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Physically Based Rendering, cubemap reflections, parallax correction, light-mapping and more!
So, I feel I've tumbled down some sort of rabbit hole in the last few weeks. What started as an innocent attempt to model a room from movie has transmogrified into a headrush of new learning about the current state of the art in real-time rendering, and thus a fair amount of dissatisfaction with my current abilities. Only to be expected really!
The actual sun reflecting on the actual floor! I'm done! ... NOT.
But... well... this is all well and good if the floor is perfectly reflective. Which it's not. It should be covered in micro-abrasions that scatter the incoming light rays and making the reflections blurry. How can I create this in Unity? There's no 'roughness' slider in the default shaders and my metal floor is a long way from looking anything like the quality camera-lens renders above.
This began my investigation into quality reflection map creation which led me to Marmoset Skyshop for Unity. Marmoset make a fantastic set of shaders for Unity 4.5 and up that aim to mimic the energy-conserving properties of a surface and also provide a really good introduction to physically based rendering. I highly recommend reading their Toolbag2 Learning pages if you don't know where to start. Turns out, realtime rendering and offline rendering have a much larger overlap than I assumed with next-gen game engines requiring the understanding of BRDF functions and forcing artists to re-consider albedo [diffuse] and specular maps entirely differently than the past 20 years.
A little learning goes a long way in improving material appearance.
It seems each time I want to improve the appearance of my scene with Unity's rendering capabilities, I end up trawling the Unity Asset Store looking for 3rd party solutions. And there are a few real gems. However, with the imminent release of Unity5 and it's reflection probes, realtime GI, and new super shaders, is it worth spending any money to gain these abilities now? Perhaps not.
Complete with hand sculpted bum impressions.
I'll make the jump to a proper PBR version of this scene as Unity5's tech releases. In the meantime I've started light-mapping the room's illumination to get better ambient occlusion and mood. The viewing couch is modelled and in place and some new shaders created.
A fun model to make with curved metals and a low-ish polycount.
Where O where art thine couch reflections in the floor???
With my current reflection mapping approach, things don't really line up properly as the virtual surfaces that the reflections are mapped to are actually situated an infinite distance away. Thus you can see the sun reflection on the floor screen-left is actually present where the wall reflections should be appearing. This requires a technique known as parallax-correction - something that Marmoset has an excellent solution for, and the fantastic Sebastien Lagarde documents on his blog here. I'm not sure I'll implement a solution for that as there are other things I'd like to move onto in this project.
Optically in the Rift view I've got a new starfield in the background [I realise exposure-wise that stars would likely be well under the sun's brightness and thus invisible, but you know, VR!], some sun shafts creating beams of light, some dust motes floating in the room for a little atmosphere [after playing Alien:Isolation in VR I couldn't help it - the modelling and lighting in that game is a masterpiece!] and a few other tweaks in store.
It's a place you can go and just sit and look at the sun.
Still hitting 75fps no problem at all in OSX and Win7 so I'm not really near the limits of my GeForce 680MX yet. Speaking of which, the current OVR 4.3.1 runtime and Unity integration produce rock-solid head-tracking in Windows and it's kinda stunning. OSX is still a little swimmy. Getting close to producing a youtube clip [maybe 60fps?] for people to try out too.
I'll wrap this up now, but next post I want to detail what I've found out about timewarping, prediction alpha transparency, forward rendering Vs. deferred rendering and the Unity Pro Profiler, and of course some scene updates.
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BATF 1; Ninjas 0.
Posted on 18 April, 2006 by Les
Not only is the ongoing war between Pirates and Ninjas taking its toll, but now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is getting involved. Seems some poor guy attending a a Wesley Foundation pirate vs. ninja event found himself being hogtied by ATF agents for being "suspicious" looking:
Ransom said he thought a friend was playing a joke before he realized officers had guns drawn and pointed at him.
ATF agents had noticed Ransom's suspicious behavior and clothing and gave chase, apprehending him, Williamson said.
"Agents noticed someone wearing a bandanna across the face and acting in a somewhat suspicious manner, peeping around the corner," said ATF special agent in charge Vanessa McLemore.
Ransom was wearing black sweatpants and an athletic T-shirt with one red bandanna covering the bottom half of his face and another covering the top of his head, Williamson said.
"Seeing someone with something across the face, from a federal standpoint — that's not right," McLemore said, explaining why agents believed something to be amiss.
You gotta check out the pic that goes along with the article. They didn't just stop this poor guy for questioning, they had his ass down on the ground with a knee to the neck in case he tried to pull some elite ninja moves on them and slip away under the cover of shadows.
Whew! Good thing we've got the ATF to keep us safe from those pesky ninjas!
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9 thoughts on "BATF 1; Ninjas 0."
zilch on 18 April, 2006 at 12:28 PM said:
"Seeing someone with something across the face, from a federal standpoint — that's not right,
Tina on 18 April, 2006 at 12:50 PM said:
We had a Bush protestor a couple of weeks ago in Charlotte carried away by the police for wearing a mask to a demonstration. I had no idea wearing a mask was illegal, but apparently it is.
Qoayn on 18 April, 2006 at 8:20 PM said:
v for vendetta anyone?
badass movie btw..
oh, i almost forgot:
Pirates are way cooler than ninjas.
NeonCat on 18 April, 2006 at 11:39 PM said:
Um, exactly why were there ATF agents at UGA anyway?
Have we gotten so jaded at the thought of Federal agents everywhere that we don't even wonder about it anymore?
FYI, especially in the South, anti-mask ordinances are probably anti-KKK in origin.
And yes, V for Vendetta did kick ass.
Jim on 19 April, 2006 at 2:17 AM said:
I'm still trying to figure out a way to spraypaint a V on the local police station without getting caught…
I'm too much of a chicken to follow through though.
Moloch on 19 April, 2006 at 3:09 AM said:
Nice legs on that chick to the right.
BTW, whats "pirate vs. ninja"? Football?
errandchild on 19 April, 2006 at 6:11 PM said:
The Pirate Vs. Ninja fad started with the now famous website: http://www.realultimatepower.com
It basically makes fun of ninjas and then somewhere on the site it talks about how ninjas and pirates are mortal enemies and want to destroy one another.
Somehow it has caught on to pop culture a bit. I must admit that I do enjoy a webcast/podcast called "Ask a Ninja." I find it hilarious. Either way, I hope that explains the whole, "Pirates vs. Ninjas" thing. It's just a fad.
excuse me, the web site is: http://www.realultimatepower.net/
This is a picture of my best friend Mark showing off. He's a lot older than me and almost done with puberty, which is bragable.
OMFG, This fad was started by a 9 year old KID? I just had to laugh my ass off when I saw that site.
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The vacation is a much waited time of the year, because everybody finally gets the chance to relax and enjoy themselves. But it is also a time when you are rather inactive and tend to eat too much. So many student gain some weight during their vacation. How about if you could enjoy a vacation in which you will learn efficient techniques of staying fit, losing weight, and still visit gorgeous resorts? Now you can do that if you travel to Thailand and join a Muay Thai camp during your stay there. Thailand is known for having a beautiful culture, amazing cities and views, breathtaking places, a delicious cuisine, and sports that can make you look great in no time.
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Sterling Kelby Brown (* 5. April 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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Sterling K. Brown wurde als Sohn des Ehepaares Sterling Brown, Sr. und Aralean Banks Brown geboren. Er hat zwei Schwestern und zwei Brüder, mit denen er zusammen in Olivette aufwuchs. Bis zu seinem zehnten Lebensjahr war sein Rufname sein Zweitname Kelby. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters beschloss er im Alter von 16 Jahren, fortan zu seinen Ehren den Namen Sterling als Rufnamen zu verwenden. Sein Studium, das er mit einem Bachelor abschloss, absolvierte er im Fach Drama an der Stanford University. Danach besuchte er die New York University. Dort erlangte er einen Master in Fine Arts.

Nach seinem Abschluss begann Brown seine Karriere in verschiedenen regionalen Theatern. Seit 2002 hat er auch Fernsehauftritte, unter anderem war er in Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme, New York Cops – NYPD Blue, JAG – Im Auftrag der Ehre, Boston Legal und Good Wife zu sehen. Seine erste Hauptrolle hatte er 2005 in der Comedyserie Starved. Zwischen 2006 und 2007 war er in Supernatural als Gordon Walker zu sehen. Eine weitere Hauptrolle hatte er in den Jahren 2007 bis 2012 in 102 Folgen der Lifetime-Serie Army Wives. In der siebten Staffel war er ein wiederkehrender Darsteller der Serie. Zwischen 2012 und 2013 war er ebenfalls als ein wiederkehrender Gastdarsteller in sechs Folgen von Person of Interest zu sehen. Für seine Serienrolle als Christopher Darden in der ersten Staffel von American Crime Story gewann er 2016 den Emmy als bester Nebendarsteller in einer Miniserie oder einem Fernsehfilm. Von September 2016 bis 2022 war er in einer Hauptrolle in der Serie This Is Us – Das ist Leben zu sehen. Für seine Darstellung des Randall Pearson gewann er 2017 einen Emmy sowie einen Golden Globe Award jeweils als bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Drama-Serie.

Er ist mit der Schauspielerin Ryan Michelle Bathe verheiratet. 2012 kam ihr erstes Kind zur Welt, dem später ein zweites folgte.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2002: Brown Sugar
 2002–2004: Third Watch – Einsatz am Limit (Third Watch, Fernsehserie, sechs Folgen)
 2003: Hack – Die Straßen von Philadelphia (Hack, Fernsehserie, Folge 2x02)
 2003: Tarzan (Fernsehserie, zwei Folgen)
 2004: Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme (ER, Fernsehserie, Folge 10x13)
 2004: New York Cops – NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue, Fernsehserie, Folge 11x12)
 2004: JAG – Im Auftrag der Ehre (JAG, Fernsehserie, Folge 9x21)
 2005: Boston Legal (Fernsehserie, Folge 1x17)
 2005: Starved (Fernsehserie, sieben Folgen)
 2006: Without a Trace – Spurlos verschwunden (Without a Trace, Fernsehserie, Folge 5x09)
 2006: Alias – Die Agentin (Alias, Fernsehserie, Folge 5x12)
 2006–2007: Supernatural (Fernsehserie, vier Folgen)
 2007–2013: Army Wives (Fernsehserie, 107 Folgen)
 2008: Eli Stone (Fernsehserie, Folge 1x11)
 2008: Kurzer Prozess – Righteous Kill (Righteous Kill)
 2010: Medium – Nichts bleibt verborgen (Medium, Fernsehserie, Folge 7x09)
 2011: Detroit 1-8-7 (Fernsehserie, Folge 1x11)
 2011: Good Wife (The Good Wife, Fernsehserie, Folge 3x04)
 2011: Harry's Law (Fernsehserie, Folge 2x07)
 2011: Our Idiot Brother
 2012: Nikita (Fernsehserie, Folge 3x03)
 2012–2013: Person of Interest (Fernsehserie, 6 Folgen)
 2013: Navy CIS (NCIS, Fernsehserie, Folge 11x10)
 2014: The Mentalist (Fernsehserie, Folge 6x11)
 2014: Masters of Sex (Fernsehserie, Folge 2x09)
 2015: Criminal Minds (Fernsehserie, Folge 10x19)
 2015: Castle (Fernsehserie, Folge 7x16)
 2016: American Crime Story (Fernsehserie, 10 Folgen)
 2016–2022: This Is Us – Das ist Leben (This Is Us, Fernsehserie)
 2017: Marshall
 2018: Black Panther
 2018: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fernsehserie, Folge 5x14)
 2018: Hotel Artemis
 2018: Predator – Upgrade (The Predator)
 2019: Angry Birds 2 (The Angry Birds Movie 2, Stimme)
 2019: Waves
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It is fall and it is a great time of year to hike Mount Monadnock. The visibility can be excellent with expansive colourful views from the summit and along the trails in fall. The weather is usually cool and excellent for hiking. The trails can get muddy after rains. You probably do not want to come wearing a new pair of white sneakers! The black flies and mosquitoes are largely gone now. Monadnock higher up has a lot of exposure and the wind almost always blows so make sure that you bring extra clothing. Hikers should also see current weather conditions linked on this web site before hiking to dress appropriately. The weather forecast is for the base of the mountain. It is more cool and windy high up the mountain. As the autumn season gets later rainfall can be ice and snow higher up the mountain.
Many people underestimate Mount Monadnock and anybody hiking should use care. Accidents, injuries, and rescues are quite frequent Mount Monadnock. The trails are very rough and rocky. There are also areas of smooth slick ledge. Green lichen covered rock on side trails after rains may be slick. Use care and take your time hiking the rough trails of Monadnock. Most accidents occur on the way down the mountain.
Some scattered early bright colors can occur in late September unless it is a long summer. Early October there is typically bright color surrounding the mountain. Columbus Day weekend is typically when the foliage is at its peak around Mount Monadnock with spectacular color. Be prepared for an exceptionally busy park on Columbus Day weekend with parking lots filling up and crowded trails. If there aren't any significant windstorms brilliant color can hold through mid-October. By mid to late October trees are getting bare but there can still be some bright foliage left particularly on the south side of the mountain. Generally, by November the hardwood trees are mostly bare surrounding Mount Monadnock.
(Concord, NH) – Monadnock State Park will have a ribbon cutting ceremony to reopen the restored Visitor Center on Saturday, May 3 at 9am.
The Visitor Center has not been renovated since 1988 and the new design represents a completely fresh look and feel. The new displays include a salute to Monadnock-inspired artists, writers, poets, dancers, and musicians. The displays are a fun way look at the past through photographic history of the mountain and its geology. A brand new wildlife section includes a mural from the previous Visitor Center that has been reconditioned.
Mount Monadnock, April 2nd 2014: A major ice storm hit the high elevations of Mount Monadnock this week. The April sun is rapidly melting the ice off the trees. There are trees down all over the place in the high elevations. Use care following trails. Usually the state park personnel and volunteers clear trails shortly after storms. There is still up to two feet of snow on Mount Monadnock and be prepared for slick icy conditions. Pack ice traction. Usually later in April the mountain can thaw but it may remain wintry.
Update on Trails-Late April: Many of the trees have been cleared. There may be a few trees down on trails. Of course, the snow and ice are now long gone.
Mount Monadnock, March 2014: Unfortunately car break-ins continue to occur around Mount Monadnock at lots not attended by rangers. This week I saw 3 piles of broken glass at the Old Toll Road Route 124 trail head! A ranger will be back on weekends by mid April and weekdays by May at 124. If you go to Route 124 Old Toll Road trail head make sure your vehicle is empty with nothing of value in it! There hasn't been any recent reports of car break-ins at State Park Headquarters. Over the years at Monadnock State Park headquarters on Poole Road car break-ins have not been a problem there.
Mount Monadnock, 2013 News: Thousands of future Mount Monadnock hikers will benefit from one family's donation of a conservation easement on 55 acres on the mountain's southern flank in Jaffrey to the Forest Society.
The property, off Route 124, is owned by four siblings whose grandfather bought the land in 1906: Ann Hamlen Goldsmith, Richard Hamlen, Katharine Hamlen Reed, and Charles Hamlen, who live out of state but vacation in Jaffrey.
The property abuts the Toll Road Trail, one of the most popular routes to the summit. The easement ensures that hikers will continue to see forested views from the trail. The property also hosts a section of the Metacomet to Monadnock Trail connecting the Mount Monadnock summit to the Gap Mountain summit. The easement includes an agreement to keep the trail open for hikers to use.
The Hamlen property easement is one more victory in the century-old effort to protect one of America's most popular and iconic mountains. It started in 1915 when the Forest Society acquired it first 406 acres on the upper slopes and kept adding parcel after parcel. Today, more than 5,000 acres of the mountain and surrounding lands are protected. Other recent successes include the Forest Society's purchase of 362 acres Jaffrey in 2012 and the subsequent 55- acre easement nearby on the southeast shoulder.
Forest Society press release (October 30, 2012): Founded in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the state's oldest and largest non-profit land conservation organization. Supported by 10,000 families and businesses, the Forest Society's mission is to perpetuate the state's forests by promoting land conservation and sustainable forestry. For more information, visit www.forestsociety.org.
The weather conditions on top of Monadnock average about 10 degrees cooler than the valleys below not including wind chill. A rainstorm may be snow or ice higher up on the mountain. Mount Monadnock generally has better and more fair weather than in the northern mountains of the northeast which can be obscured by clouds and fog as often as the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. In spring and fall be prepared for brisk cold conditions on top and bring a windbreaker, gloves and fleece. In the summer the afternoons can be hot, be sure to bring at least 2 quarts of water. Allow at least 3-4 hours to hike directly up and down the mountain, if storms are likely there isn't any shelter and the mountain is very exposed so choose another day. In winter do not wear any cotton and be prepared for sub-zero wind chills and icy trail conditions. For more information about hiking safety and weather, click; Hiking Safety.
Trails can be muddy and hiking boots are recommended and not white sneakers. Sometimes a cold windswept rain, snow can occur high on the mountain. The upper 300 to 400 feet of the mountain is above tree-line, can be brisk and is fully exposed to severe weather. Be prepared for such conditions if hiking with just a chance of bad weather. It can be hot hiking in summertime on the mountain and it is advisable to carry 2 quarts of water per person on a hike of Monadnock. Check the weather before hiking.
A wet area just below tree-line on the White Arrow Trail has recently become problematic with flooding. The Forest Society on their trail days volunteer events improved drainage and lifted the rock steps.
Since the work was completed the White Arrow trail has fared pretty well and has not flooded even in the wake of hurricane Sandy.
The volunteers hauled up picks, shovels, pry bars, axes, lumber, a chain saw, straps and other outdoor accoutrements. The volunteers pulled up stones with bare hands and various tools; felled a spruce tree, stripping the bark and cutting it up to create bridge pylons, bashed rocks into gravel with a sledgehammer, and hooked a mechanical grip-hoist to a pine tree so two teenage sisters could haul a 1 1/2 ton granite stone out of the mud.
The volunteer effort has helped out since the state doesn't budget to maintain the park.
The forest society also built a bridge over a vernal stream on the Monte Rosa Trail.
There have been recent break-ins at the Marboro Trailhead located on Shaker Farm Road. Car windows have been broken with rocks and items have been reported stolen. There have also been car break-ins in nearby areas as well.
If you hike, do not leave anything visible of value inside.
There are no rangers supervising at the Marlboro or Dublin Trailheads. At Monadnock State Park headquarters and at Rt 124, Old Toll Road trailhead the parking areas are staffed with rangers (Rt 124, Old Toll Road trailhead is not staffed in winter).
Shaker Farm Road is more like a rough trail than a road plus it has giant potholes. The road in sections is muddy. Last year I went 2 mph and I didn't bottom out my sedan. For those with higher profile vehicles it is a good idea to take it very slow and not beat your vehicle. The road is single lane in sections. These conditions are typical for Shaker Farm Road to the Marlboro trail as the road receives very low maintenance. I last drove it in 2011 and it has not been improved as of spring 2012.
A proposed 125-foot AT&T communications tower on Mountain Road that developers say would improve cell phone service in the area received mixed reviews at a public hearing before the Planning Board on Tuesday night.
Foreseeing the project�s regional impact, town officials say they notified municipalities within a 20-mile radius of the proposed location for the cell tower, 617 Mountain Drive, of the public hearing. Such notification is required under State Statue, RSA 12:K and Local Ordinance Section VIII. Towns as far north as Stoddard and Antrim, as well as nearby Rindge and Peterborough, were among those contacted.
While some residents and town officials spoke in favor of the plan Tuesday night and the enhanced cell phone reception it would bring, others expressed concern about a foreseen negative impact on views surrounding Mount Monadnock, for residents as well as the thousands of hikers that flock to the area each year.
The wireless communications facility proposed for 617 Mountain Road, land owned by David H. Jeffries Living Trust, could improve AT&T�s coverage in Jaffrey and Troy, according to AT&T�s application to the Planning Board. Board members voted unanimously that the project has regional impact Tuesday night. They have yet to vote on the approval of the application; instead, board members opted to continue the public hearing until the board�s next meeting on June 12.
The AT&T facility, as proposed, would consist of a 125-foot tower located at a ground elevation of 1,552 feet, up to 12 panel antennas, an equipment shelter and a 50-foot by 50-foot compound to contain the tower and shelter. A driveway extension would also be constructed from the existing driveway off Mountain Road and a backup emergency generator would be installed at the facility.
The location of the tower is outside Jaffrey�s Mountain Zone protection area for Mount Monandock, according to the board, but some abutters who spoke at Tuesday�s public hearing noted individual aesthetic concerns. AT&T conducted a balloon test on April 11 to provide town officials and abutters with an indication of how tall the cell tower would be and its visibility from nearby neighborhoods. But as some abutters expressed their dissatisfaction with the results, Planning Department representatives from Rindge and Troy questioned why they hadn�t been notified about the balloon test prior to it taking place.
Nancy Beiter of Gilmore Pond Road in Jaffrey said she and her neighbors could see the balloon very clearly on April 11. The site was alarming, she noted, explaining that many thought the tower would have lights flashing all night.
Beiter and other abutters in attendance Tuesday asked that a second balloon test be conducted, so that photos indicating the tower�s visibility on Gilmore Pond Road could be reviewed. Images had not been taken at that location during the first test.
Danser proposed that the board limit the height of the cell tower to just above the current tree line, which would allow just AT&T to operate there.
But not all residents in attendance Tuesday viewed the proposed cell tower with apprehension. Clay Hollister of Halfway House Road said, �Cell service is a way of life with us now.� He added that it is no longer considered just a luxury, but rather, in many situations, a safety requirement.
�This is, I think, a really good thing,� Hollister said, referring to AT&T�s proposal.
Attorney William Dodge of Downs Rachlin Martin � which has offices in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York � represented AT&T on Tuesday, after filing the application with the town of Jaffrey in mid-April. In addition to reviewing the specifics of the application at the public hearing, Dodge spoke to residents concerns about the impact of the tower in their neighborhoods. He noted that balloon test results showed the tower�s limited visibility in the area due to the natural vegetation and topography of the land.
Within the next couple of weeks, Dodge affirmed AT&T�s plans to do a second balloon test at the request of residents and town officials. He added that AT&T is looking to move forward as soon as possible with the project, in the hopes that the communications facility on Mountain Road can be built this year.
Thanks to the generosity of more than 1,000 contributors, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has conserved 418 acres along the slopes of Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey and Marlborough.
With their forests and wetlands, the protected parcels enhance the varied wildlife habitat that the region is renowned for. These lands include several wetland complexes that provide important waterfowl nesting and feeding areas, as well as habitat for amphibians and reptiles. The waterways also serve as key travel corridors for mammals and birds.
The recently conserved land also includes footpaths, trails, and Class 6 roads that are heavily used as hiking trails, including part of a cross country ski trail that begins at the state park headquarters.
The Forest Society owns more than half of the mountain's 6,900 conserved acres and holds conservation easements on more than 1,000 additional adjacent acres. The organization leases approximately 1,000 acres to the State of New Hampshire to be operated as Mount Monadnock State Park.
The organization's campaign was buoyed by generous donations from private foundations, state grants, and the Town of Marlborough. Thanks to the advocacy of Eastern Mountain Sports and JetBoil, the Conservation Alliance kicked off the campaign with a $25,000 donation. The NH Land and Community Heritage Program (LCHIP) contributed $125,000 toward the purchase of the Stowell tracts; the State Conservation Moose Plate Grant program contributed $30,000; the Town of Marlborough donated $25,000; and an anonymous donor contributed $50,000.
Founded in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the state's oldest and largest non-profit land conservation organization. Supported by 10,000 families and businesses, the Forest Society's mission is to perpetuate the state's forests by promoting land conservation and sustainable forestry. For more information, visit www.forestsociety.org.
The deaths of Jim Johnson and Carol Raynsford due to a violent act in Arizona shocks friends and all who knew them.
James Johnson was an avid hiker of Mount Monadnock, worked as a park ranger, and also was a volunteer at Monadnock State Park, who adopted the Marlboro Trail to maintain.
In Flagstaff, Arizona two friends from New Hampshire who were fatally shot at a scenic lookout in northern Arizona loved nature and often visited the Grand Canyon state to hike and camp.
The bodies of James Johnson and Carol Raynsford were found in their sedan Friday in a Sedona tourist area well known for its views of red rocks.
Investigators said Tuesday they believe the same man who fatally shot a New Hampshire couple near a scenic northern Arizona resort town also killed a sheriff's deputy several days later in Phoenix.
Ballistics experts confirmed that the rifle casings found at the scene near Sedona on Friday and in the parking lot of a Phoenix medical building on Sunday came from the assault rifle used by Drew Ryan Maras, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.
Arpaio described Maras as a U.S. Marine Corps reservist who briefly attended Arizona State University, recently lost his maintenance job in nearby Peoria and was living out of his van.
The 30-year-old may have been depressed, had lost contact with his family, believed the world was going to end this year and showed an interest in UFOs, the sheriff said.
The deaths of the New Hampshire couple had baffled authorities over the weekend. The bodies of James Johnson of Jaffrey, N.H., and Carol Raynsford of Nelson, N.H., were found in a sedan at a remote highway turnout. Investigators said they found six shell casings on one side of the car, and two on the other side.
Investigators still don't know why they were targeted. Officials have said there was no evidence that the two were robbed or that they had provoked the shooter.
"I don't think we will ever know the motive," Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher said.
Maras fatally shot sheriff's Deputy William Coleman on Sunday after the officer responded to a burglary call at the medical building, Arpaio said.
Coleman knocked on Maras' van to rouse him. Maras responded by opening the vehicle's sliding door and firing 29 shots, authorities said. Other deputies got off 41 rounds and killed Maras.
By Monday, investigators had begun to draw a connection between the two shootings, which took place 85 miles away from each other.
Maras used a variant of an AR-15 assault rifle and shot unique military grade ammunition that has a steel core, giving the slug more penetrating power, investigators said.
He served with the Marines from 1999 to 2003, completing infantry training with a specialty as a rifleman before joining a reserve unit in Chicago, Marine Maj. Shawn Haney said.
Authorities said he had no serious criminal violations. A search of Arizona court records showed just a 2004 citation for driving with a suspended license. But that case was dismissed.
Coleman, 50, was a 20-year veteran. He is survived by a wife and two young children, ages 4 and 7. He also has grown children in another state. He was assigned as a patrol deputy and had previously worked the sheriff's lake patrol unit.
Detectives in Yavapai County found numerous casings from a .223-caliber rifle on both sides of Johnson and Raynsford's car. Some callers reported seeing the car parked at the turnout on Thursday. Authorities believe the two might have been in Flagstaff, Winslow, Sedona and Cottonwood before they were killed, based on gas and store receipts found in the car.
Johnson and Raynsford, both 62, were looking for a house for Johnson and planned to head home at the end of the month, said Raynsford's piano teacher and friend, Jayne Kelly. The pair belonged to a nonprofit group that adopts and preserves parts of a 48-mile hiking trail from Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire.
"They both loved nature equally," Kelly said. "They would go off to different places – often to Arizona – and just hike and camp in the most rustic style and love it."
Friends of Raynsford remembered her as a talented jazz and folk singer who performed at local clubs in a band. Raynsford also studied acupuncture, practiced Shiatsu massage and had friends and family in Arizona. She had been friends with Johnson, a former park ranger at Monadnock State Park, for several years.
"When I first heard the horrible news of her murder, I envisioned the violence of what she must have experienced," friend Gordon Peery said. "But I also felt she was so comfortable with her spirituality that she may well have radiated peace and forgiveness as she transitioned to the next realm."
Jane Difley, president of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, called Johnson a tireless volunteer whose work benefited many.
"No doubt Forest Society volunteers and staff alike will continue to be inspired by his hard work and dedication," she said. "Not only will we all miss Jim, but I wouldn't hesitate to say that Mount Monadnock will miss him as well."
Coleman, 50, was a 20-year veteran. He is survived by a wife and two young children, ages 4 and 7, Arpaio said. He also has grown children in another state. He was assigned as a patrol deputy but had previously worked the sheriff's lake patrol unit.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011: Monadnock State Park was closed, as well as, all of New Hampshire State Parks were closed from 6:00 PM Saturday August 27th through Monday, August 29th.
The state parks were closed due to the state of emergency declared because of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene.
Monday the 29th, the state park manager Patrick Hummel reported that hiking trails were being evaluated and some trails, or the park may not immediately re-open.
The damage to the trails were not bad.
As of Tuesday August 30th Monadnock State Park is open.
September 7, 2011: Someone is cutting paths on Monadnock.
There is a new short path cut to an outcropping near Bald Rock. The pathway leads over soft reindeer moss that can get crushed to a small outcropping with views just above the spruce to Gap Mountain and Pulpit Rock.
This web site does stir interest in Monadnock but does not approve cutting any new paths on Mount Monadnock.
The Forest Society would likely also disapprove any new trail without a significant purpose on Mount Monadnock.
The newest trail cleared on Mount Monandock is the Old Halfway House Trail which opened up about 15 years ago and took several years to get approved. The Old Halfway House Trail was cleared to be an alternative to the road walk up the Old Toll Road.
Another new trail; the Hinkley Trail extension marked in 2010 goes over an existing ski trail.
As far as maintenence goes: the main trails on Mount Monadnock are large and wide, similar to the Appalachian Trail standard of 4' wide and 8' tall. On Monadnock the main trails are wide largely due to the volume of hikers on them.
The standard on Mount Monadnock side trails are that they are narrow, clear, and single file while leaving the vegatation largely intact along the sides of the trails.
Old or abandoned trails should not have clear junctions with maintained trails and may be brushed in. Limited improvements to some old trails may help people exploring some beautiful and outstanding hiking on Mount Monadnock. Anyone who attempts to make improvements to these old trails should make sure they don't clear the wrong way. Recently, it was noticed someone cut an old trail wrong.
Trail maintenance really should only be done by a few approved volunteers. That is what I am told as a volunteer.
I did mention that some of the current trails on Monadnock needs some clipping and it is a lot of work.
I have mainly been concentrating my work on current trails such as Smith Summit, Smith Connecting Link, Cliff Walk, Pumpelly Trail and Cart Path to name some.
These trails are lush, green, and beautiful but have a clear pathway and require some annual maintenence.
The policy to these trails are to not cut too much but keep them clear as well as beautiful.
To re-state: the author of this web site absolutely does not approve the cutting of any new paths!
It is doubtful the Forest Society would approve any new paths.
There is enough to see on Mount Monadnock without cutting a new path to some little outcropping.
August, 14 2011: In the news recently bears sightings have been reported and caught on camera in southern New England, the region, even the city of Nashua, NH.
There have been bear sightings around the Old Toll Road, and other places on Mount Monadnock, as well.
I have seen a bear on the Old Toll Road early in the morning on a weekday, in late July.
Bears do cover a large territory so the odds of seeing the bear in the same spot is small.
I often hike when there are few people around. I have often seen Wild Turkey and occasionally White Tailed Deer, as well as Porcupines while hiking Mount Monadnock.
Winter is the best time to see animal tracks in the snow.
In winter, the white snow shoe hare also can be seen on Monadnock.
If you are concerned about running into a bear hiking Mount Monadnock, the trails are usually busy with hikers which will keep wildlife away.
If you do want to see wildlife; stay away from busy trails, or hike on off-peak times and keep quiet.
Bears seem to be more common now throughout southern New England as well as Mount Monadnock in 2011.
November through mid April: Monadnock State Park has chained off most of the parking at the Old Toll Road trailhead due to that area getting muddy.
There may be extra parking available for a few weekends in November.
So even if it 60F degrees and no snow the parking may be very limited at 124.
Also in late April with school vacations the lot will be chained off during the week which may disappoint many visitors who want to hike from that trailhead.
Only on weekends in late April the Old Toll Road Parking area should be fully open.
At Monadnock State Park Headquarters the parking lot is fully open all year and all winter.
Dublin and Marlboro Trailheads are not maintained in winter.
Pumpelly Trail from Dublin Lake also has limited parking and it is a long 9 mile hike which should be taken into consideration now that the days are short.
Anybody who has questions or concerns about parking should call Monadnock State Park at 603-532-8862.
June 24, 2011: Three times in one week, rescuers from the N.H. Fish and Game Department were called to Mount Monadnock to fetch hikers.
June 22nd, 2011, Wednesday: Conservation officers went up the mountain about 9 p.m. to search for a pair of hikers who lost the trail they were on due to darkness and heavy rain, according to a news release from Fish and Game.
Steven Collazo, 29, of Killeen, Texas, and Kirsten Lomas, 25, of Leominster, Mass., turned back before reaching the mountain�s summit, but lost their way coming down a steep section of the White Cross Trail known as the �staircase,� Fish and Game officials said. Collazo and Lomas, who didn�t have flashlights with them, were located by rescuers about 11:30 p.m. �The hikers were found soaking wet and ill prepared to spend the night in the torrential rainfall,� according to the release. The hikers and rescuers made it to the state park headquarters shortly before 1 a.m., officials said. Monadnock State Park Assistant Manager Sue Tirrell provided logistical support to Fish and Game officers during the search.
NH Fish and Game urges hikers to prepare before heading out on the trails for unexpected weather conditions and bring emergency supplies for an extended stay in the wilderness.
June 19th, 2011: Sunday, a hiker was helped off the mountain after suffering heat exhaustion. It wasn't even that hot on Sunday. It was in the 80's in the valleys with low humidity. The hiker must not have had nearly enough water. Anyone hiking Monadnock in warm weather should bring at least 2 quarts of water.
June 20th, 2011: Monday evening on Mount Monadnock New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officers from the Region IV Office in Keene coordinated a carry-out of an injured hiker. Isabel L. Krakoff, age 19, suffered a lower leg injury while hiking the Marlborough Trail. Krakoff was taking part in Staff Training with several other camp staff from the Sargent Center in Hancock. They were preparing for a summer Adventure Camp being held at the Sargent Center. They began their day hike at 10:30 a.m. At approximately 1:00 p.m., Krakoff injured her lower left leg which required her to be carried down the mountain. Conservation Officers along with Krakoff's fellow staff members carried her down via the Marian Trail to Mossy Brook Trail to Cart Path to the top of Old Toll Road which is a 1.5 mile carry out. The group completed the descent at 8:30 p.m. and Krakoff was transported to Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough.
Last week, volunteers came from all over New Hampshire, as well as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to help the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests restore the trails on Mount Monadnock. The work was completed as part of the Forest Society�s sixth annual Monadnock Trails Week.
The most intense efforts involved the construction of new drainages and water bars on the Dublin, White Arrow, and White Dot Trails. Many of the Dublin Trail drainages were created from spruce logs found on site, which had to be cut, peeled, and moved into place, involving significant teamwork and coordination. Much of the work along the White Arrow Trail involved moving and setting large rocks as stepping stones or drainage channels.
Deegan reported that the total work accomplished for the week included 78 cleaned and repaired drainages, 14 new check steps, 11 new water bars, 17 new rock steps, four hazard tree removals, two miles of new trail markings, and one view clearing.
�This work is a significant help to Monadnock State Park staff, who strive to maintain the nearly 40 miles of trails on the mountain, many of which see extremely heavy use in season,� she said.
The Monadnock Trail Week initiative was started by the Forest Society in 2005 to help restore the heavily used trails on the mountain.
Mount Monadnock is one of the most-climbed mountains in the western hemisphere. In 1915 the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests conserved its first tract of 406 acres on Mount Monadnock, beginning a long-term effort to protect the natural integrity of the mountain and its surroundings. Since then, the Forest Society has acquired more than 5,200 acres at Mount Monadnock and Gap Mountain in the towns of Dublin, Marlborough, Troy, and Jaffrey. The Forest Society leases much of this land to the State of New Hampshire to be operated as Monadnock State Park.
The Forest Society is currently working on a project to conserve another 400 acres that would ensure continued access to some of the mountains� most well-used trails.
Founded in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the state�s oldest and largest non-profit land conservation organization. Supported by 10,000 families and businesses, the Forest Society�s mission is to perpetuate the state�s forests by promoting land conservation and sustainable forestry. For more information, visit www.forestsociety.org.
Join conservation professionals and other volunteers from the Forest Society and NH State Parks in restoring hiking trails on New Hampshire�s Mount Monadnock! Come for one day or several, alone or with friends! No prior experience is necessary. We will be restoring trails, building waterbars, and constructing footbridges. *When: July 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 All workdays run from 9AM � 3PM.
nbsp; *What to bring: old clothes, work gloves (if you have them), a bag lunch, and plenty of water. Trail tools will be provided!
How to sign up: email Carrie Deegan at cdeegan@forestsociety.org or call 224-9945.
Mount Monadnock�s alpine plants are getting a little support.
On the White Dot Trail just 20 yards below the summit there are signs requesting hikers to keep hikers off the revegetation area and stay on the trail. This spot recieves the most traffic of anywhere on the mountain.
On top of the mountain, my first day seeing the signs this week, I witnessed a few people hiking across the area. It is also right by an area where people climb up when they can't climb the south cliffs. It is good to protect Monadnock but being realistic it will likely only minimize traffic. Improvements to the White Dot Trail may keep people from wandering off the trail.
The summit on a very busy day has been described as more crowded than a crowded beach with every available spot taken. Being realistic this area will likely stay barren unless they close the summit area. Take note: on weekdays the mountain are generally less crowded except when there are large groups on top.
Antioch University New England is cautioning hikers to be careful about fragile alpine plants on Mount Monadnock.
Students and faculty from the university�s Monadnock Ecological Research and Education Project hiked the mountain Friday to post signs about the fragile plants, university officials said in a statement.
Project participants also plan to start revegetation experiments on the mountain this summer, department officials said.
There were a few recent incidents of car break-ins with smash and grabs recently at 124. Rangers are present 7 days a week for most of the day at 124 now but if you are hiking late after the ranger leaves you are advised to not leave any valuables in your car. It is best if your interior is not cluttered or have anything showing of value such as GPS, wallet, or CDs. You might even want to leave your car unlocked so your glass doesn't get broken. At State Park Headquarters rangers are present all day, 7 days now, as well. At the unattended parking lots such as the Marlboro or Dublin trail heads you should leave nothing of value!
A new map of Mount Monadnock is available for sale, including many points of interest. Mike Bromberg has put together a Monadnock map that has more detail than the basic free map available at the Monadnock State Park, or on this site. His map covers the whole area in detail, includes mileage on the map, the Monadnock reservation boundaries, as well as Gap Mountain. His map was created using GPS technology includes trail descriptions on the back. His map is a complete map of Mount Monadnock which is better than the 2 section cut up map that is currently made by the Appalachian Mountain Club. The map by Bromberg does have an inset which includes a close-up of the Halfway House Trails. The map is available for $9 including shipping from 3 Ring Cartography is also available for $8 at the Monadnock State P ark and at stores.
Recent additions to this web site are some new pages created on Mount Monadnock Vegetation. These pages cover the varied vegetation communities from hardwood forests, to spruce forest, to sub alpine rocky bald. These pages may be of interest to anybody with an interest in Mount Monadnock, or vegetation of Monadnock, or anybody doing research. These new pages were just released May, 2011 and are now available on this site. The Monadnock vegetation pages and Monadnock Fauna replace the single page covering Monadnock's Flora and Fauna.


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Archive for the 'Strube, Cordelia' Category
Purchased at Amazon.ca
So, let's consider some aspects of Lemon, the teen-aged central character who narrates Cordelia Strube's Giller Prize longlisted novel:
— She has three mothers, or none, depending on how you look at it. She's never met her biological mother. Number two, Zippy, who did adopt her when married to Lemon's father later had her own problems and wanted the two of them to jump off the apartment balcony holding hands — Lemon was on a persecuted-Jewish-girl-novel kick at the time and wanted no part of the phoney drama. Number three, the current one, is Drew, a school principal now in serious agoraphobia due to being stabbed in the back by a student. Lemon's father Damian is only occasionally in the picture now as he has taken up with a new "tomato".
— Lemon has always opted for isolation as a defence, symbolized by the way she has forsaken her christened name of Limone for Lemon. Like many children who opt for isolation, it has always involved some serious reading since libraries are friendly places for those who want to be lonely. The result is that while still in high school, she knows, appreciates and, yes, lives by Austen, Bronte, Dostoevsky, etc. — she has a pretty good knowledge of the canon. She is currently working on The Mayor of Casterbridge, bringing all of Hardy's cheerfulness to her empty life.
— Even for the isolated, high school demands some sort of set of friends as a protective mechanism from persecution by the popular. Lemon is in a threesome — she is the rebel, Tora is the A-student who is rarely off her computer and Rossi is the one with big breasts who yearns to be on the other side. They aren't really friends, rather they are kind of a pact of co-survivors.
— Lemon also volunteers in the children's cancer ward at the local hospital and it is here where she is her most social. She doesn't get along with the staff, but she bonds with the young patients in a way that they (sometimes) appreciate — actually the problem is that she bonds too well. By definition, these are short-term relationships since her hospital "friends" either die or recover and depart into the real world.
Strube tells her story in the first person from Lemon's point of view — making her an advanced reader allows for advanced vocabulary and understanding, but she is still a 16-year-old. This exchange with the school guidance counsellor (not surprisingly, Lemon is one of those students who the system says is not realizing their "potential") is reasonably typical of the narrative:
'These days,' I continue so she can get it all down, 'unless you're a super-brain or gorgeous, you're going to end up in some bottom-feeder job at some corporation that's going to restructure every time you take a crap. If you make it through the first cuts, you might as well chain yourself to your cubicle because they're going to want your soul.'
That's why boys get into guns. It's easy and you can scare people who wouldn't give you a job interview if you offered to blow them. Well, maybe if you offered to blow them.
'There's no room out there,' I say. 'It's way to crowded. We need more war and pestilence.'
'You cannot,' Blecher says, 'you simply cannot expect to function with such a bleak outlook.'
'I don't expect to function.'
'You'll break your mother's heart.'
'Which one?'
While Lemon is very fond of those bleak, sweeping generalizations, you can see that she leavens them with an appreciation for irony — author Strube is quite good at creating balance between those poles. One of my favorite parts of the book is an extended set piece. Two of Lemon's teachers have decided that she can meet course requirements for both (and harness her creative rebel streak) by writing a play. Truly Loved is the story of a woman who is anything but that, but as Lemon gets into the process she uses the project as a vehicle to capture (and expand) some observations of what is happening around her.
Indeed, that aspect of the project soon takes over. Word that Lemon is writing a play which will be produced with fellow students in the cast (a rather foolish promise from the drama teacher) spreads in the school and, as unpopular as the playwright is in the student hierarchy, even the most popular want a part. Despite the fact that the play is only half-finished, Lemon holds "auditions" in her basement where she submits the popular to acting out demeaning parts, climaxing by having the two school clique leaders strip and dry hump, doggy-style.
Alas, that having accomplished her purpose, Lemon abandons the play — I was rather sorry when the narrative stream left the book.
Okay, this is a coming-of-age novel which invites comparison with others, so let me try a triangulation. The Catcher in the Rye is the necessary starting point. Holden and Lemon are both well-read, rebellious and negative observers of the world, offsetting that with a sense of sardonic irony. Both are also revolting against the "phoniness" that surrounds them, although Strube wisely never uses that word in the book. Alas, this novel has neither the strength nor familiarity of place and circumstance that Salinger's has, so Lemon doesn't rise up to the coming-of-age gold standard.
In many ways, a better comparison is E. Lockhart's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, the story of a young woman who creates havoc in a co-ed private school in the U.S. northeast. Like Lemon, Frankie is a devoted reader, although her inspiration is P.G. Wodehouse, not the classics. And while Lemon uses her "play" as a vehicle to humiliate the popular, Frankie wreaks her havoc by effectively taking over a secret boys society that "runs" the school. Lemon is a darker novel than Frankie, but their heroines have a lot in common.
For me, perhaps the best recent comparison is Skippy Dies, Paul Murray's 2010 Booker-longlisted portrayal of boys growing up in an Irish Catholic high school. Although Murray's trilogy is much more ambitious in both scope and length (600+ pages against Lemon's 274), I thought more than once while reading this novel that a title of And Lemon Lives would have been quite appropriate in describing a pair of coming-of-age bookends. The two novels have similar central characters, equally hapless parents and school authorities and, most important, explore the "society" that is part of the adolescent experience.
The coming-of-age novel may be a bit of an acquired taste; if it is, you can count me in as an aficianado. I am grateful to the 2010 Real Giller Jury for including it on the longlist because I would have missed it otherwise (it has been out for a year); I would not have been critical of them if they had included it on the shortlist. I am sure that some of the incidents in Lemon will be popping into mind for some time to come.
(For another review that is on the positive side of neutral, check out Trevor's thoughts at the Mookse and the Gripes.)
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Trevor reviews Lemon, by Cordelia Strube
Welcome to the "content" start of the Shadow Giller Prize, 2010. The jurors are the same as last year — Trevor Berrett from the Mookse and the Gripes, Alison Gzowski (who doesn't blog but will offer comments on both our sites) and Kevin here at KfC. Also like last year, I will post a couple of paras from Trevor's reviews here, with links to complete reviews at his site (you will also find links in the 2010 Giller Prize section in the sidebar on the right). I am delighted to report that he was able to locate a copy of Lemon by Cordelia Strube — it is back ordered at Canada's online sites so I won't be seeing a copy for a couple of weeks. Here are the opening paras of Trevor's review — you can find his complete review at the Mookse and the Gripes.
I try to avoid comparisons to Holden Caulfield as much as possible. Such is the abundance of potential heirs to the great first person narrator of The Catcher in the Rye that it is practically a cliché to label them as such, and it usually leads to disappointment anyway. Comparisons seem to come every time a book arrives where an angsty youthful protagonist with a biting voice goes on and on about the troubled times and how pointless it is to do anything about it, to even care. I usually feel that the heir apparent is really nothing more than a wannabe, though; any similarities are illusions created by the author's heavy investment in voice; the books tend to fail to create a thematically coherent, richly textured book. While my heart still lies with The Catcher in the Rye, I think in Lemon (2009) Cordelia Strube has written that thematically coherent, richly textured book with an angsty protagonist and a biting voice. Readers of Salinger will recognize the undercurrent of death while innocence suffers in an ugly world. I'm done bringing up Holden Caulfield now, because Lemon, regardless of the faults I perceived, stands on its own, and I don't want to lead anyone to believe it is just another derivative work.
To be honest, I'm not that patient with angsty teenage misery novels. The reason I read this one first upon learning of the Giller Longlist is, in part, because I wanted to get it over with. The cover shouts at me, and I assumed that by reading it I was more or less submitting myself to a spitting, bitter teen vent. I think a lot of these types of books sound the same; I'm prejudiced because I think the voice of an angsty teen is easy to mimic, though rarely feels genuine. I was fully prepared to dislike this book. In fact, while reading it, I actually kept thinking that eventually it would fall apart in my hands, validating my preconceptions. But that never happened.
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Recorded in 1990 at New York's Sweet Basil, four jazz masters come together for a set of great jazz, performing originals written for the occasion and standards like "My Funny Valentine." Also includes rehearsal footage and illuminating interviews. Carter's bass, Farmer's trumpet and flugelhorn, Walton's piano and Higgins' drums have never sounded better! Includes over 60 minutes of DVD bonus features: trivia and fun facts subtitles; instant access to over 40 selections and 20 instrumental solos; multiple artist biographies; photo gallery; bonus music of Art Farmer and Billy Higgins; bonus video of Ron Carter; Dolby Digital Stereo audio; digitally mastered audio & video; multi-directional interactive menus. Total running time: 120 minutes.


As promised, I'm following up my Rhodes post with a virtual tour of the island of Symi, which is easily one of the prettiest places I've visited so far. The harbour area is a bit like an Alpine mountain town, except by the Mediterranean rather than by snowy peaks. We didn't plan to go initially because to be honest we didn't known about it — I'm so glad we discovered it in time and made the effort to go in the end.
As per usual after a nice trip, I'm full of dreams of further travel. Italy next year? Istanbul? (Being so close to Turkey really made me want to go.) If only time and money weren't limited resources.
Oh well — at least there's armchair travel.
So much loveliness!!! Your photos are utterly enchanting, my dear!
This is what happens when I comment on a bunch of posts at once. I do not have to wait for your second batch of photos! Here they are already! And very beautiful too, and I am ever more keenly jealous. You should definitely go to Istanbul next time! Make sure to tell me about it! I yearn and yearn to go to Istanbul; Italy too. But it's starting to look like (oh dear I don't want to jinx it by speaking too soon) I might possibly go to India next year? I want to SO MUCH; it's just the money I need to sort out.
I didn't know about the island of Symi either. Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos it looks idyllic.


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Q: Acces to postdata from the POST request I create an ASP.NET Web Api to build my RESTful services so when I add a Web API 2 controller the action for POST is added like this
'POST: api/example
Public Sub PostValue(<FromBody()> ByVal value As String)

End Sub

Then I use SoapUI and create a REST proyect to test it. In the proyect I make the post request with json data so when I run it returns me the state 204 No Content and using HTTP Analyzer I can see in the Post Data section the json that was send in the request but I need to take that Json, modify and return a new json as response, how can i do it I tried to use HttpResponseMessage but I can't Access to the post data in the request.
Thanks in advance.

A: Remove the formbody and replace the string with class (representation of JSON )

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She succeeds Carl Solly, who has been appointed vice president, operations manager of FM Global's Atlanta, Ga., USA, operations.
LONDON, UK —Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has appointed Carmelina Borsellino to vice president, chief engineer. She most recently served as vice president and manager of cyber hazards for the company. She succeeds Carl Solly, who has been appointed vice president, operations manager of FM Global's Atlanta, Ga., USA, operations.


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import static io.nats.client.support.NatsJetStreamConstants.JSAPI_PREFIX;
import static io.nats.client.support.NatsJetStreamConstants.JS_PREFIX;
import static io.nats.client.support.Validator.nullOrEmpty;
import static io.nats.client.support.Validator.validateJetStreamPrefix;

public abstract class JsPrefixManager {
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Wotje Atoll (Marshallese: , ) is a coral atoll of 75 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands.

Geography
Wotje's land area of  is one of the largest in the Marshall Islands, and encloses a lagoon of . The atoll is oriented east and west and is  at its longest point, and  at its greatest width. , the population was nearly 1,000, which included about 200 teenagers who live on the island at the public boarding school, Northern Islands High School. In 2011, the resident population of the islands in atoll was 859. The Wotje Atoll includes a number of islets, including Wotje (the largest), Bodao, Enejeltalk, Ukon, Wetwirok, Kaiken, Wormej, Kimajo, Ninum, Kaben. About 125 people live on Wodmej, which is approximately 8 miles from the main island of Wotje. All other islands are uninhabited and are used only for copra production, picnics, and food gathering.

History
First recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos on 25 December 1542 that charted it as Los Corales (The Coral Islands in Spanish) because of the many corals and having anchored in these. One of the islets of this atoll was charted as San Esteban by Villalobos because they landed on it on St. Stephen's day (26 December 1542).
Wotje Atoll was claimed by the Empire of Germany along with the rest of the Marshall Islands in 1884, and the Germans established a trading outpost. After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan. The Japanese established a school on the island, which served the atolls of the Ratak Chain, but otherwise left the administration in the hands of local authorities.
However, from the end of the 1930s, Wotje was developed as into a major Japanese seaplane base, and also had an airfield with two runways for land-based aircraft, and several hundred support buildings. During World War II the atoll was garrisoned by the Japanese. The coasts were heavily fortified with coastal artillery and anti-aircraft batteries. The only bombing of Hawaii after Pearl Harbor was executed by seaplanes from Wotje. The Japanese garrison at Wotje at its peak numbered 2,959 men from the Imperial Japanese Navy, 424 men from the Imperial Japanese Army and some 750 civilian workers, many of whom were conscripted ethnic Koreans. From mid-1943 the island came under attack by United States Navy carrier-based aircraft and was frequently shelled by warships. The attacks increased in frequency and severity after the fall of Majuro and Kwajalein to American forces, and all supply lines to Wotje were cut. By the surrender of Japan, only 1244 men of the garrison remained alive.

Following the end of World War II, Wotje came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986. Many World War II artifacts remain on the main island of Wotje, including a large concrete airstrip, bunkers and heavy artillery.

Climate

Education
Marshall Islands Public School System operates public schools.

Primary schools:
 Wodmej Elementary School
 Wotje Elementary School
 St. Thomas Elementary School (managed by Catholic Maryknoll Sisters) [Closed in June 2012]

High schools:
 Northern Islands High School

Higher Education
 College of the Marshall Islands extension campus [broke ground in 2020]

Religion
There are four churches on Wotje: Catholic, Protestant, Assembly of God, and Full Gospel.

Transport
Wotje is serviced by ships several times a year which transport food supplies. In addition, the local government and senator manage a small ship, Northern Star, which makes more frequent trips. Air services are provided by Air Marshall Islands to Wotje Airport.

Notes

References

External links
Japanese seaplane base on Wotje

Marshall Islands site

Atolls of the Marshall Islands


The Flag Committee would like to thank Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker for donating the flags and our volunteers who placed flags in front of every house in our Hicksville Garden Civic Association area.
women who died while serving our country on this American holiday. A job well done.
Thanks to all for help this year in preparing the flags and distributing them to the community.
The Flag Distribution Committee would like to especially thank the volunteers who came out and distributed the 3000 flags.
Thanks to our volunteers who placed flags in front of every home in our HGCA area. A special thank you to Girl Scout Troop 3155 and our Jr. Firefighters for helping us out.
Thanks to all our volunteers who helped us prep the flags donated by Legislator Rose Walker.
On May 22nd and 23rd, flags were distributed to all homes within our borders in time for Memorial Day. Special thanks to Michelle Iannuzzo and Girl Scout Troop 3155 for their huge help with the distribution.
On Tuesday, May 19th, members of the HGCA gathered to prepare the flags donated by Legislator Rose Walker for distribution. Thanks so much to all those who volunteered!


The period from 1200 BC onwards saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Greek mainland and islands as monarchies disappeared and were replaced by aristocratic rule and a new form of community developed: the city-state. Alongside these changes a new style of warfare developed which was to be the determining factor in land warfare in Greece until the defeat of the Greek city-state by the might of Macedonia at Chaeronea in 338 BC. This mode of warfare was based on a group of heavily armed infantrymen organized in a phalanx formation – the classic hoplite formation – and remained the system throughout the classical Greek period. This new title details this pivotal period that saw the transition from the Bronze Age warriors of Homer to the origins of the men who fought the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.


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Massage Therapy and Other CAM Therapies Provide "Remarkable Relief" of Back Pain
Massage therapy and five other types of complementary health care effect "great benefit" for back-pain sufferers, according to recent research.
Back pain is the second-leading reason for ambulatory visits in the U.S. This survey aimed to explore promising CAM therapies.
Overall, 60 percent of the more than 31,000 people surveyed who had at least one CAM therapy in the last 12 months found "remarkable relief" using the top six complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities, the researchers noted. Those modalities included:
• Massage therapy
• Chiropractic
• Yoga/ tai chi/qi gong
• Acupuncture
• Herbal therapies
• Relaxation techniques
Chiropractic care is the most-popular CAM therapy used for back pain, with massage therapy second-most popular, at 22 percent of respondents using it..
Just 24 percent of respondents who received CAM stated that their conventional medical practitioner suggested the use of CAM for back pain. Others turned to CAM treatments because they felt "conventional medicine would not help," when dealing with severe back pain, the press release noted.
"Perceived Benefit of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Back Pain" was published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Researchers looked at used data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey to determine relationships "between the perceived helpfulness of various CAM therapies for back pain."
The research was conduced by:
• The Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School Osher Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts
• The Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• The Department of Medicine, Osher Clinical Center for Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
• Massage Rated as Helpful by Consumers for Back Pain
• How Persistent Pain Ages People
• CAM Use by Race, Ethnicity for Chronic Pain
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Massage Therapy Reduces Nurses' Low-Back Pain
Several studies have shown massage therapy aides employees' health. A new clinical trial indicates that…
Animal Massage Therapy
Pet Massage Therapist Donna Velardim was in the studio demonstrating the advantages of pet massage…
ABMP Offers ABC's "The View" Hosts a Complimentary Massage Therapy Session in Conjunction with EveryBody Deserves a Massage Week, July 18 to 24
Elements Therapeutic Massage of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Receives Green Certification


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East County Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2017 3 years ago
Aviva breaks ground on expansion
The senior living facility will add a community room for its independent living residents.
by: Pam Eubanks Senior Editor
Just a few weeks after being named the new CEO of Aviva, A Campus for Senior Life, Lakewood Ranch resident Jay Solomon helped usher in the senior living community's next chapter.
The Jewish Housing Council Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Housing Council, broke ground April 6 on a new multi-purpose community room for Aviva, Sarasota's only rental senior living community, offering a full continuum of care with independent, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing and rehabilitation options.
The room will be used not only for Aviva educational and entertainment events, but also for use by the community. The room will be named The Kretzmer Center at Aviva, in honor of Sarasota philanthropist Ernest Kretzmer, the lead donor on the project.
Solomon came to Aviva as an interim CEO in January from CentraState Healthcare System in New Jersey, where he served since 2001. He was named the official CEO of Aviva in March.
"He is uniquely qualified to serve as CEO and build upon our progress and success as we rebrand ourselves from Kobernick to Aviva," said Randy Mallitz, president of Aviva's operating board. "Jay joins us as we begin our 2017 expansion and program enhancements, after just completing a $1.4 million renovation program. We are confident Jay will help us continue to grow and reinforce our reputation as the leading continuum of care senior facility in the Sarasota-Manatee community."
Solomon also plans to help Aviva work more closely with other community organizations, including The Jewish Federation of Sarasota and Jewish Family and Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc., according to Mallitz.
Aviva is located at 1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. It was called Kobernick-Anchin-Benderson before being rebranded earlier this year.
Disabled vets thank Rosedale for embracing their cause
Franchise cooks up profits for charity


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HP ElitePad 1000 G2 review
Still doesn't come with a full metal jacket, but accessories once again provide the firepower
By Kane Fulton 06 October 2014
Accessories transform the tablet into a mini desktop
The ElitePad 1000 G2's appeal increases tenfold when twinned with its accessories, which you'll need to transform the device into an above-average tablet.
Bright, full-HD display
Accessory selection
Port selection
Poor stylus
More expensive than rivals
Introduction and design
HP ElitePad 1000 G2 deals
The 10.1-inch HP ElitePad 1000 G2 is a convertible Windows 8.1 business tablet that succeeds the ElitePad 900, which was released in 2013. That device failed to set pulses racing thanks to its average 800p display and Clover Trail-based Intel Atom CPU, but it managed to stand out from the crowd thanks to a number of "jacket" accessories designed to boost factors such as battery life and and security.
HP has set out to improve its latest ElitePad In almost every way by adding a faster processor, more RAM and upgrading the display. The ElitePad 1000 G2 starts at £586 ($739) for 64GB eMMC storage, rising to £813 ($1,009) for the same specs and 128GB capacity.
Lenovo's ThinkPad 10 tablet, which landed earlier this year and has attracted praise for its excellent full-HD display, snappy performance and impressive accessories, stands out as the ElitePad's main competitor. Then there's Microsoft's 'laptop replacement', the Surface Pro 3, which strides the middle ground between consumer-focused style and enterprise savvy, being both thin and light while offering a stylus and docking station.
The dock and keyboard transform it into a mini desktop
The ElitePad 1000 G2's chassis is constructed of a high-quality aluminum that feels premium to touch and solid in the hand. It measures 9.2mm thick and tips the scales just short of 700g, making it heavier than Lenovo's 10.3mm-thick ThinkPad 10 (576g), but slimmer. It's one of the nicest-looking business tablets I've held, and it's almost a shame that you'll likely end up hiding it away in one of HP's expansion jackets.
The ElitePad has a 10.1-inch IPS display featuring a native pixel-resolution of 1920 x 1200, up from the Elitepad 900's 1280 x 800. It's a great resolution for the size of the device, but only after adjusting Windows 8.1's scaling options to lower the magnification of the UI. I then found the native desktop area a joy to work on, with ample space to snap apps and documents side-by-side while posing none of the legibilty options found on notebooks with 4K screens such as the Yoga 2 Pro.
The ElitePad 1000 is well-built and feels good in the hand
Its touchscreen panel is very bright and easily viewable outdoors when set to full brightness. It offers excellent, near-180-degree viewing angles and is scratch resistant, with an anti-smudge coating that makes it easy to clean. Corning's Gorilla Glass 3's presence means it's also tough to boot. Touch input works flawlessly, allowing you to pick out icons, text and cursor points with good accuracy.
There are cameras on the front and back of the device (2MP on the front, 8MP on the rear) which are adequate for video calling, but little else, being comparable to the type of snapper you would find on a mid-range smartphone.
Connectivity and accessories
Without accessories, the device offers a meagre selection of ports, made up of an audio port and proprietary power connection, alongside a micro SD slot. For that reason, you'll want to consider picking up one of HP's expansion jackets to get hold of more.
The ElitePad's Jacket with optional Jacket Battery is billed as an accessory, but it's vital if you're looking to eke maximum performance out of the device. According to HP, the jacket can boost the device's battery life by a whopping 20 hours, depending on the use case, while offering a decent level of protection. On sale for £69 ($119), it also extends connectivity by including two USB 2.0 ports, one HDMI port and a stereo/headphone jack. Made of a rubbery material, it's soft to touch, and it makes me wonder whether HP will one day offer a metal version for added protection that keeps in with the ElitePad's design.
Protection comes with added battery life
Further connectivity options are available if you opt for the accessory dock, which turns the tablet into a convenient mini desktop setup by adding four USB 2.0, VGA, HDMI and Ethernet, while acting as a stand. You would be forgiven for thinking that the tablet plugs straight into the dock, but it needs to be inserted into an expansion jacket first (one with or without a built-in battery) - you'll get a notification pop up every five seconds with the message "this device is unsupported" if you don't.
This can be problematic as you can't use the dock's USB ports unless it's connected to a power supply. Because the expansion jacket's USB port is on the underside of the device, there isn't enough room to plug something into it while the dock is sat on a table unless it's hovering near an edge. It means that you'll have to remove the tablet from the dock and lay it flat to get proper access to the USB port, which makes it little more than a glorified stand in the absence of power.
The dock bumps up port options - but it needs to be powered
The HP Bluetooth Keyboard K4000 is good for a standalone Bluetooth keyboard, with decent travel and well-spaced keys on its chiclet-spaced keys. It's light and well-built, making it a highly portable and reliable solution when twinned with the ElitePad. It doesn't quite match the comfort of typing on a full-size laptop, but for a portable option I've come across far worse.
For communication, the ElitePad 1000 G2 supports 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless and Bluetooth 4.0 (which is used for pairing the keyboard), and it can also be configured with an integrated LTE module that works with HP's 4G data service, HP Mobile Connect, making it perfect for those who require a connection out on the road.
The ElitePad also comes with a stylus that's adequate for pointing at elements on the screen, but it's less useful for drawing and is far less precise than Surface Pro 3 Pen. The amount of "lag" when making strokes, combined with the comparitively large gap between the glass and the display itself, make it unsuitable for writing quick notes, instead being more suited to slower, more precise drawing.
• Cinebench (OpenGL): 6.74 pts
• Cinebench (CPU): 2.21 pts
• PCMark 8 (Home battery life test): 7 hours 58 minutes
• 3DMark 8 (Ice Storm): 17,838
• 3DMark 8 (Cloud Gate): 1,400
• 3DMark 8 (Sky Diver): 507
• 3DMark 8 (Fire Strike): Would not run
HP decided to include an Intel Atom processor in the ElitePad rather than a Haswell chip, indicating off the bat that it won't be competing with the likes of the Surface Pro 3 or other machines equipped with the chipmaker's punchier Core-series CPUs in the performance department.
On the other hand, it's been some years since the days of the sluggish chips that gave the Atom line of processors a bad name, and the Intel Atom Z3795 that's found in the ElitePad is one of the fastest in the current Bay Trail generation. The CPU has four cores with four threads running at 1.60GHz (turbo boost to 2.4GHz), running under Windows 64-bit Pro.
You won't find many ports on the underside
Combined with the nippy 64GB eMMC drive, the device boots in under 10 seconds, opens apps instantly and can play 1080p video smoothly when connected to an external display over HDMI. Inside, Intel's HD4000 is used for graphics, so you'll be restricted to very light gaming.
The ElitePad 1000 G2 is mercilessly free of bloatware, instead shipping with security-focused applications that take advantage of the TPM inside. Included are tools such as HP Client Security, which can not only restrict access to ports and enable encryption, but also manage passwords and configure BIOS-level security. There are also options for LANDesk and Microsoft management platforms.
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namespace base {
class CommandLine;
}

namespace ash {

// Redirects chrome logging to the appropriate session log dir.
void RedirectChromeLogging(const base::CommandLine& command_line);

// Forces log redirection to occur, even if not running on ChromeOS hardware.
void ForceLogRedirectionForTesting();

}  // namespace ash

#endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_ASH_LOGGING_H_