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A new commercially-focused centre which brings together design, interactive systems technologies, and information communication and visualisation, has been established at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen.
The Digital Interactions and Visualisation (DIV) Centre will act as a hub for cross-disciplinary commercial projects, providing a new resource for businesses looking to harness digital technologies for design, simulation and visualisation purposes.
The Centre draws on capabilities from across the University including visual communication and design in Gray's School of Art, building visualisation in Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, and media, communications and digital literacy in Aberdeen Business School.
Potential projects include the development of virtual, interactive training packages for companies; multi-device apps and web sites; developing digital social media marketing strategies for companies; and the simulation and visualisation of future environments, for example in city design, or healthcare building design.
The Centre will also be the focus point for a planned digital incubator, as part of Aberdeen City Council's Technology Accelerated Programme. The Programme will see a number of 'hubs' created within the city, alongside partners Aberdeen University and the Enterprise North East Trust (ENet), with a co-ordinated bid to secure £1.5m of funding from the UK Government's Super Connected Cities programme currently being progressed.
Head of the School of Computing Science and Digital Media which will house the Centre, Professor Ian Allison, said: "The establishment of this Centre is an exciting moment for RGU and will see the University build on its leading position within the digital sector. By drawing on the skills from across the University we will be able to address the diverse needs across the region.
"Aberdeen is second only to London in terms of business start-ups and increasingly, the strength of a company's digital abilities can have a huge impact on its viability and growth.


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Central contracts and all that…
What a palaver Welsh rugby seems to be in at the moment. The most promising start to a Six Nations since 2008, arguably the most successful World Cup effort ever, while the national team can pull a crowd of 13,000 just to see them go through a light contact training session – things have never been better eh? Not if you have anything to do with a Welsh region it would seem. We've mulled over the problems of nobody watching Welsh club rugby anymore, though the recent return of the Cardiff Blues to their homeland has seen the sorts of crowds you expect to see when rugby is played where it is supposed to be played…but let's not get into club v regions again, everyone is a little tired of that these days.
No, now the problem is players, and holding on to them. It seems that in the space of a season, Wales is suddenly home to the most attractive rugby playing commodities in Europe, and everyone, well, the French and English at least, want a piece of the pie. Gethin Jenkins is off to France, we understand in a reaction to Cardiff head honcho Peter Thomas announcing players would no longer be paid while on international duty – something which must on some levels be very hard to argue with. So central contracts come up once again.
It's an idea that comes around every season or so, whispered in quiet corners where the WRU can't hear, except now it seems that the majority in Welsh rugby are screaming about central contracts, directly in to the faces of the Welsh Rugby Union. Given the salary caps and budgetary problems faced by all the Welsh regions, seeing your most heavily paid assets disappear for half the year can't be easy – akin to allowing your left arm to go on holiday for 2 out of every 5 working weekdays – it would at the very least inconvenience you. So central contracts offer a certain fairness and sensibility to the proceedings, and after all, the WRU these days is not the lumbering debt ridden beast of old, it is a financial machine, geared towards profitability and turn over, surely they have a penny or two set aside to cover such an initiative?
However, the problem facing the concept is there is nothing to say that it would in any way improve the current situation. The majority of Welsh stars turn out for Welsh regions anyway, yet the crowds don't come, and the results in Europe are rare. Though many might cry 'but what of the national team'? Well, it was widely accepted that Stephen Jones was reinvented as a player having spent time in France, while both James Hook and Mike Phillips seem to be undergoing somewhat of a renaissance in their southern surroundings. When central contracts come up, I am often left wondering why it is a bad thing to let the French and English cover the costs of enhancing Welsh players – after all, the French are not looking to block Welsh talent, if they are investing in it, then they will look to make the most of the product.
On top of that, how many players can Welsh rugby sustain anyway? If we take the Scarlets for instance, here is a club that has invested heavily in local youth development, and has produced a raw team littered with international potential. They might not be able to hold onto every single player, but is it necessary? When Dwayne Peel left many lamented his loss to the Welsh game – but did Welsh rugby really miss him after all? If the entire first XV of the Welsh national team were to play abroad, would the system collapse? No is the simple answer. Would training for the national team be harder, potentially, but one would hope that those travelling overseas would still look to prioritise Wales, yet if they are not so inclined, then why would we consider them for the Welsh team in the first place? Like the regional system or not, it is hard, when looking at the current Welsh squad, to suggest that it is not working, the players coming out of it are very good for something that is in theory broken – if some go to France, there are others waiting for their chance.
This is of course not to say that the idea of central contracts is a bad one, and in theory, keeping all of the Welsh international team at home should be a good thing for the nation, regions and clubs. That being said, what evidence that we do have does not suggest that when we do have all these assets at home, that the positives necessarily occur, and likewise, for those examples of players going overseas, it has not always been the great evil some fear it to be.
One way for the regions to go would be to invest in the local talent, and invest in the local fans. Get this right, and the player resources and finances to sustain it will be there for the future, get those things wrong and however many central contracts are thrown around, will do nothing for the future of the game or the survival of Welsh rugby, be it at club, regional or international level.
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After becoming a pionner in the plastic model kit field, Paul Lindberg briefly ventured into the new hobby in 1964. A series of 1/32 and 1/24 scale kits were issued, followed by a more evolved second series. But they had little success and this was quickly abandoned. By 1967, Lindberg had returned to what they knew best. Today, some of the Lindberg kits are quite rare.


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We have a proud history of innovation and play an integral role in the growth and modernisation of the UK rail sector by introducing new products, technologies and manufacturers into the market. We continue to invest in innovation through projects and manufacturers, thereby creating and securing jobs and fostering skills across the UK.
Eversholt Rail, a member of Eversholt UK Rails Group, is owned by UK Rails S.A.R.L., a company jointly owned by CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited and CK Hutchison Holdings Limited.
Mary Kenny, Chief Executive Officer
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Eversholt Rail has partnered with the charity Back Up who help people who have been paralysed through accident or illness. https: www.backuptrust.org.uk
Eversholt Rail aims to raise awareness of the charity, raise funds and provide volunteering opportunities for staff.
Since 2013, Eversholt Rail's staff has raised over £90,000 for 3 different charities, Noah's Ark, Back Up and Jubilee Sailing Trust.
In addition, Eversholt Rail has provided support through staff attending sailing expeditions and activity weeks where they act as buddies assisting the crew. We also provide office space for meetings as well as training and work experience placements for those wanting to get back into the workplace.
"Eversholt Rail is truly a business with a heart. The whole business has gotten behind the partnership with Noah's Ark Children's Hospice with great gusto! From volunteering to all manner of fundraising initiatives, the team are a pleasure to partner with. Eversholt Rail have already raised over £20,000, which is enough to pay for 13 seriously unwell babies and children to receive one-to-one specialist care and support for a year."
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More training for the audio-visual equipment at church. Newsletter articles are pouring in. The housework piled up while I was babying my toe (read some great books though, reviews to follow). And I have a photo project to finish today. Plus, The Community Women's Bible Study is tonight and I am behind on my lesson! I hope to see you all tonight or tomorrow!
Can't you limp a little faster?
pork, potato and peas for dinner. blog posts. website for the shop. no bible study – eeek!
clean the dogs ears, shove pills down her throat, find time for tv, sleep.
Aren't you supposed to be taking it easy until the foot heals?
Stay focused girl! You can do it!
I'm getting ready to take off for the weekend, but my blog will be happily running tomorrow and Friday. (Newsletter articles don't pour in here until the due date… or later. I'll be zoo-y next week.) Laundry here is known as Mt. Neverrest.
You may have had a crock toe but you've sure been busy!
Sounds busy and fun! Can't wait to hear about the books.
Have fun, Quilly! You sure do get a lot done.


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Q: Add class to another class property public List ListOfThatClass { get; set; } First class
 class Tasks
{
    public List<Ck> listCk { get; set; }
}

Second Class
class Ck
{
    public string CkName { get; set; }
    public string CkConentent { get; set; }
}

Now I wanna add Ck to Tasks.listCk
Tasks t = new Tasks();
Ck ck = new Ck();
ck.CkName = "s1";
ck.CkConentent = "s2";

t.listCk.Add(ck); //Here I get NullReferenceException

System.NullReferenceException: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'
  MojDevnik.Tasks.listaCk.get returned null.

A: You need to initialise your list, you can do that in either the constructor or before you assign some value to it. Below is an example of how to do it in a constructor.
class Tasks
{
    public List<Ck> listCk { get; set; }

    public Task() {
        listCk = new List<Ck>();
    }

}

A: You need to instantiate you list first
change this
 class Tasks
{
    public List<Ck> listCk { get; set; }
}

to
 class Tasks
{
    public List<Ck> listCk { get; set; } = new List<Ck>();
}

or
Tasks t = new Tasks();
                Ck ck = new Ck();
                ck.CkName = "s1";
                ck.CkConentent = "s2";

                t.listCk.Add(ck); *Here i get NullReferenceException*

to
Tasks t = new Tasks();
                Ck ck = new Ck(){listCk  = new List<Ck>()};
                ck.CkName = "s1";
                ck.CkConentent = "s2";

                t.listCk.Add(ck); *Here i get NullReferenceException*

or
add a constructor
   class Tasks
{
    public List<Ck> listCk { get; set; }

    public Task() {
        listCk = new List<Ck>();
    }

}


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Burns scores career-high 24; Winthrop beats Washington 82-74
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SEATTLE (AP) — D.J. Burns Jr. scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 27 minutes — all career highs — to help Winthrop beat Washington 82-74 on Saturday night an snap a three-game skid.
Burns shot 12 of 21 from the field with one block and two steals. Patrick Good hit three 3-pointers and finished with 18 points on 5-of-7 shooting and Kelton Talford added 10 points for Winthrop (3-3).
Daejon Davis, PJ Fuller, Emmitt Matthews Jr. and Jamal Bey each hit a 3-pointer in a 12-4 run that gave Washington (4-4) its first lead at 28-27 with 2:42 left in the first half. Cory Hightower converted a three-point play 28 seconds later and the Eagles led the rest of the way.
Good hit a 3 — his first points of the game — to give Winthrop a 35-30 lead at halftime. He made another 3-pointer to open the second half before scoring six points and going 4 of 4 from the free-throw line in the final 2 minutes.
Davis led the Huskies with a season-high 21 points. The fifth-year senior transfer from Stanford, who went into the game shooting 7 of 25 (28%) from 3-point range, made a career-high five 3s on eight attempts. Terrell Brown Jr. had 18 points, six assists and two steals and Fuller added 15 points for Washington.
Winthrop outrebounded the Huskies 43-28 and used its 12-3 advantage in offensive rebounds to outscore Washington 16-4 in second-chance points.
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SEATTLE (AP) — D.J. Burns Jr. scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 27 minutes — all career highs — to help Winthrop beat Washington 82-74 on Saturday night an snap a three-game skid. Burns shot 12 of 21 from the field with one block and two steals. Patrick Good hit three 3-pointers and […]


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Welcome fellow Journeyers in Breath, Life, and Spirit!
I'm honored by your presence here and invite you to peruse, to explore, and to find some peace in your Being somewhere along the way. I invite you to attend a group breathwork session, schedule a private healing session, peruse the artwork for resonance whether you are beginning your exploration or if you are continuing your practice of your journey. All are welcome — children through our elders — and, everyone is welcome with unconditional love while fully honoring your Being, your healing, your process, and your journey.
In Gurpreet, I found an incredibly gifted healer who would set and hold the beautiful, safe, and sacred space that allowed me to go to the depths that I was ready to go to and bear witness to whatever arose in each session. Gurpreet knew what was needed in any given situation, how much space I needed, how much guidance would help me to go deeper, how to encourage me when I would get stuck. Her intuitive abilities and grounding presence made her the perfect partner on my journey with Breathwork and I am extremely grateful to her. I highly recommend her to anyone who is open to experience healing through Breathwork.


I made it a point to be productive even as this year flies by. One huge procrastination that I have is wrapping gifts at the last minute, but not this time. Hosting a gift wrap party was the perfect way for me to indulge myself in a love for social events but also being productive in wrapping gifts.
Wrap Up In Style Gift Wrap Party was the last social event of 2017 by yours truly and the perfect way to end my hosting events calendar. I was so excited to be working with Heritage Macarons for the event. I must say, her macarons are lethal and I should be calling the cops on her because of how dangerously beautiful and delicious they are.
The ladies enjoyed a relaxed afternoon designing their own gift packages and nibbling on light bites. It is amazing to see the inspiration we all get - there is no perfect way to coordinate colors but the process of picking out paper, ribbon and bows that the gift recipient would enjoy. Your gift starts with the packaging not just with what's inside.
Since pictures are worth 1,000 words, I'm going to let the photos do the talking.
Special Thanks to all those that attended the event, the beautiful Elan Heights as our venue, Heritage Macarons for the dessert bites and Shawna Jones Photography for capturing the event.
Time to "WRAP" up the year with our last social event of the year! We love being able to gather together, socialize and craft and this is no different. Join us for an afternoon wrapping up your gifts with some fun. colorful, designed paper and accessories.
This event is totally free and all activities are open to those that RSVP (limited spots available) on December 2nd from 1pm-3pm at Elan Heights.
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DANIELSON — Jan. 6, a group of local dignitaries commemorated the addition of a permanent bronze plaque for the final stretch of The Quinebaug Valley Community College Foundation signature fundraiser and race, Tackle the Trail™ at the Henry Breault pedestrian bridge.
Celebrating this milestone were QVCC Foundation President Joseph Adiletta, Putnam Mayor Barney Seney, QVCC Director of Institutional Advancement and Tackle the Trail™ Race Director Monique Wolanin, President of the Northeastern CT Chamber of Commerce, Putnam Business Association Business Coordinator and owner of The Courthouse Bar and Grille Sheila Frost, Putnam Business Association President and owner of WINY Radio Gary Osbrey, and WINY Radio Sports Director (the 2021 race announcer) Mike Brunetti
Wolanin said, "Thank you all and the Town of Putnam for your continued support of Tackle the Trail™, which proceeds from the race will help hundreds of students each year pursue their educational goals."
Make Tackle Your Destination brings even more energy to the already vibrant town of Putnam on the third Saturday of October and coincides with The Great Pumpkin Festival in Putnam and the Roseland Cottage Fine Arts and Crafts Festival in Woodstock.
The Henry Breault Bridge recognizes Henry Breault, peacetime Medal of Honor recipient, for action at Limon Bay, Canal Zone, Panama on October 28, 1923. Citation: For heroism and devotion to duty while serving onboard the U.S. submarine 0-5 at the time of the sinking of that vessel. On the morning of 28 October 1923, the 0-5 collided with the steamship Abangarez and sank in less than a minute. When the collision occurred, Breault was in the torpedo room. Upon reaching the hatch, he saw that the boat was rapidly sinking. Instead of jumping overboard to save his own life, he returned to the torpedo room to the rescue of a shipmate whom he knew was trapped in the boat, closing the torpedo room hatch on himself. Breault and Brown remained trapped in this compartment until rescued by the salvage party 31 hours later.


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Lina Axelsson Kihlblom, Sweden's first trans minister
30 November 2021 | 2:43 pm
Sweden's new Schools Minister Lina Axelsson Kihlblom on Tuesday became the first transgender person to become a government minister in the Nordic country, a year after the appointment of Europe's first transgender minister.
Sweden's new Schools Minister Lina Axelsson Kihlblom (R) speaks to the media after new Swedish Prime Minister Andersson (not pictured) presented her new government during a press conference following the government declaration at the Swedish Riksdag in Stockholm on November 30, 2021. – Sweden's new Schools Minister Lina Axelsson Kihlblom on November 30 became the first transgender person to be appointed a government minister in the Nordic country, a year after a Belgian first in Europe. (Photo by Soren ANDERSSON / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT
Sweden's new Schools Minister Lina Axelsson Kihlblom on Tuesday became the first transgender person to become a government minister in the Nordic country, a year after the appointment of Europe's first transgender minister.
The 51-year-old former school principal and lawyer was added to the Social Democratic government by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, who also became the first woman to hold that post.
In her 2015 book "Will You Love Me Now?", Axelsson Kihlblom described growing up as a girl in a boy's body and her physical transition to a woman's body, which was completed when she was 25.
"Trans people have always existed, they will always exist and we no longer feel ashamed. We are the new normal," she wrote in an article published in 2018 by public broadcaster SVT.
Divorced and the mother of two adopted children, her government portfolio covers primary and secondary schools, while Education Minister Anna Ekstrom will be in charge of higher education.
In October 2020, a member of the European Parliament, Petra De Sutter, was named Belgium's deputy prime minister and became the first transgender minister in Europe.
Audrey Tang of Taiwan is considered to have become the world's first openly transgender government minister in 2016.
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Molly is a bit of a nerd. She has a full scholarship to Columbia in New York City, and is obsessed with school, physics…and Mark Dahl. Mark is her gorgeous lab partner, and the love of her life. He just doesn't realize it yet. And at the close of their senior year in their tiny Minnesota town, Molly despairs of ever seeing him again. But she is shocked and delighted to find that he is moving to New Jersey, and knows that they are meant to be.
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Matisse can't help but feel bitter when her mother moves her and her father, who has a debilitating disease, away from their wonderful home in New York City, to Prague, New York, a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. Stuck in a high school whose name she can't even pronounce, without any friends, and nothing to do is miserable for Matisse. People either want to talk about her dad (which Matisse isn't ready to do), or pretend everything is fine (Matisse knows it isn't). But if Matisse wants to make in Prague, she'll have to learn to open up to new things and people, and accept her situation at hand.
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For Serena Nelson, fitting in has never been easy, but it was possible. A punk skater at heart, she had her own niche of likeminded friends who didn't mind that she was deaf. Serena's talents for lip reading are excellent, and allow her to live a pretty normal life. But when she moves to a small town, the preps in her new school see her talent as something to profit off of, and use Serena to get the juiciest gossip, enticing her with a membership into a secret sorority and the promise of fitting in. But will her so called friends go too far?
Read My Lips is an attention grabbing page turner. Serena is a smart and edgy narrator, who is quite normal despite her condition, and doesn't seek attention because of it. Her desire to fit in is something that we can all empathize with, and the lengths that she goes to do so are relatable. But it's how she fights back and overcomes those that belittle her that makes Read My Lips such a compelling and quick read. Read My Lips is a delightful mix of complex characters, biting wit, and the angst that comes with making new friends.
It would seem that Claire Danvers's life couldn't get any worse, what with living in a college town that is also inhabited by vampires who wouldn't think twice about killing her, and having her parents pressuring her to move back in with them when she already lives with her three best friends. But when Mr. Bishop arrives, things turn positively deadly.
No one's really sure what Mr. Bishop wants exactly--all they know is that he's more powerful than anyone--possibly even Amelie, and he lacks any good intentions. Everyone is on their guard. Soon everyone is buzzing about the upcoming formal ball, and all the humans are clamoring for invites, even Claire and Eve. But this is one party that the breathing might want to pass up.
Feast of Fools is an exciting, fast paced and chilling thriller. Caine has a real knack for combining a headstrong heroine, nicely creepy happenings, and a dash of romance and intrigue to bring about a knock out of a novel that'll stun, spellbind, and utterly captivate readers. There's a twist around every corner, and a cliff hanger that will leave readers desperate for more in this wonderful series that's reminiscent of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A word of caution: once you start into the Morganville Vampires series, it's impossible to let go.
When Illinois girl Casey McCloy's mother gets a temporary job in London, she finds herself standing in front of The Bramford, one of New York City's exclusive apartment buildings, ready to move in with her grandmother. It's here that she meets Madison, Phoebe, and Sophie, who are all filthy rich, and take pity on Casey and befriend her. Well, some of them anyway. Madison hates everything about Casey...from her less expensive wardrobe to the fact that Madison's long time friend and sort-of boyfriend Drew is drawn to Casey, and she's not going to let some small town hick take away what's hers. Things are about to get ugly.
Before you start thinking that The Elite is just another novel of its genre, Banash surprises the reader by giving the seemingly perfect rich girls problems and flaws that aren't unfamiliar to Midwestern girls like Casey. It's a hard task to get readers to feel an ounce of empathy for mean girls like Madison, but Banash does it.
When Madison is determined to humiliate Casey, rather than beat her at her own game, Casey admirably stands her ground, making her a real role model. But this novel isn't all about nasty remarks and stunning makeovers: it also explores the meaning of family, and the angst that comes with relationships that have run their course. Finally, a novel that isn't all about the materialistic things in life. This absorbing read will fly by quickly.
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The University of Georgia School of Law recently started a new initiative called the Butler Commitment that will guarantee financial aid to 100 percent of veterans who matriculate in the fall 2019 entering class.
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God is not a Christian
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia looks like a shiny cylindrical bunker that periscopes up over a small lush forest of Austrian pines, red cedars, and rhododendrons. Its exterior is clad in pre-weathered zinc panels that react chimerically to the constantly changing weather patterns of Vancouver, Canada. The structure imparts a sense of melancholy as befits its location, the wet, grey, moss-ridden environment of the Pacific Northwest. Inside is another matter. It is all blonde wood, architecturally exuberant, and its acoustics are celebrated as among the best in Canada. On this spring day in 2004, in cooperation with the university, it was incredible to have the use of this hall for one of the most seminal dialogues in recent memory.
The Dalai Lama, wearing an orange baseball visor, was on stage sitting next to Archbishop Desmond Tutu who had just flown in from South Africa. The Dalai Lama sat in his usual lotus position on a leather armchair that was a size too small for his folded legs. His knees stuck out a smidgeon beyond the armrests, his brown oxfords arranged neatly beneath his chair.
"My main concern," he said to Tutu. "What's the best way to talk about deeper human values like love, compassion, forgiveness, these things. Not relying on God, but relying on ourselves."
Tutu was hunched forward in his chair; he was carefully examining his hands that were resting on his lap. He was dressed in a dark suit and a striking purple shirt with a decidedly magenta hue. A large metal cross hung below the clerical collar.
The Dalai Lama said, "I myself, I'm believer, I'm Buddhist monk. So for my own improvement, I utilize as much as I can Buddhist approach. But I never touch this when I talk with others. Buddhism is my business. Not business of other people. Frankly speaking," he stole a glance at the archbishop and declared firmly, "when you and our brothers and sisters talk about God, creator, I'm non-believer." He laughed, perhaps a little self-consciously.
It seemed to me that the Dalai Lama's feelings about God have changed over the years. In an early interview, when I had asked him if he thought there is a God, he had answered simply, "I don't know." He took the view of an agnostic: he understood that it's not possible to know one way or the other whether God exists or not.
"In Buddhism no creator," the Dalai Lama said at the Chan Centre. "But we also accept Buddha, bodhisattvas, these higher beings. However, if we only rely on these higher beings, we would just sit there, lazy." He leaned into his chair, threw his head back and rolled his eyes heavenward.
"Won't help, won't help. So that's my view," the Dalai Lama concluded.
Tutu crossed his arms in front of his chest. He looked pensive, deep in thought. Then a smile creased his face.
He said, "I was thinking when you were talking about God or no God, who you blame?" Tutu lifted both his legs from the floor and rocked back and forth in his chair. He was gripped in a paroxysm of uncontrollable mirth. Perhaps it was an inside joke. If so, I didn't get it. Perhaps he meant that if there is no God, then there is no one to blame but ourselves?
Tutu stared at the Dalai Lama as his trademark giggle filled the hall. The Dalai Lama bowed deeply in homage; his head nearly level with his folded knees. He whipped off his baseball cap and saluted his South African friend with exaggerated flourish. Both men seemed to derive an enormous kick out of Tutu's question.
Tutu said nothing more for the longest time. He was gathering his thoughts in preparation to expound further on the subject. Although diminutive, all of five feet and four inches, he is still an imposing figure. His facial features are broad and remarkably plastic. But before Tutu could resume, the Dalai Lama pleaded, "I think…maybe I interfere. May I respond, just a little, just a little?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Tutu screeched in an extremely loud and high-pitched voice that took the audience in surprise. He turned completely sideways and trained his eyes onto the Dalai Lama, his face one of pure animation. The two elderly spiritual leaders, for one short unforgettable moment, became kids again, horsing around and thoroughly enjoying each other's company. At one gathering in Oslo, after a particularly rambunctious episode, Tutu admonished the Dalai Lama in mock seriousness, "Look here—the cameras are on you, stop behaving like a naughty school boy. Try to behave like a holy man."
The sold-out audience at the Chan Centre was clearly delighted with the bantering. It was heartening to see that these two global icons did not take themselves too seriously. That they, without being the least bit self-conscious, could display such childlike playfulness. We were all absorbing something of value just by being in their presence.
The Dalai Lama was carried along by the archbishop's animal vitality, his irreverence, his light-hearted theatrics. He was so in synchronicity with the African that he did something I have seldom seen before. He interrupted him, with no regard for niceties or etiquette, in mid-thought.
But now that Tutu had given him permission to interrupt, the Dalai Lama turned serious. He said to the archbishop, "The problem is, if we involve religious faith, then there are many varieties, and fundamental differences of views. So very complicated."
"That's why in India," he pointed a finger at Tutu for emphasis, "when they drafted the constitution they deliberately used secular approach. Too many religions there—" he counted them out one by one with his fingers, "Hindu, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikkhism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism. So many. And there are godly religions and there are godless religions. Who decides who is right?"
Now that the Dalai Lama had his say about something he felt deeply, he put his orange baseball cap back on his bald pate.
Tutu replied, "Let me just say that one of the things we need to establish is that—" long pause— "God is not a Christian…." He paused again and turned to look at the Dalai Lama with a mischievous glint in his eyes. It had the intended effect. The Tibetan leader roared with laughter. Apparently Tutu was not done with horsing around.
"Are you feeling better?" Tutu asked the Dalai Lama who inclined his body far away from Tutu and covered his eyes in mock surrender.
"We could go on but…." Tutu turned thoughtful. He enunciated his words with great care, and paused for a long time after each phrase. He picked up the Dalai Lama's earlier thread, "The glory about God is that God is mystery. God is actually quite incredible in many ways. But God allows us to misunderstand her,…" at this the audience went wild; the applause was loud and spontaneous, "but also to understand her."
"I frequently said I'm glad I'm not God," Tutu continued. "But I'm also glad God is God. He can watch us speak, spread hatred, in his name. Apartheid was for a long time justified by the church. We do the same when we say all those awful things we say about gays and lesbians. We speak on behalf of a God of love."
"The God that I worship is an omnipotent God," Tutu intoned as he opened his arms wide. He paused to let it sink in.
Then he said sotto voce, "He is also incredibly totally impotent. The God that I worship is almighty, and also incredibly weak."
"He can sit there and watch me make a wrong choice. Now if I was God," he said as the hall burst into laughter, "and I saw, for instance, this one is going to make a choice that is going to destroy his family, I'll probably snuff him out.
"But the glory of God is actually mind-blowing. He can sit and not intervene because he has such an incredible, incredible reverence for my autonomy. He is prepared to let me go to hell. Freely. Rather than compel me to go to heaven.
"He weeps when he sees us do the things that we do to one another. But he does not send lightning bolts to destroy the ungodly. And that is fantastic. God says 'I can't force you. I beg you, please for your own sake, make the right choice. I beg you.'
"When you do the right thing, God forgets about God's divine dignity and he rushes and embraces you. 'You came back, you came back. I love you. Oh how wonderful, you came back.'"
There was total silence in the hall. Tutu's speech was quite the tour de force. The audience was captivated by his infinitely malleable facial features which could change from fiery anger to deeply-felt compassion in a heartbeat. His voice scaled multiple octaves. His arms and hands were in perpetual motion. He was a showman and preacher par excellence.
Tutu took a sip of water. He was done.
On cue, Alexander Sanchez, a young man of 17 years, walked up to the stage and stood behind the podium. He was a Grade 12 student in a local high school and he had been selected to ask a question of the archbishop.
"First of all, I like the visor," he said to the Dalai Lama. "Orange suits you, man." The Tibetan was confused – the young man spoke a little too fast for him. His translator helpfully told him, "He liked your visor."
Sanchez addressed Tutu, "In school we read books and newspapers about all the bloodshed in Africa, about the conflicts between black and white. How do you settle disputes without taking away people's free will to choose forgiveness?"
Tutu put one palm up to his ear; he too seemed to have difficulty following the question. The Chan Centre has great acoustics for music but it seemed to have challenges with the spoken word. Instead of waiting for Sanchez to repeat his question, the archbishop got out of his chair and walked up to him. They shook hands. Then Tutu raised both his palms and instructed, "High five." Sanchez was delighted to oblige. He put an arm around the archbishop and repeated his question.
"I think that many times people are more moved by example," Tutu replied after he went back to his chair. "Especially examples of people who having suffered a great deal, instead of demanding the pound of flesh in retribution, they have been extraordinary.
"There have been many moments in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. A young black woman came to us and told this story, 'The police came and took me to the police station. They put me in a room, undressed me. They took my breasts and they shoved them into a drawer. And then they'd slam the drawer several times on my nipples until the white stuff ooze.'
"Now you imagine that someone who has experienced this kind of atrocity would be bitter, would lust after revenge. But frequently people like her would say they were ready to forgive. The perpetrators, not always but many times, would be touched by this compassion. You can't compel someone to confess and be penitent. But you see, the thing we are talking about here, that it isn't something that goes in the head. We are touched, we are touched, in other parts of our being. In the heart, in the feeling in the tummy. And often you see people break down and cry."
Sanchez stood rock-still behind the podium. His face was devoid of expression. Then he walked slowly down the steps and left the stage without a word, stunned by the enormity of what he had just heard
Later that day Tutu and the Dalai Lama came together again in a small function room at the Chan Centre. They had another opportunity to expand on their views on religion before Tutu had to leave Vancouver.
"I think generally all religious traditions have, I think, good potential to improve human condition," the Dalai Lama said to the archbishop. "However, some followers of religions, they are not very serious about one's own teaching. They -- out of selfishness, money, or power -- use religion for personal gain. In some cases, because they completely isolated, so no idea about other traditions, value of other traditions. So that creates religious disharmony. But I think if you make balance, I think more weight to positive side than negative. Much, much more."
"Yes, you are right," Tutu replied. "And you have to remember that religion is of itself neither good nor bad. Christianity has produced the Ku Klux Clan. Christianity has produced those who killed doctors that perform abortions. Religion is a morally neutral thing. It is what you do with it. It is like a knife, a knife is good when you use it for cutting up bread for sandwiches. A knife is bad when you stick it in somebody's gut. Religion is good when it produces a Dalai Lama, a Mother Teresa, a Martin Luther King."
"And a Bishop Tutu," the Dalai Lama interjected.
Tutu stared at him, stuck a finger at his own chest, and admonished, "I'm talking!"
The Dalai Lama leaned back in playful recoil and laughed uproariously.
"But we've got to be very careful that we don't say…" Tutu ignored him and continued. But the Dalai Lama had trouble concentrating. His chest was heaving, his shoulders were jiggling with involuntary convulsions; he was having a hard time controlling his laugher. "Because there are bad Muslims, therefore Islam is a bad religion. Because there are bad Buddhists, Buddhism is bad. Just look at the Buddhist dictators in Burma," Tutu said. "We've got to say, what does your faith make you do? Make you become? I would not have survived without the faith of knowing that this is God's world and that God is in charge, that evil is not going to prevail despite all appearance to the contrary. Yes, of course, sometimes, you want to whisper in God's ear. God, for goodness' sake, we know that you are in charge, but why don't you make this more obvious?"
The Dalai Lama was not laughing any longer. He listened intently to the words of the Archbishop who expressed a sentiment the Dalai Lama himself has often voiced.


Several years ago, a dear friend of mine decided that the only way out was to kill herself. It took me a long time to get past it and I found an outlet for my anger in poetry. This is an old piece and I'll preface this by saying that I was very upset when I wrote it, but I think it gets the point across of what the people who are left behind think when someone takes this route.


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Sex, lies, and penal codes
So a drift back from passivity might begin with something like this: "Have you heard of the next thing in child abuse, this AB 832?" Sleepily, I reply, "No, is that a Melendez bill?"
"Nah–someone name Garcia."
I shrug. "What of it. What's it about?"
"Yeah, got that. Can you be more specific?"
"I thought you might know about it, since you've been caught up with that other law, AB1775"
"So you don't really know anything about AB 832?"
"No," my colleague replies forlornly. There is a pause between us, an awkward waiting. "I think this discussion's hit a wall, don't you think?" I remark playfully. Not that it wouldn't hit a wall anyway. Such are the somnolent beginnings of dissent in the public sphere, across coffee tables and in between cubicles; in between sessions. Elsewhere, I picture a quiet, pine-enveloped room, filled with the soft buzz of 'live' microphones, with radio voices speaking collegially, passing laws that make perfect sense when spoken about in this way. This is the legislative realm. The subtext of AB 832, a bill that removes mandated reporting requirements for consensual sexual behavior between minors, is two-fold: first, it more or less acknowledges the normalcy of teens having sex; secondly, it tempers language that has long implied a homophobic edge to the existing Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA), which casts acts such as oral copulation and sodomy as tantamount to sexual assault. Assembly women Garcia and Eggman (the authors–both Democrats) want minors of similar age (teens, I assume), gay or straight, left alone to pursue voluntary sexual behavior; to maybe talk about sex with teachers and counselors; to not be bullied, and most specifically, to not be reported to authorities when they are having sex voluntarily, unless one party is over the age of 21 and the other is under 16.
Well, clearly they haven't reached across the aisle and coordinated their efforts with the AB1775 supporters. Don't they realize that talking to police can be as therapeutic as talking to any counselor or social worker? As Garcia and Eggman peruse their worthy new text of California penal code 11165.1, subdivision (a), what might they make of subdivision (3), I wonder, which is situated just twenty lines south of their progressively amended words?
In it lies the controversial language of bill AB1775, authored (in legislative terms, that means written by someone else while a politician's name is attached) by Republican Melissa Melendez last year, which added to penal code 11165.1 the infamous words "downloads, streams, accesses, through any electronic or digital media, or exchanges (other mediums indicated) in which a child is engaged in obscene sexual conduct" (which is defined in several other penal codes beginning with the numbers 311). This is the language that now defines sexual exploitation, which, like sexual assault, is a subset of sexual abuse, which is subject to mandated reporting by those who are guilty of a misdemeanor if they don't report such behavior. BTW: in those other penal code sections, it's clear that a child (alternately termed a 'minor') is anyone under the age of 18, and that obscene sexual conduct includes the aforementioned 'voluntary' behaviors. No where is it stipulated that behaviors must be coerced in order to constitute obscene sexual conduct.
So…wait. If I understand this right, we are now proposing that it's okay for kids to have sex with each other (all of the major sex acts I'm aware of fall under the definition of 'obscene sexual conduct') unless one of them is over 21 and the other is less than 16. Meaning, as therapists we wouldn't have to report this to the police if AB 832 went into effect. That's nice. Seriously, it would be good if we didn't have to narc on kids getting it on, or out gay or straight teens that engage in oral copulation or sodomy. However, if upon having sex or behaving sexually in any way, one such kid takes a picture of the act and later "sends' or 'accesses' said picture, we would then require the 'discretion' of police, to whom we must report that latter behavior, to address said child's sexual behavior and ensure that abuse has not occurred.
Seriously? Who is observing this absurdity, taking note as the zeitgeist of one social cause passes another moving in the other direction. Where is the corpus callosum of our society, assuring that our right and left brains communicate versus split, as manifest by our detached political mirrors. What am I saying? you ask. Here it is: as the cultural right keeps fighting for teenage abstinence, or to extinguish gay sexuality, it ups its game with respect to sexual exploitation, looking to widen the scope of persecution because it needs new scapegoats, the less fashionably sympathetic (I mean heterosexual males, of course). In doing so it squeezes the law into an illogical corner–caught somewhere in between the 'free love' left and the 'protect children' right .
Tagged as AB1775, AB832, assembly women garcia and eggman, child abuse, sexual assault
August 2, 2015 · 7:49 pm
Got a phone call last Monday morning. A woman saying she was a producer for KFI Talk Radio in Los Angeles asked if I'd be interested in going on the Bill Carroll Show an hour later.
"Uh, I'm on my way to work," I said dully, half thinking this was a crank call. Days earlier I'd been quoted in an LA Times story about AB1775, the controversial child porn law that I've skewered so much on this blog it's become my own kind of abuse victim. Following this media exposure, invites to talk shows were at least plausible, but if you were a self-published author suffering junk solicitation on a weekly basis, you'd be a little skeptical too. So given the short notice, I was a little indignant and a whole lotta skeptical. Still, I asked my wife to check out the show to which I'd been invited to see if it was legit, and indeed it was. In fact, it was so legit that it featured Melissa Melendez, the assembly woman who sponsored AB1775, in cozy discussion with host Bill Carroll, a Howard Stern-lite type who on the Monday show seemed sympathetic to Melendez' bill, and fairly skeptical of what therapists do, especially with anyone who looks at child porn.
I sent that producer a snarky e-mail later in the day. Fuming at the one-sidedness of the day's show, and further annoyed at gratuitous digs at my profession, I asked if Melendez was also given an hour's notice before appearing—turns out she was. Anyway, the producer called back saying I could appear the next day during the same time slot, and rebut what I'd called the "anti-therapist drivel". So, I was going to be on the radio. Specifically, I'd be on a station billed as the most popular in Southern California. I'd be on with Bill Carroll, talking about AB1775. It was on, I thought, sitting nervously in my home office, on hold with my cell phone pinned to my cheek. I was introduced as a therapist upset with the new law, and even more upset at being given short notice to appear the day before. Before uttering a word, I was set up as a self important clinician, clueless as to how the rough and tumble world of radio works. Bill Carroll warned me that if I spent time arguing about my precious need for adequate notice, I'd miss my chance to excoriate AB1775. I pictured my colleague Don Mathews, a plaintiff in the case seeking injunction against the bill, upon telling him I'd had a chance to make our case to God knows how many listeners, but squandered it railing against the media's disregard of a professional's time.
"I'm over that. Let's talk about the law," I said, like I was inviting a fellow gunslinger to draw. Moments later, I was deflecting Bill Carroll's first ill-considered question, instead complaining that Melissa Melendez and others had misrepresented the issue. You see, they keep saying that because child porn is illegal, the new law is simply 'clarifying' matters related to reporting requirements, or updating language because of the internet phenomenon. Therefore, the law simply asks therapists to perform what has always been their duty.
Wrong. Or bollocks, as my nephew likes to say.
I pointed out to Carroll that this explanation doesn't make sense. If the existing Child Abuse and Neglect Report Act stipulated that therapists and other mandated reporters reveal to authorities those who view child porn, then why was it necessary to 'clarify' this for supposedly confused mental health professionals, and thus re-write the law with the excuse that advances in technology had enabled more users? If viewing child porn—in addition to producing and distributing child porn—is and was understood as sexual exploitation, then what difference does it make to that understanding how many more people are able to do it? Are we to believe that some therapists started hearing words like "download", or "streaming", and became confused as to whether this constitutes watching child porn? No. What happened was this: some people noticed that the pre-existing law, which is over thirty years old, did not stipulate that viewing child porn is reportable by therapists. Thus, they sought a change, one that would sneak in behind a technological cover, a conflation of child porn use into existing abuse definitions.
The lawyers promoting AB1775 obfuscate on this point, repeatedly complaining that child porn use has always been illegal, and thus reportable. But illegal and reportable are not interchangeable concepts, as some appear to think, and lawyers in particular should know better. If therapists reported everything said to them that is illegal (and the list of things illegal but not reportable might shock you), we'd be little more than glorified informants for a police state. Does it not seem like common sense to point out that the most anti-social elements of our society don't choose to enter psychotherapy, and even if they did—or were ordered into therapy—would they not simply avoid telling therapists about their child porn use if they knew such information would be passed on to police?* Lawyers. If this law sticks, lawyers may be the only ones left talking to child porn users–that is, advising them not to share their truths with therapists.
So I read out the new law on the air, which, as I promised, took about a minute of the radio show's precious time. I pointed to the spot in the California penal code—section 11165—wherein the new deed was done: the words, "downloading, streaming, accessing, though any electronic or digital media, material that depicts minors engaged in obscene sexual conduct" (FYI: the latter term is defined rigorously elsewhere in the penal code) were inserted into a subsection of the code defining sexual exploitation, thus altering it from a matter of production and distribution, to include the more commonplace act of viewing. I then pointed out to Bill Carroll that the language of the law also implicated "sexting", which is often practiced by teens (minors), over electronic or digital media (computers and cell phones), displaying their so-called junk (examples of obscene sexual conduct). Carroll was at first evasive, saying he didn't think teens would bring this matter to therapy.
"I disagree," I said. "Teens go to therapy. They talk about sexting, and because of how this law is written, therapists will have to report them to police." The argument scored a hit with the host, and Carroll finished the show calling for a 'tweaking' of AB1775, thus, in effect, rebuking Ms. Melendez, who had earlier stated she was not interested in making changes. The show continued, with Carroll challenging my thoughts as to whether sex offenders could be treated at all; about whether they could be treated by circumventing the facts of their child porn use, by talking about feelings relating to porn use instead (surely not the intent of the prosecutorial AB1775 supporters). To his credit, Carroll seemed like he was trying to see things from a therapist's point of view, which was refreshing given the previous day's rhetoric. For the last five minutes, Don Mathews joined the show, demonstrating the flexibility of which Carroll had boasted, and spoke more pointedly about AB1775 harming instead of protecting children. Time ran out. Regrettably, I missed rebuking Ms. Melendez' semi-informed assertion that priests and other clergy are also mandated reporters—this was partly in response to Carroll's stated wish to punish those who fail to report if thereafter a child abuse instance or pattern occurs. Actually, neither he nor Melendez were aware that penal code 11166 allows for an important exception for the clergy: if they hear of child abuse in the context of 'penitential communication' (i.e.: confession) they actually don't have to report child abuse.
Would assembly woman Melendez sponsor a bill that rewrites—excuse me, 'clarifies'—that subsection?
* one more thing to clarify: as a point of law, a therapist must tell a patient of potential benefits, risks, and alternatives involved in any treatment procedure (this includes legal exceptions to the basic confidentiality rule).


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Q: UnsafeMutablePointer to UTF8 String I have a UnsafeMutablePointer pointing at a C string, I want to convert the bytes at this pointer to a Swift String, the data is a C string, so UTF8.
Is it possible to iterate byte by byte until NULL? Or some easier way?

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basic principle, fundamental principle, fundamentals, basics, bedrock - principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics"
But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy, by the frequent want of one or more of these requisites, prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance, by informing themselves how well the other liked Bath, how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country, whether she drew, or played, or sang, and whether she was fond of riding on horseback.
The professor had been engaged in taking careful measurements of the head of his latest experiment, the while he coached the young man in the first rudiments of spoken language, and now the subject of his labors found himself suddenly deserted and alone.
Yes, doubtless," replied D'Artagnan, who had never been able to cram the first rudiments of that language into his head, and who had by his ignorance driven his master to despair, "yes, doubtless there is one.


The protein products of the insect crmp gene are functionally highly divergent but structurally very similar, produced by alternative splicing of a mutually exclusive exon that comprises only 9% of the protein sequence: DHP catalyzes the second step of pyrimidine degradation and is ubiquitously expressed in non-neuronal tissues; CRMP, a neuronal-limited protein in animals, has been implicated in a variety of processes in neuronal polarity and axonal growth cone dynamics. Our studies are focused on utilizing the remarkable structural similarities of these two proteins in insects, coupled with the powerful genetic facility of Drosophila, to better understand the role of CRMP in neurogenesis. Animals that ubiquitously over-express CRMP stop development during the first larval instar stage and, in earlier work to identify genes that interact with crmp, we obtained a series of mutations that suppress that mis-expression block (i.e., allow normal development). The work to be described here extends those results with two follow-up experiments to determine how many genes are represented among the twenty suppressor mutations and, perhaps, to determine the location of those genes. We will report the results of experiments to map those suppressor mutations and the results of lethal complementation tests of the mutations. Another experiment has been carried out to investigate the possibility that CRMP participates in a functionally redundant pathway, as suggested by the apparently normal development of crmp-null animals. Results will be presented of a screen designed to isolate "synthetic lethal" mutations that might reveal the alternative neurogenesis pathway.


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Mrs. Sneyd
• Subjects: English, Writer's Craft
• Hobbies: Reading, soccer, spending time with family
.• Pet peeve: Hockey (to watch), soccer
• Favorite…
Food: Watermelon
Book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov & Sophie's Choice by William Styron
Song : Over The Hills and Far Away ~ Led Zeppelin
Movie: Princess Bride
Message to Students:
 "Working hard will lead to success, so persevere through challenge."
Special Feature: School Spirit!
Pink Day. Irish Spirit Day. Halloween. ND offers so many spirited events every year that we as Irish are lucky to be a part of. Although spirit days and other engaging events in the school are completely optional, all students are encouraged to get involved and create their own high school memories. No one should ever feel peer pressured to miss out on these opportunities to have fun, so don't be afraid to go full out on school spirit! Don't be shy, the Prefects will prove it's cool to come to school decked out in spirit wear! We cannot take these privileges for granted as they are here to enhance our high school experience. Mrs. Sneyd encourages students to be in charge of their own experience here at ND and to get involved, because you can't have the most fun if you stay in your shell.
Mr. McDermott
• Subjects: Religion
• Hobbies: Golfing, Biking, Hiking, Travelling (in summer)
• Pet peeve: Driver's who don't signal!
Food: Filet Mignon
Sport: Soccer, football, golf
Book: William Wallace: Brave Heart by James MacKay
Song genre: 80's music, rock and roll such as the Beatles, U2, etc.
Color: Emerald Green
Movie: Braveheart
• Favorite Message: "They never die in the hearts of those they leave behind." ~ Anonymous
Special Feature: Sr. Boys Volleyball Team
Our talented Irish volleyball players have had an interesting season this year. Mr. McDermott, coach for the team, knows that his players have a lot of potential in store with a handful of strong players this year. However, a couple previous games have been really close with a total of 6 wins and 6 losses. Due to the lateness of the games, some of the Irish's strongest players are unable to power the team with their skills because of work commitments, thus leaving the team with only 1 or 2 subs out of the 13 players in total. Not all hope is lost though; Mr. McDermott hopes to regroup the team before the end of the season and looks to playing their last games with a strong finish. Good luck boys and go IRISH!


Edge softening constructs an edge-softening display mesh for surfaces, polysurfaces, or meshes.
Edge softening applies a mesh radius or chamfer to edges in the model.
Edge Softening appears as a property for the surface.
Select objects to apply edge softening to.
In the Properties panel, click the Edge Softening button.
Specify the edge softening properties.
Box object (left) and box with edge softening applied (right).
Manages surface edge softening properties for the selected objects.
Specifies a softening amount. The visual radius approximation depends on the density of the current render mesh. Use the Properties Render Mesh Settings to adjust the mesh density.
The edge will be cut straight across with a hard edged chamfer. No attempt is made to soften this into a rounded edge.
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In the example below, the edge will be softened only if Edge threshold is smaller than 42.46°.
Forces the softening in cases where too large a softening radius might prevent softening to take place.


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Do you say "this speaks volumes TO his character" or "..speaks volumes OF his character"? Thank you
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I don't know how it started, but a few days ago the movie "Paddington" came on the radar and went viral in our coffee group.
So this afternoon two friends and I saw movie, although none of us remembers reading the books about a small talking bear from deepest, darkest Peru who journeys to London to find a new home.
You might think this is far-fetched, but the truth is Paddington has been around since he was first introduced by author Michael Bond in 1958, making him (the bear, not Bond) in the comfy-ness of middle age today. I looked him and his author up on Google® and recommend you do likewise if you want a true appreciation of this phenomenon, which reminds me in some ways of a latter day Winnie the Pooh.
I understand the movie isn't in the lexicography of the original books. How could it be when it involves a villainess who wants to make Paddington into a taxidermy version and features such new London attractions as the Eye?
I appreciated how the movie recreated London, since I'd been there in late 2012 and could remember London Bridge, the Queen's Guards, and the train stations. Each was lovingly rendered. But most of all, it was the bear that moved me from disbelief of a modernized plot to acceptance that this was merely the next volume in the revered series.
The movie used live actors and a digitized bear that truly looked real instead of animated characters all around. Paddington's emotions, timing, and voice all worked. This isn't to say the humans weren't believable, but in the end one small bear who loves marmalade brought them along for the ride.
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New militant groups fund terror with bank heists, carjacking
News | September 20, 2004
KARACHI, Pakistan – It started with a robbery, but the gang that burst into a branch of Al-Habib Bank in this teeming port city had no interest in striking it rich, and the university graduate driving the getaway car was just getting started on a master plan for terror.
The heist, carried out in daylight and with AK-47 assault rifles, is emblematic of a new brand of Islamic militant – more educated but less established and largely cut off from traditional sources of terror funding, Pakistani police and intelligence officials told The Associated Press.
Atta-ur Rehman and his Jundullah gang walked away from the bank in Karachi on Nov. 18 with just under $70,000, enough to finance an eight-month wave of attacks against the U.S. Consulate, a Christian Bible studies group, a peace concert by an Indian singer, a police station, and a senior Pakistani military general.
At least 17 people died in the assaults, all carried out in the urban sprawl of Karachi, a city of 15 million that's honeycombed with terror hideouts and al-Qaida safehouses
"Normally, when robbers loot a bank they split the cash and go their separate ways, but the Jundullah gang only spent about 500,000 rupees ($8,600) from their heist and they stuck together," said Fayyaz Leghari, chief of operations for the Karachi police. "They were not ordinary robbers. They saw the bank job as a way to fund their holy mission."
The group, whose name means Allah's Brigade, was apparently saving the cash to finance more attacks.
"They have a record of each penny spent, all of it they believe in a noble cause, and they are not denying what they have done," said another police investigator involved in the interrogations of Jundullah suspects, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Police and intelligence officials believe there are about a half dozen other militant bands operating in Karachi, each with about 15 to 20 members.
In addition to Jundullah, officials say they are aware of two cells that call themselves Khuddam Uddin, meaning Servants of The Religion, and al-Furqan – The Distinguisher. Other group names aren't known.
Most of the new groups are offshoots of al-Qaida-linked Sunni sectarian organizations like Lashkhar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sihaba, which have killed hundreds of Shiite Muslims, or Kashmiri militant organizations like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Harakat-ul-Mujahideen. They're motivated by centuries-old Shiite-Sunni feuding, and more recent anger over the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Unlike their parent organizations with well-established networks for raising money – from Arab sympathizers, al-Qaida, and jihadi-linked charities – the smaller groups have improvised.
Robberies, drug trafficking and other crimes have long been used by militant groups across the globe but an increased reliance on them in Pakistan may be a sign that Washington's push to shut terrorists off from their financing is having an effect.
Jameel Yusuf, the former head of a civilian-police counterterrorism task force who now runs a private firm dedicated to fighting carjackings, said there have been several other suspicious robberies in the province linked to militant groups.
He said a truck filled with tens of thousands of dollars worth of tobacco was hijacked in October 2003 and found outside a mosque known as a haven for militants.
In August, thieves made away with thousands of dollars from an electronics market in another suspicious case.
"It's a totally new phenomenon," Yusuf said.
Pakistani news reports have said the new groups are working together, and have formed a leadership committee called Brigade 313. Leghari, however, said authorities have seen no evidence of such coordination.
The new groups are much smaller than the militant groups authorities dealt with in the past. "That means that if you arrest one guy, he might lead you to one or two others, but that's it," said a senior police official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.
Most of the militants that comprise the new groups trained at al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan as guests of the former Taliban regime, which was then an ally of Pakistan.
They are motivated by a hatred for the United States and for Musharraf, who they see as abandoning their cause following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States.
"We nurtured them for years, and then the government did a U-turn," said one senior Karachi police official. "If you adopt a son and then you throw him out when he is 23 years old, of course he is going to be angry."
He spoke on condition he not be further identified.
Authorities say the fledgling militant groups are gaining in sophistication, aided by highly educated, deeply committed leaders.
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Steve Guerdat of Switzerland rode Nino des Buissonnets to individual gold in the final day of Olympic show jumping. Photo: Bob Langrish.
Only one rider went clear in the two final rounds of individual show jumping today. Swiss rider Steve Guerdat earned his first Olympic gold medal with no need for a jump-off to determine the winner. However, a tie for second place meant spectators at London's Greenwich Park would still get their money's worth with a jump-off for silver.
Today's show jumping started with the top 37 riders who had avoided elimination in the prior rounds. Previous scores did not carry over to the final, so every horse-and-rider pair had an equal shot at the podium. After Round A, the top 20 would continue on to Round B and the final jump-off to determine the individual medalists.
Six riders went double clear in the first round, including British team members Scott Brash and Nick Skelton. A third British rider, Ben Maher, also qualified with just four jumping faults. American Rich Fellers narrowly made the cut with four jumping faults and one time fault, but the other remaining American, McLain Ward, had 12 jumping faults with Antares F and did not qualify for the next round.
Penalty points do carry over from Round A to Round B of the finals. Fellers was the first rider to go in Round B, and with five faults already on his score, he likely knew his medal hopes were most likely gone. Nevertheless, he ended his first Olympics on a high note with 16-year-old Flexible, putting in a double clear round to finish with just those five faults. Fellers finished in eighth place overall.
Steve Guerdat of Switzerland and Nino des Buissonnets, an 11-year-old Selle Francais gelding, were the first and only horse-and-rider pair to go double clear in both final rounds. When none of the four riders who followed him could repeat his fault-free round, he was guaranteed the individual show jumping gold medal. Guerdat adds this gold to the bronze medal he won as part of the Swiss team at the 2008 Olympics.
Gerco Schroder of the Netherlands and Cian O'Connor of Ireland both finished the final rounds with a single fault, tying them for second and leading to a jump-off to determine silver and bronze. Schroder went first with his horse, London. He put on the pressure, with no jumping faults and finishing in 49.79 seconds. Cian O'Connor flew through the course, making exceptional time and going clear until the very last fence. One rail down put him behind Schroder, but he finished with a smile, knowing he would still go home with a medal.
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