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Thursday, March 15, 2007
early morning roll call
What's up? I say.
We got a call, but I'm not going in that hellhole without backup, he says.
Backup? Isn't that what the gun is for? Hey, want me to be your backup? (I am almost always overcome with cheekiness in the presence of cops. I'm not entirely proud of it, but it's true).
You do what you want - you choose to work there, I don't, he replied.
And unarmed at that. I say with a grin.
Alrighty then, friend. I'll be inside when you are ready.
A few staff are crowded around the front desk. It's obvious a fight has recently ended. Two guys, one pissed, one hurt. I avoid the pissed one (there are bigger guys around for that) and walk up to the hurt one.
Hey there. Are you ok? Shakes head no. Want to come with me, we can clean up your face. He looks around and nods. We head over to the bathroom. Sit down, I say, and gesture towards the toilet. I grab some paper towels and wet them, a lot of them, and hand them to him to put on the wound on his head. It's a bit early for all of this, yes?
Thanks, he says. You know, I was just minding my own business.
I wasn't here for the fight. But the cops are outside (ahem, waiting for backup) and they'll come sort it out - for what it's worth.
Not much, he says. I nod in agreement. I am so sick of staying here, he says. I am so sick and tired of staying here.
Someone pokes their head in to let us know the cops are inside and want to talk to the guy. Alright, I say. We should go. Just be cool with the cops, if it wasn't your fault, they'll sort it out. Plus the other guy seems pretty pissed, so just stay cool.
I'm cool, he says. Thank you.
I decided to hang around and watch how it unfolded. I feel for the hurt guy. He's a lot smaller than the other guy, and the other guy is still really pissed. He's yelling, swearing, threatening. The hurt guy stays quiet. He's being cool.
I ask one of the guys what happened. He said It's the pissed guy. He's always starting shit.
Did you tell the cops that? I ask, Yes. Good.
Cops like to do cop things alone so they head out with both guys in cuffs and start phoning things in from the car. Without any sound it's still obvious that pissed guy is not making life any easier, so it's fairly easy to assume who's not getting back out of cuffs. After a few moments everyone gets back to whatever there were doing before this happened.
I wrap up the reasons I had stopped in and head back to my car. Pissed guy is sitting in the back of one of the police cars, and hurt guy is nowhere to be seen. I don't stop. As I am driving away I see hurt guy walking down the street away from the shelter. I slow down and roll down my window. Hey, you ok?
I am so sick and tired of this shit, he says. I can't take it anymore. But I'll be ok. I'll see you around.
I hope so. Take care, brother.
And I've wondered how his day has gone ever since.
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- Thailand Gal said...
Who can blame the guy? It must be wretched to stay in one of those places. I hope he found a place to hang out for the day where he can find some peace.
~Chani - 10:13 AM
- metro mama said...
Yes, the boys in blue often aren't about either serving or protecting, are they.
- Lucia said...
You are a saint. Really. The cops scare me more than anyone living on the street, and I, too, would likely say, "I am so sick and tired of staying here."
- Kyla said...
So sad for him. I hope his day improved somehow.
- ECR said...
Sounds like that cop missed the sensitivity training workshop. Coming from a law enforcement family, it often seems to me that there are good cops and bad cops and not a whole lot in between. Then again, that can't really be true, can it? There are always shades of gray in between.
- mamatulip said...
If you ever talk to him again, and find out how he's doing, I'd really like to know.
- Lynanne said...
I can bet his day went a whole lot better than it could have because someone (you) actually gave a damn.
- Blog Antagonist said...
I feel a little ashamed of myself. I get really bent about peedle puddles in the boys' bathroom. Sometimes I forget that there are people that have real problems.
That guys day was better for having someone give a shit. I'm thankful people like you are in the trenches, so people like me have the luxury of being pissed about peedle puddles. - 12:59 PM
- Momish said...
These are the little things that break my heart. That poor man is at his breaking point. I am sure your kindness held it off for the time being. I hope he gets a lot more kindness and a lot less hassle. My heart goes out to him.
- Oh, The Joys said...
The wondering is hard.
- deb said...
I think my heart would break everyday if I did your job.
- QT said...
Ugh - bad sitch, that's for sure. I used to work with cops everyday, and trust me, they go through their own PTSD.
Not excusing bad behavior, just sayin....there are two sides. - 2:27 PM
- meno said...
You ARE cheeky. I love that the cop waited outside for backup while you went on in.
That poor guy. :( - 3:02 PM
- Tabba said...
I hope the road he was walking took him somewhere safe...
If we only could save them all.
And I agree with Jess - the wondering...has to be the hardest part. - 3:08 PM
- Em said...
Wow... how do you cope with all of this? I find it so distressing to read about... I can't imagine having to SEE it, day in day out. I'm totally in awe of you...
- J Fife said...
You write this all so beautifully, calmly. I'm left aching to know where hurt guy has gone.
- KC said...
I like it when you get cheeky.
That poor man. But I agree with the others- the fact that you treated him like a human probably meant so much to him. - 6:09 PM
- jen said...
Thanks everyone. I DO get cheeky w/ cops...way too many difficult interactions (for them and for me)...
the sad thing is that this guy is just like all the other guys. all of it sucks, the way folks have to live. and these are such lovely people so much of the time. - 6:40 PM
- Emily said...
What I love about this post is that it's such a picture of caring for someone where they are. In my experience with the classroom, situations when people are angry can so easily get flare up...I'm glad you were able to be a soothing presence. ( I sometimes get a little cheeky with the police too)
- kgirl said...
i'm sure his day got better - you were in it.
much love. - 7:19 PM
- s@bd said...
i'm so glad you do what you do, woman.
so glad.
keep it up, okay? - 7:22 PM
- crazymumma said...
What a start to your day. You must have felt blessed to walk in your front door.
Poor guy, I hope he does not do anything rash. - 7:32 PM
- Deezee said...
I know it's not the point of this post, but I am constantly amazed at your ability to maintain optimism when faced with such sadness. Such encounters infuse my soul and make me ache.
The world is lucky to have those like you who are wired as you are. - 7:54 PM
- Thomas said...
Wanted to say hi from Seattle via a vacation to Houston.
- flutter said...
You are so beautiful. Hopefully he gets to take a piece of that with him through his day
- Laurie said...
You are such a kind compassionate person. The world is better because you exist.
- carrie said...
I hope you were able to put your mind to rest after a day like that, and I hope that he was able to also.
Carrie - 1:24 AM
I don't know whether to cry for the poor man or scream in rage at the asshat cop who felt he needed back-up at a shelter.
- NotSoSage said...
This is why I get angry when I hear people say, "Why do they sleep outside when there are shelters around?" I know what it's like for people in those shelters and I can't say that I wouldn't make the same decision.
Jen, you rock. Really...I know it comes with experience, but to be so calm in the face of all of that. I would be raging at all the injustice. And I'm glad you got cheeky with that cop. What a dolt. - 5:09 AM
- Julie Pippert said...
Damn. Just damn. That's all I can think of to say right now.
- Juliness said...
What a heartbreaking story, Jen. I am sorry for everyone in it.
For the hurt guy, that he has to deal with this maddening frustration; for the pissed off guy because he probably doesn't know any better way to handle his feelings; for the cop in the car probably 'handcuffed' by the bureaucracy inherent in the system which precludes logical thought; and finally you, for having to deal with all of it.
My thoughts are with you. - 6:29 AM
- Lillithmother said...
Jen, this was so hard to read...my heart goes out to him, and I can't help but wonder if he'll survive more crap...
And you my darling are an extrordinary woman...you got a big heart that matches those big balls!
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This story started over four years ago in St. Petersburg, Florida where I met a group of amazing higher education marketing and web professionals at the Stamats Integrated Marketing for Higher Education. One of them was Kyle James.
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Oh darn! Lindsay has gone such a long time without accidentally showing anything to photographers. Well, sadly that lucky streak is over. Lindsay Lohan was heading to Maxfields on the 28th after having lunch at Cecconi's in Hollywood. While she was leaning down into her car, her oversized white tee slipped down to reveal a bra-less slip of the nip.
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1st Combat Engineer Battalion participates in machine gunners course
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2014) -Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion recently participated in a non-Infantry machine gunners course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.
1st CEB specializes in conducting shore party operations during amphibious landings and providing close combat engineer support to the Marine infantry.
The Marines of 1st CEB are required to handle and effectively operate weapons used in combat, skills the course provides over the eight training days.
LCpl Daniel Vitellaro, a Marine with 1st CEB, said the non-infantry machine-gunner's course gives non-infantry Marines the proper tactics to effectively operate machine guns used in combat.
"We take classes on four different types of machine guns," Vitellaro said. "We use the M249 light machine gun, the M240, the Browning .50 Caliber machine gun, and the MK 19 automatic grenade launcher."
LCpl Alex Cruz, a Marine with 1st CEB, said the course is designed to teach the Marines every aspect of the weapon systems they use.
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Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is closer to receiving a £120 million campus in Hulme following its planning application submittal this week. Designed by UK based architecture practice John McAslan & Partners the project will amount to a sustainable supercampus covering 12 hectares. A report was submitted to the City Council's Executive on June 24 to consider the University's proposals. There will now be a three-month period of public consultation to refine and develop a detailed proposal with the local community before a more formal planning application is made.
The new Birley Fields Campus proposal represents a significant and exciting chapter in the regeneration of Hulme, which was the site of the biggest slum clearance in Europe during the 1960s. The MMU proposal would breathe new life into the site that has been earmarked for development since the 1990s, creating around 340 jobs and adding approximately £29million additional annual value to the economies of Hulme and neighbouring Moss Side. Bordered by Stretford Road, Royce Road and Princess Road, the integrated 'community campus' would house the university's teacher training and health faculties, educating up to 6,000 professionals for the region's schools, hospitals, health and social services.
The campus would also be used as a test bed for research and evaluation of new models of sustainability within an urban environment. Its significant size allows for large areas of greening and landscaping and, at its heart, an extensive green space linked to surrounding areas of trees and grassland. An open square area would be entirely accessible to the community and buildings will be designed to incorporate the latest environmental technologies to minimise carbon, water and waste and maximise ecology, and would be supported by a sustainable travel plan.
Aidan Potter, Director at John McAslan & Partners said, "We anticipate that the campus would be the greenest in the UK. Currently urban campus developments are often restricted by existing services and planning constraints, however by creating a mixed-use estate with integrated activities we can reduce energy consumption, minimise waste, maximise passive natural resources, harvest and recycle rainwater and build in flexibility. The project will also enable us to develop and test cutting-edge solutions for the future." The £120 million scheme is part of a £400 million investment in MMU campuses across Manchester and Cheshire.
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Cloud computing has become an established approach to the management and deployment of applications within a large and growing number of businesses. The reality is that most new software is developed using cloud as the central architectural tenant. By 2015, over 2.5 billion people with more than 10 billion devices will access the Internet[3].
Gazing into the Future
Looking into the immediate future, an ever-increasing variety of choices are beginning to shape a market that is no longer made up of a few select providers, but is instead a globally expanding selection of regional and industry-specific clouds, each cloud built for the particular requirements of a business with even more particular verticals. Furthering this trend is a burgeoning array of open source software stacks powered in part by a multitude of devices all connected to the cloud that will eventually connect anything and everything.
An ongoing transition to the cloud is fueling a massive cloud infrastructure build, projected to be worth some 82.9 billion US dollars (USD) by the year 2016[4]. This new market will feature thousands of vertically focused clouds of all shapes and sizes, ranging from business, infrastructure and developer offerings, to consumer, mobile and gaming services.
Over the next few years a key opportunity within the cloud industry will be the creation of federated cloud ecosystems. These marketplaces will be defined by interoperability among multiple competing cloud computing providers and platforms using agreed-upon standards and application interfaces. One of the key attributes that will help facilitate this shift is the concept of "Global Web Scale" whereby distributed components (services, nodes, applications, users, virtualized computers) come together to form a massive global environment. These federated clouds may consist of hundreds of thousands of computing nodes from a variety of distributed resources both internal and external, and federating them together will lead to a massive global scale. This scale will require new technologies and techniques.
The management of application content and components will be an important part of this change. Driven in part by the ever-changing resource demand patterns and a lack of cooperation among end-user's applications, particular sets of resources will get swamped by excessive workloads, which significantly undermines the overall utility delivered by the system. The ability to manage application content will become a critical part of future cloud management. How application components adapt to a constantly fluctuating environment will be an important aspect in future cloud deployments and architectures. Improved dynamic capacity allocation methods and components will enable applications to leave and join the system at will.
Finding commonality and standards within measurement, security, and power will help manage and define the growing cloud computing space. Transparency among providers and platforms will also be a significant aspect within globally federated environments. The ability to audit and define trust within a variety of clouds using common security procedures will become paramount. The ability to not only trust but verify the integrity of the entire stack is essential.
Establishing a common unit of measure, just like the kilowatt for electricity, the ability to understand in real time how much aggregate resources are required to get something done, and moreover how much those resources will cost on the smallest of increments as possible will be a important factor. The correlation of economics and measurement of resources will be a significant forthcoming trend. The ability to adapt workloads based on the amount of power consumed or required will be an even more important part of the equation as the cloud becomes larger and more global in its deployments and consumes greater amounts of energy.
In the coming years anything that can either collect or display information will. This will open a world of opportunities to connect anything and everything to the cloud. How this "cloud of things" is managed and maintained will be an increasingly important aspect of both personal and professional computing environments. The line between a personal computer and personal computing will quickly become blurred as everyday things start replacing the more traditional ways we interact with computing technology.


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As soon as word spread about the tentative agreement, everyone from players to fans to politicians shared their excitement for the return of NHL hockey:
Online reaction to NHL lockout resolution
As soon as word spread about the tentative agreement, everyone from players to fans to politicians shared their excitement for the return of NHL hockey.
Storified by CTVNews.ca· Sun, Jan 06 2013 08:10:26
First, one of the first tweets about the deal:
A tentative agreement has been reached between NHL and NHLPA - sourcePierre LeBrun
Later, the reaction poured out from players on Twitter:
Best news I could have ever hoped for. So excited to get back to Edmonton and play in front of the fans at Rexall. #NHLSam Gagner
Feel giddy like a kid on Christmas morning. The #NHL is BACK. #GameOnJohn Mitchell
Excited to get back on the ice at the ACC soon. Thanks to all the who worked their asses off to get this deal done. #gameon @NHLPAJohn-Michael Liles
It's a beautiful day for Hockey. #GameOn #missthegameClaude Giroux
Back to the fun stuff!!!!!#GameOnjody shelley
Finally! Excited to get back to #beautifulbuffalo and start playing in the NHL again! Can't wait!Jhonas Enroth
I'm hearing that the #NHL #Lockout is over! Let's get back 2 watching the greatest gm on earth! & let's not allow this to ever happen again!Bret Hedican
The 16-hour marathon talks kept reporters up all night, including our Todd Battis here at the end of a long stretch:
@battisctv hard at work covering #NHL . This is is about hour 28 for him! Todd is a trooper. http://pic.twitter.com/gb5QOjZUMelanie Nagy
Canadian Prime Minister even took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the deal:
Glad to see a deal between the #NHL players and the league. Great news for hockey fans and communities across Canada.Stephen Harper
One fan website created this graphic as momentum builds for the upcoming season:
#nhl #nomorelockout #hockey #heyheyhockeytownKrista Barney
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It's about time!! My life has not been the same without hockey! #gameonCalvin Romeyn
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Summary: Experts have a wide range of forecasts for America's economy. Rapid growth, leading to the singularity. Slow growth, the muddle-through economy. An no growth. Each of these poses different challenges for America. All of these look plausible. Here we look at the darkest of three these scenarios, sketched out by Jeremy Grantham. At the end are links to more information.
Excerpt from "On the Road to Zero Growth"
By Jeremy Grantham
GMO Quarterly Letter, November 2012
Summary of the forecast
The U.S. GDP growth rate that we have become accustomed to for over a hundred years – in excess of 3% a year – is not just hiding behind temporary setbacks. It is gone forever. Yet most business people (and the Fed) assume that economic growth will recover to its old rates.
Going forward, GDP growth (conventionally measured) for the U.S. is likely to be about only 1.4% a year, and adjusted growth about 0.9%.
Population growth that peaked in the U.S. at over 1.5% a year in the 1970s will bob along at less than half a percent. This is pretty much baked into the demographic pie. After adjusting for fewer hours worked per person, man-hours worked annually are likely to be growing at only 0.2% a year.
Productivity in manufacturing has been high and is expected to stay high, but manufacturing is now only 9% of the U.S. economy, down from 24% in 1900 and 15% in 1990. It is on its way to only 5% by 2040 or so. There is a limit as to how much this small segment can add to total productivity.


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Travelling Tea Box- Canadian version
Alright I kinda let this die since Momo's boxes were going back out. But alas I didn't make the cut. So I'm reviving this.
I'm looking at an early May mailing.
You ARE in mine, I only posted new people's names. Everyone who said they wanted to be in the second round is in.
Yeah. Happy to participate even though I'm also in the other BUT if you get too many responses I can sit this one out as well so that others get to play too.
Is anyone still interested in doing this. I would be interested in participating/starting it.
I'm interested in participating. i would be willing to contribute to the start up box. I don't think I have enough tea to totally start one, but if you want help starting one, I would be willing to contribute.
I promise to not fill the box with DavidTea – as someone else feared.
I'd be interested in participating …. And I'm sure I could find some non-David's to contribute :P
i'm usually good for these as long as it doesn't look like work is going to cause me to be the hold up on it!
I'm gonna wait for a few more days to see if anyone else wants to join. If not we could alsways do a mini travelling tea box between the four of us and just keep circling it through.
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Rift is not a Jesus game…let's get that out of the way right now. It's more like Paul…very important, but still not divine. Carrying on with the analogy, it won't save your life in any way…and lucky for Trion, I don't see them ever being in the position to rise from the dead (*cough* Warhammer *cough*). All that being said, Rift is an important release for us MMO gamers in that it's the first fantasy MMO release of 2011 and it needs to show us that these types of games can still pack a punch. So…let's get into the bits and pieces, shall we.
First thing I want to address:
Rift is NOT WoW…nor do you want it to be.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I guess it's too much for me to ask to get others to judge a game on its own merit instead of holding it up to the impossible expectation of "beating WoW". I thought we all got over…and accepted…the fact that no game will ever beat WoW. I think we need to declare that a debate as hashed out and completed in 2009. It's now 2011 and it's time to let it go and see games as stand alone products who will fail or succeed based on what they bring to the table.
Sure…Rift does have the standard UI and some quality of life features that we all know in other MMOs, but they really have no choice in the matter, do they? I mean, if they didn't have all of that we'd all be bitching what a massive fail the game is because they don't have the very basics. They put them in, and people bitch on how this is "too much like WoW". Poppycock!!
I've been playing Rift since Beta 1 and the general chat channels consistently prove me correct in my standard of turning them off with each game that I enter. Clearly the folks who open their big traps in these games are: a) insane, (b) bitter and never happy or (c) trolls from other companies wanting to breed decent and hate (…yes..they are out there…). All of these types of people probably need to find another hobby because their bullshit doesn't help my enjoyment of the game nor does it help Rift become a better game.
There are a couple things that make this game not like WoW:
1. The Rift System: You've read about this all over the place and by now, so you know generally what this is…in theory. In practice this mechanic MAKES the community work together. The Rift system is the community engine in this game. We don't work together to close these things off, then the community suffers from out quest hubs being taken over. I've already seen this happen once and it pretty much takes a raid group of 20 to get the hub back…just to turn in your quests or get new ones. I don't think gamers who discount this as WoW are seeing the true community potential for this system, but of course they wouldn't because they're too busy in WoW…PLAYING FOR THEMSELVES!!!
2. The Soul System. If you've truly played around with this then any "WoW" comparison argument falls flat on its ass. Again, you've see or read what this system is about…but think of "souls" as different sub-classes within the usual MMO archetypes. There are eight of them in total. With those eight souls, you can mix and match any that you want in sets of three….doing some quick math that is 56 possible combinations within each archetype using the formula (n!)/(r!(n-r)!) with n=8 and r=3 (…sorry…got math geeky there and I hope that's the right treatment…). On top of that, you get to create 5 different builds to use at anytime. Builds are essentially templates that you like with the combinations described above. OK…so how does WoW provide that again? Oh right…it doesn't. For WoW, it has only 3 combinations within each archetype over 2 builds. So, the math just doesn't add up here. In Rift, this gives the player a larger amount of character functionality to play with…and haven't we been asking for that?
3. The Art. It's fantastic and nothing like WoW. Have you played WoW and Rift and actually compared them at all. Does the cartoony graphical art style of WoW at all look different to your eye when compared to Rift's more "grittier" art style?? The graphics in Rift…think of a cross between AoC, WAR (…at launch…) and Vanguard (…but not totally as intensive…).
What can go wrong
Rift is riding a huge positive wave right now. From most of what I've read in the blog-o-sphere and from the forums, the general consensus is that Rift is on a very solid footing for launch. Beta 5 was very rough for Trion at the beginning due to various engineering and technical issues, but the speed and humor in which they addressed them was a good sign of things to come. Basically, Rift is theirs to fuck up….and many things can go wrong between now and March. They have to watch out for internal company drama as well as player driven drama. Given how intimate they have been with the community, this can kill them if they don't manage it correctly. I don't see their Achilles Heal as being anything related to the game itself. If anything goes wrong, it will be some kind of wildcard that they didn't see coming. Very low probability…because honestly, they are tightly (…too tightly??..) controlling the information coming out of the company right now. PR and others from Trion have the whole internet tapped right now and not very many holes are left unplugged when it comes to community issues to addressed.
I really don't see much going wrong with Rift post launch either. Of course, there are a couple of critical milestones that they need to pass. First is the retention levels after the first month. What are the plans going forward to maximize those? I'm sure there are plans, but I think Rift has enough going for it that…if left alone…retention will be where they need it to be. Second is the three month mark…or "The Player Bitterness Gate", PBG for short. The PBG is when all of your heardcore players get to end game and start bitching about there being nothing to do. This then filters to new and casual players (…and media outlets…bloggers…) who then start to get disheartened about their future in the game. The PBG hit Warhammer quite hard when the "Player Bubble" hit tier 4. Finally, the one year mark. I think we can call this the point where everything is pretty much stabilized. They've got retention numbers, they've got growth numbers and about then is when we really find out how Rift did. Again, I think they will do just fine.
One last thing…the Player Bubble. Warhammer's design was such that content that was dependent on other players was not necessarily…ummmm…there when newer players showed up. Public quests and RvR get pretty dead when the majority of the players are already at tier 4 and have no real reason to revisit tier 1. I've already heard that Rift is putting high level quests in traditionally low level areas, which gives me hope that the Player Bubble with be somewhat mitigated in Rift. They still need to watch out for this due to their Wardstone mechanic. You need to be able to make sure that the player population is spread out over the world so that player driven content stays alive in ALL zones.
So…I've written enough on this. Rift, for me is a great game and clearly I'm a fan. They had me at "hello".
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Re-Volt Classic
By WeGo Interactive Co., Ltd
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Classic online multiplayer racing action! Race radio-controlled cars through the neighborhood and beyond in the classic arcade racer Re-Volt! Fast paced, exciting driving, with explosive weapons and unique track designs deliver a larger than life racing experience like no other.
Re-Volt Classic Free brings the original PC and Dreamcast kart racer back to life with retina visuals, control methods tailored for touch devices and all the great gameplay that made the title such a fan favorite when it was originally released.
This free download gives you the FULL original game with multiplayer and single player gameplay and full Game Center support.
Drive your car through a wide range of tracks, including suburban streets and through gardens and houses, over rooftops under the stars, through museums and cruise ships, and even a Wild West ghost town!
Every kind of r/c car you can imagine is available to unlock in Re-Volt, electric and gas-powered, fast and slow, heavy and light! Advanced physics makes every car feel different to control – which will be your favourite?
Races that feature up to 12 cars in Championship and Single Race modes; Arcade style Time Trials against the clock as it counts down to zero; search for the hidden stars in each track's Practise mode; and collect all the stars in the Stunt Arena for a very special surprise…
Four-player races through Game Center allow you to take on players around the world in laugh-out-loud racing action. The classic multiplayer race mode returns at last!
Game Center integration including leaderboards for each time trial track and achievements to reward your progress through the game.
Four set-ups to cater for all tastes and experience, designed for fast paced twitch racing and ultimate control over your vehicle.
The original Dreamcast graphics updated with sharp retina visuals – like an animated movie come to life, the story of these toys as they race around the world is as visually stunning as it was 12 years ago when originally released!
Tunes that will stick in your head long after you stop playing, the timeless upbeat soundtrack pumps along with the action driving you forward to every finish line.
* iPHONE 5 and iOS 6 SUPPORTED!
Full iPhone 5 screen size support and iOS 6.0 compatibility
Support development of this game to help bring more game modes and ways to play to future updates.
Works on iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch (3rd, 4th and 5th gen), all iPad models and iPad Mini. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
Developed and Published by Big Bit Ltd
This Game App is Published under License from WeGo Interactive Co., Ltd. WeGo Interactive Co., Ltd is the Owner of "Re-Volt" Trademark and its Related Products.
What's New in Version 1.2.0
This *major* update to Re-Volt adds multiplayer action and Game Center Support
* Game Center support with achievements and leader boards
* Multiplayer through Game Center – up to four player race action
* Tilt controls added due to popular demand!
* Improved store with new items to purchase
* Bug fixes and other improvements
Customer Reviews
Why it isn't great...real review.
I have never played any other version of this, so this will be an honest and untainted review from a pick up and play viewpoint.
Start with good:
1. Nice graphics.
2. Decent music.
3. Very nice variety in cars and tracks.
4. Does not -require- constant online connectivity.
Now the bad:
1. Controls are floaty. It is easy to over steer.
2. Tracks are confusing and hard to navigate.
3. Really bad placement of unnecessary walls to get stuck behind.
4. Multiplayer is buggy at times.
5. Artificial Intelligence seems a little too precise at times.
6. Not beginner-friendly.
If you take time to practice you may like this. It has a surprising amount of content. The graphics are pretty good, but sometimes a little busy.
The problem is that you can't just pick it up and play and expect to be able to win. The learning curve is too steep for a pick up and play game.
Even on the practice track you will find yourself turned around, wrecking, and trying to hit narrow ramps that can be frustrating.
The real tracks are loaded with corners and walls that will cause infuriating crashes and hangs. Without practice, you won't place in a winning position and neither will this game.
Pretty good remake
I played this originally on the PC several years ago. Over time I lost the game, so I was happy to see it show up on the App Store. After playing it for a while, I can say it is pretty faithful to the original release. The controls can be twitchy and yes, it is easy to get stuck in front of a wall or some other obstacle. That said, the motion controls are good once you get used to them. The tracks are what I remember from the original version, just as fun and challenging as ever. This is a game that doesn't take itself too seriously (you're racing R/C cars, after all), and if you're looking for a quick racing fix, give this a look.
Bring back "Track Editor"!!!
I have to say it's one of my favorite games ever since the N64 release. Great fun game for ALL ages. Adults will like the challenge, & the kids will love the style of gameplay. But what's missing is the "Track Editor". Please bring that back. 'Cause that's wat made it even more fun. Playing on custom tracks that you build is freakin awesome. It be great of u guys can have a next update that will brong that back. Have the adaptability of also bringing those custom tracks to the multiplayer so that othe ppl wont get bored of the same tracks. It adds a LOT more fun into this. PLEASE BRING BACK TRACK EDITOR!!!
A huge Re-volt fan.
Thanks for bringing this game to us. :)
- $5.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Jul 15, 2013
- Version: 1.2.0
- Size: 196 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: WeGo Interactive Co., Ltd
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Authorities say the attack happened shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday, as the man rolled down Putnam Street in his wheelchair.
Macon police said in a statement that the dogs mangled the man's hand, causing severe damage. A neighbor was able to scare the dogs off.
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Movie SummaryThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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Troy Chance is a freelance writer living in Lake Placid, New York, writing mostly pieces about sports for the local paper, where she was once sports editor. As A Cold and Lonely Place opens, Troy is in nearby Saranac Lake, out on Lake Flower, watching the cutting of the ice blocks that will be used in the Ice Palace, the signature structure of Saranac Lake's annual Winter Carnival. She's taking pictures and trying not to freeze in the frigid January air when work stops. Troy captures the action with her camera as the workers pull a body from lake.
The body is someone Troy knows, Tobin Winslow, her roommate Jessamyn's boyfriend. No one had seen Tobin for many weeks and had just assumed he'd skipped town for a while. Lake Placid is like a place where people come and go, many of them athletes. It had been obvious Tobin was a rich boy who had left home to wander.
What begins for Troy as a local story that she doesn't really want to cover begins to mushroom when she agrees to check over the article another young freelancer writes for the paper. The article is poorly done and full of rumor. Although Troy fixes the article, the original leaks out (and accuses Jessamyn of having something to do with Tobin's death), and a press frenzy is on.
Troy follows the story like a bloodhound, aware all along she may be looking under rocks left undisturbed. What she finds not only solves the mystery of Tobin's death but also changes many lives, including her own.
First introduced by author Sara J. Henry in her 2011 debut novel Learning to Swim, Troy Chance is smart, athletic, principled, and lonely, a likable character who is just flawed enough to get in her own way. Henry's strength is in her plotting; what she has Troy go through is not run-of-the-mill mystery stuff. A Cold and Lonely Place is particularly interesting, with its twists and turns. Henry also captures life in a rural town people with blue-collared locals and ski bums in the Adirondacks in a way that feels real.
A Cold and Lonely Place (originally published in 2012 and released in papers on November 5, 2103), is Henry's second novel, and while I enjoyed the first (which begins with Troy rescuing a young boy she sees fall overboard into Lake Champlain and takes her to Ottawa, Canada), I liked this one even more. I look forward to seeing what Troy Chance gets up to next.
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This article is intended to show ONE POSSIBLE way to load a bitmap/jpg/tiff/gif/png (whatever you can load with GDI+) and then convert it to bitmap/tiff/jpg/png (whatever you can save with GDI+) and save it to the memory. The article will NOT teach you anything useful about image compression, because it uses GDI+ to get the work done. Also please check out great tutorials here on CP on how to get GDI+ to run on your computer before trying this sample. This solution presented here is very simple and easy to understand but unfortunately it is not optimal. I guess the question is why do we need it then? The answer to this question is that sometimes if we are performing an operation in a program every once in a while but not very often, we are rather using simple solution that is not optimal than complicated which is optimal (Obviously, everybody has own preferences). Additionally, this article is intended for beginners, so you do not need to understand absolutely nothing about bitmaps and image compression in order to understand the code (I am not discouraging you from learning it when the time allows).
Honestly I did not use the code extensively. The code was created when I referenced MSDN for some function that I did not use for a while. But then I run across the function CreateStreamOnHGlobal(...) which immediately reminded me of the fact that we can save a GDI+ Bitmap object to a IStream object. And yet again I lost the focus from original project, and before I even knew I was writing the code to verify this fact. In addition I remembered that numerous times when I was reading forums here on CP I run across the question on how to compress an image to memory.
Well, as you can see there is not much to it. There is single function that you can copy and paste into your code. But before you can use it, you must link and start up GDI+ in your application. Again, there are nice tutorials on how to do this, here on CP.
// load image Image image(L"Nice.bmp"); // Create stream with 0 size IStream* pIStream = NULL; if(CreateStreamOnHGlobal(NULL, TRUE, (LPSTREAM*)&pIStream) != S_OK) { AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to create stream on global memory!")); return; } // Get encoder class id for jpg compression // for other compressions use // image/bmp // image/jpeg // image/gif // image/tiff // image/png CLSID pngClsid; GetEncoderClsid(L"image/jpeg", &pngClsid); // Setup encoder parameters EncoderParameters encoderParameters; encoderParameters.Count = 1; encoderParameters.Parameter[0].Guid = EncoderQuality; encoderParameters.Parameter[0].Type = EncoderParameterValueTypeLong; encoderParameters.Parameter[0].NumberOfValues = 1; // setup compression level ULONG quality = 50; encoderParameters.Parameter[0].Value = &quality; // Save the image to the stream Status SaveStatus = image.Save(pIStream, &pngClsid, &encoderParameters); if(SaveStatus != Ok) { // this should free global memory used by the stream // according to MSDN pIStream->Release(); AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to save to stream!")); return; } // get the size of the stream ULARGE_INTEGER ulnSize; LARGE_INTEGER lnOffset; lnOffset.QuadPart = 0; if(pIStream->Seek(lnOffset, STREAM_SEEK_END, &ulnSize) != S_OK) { pIStream->Release(); AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to get the size of the stream!")); return; } // now move the pointer to the beginning of the file if(pIStream->Seek(lnOffset, STREAM_SEEK_SET, NULL) != S_OK) { pIStream->Release(); AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to move the file pointer to " "the beginning of the stream!")); return; } // here you can do what ever you want /* 1. You can use global memory HGLOBAL hg; if(GetHGlobalFromStream(pIStream, &hg) = S_OK) ... use hg for something 2. Copy it into some other buffer char *pBuff = new char[ulnSize.QuadPart]; // Read the stream directly into the buffer ULONG ulBytesRead; if(pIStream->Read(pBuff, ulnSize.QuadPart, &ulBytesRead) != S_OK) { pIStream->Release(); return; } */ // I am going to save it to the file just so we can // load the jpg to a gfx program CFile fFile; if(fFile.Open(_T("test.jpg"), CFile::modeCreate | CFile::modeWrite)) { char *pBuff = new char[ulnSize.QuadPart]; // Read the stream directly into the buffer ULONG ulBytesRead; if(pIStream->Read(pBuff, ulnSize.QuadPart, &ulBytesRead) != S_OK) { pIStream->Release(); delete pBuff; return; } fFile.Write(pBuff, ulBytesRead); fFile.Close(); delete pBuff; } else AfxMessageBox(_T("Failed to save data to the disk!")); // Free memory used by the stream pIStream->Release();
The code is very straight forward. First I load the image, in this case Nice.bmp. Then I have to construct the IStream object which we will use to save our image to. We also need to setup the image encoder. Please refer to MSDN for detailed explanation of encoder parameters as well as GetEncoderClassID function. Then we are ready to save and once we save the data successful we can use the stream, which contains the compressed image just as it would contain on the disk. To prove that I am saving these bytes to the disk, so we can load it into graphics program. The demo code contains nice.bmp, which is compressed by the demo software. The compressed image should be in MemImage sample source code folder.
Please contact me with any questions, suggestions etc. and I will try to answer as soon as I can. Also, English is my third language, so feel free to give me suggestions to improve my writing skills. Please have in mind that I am not a GDI+ expert, nor I am using it very often. Have Fun !
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McAilin Early OriginsThe surname McAilin was first found in County Antrim (Irish: Aontroim) located in the province of Ulster in present day Northern Ireland, where they were granted lands by Strongbow after the Anglo/ Norman invasion of Ireland in 1172. Specifically, "The MacQuillans were lords of the territory of the Routes, in co. Antrim, holding their chief residence in the fine old sea-girt castle of Dunluce." MacLysaght agrees "The MacQillans are of Norman- Welsh descent: they settled soon after the invasion in the territory called the Route (co. Antrim.)" [1]CITATION[CLOSE] MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7) McAilin Spelling VariationsMcAilin Spelling VariationsChurch officials and medieval scribes often spelled early surnames as they sounded. This practice often resulted in many spelling variations of even a single name. Early versions of the name McAilin included: McQuillan, McQuillen, McQuillian, McQuillin, McQuillon, McCailin, McAilin, MacQuillian, MacQuillon, MacCaillion, MacQuillin, MacQuillan, McKillan, McQuilland, McAiland, McAylin, McCaillion, McKillion, McKillin, McKillon, MacKillan, MacQuilland, MacAyland, MacAilan, Quillan and many more. McAilin Early HistoryMcAilin Early HistoryThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our McAilin research. Another 277 words (20 lines of text) covering the years 1315, 1500 and 1750 are included under the topic Early McAilin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. McAilin Early Notables (pre 1700)McAilin Early Notables (pre 1700)More information is included under the topic Early McAilin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. The Great MigrationThe Great MigrationIn the mid-19th century, Ireland experienced one of the worst periods in its entire history. During this decade in order to ease the pressure of the soil, which was actually depleted by the effects of the previous years' grain crops, landowners forced tenant farmers and peasants onto tiny plots of land that barely provided the basic sustenance a family required. Conditions were worsened, though, by the population of the country, which was growing fast to roughly eight million. So when the Great Potato Famine of the mid-1840s hit, starvation and diseases decimated the population. Thousands of Irish families left the country for British North America and the United States. The new immigrants were often accommodated either in the opening western frontiers or as cheap unskilled labor in the established centers. In early passenger and immigration lists there are many immigrants bearing the name McAilin: Andrew, Charles, James, John, Patrick, William McQuillan arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860; Edward, George, Patrick, Phillip, Roger and Thomas McQuillen all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860. McAilin Family Crest ProductsMcAilin Family Crest ProductsSee AlsoSee AlsoCitationsCitations
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Sent to bed without supper, a mischievous boy (Max Records) enters a land that grows out of his imagination…
And so begins the latest and greatest movie for all ages, 'Where the Wild Things Are', Spike Jonze's adaptation of the Maurice Sendak classic, which is new On Demand.
Movie critic Manohla Dargis wrote in the NY Times:
Most of the snuffling, growling beasts that roam and often stomp through "Where the Wild Things Are," Spike Jonze's alternately perfect and imperfect if always beautiful adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children's book, come covered in fur. Some have horns; most have twitchy tails and vicious-looking teeth. The beasts snarl and howl and sometimes sniffle. One has a runny nose. Yet another has pale, smooth skin and the kind of large, wondering eyes that usually grow smaller and less curious with age. This beast is Max, the boy in the wolf costume who one night slips into the kind of dream the movies were made for.
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Hi, I'm online now and would be happy to help you with your question. Just reply and we'll get started. Dr. Tom
Hi Dr. Tom!
It sounds like we've got to get you straightened out in a hurry. Give me a second and I'll type out some thoughts for you.
In reviewing your posting it sounds very much like you have a typical upper respiratory system infection. Most of these are viral, which means they are self-limiting. The problem is, we don't want to see a secondary bacterial component go untreated. The mucus that you described does not necessarily have to be bacterial. When our eyes are inflamed, or when there is a viral infection, the amount of mucus that our eyes produce increases. This often gives us the feelings that our eyes are stuck together. It increases the thickness of the tear film making our eyes feel a little bit sticky or oily. There is a little bit of concern about the increased swelling of your eyelids and the bloodshot nature of your conjunctiva. So there is the possibility that this could be a viral or a bacterial conjunctivitis. There are some signs that your ophthalmologist can see on his slit lamp microscopic examination that point in one direction or another, but it doesn't sound like you have time to do that before your big event tomorrow. When I am treating patients with similar presentations, we often recommend over-the-counter lubricating artificial tears such as Systane or TheraTears, used three or four times a day in conjunction with moist warm compresses. Does this make sense to you so far and what other questions come to mind.
I definitely felt like my eyes were oily, it is the strangest sensation
Yes the oiliness comes from several of the normal components of the tear film that are being kicked into overdrive in order to bring your immune system and other germ fighting components to a higher level.
The only other question I have is the following: sometimes out of nowhere ( I do know of any allergies I may have) my eyelids will swell up but itch and not get so red. I was worried maybe the cold caused that to flare up.
i do not* know of any allergies I meant
In reading your question I was not sure whether you meant to say that your eyelids itched or did not itch when your eyelids would swell. Is there ever any itching at all?
I have no idea why that occurs, and I wash my eyes carefully since I wear makeup. and it will itch. Usually benadryl takes it away.
today they did not itch at all
Will yes I think your cold could well be a factor. And quite often people do have allergic conjunctivitis, commonly associated seasonal factors. Let me give you a little more information that might be useful set you ask for a high degree of detail
You know, doctor, the weird part is that on some of the other occasions this has occured, I have been entirely indoors for one or two days.
. A couple of things that you should keep in mind. If the mucus that your tear film produces takes on a greenish color and becomes quite thick and causes your eyelashes to crust that often indicates a bacterial conjunctivitis which requires antibiotic medications prescribed by your ophthalmologist............. on the other hand if the eyes produce more of a watery sticky tear it could be either viral or allergic conjunctivitis. For the allergic component there are good over-the-counter antihistamine eyedrops. An example is Zaditor, used to a three times a day as needed. As far as viral conjunctivitis, only that caused by the herpes simplex virus is treatable by antiviral medications. The remainder of the viral conjunctivitis entities, are self-limiting and our autoimmune system kicks in to resolve the problem. Remember they are all contagious with the exception of the allergic form. Please let me know if you have any other questions as I am here until you're completely satisfied with the level of information that you requested.
I get cold sores. Does that have to do with anything? I did not actually get one this time, but I usually get one once a year or every two yrs
Well, in the scenario you have presented today there is nothing that you have said which would lead to much concern about the cold sores. We all have the viruses that cause cold sores lurking around somewhere. It's our autoimmune system that keeps these viruses in check. And when they do break through as a cold sore, it's our autoimmune system that brings them under control........ it's been a pleasure chatting with you. I hope you have received the information you were looking for. I will be here until you're completely satisfied, so is there anything else on your mind at this point
No, thank you.
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Give me a K!
It wasn't our design, but our family initials have turned out to be H,I,J...and L. Now that we're expecting again, do we fill in the K slot?
Somehow I'm picturing a future family photo with everyone holding their initial! Give me your 'K' names - either gender, please! Ian and Lewis are the siblings so far.
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'Finding Carter' is a new unconventional family drama that centers on Carter, a teenage girl who thinks she has the perfect life until one night after a police bust at a high school party she is told that the woman who she believes to be her biological mother actually abducted her as a toddler. Now Carter must return to the family who thought they had lost her. As she navigates brand-new parents, a twin sister, high school and boys, Carter vows to find Lori before the police capture the only mom she's ever known and put her behind bars.
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Astronaut Molly Woods (Halle Berry) tries to reconnect with her husband, John, and son, Ethan, after returning from a 13-month solo mission in outer space. Molly's mystifying experiences in space lead to events that will ultimately change the course of human history, on the series premiere.
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Sonya meets a man connected to her past as Marco discovers he is no longer safe in his own department in the Season 2 premiere. Frye & Adriana investigate the origins of the "money house."
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Bruce (Greg Poehler) and Emma (Josephine Bornebusch) are the perfect couple and when Emma decides to move back to her native Sweden to accept a prestigious job, Bruce gives up his job as a celebrity accountant to join her and begin a new life together. But with no job, friends or real clue as to what he is getting himself into, Bruce must deal with the many unique challenges and culture clashes that living in a foreign land presents.
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An FBI agent learns Ray and Mickey took part in killing Sully Sullivan and demands that Ray bring in his father in the Season 2 premiere. However, Mickey is in Mexico setting up a fight and isn't eager to leave.
'The Strain' (10pm on FX) **Series Premiere** Record Now
The Strain is a high concept thriller from Academy Award nominated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, author Chuck Hogan and writer/producer Carlton Cuse, which is based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy of the same title written by del Toro and Hogan. It tells the story of "Dr. Ephraim Goodweather," the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
'Masters of Sex' (10pm on Showtime) **Season Premiere** Record Now
Season 2 opens with Masters dealing with the ramifications of his disastrous presentation and being fired from the hospital. Elsewhere, Libby urges Masters to find another job.