WENT TO CONEY ISLAND ON A MISSION FROM GOD...BE BACK BY FIVE (director/writer: Richard Schenkman; screenwriter: Jon Cryer; cinematographer: Adam Beckman; editor: Richard LaBrie; cast: Jon Cryer (Daniel), Rick Stear (Stan), Rafael Baez (Richie), Ione Skye (Gabby), Frank Whaley (Skee-Ball Weasel), Peter Gerety (Maurice), Akili Prince (Julie), Patricia Mauceri (Mrs. Munoz), Christina Hernandez (Allegra), Dominic Chianese(Photographer), William Wise (The Store Owner); Runtime: 94; Phaedra Cinema; 2000)
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
A sometimes engaging indie film about three best friends growing up in NYC, that is a heartfelt story but is hampered by its awkward dialogue and unfulfilling plot. It begins with the voiceover from a mature Danny (Cryer), telling how he met at an early age his two best childhood friends -- Stan (Stear) and Richie (Baez).
The crux of the film has them already graduated from high school and functioning as young adults, living a life that is less rosy than their childhood expectations. Stan, their outspoken leader, who was born with a bum foot, is living with his childhood sweetheart Gabby (Skye), and is unhappy in his current job as a pizza parlor worker, resulting in a drinking problem. Danny is the timid one who works as an appraiser for a jewelry store, a respectable job but the store operates much like a pawnbroker's, and he feels unsatisfied with his position but thinks he's lucky to have it.
When the two friends go in search of Richie, in the deserted winter landscape of Coney Island, we see in flashbacks all the disappointments in their lives that led to their current despair and what bonded them together and why this search becomes a spiritual odyssey for them.
They come across a few of the odd characters who inhabit the bleak offseason playland, such as a photographer in his seventies who has the boardwalk in his blood and can't leave the area, even though it has deteriorated from his youth and he has led a lonesome life there. A couple of men lovers who recreate a staged melodramatic lover's argument in front of the boys and talk in an unnatural stagelike voice. And an unethusiastic waitress, with a scowl, who serves them hotdogs without any relish. A young Skee-Ball operator who talks like a college lecturer about the rules in his place. All these characters seemed contrived and left the film feeling flat, though comedy burst forth from time to time. The best conversations are between Danny and Stan, and give the pic its intellectual stimulus and reason for being.
The story of Richie, takes the film down a different avenue, as it is wracked with pain. Richie has a chemical imbalance and chooses to be a homeless person, with sparks of memory coming back to him, but because of his sexual problems and guilt-trip over his sister's car accident, and because he refuses to take his medicine to treat his condition, he can't function as a normal person any longer. He is too depressed to make any sense of his life and the film doesn't know what to make of him, except as a tragic figure who was once considered to be like the other boys.
"Went to Coney Island" never got untracked, though it had some bright dramatic moments and some perceptive comic offerings, but it could never come together as a complete picture. It was also done in by a needless subplot of Stan getting into gambling debts and being beaten, which just seemed like padding to a thin story. Too much of the film seemed to have no place to go, just like misinformed tourists who go to Coney in the winter to see the idle Cyclone ride.
REVIEWED ON 2/23/2001 GRADE: C
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user module¶
- class user.UserDef(user_def_dict)¶
Bases:
object
The class UserDef is used to secure all the information entered by the user when passing the arguments to run the program. This information will impact the way the simulation will run and directly affect the results.
- Parameters
user_def_dict (Dictionary) – Dictionary with all the user defined paramenters that were entered
dftrips_path (String) – Path for the trips dataset
dfstations_path (String) – Path for the dataset with the edge server stations
df_LTE_path (String) – Path for the dataset with the LTE stations
dfvm_path (String) – Path for the dataset with the VMs
cone (Integer) – Cone aperture
digest_path (String) – Path for outputting the results
trip_min (Integer) – The starting trip ID number
trip_max (Integer) – The ending trip ID number
vm_mode (Integer) – Defines if the simulation will run with all the user designated VMs or if it runs with a single VM depending on ID entered by the user
vm_id (Integer) – The ID of the VM if the simulation is ran in vm_mode=0
migtype (String) – The type o migration that it was performed
benchmark (String) – The type of benchmark that was used while performing the migration
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rem_cluster (Integer) – Defines if the simulation will remove edge servers that too close together
dynamic_plot (Integer) – Defines if the simulation will display the dynamic plot
mig_cost (Integer) – Defines if the simulation will account the cost of migration
timeout (Integer) – Defines if the simulation will add a timeout after each migration is performed as a cooldown
timeout_multiplier (Integer) – Defines the timout multipler to be used if the user decides to use a timeout upon each migration
lat_dist (Integer) – Defines if the simulation will use as a migration policy the distance or latency between the source and target
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The function handle_user_def is responsible to parse and check if the arguments entered by the user are valid. It returns a dictionary with all the arguments organized in order to then fill the object user_def with all the required definitions.
- Parameters
usr_def (List) – List with all the arguments the user entered in the argv
- Returns
user_def_dict, a dictionary with all the arguments the user entered
- Return type
Dictionary


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Litter sizes
A scientist working with animal breading did the following experiment: He took a random sample of 6 boars (male pigs), and a random sample of 5 swine (pig) farms. At each farm 12 sows (females) were randomly picked out, and each boar was mated with 2 sows. The response was number of piglets from each sow. The data may be found in the file litter.Rdata
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- Assume a random effects model using litter
Size
as a response (\(y\)) andFarm
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as random effects. Also include the interaction between the random effects in the model. State the model and write up all the assumptions made for the model.
- Assume a random effects model using litter
We assume the random effects model:
\[y_{ijk} = \mu + \alpha_i + \beta_j + \alpha\beta_{ij} + \epsilon_{ijk}\]
with Farm levels \(i=1,...,5\), Boar levels \(j=1,...,b\) and replicates (sows) \(k = 1,2\).
where
\[\alpha_i \sim N(0, \sigma_{\alpha}^2)\]
\[\beta_j \sim N(0, \sigma_{\beta}^2)\]
\[\alpha\beta_{ij} \sim N(0, \sigma_{\alpha\beta}^2)\]
\[\epsilon_{ij} \sim N(0, \sigma^2)\]
Further we assume that all random effects are independent of each other.
- Express the total theoretical variance of \(y_{ijk}\) (where \(i=1,...,6\), \(j=1,...,5\) and \(k=1,2\)) in terms of the variance components of all random effects in the model. It may be shown that the theoretical correlation between any two litter sizes from the same Boar and within the same Farm is \(\sigma_{\alpha}^2 + \sigma_{\beta}^2 + \sigma_{\alpha\beta}^2\) where the variance components belong to the Herd-effect, the Boar-effect and their interaction, respectively. How can we express the correlation between such two observations?
\[\text{var}(y_{ijk}) = \text{var}(\mu + \alpha_i + \beta_j + \alpha\beta_{ij} + \epsilon_{ijk}) = \sigma_{\alpha}^2 + \sigma_{\beta}^2 + \sigma_{\alpha\beta}^2 + \sigma^2\]
This means that the correlation between the litter sizes of two sows (\(k\) and \(l\)) from the same farm and mated with the same boar is \[\text{cor}(y_{ijk}, y_{ijl})=\frac{\text{cov}(y_{ijk}, y_{ijl})}{\sqrt{\text{var}(y_{ijk})}\sqrt{\text{var}(y_{ijl})}} = \frac{\sigma_{\alpha}^2 + \sigma_{\beta}^2 + \sigma_{\alpha\beta}^2}{\sigma_{\alpha}^2 + \sigma_{\beta}^2 + \sigma_{\alpha\beta}^2 + \sigma^2}\]
- Fit the model and estimate the mean litter size and find estimates for all variance components.
mod <- lmer(Size ~ 1 + (1|Boar) + (1|Farm) + (1|Boar:Farm), data = litter)
summary(mod)
Linear mixed model fit by REML ['lmerMod']
Formula: Size ~ 1 + (1 | Boar) + (1 | Farm) + (1 | Boar:Farm)
Data: litter
REML criterion at convergence: 187
Scaled residuals:
Min 1Q Median 3Q Max
-1.550 -0.721 0.122 0.453 1.479
Random effects:
Groups Name Variance Std.Dev.
Boar:Farm (Intercept) 0.411 0.641
Boar (Intercept) 1.553 1.246
Farm (Intercept) 0.822 0.907
Residual 0.600 0.775
Number of obs: 60, groups: Boar:Farm, 30; Boar, 6; Farm, 5
Fixed effects:
Estimate Std. Error t value
(Intercept) 9.167 0.669 13.7
The intercept term gives an estimate of the mean litter size in the population which is 9.167. The variance component estimates are given in the random effects section of above output. We have the following estimates:
Farm variance: \(\hat{\sigma}_{\alpha}^2 = 0.822\)
Boar variance: \(\hat{\sigma}_{\beta}^2 = 1.553\)
Farm:Boar variance: \(\hat{\sigma}_{\alpha\beta}^2 = 0.411\)
Error variance: \(\hat{\sigma}^2 = 0.6\)
- Find the estimated correlation as derived in exercise b.
Plugging these estimates into the formula found in exercise b. gives the estimated correlation:
\[\widehat{\text{cor}(y_{ijk}, y_{ijl})} = \frac{0.822 + 1.553 + 0.411}{0.822 + 1.553 + 0.411 + 0.6} = 0.823\]
- State the hypotheses for testing whether there is an interaction effect between Boar and Farm and perform the test. What is the appropriate test statistic for this test, what is the observed test statistic and what is the p-value? How do you interprete the result in terms of boars and farms?
Model without interaction effect,
mod1 <- update(mod, . ~ . - (1|Boar:Farm))
Compare models with and without interaction using anova
as,
(anv <- anova(mod1, mod))
refitting model(s) with ML (instead of REML)
Data: litter
Models:
mod1: Size ~ (1 | Boar) + (1 | Farm)
mod: Size ~ 1 + (1 | Boar) + (1 | Farm) + (1 | Boar:Farm)
Df AIC BIC logLik deviance Chisq Chi Df Pr(>Chisq)
mod1 4 201 209 -96.3 193
mod 5 198 208 -94.0 188 4.61 1 0.032 *
---
Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
The Anova reports an Chisq based test for the interaction effect with a p-value of 0.032. With a test level of 5% we therefore reject a null-hypothesis \(H_0: \sigma_{\alpha\beta}^2 = 0\) in favour of \(H_1: \sigma_{\alpha\beta}^2 > 0\) which implies that there are differences between the farm:boar interaction levels. As the interaction effect is significant at 5% level, we can say that at this level there is signifant difference between Boars taken from a given random Farm.
- If you were to choose one boar among the six, which boar should be chosen (if any) in a breeding programme with the aim of increasing litter sizes?
We can obtain the coefficients corresponding to each boars as,
coef(mod)[["Boar"]]
(Intercept)
Boar1 7.46
Boar2 8.19
Boar3 9.01
Boar4 9.66
Boar5 10.02
Boar6 10.66
This suggests that Boar6
has largest litter size.
- Explain why boar should be treated as a random effect and not a fixed effect.
The boars are assumed to be selected from a large population of boars. We intend to use this selected group to say if there are differences between boars in general (for the entire population of boars). Therefore we should treat boar as a random effect.


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Sunday, September 01, 2013
We were tired from last night so we didn’t get up until 8:45 AM. I had to hurry to get to my meeting at 9 AM. After my meeting I had to prepare a lesson for Priesthood meeting today. The lesson went fairly well. We had a great lesson on the Prophet Joseph Smith during our Sunday School class. It was also interesting that they had a new TV and DVD Player to show a movie about the Prophet Joseph Smith on. My talk with President Steadman concerning the old TV and DVD player did get some results. Being that today is Fast Sunday, Mae took the opportunity to bear her testimony. We thought that we would have time to relax this afternoon but time went fast and we went up to Jeff and Gail’s at 6:30PM. It was late when we got home and to bed.
Monday, September 02, 2013
We were tired but got up anyway as we have a lot to do before our family come this afternoon. Jeff and his family, Scott and his family, David and his family, Sandi, JaNae and her family, Chelci and her family all came. David came by on his way home and we enjoyed visiting with him. He stayed until most of our family got here and then he went on home. It has been a very special day and everyone seems to have a good time. We were all sorry that Mike and his family did not come. When it came time for everyone to leave, everyone pitched in and help clean up and put things away. By the time they all left, we were very tired.
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
My morning run went well. After getting home I typed a letter to Brian Larsen, the head of Transportation, and expressed my concerns with the crossing of Hwy. 89. When I left for my pm runs I took a statement from Durk’s to Irven and asked them to just take the money directly to Durk’s and pay the bill off. My pm runs went well and after returning to the compound I took the letters to Brian and also a copy to Rosa. Mae had dinner about ready when I got home and then I went down to the onion patch but the ground was still very muddy from irrigating. I came back home just as Mae was leaving for a R.S. committee meeting. I went upstairs and was with Bob when Grant came over to visit with his Dad. We watched the DVD about the hearing aid that Bob is going to have implanted. I came back downstairs just as Mae return from her meeting. I entered this entry and as soon as Mae returned we went to bed.
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Mae didn’t sleep very well last night so I got myself of to work. My runs went well. After getting home I called Dr. David Browning’s office and made an appointment for Bob and I to see David concerning some skin problems. I met with Rosa for a few minutes with some ideas on my bus route. She had me meet with Ron Mulligan and then I went back to Rosa. She was busy plus I had to take the pm runs. Rosa asked me to meet with her again tomorrow. During the pm run I had trouble with the loading door jamming and so called into the shop to see about repairing it. I left the bus up top to be repaired tomorrow. After dinner this evening I went down to the onion patch and did some weeding. The patch is in real need of weeding. After 1 ½ hours of hard work I only got 1/3 of a double row weeded.
Thursday, September 05, 2013
I went in early to get a spare bus for this morning. One hadn’t been assigned to me so one of the mechanics took the loose parts off so the door wouldn’t jam and had me drive my bus on the route. My am run went well and when I got back to the shop they took my bus into the shop to repair it. I went in and spent some time with Rosa reworking my route and came up with a possible solution. Mae has been very busy getting food ready for me to eat while she is gone. I also worked on the changes to my bus route. I had new schedules ready plus a note to parents and students outlining the new pickup times. I went in early and got Rosa’s approval and made enough copies to pass out to the students on my pm run. The pm runs went well but I am about 5 minutes late getting to Whitesides Elementary. I don’t know any other way to do it. This evening while doing other things, Mae and I watched a show on Hall Mark.
Friday, September 06, 2013
Mae didn’t sleep very well again tonight. She sure tries to be perfect but doesn’t feel that she does enough. I feel that I am sometimes a mill stone around her neck. I got myself off to work so that she could sleep as long as possible. I got home before 10 am and at 11 I took Mae over to the Ogden airport where she flew to Arizona to spend two weeks with Shellie’s family. I took my pm routes before coming home to an empty home. Home is sure lonely without Mae. I watched a couple of shows on TV this evening.
Saturday, September 07, 2013
I woke this morning at 6:30 am after getting some breakfast I went down to the Stake onion patch and resumed the row that I started to weed the other day. It took me until 11am to finish that row and carry the weeds to the end of the patch. I came home and relaxed and watched a show on TV. I also took a nap. I did get out in the garden and picked some cucumbers and cantaloupe. I took the Bodily’s some eggs and cucumbers. Bob had me come up and watch the BYU vs Texas Long Horns with him. I stayed until half time and then came downstairs and soon went to bed.
Sunday, September 08, 2013
I woke early to us the bath room and read my scriptures but then went back to bed for a little while. I showered and heated up some waffles for breakfast. I worked on my journal for a few minutes before going to High Priest Group leadership meeting. After getting home, Brother Probert called and asked if I could meet with a member of the Bishopric for a minute. He wanted to have Mae there also but that wasn’t possible. Bob prepared a nice dinner for the two of us. I went over at 12:30PM and visited with Brother Saunders. They asked if they could release Mae and I from our Family History calling, as they needed a calling for someone else. I said that it would be ok. Meetings were very good today. Several asked about Mae. After meetings, Bob and I went visiting to Casey’s and Johnston’s. I also took some cucumbers to Sister Fallis. I fixed me some super and watched part of a show on TV. After taking the garbage out, I called and talked to Mae. I then finished today’s journal entry and soon went to bed.
Monday, September 09, 2013
I woke shortly after 2am and didn’t sleep very well the rest of the night. I sure didn’t feel like getting up when the alarm went off, but I did. While checking out my bus I found fluid dripping from under the motor. I took the bus up top and had a mechanic come out and check it. it is dripping diesel fuel but Curt said it would be ok to make my run, but to bring it in when I finished. My run went well and I took the bus in for repair on my return to the compound. After getting home I visited with Bob and he is still trying to get things cleaned up. I suggested that he should again put anything that he did not use on a table and have his children pick out anything they would like and give the rest to the D.I. I came downstairs and put some laundry into wash and then took a nap. When I woke up I started working on my 1970 – 74 Diary. My bus was repaired when I got back for the pm runs. They went well. When I got home, I called Sandi as she had text me while I was driving bus. She is trying to decide if she should come here for some items Mae had bought her plus get some vegetables from our garden, or have me meet her in Bountiful. I told her I was ok with whatever would work best for her. I called Mae and talked to her for a few minutes. Bob then called me for dinner as he had prepared liver and onions for us. After dinner he and I watched a show, “Born to be Bad” with Loretta Young and Gary Cooper staring. It was an old movie, I believe it was made in 1939. David and his family stopped in and got a few vegetables from the garden. After they left, I watched part of a “Ponderosa” show on TV while I folded the clothes I washed. I finished the entries I made from my Diary and my entry for today.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
After my morning bus run I took my car over to Dee’s to have them check the Service Engine Soon light and to repair the brakes. Bob picked me up and we went over to Northern Utah Dermatology, where David now works, and had Dr. David Browning check several spots on both Bob and I. Bob then bought me lunch at the Chuck-A-Rama. I took a nap after getting home and before I took my afternoon run. I had some bus trouble on my route this afternoon and so left it for the shop to check out. When I got home Dee’s had my car repaired. Bob took me back to get it. I didn’t do much this evening.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
My bus was not repaired when I got there this morning. It took me 20 minutes or more to find a spare bus to take. That really put me behind and I think I broke every speed limit getting my Jr. High to school on time. On the way home I stopped and bought some chicken feed. I got me a little breakfast and fed the chickens. Bob and I then went to Centerville to the D.I. store looking for suits. We also took my boots to the repair shop in Kaysville on the way. Bob found him 1 suit but I didn’t find anything that fit me. I took a nap after getting home. Sandi came out this evening and got some vegetables from the garden. It was sure good to help her and visit even for a few minutes. Bob had mowed part of the lawn before it rained on him. It had left a lot of grass bunched up on the front lawn, so I cleaned it up and fed it to the chickens. I watched the show “Splendor in the Grass” on TV before going to bed. I had never watched the ending of it before. It seem to have made more since to see it all the way through.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
My bus was still not repaired so I took a spare again. It went well but when I got back to the compound, the Utah High Way Patrol was there to inspect the buses. That took another 45 minutes. I fried some zucchini and eggs for Bob and I, which we ate while watching a Hal Mark show on TV. I called Mae this morning but she didn’t answer, so I just left a message. She called back this afternoon and we visited for a while. I sure miss her but is will be another week before she comes home. When I went to run my PM run I found that someone had taken the spare bus that I was using. I had to take another bus, #355. It was in worse shape that the one I was using and it was also very dirty. When I parked the bus at Central David Jr. High, I swept all the seats off and swept the floors. I made my run ok but was not happy that the bus I had by my name was taken by someone else. When I got home, Bob and I finished mowing the lawn and picked up all the grass. Bob prepared dinner for us after we finished that job. I have worked on my journal in between other things. I watched some TV shows also.
Friday, September 13, 2013
My am run went well and after I fueled the bus. I fixed me some eggs on toast and turkey bacon. I watched a show on TV and worked on my journal. I thought that my bus would be repaired for this afternoon, but it is still in the shop. When I got home from the afternoon run I got my boat ready to go in the morning. I got me some dinner and watched some TV. There wasn’t much to see so I worked on my journal again. I finished entering through July into my 1970 – 1974 Diary entrances. This is certainly taking longer than I had expected to transcribe the Diary over in my lap top computer. It takes a lot of corrections and enhancing to many of those short entrances. I thought that I would have time to watch a show on DVD before going to bed, but I am getting up and going fishing with Randy in the morning so I had better get to bed. I still need to make a lunch for tomorrow and then do my regular nightly routines.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
I picked up Randy shortly after 6am. We went up to East Canyon reservoir and got started fishing at 8am. As we traveled Randy told me of an accident he had. He was riding a horse when the horse stepped off into a canal. Luckily that the canal was almost empty and had several inches of mud in the bottom. The horse fell on him and in trying to get up the horse stepped on Randy’s chest. It was quite difficult launching the boat with the water so low. The water is the lowest that I have ever seen but we soon caught the first two fish. The next thing was that Randy had a strike. I then realized that he was a sleep and by the time I got him awake the fish was off. Randy decided that he was too tired and needed to take a nap. I kept both poles going and caught 6 more fish that I kept and one that I released. I had several that I lost especially with handling two poles at the same time and controlling the boat. Randy woke shortly after 11 and we soon each caught another, which filled our limit. With the water so low it was a challenge to get the boated loaded almost by myself. I then cleaned and filet the fish before we came home. Although it was quite a bit of work, I am still glad that I asked Randy to go with me. Just lessoning to his challenges gave me more determination to accept my challenges. I got home at 3:15pm and put the boat away. I watched a cute show on the Hall Mark channel and then followed another after that. I am able to get some things done, such as entering my journal, during the commercials. Mae and I called each other a couple of times this evening. Hall Mark has plenty of those. At 10 PM I turned the TV off and went to bed.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
I didn’t sleep very well this morning but went back to bed at 5am and slept until almost 8am. I got ready for meeting and just before I left I took fish and eggs up to Bob. When I got back from meeting Bob had breakfast cooked. After eating I came back downstairs and took a nap. This afternoon the meetings were very enjoyable. After meeting Bob cooked chicken steak dinner. I watched two shows on TV before going to bed.
Monday, September 16, 2013
After my am rum I went over to Irven and Sandy’s. I helped Irven remove his timer to his sprinkler system, so that he could take it over to Durk’s and have it tested. Mae called just before I got home and we visited for ½ hour. I sure miss her but she is enjoying being with Shellie’s family. Bob looked at a car that he thought I might be interested in but I don’t want to look at getting another car. I did do a couple of loads of washing today. After I finished my pm run and got home I fixed myself something to eat and folded the clothes. Bob had recorded a show with Elvis Presley in so we watched it this evening. I got to bed about 9:30PM.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
I woke early and then didn’t sleep very well. It was good to have my bus back this morning. The run went well. When I picked up the last of the grade school children I pulled the bus over to the side of the road and then talked to them about putting things out the windows, especially heads and hands. I hope it will make a difference. After letting the children off at school I went to the shoe shop and got my cowboy boots. He didn’t quite have them done so I waited for them. I called and talked to Mae, after getting home. I then fixed me something to eat and then took a nap. I slept for almost 2 hours. My runs went well this afternoon. Bob cooked chicken steak for us for dinner. I cooked some rice to go with it. This evening David called to let me know that the growth on my arm that he removed was cancerous but he was able to get all of it. David feels that we just need to watch it. I stayed up and watched a western movie “Ride the High Country” with Randolph Scott, before going to bed about 11 PM.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
After getting ready for work I still had a little time so I worked on my journals. After returning home from work, Bob and I mowed the lawns. I am really surprised at how the lawns have come back and now almost growing too fast. I worked a little on my journals and then took a nap. I got a call from Altius Insurance asking that I make an appointment for a Doctor to come to our home to give both Mae and I a physical check up. They do this yearly and will send our primary Dr. a copy of the results. I scheduled it for Tuesday 24th at 9am for Mae and 10am for me. I worked on my journals for a little while before taking my pm bus runs. I got me something to eat and worked on my journals again. I had planned on Scott coming by so I waited downstairs for him. I watched some TV while waiting. Bob wanted me to come up and watch a show with him but I kept waiting for Scott. I called and talked to Mae for quite a while. It was after 7pm when Scott called and asked if he could come tomorrow. It was too late to watch a show with Bob by then so I stayed downstairs and finished a “Gun Smoke” show. I worked on my journals again for a while and then got ready for bed.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
My am run went well. I didn’t figure out the bus heaters until between the two runs. After getting home I called and visited with Mae for a while. I am sure getting angus for her to come home tomorrow. I wrote a letter to Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. asking them I I could use the verse on their card to put into the Ward News Letter. Bob and I went down to West Point City offices and were able to talk to Misty about the head stone for Sherrie’s grave. I will have to set the stone in a base and take the complete unit down, to set in the ground. That will be a little different than I had anticipated. Bob and I stopped at Pace drive-in and got fish sandwiches for lunch. Although it tasted good it sure bothered me the rest of the afternoon. My pm runs went well although a driver blocked me from leaving Central Jr. High for over 5 minutes, so that make it hard to pickup that time. I fueled my bus after returning to the compound. I took my car over to Dee’s shop and got there just as they were closing. I told him that I had three diagnostic lights that came on, all relating to the brake system. I was told that if I could bring it in tomorrow morning and leave it, they would find and correct the problem. I talked to Mae a couple of times and found out that her plane would be getting in closer to 11:45am, so I will have to have Bob meet her at the airport tomorrow. When I got home and talked to Bob, he said that Eric and Cole will come tomorrow to see the head stone for Sherrie. Scott came about 6pm and worked on my computer. I had to leave before he got it finished as Bob and I had an appointment with the Thurman’s for Home Teaching. We also stopped at Johnston’s just to check on them. They are doing about as good as is expected. I think it will be a close raise to the grave yard. I wanted to get more done with house work this evening. It is getting bed time so I will have to try tomorrow.
Friday, September 20, 2013
I had to have Bob follow me over to Dee’s where we left our car to have it checked. Bob then took me on to work. My run went well and on my lay over, between schools, I purchased a bouquet of fall flowers for Mae. bob picked me up at the shop and brought me home. I got water into the house and straightened up. I also made up some posters and stuck up throughout the house that reads, “Just to let you know that I Love and Missed you!!!!”. I had Bob go to the airport to pick Mae up as I was concerned with the timing of my afternoon run. I called Peterson Medical about my bill. It looks like they are billing me twice. However, I didn’t realize that my insurance requires me to rent the equipment for 3 months and then they will pay for it less a co-pay. Mae called me from the airport and asked if someone was going to pick her up. I told her that Bob was on his way. Somehow they missed each other and Bob finally found her and got home just as I was ready to leave for work. I did get to kiss her before going. My run went well. When I got home, Mae and I got ready to attend the McFee’s son’s wedding reception. After the reception we went out to eat. We stopped at Macy’s in Ogden to get a couple of items and found that Brother Scott Mitchell is now a Pharmacist working there. We sure enjoyed the evening together.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Mae and I sure enjoyed being together today. We did some minor items around the house and yard but we also watched the movie “North and South” which was about a six hour show.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
We slept in until almost 9am so I had to hurry to make it to my meeting. We attended meetings as normal and then after we went up to Jeff and Gail’s. We enjoyed the evening with them. While we were there, Gail commented that Mae had sent all the children an e-mail about me giving her flowers when she came home. She then said that she sure appreciated that all my boys had sure taken after my example. It was a good feeling, I wish they would also take after my example in regards to the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. After butting the children to bed we played a game of Rummy Cub and this time Gail won and I lost. I didn’t feel very well when we went to bed.
Monday, September 23, 2013
I didn’t feel the best but went to work anyway. Mae had started tomatoes when I got home.  I slept for over three hours and then got up and took my pm route. Mae was through cooking the spaghetti sauce when I got home and was ready to bottle it. I helped her with the bottling and we got them ready to seal them. We ate dinner and while eating we watched a TV show. Mae got 18 quarts of spaghetti sauce preserved. I used some of it on my dinner and it is very good.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
I didn’t sleep the best and so Mae went into the other bedroom to sleep. I let her sleep when I got up but she woke before I left. I feel some better today but was still very tired when I got home. Dr. Bruce Porter, representing our health insurance came on appointment at 9am and gave Mae a physical examination and then when I got home he gave me a physical also. He said and put it in his report that we were both in very good health. I took a nap again today. Mae went over to the Neiderhauser’s where she help Joanne can tomatoes. They used our pressure cooker and it went well although the pressure gage stuck of the second batch and worried them. After I finished my pm runs, I went to the Rental company and checked on a lift to use to move Sherrie’s head stone in place. I was tired so we just watched two shows on BYUTV. We called and sang a Happy Birthday to Maddi and wished her a happy day.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The day went about normal. My runs went well, however the Principle at Whitesides Elementary asked to talk to the children after they loaded the bus this afternoon. She said that a parent had called quite upset with some of the children on the bus last night had shouted obsentitives and flipped her and her daughter off as the hung their heads and arms out of the windows of the bus, yesterday afternoon. I have had a lot of trouble with some of the children and have talked to them several times. Mae has been busy all day getting ready for the Sister Missionaries to come for dinner this evening. She also went shopping and visited with Dolley this afternoon. After dinner Mae took the Sisters back to their next appointment. While she was gone I started cleaning up. We relax and watched a show on TV, before going to bed.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
I woke a little before the alarm went off so I got up. Mae was not in bed and I found that she had gone into the front room and was a sleep in the recliner. I did as much as I could to get ready without waking Mae. When I went into the front room Mae woke and I had her go into bed. I got myself off and let her sleep. My am runs went well. Mae made us some breakfast and then I took a nap. Scott came for lunch at 11am and we sure enjoyed having him. I took Bob with me and we purchased the materials to set Sherrie’s head stone. The pm runs went well and before coming home I went to Irven and Sandy’s. They had called me and are having some problems with their water softener is using too much salt. I have the take off for the lawn sprinkler on the wrong pipe and it is coming after the softener. I will have to reroute it on Saturday. Mae had dinner ready shortly after I got home. We watched a movie on TV that I had seen the last half of it while Mae was gone. I didn’t care for it and wasn’t going to watch it again, but I started almost at the first and it gave meaning to the plot of the show. I also watched a show of Bonanza that was good. Mae studied her lesson for Sunday while I watched the last show and wrote this entry to my journal. We soon went to bed.
Friday, September 27, 2013
I was quite depressed this morning. Work went about the same. I am upset with some of the children on the bus. They are pulling the padding out of a couple of the back seats. I do not understand, what some children are thinks. In Between bus runs, I put the storm windows in the door today as it is turning quite cold. Mae and I also sliced pears and put them on the dryers. This evening Mae went to Jeff and Gail’s to tend their children while they went out to dinner. I stayed home and watched a show “Force 10 from Navarone” on TV. It was a war show similar to “Guns of Navarone” and I had never seen it before. I next watched the “Battle of Britton”, another World War II show. Mae didn’t get home until 9:45pm. I finished writing a story for my personal history before we went to bed.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
When we got up I had more on my schedule than I can possibly complete. That seems to be common occurrence with me. I decided that I would have to miss Mat’s soccer game and let Mae attend it. I started on the setting of Sherrie’s head stone. Jennifer, , Irven and Sandy came over and removed their Raspberry bushes. Even with them doing it still took time. Mae attended Relief Society General Conference with some of the Sisters from our Ward. Sandi came out to get vegetables from the garden. By that time I had the stone set in concrete and so I was able to help her pick tomatoes. We got her well over a bushel of tomatoes plus some squash and peppers. She and I then went out to eat at Golden Corral. I finished at concrete with a flash light, but it looks good. I had hurt my back when I first started this morning so I took a pain pill and a mussel relaxer to keep going. After coming in the house for the night I tried to concentrate on my journal but couldn’t so I set down to watch a TV show. I couldn’t find anything that I was interested in. Mae came home and I was really out of it so she put me to bed.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
I woke at 5am and was afraid that if I went back to bed I would wake Mae so I slept in the recliner until almost 8am. As today is the fifth Sunday of the month, we didn’t have High Priest leadership today. Mae is fasting before giving her Sunday school lesson so I got me a couple of eggs on some toast. I worked on my journal for a little while before eating lunch with Bob. Today Elder Roger’s was able to speak in Sacrament meeting, as this is his last Sunday here at home before he leaves for his Mission calling in Africa. He will be serving in the mission that David, our Grandson, was to serve in except he was transferred due to civil unrest. After meeting Mae went Visiting Teaching to Sister Fallis. Bob and I then went over to visit. This evening Mae and I went over to visit Scott and his family. We were late getting back and so late getting to bed.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Mae didn’t sleep well so went into the other bedroom. I got myself off to work. In between runs I went over to Irven and Sandy’s and rerouted the water for the lawn sprinkler system. They realized that I had put my take off from the wrong line as their water softener is using a lot of salt. I had some problems finding where I could take the line off from as there is very little room to get into. On my bus runs I Have talked to both the Jr. High and the grade school students about not pulling the padding from tear holes in the seat covering. I have been checking and feel pretty sure that the main damage is coming from the Jr. High students. This evening we watched some TV and enjoyed being together.


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Nov. 1 (UPI) — A shooting at a Halloween party in the San Francisco Bay Area killed four people late Thursday, authorities said.
by Breitbart NewsPolice are investigating the attack at a home in Orlinda, Calif., about 7 miles east of downtown Oakland. A neighbor told authorities the home was rented for the private party through Airbnb. The neighbor said as many as 50 people attended.
The gunfire injured multiple people, in addition to the four deaths, officials said.
Orlinda police and the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the attack, but do not yet have a motive.
Orlinda was rated by Forbes magazine in 2012 as the second-most friendly town in the United States, and was formerly home to Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry.
“Orinda is supposed to be like a safe neighborhood. And this is what happened. I guess it is what it is,” the neighbor said.
Editor’s Note: The photo illustrating this article is not a literal depiction of the scene of this event. It was taken at a Halloween Party in Sydney, Australia.


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Design Rule Verification Report
Date:
22.05.2017
Time:
08:35:39
Elapsed Time:
00:00:02
Filename:
F:\School\Lab3\projects\z80uPC\hw\MainBoard.PcbDoc
Warnings:
0
Rule Violations:
37
Summary
Warnings
Count
Total
0
Rule Violations
Count
Board Clearance Constraint (Gap=0mm) (All)
18
Modified Polygon (Allow modified: No), (Allow shelved: No)
0
Clearance Constraint (Gap=0.15mm) (All),(All)
0
Width Constraint (Min=0.152mm) (Max=1.524mm) (Preferred=0.254mm) (All)
0
Power Plane Connect Rule(Relief Connect )(Expansion=0.175mm) (Conductor Width=0.2mm) (Air Gap=0.2mm) (Entries=4) (All)
0
Short-Circuit Constraint (Allowed=No) (All),(All)
0
Un-Routed Net Constraint ( (All) )
0
Minimum Annular Ring (Minimum=0.175mm) (((ObjectKind = 'Pad') OR (ObjectKind = 'Via')) And (Layer = 'MultiLayer') And (HoleDiameter > AsMM(0.45)))
0
Minimum Annular Ring (Minimum=0.175mm) (((ObjectKind = 'Pad') OR (ObjectKind = 'Via')) And (Layer = 'MultiLayer') And (HoleDiameter <= AsMM(0.45)))
0
Component Clearance Constraint ( Horizontal Gap = 0.25mm, Vertical Gap = 0.25mm ) (All),(All)
0
Hole Size Constraint (Min=0.25mm) (Max=2mm) (All)
10
Pads and Vias to follow the Drill pairs settings
0
Height Constraint (Min=0mm) (Max=25mm) (Prefered=12.5mm) (All)
0
Hole To Hole Clearance (Gap=0.35mm) (All),(All)
0
Minimum Solder Mask Sliver (Gap=0.08mm) (All),(All)
0
Silk To Solder Mask (Clearance=0.2mm) (IsPad),(All)
9
Silk to Silk (Clearance=0.2mm) (All),(All)
0
Net Antennae (Tolerance=0mm) (All)
0
Power Plane Connect Rule(NoConnect Connect )(Expansion=0.508mm) (Conductor Width=0.254mm) (Air Gap=0.254mm) (Entries=4) ((ObjectKind = 'Pad') and (Name Like '*DEC*'))
0
Total
37
Board Clearance Constraint (Gap=0mm) (All)
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Arc (-6.321mm,112.559mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Arc (-1.716mm,113.954mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Arc (-6.321mm,96.229mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Arc (-1.716mm,94.834mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (158.24mm,97mm)(167.34mm,97mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (158.24mm,3mm)(167.34mm,3mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (167.34mm,3mm)(167.34mm,97mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-6.316mm,113.259mm)(-1.716mm,113.259mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-6.316mm,95.529mm)(-1.716mm,95.529mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-1.016mm,88.994mm)(-1.016mm,119.794mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-7.016mm,96.229mm)(-7.016mm,112.559mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-1.016mm,88.994mm)(11.384mm,88.994mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-1.016mm,119.794mm)(11.384mm,119.794mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-2.032mm,167.712mm)(6.268mm,167.712mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-2.032mm,167.712mm)(-2.032mm,176.712mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Track (-2.032mm,176.712mm)(12.568mm,176.712mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Text "J1" (-6.871mm,120.662mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
Board Outline Clearance(Outline Edge): (Collision < 0.25mm) Between Text "J2" (-1.893mm,179.872mm) on Top Overlay And Board Edge
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Hole Size Constraint (Min=0.25mm) (Max=2mm) (All)
Hole Size Constraint: (2.8mm > 2mm) Pad P6-34(157.24mm,5.55mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Hole Size = 2.8mm
Hole Size Constraint: (2.8mm > 2mm) Pad P6-33(157.24mm,94.45mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Hole Size = 2.8mm
Hole Size Constraint: (3.26mm > 2mm) Pad J1-11(8.484mm,116.889mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Hole Size = 3.26mm
Hole Size Constraint: (3.26mm > 2mm) Pad J1-10(8.484mm,91.899mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Hole Size = 3.26mm
Hole Size Constraint: (2.8mm > 2mm) Pad Free-BL(3.6mm,5.55mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Hole Size = 2.8mm
Hole Size Constraint: (2.8mm > 2mm) Pad Free-TR(157.24mm,138.9mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Hole Size = 2.8mm
Hole Size Constraint: (2.8mm > 2mm) Pad Free-TL(3.6mm,138.9mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Hole Size = 2.8mm
Hole Size Constraint: (2.54mm > 2mm) Pad J2-2(5.468mm,172.228mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Slot Hole Width = 2.54mm
Hole Size Constraint: (2.54mm > 2mm) Pad J2-1(11.668mm,172.232mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Slot Hole Width = 2.54mm
Hole Size Constraint: (2.54mm > 2mm) Pad J2-3(8.509mm,167.132mm) on Multi-Layer Actual Slot Hole Width = 2.54mm
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Silk To Solder Mask (Clearance=0.2mm) (IsPad),(All)
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.187mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (51.308mm,101.6mm)(52.324mm,101.6mm) on Top Overlay And Pad R2-1(53.34mm,101.6mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.187mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.187mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (44.196mm,101.6mm)(45.212mm,101.6mm) on Top Overlay And Pad R2-2(43.18mm,101.6mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.187mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.187mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (51.308mm,96.774mm)(52.324mm,96.774mm) on Top Overlay And Pad R1-1(53.34mm,96.774mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.187mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.187mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (44.196mm,96.774mm)(45.212mm,96.774mm) on Top Overlay And Pad R1-2(43.18mm,96.774mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.187mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.125mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (76.454mm,6.35mm)(76.454mm,19.05mm) on Top Overlay And Pad S1-1(75.438mm,16.764mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.125mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.125mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (76.454mm,6.35mm)(76.454mm,19.05mm) on Top Overlay And Pad S1-3(75.438mm,12.7mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.125mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.125mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (76.454mm,6.35mm)(76.454mm,19.05mm) on Top Overlay And Pad S1-4(75.438mm,10.668mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.125mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (0.125mm < 0.2mm) Between Track (76.454mm,6.35mm)(76.454mm,19.05mm) on Top Overlay And Pad S1-5(75.438mm,8.636mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0.125mm]
Silk To Solder Mask Clearance Constraint: (Collision < 0.2mm) Between Text "C3" (3.848mm,135.343mm) on Top Overlay And Pad Free-TL(3.6mm,138.9mm) on Multi-Layer [Top Overlay] to [Top Solder] clearance [0mm]
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April 24th, 6.30pm, Avanse 4F, Saga City, Japan
Scott Stark programme 7.00-8.15pm
SCOTT STARK'S films have shown locally (San Fransisco), nationally and internationally, including recent one person shows at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Austria Filmmaker's Cooperative in Vienna. His films, I'll Walk With God and Acceleration both won recent Director's Choice first place awards at the Black Maria Film Festival. He has taught art classes at the San Fransisco Art Institute (where he received his MFA), interveaving non-traditional uses of films and videos with a variety of art disciplines. Stark served for seven years on the board of the San Fransisco Cinematheque during which time, among other things, he co-counded the Cinematheque's journal of film and media art, Cinematograph.
Scott has produced more than 50 films and videos in the last 18 years. Additionally, he has created a number of gallery and non gallery installations using film and video, and created elaborate photographic collages using large grids of images. Born and educated in the mid-west, he has always been interested in aggressively pushing his work beyond the threshold of traditional viewing expectations, challenging the audience to question its relationship to the cinematic process; yet he also tries to build into the work elements of whimsy and incongruity that allow the viewer an entryway into the work while maintaining a critical distance. Both a passionate purist and a cynical skeptic, he likes to emphasise the physicality of film while humorously cross-referencing it to the world outside the theater, attempting to lay bare the paradoxes of modern culture and the magical nature of the perceptual experience.
in.side.out (1999, videotape, colour, sound, 10mins)
"in.side.out is a very personal piece. On the surface it's about the changes taking place, over a two year period, in an empty lot and a decrepit old building next to my house. Deeper down it's about the walls and windows between my interior and exterior selves, and how the fragile constructs of identity are etched, eroded, re-shaped and transformed by outside forces."(SS)
Acceleration (1993, Super-8mm, colour, sound, 10mins)
"A snapshot taken in a moment of human evolution, where souls of the living are reflected in the windows of passing trains. The camera captures the reflections of passengers in the train windows as the trains enter and leave the station, and the movement creates a stoboscopic flickering effect that magically exploits the pure sensuality of the moving image." (SS)
First Prize (Director's Choice), Black Maria Film Fetival, 1994
Under A Blanket of Blue
(1996, Super-8mm, colour, sound, 15mins. Video presentation)
"A super-8 alchemy of song and imposing urban landscapes. Filmed in heavily over-developed areas of northern and central Spain, the dehumanizing and impersonal architectural structures that the inhabitants call Îhome' are edited into a bittersweet array of rigid geometric forms and bland textures. Ironically grafted onto the imagery is Glenn Miller's sweet romantic ballad, ÎUnder A Blanket of Blue,' both in original recording and in a breathless vocal a capella by the maker during the filming." (SS)
Don't Even Think (1992, Super-8, colour, sound, 15mins).
"Tongues flapping, lips smacking, teeth clacking, vocal chords vibrating; it sounds like speech, but it's in a language where intellect and vocabulary impede comprehension. To really hear what's being said, don't talk; don't even think."
Satrapy (1988, 16mm, colour, sound, 13mins)
Part of The Chromesthetic Response Series (4 films) in which 16mm film was shot in a 35mm still camera producing a flickering, collage-like effect. Because the images spill over onto the optical soundtrack area of the film, the variations in image density actually generate their own peculiar sounds.
Satrapy is composed of rephotographed pornographic playing cards which rhythmically intrude upon a piercing 5-beat score of different-sized black lines, injecting a note of Înegative sound' every third beat against the 5-beat background. As the film progresses, contrapuntal variations of 3, 4, 5 and 7 beat rhythms blend and collide, creating an almost indiscernible complexity, until the lined background ruptures and the sounds and visuals become scattered and disordered. The Îgirlie' cards break out onto saturated colour fields and eventually find their way into the real world, aggressively flickering by against backgrounds of earth, concrete and other surfaces.(SS)
Honourable mention, Oberhausen Film Festival, 1989
I'll Walk With God (1994, 16mm, colour, sound, 8mins)
"Using emergency information cards surreptitiously lifted from the backs of airline seats, I'll Walk With God pictorially charts an airline flight attendant's stoic transcendance through and beyond worldly adversity. Through an elaborate system of posturing and nuance that evokes an almost ritualistic synergy, the female protagonist(s) are shuttled toward a higher spiritual plane, carried aloft on the shimmering wings of Mario Lanza's soaring tremolo."(SS)
First Prize (Director's Choice), Black Maria Film Festival, 1995
Back In The Saddle Again (1997, 16mm, B/W, sound, 10mins)
"A found footage film that innocently plays with many of the elements I explore in my own work. A family's playful interaction with a 16mm movie camera, singing along as a group with Gene Autrey's title song in front of the camera, combines western fantasy, American kitsch, gender posturing, deterioration of the film's surface, the wonderment of the cinematic process, and the use of controlled accidents to shape the form of the film. My only intrusion on the footage was to print it first in negative, which adds a bleak, mysterious edge to it, and to print it again in positive, which seems to answer many of the questions raised in the first part." (SS)
BRIAN FRYE
BRIAN FRYE is the 24 year old founder of The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema in NYC, currently one of the best venues for avant-garde film on the East Coast. His own work has been described as "a notch above formal experimentation, Frye's films present cognitive conundrums that draw from the toy-box of historical avant-garde filmmaking." (NY Press)
He has had one person shows at Anthology Film Archives in NYC (the theatre of the reknown NY Filmmaker's Cooperative) and at The Chicago Filmmakers Cinematheque.
"His found footage films are beautifully crafted works that delve into our social and political past with a subtle, satirical wit. At the same time they are thoughtful meditations on the nature of the film medium itself. Frye's films often contain a performative aspect. He combines tableaux of minimal action with visual styles sometimes reminiscient of German Expressionist film, sometimes of the sparse look of early Andy Warhol films.  (Chicago Filmmakers)
"Some of the most original work I've seen recently from a new filmmaker. Redefining the relationship between the spectator and the film, his somewhat hermetic works--mostly silent, all in black and white, and varying from two minutes to about half an hour--don't offer any of the usual moviegoing pleasures: not only are there no plots, but Frye's images are neither entertaining nor seductive, nor is his editing particularly rhythmic or immediately satisfying. Instead his unassuming, almost offhanded work points toward an intellectual cinema that questions the way we see and know the world....Frye is one of a few filmmakers...to make films that meditate on their limitations rather than celebrate and exploit cinema's power." (Fred Camper, Chicago Reader). For the entire review, go to http://www.chireader.com/movies/archives/1998/0998/09118b.html
Tonight's EIGA ARTS is the world premier of Francois Boue....
Brian Frye programme 8.30-9.30pm
Francois Boue Services The Fragrance Machine At Bloomingdales (1999, 16mm, colour, 3mins)
6.95: Striptease (1995, 16mm, B/W, 3mins)
"The spectacle is a false revelation, the mechanism of substitution; it replaces knowledge with the promise of knowledge, language with the promise of communication, authenticity with the promise of truth. It is an excercise in recursive teleology, its object the reproduction of needs it cannot satisfy, the desire for alienation. It exists only as the material of consumption, the wasted husk of consciousness in presence. Its enlightenment is that of the pedagogue, a vicious obscurantism, translating the beauty of discontinuity into a simple science of empty maxims and valorized tautology. For its disciples speak its name in tongues that cannot be their own, and with the terror of the repentant suicide, they dance a fearful tarantella and scream with rabid glee the terrible praises of its own forsaken corpse." (Jackson P. Broadway)
11.95: the most important moment in my life (infinite set) (1995, 16mm, B/W, silent, 3.5mins)
"The representation of the void is always a representation which is full and which resolves itself on analysis into two positive elements; the idea, distinct or confused, of a substitution, and the feeling, experienced or imagined, of a desire or a regret." (Henry Bergson, ÎCreative Evolution')
"Of all things that are concealed and manifested, the Fire which is above the heavens is the treasure house, as it were a great Tree from which all flesh is nourished. The manifested side of the Fire is the trunk, branches, leaves, and the outside bark. All these parts of the great Tree are set on fire from the all-devouring flame of the Fire and destroyed. But the fruit of the Tree, if its imaging has been perfected and it takes shape of itself, is placed in the storehouse (or treasure), and not cast into the Fire. For the fruit is produced to be placed in the store-house, but the husk is to be committed to the Fire; that is to say, the trunk which is generated not for it's own sake but for that of the fruit." (Hippolytus-summary of MS, ÎThe Great Announcement')
untitled (1996, 16mm, B/W, 3mins)
"Records of a symbolic city in which the mark of hitoricity manifests itself despite the static continuity of alienated architecture, and the spectre of specificity blooms in the shadow of the careless machine. The true name of spaces is broken and their secret lives can be realised only in moments." (Jackson P. Broadway)
Interventions (1996-8, color/B&W, silent/sound, 15 min.)
Meeting With Khruschev (1997, 16mm, B/W, Silent, 35mins)
"How vitally will it affect the life of a modern Westerner when he learns, for example, that though the Indian peninsula was invaded and occupied by Alexander the Great and through his conquest had a capital influence on its history, India has not even remembered the great conqueror's name" (Mircea Eliade, ÎMyth and reality')
and probably more.....!!!
EIGA ARTS is at AVANSE, Don Don Don no Mori, central Saga. Next to the City Library. Donations upto 1000YEN are encouraged on the door.


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| class | CustomMeshActionStructure |
| This class represents a custom data structure that holds reference to a MeshRendererPair, the GameObject from which the MeshRendererPair was constructed and an Action object used to execute some code. More... | |
| class | MeshRendererPair |
| This class represents a simple data structure that holds reference to a mesh and whether that mesh is part of a MeshRenderer (Attached to MeshFilter) or SkinnedMeshRenderer. This structure is used thoroughly in various mesh simplification operations. More... | |
| class | ObjectMeshPairs |
| A Dictionary that holds a GameObject as key and the associated MeshRendererPair as value More... | |
| class | OBJExportOptions |
| Options that define how the a GameObject will be exported to wavefront OBJ. More... | |
| class | OBJImportOptions |
| Options that define how the model will be loaded and imported. More... | |
| class | ReferencedNumeric |
| A wrapper class that holds a primitive numeric type and fakes them to act as reference types. More... | |
| class | SimplificationOptions |
| This class holds all the available options for mesh simplification. An object of this class is needed by many of the Mesh Simplification methods for controlling the mesh simplification process. More... | |
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| static int | SimplifyObjectDeep (GameObject toSimplify, SimplificationOptions simplificationOptions, Action< GameObject, MeshRendererPair > OnEachMeshSimplified) |
| Simplifies the provided gameobject include the full nested children hierarchy with the settings provided. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information. Please note that the method won't simplify the object if the simplification strength provided in the SimplificationOptions is close to 0. More... | |
| static ObjectMeshPairs | SimplifyObjectDeep (GameObject toSimplify, SimplificationOptions simplificationOptions) |
| Simplifies the meshes nested under the given gameobject(including itself) including the full nested children hierarchy with the settings provided. Retuns back a specialized data structure with the simplified meshes. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information. Please note that the method won't simplify the object if the simplification strength provided in the SimplificationOptions is close to 0. More... | |
| static int | SimplifyObjectDeep (ObjectMeshPairs objectMeshPairs, SimplificationOptions simplificationOptions, Action< GameObject, MeshRendererPair > OnEachMeshSimplified) |
| Simplifies the meshes provided in the "objectMeshPairs" argument and assigns the simplified meshes to the corresponding objects. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information. Please note that the method won't simplify the object if the simplification strength provided in the SimplificationOptions is close to 0. More... | |
| static List< Mesh > | SimplifyMeshes (List< Mesh > meshesToSimplify, SimplificationOptions simplificationOptions, Action< Mesh > OnEachMeshSimplified) |
| Simplifies the meshes provided in the "meshesToSimplify" argument and returns the simplified meshes in a new list. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information.Please note that the returned list of simplified meshes doesn't guarantee the same order of meshes as supplied in the "meshesToSimplify" list. More... | |
| static ObjectMeshPairs | GetObjectMeshPairs (GameObject forObject, bool includeInactive) |
| This method returns a specialized DataStructure for the provided object. The key is a reference to a GameObject and the value is a MeshRendererPair which contains a reference to the mesh attached to the GameObject (key) and the type of mesh (Skinned or static). More... | |
| static async void | ImportOBJFromFileSystem (string objAbsolutePath, string texturesFolderPath, string materialsFolderPath, Action< GameObject > OnSuccess, Action< Exception > OnError, OBJImportOptions importOptions=null) |
| Imports a wavefront obj file provided by the absolute path. Please note that this method doesn't work on WebGL builds and will safely return. More... | |
| static async void | ImportOBJFromNetwork (string objURL, string objName, string diffuseTexURL, string bumpTexURL, string specularTexURL, string opacityTexURL, string materialURL, ReferencedNumeric< float > downloadProgress, Action< GameObject > OnSuccess, Action< Exception > OnError, OBJImportOptions importOptions=null) |
| Downloads a wavefront obj file from the direct URl passed and imports it. You can also specify the URL for different textures associated with the model and also the URL to the linked material file. This function also works on WebGL builds. More... | |
| static async void | ExportGameObjectToOBJ (GameObject toExport, string exportPath, Action OnSuccess, Action< Exception > OnError, OBJExportOptions exportOptions=null) |
| Exports the provided GameObject to wavefront OBJ format with support for saving textures and materials. Please note that the method won't work on WebGL builds and will safely return. More... | |
| static int | CountTriangles (bool countDeep, GameObject forObject) |
| Counts the number of triangles in the provided GameObject. If "countDeep" is true then the method counts all the triangles considering all the nested meshes in the children hierarchies of the given GameObject. More... | |
| static int | CountTriangles (List< Mesh > toCount) |
| Counts the number of triangles in the provided meshes list. More... | |
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Counts the number of triangles in the provided GameObject. If "countDeep" is true then the method counts all the triangles considering all the nested meshes in the children hierarchies of the given GameObject.
| countDeep | If true the method also counts and considers the triangles of the nested children hierarchies for the given GameObject. |
| forObject | The GameObject for which to count the triangles. |
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Counts the number of triangles in the provided meshes list.
| toCount | The list of meshes whose triangles will be counted. |
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Exports the provided GameObject to wavefront OBJ format with support for saving textures and materials. Please note that the method won't work on WebGL builds and will safely return.
| toExport | The GameObject that will be exported. |
| exportPath | The path to the folder where the file will be written. |
| exportOptions | Some additional export options for customizing the export. |
| OnSuccess | The callback to be invoked on successful export. |
| OnError | The callback method that will be invoked when the import was not successful. The method is passed in an exception that made the task unsuccessful. |
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This method returns a specialized DataStructure for the provided object. The key is a reference to a GameObject and the value is a MeshRendererPair which contains a reference to the mesh attached to the GameObject (key) and the type of mesh (Skinned or static).
| forObject | The object for which the ObjectMeshPairs is constructed. |
| includeInactive | If this is true then the method also considers the nested inactive children of the GameObject provided, otherwise it only considers the active nested children. |
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Imports a wavefront obj file provided by the absolute path. Please note that this method doesn't work on WebGL builds and will safely return.
| objAbsolutePath | The absolute path to the obj file. |
| texturesFolderPath | The absolute path to the folder containing the texture files associated with the model to load. If you don't want to load the associated textures or there are none then you can pass an empty or null to this argument. |
| materialsFolderPath | The absolute path to the folder containing the material files assoicated with the model to load. If you don't want to load the associated material or there is none then you can pass an empty or null to this argument. |
| OnSuccess | The callback method that will be invoked when the import was successful. The method is passed in the imported GameObject as the argument. |
| OnError | The callback method that will be invoked when the import was not successful. The method is passed in an exception that made the task unsuccessful. |
| importOptions | Specify additional import options for custom importing. |
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Downloads a wavefront obj file from the direct URl passed and imports it. You can also specify the URL for different textures associated with the model and also the URL to the linked material file. This function also works on WebGL builds.
| objURL | The direct URL to the obj file. |
| objName | The name for the GameObject that will represent the imported obj. |
| diffuseTexURL | The absolute URL to the associated Diffuse texture (Main texture). If the model has no diffuse texture on the material then you can pass in null or empty string to this parameter. |
| bumpTexURL | The absolute URL to the associated Bump texture (Bump map). If the model has no bump map then you can pass in null or empty string to this parameter. |
| specularTexURL | The absolute URL to the associated Specular texture (Reflection map). If the model has no reflection map then you can pass in null or empty string to this parameter. |
| opacityTexURL | The absolute URL to the associated Opacity texture (Transparency map). If the model has no transparency map then you can pass in null or empty string to this parameter. |
| materialURL | If the model has an associated material file (.mtl) then pass in the absolute URL to that otherwise pass a null or empty string. |
| downloadProgress | The object of type ReferencedNumeric of type float that is updated with the download progress percentage. |
| OnSuccess | The callback method that will be invoked when the import was successful. The method is passed in the imported GameObject as the argument.. |
| OnError | The callback method that will be invoked when the import was not successful. The method is passed in an exception that made the task unsuccessful. |
| importOptions | Specify additional import options for custom importing. |
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Simplifies the meshes provided in the "meshesToSimplify" argument and returns the simplified meshes in a new list. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information.Please note that the returned list of simplified meshes doesn't guarantee the same order of meshes as supplied in the "meshesToSimplify" list.
| meshesToSimplify | The list of meshes to simplify. |
| simplificationOptions | Provide a SimplificationOptions object which contains different parameters and rules for simplifying the meshes. Please note that preservationSphere won't work for this method. |
| OnEachMeshSimplified | This method will be called when a mesh is simplified. The method will be passed the original mesh that was simplified. |
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Simplifies the meshes nested under the given gameobject(including itself) including the full nested children hierarchy with the settings provided. Retuns back a specialized data structure with the simplified meshes. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information. Please note that the method won't simplify the object if the simplification strength provided in the SimplificationOptions is close to 0.
| toSimplify | The gameobject to simplify. |
| simplificationOptions | Provide a SimplificationOptions object which contains different parameters and rules for simplifying the meshes. |
| OnEachMeshSimplified | This method will be called when a mesh is simplified. The method will be passed a gameobject whose mesh is simplified and some information about the original unsimplified mesh. |
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Simplifies the provided gameobject include the full nested children hierarchy with the settings provided. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information. Please note that the method won't simplify the object if the simplification strength provided in the SimplificationOptions is close to 0.
| toSimplify | The gameobject to simplify. |
| simplificationOptions | Provide a SimplificationOptions object which contains different parameters and rules for simplifying the meshes. |
| OnEachMeshSimplified | This method will be called when a mesh is simplified. The method will be passed a gameobject whose mesh is simplified and some information about the original unsimplified mesh. If you donot want to receive this callback then you can pass null as an argument here. |
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Simplifies the meshes provided in the "objectMeshPairs" argument and assigns the simplified meshes to the corresponding objects. Any errors are thrown as exceptions with relevant information. Please note that the method won't simplify the object if the simplification strength provided in the SimplificationOptions is close to 0.
| objectMeshPairs | The ObjectMeshPairs data structure which holds relationship between objects and the corresponding meshes which will be simplified. You can get this structure by calling "GetObjectMeshPairs(GameObject forObject, bool includeInactive)" method. |
| simplificationOptions | Provide a SimplificationOptions object which contains different parameters and rules for simplifying the meshes. |
| OnEachMeshSimplified | This method will be called when a mesh is simplified. The method will be passed a gameobject whose mesh is simplified and some information about the original unsimplified mesh. If you donot want to receive this callback then you can pass null as an argument here. |


Greetings. Before I submit my recent experiences with salvia, I would like to ask for any suggestions for enhancing the traditional method of eating the leaves. My experience with this method was very negligble yet smoking the 5X standardized was traumatic. Do the liquid extracts also have their own personality and if so please explain as I would like to try Salvia again but without the nightmare I will soon share.
The entry I will make is transcribed from my traveller's journal of several months ago when my family and I were in Amsterdam.  At least with the familiar pills and plants then, there was at least a vague continuity of knowing which head you were feeding. While in Amsterdam, besides the pot, hash, mushrooms, and ayahuasca which are illegal almost everywhere else in the world, the local smartshops also supply a variety of lesser known psychoactives which have no legal restrictions anywhere. For the most part, these various flowers, plants, and weeds can be found in gardens as well as growing wild. They are not considered very important as their usage doesn't have a long history nor are they considered to have much of a potent chemistry.
Several years ago, writers Terence McKenna and Jonathon Ott presented indications to the psychedelic community that there are a large and dispersed number of these botanicals which are rich DMT, very easy to find and very legal. One of these plants having been researched previously by Gordon Wasson but at that time deemed unstable and weak is Salvia Divinorum, a type of wild sage used in divination which grows in Central America. Intrigued not only by the experience but also the melodic sound and imagery of its name, I was pleased to find a variety of Salvia products readily available in Amsterdam. Before deciding on use and purchase, I researched various books and websites. I learned about the traditional use of chewing the leaves and waiting for visions in the darkness. Terence discusses how he has used this method and often experiences 'elf like self generating' entities.
A more novel method suggested by psychonaut pioneer Daniel Siebert and others is the smoking of an extract soaked leaf whose experiences, though still related to DMT, sounded even more intense and intriguing. Since these experiences would not last more than 20 minutes anyway, we decided it would be safe enough to buy some Salvia to chew but also the extract to smoke as well.
Research notes studied, set and setting in place, art supplies, and all the usual temple ambience right, I filled the deep metal pipe bowl and said goodbye to the mundane and followed the trail of the puff through the burning bush towards divinity.
The intensity of the experience ahead was in no way possible to explain-not a journey across a steady path but like rushing over Niagara Falls in a bamboo crate. Whatever grace and enchantment-mushrooms, woodrose, or any of the other known psychedelics have blended in my soul were nowhere to be clutched in this Salvia experience of crumbling bridges with no guardian angels to embrace my fall. The portals into an infinity of parallel realities so frighteningly familiar was sheer panic. Glimpses of 2 dimensional slides squeezing out of some deep memory banks like express trains pulling me into their windows.
Could the 'mainstream reality' I had come from be nothing more than a low order thought while these other be the master copies that until now I had only been reacting to? How could I pick which extension to pull myself through? Infinity all within the moment of mirror images with emotional bonds compelling me to leave behind all other memory banks and merge. Potent images of relatives, perhaps parents and/or ancestors reaching out to me. Which one to chose as I felt related to all. Stephanie, John (my wife of 23 years and my son) and all that I felt I was a few moments ago were disintegrating quickly as well as my body, ego, and room as I now started screaming for help before the portal back closed.
My bed was not a secure womb or sanctuary but some sort of plasma of self generating ferris wheels. Ah yes, the elves McKenna was talking about. For me, they were a kalaidescope of thin men with white outfits, bowties, and cookhats. The feeling was very 50's-bright, crisp, and so real. Could these portals be the pathway moving souls through bodies. Reincarnation? But where was heaven? Where was God? Angels? Any answers? If this was the place all religions were pointing to, where was the wellcoming home? I panicked at this mechanical factory of reality processing. Such a place offers no salvation. No sanctuary. No quarter-no one gets out of here alive!
Just one dead end after another...
Once not being enough, I got my nerve up to smoke Salvia Divinorum again several weeks later. Again the slide was fast and dramatic with familiar images claiming me as their own engulfed me with confusion and self disolution. Deep programs were triggered as I found myself speaking Greek as a primary language, the first time since I was 5 years old. The images were again intensely familiar and a peculiar clarity to thus submit. The fear of parallel universes perhaps more real in magnitude then the one we considered as reality. In Greek, I cried out to these images, the most basic essential question 'who am I.' But the question was asked not in a tone of philosophical inquiry but in frantic desperation of a man fading fast in a death experience with this extremely important thought his lips. Are these the bardos mentioned in the Tibetan Book of The Dead or a hostile god's idea of a terrible joke?
Curiously, John's first few experiments in smoking Salvia were inconsequental-even with loading equivalent dosages as my nightmare journeys. On his third attempt, he did cross the threshold like being beamed out in Star Trek to a peculiar and terrifying universe.
So much activity with so little smoke is quite perplexing and worth being brought to the attention of humanity as a fundamental question. Has any society or shamans in the past been familiar with these other dimension or in the smoking of Salvia in itself pioneering work way beyond Columbus' discovery of a new land? Another possibility is that the smoking of a concentrated extract also compresses the experience into frequency unmanigable by our mental, physical, and psychic receptors. On the other hand, as for chewing the leaves in a traditional manner, the experience was negligible in intensity or significance. For me the correct portal still awaits to be found.
Amsterdam is indeed a gateway city for travel anywhere in the world and even beyond...
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


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