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Pietro Cascella
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"It is hands that create works. It is craft that translates ideas into matter, since the most ancient of times, since pre-history… Sculptures shout in silence and narrate time. The sculptor takes a fragment of poetry and turns it into stone"
Lectio magistralis by Pietro Cascella at the Carrara Academy in 2007
Pietro Cascella was a sculptor, painter and ceramist. He inherited his passion from his grandfather Basilio Cascella, his father Tommaso and uncle Michele. He became interested in painting at a very young age following his father's teachings. In 1938 he moved to Rome to attend the Academy of Fine Arts. In the 1940s he exhibited his works in the IV° Rome Quadrennial and in the first post-war Venice Biennial, followed by participations in 1956, 1966 (personal exhibition room), 1972 and 1986. After the war, he left painting and turned mainly to stone and bronze sculpting. Together with his brother Andrea and with Anna Maria Cesarini – his future wife and mother of Tommaso Jr. and Susanna – he opened a small sculpture and ceramics studio.
At the end of the 1950s he visited Versilia for the first time where he started to work with Henraux, taking part in Erminio Cidonio's project to turn Querceta into an international centre for contemporary sculpture. During the mid-sixties he met Swiss sculptress from Basel, Cordelia Von Den Steinen, his second wife and mother of Jacopo.
During the 1970s he created many monumental works in marble, travertine and stone, usually made with smooth, rough or corroded blocks. These works merged social commitment and urban-scale sculpture projects: the Arco della Pace in Tel Aviv, the Bella Ciao monument to the Resistance for Massa Carrara, the Monumento a Tutti I Giorni, created in 1980 for the Cathedral square of Pescina, La Nave, the Carrara marble statue created in 1987 and positioned on the Pescara promenade, and the Auschwitz Monument are just a few examples. In 1971 he took part in the XXIII Salon de la Jeune Sculpture of Paris, held an exhibition at the Palais de Beaux Arts of Brussels and set up an extensive solo exhibition at the Rotonda della Besana of Milan. Cascella's sculptures are characterized by his sharp taste for imposing structures, the feeling of power and energy in both his monumental works and small sculptures, the use of stone defined by the artist as "the backbone of the earth", the recovery of man's ancient naturalness and integrity, and the search for and definition of essential, exemplary and archetypal shapes.
He held numerous solo exhibitions, among which: Galleria del Naviglio, Milan (with his brother, 1954); Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome 1962; Galleria del Milione, Milan 1962; Galleria Bonino, New York 1965; Venice Biennale (dedicated exhibition room, 1966 and environmental sculpture, 1972); Galerie du Dragon and Musée d'Ixelles, Paris 1968; Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris 1971; Galerie Buchholz, Munich 1979; Magazzini del Sale, Siena 1984; Venice 2000; Chamber of Deputies, Rome 2000; Museo Piaggio, Pontedera 2001; Palazzo Rocca, Chiavari 2002; Circolo Artistico, Bologna 2003; IX Biennale, Cairo (dedicated exhibition room, 2003).
He also took part in many group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, among which: III Sindacale Nazionale, Rome 1941; "Artistas Italianos de Hoje" 1963, Sao Paulo Museum of Art Museo, Brazil; Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris 1971; Sculture della Società Henraux, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara 1972; Middelheimpark Biennale, Antwerp 1973. He dedicated himself above all to monumental works, among which the most important are: in the 1970s: "Arco della Pace" 1972, Tel Aviv; "Omaggio all'Europa", Strasbourg; "Monumento a Giuseppe Mazzini" 1974, Milan; "Sole e Luna", Riyadh; "Bella Ciao", Massa; in the 1980s: "Cento Anni di Lavoro", Barilla company facilities, Parma; "Nave", Città di Pescara; Piazza, Milano Tre; "Campo del Sole" 1985, Tuoro sul Trasimeno – the idea behind it was created together with, among others, Cordelia von den Steinen and Mauro Berrettini; in the 1990s: "Volta Celeste" and other sculptures 1993, Arcore; "Agorà", Università di Chieti; "Monumento della Via Emilia", Parma; Porta della Sapienza, Pisa; "Ara del Sole", Ingurtosu, Sardegna; "Teatro della Germinazione", Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo; "Fontana" 2000, Città di Chiavari; "Fontana" for Baraclit 1999, Casentino; "Fontana" 2003, Guastalla. Since 1983 he was a member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome (of which he was also president). In 2003 he received the Premio Internazionale "F.lli Rosselli" in Pietrasanta and the Premio "Guglielmo Marconi" in Bologna. He arrived in Versilia at the end of the 1950s to create some works at Henraux, and started collaborating also with other marble laboratories: Giorgio Angeli, Bertozzi e Frediani, Piero Bibolotti, Bottega Versiliese, Giulio Cardini, Livio Garibaldi, Nilo Giannaccini, Iacopo Giannoni, Giovanni Gozzani, Sauro Lorenzoni, Mirto Nannini, Officina, Pio Rossi, all in the area of Pietrasanta and with the Studio Nicoli in Carrara. He also worked at Fonderie Tommasi, Del Chiaro, Mariani and L'Arte foundries. Since 1973 his trusted craftsman was Liborio Vizzoni. His works are featured in several exhibitions in the Apuan-Versilia area, among which: Galleria Comunale, Forte dei Marmi (solo, 1986); Biennale di Carrara 1967, 1969, 1998, 2000; and dedicated "ad memoriam" exhibition room 2008; Piazza del Duomo and Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, Pietrasanta (solo, 2001), to whom he donated "Memoria di Pietrasanta"; set design of "Turandot" 2003, Festival Puccini, Torre del Lago.
Pietro Cascella dies in 2008 at the age of 87 in his house in Pietrasanta, in the province of Lucca.
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Q: Angular 2- images inside select drop down is always 0X0 pixels. Image loaded but not displayed in chrome A select drop down in my angular 2 app doesn't show my images associated to options, though the images are working when I isolate from select drop down. Some CSS is overwriting my images in select - I can load image but can't display it. Here's my code:
<form>
    <select [(ngModel)]="ddselectedStatus" name="statusselect" style="width:320px;" (ngModelChange)="onStatusChange($event)" class="col-xs-8 form-control">
        <option value="">--Select Status--</option>
        <option  [ngValue]="i" *ngFor="let i of myOptions">
            <img src="images/opened.png" class="rowindic"/>
            {{i.name}}
            </option>
    </select>
</form>

A: its just a matter of CSS. This should help but keep in mind other CSS may also interrupt,
<img [style.width.px]="50" [style.height.px]="50"
     [src]="images/opened.png" class="rowindic" />

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July 24, 2014, Mountain View, CA - Tynker, a leading Silicon Valley startup that helps kids become tomorrow's makers, announced the expansion of the Tynker platform to enable kids to use the Tynker app on iPad and Android-based tablets to build customized apps, including games, animations, interactive stories and puzzles. Tynker becomes the world's first visual programming platform to allow all young "makers" to create their own apps on both web and mobile platforms. The Tynker app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or from Google Play.
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"Phase one of our growth was all about evangelizing the benefits of acquiring STEM skills and teaching kids to learn how to code, and with millions of kids on Tynker today, we've made tremendous progress on that front," said Srinivas Mandyam, co-founder and CTO of Tynker. "Today, we're moving one step closer to our ultimate vision, helping kids not only 'learn' programming but helping them 'create' using a creative computing platform that is built specifically for today's youth. Now, using their iPad, Android-based tablet or virtually any computer, every child can unleash their creativity and take their programming projects as far as their imagination will take them, preparing them well for whatever career they choose."
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Q: Manage image changes on server with SDWebImage IOS I fond this similar question but it's too old.
I am using the SDWebImage library to download images from a remote server.
Remote images may change (but keeping the same name) so i have to check if the remote image is changed before use the cached one.
How can i do this?
Thanks in advance
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A: I'm just doing this very research tonight, and based on the current implementation of SDWebImage, it looks like there's no "built-in" way to use a Conditional GET (etag or date) type request to the server to check for updates.
The way I'm exploring now is to create a unique URL, so as the server version of the image updates, append either a hash or version to the end.  Something like:
http://example.com/myimage.png?v=2
And increment that version number as the image changes, but keep the myimage.png name the same since that doesn't change.  That should force SDWebImage to download the new image and build a new cache for the new version of the image.
Otherwise you'd have to tweak the constant value cacheMaxCacheAge in SDImageCache.m to check more frequently than its default of 1 week.

A: I did this using:
[SDWebImage sd_setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:strURL] placeholderImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"placeholder.png"] options:SDWebImageRefreshCached];

/**
       * Even if the image is cached, respect the HTTP response cache control, and refresh the image from remote location if needed.
       * The disk caching will be handled by NSURLCache instead of SDWebImage leading to slight performance degradation.
       * This option helps deal with images changing behind the same request URL, e.g. Facebook graph api profile pics.
       * If a cached image is refreshed, the completion block is called once with the cached image and again with the final image.
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       * Use this flag only if you can't make your URLs static with embeded cache busting parameter.
       */


The iPhone has a handy Stopwatch feature, with two different visual modes and the capability of notating laps. The all-purpose stopwatch is fantastic for anything where you want to time something, whether it's tracking an athletic endeavor, performance, or simply some other event or occurrence where a stopwatch measurement is appropriate.
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Simple, and perfect for counting laps of any sequence, whether it's for athletic purposes, racing, swimming, running, horseback riding, robotics, or just about anything else you might want to time and keep track of through a stopwatch.
By default the iPhone Stopwatch is a little digital clock. But, another neat trick that is largely visual in nature allows a more traditional looking stopwatch to be accessed.
To get to the traditional stopwatch, complete with hands circling a 60 second clock, with second markers, a lap hand, and other clock features, simply swipe over on the analog stopwatch. You can also swipe back to return to the original default stopwatch appearance of the Clock app on iOS.
You can also open Stopwatch with Siri by informing Siri to open the clock app, and iOS also offers starting and stopping of a timer with Siri on iPhone or iPad, though the timer is probably better for things like waiting on something, whether it's cooking or a simple pomodoro measurement.
If you use Stopwatch on iPhone often, then you can add the Stopwatch feature as a quick-launch capability in Control Center for iOS through the customization of Control Center in iOS Settings as discussed here. Just add the Stopwatch button to allow for ultra-fast access from the iPhone or iPad lock screen, or just a quick swipe gesture to access Control Center as usual.
Mac users aren't left out either. You can use Siri for simple timers, get a nice and simple stopwatch at the command line, or you can have a simple timer and stopwatch in the Mac menu bar with Thyme which is a little third party utility.


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Q: How to remove repetitive operations in a separate method? My code has to guess the hidden number from 0 to 100 in 7 attempts. And every time I need to call the same operations again. How can I move these operations into a separate method and call them from there?
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    int min = 0;
    int max = 100;
    int midrange = Math.round((min + max)/2);
    String strInput = "";
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

    while (!strInput.equals("1")){
        System.out.println("Guess a number from 0 to 100: I'll guess it in 7 attempts! Enter 1 to continue:");
        strInput = scan.nextLine();
    }

    while (!strInput.equals("+") && !strInput.equals("-") && !strInput.equals("=")){
        System.out.println("Is this number greater than, less than or equal to " + midrange + "? " +
                "Enter '+', if it's greater, '-' if it's less and '=' if it's equal:");
        strInput = scan.nextLine();
    }

    if (strInput.equals("=")) System.out.println("Great! Thank you for the game.");
    else if (strInput.equals("+")){
        // reduce the range
        min = midrange;

        // find a new midrange
        midrange = Math.round((min + max)/2);
    } else if (strInput.equals("-")){
        max = midrange;
        midrange = Math.round((min + max)/2);
    }

    strInput = "";

    while (!strInput.equals("+") && !strInput.equals("-") && !strInput.equals("=")){
        System.out.println("Is this number greater than, less than or equal to " + midrange + "? ");
        strInput = scan.nextLine();
    }

    // ... and so on until the correct number is found.

  }
}

A: You don't need multiple while loops. Just check for equality and put your if-else-block into the while loop. If you guessed the number correct just break out of the loop.
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

    int min = 0;
    int max = 100;
    int midrange = Math.round((min + max) / 2);
    String strInput = "";
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

    System.out.println("Guess a number from 0 to 100: I'll guess it in 7 attempts! Enter 1 to continue:");
    strInput = scan.nextLine();

    while (!strInput.equals("=")) {
        System.out.println("Is this number greater than, less than or equal to " + midrange + "? " +
                "Enter '+', if it's greater, '-' if it's less and '=' if it's equal:");
        strInput = scan.nextLine();
        if (strInput.equals("=")) {
            System.out.println("Great! Thank you for the game.");
            break;
        } else if (strInput.equals("+")) {
            min = midrange;
            midrange = Math.round((min + max) / 2);
        } else if (strInput.equals("-")) {
            max = midrange;
            midrange = Math.round((min + max) / 2);
        }
    }
}


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Aldous Huxley's last novel Island was written in part after he learned that he had cancer and he may have believed that this would be his last opportunity to express his vision of a utopian society in which a key component would be mystical philosophy. Island was published in 1962 and Huxley died almost fifty years ago, on November 22nd, 1963 (the same day, incidentally, on which C. S. Lewis died; however, their deaths were eclipsed in the news by another event, as this was also the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination). Huxley had spent a lifetime writing about the ways that untapped human potentiality could be nurtured, seeing science as a means to serve humanity for the good rather than science being used to expand the reach of the military-industrial complex he found in the U.S. that sought profit before the needs of people.
Any change of the collective human mind would need to be achieved through humanity's collective re-education or, in effect, by creating the above-mentioned 'determining conditions' that would lead to this beneficent evolution. Huxley's last novel Island was his instructional guide for setting up these determining conditions. Island was the new age before the new age. In 1968, the paperback reprint sold over a million copies.
I have been working at my phantasy about a society in which serious efforts are made to realize human potentialities…. The locale of the story is a hypothetical island between Ceylon and Sumatra—independent in spite of colonialism, where the process of turning an old Shivaite-Mayahana-Buddhist society into something combining the best features of the East and West was inaugurated in the eighteen-forties by a Scottish surgeon, (modeled on James Esdaille) who operates on the then Raja under 'magnetic anesthesia [hypnosis],' becomes his friend and acts as his collaborator in initiating the necessary changes, which are carried on by successors of the Scotchman and the king, during the succeeding three generations. It is interesting to try and imagine what could be done to create such a place dedicated to eliciting all the latent powers and gifts of individuals, by consciously adopting and combining desirable features from different cultures, Indian, modern Western, Polynesian, Chinese (Letters, 850).
The novel's protagonist, Will Farnaby, is a writer employed by multinational energy corporation to spy on Pala, which may have large oil resources waiting to be exploited. Pala is a small society that is an ongoing experiment in finding means to serve the ends of teaching people methods that achieve the greater good for the inhabitants through re-education of body, mind, and spirit. Will first meets two island children: Mary Sarojini and Tom Krishna MacPhail. They are the grandchildren of Dr. Robert MacPhail who began Pala with the Old Raja. Will is invited to stay at their living quarters. When Will awakens the next morning, he reads several chapters of the Old Raja's perennially philosophical book, Notes on What's What. He learns that Pala is a New Age world where many of the ideas Huxley describes have since been developed and written about. In his conversion Will is taken, chapter-by-chapter, into Huxley's polemical descriptions of a potential paradise. So are readers. The novel's conflict is between a selfless utopia and selfish capitalist greed.
Will is shown around the island. He begins a revelatory reawakening of his consciousness to the potential for human goodness he finds on this benevolent patch of land, which is a much happier place than the profit-driven world he came from. Science integrates with the arts and education to retrain body, mind, and spirit. Huxley details theory and practice based on his lifelong study. There is an Agricultural Experimental Station to breed better crops so that no one should go hungry. The educational and health care systems include the best of the east and west. Organized religion is not dogmatic but is based in mystical intuitive logic and self-experience. God is not an angry God used for propaganda as in the outside world, but a loving God that wishes all of his creation to love and be loved. (Huxley also coined the word 'neurotheology' in this novel, for the branch of study which seeks to explain religious experience using neurology.) Huxley's belief that human nature itself would need to be fundamentally re-oriented through education is paramount in Island. Yet, Huxley knew that the entrenched human nature that already existed would resist a common cause of universal love because the ego is self-serving and self-preserving rather than a vehicle for collective good will.
Huxley's purpose for Island was to embody a safe haven where humanity could work to provide enlightenment on a better way of living. Fifty years later it remains not only current but still prescient and remains a guide to Holistic contentment.
David Garrett Izzo is Professor of English. He has a website which includes more information about his research and his work on Aldous Huxley.
This is my favourite Huxley book, and I have never understood why it is so often overlooked.
Excellent article. Huxley was way ahead of his time in his thinking, I read a series of lectures he did in the early sixties that were collected in a book called "The Human Situation" In one of the lectures he talks about the earth's resources and how humans should be thinking about ways of managing the ecosystem better and recycling. Nobody listened or took him too seriously which is more than a shame. I agree with Barb as well, Island is his best book and his most positive.
About to put this on my reading list. I could do with something thought provoking.
I will add this book to my TBR list. Brave New World changed my worldview when I read it as a teenager.
Huxley's best book. Another great book that he wrote is Perennial Philosophy. I highly recommend it.
Books like this and movies like "V is for Vendetta" are our best hopes to save the planet for those who come after us.


Originally a wooded wilderness, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted removed 400 trees when he designed the U.S. Capitol Grounds in 1874. His design was meant to create a park like setting that would focus attention on the great Capitol Building.
Trees were heavily used in Olmsted's design to both frame the building and provide shade for visitors and his design still drives all landscaping decisions on the grounds today, including the placement and selection of trees. Sixty-five of the trees planted during Olmsted's original design remain today.
There are about 890 trees surrounding the immediate Capitol Building on Capitol Square and more than 4,300 trees throughout the entire 274-acre Capitol Grounds.
Olmsted's design of the Capitol Grounds built a natural landscape, as opposed to focusing on individual plants or formal gardens. At the U.S. Capitol today, this design is kept intact through tree plantings arranged in natural-looking groups. The placement of the largest trees is designed to hide views of the Capitol except from specific angles that show off the building's architecture at its most majestic and inspiring vantage point. Olmsted used large, native trees for prominent entrance avenues and walkways. Deciduous species, such as elms, lindens, buckeyes and oaks, were commonly chosen – and are still the most prevalent species on the grounds. Evergreens are used infrequently, but dominate the plantings at the base of the West Terrace of the Capitol.
Today, as you walk the grounds, Olmsted's original design is evident all around. However, you may notice a few additions of some exotic trees from across the world. These trees have been introduced over time as gifts, such as the cherry trees given by Japan in 1912, and as memorial or commemorative trees. These special trees serve as a vehicle for experiencing a bit of American history. Below is a sample of these types of trees.
Additional special trees can be found via the map below.


Just a few hours before the first shots are fired in the 2019 championship with the provincial draws in RTÉ, a number of Dublin players came to the head office of county sponsors AIG to help to launch the new jersey on Thursday morning.
It's big business. Dublin-branded gear, jerseys, training tops etc, according to an industry source "can shift around 100,000 units" and new designs can add to that, especially around the Christmas period.
The county's population makes it a brand leader in GAA and among the biggest-selling replica jerseys in the market. Next year will see a Rugby World Cup with big consequent demand for the Ireland jersey whereas qualification for an international tournament sends the soccer equivalent's sales 'through the roof'.
Regular big sellers in soccer are Barcelona, Real Madrid and old reliables, Manchester United and Liverpool.
It's therefore a coincidence that Dublin footballer Brian Fenton found himself watching United jerseys last weekend on a trip to Old Trafford, as part of the recreational possibilities that arise in the inter-county off-season.
With the pressure off to a point – club activity involves trying to stave off relegation with Raheny along with clubmate and Young Footballer of the Year nominee Brian Howard – he has been able to indulge his other sporting interests, between Old Trafford and keeping up with Leinster rugby.
It's been another fine year for the centrefielder (although not his best, he maintains) and has extended the remarkable unbeaten championship career to four seasons since his rookie year in 2015. For the second time he is a nominee for Footballer of the Year and odds-on for a third All Star.
A qualified physiotherapist, he works as a specialist surgery sales executive for medical devises and equipment company, Tekno Surgical, but says he may return to practice at the end of his career.
The present focus is however predictably different. The championship may be over little more than a month but already the prospect of Dublin going where no county has gone before and winning a fifth successive senior All-Ireland is up for discussion.
Unsurprisingly, he says that Jim Gavin and his selectors tend to steer clear of such talk.
"From a management point of view they never address twos-in-a-row, threes-in-a-rows, fours-in-a-rows. It is always called Leinster football championship, one, Leinster football championship, two and that sort of process. So it's never been mentioned, the whole in-a-rows.
While acknowledging that five changes are a lot to process at once and believing that players should be consulted at some point, Fenton is keeping an open mind on the recently floated football rule experiments, including restrictions on the hand pass, the creation of an attacking mark and limiting the number of players facing a kick-out.
"I've read about them and, look, anything that makes the game more of a spectacle for the spectator, a better watch, anything to promote the skills – high catching, more scores, the whole lot – I'm all for it.
"I know the lads around me are as well. I can't speak on behalf of everyone but we all practice the skills of the game and thankfully, with Dublin, every session is goal-scoring, point-kicking, high catching, kick-passing – all those basics.
Whereas he doesn't feel that the inter-county game has changed enormously during his career he sees variations at lower levels of football.
Neither does he see the ideas as directed at Dublin's dominance in the game.


Formed August 2009 and played their first gig a month later. Then played loads of shows in 2010 to 2011.
March 24th 2012 see's the release of the 'Bear Shark Laser Tiger Fight' EP.
Danny Glover is their favorite actor.


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When Interstate 35 was an Austin darling
It's time to look at Interstate 35 again. Not that we ever bother to drive on it.
Nope, we're reviewing the great concrete ribbon because Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Texas State Sen. Kirk Watson are promoting dovetailed plans for reducing congestion on 35 and other major city arteries.
Both are practical, optimistic, get-it-done kind of leaders. Dare we hope?
For a great explanation of their Interstate 35 proposals, read Ben Wear's excellent column on the subject.
Meanwhile, we'll share some taunting images of the freeway in its early years — and just before.
East Avenue looking south before it was turned into Interstate 35. Old Brack is in the middle distance. TxDot 557.
Before the Interregional Highway got busy. This is probably near 38th Street. TexasFreeway.com.
1957 shot of the freeway form the heights above East Riverside Drive. Popular image these days. TxDot 53.
Looking east where Interstate 35 and US. 290 East now meet around 1959. Sigh. TxDot.
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Overpass of Interstate 35, probably at Sixth Street, under construction in 1960. TxDot
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Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 27, 2016 September 25, 2016 Categories 1950s, 1960s, Interstate 35, UncategorizedTags austin, news, TexasLeave a comment on When Interstate 35 was an Austin darling
New Video: Texas dorm life before the Ruckus
Today we introduce a new Austin Found video series, which presents our images and thoughts about Old Austin and Texas, matched to the news of the day, in a different format.
Three females in a Texas dorm in 1942. UNT Libraries Special Collections.
You might remember that we posted some historical images of Texas student residential life, following the news of new West Campus student housing called the Ruckus. Here's our video take:
Wasn't that fun?
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 22, 2016 June 22, 2016 Categories 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Texas, Uncategorized, UTTags austin, news, School, TexasLeave a comment on New Video: Texas dorm life before the Ruckus
Why buy a $35 million estate on Lake Austin?
First, it's on Lake Austin.
Second, it's 10 minutes from downtown in Tarrytown. (Commute longer during rush hour.)
Third, it's on 13 wooded acres.
Maybe you've noticed the land — not the house — tooling around the hood.
Got $35 million in the vault for the Rockmoor Estates?
We don't either. But it made us dive into the vaults for cool historical shots of Lake Austin and its predecessor on that stretch of the Colorado River, that would be Lake McDonald.
Lake Austin above Tom Miller Dam. Neal Douglass. Austin History Center.
Men at Mt. Bonnell looking north at Lake Austin (or Lake McDonald). Austin Public Library.
Fowler's famous paddle boat on Lake Austin, 1949. Neal Douglass. Austin History Center.
Fish fry at the dam on Lake McDonald, 1921. Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum.
Lake Austin from Laguna Gloria, 1943. Neal Douglass. Austin Public Library.
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 18, 2016 Categories 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Colorado River, Tom Miller Dam, UncategorizedTags austin, news, TexasLeave a comment on Why buy a $35 million estate on Lake Austin?
As one Texas Ranger passes, we look back
Recorded by reporter Asher Price, a looming figure has passed.
"Joaquin Jackson, a 27-year Texas Ranger veteran who gained renown after gracing the cover of Texas Monthly magazine, died Wednesday in Alpine at the age of 80."
The plain speaker and straight shooter penned the best-selling memoir, "One Ranger," followed by "One Ranger Returns," which my husband, Kip Keller, by the way, edited.
In Jackson's complicated honor, we look back at other Rangers.
Photograph of William A. A. (Bigfoot) Wallace, a famous Texas Ranger, standing at the end of a small stone wall. The back of the photograph provides a printed biography of him. Austin History Center.
Photograph of A.J. "Jack" Dragoo of Brady, Texas in April 1968. He was a trail driver, Special Texas Ranger, deputy sheriff, and Indian fighter. He was born on October 3, 1869 at Round Rock, Texas. Cattle Raisers Museum.
Photograph of a group of Texas rangers. Each ranger is holding a rifle of their own. Identified on the back are Jim King, Bass Outlaw, Riley Boston, Charles Fusselman, — Derbin, Ernest Rodgers, Charles Barton, Walter Jones, Bob Bell, Cal Aten, Captain frank Jones, Walter Durbin, JIm Robinson, and Frank Schmidt. Austin History Center.
Photograph of Capt. David Baker, a Texas Ranger, holding a rifle by the barrel in his right hand, and a knife in his left. Austin History Center.
Four men standing behind a seated man on a porch. Back reads: "Texas Ranger Captains. Seated: Captain Dan Roberts. Standing L to R: Captain J. A. Brooks, Adjutant General W. W. Sterling, former Ranger Captain Frank A Hamer and Captain John R. Hughes." Austin History Center.
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 17, 2016 June 17, 2016 Categories 1840s, 1850s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Texas, UncategorizedTags austin, news, rangers, TexasLeave a comment on As one Texas Ranger passes, we look back
Student housing before the Ruckus on West Campus
Reporter Gary Dinges enlightens us on another student housing project for West Campus, this one aptly called the Ruckus.
Our West 26th Street bungalow from 1980s grad days is long gone, replace by a mid-rise, not unlike this one planned for 2502 Nueces Street, two blocks from where we lived.
I think it's rather smart to house students close to the university, making West Campus the most densely populated residential area in the city. The more pedestrians the better!
The story inspired us to look into Texas student housing from the past.
A University of Texas student dorm. 1940. Neal Douglass. Austin Public Library.
Roy S. Reynolds is on the far right in this men's dorm at Simmons College. Date unknown. Hardin-Simmons University Library.
We know this is Helen Finnellin with four friends in a college dorm. Looks posed. No date. University Photography Collection. UNT Libraries Special Collections.
Men's dorm room. 1905. Hardin-Simmons Photograph Collection.
So much studying! Again, very posed. Maples Street Hall dormitory, North Texas State University. 1964. UNT Libraries Collections.
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 16, 2016 June 20, 2016 Categories 1900s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Texas, Uncategorized, UTTags austin, news, TexasLeave a comment on Student housing before the Ruckus on West Campus
Texas party garb fashioned out of grapefruit? Why not?
So this edition of Austin Found represents an abrupt change of pace.
To toast Auri Auber's tasty story, "Paula's Texas Grapefruit could make paloma your summer drink," we dipped into the archives to find what we expected to be generous historical art of the pink-hearted fruit grown deep in the Valley.
Instead what we discovered was a bit more odd: "Weslaco's annual Birthday Party fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers."
We couldn't resist the outrageous apparel from the 1930s and '40s. One could draw all sorts of sociological conclusions from their efforts — and urge to elitism — but we'll let the dresses speak for themselves.
Frances is wearing a gown with bustle effect composed of grapefruit seed. The nosegay was made of membrane giving the effect of orange blossoms. Costume weighed 60 lbs. Representing the Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange Employees. Dec. 8, 1939. Welasco Museum.
Charlyn Charlyn is representing the Mercedes business and professional womens club. Her blouse is designed of the U.S flag, made out of red and blue straw flowers with white stripes of chrysanthemums. Skirt is made of 300,000 grease back beans. Kacquet strings are of grapefruit peeling. Welasco Museum.
Mary Jane Lee Williams wears a dress of grapefruit peel. Edge of train: citrus leaves. Palm Scene: Tangerine peel. Tiara- Citrus seeds. Representing the Womens Study club of Weslaco. Welasco Museum.
Mrs. Hank Hamel is representing the Weslaco Women's Study Club. This lovely green gown was made of broccoli with two tones of color in the skirt. the evening gown was styled with a straight skirt front, sweeping into folds in back. The flower motif was a soft apricot color, made from the membranes of Ruby Red, Foster Pink and White grapefruit. … Welasco Museum.
Miss Grace Dixon is wearing a Band outfit, the coat is made out of grapefruit membrane and the trousers are made out of green peppers.
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 14, 2016 June 14, 2016 Categories 1930s, 1940s, Photos, Texas, UncategorizedTags news, TexasLeave a comment on Texas party garb fashioned out of grapefruit? Why not?
Tracking early LGBT activism in Texas
Orlando has the country reeling. After posting a story about the impact on a sense of LGBT safety in Austin and reposting a 2001 article based on a LGBT community survey following an Orlando vigil in Austin, we went back to the photo archives to find some evidence of Texas LGBT activism in the past.
Dallas Gay Pride Parade Jun 24, 1972. LGBT Collections. UNT Libraries Special Collections.
A Texas gay rights rally in the 1980s. LGBT Collections. UNT Libraries Special Collections.
Part of the Texas contingent at the March on Washington, Oct. 14, 1979. LGBT Collections. UNT Special Collections.
Early rights activist Bill Nelson speaking at memorial for Terry Tebedo. Nelson died of AIDS Feb. 19, 1990. LGBT Collections. UNT Library Special Collections.
Burned AIDS Resource Center in 1988. LGBT Collections. UNT Libraries Special Collections.
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 13, 2016 Categories 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Texas, UncategorizedTags news, TexasLeave a comment on Tracking early LGBT activism in Texas
Texans always big for Big Bend
Reporter Pam LeBlanc has thoroughly explored the Big Bend area. One of her most popular stories on Big Bend hikes the subject ran Feb. 9, 2016. Yet, not surprisingly, it's still shared and read — it's trending now.
So we pulled some images from the vaults that show how Texans have always been big for the national and state parks on the bend in the Rio Grande.
J.B. Crow, Sammy Briggs. and Ray Briggs on horseback. They are members of the Odessa team taking part in the 1961 Big Bend Trail Ride, sponsored by the Big Bend Trail Ride Association. Sammy was the outstanding junior rider in the 1960 ride. Marfa Public Library.
Positive transparency of a rocky canyon in Big Bend National Park in Texas. A stream runs at the base of the rocks, and tall grasses grow along the river's bank. El Paso Public Library.
Photograph of a windmill on top of a small fort in Big Bend. Various sparse bushes surround it and a rocky hillside is to the right of the fort. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The presence of a United States Army fort in the Big Bend encouraged more settlers to ranch" Marfa Public Library.
Positive transparency of a sandstone formation in Big Bend National Park. Two bare shrubs and patches of dry grasses surround the base of the formation. El Paso Public Library.
Photograph of two large brown-and-white cattle behind a barbed wire fence in the Big Bend area. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Cattle ranching is the primary industry of this country." El Paso Public Library.
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 11, 2016 Categories 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Texas, UncategorizedTags news, TexasLeave a comment on Texans always big for Big Bend
A glance at lost children of Texas past
Three days ago, reporter Julie Chang revealed that between December 2014 and April 2016, 186 Texas children slept in offices for at least two nights.
We decided to dive into the archives to see how Texas orphans, abandoned kids, disabled youth and foster children fared in the past.
Copy negative of a group of orphaned children sitting and standing in front of the large house that is the Gregory Orphan's Home. Hardin-Simmons University Library.
Once a mysterious ghost of a building in northeast Austin, this was the St. John's Orphan Home. Read more here.
Sherry Matthews' cool book was about the Waco State Home, which was for youths whose parents could not or would not keep them.
This photo ca. 1949 of a girl by a stone fountain was taken at the Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan School, formerly known as the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youth. It was located on Bull Creek Road where the Grove development is headed. Heritage Center, School for the Deaf.
Author Michael BarnesPosted on June 10, 2016 Categories 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Texas, UncategorizedTags austin, news, TexasLeave a comment on A glance at lost children of Texas past


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New Gameplay and Information Released for Destiny
Bungie today released a new ViDoc showing off new gameplay and discussing how different parts of the game will work.
Unlike the Halo games, Destiny is intended to be a continuous experience, and so the developers have aimed at making the world one that players will actually want to stay in.
As such, they've made variety one of the bigger focuses, with a range of areas in the Solar System – including the Moon, Venus, Mars and Saturn – all explorable. The ViDoc showed off one such area, where the green, gassy ambiance stood out from the blue skies of Earth.
In these areas there will be a variety of monsters, which are showcased in the video.
The Vid Doc also shows off the three weapon slots available to the player. The first primary slot is designed for all purpose weaponry, and will typically house the assault rifle style weapons. The second "special" slot is where situational weapons like shotguns go. Finally, the "heavy" slot is designed for raw firepower, housing the gun that dishes out massive amounts of damage fast.
So far, Destiny has only been shown off as a co-op experience, with groups of friends undertaking missions. However, the ViDoc states that competitive multiplayer will also be an option.
Destiny is slated for release in 2014
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Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be in Love
A wonderful mix of entertainment and music history. — Booklist (American Library Association)
For a full list of reviews, please see our Press Page
Selected Festivals, Awards and TV Broadcasts
Melbourne Film Festival
Wellington International Film Festival
New York JVC Jazz Festival
American Film and Video Festival (Honorable Mention)
Toronto Jazz Film Festival
Sinking Creek Film Festival (Honorable Mention)
Broadcast in France, Britain, Germany and Yugoslavia", BBC
"Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be In Love" is a lyrical film portrait of the once famous, and now, largely forgotten jazz vocalist Maxine Sullivan. Sullivan won fame in the 1930s with swing renditions of traditional songs like "Loch Lomond" and "Annie Laurie."
By the late 1930s Sullivan became one of the foremost women in jazz. A black, female vocalist in America, she inspired a generation of young musicians like Ella Fitzgerald. Though largely absent from the jazz scene in the 1950s, she returned to perform in the late 1960s, at one point turning out an album every three months. She never retired and continued to work till her death in 1987.
Film footage, vintage photographs, reminiscences by jazz luminaries, as well as Sullivan's wonderfully seductive music are used to tell her story and document her place in jazz history. Featuring interviews with pianist Marian McPartland of NPR's Piano Jazz and tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton (Blue Note Records).
"Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be In Love" made its theatrical premiere at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and the Film Forum, New York.
Featuring Scott Hamilton and Marion McPartland. Produced and directed by Greta Schiller. Produced in association with Channel Four UK and La Sept, France.
DVD includes all three titles: "International Sweethearts Of Rhythm", "Tiny & Ruby: Hell Divin' Women" and "Maxine Sullivan: Love To Be In Love" and includes bonus interview with the filmmakers at Lincoln Center, New York, on the 20th Anniversary release of the newly restored master, hosted by New York Women in Film and TV.
Pricing and Viewing Options
Home Streaming
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For Home Use DVD Outside of the US: $25.00*
*HOME DVD: INCLUDES ALL THREE FILMS ON WOMEN IN JAZZ
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Wiegenlied (em português Canção de Ninar) de Johannes Brahms é a Op. 49, nº 4, originalmente escrito para voz e piano, publicado em 1868.

Composição e estréia
A canção de ninar foi dedicada à amiga de Brahms, Bertha Faber, por ocasião do nascimento de seu segundo filho.  Brahms tinha sido apaixonado por ela em sua juventude e construiu a melodia do "" para sugerir, como uma contra-melodia oculta, uma música que ela costumava cantar para ele.  A canção de ninar foi realizada pela primeira vez em público em 22 de dezembro de 1869 em Viena por Louise Dustmann (cantora) e Clara Schumann (piano).

Melodia

Canções de ninar
Composições de Johannes Brahms


Erie Canal (N.Y.)--Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
Additional drawings by Hager are available in the museum library.
Dr. Robert E. Hager (1916 - 2005) was an artist who created works of art about the Erie Canal. He had a passion for studying boats and the canals and was also known drawing diagrams of canal boats for the canal.
The Robert E. Hager Canal Boat Diagrams collection includes drawings of construction plans of canal boats used on the Erie Canal throughout the nineteenth century. These drawings were based on his extensive research on boat building techniques. Some diagrams, such as those of the "Lady Carrington II," were used to build scale models of boats for institutions across New York State. The drawings were made on mylar and paper depicting various perspectives of boat exteriors, interiors, and hull construction. These images serve as a small sample of the prolific research and documentation produced by Dr. Hager all of which is preserved in the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum library and archives.


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Candles are essential lighting utensil which has served humanity for over a thousand years. Before the invention of electricity, candles served as power supplies as fire torches were not safe indoors. So once the sun went down, candle appeared in every household and supplies lightening for various household activities like sewing, reading and even cooking.
In countries like China, candles were used to keep time. There are specially calibrated candles known as the candle clocks. These candles were used to alert individuals. The candle clock is produced by inserting a weight inside the candles at calibrated spots. Once the candles melt to a certain level, the pressure drops in a metal collect and signifies a change in time.
The first kind of candles was not from high-quality wax. The first kinds of candles made in China had wax from whale fat. The Japanese made their candles from squirrel fat.
Animal fat was the primary source of wax for candles. Animals like sheep, cows, and donkeys were frequently used to make candle wax. However, the odor from the manufacturing process of making candles from animal fat was unbearable.
So many cities banned the use of animal fats from making candles. The need for the product led to the discovery of beeswax. The beeswax smelt better and was adopted, and it replaced animal fats.
In 1850, paraffin was introduced and became commercially available. Candles were from paraffin in commercial quantity. This was sure to be a gamer changer for the lifestyles of people across the world.
The set of people who made candles from different kind of materials are known as chandlers (this is the origin for the name chandelier).
From just making lighting candles, Chandlers tried out new ways to make candles better. They started adding unique fragrances to candles to make them give offer special scent when burned. Candles were molded with incense sticks to give off better scents when burned. And instead of using weights, various incense sticks were added to a candle, and the change in smell signifies the change in time.
The Indians discovered the aromatic benefits associated with using scented candles and started using wax from boiled cinnamon for their candles. This kind of candles gave off sweet smelling scents when burned.
From making scented candles, Chandlers started looking for ways to make smokeless candles. This quest was because of the need to reduce the number of fire accidents caused by smokes from candles. After so many failed trials, Thomas Payne finally invented the smokeless candles in late 1700. However, his version also failed, and he gave up on the pursuit.
Candles became less popular as people found out other means of indoor lightning. This is primarily because of the fire caused by burning candle.
With the invention of electricity, candles went almost extinct. Light bulbs replaced candles from home and the business of making candles nearly died off.
However, during late 1980 and early 1990's, candles gained back popularity due to their decorative properties. Candles are no longer used for their lightening abilities. Special candle makers like Wiff now make exotic candles for all kinds of home decorations. There are now used to create a pleasing environment that can help people relax and have fun. Friendly-user candles are used, unlike the paraffin candles that cause various health diseases and allergies. Flameless candles are now available, and now people are beginning to enjoy all the benefits of using a candle.
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In times of doom, EVANGELIST returns with songs of death and destruction. The band was first started in the spring of 2008, with inspiration mainly coming from the obscure epic metal scene in the US, epic doom metal pioneers and metal classics in general. Major lyrical inspiration came from the twisted minds of R.E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, history, religion and spirituality of the ages gone by.
Their debut album, IN PARTIBUS INFIDELIUM, was recorded between 2009 and 2011 and released in June 2011 by PsycheDOOMelic Records. Their sophomore record, DOOMINICANES, was recorded between 2012 and 2013 and released in May 2013 by Doomentia Records. In October 2014, a collaboration with CAPILLA ARDIENTE troops was revealed in the form of the infamous CAPILLA ARDIENTE/EVANGELIST 12" split on which EVANGELIST delivered their own version of MAYHEM'S classic "Freezing Moon". In December 2018, after a short hiatus, their third album, DEUS VULT, was released by Nine Records.
Almost one year later, recording sessions began on two new songs, as well as a rendition of one of MANILLA ROAD'S finest tracks, MYSTIFICATION. These three songs will be paired with another three tracks recorded during the DEUS VULT recording sessions, and will ultimately be released as an EP, entitled AD MORTEM FESTINAMUS.
1. Perceval
2. Anubis (On the Onyx Throne of Death)
3. Mystification (Manilla Road cover)
4. The Puritan
5. Pale Lady of Mercy
6. Towards the End
GENRE: Doom Metal
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The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide funding for local programs to distribute equipment to low-income individuals who are deaf-blind (who have hearing loss and vision loss). The FCC may use up to $10 million annually from the interstate Telecommunications Relay Service fund for this purpose.
In 2011, the FCC established the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP) as a pilot program. The pilot program will run for two years, beginning July 1, 2012. The FCC may extend the program for a third year. The pilot program will provide valuable information that the FCC will use to help develop and implement an effective and efficient permanent deaf-blind equipment distribution program.
How does the pilot program operate?
For the pilot program, the FCC selected and certified one entity in each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, to receive FCC support to distribute equipment to low-income individuals who are deaf-blind. The FCC allocated a minimum of $50,000 to each of the 53 certified programs, plus additional funding based on the size of each state's population. As a result, states with large populations were allocated larger amounts of funding than states with small populations.
The FCC also set aside $500,000 each year for the Perkins School for the Blind to coordinate outreach to promote this new equipment distribution program nationwide.
Under the CVAA, only low-income individuals who are deaf-blind are eligible to receive equipment. Applicants must provide verification of their status as low-income and deaf-blind.
For this program, the CVAA requires that the term "deaf-blind" has the same meaning given in the Helen Keller National Center Act. In general, the individual must have a certain vision loss and a hearing loss that, combined, cause extreme difficulty in attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial adjustment, or obtaining a vocation (working).
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The Interstate 10 drive to Phoenix has always been boring—and sometimes dangerous. However, for baseball lovers, an enjoyable, affordable and efficient alternative to driving exists. At only $18 for adults, or $15 for kids 2 to 12, fans can travel to Chase Field to see the Diamondbacks play—for the final times this season on Sept. 26 and 27. Leaving from Foothills Mall 2 1/2 hours before game time, passengers are dropped off right at a stadium gate. The bus then leaves Phoenix 30 minutes after the game. The camaraderie, the climate-controlled temperature and the cost all make the Diamond Express a true home run.


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Tomas Eduardo Rincon Hernandez took his chance to impress the Hamburg bosses when he joined them on loan from Deportivo Táchira in his native Venezuela in 2009, and his career has continued to flourish since.
The midfielder arrived with a point to prove, and one year to do it. Under Martin Jol, he laid the foundations for a career in the Bundesliga, before convincing the Dutch coach's successor, Bruno Labbadia, to invest in him.
"Tomas has a top attitude. We are pleased that we have been able to sign him and we are convinced that he will improve further with us," said the tactician.
Labbadia made Rincon's initial one-year loan deal permanent at the end of 2009 and his prediction has proven to be accurate too. Two years later, "El General", as the Venezuelan is nicknamed, became a regular in the HSV starting XI.
"The HSV-General is getting better and better," titled the local Morgenpost newspaper towards the end of the 2011/12 campaign when, under the eyes of his national team coach, he put in "yet another magical performance".
Such performances helped Hamburg avoid the drop that season, and despite sucessive managerial changes at the Northern giants, Rincon, when fit, has remained a constant in the centre of midfield. He made 20 appearances in 2012/13 as Hamburg almost qualified for Europe, but suffered a head injury in September 2013 which limited his end-of-year involvement.


Situated in the heart of the Côte de Nuits, Domaine de l'Arlot, sensitive to the nuances of terroir transmitted through the purity of its wines, is the guardian of an exceptional viticultural heritage.
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Yes, really, really different! Alert (and lovely) blogger Alicia Chenaux got a peek Wednesday at the new experimental game sims on the Second Life grid, and thanks to Bryn Oh (there we are, below) I had a chance to pay them a visit last night. And this, my friends, is something unlike anything we've seen in Second Life. There's no sense that you're not in Second Life, but there's also no question that you're in a game, in a completely different kind of environment.
Here's what happens. You teleport in from a Linden sandbox location, and you arrive at a sim called LR 28. (At least I did—I notice on the map that there are three identical groups of 12 sims, all set up to play the game, so maybe you'll end up in one of the others.) (LR? There isn't any other information, but I'm guessing it stands for Linden Research.) [Edit: It's Linden Realms.] You're automatically fitted with a HUD—it simply appears on your screen, as shown on the screen shot in the top photo (click to zoom in)—that gives you a goal or task (the instruction bar running across the bottom of the screen) and some crystals on the top left.
Your first task is going to be getting to the workshop at the basecamp, and the fun begins right away because there are rock monsters that will try to catch you, and they're fast. There's a picture of one at the bottom of the blog post. You can outrun them, but you have to move quickly and constantly. (If you get caught, you get dumped at a safe spot from which you begin again.) There are wayfinding signs here and there, and eventually you'll reach the workshop, shown below—I'm there with Patti Daviau.
After you reach the workshop, you'll be given the task of gathering crystals, building a flare, finding a mountain peak, and setting off a cannon. As you gather crystals the totals are shown on the upper left of your screen. (Below, Bryn, Patti and I are at the cannon, just as Bryn set off her flare.) That's as far as I got, after maybe an hour or two. I really have no sense of how much time I spent, but it was immersive, addicting, and, we all agreed, very well done.
This place is a ton of fun. It's also remarkably free of lag, even when running full tilt from sim to sim, although there weren't many people there when I visited. The implications of this experiment are significant—I can imagine some amazing games being developed using the toolset that the Lab is assembling for this project.
Update: I forgot to mention that the game is designed to provide rewards as you reach certain goals. If you manage to get your red flare to shoot off the cannon, for example, you get paid L$1 (woo woo! lol) and get a link to the SL Marketplace.
And ... the game saves your current status, so you can return and pick up where you left off.
I was *almost* tempted to sign-up as premium once more to try this out. Cannot wait until it comes out of "beta". Which apparently might be a while from what Rodvik has said.
Hmmmm. Well, now I'm stuck, cos my HUD stopped giving me directions, no matter what I do, and there doesn't seem to be any way to reset it. ;( Still, this shows great promise.


Guin Valentine opens her eyes to find herself trapped in an underwater military base with her and her twin brother, Guy's, friends. To make matters even weirder, a cartoonish rat named Kairos appears and splits them into two groups lead by each twin, forcing them to complete various tasks in order to gain secrets.
But these aren't ordinary tasks—they're life-threatening, from holding a loaded gun to your head to playing memory games where failure means you're crushed between spikes. What could be the reasoning behind performing such dangerous tasks and gaining secrets that only creates tension within the group? Where did this rat come from, and why did he trap them here? And, most importantly . . .
RATS: 252 Chances At Redemption is a "death game" original story. It's semi-illustrated with sprites and CGs, and is written in script format to replicate the feeling of a visual novel or comic!
Note: RATS: 252 Chances At Redemption contains some graphic violence.