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This page is a community-based effort to identify the core body of knowledge of the CL curriculum, following the ACM Model. It seeks to define "a minimal core consisting of those units for which there is a broad consensus that the corresponding material is essential" for any introductory course in computational linguistics. Following ACM's definition, "the core is not a complete curriculum ... the core must be supplemented by additional material." (Please use the talk page for discussion.)
- CL1. Goals of computational linguistics
- roots, philosophical underpinnings, ideology, contemporary divides
- CL2. Introduction to Language
- written vs spoken language; linguistic levels; typology, variation and change
- CL3. Words, morphology and the lexicon
- tokenization, lexical categories, POS-tagging, stemming, morphological analysis, FSAs
- CL4. Syntax, grammars and parsing
- grammar formalisms, grammar development, formal complexity of natural language
- CL5. Semantics and discourse
- lexical semantics, multiword expressions, discourse representation
- CL6. Generation
- text planning, syntactic realization
- CL7. Language engineering
- architecture, robustness, evaluation paradigms
- CL8. Language resources
- corpora, web as corpus, data-intensive linguistics, linguistic annotation, Unicode
- CL9. Language technologies
- named entity detection, coreference, IE, QA, summarization, MT, NL interfaces
Bird, Steven (2008). Defining a Core Body of Knowledge for the Introductory Computational Linguistics Curriculum. Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Issues in Teaching Computational Linguistics [1]


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A Sky Full Of Stars EP announced
26 June 2014 5:15 pm
EP featuring three exclusive new songs out on Sunday
26 June 2014 5:15 pm
EP featuring three exclusive new songs out on Sunday
UPDATE: The EP is Out Now. Click to get it from iTunes worldwide.
Good evening. We're pleased to announce the Sunday, 29 June release of the A Sky Full Of Stars EP. The EP will feature three exclusive new songs, alongside the previously-unavailable radio edit of A Sky Full Of Stars (taken from the band's hit new album Ghost Stories). The track listing is as follows:
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4. O (Reprise)
The EP will be available from download stores worldwide, with the exception of the US, where the three exclusive tracks feature on a Deluxe version of Ghost Stories, available on CD or download from Target stores and at Target.com/coldplay. The EP will be priced at £1.99 in the UK.

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Listen, Watch, Read Interview with Sal Khan
OPB's news director Rob Manning attended Concordia's largest annual event and interviewed keynote speaker Salman Khan for his story "Solving the Equation of Online Learning" that ran Wednesday, Feb. 6 on air and now appears online HERE.
February 8, 2013
Three Oregon Governors attended the sold-out Concordia University event
Three Oregon Governors – Atiyeh, Kulongoski and Kitzhaber – and 600 attendees filled the Kridel Grand Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum Feb. 5 to raise funds for student scholarships to Concordia University.
The second annual Concordia University Governor Victor Atiyeh Leadership in Education Awards, presented by HotChalk Inc, recognized two honorees – Ken Thrasher and the late Dick Alexander – for their leadership in early childhood education in Oregon.
January 22, 2013
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Wildnerness Journey Ministries presents a FREE, monthly lecture to those who are dealing with a life-threatening illness in their family. Hear how families are profoundly affected by any major or life-threatening illness and where God is in the turmoil.
1:00 pm at Concordia University every 3rd Wednesday in the CALL boardroom (GRW 108) at the west end of the George R. White Library & Learning Center at the corner of NE 29th and Liberty Street.
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Salman Khan shares his global perspective on education innovation
Concordia University brings Salman Khan to Portland on Feb. 5 to share his global perspective on education innovation.
"We couldn't be more thrilled to bring Khan to Portland next month," said Concordia University President Charles Schlimpert. "Concordia is committed to education innovation and preparing transformational leaders and the best teachers. Hearing first-hand from innovators like Khan is a key part of this commitment."


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SEATTLE — As the Seattle Storm's top executive, Karen Bryant has guided the WNBA team capably, even remarkably, for 15 years. During her tenure, the team has won two league championships, reached the playoffs in all but three seasons and developed a strong and devoted following throughout the Puget Sound area.
All of which makes Bryant's decision to leave the team even more difficult.
Nonetheless, Bryant will step down as president and CEO on July 31. She will go willingly, albeit sadly, and people in and around the team — specifically, the owners, the coaching staff, the players and no doubt many fans — believe her absence will be felt immediately and for years to come.
From the beginning, "she's been the backbone, the mainstay and the one constant with the Storm," All-Star guard Sue Bird said. "Her fingerprints are all over the place and they're not going away anytime soon."
"We have great ownership," head coach Brian Agler said, "and, no question, they're going to do their due diligence to bring in somebody good (as the next team president). But they won't replace Karen because nobody can replace Karen."
Even Lisa Brummel, one of the team's three-woman ownership group, knows as much.
"Technically, sure, someone is going to replace Karen," Brummel said. "But if the question is, 'Is there another Karen?' then the answer is no. There's only one Karen."
Bryant was, Brummel added, "the perfect CEO for the first 15 years of this organization."
The 46-year-old Bryant, who grew up in Edmonds and is a 1986 graduate of Woodway High School, says she is resigning to have more time for herself and her family. She plans to devote a few months to leisure, and then to explore other career opportunities, both in and out of sports.
"I have had 15 amazing years with the Storm," she said. "Challenging, exhilarating, rewarding (years). But when I think about my life and where the Storm is, it just came to me after last season that this is the right time. It's the right time for me, and the right time for the franchise to have some fresh energy and new ideas."
Bryant and her partner Merrily have a 6-year-old daughter, Lindsay, who has started school, "so summers have greater value," she said. "But that's also the most critical and busiest time of the year for a WNBA franchise. It's a 24-7 job, and for so long I was addicted to that. I fed off that. And I've never complained or resented that.
"But I just felt that I didn't want to get to a place where I couldn't truly appreciate all the things that are special about being the CEO of a WNBA team. And I just felt really deep in my heart that it was right (to leave this year)."
All that said, it grieves Bryant to think of parting from a team she helped bring to Seattle and then nurtured to prominence. The tears come easily when she mentions the relationships that mean so much, among them Bird and Lauren Jackson, two longtime Storm stars and the cornerstones of the 2004 and 2010 championship teams.
"There are 100 reasons that I could quickly spout out for why I should (stay on), but my heart knows it's right for me and my family (to go)," she said, dabbing at her eyes. "I'm ready for a new challenge and I'm ready for a change.
"So it's right, but it's also really hard (because of) the mileage I have with Lauren and Sue … and (the others) who have been there my whole journey."
Not only is Bryant leaving a team she led for 15 years, she is also leaving a sport she has loved for as long as she can remember. She was a schoolgirl back in 1979 when the Seattle SuperSonics won the NBA championship, and she recalls watching games with her father in the family living room. She cheered and asked questions and cheered some more, and her passion for basketball took hold and never faded.
She became an outstanding player herself, helping Woodway to a state championship in her sophomore season of 1983-84. Two years later the team was ranked No. 1, but Bryant's season was cut short by a broken foot shortly before the state tournament. The injury also slowed her recruiting — she had been a top Division I prospect — and she ended up for one year at Green River Community College. She later played two seasons at Seattle University before transferring to the University of Washington, where she sat out a year and then played a final season for the Huskies.
She got her professional start outside of sports, but in 1996 she was named director of operations for the Seattle Reign of the American Basketball League, a forebear of the WNBA. The ABL lasted just two seasons and part of a third, but a few months later Bryant was hired by then Seattle SuperSonics owner Barry Ackerley to help bring a WNBA expansion team to Seattle. The effort was successful and the Storm began play in 2000 with Bryant as a Sonics senior vice-president overseeing the team, and later as the franchise's chief operating officer.
When the Sonics left for Oklahoma City in 2008, the Storm was purchased by Force 10 Hoops LLC, a group of Seattle-area businesswomen. They immediately named Bryant president and CEO.
"She's an incredibly passionate and thoughtful business leader," Brummel said. "She's somebody who cares deeply about women's basketball and cares deeply about the city of Seattle, and she really had it in mind that she was going to make something of this asset known as the Seattle Storm.
"She deserves a tremendous amount of credit (for the team's success). She's out, she's visible, she's walking around talking to fans and talking to coaches, and she's out among the people because she cares about them and she cares about what she does. She's just an amazing ambassador for the organization."
Bryant and Agler share ideas on team personnel decisions such as trades and draft picks, but on the business side it is Bryant's show.
"She's controlled this franchise, and everybody across the league and everybody in Seattle who's familiar with the Storm knows it," Agler said. "We're sort of the benchmark of the league in a lot of ways and it's all because of the influence Karen has on everybody.
"If you look at her full body of work with what the Storm has accomplished with championships, playoff appearances, sellouts, attendance, corporate sponsorships, All-Star players and the homecourt advantage that the Storm has enjoyed, all those things are basically because of the foundation Karen built. All the success the Storm has had on and off the floor is a credit to her hard work and effort."
"Not many people could've done what KB has done," Bird said. "To me, she and the Storm are synonymous."
Still, the task remains challenging and sometimes frustrating. Team officials, and Bryant in particular, have continually tried to connect the Storm with the region's mainstream sports fans and not just fans of women's basketball. The results have been acceptable, but hardly overwhelming.
In the first 14 seasons, the team's attendance average was between 6,000 and 9,000 a game, except in 2001 when the average was 5,594. A year ago, with Jackson and Bird sitting out the season with injuries, the Storm had crowds of 6,980, the second lowest average in franchise history.
Selling women's basketball "is still really, really hard work," Bryant acknowledged. "We accept that, we understand that, and we're spending a lot of time and energy thinking about how to continue bringing new fans into the building. … I think we're still too good of a secret in town and sometimes I find that a hard reality to believe, given how much effort we've put into it.
"And I think that brings me back to, it's time for new ideas. To use a basketball analogy, it's time for some fresh legs. I've put in a lot of miles and walked up a lot of really steep hills with a boulder on my back, and my legs are tired. (Having) fresh legs, new energy and new ideas is, I think, a really good thing for the franchise."
As she counts down the days to her retirement, Bryant finds herself thinking of ways to remain active and fulfilled outside of basketball. She wants to take up the guitar. She is excited to learn more about the wine industry. And she is determined to lower a golf handicap that is around 23.
"My goal is to be a 15 (handicap) before the end of the year," she said. "And if there's anybody out there who wants to give me a retirement present of a golf membership, I love the game.
"I have many passions in life," she went on, "and most of them have been shoved aside. So I'm excited about not having 60 or 70 hours a week that are already scheduled. Now, how can I fill up that time for the next few months, and with the only priority being enjoying it, learning new things, challenging myself in new ways and putting my family first?"
At some point Bryant expects to find another job because, she said, "I'm a natural-born leader and I'm sure at some point that I will run another organization, whether that's in sports or not." But in the meantime she vows to relax, to refresh, to reflect and, yes, to keep an eye on the Storm.
And those who know her best say she is unlikely to disappear, particularly on game nights.
As Brummel explained, "She truly loves the organization and the opportunity to be around it. She loves the Storm, she loves being in that arena, and I can't image her not being there as a fan."


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The National Legal Policy Center (NLPC), a large U.S.-based
copyright watch-dog group, has conducted
an investigation of Google Video and is upset with the results.
Earlier this summer, the NLPC released a top 50 list of
illegally posted copyrighted content that was available online. The group
rechecked Google Video between September 10 and September 18 and found over 300
more instances of copyrighted material, including 60 movies released this year.Shrek the Third, Oceans Thirteen, The Bourne Ultimatum,
and Knocked Up were among the new titles easily found.The NLPC says that
these 300 apparently pirated films, along with many other copyrighted works,
received more than 22 million views in the past year on Google Video.
"While Google faces numerous legal challenges related to the posting of
copyrighted content on its video sharing websites, there is a growing chorus
who believe that evidence of Google's seemingly indifferent attitude towards
internet video piracy has resulted in a legitimization or 'mainstreaming' of
video piracy which will have broad and damaging implications for all
intellectual property owners," stated the NLPC in a letter to Congress.
The NLPC says its random spot checks have revealed the continual presence of
copyrighted material on Google Video over the last year and that the amount of
copyrighted content is rapidly growing. The NLPC also notes that Google has
never delivered on its promise of filtering technology, which it announced in the
fall of 2006.
Google controls a vast amount of the online video content via Google Video and
YouTube, which it owns. In July Dailytech reported on YouTube's efforts
to crack down on
piracy.The NLPC said
that internet piracy theft cost nearly $2.3 billion USD in lost revenue to the
US film industry. They condemned Google's inaction as willful negligence.
The issue of video piracy remains a contentious one. A large amount of
movies and copyrighted works exists for easy, free viewing on YouTube.
Videos are regularly taken down, but they are quickly reposted. With an
increasing amount of media content stored and accessible directly online,
copyright law and digital freedoms are frequently clashing, as illustrated by
the NLPC's claims.


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I am glad to see they will be most likely be changing venues for this event. This course has too many holes that are virtually the same look. From the 4th hole to the 14th there are 4 or 5 holes virtually the same look.
Looks like Harding park is the favorite with some changes made to event itself, maybe a prime time Monday ending.
I'd love to see Harding...... That course seemed to hinky!
Have to been to Dove Mountain? It is a great course. I disagree, I have been to the tournament and think it has alot of character! There are long par 3s, short par 3s, long Par 4s, short Par 4s, holes that go both right and left. It sets up very well for a matchplay tournament. I am sad to see it go. I would travel from Wisconsin again to attend that event!
Rustinwest I have not been but I respectfully disagree.
The only holes that really stand out are the 3rd and the drive able 15th, most of the par 4's to be very similar and the severity of the green slopes seem a little harsh to even good shots.
There must be a reason they are most likely moving the event.
I have loved the look of this course and think it is a shame it is moving.
Will admit there are several holes that look very much the same which can be confusing and the greens are on the extreme but these guys are the best in the world and the difficulty makes for a perfect matchpay venue.
I understand that they want to review the format and get a new sponsor but I hope they have some sort of matchplay component and secure another great course.
The course is pretty much universally disliked by the Tour players. The greens are much too severe and really do not reward good shots. A lot of people make comment about how severe the greens at Pinehurst #2 are, but hose are flat and rewarding by comparision to Dove Mtn.
Not surprised it's moving. When top players aren't playing a WGC event because they dislike the course so much, that says a lot. Hopefully they pick a course and set it up for match play (i.e. a lot of risk reward holes). Might not be practical, but I'd like to see it rotate between maybe 6 or so courses. Maybe it might add something to the event. Or at worst, it could be a test case for future Ryder/Presidents Cup venues.
Nobody likes servere undelations on big greens. Golf is meant to be challanging but do not take away from the spirit of the game and the reward of a good shot. Sometimes designers have a tendency to take away the fairness factor.
There's a big difference between being hard and being unfair. Too many courses cause unfair conditions while trying to make the course as difficult as possible.
I think it has less to do with the course and more with the format in the first two day you loss most of the guys and while Sunday was awesome to watch if you got to guys with no draw then its boring
Good point Tdogg. When Tiger and Phil freely skip the event due to what seems like a hate/hate relationship since it moved to Dove Mountain that sends a pretty big message. We the avid golfers would watch just about anyone in the matchplay but ratings still move the needle and no one does it better than Tiger and Phil right now.
I do not care where it moves to just keep a match play format for some event -- I enjoy watching match play golf whether is the WGC, Solheim, Presidents or Ryder Cup.
I think the tour needs at least one match play event.
I also miss the old event in Colorado that used stable ford scoring, that was a fun event year in and year out.
Interesting how a few of the players (Rory, Graham, etc) are now coming out in favour of the course and format.
I don't think the players have an issue with the format as much as TV does because usually the stars[Tiger and Phil] are gone by the weekend.
There are quite a few of the top players that don't think too highly of the course. Adam, Henrik as well as Phil and Tiger all have made it known they not very fond of the course.
I love the format and hopefully they find away to please the players and the networks.


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Curses (and reverses) distracting
Pre-NLDS 'exorcism' inflames buzz of Cubs' 100-year drought
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The Cubs have been swept out of the postseason again. They have lost nine straight postseason games, dating back to 2003. This October was supposed to be different. It turned out to be different only in the sense that this year expectations were higher, so the disappointment will be even deeper.
The Cubs scored six runs in three Division Series games against the Dodgers, the lowest output coming in the 3-1 loss on Saturday night that sealed their exit. That was the same number of runs they scored in being swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks last October.
They had a terrible pitching performance in Game 1 and a brutal fielding performance in Game 2. They didn't produce timely hitting throughout. Add it up; 0-3 was all that could be expected.
This was a club with 97 regular-season victories, the National League's best record. That record was supposed to be a springboard to postseason triumph. Instead, the postseason performance was agonizingly short of the regular-season record.
The Cubs, though, added a new element to the possible range of postseason blunders. The Cubs' mistakes started early in this Division Series, even before Game 1 started. The Cubs' mistakes started with an attempt to undo a curse.
That's what we mean by Middle Ages. Maybe it was even earlier than that with this ploy. It was somewhere back there, before widespread knowledge and enlightenment set in and humankind moved forward, at least a little. From an organizational standpoint, this move ranked up there with trading Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio.
Manager Lou Piniella has spent two seasons trying to convince his players that the past counts for nothing, that the only thing that matters is the baseball that is played now. And then the chairman of the Cubs gets a Greek Orthodox priest to perform an exorcism of sorts, in order to counteract an alleged 63-year-old billy goat curse on the club.
This had to be a Greek Orthodox priest, because the individual who invoked the curse was Greek. Nothing written here should be read as criticism of the Greek Orthodox faith. It should be read as criticism of the Cubs management for missing the entire point of what might be wrong with its baseball team.
A TBS camera recorded the priest spreading holy water around the Cubs dugout, which is how the Cubs players and the rest of the civilized world learned of it.
At the very moment the Cubs were trying to break the 100-year championship drought, by just playing baseball, the focus on the curse moved the Cubs backward into the past and into superstition.
There is no curse of the billy goat unless you believe that there is. And believing in that is roughly akin to believing in this:
"Step on a crack,
break your mother's back."
The Cubs are not losing games because a guy's goat was denied admission to the 1945 World Series. But they might be losing games because a lot of people keep distracting them from the task at hand by asking them about junk like the curse on a daily basis, incessantly planting the seed that they have the weight of history on their shoulders, and/or that they are playing for a hopeless cause.
The priestly blessing of the Cubs' dugout did not exactly transform the team's fortunes. The Cubs' play was tense, tight, stretched to the breaking point by 100 years' worth of expectations, never higher than now. That's their real curse.
But what this ritual did was to force Piniella to address the whole curse thing all over again, in the midst of trying to find a way to win something, anything in the postseason.
"God doesn't care about a baseball game," Piniella told Cubs beat writers. "But you know, this thing here about the holy water, I didn't even know about. No, I wouldn't do that. ... There's no curses here."
And that's the second part of how trying to wipe out a non-existent curse in itself became a curse. At the place where sport and religion intersect, there should be no pedestrians.
Piniella, who describes himself as a practicing Christian, is right about this. But then, he is a rational man. He sometimes gets a little hot under the collar, but that's a long way from being unbalanced. And unbalanced is where the curse of the billy goat lives.
The story of the billy goat and the curse is a funny story. When you take it any further than that, you sink into the depths of superstition. Next stop: Salem witch trials.
But by bringing in the priest and the holy water, the organizational position of the Chicago Cubs is that there is a curse. And if the Cubs really believe that they are cursed, there doesn't seem to be much point in playing the 162-game schedule, not to mention the postseason. Then you're just playing the games because of all the money there is to be made. By the way, if somebody really cursed the Cubs, wouldn't he make sure that they were, you know, broke?
Not winning a World Series in 100 years puts a load on a team. It isn't fair, but it's there. And everybody knows it's there. Speaking Saturday night about the reasons his team came up short again in October, Piniella focused on the offensive shortcomings, but also said this:
"I can buy the fact that maybe it's because this team hadn't won in 100 years and everyone was jumping our bandwagon a little bit so were they trying a little harder, I can buy that."
A lot of people can buy that. The Cubs had a golden opportunity to make some history and break some history here. They blew it. But it wasn't because they were cursed. The single bad thing about a curse would be believing in it. And when the management of your team, as the postseason opens, actually tries to counteract a curse, you just have to check the calendar. Yes, it's 2008. We should have left the caves some time ago.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Kalypso Media have announced the release of three new DLC packs for Tropico 4 on Xbox 360.
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If i was to make a simple 3D GTA style game, like even 1 mission game to try, what would i use for it?
would i need to use Visual Studio C++ 2004 Express Edition, + directx SDK ?
also whats OpenGL?
boy.Racer.88 !
If i was to make a simple 3D GTA style game, like even 1 mission game to try, what would i use for it?
would i need to use Visual Studio C++ 2004 Express Edition, + directx SDK ?
also whats OpenGL?
boy.Racer.88 !
OpenGL is a 3D graphics API.
It's very tough to make a GTA style game, even for 1 level. I don't think anybody here on this forum has ever done something like that.
I have
I released a 3D first person shooter game when I was just getting out of high school (I don't have it anymore though, sadly)
I would check the game programming links sticky at the top of the thread to answer your most basic questions.
Last edited by BobMcGee123; 11-25-2005 at 12:20 PM.
I'm not immature, I'm refined in the opposite direction.
I stand corrected.
A pity you don't have your 3D game anymore. Make a new one.
Ok i get ya.
Well for me to make a shooter game, a 3D one what software will i need?
i know a bit about C ++ so im going to go with that language as my uncle is a pro at it so i can learn more of him.
I have Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition, what other stuff shall i download and do u have links for it?
lthanks, et me know ASAP, Reece.
Boy.Racer.88 !
If your uncle is a pro I don't see why you need our help.
What, exactly, is your goal? If you're trying to write an engine, chances are you aren't going to be able to develop a very sophisticated game. This is what my game was like: a bunch of hovertanks that would find their way through a quake3 BSP and shoot at the enemy upon site...simple deathmatch, with very basic physics (sphere collision detection)...and that's it. Sure it was a 'game' but it certainly wasn't as fully featured as anything else out there.
If you just want to make a game or build levels for the sake of making a game, I'd suggest you look into mod programming, the sdks for various games, or look into the various level editors for building maps for pre-existing games (www.qeradiant.com, look for the worldcraft editor).
You can find the SDK for virtually every game online. An SDK is a software development kit which releases the source for the game, but hides the source code of the engine, which allows you to program your own game from a very fundamental level utilizing the pre-existing engine.
I'm not immature, I'm refined in the opposite direction.
Making a GTA clone would be tough simply because the scope of the game world is so vast. I'm not saying it's impossible because overall the graphics engine is not up to par with something like Quake 4, FEAR, or anything remotely close to those.
You would need a lot of car models, a huge city 3D model, textures for all of those, sounds and music (MP3 rips) - probably using the Miles Sound Library which is not cheap, some type of AI scripting to track the missions, some type of pathfinding (although not advanced) for chases, etc, etc.
If you look on the title screen of GTA3 or GTA:Vice City you will notice it uses the Miles Sound Library. This thing already supports MP3 decompression and playback which eases the pain of purchasing rights to the spec and creating your own. But Miles is not cheap. Google it and you will see.
An option to play MP3's legally is to use DirectShow and pass it the handle of your window for the game. It's not as robust as Miles but it's a heck of a lot cheaper.
But if you are just starting out in DirectX, my advice would be to purchase a book from www.amazon.com. For recommendations on books I would go to www.gamedev.net and click on their books link. They have a great section that pertains to books and which ones are good and not so good. As well www.gamasutra.com is a great place. www.flipcode.com was a great place and some of the articles are still available, but the site has, sadly, been shut down.
Look into a pre-made 3D engine, such as Irrlicht, or Ogre, to spare yourself the pain of learning C++, a graphics API, and a sound library at the same time. As far as sound goes, there are a lot of free and open-source libraries out there such as FMod or Audiere that are very easy to use.
Bagpipes putting the fun back in funeral.
I second the suggestion bubba made to look at gamedev.net, flipcode.com, and gamasutra...they are excellent sites. Gamesutra you have to register for (it's easy) and gamedev you have to register for to post on their forums (I'm registered and I post there regularly). Their book section typically includes responses from people that have bought the book, and can give slightly more detailed information than just a mindless advertisement meant to convince you to buy the book (they often give negative but fair feedback).
You really need to establish what you want to do, because programming a game engine is quite different from *just* programming a game, which is different from using game tools to build a game (or game content).
I'm not immature, I'm refined in the opposite direction.
Yeah, www.gamedev.net also has a lot of tutorials that are small, but help. Really, you need plenty of books, but the tutorials answer small questions and give you an idea of what you need to do.
Visit www.gamingdl.com - A gaming download database
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Johnson will assume the title of Chairman Emeritus. He will be succeeded as Chairman by William Porter (Billy) Payne.
Johnson, 75, was elected Chairman May 1, 1998. As Chairman, Johnson oversaw significant changes to the golf course, modified the Masters qualifications for invitation, initiated 18-hole television coverage and announced over $25 million in charitable contributions made by the Tournament.
Payne, 58 has previously served as Chairman of the Masters Media Committee since 2000. The Georgia native was born in Athens and raised in Atlanta. He was President and CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games, spearheading the successful effort to bring the Centennial Olympic Games to Atlanta. He is currently a Partner with Gleacher Partners, a full-service investment banking firm. Additionally, Payne is Chairman of Centennial Investment Properties, a multifamily investment firm where he is a partner with his son.
He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia and played football there from 1966-68 earning All-Southeastern Conference honors his final season. Payne has been inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and has been a recipient of the Olympic Order in Gold. He has received a Distinguished Service Award from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change, the distinguished Community Service Award from the Atlanta Urban League and the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest honor bestowed by the NCAA. He and his wife Martha have two children and seven grandchildren.
It is an honor to be the new Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, Payne said. Our Club has an outstanding membership, dedicated staff and volunteers committed to the Masters, and loyal and knowledgeable patrons. Hootie did a wonderful job as Chairman, and I will endeavor to maintain the customs and traditions of our Club as established by Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones.
Payne will be the Club and Masters sixth Chairman. Those who previously held the post are Roberts (1933-77), Bill Lane (1977-80), Hord Hardin (1980-91), Jack Stephens (1991-1998) and Johnson.
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BENNINGTON -- The following cases were heard Monday in Bennington Superior Court Criminal Division. Michael T. Andrews, 28, of 112 Russett Drive, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of marijuana sale or delivery, three misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession, and two misdemeanor counts of marijuana sale or delivery. He was released on conditions including one that he abide by a 24-hour curfew and he also posted a $500 deposit on a $5,000 bail bond.
According to an affidavit written by a detective assigned to the Vermont Drug Task Force Mobile Enforcement Team, on Sept. 27 they met with a "cooperating individual" who in the affidavit was referred to as "CI" who said they could purchase marijuana from Andrews. Police said an arrangement was made for CI to do so and CI was given $350 to buy an ounce of "white widow," a type of marijuana. Police said CI and Andrews met at Willow Park under police surveillance and CI bought marijuana from Andrews. CI was paid $150 by police. According to another affidavit, CI was able to buy marijuana from Andrews on Oct. 27, getting 1/4 of an ounce for $100, and on Nov. 26 for the same deal. CI was paid $120 both times for their effort.
Jayde L. Burdick, 30, of 414 Route 346 in Pownal, pleaded guilty to false alarm-fire-emergency, a misdemeanor, and was given diversion. According to an affidavit by Vermont State Police Trooper Christopher Burnett, on Dec. 13 at 6:20 p.m. Burdick dialed 911 to report a non-emergency problem. A trooper was notified of the call but had something else to attend to, and as it was not an ongoing emergency did not respond immediately. Burnett wrote that Burdick dialed 911 a total of seven times to inquire about when police would arrive, and became verbally abusive to dispatchers.
Burnett said he arrived at Burdick's home at 8 p.m. and found her to be intoxicated. He said her issue was someone had taken $80 from her wallet. Burnett said he asked her how much alcohol she had consumed and was told "not enough" and "too much." He said Burdick submitted to a alcohol breath test which resulted in a .248 percent blood-alcohol content.
Danielle Lake, 31, of 22 Willowbrook in Bennington, pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of cocaine sale, and two misdemeanor counts of cocaine possession. She was released on conditions she abide by a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew at her residence and was placed under a $10,000 unsecured bail bond.
According to an affidavit by a member of the Vermont Drug Task Force Mobile Enforcement Team, prior to December 2012 they met with a "cooperating individual" (CI) who said Lake was involved with selling crack cocaine in the Bennington area. Police said on Dec. 14 they outfitted CI and CI's vehicle with recording devices and gave CI $100 to purchase .5 grams of crack cocaine with. Police said CI met with Lake and completed the purchase. The same thing happened on Dec. 17 only CI was given $50 to purchase .3 grams of crack cocaine.
Keanna L. Hunt, 16, of Washington Avenue, pleaded not guilty to a felony count of embezzlement and was released on the condition that she not go to the Kmart store in Bennington. In a separate case she pleaded not guilty to two counts of assaulting emergency room personnel, unlawful mischief, alcohol possession by a minor, and disorderly conduct.
According to an affidavit by Bennington Police Officer James A. Gulley Jr., on Dec. 19 he spoke to Derek E. Manfra, regional loss prevention officer for Kmart, who said an employee had admitted in writing to stealing items from the store. Manfra told Gulley that in late November, the manager of the Kmart store contacted him about two missing tablet computers that could not be accounted for. Surveillance tapes did not show anything suspicious, but when another employee at the store said Hunt had recently claimed to be selling two tablets via her Facebook page, the manager questioned Hunt about it. Hunt then admitted to stealing the tablets among other things.
Manfra provided police with a list of the items, totaling $674 in value, which included a Trio Stealth Tablet 7 worth $129, a GE digital camera worth $129, a Trio Stealth 9.7 tablet worth $169, and two copies of "Call of Duty: Black Ops" -- a video game -- worth a total of $119. The rest of the dozen or so items were all under $20 and included things like music discs, lip gloss, and costume earrings.
Gulley said he did not question Hunt because she was a minor without a guardian present, and she did not give a statement when taken to the Bennington Police Station. He said according to Manfra, Hunt expressed remorse.
According to another affidavit by Vermont State Police Trooper Justin Walker, on Dec. 28 at 10:19 p.m. he was dispatched to Jackson Cross Road in Pownal where he met with Hunt and Chris Davis, 19, who was bleeding from the head. "Subsequent investigation revealed that all injuries sustained by Davis and Hunt were self-inflicted by accident during a struggle," wrote Walker.
He said Hunt was taken to the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center where her mood alternated between calm and hostile. He wrote that Hunt punched a television set while in her room, breaking it. He wrote that she also struck a nurse, Nathan Mattison, in the back of the neck, then kicked another nurse, Janet O'Bryan, in the chest while she and Vermont State Police Trooper Christopher Burnett were restraining her. Walker wrote that Hunt appeared intoxicated but was not tested for alcohol consumption.
Andrea J. Allard, 33, of Arlington, pleaded not guilty burglary of an occupied dwelling, and misdemeanor unlawful mischief. She was released on conditions she not have contact with her sister, Erica Allard, or go to her home.
According to an affidavit by Vermont State Police Trooper Christopher Burnett, on Dec. 2 at 5:50 p.m. he went to Bridle Path in Arlington where he met with Erica Allard, who said she had been in an argument with Andrea Allard about two hours before and there had been some shoving between them. She said the conflict was broken up by her father and as she was leaving with her children and father, Andrea Allard threatened to damage Erica Allard's property.
Burnett said he spoke to Andrea Allard, who denied having done anything to her sister's apartment and said she was out looking for her dog while her sister was gone. Burnett said he inspected Erica Allard's apartment and found numerous items had been damaged including a DVD player, television, and stereo. All together the damage was estimated at $500, and the door to the apartment appeared damaged as well and bore a shoe-print.
Burnett wrote that he spoke to Mark McIntyre, who shares a child with Andrea Allard and lives in the same building. According to him, Andrea Allard had not left since arguing with her sister, and he had been the one to locate the missing dog and did so within a short period of time.
Daniel Ferris, 29, of White Birches Mobile Home Park in Bennington, pleaded not guilty to felony counts of burglary, obstructing justice, and a misdemeanor count of buy-receive-sell-conceal stolen property. He was released on conditions he not speak to Gerald Smith.
According to an affidavit by Vermont State Police Trooper James A. Wright, on Nov. 26 he spoke to Smith who said he owns Smith Trailer Park on Penny Lane in Woodford and that a washing machine and dryer had been stolen from a shed there. He said he received word that Daniel "Scooter" Ferris, had taken it and sold it to Robert Stratton.
Wright said he spoke to Stratton who said Ferris had sold him a washer and dryer for $165. He came to Stratton's home with the washer but then they went to get the dryer together. Stratton said after he was spoken to by Smith, he called Ferris and ultimately got conflicting stories from him about who gave Ferris permission to take and sell the machines.
Wright said Smith and Stratton agreed to work out an arrangement between themselves in regards to the machines, so Wright spoke to Ferris, who was reluctant to speak to Wright claiming Smith is a friend of Wright's.
Wright said he put Ferris in contact with another trooper, and Ferris opted not to give a statement. According to Wright, he talked to Erica Belville, one of the people Ferris said gave him permission to sell the machines, and she told Wright that Ferris called her earlier and said people were accusing him of stealing the machines which his sister had given him permission to take and sell. Belville told police that Ferris asked her to tell police she was the one to give him permission.
On Friday, Sara Ennis, 30, of Pleasant Valley Road in Bennington, pleaded not guilty to felony domestic assault - prior conviction, and cruelty to a child under 10. She was arraigned in the Rutland Superior Criminal Division but her case is being handled through Bennington. She is currently being held for lack of $500 bail at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Center in Burlington.
According to an affidavit by Bennington Police Officer Lawrence Cole, on Jan. 23 he spoke to Department of Children and Families Investigator Wendy Nolan, who said she had been at the Sunderland Elementary School investigating a report from a teacher there, Letizia Mastrantoni, who said one of her students had a baseball-sized bruise on his arm, and said it was from his mother hitting him with a rubber spoon when he would not sit still to have his hair cut.
Cole said he spoke to Ennis who said the child had gotten up and begun swinging his arms. She said she grabbed the child by the arm and hit his other arm with her hand and did not notice the bruise until a few days later. She said she has threatened to strike the child with a spoon in the past, but never done son.
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Chris Paul thinks he knows the reason why Holyfield has un-retired; plus more on a coffee injected granny and the NBA's new no-fun rules.
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This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute.
The NBA is once again trying it's best to take the fun out of basketball. The league announced that they are now limiting the player's pregame rituals. So all the things the fans have come to love before tipoff are soon going to be banned. Gone will be the pregame ritual of Lebron James tossing up powder. Gone will be the pregame ritual of the Oklahoma Thunder's team handshakes. And gone will be the Charlotte Bobcat's pregame ritual of crying, drinking vodka and wishing they were on the opposing team.
Okay, two weeks ago Evander Holyfield said he was retired from boxing for good. Well, now he's saying that he's back. Fifty year old Evander has come out of retirement and is confident that he can kick some butt and win another championship. Uh, yeah, Evander, before you come back to the sport all cocky thinking you can whoop everybody; you do realize that all boxers aren't gay now, right?
A nursing student killed an 80 year old woman when she accidentally injected coffee into the woman's veins instead of her medication. And afterwards what did the nurse say for herself? She said anyone can get confused and make a mistake. What? Anyone can confuse coffee with medication? I don't know about that, but if I was this nurse's husband, I'd keep the KY and the superglue as far away from each other as possible.
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Roadie #42, the errant smoke machine and the soundcheck experiments
20 December 2011 7:45 pm
Roadie #42, the errant smoke machine and the soundcheck experiments
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I've got to be honest, I was expecting the Rotterdam audience to be somewhat - um, "laid back" I guess is the right phrase. It just goes to show that you never can tell…
It's a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage.
Meanwhile, *underneath* the stage shortly later, things go similarly silly just before Clocks when it becomes clear that an errant smoke machine has been kicked and is now facing in the wrong direction. Rather than fill the stage with smoke for the lasers, it instead fills the entire under-stage corridor with thick smoke. I can hardly see the computer screen in front of me and begin wafting the smoke out of the side curtain with a clipboard in either hand.
I'm wondering to myself what it must look like to the crowd in the seats immediately above stage left as the drape flips open belching smoke and revealing coughing grinning roadies - just as the drums explode into Clocks. I muse that it can only look like the scene in a film when the inventor is thrown backwards through the door of his lab after a huge bang - covered in black soot and missing his eyebrows. Just then, Monitor Engineer Chris Wood's voice comes over the crew comms system. "Takes me back to working for the Sisters Of Mercy."
Never a dull moment…
Somewhat randomly, the following day in Antwerp, we're soundchecking. It turns out that the band are keen to have a tinker with the setlist. First, they fiddle with a different approach on Us Against The World and then they try a couple of tunes not heard since the Viva shows. After some chin-stroking and discussion, Chris turns to Guy and laughs.
"We're not going to play any of this tonight, are we?"
Guy simply smiles and shakes his head. More work to be done, clearly…
Next, they blast through one of the new songs that got a workout during production rehearsals. It sounds pretty damn ready to me. Come setlist time though, it's not made it on. Oh well - it's not like there aren't a whole bunch more shows coming up…
One of the comments from the band during soundcheck is how much they miss Phil's voice in these situations. I've always described Phil as being able to view everything occurring through both the eyes of the band and those of their audience. It's in situations like this, where decisions need to be made, his absence is most strongly felt.
Phil of course, hasn't gone away, he's simply got some other very exciting matters of his own to attend to for a few days. There's plenty of the extended Coldplay gang around though, in the shape of the Champion family. They're here for a couple of shows to see their dad at work and it's a suitably wonderful sight to see. I have to say that the family vibe seems to have made touring an awful lot more civilised - or maybe we've all grown up a little bit, I'm not sure.
One thing I do know for certain, is that it's extremely difficult to take the whole thing too seriously when there is a toddler holding the radio mic and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star through the sound system…


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The new is compact next to, say, the Ford F650 Super CrewZer. But on its own . . . not so much.
The Tacoma is bigger and better in all the important areas: it's four inches wider and has a taller cabin and a longer wheelbase. The V-6 gains 55 horsepower for an impressive 245. A new, 164-horsepower, 2.7-liter four replaces both old four-cylinder engines. The maximum tow rating jumps to 6500 pounds. Besides the choice of engines, the menu includes three body styles (regular cab, Access Cab, and Double Cab), two special editions (the Pre-Runner and the X-Runner), two bed lengths (60.3 inches or 73.5 inches), four transmissions, and three differentials.
If muscle trucks are your thing, then you'll want one of the 3500 TRD-evolved, rear-wheel-drive,V-6 X-Runners (six-speed manual only). A crossmember added to the frame increases torsional rigidity, and the suspension upgrades include firmer springs, Bilstein dampers, and a rear antiroll bar. On the track, the X-Runner delivers 0.9 g lateral grip.
The Tacoma was built to passenger-car safety standards, with side and curtain air bags available. ABS with brake assist is standard. You can add stability control with traction control, as well as hill-start assist to prevent rolling back from an uphill stop. The wide variety of standard and optional features (among them under-the-floor and behind-the-seat storage cubbies, rear seats that fold flat, a 400-watt outlet in the cargo bed, bed storage boxes, a bed extender, and TRD sport and off-road packages) makes the Tacoma useful both for work and for play.
We went to Alaska to play off-road. A 4×4 regular-cab Tacoma climbed fearlessly into the stark hills of the Alyeska ski resort, aced an obstacle course, and headed back downhill using optional downhill assist in first low, which pulled us from a downhill crawl to a dead stop. We actually had to juice the throttle to keep going.
With this redesign, Toyota has juiced the throttle of its compact pickup. It has created a truck that is far superior to the one it replaces, even if it's not so compact anymore.


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Merriam-Webster to add 'super PAC'
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CHICAGO (UPI) -- Merriam-Webster, owned by Encyclopedia Britannica, based in Chicago, announced "super PAC" will soon be added to its dictionary.
Merriam-Webster Associate Editor Kory Stamper said "super PAC" -- a political action committee that can receive unlimited funds from corporations, unions and other organizations -- is likely to be printed fairly soon in the Collegiate Dictionary and an upcoming revision of Webster's Third New International Unabridged Dictionary, Politico reported Friday.
The term was coined by National Journal reporter Eliza Newlin Carney in a June 26, 2010, column, Politico said.
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