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wordpress | Man continuously undergoes selection through the operation of the forces of social environment. Among native Americans of the Colonial period a large family was an asset and social pressure and economic advantage counselled both early marriage and numerous children. Two hundred years of continuous political expansion and material prosperity changed these conditions and children, instead of being an asset to till the fields and guard the cattle, became an expensive liability. They now require support, education and endowment from their parents and a large family is regarded by some as a serious handicap in the social struggle.
These conditions do not obtain at first among immigrants, and large families among the newly arrived population are still the rule, precisely as they were in Colonial America and are to-day in French Canada where backwoods conditions still prevail.
The result is that one class or type in a population expands more rapidly than another and ultimately replaces it. This process of replacement of one type by another does not mean that the race changes or is transformed into another. It is a replacement pure and simple and not a transformation.
The lowering of the birth rate among the most valuable classes, while the birth rate of the lower classes remains unaffected, is a frequent phenomenon of prosperity. Such a change becomes extremely injurious to the race if unchecked, unless nature is allowed to maintain by her own cruel devices the relative numbers of the different classes in their due proportions. To attack race suicide by encouraging indiscriminate reproduction is not only futile but is dangerous if it leads to an increase in the undesirable elements. What is needed in the community most of all is an increase in the desirable classes, which are of superior type physically, intellectually and morally and not merely an increase in the absolute numbers of the population.
The value and efficiency of a population are not numbered by what the newspapers call souls, but by the proportion of men of physical and intellectual vigor. The small Colonial population of America was, on an average and man for man, far superior to the present inhabitants, although the latter are twenty-five times more numerous. The ideal in eugenics toward which statesmanship should be directed is, of course, improvement in quality rather than quantity. This, however, is at present a counsel of perfection and we must face conditions as they are.
Where altruism, philanthropy or sentimentalism intervene with the noblest purpose and forbid nature to penalize the unfortunate victims of reckless breeding, the multiplication of inferior types is encouraged and fostered. Indiscriminate efforts to preserve babies among the lower classes often result in serious injury to the race.
Mistaken regard for what are believed to be divine laws and a sentimental belief in the sanctity of human life tend to prevent both the elimination of defective infants and the sterilization of such adults as are themselves of no value to the community. The laws of nature require the obliteration of the unfit and human life is valuable only when it is of use to the community or race.
The church assumes a serious responsibility toward the future of the race whenever it steps in and preserves a defective strain. Before eugenics were understood much could be said from a Christian and humane viewpoint in favor of indiscriminate charity for the benefit of the individual. The societies for charity, altruism or extension of rights, should have in these days, however, in their management some small modicum of brains, otherwise they may continue to do, as they have sometimes done in the past, more injury to the race than black death or smallpox.
Efforts to increase the birth rate of the genius producing classes of the community, while most desirable, encounter great difficulties. In such efforts we encounter social conditions over which we have as yet no control. It was tried two thousand years ago by Augustus and his efforts to avert race suicide and the extinction of the old Roman stock were singularly prophetic of what some far seeing men are attempting in order to preserve the race of native Americans of Colonial descent.
Under modern social conditions it would be extremely difficult in the first instance to determine which were the most desirable types, except in the most general way and even if a satisfactory selection were finally made, it would be in a democracy a virtual impossibility to limit by law the right to breed to a privileged and chosen few.
Experiments in limiting reproduction to the undesirable classes were unconsciously made in mediaeval Europe under the guidance of the church. After the fall of Rome social conditions were such that all those who loved a studious and quiet life were compelled to seek refuge from the violence of the times in monastic institutions and upon such the church imposed the obligation of celibacy and thus deprived the world of offspring from these desirable classes.
In the Middle Ages, through persecution resulting in actual death, life imprisonment and banishment, the free thinking, progressive and intellectual elements were persistently eliminated over large areas, leaving the perpetuation of the race to be carried on by the brutal, the servile and the stupid. It is now impossible to say to what extent the Roman Church by these methods has impaired the brain capacity of Europe. No better method of eliminating the genius producing strains of a nation could be devised and if such were its purpose the result was eminently satisfactory, as is demonstrated by the superstitious and unintelligent Spaniard of to-day. A similar elimination of brains and ability took place in northern Italy, in France and in the Low Countries, where hundreds of thousands of Huguenots were murdered or driven into exile.
Under existing conditions the most practical and hopeful method of race improvement is through the elimination of the least desirable elements in the nation by depriving them of the power to contribute to future generations. It is well known to stock breeders that the color of a herd of cattle can be modified by continuous destruction of worthless shades and of course this is true of other characters. Black sheep, for instance, have been practically obliterated by cutting out generation after generation all animals that show this color phase, until in carefully maintained flocks a black individual only appears as a rare sport.
Actually, multi-culturalism/multi-racialism hurts the most vulnerable Whites, so in a way multi-culturalism/multi-racialism IS eugenics. | 2019-04-26T09:41:04Z | https://chechar.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/the-competition-of-races/ | Porn | Reference | 0.638391 |
wordpress | Today we are celebrating the precious letter P!
I have been looking forward to sharing these two bloggers with everyone. They have a pretty new blog and they are so special that they got 1000 followers in one month! I was curious as to how they did it. They have produced an eBook called Unseen Blogging Tips for Absolute Quick Success on how to earn that many followers.
The two bloggers are Cezane and Michelle and they are so friendly and supportive of the other bloggers.
I enjoy when Michelle and Cezane write together. They have a very heartfelt look on life and it is a good read. The way they equate the mind to a knife is quite interesting in the blog post called Mastering the Mind and Heart.
We aim to inspire many to a better life style and spread smiles like the showers of rain at Debudscha! Driven by a writer and a fighter, you’ve found yourself at a site where every beat of your heart rhymes to the smile on your face derived from the magic of words.
Welcome To Psychedelic Bay – Home to a Writer and a Fighter.
Enjoy your special letter day today. Cezane and Michelle. Today is all about you both!
Today we are celebrating the Keepable letter K!
Nikki writes her blog in order to promote a kinder way of living. Her blog’s motto is : Think Kinder Live Kinder Be Kinder. She strives toward this in every post. Her joy is infectious with adorable photos challenges, Articles on Mental health, Kind thoughts of the Day.
Nikki’s blog truly is an uplifting and enjoyable place to visit with each post. She has been blogging for several months now and recently did a makeover on her blog’s appearance. I think it looks amazing. I hope you will jump over and visit her page, it is a very pleasant place to visit.
When writing her “about me” page, she was quick to share the purpose of the blog. Here is her mission in her own words.
My mission here at A Kinder Way is to get you excited about living a kinder life. This is is not a place for perfection. No one can do everything ”right”, but we all can do something to make things better every day. Whether that’s buying a cruelty free product, eating a meatless meal, taking a long hot bath to soothe our soul or simply smiling at someone as we pass by. Each of these things adds kindness to our lives and the world around us.
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wordpress | Comics Archive | I made inky.
07/30/12 – Comic #90 – Bonus.
06/03/12 – Comic #89 – Can’t look away.
05/20/12 – Comic #87 – Sleep.
05/13/12 – Comic #86 – Contacts Part 3.
05/06/12 – Comic #85 – Contacts Part 2.
04/29/12 – Comic #84 – Contacts.
04/22/12 – Comic #83 – Pierogi.
04/15/12 – Comic #82 – Headphones.
04/08/12 – Comic #81 – Shopping.
04/01/12 – Comic #80 – Breakfast.
03/25/12 – Comic #79 – Walking.
03/18/12 – Comic #78 – Space.
03/11/12 – Comic #77 – Office meeting.
03/04/12 – Comic #76 – Mocha Mocha.
02/26/12 – Comic #75 – Quote.
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02/12/12 – Comic #73 – Shower times.
02/05/12 – Comic #72 – Whip Cream!
01/29/12 – Comic #71 – Buy American!
01/22/12 – Comic #70 – Cantaloupe.
01/15/12 – Comic #69 – Arachnophobia.
01/08/12 – Comic #68 – Blade Runner.
01/01/12 – Comic #67 – Paper Shredder.
12/18/11 – Comic #66 – Data acquired.
12/11/11 – Comic #65 – Yip Yips!
10/30/11 – Comic #60 – How he would have handled things.
10/23/11 – Comic #59 – Email.
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10/09/11 – Comic #57 – Bad pickup lines.
10/02/11 – Comic #56 – Surprise.
09/18/11 – Comic #54 – Dream job.
08/21/44 – Comic #50 Change Management.
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07/31/11 – Comic #47 – Serious business.
07/24/11 – Comic #46 – Adventures at McFoods R’ Us.
07/17/11 – Comic #45 – The rain.
07/10/11 – Comic #44 – The TUF Report.
07/03/11 – Comic #43 – Tank Girl.
06/26/11 – Comic #42 – The pouf.
06/12/11 – Comic #40 – Revelation!
06/05/11 – Comic #39 – Run away from the light.
05/29/11 – Comic #38 – Carry out.
05/22/11 – Comic #37 – The rapture.
05/01/11 – Comic #34 – Desktop wallpaper at work.
04/24/11 – Comic #33 – Two minutes.
04/17/11 – Comic #32 – Lunch times.
04/10/11 – Comic #31 – The doomed records system.
04/03/11 – Comic #30 – The greatest disappointment.
03/27/11 – Comic #29 – Supporting evil!
03/06/11 –Comic #26 – Like a G6.
02/27/11- Comic #25 – Dying.
02/20/11 – Comic #24 – A tour of a magical world.
01/09/11 – Comic #18 – Decision time.
12/12/10 – Comic #14 – Longest day ever!
12/05/10 – Comic #13 – Can-Scan sad times.
11/28/10 – Comic #12 – The turkey.
11/21/10 – Comic #11 – The restroom situation.
11/14/10 – Comic #10 – Ian goes shopping.
11/07/10 – Comic #9 – Driver issue.
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wikipedia | This article is about current Disney record label. For 1950s R&B label, see Recorded In Hollywood.
Hollywood Records, Inc. is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records label. Founded in 1989, its current roster includes artists such as Jordan Fisher, Zella Day, Queen, Zendaya, Ocean Park Standoff, Dreamers, Bea Miller, Martina Stoessel, Breaking Benjamin, Jorge Blanco, Sabrina Carpenter, R5, Olivia Holt, Sofia Carson, Forever in Your Mind, New Hope Club, Joywave, Maddie Poppe and In Real Life. The label also releases Marvel Studios's soundtrack and compilation albums in conjunction with Marvel Music.
Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by Michael Eisner, then CEO of The Walt Disney Company as a way of expanding the company's music operations by looking to develop and promote the careers of a wide variety of artists in various genres. At the time, the company was limited to the release of soundtracks from Touchstone, and Hollywood Pictures films. Lawyer Peter Paterno was the first president of the label, until his resignation in 1993 because of the division's lackluster sales. After failing to sign new artists such as Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Naughty By Nature, Cypress Hill and Dr. Dre, the label experienced its first major success in February 1990, when it acquired the North American distribution rights to Queen's entire catalog for $10 million. The following year, the first Queen album under Hollywood, Innuendo, was released. The deal's outlook as an important economic opportunity was immediately affected by the premature death of the band's lead singer Freddie Mercury, although the band's catalog sales managed to successfully generate nearly $94 million in revenue for Disney from 1991 to 1995.
Bob Pfeifer was named President of the label in March 1995 after a whole year without a President, but problems continued to the label and Pfeifer was fired in 1997, after the label revealed that he had lost over 150 million dollars since 1989. In 1997, Disney acquired Mammoth Records, in order to get an already-established record label that could succeed. However, the acquisition of Mammoth was a failure and the label was closed and integrated to Hollywood in 2003. Additionally, during this time, they had signed Duran Duran to a three-album contract, and subsequently released Pop Trash, only to terminate their contract after disappointing album sales. In 1998, the company decided to form Buena Vista Music Group (now Disney Music Group), integrating the operations of Walt Disney Records along with Hollywood, Lyric Street, Mammoth, and Walt Disney Music Publishing. Bob Cavallo, former manager of Earth, Wind & Fire and Prince was appointed as chairman of the group, and president of Hollywood Records. This movement looked to organize the music operations of the company under a more integrated direction.
After some years of development, Hollywood Records had its first major success in 2003, when Metamorphosis, Hilary Duff's first non-holiday album, was released and became a success to the label, selling over three million copies in the United States. The launch of Duff's career represents a new business model for the record, utilising the synergies around the company, including important outlets like Disney Channel, Radio Disney, ABC Family & ABC. Duff's albums released under Hollywood proved to be equally successful including 2004's Hilary Duff and 2005's Most Wanted. A similar business model was utilized in subsequent Hollywood's artists like Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, Bridgit Mendler and Selena Gomez with several productions that gained Platinum or Gold certifications. Their musical careers proved that the label had become a success. At the same time, the label continued to develop the careers of artists with a less mainstream profile like Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Breaking Benjamin or Plain White T's, but who had been successful in its own terms. The label also continued to release soundtracks from films and TV shows, mainly those derived from Marvel Studios productions. In 2010, Hollywood absorbed the remaining operations of country music label Lyric Street Records, which became an imprint for the catalog of the defunct-label, currently managed by Hollywood. In 2011, Queen left EMI for Universal-owned Island Records, with Hollywood continuing to remain the group's North American music distributor.
In January 2012, after 14 years of a successful tenure, Bob Cavallo retired as chairman of the Group and Ken Bunt was appointed as president of the group. Several changes have been done under his tenure, including the retirement of long-time executives from the Cavallo's era like Abbey Konowitch, Justin Fontaine and Jhon Linda and the appointment of new A&R's like Mio Vukovic and Mike Daly. In March 2013, Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group announced the expansion of their relationship with a new commercial and creative agreement that enable Hollywood Records' artists to collaborate with the roster of producers and songwriters that are part of Universal. Since 2013, Hollywood Records also uses the brand name DMG Nashville to specialize in country music. The genre label was founded to provide music licensing for Bigger Picture Music Group. After Bigger Picture's closure in 2014, DMG Nashville released its first studio album; Lucy Hale's Road Between.
Hollywood Basic was Hollywood’s short-lived hip-hop subsidiary, run by Dave Funkenklein, which existed (between) from 1990 to 1995. It did not survive the distribution transition its parent made to PolyGram Records, and all of its recordings were deleted, save for those by Organized Konfusion, which were repressed under the new deal. It was the first label to record DJ Shadow, releasing his "Lesson 4" (a reference to Double Dee and Steinski) as the B-side of a 1991 single by Lifers Group, a hip hop group composed of prisoners at East Jersey State Prison in New Jersey. It also released Shadow's Legitimate Mix on the B-side of a single by the group Zimbabwe Legit in 1992. Arguably the most high-profile release was due to be BASIC Queen Bootlegs, a 10-track collection of hip-hop remixes and reinterpretations of tracks by the rock band Queen and featuring roster names plus guests such as Ice Cube. Although the BASIC Beats Sampler confirmed its release date for April 1992, the album was not commercially released although it has since leaked online. Other notable releases came from Organized Konfusion; its challenging second album, Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994), was widely acclaimed. The label was also home of Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, although, following the shooting death of Charizma in 1993, the music the duo recorded for the label was not released. This would later inspire Peanut Butter Wolf to found Stones Throw Records in order to make this music available. Acts on Hollywood BASIC's roster included Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, Lifers' Group, Organized Konfusion, Raw Fusion, Hi-C, and Zimbabwe Legit.
Upon its 1989 launch, Hollywood was distributed by in the United States and Canada by Elektra Records, at the time owned by Disney rival Time Warner. Distribution in North America switched to PolyGram (now Universal Music Group) in 1995 (partnered with A&M in Canada until the formation of Universal in 1999). Today, Universal Music Group markets and distributes Hollywood Records catalog worldwide except for Russia; Warner Music Group is the label's Russian distributor. Also, several Hollywood artists including Demi Lovato, Bridgit Mendler, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Nick Jonas & the Administration, Joe Jonas, Miley Cyrus, and Jonas Brothers directly signed to Universal Music UK's Fascination Records. There were reports in 2011 that Disney Music Group would start an independent US distribution arm for its label's releases, but as of February 2012, those plans have yet to be enacted. Universal Music Group acquired EMI in 2012 but pledged not to renew its European license with Disney; both sides eventually changed their minds. In March 2013, Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group announced the expansion of their relationship with a new commercial and creative agreement that enabled Hollywood Records' artists to collaborate with the roster of producers and songwriters that are part of Universal Music.
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^ "Universal Music Group (UMG) & Disney Music Group (DMG) Expand Agreement Globally". PR Newswire. March 20, 2013. | 2019-04-19T14:26:04Z | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Records | Porn | Business | 0.80274 |
wordpress | This entry was posted on November 3, 2011 at 4:44 pm and is filed under Civil Service Exam 2011, Composition of questions, Correspondence Course, UPSC - IAS 2008, UPSC IAS 2009, UPSC IAS 2010. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
I was preparing for English for IAS – I wanted to know if enrolling in an online course would be good?
Also, someone said English is not a high scoring subject. One should pick subjects like Math and Engineering for a good score. Is that correct? But then I don’t have a background in Mathematics – what subjects should I choose for a good score? | 2019-04-22T22:55:34Z | https://visionias.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/upsc-ias-%E2%80%93-question-paper-english-compulsory-mains-2011-october-30-2011/ | Porn | Reference | 0.19538 |
wordpress | In our recent posts, we’ve seen how to create objects and how to use object prototyping in creating objects. We’ve seen how to extend objects by adding methods, and how to add them to the right level using prototype.
In this post, you will learn how to use prototypes for basic inheritance. And in the next post, you will learn how you can implement inheritance using the revealing module pattern.
A prototype is an object from which other objects inherit properties. So each object and be used to prototype other objects.
Since prototypes are themselves objects, every prototype has a prototype too.
In this example, the getBreed method is shared by rover and spot—until you override the toString method in spot, anyway. After that, spot has its own version of the getBreed method, but the rover object and subsequent objects created with new GreatDane will still share that one instance of the getBreed method defined in the GreatDane.prototype object. | 2019-04-22T10:50:23Z | https://devdaysdotcom.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/object-javascript-understanding-prototypes/ | Porn | Reference | 0.134809 |
typepad | It was interesting to see this was the case in the States as it was also true here in Canada. Regardless of where you call home, if you've ever carried a lunch pale to a job site or struggled while others seemed to get by with ease you loved the music made by Bruce and the Big Man.
People are passionate about music and when something momentous happens, for good or bad, people have passionate feelings and look for places to express them. A radio station that has bought into social media will understand this and have created a culture where it's DJ's are already participating actively. When an event like this happens the radio stations that have built a social reputation will be the place people flock to share their thoughts and memories.
That creates brand loyalty. You shared an intensely personal experience with fans. Those relationships are real and will keep people coming back.
Michael, thanks for the comment and the perspective. I believe that events like Clarence's passing are tests for rock stations and for personalities, in much the same way that an earthquake or natural disaster puts the pressure on news stations to step it up at a critical time in people's lives.
I see it in focus groups all the time - people remember those moments where you came up big and gave them a memorable moment. | 2019-04-20T09:04:09Z | https://jacobsmedia.typepad.com/jacobs/2011/06/dont-die-over-the-weekend.html | Porn | Business | 0.641589 |
wordpress | Another radio debut and a thankful band for their vinyl campaign support.
March 21s, 2018 – Songs from the Apocalyptic Lovers album Redemption Vol I mixed by Michael Wagener will be making their debut on Just4FunRadio.com today.
DJ and The Ruff Edge show host Jacob Gibbons aka The Guru of Rock’n Roll will be spinning his brand of rock and roll from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST via Jsut4FunRadio.com. Since the band is campaigning to get their current album on vinyl, they are very excited to debut on another great station streaming to millions of rock fans worldwide.
Fans can also tune into another good friend of the band Andrew the Axeman and his hair blazing syndicated radio show The Hair Metal Mansion. Andrew’s new show premiers on Thursday evenings and then makes appearances on almost 40 radio stations around the world over the next 5 days. The Hair Metal Mansion always has fantastic guests, so make sure not to miss Andrew’s guest tonight Vixen’s bassist Share Ross!
If on the go, each station has free mobile apps available! You can also find them on iTunes and TuneIn.
Closing out the the news for this week, the band would like to give a shout out and thank you to the following media and radio support they have received for their vinyl record campaign. There is no mountain too high for this group when it comes to rock and roll!
Radio X Rocks, Rock93X, Slammin Tunes, FRYday Night with Fry!, Rock Is Alive ROTR Radio, KNAC.COM, Beau Hairnetradio, Hair Metal Mansion with Andrew the Axeman Rachel Logan of Rachel’s Rock Refuge hairbandheaven.com The Knight’s Den Metal Show, Keith Knight, Digital Revolution Radio, Randall Edwards, House That Metal Built, Crazy Trains Classic Rocks, Benny Henderson Jr., Rocker Chick Radio Show ,Returns, Isaac Banks, The Rockpit, Mark Diggins, Keith Boisvert, Decibel Geek, Podcast, Dee Rocks Radio, Daemion Davis, Tina Keatley, Olivier Sleazeroxx, Rockmixfm, Just 4 Fun Radio, Lonnie Eubank, METAL WORKS, TURN UP YOUR Radio / Radio World Tour, Adam Cox, Jay Roberts, Patti Horan, John Jeffries, Larry Petro, Gary S. Angelo.
The Apocalyptic Lovers would like to request that if you tune in and check out any of the above stations, to please support them on all of their social media. If it were not for these stations, indie artists would have no voice in whats left of radio today.
Vinyl version of Redemption Vol I. to be released with your help!
For release: March 13th, 2018 – Fans can soon assist their Apocalyptic Lovers in getting the Michael-Wagener-mixed album, Redemption Vol I. released for the first time on vinyl.
The band has a limited number of days to obtain 100 orders, and if that goal is reached, the vinyl version of Redemption Vol I. will ship to doorsteps worldwide!
The first 100 orders will also include a nice incentive: an exclusive, autographed photo and custom, Apocalyptic Lovers guitar pick.
While links will be shared on social media, fans can go to one central location to purchase the vinyl version of their album via www.apocalypticlovers.com.
The vinyl campaign will begin March 19th and conclude on April 19th, so all orders must be made on or before April 19th for the pressing to launch.
Founding members of the band, David Hope and Mike Nagy along with Robert Kane and Sean Magee, ask friends, family members, and fans to please share this info far and wide to help make their bucket list item of Redemption Vol I on vinyl a reality.
Legendary producer, Michael Wagener (Ozzy, Metallica, Skid Row, Dokken, Motley Crue, Poison, Alice Cooper, Extreme, White Lion, et al.) mixed Redemption Vol. I at his Wireworld Studio in Nashville. On vinyl, Redemption Vol. I is sure to become an instant classic with fans of arena rock and 80’s hair metal. Head to the band’s website now to place your order before its too late!
WNJR 91.7 FM Washington – Pittsburgh adds the Apocalyptic Lovers by way of Miami.
March 06, 2018 – Time has not stood still since the albums release, but Redemption Vol I by the Apocalyptic Lovers is still picking up steam. The album was recently discovered by the WNJR Program Director and his wife by way of the Monsters of Rock Cruise this past February.
The band had been contacted about donating merchandise for door prizes at a party in Miami, Florida. The party turned out to be a gathering held for the past three years before music lovers would board their ship for the Monsters of Rock Cruise. The Cruise is very well know by fans of 80’s rock and metal due to bands like Ratt, Dokken, Tesla, and many others providing the entertainment for the duration of the cruise.
The Apocalyptic Lovers have been targeting the cruise for the past two years as a way to increase their fan base, so donating music and shirts seemed to be a perfect fit. Over 800 guests attended the Miami Cocktail Bash – The Calm Before the Storm and around 200 of them walked away with gift bags of rock and roll goodies. Only ten items of the Apocalyptic Lovers were in the bags, but those 10 items made the bands social media and website more active than ever.
All the activity made sense to the band, since their music is very much in the vein of 80s rock and metal and their album was mixed by legendary producer Michael Wagener. Mr. Wagener probably worked with close to 85% of the bands on the Monsters of Rock Cruise throughout his career and was actually on the cruise this year to speak on a panel. Between Mr. Wagener mixing their record, fans winning their music along with his and hers concert shirts, its no wonder guests on the ship flooded the bands social media and website.
Greg not only is the Program Director, but he also hosts a show called The Pure Rock Shop on WNJR, where the band will make its debut this Wednesday the 7th. If you want to hear what Apocalyptic Lovers song Greg spins, make sure to tune in to the station around 4:00 PM EST. Fans of hard rock and metal will also want to check out Greg’s website for the Pure Rock Shop for even more rock and roll news and interviews.
The band would like to first thank the host of the cocktail party in Miami, Pamela D, Crockett. Pamela gave the guys a great opportunity to network within a perfect target audience regarding their fan base and it paid off. Between the huge increase in social media and website traffic, to Greg ending up with their CD, this ended up a successful opportunity for the band.
The guys are also thrilled and thankful that Greg and his wife Kara both enjoyed the CD and are humbled to be getting air play once again on FM radio. The music business is not the same in many ways these days, but one thing that has not changed is the passion that people in all walks of life have for hard rock and heavy metal music.
Station information: 91.7 FM WNJR Washington / Pittsburgh and online at WNJR.org. On air studio phone for requests and calling 724-503-1001 ext 6239. Mobile users can use the free TuneIn app and search WNJR. | 2019-04-24T20:35:56Z | https://apocalypticlovers.wordpress.com/2018/03/ | Porn | News | 0.893194 |
wordpress | Dangit! I’ve been meaning to post about this for a little bit now.
Right before SXSW & Flatstock in Austin, TX this year, I was approached by a software development team from Neutrinos in Portland, OR. They were getting ready to release a pretty cool (and FREE!) new app for the (then) upcoming iPad called Rock Show. The new app Rock Show was being debuted at the Interactive portion of SXSW, just a few days before the Music segment of this huge Festival begins.
After talking with Rob from Neutrinos, we signed on as one of the first wave of artists submitting posters to be shown and sold via the Rock Show app for the iPad. It seemed like a big step, but we could tell that the team behind Rock Show was committed to making a great app for music, poster and art fans that would also support rock posters artists like us, and help gain more exposure for the artists involved and the resurgence of rock posters in general.
“Exclusive to the iPad, Rock Show is an awesome way to view, share and purchase concert posters. Rock Show is the best way to view, share, and buy concert posters. All the posters featured in Rock Show are available for sale directly through the iPad. Posters are often signed, numbered, and shipped by the original poster artist. All of the concert posters in Rock Show are available for purchase securely from the app.
Hold your iPad however you want to get the best view of high resolution, full screen artwork. Learn more about a band using the app’s quick Wikipedia link.
I naturally got on board being A) A rock poster artist B) An Apple and Mac person and C) Wildly excited about the iPad and the new horizons it’s opening and D) Impressed with Neutrinos approach for Rock Show. I’m proud to say that we were among the very first poster artists to sign on and start working with Rock Show and uploading posters.
Currently, we here at strawberryluna have about 15 titles listed under ‘strawberryluna’ in the Rock Show app, and there are tons more poster artists partnering with Rock Show and adding their work up for viewing and purchase as well. It’s definitely worth checking out.
Rock Show is an amazing way to explore the variety of art and design in the current rock poster movement with the large and frankly beautiful resolution and clarity of the iPad screen, as well as being a great new way to connect artists and fans, be they musicians or artists, or best, all of the above.
There are complete descriptions for each poster, such as the band name, date & location of the show, the medium of the poster, and more. Rock Show‘s payment gateway is secure, so it’s a seamless process, with posters shipping directly to the customer from the artists’ themselves, often within a day or so of order receipt.
It’s pretty sweet! We’re having fun with it, and if you own an iPad or know someone who does, check out the FREE app Rock Show and have some pretty fun too.
Rock Show is always looking for new poster artists and designers too. If you are interested, drop them a line here. | 2019-04-25T04:43:06Z | https://strawberryluna.wordpress.com/tag/lil-tuffy/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.51433 |
wikipedia | Drawing of an Aztec sacrifice.
Human sacrifice is the act of killing a human being as an offering to a deity or other, normally supernatural, power.
It was practiced in many ancient cultures. The practice was different in different cultures. Some like the Mayans and Aztecs are notorious for their ritual killings, others have looked down on the practice as primitive.
Victims were ritually killed in a manner that was supposed to please or appease gods or spirits. Victims ranged from prisoners to infants to Vestal Virgins whose stomach's were cut open, with a dull,stone knife and their hearts were burned.
Over time human sacrifice has become less common around the world, and sacrifices are now very rare. Most religions condemn the practice and present-day laws generally treat it as a criminal matter. Nonetheless it is still occasionally seen today, especially in the least developed areas of the world where traditional beliefs persist.
The ancient Middle Eastern kingdom of Phoenicia practiced sacrifice of children to their god Moloch. It was believed to be evil by the Jewish authors of the Bible.
The Aztecs were particularly noted for practicing human sacrifice on a large scale; an offering to Huitzilopochtli would be made to restore the blood he lost, as the sun was engaged in a daily battle. Human sacrifices would prevent the end of the world that could happen on each cycle of 52 years. In the 1487 re-consecration of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan many prisoners were sacrificed.
A number of mummies of sacrificed children have been recovered in the Inca regions of South America.
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wordpress | The main focus of my blog is to share my passion for helping others recover their health so they can live meaningful lives.
-How does a nursing background enhance the services of an Ergonomist?
-How does field case management impact individuals and industries?
According to David J. Osbourne author of the third edition of Ergonomics at Work, “ergonomics is an ever developing science, it’s more than a static idea.” Chris Adams defines it as: “Ergonomics derives from two Greek words: ergon, meaning work, and nomoi, meaning natural laws, to create a word that means the science of work and a person’s relationship to that work.” My job as an ergonomist is to facilitate the successful interaction between individuals and their work environments.
I also want to create an outlet of opportunity to educate individuals seeking advice and knowledge in areas of wellness, field case management and ergonomics.
Ergonomics is vastly important for increasing people’s performance, safety and comfort on the job and in their lives. Ergonomics also offers companies value added features to their most important resource: their personnel. It is fun, interesting and pertinent throughout the entire age continuum and can improve the lives of adults and children.
Preventing musculoskeletal disorders and pain can be achieved by attention to ergonomic philosophy. With my education and expertise I seek to inform about the advantages of a Nursing background in practicing as an ergonomist as well as share my experiences in this interesting field. My roles as a Nurse and Ergonomist have given me special insights into the dynamic relationship between all aspects of an individual: cultural, emotional, mental health, environmental, and tangible disease processes. I am able to make assessments of an individual based on these factors by using my expertise in the field of health care.
Knowledge is power. The power to sustain a healthier lifestyle can reduce the risk to injury or harm. The power of ergonomics is our ability to use this knowledge to improve our health and well-being.
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wordpress | Campus Ministry has transformed Community Day into Community Week for the 2018 Spring semester, to allow Canisius College “a week for service and solidarity for the Buffalo community” according to Darby Ratliff, Campus Ministry graduate assistant.
The change came about last year when campus ministers, graduate assistants, and undergraduate students came together to revamp Community Day. According to Ratliff, “We wanted to think about how we could help our partners beyond just one day of service.” Ratliff explained that they wanted Canisius to have more exposure to the Buffalo area and the organizations that partner with Community Week.
Each day of the week will feature different events that allow students to learn about various opportunities to get and remain involved in the community. Kevin Heffernan, a 2008 Canisius alumnus and current managing director of Rise Collaborative, will be the keynote speaker on Monday. He will be discussing how he applies his Canisius College background to staying active in the Buffalo community. Thursday will feature Griff Fair, which partnered with Community Week, and according to Ratliff will have, “community service oriented partners come and recruit volunteers and talk about what their organization is doing,” as well as internship opportunities for Canisius students.
The Day of Service will end Community Week on Saturday, and students will volunteer at local organizations from 9:30 to 12:45 p.m. The organizations are all local and Ratliff says, “ its very hands on volunteering, like whatever a partner needs, so anything from working with kids to making a meal, to handing out donations.” There will be vans to provide transportation to some of the service sites from the campus, but students are encouraged to provide their own transportation. After the service time, lunch will be served for volunteers in Science Hall from West Side Bazaar. | 2019-04-23T04:49:49Z | https://canisiusgriffin.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/campus-ministry-establishes-community-week-beginning-this-sunday-community-day-is-revamped-into-community-week-to-increase-awareness-for-the-buffalo-area/ | Porn | Kids | 0.216526 |
livejournal | I'm not here to plug other websites. But I play by my own rules, so I'll mention that my current time-wasting diversion is watching videos on YouTube.com. It's a site where anyone can upload short videos for people to watch. Yeah, there's a lot of camera-phone videos of teenagers goofing around. And of bored teenagers telling the camera that they're bored. But if you ignore all those, there are some interesting things to see, indexed with tags so you can search for what you like. For example, 650 penguin videos! It's going to take me a long time to see all those. I wonder if they have any of a Penguin With A Gun? | 2019-04-20T03:06:33Z | https://evannichols.livejournal.com/99440.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.982495 |
wordpress | Hey folks! I am thrilled to announce that I am participating in #Project14lists, a wonderful blogging activity initiated by Shealea, a book blogger, who has recently completed three years as a book blogger! She is also hosting a giveaway, so click here for more details!
So, let’s kick off this wonderful project!
My first post for #Project14lists will focus on books written for children.
Enid Blyton is and always will be my favorite children’s author. I grew up reading her books and they will always hold a special place in my heart. She has written several books aimed at children such as the Famous Five Series, The Five Find-Outers (and dog!) Series, the Secret Seven Series, the Malory Towers Series, the St. Claire’s series, to name a few.
This series needs no introduction. The name “Harry Potter” is not only famous in the wizarding world, but in our muggle world as well. One of the best fantasy series written in recent history, the series, compiled in 7 books(let’s just forget about that disastrous 8th book, shall we?), follows a young boy called Harry Potter who finds out his true identity(spoiler: he’s a wizard) and the adventures that follow thereafter.
This book is about Mary, a young girl who moves to England after a tragedy occurs in her life when living in India. This book is a sort of coming-of-age story of Mary and teaches the readers about friendship, hope, love and caring for others.
Its the first book in the series of total 8 books, which chronicles the life of an orphan girl named Anne Shirley.
Roald Dahl is another author whose stories will never fail to delight kids. Matilda, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory are just two of the many books written by him.
From Horton Hears a Who!, to the Lorax and the Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss’s beloved stories have even been adapted to highly-successful Hollywood movies. I may have committed the sin of not reading his books as a kid since I must have been living under a goddamn rock, but don’t make the same mistake I did, peeps, and make sure your kids get to read the various books written by this amazing author.
This book is not called a classic for nothing. It takes the cake for creating a fantastical world which has amaze and delighted young and old alike.
This is the famous saga of the lion king Aslan, and the four siblings who find a magical world called Narnia and have exciting adventures therein.
I can’t believe that this book was published in 1906! Its one of the best children’s classics out there. It revolves around three siblings, who go to live in the country with their mother near a railway station(hence the book title)after the mysterious disappearance of their father.
There was once a young chap called Tom Sawyer, who went on thrilling adventures with his good friend Huckleberry Finn. This hilarious tale of the young and rebellious boy has enthralled generations.
Well, this is just a list of some of the many children’s books out there. What other children’s books do you think every child needs to read? Let me know in the comments below.
I think this list covers everything! Huckleberry Finn and Oliver Twist are really nice books too!
Yes! Oliver Twist is a really good book as well!
I felt nostalgic writing this too!
So much Nostalgia looking at this list, my best friend and i loved Enid Blyton books, i watched chronicles of Narnia and the secret garden Loved then.
Same! I loved Enid blyton books! I love the narnia movies as well!
Oh thats lovely! Yup Narnia is a great book series. I loved the movies as well!
Glad you liked the list! Have fun reading!
Matilda is my absolute favorite from this list! | 2019-04-22T04:53:22Z | https://thisbookishlifeofmine.wordpress.com/2018/12/18/must-read-books-for-children/ | Porn | Kids | 0.334871 |
wordpress | This camera isn’t just any camera, it is powered by IBM’s Watson or another artificial intelligence system and it is connected to the teacher’s calendar, the grade-level calendar, and the school calendar. It immediately knows by cross-referencing all calendars that there was a test scheduled for that day and that Linda and Emma will need to schedule a make-up test. Since the AI is also connected to Linda and Emma’s class and extra-curricular activity calendars and cross references their availability with the teacher’s availability, it knows that Tuesday between 2-3pm and Wednesday between 3-4pm are the optimal times for a make up test. Taking it another step further, it also looks into the room schedules and knows which rooms are available during those two time slots. Next, the AI sends out emails to the teacher, Emma, and Linda to offer the two optimal make-up test time slots in a format where all the students have to do is click on a link or button to select one of the two time slots. This action automatically creates calendar entries in all parties involved, books the room, and sends out a reminder 1 day, 12 hours, 1 hour, and 15 minutes before the scheduled make-up test.
On a teacher dashboard, the AI would have important attendance-related issues highlighted, such as the fact that Linda and Emma missed Monday’s 10am original test time. It would not clear these issues until they were marked resolved either by the teacher or through some sort of confirmation that the two girls completed the test. This could be triggered by the teacher entering grades into the system or simply marking the issues as resolved.
Normally, all of these activities are performed, and not always optimally, by teachers while managing countless other class-related details and tasks. Optimal make-up time opportunities are missed or students reschedule on short notice without the opportunity to prepare for their make-up test adequately. This is just one opportunity for AI to partner with teachers to liberate them to focus on what they do best – teach.
Just for fun, take this a couple of steps before the scenario. A teacher could have simply asked the AI what days/times in a particular week it would recommend scheduling the test. The AI would cross-reference all relevant calendars, look for issues that might cause a conflict or inconvenience to any party involved, and suggest optimal test days and times.
Just for a little more fun, take this a few more steps back and imagine the AI reviewing the lesson plan agenda and crawling the internet for potential test questions, test samples, or study-guides that it can offer the teacher in advance of scheduling the test.
Or, what if SoftBank’s Watson-powered robot, Pepper, was your co-teacher?
This entry was posted in artificial intelligence, EdTech, Education, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Math, Technology and tagged artificial intelligence, assessments, classroom, classroom management, co-teacher, edtech, education, math, problem, solution, teacher by Roger Osorio. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-26T01:40:26Z | https://rogerosorio.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/what-if-ibms-watson-was-your-co-teacher/ | Porn | Reference | 0.320969 |
wired | Everyone wants a piece of the little display on cell phones. Several industry leaders have unified their plan of attack and dubbed it the Wireless Application Protocol, which puts phone data standards into the same wrapper. In theory, WAP is like the Web's transfer protocol, but for phones. WAP-compatible handsets will arrive later this year, but manufacturers will likely tweak the protocol so they can each market their own intentionally incompatible portals.
AT&T and Sprint both promise WAP services, guaranteeing buzzword status for the punchy acronym. And while WAP will carry some Web content, it works best with the text menus of wireless markup language. Pizza chains and other mobile-oriented concerns may soon need WAP sites more than Web sites. In the post-PC era, we'll have no time for pretty pictures.
If you're tired of being confined within the gray walls of a cubicle, take heart: You could have a whole new workplace soon. Resolve, Herman Miller's office-furniture system, changes the modular metaphor from bull pens - or veal-fattening pens - to beehives. The setup organizes offices with hexagons and 120-degree angles, like those of bees' sturdy, efficient homes.
Designer Ayse Birsel created Resolve for a world of networks and telecommuting where people come to the workplace to connect - not just with one another, but with Ethernet ports as well. The system defines rounder, more open-feeling workspaces anchored by points, not lines - freestanding poles, not dividers. Where old-style cubicle walls carried wires and cabling as an afterthought to their original mid-1960s design, Resolve locates data lines in the poles - the obvious and most accessible place. Horizontal trusses support hanging fabric screens, which can be sturdy enough to hold a whiteboard or gauzy enough to see through. Light and air circulate freely throughout the environment - as does loud talk - but Birsel compares the feeling it creates to a beach, where you're peripherally aware of others but can mind your own business.
Like stage backdrops, Resolve defines a look with minimal materials, and you can easily redecorate (union rules permitting) by swapping in screens with new patterns or colors. Herman Miller is producing custom graphics for the recyclable fabric and anticipates imprinting it digitally with logos and other identity motifs. One of Resolve's earliest adopters is Monsanto - partitions in the megacorporation's India office will be printed with local tapestry patterns. Herman Miller has shown Resolve to 50 other clients, including several architectural firms, for delivery early next year. After that, everyone will be able to join the hive.
It's David and Goliath revisited. With the new 600-MHz Athlon chip, AMD enters the high-end PC market ahead of market leader Intel. The Athlon, which recently began shipping in Compaq, Gateway, and IBM machines, is the fastest PC microprocessor yet, with double the system bus speed of the reigning Pentium III.
According to AMD, its seventh-generation Athlon is more than just a quicker version of the same old silicon. While sixth-generation chips like the low-end AMD-K6 modified the usual design to allow for multimedia 3-D audio and video capabilities, the new chip is specifically geared to the Net as a key application. One result, claims AMD, is that its floating-point technology - enabling 3-D multimedia - is 40 percent faster than the Pentium III's on comparable tasks. | 2019-04-21T14:20:33Z | https://www.wired.com/1999/10/just-outta-beta-5/ | Porn | Business | 0.968707 |
wordpress | that he knew that nothing would be possible without hearts meeting.
For us, whoever are our enemies, there is a true calling : are we ready to learn our opponents’ language ? are we willing to speak to their hearts ? and, may be more difficult, do we dare to listen to their hearts ?
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wordpress | Sternschnuppe, which means twinkling star, is the Wiesbaden Christmas market. This merry-go-round was very pretty with the church in the backdrop.
Here we see the famous Sternschnuppe lights throughout the square, lighting up the market.
After figuring out which direction Old Wiesbaden was, we found this huge and peaceful park, full of couples, tanners, and babies learning to walk. The sight of the clock tower from the far end of the park was too pretty for me to pass up.
Exploring Old Wiesbaden and its endless streets of fancy shops, we found this cute little store stuffed full of jams. It was so German and grandmotherly that I wanted to remember its hominess.
This bright blue post box was hanging on the wall of the ltes Rathaus (Old Town Hall), which was built in 1610 and is the oldest surviving building in Wiesbaden.
For some reason, I love this picture with the famous market buildings and the intriguing tents, framed with a single pretty streetlamp.
This is probably the biggest church that I have ever seen, towering over the rest of Wiesbaden and glowing red in the sun. Even the doorway was so ornate, intricate, and beautiful.
Although my complete lack of knowledge in the field of botany prevents me from identifying this lovely plant, I found it so pretty and interesting that it became at least a 15 minutes photo shoot.
Although damaged in WWII, the Rathaus of Wiesbaden has both a unique facade and roof pattern. | 2019-04-21T16:04:08Z | https://melsimm.wordpress.com/wiesbaden/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.57741 |
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wikipedia | Jane Grossman Stern and Michael Stern (both born 1946) are American writers who specialize in books about travel, food, and popular culture. They are best known for their Roadfood books, website, and magazine columns, in which they find road food restaurants serving classic American regional specialties and review them. Starting their hunt for regional American food in the early 1970s they were the first food writers to regard this food as being as worthy to report on as the haute cuisine of other nations.
Since the Sterns began documenting regional American food in the 1970s many other writers and television personalities have used their pioneering work as inspiration. In addition to their early work with regional American food the Sterns' book Square Meals (Knopf 1985) put "comfort foods" like mac and cheese, meatloaf, and mashed potatoes on the culinary map. Square Meals did an audacious reverse spin on the tricked up and precious nouvelle cuisine that was beloved by food critics at that time.
Jane Grossman grew up in New York City, where she attended the Walden School and received a BFA in graphic design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Michael Stern grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1968. They met as graduate students in art at Yale University and their first date, at Pepe's Pizza in New Haven, had a food focus. The couple married in 1970. The following year, Jane earned an MFA in painting from Yale and Michael changed schools and earned an MFA from Columbia University in film. Neither found work in their fields of study.
After a short stint of producing documentaries for WNBC, a teaching job at Hunter College and another at Wesleyan University they began work on the book that eventually became the first Roadfood. The book was conceived as a book on "truck-stop dining," funded with an advance from a publisher. The Sterns set out in their car to travel through the United States and eat up to 12 meals daily at diners and local cafes. The resulting first edition of Roadfood was published in 1977; the most recent edition was released in 2017.
In addition to their food writing, the Sterns have written books on American popular culture, including The New York Times bestselling Elvis World (1987) and The Encyclopaedia of Bad Taste (1990). In all, they have written over 30 books. They were staff writers for Gourmet magazine for 18 years, have written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and are now contributing editors at Saveur.
They are regular guests on American Public Media's public radio program, The Splendid Table. They have won numerous awards, including James Beard awards, and were inducted into Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America in 1992. The Sterns founded Roadfood.com; the site was sold to Fexy Media in 2016. After the sale, the Sterns remained in charge of editorial content of their website.
In 2003, Jane Stern published Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT, a memoir in which she described suffering from severe clinical depression when she was in her early 50s and overcame her depression by training and working as an emergency medical technician in Connecticut. In 2005 the book was made into a television movie, Ambulance Girl, for which actress Kathy Bates was nominated for an Emmy Award. The Sterns wrote a joint memoir, Two for the Road: Our Love Affair With American Food, in 2006.
The couple divorced in 2008; they still write as a team. She now lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut; he and his present wife, Linda, reside in Aiken, South Carolina.
^ a b Nora Ephron (May 28, 2006). "To Taste Everything". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
^ Gordinier, Jeff (2015-06-02). "Serious Eats and Roadfood Are Sold to Fexy Media". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
^ Galarza, Daniela (June 2, 2015). "Serious Eats Is Acquired by Seattle-Based Fexy Media: Roadfood has also been sold to Fexy Media". Eater. | 2019-04-20T08:37:48Z | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_and_Michael_Stern | Porn | Arts | 0.614892 |
livejournal | How can I be truly free? This question is derived from a saying of Jesus in John.
I pulled the Ace of Swords from the Victorian Romantic (not for the first time).
I can be truly free by feeling the freedom to pick up the sword and make my decisions based on…based on what…on what I want. Hmmm..don’t know exactly how to put that in words.
This angel on this card looks a little bit like Caroline Bennett, on the Lovers card from the Jane Austen tarot, the card I pulled yesterday. Caroline, standing at the window, is light and lovely and airy as well, just as the angel on Ace of Swords. | 2019-04-19T12:58:09Z | https://ladyofthemoor.livejournal.com/267327.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.530045 |
wordpress | give comfort and receive it.
This day I will be smarter than I was the day before.
will study how to open up my heart.
will not say Perhaps I should…. No, I shall do.
in my arms and say I love you fifty times.
mile no matter if it snows.
arpeggios and the key of B flat major.
has been hauled out of the pit?
grows according to my purpose, and God’s grace.
before they mellow and grow wise?
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wordpress | I’m sorry, I’ve never heard of ‘Ninjas’ in Paris. Does that make me an outcast hermit?
The first time you hear it you might be like what is this rubbish?! but it grows on you like crazy! When they perform it live, it is AWESOME!
Nay I haven’t (wish I could!) – just seen live performances on YouTube where they do the song at least 3 times. I think they did it 13 times in a row in Paris once which was crazayyy! | 2019-04-25T08:19:23Z | https://threemagical.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/104-excuse-my-french-but-im-in-france/ | Porn | Arts | 0.785264 |
bizhat | It just occurs to me.
on the status bar of the "Detailed Information (Sortable Mode)" window?
question still reads the same even when the 'Folders' option is chosen.
I've changed the word "files" to "items' where appropriate. This change will be available in 1.97. | 2019-04-24T15:24:13Z | http://pfrank.s4.bizhat.com/pfrank-post-107.html | Porn | Reference | 0.33178 |
wordpress | This cleanse is a simple, straightforward method that reduces inflammation in your body, decreases stress, increases energy, and helps you to lose weight while providing top notch nutrients needed for healing.
live and in person phone calls to help you get started and answer any questions you might have during the cleanse. These calls will be recorded and sent to you in case you can’t make the call.
an ebook with an outline of the cleanse, goal setting tools, life style suggestions, recipes, shopping lists and more.
accountability: the structure of the cleanse allows you to be accountable to yourself first and foremost, and to the motivated group of people you will be doing the cleanse with. The success of each and every person feeds everyone else’s success.
Eat 3 meals a day of cooked and raw vegetables and fruits, with beans and grains. Include green smoothies. Drink plenty of water and vegetable broths. Supplement with healthy snacks when needed. This is not a fast, there is no calorie counting, no dieting allowed. By including lots of nourishing nutrient dense, whole foods in your diet you are providing your body with the materials it needs to heal.
I also recommend various optional supplements and lifestyle practices that will make the cleanse even more effective.
ATTENTION! If you are fairly new to cleansing and eating whole fresh foods with lots of fiber like grains, beans, and vegetables you may want to consider deleting just one, two, or three of these groups from your diet to start. Choose the ones that are easiest for you to tackle.
4. processed foods: this includes anything that comes in a package and is made with refined ingredients, artificial colorings, chemicals or preservatives, and un-pronounceable ingredients.
5. caffeine, alcohol, and cigarettes.
By removing all or some of these food groups from your diet you are giving your body a break from the constant assault of energy and nutrient depleting foods. And your organs, especially the liver, will get a break from the overload of toxins.
I will be going over the guidebook and some important steps that will ensure your success on the introductory call on tuesday 10th of April at 8:30pm EST, or for people in Europe, wednesday the 11th of April, at 3pm EST. This will be an important time to ask questions before you actually start the “Lighten Your Load” 7-day cleanse. All information including the guidebook will be emailed to you on the 6th of April. | 2019-04-26T14:28:13Z | https://kosmiccooking.wordpress.com/7-day-cleanse/about-the-cleanse/ | Porn | Health | 0.758925 |
wordpress | take either exit B or C of kam sheung road station, followed by a 15-20 min walk.
Take no. 54 / 77k and get off at tai kong po, right outside our front gate. if you are taking 64k, get off at po tei Road or tsz tong tsuen and walk for 5 mins.
take Green Minibus (602 / 608) or red minibus yuen long ↔ sheungshui), get off at tai kong po bus stop.
park your car in tai hong wai car park (adjacent to wellcome supermarket), followed by a 8-10 min walk. | 2019-04-20T16:17:07Z | https://hksmff2016.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/address/ | Porn | Home | 0.811297 |
wordpress | Imagine violence tearing you from home and family. To journey with strangers to an unknown land. Being left to cross strange waters.
Moravians are prayerfully considering ways to respond to the increasing number of “unaccompanied children” crossing the southern border of the US. Many of these child refugees are from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, countries plagued with violence from drug trafficking. The Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has connected some of the children with relatives in the US, some in foster care, and some in detention centers. The children then appear in immigration court. Many risk deportation and a return to the violence they have fled. There are Moravian churches in some of the regions of greater impact by this humanitarian crisis.
Both the Northern and Southern Provincial Synods recently passed a resolution regarding “Spiritual Solidarity with Sisters and Brothers in Honduras.” This resolution acknowledges the special relationship shared between the Moravian Church in North America and the Moravian Church in Honduras. It urges pastors and leaders to “give voice to the Hondurans’ plight.” It calls the members of our congregations to awareness and education of how consumption of illegal drugs in our country contributes to this violence as well as addressing government policies that impact our brothers and sisters in Honduras.
In a recent letter to congregations and members of the Moravian Church in North America, Rev. Judy Ganz reminds us that we show God’s love when caring for those most vulnerable among us. She points to conversations shared with the President of the Honduras Province of the Moravian Church, Rev. Harlan Macklin. Brother Macklin acknowledges the increasing number of street children and single mothers in need of aid to care for their children. Many drug traffickers take advantage of this situation-making the killing and abuse of children and youth common. He encourages us to work for justice on behalf of our sisters and brothers in Honduras.
We are given a glimpse of God’s dream for all God’s children found in the words of Amos 5:24- “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Now, let us do justice.
Pray. Pray for all those impacted by violence, as well as those responding with supportive care and action.
Give. Church World Service provides spiritual care, legal representation, shelter and other basic needs for refugees.Your generosity will help support their response to the crisis of unaccompanied children and families.
Raise awareness. Share what you know with friends, family and community. Advocate for government policies that address this crisis. | 2019-04-21T02:12:02Z | https://unitasfratrum.wordpress.com/2014/07/ | Porn | Kids | 0.90203 |
suicidegirls | i'm down for dancing like goobertrons, but only in our "normal" civilian clothing! we always look preposterous on hair dye night. blekk!
you are absolutely stunning, beautiful! im so jealous!
's new set!!! AND VOTE!
i made an appearance! try and find me!! har har!
Well I didn't see you in there; must be well-hidden; hey; drop me a note some time!!
i got my third molars removed yesterday. yay, perks!
so my friend and i, we cook. and not only do we cook, but we are waaay good at it.
we've made the usual, salmon/veggies on the grill, pizza, sammiches, boring.
so we decided to make beef jerky.
it took four hours to soak in yummy marinade, in the mean time, we partied at a friends.
heads up on calc, I already went thru that hell of calculus I,II,III, and differential equations, it's worth the pain.
Hi there. You still on the site?
I want to protest Sinergy rocks and we want her back!!!!
i would love to shove a hot, lead pipe down your throat and watch you cry out for mercy.
If you're the one doing it, I'll do it gladly.
i'll tell you what i've been doing.
ahhh!!! gotta get out of mass!
Well at least you're going to mass.
Hi hi! Why do you want to leave Massachusetts?
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sfgate | An international gay pride event scheduled to take place in Jerusalem in less than two weeks is facing unprecedented opposition not only from religious leaders in the city, but from elements of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities worldwide.
Already, the violence between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has led to the cancellation of a planned parade, the centerpiece of the five-day World Pride Week. With many of the security personnel needed to guarantee the safety of marchers diverted to northern Israel, city police denied the parade a permit.
The first attempt to hold World Pride in Jerusalem in 2005 was postponed until this year because of tensions surrounding Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
But organizers remain determined to hold the weeklong event in the Holy City, a place of "intense bigotry and opposition," said Hagai El-Ad, executive director of Jerusalem Open House, the gay and lesbian community center in the city that is hosting World Pride.
"People who come to Jerusalem and participate in World Pride are here for a great variety of reasons. The major one that brings us all together is making a powerful statement in the world's city of Jerusalem, claiming this powerful symbol for what we believe in," El-Ad said during a press conference Tuesday.
This will be the second World Pride event. The first took place in Rome in July 2000, during the Roman Catholic Church's Jubilee celebration and was condemned by the pope.
The organizers would not estimate how many people they expect to attend this year's week, which starts Aug. 6. It includes an interfaith conference on religious participation, a youth day with a meeting at the Knesset and a rally at the wall that separates Israel from the West Bank. About 60 Bay Area residents plan to attend, according to a San Francisco organizer.
Organizers are devoting a day of the pride week to "... express(ing) our solidarity with our community's members who will not be able to be part of World Pride," and many mainstream gay and lesbian organizations in the United States support the event.
But the barrier Israel is constructing to create a de facto boundary with the West Bank and the limits Israel places on who can enter the country have alienated some gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups that might have taken part in the event.
Gay and lesbian rights groups in Middle East countries outside Israel have declared they will not participate.
"At the same time that we celebrate our pride, the Palestinians are going to suffer and be under curfew," says a statement from a Palestinian lesbian group called Aswat (Voices).
"Human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent, and the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (people) should not be placed in competition with the long struggle of the Palestinian people, including Palestinian LGBT people."
Given the barrier and tight border security, some of the groups opposed to the event have called its theme -- "Love Without Borders" -- unfortunate.
On one Web site calling for a boycott of the event, 22 organizations offer their support, including Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism, a Berkeley group, Queers for Peace and Justice and left wing and pro-Palestinian groups.
Executive director Paula Ettelbrick of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission in New York City said, "With all respect to the organization, they put the World Pride event in a city that so many people in the region can't travel to. A lot of people are staying away from the whole thing; it's problematic for a lot of people."
The World Pride name is lent to the event by InterPride, an organization of local pride committees from around the world. Groups that want to host the event apply to the organization for permission, and activists from Jerusalem made the only application after the Rome event, said Russell Murphy, co-president of InterPride.
In addition to the gay and lesbian opposition, religious leaders have called for a counterprotest to the event that could draw as many as a half-million people.
"Even if it's 100,000 to 200,000, that is still the largest anti-gay demonstration in the world ever," said San Francisco resident Julie Dorf, co-leader of U.S. organizers of World Pride.
One orthodox rabbi in New York has blamed the event for the current violence with Hezbollah. Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders in Jerusalem have united to oppose it.
The U.S. State Department is warning citizens to "weigh carefully the risk of traveling to Israel or Jerusalem" and to "remain vigilant while traveling anywhere in Jerusalem." It strongly urges Americans to not travel to the Gaza Strip or the West Bank. | 2019-04-20T15:04:34Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Broad-opposition-to-World-Pride-in-Jerusalem-2515457.php | Porn | Home | 0.105216 |
livejournal | What's inside this wardrobe. A lion? A witch?
I'll tell you a little secret. I even cried.
I remembered what it was like to be a kid. To believe because no matter what your mind tells you, your heart tells you something else. To believe because it is the right and true thing to do.
*takes a deep breath* (and no, I'm not onyxia. ;P) → Look! Wow geekery even here!
And now that I'm back from the movie, I'm going to put my cold feet up on the heater, look out at the blanket of snow that covers my city...think upon this day as if it was given to me by a capricious member of fate as if to scold me for my woe of late. This day started out right by getting a 'come help me please' from Lisa to fix her computer. Then I stayed to play with her puppies while Lisa slept. Then Lisa's daughters came home, and if it makes me a bad person to have my heart feel warm at seeing a lovely fifteen year old girl's face light up to see me...then so be it. I even got to take her out to Taco Bell, where, amusingly enough, she refused to let me pay. =) Tho being the 25 year old at a table of 15 and 16 year old girls is...a humbling experience. =) I come home, and when I prepare to go out again, the world is white and beautiful and alive. Digging out my car was even fun. Then I got to pick up quinby and ecchikun and talk about old memories of snow and wind and ice..eat Burger King. Strand my car on a median. Front wheel drive + Snow covered median + forward momentum = stuck car. Thankfully a kind gentleman in a Jeep pushed my car off...I think disappointing the security guard who was I believe hoping to get the big truck out. =) Then a movie. And funny all around. I even poked Quinbit. Oh my. Then home to hot tea and warm feet and the surprise that I don't need to dig out my driveway again.
I can't wait to see it! I've been looking forward to the movie (With a little trepidation, mind you, tho your review was enough to ease my mind) and hope I can find someone to go with since it's not quite up Michael's alley.
I'm quite willing to see Narnia now.. I wasn't sure how I'd like it. Do you think it's true to compare this to Potter? or do you think everybody should shaddup and let the movies stand on their own merit? Personally I'm a little tired of all the comparisons.
I'm so happy that you have snow. I don't know why. Maybe it's the melodic way you describe it, and how it makes you happy. It just makes me happy for you. Yes, I'm rather sappy at the moment.
And in the end, I think Rowling is righting about something else. They're different tales, and should be viewed as such.
I really want to read the books now.
I always wanted to read them I just kept forgetting. I was such bookworm as a kid I read whatever was put in front of me first.
Chronologically, it's second. Publication, it's first.
And I'm still gibbering.. just got back. But what image did you say not match? I wonder if it's the same as mine.
I love even more that you're happy and that many good memories were made. | 2019-04-24T15:11:12Z | https://daimones.livejournal.com/99693.html | Porn | Home | 0.834712 |
google | PURPOSE: In a method of switching from a first to a second video sequence, an additional sequence of k pictures is inserted at the switching point, between the two sequences, in order to avoid the creation of special access points such as splicing points defining in MPEG standard. CONSTITUTION: A method of switching from a first video sequence to a second one, bothold and new sequences being composed of pictures of type T = I, P or B according to the fact that the pictures are independently coded, or predicted from earlier I or P pictures, or bidirectionally predicted from earlier and later P pictures and/or I pictures, wherein an additional sequence of k pictures is inserted at the switching point between the two sequences, k having a value sufficient in order to have compatible sequences and the additional pictures being coded with a few number of bits.
국제 표준 기구(International Standard Organization : ISO)의 동화상 전문가 그룹(Moving Pictures Experts Group : MPEG)에 의해 채택되고 다수의 자료에 기재된 상기 표준의 원리는 예컨대, "Switching facilities in MPEG-2 : necessary but not sufficient"(SMPTE Journal, Vol.104, n°12, December 1995, pp.788-802)에 상세히 기재되어 있다. International Standards Organization (International Standard Organization: ISO) Moving Picture Experts Group of: principles of the standard adopted by (Moving Pictures Experts Group MPEG) as described in the plurality of data is, for example, "Switching facilities in MPEG-2: necessary but not sufficient "there is described in detail in (SMPTE Journal, Vol.104, n ° 12, December 1995, pp.788-802).
그 자료에 설명된 것처럼, 스위칭은 프로그램 시퀀스 또는 완전 프로그램(비디오, 오디오, 관련 데이터를 포함함)의 연결 즉, 다른 기본 스트림들의 연속을 의미한다. As described in the data, the switching means a series of connected words, other elementary streams of the program sequence or complete programs (including video, audio and related data). 이하에서는, 간결한 설명을 위해, 다른 위치 및/또는 다른 시간에 발생된 두가지 다른 비트 스트림의 경우에만 한정하여 설명할 것이지만, 이것은 그들이 발생될 때 함께 연결되어야 한다는 것은 아니다. Hereinafter, for simple description, but to be described with limited to the case of two different bit stream generated at a different location and / or at different times, this is not that it be connected together when they are generated.
이들 비트 스트림의 구조 자체에 관해, 압축된 비디오 시퀀스가 다른 유형의 코딩된 화상 I, P 및 B를 포함하는 화상의 그룹(group of picture : GOP)으로 구성된다는 사실을 상기해야 한다. With respect to the structure itself of these bitstreams, a group of images to a compressed video sequence comprises a coded picture I, P, and B of a different type: it must consists of the fact that the (group of picture GOP). I 화상(인트라 코딩됨)은 독립적으로 코딩(이전의 정보 없이, 즉, 다른 화상을 참조하지 않고 인트라 프레임 기술만을 사용함)되고, P 화상(예측 코딩됨)은 이전의 I 화상 또는 이전의 P 화상으로부터 예측되고, B 화상(양방향 예측 코딩됨)은 이전 및 이후의 P 화상 및/또는 I 화상으로부터 양방향 예측된다. I picture (as an intra-coded) are independently coded (formerly no information, that is, using only the intraframe technique without reference to other pictures), and, a P picture (as predictive coding) is the previous I picture or previous P picture It is predicted from, (the two-way prediction coding) B picture is bi-directional prediction from a previous picture and P and / or an I picture that follow.
이들 다른 유형의 예측에 따라, 화상들은 효율적으로 코딩된다(I 화상은 가장 덜 효율적으로 코딩된 화상이며, P 화상은 보다 효율적이며, B 화상은 코딩에 있어 가장 효율적이다). According to the prediction of these different types, the image can be efficiently coded (I picture are the least efficiently coded picture, P picture is more efficient, B image is the most efficient in coding). 화상을 코딩하는데 필요한 비트의 수는 일정하지 않으므로, 규칙적인 주기 T(V)로 디코딩이 행해질 때, 코딩된 화상의 비트가 디코더의 버퍼에서 소비하는 시간은 동일하지 않다. The number of bits required to code the image is never constant, when the decoding in a regular period T (V) is performed, time for the bit of the coded picture is consumed in the buffer of the decoder is not the same.
MPEG 표준은, 비디오 버퍼 검정기(Video buffer verifier : VBV)라 불리며 합리적인 버퍼링 및 지연 조건으로 MPEG 비트 스트림이 디코딩될 수 있는지를 검정하는 데 사용되는 디코딩의 이론적 모델을 지정한다. The MPEG standard, the video buffer qualifier: it referred to as (Video buffer verifier VBV) specifies the theoretical model of decoding used to test whether a reasonable delay and buffering conditions, the MPEG bit stream can be decoded. 즉, 버퍼의 점유에 의해, 버퍼 언더플로 또는 오버플로 없이 디코딩이 발생될 수 있도록 비트 스트림에는 제약이 부여된다. That is, by the occupancy of a buffer, a buffer underflow, or the bit stream to be decoded can be generated with no overflow is given to a constraint. 소위 vbv_지연은 코딩된 화상의 제 1 비트에 의해 상기 디코더의 버퍼에서 소요된 시간을 나타낸다. So-called vbv_ delay represents the time spent in the buffer of the decoder by the first bit of the coded image. 상기 주기 T(V)에서 정기적으로 디코딩된 화상에 의해 스위칭을 수행하는 것은, 삭제된 제 1 "구(old)" 화상과 송신된 제 1 "신(new)" 화상의 vbv_지연이 다를 경우에는 불가능하다(구화상은 소정 시점부터 신화상으로 교체될 화상이며, 스플라이스(splice)라 불리는 이 시점은 구 비트 스트림에 속하는 데이터와 신 비트 스트림에 속하는 데이터 사이의 경계이다). The period T (V) when the thing to perform switching by the decoded image on a regular basis, to delete the first "old (old)" and the image transmitting first "new (new)" of an image different from the delay vbv_ it is impossible (old image is the image to be replaced with the myth from a predetermined time point, the splice (this point is called splice) LA is a boundary between the data belonging to the data and the new bit streams belonging to the old bitstream). 또한, 교체된 화상과 삽입된 화상의 크기가 다르므로, 디코더의 버퍼 언더플로 또는 오버플로가 발생할 수 있다. Further, it varies the size of the inserted image and the replacement image, may cause a buffer underflow or overflow in the decoder. 따라서, 코딩된 두 비디오 시퀀스 사이의 간단한 스위치는 일반적으로 불가능하다. Thus, a simple switch between two coded video sequences is generally impossible.
디스플레이 측에서의 임의의 표시상의 불연속을 방지하기 위해(데이터의 흐름에 있어 명백한 중단은 시청자가 연속적으로 집중하지 못하도록 한다), 디코딩 불연속을 갖지 않는 것이 필요한데, 이것은 스플라이스에 경계가 없을 경우 즉, 원활하게 흐르는 비트 스트림이 획득될 경우에만 가능하다. To avoid discontinuity on the display side is any display (apparent interruption in the flow of data will prevent a viewer not focus continuously), it is necessary that has no decoding discontinuity, which is the case there is no boundary in the splice that is, smooth it is only possible if the flowing bitstream is obtained. 이것은, 신 스트림의 제 1 액세스 유닛의 디코딩 시간이 스플라이스에 선행하는 구 스트림의 액세스 유닛의 디코딩 시간과 일치해야함을 의미하며, 이것은 주로 스플라이스 점이라 불리고 특히 비트 스트림의 특정 필드에서 표시되는 적절한 위치에서의 문제이다. This means that the matching first decoding time of an access unit of the old stream, for decoding the time preceding the splice access unit of haeyaham of the new stream, and this is usually called the splicing point appropriate to be displayed in the specific field of the particular bit stream in a matter of location. 그런 액세스 점은, 두 개의 코딩된 화상 사이에 위치하며, 소위 스플라이스 디코딩 지연으로도 불리는, 그런 점에 수반되는 제 1 비트의 표준화된 일정 vbv_지연값을 규정한다(스플라이스 점의 구성은 구 시퀀스와 신 시퀀스 사이의 천이시에 오버플로가 발생하지 않음을 보장한다). And that access points, defining the two positions between the coded image and a predetermined delay value vbv_ standardization of the first bit associated with that point, so-called, also called splice decoding delay (the configuration of the splicing point is It ensures an overflow at the time of transition between the gu sequence and the new sequence will not occur). 스위칭 동작은, 신 시퀀스와 구 시퀀스 모두에 동일 스플라이스점이 존재할 경우에만 수행될 수 있다. The switching operation is old and the new sequence may be performed only if the present point is equal to all of the splice sequence. 그러나, 현재 이들 점은 완전히 형식적이며, 단지 극소수의 스플라이스 디코딩 지연값만이 규정되므로 어떠한 코딩 시템도 스위칭 동작을 수행할 수 없다. However, currently these points are completely formal, can not only perform the switching operation of any coding sitem so few splice decoding delay values only and regulations. 또한, 비디오 시퀀스 교체의 경우(즉, 구 시퀀스에서 신 시퀀스로의 제 1 순방향 천이와 신 시퀀스에서 다시 구 시퀀스로의 제 2 역방향 천이를 갖는 두 개의 연속 비디오 스위칭의 경우), 스플라이스 점은 역방향 스위칭에 대응하는 구 및 신 스플라이스점의 시간적 위치가 예측가능하고 양립 가능(compatible)할 경우에만 사용될 수 있다. In the case of video sequence replacement (i.e., in the case of two consecutive video switching reconfigure from a first forward shift with the new sequence to a new sequence in the old sequence with a second reverse transition to the sequence), the splice point is a reverse the temporal position of the old and new splicing points corresponding to the switching predictable and can be used only when both available (compatible). 이것은 두 개의 비디오 시퀀스에 대한 규칙적인 표준 GOP 구조를 의미하지만, 이 조건은 일반적으로 충족되지 않는다. This means regular standard GOP structure for the two video sequences, but this condition is not generally met.
본 발명은 제 1 비디오 시퀀스에서 제 2 비디오 시퀀스로 스위칭 하는 방법에 관한 것으로서, 제 1 시퀀스와 제 2 시퀀스는 모두, 화상들이 독립적으로 코딩되거나, 이전의 I 또는 P 화상으로부터 예측되거나, 이전 또는 이후의 P 화상 및/또는 I 화상으로부터 양방향으로 예측된다는 사실에 따라 유형 T=I, P 또는 B 화상으로 구성된다. The present invention relates to a method for switching to a second video sequence in the first video sequence, the first sequence and the second sequence are all, an image to or coded independently, or predicted from earlier I or P picture, before or after is a P picture and / or I type according to the fact that the prediction in both directions from the image T = I, P or B picture composed. 본 발명은 또한 상기 스위칭 방법을 실현하는 소자 및 그 소자를 포함하는 디코딩 시스템에 관한 것이다. The invention also relates to a decoding system including a device and a device for realizing the switching method. 본 발명은 예컨대 전국 텔레비전 프로그램을 지역 텔레비전 프로그램으로 교체하는데 사용될 수 있으며, 특히 MPEG-2 표준과 관련하여 유용하다. The invention may be used for example for replacing a national television program by a television program area, and is useful especially in connection with the MPEG-2 standard.
도 1 및 도 2는 각각 본 발명이 적용되지 않을 때와 발명이 실현될 때의 시간에 대한 디코더의 버퍼 충만도의 그래프. 1 and 2 are graphs of buffer fullness of the decoder for a time at the time when the invention will be realized the invention is not applied, respectively.
도 3은 버퍼 오버플로의 가능성 있는 문제를 도시하는 도면. Figure 3 is a view showing a potential problem that a buffer overflows.
도 4는 본 발명에 따라 제안된 해결책을 도시하는 도면. Figure 4 is a depiction of the proposed solution according to the invention.
도 5는 본 발명에 따른 스위칭 방법의 연속적 단계를 도시하는 흐름도. 5 is a flow diagram showing the continuous phase of the switching process according to the invention.
도 6은 본 발명에 따른 스위칭 소자를 포함하는 디코딩 시스템의 실시예를 도시하는 도면. 6 is a view showing an embodiment of a decoding system including a switching device according to the invention.
따라서, 본 발명의 제 1 목적은, 스플라이스 점 생성의 구속없이 비디오 시퀀스 스위칭을 허용하는 방법을 제공하는 것이다. Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a method without restriction of splicing point creation that allows video sequence switching.
이를 위해, 본 발명은 본 명세서의 서두에 기술된 방법으로서, 두 개의 시퀀스 사이의 스위칭점에 k개의 추가 화상 시퀀스가 삽입되며, k는 양립 가능한 시퀀스를 가지기에 충분한 값을 가지며, 추가 화상들은 새로운 개수의 비트로 코딩되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법에 관한 것이다. To this end, the present invention further provides an image are new as the method described in the opening paragraph of this specification, is inserted into the k additional image sequences to a switching point between the two sequences, k having a sufficient value to gajigi the both sequences, relates to a process characterized in that the number of coding bits.
상기 방법에 따라, 신 비디오 시퀀스는 vbv_지연이 양립될 수 있을 때까지 k 주기 T(V)만큼 지연된다. According to this method, new video sequence is delayed by k periods T (V) until they can be vbv_ delay both. 이 지연은 디코더에서 구 비디오 시퀀스와 신 비디오 시퀀스 사이에 k 화상의 부족을 초래하며, k개의 추가 화상 시퀀스가 이것을 대신한다. The delay at the decoder is a sphere, and results in a lack of k image between the video sequence and the new video sequence, and instead of this, the k additional image sequences. 이제 디코더는 구 시퀀스의 화상, k개의 최소 화상, 신 시퀀스의 화상을 연속적으로 그리고 성공적으로 표시할 것이다. Now, the decoder obtain an image, k the minimum of the image, the image of the new sequence in the sequence continuously and will be successfully displayed.
본 발명의 다른 목적은 상기 스위칭 방법을 실현하는 장치를 제공하는 것이다. Another object of the invention is to provide a device for realizing the switching method.
이를 위해, 본 발명은, 임의의 다른 화상을 참조하지 않고 인트라 코딩되거나, 화상이 이전의 인트라 코딩 화상으로부터 또는 예측된 화상으로부터 움직임 보상 예측에 의해 예측된다는 사실에 따라 예측 또는 보간되거나, 이전 및 이후의 화상으로부터 양방향으로 보간되는 비디오 화상 시퀀스에 대응하는 n개의 병렬 비디오 비트 스트림을 디코딩하는 디코딩 시스템에서, 또는 그런 시스템과 관련하여, 이하 설명되는 스위칭 방법에 따라 디코딩될 비트 스트림의 선택적 스위치 전환을 제공하는 선택 수단을 포함하는 스위칭 소자에 관한 것이다. To this end, the invention, or encoding an intra without reference to any other pictures, the image or the predicted or interpolated according to the fact that predicted by motion-compensated prediction from the or predicted from the previous intra-coded video images, before and after in the decoding system for decoding n parallel video bitstreams corresponding to the video image sequence that is interpolated in both directions from an image, or in relation to such a system, the following provides selective switching of the bit stream to be decoded according to a switching method described It relates to a switching device comprising selecting means for.
본 발명의 다른 목적은 그런 스위칭 소자를 포함하는 디코딩 시스템을 제공하는 것이다. It is another object of the invention to provide a decoding system including such a switching device.
이를 위해, 본 발명은, 임의의 다른 화상을 참조하지 않고 인트라 코딩되거나, 화상이 이전의 인트라 코딩 화상으로부터 또는 예측된 화상으로부터 움직임 보상 예측에 의해 예측된다는 사실에 따라 예측 또는 보간되거나, 이전 및 이후의 화상으로부터 양방향으로 보간되는 비디오 화상 시퀀스에 대응하는 n개의 병렬 비디오 비트 스트림을 디코딩하는 디코딩 시스템으로서, 디코딩될 비트 스트림의 선택을 위해 선택 수단을 직렬로 포함하는 스위칭 소자 및, 선택된 비트 스트림을 디코딩하는 디코딩 수단을 포함하고, 상기 선택 수단이 전술된 방법의 실현을 위해, 디코딩될 비트 스트림의 선택적 스위치 전환을 위한 제어 수단을 포함하는 디코딩 시스템에 관한 것이다. To this end, the invention, or encoding an intra without reference to any other pictures, the image or the predicted or interpolated according to the fact that predicted by motion-compensated prediction from the or predicted from the previous intra-coded video images, before and after a decoding system for decoding n parallel video bitstreams corresponding to the video image sequence that is interpolated in both directions from an image, decode the switching elements and the selected bit stream comprising selection means for selection of the bit stream to be decoded in series a decoding means, and, to a decoding system for the realization of the method is the selection means described above, and control means for selective switching of the bitstream to be decoded.
본 발명의 특징 및 이점은 다음 설명 및 첨부된 도면으로부터 보다 명료해 질 것이다. Features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings.
본 발명의 원리를 보다 잘 이해하기 위해서는 스위칭시에 발생하는 몇가지 문제점이 상기되어야 한다. In order to better understand the principles of the present invention it should be above a couple of problems occurring during the switching. 제 1 스위칭 문제점이 도 1에 도시되어 있는데, 도 1은 시간에 대한 디코더의 버퍼 충만도(decoder's buffer fullness : DBF)의 그래프이다. There is the first switching problem is illustrated in Figure 1, 1 is the buffer fullness of the decoder diagram for a time: a graph of (decoder's buffer fullness DBF). 제 1 선 R(OLD)은 구 화상의 제 1 교체 화상에 관련된 비트 스트림에 대응하며, 신화상으로 교체되어야 하는 구화상의 비디오 비트 레이트를 나타낸다. The first line R (OLD) corresponds to the bitstream associated to the first replaced picture of the old image, shows a video bit rate of the old image that should be replaced by the myth. 이 최후의 화상은 스위칭이 없으면(즉, 교체되지 않으면), 시간 TD(0)에서 디코딩된다. The last of the images if there is no switching (if that is, not replaced), is decoded at time TD (0). 스위칭이 발생하면, 신 시퀀스의 제 1 송신 화상(선 R(NEW)는 이 제 1 송신 화상과 관련된 비트 스트림에 대응하며, R(NEW)는 이 신 시퀀스의 비디오 비트 레이트를 나타낸다)은 동일 시간 TD(0)에서 디코딩될 것이다. If switching occurs, the first transmitted picture of the new sequence (the line R (NEW) corresponds to the bitstream associated to this first transmitted picture, R (NEW) indicates the video bitrate of this new sequence) is the same time will be decoded at TD (0). 지역 비디오 비트 레이트 R(NEW)가 전국 비디오 레이트 R(OLD)보나 낮을 경우, 각 화상과 각각 관련된 VBV-지연 VBV(OLD) 및 VBV(NEW)와, 대응시간 TS(OLD) 및 TS(NEW)(TS(OLD)=구 시퀀스의 제 1 교체 화상의 제 1 비트가 디코더의 버퍼에 입력되는 시간=TD(OLD)-VBV(OLD); TS(NEW)=신 시퀀스의 제 1 송신 화상의 제 1 비트가 디코더의 버퍼에 (주기적으로) 입력되는 시간=TD(NEW)-VBV(NEW); TD(OLD) 및 TD(NEW)=상기 제 1 교체 화상 및 제 1 송신 화상이 디코딩되는 시간)을 고려하면, 사실상 TS(NEW)는 TS(OLD) 전에 발생하므로 구 시퀀스의 마지막 송신 화상의 비트와 신 시퀀스의 제 1 송신 화상의 비트를 동시에 이송하는 것이 불가능한 것처럼 보인다. Local video bitrate R (NEW) is the national video rate R (OLD) if Bona low, and the respective associated delay VBV- VBV (OLD) and VBV (NEW) and each picture, response times TS (OLD) and TS (NEW) (TS (OLD) = the first nine hours bit of the first replaced picture of the sequence is input to the decoder buffer = TD (OLD) -VBV (OLD); the transmission of the first image of the TS (nEW) = new sequence time one bit (periodically) the input of the decoder buffer = TD (NEW) -VBV (NEW); TD (OLD) and TD (NEW) = the first replaced picture and first transmitted picture are decoded time) considering, in fact, TS (nEW) occurs, there appears to be impossible to obtain the transfer of the bits in the last bit in the first transmission image and the new sequence of the transmission of the image sequence at the same time, before TS (oLD).
본 발명에 따라(도 2 참조, 이하 더 상세히 설명됨), 순방향 천이시에(구 시퀀스에서 신 시퀀스로 스위칭할 경우), k개의 추가 화상 시퀀스를 삽입하여 신 시퀀스를 k 주기 T(V) 만큼 지연시키는 것이 결정되었다. According to the invention (see Fig. 2, hereinafter further described in detail), (to switch to a new sequence in the old sequence) at the time of forward shift, by inserting the k additional image sequences give the new sequences k by T (V) it was decided to delay. 숫자 k는 TS(NEW)가 TS(OLD) 후에 발생하도록 하기에 충분하며, 상기 k 화상은 그들이 쉽게 복사되도록 하는 특수한 특성을 갖는다(이들은 극소수의 비트로 표시되며 따라서 설명시에 최소 화상이라 불린다). The number k is sufficient to the TS (NEW) to occur after TS (OLD), the k image has a specific characteristic such that they are easy to copy (which show only a few bits, thus referred to as a minimum an image at the time of description).
최소 화상의 목적은, 신 시퀀스가 지연되는 동안 디코더의 버퍼를 가능한 한 비우는 것이다. The objective of at least the image, will empty the buffer of the decoder as much as possible while the new sequence is delayed. 그런 추가 시퀀스를 구성하는 방법으로는, 예컨대 모든 화소가 동일한(예컨대 하나의 I 화상과 (k-1)개의 P 화상) k개의 균일 칼라 화상(uniform colour picture; UC 화상이라 칭함)의 시퀀스를 고려하는 것이 있다. By configuring such an additional sequence, for example, all the pixels are identical (for example, one I picture and (k-1) of P picture) k of uniform color image; consider the sequence of (uniform colour picture referred to as a UC pictures) It may be. 다른 해결책은 k개의 P 화상을 고려하는 것인데, 이들은 예컨대, 상기 최소 시퀀스의 화상을 이전의 I 또는 P 화상의 복사로 간주함으로써 획득되며, 이것은 동일하게 디코더에서 구 화상의 마지막 I 또는 P 화상을 (kT(V))초 동안 동결시킨다. Would be to other solutions, consider the k number of P pictures, they are, for example, is obtained by treating the image of the minimum sequence, the previous I or a copy of the P picture, which is to obtain the last I or P picture of the picture in the same manner as the decoder ( freeze for kT (V)) seconds.
k 개의 UC 화상의 경우에, 모든 화상이 동일하므로, P 화상은, 압축 신택스(syntax)에서, 최소 비트수를 갖는 제 1 화상의 복사로 설명될 수 있다. In the case of k UC image, since all the images are the same, P picture, and can be described in the compression syntax (syntax), a copy of the first image having the minimum number of bits. 따라서, 상기 UC 시퀀스의 코딩에 필요한 추가 처리 단계는 이 시퀀스의 최초의 I 화상의 인코딩에 제한된다. Thus, additional processing steps required for the coding of said UC sequence is restricted to the encoding of the first I picture of this sequence.
k 개의 P 화상의 경우에, 이들 화상은 MPEG-2 신택스에 의해 이전 화상의 복사로 설명된다. In the case of k P pictures, these pictures are described as a copy of the previous image by the MPEG-2 syntax. 사실, 천이에 대한 그런 기술적 해결책의 효과는, 동일 주기동안 UC 화상을 갖는 것 대신, kT(V)초 동안 구 시퀀스의 마지막 화상을 동결시키는 것이다. In fact, such an effect of the technical solution for the transition, is to freeze the image, instead of having UC during the same period, kT (V) the last picture of the old sequence during the second.
두 경우 모두, VBV_지연을 고려하므로, 최소 화상의 최소수가 고려된 천이에 삽입되어야 한다(도 1 참조). In both cases, since the consideration of the VBV_ delay, to be inserted into a minimum number of considering the transition of the minimum image (see Fig. 1). UC 화상의 경우에 상기 최소수의 결정을 위해 다음 표시(비트 단위)가 사용된다. The following notation (in bits) for the determination of the minimum number are used in the case of UC pictures.
즉, TS(NEW)-TS(OLD)가 비트 레이트 R(OLD)에서 최소 화상의 송신에 필요한 주기의 지속 기간보다 클 경우에 가능하다. That is, it is possible, if TS (NEW) -TS (OLD) at the bit rate R (OLD) is greater than the duration of a period required for transmission of at least the image. 이 조건은 k가 수학식 2에 의해 제공된 최소값을 갖도록 한다. This condition is to have a minimum value of k is given by equation (2).
VBV(NEW)는 상한이 S(MAX)/R(NEW)이므로, k의 상한 k(MAX)는 대략 다음과 같다. VBV (NEW) is the upper limit, because S (MAX) / R (NEW), k the upper limit (MAX) of k is approximately as follows.
k개의 P 화상의 경우에 최소수의 결정을 위해, 수학식 2는 다음 수학식 4로 치환된다. For the determination of the minimum number in case of k P pictures, equation (2) is replaced by the following equation (4).
제안된 해결책은 도 2에 도시되는데, 도 2는 상기 해결책이 실현될 때의 시간에 대한 디코더의 버퍼 충만도 DBF의 변형된 그래프이다. Is shown in Figure 2 is the proposed solution, Figure 2 is a transformation graph of Fig buffer fullness of the decoder for the time when the solution to achieve DBF. 여기서는, TS(NEW)가 TS(OLD) 후에 발생되고, 구 시퀀스의 마지막 송신 화상은, VBV(OLD)의 값을 고려하여 TD(-1)에서 디코딩되고, 신 시퀀스의 제 1 송신 화상은 VBV(NEW)의 값을 고려하여 TD(2)에서 디코딩되며, 이들 제 1 교체 화상과 제 1 송신 화상 사이에서, 최소 화상이 TS(OLD)와 TS(NEW) 사이에서 이송되고 TD(0) 및 TD(1)에서 디코딩된다. Here, TS (NEW) is generated after TS (OLD), the last transmitted picture of the old sequence, considering the value of VBV (OLD) and decoded at TD (-1), the first transmission image of the new sequence is VBV is decoded at TD (2), taking into account the value of (NEW), these first between the first replacement image and the first transmission image, the minimum image is transferred between TS (OLD) and TS (NEW) TD (0) and is decoded at TD (1).
또한, 송신 레이트 R(OLD) 및 R(NEW)는 일반적으로 다르므로, 스위칭 천이가 발생할 때, 디코더의 버퍼에 입력되는 입력 레이트는 임의의 스위칭 없이 입력될 때의 레이트와 다르며, 입력 레이트가 커짐에 따라 버퍼에 오버플로의 위험이 존재한다. In addition, the transmission rate, because R (OLD) and R (NEW) are generally different, when a result in the switching transition, the input rate is input to the buffer of the decoder is distinct from the rate of the time is entered without any switching, increases the input rate the risk of overflow exists in the buffer in accordance with the. 따라서 넌-오버플로(non overflow)의 검증이 수행되어야 한다. Thus, non-it should be carried out verification of the overflow (non overflow). 디코더의 버퍼의 충만도는 시간 TS(NEW)에서 시간 TD(OLD)까지 계산되어야 한다. In the fullness of the decoder buffer is a time TS (NEW) to be calculated by the time TD (OLD). 오버플로의 가능성이 있다면, 넌-오버플로가 검증될 때까지 또는 TS(NEW)가 TD(OLD)보다 높을 때까지 최소 화상이 삽입되어야 한다. There is a possibility of overflow, the non-image to be inserted at least until it is higher than or TS (NEW) is TD (OLD) until the verification overflow. 이 마지막 조건을 검증하는 최소 화상의 개수 k는, TD(OLD)-TS(NEW)＜0과 같으며, 이것은 k＞(VBV(NEW)/T(V))+1이 되도록 한다. The number k of minimal image verifying this last condition is, TD (OLD) -TS (NEW) is such that 1 + <equals 0, this is k> (VBV (NEW) / T (V)). VBV(NEW)의 상한은 S(MAX)/R(NEW)이므로, k의 상한 k(MAX)는 수학식 5와 같으며, 이것은 이전의 결과(수학식 3)와 동일하다. The upper limit of VBV (NEW) is the same as S (MAX) / R (NEW), so the upper limit k (MAX) of k is equal to the equation (5), this result of the previous (Equation 3).
R(NEW)가 R(OLD)보다 클 때 발생할 가능성이 있는 이와 같은 버퍼 오버플로의 문제점은 도 3에서 알 수 있는데, 도 3은 디코더의 버퍼 충만도 S(t)의 전개(evolution)를 도시한다(S(MAX)는 S(t)의 최대값을 나타낸다). R there (NEW) that can be seen in issue 3 of the buffer overflow, such as this that may occur is greater than R (OLD), 3 is the buffer fullness of the decoder is also shown a deployment (evolution) of S (t) and (S (mAX) represents the maximum value of S (t)). 선 L(OS)는 매 시간 t에서, 구 시퀀스만에 대한 버퍼 충만도를 나타낸다. Line L (OS) is at each time t, represents the buffer fullness for the old sequence only. 즉, 시간 TD(-7), TD(-6),..., TD(-2), TD(-1)에서, 상기 구 시퀀스의 화상이 디코딩되고, 그 사이에, 버퍼 충만도는 비트 레이트 R(OLD)에 따라 증가한다(VBR(OLD)의 값은 디코딩될 제 1 비트가 송신후 디코더의 버퍼에 언제 저장되었는지를 나타낸다). That is, the time TD (-7), TD (-6), ..., TD (-2), in TD (-1), the image of the old sequence are decoded, in the meantime, the buffer fullness is bit increases with the rate R (OLD) (the value of VBR (OLD) indicates whether the first bit to be decoded is stored in the buffer when the decoder after transmission). 마찬가지로, 선 L(NS)는 신 시퀀스만에 대한 버퍼 충만도의 상태에 대응한다. Similarly, the line L (NS) corresponds to the buffer fullness condition of Fig for new sequence only. 즉, 시간 TD(0), TD(1), TD(2) 등등에서, 상기 신 시퀀스의 화상이 디코딩되고, 그 사이에, 버퍼 충만도는 비트 레이트 R(NEW)에 따라 증가한다(마찬가지로, VBV(NEW)의 값은 디코딩될 제 1 비트가 디코더의 버퍼에 언제 저장되었는지를 나타낸다). That is, at time TD (0), TD (1), TD (2) and so on, an image of the new sequence are decoded, in the meantime, the buffer fullness increases according to the bitrate R (NEW) (similarly, the value of VBV (NEW) indicates whether the first bit to be decoded is stored in the buffer when the decoder). 선 L(SW0)은 스위칭이 수행될 경우 신 시퀀스에 대응하는 디코딩된 데이터가 버퍼에 입력되기 전의 버퍼의 실제 상태에 대응한다. Line L (SW0) corresponds to the real state of the buffer before it is input to the decoded data buffer corresponding to the new sequence, when the switching is performed. 즉, 디코딩 시간에서 충만도의 감소는 구 시퀀스에 대해 전술된 것과 동일하지만 디코딩된 데이터는 더 이상 버퍼에 입력되지 않는다. That is, the reduction of the fullness at decoding times is the same as that described above for the old sequence, but is not input to the decoded data is longer buffer. 선 L(SN)은 신 시퀀스에 대응하는 디코딩된 데이터가 상기 버퍼에 입력될 경우에 버퍼의 실제 상태에 대응하는 것으로, 이 예에서는 시간 TD(-1)에서 오버플로가 존재한다. Line L (SN) is that the decoded data corresponding to the new sequence corresponds to the real state of the buffer when the input to the buffer, in this example, there is an overflow in the time TD (-1).
제안된 방법은 이 문제를 도 4에 도시된 것처럼 해결한다. The proposed method solves this problem, as shown in Figure 4. 전술된 도 3에서 처럼, 선 L(OS)는 임의의 변형 없이 구 시퀀스에 대한 버퍼 충만도의 상태에 대응한다. As in the aforementioned Figure 3, the line L (OS) corresponds to the buffer fullness condition of Fig for old sequence, without any modification. 선 L(SW0)는 원래 스위칭이 수행될 때의 버퍼의 상태에 대응하는데, 본 발명에 따른 변형은 구 시퀀스 이후 레이트 R(OLD)에서 추가 최소 화상(additional minimal picture: AMP)이 삽입되는 스위칭 시간에서 시작된다. Line L (SW0) is in response to the buffer status of the time the original switching is performed, modified according to the invention, obtain the sequence after adding the minimum image at rate R (OLD) (additional minimal picture: AMP) switching time is inserted It begins at. 이 최소 화상은 신 시퀀스의 저장 단계 및 이 신 시퀀스의 (순시) 디코딩 시간이 한 주기 T(V)만큼 지연될 수 있도록 하는데(전체 선 L(NS)은 하나의 추가 최소 화상에 대해 한 주기 T(V)만큼만 지연된다), 이것은 이 경우 버퍼 오버플로를 방지하기에 충분하다. The minimum image is a period for the storage step and the (instantaneous) is one or more at least the image of the to ensure that the decoding time can be delayed by one period T (V) (full line L (NS) of the new sequence a new sequence T is delayed as much as (V)), it is sufficient to prevent buffer overflow in this case. 이 지연은 사실상 디코더의 버퍼 충만도가 도 3에서 발생하는 오버플로를 방지할 정도로 충분히 감소되도록 하기에 충분하다. This delay is sufficient to ensure that virtually the decoder buffer fullness is reduced enough to avoid the overflow occurring in Fig. 명백히, 그 최소수 k를 전술된 것처럼 구하는 것만으로 더 많은 최소 화상이 도입될 수 있다. Obviously, it can be more simply by introducing at least an image as described above to obtain the minimum number k.
(b) yes 일 때는 k의 값이 0으로 초기화되고(k=0), 제 2 단계가 수행될 수 있다. (B) yes value of k may be initialized to zero and is carried out (k = 0), when the second stage.
(d) yes 일 때는 구 시퀀스의 송신이 정지된다(STOP-OLD로 도시됨). (D) the transmission of the old sequence is stopped if yes one (shown as STOP-OLD). 즉, 디코딩 단계가 계속되는 동안 비트가 더 이상 디코더의 버퍼에 입력되지 않으며, 제 3 단계가 수행될 수 있다. That is, the bit is not input to the buffer of the decoder during the decoding step further continued, the third step can be performed.
(f) yes 일 때는 제 4 단계가 바로 수행될 수 있다. (F) a fourth step may be performed immediately if yes day.
(g) yes 일 때는 삽입될 최소 화상의 수 k'가 계산되고('COMP k'로 도시됨), 제 5 단계가 수행될 수 있다. (G) "(shown as COMP k ') yes it indicates the minimum number of images to be inserted is calculated k', the fifth step can be performed.
(h) no 일 때는 제 5 단계가 바로 수행될 수 있다. (H) a fifth step can be performed immediately when no one.
(j) no 일 때는 제 6 및 제 7 단계가 수행될 수 있다. (J) a sixth and seventh steps can be carried out when no work.
(6) k의 값이 방정식 k=k+max(k', k")에 따라 증가되고 k개의 최소 화상이 레이트 R(OLD)에서 송신된다. (6) increases with the value of k equations k = k + max (k ', k ") is the k least one image is transmitted at rate R (OLD).
(7) t=TD(NEW)-VBV(NEW), 즉, t=TD(OLD)+kT(V)-VBV(NEW)와 같은 시간 t에서 신 시퀀스의 송신이 시작된다('TRANS-NEW'로 도시됨). (7) t = TD (NEW) -VBV (NEW), i.e., t = TD (OLD) + kT (V) the transmission of the new sequence begins at time t, such as -VBV (NEW) ( 'TRANS-NEW shown as ").
다음에, 제 1 스위칭 점에서, TS(OLD) 전에, 구 비디오 시퀀스는 순응적 압축된 비디오 시퀀스이므로 비디오 디코더의 버퍼는 언더플로되지도 오버플로되지도 않는다(즉, 디코더의 버퍼의 충만도는 인코딩 처리에 의해 확실히 보장된다). Next, in the first switching point, before TS (OLD), obtain video sequence fullness of the buffer of adaptive because the compressed video sequence buffer of the video decoder will not even be as even overflow not underflow (i.e., decoder is reliably ensured by the encoding process). TS(OLD)와 TD(OLD) 사이에서, 버퍼에는 항성 디코딩될 화상(구 비디오 시퀀스의 화상 또는 US화상)의 비트가 존재하므로 디코더의 버퍼는 언더플로되지 않으며, UC 화상의 비트가 순응적 압축된 비디오 시퀀스의 비트 레이트인 R(OLD) 이하의 레이트로 입력되므로 오버플로되지도 않는다. Between TS (OLD) and TD (OLD), the buffer is a buffer of a decoder, so the bit is present in the (image or US images of the old video sequence) the image to be stars decoding is not underflow, bits are adaptive compression of the UC picture It is input to a bit rate of R (OLD) or less of the rate of the video sequence, nor is it to overflow. TD(OLD)와 TD(NEW) 사이에서, 버퍼에는 디코딩될 화상(UC 화상 또는 신 비디오 시퀀스의 화상)의 비트가 항상 존재하므로 디코더의 버퍼는 언더플로되지 않으며, UC 화상이 너무 짧아서(비트수를 고려할 때) 버퍼 충만도는 자체가 순응적 압축된 비디오 시퀀스에 관한 충만도인 TD(NEW)에서의 충만도보다 낮으므로 오버플로되지도 않는다. Between TD (OLD) and TD (NEW), the buffer, so the bit is always present in the decoded image (UC image or the image of the new video sequence), the buffer of the decoder will not underflow, UC image is too short (the number of bits considering) buffer fullness do not also itself be a full, since even lower than the overflow of the adaptive fullness of TD (NEW) on the compressed video sequence. TD(NEW) 후에, 신 비디오 시퀀스는 순응적 압축된 비디오 시퀀스이므로 디코더의 버퍼가 언더플로 또는 오버플로되지 않는다는 것이 확실하다. After TD (NEW), because new video sequence is a compliant compressed video sequence ever it is sure that the buffer of the decoder does not underflow or overflow.
명백히, 본 발명은 단일 비디오 스위칭의 경우로 제한되지 않는다. Obviously, the invention is not limited to the case of a single video switching. 예컨대, 비디오 시퀀스 교체의 경우(본 명세서의 초반에 제공됨)는 스위칭을 두 번 수행하는 것과 등가인데, 한 번은 구 시퀀스가 최소 화상으로 교체되고 상기 최소 화상이 제 2 시퀀스로 교체되는 경우이고, 또 한 번은 제 2 시퀀스가 최소 화상으로 교체되고 상기 최소 화상이 원래의 구 화상으로 교체되는 경우이다. For example, in the case of video sequence replacement (provided at the beginning of this description) is the equivalent to that for performing switching twice, once old and if the sequence is replaced with at least the image to which the minimum image replaced with the second sequence, and once a case where the second sequence is replaced by the minimum image to which the at least replacing the image to the original image of the sphere. 그런 상황에서, 두 번째 스위칭에서 삽입될 최소 화상의 최소수는 다시 송신될 제 1 구 화상이 I 화상이 되도록 선택되어야 하는데, 이것은 두 번째 스위칭의 최소 화상의 개수가 일정하지 않고 GOP 구조에 의존한다는 것을 의미한다. In such a situation, that two in the minimum number of minimal pictures to be inserted in the second switching are to be selected so that the first one picture to be transmitted back to the I picture, which is not constant and the number of least two images of the second switching depends on the GOP structure It means. 또한, GOP는 다음 방식으로 편성될 수 있다는 것이 공지되어 있다. In addition, GOP is known that the same may be organized in the following manner.
B 화상의 정의에 의해, B0 및 B1는 소위 비폐쇄 GOP를 규정하는 이전 GOP의 I2 및 마지막 P 화상으로부터의 예측을 사용함으로써 코딩되는 것이 명백하다. By the definition of the B picture, B0 and B1 are obvious to be coded by using prediction from the I2 and the last P picture of the previous GOP, which defines the so-called non closed GOP. 천이시에 최초의 B 화상이 완전히 다른 시퀀스의 P 화상으로부터의 예측을 사용하여 디코딩될 것이라는 사실에 의해 발생된 문제점을 해소하기 위해, 그런 비폐쇄 GOP의 최초의 B화상은 천이시에 최소 화상으로 교체될 것이다. In order to solve the first of the problems caused by the fact that the B picture is decoded by using prediction from a fully P picture of the different sequences at the time of transition, first B pictures of such a non-closed GOP is a minimum picture during the transition It will be replaced. 이 경우, 이들 최소 화상은, 각 슬라이스의 최초 및 최후의 매크로 블록만이 순방향 예측, 널 순방향 벡터 및 무 에러 예측에 의해 인코딩되는 양방향성 예측 코딩된 화상이다(다른 매크로 블록들은 건너 뛴 매크로 블록이다). In this case, these minimal image, (the other macroblocks are macroblocks are skipped), the first and only the macro-block of the last forward prediction, null is a bi-directional predictive coded picture that is encoded by the forward vector and no error prediction of each slice . 따라서, 디코더는 그런 최소 화상을 최후에 제공된 I 또는 P 화상의 복사로 간주할 것이다. Thus, the decoder will be considered as a copy of the I or P picture that provided the images to last a minimum.
(l) no 일 때는 제 9 단계가 수행될 수 있다. (L) may be a ninth step when performing no work.
(n) yes 일 때는 제 10 단계가 수행될 수 있다. (N) There may be performed yes one step 10 when.
(p) no 일 때는 방법의 실현이 종료된다("END"). (P) the realization of the method is terminated when no work ( "END").
명백히, 본 발명은 전술된 방법에 한정되지 않으며, 본 발명은 또한, 상기 스위칭 방법을 실현하는 소자 및 그런 소자를 포함하는 시스템에 관한 것이기도 하다. Obviously, the invention is not limited to the aforementioned method, the present invention further also relates to a system including a device and such a device for realizing the switching method. 유형 T=I, P 또는 B의 화상의 비디오 시퀀스에 대응하는 적어도 2개의, 양호하게는 n개의 병렬 비트 스트림을 디코딩하는 시스템은, 예컨대 유럽 PCT 특허출원 0783817(PHF95003)에서 설명된다. Type T = I, at least two, preferably a system for decoding n parallel bit streams corresponding to the video sequence of images of the P or B, for example, is described in European Patent Application PCT 0783817 (PHF95003). 도 6에 도시된 그런 시스템은, 다수의(주로 n, 제공된 실시예에서는 2개의) 개별 비트 스트림을 포함하는 입력 비트 스트림 IB를 수신하고, 그 출력(도 6의 경우 2개)이 본 실시예에서 동일 개수(2개)의 버퍼(71 및 72)를 포함하는 저장 수단(70)에 이송되는 역다중화기(60)를 포함한다. Also such a system a shown in Fig. 6, a plurality of (conducted mainly n, given example two) receives an input bitstream IB including a separate bit stream, the output (in the case of FIG. 62), the present embodiment in comprises a demultiplexer 60 to be transferred to the storage means 70 including a buffer 71 and 72 of the same number (two).
스위칭 동작은 디코딩될 선택된 비트 스트림에 대응하는 버퍼 예컨대 버퍼(72)를 선택하고 동시에 다른 버퍼(71)를 향한 다른 비트 스트림의 송신(이것은 예컨대 사용자 조작에 의해 선택된 것이 아니므로 이 때 디코딩되어서는 안된다)을 제어하기 위해 제공된 제어 유닛(81)에서 발생된다. The switching operation is not to be decoded at this time to select a buffer for example the buffer 72 corresponding to the bit stream is selected to be decoded and transmits the other bit stream toward the other buffer 71 (which is for example not be selected by a user operation at the same time ) it is generated in the control unit 81 provided to control. 병렬 버퍼(71 및 72)의 출력에서, 제어 유닛(81)에 의해 제어된 스위치(82)(제어 유닛(81)과 스위치(82)는 함께 제어 수단(80)을 구성함) 적절한 버퍼 출력 신호를 선택하고 그것을 디코더(90)로 이송한다. At the output of parallel buffers 71 and 72, (which constitutes a control unit 81 and switch 82 with control means 80), the switch 82 controlled by the control unit 81, an appropriate buffer output signal select and transfer it to the decoder 90. the 이 디코더는, 예컨대 역다중화기(91)(디코딩될 신호와 관련 움직임 벡터를 분리하기 위해 제공됨), 가변 길이 디코더(92), 역양자화기(93), 직교 역변환 회로(94), 메모리(95)를 포함하는 예측 회로, 움직임 보상 회로(96)(상기 움직임 벡터를 수신함), 출력 디코딩 신호 DS가 표시되도록 하는 가산기(97)를 포함한다(그런 디코더는 종래기술이므로 상세히 설명하지 않는다). The decoder, for example a demultiplexer 91 (provided for separating the decoded signal and the associated motion vectors), a variable length decoder 92, inverse quantizer 93, an orthogonal inverse transform circuit 94, a memory (95) and a prediction circuit, the motion compensation circuit 96, an adder (97) to (the motion vectors inbox), the output decoded signals DS to be displayed that includes (prior art, so that the decoder will not be described in detail). 본 발명은 상기 제어 수단으로 구성된 소자와 같은 스위칭 소자에 관한 것이며, 또한 그런 스위칭 소자를 포함하는 디코딩 시스템에 관한 것이다. The present invention relates to a switching device, such as the element formed by said control means, and also relates to a decoding system including such a switching device.
제 1 비디오 시퀀스에서 제 2 비디오 시퀀스로 스위칭하는 방법으로서, 구(old) 시퀀스와 신(new) 시퀀스는 모두, 화상이 독립적으로 코딩되거나 이전의 I 또는 P 화상으로부터 예측되거나 이전 및 이후의 P 화상 및/또는 I 화상으로부터 양방향 예측된다는 사실에 따라, 유형 T=I, P 또는 B의 화상으로 구성되며, 두 개의 시퀀스 사이의 스위칭 점에는 k개의 추가 화상 시퀀스가 삽입되고, k는 양립할 수 있는 시퀀스를 갖기 위해 충분한 값을 가지며, 상기 추가 화상은 소수의 비트로 코딩되는 스위칭 방법. First as a method of switching to a second video sequence from the video sequence, syntax (old) sequence and the new (new) sequence in all, an image is coded independently, or predicted from earlier I or P picture, or the previous and subsequent P picture depending on the fact that the bi-directional prediction from and / or I-picture, the type T = I, consists of a picture of P or B, the switching point between the two sequences is inserted into the k additional image sequence, k is compatible It has a sufficient value in order to have a sequence, the further image switching method of a small number of coding bits.
(b) 추가 화상 시퀀스 후에, 제 2 스위칭 점에서 상기 신 시퀀스가 삽입되는 단계;가 연속적으로 실현되는 스위칭 방법. Switching method is realized in a continuously; (b) added after the image sequence, the new sequence a second step to be inserted at the switching point.
제 2 항에 있어서, 상기 시퀀스는 k개의 균일 컬러 화상의 시퀀스인 스위칭 방법. The method of claim 2 wherein said sequence is a sequence of k uniform color image switching method.
제 2 항에 있어서, 상기 시퀀스는 이전의 I 또는 P 화상의 복사인 화상의 시퀀스인 스위칭 방법. The method of claim 2, wherein the sequence is a switching method of the previous I or P image of the radiation image sequence.
(d) 상기 제 3 스위칭 점에서, 발생될 상기 제 1 구화상이 I 화상이 될 때까지 추가 화상이 유사하게 삽입되고, 다음에 제 1 구 시퀀스가 재삽입되는 단계;가 추가로 실현되는 스위칭 방법. (D) the third at the switching point, and wherein the insert in analogy further image until one picture is an I picture to be generated, then the second one sequence step to be reinserted; switching is realized by adding Way.
제 1 항 내지 5 항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서, 매번 B 화상은 동일 화상 그룹에 포함되지 않은 P 화상으로부터 예측되고, 임의의 화상 그룹의 최초의 B 화상은 천이시에 최소 B 화상으로 교체되는 스위칭 방법. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, each time a B picture is predicted from that P picture not included in the same group of pictures, the first B pictures of any group of images are switched to be replaced by at least a B picture at the time of transition Way.
제 1 항 내지 6 항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서, 상기 구 및 신 비디오 시퀀스는 소위 MPEG-2 표준에 따라 인코딩된 비트 스트림인 스위칭 방법. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said old and new video sequences are bitstreams encoded according to the method of switching the so-called MPEG-2 standard.
임의의 다른 화상을 참조하지 않고 인트라 코딩되거나, 화상이 이전의 인트라 코딩 화상으로부터 또는 예측된 화상으로부터 움직임 보상 예측에 의해 예측된다는 사실에 따라 예측 또는 보간되거나, 이전 및 이후의 화상으로부터 양방향으로 보간되는 비디오 화상 시퀀스에 대응하는 n개의 병렬 비디오 비트 스트림을 디코딩하는 디코딩 시스템으로서, 디코딩될 비트 스트림의 선택을 위해 선택 수단을 직렬로 포함하는 스위칭 소자 및, 선택된 비트 스트림을 디코딩하는 디코딩 수단을 포함하고, 상기 선택 수단은 제 1 항 내지 7 항 중 어느 한 항에서 청구된 방법의 실현을 위해, 디코딩될 비트 스트림의 선택적 스위치 전환을 위한 제어 수단을 포함하는 디코딩 시스템. Without reference to any other image of the intra-coded, or an image is or predicted or interpolated according to the fact that predicted by motion-compensated prediction from the previous intra-coded image or from a predictive picture, bidirectional interpolation from a previous and subsequent image a decoding system for decoding n parallel video bitstreams corresponding to video image sequence, and a decoding means for decoding the switching elements and the selected bit stream comprising selection means for selection of the bit stream to be decoded in series, It said selection means for the realization of the method as claimed in any one of items 1 to 7, wherein the decoding system including a control means for selective switching of the bitstream to be decoded.
임의의 다른 화상을 참조하지 않고 인트라 코딩되거나, 화상이 이전의 인트라 코딩 화상으로부터 또는 예측된 화상으로부터 움직임 보상 예측에 의해 예측된다는 사실에 따라 예측 또는 보간되거나, 이전 및 이후의 화상으로부터 양방향으로 보간되는 비디오 화상 시퀀스에 대응하는 n개의 병렬 비디오 비트 스트림을 디코딩하는 디코딩 시스템에서, 또는 그런 시스템과 관련하여, 제 1 항 내지 7 항 중 어느 한 항에 청구된 스위칭 방법에 따라 디코딩될 비트 스트림의 선택적 스위치 전환을 제공하는 선택 수단을 포함하는 스위칭 소자. Without reference to any other image of the intra-coded, or an image is or predicted or interpolated according to the fact that predicted by motion-compensated prediction from the previous intra-coded image or from a predictive picture, bidirectional interpolation from a previous and subsequent image in a decoding system for decoding n parallel video bitstreams corresponding to video image sequence, or in conjunction with such a system, selectively switch the bit stream to be decoded according to a switching method as claimed in any one of items 1 to 7, wherein the switching device comprising selecting means for providing the conversion. | 2019-04-26T10:14:47Z | https://patents.google.com/patent/KR20000029596A/en | Porn | Reference | 0.429794 |
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Avery Catherine, 6 lbs. 5 oz., 20 in. long, born Thursday, March 26 at 1:31 p.m.
True birthing time began Wednesday, March 25 around 2 a.m.
**Mild pressure waves started Sunday evening, March 22 and they were perfectly manageable so I went to sleep. I thought we might even have the baby by the next morning! Ha! How wrong I was. PWs continued through Wednesday night becoming more uncomfortable and I wasn’t able to use my cues for some reason. It was probably all mental. I’d been Fear Releasing and Birthing Day Affirmations but something was still holding me back. Probably because I was a first-time mom, I was just scared. However I did and still do (even more so now, absolutely believe in Hypnobabies and know that we chose the very best way to birth).
The very moment I put my headphones on and listened to the Birth Guide CD when it was time to leave for the hospital, I was SO relaxed and comfortable. The midwife checked upon arrival and I was 6 centimeters and waters still intact! YES! What a great feeling. I was so happy and this carried me through until I was complete and ready to push at about 9 a.m. I didn’t even know I was in transition. It was just more intense but I wasn’t aware of any particular shift. Just overjoyed to hear I was complete. I felt SO great and my husband and Hypnobabies doula worked so well to keep me hydrated and encouraged. The nurses were wonderful and respected my birth plan. It was actually our midwife, who, while she did have a great bedside manner, and was extremely encouraging when I needed her to be, was also all about the “standard of care” and bossed the nurses around too much for my liking. You just never know. But I was allowed to move around even though the midwife was making my sweet nurse follow me around with the monitor to check the baby’s heart rate. But at least she was able to follow me and I didn’t have to lie down. It was tough on the nurse, I know, but she always found a strong beat, which I have to say, was comforting even though I wanted that monitor off me.
Let me just say a word on doulas. Hire one if at all possible and if she doesn’t know Hypnobabies, train her. Find someone who is willing to learn. I relied mostly on my husband for physical support during the birthing waves, and all he had to say was “relax” or “release” to get me through, but it was my doula who I remember turning to most during transition and pushing. At that point I needed someone who had been through it and believed in her own body in order to maintain focus. My husband was getting a bit anxious and was asking a lot of questions, and our doula was incredibly supportive during this time. Through this increased intensity, I never once felt pain.
BOP needed NOW. Skip these next two paragraphs if you want. They are not important to the overall success I had with the program, and I will preface it by saying that the more intense things became, the more Hypnobabies kicked in. And I was only about a C+ home study student!
**I honestly thought we’d have the baby by 10:30 a.m. or so. Boy, this little girl took ‘patience’ to a whole new level. I pushed for four and 1/2 hours, which was certainly no one’s plan, and in the end my body was clearly giving out. Yet in the end, everything was so worth it. I can’t say why I had to push for so long. My pelvis is obviously quite small since Avery was just 6 lbs., 5 oz. and really seemed stuck, and I did have a substantial tear when she was born at 1:31 p.m. (Even though I know plenty of small women who push much larger babies right through.) But I had no idea I’d even torn, and held and loved on my baby while I got stitched up. Also, the midwife had right away guided the placenta right out and I barely felt it. I am healing so well from the tear and have had a virtually pain-free recovery.
Avery was SO alert and peaceful at birth. There are no words to describe how amazing it was to see her for the first time so I won’t even try. She scored 8 out of 10 on Apgar at one minute old (I think because of blue feet) and they stole her from me to put her under the warmer for a few minutes. She was 9 out of 10 at 5 minutes.
In the days after Avery’s birth, Kerry’s sweet voice continued to echo in my ears. The voice of an angel who helped us have the very birth we dreamed of!
In Hypnobabies we refer to EDD (Estimated Due Dates) as Guess Dates. There is really a 5 week window in which a baby can come and be considered full term. From 37-42 weeks is normal. So I actually like to say a Guess MONTH!
My first baby was a preemie, born at 34 weeks. So when I was pregnant with Carson, I really wanted to go full term, but I never imagined I would have him at 42 weeks. His “due date” was August 18th. I always said, “He will be born somtime in August.” He was, he squeaked in on August 31st.
When I was pregnant with Bryson I figured I would probably go to 42 weeks again. He was due the beginning of October. I had 2 friends who were “due” the same time I was. They both had their babies the beginning of October. I remember vividly being at a soccer game, seeing my friend with her 2 week old baby and me still being HUGELY pregnant. I was ok with it, because mentally I told myself, he will be here by Halloween. It seemed like all my friends were freaking out that I was still pregnant, but because of my mindshift of a “guess month” I was pretty zen about it.
How did they come up with due dates anyway? Are they accurate? But if I go past 40 weeks it might be bad for the baby. These are all questions that come up with regards to due dates. Here is a great article giving the answers to these questions and more.
Remember it isn’t an Expiration Date, it is a Guess Date! | 2019-04-22T14:53:56Z | https://hypnobabies.wordpress.com/2009/06/ | Porn | Health | 0.438883 |
wordpress | I’m on holidays, and i’m more depressed than I have been in a long time.
Picture this: you’re on holidays. On the beautiful Coral Coast of Fiji, to be precise. You’re staying at a 5-star resort on its own island. The weather is absolutely beautiful, and the scenery stunning. You have delicious food. You have some of your favourite people around you. You’re doing all sorts of really cool, unique and relaxing things—things you may never experience again. And yet . . . something is missing. You feel empty.
Every day, at least six Australians will take their own lives, and at least 30 others will attempt to. Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15-24. We’re more likely to die from suicide than we are from skin cancer. Almost half of all Australians will experience some form of mental illness within their lives, with 65% not being able to access adequate treatment. Despite all we know about depression, anxiety and other disorders, there’s still an incredible stigma attached.
Nothing has to even go wrong for you to feel depressed. Please, be sensitive if a loved one has depression. Seek help.
Depression is a truly horrible feeling. It’s not just being sad (though that is a really big part of it). It’s feeling guilty for feeling sad, it’s feeling anxious, it’s feeling desolate, it’s feeling overwhelmed, it’s feeling lonely, it’s feeling like no one understands, it’s feeling like things that once did or should bring you joy simply don’t, it’s feeling like you’re worthless. It’s hating yourself. It’s hating everyone else too, sometimes. The worst part of it is all these emotions are locked up inside of yourself. You don’t want to tell anyone, because you don’t want to bring them down, or you’re afraid they’ll judge you. You’re afraid they’ll simply say “cheer up”, like it were that simple. Or worse, that they’ll say you’re seeking attention. Things become both less and more important. You don’t want to feel like this. You know it’s illogical – but you can’t help it, and people who haven’t experienced it simply don’t understand that.
You try to go out. You try to do normal things. You try to be okay. But you’re not–and that’s okay. Emotions are fleeting. Let yourself feel your emotions. Process them, validate them, and let them go.
I’m sitting in my hotel room right now. Outside, the sun is shining. The palm trees are swaying pleasantly in the wind, and I can see little birds singing happily. There are beautiful flowers in the trees, and scattered on the grass. A carpet of frangipanis and other bright red flowers I don’t know the name of. The air is warm, whispering alluring secrets of happiness, and I can hear the sound of people laughing and children shrieking with joy. My family and friends are among them.
Nothing bad has happened. In fact, it’s been quite a wonderful holiday. I’ve explored caves, been immersed within Fijian culture, been treated to massages and manicures, snorkelled and seen beautiful fish, and been able to spend my days lounging around the beach. It sounds great, right? And I know it’s great. I know I should feel happy. I know I should feel lucky, and privileged, and just relax. But it’s not that simple. I’m sad, and everyone else around me is happy. They’re saying it’s the best holiday of their lives, and here I am, not exactly caring if I were to not wake up.
Fiji is beautiful. Image via Instagram, @somethingbeginningwithz.
Maybe it’s just a spout of weakness, and maybe I’ll go outside, and all of this will be a bad dream. Maybe I’ll be able to shut it out. Focus on the small things. The good things. The sun is warm. I don’t have assignments due. The geckos are adorable. I bought a shell turtle wearing a hat and glasses. Those things are cool. Those things are good. Those are the things you have to focus on in order to not lose your mind.
Depression doesn’t go on holidays just because you do. It’s important to remember that it’s okay to feel sad, and you shouldn’t feel guilty for that. Talk to your loved ones—don’t bottle it up. Remember to ground yourself, take deep breaths and do small things you like and enjoy. If you think one of your loved ones is depressed, do not judge them. Do not criticise them. Do not get frustrated at their sadness, and do not tell them to “cheer up”; just be there for them. Be with them. Don’t give up on them. While they may not show it, I assure you, they’ll love you for it. Don’t become another statistic.
If you need help, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14, or dial 000 if you are in immediate danger. Call 1800 273 825 if you need to chat, or click here to chat to someone online. You can get through this. You are loved. You are strong. You will destroy those feelings with success. I believe in you.
This entry was posted in Important, Life Lessons and Stories, Travel and tagged anxiety, Australia, christmas, Coral Coast, depression, Fiji, holiday, sad, Statistics, suicide, travel. | 2019-04-19T05:16:45Z | https://itbeginswithz.wordpress.com/category/travel/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.711335 |
google | Do you want to improve student success?
Do you want to reduce/eliminate course material costs for students?
Do you have the required computer and Internet skills?
If you answered yes to the above questions, you are ready to start exploring the materials that are available in your subject.
Start by looking through the Resource Guide for materials in your subject area. Ask a Librarian for help finding materials.
Consider scheduling an initial meeting so we can help you to get started.
If you teach a highly enrolled core class, you may be fortunate to find an open textbook. If that is the case, you can adopt the open textbook as it is or you may adapt it as you see fit (dependent on the licensing). Ask an Educational Technologist for help if you would like to modify the open textbook.
Most of you will not find an open textbook that you can readily adopt so you will need to curate OER from a variety of different sources, remix them, and possibly making some of your own materials to fill in the gaps. You will then attach a Creative Commons (CC) license to your work.
An example of the mashup process is Susan Wood's open online ENG 100 course [New Window]. A Leeward OER Faculty Leader, Susan used a combination of existing OER and her own authored content to create her course using a Google Sites template.
Ask an Educational Technologist for help structuring your course. We will help you to organize your course with the Weekly Modules Google Sites, and embed it into your Laulima course.
If there are no suitable OER in your subject, you can look for no-cost resources. No-cost resources are non-CC licensed materials found on the open web and through the Library's subscription e-resources. Ask a Librarian for help looking for resources.
The Textbook Cost: $0 designation appears on the class availability website at the beginning of the Comment text field for the class.
One goal of this process is to design your course with all Creative Commons licensed materials using the online Weekly Modules format that may be embedded into Laulima and share your course in the University of Hawaii OER Repository. Ask an Educational Technologist for help designing course activities, structuring the course, or with the technology you will be using in the course.
Share your course in the UH OER Repository.
Another goal is to design open pedagogy into your course.
Adapt or remix OERs with your students.
Build OERs with your students.
Teach your students how to edit Wikipedia articles.
Facilitate student-created and student-controlled learning environments - Laulima locks students into a closed environment and assignments are "disposable". Consider encouraging students to openly license some of their work.
Encourage students to apply their expertise to serve their community.
Engage students in public chats with authors or experts.
Build course policies, outcomes, assignments, rubrics, and schedules of work collaboratively with students.
Let students curate course content.
The above ideas are from A Guide to Making Open Textbooks for Students by Rebus Community.
Your students' work is openly licensed and available to the community. Include a link in the UH OER Repository. | 2019-04-25T22:22:33Z | https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/oer/starting-with-oer | Porn | Reference | 0.091962 |
wordpress | Well, you might say, he was twenty-eight, what took him so long? We take it for granted that not only painting but our daily lives are filled with color and we assume that it was ever thus. The sky’s been blue, the grass green and flowers in flowery colors since the dinosaurs. That’s true, but cloth for clothing and furnishings was dreary and drab until very recently, specifically the second half of the 19th century, when analine dyes were invented. Prior to that only king and gods could afford color. Everyone else slogged around in browns and grays.
We can see this reflected in the illuminations of the 14th and 15th century and in Renaissance paintings, which depict only the rich and divine and therefore give us color to enjoy. But there was also a tradition of painting that honored the browns and considered them noble, dignified, stately, eternal. The Ecole des Beaux Arts, the Salon and their powerful judges looked down on color. In drawing classes, for example, color was expressly forbidden. So was working from nature. Students worked strictly from plaster casts and en grisaille (in shades of gray).
Matisse grew up in the north of France, in Bohain, a drab, cold, confining town where the main industry was weaving textiles and growing beets. After he dabbled with the little paint set his mother had given him, he knew that he wanted to become a painter. At twenty he went to Paris, where he abandoned his law studies and struggled for fifteen years before anyone bought a painting from him. His Corsica “revelation” about color was reinforced by an older artist living in the south, Paul Signac, who worked in a style called Divisionism, later known as Pointilism. Lucky for us, Matisse stuck with it.
In 1905 he worked for a few month in Collioure in the foothills of the Pyrenees. That fall he submitted to the Salon d’Automne exhibit two paintings made in that southern light. They were hung in the then infamous Salle VII, where visitors gestured obscenely and doubled over in derisive laughter. The critic Louis Vauxcelles noticed a couple of conventional, academic sculpture in the room and made the now famous wisecrack: “a Donatello among the wild beasts.” Fauves, French for wild beasts, became the nickname for a group of artists, including Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck. Matisse liked the name: “Frankly, it was admirable. The name of Fauve could hardly have been better suited to our frame of mind.” They were artists who felt that art made of shades of brown and gray was passé. They didn’t know where their experiments would lead, but they knew it was time for a revolution that would replace the worn out pictorial language of the 19th century.
One of those two Matisse paintings sold. Woman with a Hat was priced at 500 francs and an offer came in for 300. Henri and Amélie Matisse were flat broke. They had three children, who needed winter coats. Amélie wouldn’t accept the 300. They waited. The prospective buyer agreed to pay the full 500. He was Leo Stein, brother of Gertrude Stein from San Francisco.
The Steins thought the new pictorial language might just be the next big thing and might be worth investing in. By investing in it, they made it happen.
Henri Matisse, 1869-1954. The Open Window, Collioure, 1905. Woman with a Hat, 1905. | 2019-04-20T20:55:44Z | https://artamaze.wordpress.com/tag/ecole-des-beauz-arts/ | Porn | Arts | 0.123315 |
wordpress | This board required it’s tail to be repaired along both rails and the rear stringer area — photos show before and after paint matching.
slightly raised areas which had a spongy feeling when pressed, the above photos say it all.
This SUP (stand up paddleboard) is in good hands and will be given a new leash of life.
Professional SUP repairs by Jeff the ding man.
Handcrafted surfcraft made with the best materials.
If I need to explain…..
Deano‘s Lost with a rail crack.
Just a little repair – quick turnaround due to local surf forecast.
Completed the repair the next morning.
Enjoy your LOST ROCKET Deano.
Best to keep your favourite surfboard watertight unless you enjoy the knowledge of your board gaining weight and turning brown.
Premiere tour from May to July 2013 in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Dates and locations coming soon at patagonia.com/surfblog. | 2019-04-18T10:22:31Z | https://southcoastcustomsurfboards.wordpress.com/2013/04/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.645612 |
wordpress | Last year, I started to collect variations of the Cyclemaster, and among other cyclemotors, I was on the lookout for a Berini Cycle Star, the Dutch version, to complete my collection. I’d never actually seen one in the flesh.
I’ve owned a few Berinis over the years, but they were all M13 models, with an engine over the front wheel. The Berini M13 was built in Rotterdam from 1949 to 1961. As it was developed from the Cyclemaster, engine size was initially 26cc, increased to 32cc in 1951 (the M14). In the Netherlands, it was known as “the Egg” because of the shape of the fueltank (designed by welding two headlamps together from a DKW motorcycle). The Berini was the most popular Dutch bicycle engine and could reach up to 30 km/h.
The 1955 ‘Berini de Luxe’ was essentially a Cycle Star to which had been added the latest styling trend – a new forward-mounted tank flared in to the bodywork to give the appearance of a moped.
The Norman Cyclemate had been introduced in 1955 to try and propel the Cyclemaster name somewhere within the onslaught of mopeds that came in this year. It failed miserably.
The Cycle Star was already a stylish, well-made machine that had sold well. Cyclemaster Ltd imported it so they’d have something to offer besides the Cyclemate.
Dutch journalist Rene Willink travelled over 25,000 km on his Cyclemaster on a grand tour of Europe and North Africa.
In Stockholm, Sweden, he was a guest at the Science Fair, hence the article, below, in the Swedish newspapers of the day.
It is an interesting route: although it obviously took in the British Isles, I’ve not yet tracked down British press reports of his trip. | 2019-04-19T12:17:31Z | https://cyclemaster.wordpress.com/page-4-1952-berini-m19-cycle-star-cyclestar/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.504006 |
wordpress | Click for full-views and check captions for artist info.
Another new mixed-media painting! I first paint with watercolors, then hand stitch the paper in a very time-intensive process. The result is an abstract watercolor of flowing and blended colors surrounded by geometric embroidery in 3 colors (tan, purple/mauve, and teal). The beauty lies in the contrast between the organic, fluid layers of watercolor versus the linear patterns of the stitches.
Be sure to check out my Gallery Section to see more of my work! | 2019-04-26T05:39:06Z | https://jennadecker.wordpress.com/tag/painting/ | Porn | Arts | 0.98872 |
wordpress | Heartbroken Maria, with her beloved dog, Sylvio, from Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey (1768) by the great Joseph Wright of Derby.
Ferens Art Gallery. Image source: All Things Georgian an essential online guide to the society and culture of the British 18th century.
Maria is another casualty in the line of emotionally abandoned girls, like Ophelia, driven out of her mind by grief from a lover’s desertion and a father’s death, and Marianne Dashwood, whose excess of 18th century sensibility is the same as a major depressive disorder today, and real-life sisters, Sally and Maria Siddons.
This ghostly exuberance, this rose-pink nostalgia, pink, the colour of ironic femininity and about-to-be-lost illusions, knowing and sweet; this decaying crown of experience in the benighted, bee-endangered, Brexit semi-coma is the last shout of beauty on the edge of dying.
On the edge of good taste, too, some would say. Such overt flirtation and florid excess, such abandonment to the moment, such tender voluptuousness, too fragile to touch; their éclat is not for all seasons.
Performance at this level is exhausting. Tomorrow, or the day after, their lovely faces will shrivel, shrink from their reflections, and shed fragrant tears, little pink silk sheets littering the floor, until they are bald. I owe them the courtesy of hiding them before anyone else sees them like that.
nah, old pink roses will be back screaming and shouting at you from somewhere next year.
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton, 1895.
Here is art for art’s sake, feminine beauty celebrated for aesthetics, not individual rights; sensual delight enjoyed at the expense of reason; a revelling in red and yellow, the apotheosis of orange; amoral, superficial, cheesy and good enough to eat; the taste of strawberries and cream or the touch of hot sun on your neck while you drowse on a hot summer’s day. All that, and a picture that will immortalize her, but not enough to make her happy. When she wakes up, the world will disappoint her.
Adopting the conventional Renaissance pose of melancholic meditation, the young woman rests her head on her left hand.
At the same time, she rebels against the constrictions of mortality, and expectations of how young women should behave and think.
Her right hand reaches out of the frame, in the style of Baroque trompe l’oeil, challenging the observer’s perceptions of reality, and testing the limits of her own and the artist’s power.
She is forever in transition between two states, dabbling her fingers in eternity.
It’s only a game, a flirtation, a harmless trick to beguile us all – or is it? Though she appears so prim and proper, purse-lipped and passive, her gaze is directed out at you and me, not inwards.
She’s reflecting melancholically about us, not herself.
“Don’t tell me what to do. Don’t tell me what to feel and think. You don’t know me, though you think you do. I’m coming out of this frame you’ve put me in. There’s lots to do in the world out there. What about you? What are you doing? What have you done? Take my hand, and I’ll be with you, now and always”.
Shakespeare, Sonnet 18 Written between 1593 and 1601, published in 1609. | 2019-04-20T15:22:29Z | https://pipparathborne.wordpress.com/category/epistolary/ | Porn | Arts | 0.949468 |
yahoo | “And I remember our CEO sitting there (at a Cronulla presentation) and giving all the credits to all the Australian players and Junior Kangaroos, and I was waiting for my name to be called, just for representing on the international stage. There was no Tonga, no PNG for Chico (James Segeyaro) and that.
Fifita, who has played seven Tests for both nations, recalls the public backlash after he switched camps a year ago – two days after being unveiled in Mal Meninga’s Australian World Cup squad.
A trip to Tonga in 2016 prompted Fifita to consider a change, even though it would impact on his NSW State of Origin prospects and leave a hole in his pocket. | 2019-04-21T09:16:58Z | https://nz.news.yahoo.com/andrew-fifita-hits-cronulla-tonga-snub-212104218.html | Porn | Sports | 0.975801 |
wordpress | 5 Surefire Ways to Turn a Bad Day Around – Ready. Aim. Grow.
When you’re having a bad day, the last thing you want to hear someone say is, “turn that frown upside down.” But if you’re willing to hear me out, here are five things you can do to make your sucky day bearable.
5. Work it out. I mean physically run, walk, ride a bike, zumba or lift weights to lift your seratonin levels. Once you’ve sweat out all that stress, you are sure to feel a bit better. And, yay, it’s healthy!
And the end of the V. Bad Day, I love a bubble bath, glass of wine and #4. But then I love those things every day.
talk to people who irritate you. Your mouth/mind cannot be trusted on this one!
take it out on loved ones. I had to leave the house (to my writing studio) last week during my Bad Day because I knew I’d snap the heads off my loved ones. And it was *hot* in the garage, but it did fit my mood!
call up friends and complain. Yes, your loved ones want to lift your spirits but I’d only resort to this if you’ve tried ALL FIVE of the snap out of its first. Whining may or may not make you feel better and it will likely make the person on the other end of the call feel worse.
eat your feelings. Do #5 instead. You’ll feel better in the long run!
Now, on a more serious note, if ALL of your days are bad or “dull”, that could be depression so please honor yourself and your loved ones by seeking help. Here’s a cartoon on depression that I think “gets it”.
Be true to you. Passion for your purpose. Mojo up!
Book news: Sent a secret project to early readers and I’m starting on book 2 of my Messengers teen angels series over the Labor Day holiday. The Labor Day sale over at Buzz Books is still on, so you can get some ebooks at great prices plus the chance to get early reads of some fall titles. Cool.
Buy one of these SIGNED BOOKS personally from me and get an advance edition of Twin Falls (young adult) SIGNED for FREE. So it’s a BOGO kinda deal.
My YA paranormal, TWIN FALLS, is available now.
Email me which ones you want and your email address (USA only, please) and I’ll send you an invoice via Paypal so we can get ‘er done. If you want the message TO someone, please let me know by writing out their name. | 2019-04-19T16:40:39Z | https://malenalott.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/5-surefire-ways-to-turn-a-bad-day-around/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.381798 |
wordpress | Moon child follow your dreams.
I’m obsessed with the Moon!
The sun makes the tree look like it’s on fire.
The hummingbirds stopped by to grab some nectar. They fly very fast and are hard to capture.
As the storm passed, I saw her, Kelaeno, Goddess of Storms… Tell me what you think?
Kelaeno, Greek Goddess in the clouds passing by. | 2019-04-23T16:03:26Z | https://crazycameragal.wordpress.com/2012/10/ | Porn | Arts | 0.721011 |
askmen | Because this may be the only movie to top the original The Avengers.
With the U.S. premier less than a month away, Disney/Marvel have released what they’re calling the “final” trailer. This final cut makes the movie’s action abundantly clear, and introduces us to new faces like The Vision, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
2012’s The Avengers was the most successful superhero movie to date, bringing together Marvel’s most popular heroes after a carefully designed campaign to introduce them in their own movies (except for Hawkeye, but no one cares about Hawkeye). Topping it will be a big ask, but if anything can do it, it will be The Avengers: Age of Ultron, set to premiere May 1. If the recently released final trailer is any indication, the film definitely won’t be boring.
Taking place after the events of The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, humanity stumbles upon Ultron, an alien artificial intelligence. After Tony Stark does some tinkering, Ultron achieves sentience and decides that the only way to save the planet is to wipe out humanity completely. This results in the AI taking on a formidable robotic form and James Spader’s voice, apparently.
The rumor mill has been churning on this movie from day one, and it’s not letting up. With a TV version of Daredevil premiering on NetFlix April 10, the latest rumors speculate on a possible Daredevil cameo, which would inevitably spark its own rumors of a movie reboot. When it was announced that Disney and Marvel had struck a deal with Sony to incorporate Spider-Man back into the larger Marvel Universe, fans grew hopeful of a web-slinging cameo as well, if not his outright participation. Earlier, Idris Elba made waves when he inadvertently announced he’d appear alongside Tom Hiddleston’s Loki in the film as well.
Cameos like that are a big concern for a movie like The Avengers: Age of Ultron. While it’s probably beneficial to cater to fans, a movie of this scope risks collapsing under its own weight. There’s also the question of what’s next for Marvel. It’s rumored that Tony Stark will step away from The Avengers after this film, resulting in Captain America drafting a new team. That’s probably good news for Spider-Man fans, but Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man is such a big part of what makes these movies enjoyable. Whether the addition of Spider-Man would be enough to prop up a version of The Avengers teamed by secondary superheroes is anyone’s guess.
Ask The Big Question: When will we reach Marvel over-saturation?
Disrupt Your Feed: Why would Ultron doubt that a team featuring two invincible, infinitely strong heroes could stop him?
Drop This Fact: Joss Whedon is reportedly done with Marvel, citing micromanagement on their part. | 2019-04-21T02:16:34Z | https://www.askmen.com/news/entertainment/marvel-releases-final-avengers-age-of-ultron-trailer.html | Porn | News | 0.259698 |
wordpress | Testing, 1, 2, 3 – is this on?
I just realized it has been exactly a year and a day since I last blogged and I don’t know if anyone is still reading this.
There are a lot of reasons for that, although mostly I blame Facebook and its instant gratification abilities (which only slightly make up for the letdown when you say something clever and NO ONE RESPONDS no matter how many times you hit refresh).
I got laid off in August and am still looking for work. It’s very odd to be part of the statistics, when I hear about “the unemployed” and I think wait, they’re talking about me. Looking for work is tough because there are very few jobs in my field, or even in the larger non-profit world here in Small City, and I can’t go very far afield because of Pili’s work and my childcare responsibilities.
And of course, I’m still naval gazing about adoption.
Shannon wrote something on Facebook the other day about preparing for a multicultural day at her kids’ school and how she needed to find squirrel to represent her culture. It was all very tongue in cheek, but it made me think: what is my kid’s culture? He is Guatemalan and we have appropriated aspects of that cultural heritage into our family’s celebrations, but our family is what? Jewish/WASP/Guatemalan? So what is Pito’s family heritage? Do I subscribe to the idea that he is part of our family and thus bring on the lox and shortbread? Or is his connection to our family tree and family heritage less significant than if he had been biologically connected to us and genetically programmed to enjoy his matzah balls? I find that insulting to the strength of the adoptive connection, and yet, to say that bagels and lox is his family heritage also seems to slight the importance of where he comes from and his connection to that place and those people.
So – tortillas and lox for family day? | 2019-04-22T02:59:31Z | https://artsweet.wordpress.com/2011/01/ | Porn | Kids | 0.777443 |
wordpress | Main Street is one of my favourite streets to walk in Vancouver. It’s full of coffee shops, antique stores, vintage boutiques, art galleries, patio restaurants from the classy comfort of Burgoo to the kitschy flamingo-decorated Rumpus Room, and everything in between. I was in the French château-inspired ballroom of the Heritage Hall last night for a fundraiser, and it reminded me of how much I love this street of all things where you just never know what writing will appear on the walls.
Main Street is also home to a great art store called Urban Source (pictured above) where you’ll find almost any material from scrabble letters to puzzle pieces, dried flowers to woodcuts, miniature test tubes to coloured clothespins. I think I spent over an hour perusing their bins of paper and tables of objects. It’s particularly a treasure’s chest for collage work. It provided the materials for my latest DIY project—turning my empty David’s Tea containers into 12 little “windows” that represent different parts of me. I hung it in my apartment kitchen.
When I was at the Museum of Vancouver in January checking out their Playhouse exhibit, I toured one of the other exhibits they have currently on display: Neon Vancouver, Ugly Vancouver.
To say it was eye-catching would be an understatement. Fluorescent blues, pinks, yellows, reds, and greens met my eyes. A constant humming sound made it a space you wouldn’t want to spend more than half an hour in.
You can have civilization, or you can have neon.
You can have happiness, or you can have neon.
An urban legend grew up that the most dangerous intersection in Vancouver was along Kingsway where a flashing neon woman swung back and forth, mesmerizing drivers.
As German sociologist Georg Simmel wrote in his famous essay, “The Metropolis and Mental Life,” (1903) the growth of the modern city in the early twentieth century impacted city dwellers psychologically in a new way than ever before. Cities bombarded us with stimuli of all shapes and sizes, contributing to the feeling Simmel identified as the blasé. The blasé is an attitude of indifference caused by the over-stimulation of the nerves because of the rapidly changing sights and sounds in the city. Blasé becomes an item of clothing we wear when stepping out into the streets: it’s a protective shield from the 24-7 advertising assault on our senses. It’s not hard to see how neon signs play a role in this urban armour.
So, what’s your reaction to neon signs? Love ’em or leave ’em?
For several days and counting, the new Safeway at Granville and 70th has been stuck with half a sign. All safe and no way. I walk by the first time, amused at the delay. We see buildings mid-construction but we don’t often see words. We don’t read an author’s half-finished manuscript. We read the published book with the illustrated cover on display in Chapter’s. We don’t listen to a half-done speech from a president, sports star, or other figure in the public eye. We are used to whole words, even though we think in half words and half-finished sentences all the time.
Last week, I talked about reading the city through text on buildings, and asked are we reading them or are they reading us?
Text reads differently when it’s separated from what makes it familiar. When it’s disconnected from its usual reality.
I know what the text on this building should have said. Everything I know from growing up in urban environments tells me this building should read “Safeway.” But because it didn’t, it made me stop. Smile. Pull out my camera. Read the building in a whole new way.
The funny thing is, SAFE isn’t a half word. I think that’s what struck me so much—that it made sense in and of itself. That it is such an ordinary word displayed so visibly, so unusually, so as to render it extraordinary.
I like the baseball definition better because it doesn’t imply that you’re not in the game, that you’re not taking risks. No, you are playing, you are hitting, you are running. And when there’s so much set against you that can take you out (balls, bats, opponents), you’ve landed on a base that is holy ground so to speak—sacred because it’s safe. Nothing can harm you while you’re on it.
The building isn’t “Safeway” until it gets its name. Naming is everything. We name our cities, neighbourhoods, children, pets, cars, boats, computers. Naming says you have an identity. You are worth something to me. You are personal. You are mine.
Right now, the building is SAFE.
It is not a grocery store.
It is a glass rectangle with a swoosh across its façade.
It is a four-letter word on a building.
It is telling me, making me Safe. A reminder that in a city—any city—where there is so many things and so many people who aren’t safe, that Safe still exists. There is no prescribed Way to find it or to find it without confronting danger first, but it is there. There are places and people who are Safe. Safe has a reality beyond its sign.
I walk by a second time on Monday, Vancouver’s first snowfall of the 2013 winter season. To my delight, SAFE is still there. I hope the construction workers have trouble finding the WAY so that SAFE can linger a while more, reminding me and other city-dwellers through the liminal state of a grocery store what we all long for.
So when I heard the Contemporary Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver was featuring a window exhibit by Turkish artist Meriç Algün Ringborg called Metatext, I went to check it out, to read it.
The exhibit is literally written into the front façade of the building (as shown above), on several different window panels. You read it from left to right, like you would a novel. And as you read it, you feel you are reading something like a novel.
The new work at the Contemporary Art Gallery takes the English dictionary as its starting point. Using only selected definitions of specific words, this ambitious commission appears as a series of inter-related sentences notionally composing mini-narratives and realized in a way that seems to incorporate different voices and characters. As such the work evolves out of the dictionary akin to a fragmentary novel or short story, a series of episodes branching out into a loose meta-narrative concerning writing as a creative act as implied through the use of this ‘found’ language.
It is a strange experience reading the text(s) because each line relates slightly to what’s around it, but also completely interrupts it with something new. Metatext plays with the idea of being a novel and yet lacks any of the cohesiveness we look for in novels. It is terribly self-conscious and long-winded about what it is doing—writing about writing, and a little pompous about it too: “the book that I’ve just written. considering the conditions, it’s very good” . . . “the book is a thoroughly entertaining read. it’s the best novel I’ve ever read”. The whole thing reads very ironically because by the end, we realize we have just read the novel being talked about (this metatext on the windows) and it isn’t very good but the author(s) thinks it is, and do we feel pity for the deluded writer, or sympathy because no doubt we’ve been there too, or annoyance for having spent twenty minutes reading this text that makes no sense, and what kind of dictionary is she using anyway?
Since the text is embedded into a building in downtown Vancouver, it makes us consider narratives of the city and the people who inhabit its space. How do our narratives of private and public overlap? The picture below showing my reflection, along with the buildings in the background, speak to this confluence of private and public. The act of writing a novel is typically a solitary activity, done in the privacy of a home, with typewriter/computer and one’s own thoughts late at night or early in the morning. What happens when it is exposed in a public space, a city space where we use words and construct narratives on a daily basis? How do our inner and outer words interact, especially in Vancouver, a city that never lets you escape your reflection as you’re walking to the office, walking to the grocery store, walking to and from home? We see ourselves in the window and wonder, who’s reading who? | 2019-04-20T15:18:17Z | https://textingthecity.wordpress.com/category/textual-spaces/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.838723 |
wordpress | The report claimed that the satellite itself would be launched by 2009. It is reported to be called Omid which means “Hope”, and is said to be a low-altitude satellite.
site, and gave the order for the launch himself.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — Two brothers, a murdered father and an untold story of pain and forgiveness are the inspirations behind a six times award-winning documentary on the secret death of a prominent evangelical pastor in Iran, Haik Hovsepian.
The movie is the untold story of Iranian Christian martyrs, and Christian converts, who became the victims of their beliefs and paid the ultimate price – their lives.
The Hovsepian Brothers with one of their awards for A Cry From Iran.
Two brothers from Iran, Joseph and Andre Hovsepian, who made the documentary A Cry From Iran about the life and work of their father, recently joined international journalist Dan Wooding as guests on his for Front Page radio program on KWAVE in Los Angeles.
Their documentary is the story of Bishop Haik Hovsepian, who was the superintendent of the Assemblies of God and, later in his ministry, the representative of protestant churches in Iran.
Andre Hovsepian said he was only ten years old when his father was martyred so he didn’t have as much memory as Joseph and the rest of the family did.
Wooding wanted to know what did Andre learn new about his father from making the movie? “When you started working on this movie A Cry From Iran you must have been amazed that you found out all sort of new things about him,” said Wooding.
Joseph Hovsepian said the documentary is narrated by a well known award winning voice-over who did the Verizon Wireless commercial a few years ago.
He pointed out that when some people think of documentaries they think of boring talk and a program full of talks, whereas a lot of audiences have already said A Cry From Iran is a docu-drama.
Joseph said they carried out a of reenactments, shooting about two-hundred hours footage of his father, so in the last years of his life they had enough coverage. But the first part of his life and in covering the radical parts of country of Iran they had to reestablish (through reenactment), and the brothers had to travel to five countries and also five states in America.
“Take us back to the period when there was all this trouble for your father. What led up to it?” Wooding asked.
Joseph responded that sadly the situation hasn’t changed that much from that day to the present.
Andre said: “Basically what happened was that after several threats that we got in different ways, finally one day my dad was on his way to the airport to pick up a friend from church and he disappeared for eleven days. We had no news of him — I mean you could only imagine how hard it was for us — and of course I have to mention here that the whole church was very supportive internationally, worldwide. We received many, many support from different believers around the world and that of course helped us a lot to cope with the situation. But after eleven days, unfortunately, we received the call in which they said we need your eldest son (who was Joseph) to come and identify some pictures.
So did Andre can do you remember what he said?
Joseph said it was probably God’s plan that during those eleven days they were very calm and believed that their father would be alive, maybe somewhere in interrogation, but were expecting him to be coming back.
Did the brothers want to get revenge somewhere?
The Hovsepian brothers said that one thing that always is alive and never dies is the peaceful spirit of God that works even when your tears are shedding. Something magical happens through the power of prayer.
Wooding asked Andre tell some of the lessons people can learn if they watch their movie A Cry From Iran?
Andre replied: “One of them, as you already mentioned, I think it stands out is the appreciation of life no matter what situation you’re in, no matter if you have financial problems or someone in your family has a disease or anything like that, after watching this movie the first impact that I think that it leaves on you is that ‘wow I have to appreciate my life. I have to appreciate this freedom that I have’ and of course I have to make a note that Christians in the west are persecuted too in other ways, which maybe is a whole different topic. But at least it’s not physical — they don’t take your life.
How difficult is it for a Muslim in Iran to give their lives to Christ?
For both DVD information and screening information you can go to the official website which is www.acryfromiran.com.
Radio stations interested in airing the full interview with Dan Wooding and the Hovsepian Brothers may e-mail him at [email protected] for the MP3 file. (This is for media contacts only, please).
ASSIST News would like to thank Robin Frost for transcribing this interview.
TEHRAN, Dec. 3 (MNA) — A Christian cemetery dating back to the Mongol era has recently been discovered near the Soltanieh Dome, an Islamic monument registered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.
A single gravestone bearing ancient Armenian script led a team of experts from the Soltanieh Dome Cultural Heritage Center to the discovery of the burial ground, the Persian service of CHN reported on Monday. The artifact was unearthed by the team about two years ago during a demarcation operation for the dome site. “We were assisted in the deciphering of the script by a number of Christian historians. After examining the relic, they informed us that the artifact dates back to the Mongol era and that it was highly likely that a cemetery dating back to that time would be located in the vicinity,” the center executive manager Mohammadreza Qorbanzadeh said.
A translation of the inscription reads as follows: “Jesus, the only son of the father, when it is time to return, the sleeping soul of the late…” Other parts of the inscription are illegible due to erosion. “The cemetery, which is located near the Abbasabad region of the Soltanieh Dome and the ancient city of Soltanieh will add to our knowledge of the history of these sites,” Qorbanzadeh said.
The Mongol ruler Hulegu Khan (c. 1217-1265), who founded the Ilkhanid dynasty in Iran, selected the north central region of Iran for his center of government. Hulegu’s mother showed an inclination towards the Christian religion and as a result many Christian residents of Tabriz emigrated to Soltanieh (location of present day Zanjan), being an area over which he ruled.
In addition, Marco Giovanni Brambilla, an Italian professor at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University, during his studies on the city of Soltanieh, had previously surmised the existence of a Christian Mongol era cemetery in the region. | 2019-04-18T16:25:10Z | https://healtheland.wordpress.com/category/iran/ | Porn | News | 0.359725 |
wordpress | They do amazing things in the Philippines with all those discarded portable juice packs people sip on here, there & everywhere!
Enterprising women from a fair trade certified NGO (non-governmental organization) cut recycled juice packs into strips, fold and weave them together to create some very cool stuff! Well-made, vibrant, fashionable and functional are just some of the ways to describe these water-resistant handmade creations.
At Organic Bug you can find tousands of nice gifts, clothes, cosmetics, etc. Sustainable, organic, recycled, and handmade stuff.
This entry was posted in The Philippines, USA and tagged Green Design, Sustainability. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-23T00:15:42Z | https://endangerededen.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/eco-solutions-bags-made-from-recycled-juice-packs/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.774234 |
wordpress | Masochist that I am, I’m one of the few individuals in the universe who voluntarily use all three of Windows, Mac OSX and Linux on a basically daily basis (I have Mac and Windows laptops, and use a Linux desktop in my office). Now, on Mac and Linux installations, there is no question as to which editor I will use; I confess to being an Emacs evangelist (especially to Mac users who haven’t tried Aquamacs). I recognize a lot of people have trouble with the learning curve on Emacs, but once you’re through it, every other editor just seems annoying.
Unfortunately, I’ve never found a good version of Emacs for Windows. In my day, I’ve used Winedt, and LEd (actually, I wrote much of undergrad thesis in Notepad, but I was young and foolish then), both of which I found basically fine, but I’ve always kind of felt like there must be a better program out there. Does anyone have other suggestions?
Hi, I mostly use ubuntu, but on windows, I use cygwin for emacs (and tex).
I wish I could get over the learning hump with xemacs, but cygwin is terrible and just about everything else out there makes life so much more palatable.
I’ve been using LYX simply because of the previewing which helps me catch mistakes. It isn’t fully unadulterated LATEX, but it works.
is it possible to force emacs to display symbols/superscripts when editing something like matlab?
In Windows, I’m a fan of both WinEdt and LyX (with JabRef for bibliography management). I used to use XEmacs extensively in Windows (with the idea that keeping my software consistent through my various workstations would make me more productive) but I’ve started using Notepad++ more and more where I used to use XEmacs.
I highly recommend LyX to all math/engineering researchers. The WYSIWYM interface can be clunky, and I rarely use the software to create publications, but it’s spectacular for note-taking and recording research as you go, which I think is invaluable.
Finally, Word is close beating LaTeX for me for scientific publishing (it did that for nonscientific publishing with the 2003 version). There are just a few problems that cause bibtex and latex to remain my choice–with equation numbering and bibliography editing and sharing, primarily–but I think the unicode markup that Microsoft has implemented is faster, cleaner, and more reasonable than LaTeX’s.
I can recommend TeXlipse. It’s a plugin for Eclipse, and thus runs on Windows, OSX, and Linux. It’s not perfect, but comes pretty darn close. I’ve even dedicated some blogposts to it ( http://teakes.blogspot.com/search/label/latex ) in which I describe why it’s so brilliant and how to set it up on Windows (which is unfortunately a bit non-trivial).
My “default” answer to this question is TeXnicCenter (with TeXlive for a TeX distro).
Having said that, i have to confess that i find it next to impossible to use anything other than Emacs+AucTeX for my TeX needs — these pseudo-WYSIWYG editors are mostly a pain to my taste.
I have long used Winshell (www.winshell.de) which I’ve come to really like.
Hm, Emacs works perfectly fine on Windows. For TeX use Miktex. I don’t notice a difference when on Linux or on Windows. Did you try the new Emacs 23.1? You need to install Auctex and Aspell (?) separately, but that is the only problem I see with Windows.
Can you explain what’s wrong with the major emacs-on-windows options? It’s been a while since I’ve used them, but I remember them as being just like any other emacs. I think it was XEmacs I was using, but there’s also NTEmacs and Cygwin Emacs.
I use Vi with Windows; Andy P. is correct that it exists.
Though I’m working on Linux Kile is available for Windows as well by installing KDE on Windows. Alternatively I would use TeXnicCenter when I would have to use Windows. | 2019-04-24T10:37:07Z | https://sbseminar.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/bleg-windows-latex-editors/ | Porn | Computers | 0.941481 |
wordpress | While working on PUNCH I remembered something I thought needed sharing.
In Legion Unleashed #2, there is a town called Grise Fiord, that is captured by an army of time displaced Soviet soldiers.
I actually contacted the town and local tourist department for photographs, so all the places in the comic are in fact real homes, with real people living in them. In fact the ethnic diversity of the town was also apparent in the way Francisco Paronzini illustrated the people. In other words, when at all possible, we portrayed everything accurately.
In EARTH MAN, Danny Boyle is from Kelowna, British Columbia. While not as accurate as I would have liked, there is a point where Dan and his friend Phil sit down for a beer on the bottom of a road leading up a hill. That place actually exists as well, you can find it on Google Maps.
PUNCH is a little farther out of my comfort zone. I’ve taken liberties with L.A., I needed to for the sake of the story, but the locations there are real as well. Right now I am trying to find a place outside Sun Valley, Arizona to place a music festival.
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This is the story of a young man finding himself, discovering his family’s secret history and preparing himself for the greatest criminal threat the Earth has ever seen.
All he has to do is claim the robot Nivia as his own. If he can prove himself, if he can find the time alone with her he needs, he is sure she will reciprocate his feelings. Except he has forgotten to ask himself one very important question.
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Rescued by the vigilante named Firebird, Tim Gamble is given a chance to get revenge on the man responsible for the brutal murder of his parents. Dirk Fontaine, known as Firebird, is rich, handsome and deadly. Together they make a deadly duo. The only thing that burns hotter than Tim’s lust for revenge is his passion for his partner. The attraction between them becomes a distraction, one that could cost them their lives.
So I started working on a Silo Saga novel, based off the most successful e-book series of all time WOOL, by Hugh Howey. I decided to lay out the basic form online so that when it came time to submit all the details would be done.
When I discovered Canadians can’t submit to the Kindle Worlds program. Or at least, not without a U.S. bank account. Now I must regroup and thing of a non-linear approach to this problem. . . | 2019-04-18T22:34:13Z | https://ricktheraven.wordpress.com/2013/07/ | Porn | Reference | 0.662359 |
wordpress | One night, in Brooklyn, a young artist answers her cell phone. “The Resistance needs you in Boston tonight,” a gravelly voice tells her. She has no desire to get on a bus, but she is a member of the Resistance; she knows that when that phone rings, she has no choice.
So begins Beware the Hawk, the first book in The Resistance Cycle, a series of novellas set in the shadowy underbelly of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. It’s a post-terrorism, post-recession world: kids drop out of college for lucrative jobs as couriers for agencies they don’t understand, government officials are pressured into jobs they’re not qualified for, and danger threatens everyone involved.
The second book in the series,The Eagle & The Arrow, focuses on the next level of the Resistance organization. The book takes the reader to Washington, D.C. and explores both the aftermath of what happened in Boston and what the Resistance really is.
Both books are novellas, published by Battered Suitcase Press, and are available through both Battered Suitcase and through Amazon. | 2019-04-24T21:58:26Z | https://ajoconnell.wordpress.com/the-resistance-cycle/ | Porn | Arts | 0.912002 |
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