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This is one of my favorite pictures ever. About an hour before this game, we had a huge rain. But amazingly, the rain stopped about 15 minutes before gametime. So all the cheerleaders cheered in their rainboots! I wish I would have gotten a picture of the whole squad. It was too cute!
Emma has just wrapped up the 2010 football season. Here are some photos of her cheering.
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USES: This medication is used in men to treat the symptoms of an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia-BPH). Tamsulosin is known as an alpha-blocker and works by relaxing muscles in the bladder and prostate. Relaxing these muscles helps to relieve symptoms of BPH such as difficulty in beginning the flow of urine, weak stream, and the need to urinate frequently or urgently (including during the middle of the night).This medication should not be used to treat high blood pressure.OTHER This section contains uses of this drug that are not listed in the approved professional labeling for the drug but that may be prescribed by your health care professional. Use this drug for a condition that is listed in this section only if it has been so prescribed by your health care professional.Tamsulosin may also be used to help your body "pass," or get rid of, kidney stones through urination. It has also been used to help treat bladder problems in women.
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Toxic shock syndrome
(TSS) is a rare illness that happens suddenly after an infection. It quickly
can harm several different organs, including the
lungs, the
kidneys, and the
liver, and it can be deadly. Since toxic shock
syndrome gets worse quickly, it requires medical treatment right away.
An infection
caused by strep or staph bacteria can lead to toxic shock syndrome. These
bacteria are common and usually don't cause problems. But in rare cases, the toxins enter the bloodstream
and cause a severe
immune reaction. This reaction causes the symptoms of
If you have had TSS, you are more likely to get it again.1, 2
Toxic shock symptoms get
worse quickly and can be deadly within 2 days. Symptoms include:
Other TSS symptoms may include:
Having sudden, severe symptoms
is one of the most important clues that you may have toxic shock syndrome. If you think you have TSS, get medical care right away.
Doctors usually diagnose toxic shock syndrome based on your symptoms. Tests can help show
whether staph or strep bacteria are causing the infection. Tests
you may need include:
Treatment for toxic shock syndrome almost always takes place in a hospital. Treatment includes:
Sometimes surgery is needed if TSS developed after surgery or if the infection is destroying the skin and soft tissue (necrotizing fasciitis).
After having TSS, you may get better in 1 to 2 weeks. But it will take longer if you had major complications.
You can
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Learning about toxic shock syndrome:
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CitationsQue Y-A, Moreillon P (2010). Staphylococcus aureus (including staphylococcal toxic shock). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2543–2578. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.Ainbinder SW, et al. (2007). Toxic shock syndrome section of Sexually transmitted diseases and pelvic infections. In AH DeCherney et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 689–691. New York: McGraw-Hill.Other Works ConsultedAmerican Public Health Association (2008). Toxic shock syndrome. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., pp. 576–577. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupastreptococcal_g.htm.Larioza J, Brown RB (2011). Toxic shock syndrome. In ET Bope et al., eds., Conn's Current Therapy 2011, pp. 88–90. Philadelphia: Saunders.Low DE (2012). Nonpneumococcal streptococcal infections, rheumatic fever. In L Goldman, A Shafer, eds., Goldman's Cecil Medicine, 24th ed., pp. 1823–1829. Philadelphia: Saunders.Stevens DL, et al. (2006). Successful treatment of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome with linezolid: A case report and in vitro evaluation of the production of toxic shock syndrome toxin type 1 in the presence of antibiotics. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 42: 729–731.
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Acute Coronary Syndrome: 11 Questions To Ask
Having heart disease can affect your body and your mind. Engaging in open and honest discussions with your doctor can go a long way toward helping you successfully manage your treatment and overall health. Here are questions you may want to ask your healthcare provider:
- How will I know if I am going to have a heart attack?
- How can I prevent a heart attack?
- Will I be able to do all the things I was able to do before ACS?
- What symptoms should make me go to the ER immediately?
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Harris County sheriff's deputies are searching for a Houston man they say tried to give his son a haircut despite objections that it violated the family's religious beliefs, according to Harris County prosecutors.
The suspect, Atamvir Singh, 43, has been charged with felony injury to a child, court records show. He remained at large on Tuesday.
The boy told investigators that Singh came to his home on May 3, forced him to the ground and put his hand around his neck, according to an arrest warrant filed in the case.
The 12-year-old boy lives at the northwest Houston residence with his mother, who is separated from Singh, prosecutors said.
Singh allegedly tried to cut the boy's hair with clippers while holding him by the neck, "making it difficult for the (boy) to breathe and causing pain," the complaint states. He also allegedly punched the boy in the chest.
The boy's mother arrived at the residence, heard a struggle taking place and kicked open the bathroom door, according to the criminal complaint.
"(The mother) saw the defendant holding the (boy's) neck to the floor with a pair of hair clippers in his other hand," deputies said. The boy was able to break free.


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Below and Above the Belt Problems that Embarrass Men
There are some issues that make it embarrassing for men to discuss with anyone. If you suffer any of these problems, shed your inhibitions and talk to your doctor.
You see your doctor once a year for an average of 15 minutes at maximum and you're expected to completely surrender your privacy, and letting your doctor in on your embarrassing issues. It may be an unsightly rash on your rear end, or a nagging itch in spot that's just not socially acceptable to scratch. Or perhaps it's something more internal, like a deep-seated, psychological urge to do something you'd be ashamed of. Here are 10 concerns that every man must discuss with his doc. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
It's often taken for granted that sex is something men are supposed to enjoy and as much as you may dread broaching the topic, your doctor can help you determine if there's a medical or lifestyle-related reason behind your decreased interest in sex. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
If you think you might have erectile dysfunction, you probably do; and you should be talking about it with your doctor and partner. When more than 1,000 men were asked if they had erectile dysfunction (ED), nine out of 10 of who claimed they were "unsure" had some level of it, found a study published in BMC Urology. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
Seeing fecal blood that's not bright red in color may convince you it's something other than blood, or just lead you to "keep an eye on things" or "wait it out" rather than see a doctor. However, the exact hue of the blood in your feces can reveal something about the source of the problem. And that a doctor can do. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
Bad breath is often caused by smelly foods you eat, such as onions or garlic, but in those cases, the problem passes once your body has fully broken down the problem-causing item. If your embarrassing breath isn't food-related, finding out what is causing it could pay dividends to your dental and overall health. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
People with addictions often become quite adept at concealing the condition from others, especially from doctors who could potentially be a source of habit-forming prescription medication. However, talking to your doctor about an addiction may be the best thing you ever do for yourself. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
Your testicles basically hang from a cord of arteries, veins, and nerves inside your scrotum. If the cord twists—often caused by sports injuries—and you don't see a doctor, the testicle will die within 4 hours. Oops! Image Courtesy: Getty Images
Discussing just about anything that falls under the umbrella of "sex" can feel taboo but ditch your inhibition and talk to your doctor ASAP means treatment can begin immediately, possibly preventing worsening health due to an STD. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
Whether the result of curiosity, mishap or misadventure, unusual objects sometimes do get lodged in bodily openings- probably ranks among the most embarrassing things you can think of. After all, exposing the problem means you have to explain how said object got somewhere it wasn't supposed to be in the first place. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
It's a red, itchy rash that pops up where your legs meet your groin, say Winger. The itch is caused by a fungus that grows in damp areas and spreads by contact. The cure: Swap out briefs for boxers, keep things dry, and follow up with over-the-counter anti-fungals. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
Smelling nasty isn't typically a sign of any underlying disease, but it's embarrassing, surprisingly common—up to 2.8 percent of the population may have the condition and treatable. If you sweat so much that you're shamed by your pit stains and your deodorant is overwhelmed by the smell, visit your dermatologist. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
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GOP House Candidate Would Co-Sponsor EFCA With Card Check
As a New York State Assemblywoman, DeDe Scozzafava established herself as a union-friendly Republican. As the GOP candidate in New York's 23rd Congressional District, she has drawn fire from conservatives for her support of the Employee Free Choice Act, one of the top items on labor's legislative wish list, while earning the support of labor councils and the UAW.
However, the Scozzafava campaign has sent conflicting signals about whether she supports the most controversial provision of the legislation: unionization via majority signup (commonly referred to as "card check").
In September, Scozzafava campaign spokesman Matt Burns told John Gizzi of the conservative Human Events that his candidate supported EFCA minus card check:
Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial "card check" provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support "reform in workers' ability to organize" -- a stand not too different from that of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).
In These Times obtained a copy of a candidate questionnaire from the AFL-CIO's legislative department. In that document, Scozzafava pledged to co-sponsor EFCA with card check, as did her Democratic opponent Bill Owens. To wit:
If elected, would you co-sponsor and vote for the Employee Free Choice Act (S.800/H.R. 1041), which passed the House by a vote of 241-185 on March 1, 2007 but was blocked by a Senate filibuster in June, 2007 (the Senate failed to invoke cloture by a vote of 51-48 vote)?
The Employee Free Choice Act, introduced by Senator Kennedy in the Senate and Representative George Miller in the House, would require employers to honor their workers' decision to join a union after a majority of them signed a union authorization card or petition; establishes first contract mediation and arbitration; and creates meaningful penalties against employers who interfere with, coerce or fire workers for attempting to join a union. OWEN [sic]– YES, DEDE - YES
So far, Scozzafava's office has not responded to calls for comment.
Card check is the centerpiece of the Employee Free Choice Act. To remove majority signup from EFCA would massively water down the bill.
Labor is divided in NY-23. Scozzafava has the support of a number of local unions with whom she has worked closely during her time in the legislature. Some of her strongest support comes from the district's building trades, in no small part beause of she was one of only a handful of Republicans to support reform for Industrial Development Agency subsidies, New York's main tool for subsidizing job creation at the county and city levels.
Owens, however, has the support of the politically powerful SEIU Local 1199, which has been known to outspend the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in key races. On Friday, Local 1199 reported a $100,000 independent expenditure on Owens' behalf. SEIU is a key ally of the Obama administration.
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Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning investigative journalist and In These Times staff writer who writes the blog Duly Noted. Her stories have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, Slate, The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and other publications. Her photographs have been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times' City Room. She also blogs at The Hillman Blog (http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillmanblog), a publication of the Sidney Hillman Foundation, a non-profit that honors journalism in the public interest.


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Yesterday as I was packing for Haiti I found a camera card. I'd passed over it many times when moving between Haiti and the states and between different houses here in California. This time I decided to pop it in my camera to take a look at what was on it. To my complete delight, I found over two hundred pictures that I had never looked at. Something happened a few weeks after I took those pictures that caused me to forget all about them....like the earthquake.
This is Beauty: Women who love their children, serve kids, and do their jobs amidst abundant laughter and prayer. Each day, at 12 pm, these ladies meet in an upper room to pray for those they love and their country. These happy ladies cook and clean at the boys' home (the boys do chores, as well, and do their own fair share of cooking). They are feisty, love Jesus, and KNOW how to cook. Madam Michle, on the far left, has cooked at the boys' home since it started almost 8 years ago. These boys are her boys.
My Haitian Mama. Carole (pronounced Ca-wole) exudes joy. Her personality is bigger than life, as is her infectious laugh. Whenever we have a time of feeding our neighbors in the ravine, Carole is the one who cooks for them. My favorite part of these times is watching her shake her booty and joining in with her. The beating of the drums and voices joined in song to our Lord in a hot, sweaty outdoor church...no words can explain the utter joy that I feel. Carole's presence is the icing on the cake. I think she just can't help herself and her booty and arms start a-shakin'.
Next to Carole is Monis. I regretfully don't have an individual picture of her to share. She used to cook at the guesthouse where I live and now is a nanny for the littlest girls at the girls home. When I was sick or had a hard day she always knew without me telling her and lent a listening ear. I learned much of my Creole by listening to her and practicing with her.
She may be little, and we do call her Ti Mommy (little Mommy), but this woman is a force to be reckoned with. She always displays concern and care for me, so I totally feel loved by her, but when she is concerned about something or someone, you better watch out because she will get all up your in face.
Little sassafras, Estaline. In two days I'll get to kiss this sweet face and hold this sweet chub.
Can you understand just a bit why I am so thrilled to get on that plane tomorrow?


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Civil dialogue groups assist the Commission and help to hold a regular dialogue on all matters relating to the common agricultural policy, including rural development, and its implementation.
To access meeting documents, please choose a civil dialogue group from the list:
- Animal products
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Q&A on the functioning of the civil dialogue groups
Calendar of meetings
Calendar of CDG meetings for 2019
Legal basis
Commission decision of 16 December 2013 setting up a framework for civil dialogue in matters covered by the common agricultural policy and repealing Decision 2004/391/EC
Composition and tasks
On 18 July 2014 the Director-General of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development decided on the composition of the civil dialogue groups.
The decision on the composition of the civil dialogue groups and its annex: Members of the CDG on CAP-related matters
The civil dialogue groups' tasks are:
- to hold a regular dialogue on all matters relating to the common agricultural policy, including rural development, and its implementation
- to bring about an exchange of experience and good practice
- to assist the Commission and advise on policy
- to deliver an opinion on specific matters
- to monitor policy developments
The groups are composed of at least European-level non-governmental organisations, including representative associations, socio-economic interest groups, civil society organisations and trade unions that are registered in the joint Transparency Register.
The composition of the groups was decided on the basis of calls for applications.
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The Commission will publish all relevant documents such as agendas, minutes, conclusions, partial conclusions or working documents on the activities carried out by the civil dialogue groups dealing with matters covered by the CAP.
Exceptions to systematic publication will be made where disclosure of a document would undermine the protection of a public or private interest as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
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A dialogue framework with representative associations and civil society dealing with matters covered by the common agricultural policy has been in existence since 1962.
With a view to increase transparency and provide for a better balancing of represented interests it became necessary to review the existing dialogue in the advisory groups and to provide for a new framework of a civil dialogue in the field of agriculture and rural development, including the international aspects, and to define their tasks and structure.
In July 2014 the Commission decided - based on calls for applications - on the composition of the civil dialogue groups.
In December 2013 the European Commission set up this new framework for social dialogue.


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Our comic book experts return this week for another round of pop culture picks from the world of graphic novels. Alex Zalben is a writer and a host of the show Comic Book Club. Brian Heater is a journalist and Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Cross Hatch, which highlights alternative comics. Alex recommends Brandon Graham's inventively absurd series King City, while Brian's pick, Goliath, by Tom Gauld, tells the tale of David and Goliath from the big guy's point of view.
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Tony Hale is a comic actor best known to audiences as the precocious man-child Buster Bluth, from the cult hit FOX sitcom Arrested Development, but Hale had been working in commercials and doing theatre in New York long before his big break. His latest role sees him playing "body man" (think: bag-boy) to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Vice President of the United States on the new HBO comedy series Veep, from the mind of brilliant British satirist Armando Iannucci.
Tony sits down with us to discuss the humor of the behind-the-scenes world of politics, how he famously sold a lot Volkswagons to the tune of Styx's "Mr. Roboto", and returning to the role of Buster when Arrested Development picks up again later this year for a fourth season. Veep airs Sunday nights at 10PM on HBO.
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We here at Bullseye feel a moral obligation as a public radio show to provide you with some news content, so to get you caught up on all the top stories you've never heard of (as they're entirely made up), here's the latest from our fake news team: the San Francisco-based sketch comedy group Kasper Hauser.
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Nicholas Stoller is a writer and director of both film and television, whose breakout hit was the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Though his other film credits include Get Him To The Greek and 2011's The Muppets, Stoller has established himself as something of a master of the romance movie, as his films strike a delicate balance between uproarious comedy and real heartfelt character moments. His latest film The Five-Year Engagement finds him re-teaming with frequent collaborator Jason Segel and captures much of the same tone that made their first film together such a success.
Nick joins us to discuss the problems plaguing the romantic comedy genre, what goes into making a comedy set piece really work, and what sets Jason Segel apart as a comic actor. The Five-Year Engagement opens in theaters this Friday, April 27th.
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Welcome to the 4th tutorial in this series on creating a Tile Engine from scratch in C++. In the last tutorial we implemented a camera and a level class so we could display a lot of tiles on the screen at once. Currently our level is generated in the code, which is temporary and ugly. Also, we're loading each tile sprite from individual files, which isn't easy to maintain and edit.
So in this tutorial, we're going to load our levels from an editable file on the harddrive, and we're going to join our tiles together in what are called tilesets to be parsed and loaded as a whole.
File Format
In my experience, there have been two popular ways to store game related data on the hard drive. The first is to store everything in a binary format, by writing allocated structs straight to a file. The upside to this method is that it is fast (actually I can't think of a faster way to load info from a file into data structures in your program), and uses the least amount of space possible. However, the data written is mostly, or completely, unreadable by humans. It's in pure binary format, so trying to view the file in a text editor that tries to convert the written values into ASCII will result in complete garbage.
The other method is to create your own file structure, and manually read or write each required value. For instance, you might have map data stored as comma-delimited grid of numeric values each indicating a tile type, such as in this little example:
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,0,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,1 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
0 might be defined as a grass tile, 1 as a wall tile, 2 as a water tile, etc. Of course, if you want extra layers, you'd have to write out another grid for each layer, and if you wanted to store values for, say, walkability of the tile, you'd need another grid. Then there are other values needed such as the level name, dimensions, where any npcs are, etc. Then you need to write your own parser to read and write these files.
The upside to this method is that it is actually human readable. While there may be some uncertainty about what each number represents or the like, it's still readable with a text editor. That means that in the absence of an editor for these files, you could edit them manually with a text editor. The downside is that the parser for such a format would be much larger than the one for the binary format, and slower. The files are also going to be larger than the binary files.
However, I'd like to use another method for storing and reading these files. Rather than rely on our own convoluted parser, let's instead take advantage of a widely known and standardized file format; namely, XML. XML is well documented, is known by a wide range of web and software developers alike, and best of all is that there are libraries in many different programming languages designed specifically for parsing, reading, and writing XML files.
The upside to XML is its popularity and documentation. However we decide to implement our XML, it will be easily readable by anyone familiar with XML. The downside is that this method will easily take up much more harddrive space than the corresponding binary or new file format. Why use XML if it's going to take up so much space? Honestly, harddrive space and memory is so cheap nowadays that sacrificing file size for standardization and human readability is more than a fair tradeoff.
Alright so how are we going to read and write our XML files? Well, the library I'll be using for this project is RapidXML, which you can get here. It is a very small, very fast xml parsing library and it is very easy to use and to add to our project. Unlike SFML, which we needed to build and set up just right to get it to work, RapidXML comes as a few code files which we simply copy to our project's source directory, and include wherever we need to use it. You can't ask for a simpler way to do this!
Once you've downloaded RapidXML, go ahead and copy "rapidxml.hpp" to our source directory. This is the only file we need for this part of the project. Later on we'll want "rapidxml_print.hpp" so we can easily print our own XML directly to a filestream, which will prove very useful when we want to start saving game states and the like. But for now, we only need "rapidxml.hpp".
That's all there is to "installing" rapidxml for use with our project. Now it's time to decide how we're going to define our xml files.
Tileset File Format
Up till now, we've loaded our sprites manually as individual image files. This ends up becoming a management nightmare when you have hundreds of tiles (especially with any animation), so it's time to start combining our sprites into what are called tilesets. A tileset is simply a collection of sprites laid out in a grid pattern, where each grid cell contains a single sprite or animation frame.
Later on, when we start loading in character animations, objects, effects, and everything else, we'll be using grid cells that aren't necessarily square. However, for now our tiles will be square, making it easier to parse and load the tileset. Now that we know how we're storing our tiles, let's figure out how we're going to define them with xml.
I've found that the easiest way to determine how to define an xml format is to simply write out some xml. First of all, we don't need any xml headers since RapidXML doesn't do any DTD validation. Since we're defining a tileset, let's make that our first xml node:
<tileset> </tileset>
Great! Now what would be the next node we need. How about a node for each tileset image file we're loading from. We don't need to limit the user to one image per tileset. And, we can use an attribute to define the path of the image file being used. Here's my example xml:
<tileset> <imagefile path="tileset.png"> </imagefile> </tileset>
Now there's only one more piece to define, and that is a node for each of the tiles in our tileset. The reason I want to define our tiles in an xml file is so we can easily add in animation later on. You'll see what I mean in the next tutorial. Also, this way we can give each and every tile being used by the tile engine a separate ID, rather than having to worry about which image file or tileset the tile is coming from.
So we need a tile node, and that node needs all the attributes required to parse the tile. That means we need the x and y coordinates of the tile, which will be in tiles from the upper left corner of the screen, and an id give the tile in our engine. Just for kicks, and to get you excited for the next tutorial, I'm going to add in a frames attribute to determine how many frames are in the tile's animation. That means we'll need to extract more than one tile's worth of images for this tile. Alright, let's finish our tileset xml. Here's my example tileset:
<tileset> <imagefile path="tileset.png"> <tile x="0" y="0" frames="1" id="0" /> <tile x="1" y="0" frames="1" id="1" /> <tile x="2" y="0" frames="1" id="2" /> <tile x="3" y="0" frames="1" id="3" /> </imagefile> </tileset>
Alright, now let's write some code to parse this xml and use it to load a tileset into our engine. We'll start by adding a new method prototype in our ImageManager class called "LoadTileset". We also need a new std::map for linking the tile IDs to their respective index in the imageList. Here's the new ImageManager.h:
#ifndef _IMAGEMANAGER_H #define _IMAGEMANAGER_H #include <vector> #include <map> #include <string> #include <SFML\Graphics.hpp> class ImageManager { private: std::vector<sf::Image> imageList; std::map<int, int> imageIDs; int tileSize; public: ImageManager(); ~ImageManager(); void setTileSize(int tileSize) { this->tileSize = tileSize; } void AddImage(sf::Image& image, int id); sf::Image& GetImage(int id); //Loads tileset from xml format void LoadTileset(std::string filename); }; #endif
Actually parsing the xml file using rapidxml is very easy. The only hiccup I've run into is loading the xml file into a format that rapidxml appreciates. Here is the code we'll use for doing just that, which will go into the method definition of LoadTileset in "ImageManager.cpp":
//Load the file std::ifstream inFile(filename); if(!inFile) throw "Could not load tileset: " + filename; //Dump contents of file into a string std::string xmlContents; //Blocked out of preference { std::string line; while(std::getline(inFile, line)) xmlContents += line; } //Convert string to rapidxml readable char* std::vector<char> xmlData = std::vector<char>(xmlContents.begin(), xmlContents.end()); xmlData.push_back('\0');
There we go, now the xml file has been loaded into xmlData. We can get the rapidxml compatible char* with &xmlData[0]. We can now create an xml_document and parse the xml file we've loaded. After that we can use the xml file to load and parse all of our tilesets, adding them to imageList. Here's the code we'll be using:
//Convert string to rapidxml readable char* std::vector<char> xmlData = std::vector<char>(xmlContents.begin(), xmlContents.end()); xmlData.push_back('\0'); //Create a parsed document with &xmlData[0] which is the char* xml_document<> doc; doc.parse<parse_no_data_nodes>(&xmlData[0]); //Get the root node xml_node<>* root = doc.first_node(); //Some variables used in the following code std::string imagePath; sf::Image tileset; //Go through each imagefile xml_node<>* imagefile = root->first_node("imagefile"); while(imagefile) { //Get the image file we're parsing and load it imagePath = imagefile->first_attribute("path")->value(); tileset.LoadFromFile(imagePath); //Go through each tile xml_node<>* tile = imagefile->first_node("tile"); while(tile) { //Get all the attributes int x = atoi(tile->first_attribute("x")->value()); int y = atoi(tile->first_attribute("y")->value()); int frames = atoi(tile->first_attribute("frames")->value()); int id = atoi(tile->first_attribute("id")->value()); //Copy the right tile image from tileset sf::Image tileImage; tileImage.Create(tileSize, tileSize); tileImage.Copy(tileset, 0, 0, sf::IntRect(x * tileSize, y * tileSize, frames * tileSize, tileSize), true); //Add the image to our image list AddImage(tileImage, id); //Go to the next tile tile = tile->next_sibling(); } //Go to the next imagefile imagefile = imagefile->next_sibling(); }
We parse the document and store the root node (<tileset>) in root. Then we load the first <imagefile> node into imagefile and, using a while loop, go through each imagefile in <tileset>. We use the path attribute of <imagepath> to load the tileset image into a new image called tileset.
Then, using the same method we used to loop through each imagefile, we loop through every tile in the <imagefile>. We store each of the four attributes we've defined in our xml into variables, using atoi to convert the string values to integers.
The next 3 lines are how we copy a piece of the tileset image into a new image using SFML. First we define a new Image, then use the Create method to get the image ready for the copy. Then we use the Copy method to copy a piece of the source image, which is our tileset, into our new image. The piece is defined with the IntRect, and is determined by the x, y, and frames values we've parsed from the xml file.
Once we have the new image, we add it to our imageList using AddImage, which we implemented last tutorial. Then we set tile to the next tile using tile->next_sibling();. After we've gone through all the tiles, we go to the next image file with imagefile->next_sibling();.
We need to modify AddImage slightly so that it adds the tile's id to imageIDs, and change GetImage to use imageIDs to return the right tile:
void ImageManager::AddImage(sf::Image& image, int id) { imageList.push_back(image); //Map for pairing image ids and the image's index in imageList imageIDs[id] = imageList.size() - 1; } sf::Image& ImageManager::GetImage(int id) { return imageList[imageIDs[id]]; }
Now we have a way to load a tileset into our engine with a tileset definition file written in xml! Piece of cake right? You can test this code out now by writing your own tileset xml file.
Level File Format
At the end of the last tutorial, we had set up a class for holding information about the level, mainly the 2D array of tiles that make up the map. Unfortunately, the only way we had of making a map was an ugly hard-coded map generator. Let's get rid of that, and instead use XML again to define levels.
Just like with our tileset xml definition, let's start by just writing some XML. We can skip the header once again, and start with just a level node:
<level width="20" height="20"> </level>
As I was writing the level node, I realized that we need to define the size of the level. Why not define it right here? So I've added a width and a height attribute. Now we need to think about what a level has. For instance, there are resources that we'll want to load for each level, such as any tilesets used by the level. How about a tileset node:
<level width="20" height="20"> <tileset path="tileset.xml"/> </level>
There we go, now our level has a tileset. At the moment we don't have any other resources to load, but we've allowed ourselves an easy way to define any resources we come up with later, such as scripts, npcs, etc. Now let's define a tile node, since our map is made up of a bunch of tiles. If we think about it, every tile on the map has an x and y coordinates as well as an id for which tile sprite to draw. In preparation for a feature we'll be adding in our next tutorial, I'm going to call that attribute "baseid". Don't worry, the reason for this will make sense after the next tutorial. Alright, let's define some tiles:
<level width="20" height="20"> <tileset path="tileset.xml" /> <tile x="0" y="0" baseid="0" walkable="true" /> <tile x="1" y="0" baseid="0" walkable="true" /> <tile x="2" y="0" baseid="1" walkable="false" /> <tile x="3" y="0" baseid="1" walkable="false" /> <tile x="4" y="0" baseid="0" walkable="true" /> </level>
I don't want to implement an entire map, since that would easily double the size of this tutorial. I have included an example map in the source code for this tutorial. I've also added a walkable attribute for a later tutorial. Since it doesn't matter if we actually parse an attribute or not, I figured it would be a good idea to add the walkable attribute now.
Alright, now that we have an idea how our level xml files are going to be laid out, let's write the code to load the data in to create a new level. You'll find that the code is actually very similar to the code for loading in a tileset. That's one of the nice effects of using the same file type for everything. Here's the code we'll use for our new Level::LoadLevel method:
void Level::LoadLevel(std::string filename, ImageManager& imageManager) { //Loads a level from xml file //Load the file std::ifstream inFile(filename); if(!inFile) throw "Could not load tileset: " + filename; //Dump contents of file into a string std::string xmlContents; //Blocked out of preference { std::string line; while(std::getline(inFile, line)) xmlContents += line; } //Convert string to rapidxml readable char* std::vector<char> xmlData = std::vector<char>(xmlContents.begin(), xmlContents.end()); xmlData.push_back('\0'); //Create a parsed document with &xmlData[0] which is the char* xml_document<> doc; doc.parse<parse_no_data_nodes>(&xmlData[0]); //Get the root node xml_node<>* root = doc.first_node(); //Get level attributes int width = atoi(root->first_attribute("width")->value()); int height = atoi(root->first_attribute("height")->value()); //Resize level this->w = width; this->h = height; SetDimensions(width, height); //Load each necessary tileset xml_node<>* tileset = root->first_node("tileset"); while(tileset) { std::string path = tileset->first_attribute("path")->value(); //Load tileset imageManager.LoadTileset(path); //Go to next tileset tileset = tileset->next_sibling("tileset"); } //Go through each tile xml_node<>* tile = root->first_node("tile"); while(tile) { //Get all the attributes int x = atoi(tile->first_attribute("x")->value()); int y = atoi(tile->first_attribute("y")->value()); int baseid = atoi(tile->first_attribute("baseid")->value()); std::string walkString = tile->first_attribute("walkable")->value(); bool walkable = (walkString == "true")? true : false; //Create the tile and add it to the level. Tile* newTile = new Tile(imageManager.GetImage(baseid)); AddTile(x, y, newTile); //Go to the next tile tile = tile->next_sibling("tile"); } }
This is very similar to our LoadTileset method. We load the xml file into a rapidxml compatible char*, and load the root <level> node into root. Before we begin running through all the resources and tiles, we grab the width and height and use them to set the map dimensions.
Then we loop through each required tileset in the same way we looped through imagefiles and tiles in the last part of this tutorial. After grabbing the path from the <tileset>, we use it to load the tileset with the supplied imageManager.
After we loop through the tilesets, we loop through each <tile> in the xml file. Just like loading tiles from the the tileset, we grab each of the attributes from each tile before creating a new Tile and adding it to the map with AddTile.
After editing Engine.cpp to use our new LoadTileset and LoadLevel methods, we're ready to run the code.
While there may not be any visible changes to our engine, implementing these two functions has greatly increased the versatility of our engine by allowing levels and tilesets to be modified without having to recompile the engine every time. In the end, this will greatly increase development speed and prevent a lot of design headaches. I hope you're not too disappointed by the lack of cool new visual additions, but don't worry because in the next tutorial we're going to start animating!
Also, unlike last tutorial, I actually have working source code for this tutorial, as well as an example tileset and level. So if you find yourself stuck or just want to be caught up for the next tutorial, go ahead and download it. See you soon!
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Since his horrific ski accident on December 29th, doctors in Grenoble, France, have kept Michael Schumacher in a medically induced coma to help his brain deal with the injuries. And now, one month later, they are set to start the long process of ending that coma.
The official word from Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, is that Michael's sedation is slowly being reduced in order to begin the waking up process, which she also says may "take a long time." What she means by "long time" we don't know just yet.
As before, any other reports that don't come directly from Schumacher's team are bunk and should be ignored. Just yesterday there were reports that this process was being delayed, so it goes to show just how important proper information is. The family is also asking for privacy, which should be respected.
As we get more official word on Schumacher's condition, we'll pass it along. In the mean time, Dr. Gary Hartstein's general analysis of injuries like Michael's is worth a read.


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As a consumer of science news who is also a scientist, I know too well the filters that scientific findings go through before they emerge in the distilled versions the consumer reads. Like the typical sieve, these science news filters tend to winnow out the small but still important bits and retain a lot of the big speculations, always starting with a hyperbolic headline. The relentless spin has me rolling my eyes at almost everything I read these days, but like I said, I'm a jaded science type. Or maybe just plain jaded.
Being a science type, at any rate, and therefore naturally awash in scientific curiosity, I wondered how other science news consumers feel about what they read, and what they'd like to see change. So, in the name of the theme of this blog, I polled them via social media to find out. I've … er … filtered the responses of my very nonscientific poll here into five of the main themes that emerged. [COI statement: I am a science writer. I'm sure I've transgressed in each of these ways at some point.]
1. Stop with sensationalist headlines. It was the top complaint, something one commenter described as "the worst offense" (although apparently, something else below requires the death penalty). Quit with the sensationalism already, they say. I know. That's not gonna happen because headlines pull clicks and clicks drive revenue. So I'll stick with my standing advice to readers: Skip the headline. You'll note that my own undoubtedly attractive headline does not communicate that the "consumers" in this article were a self-selecting group nonscientifically polled from within my social media circle.
2. Include linkbacks to studies and attributions. As one commenter said, "I would like the death penalty applied to any science writer who uses the phrase 'studies show' without attribution." That's a little harsh, but the point's there. Another commenter wrote, "Articles rarely cite their scientific sources, like linking to an article they are writing about." Yet another noted a common frustration: "I find it discouraging when I have to spend lots of time hunting down the study and then often find I can't get more than the abstract online." Amen to that, although it's partly an open access issue, too. Some articles don't even name the publication, much less link to it. There ought to be some kind of demerit system ("you're demoted to intern for a week!") or humongous, painful fine for that oversight.
3. Trust your reader to grasp nuance. Really, they've got it in them to handle it. Said one commenter, "Accuracy is also sacrificed for the sake of brevity, which completely defeats the purpose of sharing the science." Another noted, "I'd also love to see more science reporting that looked at what studies didn't look at, and not just reporting that told me what the study concluded." For the record, for this story, I did not look at what consumers like about science stories.
4. Don't offer sledgehammer promises of "cure" or "cause." Consumers distrust overpromising, from long experience with disappointment. Don't want to take this seriously? How about this comment? "In general I dismiss nearly every (science-related) article I read in traditional media as I assume it's inaccurate." Ouch.
5. "Spin" is bad, straight is good. Give the straight story, warts and all. As one commenter said, and I agree, "Science is cool just for science's sake." One of the cool things about science is that it's constantly changing, moving forward or at least sidestepping as new knowledge emerges. I'd like to see part of any straight story tell the reader how the new finding slots in--or doesn't--with existing understanding, without spinning it inevitably as The Next Big Thing. I'll exemplify: The contents of this article are likely not news to a lot of science writers, many of whom practice non-frustrating techniques for communicating science, and most of whom don't have control over headlines anyway. This article isn't the Next Big Thing or a Major Solution, but because this blog is intended to clarify science for the science consumer, feedback like this seems like a way to lay some groundwork for the conversation. That's the context and where it fits in.
So what about you, science consumer? What would you like to see change about the science news you encounter? Does this list pretty much cover it?


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Former President Bill Clinton is urging opponents of the federal health care overhaul to help implement and improve the 2010 law, rather than continue "replaying" debates about the measure and trying to repeal it.
Speaking at his presidential library in Little Rock, Clinton on Wednesday offered a detailed defense and explanation of the health law as a key part of its implementation nears. Clinton's speech is the first in a series by administration officials and allies before the Oct. 1 open enrollment for the insurance exchanges under the law.
Clinton praised his home state of Arkansas for its plan to use Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents. Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe and the GOP-led Legislature approved the plan as an alternative to expanding Medicaid.


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Pit bull chews off owner's arm, hand
Incident recalls 2009 chimp attack
WILTON -- In a scene out of a horror movie, a pit bull -- apparently without provocation -- attacked its owner, tearing out one of her arms and ripping off her other hand.
The victim, Anne Murray, 56, was recovering at Norwalk Hospital, her son Matthew Murray said Tuesday.
"She's better -- she's awake now," he said. "I don't really know what happened. I just want to stay with her and get her to a full recovery."
The attack at the Murray's 77 Range Road home happened about 11:30 a.m. Monday. Police Lt. Donald Wakeman said that one passing motorist and then another stopped because the dog had wandered into the road.
"The first motorist found the dog to be somewhat aggressive, so she retreated to her car," Wakeman said. "And then one of the two motorists heard someone calling for help, so she called 911."
He said that the dog in the street was the one that attacked Murray, who was found underneath a vehicle in her driveway, trying to fend off the animal, said Wakeman, the Wilton Police Department spokesman.
The first arriving officer, Capt. John Lynch, determined that the dog was an immediate threat to the victim and others nearby, so he shot and killed the dog, Wakeman said. The pit bull's remains will be tested for rabies at a state lab, officials said.
In addition to the loss of a limb and another hand, Murray had bite wounds all over her body, Wakeman said. She was brought by ambulance to Norwalk Hospital where she was listed in stable condition.
"She lost all of her left arm and a portion of her right arm," he said.
Monday's mauling recalls the 2009 chimpanzee attack on Charla Nash of Stamford. In that incident she was blinded and horribly mutilated; she later received a face transplant.
But the big difference between that case and Monday's dog attack is that chimpanzees, cute as they may be when they're infants, grow up to be wild animals -- muscular, temperamental and unpredictable ones at that.
Dogs, conversely, have been domesticated for tens of thousands of years, making Monday's attack all the more terrifying.
Still, pit bulls, although they have legions of admirers, have killed and maimed countless times before. The most recent pit bull death occurred just last week in Kernersville, N.C., when 25-year-old Katherine Atkins was set upon by her two dogs while she was attempting to feed them. She had owned the dogs since they were puppies, Kernersville police said.
And just a month ago, 5-year-old Jason Ryan of Baker City, Ore., was set upon by a neighbor's pit bull. He died in the ambulance. In September, two toddlers were mauled to death by pit bulls, one in Colton, Calif., the other in Glibert, Ariz.
No one was home at Murray's house on Tuesday, but the front yard bore the remains of what must have been a chaotic and gruesome scene.
The driveway was littered with the contents of the ambulance that arrived to take Murray to the hospital, including a pillow, a blanket, a blue latex glove, a blister-pack of bandages and an orange biohazard bag.
Also in the driveway was the pit bull's black nylon collar, with tags bearing his name: "Tux" -- for Tuxedo -- a name that was confirmed by police who said the animal was a 2-year-old male.
Range Road is in a neighborhood of tidy suburban homes, but the red house at number 77 has fallen on hard times. The garage door is mostly missing; a picket fence covers the opening. The electricity meter has a shut-off tag affixed to it.
On the front stoop is an odd sight -- a large plastic tub, partially filled with water, into which a winter coat was draped. The front yard is covered in brambles and the mailbox hadn't been emptied in days.
Neighbors said they had never met Anne Murray and that the family kept to themselves. Police said that she lives with her twin 26-year-old sons.
"Technically, the dog belonged to one of the sons," Wakeman said. "The sons weren't home all the time, so she took care of the dog when they weren't there. Why the dog turned on her, we don't know."
As was the case in the North Carolina tragedy, Tuxedo was part of the family since puppyhood, police said.
Wakeman said the investigation is continuing.
"At this point we don't know whether criminal charges will be filed," he said.
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Lilian always wore gloves. She also smoked cigarettes from a black holder (which I tried to emulate once and only ended up looking like a right fool). She may not have been Audrey Hepburn either but, to me, she was pretty darn close to it. Every photograph I have of Lilian, taken at a family wedding, she is wearing gloves.
|Lilian (left) and my Mother at a Family Wedding
She had many pairs in all lengths, styles and colours. When she passed away I was given a pair of her gloves and I still treasure them to this day. They are ruched at the wrist which is my favourite style of vintage gloves. I used to wear them in my younger years but nowadays they are kept in my treasure box for safe-keeping. Even my mother wore gloves well into her thirties. I remember she had a short navy blue pair which she always wore in the winter months when driving.
|Lilian (right) with my Great-Grandmother
at a Family Wedding
The History of Gloves
In Freemasonry the glove plays an important symbolic role. Freemasons believe that the glove alludes to the purification of life. They quote Psalm 24:4 from the Bible "He who has clean hands and a pure heart"
The tradition of wearing gloves for Holy Sacrament by Roman Catholic Bishops became a religious ritual and as early as the 10th century, to keep their hands clean, Popes, Cardinals and Bishops wore gloves. Kings began to wear gloves as part of their ceremonial duties and later as more of a fashionable accessory to display their position.
My grandmother's gloves hold a very special meaning in my heart because my grandmother was special, and because I associate vintage gloves with her. Whenever I go to a vintage clothes market I feel as though I am stepping back in time and seeing my grandmother's world as she would have known and loved it. Gloves, hats, handbags, scarves, brooches, feathers, and long coats. Even through the London Blitz, my grandmother still held her head high. She really did "Keep Calm and Carry On".
|My Grandmother's Gloves
Photography by Jeff Watkins


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| June 8, 2012, 6:17 am
Some people roll out their mats in the living room and commence the stretching and breathing. Others go to one of the ten bazillion yoga studios crowding the Front Range. But pretzeling in parks? With music? With hundreds of other yogis? It's a rarity.
But it's taking place this weekend, for the second year in a row, in Boulder.
Here comes the Hanuman Festival.
Classes with international yoga celebrity teachers? Check. Yogi-happy live music, including performers at Boulder Theater? Check.
Food, a yoga-centered bazaar, lectures, lots of yoga play? Those checks, and more.


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