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A New Look at an Alleged Living "Baby Pterosaur" &
Perfect Pterosaur Found in Fossil Egg
Almost exactly a year ago to the day, a Mrs. Mary Martha Moore of Westport, N.Y. sent in a photo of what to all the world appeared to be a baby pterosaur along with a nice story of how she found it on her property and rescued it from her cat.
Well the "experts" immediately descended upon the photo to "prove" in a thousand different ways that the it was a "Fake" and Mrs. Moore a liar. By "experts", we mean the kind of people with the same lack of credentials --well, that typifies the people here at S8int.com. And so, having done their duty, they moved on.
Of course, we don't know if the photo is real or fake either, though we find it diificult to believe that someone named both "Mary" and "Martha" would engage in this kind of manipulation--photo or otherwise.
Here's a quote from the Nature Article:"Uncovered at Jingangshan in the Liaoning province of northeastern China, the fossil is the first pterosaur embryo ever found. There is no doubt as to its identity: its well-developed shoulder and chest bones, and elongated fourth finger, mark it out as a pterosaur,...".
We think it takes a little know-how to fake an accurate photo a full year before the "real one" comes out.(June 2003 vs June 2004). And we must say that we have to disagree with those "experts" who insisted by reflex that the photo is clearly that of a decomposed basking shark.
But wait. An actual, perfect, "fossilized" baby pterosaur still inside its egg has been found in China a year after Mrs. Moore found hers in her yard. The photo of the pterosaur in the egg is unchanged from Nature.com
Let's go back and compare shall we? Here at s8int.com, we found some remarkable similarities but you can judge for yourself as both photos and both stories are reproduced below.
Note: Here's a link to a French Crypto Site that had Mary Moore's story on June 7, 2003.
Friday, June 06 2003
Mary Martha Moore of Westport (NY) writes:
I was sitting on the sofa watching tv when I heard something hit the window. I knew immediately that a bird had flown into the window, as it has happened before.
When I went outside I found this fuzzy bird lying in the flower bed. It seemed stunned but unhurt. At first I thought it might be some type of starling or catbird and thought that it might be ill. Especially since it's wings lacked feathers.
I went inside and got my son Jack and told him to get the camera to take a picture.
(Mary Moore's photo on the right, recent egg find on the left. )
When I picked it up, it seemed to cling to my hand in a funny way. I noticed my cat, Tippie, was acting very excited and meowing a great deal, standing on her hind legs...
...and trying to get at the bird.
She's never really done anything like that before. It seemed very odd behavior for her. Suddenly the bird took flight from my hand and flew to the roof.
It seemed to have very pointy wings, but since it seemed able to fly I felt that it was alright. Since she seemed very excited I brought Tippie inside so she wouldn't get on the roof and disturb the bird, just in case it was still up there and hadn't flown away yet.
I thought nothing more of it, except that for the rest of the afternoon, Tippie sat at the window sill meowing in that cackling way cats do when they watch birds.
Source: Paranormal.com; Pterosaur in Egg Photo:Nature.com
Hoaxed Photo Confirmed by Shane Swafford
What can we say? We fell for it and we apologize. "Congrats" to whomever wrote Mary Moore's letter. Nice piece of fiction. Thanks to Shane for bringing it to our attention.
Hello -
I am writing to inform you that while I was surfing the internet on September 27th, 2007 Iooking at bat photos I came across one which looked familiar. As I tried to remember where I had seen it before I quickly realized that it was on your site s8int.com in an article presenting a supposed photograph of a baby pterosaur along with a letter from "Mary Martha Moore of Westport (NY)" describing the origin of the photo.
That baby pterosaur photo has been in the back of my mind ever since I first saw it. I had always wondered whether or not it was authentic, but never could decide.
I can now say without a doubt that the photo presented as one of a living baby pterosaur is fake along with the story used to support it. I have found the original photo somebody stole off the internet and manipulated to make a bat look like the baby pterosaur. The original photo was taken by P.D. Pratt in 2003 and copyrighted.
You can visit the site here at ojiway.ca/batpics.htm
I have made a side-by-side comparison of the baby pterosaur photo and the original photo of the Silver-haired bat and inserted it into this e-mail for your consideration. When compared with each other it becomes obvious that the original photo was rotated 90 degrees, the head of the bat erased and turned into a pterosaur head, and finally the overall tint of the photo was altered.
Really, not much was changed in order to create such an intriguing photo and this should be a lesson to all who believe photographing a cryptid will prove anything. It will take no less than a physical specimen, dead or alive, to finally settle the debate over the existence of any creature.
I recommend not removing the hoaxed photo from your site, but rather updating your page about it to include the information about it being fake to inform those who may have wrongly used it as evidence to support their beliefs.
Let it be known that a creationist (myself) was the one to uncover this hoax and help remove one more piece of garbage from the search for truth.
Thanks for your time, and great site -
Shane Swafford
Seneca, S.C.
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When Snooki & JWoww premiered, everyone expected the Jersey Shore spin-off to be as wild as the original. Yet five episodes into the series and there have been zero arrests, no hint of a brawl and nada when it comes to even the briefest nudity. What kind of reality show is this?! Have Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley actually been — dare I say? — domesticated?
After five seasons of Seaside mayhem, Snooki & JWoww is a startlingly tame turn for the reality stars that no one saw coming. Even Jenni's boyfriend Roger declared in the premiere, "You couldn't live in Antarctica in a f—king igloo with Nicole and not be crazy." But, thanks to Snooki's pregnancy and engagement to Jionni LaValle, Roger was soon proved wrong.
Jersey Shore's Snooki won't televise the birth of her baby
Without alcohol for the pair to fall back on, the foundation of Snooki & JWoww isn't drunken debauchery, but the girl's strong female friendship — a rarity on TV, which is currently dominated by frenemy heavy series like Real Housewives and Revenge.
Scoff all you like, but it's genuinely heartwarming to watch Snooki discover the ups-and-downs of motherhood with her best friend by her side. Moments like Snooki's first ultrasound, when proud godmother Jenni tears up in awe, will make any viewer's cold black heart grow three sizes.
Snooki's initial reaction at the appointment, on the other hand, was not so heartwarming. "Eww!" Snooki screamed after seeing her unborn baby. "I'm going to throw up."
VIDEO: JWoww and pregnant Snooki reflect on three years of friendship (and drunken debauchery)
Though, after she had time to let everything sink in, the pint-sized reality star later mused, "I was so worried over nothing, but I guess that's what motherhood is: always worrying about your kid."
Are these words of wisdom really coming from the same girl who is famous for humping trees and flashing her ladybits at dance clubs?
You better believe it. Snooki's surprising level of maturity may be proof of the influence her level-headed fiancé has had on her.
Jenni's current boo, Roger, acts like trash-talking Jionni is his full-time profession. His topic of choice: Jionni's short stature, which has inspired such witty banter as, "I had a bigger bowel movement than you this morning." But instead of escalating the situation into a full-on fight, Snooki's fiancé remains unfazed and takes the jokes in stride. Compare that to Snooki's Shore co-star, Sammi "Sweatheart,"who once nearly broke up with her off-and-on boyfriend Ronnie after he simply joked that she had a "Flintstone toe." Overreact much?
If you still don't believe Snooki and Jenni have truly grown up, consider this: One of the biggest dramas of the series so far was when the girls' decorative drapes fell just hours before a big dinner party. Scandalous!
Plus, the girl's foray into adulthood hasn't gone unnoticed by those around them. "What the hell did you do with Nicole?" Vinny balked during his first visit to their apartment. "Nicole is cooking, cleaning. This is, like, sh-- that I've never seen from Nicole. Hell is freezing over right now."
But don't get me wrong. Just because the series is tame, doesn't mean it isn't just as entertaining as Jersey Shore. Snooki's absurd ignorance when it comes to all things common sense provides more than enough entertainment to fill half an hour each week.
Report: Jersey Shore's Deena Cortese arrested
Whether it's not knowing the difference between kosher and organic food, needing Jenni to explain what a vase is (yes, this kind of vase), or learning that having a baby is "so much worse" than holding in farts, Snooki is still the same hilarious pickle princess we fell in love with three years ago.
The pair is also delightfully candid when it comes to every little detail of their lives, letting audiences see them as actual people instead of simply larger-than-life reality stars. I mean, who can't relate to Snooki's irrational refusal to use an unflushed toilet simply because "there's little turds looking at me"?
Underneath the abundance of animal print and oddly high number of poop jokes, Snooki & JWoww is an honest look at a friendship sweet and relatable enough to melt the heart of any juicehead.
Snooki & JWoww airs Thursdays at 9/8c on MTV.

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One of my fondest memories at SxSW 2012 was watching Bahamas at Antones at noon on Wednesday with a crowd of about 40 people. I attended with Woody, who was not yet a Bahamas fan. As Bahamas founder and lead singer, Afie Jurvanen, demonstrated his impeccable guitar skills on his electric Strat, Woody began to light up. As if sensing that Woody was converting, Afie seemed to stare directly at him as he crooned into the microphone. Woody leaned over slowly and whispered "He's singing straight into my soul right now."
We had a quick laugh and then were entranced with an incredible half-hour set by Bahamas. The tone of Afie's guitar was overshadowed by the tone of his silky smooth vocals which are accented by his band of angelic backup singers and gentle percussion from Jason Tait, who previously played with the Weakerthans, Broken Social Scene and the FemBots. It was after that set that we met Afie and tentatively booked a session for a TBD date in the future in Chicago.
The session is pure magic. All the musicians in one room and only one microphone. This is what live sessions are about – simplicity and unbridled talent at the epicenter. The songs represent a mix of both Bahamas albums, Pink Strat and Barchords, released by Jack Johnson's label Brushfire Records. And you'll get a bit of that beach vibe when listening to Bahamas, but Afie's Canadian roots somehow make his albums all-season affairs, suitable for both summer barbecues and winter nights by the fire. Take a dip into the session and check out those albums. If Bahamas doesn't break like the Lumineers at some point soon, I'll be shocked.
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Operational excellence and efficient, reliable, safe production are always top of mind for chemical company executives. And digital technology is beginning to play a pivotal role in plant operations.
That perspective is a key finding from recent Accenture research that explored chemical industry executives' views of smart sensors, cloud, artificial intelligence, analytics, wearables and other digital technologies in a plant environment.
The research took place at a time when there is a growing understanding of the real value inherent in the digital reinvention of industry. For example, Accenture has determined that using technology to increase operational efficiency could save $91,261 per chemical company employee, on average. And according to a study by the World Economic Forum and Accenture, the broader use of digital technology could bring the industry a $550 billion benefit over 10 years—while reducing C02 emissions by 100 million tons.
This study of digital technologies within plant operations provides a perspective on where the industry is today and where it plans to go in the future—and offers insights into how chemical companies can focus their efforts on their digital journey. Key findings include:
of respondents have been able to measure the financial value of digital technologies in their plant operations.
For example, in terms of operating profit, 55% said that they have seen increases of 5 to 20%.
About one quarter reported increases exceeding 20%.
of respondents are either currently using analytics in production or running a pilot of the technology.
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are investing more than they did last year.
said analytics will be a key focus of their investments in digital technology over the next three years.
Chemical companies plan to distribute their investments across many digital technologies. One third or more, for example, cited artificial intelligence, advanced process control, cloud or sensor-based initiatives among their top investment priorities.
have merged their information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) groups to create an integrated governance structure.
Among those that have not done so, 70% are considering such a move. The two biggest benefits that executives foresee from IT-OT integration are greater system resilience, with less unplanned downtime; and improved incident management for tracking and responding to production problems.
Among those tracking cybersecurity attacks in their production operations, three quarters have experienced an attack in the last 12 months with 54% of those attacks successful.
While 44% were able to remedy such attacks within a few hours—the rest were not, and instead took days, weeks or months to rectify the problem.
And 30% are not tracking incidents at all in their plant operations.
To ramp up their digital efforts, chemical companies should consider six key business imperatives that can help guide their plans:


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Despite penalties, many fear message may not be heeded
HAVERHILL - They have heard it from their teachers. They have heard it from their parents. They have seen the commercials and the billboards. For a while, Haverhill High School even had a smashed-up car out front as a visible warning of the dangers of texting and driving.
After a judge imposed the maximum sentence Wednesday on a local teenager who became the first person in the state convicted of causing a fatal crash while texting, it is still not clear the message is sinking in.
"There are still people out there who will say, 'Too bad for that dude, but it won't happen to me,' '' said Ashley Cochran, 19, as she sipped an ice coffee in a Tedeschi's parking lot with her friend Chrissy Levesque, 17. "We have a lot of friends who pick up a text while they're driving, and I say, 'Don't do it,' but they say, 'I'll be fine, I'll be fine.' ''
Levesque said texting while driving is definitely a problem among young people and said her own sister was the worst kind of offender. "She'll be smoking a cigarette, taking a sip of her coffee, and texting at the same time.''
Aaron Deveau - who was 17 in February 2011, when he drifted over the center lane on River Street and slammed head-on into a car driven by Donald Bowley Jr., 56 - was convicted of motor vehicle homicide and negligent operation of a motor vehicle causing serious injury while texting. Bowley died 18 days after the crash. His girlfriend, Luz Roman, was injured.
During the trial, prosecutors used phone records to argue that Deveau was texting just before the accident, an assertion he denied on the witness stand.
In issuing the sentence, a year in prison, District Court Judge Stephen Abany said his primary concern was that it be a deterrent to others.
But punishing him as a warning to others did not sit well with Nick Calogerro, 17.
"If you're just going to make an example out of somebody, that's just something scummy the government is doing,'' Calogerro said as he rode his skateboard through town Wednesday afternoon. "He definitely deserves to be punished for what he did, but not as an example to others. Think of the guilt that kid has.''
Calogerro said he already has all the deterrent he needs. "My mother would kill me if she found out I was texting while driving.''
Deveau is being punished, but perhaps not enough, some thought. Many of the teenagers interviewed questioned the fact that he only got a year for killing someone. (The judge sentenced him to concurrent sentences of 2 1/2 years for the homicide and 2 years for the texting charge, but suspended all but a year, citing Deveau's youth and lack of a criminal record.)
The part of the punishment that got the most reaction from the teenagers interviewed was the fact that the homicide conviction comes with a 15-year suspension of Deveau's driver's license.
"What is he going to do for 15 years?'' Amanda McCarriston, a freshman at Haverhill High School, asked with a look of shock on her face as she stood outside the school with sophomore Ryan Landry.
"It was a stupid thing to do,'' said Landry, who said the problem is that many teenagers suffer from feeling invincible. He said he avoids the temptation by always putting his phone away when he drives.
As Ron and Kim Comtois pulled up outside the school to pick up their daughter, Brianna, a freshman, they said that while Brianna was not yet old enough to drive, they worried about her, and themselves.
"I own a business, and I've got lots of clients texting,'' Ron Comtois said, his phone on his lap, as his wife answered two calls in less than a minute.
"It's a tough thing to control yourself when something is going on and you want to look down and send a text. Even an adult who's been driving for 20 years can crash into someone if they take their eyes off the road for a second, never mind a kid who has been driving for two or three months.''
At the local skate park, some teenagers who know Deveau said the entire thing was a sad situation. The lesson, they said, was clear. But the temptation of instant communication in your hand would always be hard to resist.
Deveau's sentence "means something; it means you're not going to get away with it,'' said Morrison White, 18, who said he knew Deveau in passing.
"He was a good kid. He did good in school. He was nice to everybody,'' White said. "And he made a mistake.''
The hope now is that others will learn from that mistake.
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The annual community Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs, Colorado has been cancelled. It wasn't about lack of funding, or interest, or a shortage of dyes; it was about the poor behavior of the parents.
They had pushed and shoved and shouted and hollered so much that the organizers couldn't face another year of an Easter egg hunt that had come to resemble something more akin to* The Hunger Games* than the friendly antics of Peter Rabbit. How unbecoming, I thought. How ugly. And finally: how sad.
I remember the last community egg hunt I took my son to, when we lived in Florida. In my memory, it's a bit like the parental melee described in Colorado Springs. Neither my son nor his friend were able to pick up a single egg, while nearby children danced maniacal jigs over their brimming baskets. Volunteers, armed with bullhorns and a sincere desire to play nicely, waded through the crowds, exhorting children to share and laying down the law on the rule of only one plastic egg (with prize coupons) per child.
It wasn't a Faustian scene. I saw plenty of parents begging their children to share, demanding that they put down the extra plastic eggs, and engaging in that time-worn dialogue of the teachable moment. "But why?!" "Because it's not nice!" "But why?!"
Neither was it a Utopian fantasy in which all parents and children were similarly engaged in the difficult process of parenting and growing, learning the golden rule through object lessons. There were plenty of parents breaking the rules, stepping over the ropes, and pointing their children toward the painfully obvious neon orange egg nestled in the grass *right there. *
Why do we do this? And not just this, the bad behavior at an Easter egg hunt, but all of this. The redshirting, the rageful parents in the sports world, the helicoptering, the spelling bee obsessives, and the tiger moms? I watched, with a feeling akin to grief, a 60 Minutes segment in which a mom spoke almost desperately of her desire to make her son the biggest one in the class, a leader, dominant over the other children, by holding him back a year.
What drives us to forsake our fundamental values as parents? At heart, I like to think that however diverse our backgrounds, we share some common goals and values. Most of us can sign on to the following:
- We have a duty to our children to help them succeed in the world.
- We owe our children the best we have to offer, even when our best is not as good as our neighbors'.
- Children deserve our respect as individual human beings with their own sense of volition and value.
- Parenting at its best is a thoughtful process, open to new ideas, driven by a conscious sense of purpose.
Fear is the only thing I know that has the power to turn good parents away from the careful, reflective human beings they once were. Fear of failing our children and fear of our children failing. Fear that someone else is getting all the best resources and fear that, in a bad economy, there is no more room to share. Fear that the cost of giving someone else a leg up will result in the loss of all personal advantage.
This fear has a price, and the price, I think, is greater than any of us should be willing to pay. Fear robs us of the profound joy of living in the moment with our children, of experiencing, with guidance and nurturing, the vicissitudes of life that are found in the most ordinary of days. By not letting our children come in last, play on a losing soccer team, grieve the tiny deaths of a bucketful of sea monkeys, we forfeit opportunities of bonding and growth. When we fight to make sure our kids get ahead, just a little bit more than anyone else, we steal from them the greatest joy of all: reveling in the pleasure of self-accomplishment and earned glory.
Fear-based parenting twists our thinking and warps our behavior. It is as fatal to the simple joys in life as it is detrimental to our children's greater good. I asked my son what he remembered from that last egg hunt, and he quickly responded, "running through the forest." After a pause, he added, "and I didn't get anything." Yes, he remembered, and no, he isn't damaged. He's fine, and all of the other children will be fine too.
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text: Artist: Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) Album: Camp Song: Hold You Down Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [Chorus] Ohhh, I want it, yeah Whenever you need my help I'll hold you down, oh Ohhh, you want it, yeah Motherfuck these niggaz Tryin to hold me down, ohhh [Childish Gambino] You such a fuckin laaaaaaame It's what they used to yell back in 7th grade My momma said she'd get me that new jacket when the cost go down Hit the office, stole some Tommy Hil' from lost and found Not bad for a family of foster child Lookin'fly man, I'm flossin now But them niggaz saw through me Are you serious? What is this? Took the jacket off third period, ellipsis Listening to "Sky is the Limit" on my Walkman Thinking if Biggie can make it through it man then I can Dope-boy swag, always wanted that But my persona was always more of that Arthur Ashe But no love for the son of a commuter who was a +Radiohead+ and +OK+ at them +Computers+ At the post office; it's funny how you smoke niggaz then you start coffins - all my people need throat lozenge My fear is dead, ambition drove the hearse But niggaz got me feelin I ain't black enough to go to church Culture shock at barber shops cause I ain't hood enough We all look the same to the cops - ain't that good enough~? The black experience is blackened serious Cause being black, my experience, is no one hearin us White kids get to wear whatever hat they want When it comes to black kids one size fits all [Chorus] [Interlude] We the baddest nigga, we the baddest nigga You hear me? We the baddest nigga, we the baddest nigga We the baddest nigga, we the baddest [Childish Gambino] The reason that they say I'm nothin what they seen or heard's the same reason Will Smith always opposite Latino girls They only see you how they wanna see you 'til you make them see you in some other way, I'm trippin off the other day Cause God knows what these white kids sayin Dude you're not +not+ racist cause The Wire's in your Netflix queue Subtle racism; it's hard to pin it Cause you'd only understand if you were me for just a minute This one kid said somethin that was really bad He said I wasn't really black, cause I had a dad ... I think that's kinda sad Mostly cause a lot of black kids think they should agree with that If you're a father, you should stick around if you could Cause even if you're bad at it, you get Tiger Woods~! Or MJ; we +Warriors+ we all need senseis Change everything that we've done so far I don't mean makin' B.E.T. T-E-R I mean just the way that we see each other I won't stop until they say, "James Franco is the white Donald Glover" Yeah, these niggaz wanted Cookie but instead I gave 'em Loch Ness Sick Boi for life, my swag is in a hospice Aimin' for the throne, Jay and 'Ye said to watch that They ask me what I'm doin and I said I'm stealin rock back Nigga!! [Chorus] - 2X


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FAIRFAX, Va., April 18 (UPI) -- Three Fairfax County, Va., high school students who made cellphone videos of sex acts with friends face child pornography charges, authorities said.
The trial of the three boys, two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old, on a charge normally reserved for adult predators, begins Thursday. They were charged with possession and distribution of child pornography in January after they recorded themselves "sexting," engaged in sex acts with at least six teenage girls and then distributing the videos, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Citing a source in the Fairfax County school administration, the newspaper said the videos were made surreptitiously, without the consent of some of those involved.
Rodney Leffler, an attorney for one of the accused, said all the sex acts were consensual, and the 10 videos at the heart of the case were shot at parties at the defendant's homes beginning in December 2011.
Leffler said the girls in the videos eventually learned their actions were recorded, and the boys shared the videos among themselves but did not distribute them widely.
The newspaper noted the case is an example of how law has not caught up with teens, technology and "sexting" -- and that prosecutors across the United States must rely on a patchwork of laws, created before the advance of smartphones, to handle such cases.


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Working on The Count Lucanor
Posted by monsieurmax in Uncategorized on November 6, 2015
Since February 2015, I'm working on an adventure game called "The Count Lucanor".
The project is a kind of fork of Catequesis. We decided to create a smaller game, in order to be able to polish the engine, improve the tools and actually release a game in less than a year. Catequesis is a big project with a long and complex story and we need to have a perfectly polished release to hit big.
Back to "The Count Lucanor", the game is currently in Greenlight process and needs your vote to be able to be published on Steam. If you have a steam account, please visit and give us your vote ( whether it's yes or no of course, i'm not forcing anyone here 😉 )
Working on Catequesis
Posted by monsieurmax in wip on March 5, 2013
Hi everyone.
Just a quick post to tell you that since September 2012, I've teamed with a bunch of spanish people to work on a new game using my world-famous RPG engine.
The game is called Catequesis and it's a 8bit retro survival horror.
I won't duplicate every news we make about this one here, so I'll suggest you to follow the dedicated links:
When you see it, you'll swap bricks
Posted by monsieurmax in Tech on September 9, 2011
Hi !
A friend of mine recently asked me to explain him how come i could "port easily" ( my words ) an android game to desktop or even to browser. After having answered him, i thought it might be interesting for other people.
Port is quite easy because the base language stays the same, it's Java all the way, designed to use OpenGL :
- Android : Java running Dalvik VM and using embedded OpenGl wrappers and native UI.
- Desktop : Java running under a JVM, using JOGL and Swing UI.
When i built my game framework i kept in mind that i might have to port the game to another system, so i made a nice separation between what i call "technical components" ( middle orange bricks ) and "game components" ( grouped as The Game ).
Those technical components make the links between the OS/System and the game components. It means that when porting a game, i just need to change / adapt the technical components to port the game.
In my case the technical components are :
- Action Manager : receives input from the system and convert them into actions and broadcat them to the game components. For example, on Android, touching the Virtual D-Pad Left on the screen, moving the trackball to the left, or striking the left arrow on the keyboard, lead to the broadcast of the same action : "move left". Depending on the system, the way inputs are sent to this manager are totally different.
- Persistence Manager : manages all the save system basically. On Android, it uses the Preferences mechanism. On desktop, it'll be on the file system. On browser, i'll probably use Google App Engine database system.
- GL Renderer : On each system you have to understand how to initialize GL Context and manage the textures in memory. It's OpenGl on each system, yet wrappers are quite different.
- UI Manager : UI are a real pain to code. It's not fun at all and can lead to many bugs. I choosed not to code a UI system in my games and rather to rely on existing system. On Android, i used some custom and themed alert dialogs. On desktop, JOGL allows to blend Swing components with the OpenGl surface. On browser, Html and WebGl are blended by the CPU ( at the moment ).
- Sound Manager : Playing music and sound is quite different from one system to another. On Android and desktop it's rather straightforward. On a browser it's another story. Fortunately, i found gwt-voices and it works quite well and looks a lot like what can be found on Android.
Html5 Canvas vs WebGL
Posted by monsieurmax in Tech on August 27, 2011
I started exploring the possibility to develop a game for G+ ( let's imagine that I can start by porting a random game where you jump around on columns ).
One remaining question was to decide between WebGL and Canvas2D.
I found a blog entry on Jeff Muizelaar site that allows anyone with a modern browser to benchmark the performance of Canvas and WebGL.
The results I got were the expected ones. They're almost the same as what i obtained on Android between Canvas and OpenGL.
Here are the pros and cons :
WebGL :
+ Super fast and powerful rendering
+ Lots of possibilities for a 2D game, such as shading, lighting and zooming.
+ GWT API with gwt-g3d
– A bit complicated
– Low compatibility : Chrome & Firefox only
– Uncertain future due to security issues in the current specs
Canvas2D :
+ Easy to code
+ High compatibility : any HTML5 browser
+ GWT API with gwt-g2d
– Low performances : laggy with more than 50 sprites ( on non-accelerated browsers )
On my G+ post about this it has been suggested ( and on the Google Game Developer Central ) that the use of Chrome frame can solve the problem of the low compatibility of the WebGL.
In the end, the choice for WebGL was easily made.
Tales of Pocoro draws more than 200 sprites on the screen, so Canvas would never allow a descent framerate.
Those security issues and early stage specs are still a real problem, but let's be optimistic and hope for the best.
I've started working with the GWT-G3D library, I'll talk about it in my next post.
About piracy …
Posted by monsieurmax in Thoughts on July 20, 2011
As you probably already know it , i developed a game named Tales of Pocoro on Android.
This game is quite good, and most people liked it. I made it from scratch using Java, the Android framework and Open GL. It has been a lot of work to design everything, to create my own game framework, to code the game, to test, to debug etc… It took months of my spare time and, even if i never intended to make a living out of it, i expected at least a bit of money.
When the game is launched, a little anonymous stat is sent to my server to record things like how many people play, who finished the game, where are people blocked…
The sent stat line is almost unique per player. and my file has now more than 12.000 lines. Minus the demo player and irrevelant lines it's around 10.000 people playing the full version.
android_version|android_locale|device_manufacturer|device_model|device_display|game_unique_id|game_firstlaunch|game_version|game_progress_easy|game_progress_normal|game_progress_hard|game_random_easy|game_random_normal|game_randomprogress_hard|game_cheater_level|game_cheater_solution|game_lowperf|game_fullscreen|game_character|game_sound|game_music|current_date| 7|English|HTC|HTC Hero|ERE27|0-1894685651|Fri May 13 20:13:52 UTC 2011|1.0.3|70|0|0|1|0|0|false|false|true|false|people_hero_man_3|true|true|Fri May 20 12:27:44 UTC 2011|
Now, the terrifying truth. I really sold ONLY 300 copies of this game. I earned around 1.5€/$ for each. So for now i earned 450€. It is less than what i spent in Android devices to test this game.
I should have earned around 15.000€ if piracy did not exist. ( yeah it's a BIG shortcut, i know )
I'm not a money guy. I earn enough to make my little family live and that is enough for me. Game development is a hobby, something i do because i love that really much ( it's almost a curse )
But this huge difference between what i earned and what i should have earned is still a real pain for me, and i'm really thinking about stopping development on Android and try something different.
At the very least i must think of a different way to sell my games. It's already too late for Tales of Pocoro as it is available on many pirate sites.
Daniel Cook has been someone who inspires me a lot since I stumble upon lostgarden.com. And maybe I'll follow the decision he made some time ago to create games for browsers.
What do you think of it ? We are talking about it right here : https://plus.google.com/u/0/103548521283875874904/posts/K7aJjjUjKwq
RPG Engine : Controls, IA and Fights
Posted by monsieurmax in wip on June 4, 2011
Hi folks,
In the last post, i was mentionning getting back to my rpg engine and update/finish a lot of things.
And guess what, that's what i did.
Updating the controls
The controls in the game were a total major failure.
At the time i was satisfied by the 'single touch' experience of it. You put your finger on the screen and the hero goes there, like Zelda on the DS. You clicked on a enemy to attack him… but that didn't work. Putting fingers around the screen right in the middle of what's happening was NOT a bright idea. Making an usable fight system was way too complicated and hard to make it playable. Added to the fact that range weapons would have been even more complicated, i finally gave up on that type of control.
Now welcome the new controls: a totally fresh and new idea , the virtual D-Pad !
For now, it's the first try and it works well. You might have some questions :
- why so big ? -On your phone, it won't seem so big, and it have to be big enough to be precise. Plus, it won't be so opaque.
- why are the buttons on top right, and not down right ? -That's a more interesting question. You'll be able to change this. But there's a good reason for this : Nexus One. The multitouch capabilities of the N1 are rather poor. Touching two point in the same 'line' leads to bugs ( example ) Putting the buttons there was the only way for them to work correctly while moving the character.
- You lame ! We see tiling everywhere ! Yeah, i have eyes too1 It'll be fixed soon enough.
Updating the Fight System
Fight fight fight. Life is all about fighting. I like fighting, you like fighting, everybody fight every day. Didn't you just put a metallic stuff through a random being to make the red come out of it just minutes ago before reading this post?
To be honest, i wanted to make a RPG without violence. But hey, it's a RPG engine, so there should be fights if one want it.
So the fight engine is being updated:
- A more realistic way to be punched away if taking a hit. This could be used to simulate wind too or anything that'll move a being in a direction.
- More frames for the sword.
Updating the ennmy IA
I'm updating too the way that enemies see and think. Each enemy have is own field of vision ( blue here for demo purpose) and will react if some beings are in it.
There are still a lot to be done before having a real fight system, but things are starting to take shape 🙂
See you.
Work in Progress : updating the RPG engine
Posted by monsieurmax in wip on May 7, 2011
as you may know it, Tales of Pocoro has been built using parts of a RPG game engine i started developing last year.
It was a hard work and i came to pause this project for a game design / gameplay issue. Tales of Pocoro was a way for me to release a simple game with nice graphics and it was a good way to improve the engine too.
So, now that Tales of Pocoro is definitely over, I'm thinking about getting back to my RPG project.
That means updating the engine with all the Tales of Pocoro features and tweaks and adding some missing features.
This project was called Crystalia ( with random i and y in the name ).
At the time i created a page on indieDB, you can see many screenshots and videos here.
The Cristalia engine
The engine offers a lot of features :
- a tile engine with a tile editor to create maps.
- a game framework easily modified and extended.
- a rpg engine with a lot of possibilities such as dialogs, quests, items, and a really nice technical design.
What is really nice about this game engine is that all the RPG content ( basically, what make the game ) is written in XML. Maps, dialogs, people behaviors quests are written in XML. You do not have to code anything to write an adventure, or add a quest, or some new maps.
<map> <layer id="cliff"> <grid type="MASK" /> <grid type="BASE" /> <grid type="OVERBASE"> <tile asset="town_house1_roof_1" atlas="atlas_town_1" x="1" y="28" /> <tile asset="town_house1_roof_2" atlas="atlas_town_1" x="5" y="28" /> <tile asset="town_house1_roof_3" atlas="atlas_town_1" x="7" y="28" /> <tile asset="town_house1_roof_1" atlas="atlas_town_1" x="14" y="26" /> <tile asset="town_house1_roof_2" atlas="atlas_town_1" x="18" y="26" /> <tile asset="town_house1_roof_2" atlas="atlas_town_1" x="20" y="26" /> <tile asset="town_house1_roof_3" atlas="atlas_town_1" x="22" y="26" />
<friend layer="ground" asset="4x3_people_boy_03" atlas="atlas_charac_2" id="chef2" x="21" y="4"> <behaviour type="still" /> <dynamic_condition test="isQuestStarted" value="quest_ring_1"> <interaction type="dialog" text="here is the the magic ring!" /> <interaction type="questitem_add" name="magic_ring_1" /> </dynamic_condition> <dynamic_condition test="hasQuestItem" value="magic_ring_1"> <interaction type="dialog" text="Please bring the magic ring to the old fart near me" /> </dynamic_condition> </friend>
This allows one of the coolest feature of the game : world changing.
Let's imagine a basic quest : free the villagers from the thieves in the forest.
As long as the quest is not complete, the forest will be a dark place with monster and thieves lurking around. People in the village will look depressed and to increase the drama effect, you can even imagine putting dead trees, wandering rats or anything you can imagine. All this details are written in XML under the condition "thieves quest not complete".
Once the thieves quest is complete, the forest will no longer be a dark and threatening place, the village will be a nice place to live again, and this is written in the same XML but under the condition "thieves quest complete".
A bit of interaction here :
[WIP] Implementing Interaction #1 – Indie DB
This dynamic xml handling allows a lot of changes in the world. It's not a static universe anymore. Possibilities are really humongous. Dialogs can be modified, A whole map can became different or just a small part of it. This is a really important feature for me. I played a lot to real western RPG games, and nothing please me more than being able to modify the universe with my actions. I'll always remember when in Gothic 3, you defeat all the Orcs enslavering a human village, the orcs flee and the humans started to live again in their village. I just tried "for fun" to kill all the orcs around and the universe reacted to these actions.
Updating the graphic engine
When i coded the graphic engine of the RPG engine, i was quite unexperimented with openGl and made some choices that led to some limitations.
To draw sprites on the screen ( basically everything drawn is a sprite from trees to people to ground to buttons ), i used a kind of openGl hack to draw raw images on the screen.
The main problem is that you cannot do anything once things are drawn. no light effect, no rotation, no zooming.
Zooming was much of a concern indeed, and i started modifying the whole game engine just for this feature. The good news is that it is now done. The camera is now able to pan around and zoom gently back and forth.
Next step on the graphic engine will be to add a bit of lighting. I'm not quite sure of how it'll look like but it's worth the try.
Updating the controls
Controls where the tricky part. It was even the main reason of the project being paused.
Once again, it was my fault, i made poor choices :
I decided that the game could be played by every one, including people with old phones. That means sometimes only a single touch screen, no trackball, no keyboard. All the game should have been single-touch. That means a lot. No virtual joysticks, no virtual buttons ( ie , single touch = you can't move and click in the same time ).
This choice led to a even greater problem : the battles.
People like to fight. They want to be able to draw a piece of metal and put it through another being to make some red stuff come out of him. That's how RPG are.
Fight gameplay must be perfect otherwise it'll be frustrating and the game will be just bad.
With the single touch choice, fights would have been a real nightmare, clicking around on the screen, hiding it with your hand. Using bow would just have been impossible too.
See the horror below :
[WIP] Implementing Weapons #1 – Indie DB
So, i decided to change all the controls, no more single touch crap. Most of the phones are multi-touch now. Bring back the virtual controls !
I'll keep you updated about the progress 🙂
Tales of Pocoro – updated to v1.2.0
Posted by monsieurmax in Release on March 17, 2011
Yup it's finally here, the long awaited ( … ) version 1.2.0 of Tales of Pocoro :
–HD mode : if you have a tablet, you'll enjoy graphics with no upscaling
–New user interface
-Added teleport animation
-Added the possibitily to remove the arrows around the character ( Thanks to Jordan )
-Corrected duplicate levels ( Thanks to Cordell)
-Corrected issue on random level engine
It has been a really hard work to create the HD mode and to create the new UI. I hope you'll like it.
Again, you can find it on the Android Market and on the Appslib
Here's a screenshot of what the HD mode looks like on a Motorola Xoom :
New UI and HD mode preview
Posted by monsieurmax in wip on March 14, 2011
Here are some screenshots of the new UI , finished and with new icons.
It gives the game a really more professional look with 8bit icons and fonts
And here is a preview of what the HD mode gives on a Foio 100 tablet : 1024*600 screen with no scaling ( the icons are still the old ones on those screenshots ):
Tales of Pocoro – release of the demo
Posted by monsieurmax in Release on February 20, 2011
Yeah, I've finally changed my mind and made a demo out of Tales of Pocoro.
This demo let the player discover the 10 first level of Easy and Normal difficulty.
I put advertising on it to gather enough to advertise Tales of Pocoro afterwards.
I'm not really fond of this idea, but sometimes you have to put feelings away.
Hope it'll work !


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Last June, a new ETF provider appeared in Canada with little fanfare. I didn't write anything about the launch of XTF Capital at the time, because their first lineup of products was a series of covered call ETFs and a convertible bond ETF that have little or no relevance to Couch Potato investors. However, last week XTF launched the first three ETFs in a new family that will track indexes provided by Morningstar. One of these, the XTF Morningstar Canada Dividend Target 30 (DXM), may be of interest to passive investors who use a dividend-focused strategy. So it's worth a closer look.
Of course, the Canadian dividend ETF space is already a little crowded, with the iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend (XDV) and Claymore S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend ETF (CDZ) currently holding almost $1.7 billion between them. Broken down by sector, this new XTF fund is about 25% financials (that's half as much as XDV, but about 4% more than CDZ) and almost 30% energy, which is a far greater share than either of its competitors. It also holds 13% in utilities and almost 20% in telecoms.
The ETF's fact sheet also breaks down the fund's exposure to size and value factors using the Morningstar style boxes, which is an interesting feature. These style boxes tell you what percentage of the fund's assets is in large, mid, and small cap stocks, and what percentage is in value, blend and growth stocks:
Of the 30 stocks in the new ETF, only five are also in both XDV and CDZ (Scotiabank, Fortis, IGM Financial, Shaw Communications and Telus), which is a bit surprising. Another 15 are in one or the other competitor, leaving 10 stocks that appear only in DXM.
What's in the box?
Barry Gordon, president of XTF's parent company, First Asset, was quoted in The Globe and Mail as saying that with these Morningstar indexes, "we are striving to deliver better returns with less risk than the broader market." The ETF's fact sheet includes hypothetical returns for the Morningstar Canada Dividend Target 30 Index, which would have outperformed the S&P/TSX Composite dramatically over the last three, five and 10 years, with a lower standard deviation to boot.
That's quite a claim, but backtested returns of new indexes are almost worthless—it is always possible to identify a strategy that would have worked in the past, but this offers no guarantee that it will work going forward. The claim is especially dubious when it's unclear exactly what strategy is being employed. That's my biggest concern with this new ETF. The individual holdings are transparent, but the methodology is not: we're told only that the Morningstar index is "based upon proprietary research" and that "it reflects the performance of 30 dividend-paying, Canada-based equities, screened for, among other things, above-average returns on equity and high cash flows relative to debt." It seems to weight all of its holdings equally, rather than by market cap or yield, though even that is not made explicit.
While I fully understand the business reasons for creating products that keep their strategy under wraps, I'm not attracted to them as an investor. Black-box ETFs suggest there are magic formulas that can beat the market, and that investors should be paying for access to an exclusive club. But one of the pillars of passive investing is that returns come from exposure to known risk factors, not from secret sauce. This ETF provides a reasonably well diversified basket of Canadian dividend stocks and may be just fine for investors who want that in their portfolios. But whether it will provide superior risk-adjusted returns in the real world is an open question.
[Update: After this post went live, XTF Capital supplied a copy of the index methodology. See the comments section for an explanation and a link.]


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|This is the article on the Fūma clan member. For other uses, see Kagerō (disambiguation).
|カゲロウ Kagerō
|Naruto Episode #137
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Kagerō (カゲロウ, Kagerō) was a jōnin of the Fūma clan. She was among the Fūma clan members who were deceived by Orochimaru. She was also one of a three-member group (alongside Jigumo and Kamikiri) who guarded Orochimaru's base in the Land of Sound.
After the Fūma clan finished a war with a neighbouring country, they wandered the Land of Rice Fields hoping to settle down. Near the end of their journey, Orochimaru and Kimimaro appeared before the Fūma and told them that if they joined Otogakure that Orochimaru would help in restoring their power. Kagerō agreed and left with them.
She showed extensive loyalty and dedication to her fellow clan members, using her Ephemeral Vengeance even though it would endanger her life. This same respect was also shown towards Orochimaru, who Kagerō viewed as the person who will bring the Fūma clan back into its glory. She knew of Sasame's bond with Arashi, and Sasame showed her considerable respect, addressing her with the -sama honorific. She constantly made references to the life of a mayfly while in her male disguise, which makes sense, as "Kagerō" can mean "mayfly". Kagerō also shows deep appreciation for poetry as when in her male disguise she recited a short poem comparing herself to the mayfly before attempting to sink Naruto using the Earth Release: Antlion Technique
Though she was actually a young girl, Kagerō constantly disguised herself as a grotesque, hunchbacked man with buck teeth. This transformation can't be dispelled even if she was wounded. While disguised as a man, she would use the Earth Release: Antlion Technique to cause everything in a certain area to be drawn into a large pit. After removing this form, she was able to use Antlion Ninja Arts: Ephemeral, creating four wings out of chakra on her back. She could then fire a gigantic blast of chakra at her opponent: the amount is said to be so great that this jutsu could only be used once in a lifetime. She could also fly and teleport while in this form.
Kagerō could also use a Fire Release technique that releases a flammable gas and could access a Fūma clan technique that connects the user's and the target's hearts with chakra threads and makes them beat at the same rate - when one speeds up, slows down or stops, the other will as well, meaning that if the user dies, so will the victim.
Part I
Land of Rice Fields Investigation Mission
Kagerō, along with Kamikiri and Jigumo, attacked Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno when they were hiding in a temple with Sasame. She then used the Antlion technique to suck Naruto into the ground. Gama, Jiraiya's toad, used his tongue to pull Naruto out of Kagerō's pit, which Naruto took advantage of by wounding Kagerō with his Rasengan, causing her to retreat.
Though she was wounded by the Rasengan, Kagerō showed up at the second battle after Sasame drugged the Leaf ninja's drinks. She told Sasame that if she helped them capture the Leaf ninja, they would take her to see Arashi. However, Sasame realised that Kagerō and the others were actually planning to kill Naruto and the other Leaf ninja. The Leaf ninja had discovered the drugs and used substitutions to deceive the evil Fūma and bring them out into the open. During the second battle, Kagerō moulted her male form to use her Ephemeral Vengeance. Jiraiya managed to counter the technique and she escaped with Kamikiri and Jigumo in her arms.
When Jigumo and Kamikiri begged Orochimaru (actually Arashi in disguise) to heal Kagerō, he refused due to their failure to kill the Leaf ninja. After Orochimaru killed them, he did heal Kagerō. Kagerō encountered Sakura in Orochimaru's hideout while posing as Kabuto Yakushi. Kagerō tried to kill Sakura, but once again, Naruto wounded her with the Rasengan. She attempted to kill Naruto by synchronising their heartbeats and stopping hers, but Sakura cut the chakra threads connecting them with a seal obtained from Sasame, therefore freeing Naruto from Kagerō's attack. Kagerō then died after warning Sasame about how much Arashi changed.
- Kagerō can be translated "mayfly" (蜉蝣) or "heat haze" (陽炎).
- The mayfly is a reference to her remarks of how life is ephemeral, similar to a mayfly.
- The heat haze is a reference to Kagerō's ultimate technique, which has fire-like properties, as well as having a fire-nature technique.


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Carrasco, Feliciano meet Herd
The Buffalo Bisons today announced that OF JESUS FELICIANO has been promoted to the Bisons from Double-A Binghamton. He will join the team in Rochester for the start of a four-game series with the Red Wings.
Also, RHP D.J. CARRASCO, optioned by the Mets on Sunday night, has officially joined the Bisons team. To make roster room, RHP MANNY ALVAREZ and RHP DYLAN OWEN have been transferred to Binghamton.
Feliciano began the season with Buffalo but was transferred to the Binghamton Mets on April 13 after going 1-11 in five games with Buffalo. Feliciano hit .324 (11-24) with a pair of doubles in eight games with the B-Mets. The Bisons 2009 Most Valuable Player, Feliciano's .319 average in 224 games with Buffalo over the past two-plus seasons is the second-highest average in the club's modern era (OF Dave Clark, .327).
Carrasco pitched in seven games with the Mets this season, making one start. The Hasslet, TX-native is 0-1 with a 5.23ERA with six strikeouts in 10.1 innings of work.
Owen was 1-2 with a 4.70ERA in four games and three starts with the Bisons. Alvarez was 0-2 with a 10.29ERA in seven relief appearances with the Herd this season.
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Edward W. Bastian, PhD, is a Buddhist scholar and teacher and was executive producer for a series of award-winning BBC and PBS programs about religion and three films about Tibetan Buddhism for the National Endowment for the Humanities. He taught classes about world religion and directed the biodiversity program at the Smithsonian Institution. He is president of the Spiritual Paths Foundation (www.spiritualpaths.net), which offers a two-year certificate program about InterSpiritual Wisdom, weekend retreats, and programs about spirituality and the environment.
Author photo © Charles Abbott
Edward Bastian has received the following awards for Living Fully, Dying Well:
- 2010 Gold Independent Publishers Award (IPPY) - Aging/ Death & Dying
- 2010 Gold Nautilus Award - Grieving / Death & Dying
- 2010 Gold Living Now Award - Grieving / Death & Dying
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CFP: [Gender Studies] Queer Positionality in Nineteenth Century
Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders: A Graduate Conference on Nineteenth
Century Transatlanticism
1st Annual Graduate Conference of the American Studies and Victorian
Studies Associations
Binghamton University
Binghamton, New York November 7-8, 2008
Keynote Speaker: Leonard Tennenhouse, Brown University
Panel: Queer Positionality and Knowledge in Transatlantic
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Queer Positionality and Knowledge in Transatlantic Nineteenth-Century
Literature will explore the relationship among position (physical, social,
intellectual, literary, historical, etc), knowledge (spiritual, social,
psychological, etc), and literary responses to/representations of the
nineteenth-century Queer. The purpose of this panel is to provide a forum
for graduate students to receive serious feedback on their work and to
consider the variety and importance of nineteenth-century Queer
representations. For the purposes of this panel, "Queer†can encompass any
gender or sexual expression that does not conform to heteronormative culture.
Please send abstracts of 250-500 words to Edward Kozaczka at
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Argo Contest
Based on real events, the dramatic thriller "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played—information that was not declassified until many years after the event.
Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck ("The Town," "Good Will Hunting") directs and stars in the film, which is produced by Oscar® nominee Grant Heslov ("Good Night, and Good Luck."), Affleck, and Oscar® winner George Clooney ("Syriana").
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, the Canadian and American governments ask the CIA to intervene. The CIA turns to their top "exfiltration" specialist, Tony Mendez, to come up with a plan to get the six Americans safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
"Argo" also stars Bryan Cranston (TV's "Breaking Bad"), Oscar® winner Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine"), and John Goodman ("Trouble With the Curve"). The main cast also includes Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Kyle Chandler and Chris Messina.
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As hundreds of right-to-work proponents prepare to converge on the state Capitol today, there's talk of a deal under which Republicans would back off the controversial measure in return for cooperation from labor groups and Democrats on other issues, such as a new emergency manager law.
But there is considerable skepticism and mistrust on both sides about the chances of making any such deal work.
Gov. Rick Snyder met late last week with UAW President Bob King and other labor leaders and "is being proactive in encouraging all sides (House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats, and business and labor) to work and talk together," spokeswoman Sara Wurfel confirmed Monday.
Right-to-work legislation makes it illegal to require financial support of a union as a condition of employment, allowing workers to join unions if they wish, but ending the closed union shop.
Anticipation was so high that a right-to-work bill would be introduced Thursday and debated during the Legislature's lame-duck session that there was a stepped-up Michigan State Police presence at the Capitol.
But the level of tension decreased after Snyder -- who has repeatedly said right-to-work is not on his agenda -- met last Thursday with House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, and announced no action would be taken that day.
Wurfel said Snyder is "not involved in specific discussions" -- beyond encouraging cooperation. But two union sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said there are talks about a brokered deal under which right-to-work would not proceed, but GOP leaders would get something in return.
The prospects of such a deal looked dim Monday, particularly after the state's most powerful business lobby, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, ended its neutrality on the issue and urged passage of right-to-work.
"My impression is, there's not a lot of middle ground on this issue," said Chamber President and CEO Rich Studley. "You're either in favor of it or you're not."
State Rep. Tim Greimel, D-Auburn Hills, the incoming House Minority Leader, said that "to my knowledge, there's been no explicit discussions about trading votes for some particular pieces of legislation in lieu of right-to-work."
But, he said, there are a host of government-sponsored lame-duck issues that Democrats are interested in cooperating on -- such as the creation of a Regional Transit Authority and changes to the laws governing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
There's limited time before the Legislature adjourns for the holidays, and time and energy spent on right-to-work legislation can't be spent on those issues, Greimel said.
"Discussions with the governor, with Speaker Bolger and with Senate Majority Leader Richardville are all ongoing," he said.
The Nov. 6 defeat of the union-backed Proposal 2 -- which would have blocked any state right-to-work law by enshrining collective bargaining rights in the Michigan Constitution -- has amped up the rhetoric and discussions from many Republicans and business owners to make Michigan the 24th state to pass such a law.
Another meeting of GOP leaders is expected today.
Scott Hagerstrom, Michigan state director for Americans for Prosperity, said he expects hundreds of right-to-work supporters from across the state to arrive at the Capitol today to lobby lawmakers on the issue.
Hagerstrom said Snyder's earlier efforts to act as a broker between conservatives and unions, and to keep right-to-work off the table, resulted in Proposal 2 and two other union-backed ballot initiatives.
"It seems like the governor tried that once," he said. "It's very laughable that anyone would go down that road a second time."
Some union members expressed skepticism Monday that Snyder could hold GOP lawmakers to any deal he brokered, citing the recent defeat in a state House committee of a state-run health insurance exchange the governor favored.
Studley said Snyder urged the unions not to proceed with Proposal 2 -- which led to a multimillion-dollar fight between business and labor and the defeat of the proposal by 14 percentage points.
"You can't un-spill milk," Studley said. "Like the governor, this was not on our list of things to do, but now it is."
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Penn Libraries have received a major collection of 280 Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, valued at over $20 million, from long-time benefactors and Library Board members Lawrence J. Schoenberg (C'53, WG'57, PAR'93) and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg. To promote the use of this and other manuscript collections at Penn, the Libraries will create the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies.
"Through their extraordinary philanthropy and vision, Larry and Barbara have helped build the foundation for a strong medieval studies program at Penn," said Penn President Amy Gutmann. "This new gift of an unparalleled collection of Medieval and Renaissance artifacts builds on that foundation. For generations to come, the collection and Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies will have a profound impact on the study of human knowledge and creative invention."
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection reflects the passions of its collector—art,science, mathematics and technology—and is utterly unique, comprising early manuscripts in Eastern and Western languages and illuminating the scope of pre-modern knowledge of the physical world in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions.
"The overarching reason why I collect," Larry Schoenberg reflected, "is the opportunity it affords me to participate in the history of human intellectual activity and the exchange of knowledge. Now, by giving my Collection to Penn, I know that students and scholars will share this experience and further transform knowledge."
The Collection traces the reading and interpretation of ancient authorities who had central importance in the history of ideas, including Aristotle, Euclid, and Ptolemy. It prefigures the advances of Copernicus, Descartes, Newton, and Leibniz, and it illuminates lesser-known figures like Nastulus, the inventor of astrolabes, and al-Zahrawi, devisor of medical instruments.
"This is a remarkable gift from two people who, over the years, have had an invaluable impact on how we think about and position research libraries in a digital age," said H. Carton Rogers, Vice-Provost and Director of Libraries at Penn. "We're enormously grateful to Larry and Barbara for this gift that is sure to attract scholars from across disciplines and from around the world."
Items from the Schoenberg collection have already attracted graduate students completing doctoral dissertations, undergraduates writing class papers, and scholars engaged in research and instruction in History, English, Music, History of Art, Religious Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and South Asian Studies, from Penn and abroad.
A principal reason behind the Schoenbergs' decision to donate their collection to Penn was the Libraries' reputation for providing digital access to rare materials and for supporting the hands-on use of primary sources in research and teaching. In response to this gift, the Penn Libraries will create the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. Through collaboration with faculty and scholars, and led by a future Schoenberg Curator, the Institute's mission will be to promote the active use of manuscripts in the Schoenberg Collection and in Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, and the Penniman-Gribbel Collection of Sanskrit Manuscripts. The Schoenberg Institute and Collection, and the Special Collections Center currently under construction at Penn, reflect the Libraries' support of collaborative humanities research and a strategic decision to leverage historical collection strengths by investing heavily in the area of the study of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.
The gift of the Schoenberg Collection to the Libraries represents a high point in years of philanthropy and counsel by the Schoenbergs. Previous financial and material gifts include support for the creation of the Libraries' Digital Humanities presence through the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI); the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, which tracks manuscript sales and provenance; as well as the annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscripts in the Digital Age; and the Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative, established in 2006 to support the acquisition of manuscripts, preferably produced before 1601.


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The Lebanon Enterprise is a weekly newspaper owned by Landmark Community Newspapers Inc.
It is published on Wednesdays and has a circulation of approximately 4,200.
Its office, located at 119 South Proctor Knott Avenue in Lebanon, has been at its current location since April of 1966.
The staff is comprised of a publisher, reporter, advertising director, circulation clerk, bookkeeper/office manager, graphic artist manager, a sports reporter and a part-time driver.
Located in the geographic center of Kentucky, Lebanon and Marion County is peppered with beautiful knobs and rolling pastureland.
Numerous industries and businesses have located here over the past 20 years.
With a population of 18,000, Marion County is well known for its Civil War and religious history along with its main tourism attractions and events, such as Maker's Mark Distillery, Kentucky Cooperage, Limestone Branch Distillery, the Loretto Motherhouse and the Marion County Country Ham Days Festival, which is held the last full weekend in September.
While Maker's Mark Distillery is known for its premium bourbon world wide, Ham Days, the county's fall festival attracts more than 25,000 visitors because of its food, entertainment and shopping opportunities.
Agriculture remains an important part of the community with tobacco, corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs among the principal products. Workers here build auto parts and wood products and plastic injection molding industry is abundant.
The community features a variety of restaurants and live entertainment along with nine-hole and 18-hole golf courses, high school athletic facilities that rival those of small universities and several parks including Graham Memorial Park, which has the Lebanon Aquatic Center, an Olympic-style indoor pool.
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February 24, 2014
February Perspectives
Posted in Perspectives by Jill Jacobi Wood, OB Jacobi & Geoff Wood
This year, the Windermere Foundation proudly celebrates 25 years of giving back to those in our communities who need it most. Our mission is simple: support non-profit agencies dedicated to helping homeless and low-income families.
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February 20, 2014
Western Washington I 2013 Fourth Quarter Market Update
Posted in Market News by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
It is fair to say that 2013 was a pretty good year for those who were either looking to get back into the job market, or entering it for the first time.
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February 14, 2014
Love Letters: How to set yourself apart in a seller's market
Posted in Buying by Tara Sharp
Love letters are a lost art form, in romance and home buying. Yes, home buying. If you're a buyer and you want to set yourself apart from other buyers, you might want to state your intentions clearly by declaring your abiding love for the seller's home in a letter. Here are a few tips for writing a love letter that works (for love letters of a romantic nature, you're on your own).
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February 12, 2014
Why Windermere? Our new ad campaign provides the answer.
Posted by Noelle Bortfeld
It all really goes back to our founder, John Jacobi, a young banker who wanted to help change an industry that wasn't known for its professionalism. His focus was to put relationships before sales quotas, with an emphasis on service to our clients and our community.
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By Sanjeev Chowdhury, former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and consul general of Canada, as told to RI staff writer Ryan Hyland
The biggest roadblock for achieving peace is the absence of understanding. The remedy for this is communication.
Communication is the key to world peace and the lack thereof will stall peace indefinitely. World leaders today aren't bringing people together like they used to. The breakdown in dialogue has proven to harmful to peace negotiations worldwide.
When people aren't talking, problems are inevitable.
I've found in diplomacy a five minute phone call to clear a small misunderstanding makes a world of difference. When I don't make that effort to take the time to explain to a counterpart, a colleague, or staff member, I find that there is trouble.
When there is a disagreement, it's important to be careful how you express it, whether it be in private or public. But the imperative is that you are being transparent in your thoughts. Always explain the pros and cons. Give recommendations and regardless of the decision, understand why it was made.
During this whole peace symposium I've been telling people that if someone takes the time to explain what is being done or why it's being done, 99 percent of your problems or misunderstandings are gone.
Chowdhury was a speaker at the Rotary World Peace Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, 3-5 May. Read more about the peace symposium and RI Convention. How has your club been working to promote peace?