The link isn't actually that clear. It states that "Each scene is a Composition. They are trigged via OSC from eMotion or from QLab. This allow us to be perfectly in sync with sound."

So yes, the graphics are rendered in realtime, but I think the actual control is done by hand rather than by automatically tracking the dancers movements.

I could be wrong, but that's the way I read it.

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I've been to the states many times, and we actually generally bring back boxes of Cereal, because we don't get them here

4. Lucky Charms
3. Oatmeal Crisp
2. Kix
1. Rice crispies treats

We used to love Rice Crispies treats so much, we'd actually buy them in bulk to bring back to Canada, it's basically like it sounds, crumbled up rice crispy squares, dried out to be made crunchy, and boxed up. Never sure how they pulled it off, because actual rice crispy squares are generally somewhat hard to bite into, and the cereal itself had the softness of biting into a regular spoonful of the original Cereal.

I miss that cereal.

Yes, greed fear, and ignorance are the main tools of the business that is politics. I am just over 2 years of college, with a bachelor of arts. I voted independent. My main reason is that I distrust both parties. I believe that each election is a show, reality TV only its reality.

I think free market is excellent so long as the participants are ethical, and currently all of the US systems are lacking in ethics.

The current problem with the Systems of the world are the Incentives to take action, whether that action be evil, good, or neutral.

I urge all of the US citizens, who see this comment, if you take nothing away from here then take this: how many of you know what the Office of Government Ethics or Federal Office of Special Counsel are?

Please see: FAA Whistle blowers fired and defamed. The client serving culture costs the Consumer.

Take for example, the cure of HIV : http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2009/05/28/local_news/doc4a1d63cb68531598814432.txt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCR5

Little publicity? Incentives! The big names didn't find the "cure" so they stifle the little names. We see the same thing when it comes to politics, wars, freedom, and traffic laws. HIV is treatable. Yet the public still thinks that it is not?

As to your question JiggaJphnson, allow me to quote Göring from the Nuremberg trials.

Göring: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.

As a fan of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, I must concur that it is often difficult to reconcile an author's personal beliefs and opinions outside of the book(s) they have written.

I have known for awhile that OSC is conservative/fundamentalist (despite affiliating himself as a Democrat!) in his political and religious beliefs... the best I can do as a fan is to separate those two entities: OSC the author vs. OSC the radical revolutionary.

While I can agree with and share the dismay of the blogger (and fellow sifters), I am not sure that this can be regarded as an isolated incident nor a unique situation in which an author produces quality novel(s) but subscribes to beliefs that readers may not agree with. Certainly this has occurred with many authors in the past.

I think the underlying message of the article is not just the explicitly stated dichotomy between the novels and OSC's own personal beliefs. Since OSC did not blatantly let his opinions spill over into his novels (perhaps even working against them), it just makes it harder to digest when confronted with it, especially if the reader has built up a measure of respect for the author. In other words, once you care enough about a book's author that you start caring about what they believe personally, of course it becomes easy to lose sight of the good qualities of the book itself.

OSC subscribes to many controversial beliefs besides the one noted here... it is interesting that this one just seems to be more inflammatory than others, perhaps because of his suggestion of revolution.

The response article has a quote that isn't in the article that author (and the above blog post) link to, but is in a shorter article by OSC on the same topic.

How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn.

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I've never liked OSC's books. I read Ender's Game but didn't really get into though I know many people who love it.

Farhaad - just out of curiosity - how would you know?

You're sharp, but when the Bush administration is involved, and they were marginally vis-a-vis OSCE....

They've said that there was cheatin in other countries where they didn't like the turnout.

But Florida in 2000, Ohio in 2004?

Unless you are there, on the ground, watching, how do you know what is true and what is not?

Europe's main election watchdog said it had cancelled plans to monitor Russia's December 2 parliamentary election, citing delays and restrictions imposed by the Russian authorities.

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation's (OSCE) ODIHR arm, which runs election monitoring missions, said it took the decision after Russia denied entry visas to observers it wanted to send to Russia.

"The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has informed the Russian authorities that the Office will be unable to act upon their invitation to observe the upcoming December 2 elections to the Russian State Duma," it said in a statement.

A Russian foreign ministry spokesman told Russia's Interfax news agency it was every country's right to decide whether or not they sent observers to the vote.

The decision to cancel the monitoring mission came a day after Russia said it would give visas to ODIHR monitors in time for the vote, after blaming the OSCE for delays in obtaining them.

"Despite repeated attempts to attain entry visa into the Russian Federation for ODIHR experts and observers, entry visas have continuously been denied," the ODIHR said.

Russia invited only 70 OSCE monitors for this year's parliamentary election, compared to 400 in 2003.