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Developer of the Month: Stan Kuhn and Analytica Design are bringing augmented reality games to life [VIDEO]
With humble beginnings as web services providers back in 2005, the team at Bratislava, Slovakia-based Analytica Design has transitioned to work on mobile technologies focusing on interactive games that make use of engaging augmented reality (AR) features.
"As our passion is found in mobile games, we were experimenting a lot with combining AR and mobile games. We found it very attractive to play these games in the real world," said Stan Kuhn from Analytica (pictured below).
The Analytica team, from left to right: Miso, Gaspo, Mato, Stan, Lucia with Betty, and Muro
"We soon discovered that blending good real world and digital content requires very stable and robust tracking. On today's standard mobile devices this can be achieved only by tracking markers. However requiring players to download and print out markers is not very convenient. This was the point where our Live Game Board project started."
You can see how the Live Game Board works in this demo video:
The printed board, according to Stan, is a "universal game board that could provide a real world tracker for all games." And, you only need to buy the board once and then you can play any game that is compatible with the board. The games are offered as free downloads.
Analytica has published the first version of Live Game Board, and they published the first version of the SDK with tools needed for AR game development. "We published tutorials and sample Unity projects that can be downloaded and explored. In the latest stage, we are extending support to the iOS platform," Stan said.
Initially, they published a game called "Monsters" for use with the Live Game Board (see image below). It is a real-time multiplayer game, and using the companion game board individuals can play the game with friends. The game also uses a feature of the Qualcomm® Vuforia™ mobile vision platform, Smart Terrain™, which allows users to customize the game by placing objects around the game board. These are scanned by the game, and things like towers, portals or life wells are created in their place. This gives users control to create a unique game scene every time they play the game.
The Android version of the game also features dual camera set up to use the game with head-mounted displays like Google Cardboard or RVOne, Dodo case, Homido or others. The game view is split on the mobile screen to have the game rendered for each eye while the camera background is still projected. "When you look down at Live Game Board, the game appears right in front of you. As the phone is inside a head mount, you need to use a Bluetooth gamepad to control the game," Stan noted.
They have also prepared the game for use with Samsung Gear VR using Oculus mobile SDK and Vuforia Eyewear SDK. That version of the game is not yet published, but a working version was used by the Vuforia team at the GDC conference. "We'll publish Monsters for Gear VR in the near future," Stan said.
We recently caught up with Stan to learn more about the work at Analytica Design, their sources of inspiration, and to see how they are using Qualcomm technologies in their apps.
What is one thing that makes your company culture unique? Do you have any rituals?
We get one Carajillo in the morning when we get to our office to kick off our day.
Share with us a fun fact about your team.
More than half of the people who ever worked with us have the first name Martin!
What do you enjoy about developing mobile apps?
It's amazing what you can do with such small computers. It will continue to surprise us more and more, as it gets into clothes, watches and other wearables. It's exciting to imagine experiences it can provide, and even more exciting when you can get it done.
Where do you and your team get inspiration for your work?
Seeing many great tech start-ups bringing VR and AR gadgets is very inspiring and motivating.
Who is your technology hero?
Well, actually that would be our office dog, Betty. She knows best, always.
When enduring a long day, how do you and your team stay energized?
Pizza and coffee are our best friends!
Tell us which Qualcomm and other development tools you use.
The tools we mainly use are Unity3D, Eclipse, Xcode, Photoshop, Oculus mobile SDK and Vuforia. We use the Vuforia SDK as our main AR platform.
In thinking about the Qualcomm technologies that you or your team uses in the development of your apps, how did the specific Qualcomm product assist in the final development of your app?
Vuforia speeds up AR development for mobile a lot. Not only can we develop faster, but we also get many great features that we can use to build up AR experiences on top of our games.
Did the use of Vuforia™ help to overcome any specific problems you were facing during the development of your app?
Yes, cloud recognition and object recognition are not trivial tasks. Vuforia gives you this ability quite easily.
How many apps has your company created using Qualcomm technologies?
There are several, including:
Monsters Multiplayer AR/VR for Android and iOS.
Pizza Defense AR for Android and iOS (shown above).
Powered Reality (which helps marketers add VR to their ad campaigns) also for Android and iOS. (More about this service is available on this website.)
Where do you see the mobile industry in 10 years?
In 10 years we will probably interact with our phones less with our hands than in other ways. We'll have it stuck to our face for VR and AR, controlled by a watch or wrist remote device. We'll be putting them into our cars. Mobile phones will eventually become just part of wearable computers to give it the ability to make phone calls.
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Gymnophobia
Resharing this short article written by someone else. It describes the socially normalized but unnatural fear, inhibition, suspicion and suppression of more respectful comfort, openness and appreciation of our own and each others healthy, naturally nude beingness. Which negatively effects, often subconsciously, so much of how people interpret and thus believe & feel about many aspects on one's self, each other and life experiences.
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Gymnophobia - Fear of Nudity.
Body Shame.
Most people in North American society appear to suffer from a phobia of nudity – either their own or of seeing that of others. The problem with this fear is that is leads people to be uncomfortable with their own, and / or others bodies.
It results in them being ashamed, embarrassed, and even offended by their own or others natural, nude body. The emotional reaction can negatively impact self-esteem and self-confidence.
Fear of nudity has an official name – Gymnophobia.
MedTerms Medical Dictionary
Gymnophobia:
An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. They may worry about seeing others naked or being seen naked, or both.
Their fear may stem from anxiety about sexuality in general, from a fear that their bodies are physically inferior, or from a fear that their nakedness leaves their bodies--and their personalities--exposed and "unprotected"...from honest exposure to life and people.
"Gymnophobia" is derived from the Greek "gymnos" (naked) and "phobos" (fear). The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek "gymnasion" (a place for athletic exercises) and the Greek "gymnasein" (to train naked).
Sound familiar? This description is enough to conclude that most of the North American population suffers from some level of Gymnophobia.
But let's look at a more detailled and official definition:
The DSM-IV is the short name for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition published by the American Psychiatric Association. It is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals.
Diagnostic criteria for 300.29
Marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation (e.g., flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood).
Exposure to the phobic stimulus almost invariably provokes an immediate anxiety response, which may take the form of a situationally bound or situationally predisposed Panic Attack. Note: In children, the anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or clinging.
The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children, this feature may be absent.
The phobic situation(s) is avoided or else is endured with intense anxiety or distress.
The avoidance, anxious anticipation, or distress in the feared situation(s) interferes significantly with the person's normal routine, occupational (or academic) functioning, or social activities or relationships, or there is marked distress about having the phobia.
In individuals under age 18 years, the duration is at least 6 months.
The anxiety, Panic Attacks, or phobic avoidance associated with the specific object or situation are not better accounted for by another mental disorder, such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (e.g., fear of dirt in someone with an obsession about contamination), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (e.g., avoidance of stimuli associated with a severe stressor), Separation Anxiety Disorder (e.g., avoidance of school), Social Phobia (e.g., avoidance of social situations because of fear of embarrassment), Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, or Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder.
Here, the only exception is that most people don't recognize "that the fear is excessive or unreasonable" because the phobia has become normalized by society. As a result, the fear of nudity is not one that "interferes significantly with the person's normal routine, occupational (or academic) functioning, or social activities or relationships" because gymnophobia is institutionalized.
We design our architecture to compensate for this phobia. (e.g. separate change rooms, shower cubicles, dressing rooms in stores, etc…) We have created a whole set of rituals and culture around this phobia. We teach our children about "private parts" and "modesty".
We treat nudity as "dirty" in order to justify the phobia. Thanks to the TV show Seinfeld, the concepts of "good naked and bad naked" have entered popular culture - although we always had a version of it. ( It's OK for attractive young women & men to be naked for the pleasure of others. But society normalizes shaming women & men for wanting to be & enjoying being naked. ) We talk about nudity being a "personal thing" to be kept for those intimate moments with our partners.
All of these traditions are very well constructed to justify the phobia and to prevent people from having to deal with it.
From a very young age, children are indoctrinated into these rituals and attitudes toward the human body. There is no such thing as natural body shame. Even if parents do their best not to impart body shame, the rest of society, through customs, peer pressure, and media, will more than compensate for their efforts. Over time, the messages of fear and shame lead to the development of an instinctual, emotional reaction to nudity.
Further evidence of gymnophobia is that people often feel anxiety at the mere thought of being nude. They don't actually have to do it – they just have to think about it. Just talking about it can cause people to feel embarrassment. Have you ever noticed that discussing nudity causes people to react emotionally? Some just turn red and giggle. Others react with disgust or anger to justify their emotion.
If we take the example of another well-known phobia, claustrophobia (the fear of enclosed spaces) and compare it to gymnophobia it is easier to see the similarities. For example, a person might say "I'm not comfortable being in elevators, I prefer to take the stairs" and most of us would recognize that as an irrational fear.
However, if the same person visits a clothing-optional beach and says "I'm not comfortable swimming naked, I prefer to wear a bathing suit" it now seems like a normal reaction. Yet there's no rational reason to wear a bathing suit.
Strangely enough, the mainstream world accuses naturists of being obsesed with nudity. Yet most naturists are dressed most of the time. It is the "normal" people who can't make the choice. Their view of the nudity and the human body may be normal but it is definitely not natural or rational.
Phobias can be treated. Of course, before a person seeks treatment they must realize that there is a problem. The American Psychiatric Association says "A phobia that interferes with daily living can create extreme disability and should be treated." Since most of the world accepts gymnophobia as normal it doesn't seem to interfere with daily life. Thus very few believe that there is any need for treatment.
Most phobia therapies can be summarized with these strategies:
Desensitization to the phobic stimuli (ironically sometimes called "exposure therapy")
Progression in slow, small steps
Association with relaxation & reward
In some extreme cases, medication is prescribed to reduce the level of anxiety
So for gymnophobia, regular visits to a naturist environment could be considered theraphy! While it might make you a healthier person, try to claim that on your health insurance plan. "
Evolving Beyond Suspicion of Giving & Receiving Pleasure.
What timing! Just as I was starting to write this post, I was also listening to a documentary video and one of the speakers was saying
" People who make accusations about other peoples supposed hidden, corrupt motives, are actually saying very little about the people they are accusing. But saying a great deal about themselves. Because what those people are saying, those people who spew those kind of accusations, is I cannot believe that anybody would do anything out of a sense of duty, or principle ( or empathy, kindness and love ). They must be doing it for some corrupt reason.
And the reason they think that, is because they themselves never do anything out of conviction, or principle ( or empathy, kindness and loving generosity ). And so they believe that everybody is plagued by the same pathology of soullessness that plagues them. "
This describes many realms of being. Including that of people who choose to misinterpret peoples empathic loving openness to giving nurturing affection. Especially in emotional, sensual and sexual nurturing ways.
Recently I heard someone say how a guy she knew was friendly to her, and how she felt it was pure that he had no interest in her sexually.
On deeper , honest examination, in essence the multi-layered assumptions expressed in such an embodied pleasure negative attitude include :
1) That she fully understood all of his spoken & unspoken feelings, interests & openness.
2) That there is something bad, unkind, worthy of disrespect or inherently selfish about people caring about, feeling attracted to & being open to each other enough to admit their natural, healthy desire for sharing or even simply giving loving appreciative energy through natural emotional, sensual & sexual affection.
3) That ones own enjoyment of talking or in other ways relating with people one finds attractive is not, at least in part, motivated by feelings of pleasure one has related to doing so.
4) That ones own admitted, unadmitted or suppressed enjoyment of & desires for emotional - physical affection with, for or from people who one is open to such with, whether through talking, hugging, cuddling, massages, or sexual relating, is somehow more valid, pure, unselfish or worthy of respect than anyone else s appreciation, honest admission of & desire for or openness to giving, receiving or sharing kind affection in such ways if & as mutually appreciated.
5) And that any one of these various, equally healthy expressions & experiences of kindly affirming, nurturing & wellness supporting pleasures are more or less valid or loving.
In truth they are all equally healthy, vital, kind and natural.
Some people unfortunately are blinded by normalized cultural & personal inhibitions, fears, insecurities and other negative projections to the point that they view with suspicion & lack of appreciation, their own or others genuinely kind feelings & openness to give or share nurturing, loving affection with people if and as may exist a mutual openness to. An openness which some healthy, appreciative people are very welcoming & appreciative of, and experience as deeply loving, nurturing and generous.
I have experienced this in both professional and personal contexts. And see it in how other people interpret & relate with each other.
How the same offer and way of giving which I, or another person, may be open to providing at times out of genuinely kind, loving intentions to be another channel of loving vitality, appreciation & life affirming affectionate energy for specific people if and as learned to be mutually resonant, is interpreted by some people with deep gratitude, appreciation and experienced by them as beautifully supportive, nurturing and loving.
While some other people misinterpret the same offer or experience, and people open to them, through lenses of suspicion, fear, distrust and other negative beliefs.
For instance I generally am naturally very fulfilled by and enjoy purely giving to mutually compatible people through professional massages.
As well as by "just" giving nurturing pleasure for mutually compatible, appreciatively open women in purely personal contexts through non-paid, more intimately affectionate, 2-6 hour massages based in my Taoist sexual meditative experience similar to tantric arts. Some people on hearing that have been doubtful or even suspicious that anyone would enjoy just giving, especially in more intimate contexts.
Yet for me giving in such focused ways & contexts is another natural & beautiful way of cultivating being meditatively centered and deeply attuned to embodying cosmic & personal Love, empathy & vital energy within myself. And of feeling, expanding and flowing these blissful nurturing energies into the person appreciatively receiving through & from me in kind support of their enjoyment & wellness nourishing pleasure.
In this way I am receiving in one sense from source energy and my own on-going refinement of embodied meditative focus. And in another sense relationally by feeling the genuinely appreciative and harmonizing yin receptivity to my loving yang nurturing energy, of the woman enjoyably receiving through & from me.
This is a natural aspect of yin-yang harmony of Life expressing & enriching itself through us as human beings, in my feeling. We are in this sense a fleshing embodying of the tai chi, yin - yang complimentary & mutually nourishing energies. Which is an art and fulfillment in itself.
When we honestly examine, release & transform our multilayered, personally & culturally acquired fears, suspicions, shame and under-appreciation of emotionally & physically embodied pleasures of all kinds, we heal and expand our capacity for being, giving & receiving Love.
Evolution is in part a gradual development of increasing our openness and capacity for feeling and sharing pleasure. Pleasure freed of negative judgements, fear, suspicion, unappreciation, guilt & shame, is a feedback from Life that what we are doing is good, loving and health affirming.
Pleasure feels good when freed of such judgements, because it is natural, loving, life affirming & good.
We then more fully open our embodying mind & heart to perceive & benefit from the natural goodness, purity, love & healthfulness of our own, and equally of each others, desires for and enjoyment of diverse feelings of embodied & relational pleasure.
Allowing expansion of loving feelings & sensitivity to exist, grow and flow life affirming, healing & nurturing energies honestly & fully within & through our own, and each others as mutually open, embodying consciousness.
The Anterior Torso, Breathing, Emotional & Life Energy.
In my practice & teaching of qigong and giving massages for people, the quote included below describes a very common, normalized pattern of people repressing & even fearing feeling & opening to a more natural, pleasurable energy flow through opening the chest and breathing more fully.
" Hence, an understanding of the movement of the chest and lungs is essential to sending the totality of the life force or vitality within an individual. It is within the chest that we sense the energy of our impulses and passions...
What we have learned from our daily working with people with insufficient breath, coupled with spasm (constriction) of the diaphragm and chest, is an almost universal condition. It is as if we dare not live ( and feel ) too much. We keep ourselves half dead...
It is a clinical fact that when people in therapy begin to breathe fully, they increase their available energy quite rapidly. In fact, just by encouraging breath alone we often find that many people come in contact with repressed emotions and feelings. The augmenting of the life flame within the chest begins to mobilize the contained emotions of the heart and lungs.
One of the emotions that arises frequently is that of longing, longing for love and affection. Deep, heartfelt sobbing occurs, sometimes freeing the withheld sobs of a lifetime. The child whose sobs were cut off long ago often reappears...."
From " The Body Reveals: What Your Body Says About You ". By Ron Kurtz and Hector Prestera, M.D.
This is partly why using qigong, yoga and massage for assisting with releasing & opening up the chest, pectoral muscles, diaphragm, abdominal, sometimes pelvic and shoulder muscles and fascia which often become habituated into a less or more forward contracting postural norm, is so valuable.
That closed down position is often both an expression and perpetuating of numbing, closing down ones more free flowing, naturally pleasurable loving heart energies and feelings too. Which often is connected with altering ones interpretations such that even diversely loving, kind nurturing intentions & expressions by people are misinterpreted and misperceived as if they are threatening, negative or otherwise uncomfortable.
Not that anyone needs to partake of experiences one truly wishes not to. But at least clearing the perceptual filters enough to appreciate & respect when people's offers and actions are intended by them as kind, loving, nurturing and supportive, contributes to one's own and relationally more peaceful, clear and loving perspectives and energies.
Opening up our whole chest, torso, shoulders and pelvis allows more spaciousness to breath, feel and flow more love energy & vitality into and through our entire embodying being.
While also releasing all too common neck, shoulder, back and pelvic tension & discomfort that is often developed from contracted anterior torso muscles and related fearing, suppressing & numbing of natural sensually and emotionally pleasurable feelings, pulling posterior muscles into chronic extension.


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DJs Don't React to Forbes' Highest-Paid DJ List on Twitter
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DJs regularly take to Twitter to express their feelings — to promote an upcoming release or show, vent or share thoughts or be a little silly with their followers. With Forbes (a business new and financial publication that's become obsessed with DJ culture) recently publishing its list of highest-paid DJs (see below), we thought Twitter would be awash with commentary — both positive, negative and indifferent — from DJs.
Well, we scoured Twitter looking for opinions on the aforementioned topic and came up empty.
Aside from a congratulatory tweet from Dillon Francis and retweets of the article by Addison Groove and Funkmaster Flex, even the most opinionated jocks were silent on Forbes' list. Even more curious was that not one DJ had a word to say about DJ Pauly D of MTV's Jersey Shore fame earning an estimated $11 million.
Perhaps the old proverb is true after all: when money speaks, the truth is silent.
Forbes' List of Top-Paid DJs
1. Tiësto: $22 million
2. Skrillex: $15 million
3. Swedish House Mafia: $14 million
4. David Guetta: $13.5 million
5. Steve Aoki: $12 million
6. Deadmau5: $11.5 million
7. DJ Pauly D: $11 million
8. Kaskade: $10 million
9. Afrojack: $9 million
10. Avicii: $7 million
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Is Russell Simmons Playing Politics With Hip-Hop?
by Alexander Billet / April 26th, 2007
It's hard to know what to think about Russell Simmons' recent announcement about checking the content of hip-hop. There is no denying that most of us would like the words "bitch," "ho," and "nigger" to disappear from the English lexicon entirely. But alas, the situation is much more complicated than that. On the one hand, it is true that sexism and homophobia abound in not just rap but popular culture as a whole. On the other, there is a need to defend the music against those who denounce it for political gain.
And on yet a third hand (or maybe a foot), we have the context of the announcement: in midst of a backlash against the glorious sacking of Don Imus.
Apples and Oranges
To be clear, Imus' supposed defense that he was merely repeating the "language" in hip-hop is the biggest pile of crap since… well, his show. Hip-hop is a response to the long-term degradation of blacks and other oppressed peoples in the United States. Like all music it is flawed, but like no other genre it remains a mirror held up to the worst ills in American society. Imus, on the other hand, is a mouthpiece for maintaining those ills. A well-paid veteran broadcaster, he has spent the past twenty-plus years calling Arabs rag-heads, gay men faggots, and black women "cleaning ladies." He brought his producer on board because he liked "nigger jokes." And all the while he has interviewed the most high-profile politicians, media moguls and millionaires on his show. Imus and hip-hop are in completely different leagues.
Furthermore, to say that sexism is somehow unique to rap is laughable. Listen to anything by Merle Haggard or Ted Nugent, the Rolling Stones' "Cat Scratch Fever," or the hit from Fountains of Wayne "Stacy's Mom" (whose video featured a stereotypical "MILF" parading around in stripper gear) and one might get a good idea of how rife so-called "white" music is with misogyny.
But the twisted logic of this defense seems to have soaked well past Imus himself. Barack Obama (whose own role in assuaging white liberal guilt becomes bigger and bigger every day) made it clear which side he stood on with his comments last week: "We've got to admit to ourselves that it was not the first time that we heard the word 'ho.' Turn on the radio station. There are a whole lot of songs that use the same language and we've been permitting it in our homes, in our schools, and on iPods." So, Barack, how long until you revive the PMRC?
It is the same kind of bootstrap rhetoric we've been hearing from Obama since day one. It's the kind of talk that bolsters the idea that racism doesn't exist, and blacks are only poor because they're lazy and self-loathing. When Obama spends more time talking about "getting Uncle Jethro off the couch" than he does about Hurricane Katrina, any criticism he may have of hip-hop should be put on mute.
Muddying the Message
Enter Russell Simmons. At times, his own defense of hip-hop has been eloquent and prescient. His response to Obama provided a glimpse into the nature of this debate: "People who are angry… and come from tremendous struggle; they have poetic license, and when they say things that offend you, you have to talk about the conditions that create those kinds of lyrics. When you are talking about a privileged man who has a mainstream vehicle and mainstream support and is on a radio station like that you have to deal with them differently."
Yet less than a week later, Simmons and his Hip-hop Summit Action Network announces it is launching a campaign to better the content of Simmons' own Def Jam recordings. In particular, he wants to crack down on the use of the words "ho," "bitch," and "nigger." Though a dialogue about such a thing is welcome, it should be initiated by the artists themselves, not by a label owner. When it is initiated by someone in Simmons' position, and at a time such as this, one wonders if this "discussion" is happening because of a genuine need, or rather because of pressure from the same people who are threatened by hip-hop's very existence.
First of all, neither Obama, Oprah, or any of the more right wing figures diverting the issue seem to know anything about hip-hop. One wonders why there is no mention of the socially hard-hitting rhymes of The Roots, Common or Talib Kweli. Or even some of the more conscious (if still contradictory) mainstream joints coming from the likes of Nas or Kanye West.
Perhaps it's because there are those who have made billions off marketing rap's worst elements, while downplaying its long history of being a forum to speak out on inequality and poverty. Ever since Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" first hit the airwaves, the likes of MTV, BET and Clear Channel have sought ever more effective methods of making rap marketable by dumbing it down. That's called exploitation.
Hip-hop historian Jeff Chang illustrated such marketing patterns with the example of Nas' Stillmatic in a 2002 article. Though the album was full of protests against war and racism in the post-9/11 world, it also included songs with homophobic language chronicling his beef with Jay-Z. Needless to say, the latter got the airplay, but the former was ignored.
It's All About the Cheddar
Given this, it is questionable how much Simmons himself will actually be able to change. He may have direct control over the content that his own label puts out, but Def Jam is still subject to the same market principles as any other major record label. With Clear Channel having a strangle-hold on radio airplay, and likewise with MTV on television, will Simmons' efforts make a difference?
An MC friend of mine from Baltimore recently pointed out that Simmons lives in a very different world than most of the acts on his label. Despite his admirable record on civil rights issues, Simmons' more recent behavior may indicate somewhat of a shift. Many progressive hip-hop fans were dismayed when he endorsed Maryland's Republican Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele for Senate last election. When he received criticism for organizing a tour through Africa with DeBeers Jewelers, Simmons responded that there is too much focus on conflict diamonds.
Might his endorsement of Steele be just the beginning? Might this announcement be more than a publicity stunt, but a concession to Obama and the likes? Is it possible that beneath his progressive image, Simmons is attempting to buddy up to this country's heavy-hitting politicos?
Only time will tell, but there is a bigger problem. In making this announcement about hip-hop's content now, in the context of a backlash in response the Imus firing, Simmons' concession seems to say that the two are linked. They aren't. Worse still, Simmons' action opens the door for those who want to do away with not just the "sexist" or "misogynistic" elements, but hip-hop altogether. John McWhorter of the conservative Manhattan Institute has stated he makes no distinction between "conscious" rap and "gangsta" rap. He sees both as violent and depraved. When it comes down to it he would also probably like to squash the art form altogether. Simmons' has now opened the door to McWhorter's arguments.
The Imus scandal should be an opportunity to talk about the very real racial and gender inequality in this country. It should be the chance to ask why women make 75 cents to men's dollar. To ask why more black men are in prison than college, and why the NYPD thought it necessary to pump fifty rounds into Sean Bell's car. Instead, the debate has shifted to all the flaws in black culture, and has merely reinforced the double standard that "white" culture simply isn't held up to. Where will Russell Simmons taken the debate? Only time will tell, but it doesn't look promising.
Alexander Billet, a music journalist and solidarity activist in Chicago, runs the website Rebel Frequencies. He is a frequent contributor to SocialistWorker.org, Dissident Voice, ZNet and the Electronic Intifada. He has also appeared in TheNation.com, Z Magazine, New Politics and the International Socialist Review. His first book, "Sounds of Liberation: Music In the Age of Crisis and Resistance," is expected out in the fall; you can donate to the project on Kickstarter. He can be reached at rebelfrequencies@gmail.com Read other articles by Alexander.
This article was posted on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 at 10:22am and is filed under Culture, Media.
11 comments on this article so far ...
Giles Babb said on April 27th, 2007 at 8:16am #
"…..the debate has shifted to all the flaws in black culture, and has merely reinforced the double standard that "white" culture simply isn't held up to."
I'm hoping this debate will shift to all the flaws in our hedonistic Western culture overall, and lead to "white" culture "pumping the brakes" on their depraved culture of death as well.
whataboutourdaughters.org said on April 28th, 2007 at 1:12am #
This is much ado about nothing. Russell Simmons is concerned with the bottom line. Nothing will happen as a result of this summit.
I'm not interested in any committees, dialogues, commissions or a task force. Those are just ways to wear passionate people out. Diane Weathers said black women should take the lead in this fight. What are we going to DO now?
I've created a blog whose sole focus is informing people about grassroots efforts to combat these negative images. Whataboutourdaughters.org. I also have a call in internet talk show on Saturdays at noon CST.
Terry Howard said on April 29th, 2007 at 9:03pm #
"Hip-hop is a response to the long-term degradation of blacks and other oppressed peoples in the United States."
Originally… partly… yes. But that statement becomes absurd in the face of the majority of hip-hop today that focuses solely on the topics of degrading women, doing drugs, beating or shooting people, and what can only be described as outlandish over the top hyper self absorbed greed. In the 80's you might have had songs that discussed these issues in the manner you mention, putting them in the context of being imprisoned by culture and how the desire is to overcome them. Certainly there are those artists today that still hold those artistic values. Jurassic 5 can be added to the list you already mentioned. But the fact remains that a large majority of the artists are putting out pointless trash that doesn't just talk about these issues minus the social concern, but actual glorifies them and does nothing more than perpetuate living like flat out animals, thereby perpetuating the oppression of the African American people without the need of help from the racist elements of white America one bit. The truth is, Russell Simmons is whitey, he's keeping the black man in the ghetto because that personae makes him filthy rich.
Russell Simmons is merely a dirt merchant in this garbage, and he is 100% within his rights to produce and promote speech that is disagreeable, disgusting or even damaging to culture. But if he is trying to tell people that ALL this stuff is culturally significant art, then he is just being an insincere scumbag. If he wants to be a scumbag, fine, more power to you, but have the guts to admit you are an audio porn pimp and stop acting like you are some soldier for the downtrodden. Be a man and admit what you are, or be a man and change. As it is now, he is not a man, but a worm who just wiggles only as much as he needs to get out of the line of fire.
Deadbeat said on April 30th, 2007 at 12:30pm #
There are also women hiphop artist that we never get to hear they opinion on this issue. Let me remind the previous poster that you can find misogynistic songs in all genre of music. Therefore I'd be really interested in hearing from female hiphop artist for their opinions and the recourse that they are talking to address this.
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L. Cue said on April 30th, 2007 at 2:57pm #
Nice post, I linked back to in at my site and here at Blogcritics. Take a look when you can.
Alexander Billet said on April 30th, 2007 at 11:00pm #
To Terry Howard: who is this "vast majority" you talk about? What is shown on MTV and BET? Do you really think these outlets really care about showing hip-hop for what it really is? Or do you think, as I said in my article, that they care about perpetuating the myth and image that you laid out? I am very happy that Cue linkes to an article by Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin (a good friend of mine). That article lays out how hip-hop is marketed in a certain way (sexist, homophobic, etc) not because of what it actually is, but because of the demands of capitalism, which benefits greatly from portraying black men as savages waiting to be civilized by the benevolent white man. Ultimately, the double standard that all black people are held up to is there in to music too. How could it not be there in this society?
And yes, Deadbeat is right. Go to your record collection. Pick ten rock albums at random. You will find most of the mysoginy of hip-hop is just as prevalent in "white music" (once again, mentioned in my article).
The amount of hip-hop artists who really buy into sexism and exploitation isn't any more significant than any other type of music. And that's the bottom line.
Ayana said on May 1st, 2007 at 7:43am #
I really enjoyed reading this article and the comments. I think that its really important that we have this discussion. I don't think that there is one right African American perspective on this. If we don't all share the same view that doesn't mean that we aren't black enough or care about the our community. Obama and Oprah are black too. They just have their own perspecitives as a result of the experiences in their life. We should listen without judging each other's blackness for a second. We may not come to the same conclusions but we can learn from one another.
I like that this article touched on the issue of Clear Channel and their control of what is played on the airways across all musical genre's. All of the music that is coming from the souls of our people are not violent, sexual, and angry. We are a diverse people but the powers that be may not see the profitablity in displaying it all. I think that we need to put pressure on Clear Channel and hold them accountable. At the same time we need to take control ourselves and make sure that we act responsibly and consider the impact of the messages that we send out like Russell Simmons has. We can debate the motivations of Russell Simmons but at the end of the day its something that needs to be done for the health of our community.
nushooz said on May 3rd, 2007 at 6:18am #
"First of all, neither Obama, Oprah, or any of the more right wing figures diverting the issue seem to know anything about hip-hop. One wonders why there is no mention of the socially hard-hitting rhymes of The Roots, Common or Talib Kweli."
Actually, Common was on Oprah talking about the issue.
johnnie said on May 3rd, 2007 at 4:49pm #
only briefly read your article but i can assure you that stacies mom aka rachel hunter enjoys every minute of being ogled. a stripper friend once told me that men looking at women is the most natural thing in the world. you are trying to change human nature. all the womens rights groups in the world are challenging evolution on this one. some time ago a telephone company woman exec visited our summer house and happily paraded around in next to nothing as did the surgeons wife and any other woman with a good body. for all the rhetoric about men being pigs, they only do it because men want it , unequal opportunity , etc. ad nauseum many many women enjoy displaying themselves and unless you aspire to being a castrated eunuch you should learn that that's just the way it is . besides, are we to become the new puritans? what the heck is wrong with some good old fashioned lust anyway? p.s. i've never had a politically correct screw.
Alexander Billet said on May 4th, 2007 at 8:12am #
Wow, Johnnie. How does it feel to so willingly wallow in ignorance? You've conflated a very real oppression of women with human nature. It's your kind of rhetoric that leads to the conclusion that women deserve to make less than men (and no I'm not talking about your phone exec friend), and that women's only real role is to stay home and make babies. Pat Robertson would be proud. Strange bedfellows, eh?
Human nature? I can cite biologists and anthropologists that would not only disagree with your pretty narrow conception of that, but deliver a pretty hard intellectual smackdown to the kind of tripe you just recited. I can tell you've never studied a lick of "evolution."
Do some women "enjoy" parading around and men ogling them because it's "natural," or because the people that run society have raised us with very specific conceptions of what men and women are supposed to be? Human nature is fluid, and able to bend to the constructs of society. Does that mean society is right, or even more in tune with what is natural? Hell no…
Perhaps I am wasting my time responding to your post. From reading your screed about "summer homes," "phone exec friends," etc, it sounds like you're much more at home with the record executive types who are perfectly fine with sitting in their ivory towers and using exploiting images of women as mere sex objects for their own personal gain.
Oh, and by the way, on that last (particuarly offensive) point "I've never had a politically correct screw." Here's one: screw you.


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package com.timtripcony;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Vector;

import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.openntf.domino.DateTime;
import org.openntf.domino.Document;

import uk.co.intec.utils.AppUtils;

import com.ibm.commons.util.StringUtil;
import com.ibm.xsp.extlib.util.ExtLibUtil;

/**
 * @author Tim Tripcony, Paul Withers
 *
 *         Extension of AbstractDocumentMapModel to add "smart" functionality
 */
public abstract class AbstractSmartDocumentModel extends AbstractDocumentMapModel {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private boolean editMode;
	private boolean editable; // Because I keep forgetting!!

	/**
	 * Constructor, calling overloaded constructor and simulating DominoDocument datasource, to get default Document
	 * based on URL
	 */
	public AbstractSmartDocumentModel() {
		this(false, "", "", false);
	}

	/**
	 * Overloaded constructor, added by PW, allowing loading based on ignoreRequestParams, requestParamPrefix documentId
	 * and editMode URL parameter
	 *
	 * @param ignoreRequestParams
	 *            boolean whether or not to load UNID, action etc from URL parameters
	 * @param requestParamPrefix
	 *            String alternative requestParamPrefix for UNID, action etc URL parameters
	 * @param documentId
	 *            String alternative UNID / Note ID from which to load Document
	 * @param editMode
	 *            boolean whether or not to put the document in edit mode
	 */
	public AbstractSmartDocumentModel(boolean ignoreRequestParams, String requestParamPrefix, String documentId,
			boolean editMode) {
		super(ignoreRequestParams, requestParamPrefix, documentId);
		setEditMode(editMode);
		if (!ignoreRequestParams) {
			// TODO: Outside the scope of this, but we need to handle different requestParamPrefix
			// Currently uses the action parameter of main doc
			String action = ExtLibUtil.readParameter(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), "action");
			if ("editDocument".equalsIgnoreCase(action)) {
				setEditMode(true);
			}
		}
		if (StringUtil.isEmpty(getUnid()) || isEditMode()) {
			if (!isReadOnly()) {
				edit();
			}
		}
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.timtripcony.AbstractDocumentMapModel#load(java.lang.String)
	 */
	@Override
	public void load(final String unid) {
		super.load(unid);
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.timtripcony.AbstractDocumentMapModel#initNew()
	 */
	@Override
	public void initNew() {
		super.initNew();
	}

	/**
	 * Method to retrieve backend document
	 *
	 * @return Document backend document
	 */
	public Document getBEDoc() {
		Document retVal_ = null;
		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(getUnid())) {
			retVal_ = AppUtils.getDocumentByNoteID_Or_UNID(getUnid());
		}
		return retVal_;
	}

	/**
	 * Puts the document in edit mode
	 */
	public void edit() {
		setEditMode(true);
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.timtripcony.AbstractMapModel#getType(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	@Override
	public Class<?> getType(final Object key) {
		Class<?> result = null;
		try {
			result = PropertyUtils.getPropertyType(this, key.toString());
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			result = super.getType(key);
		}
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a field value, casting it to a specific Java class
	 *
	 * @param name
	 *            String Item name to get value from
	 * @param type
	 *            Class to cast the value to
	 * @return Item value cast to relevant Java class
	 */
	public <T> T getTypedValue(final String name, final Class<T> type) {
		return type.cast(getValues().get(name));
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a field value cast to a String, returning a blank String if the field does not exist or an error occurs
	 *
	 * @param name
	 *            String Item name to get value from
	 * @return String value of the Item
	 */
	public String getStringValue(final String name) {
		if (!hasField(name)) {
			return "";
		}
		try {
			return getTypedValue(name, String.class);
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			return "";
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a field value cast to a Date, returning null if the field is a String or does not exist
	 *
	 * @param name
	 *            String Item name to get value from
	 * @return Date value of the Item
	 */
	public Date getDateValue(final String name) {
		if (!hasField(name)) {
			return null;
		}
		if (String.class.equals(getType(name))) {
			return null;
		}
		return getTypedValue(name, Date.class);
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a Date/Time field value as a Date, returning in date only or date and time format using {@link
	 * AppUtils.convertDateAndTime()} or {@link AppUtils.convertDate()}
	 *
	 * @param name
	 *            String Item name to get value from
	 * @param includeTime
	 *            boolean whether or not to include time in the output
	 * @return String value of the Item including just date or date/time
	 */
	public String getDateString(final String name, final boolean includeTime) {
		String retVal_ = "";
		try {
			Date dt;
			if (Date.class.equals(getValue(name).getClass())) {
				dt = getTypedValue(name, Date.class);
			} else {
				DateTime dtTime = getTypedValue(name, DateTime.class);
				dt = dtTime.toJavaDate();
			}
			if (includeTime) {
				retVal_ = AppUtils.convertDateAndTime(dt);
			} else {
				retVal_ = AppUtils.convertDate(dt);
			}
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			AppUtils.handleException(t);
		}
		return retVal_;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a field or multi-value field as a String, using toString() method
	 *
	 * @param name
	 *            String Item name to get value from
	 * @return String value of the Item
	 */
	public String getValueAsString(final String name) {
		String retVal_ = "";
		try {
			if (null != getValue(name)) {
				if (Vector.class.equals(getValue(name).getClass())) {
					String value = getValue(name).toString();
					value = StringUtils.substringAfter(value, "[");
					retVal_ = StringUtils.substringBeforeLast(value, "]");
				} else {
					retVal_ = getValue(name).toString();
				}
			}
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			AppUtils.handleException(t);
		}
		return retVal_;
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.timtripcony.AbstractMapModel#getValue(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	@Override
	public Object getValue(final Object key) {
		Object result = null;
		try {
			result = PropertyUtils.getProperty(this, key.toString());
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			result = super.getValue(key);
		}
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Getter for editMode
	 *
	 * @return boolean whether or not the Document is in edit mode
	 */
	public boolean isEditMode() {
		return editMode;
	}

	/**
	 * Setter for editMode
	 *
	 * @param editMode
	 *            boolean whether or not the Document is in edit mode
	 */
	public void setEditMode(final boolean editMode) {
		this.editMode = editMode;
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.timtripcony.AbstractMapModel#isReadOnly(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean isReadOnly(final Object key) {
		boolean result = !isEditMode() || super.isReadOnly(key);
		try {
			if (!result) {
				result = PropertyUtils.getWriteMethod(PropertyUtils.getPropertyDescriptor(this, key.toString())) == null;
			}
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			result = super.isReadOnly(key);
		}
		return result;
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.timtripcony.AbstractMapModel#setValue(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setValue(final Object key, final Object value) {
		try {
			PropertyUtils.setProperty(this, key.toString(), value);
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			super.setValue(key, value);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Getter for editable
	 *
	 * @return boolean whether or not the document is in edit mode (because muscle memory makes me use "editable"
	 */
	public boolean isEditable() {
		return editMode;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether a text field is blank
	 *
	 * @param itemName
	 *            String Item name to check whether or not it's empty
	 * @return boolean, whether Item is blank or not
	 */
	public boolean isBlank(String itemName) {
		boolean retVal_ = true;
		try {
			Object valueToCheck = this.getValue(itemName);
			if (null == valueToCheck) {
				retVal_ = true;
			} else if (valueToCheck instanceof String) {
				// String, just check it
				if (!StringUtils.isEmpty((String) valueToCheck)) {
					retVal_ = false;
				}
			} else if (valueToCheck instanceof Vector) {
				// Vector, try to get first entry as String and check it
				// This could be refactored to check "[]".equals(vector.toString() - But I've changed setValue() to create a String instead of a Vector, so not sure how to test this
				if ("[]".equals(valueToCheck.toString())) {
					setValue(itemName, new String(""));
				}
			} else {
				// Just use its toString() method
				if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(valueToCheck.toString())) {
					retVal_ = false;
				}
			}
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			AppUtils.handleException(t);
		}
		return retVal_;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether a text field is blank
	 *
	 * @param itemName
	 *            String Item name to check whether or not it's empty
	 * @return boolean, whether or not Item is <b>not</b> blank
	 */
	public boolean isNotBlank(String itemName) {
		return !isBlank(itemName);
	}

	/**
	 * Add a value or collection of values to an ArrayList
	 *
	 * @param passedArr
	 *            ArrayList<Object> to add the value to
	 * @param value
	 *            Object to add to the ArrayList
	 */
	public void addToArrayList(ArrayList<Object> passedArr, Object value) {
		try {
			if (null == value) {
				return;
			}
			if (value instanceof Collection) {
				Collection<?> coll = (Collection<?>) value;
				for (Object valNode : coll) {
					if (valNode != null) {
						passedArr.add(valNode);
					}
				}
			} else {
				if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value.toString())) {
					return;
				}
				passedArr.add(value);
			}
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			AppUtils.handleException(t);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Converts a field value to a currency string
	 *
	 * @param value
	 *            Object value to convert
	 * @param forceDecimals
	 *            boolean whether or the currency value should force decimals even if a whole number
	 * @return String value as a currency
	 */
	public String convertToCurrency(Object value, boolean forceDecimals) {
		String retVal_ = "";
		try {
			if (value instanceof Number) {
				float number = new Float(value.toString());
				float epsilon = 0.004f; // 4 tenths of a penny
				if (!forceDecimals && Math.abs(Math.round(number) - number) < epsilon) {
					retVal_ = String.format("%10.0f", number); // sdb
				} else {
					retVal_ = String.format("%10.2f", number); // dj_segfault
				}
			}
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			AppUtils.handleException(t);
		}
		return StringUtils.trim(retVal_);
	}

	/**
	 * Whether or not the Document has an Item with the passed field name
	 *
	 * @param fieldName
	 *            String Item name to check for
	 * @return boolean whether or not the Item exists in this wrapper of the Document
	 */
	public boolean hasField(String fieldName) {
		return getValues().containsKey(fieldName);
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.timtripcony.AbstractDocumentMapModel#setReadOnly(boolean)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly) {
		super.setReadOnly(readOnly);
		if (readOnly) {
			setEditMode(false);
		}
	}
}

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First Report of Fusarium proliferatum Causing Rot on Garlic and Onion in Argentina
Pages 556.2 - 556.2
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-12-0507-PDN
Accepted for publication 29 November 2012.
In October 2001 and January 2002, in onion fields (Allium cepa L. cv Valencianita) in the Provinces of San Juan (SJ) and Mendoza (MZ), Argentina, plants were observed with chlorosis, dry leaf tips, and bulbs showing discoloration and rot. During the summer of 2002, a tan rot with white mycelium in rot cavities was also observed in stored garlic bulbs (Allium sativum) in MZ. Four monosporic cultures obtained with a micro punch adapted microscope (three from onion CSJ1, CMZ1, CMZ2 and one from garlic AMZ1) were characterized by morphology on PDA and carnation leaf agar (2). The isolates were deposited in the fungal collection of the Plant Mycosis Laboratory of the Integrated Unit Balcarce. The isolates produced abundant aerial white mycelium and a violet to vinaceous pigmentation. Club-shaped microconidia were abundant, in chains on both mono- and polyphialides. Slender, thin-walled and relatively straight macroconidia were produced only under black light and were mostly 3-septate. Chlamydospores were absent. The isolates were identified as Fusarium proliferatum. Crosses to confirm mating populations and to identify mating types were made in triplicate on carrot agar (3) with standard tester strains D-04853 (MATD-2) and D-04854 (MATD-1) as female parents and the field isolates as male parents. Crosses were examined weekly and were scored positive only if perithecia were seen oozing a cirrhus of ascospores. The identities of these isolates were confirmed as showing positive crosses with standard tester strains of Gibberella intermedia. Pathogenicity tests were conducted with healthy 45-day-old onion seedlings (cv. Valcatorce INTA). The roots of the onion seedlings were soaked in a conidial suspension (5 × 106 conidia/ml) of each isolate (CSJ1, CMZ1, CMZ2) for 2 h; the control was soaked in sterile water (SW). Seedlings were transplanted to pots in a sterile mixture of soil and sand (v/v). Five plants were used for each of 3 replications. The plants were placed in a greenhouse and irrigated with SW. After 3 weeks, symptoms were evaluated. All inoculated plants exhibited symptoms similar to those observed in the bulbs from which the pathogen was isolated and a brown rot appeared on the basal plate of the onion, later becoming dark brown. In garlic, the inoculation consisted of a wound 4.5 mm deep and 2 mm wide in superficially sterilized garlic cloves (cv. Nieve INTA). Inside the cavity, a drop (50 μl) was placed from a suspension of 5 × 106 conidia/ml (AMZ1), then covered with a drop of paraffin. Controls used SW. The garlic cloves were incubated in hermetically sealed trays at 22 ± 3°C in darkness for 3 weeks (1). Garlic showed tan rot and white mycelium in the wound. F. proliferatum was reisolated from inoculated onion seedlings and garlic cloves. The controls did not exhibit symptoms nor were any fungi recovered when tissue was excised from the inoculation points and plated on agar. F. proliferatum was previously reported in Argentina on asparagus (4) with symptoms similar to those of onion and garlic. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. proliferatum attacking onion and garlic in Argentina. This pathogen has the potential risk of mycotoxin accumulation in contaminated bulbs.
References: (1) F. M. Dugan et al. J. Phytopathol. 155:437, 2007. (2) W. Gerlach and H. Nirenberg. The genus Fusarium – A Pictorial Atlas. Mitt. Biol. Bundesanst. Land. Forstwirsch. Berl.-Dahlem, 1982. (3) C. J. R. Klittich and J. F. Leslie. Genetics 118:417, 1988. (4) G. Lori et al. Plant Dis. 82:1405, 1998.


Tear the bread into bite-size chunks. Arrange on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, stirring once about half way through.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the kernels of corn, tomato, cucumber and basil. Stir well. Then, set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, salt and pepper.
Pour the dressing over the corn mixture. Stir well to combine. Add the bread to the bowl and stir well. Let sit 10 minutes, then stir again.
Transfer the salad to a serving bowl and serve.


I want to get into physics with CocosSharp. I was about to use CCPhysicsBody in my PCL project, however it's not available in the namespace "CocosSharp".
Checking my NuGet packages (CocosSharp.PCL.Shared), the last package publish date is two years old. Do I miss CCPhysicsBody, because my packages are too old? Why there is no up2date package then?
Hi, although I'm not 100% of this, but the issue might be that the dll that you use doesn't contain the CCPhysicsBody - simply because it wasn't compiled into it. Why? Because if you take a look at the CCPhysicsBody.cs file in the CocosSharp GitHub repository (I can't give you the link, because being new here, the forum rules don't let me post links yet) you can see, that there's a preprocessor directive in this file. So basically if you compile the code without specifying this USE_PHYSICS directive, it won't be in the end result.
If you want play with CCPhysicsXX you will need to compile the nuget with the DebugPhysics user configuration selected.


When we analyze that definition of ROI, we can see that it leaves out crucial questions: What is the source of the funding to do the project, working capital or debt? What is the cost of raising that capital? What is the length and timing of the cash outflow? When will the cash inflow begin, in what amounts and frequency, and how long will it last? What effects will the cash flow have on company finances? Finally, how risky is the project?


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Roland Petit
Petit in 2009
Villemomble, France
10 July 2011(2011-07-10) (aged 87)
Paris Opéra Ballet
Dancer and choreographer
( m. 1954)
Prix Benois de la Danse
www.roland-petit.fr
Roland Petit (13 January 1924 – 10 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets.
The son of shoe designer Rose Repetto, Petit was born in Villemomble, near Paris. He trained at the Paris Opéra Ballet school under Gustave Ricaux and Serge Lifar and began to dance with the corps de ballet in 1940. He founded the Ballets des Champs-Élysées in 1945 and the Ballets de Paris in 1948, at Théâtre Marigny, with Zizi Jeanmaire as star dancer.
Petit collaborated with Henri Dutilleux (Le Loup - 1953), Serge Gainsbourg, Yves Saint-Laurent and César Baldaccini and participated in several French and American films. He returned to the Paris Opéra in 1965 to mount a production of Notre Dame de Paris (with music by Maurice Jarre). He continued to direct ballets for the largest theatres of France, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Canada and Cuba.
In 1968, his ballet Turangalîla provoked a small revolution within the Paris Opéra. Four years later, in 1972, he founded the Ballet National de Marseille with the piece "Pink Floyd Ballet". He directed the Ballet National de Marseille for the next 26 years. For the décor of his ballets, he would work in close collaboration with the painter Jean Carzou (1907–2000), but also with other artists such as Max Ernst.[citation needed]
The creator of more than 50 ballets across all genres, he choreographed for a plethora of famed international dancers. He refused the free technical effects; he did not stop reinventing his style, language, and became a master in the arts of pas de deux and of narrative ballet, but he succeeded also in abstract ballets. He collaborated also with the nouveaux réalistes including Martial Raysse, Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely.
Le jeune homme et la mort ("The Young Man and Death") of 1946 (libretto by Jean Cocteau) is considered his magnum opus and it is also his most well-known work; the choreography and the costumes are of astonishing modernity. In his 1949 ballet Carmen, he made an unusual use of the en dedans, while he gave a non-figurative treatment to Turangalîla.[citation needed]
Among the films to which he contributed are Symphonie en blanc by René Chanas and François Ardoin (1942 short film on history of dance) in which he appeared as a dancer; the choreography for the 1948 film Alice in Wonderland, The Glass Slipper in 1954, Anything Goes (with others)in 1956,[1] and Black Tights as choreographer, writer, and dancer[2] in 1960.
In 1994, he was awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse as choreographer.
In 1954, Petit married the dancer Zizi Jeanmaire, who performed in a number of his works. His memoirs were published in 1993 under the title J'ai dansé sur les flots (English: I Danced on the Waves). He and Jeanmaire had one daughter, Valentine Petit, a dancer and actress.[3][4][5]
Petit died in Geneva, Switzerland, aged 87, of leukemia.[6]
During his career, Petit choreographed 176 works, including:
Media related to Roland Petit at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in French)
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Matt Fagerholm May 18, 2015
"Sam Elliott on Typecasting, Making a Musical and Hollywood's Obsession: 'It's All About F—ing Youth': A great interview conducted by Scott Feinberg at The Hollywood Reporter.
"It remains to be seen whether or not 'I'll See You in My Dreams' can find an audience of any size. Other senior-targeted films — among them 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' and 'Woman in Gold' — have done very well at the box office this year, and Elliott hopes that this one will too, not only because he's a part of it, but because he strongly objects to the tendency to stop paying attention to people — on screen and off — once they reach a certain age. 'I live with one of them,' Elliott says in reference to his wife, Ross, a terrific actress who is best known for the 1967 film 'The Graduate.' 'I live with one of the girls who was the 'It' girl in her time. Ain't f—in' nobody who's comin' to Katharine for work [now]. And shame on 'em, shame on 'em, you know? It's an interesting thing about our culture, in general — and I always kind of looked at the movie business as kind of the epitome of it all, that whole thing about life imitating art or vice-versa, which comes first? It's all about f—ing youth. It's never about people that have learned, people that have grown, people that have life experience, something we can glean something from or learn something from or be amused by. It's all this shit about big tits and hard asses, you know? And everybody's got 'em, and they all look the f—in' same because they're all f—in' coming out of a mold somewhere, you know? I don't know what it is, but it's a thing. It's not one of the great things about the business.'"
"Why Paul Dano Almost Quit Acting": The star of "Little Miss Sunshine" and "There Will Be Blood" chats with Rebecca Strassberg of Backstage.
"The actor says he's always tried to accept jobs based on whether he could learn something from the experience, and whether a project spoke to him at a given point in his life. 'I think there was something in me at a young age that was not worried about success, but was worried about becoming a better actor,' he explains. After a role in 2004's 'The Girl Next Door; left him unstimulated, Dano almost quit performing for good. 'I consider myself a dork, and [in that film] I was playing somebody who was so dorky…. I was so scared because I knew I wasn't going to be an actor at that point if I wasn't going to get to play different types of roles,' he admits. 'I'd just find something else to do.' Then Dano was cast opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in 'The Ballad of Jack and Rose,' something he calls a 'turning point' in his career. 'Something about that helped me understand what I would want or what I get out of doing this and gave me a bit more confidence to pursue my feelings about [acting], rather than just doing it for whatever reason,' he says. 'Something new started there for me.'"
"Gill Dennis, 'Walk the Line' Screenwriter, Dies at 74": As reported by Maane Khatchatourian of Variety.
"Gill Dennis, who co-penned the screenplay for the Johnny Cash biopic 'Walk the Line,' has died. He was 74.Dennis died in his Portland, Ore. home, according to the American Film Institute. AFI was unable to confirm the date of his passing at this time.Dennis also wrote the screenplays for Walter Murch's 'Return to Oz"'(1985) and Judy Davis' drama 'On My Own' (1991), in addition to penning and directing Angelina Jolie's thriller 'Without Evidence' (1995) and the 1973 film 'Intermission.' On the TV front, he did the teleplay for the 1996 TNT Western 'Riders of the Purple Sage' and wrote the Showtime miniseries 'Home Fires.'Dennis was a 1969 graduate of the AFI Conservatory's first class, which also included Terrence Malick, David Lynch and Caleb Deschanel. He returned to AFI in 1997 as a master filmmaker-in-residence and taught the incoming class this past September. His students took to Twitter to express their grief.Dennis was once married to actress Elizabeth Hartman, who committed suicide in 1987, a few years after their divorce.He is survived his wife, Kristen Peckinpah Dennis, and two sons."
"Writing Crime Fiction Changes Your POV Forever": Explains Lev Raphael at Writing Across Genres.
"I've been publishing mysteries since the 90s and whether I want to or not, I often figure out a twist in a thriller or mystery without even trying–especially if it's a movie or show. I just can't stop that part of my mind from working even if I want to be an ordinary audience member. And something about seeing it rather than reading it makes the upcoming twist much more obvious to my writer's mind. Recently fans of 'Scandal' went berserk when a hero of the show, Jake Ballard, was stabbed and left for dead, and the preview for the next week showed his bloody body laid out on a table, with one of the show's character's, Quinn, yelling that he was dead. Even though I was emotionally caught up in the surprise attack where Jake was viciously stabbed, as soon as it was over, I knew for sure that he wasn't dead. I blogged about it for The Huffington Post while the Twitterverse and Facebook erupted in disbelief and rage. The mystery writer in me knew that when writers want someone indisputably dead, that person's throat is cut deeply to make sure they die ASAP or they're stabbed in the head like a zombie ditto or in the heart. Jake was stabbed in the torso; people survive worse injuries in real life and this, after all, was only TV. The next week's episode proved me right."
"Why Do People In Old Movies Speak with a Weird Accent?": Pajiba's Dustin Rowles has an answer.
"Last night, Mrs. Pajiba-hyphenate was watching an old black-and-white on the telly, and at one point, she turned and asked, 'Why do people in old movies talk like that?' It's a valid question, and if you've ever seen a Cary Grant or a Katherine Hepburn movie, and you're not 70 years old, you might have wondered the same thing. It's called a Mid-Atlantic English, and as I tell my son about monsters and other fictional things, 'it's not something that exists in the world.' Basically, it's a made up accent: It's a mix of British and American that rich people acquired so that poor people would know they were rich. It's the 'posh' accent, and it's very similar in that respect to the Boston Brahmin accent. Basically, back in the early half of the 20th century, you could acquire the accent in one of three ways: You developed it naturally by hanging out with a lot of pretentious rich people; you acquired it at a boarding school, where for some reason it was taught up through the 1950s; or you cultivated it for the stage or film. It was very popular in entertainment, so a lot of actors and actresses acquired it; it was even taught at acting schools. That's why people in those movies talk funny. They were putting on airs."
Medium's Robbie Ettelson pens a great essay, "The Avengers' Age of Analog: The Power Records Story."
At Curbed, Marni Epstein-Mervis unearths Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke's 1939 documentary, "The City," the film that "launched America's debate about the suburbs."


But if your family or friends replies 'I don't know, I don't need anything' then I feel your pain! This is the answer I always get. I have to figure out myself what to buy, which doesn't make my life any easier. I was browsing online the other day, looking for gifts and I thought it would be cool to make a list of presents I would gift others or I would like to receive myself. I wanted to find things that are budget friendly and focused on £25 or under price tag. I think these would be perfect gifts or stocking fillers for your sister, mum, your girlfriend or any other family member. Hope you enjoy!
They're all good ideas, I like Origins and L'Occitane ones!


The most expensive home currently for sale in Alberta is located just outside of Calgary and listed for a whopping $30 million, according to Point2 Homes.
On Thursday, the online real estate marketplace released a list of the priciest pads for sale throughout the province.
Among the listings are a $12.7-million estate home in Canmore, a $12.3-million gated home on 1.68 acres in Calgary's Pump Hill community and a $9.4-million lodge in rural Lacombe.
Amenities at the homes range from gyms, personal theatres and gourmet kitchens to pools, security gates and opulent master bedrooms.
159.51 acres. 11,828 square feet. Six bedrooms, five bathrooms, one half bathroom. View listing: Sotheby's.
2,926 quare feet above ground. Three bedrooms, four bathrooms. View listing: Engel & Völkers.
11,716 square feet. Six bedroom, eight full bath and two half-baths. View listing: Engel & Völkers.
6,296 square feet. Six bedroom, eight bathrooms. View listing: Point2 Homes.
15 Pump Hill Close S.W.
6,644 square feet. Six bedroom. Four bathroom. View listing: Remax.
5,361 square feet. Five bedroom, seven bathroom and two half baths. View listing: Sotheby's.
10,964 square feet. 150.599 acres. Nine bedroom, 11 bathrooms and two partial baths. View listing: Sotheby's.
10,197 square feet. Five bedroom and eight bathrooms. View listing: Point2 Homes.
209 Pinnacle Ridge Place S.W.
3,229 square feet. Four bedroom, four bathrooms. View listing: Point2 Homes.
2.69 Acres. Four bedroom and six bathrooms, with two half baths. View listing: Engel & Völkers.


Stand outside, under the tower of Happisburgh church, and gaze around. You will see the sea, the countryside and the fields. Beyond the cluster of dwellings and gardens, which make up the centre of the village, stretches land which has been cultivated and cropped for centuries. Fields, separated by hedges and narrow roads, dotted here and there with trees, are home to our insects, birds and small mammals.
Arthur Young, in his work entitled 'General View of the Architecture of the County of Norfolk', which was drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and published in 1804, thought that Happisburgh, Walcott and Bacton had "the finest soil, perhaps, in the county: a rich, deep mellow, friable loam on a clay loam bottom, some on brick-earth and sand; all good". In 1800, land near Happisburgh sold for £30 or £40 an acre, but the best in the village made £50. Farms in this area varied in size between 50 and 300 acres. However, the majority of the villagers kept a few pigs, poultry and perhaps a cow; and grew fodder for their livestock.
The mowers with their scythes and rubs (sharpening stones) arrived at the field at 6 a.m. They moved forward in an oblique line mowing the crop, taking their time from the leader. Each man was followed by two women who gathered up the corn and tied it into small sheaves. A team of men followed them shocking (stooking) the corn. Whole families came, bringing food to supplement any food and drink that the farmer supplied. A favourite was harvest pancakes. These were made of dough mixed with dripping and a few currants, and baked on both sides in a frying pan.
Each harvest wagon had a 'holdger-boy'. This lad sat on the back of the horse and was responsible for driving the wagon from shock to shock. Every time he was about to move, he yelled 'Holdger!' warning the men on the load to 'hold tight'. When the last load had been gathered, it was a Norfolk custom for the pitcher to pick up the holdger-boy by putting the tines of his pitch fork under the boy's arms and pitch him up on to the load. From there he rode to the barn. The evening saw the harvest supper and much rejoicing.
In parts of the Happing Hundred, 2 shillings a day was paid in winter and summer alike for agricultural work. A lump sum of £2.12.6 was paid for harvest, with board. Wheat could be bought by the workers at a reduced price of 5 shillings a bushel.
• 1752 1 shilling and 3 pints of good strong beer a day.
• 1772 1 shilling and 2 pints of tolerable good beer.
• 1792 1s.2d, and 1 pint of miserable small beer.


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UFC Vegas 31 Co-Main & Main Event Preview/Predictions
UFC Vegas 31 is slated to go down this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the co-main and main event will be supercharged following the chaotic night at UFC 264.
UFC Vegas 31 will air on ESPN+ and take place within the UFC Apex Facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Islam Makhachev will fight Thiago Moisés in a pivotal lightweight affair. But before we get to the headliner, let's take a closer look at the co-main event of the evening.
After an extended hiatus from the sport of MMA, one of the pioneers of women's MMA is back, as former bantamweight champion Meisha Tate returns to action against a fellow veteran in Marion Reneau. Despite the show not being a pay-per-view, this card is stacked top-to-bottom, so fight fans are scoring big this week.
CO-Main Event Preview + Prediction
Former champion Tate hasn't fought in over four years since leaving the sport. Following a decision loss to former title challenger, Raquel Pennington, Tate and the promotion parted ways. Either way, "Cupcake" always brings good fight IQ and will never abandon her game plan or title aspirations—especially as a mother.
"… I'm not here for anything less than gold. I want to be the best in the world. I'd love to say I'm doing this because I'm a mom, and I want to inspire my kids and all this. That's all cherry on the top." Meisha Tate said when speaking on the UFC broadcast.
Marion Reneau vs. Meisha Tate
Before leaving the organization, Tate lost her title to the ever-dominant double champ Amanda Nunes but left on the heels of a subsequent loss to Raquel Pennington. At the time, it seemed like the staple bantamweight was just burned out from the game and had intentions to start a family.
Facing Tate is the 44-year-old Reneau, who admittedly stated that this is more than likely her last UFC fight. Reneau divulged that all signs are pointing to this being her last fight in UFC competition. Reneau's last win in the Octagon came in 2018, where she submitted Sara McMann with a triangle choke.
While some might think this is a 'layup' fight for Tate, the level of competition she faced must be taken into account. Despite losing to Cat Zingano and UFC title challenger Yana Kunitskaya, Reneau's strength of schedule is downright impressive.
I see the inactivity of Tate causing a very slow and tentative first round, and then I expect fans to see a wrestling clinic that results in Tate getting her hand raised in a fight that was not closely contested. I don't think Reneau's striking will be enough to stop the game plan of "Cupcake."
Prediction: Miesha Tate
UFC Vegas 31 Main Event Preview + Prediction
First known as one of Khabib Nurmagomedov's training partners, Islam Makhachev had yet to really make a name for himself. Then, a coming-out party per se occurred when the Russian systematically broke down Drew Dober with a submission finish victory earlier this year. With a single blemish on his record, the Dagestan native is currently on a seven-fight win streak.
In Makhachev's way, is Brazil's Thiago Moisés, who enters UFC Vegas 31 on a three-fight win streak. Moisés has six submission wins on his record, and he's extremely dangerous because of his durability and, most importantly, because he is more than willing to fight off his back aggressively. With leg-lock submissions and a couple of triangle-choke submissions wins to his name, Moisés has various paths to victory that may be flying under the radar.
Thought to be the next Nurmagomedov, certainly, Makhachev has big shoes to fill as so many around him believe he is destined to become champion. However, the lightweight needs to string together a couple of wins against ranked opponents first.
As it stands, Makhachev is notched at #9 in the lightweight rankings, with Brazil's Moisés sitting right outside the top 15 with a #14 ranking. There is little doubt this fight will be pivotal in the development of the lightweight landscape in 2021.
This fight will be more competitive compared to the one above, and I believe it will be a showcase Makhachev's skills. Since he is so highly regarded, and at such a young age, he will continue to improve fast. At times, he seems chinny, but his tactical awareness and shot selection are easy reasons for why I'm picking him against Moisés this weekend.
Prediction: Islam Makhachev
Which fight do you think has the makings to be more exciting at UFC Vegas 31 this weekend?
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Culture November 26, 2020
5 Cool Things You Really Need To Know About NEOM in Saudi
by Ankita Chandra
A centerpiece of Saudi Arabia's vision for 2030 and heralded as "the future of civilization", NEOM is part of the Kingdom's grand plan to grow and diversify the economy.
While kickstarted by Saudi Arabia, it is an international project that will be led, populated and funded by people from all over the world. Being built on the northwest coast of Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea, NEOM is slated to be a "living laboratory". It will be a hub for innovation, entrepreneurs, business leaders and companies, who will use NEOM as a base to research, incubate and commercialise new technologies. Literally translated to English as New Future, NEOM is described as a sustainable ecosystem designed to be a role model for the years to come. We look at some of the most interesting facts about this enigmatic project that you won't believe are true:
Gateway To The World
The region is located at the crossroads of the world – 40% of the world's population will be able to reach NEOM in less than four hours, and approximately 10% of the world's trade already flows through the Red Sea. Flying into NEOM's new airport, London is only five hours away, Dubai and Cairo two, and Zurich five-and-a-half.
Diverse Terrain For Nature Lovers
NEOM will boast of a 450km-long coastline with spectacular islands and coral reefs along with snow-topped mountains with a view of the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. If this isn't enough, it will actually be 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the GCC!
Transcending Nationalities And Religions
NEOM is described as a "mindset" on its official website. "Citizens of NEOM will embody an international ethos and embrace a culture of exploration, risk-taking and diversity – all supported by a progressive legal system compatible with international norms and conducive to economic growth," the website shares. It will aim to be a community with a mix of homelands, religions and backgrounds, all living and collaborating towards a common goal.
Model For Urban Sustainability
A place that is focused on setting new standards for community health, environmental protection and the effective and productive use of technology. It is being designed, constructed and independently administered in a way that is freed from the outdated economic and environmental infrastructure that constrains other countries. And NEOM is ideally located to achieve these goals.
1 Million by 2030
While the population of NEOM will grow organically, NEOM is expected to be home to a million residents by 2030!
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Oj oj oj! I do believe it's Friday! Bring on the weekend! It's feeling decidedly Autumn around here so it's definitely going to be a cosy one. I thought this Swedish family home was the perfect way to get us all in the spirit! Built in 1980, the 250 metre square (2600 foot square) "big red" house just outside the small town of Gränna belongs to Linnéa Rolfsson, a physio therapist and student.When Linnéa, her husband Simon and their two children acquired the house, she was finally able to tap into her passion for interior design and create a lovely, warm family home. The pair have made many structural changes and today the space is made up of a kitchen, sitting room and playroom on the ground floor, and large second sitting room (with a teepee), the children's bedrooms and a master bedroom on the upper floor. I caught up with Linnéa to find out more.
Me, my husband Simon and our kids Ebbe (nearly 5) and Elis who is 2 years old.
Where did your passion for interior design come from?
I'm a physical therapist but right now I'm also studying digital communication and marketing. I've always loved interior design and have always liked to surround myself with nice things. As a kid I would redecorate my room every time I cleaned it. My passion for interiors really took off when we moved to our current house. It's the first time we have owned somewhere and got the chance to really make it our own. Around the same time, I also discovered Instagram and my passion just grew and grew. Also I think for me, decorating is a kind of therapy. When it feels stormy on the inside, I find it helps to create a warm and beautiful space on the outside.
Would you say your home is typically Swedish?
Yes, I would say it's pretty Scandinavian/Swedish. We like what we call in Sweden 'ljust och fräscht' - white walls, bright floors and furniture. We have a lot of furniture from Ikea but also a few Swedish and danish design classics like the Arne Jacobsen 'Sjuan' chair* and Bruno Mathsson Karin armchair. Maybe our home is a little more colourful than the typical Swedish home.
How you would describe your style?
Oh, that's a tough one! I'd say my style is colourful, Scandinavian with a touch of retro. I appreciate interesting objects/furniture that you don't see in everyone's homes. I love buying stuff second hand and vintage, it often makes a home feel more personal and unique.
Where do you buy things for your home?
I would say most of it is second hand. I look through 'Blocket' (a Swedish online second hand site) every night before going to bed. In our first apartment we bought everything from IKEA and when a friend came to visit she said "OMG, it's like visiting the IKEA catalogue!" It was said as a compliment, but I didn´t take it that way! Maybe it was then I decided to try to go for a more personal expression. Vintage furniture often comes with a feeling that new things don't. It's hard to explain. I don't just buy old pieces second hand, the other day I bought a two year old IKEA drawer set. It was in quite bad shape, so I renovated it and it turned out great! Second hand items are good for both the environment and your wallet. I also try to look around and see what we already have in our home (or in the basement). Often you can make something new out of stuff that you already have.
What is important when it comes to decorating a home with young children?
The kids are allowed everywhere in our house, I can't imagine having it any other way. So you have to think twice when you decorate. The things they play with are put in bags or baskets on the floor, and the things I don't want them to play with are kept out of their reach. We have just bought a new couch, a white one (yes it's OK to gasp!). So we'll see how that goes and how often I will regret it! But hey, it's just furniture. I'd rather have a white couch with stains but that I really love than a boring, practical one that I will want to throw out in a few years.
Which swedish instagram / blog are your favourites?
I really love @leilabavcic @juliaspasteller and @bloggaibagis - they always give me so much inspiration!
Thank you so much for inviting us into your lovely home and telling us all about it Linnéa!
Linnéa's home is very much a work in progress. If you'd like to see a few more pics and follow the progress, you can always follow along on Instagram here.
Other homes with touches of pastel to be found here.
I'm heading over THE bridge to Copenhagen shortly for a meeting with Skandinavisk (love that brand!) and then I'm holding a talk for a Danish company (eeeek, so nerve-racking!). I'll be so ready for a drink after that - luckily the Danes have the best beer in the world (probably!).
Do you have any fun plans for the weekend?
Whatever you do, I hope you have a fabulous (and relaxing) couple of days.
Photography Linnéa Rolfsson - shared with kind permission.
Very sweet home. I love the little bras shell-shaped sconces that are in a few of the photos - they really caught my eye!
The Ikea drawer set is INSPIRED. Absolutely inspired! Design at its best!
A really beautiful house I have to admit, in addition, a large 250 meters is already a really nice space to manage. You can see that the one who arranged it knows his stuff and is very creative :) Regards.


"That's the trap. Bob, like all of us, has always put off enjoying what he has right now for what he wants in the future. But, when that future arrives, there will be something else that he wants; there is always the promise of something perfect just beyond the horizon. Next week, next month, next year — that's when Bob will finally have what he needs to be happy."


"A Modern Prometheus" by Lynette Mejía, read by Julia Rios. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Lynette, here.
"my father as a sonnet on the human meaning of inhuman stars" by Andrew Brenza, read by Anaea Lay. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Andrew, here.
"All That Her Mother Left Her" by John W. Sexton read by Julia Rios. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about John, here.
"Abduction" by Laura Madeline Wiseman, read by Laura Madeline Wiseman. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Laura, here.
"St. Patrick and the Snakes" by Jane Yolen, read by Ciro Faienza. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Jane, here.
Laura Madeline Wiseman's debut book of poetry is Sprung (San Francisco Bay Press). She is also the author of six chapbooks, including 2012's Unclose the Door . She is the editor of Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence (Hyacinth Girl Press). She has a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she teaches creative writing. Stranger Still , a new anthology of her alien-themed poems, will be available in October 2013, and can be pre-ordered through Finishing Line Press.
Lynette Mejía writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror prose and poetry from the middle of a deep, dark forest in the wilds of southern Louisiana. Her work has been nominated for the Rhysling Award and the Million Writers Award, and has appeared in Welcome to the Future , Mythic Delirium, Vol I and Penny Dread Tales, Vol I. You can find her online at www.lynettemejia.com and reach her by email at lyn@lynettemejia.com.