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Candy Machine: Interview with author Tom Feiling
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TalkingDrugs conducts an exclusive interview with Tom Feiling, a writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker who is the author of The Candy Machine: How Cocaine Took Over the World, published by Penguin in 2009. Tom spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia. In 2003 he became Campaigns Director for the TUC's Justice for Colombia campaign, which organizes for human rights in Colombia.
TD. You originally went to Colombia to make a documentary about hip-hop, what impact did the social situation in Colombia have on you that you felt you had to write this book?
TF. I don't think it was quite as straightforward as that actually. It was more the case that when I was in Colombia, there were lots of things that I thought were really interesting, but because my background was always in documentaries and I was always trying to find the angle that would engage a non-Colombian audience. I thought that hip-hop in Colombia had obvious novelty value and through that I could explore other interesting issues, about the war or corruption.
I mentioned in the intro to my book that a lot of Colombians are sick and tired of Westerners that are only interested in the gruesome aspects of their country such as cocaine or the FARC. So I was a little bit reluctant to pitch a book that was about cocaine when a lot of Colombians would rather I was talking about the flora and fauna or the wonderful beaches. But I thought this is the story that is going to get a western audience interested. I was interested in the "War on Drugs" and America's policy of going after cocaine at source and I soon realised that that policy was a failure. Also, in the UK at that time cocaine use was becoming more prevalent. So it was just a timely coincidence that I thought that this was a subject that would get an audience here, but also raise important issues about global drug policy.
TD. To what extent does the western consumption of drugs affect daily life in Colombia?
TF. The bottom line is that the drug trade is smaller than people think. Studies done by Colombian economists show that it is only a maximum of 5% of GDP. Colombia has a large, well-developed economy, so the drug trade is a relatively small part of the picture. However, there is also a civil war that is sustained by the money that comes in from the drugs trade. As with the situation in Afghanistan, those kind of illegal products are very well suited to insurgencies. You need very large private armies to protect the trade, so the two are very much intertwined.
There is a constant feeling when you are in Colombia that the corruption of the drugs economy undermines the rule of law. Colombia is apparently the least trusting place in the world and I think a lot of that is because of the drugs trade. There is also an interesting idea that cocaine in Colombia, which is quite a hierarchical and traditional society, has allowed traditionally excluded groups to challenge the elite in non-political terms – essentially violence – and that too is effectively down to the cocaine business. However, I don't think it is enough to say that Colombia is a mess purely because of cocaine - far from it.
TD. The idea you put forward in your book is effectively one of legalisation. Do you think that people are becoming more aware of this as a solution to the drugs problem?
TF. My book is quite legalistic, in that it goes through all the pros and cons and all the objections made and it tries to disassemble things. I think a lot of people who have a clear-sighted view of the terrain and can weigh up the economics, politics and the moral objections, can see that the rational response would be to legalise drugs. I think the legalisation debate has already been won in certain circles. Just about every newspaper in this country has run editorials or opinion pieces implying that it's time to think about legalisation. But I think the debate stalls when you take it into any political circle and there isn't really a campaign for legalisation. It is very risky for any politician to bite that bullet.
TD. Would you say that taking illicit drugs is perceived as a moral failure?
TF. Yes, and I think that is why the people who have had the most publicity writing about this issue are people who are quite obviously not drug users. When Milton Friedman talks about legalising drugs, people know that he is not doing it do get his hands on some legal drugs. So I suppose it is down to people like that to spread the message.
TD. How do you propose that a legal cocaine market would work?
TF. I think with cocaine we probably would need to see something like what they are starting to do with tobacco, which is taking it out of the free market. Getting rid of all the packaging so there is no brand awareness, so there is no sponsorship or promotion of the drug per se. What you don't want is supermarkets offering special deals on cocaine, or advertising it to under sixteen year olds or advertising that suggests you are more attractive to women if you have a packet of cocaine in your pocket. I think it is a failure of imagination to think that legalisation means you will be able to buy cocaine in Boots. We have to start thinking about the middle ground where it is legal but a long way from commercially available products such as baked beans. The people who have talked most about this are the Transform Drug Policy Foundation They've come up with a blueprint for a regulated market . Of course, that also creates potential problems because it puts the drug business in government hands - it's the government taking responsibility for the distribution of hard drugs –but there is no magic bullet.
TD. Can you explain to us the "balloon effect" that you mention in your book?
TF. That's the idea that you when you put the squeeze on coca growers in one part of Latin America, you essentially displace coca cultivation to another part. It is very hard to spray all potential coca-growing areas at once. Cultivation is also helped by the nature of the geography. And the underdevelopment of the Andean region means that there's an abundance of cheap labour.
TD. Do you think that President Uribe's use of the military against the drug traffickers has worked and moved lots of the violence to other parts of Latin America?
TF. If that was his purpose then he has succeeded because it certainly has moved a lot of drug-related violence to other parts of Latin America. But what it hasn't done is what is set out to do, which is to reduce cocaine production. Colombia is still the largest cocaine producer in the world. But I think that because the Mexicans control entry to the biggest market, they can now dictate terms to the Colombians. So now the Colombians are receiving less money and the Mexicans are making more money. But the bottom line is that Colombia is still producing as much cocaine as it always was.
However, the paramilitaries have been demobilised and the FARC's involvement in cocaine is still essentially confined to growing of the leaf and basic production steps - most of the refining and trafficking has never been in FARC hands. The people who are responsible for the cocaine business - the mafia, local politicians and land owners - have really never been hit. The other problem with the "War on Drugs" is that it has never really been waged in a rational way. A lot of resources have been skewed towards fighting the FARC or the paramilitaries when the Americans demand a response. But broadly speaking, the financial structure, the corruption, and all the land that is now in the hands of paramilitaries or narco-traffickers hasn't been tackled. The agency that is in charge of confiscating land from arrested narco-traffickers is pretty ineffectual. They still haven't got back all the land that Pablo Escobar had, and he died nearly 17 years ago. Given that the war on drugs is so vaunted, it is surprising how many holes there are in their policies.
TD. Mexico is now where the focus on the war on drugs is but which country do you think the violence goes to next?
TF. I think that if they succeed in disrupting the Mexicans' trade routes and arresting enough of their big cartel leaders, they will start having an impact on the price and then the routes might move to other parts. You have to bear in mind that the whole Mexican thing is quite recent. In the eighties, when Escobar and the Cali cartel were at their height, they didn't really traffic drugs through Mexico. Everything went through the Caribbean, so it could switch back to the Caribbean. But that's only if they put a real dent into the Mexican operation. The sense I got in Mexico was that it was a pretty intractable problem - the corruption in Mexico looked a lot worse than in Colombia. Senior policemen were being killed, but it didn't seem clear why. Were they killed because they were doing their job properly - or because the traffickers knew that they were working for their rivals? And there is a bigger question: if they do put a stop to production in Colombia, will it shift to other countries? When cocaine was legal, coca was grown in about 33 different countries. It doesn't have to stay in Colombia.
TD. When you were writing the book George W Bush was still in power. How do you think the change of government in the US has affected international drug policy?
TF. Well, look at the decriminalisation of personal possession that happened recently in Mexico. My understanding was that this bill had been through the Mexican Congress and was signed by the former Mexican President Vicente Fox in 2006, but American protests stopped it becoming law. In Jamaica they set up a commission to legalise the smoking and production of cannabis but that also was stopped by American intervention. I know that Obama wants to stop using the term the "War on Drugs" because he thinks it is counterproductive. He has also appointed Gil Kerlikowske as his new drug czar. Kerlikowske was chief of police in Seattle, which seems to have had quite progressive drug policies for an American city. But how that translates into the international field, I don't know. Colombia is getting less money but I don't think there has been a major shift in strategy. They are still spraying the Colombian coca fields as ineffectually as ever.
It is surprising when you read the stuff the UNODC puts out. They are so adamant about arguing against legalisation, even when so few people are actually suggesting legalisation, even within the drug policy movement. A lot of people are actually putting their weight behind harm reduction and the decriminalisation of possession, which is all good stuff, but most of the problems are caused by the illegality of production and distribution and no one is prepared to address this yet. It is tragic really, because this is a very black and white issue: the criminalisation of drugs leads to armed violence.
I can't see many ways out of it. I have not seen many ideas of how to tackle this without legalising the trade. But I can see that in the current political climate, we are a long way from even debating the idea. One way to start would be to do away with global prohibition. In other words, take it out of the hands of the United Nations. At the moment we have a system where all countries have a blanket ban on drugs like cocaine. But if you take it out of that realm, it would be for individual governments to create their own legislation. Then you create room for governments to choose to legalise certain drugs and take control of the import and distribution of certain drugs, thereby taking it out of the hands of criminal groups. But it is a very complicated issue. It is a question of a grassroots movement applying pressure but it's also a question of political bravery and leadership. Some of the ex-presidents of Latin America, the former presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil have called for 'a fundamental rethink', but even they were not prepared to say the 'L word'.
TD. Places like America do actually have organized large grassroots movements of drug policy reformists. And in the UK there is also a growing movement. Do you think there is still a degree of pessimism amongst drug policy reformists that they are proposing something that might never happen?
TF. That is the impression I got talking to some old hands. They thought that this was something that would have been settled years ago. But far from it, it is actually one of those areas that hasn't been liberalised. The old strictures and prohibitions on matters such as abortion, prohibition and Sunday trading, which are essentially moral objections to other people's behaviour, have all been lifted. But the prohibition of drug use has not been lifted and legalisation seems as distant as ever.
This is partly because the people who suffer most from the consequences of cocaine prohibition are the most marginalised, politically least-heard sectors of society, be it in the west or in the third world. The drug traffickers actually have an active interest in maintaining prohibition, so let us discount them. The people who suffer the most are the people who grow the leaf and addicts who take it in countries like the UK. However, people in the UK learn to duck the law. The police know full well that they can't completely stamp out drug use. It is a hypocritical situation. It is not clear or rational, but we live with it. And we live with the corruption that it creates and the fact that yes, we can go and buy this illegal drug. We know that most of us will never see the harmful effects that it causes. And yes, a lot of people who are responsible for upholding the law will be taking a bit of coke occasionally. We live with this situation and as long as we can live with it, we will. It is a brave politician who chooses to clear the deck and demand something a bit more accountable and a bit more manageable.
TD. What would you say to people who think that drugs should be illegal not so much out of ignorance but because their lives have been affected in some way by drugs? I am referring to people who might have lost a loved one or family member to drug addiction or issues to do with drugs.
TF. One of the things I looked at in my book is the basic idea that by making something illegal you don't actually dry up supply. I understand that if you think that heroin is a horrible, dangerous drug then it makes sense to ban it. But the purpose of banning something is to make something unavailable. If you really hate heroin and you understand that making it illegal does not dry up the supply, then surely you agree we need a supply of heroin where we can monitor the interaction between the consumer and the drug user and make it more transparent?
I think it is also important that there is every service available to make sure that the drug-using scenario is as healthy as it can be. At least we can ensure the drug is in its purest form, that people are not using dirty needles and that they know what drug they are taking. You want to look at why people take heroin and how to stop people taking heroin. Well then, it's not a question of supply - the supply is inevitable as long as there is that demand and you have that trading relationship with the third world. The supply will either be legal or illegal. If you want to look at why people have these destructive dependencies on drugs, that's not strictly speaking about drugs at all. That's about the society we live in and people's personal psychology and it's in that arena that you're going to affect change. There is no point in denying that a lot of drug use is incredibly destructive and things would be much better if it didn't go on, but you're not going to solve this problem by banning the drug - not when there is a strong demand for it.
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Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday blamed India for the impasse in bilateral ties, saying New Delhi's "expansionist designs" was the "main hurdle" in constructive relations between the two neighbours.
Addressing the nation on its 70th Independence Day, Abbasi said Pakistan "desires positive and constructive" relations with all countries based on sovereign equality.
Indo-Pak ties nosedived after a series of attacks last year, including the Uri strike, carried out by the Pakistan-based terror outfits. Following the attacks, India boycotted the SAARC Summit, which was scheduled to be held in November last in Pakistan.
"Our government has invariably made efforts to initiate the process of meaningful dialogue and adoption of peaceful means to resolve the issues but unfortunately the expansionist designs of India have remained the main hurdle in this regard," Abbasi said as Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang attended the celebrations as a "special guest" of the country.
Yang arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for the event.
He called on the international community to "play its role" in resolving regional conflicts, "particularly the Kashmir dispute" between India and Pakistan in conformity with the UN resolutions to ensure durable peace in the region.
Abbasi, 58, was sworn-in as Pakistan's 18th prime minister on August 1 after the Supreme Court disqualified the incumbent Nawaz Sharif for dishonesty following the Panama papers scandal.
"The people of South Asia have suffered enormously in the last fifty years due to the festering conflicts. Until and unless those conflicts are resolved amicably the people of the region cannot achieve prosperity and progress," he said.
He termed terrorism as the biggest challenge confronting the world in the 21st century and highlighted Pakistan's "unparalleled sacrifices" in the fight against this menace.
In his address, President Mamnoon Hussain called for unity among the people for a developed Pakistan.
He said it is time to forget "personal grievances" and stand by the Constitution, apparently referring to Sharif's ouster as prime minister and his charge that his removal was "pre-planned".
The day began with a 31-gun salute in the federal capital Islamabad along with a 21-gun salute in provincial capitals to mark the official Independence Day celebrations.
Major public and private buildings, roads and avenues have been decorated with national flags, portraits of the national leaders, banners and buntings to give a festive look.
Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa hoisted a huge national flag at the Attari-Wagah border with India soon after midnight on Sunday, kicking off the day-long celebration.
The flag flew at 400 feet, the highest in South Asia.
The 120x80 feet flag is also the largest in the history of the country, Pakistani media reported.
Bajwa was apprised of the recent "ceasefire violations from the Indian side and effective response by own troops".
"There's no better way to celebrate independence than defending the country," he told soldiers.
He also said that Pakistan will always stand with the Kashmiri people "in their just struggle against repression".
Pakistan air force organised an air show in Islamabad to mark the 70th Independence Day celebrations.
Aerobatic teams from Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia performed before a huge crowd of people who flocked the Fatima Jinnah Park in the heart of the city to witness the show.
The special appearance of "Solo Turk", the famous aerobatic team of Turkish Air Force, and the internationally acclaimed "Saudi Hawks" of Royal Saudi Air Force alongside PAF aircraft were the main attraction of the show.
Pakistan air force also displayed JF-17 Thunder aircraft, indigenously built with the Chinese assistance.
Tri-Services free fall display of Special Services personnel was another salient feature of the show.
In Karachi, a similar air show by PAF was organised to mark the Independence Day festivities.


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REV says they plan to relaunch the rather outdated RadioShack site just in time for the business's 100th anniversary in 2021. Since this writing the website presently states that sales have actually been briefly halted to enable stock restructuring, though it's uncertain if this is directly related to the buyout or not. Getting an accurate count of just how much merchandise the company still has on hand after shuttering most of their physical places in 2017 definitely seems like something the new owners would wish to do.
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This article was written By Jon Jung on 01 Jun 2013, and is filed under Reviews.
Biotherapy is a horror/sci-fi shocker that clocks in just short of an hour. That's right, short of an hour. Because of the film's truncated time, you know that a lot of things like characterization and logic are bound to get pulled out of the story like an eyeball from a screaming scientist. And what's left of that story? Some scientists at the Hirose Research Institute of Biology have developed a GT (glutamyltransferase, in case you were wondering) serum derived from meteors, which speeds up biological growth. As it turns out, not everyone is cool with this major scientific breakthrough. An ugly alien-like thing described as a miraijin or time traveler (and probably played by the director's big brother) has been sent to retrieve the serum and cause the most unnecessarily gory violent deaths on those who developed it. Why? At under an hour, do you care? Actually, since no edition of this film has any kind of English subtitles, the time traveler's modus operandi is made even fuzzier due to difficult to comprehend dialog overdubbed with the kind of cheesy echoplexed "demonic" voice that has been used in Japanese TV and films forever. Let's just assume that our time traveler friend objected to the social and moral ramifications of the serum's use or, heck, maybe he just wanted to tear various limbs and innards from a gang of earthfolk. It's all about the same thing, isn't it?
Gore-wise, director Akihiro Kashima has some pretty nifty scenes peppered throughout the film, which did win a special effects award from Young Jump, a manga magazine. There is one scene in which a character is stabbed in the chest with several test tubes and blood pumps out of her chest, geyser-like. This is the type of scene I was looking for (and failed to get) in Commando's death-by-pipe-impalement scene. Curious comparisons have been made between Biotherapy and the Guinea Pig series and, while both have direct-to-video/V-Cinema origins and their share of on-screen entrailsectomies, tonguesectomies, and eyesectomies, on the whole, the comparison is misleading. If anything, Biotherapy owes a lot to '80s slashers, Friday the 13th in particular; the time traveler wears a mask through which he breathes heavily à la Jason as he is stalking his victims. In an unintentionally humorous touch, his appearance is signaled with a lightning-like flash and a synth drum beat, a quite auspicious appearance for someone trying to be sneaky.
In all, not an entirely bad film to check out if you can. It's certainly not much of a time investment and this fact alone will make splatterheads giggle with glee that one gore scene is just around the corner from another. In the end, however, there are better things you could do instead of watching Biotherapy. Like watching half of a better film.


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What is an email service provider (ESP)?
Types of email accounts
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5 email service providers of the world
Email service providers allude to both the stage you use to make and send off an email campaign and the administrations the organization gives to help a client effectively send an undertaking email marketing campaign.
Email service providers are innovative organizations that simplify individuals to construct email lists and send messages. Email advertising is a more famous promoting channel than other mediums, which is why more ESPs have jumped up to offer segregated types of assistance.
A few ESPs simply provide essential functions like storing email addresses and sending messages. Assuming you move towards further developed ESPs, you would have the choice to add active substance in your messages; it would incorporate email and advertising computerization, lead catch structures, site following, and so forth.
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POP works by downloading email data to the principal client that interfaces with it. That infers assuming you download an email from your PC, a fundamental spot for the messages. If you try opening it on different devices, it will not appear.
POP is easy to set up, but no message or data is syncing. Moreover, when the email is downloaded on one gadget, it vanishes from the server.
IMAP is a fresher sort of email; unlike POP, the email can be downloaded on various gadgets. If you read messages on a device, it will appear on different gadgets, and you can access the email.
IMAP is incredible at synchronizing, but it utilizes more processing power. It also supports several gadgets and is simple to use. Remember one thing, synchronizing issues can emerge, and all email service providers do not uphold them.
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Microsoft Exchange accompanies full email adjusting, and the messages can be stored on servers. Be that as it may, synchronizing issues can arise but very rarely.
A creation by the MIT scientists and CERN, is an open-source and secure email service, it has the privilege to read your mails, but maintains complete privacy. However, no personal information is required to create an email account here.
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Big Boss Man: The Life & Music Of Bluesman Jimmy Reed
Archive Posted On June 1, 2007
Jimmy Reed was a musical anomaly. His skills on guitar and harmonica were rudimentary, but the commercial success of his singles exceeded those of fellow blues singers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Reed was barely literate yet his songs would be recorded by the Rolling Stones, Charlie Rich, Elvis Presley and Neil Young.
Will Romano sheds new light on Reed with the first in-depth biography of the influential bluesman. He traces the Mississippi native's life through a series of backbreaking jobs (sharecropper, steelworker, slaughterhouse worker) that served as a catalyst for his musical ambitions and provided the inspiration for his song "Big Boss Man".
Reed's collaboration with guitarist Eddie Taylor gave his music a career-defining sound on such hits as "Bright Lights, Big City", "Honest I Do" and "Baby What You Want Me To Do". His basic melodies and slurred vocals made him a crossover success with blacks and whites.
In an ill-advised business deal, he signed away his song copyrights. He battled epilepsy and alcoholism that made him an erratic performer and contributed to his death at 50 in 1976.
Romano is a dogged researcher who brings Reed to life, particularly his relationship with his wife, known as Big Mama, who sang on his records and whispered lyrics to him on recording sessions.
Occasionally Romano lapses into stilted language, and some extended quotes from his interviews could have been edited. Overall, his diligence outweighs the shortcomings.
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Jean Rondeau
This is the first time any of Jean Rondeau's work as a composer has been recorded and/or released. The album and film provide a unique opportunity to hear a different side of his creativity and musicianship.
Set in the 19th and 20th Centuries, this is a biopic about
Set in the 19th and 20th Centuries, this is a biopic about the German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, focussing on her most productive years in Worpswede in Germany and Paris. The film covers the subject of sexism in the art world, as well as Paula Moderson-Becker's relationships with contemporary artists and writers.
Paula is directed by Christian Schwochow and stars Carla Juri in the title role. The film premiered in August 2016 at the Locarno Festival, and opened on the 15th December in Germany.
The music was almost entirely written by harpsichordist, jazz pianist and composer Jean Rondeau, but he does not perform on the soundtrack.


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Cause an .ase file made with q3map2 breaks down into it's basic components when imported in max.
Meaning every single face becomes an object.
If you feel like spending just as much time connecting pieces in max as you spent to create the map in the first place go ahead and do it.
Also exporting it all as one model wont work.
Mainly cause the final model will be so big neither radiant or the compiler will be able to load it.
last but not the least, you have to unwrap it. If it's not unwrapped shadow baking doesn't works. It needs mapping coordinates to know how and where to render the shadows.
Hay Rayne sorry about the late late response.
Flajjen is right it can be done and it's only an issue of whats hard to do becomes easy over time which is just the nature of 3d in general.
The problems with putting content into the idtech3 engine is a case of the artist having to work around the limitations of the engine based on a desired result balanced with the need to maintain an optimized result by trading one problem for another.
I think it's safe to say that making a map that others enjoy playing on is hard to do no mater how easy the tools makes building 3d space a snap.
To help you guys along I'm willing to make an offer.
I know you and Johnny are working with 3ds Max so if you two get together and make a small map, say the size of Abbey, and focus 100% on what it takes to make it look good in that application, I'll be willing to take your results and show you what it takes to to get a full renderosity lighting solution, complete with ray traced shadows and light bounce, into the idtech3 engine.
You guys take the time to do this I'll take the time to document the a workable process and solution and give you guys back a working setup and leave it up to CMM to figure out the optimization requirements.
I would much like to see this happend. Ill do what i can do for it aswell.
I have been thinking about learning 3dsmax anyways.
in blender there is a function that merges vextors thats close together that would connect the faces for you.
There has to be somethign like that in max too.
OK lets do some prep work then.
To have complete control over the lighting solution in an idtech3 based game there will be problems and tradeoffs but with a proper set up what will work and what does not become a lot easier as what would take months of work out now takes a few minuets to correct based on the feedback.
At the moment and as far as I can figure out the only way to get a full renderosity effect as a static lighting solution is to bake the entire lighting solution into the diffused map using the painting with lights concept. In other words you are paining in the lights and shadows as you could using Photoshop but using a procedural tool to create the same effect.
The downside is this technique will create an above average number of texture images but as history has proven what use to be a large number becomes smaller as technology advances and the only thing necessary is to work out the problem of making to much less as to what would be a reasonable and deliverable file size.
What is also required is an established budget as to a deliverable and completed map package and FS has set an internal budget requirement, which can and probably will change, of 350 megs that 3rd party developers are not required to follow but even with that limitation with good asset management a map the size of Abbey should come in under budget.
The upside the process it's self encourages team based development of a given map that invites others of skill based on unique and desirable skill sets to become involved in a project based design with out having to buy into all as to what it takes to make a top shelf map from scratch.
How good does a set up map have to be?
The set up requirements can be as simple as it needs to be or as complex as to already available assets but the purpose of a set up is to establish a clear pathway as to already defined requirements.
Models needs texture paths as it's material name.
Models needs to be exported as .ase.
Models needs to be UV mapped either as separate elements or as selection groups.
Bottom line no the set up map does not have to be another Abbey as the set up can scale up or down based on the demands of the design locked in by the map design layout.
If anyone has questions feel free to ask as I can not guess as to what would be an important factor as to problems.


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Category Archives: My Irrational Love of Albert Southwick
Albert Southwick news and events
In case you missed it, Albert Southwick appeared on "Coffee with Konnie" last month. It's available for viewing at archive.org.
Also, if you missed the chance in December or January to meet Mr. Southwick and have some books signed, he'll be doing another signing event at the Robert H. Goddard Library at Clark University on Saturday, May 17 from 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Stop by and meet Mr. Southwick. All of his newer books will be available for purchase (cash or check only), or bring along any Southwick books you may already own and get them personalized. For more information about Albert Southwick's books, visit http://albertsouthwick.net
Posted in My Irrational Love of Albert Southwick
Moose Hill Ski Area
Friendly reminder: there will be an Al Southwick book signing tomorrow, January 26, from 2-4pm at Annie's Book Stop.
As some of you may know, Albert Southwick and his brother Tom ran a ski area called Moose Hill during the 1960s.
Southwick devotees may remember a column from a couple of years ago about this ski area ("It was uphill, then downhill", Telegram and Gazette, 29 December 2011).
I'd been meaning to post about Moose Hill since the column was published, because the land was owned by Ben O'Janne, who was the uncle of one of my closest friends, Craig. (Imagine my surprise when I started reading a Southwick column about someone I knew!)
Uncle Ben kept a folder of clippings and brochures about Moose Hill Ski Area. We've posted those to the web:
The front and back of the original 1960 brochure.
The original letter offering season tickets (which were in the form of the moose pin pictured above).
The front and back of the 1961 brochure.
Various clippings about the ski area (1, 2, 3, 4) and a 1980 article about the Moose Hill dam.
An article about Moose Hill from the Country Courier in 1960.
War letters of Albert Southwick
Albert Southwick, like many young men of his generation, enlisted in the armed forces in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was to spend the war far from home serving in the U.S. Navy, and so often stationed in remote locales that he was only able to return home on leave once during the war.
In those days before e-mail and Skype, the way someone stayed in touch with loved ones far away was usually by letter, card or postcard. Phone calls were sometimes possible, but prohibitively expensive for the typical serviceman, and telegrams were usually reserved for news of crises or death.
Mr. Southwick recently donated over 250 letters from those years to the Worcester Historical Museum. These letters were to and from young Albert Southwick, from the time he enlisted until shortly after the war ended in 1945. Many of his letters are to his parents, although some were to other relatives or friends. The ones to Albert were mostly from his parents at Maple Hill Farm in Leicester, though occasionally someone else writes to him.
Before these letters were donated to the Worcester Historical Museum, they were painstakingly transcribed by Southwick's daughter Martha, who has now begun making them available in book form for a wider audience to appreciate.
The first volume, titled WWII Correspondence between Albert B. Southwick and Maple Hill Farm: February to June 1942, begins with Albert stationed at the Naval Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island; later in 1942 he writes from a Navy service school in Jacksonville, Florida. In these early letters we get a sense of what young Albert Southwick was going through as he prepared to be sent to war. Many of the letters sent to Albert are from his parents, and the reader will be surprised to see that his father, Nathan Southwick, writes to young Albert in cleverly rhyming verse, and that Albert sometimes responds in kind. By the end on this volume, he has learned typing, Morse code, semaphore, and other useful skills.
The second volume, titled WWII Letters from Albert B. Southwick to Maple Hill Farm: June 1942 to May 1943, begins with Apprentice Seaman Albert Southwick, now 22 years old, completing his training in Jacksonville, Florida. One gets the sense that the novelty & enjoyment of that location have worn off. He's been learning radar and earning a swimming classification, spending whatever leave time he has enjoying himself in locations that are now considered vacation destinations, and wondering where he'll be posted when his training is complete.
He then spends a while in Norfolk, Virginia, where he has his first plane ride and learns the finer points of operating a radio. Then the Navy sends him on a long train trip westward, and he eventually arrives in California, where has lots of other training, and whenever allowed leave, explores many interesting locales, and he's able to visit with a relative who lives nearby. At one point he's able to have a short visit with his mother, who makes a trip out west to visit. Later he's sent back east to Louisiana, where he attends pre-flight training school.
By the end of this volume we've followed Albert to May of 1943, and he's now an Aviation Radioman Petty Officer, 3rd Class.
In the third volume, titled WWII Letters from Albert B. Southwick to Maple Hill Farm: May 1943 to August 1944, we find 23 year old Albert Southwick writing from Normal Station in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he's learning to pilot and navigate aircraft. Later that year he's moved to a base in Dallas, Texas, where his flying skills are refined, though he has some difficulties with aerobatics in January of 1944 that set his training back a bit. From there he's sent to bases in Florida for further training, including night flying. He's introduced to the PBY aircraft, which will play a notable role in his career in naval aviation. By the end of this volume in August of 1944, Albert Southwick is ranked Aviation Pilot, First Class.
These activities are chronicled amid many dozens of letters which usually deal largely with things like how the family's faring at home, how certain other relatives in the service are doing, what sort of extracurricular goings-on occur in Albert's life when he's on leave, etc. His correspondents are often his parents, though occasionally we see letters from other relatives, or friends such as Ben Bagdikian, or English pen-pal Nellie Timberlake.
It's amazing to see how long it took to train a young man to be an aviator. At the end of the third volume of letters, young Albert Southwick still hasn't been sent into harm's way to fight his nation's enemies, though we sense that this is what will happen next as we look forward to a fourth volume of letters, to be published later this year.
Through these many letters we begin to get a glimpse of what sort of young man Albert was, and we get some sense of the people and places that have been important to him. Those of us who have known someone who fought in that war may also gain some further understanding of what the veterans we've known went through in those years. That worldwide conflict changed so many lives in so many ways.
This man who now shares so much of our local history with us survived a piece of what we now think of as history, but which for Albert Southwick is his story. And thankfully, many of his letters have survived, too, to help him tell us his tale.
Where to buy the books
I linked to Amazon, but you can (and should) buy the books locally.
They are available for sale at the Worcester Historical Museum.
There are also two book signings coming up:
on Saturday, January 18 from 1-3pm at the Worcester Public Library Food for Thought Bookstore & Cafe
on Sunday, January 26 from 2-4pm at Annie's Book Stop at 65 James Street
Note that if you want copies of the older books (Once-Told Tales, More Once-Told Tales, etc.), plan on coming early as there will only be limited copies available for sale.
And there was a great profile in today's Telegram.
Selected Writings of Albert Southwick
As you may have read previously on this blog, Albert Southwick will be doing some book signing events this month.
If you're a fan of Southwick's Thursday columns in the Telegram, you'll really appreciate one of his new books — Selected Writings, Volume I. Much of this book is material that originally appeared in the Telegram . . . but then nowhere else. Until now.
Selected Writings, Volume I includes some of my favorite columns. Having visited the American Sanitary Plumbing Museum when it was located in Worcester, I enjoyed rereading Southwick's piece titled "Worcester's First Loo?" If you've ever hiked the East Side Trail and seen the remains of coal mines, you'll appreciate the story "Worcester's Big Coal Rush". Other local topics include gaslights, streetcars, the "Deep Cut" under Plantation Street, influenza, Worcester's first waste recycling facility (a municipal piggery), bridging Lake Quinsigamond, newspaper intrigues, and elections that hinged on one vote.
Mr. Southwick's columns in the Telegram sometimes discuss matters of wider interest, and this volume includes some of those. Whether aircraft of the second World War, Eli Whitney, the first newspaper in the Colonies, U.S. Imperialism, or power struggles among the Roosevelts, Albert Southwick always has an interesting take on things. And as a veteran of World War II, Southwick has some observations about Hiroshima that remind us about what front line troops were thinking regarding the prospect of having to invade Japan.
That all said, Selected Writings, Volume I isn't just a collection of newspaper articles. It includes texts of several talks/presentations that Southwick has given at various events, and some reminiscences of people and places that have been important to him.
Selected Writings, Volume I will be available for purchase at some upcoming book signing events, where you can get a copy autographed/personalized by Mr. Southwick himself. It is also available online from Amazon.com. If you enjoy Albert Southwick's writing — especially if you're looking for something to join your copies of Once Told Tales and More Once Told Tales on your bookshelf — then Selected Writings, Volume I would be a great addition to your library.
January 8, 2014 by Nicole
Albert Southwick book signing events and other news
As regular readers of this blog know, Telegram columnist Albert Southwick has several new books available. Last month he had two book signing events — one at the Worcester Historical Museum, and another at the Leicester Public Library.
If you missed those, you're in luck — there will be two more book signing events this month:
Food For Thought Bookstore at the Worcester Public Library
3 Salem Sq., Worcester
Cash/check only at this event
(snow date January 25)
Annie's Book Stop
65 James Street, Worcester
Cash/credit cards accepted
The newer books will be available for sale at either location, or order some in advance and bring them with you to be signed. Here are the new book titles, with clickable links in case you want a sneak peek at what will be available at the book signing events:
Down on the Farm: Volume I (1956 – 1958)
WWII Correspondence between Albert B. Southwick and Maple Hill Farm: February to June 1942
WWII Letters from Albert B. Southwick to Maple Hill Farm: June 1942 – May 1943
Selected Writings: Volume 1
I've reviewed one of the new books already; before the upcoming signing events, I hope to have reviews of two others for you.
It's unclear whether some of his popular books from years ago (such as Once Told Tales of Worcester County, More Once Told Tales of Worcester County or 150 Years of Worcester: 1848-1998) will be available at the book signing events, but several of these titles are still available for purchase on Amazon.com — one could order a copy & bring it to the event to be signed.
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Mr. Southwick has been embracing modernity lately. He finally has a web page; it's fairly basic, but has links to all of the books that are still available for sale. Check it out: http://albertsouthwick.net
The book signing events at Annie's Book Stop & the library are both being promoted on Facebook.
What's next? Historical tweets? Only time will tell.
Go, Al!
December 30, 2013 by Nicole
Beloved local historian/author Albert B. Southwick has several new books available; If you have enjoyed his weekly columns in the Worcester Telegram, you may want to add some (or all) of these to your library. In the next few weeks I'll be reviewing the three titles published in 2013. More are expected in 2014.
If you've been reading Albert Southwick's informative Thursday columns in the Worcester Telegram, you probably enjoy tales of long ago. Mr. Southwick has been educating folks in central Massachusetts about their history for many years, through books such as Once Told Tales of Worcester County and 150 Years of Worcester: 1848-1998 (and others).
Southwick has had a long association with the Worcester Telegram, and in the late 1950s he wrote bi-weekly columns for the Sunday Telegram's "Feature Parade" insert which highlighted aspects of growing up on a farm in the 1920s & 1930s. These columns were called "Down on the Farm", and must have seemed a little nostalgic to the post-war readers, for whom a generation had passed from the 1920s to the 1950s. How much stranger will these stories seem to today's readers, many of whom weren't even born in the 1950s, let alone the 1920s or 1930s?
Volume one of "Down on the Farm" is a compilation of columns that first appeared in the Feature Parade in the Sunday Telegram during 1956, 1957 & 1958. These "Down on the Farm" columns recall Southwick's boyhood at Maple Hill Farm in Leicester. These features discussed various seasonal activities, things that the children did for fun, the hardships and challenges that his family faced, and the numerous tasks & responsibilities involved in agriculture and caring for farm animals. "Down on the Farm" reacquainted the reader of the 1950s with older technologies such as kerosene lamps, wood-fired steam boilers, windmill-powered water pumps and ice saws, many of which were becoming outdated in an era of electric appliances & other conveniences. For those of us living in the 21st century, reading this first volume of "Down on the Farm" columns is like taking a journey to another world. Unless you've lived as long as Albert Southwick has, these stories from his boyhood will probably be as eye-opening as they are entertaining — we now live in a world of many conveniences, though after reading "Down on the Farm", the reader may envy the simpler life that Southwick once enjoyed.
These stories have been lovingly collected and edited by Albert Southwick's daughter Martha Jean Southwick. If you enjoyed them many years ago in the Feature Parade, it may be a treat to now have them in book form. Younger folks, or those who are only familiar with Southwick's later work, can enjoy these tales for their own sake — Southwick's more recent work has usually focused on local history, whereas this collection of stories are purely personal in nature.
The initial release of Down on the Farm: Volume I (1956-1958) included some photos and illustrations; a revised edition is now available with more photos. The type is large enough that even older readers can easily enjoy this volume without eyestrain. If you're lucky enough to get to one of Mr. Southwick's book signing events, you may even get yourself an autographed copy. There have been a couple of these events in recent weeks, and more are planned for early 2014.
Down on the Farm: Volume I (1956-1958) is an enjoyable ramble back to the 1920s & 1930s, whether you lived those years or not. Get a copy for yourself . . . and maybe a few to give as gifts during the year!
Southwickian Festivities
As not one but two readers have pointed out to me, tomorrow is:
135th Annual Meeting of Worcester Historical Museum
4:00 Annual business meeting
Fletcher Auditorium
4:30 Presentation of the first
George Bancroft Award to
ALBERT B. SOUTHWICK
in recognition of his decades-long
commitment to sharing and
celebrating the history of Worcester
A reception will follow in the exhibition
in the Booth Gallery
R.S. V. P. to 508.753.8278
(Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend as I have a prior engagement. Otherwise, you know I'd be there.)
Leicester: a gentler pace of life
Travel a bit northwest of Auburn to a place where we don't worry about flying girls and frenetic boys. If you're late for work, tell the boss you stopped to let a turtle cross by you on Peter Salem Road. What's with all that rushing around, anyway? Roll down your window and enjoy life for a few minutes or a few hours, or however long it takes that turtle to cross the road.
September 7, 2010 by Nicole
Great place for skinny dipping . . .
June 24, 2010 by Nicole
Albert Southwick thinks turning ninety isn't a big deal.
While that may be true, ninety years of AWESOME is totally worth celebrating.
Thank you, Mr. Southwick, for your always-interesting columns, for continuing to inform the public about our history, for being an inspiration to young people, and for knowing the difference between "jerry-built" and "jury-rigged."
(Also, in honor of your birthday, today's BBC One Planet programme devoted the better part of a show to aging.)


Today new rights come into force to give consumers greater powers to get their money back if they are misled or intimidated when buying, or signing a contract for goods or services. Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson explains what's happening and why.
Cracking down on rogue traders who mislead or pressure people into buying products they don't want or need is vital to improve consumer confidence and give people a fair deal.
We've all heard the horror stories. The traders who turn up at the doorstop of an elderly person and bully them into buying products that they didn't want or ask for. Or a young person approached on the high street and duped into handing over hundreds of pounds with promises of a glittering modelling career.
This kind of mis-selling is not only distressing for the victims and their families, but it can also mean the loss of business for the many decent UK companies who respect their customers.
The figures tell a worrying story. Crime reporting agency Action Fraud estimates that consumers suffer detriment of at least £6.6 billion every year due to unfair trading. Quite simply this figure is too high and underlines why tough action is needed.
That's why we are giving consumers the power to better protect themselves from misleading or aggressive practices, by making it easier for them to hold traders to account and get their money back.
As a result of the new rights, if you have been misled or forced into buying products you didn't want, you will now have up to 90 days to cancel the contract with the company and even beyond that time you can ask for a price reduction.
In addition, you have the right to seek compensation for any further damages or costs caused by being mis-sold products.
Take the example of an elderly couple pressured on the doorstep by a salesperson into buying a mobility scooter they didn't need. Previously it would have been more difficult for them to hold the company to account and get their money back, but the new rights coming into force will empower them to do this.
From today, that couple could now request that the scooter be returned and receive a full refund within 90 days of the purchase, and request the cancellation of any contracts to pay for it. If the company refuses, the couple could then take civil action against the company and receive compensation for any damage or distress caused.
With these new measures, I hope we can build a nation of savvy consumers that are better equipped to fight back against rogue sellers.
Anyone who thinks they've been bullied or misled into buying something should first try and resolve the issue directly with the company. If this fails then I urge them to call Citizens Advice on 03444 111 444. It is an excellent source of advice and guidance.


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