of quality local produce from specialty food shops and local markets.
Take a guided tour of the Arbuthnot Sawmill in Koondrook and head to the town centre to find wood-turners and furniture makers that design and build to order. Using material sustainably harvested and milled in the region, local makers showcase their signature craftsmanship and the red gums' dense and lustrous auburn glow.
Visit the Murray region's famous markets and get your fill of farm fresh fruit and vegetables, gourmet goodies and homemade sauces and pickles to rival your grandmother's. Crafts enthusiasts can also look forward to stalls offering handcrafted goods, art and clothing by local artisans. Time your visit to coincide with the many weekly and monthly markets in Mildura, Merbein, Rutherglen, Howlong, Wodonga, Red Cliffs, Holbrook and Tocumwal.
Indulge in a day of shopping at Mildura's stylish shopping district. Stop by the fortnightly Sunday market at Langtree Mall and pick up a range of goodies including craft goods, clothing, delicious nibbles and fresh produce. During the week, the Mildura City and Centro Plaza shopping precincts offer over 300 specialty shops to choose from.
Peruse the art galleries and boutiques along High Street in Echuca Moama. See the charming exteriors of the heritage buildings that house the local shops packed with fashion clothing and shoes, books, antiques, Aboriginal art, original paintings, jewellery and furniture. Swan Hill is also a great shopping destination offering gourmet food, specialty outlets and larger chain stores.
Start off your shopping trip with brunch at Mr Benedict in Albury before hitting the boutique stores for a unique retail experience in the picturesque provincial town. Wander through the Albury Central Shopping Precinct where you'll find Myer and other big brand stores. Pick up a creative gift at the Albury Art Gallery shop or visit Little Nest to pick up some cute wooden toys for the kids.