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My Missing Half – Tightening the Noose
Monday, 4th July 2016 By Matt Coe
When it comes to melodic death metal, there seems to be a disproportionate amount of quality bands coming from European and Australian continents than North America. Since their origins in 2011, Massachusetts band My Missing Half has put forth quite a case for people to look their way for strong, crushing, and aggressive material. Between the frantic, sandpaper screams and growls from guitarist Bijan Hennessey, the pumping low end ferocity of bassist Alex Elwell, and the punishing kit work from drummer John Matthews – as well as guitar riffs and harmonies that will level you one minute, then bring fists to the air the next – it's easy to see how they've captured a lot of buzz beyond the New England community.
Always willing to play for audiences small and larger, including an impressive performance opening for heroes like Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium last summer, the latest EP A Proper Hangman's Knot takes the debut album from 2014 The Lives I've Ruined several steps further down establishing an original path. Even as the band searches for a permanent second guitarist, their activities have not slowed down in support of the new EP, as you'll learn in this great conference call interview between Bijan, Alex, and John.
In this discussion you'll learn more about how the trio are handling live shows with great support from other killer guitarists in the New England metal scene, the growth of the group through this EP, how a love of 80's hits turned into head turning set openers, as well as a special double booked show memory forever embedded in the archives for My Missing Half.
Dead Rhetoric: What are your early memories surrounding music, and how quickly did you move into heavier music and eventually pick up an instrument to play?
Bijan Hennessey: My family wasn't very musical at all, so my first time listening to and appreciating music was when I downloaded Napster so that I could get "All Star" by Smash Mouth (laughs). And then slowly (I) just got into a lot of pop punk bands, other things that really young kids were listening to around 8 or 9. Once I started to pick up the guitar at 13, I had a friend who had an electric guitar as I only had an acoustic. I found out I really liked the sound of the guitar with the gain up really high to get a very heavy tone. From there I just started seeking heavier and heavier music, once I first got to play an overdriven, heavy guitar.
Alex Elwell: I remember the first album I ever bought was the first Rage Against the Machine album. I listened to that in seventh grade, and I started to get into them, Korn. That got me into Metallica and really into thrash metal during high school. I started playing bass, every one of my friends who were trying to start bands, none of them wanted to play bass. I just thought it was a good fit.
John Matthews: Similar to Bijan, I downloaded Napster so I could listen to "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit (laughs). I thought that was super bad ass in the fourth grade. Then later on I got into heavier music because one of my friends gave me the Roadrunner All-Stars album CD/DVD. I just started playing drums and I watched Joey Jordison mess around on the kit- and I knew that I was going to be able to do that someday. This was in the ninth grade I believe.
Dead Rhetoric: The new My Missing Half EP is entitled A Proper Hangman's Knot. Tell us how the recording and songwriting sessions went for this, as it's obvious that everything appears to be a step up in terms of the songwriting, performances, and production from their previous full-length?
Hennessey: Thank you. We approached the songwriting in a somewhat similar manner. We had very rough outlines of the songs and then sent demos to each other, talked about where we thought the songs were going and what we could add to them. Which is how we usually write, but what made it different this time is we had been playing the songs from The Lives I've Ruined for so long, that we wanted to take the identity we formed when we put out that album and give it a 'what can we do next' approach. We have songs that are very My Missing Half-esque but going in a different direction than the previous record.
Elwell: Our first record established who we were and we were able to say this is us, this is what we sound like. The EP is an opportunity to build on that. We learned a lot about what it is to record an album the first time- we made a lot of mistakes but I feel like those are mistakes you have to make to kind of learn from. This time around we were much more prepared- it's easier to prepare for 5 songs than it is for 10. We knew what to expect and we were able to build more upon what we have already established.
Matthews: As far as the drumming on the first album, I kind of just winged it when it came to playing drums. I didn't write for the parts, I kind of just played whatever came to mind on the spot. Whereas this time around, I tried to make the parts fit the songs a little more, and think through what I was doing. I listen to certain parts of the first album and I say to myself, 'what the hell was I thinking?'.
Hennessey: One other thing to add with this EP- about three weeks before we went in to record I ended up going on a walk through the woods and I ended up getting some type of allergic reaction. I just lost my voice entirely, I went for a walk and I couldn't speak anymore for two weeks. I had to use a text to speech app just to be able to communicate with people. I was getting food orders online because I could use that app on my phone, I tried to cut down speaking as much as I could. So when it came to record vocals, we had to book vocal sessions whenever Jay our producer had time available so it ended up being spread over months. It took a lot longer to make the record because of that, but because of the whole nightmare we ended up with the vocals sounding better than they would have if I would have just busted them out in a week.
Dead Rhetoric: And what types of lyrical ideas did you work on this time, did they differ from the debut album as well?
Hennessey: I guess it's very similar to the previous record in that it's somewhat personal lyrics. This time around I tried to make it less horror themed and more down to earth or realistic and relatable. Which because of this ends up having the lyrics become a little darker and hit you a little harder, just because you aren't hearing about demons and ghosts. Well, not as much. Lyrically I tried to make it a lot more genuine and I think that's going to be the direction that our songs go in from now on.
Dead Rhetoric: You lost second guitarist Patrick Powers during the recording sessions. What exactly took place for his departure?
Hennessey: Luckily when he left all of the guitars, bass, and drums were already done and recorded. There are even a lot of vocals that had already been recorded. He just had a lot of other priorities that didn't really allow him to play out as much as we needed him to. He told us that he just couldn't stick it out with the band anymore. He was a great guitar player and a great bandmate to have, we were all bummed out but there was no aggressive band breakup like there usually is when a band member leaves. It's still tough as we don't have another permanent player yet.
Matthews: He didn't leave us hanging in the middle of the recording, it was pretty well thought out. He had decided months before he actually did end up leaving. He did everything he had to do, we are still on great terms and we still talk to each other.
Hennessey: He also did a tour with us and Begat the Nephilim that we had set up, so that helped us out a ton.
Dead Rhetoric: You've been able to get some great complimentary second guitarists like Ryan Burke of Epicenter and Nick Petrino of Sonic Pulse to fill in for live situations while you seek out a second guitarist – how fortunate do you feel to have other players step up to the plate?
Elwell: It's been really awesome. It really means a lot to us to see awesome, talented players- as well as awesome dudes- that dig our stuff enough to want to do this. It's been a lot of fun, stylistically they are two different guys and they bring two different sets of strengths. It's been really cool, there are different dynamics that go on when we are on stage together.
Hennessey: We would be absolutely screwed without them. Especially since we have had a lot of auditions but not many guys have been able to play the songs quite as tight as we needed them to be. And both of those guys show up and just nail it every time. Huge props to those guys.
Elwell: And they are different kinds of shows, some shows are killer, some are not so awesome to be at, and those guys have stuck out some tough gigs too- when you are in a local band you get a lot of both. But those guys always manage to have a lot of fun.
Matthews: And filling in for a band is actually a huge commitment. I've done it a couple of times, learning all the songs and practicing, the time for the shows and actually playing is a huge commitment- so we owe those guys a ton.
Photo Credit: Devvon Simpson
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Three years ago today, Usain Bolt proved his doubters wrong by winning the men's 100m final at the London Olympics.
He may have been a three-time Olympic gold medallist, a winner of five World Championship gold medals and the fastest man ever over both 100m and 200m, but Usain Bolt headed into London 2012 with big question marks hanging over him.
Some had accused the playful Jamaican of not taking his training seriously, while others claimed that his party lifestyle had hampered his form and concentration levels. They pointed to the fact that he had false-started in the final of men's 100m at the World Champs a year earlier, while Bolt had also been beaten by training partner Yohan Blake five weeks before the Games.
It meant that in a highly competitive 100m final in the English capital, which took place three years ago today, Blake had been strongly tipped by many to take the Olympic title away from his compatriot.
Blake, along with Justin Gatlin, both sprung out of the blocks in much sharper fashion than Bolt, who was forced to work extremely hard to keep in contact with the field initially.
But, from 50m onwards, the champion was able to get into his long stride and as soon as that happened, there was only ever going to be one winner.
When he crossed the line, there was clear daylight between himself and Blake in the silver medal position. His time of 9.63s was an Olympic record and also just 0.05s slower than his own world record. Also, Bolt had become the first man since Carl Lewis back in 1988 to win consecutive 100m Olympic finals.
Asked about the criticism that he had received prior to the race, the 25-year-old replied: "I have nothing to say. I said it on the track. All they can do is talk. I said when it comes to the championships it's all about me.
"I was slightly worried about my start, so I sat in the blocks a bit, but I executed and that was the key. My coach said, 'Stop worrying about your start, your best race is at the end'.
"There was a lot of people saying I wasn't going to win. There was a lot of talk. It was great feeling to come out here and show the world I'm still number one and still the best."
As for Blake, he added: "To be the second-fastest man in the world behind Bolt is an honour. He is the fastest man in the world and I've got a silver medal. What more can I ask for?"
It proved to be arguably the best 100m race of all time, with seven of the eight men involved running under 10 seconds. The only athlete not to break that barrier - Bolt and Blake's fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell - pulled up injured.
Four days later, Bolt went on to make Olympic history when he again pipped Blake to claim gold in the 200m.
Tyson Gay (9.80) has since been disqualified for doping offences.
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Day 9 included a visit to Graceland, home of Elvis Presley. The only way to top the over-the-top of there was to go to Texas.
I actually was very surprised at Graceland. It wasn't nearly as wild as I had expected. Opulent, certainly, but only three rooms that would qualify for "You have more money than taste." From the front, the house looks grand, but not wild.
Ok, so maybe the stained glass peacocks are a bit much, but the formal rooms when you first enter the house aren't too crazy.
And the color theme continues into the dining room across the hall.
It's when you get downstairs, into the more relaxed spaces, that the "Whoa" factor comes out.
Add mirrors on the ceiling to reflect all the shiny. It's wild, but considering it's the '70s and Elvis, it doesn't seem too crazy.
The pleated-fabric motif starts from the center of the ceiling and continues on.
After the house itself, we entered the Trophy Building. Yes, building.
Halls were lined with Grammy awards and gold and platinum records. And I know this isn't all of them, because we saw some in the Rock & Roll and Country Music halls of fame. It's just amazing.
The next building was Elvis' racquetball building. The walls of what used to be the court are now lined with posthumous gold and platinum records. It's just as filled as the trophy building.
After Graceland, we headed back on the road. The kids were asking why we needed to go north on I-55 when Texas was south of us. I reminded them of a little puddle in the middle of the country -- you know, the Mississippi River -- that we needed to find a bridge to cross. Ohhhh!
We had to travel through Arkansas. I've never seen so much nothing. It's not even pretty. It's just scrubby weeds for miles.
It was really hard to drive through, and I had to take a break from driving because my eyes hurt from the glare (even with sunglasses). We had to laugh when we saw this sign outside where we stopped.
Maybe it was a Soul Food place?
Once we got to Little Rock, there was finally something to see.
Politics aside, I've never been to a presidential library, so I'm curious what it would be like.
And knew Texas was right behind!
Drive friendly? Y'all, it's like driving the autobahn.
We'll stay in the "slow" lane -- I was going 75, and the left lane was zooming by like we were turtles! Yeep!
This is a big state for friends -- in Longview, I got to meet a friend who lives in my computer. Kristy and I have known each other for years through Kids with Food Allergies, but never met in person. It was wonderful to finally meet her in person. Next up, we are heading to Dallas to see Jude's penpal Phoebe. I'm just as excited as he is -- I get to met her mom in person, too - and we've been KFA friends for 10 years.


Elizabeth writes: I have to thank you for all the help you have given me with your advice about training but I have one follow-up question about house training a husky. (I really appreciate it, by the way!) Things have changed a bunch for me and my dog. To answer a few dog behavior questions from before regarding Siberian Husky training: I was feeding her two meals and her elimination times were always fluctuating quite a lot and so there was never a set amount of time we would see when elimination should be coming.
However, we started making a consistent written time sheet of when she would defecate and urinate and found a rhythm of certain times throughout the day. I am guessing this was because she does not drink the same amount each time she gets a drink and thus could hold it longer sometimes than others.
And as for defecation irregularities we have found she has food allergy to grains and thus some moments she would have a major liquid feces and others soft serve which made it hard to tell about the schedule.
What has happened since we last talked to you, we have ran into many other dog owners who have had Huskies and they all seem to know something I didn't but I did not realize this problem with the breed until I talked to my Aunt who is a competition dog trainer. She informed me about her friend with Siberian Huskies used to have this same problem of diarrhea. She explained to me that a lot of Huskies seem to have this problem occur a lot as far as they have seen, as well as skin allergies too.
You see, Huskies are known to be sled dogs more often than house pets and were fed meat most times than kibble. They also have a lot of wolf attributes still evident in their breed who only ate meat, too. So it is believed this is why Huskies seem to have this recurring grain allergy problem. Every person I have met so far who own Huskies have seen their dog also have this allergy to grains but most only show it through skin allergies. The reason I am writing about this to you is so you might be able to help the next person who may have a dog with this problem also.
By the way: The recommendation about feeding pineapple has worked wonders and has made it possible to have her almost fully potty trained. The reason I say "almost trained" is because she seems to back step every time we have to increase the cage size because of her fast growing body and when we have tried to give her back a soft fluffy bed.
I just want to say thank you so much for your advice on house training a husky and it has made it possible to have hope that this time period of getting potty trained will be over soon enough.


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Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (born 23 August 1961 in Paris, France) is a French filmscore composer. Notably, he has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, five Golden Globe nominations and six César nominations, winning a Golden Globe for his work on "The Painted Veil" (2006) and a César for both his works on "De Battre Mon Cœur S'est Arrêté" (2006) and "The Ghost Writer" (2011). In 2011, Desplat won his first British Academy Film Award for his score for "The King's Speech".
Sources: Last.fm, Wikipedia
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Home // About CFAES // Faculty/Staff Resources // CFAES Monthly // November 2013 // What you should know about OARDC SEEDS, the OARDC Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program
What you should know about OARDC SEEDS, the OARDC Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program
Established in 1996 and supported by an appropriation from the Ohio General Assembly to OARDC, SEEDS: The OARDC Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program, is unique among U.S. state-assisted universities. In fostering high-quality research among scientists supported by OARDC and CFAES, SEEDS enables those scientists to collect the preliminary data needed to give them a competitive edge in national programs, and it provides them with leverage to attract industry support.
With eight outlying research stations and more than 7,500 acres of land across the state devoted to research, OARDC is the largest public and privately funded research organization in Ohio. Since OARDC's establishment in 1882,the center has used science to find solutions to pressing problems and to identify new opportunities for Ohio. OARDC's SEEDS program is just one of the many ways in which Ohio State's innovative research and development connect to industry and community on an eminent global scale.
Up to $7 returned for every $1 invested
SEEDS grants have supported research projects of $20,941,081 and have received more than $80,939,871 in matching and extramural funding since 1996 -- a return of about $5 for each dollar invested. In fact, between 2010 and 2013, the return was more than $7 for every dollar invested.
SEEDS grants have enabled scientists to establish collaborations with colleagues from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Switzerland, Taiwan, Uganda and Zimbabwe. SEEDS research has produced applications for 11 U.S. patents using results from initial findings. Five patent applications have been granted (two in 2012), and five licensing agreements have been obtained (two in 2012). SEEDS-supported scientists have published a total of 782 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, abstracts, popular press articles, bulletins and/or book chapters and have made more than 1,393 presentations around the world. Since the student SEEDS grants were introduced in 1998, they have funded research projects for 56 doctoral dissertations and 85 master's theses.
Nearly $1.5 million in grants awarded in 2013
In FY 2013, 142 SEEDS applications were submitted to OARDC, requesting $4,378,239 in funding; SEEDS grants totaling $1,474,325 were awarded. Thirty-five awards were made to faculty members, for an investment of $1,369,391. There were four undergraduate, seven master's level and 15 graduate awards made, for an investment of $104,934.
The SEEDS Report of Progress for calendar year 2012 was recently published and may be downloaded at http://oardc.osu.edu/seeds/seeds_rop2012.pdf.


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This file photo taken on January 16, 2017 shows customers shopping at a Walmart store on January 17, 2017 in Skokie, Illinois. Wal-Mart Stores, the 800-pound gorilla of retail, is running hard to catch up in an increasingly crucial segment where it is neither the biggest nor the best: e-commerce. The company, founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, has been gobbling up smaller and niche players in e-commerce in an effort to reach online shopping market leader Amazon.SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Wal-Mart Stores, the 800-pound gorilla of retail, is running hard to catch up in an increasingly crucial segment where it is neither the biggest nor the best: e-commerce.
The company, founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, has been gobbling up smaller and niche players in e-commerce in an effort to reach online shopping market leader Amazon.
Whether those efforts are paying off will be a focal point when Wal-Mart Stores reports quarterly earnings on Thursday.
A bit more than half of all funds spent online in the United States now goes to Amazon, according to the bank Macquarie.
Part of Amazon's success stems from its breadth of offerings, which includes the Kindle that people use for reading and the Prime service that broadcasts popular television shows, said Krista Fabregas, e-commerce staff writer at FitSmallBusiness.com.
"It's because Amazon has been doing such a great job at injecting itself into our everyday life," she told AFP.
"Wal-Mart is not part of everyday life, nor is Macy's, nor is Gap, nor the other stores. We don't have a connection with any of them throughout the day."
– Shopping spree –
Wal-Mart has been doing some shopping of its own, in an effort to make up ground against Amazon.
It spent $3.3 billion last year to buy Jet.com, which was started by e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, whose previous company was sold to Amazon for $550 million.
Lore is now chief executive of Walmart eCommerce US, where he oversees 15,000 employees split between Silicon Valley, Boston, Omaha and Bentonville, Arkansas, where Wal-Mart is based.
His annual salary at $237 million is 10 times that of Wal-Mart chief executive Doug McMillon.
In less than five months, Lore has directed Wal-Mart to a number of acquisitions, including Shoebuy.com ($70 million), ModCloth ($45 million) and MooseJaw ($51 million).
Wal-Mart is also in talks to acquire the menswear chain Bonobos for $300 million, according to a person close to the matter.
Part of Wal-Mart's objective is to become a go-to place online for "essential" products, such as toilet paper, beauty products, groceries and holiday gifts and children's toys.
"We are focusing on the type of products that customers buy most," said Wal-Mart spokesman Ravi Jariwala. "We want to make sure that we have the best prices, shipping to your home or offering a pickup discount."
Wal-Mart in February scrapped a subscription delivery program that was a rival to Amazon Prime in favor of a guarantee of free two-day shipping for orders of more than $35.
Under the program, customers can also pick up orders free if they go to one of Wal-Mart's 4,700 US stores.
– Amazon keeps edge –
These efforts may cut into Amazon's lead in e-commerce, but overtaking Amazon appears unlikely anytime soon.
"They have invested heavily on channels. It will restore growth that was necessary for survival," said Keith Anderson of e-commerce analytics firm Profitero.
"I don't see anything that suggests that Wal-Mart would catch up to Amazon or beat Amazon, but it's still very early," he said.
The vigor of Wal-Mart's online investments today contrasts with its initial reticence in e-commerce, which was due to worries that growth of online shopping would cut into sales at brick-and-mortar stores.
Wal-Mart also was slow to introduce platforms for individual vendors who sought a venue for goods and did not introduce such an online marketplace until 2015, much after Amazon.
Hannah Donoghue, director of advisory at Planet Retail RNG, said it is still relatively early in the game as far as e-commerce.
Amazon is "the strongest right now, they are far ahead but there are a lot of innovations underway," Donoghue said. "I don't think Amazon will be the only one. There will be another strong player."
For now, Wall Street is giving the edge to Amazon, valuing the technology giant at $453 million, compared with Wal-Mart's $230 million.
That's in spite of Wal-Mart's far greater overall revenues, which were $485.9 billion in 2016, more than 11 times those of Amazon.
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Pretty crochet snowflakes make great ornaments, garland, decorations, add on to hats, mittens and sweaters, and for inspiration. Each individual snowflake is unique and one-of-a-kind. That makes crochet an ideal way to capture the creativity and masterpiece of snowflakes in their delicate shapes and forms. Just like snowflakes in winter the crochet snowflakes can be made in a variety of sizes, colors and shapes.
Snowflakes work up quickly and are fun to crochet. Most crochet snowflakes are made using crochet thread but they can easily be made with your favorite yarn.Snowflakes typically are crocheted with white thread or yarn but of course there are exceptions to make a snowflake using red, greens, blues and other colors to match a tree or your holiday decorations. The possibilities are endless.
The size of crochet hook is normally smaller for crocheted snowflakes. Although if you are crocheting with a heavier yarn a larger hook would be suitable. The pattern you crochet from will recommend a hook size and what type of thread or yarn to use.
Most crochet snowflakes are made by starting out with a ring. This can either be done by crocheting a circle using the slip stitch method or the magic ring method which is popular when beginning a circular project.
Learn how to make a crocheted snowflake with one of the many free and paid for patterns you can download or view online below. There are several free patterns that are easy to follow and teach you how to make a snowflake.
Crochet Snowflakes These snowflakes all can be made using crochet cotton. The five patterns are beautiful and make great ornaments for you to decorate with. If you have some experience crocheting these patterns are a great way to begin making crochet snowflakes.
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Can fly fishing for brook trout in cold, clear Northeastern Minnesota streams save the world from hatred and prejudice?
Not likely. But maybe it can save a soul.
That's what Geoff Vukelich said it did for him, over the last decade, as he learned to be an accomplished fly fisherman and a better person while casting on remote stretches of Northland rivers.
"It frees up your mind to think. And if you're honest, you start thinking about what kind of person you are, and it goes from there," said Vukelich, 36, who grew up near Rice Lake Reservoir just north of Duluth, where he still lives.
A bearded and burly former high school football player, Vukelich said fly fishing — particularly for the small, colorful, coldwater brookies — helped him leave a youth of bigotry, hate, bias and prejudice behind.
(TRAILER) Bigotry to Brook Trout – A Watershed Moment from Blue Forest Films on Vimeo.
"I wasn't a good kid," he says bluntly, noting he hung around with the wrong crowd at times. He attended Duluth Central High School in the '90s, a time when race relations at the school were not good. He was part of the "Carhart gang" of townies, boys who lived mostly outside the city limits and who had mostly anger and hatred for people of other colors or creeds.
Nowadays, Vukelich has left that behind. But he had to walk away from fishing for a few years to find himself. He was repeatedly turned off by the snobbiness of some anglers, how veteran anglers would look down their graphite rods at beginners, or at newcomers to a specific river, lake or species.
Eventually, though, Vukelich returned to fishing. And he's become transformed by, and transfixed on, brookie fishing. He seeks out the most remote stretches of streams in the Arrowhead region and is looking for a new state record brook trout — a Holy Grail, 2-foot long brookie.
Not a coaster brook trout, mind you, the larger cousins (or siblings, they are genetically the same) found in river mouths along Lake Superior. Vukelich is going for a true stream native record trout, a fish that has never seen Lake Superior.
"I think it's out there. I think there are fish out there that haven't seen a person or a wooly bugger" fly, he said with an almost maniacal smile.
He says the experience, the locale, the remoteness of the water and the wildness of the fish are more important than how plentiful or how big they are.
"Now, it's all about quality for me, not quantity," Vukelich said, noting he fishes almost always alone, with no other anglers around, so there is no sense of competition.
"It leaves you alone with your own thoughts, and that will either make you better or destroy you," Vukelich said.
Passion for fly fishing brought Vukelich together with Duluth filmmaker and fellow avid brook trout angler David Cowardin. The two connected last spring at a fly fishing expo in the Twin Cities and hit it off from the start, and now Vukelich is the subject of a Cowardin film.
Cowardin, a St. Cloud native who attended UMD, fell in love with the Northland and stayed, has been trying to develop real stories about real fishermen and other real outdoorspeople in the region. He wanted to make a fly fishing film that tells a deeper story, has a moral and leaves people with a message.
Most fly fishing stories stress expensive locales and big fish, the kind of fishing most anglers never get to experience.
Last fall, Cowardin took three fly anglers out to various fishing locales in the Northland hoping to find stories to tell. He found them, and Vukelich's story is the first to become a film.
The seven-minute film "Bigotry to Brook Trout: A Watershed Moment" was accepted by the prestigious International Fly Fishing Film Festival — IF4 — to be one of nine short films in this year's festival that is showing across North America, from Anchorage to Arkansas, this winter and spring.
Having both a Duluth fisherman and a Duluth filmmaker in the festival is a bit of a big deal in the local trout fishing community.
The film is all about fishing, yet isn't. It shows Vukelich traversing some of the Northland's most scenic and remote trout streams in specialized float tubes and catching fish in the process. But it's more about Vukelich speaking truth to his past.
"I really didn't expect it to get accepted because it's so different from most trout fishing films," Cowardin said.
"You aren't going to see me holding a giant brook trout at the end of this film," Vukelich noted.
But Vukelich did say the film will show the participants keeping some trout to eat, a scene that might draw gasps from some trout purists.


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Magnus Lindgren
Bird Lives - CD
Genre: Bigband, Jazz
On the occasion of Charlie Parker's 100th birthday in 2020, "Bird Lives" opens, produces and records a new, orchestral view of his music. Played by one of the best big bands in Europe, arranged by Magnus Lindgren and John Beasley and with a squad of top-class guests, some of whom have received Grammy Awards, such as Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Miguel Zenon, Tia Fuller and many more.
2020 wasn't just Beethoven's year, it was also the centenary of Charlie Parker's birth. And if it hadn't been for the pandemic, the world would have seen notices of all kinds of major concerts to celebrate the legacy of Bird (as Charlie Parker was known), one of the giants of jazz; one of the great musical innovators of the 20th century; the co-inventor of bebop; and probably the most important and influential saxophonist in jazz.The "Bird Lives" music on this new album was to have been recorded and premiered by the SWR Big Band a couple of months before Charlie Parker's 100th anniversary, which was on August 29, 2020. The world premiere was scheduled at the iconic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles - which seats 18,000 people - with co-arranger and conductor, John Beasley and his six-time GRAMMY-award nominated MONK'estra Big Ban...
SWR Big Band & Strings
co-arranged by Magnus Lindgren & John Beasley
Magnus Lindgren / music director, flute & tenor sax
John Beasley / piano & keys
Chris Potter / tenor sax
Joe Lovano / tenor sax
Miguel Zenon / alto sax
Tia Fuller / alto sax
Charles McPherson / alto sax
Camille Bertault / vocal
Pedrito Martinez / percussion
Munyungo Jackson / percussion
Produced by Hans-Peter Zachary,
Magnus Lindgren & John Beasley
Cover art (detail) by Gottfried Mairwöger,
"Palais VI"; Photo (detail) Charlie Parker
© Michael Ochs Archives
1 Cherokee/Koko ( Ray Noble, Charlie Parker) 08:44
2 Summertime ( George & Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) 06:47
3 Scrapple from the Apple/Ah Leu Cha ( Charlie Parker / arr. by John Beasley) 05:48
4 I´ll Remember April ( Gene Paul, Don Raye, arr. by John Beasley) 05:14
5 Confirmation ( Charlie Parker) 08:15
6 Donna Lee ( Charlie Parker) 06:59
7 Laura ( David Raksin) 05:17
8 Overture to Bird ( Charlie Parker, Barry Harris, David Raksin, George Gershwin, Gene) 04:18


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Investors call on oil giants to halt cash to Qaddafi's Libya regime
Proposal to pay oil revenues into Libya Recovery Fund.
Hugh Wheelan
Muammar Qaddafi
US institutional investors have called on oil giants including BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhilips with business in Libya to halt revenue payments to the government and pay them into an escrow account after the shooting of hundreds of protesters in the country. The call comes after United Nations Security Council sanctions against Libya were approved last weekend followed by a European Union arms embargo, asset freeze and visa ban. The investors belong to the Conflict Risk Network (CRN), a hundred-strong group, which includes the $140.6bn New York State Common Retirement Fund. Oil is the primary funding source for the Libyan government, accounting for 95% of its export earnings and 80% of its domestic revenue. The investors said oil companies should cut financial support from the government but place the revenue payments into a Libya Recovery Fund that would act as a sanction against the ruling Qaddafi regime but not cause undue economic harm to civilians.The strategy behind the escrow fund is based on a proposal that Human Rights Watch, the NGO, submitted to the United Nations Security Council in 2007 in relation to the conflict in Darfur. The investors said the escrow fund would permit both Libya and private firms to continue to export oil, but the receipts would be administered by an independent UN-designated financial institution such as the World Bank. Melany Grout, Director of the Conflict Risk Network. "It would be unconscionable if revenues from Libya's lucrative oil sector support Colonel Qaddafi's deliberate attacks on Libyan's citizens. Creating a Libya Recovery Fund is a way forward that would cut support to the government while enabling civilians to benefit from their resources. And while creation of a fund will require leadership from and discussion with the UN Security Council and other relevant offices and institutions, leadership from oil firms will be instrumental." Twenty-four institutional investors, including Calvert Asset Management and Boston Common Asset Management are supporting the campaign.
Link to Conflict Risk Network


Also included on the map is a slightly extended streetcar line and commuter rail lines that activate Union Terminal and the Riverfront Transit Center.
Click on the map for a full sized version.
How did I end up creating a fantasy transit map for a city I've only visited once before? Curiosity! Curiosity about the subway Cincinnati tried to build 100 years ago and never completed. I began by trying to draw the completed subway alignment in Google Earth… and then just kept on drawing.
Try not to duplicate the streetcar's route.
Follow dense urban corridors and avoid highway alignments as much as possible.
Keep the system geographically compact.
To further emphasize the last point, Cincinnati employment is spectacularly centered in or near downtown, an incredible contrast to St. Louis where jobs continue to migrate westward. Also, density in the Cincinnati metro area seems to decrease dramatically about 10 miles from downtown to the point where the expense and capacity of rail-based transit seems unnecessary and wasteful. Consequently, I mapped few stations further than 10 miles distant from downtown.
A number of cities around the world have abandoned subway segments and stations; Cincinnati is unique in that it has an abandoned subway, yet still does not have any form of a rail-based transit system… soon to change. Cincinnati Transit is but one of many websites with a history of Cincinnati's most ambitious attempt at creating a rail-based transit system.
In 2002, the voters of Cincinnati voted down the MetroMoves ballot initiative, which would have raised sales taxes by one-half cent to fund a light rail transit system. Designer Michael Tyznik created a map that beatifully shows how the system may have looked upon its completion 30 years later had the initiative been approved.
In what began as an academic exercise, David Cole's ideas for expanding on the 2002 MetroMoves plan grew into a full fledged fantasy transit map of even greater ambition and scope than the one I have imagined. He has detailed the entire thought process behind his map on his Metro-Cincinnati website.


Have you ever written a blog post you were sure was most likely going to go virus-like? You spent hours crafting every sentence — positive that your audience would devour each term, shared this on every conceivable social program, and knew it would launch to internet fame within mere hours.
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Is actually crucial to decide on a key organization objective you want your site to serve and monitor the metrics that represent its success. Recharging options valuable to take into consideration how various posts you publish on each of your topic. You would like to make sure you provide your audience's true pursuits and don't overlook potentially fruitful topics. As an example, let's say blog posts about screen advertising and video marketing generate the same amount of total visitors. On the surface area, it seems like our audience has these subject areas equally, right? But a specific topic's total traffic may well not tell the complete story. Suppose we write display advertising posts three times more often than video marketing blogposts? This means establishing 30 screen advertising content produces precisely the same total visitors that 12 video marketing articles produce. To put it differently, video marketing articles are 3 times more effective than display promotion posts. Simply by cutting screen advertising out of our articles mix and writing more video marketing posts, we'd serve our audience's interests better and generate more traffic with less content. When you examine your blog topics, use the normal or typical views per post to paint the clearest picture of your audience's preferences. Taking a look at a topic's total visitors without accounting for post-quantity could make you prioritize a topic that the audience fails to really care about. 2) Find What Works for Your Opponents Odds are, you and your competitors have got a similar target market. This means their particular most well-known content may potentially be your most popular content material too. Consider using a tool to analyze your competitor's most shared subject material. Are they writing about topics that will interest your audience? Once you discover all their top performing content material, ask yourself the best way to improve upon their particular work. It could fine to cover the same overarching topics being a competitor, however, you should offer your own personal unique perspective and provide new insights on your audience.
Advertisers post inquiries to sites each day. And since they will publicly display their specialist information, you may tie all their inquiries on your buyer matrimonios. This helps make clear your personas' needs and makes it better to personalize content material for them. When someone articles or blog posts a question in regards to a topic we wish to cover, I actually check to see in cases where that person's role aligns with amongst our customer personas. In the event that so , I actually write down a blog post concept that answers their question and pitch that at each of our monthly brainstorm.
Just type your theme and you'll find loads of relevant questions. In the event that an overwhelming stack of problems presents itself, therefore just take a look at your topic's top followers and browse the questions they also have answered with regards to your topic. www.mixwebmedia.com Examine video guide below if you require more filtration.
If some of your chosen matters resonates specifically well using your audience, and you want to hold leveraging its popularity, Yahoo it to find out related search engine terms. When you search for a term on the internet, you'll see a "People Also Ask" package pop up beneath your entry, such as this: Think of these queries seeing that high-demand subject areas that part off of your main topic. If your audience adores consuming content about your primary topic, after that they'll most likely devour content about their related topics.
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Revenue and client success support consult your prospects and customers every day, so they have the firmest grasp of the audience's real needs and pain details. Collaborating with these teams is the best way to pinpoint your readers' most hitting issues. To higher understand the prospects and customers' problems, you could create a monthly ending up in sales and success or ask them to write down the most common challenges and the content material recommendations that would likely solve them.


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The Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) is getting a new, permanent home in Inglewood, and its architect Frank Gehry will join Gustavo Dudamel, Inglewood mayor James T. Butts, Jr., and CEO Simon Woods this week for the unveiling of the project's design.
Under the leadership of Dudamel and the L.A. Phil, YOLA provides young people with free, high-quality music education and academic support.
Gehry's design will transform an existing 17,000 sq. ft. structure at Manchester and La Brea into a purpose-built facility. This project is made possible through a gift from Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen.
FRANK GEHRY and GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Wednesday, August 15, at 10:30 am.
JUDITH AND THOMAS L. BECKMEN YOLA CENTER, 111 South La Brea Avenue, Inglewood.
This entry was posted in ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, EDUCATION/ACTIVISM, MUSIC and tagged Frank Gehry, Gustavo Dudamel, James T. Butts Jr., LA Phil, Simon Woods, Youth Orchestra Los Angeles YOLA on August 13th, 2018 by Barlo Perry.
A proposed collaboration between architect Frank Gehry and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck in Pacific Palisades has been given the go-ahead by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
The new restaurant will replace Gladstone's, which has been operating on the county-owed site at Will Rogers State Beach for fifty years. The Gladstone lease isn't up until the end of 2019, so construction on the Gehry design would not begin until 2020 at the earliest.
This entry was posted in ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN and tagged Frank Gehry, Wolfgang Puck on April 5th, 2018 by Barlo Perry.
The Gehry Residence in Santa Monica is home to deconstructivist starchitect Frank Gehry and was one of his first finished projects when he completed it in 1978.
In 1977, Frank and Berta Gehry purchased a 1920s bungalow for themselves. Over the course of the following year, Gehry wrapped and extended the façade with disjointed chainlink fences, raw plywood, corrugated metal, and reinforced glass.
The home is a testament to Frank Gehry's former "bad boy" style, and his rebellious play with the materials of commercial and industrial construction still stands out in this charming neighborhood of colonial, craftsman, and Spanish revival homes.
A far cry from Gehry's fluid, silver-plated "BLOB" buildings, the Gehry Residence is a testament to the depth of the architect's long career.
This entry was posted in ARCHITECTURE and tagged Architecture, Frank Gehry, places on January 22nd, 2015 by Evan Moffitt.


"Jerry Schilling has captured the beauty of my father's spirit in a way that has never been done before. I will admit that I was nervous to read another book on this subject, especially by a friend (there are not many wl)o remain in my life from this time period, as Jerry does), but this book is by far my favorite. It is a captivating, well-written, and un-crucifying account of many historic moments that shows the real birth and evolution of rock and roll and how it bridged the racial divide. Jerry tells his story of a young boy growing up poor with no real family before fate changed his life during one Sunday afternoon game of football—and he tells it with humility, honesty, and dignity."
"What Jerry Schilling has written in Me and a Guy Named Elvis is an account of one man's experience, a personal memoir that, while it places its narrator squarely in the midst of historic events, never claims credit for those events in the way that so many self-serving memoirs are inclined to do. It is a balanced treatment of a complex subject. . . . What I think distin-guishes the book most of all, though, is its emotional honesty, the generosity of spirit with which Jerry seeks to emulate his friend and mentor."
Kundenbewertungen für "Me and a Guy Named Elvis - My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley"


Despite ever-darkening skies, the final World Cup of the year managed to avoid the fate that befell the opener in Lourdes, and the track stayed dry all the way through finals. Despite wrapping himself (and his frame) around a post in practice, Greg jumped on a freshly-built V10 and qualified second. Loris and Luca were hot on his heels in 5th and 7th, respectively. Excitement and tesnion built through the finals, with Luca and Loris both laying down solid, fast runs (featuring an unreal save from Loris!), until Greg rolled into the start hut.
Splits were green right up until Greg punctured—he managed to ride most of the rest of the track with his tire (and some course tape) flapping in the breeze, making sure that he finished in case Aaron Gwin had a mechanical. In the end, Gwin laid down an absurdly fast run, taking the win and sealing the overall.
All three riders finished in the top 20, so they'll start 2018 protected. Congratulations to all on a fantastic 2017 season, and on to Cairns!
A young gun, the old dog, and the GOAT out for a stroll.
Eye of the Tiger is Jason Marsh building Greg Minnaar a completely new race bike in 45 minutes.
Finding airtime to smooth the track.
Loris finding lines in practice.
Luca scrubbing his way to a top-10 finish.
Making time for the next generation.
Overall standings for the season: Greg 3rd, Loris 5th, and Luca 13th.
The #1 World Cup team for the season (and Sven).


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Asclepias subverticillata is a plant found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Common names include horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed and whorled milkweed.

Description

Growing to  in height, short branches support leaves ranging from  in length. Blooming from May to September, the umbel is  wide, with individual flowers up to  across; each has five petals and five sepals. The fruit pod is smooth and  long; the seeds inside have long hairs.

Distribution and habitat
It is indigenous to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah and parts of some nearby states, in addition to Mexico.

Toxicity
The species is unpalatable and very toxic to livestock.

Uses
Among the Zuni people the buds are eaten by young boys. The pods are also gathered when two-thirds ripe and the fibers are used for weaving clothing. The coma is made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks.

References

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Fiber plants
Flora of the United States
Plants used in Native American cuisine

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As the lead agency in Texas for regulating pesticides, TDA is responsible for registering pesticide(s) before they are distributed and/or sold in Texas. Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended, provides the federal requirements for pesticide registration. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides the federal regulation requirements for pesticide registration under Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Protection of Environment.
The Pesticide Product Registration Program processes Section 3 pesticide(s) application(s) after EPA registration is completed; submits to the EPA Section 24(c) Special Local Need (SLN) application(s) and Section 18 Emergency Exemptions; and approves Section 5 Experimental Use Permits (EUP) and 2(ee) recommendations.
Texas does not have a discontinuance policy for Pesticide Products. Per Texas Agriculture Code, Sec 76.014(g) A pesticide that has been registered with the department must continue to be registered as long as the pesticide remains in the channels of trade in this state. The registrant shall ensure that the pesticide continues to be registered.
Full list of pesticides registered by the state can be viewed by downloading the TDA Pesticide Products Registered report on the Product Registration Resources Reports webpage, or by clicking here. The list is updated daily but may not include all products.
The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS) at Purdue University maintains a list of pesticides registered by state. The list is updated daily but may not include all products. The list does not include regulated herbicides or state-limited use pesticides and does not designate which products are classified in Texas as regulated herbicides or state-limited-use pesticides. For assistance in determining which products have been designated as regulated herbicides or state-limited-use pesticides, follow this link: NPIRS Texas Data; enter EPA numbers with hyphens.
Registration is not required for a pesticide that is exempt from registration with EPA under federal law.
Pesticide products exempt from Texas registration include: pheromones and pheromone traps; devices; co-packs, preservatives for biological specimens; cedar wood; minimum risk pesticides (25b list); permitted inerts from EPA list 4A; and products for disposal (FIFRA Section 19 products). In addition, products that qualify under 40 CFR Sections 152.6, 152.8, 152.10, 152.20, and 152.25 do not require a registration.
Registration is not required for the transportation of a pesticide from one plant or warehouse to another plant or warehouse operated by the same person if the pesticide is used solely at the second plant or warehouse as a constituent of a pesticide that is registered.
Registration is not required for a pesticide that is not for use in this state and is being manufactured, transported, or distributed for use only outside of this state.
Registration is not required for a chemical compound being used only to develop plot data as to the possible pesticidal action of the chemical.


I've borrowed from another area of expertise I have and I'm on the verge of producing a method (therefore tutorials) on how to use NLA with a very flexible clip library idea - for head movements. This will include improving dramatically on the flexibility of mimic pro.
Very exciting, only I've hit a dead end.
NLA clips are not transferable to different models from what I can see (despite a tantalizing sentence in the C7 manual saying you can apply an nla clip to several characters).
Ideally I'd like my library to be created once, brought in as a set of clips and then applied to whatever character in my movie I like.
If someone knows how to do this then please do tell!
Failing that I think a way around it is to have a fully morphed figure. I used M4s so morphs++, F4, H4 injections, and then find some way of copying the settings from one character to another saving that out as a scene file.
So each scene file would be the character and it's morphs held as NLA clips. I'd then import the scene file to use the character in the movie, enjoying the flexibility of NLA clips and a more robust way of editing visemes.
So, how can I get a set of morphs from one character to another? Or do I have to manually look up the settings and apply them. Don't worry about clothes, I'll add them after.
Last ditch idea would be to save out the character with a modified model holding all those morphs in the model. I really don't want to go down that line if I can avoid.
That is true, in the idea that, at that time, many of us would use a single figure, say Michael 4, to make a whole bunch of characters. An NLA from one M4 character will at least load onto another.
If you wish to try and load an NLA clip onto a different model, say, Genesis, but the clip was made for someone else, like M4, it might still be somewhat possible but the data would have to be tweaked and then saved, once again, for Genesis.
To do that, with the clip in the clips tab, select the incompatible figure and go to the NLA tab of the figure, not the tray down below. In the NLA settings, select "Load Clip Data".
This will load the keyframes of the clip onto the model. I make all of my clips for different figure separately, so I've not tried this - but since the hierarchy from one is in a different order than the other, it might be that it just won't work. But it's worth a try.
Thanks man. Alas no help.
I'm down to trying to hack an uncompressed Car file. You know you are desperate when it gets to that (which will be pure guess work).
Using a variety of scenes I've located the clip data, and I can wade through the multiple lines of M4 code. Trouble is although they are similar, they are not the same. So I'm struggling to know where to insert the clip code, or even if it's a doomed idea from the start.
Last chance saloon here, or the bulk of my weeks work is down the drain and we start again. I can still do this for mimic, the re-set up is not so bad. I was hoping to roll this out to all like figures and save a ton of time.
I just loaded a clip of head moves and expression made (I think) with V4 morphs ++ and ran it on V4 side by side with M4 morphs ++ .
Worked fine but not on Genesis..
can post video if you want to see.
If you are saying you've created an NLA on one character then applied it to another - I'd love to see your workflow from start to finish - because it doesn't work for me.
Sorry about that. I know my head isn't always screwed on correctly. But that's what I do - just do it again, and again, and again... I love animating people!
Another cure is to try and stick closer to using a single generation for certain types of people. I never prefer that, as I just like to let my whims and artistic needs flow from me as I work. Animating is about my favoritest thing to do in the whole world... if only I had more time to do it.
The aim here is to set up many NLA clips, one per viseme for example, on an M4 to be of use to any other M4 I use in the screen. I might have 4 M4s in my scene for example. I'm trying to avoid setting up the same UW viseme 4 times if you see what I mean.
Dropping onto another M4 track doesn't work. Sure it goes there, but the animation data doesn't show.
No, if you make a clip using an M4 figure, it should work the same on another M4, unless there are morphs applied that wrecks the data - which is just something we have to watch for if we want to use these kinds of shortcuts. But I have facial movements that I use for both V4 and M4, and both of those characters have entirely different morphs applied and are even at odd scales that throws off other clips, like walk loops and such. Visemes are a thing, though. With mimic, you're actually encouraged to make separate clips for those on a per-character basis, simply because everyone does express themselves slightly different. But that shouldn't mean that you cannot set up basic visemes to work as a standard. The dmc files that come with mimic pro for Carrara should do that already. If you're having issues, there's something else at play here - either there's already head data in another clip that's already being applied to the figure, or the morphs blow the face so far off the original that it calls for something special. Most M4 characters should work fine with the same set of M4 clips, though - although they'd all look the same when they emote.
Funnily enough I've changed my experiment to another plain M4 and it works!
So what are we saying here?
If I add an M4 within the scene and then add in some morphs NLAis still ok. (Tested).
If I create a plain M4 and import it, then NLA is ok. (Tested).
It's my Mr Smith figure. It was created in Carrara, and uses a load of morphs to get the unique face, but it's still a basic M4. So I'm confused. I guess there is a difference in these figures somewhere.
At least this means the idea is still on. I was just about to conclude I've wasted an entire week, but now if I can figure out WHY it rejects certain M4s then we are back in business.
Believe me this is significant If I can do it. NLA across multiple characters with better control than mimic.
I am happy to report that I recreated Mr Smith from scratch, imported him to my blank scene of NLA clips and he animates!
I think he was created in the original version of Carrara 8, it was in 2011, I wonder if that was it?
Man. A whole day lost to something that was never going to be right anyway. This is why I can't upgrade to 8.5 - too many little things wont work and you think its you to start with.
Soon then I can start to talk about my NLA discovery.
Sometimes things get broke, I guess.
For most of the background folks it will be like you've said - make up a few generic visemes and run with them. Perhaps add in the odd tweak by hand during the final shoot if needed - otherwise... bam! I totally here ya!
So now that you've got that going, load in a V4 and you'll see that it works on her too - your M4 ones. They might not be exactly what you want, but they'll work.
SimonWM has Victoria Alive and Michael Alive and Expressions and Face AniBlocks, and then stuff for Genesis as well - not to mention his wresting action!
I don't think this going to work. If I am correct, the bone hierarchy has to be exactly the same. I think the bone names are not important, but the order of the bones is. They have to match. I think the best option is, to use the skeleton from a working character and import in the new one. I have done that. But this is a lot of work. You have to weight paint again. The original morphs from the new mesh could stay if you don't export as obj.
Even with import BVH you will have problems with some non Daz characters. Some import all, some none and other partial. If it imports partial, it is only the upper parts of the skeleton structure. As soon as it find something wrong, it stops importing the rest of the keyframes. I think it is the same for NLA. The bones need to match.
I don't think it is possible to exchange morphs between different characters. The morph area needs exactly the same amount of vertices. And the basic character (without using the morphs) needs the vertices at the same location. In other words, they will have the same face, etc. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
Atm this is limited to facial expressions. However my theory would work for all body parts IF there is bone compatibility as Pjotter says.
If both m4 and v4 work for faces off a single set of clips that would be wonderful. I am prepared to do it all again for v4. As stated elsewhere I'm not interested in genesis yet - I'll let Carrara properly catch up (gen 2 without bugs, and even then having put in the work for gen4s it would have to be something special to get me to do it all again in gen5+).
I'm dying to get on with the tutorials, but todays work will be finishing the facial movements so that I have a complete set. it will be interesting to see who actually uses NLA. It confused me totaly when I first looked at it back in 2011, now I've spent a week with it and mimic (within Carrara) I am confident enough to move on with using NLA as my main tool.
Dartan - ad for that matter anybody.
Once I'm up and running lets talk about effective use of clips. I'm sure if we pool our knowledge resources together here we'll all benefit. I'm going quiet on this one now until I deliver on my promises (tutorials).
And I'm dying to watch them. I use NLA's all the time.
he he. Thanks Argus. Just went out for a long walk - now I'm back in the (key)frame of mind to get this done.
I am just wondering. What is the likelihood that this could be considered as a DAZ product? I will be completing a set of NLA clips to be used together in a highly modular fashion.
You could set this up for yourself, and I will demonstrate how to in a free Youtube tutorial, but I wonder as a Platinum Club $1.99 product you could just get going straight away without the tedium of the set up. I'm not sure I could part with a weeks work for nothing, although as I say If you want to go through the paces and do it, then be my guest.
I'm also in the process of learning Mimic Pro for Carara. What I would like to know is how to transfer .DSA facial animations to .DUF, so I can used them in Carrara.There are several sets of facial animation still poses for Genesis by Ironman and others, but they don't show up in the Carrara browser. If they would, then I could be making my own NLAs, though I wouldn't mind paying $1.99 for a set either.
I wish I could tell you what I've come up with, but I can't until I've got a decent example out there. You might find with this one piece of information, that NLA is transformed. Or you might not - ha ha.
Anyway the good news is I've made all the blocks now and I'm applying them to a test piece of mimic speech. If I can get it to look ok I'll post this weekend.
I see many helpful posts were made whilst I was trying to make a video of the process and I think you may have solved your problem.
But what the heck - I placed the video in the CarraraTors web tutorials anyway.
ooseven - I'm going to give you a mention in my tutorial series. I was literally sitting there with time up (a week invested and a result I couldn't use) when your original message and another by Dartan, suddenly made me think my mr smith character was the problem. It shouldn't be a problem (its just an m4) but it was.
many thanks for your input(s) here.
I resurrected my AniMating in Carrara article from the old forum, but haven't added anything new since then - around the time when that Information thread started, and I found it to be a major pain trying to open old forum threads.
Absolutely. I'll help any way that I can.
Personally, if I saw that you had a good clip pack up at the DAZ store, I'd likely buy it. I really enjoy having bits of animation helpers.
The one that I tend to stay away from, in that respect, are ones that actually control expression, face shape, visemes, and eye control. Only because those are normally more personal to each production. But I can see that, with your description, I could really put something like that to good use... people standing on the corner muttering to their dog. If your files already have great motion timing... I'd immediately toss that on as opposed to animating some imaginary speech.
Both PZ2 and NLA. Then, if you wish, use the PZ2s to load them into DS and make aniBlocks, so you have files for everybody's tastes.
A good thought. The idea is specific to NLA editing atm, but let's see what comes of it.
Also I keep hitting road blocks, but I'm not giving up on it just yet.
I'll come back with the next update soon.


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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Update To Electronic Communications Privacy Law
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Thursday, April 25 2013
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Organizer Founder Ralph Garvin, Jr. took the drudgery of his 2008 campaign experience and turned it into a startup.
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British TV Star Teaches Down-to-Earth Geoscience
August 2014 Heather Saucier, Explorer Correspondent
For all the courses that advanced degree students can take in the geosciences, one would have to study at Plymouth University in England to experience a class so unique it's touted as a breakout form of earth science.
"Geoscience Communication" is appealing to an emerging generation of scientists who are realizing that, in many cases, the value of their technical knowledge is only as great as their ability to communicate it – whether to their peers or to the public.
"This course will help you get a job more than any technical course you could take," said Iain Stewart, geologist and famed BBC science television host who created the class.
"An employer assumes your technical skills are there," he said, "but your ability to sell yourself and discuss technical subject matter with all types of audiences – that's what gets you the job."
When Stewart, a fellow of the Geological Society of London and president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, left teaching in 2002 searching for ways to more broadly share his interest in geology, he found his answer in television. As host of science programs such as "Journeys from the Center of the Earth" and "Fracking: The New Energy Rush," Stewart learned that the complexities of geology can be successfully communicated to the everyday person through common interests and common language.
In other words, drop the esoteric and drop the jargon, and you've got a home run.
"Companies often struggle because geologists come in with the same technical training, and everyone thinks the same way. Communication can become tainted by institution," Stewart explained.
"But having people being able to express themselves individually is really important," he continued. "A company will always need someone who can communicate. There are presentations, groups of people who need to be shown around.
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"By being seen as a person who can communicate, you will get nudged to the front."
Stewart returned to academia in 2004 at Plymouth University with intentions of creating a course centered on all he had learned in front of a camera, transforming the nebulous facets of the geosciences into topics fit for popular public consumption.
In a non-scientific way, he grasped the baseline of the public's knowledge of geology and other earth sciences. He also experienced how the average person understands and responds to geosciences-related issues, such as earthquakes, avalanches, even the man-made effects of hydraulic fracturing.
After 10 years of teaching standard modules in structural geology and geohazards, the university accepted his proposal for a class in geoscience communication as an elective for master's students, and Stewart stepped onto the lecture floor as charismatic as he is on television.
Offered just twice to date, volumes of students have signed up to explore the mystery class.
"Kids beginning their undergraduate careers come in the door as freshmen, and we get the red pen out and tell them their writing should be objective, rational and technical. We train them from that moment in the scientific method," Stewart said. "Then, they come to my class and they say, 'We spent three years learning things this way, and now you want us to change?'"
As difficult as change can be for some, the class has received rave reviews.
After completing several assignments in blogging and designing a geology-related project for children about the formation of sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks, Katherine Harris, who completed Stewart's course last spring, is completely sold on the concept.
"I really feel that the communication of earth science is massively undervalued at the moment," she said. "This class should be made available at every level."
So, what exactly does the syllabus for Geoscience Communication look like?
There are exercises to help a speaker win acceptance from his audience.
Lively lectures provide valuable insight into the importance of being natural and genuine.
Stewart demonstrates how to let go of technical jargon and speak in general terms.
And, of course, he provides plenty of opportunities for practice, practice, practice.
At some point during the class, students are spontaneously taken to the Plymouth City Museum and asked to interview members of the public on the spot about their knowledge of the geosciences. Then, students must explain complex geological concepts to them "in English."
Many young professionals communicate the way they believe their managers want them to communicate, Stewart said. Turning the tables around, he said those entering the workforce should find managers who support a flexible communication style – one that allows a person to speak knowledgeably from the heart, so a genuine impact on an audience can be made.
When making a formal presentation that deviates from the technical norm, "At first, you get this thing that you're going to be found out any minute, but you get more confident," Stewart said. "The best thing to do is to jump in there and make a few mistakes, and if they are small no one will notice and you'll quickly get better."
Stewart admits that "some get it, and others don't," but he's beyond satisfied with the results of his class, especially after reading students' comments that the course should be required for anyone studying science.
"It's really been taking off, and that's fantastic to me," he said. "The young ones really understand this part of the job. They don't see the need to keep up an academic front and be all self-important. They understand this is a way to package themselves differently and to connect with who they really are. It's OK to talk in general terms."
Former student Elliot Wood said the course helped him realize that thoughtful communication could help repair misunderstandings often caused by the gap between technical speak and the vernacular.
"In the U.K., we have a lot of fracing going on and there are protest movements against it," he said. "A lot of people don't understand the science behind it. This might be a failure on the part of the scientists."
Because there are few paths for actual careers in geoscience communication per se, Stewart encourages students to practice by blogging.
"But no one will read it," students often say of the proposed assignment.
"Exactly," Stewart responds. "It's a chance to just get better and then you will get discovered and get more attention."
It's a perfect training ground for careers in the oil and gas industry as well.
"We think the technical bits are the important bits when we are talking, but what's far more important is who we are and what we're about," Stewart said.
"The technical bits are covered. What you need to do is be yourself," he continued. "If an audience doesn't like the presenter, that's the end of it. You can say something that is completely correct, but if your body language is off, people will think this is a load of rubbish.
"The people who do really well," he said, "are the people who are completely genuine."
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Saralanj (, also Romanized as Saralandzh and Saralandj; formerly, Gey Yekhush) is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia.

References

Populated places in Lori Province


Challenge #363, this week at colourQ, uses a palette of basic black, newsprint, white and one spot colour …I used red. Using Versafine ink I randomly stamped emojis and clear heat embossed them. The red strip and word die Birthday were also clear heat embossed, as was the Happy word die in newsprint paper. A clean and simple card.
Such a cute card! I forget about my clear embossing powder…thanks for sharing! Glad you joined us at ColourQ!
Very fun and i like the gloss you added! Thanks for joining us at ColourQ!


2018 was an amazing year for craft beer in Massachusetts and 2019 is gearing up to be even better. To celebrate all that is great about Mass beer, the Mass Brew Bros along with Mass Brewers Guild, Beer Advocate, and Barrel House Z, will hold a Home Brewers Contest.
Winner will have their recipe brewed at Barrel House Z for release in the BHZ taproom.
Partner with local beer experts to talk about the past, present, and future of Massachusetts beer. Invite a local beer author and host a book signing at your venue, or host a discussion about techniques to improve the beer enjoyment experience.
If you are enjoying a locally made beer or visiting a brewery during Mass Beer Week, share it and tag it, with #MassBeerWeek.


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Q: Setting Navigation Value Based On What The Function Returns When I call a login function, this is the error I get:
Error: You need to specify name or key when calling navigate with an object as the argument. See https://reactnavigation.org/docs/navigation-actions#navigate for usage.

This is my code:
login.jsx
<TouchableOpacity
                style={styles.button}
                onPress={() => navigation.navigate(this.onClick())}>
                <Icon
                  style={styles.buttonIcon}
                  name="arrow-right"
                  size={30}
                  color="white"
                  type="feather"
                />

This is the function:
ParticleAuth.js
onClick = async () => {
  this.init();
  this.setLanguage();
  this.setChainInfo();
  this.login();
  const result = await particleAuth.isLogin();
  console.log('Result:', result);
  if (result) {
    return "LoggedIn"; // LoggedIn & Error are names of screens
  } else {
    return "Error";
  }
};

According to the error, I have to preset the value for navigation.navigate. What might be some alternate code to mine?
Thanks!

A: You can move your navigation to onClick() function and navigate to the screen in there as below:
<TouchableOpacity
                style={styles.button}
                onPress={this.onClick}>
                <Icon
                  style={styles.buttonIcon}
                  name="arrow-right"
                  size={30}
                  color="white"
                  type="feather"
                />

onClick = async () => {
  this.init();
  this.setLanguage();
  this.setChainInfo();
  this.login();
  const result = await particleAuth.isLogin();
  console.log('Result:', result);

  // change this lines
  let screenName = '';
  if (result) {
    screenName = "LoggedIn"; // LoggedIn & Error are names of screens
  } else {
    screenName = "Error";
  }
  navigation.navigate(screenName);
};

A: I found the solution. It's not the most efficient, but I used an intermediary screen called Loading while the login function works

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Boston Marathon bomber wins death penalty appeal
A still image from surveillance video shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on March 11, 2015. REUTERS/U.S. Attorney's Office
A US appeals court overturned the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday and ordered a lower court to hold new sentencing hearings.
Tsarnaev, 27, was sentenced to death in 2015 for planting two home-made bombs near the finish line of the race in 2013, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
He has admitted carrying out the attack as a 19-year-old with his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died four days after the atrocity in a gunfight with police.
Lawyers for Tsarnaev had asked for a new trial, claiming that it should not have been held in Boston because the city was so traumatized by the attack.
They also questioned the neutrality of two jurors, who lied during jury selection about whether they'd had conversations about the case on social media.
The federal appeals court in Massachusetts upheld most of Tsarnaev's convictions but instructed a district court to hold a new penalty-phase trial to determine his fate for crimes that carried the death sentence.
"Just to be crystal clear... Dzhokhar will remain confined to prison for the rest of his life, with the only question remaining being whether the government will end his life by executing him," the three judges said.
Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson wrote that a presiding judge "fell short" in ensuring that a fair jury was selected, noting that some jurors had "already formed an opinion he was guilty."
Attorneys for Tsarnaev, a US citizen who came to the United States from the former Soviet Union as a child, have always claimed that his brother was more culpable of the two, saying Dzhokhar had no history of violence.
Federal death penalty cases are rare in the US, although three inmates were executed this month after President Donald Trump ordered a resumption of federal executions following a 17-year hiatus.
A fourth is scheduled for late next month.


Technology Robotix Society is an official society under the Technology Students' Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur, and is a focal point for activities and projects related to robotics in the campus. With its reach expanding steadily each year, it has also cemented its position as one of the nerve centres of amateur robotics in India.
We are involved in various initiatives in the field of robotics throughout the year. Our flagship accomplishment is our annual competition ROBOTIX, which is held during KSHITIJ at IIT Kharagpur, and is one of the biggest such events in Asia. Every year we have increasingly capable and motivated participants tackling our novel problem statements and thereby inspiring us to organize each year's fest with renewed zeal. Another important agenda of ours is to spread the culture of robotics across India and we do this by organizing and conducting workshops and demonstrations, and in Kharagpur, besides this, by other in-house events too.


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