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In the last tutorial, we set up the groundwork for our tile engine by implementing the image manager and a Tile class, and then used those to draw a tile to the screen. Well, if drawing one tile was our goal in the last tutorial, our goal this tutorial is going to be drawing a whole bunch of tiles.
I want to make it clear that the way I am setting up this engine is in no way definitive. There are many ways to design a tile engine, and this is just how I've decided to design it this time. I hope that these tutorials get your mind thinking of cool new ways to design a tile engine, ways to make it faster, etc.
Solving an Issue
The most common use for a top-down 2D tile engine is for an rpg, and that is going to be the target "audience" for our tile engine. So, we have an issue that we need to consider. An RPG map can be large, hundreds of tiles wide and hundreds of tiles tall. So how do we draw all of that?
The answer is, we don't. Instead, we draw only a portion of the map on any frame. How do we decide which tiles to draw and where? The solution I like to use actually comes from 3D programming. We're going to implement a Camera.
The Camera will represent a viewport through which the user sees the map. It will have a position somewhere on our map with absolute pixel coordinates (i.e. if the x position is 200, it's 200 pixels to the right of the map origin, which is the upper left corner). It will also have a size, which we can use to determine how many tiles are visible through it. These two properties together will allow us to keep track of which tiles to draw and where.
I'd also like to implement another effect we can accomplish with a camera class, scrolling. We'll keep a target position, and move the camera towards the target slowly over time.
If that didn't make any sense, compile and take a look at the program included at the end of this tutorial.
The Camera Class
Now let's go ahead and create our Camera class in a new header file called "Camera.h":
#ifndef _CAMERA_H #define _CAMERA_H #include <SFML\Graphics.hpp> #include "Tile.h" class Camera { private: //Absolute position of camera (number of //pixels from origin of level map) sf::Vector2f position; //Target position camera is moving towards sf::Vector2f target; //Size of camera sf::Vector2i size; //Speed of camera, a value between 0.0 and 1.0 float speed; public: Camera(int w, int h, float speed); ~Camera(); //Moves camera immediately to coordinates void Move(int x, int y); void MoveCenter(int x, int y); //Sets camera target void GoTo(int x, int y); void GoToCenter(int x, int y); //Updates camera position void Update(); sf::Vector2i GetPosition() { return sf::Vector2i((int)position.x, (int)position.y); } //Helper function for retreiving camera's offset from //nearest tile sf::Vector2i GetTileOffset(int tileSize) { return sf::Vector2i((int)(position.x) % tileSize, (int)(position.y) % tileSize); } //Helper function for retreiving a rectangle defining //which tiles are visible through camera sf::IntRect GetTileBounds(int tileSize); }; #endif
Hopefully nothing too complicated. We have members for the camera's position and target, as well as it's size and speed. The speed variable will be used in the Update method to allow the user of the class (whoever that may be) to have some control over how quickly the camera scrolls to the target.
There are two methods for changing the camera's position. The two Move methods will set the camera's position, moving it instantly to the specified coordinates. The two GoTo methods however, will set the camera's target, causing the camera to scroll to the specified coordinates over time.
There's a Center version of both Move and GoTo, that will center the camera or target on the specified coordinates rather than set the camera's upper left corner (the camera's origin). This will be useful for centering over the player later on, and encapsulates the camera's size away from the rest of the engine.
We've implemented inline versions of GetPosition and GetTileOffset, since they are fairly trivial functions and this will remove any unnecessary overhead. GetPosition simply returns the camera's position, while GetTileOffset return the camera's position relative to the nearest tile's origin. Both of these will be useful when drawing our tiles and moving the camera around.
Alright, time to implement all this fun stuff, so let's do so in a new code file called "Camera.cpp":
#include <SFML\Graphics.hpp> #include <math.h> #include "Camera.h" Camera::Camera(int w, int h, float speed) { size.x = w; size.y = h; if(speed < 0.0) speed = 0.0; if(speed > 1.0) speed = 1.0; this->speed = speed; } Camera::~Camera() { } //Moves camera to coordinates void Camera::Move(int x, int y) { position.x = (float)x; position.y = (float)y; target.x = (float)x; target.y = (float)y; } //Centers camera at coordinates void Camera::MoveCenter(int x, int y) { x = x - (size.x / 2); y = y - (size.y / 2); position.x = (float)x; position.y = (float)y; target.x = (float)x; target.y = (float)y; } //Sets target to coordinates void Camera::GoTo(int x, int y) { target.x = (float)x; target.y = (float)y; } //Centers target at coordinates void Camera::GoToCenter(int x, int y) { x = x - (size.x / 2); y = y - (size.y / 2); target.x = (float)x; target.y = (float)y; } //This function allows us to do a cool camera //scrolling effect by moving towards a target //position over time. void Camera::Update() { //X distance to target, Y distance to target, and Euclidean distance float x, y, d; //Velocity magnitudes float vx, vy, v; //Find x and y x = (float)(target.x - position.x); y = (float)(target.y - position.y); //If we're within 1 pixel of the target already, just snap //to target and stay there. Otherwise, continue if((x*x + y*y) <= 1) { position.x = target.x; position.y = target.y; } else { //Distance formula d = sqrt((x*x + y*y)); //We set our velocity to move 1/60th of the distance to //the target. 60 is arbitrary, I picked it because I intend //to run this function once every 60th of a second. We also //allow the user to change the camera speed via the speed member v = (d * speed)/60; //Keep v above 1 pixel per update, otherwise it may never get to //the target. v is an absolute value thanks to the squaring of x //and y earlier if(v < 1.0f) v = 1.0f; //Similar triangles to get vx and vy vx = x * (v/d); vy = y * (v/d); //Then update camera's position and we're done position.x += vx; position.y += vy; } } sf::IntRect Camera::GetTileBounds(int tileSize) { int x = (int)(position.x / tileSize); int y = (int)(position.y / tileSize); //+1 in case camera size isn't divisible by tileSize //And +1 again because these values start at 0, and //we want them to start at one int w = (int)(size.x / tileSize + 2); int h = (int)(size.y / tileSize + 2); //And +1 again if we're offset from the tile if(x % tileSize != 0) w++; if(y % tileSize != 0) h++; return sf::IntRect(x, y, w, h); }
Most of this code should be self explanatory, except for maybe the Update method. Unfortunately, there is a bit of math involved (oh noes!), but nothing too difficult. I've commented the code enough that anyone with any knowledge of algebra should understand it. If not, then I suggest reading any of the great math primers available here on Dream.In.Code. Hopefully the rest of this code will make sense after we implement a new RenderFrame method.
The Level Class
Alright, we now have a way of determining which tiles to draw and where. Now we need a way of storing each of the tiles. Since we're implementing the framework for an RPG engine, let's call our next class Level. Go ahead and create a new header file, call it "Level.h", and fill it with the following code:
#ifndef _LEVEL_H #define _LEVEL_H #include <vector> #include "Tile.h" class Level { private: //A 2D array of Tile pointers std::vector<std::vector<Tile*> > map; //Width and height of level (in tiles) int w; int h; void SetDimensions(int w, int h); public: Level(int w, int h); ~Level(); void AddTile(int x, int y, Tile* tile); Tile* GetTile(int x, int y); void LoadLevel(); int GetWidth(); int GetHeight(); }; #endif
We're going to store our map data in a 2D array. While we could have accomplished this with Tile* map[MAXWIDTH][MAXHEIGHT];, or something similar, we want our engine to be as versatile as possible. Therefore, we want a dynamic array. Unfortunately, there isn't a very simple way of doing that, but this is as simple as it gets. What we're using is a vector of a vector of Tile pointers. The cool part about this, is we can actually access individual Tile pointers with the familiar map[x][y] syntax.
In case it's ever requested later on, we go ahead and keep track of the map's width and height. The map's width and height are changed by the SetDimensions method, which is private right now since it's only needed by the Level constructor. We then have an AddTile method for putting a tile into the map, and a GetTile method for retrieving a tile from the map.
The LoadLevel method will be implemented in our next tutorial, and will load level data from a file on the harddrive.
Alright, time to implement this class in a new code file called "Level.cpp":
#include <vector> #include "Level.h" #include "Tile.h" Level::Level(int w, int h) { SetDimensions(w, h); this->w = w; this->h = h; } Level::~Level() { } int Level::GetHeight() { return h; } int Level::GetWidth() { return w; } void Level::SetDimensions(int w, int h) { //w rows map.resize(w); //Each row has h columns of null Tile pointers for(int i = 0; i < w; i++) { map.at(i).resize(h, 0); } } void Level::AddTile(int x, int y, Tile* tile) { map[x][y] = tile; } Tile* Level::GetTile(int x, int y) { return map[x][y]; } void Level::LoadLevel() { //Eventually we'll write code to load level data from a //file, but for now we'll just make it all up. }
This is all very simple actually. The constructor takes in a width and height for defining the dimensions of the Level, which then uses the SetDimensions method to resize the map vector. Notice how we must first resize the map vector, which is a vector of vectors, with the width and then resize each of the vectors in that vector, which are vectors of Tile pointers. We also make sure that we initialize the vector with NULL pointers, so we don't have any nasty access violation exceptions later on.
Using These New Classes in Our Engine
Great, we now have a way to store the level data, and a way to determine how we're going to draw our frames. Now it's time to put this together to create a test demo. First, let's rewrite our RenderFrame method in Engine.cpp:
void Engine::RenderFrame() { //Camera offsets int camOffsetX, camOffsetY; Tile* tile; window->Clear(); //Get the tile bounds we need to draw and Camera bounds sf::IntRect bounds = camera->GetTileBounds(); //Figure out how much to offset each tile camOffsetX = camera->GetOffset().x; camOffsetY = camera->GetOffset().y; //Loop through and draw each tile //We're keeping track of two variables in each loop. How many tiles //we've drawn (x and y), and which tile on the map we're drawing (tileX //and tileY) for(int y = 0, tileY = bounds.Top; y < bounds.Height; y++, tileY++) { for(int x = 0, tileX = bounds.Left; x < bounds.Width; x++, tileX++) { //Get the tile we're drawing tile = currentLevel->GetTile(tileX, tileY); tile->Draw((x * tileSize) - camOffsetX, (y * tileSize) - camOffsetY, window); } } window->Display(); }
This will be the method we'll stick to for most of this tutorial series. What this method does is asks the camera which tiles are currently in view as well as how much the camera is offset from those tiles. Then it loops through each row of tiles and each column, starting from bounds.Top and drawing bounds.Height rows, and starting from bounds.Left and drawing bounds.Width columns. Inside the loop we get the current tile we're drawing, and tell it to draw at the current row/column, taking into account the camera's offset.
If it seems complicated, try working through it manually to see if you can figure out how it works. The following method, which we've added to Engine, is a temporary method that generates a simple level for us to look at:
void Engine::LoadLevel() { //Temporary level for testing currentLevel = new Level(40, 40); Tile* tile; for(int y = 0; y < 40; y++) { for(int x = 0; x < 40; x++) { if(y % 4 == 0) tile = new Tile(imageManager.GetImage(1)); else tile = new Tile(imageManager.GetImage(0)); currentLevel->AddTile(x, y, tile); } } }
Feel free to modify this if you want. All it does is create a 40x40 level, and fill it with our first sprite (index 0), and put a line of our second sprite every 4th row.
Here are the ProcessInput and Update functions we're using for now. These are to show off the camera "scrolling" effect we implemented with the Camera::Update method.
void Engine::ProcessInput() { sf::Event evt; //Loop through all window events while(window->PollEvent(evt)) { if(evt.Type == sf::Event::Closed) window->Close(); if((evt.Type == sf::Event::MouseButtonPressed) && (mouseDown == false)) { int x = camera->GetPosition().x + window->GetInput().GetMouseX(); int y = camera->GetPosition().y + window->GetInput().GetMouseY(); camera->GoToCenter(x, y); mouseDown = true; } if(evt.Type == sf::Event::MouseButtonReleased) mouseDown = false; } } void Engine::Update() { camera->Update(); }
We're letting the user click on a new location to center the camera over, and use GoTo so it scrolls there slowly instead of using Move to do it instantly. Then we remember to call camera->Update(); in the Update function.
Phew! That was a lot of code, but our objective was to draw a lot of tiles, and we have. Unfortunately (and I promise this will never happen again!), I forgot to save a copy of this tutorial's source code before beginning to write the code for the next tutorial, so you'll just have to check out that tutorial! See you soon!


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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov 22, 2012) - Enbridge Inc. (ENB.TO)(ENB) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Enbridge Pipelines Inc., has reached agreement with shippers on the terms of a $1.8 billion expansion of its mainline system between Edmonton and Hardisty, Alberta. The expansion will include a new 36-inch line, plus additional tankage and terminal facilities at Edmonton and Hardisty. Initial capacity of the new line will be 570,000 barrels per day (bpd) with expansion potential to 800,000 bpd; and a target in service date in mid-2015.
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In the wake of judge Saliann Scarpulla's decision that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could not fire 260 token booth clerks and close subway station booths, the agency continues to move ahead with its plan, saying it must enact these measures to close its $800 million budget gap.
On June 4, Scarpulla, a state Supreme Court justice, decided that the MTA had closed the 14 revenue booths and 42 station Customer Assistance booths and laid off workers illegally due to them not having public hearings prior to taking action. The ruling also called for the MTA to rehire the laid off workers and reopen the closed booths.
For the Transport Workers Union, Scarpulla's ruling is bittersweet, since the clerks remain out of work and the booths closed while the transit authority appeals.
"The battle is long from won and unfortunately, despite several court orders favorable to our position, the MTA is successfully using delaying tactics," said Jim Gannon, spokesman for Transport Workers Union 100, which represents subway workers.
The MTA insists that the layoffs are necessary. "These closures were necessitated by the MTA's dire financial situation, and the need for the savings they generate remains," the agency said in a statement.
Safety Under Ground
Critics of the move, however, contend the closings will make subways station more dangerous places. "What the MTA is doing is bad for everyone except the swipers, muggers and terrorists. Riders understand this," said Gannon. "They hate booth closings."
The MTA declined to answer questions concerning possible safety concerns.
Ann Francis, a 68 year-old passenger who attended a recent union rally outside MTA headquarters, believes that the transportation authority board does not recognize the potential safety concerns. Calling the situation "nerve racking," she said, board members "don't represent people who ride transit."
"We do not just sell metro cards, we save lives," said Balwant Jaswal, a laid-off station agent who recalled times when she has had to call the police for passengers who have been stuck in elevators, separated from their parents or even fallen on the tracks. "If I wasn't there, nobody would be there to call the cops," she said.
"We aid in arrests. We are an extension of the NYPD," said Maurice Jenkins, a TWU vice president with the station agents division.
City Councilmember Peter Vallone, who is chairman of the Public Safety Committee, concurred with the safety concerns. The police department, he said, does not have additional officers to assign to the transit system. "The police are down to 35,000 officers," he said.
In response to such concerns, the State Senate this week passed a bill that would bar the transportation authority from laying off any more token clerks or running subway trains without conductors for three years or until completion of a report on subway safety. While the authority opposed the measure, its sponsor, Sen. Martin Dilan said, " "I really don't want to micromanage the MTA, but sometimes public safety trumps everything."
The layoffs have had another unintended costs, according to the union. Overtime expenses have reportedly risen as the authority needs clerks to work extra hours to staff booths.
An agency spokesperson, Paul Fleuranges, told the Daily News that the agency was still coming out ahead. "While we are spending overtime to cover overnight and weekend shifts, that overtime is less than what we would have paid in regular pay plus benefits," he said.
The Next Moves
New York Public Authority Law 1205 states that no closing of a booth can take place except during renovation and/or during an emergency, unless a public hearing has been held. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority now reportedly expects to hold hearings this month.
According to the TWU, the MTA plans to hold a pro forma session and not rehire workers who have been laid off.
In its statement, the authority said it will appeal the judge's ruling as well as "proceeding on a parallel track with the public hearing process. … The MTA Board authorized the public hearing process to move this vital cost-saving initiative forward."
Vallone places much of the blame for the current situation on the state government. The state last year took about $140 million from the MTA and transferred it to the state's general fund.
"Albany took the money from the MTA. Stopped MTA funding," Vallone said.
Whoever they might blame, the station agents continue to fight for their jobs.
"Now I have to pay for a mortgage. It's very hard for me. I don't know what to do," said Narinder Singh, who was a station agent for two years before being laid off on May 11. He said the workers were given only 12 hours' notice, something he likened to "a human rights violation."
Jenkins, a station agent himself for the past 29 years, described the day for his fellow workers as one of the worst in his life. People came to him in tears after being called to a city school and told to turn in their equipment and given a seven-day metro card.
"I keep thinking this is all a dream," said Jaswal.


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The American swimmer Ryan Lochte has been suspended for 10 months and will miss next year's world championships for his part in a scandal involving the US athlete and three other swimmers at the Rio Olympics.
Lochte, who won gold in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay in Rio, will also forfeit bonus money from the Games, monthly funding he receives from United States Olympics Committee and USA Swimming and will not be allowed access to USOC training centres.
He will miss next year's national championships and will therefore not be eligible for the world championships in July.
He must perform 20 hours of community service and will miss Team USA's post-Olympics trip to the White House.
Lochte, 32, admitted he "over-exaggerated" a tale about being robbed and held at gunpoint after a party during the Rio Olympics.
Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, James Feigen, Lochte's swimming team mates who were involved in the incident, also received sanctions for violating the USOC's code of conduct.
"As we have said previously, the behaviour of these athletes was not acceptable. It unfairly maligned our hosts and diverted attention away from the historic achievements of Team USA," said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun in a statement.
"Each of the athletes has accepted responsibility for his actions and accepted the appropriate sanctions."
FINA, world swimming's governing body, said in a statement that it was satisfied with the sanctions and would not seek additional bans.
Lochte's lawyer, Jeff Ostrow, said in a statement: "We accept the decision as we believe it is in everyone's best interest to move forward. Ryan is grateful to be a member of the US Olympic team and USA Swimming.
"He recognises his lapse in judgment, and is looking forward to continuing his training, volunteer work with kids, and resuming his swimming career next year with an eye toward representing his country at the 2020 Olympic games in Japan.
"That said, in my opinion, while the collective sanctions appear to be harsh when considering what actually happened that day - Ryan did not commit a crime, he did not put the public safety at risk, and he did not cheat in his sport - we will leave it to others to evaluate the appropriateness of the penalties."
Bentz, Conger and Feigen will be suspended from domestic and international USA swimming national team competitions for four months and will not receive monthly funding from USA Swimming or USOC during that period.
They will also have no access to training facilities and will not attend Team USA's White House visit.
Bentz will also perform 10 hours of community service for violating a USA Swimming Olympic Village curfew placed on athletes under the age of 21.
In what became one of the biggest stories of the Rio Games, Brazilian authorities said the group of swimmers destroyed a bathroom and urinated in public, and have recommended that Lochte be charged with falsely reporting a crime.


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Theoretical chemists are celebrating the Nobel award to a trio of scientists whose groundbreaking research took chemistry out of the test tube and onto the computer chip.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to Martin Karplus of Harvard University, Michael Levitt of Stanford University and Arieh Warshel of USC for their work using computers to model complex chemical processes. Their research laid the groundwork for major chemical advances today, from understanding the mysteries of photosynthesis to searching out new drugs for untreated diseases, scientists said.
"I'm super excited," said James Skinner, a theoretical chemist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "It's a prize in molecular simulation and more generally in theoretical chemistry. That's my field."
"Chemistry is basically an experimental field," Skinner said, "and I think experimentalists sometimes were just skeptical that theorists could make a contribution."
The award for work in computational chemistry, he added, "gives some visibility to the field."
Classical physics does a manageable job of describing large molecules, but it simply can't keep up with the the lightning-fast, exceedingly complex chemical reactions in real life. A quantum-mechanics-based model would describe those reactions very well – but it takes far too long to do so.
"It's not obvious how to put them together," Skinner said. "That was exactly the puzzle … what you get out of them is very different."
These three scientists' research helped to marry the two, other chemists said, in a way that allowed them to use quantum mechanics for the most crucial part of the system they were modeling and switch to classical physics for the rest of it.
Their work provided a third, blended option for chemists that lies somewhere between theory and experiment, researchers said.
"It's using the principles of theory to essentially carry out an experiment in silico," said John Straub, a computational chemist at Boston University. "It has aspects of being an experimental approach, because you're simulating the dynamics of the process … but you're able to create this model of the system that has a remarkable level of detail that can't really be captured by theory or experiment."
Although the three chemists' pioneering work was done decades ago, it often takes time for the far-reaching impact of such research to become clear, the scientists said.
"These Nobel laureates – they're often honored 30 to 40 years after the initial discoveries because back then, in the '70s, the importance of this work wasn't understood yet," said Marinda Wu, an inorganic chemist and president of the American Chemical Society. "I was absolutely thrilled."


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When apprenticeships go bad (7 fails)
When I was growing up in Scotland I knew lots of people on 'apprenticeships'. My uncle, adopted by our family at 16 (we shared a room), became an apprentice joiner, and went on to work all over the world in Africa and the Far East, eventually becoming a Director in the Local Authority. It served him well. But the whole system was dismantled by both Labour and the Tories, one seeing it as second-best, the other killing it off as part of the free labour market. Big mistake.
1. Brandless
I have some sympathy, however, with the current government's attempt to bring them back. With £1.4 billion of funding in 2011-12 it should have some impact. But ask yourself a few questions. Do you really know what a modern apprenticeship is? How long does it last? Can you name the politician in charge? Can you name the Minister in charge? Do you know what government department is responsible? This shows the myriad of problems, here's just seven of the 'fails'
1. Brandless
What is an apprenticeship? Well, it's been widened and diluted so much that it's hard to tell. A qualification needs to be a brand that employers trust. If you simply rebadge short-term, low-level training as an apprenticeship, you do untold damage.
2. Lack of leadership
Ever heard of the National Apprenticeship Service? No? Hardly surprising. The problem is that it falls between two stools, the Department of Education, who are too obsessed with schools and HE to manage it properly and BIS, who don't have the skills (sic) to manage the process.
3. Wrong people
Only 7% of the recent increase was in 16-18 year olds, the target audience for traditional apprenticeships. This is shocking, and a con. The reason is that most apprenticeships are being mopped up by older people in employment.
4. Wrong level
Apprenticeships are meant to be a clear route to picking up a craft, making you employable. But when they're stuck at shorter Level 2 apprenticeships, they're little more than mop up exercise for bad schooling. The recent announcement on increased numbers are really just low level placements.
5. Lack of quality
Believe me, there will be sizeable fraud and lack of quality in apprenticeships as employers see it as a shortcut to increased profitability and government lack the wherewithal to oversee the process. In its modern reincarnation, it covers too many levels and is still mired in an old mix of largely discredited qualifications such as BTEC.
6. Cheats
Employers have spotted the weakness. Take your older, low-paid workers, switch them to apprenticeships and draw down the funding. Supermarkets, like Morrisons, have been shelf-stacking apprenticeships like crazy, with 18,000 people over 25 atLevel 2, almost every single one an existing employee. Impact on youth unemployment – zero.
7. Really part of the benefits system
We have an opportunity here to create a vocational qualification that has a trusted, quality brand, led by a known organisation and targeted at young people at the right level. This should be part of or national growth strategy, instead it's turning into a minor arm of the benefits system, a half-baked YOP scheme, without the Y.


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App Review: Iron Fist Boxing 3rd Strike by Realtech VR
by Rob on
October 20, 2009
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Games
Iron Fist Boxing 3rd Strike by Realtech VR showed up in our inbox a few days ago. Having seen some of the previews already I was excited to start playing it and get a review out on it. So, after a few days of playing, I can tell you that WOW, what amazing graphics! (more on that later).
Iron Fist Boxing was recently updated to version 3.0 on the 13th. This new version brings several enhancements and changes however, this review will focus on the game as a whole. First though, some of these new enhancements and changes deliver a new high when it comes to graphics on the iPhone. Leveraging the new Open GL ES 2.0 of the iPhone 3GS and 3rd Generation Touch, Iron Fist Boxing now brings shadows, lighting and greater detail in the already excellent 3D graphics. Gizmodo recently did a comparison of these enhancements by running the game on a 3GS iPhone and an iPhone. The results are remarkable and demonstrate just how good the new graphics chips are in the newer devices. However, you'll need one of the new devices (3GS or 3rd gen Touch) in order to view the differences.
When you launch the game you are given several game mode types. One of them is training, which I highly recommend you start here. Getting to know all of the moves and how and when to block is critical, because without some practice you will surely get KO'd and probably not even know why or how to stop it. So, spend the few minutes, learn the moves, then move onto the other fight games.
I've only really done the training mode and the "career" game. However, there is also sparring, speedbag, punchbag and "punchometer" for you to play. I also did not get a chance to try out bluetooth head to head playing as I simply ran out of time before this writeup.
Selecting "career" allows you to choose one of 9 players, each with differing strengths and weaknesses. After playing a couple of the players (and getting whooped), I chose player number 9 and finally started to get some KO's of my own. So, if you're having some trouble, chose a different fighter or go back to the training to practice up again.
There's a lot of unlocking to do with Iron Fist Boxing, you unlock special moves, levels and more. You also earn artwork and achievements as you go along. There's enough to unlock and earn to keep anyone boxing for hours.
I found gameplay to be excellent. There's something to be said about "virtually" throttling someone while sitting in class or at your desk! However, as I mentioned, you must learn the moves in order to get to KO-ing anyone. Many moves are easy and straight forward, but there are others that are tricky, require tilting your device as you swipe the screen and so forth. It's these trickier moves that will get you to the winners corner!
I had one complaint really of playing Iron Fist Boxing – if you get knocked down it's pretty much impossible to get back up. The problem is that you are presented with a "minigame" of sorts that you must master in order to get up off the ground. If you can't do it in the 9 seconds, then you're done. This was getting annoying and I never did figure it out, I just changed fighters then I started to win. Also, if you KO your opponent, so far he does appear to get up the first time – every time. So be sure to finish him!
I recommend Iron Fist Boxing 3rd Strike to anyone that enjoys sports games, especially fighting games. Graphics are superb and game play is fun and exciting when you're kicking ah…
What we liked: Graphics. Need a game to show off the graphics of your shiny new iPhone or iTouch? This is it. WOW!, Kicking butt – where can you go wrong?
What we didn't like: Difficulty in recovering from getting knocked down, looong intro screens (can we cut the video? thanks!).


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The December 1997 Region included an interview with Carter Glass, the man who is credited, in large part, with the creation of the Federal Reserve System, and a man who, it should be noted, has been dead for some time. But the interview was accomplished nonetheless, owing to the efforts of James McAfee, general counsel of the Richmond Fed, who studied Glass' views and elocution and then answered questions pertinent to the Federal Reserve Systempast, present and future. The interview elicited the following responses, including one from the late Marriner Eccles, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and sometime nemesis of Carter Glass (Eccles' views are ably represented, in this case, by McAfee).
To the Editor:
In reading the fascinating interview with Carter Glass that you published recently, herewith the one question that I would have personally liked to ask Senator Glass: "When you helped draft the Federal Reserve Act, you expected that it would prevent banking crises such as had recently occurred in 1907. Yet in 1930-33, with the Federal Reserve in full operation, the country experienced a series of banking panics that dwarfed in magnitude the earlier ones, culminating in 1933 in the temporary closure of the Federal Reserve System itself. As it happened the law you helped draft gave the Federal Reserve ample powers to have prevented the drastic series of bank panics that occurred, to have prevented the stock of money from having declined by a third from 1929 to 1933. My question to you is, first, how do you explain the failure, and second, what was your reaction at the time?"
Milton Friedman
Senior Research Fellow
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Stanford, Calif.
To the Editor:
I'm just old enough to appreciate his [Carter Glass'] wisdom about the inherent frailties of man (and woman!). And how I admire the sense of outrage, to say nothing of the vocabulary so amply reflected even in a posthumous interview. It's easy to sympathize with his fulminations against the Congress (and even the Federal Reserve Board) in leaving his beloved Glass Steagall Act out to dry as the world of finance revolutionizes itself. Let's give the Act a decent burial, and update the banking laws coherently. Alas, it begins to look as though you will have to go a step further to resurrect Carter Glass to get it doneand help keep the Fed strong and regional in the process.
Paul Volcker
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
New York
To the Editor:
I enjoyed reading the transcript of Mr. Glass' conversation in the recent special issue of The Region publication. Perhaps Mr. Glass would have liked to comment on the following: At your extreme advanced age, did you ever envision banking organizations like the new Citigroup or BankAmerica with 160,000 to 180,000 employees each and assets approaching $600 billion or even $700 billion each? What will we see next?
W. Ronnie Caldwell
Executive Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
To the Editor:
Carter Glass has been honored for his high intelligence, courage, fluency and integrity, but it is sad to see his tongue of fire lick out again in my direction after so many years. The plain fact is that the Federal Reserve cannot fulfill its responsibility of helping to maintain economic stability when the control of the nation's banking system, through which the Federal Reserve works, is fragmented between state and federal authorities and among federal authorities. So long as the System is charged with primary responsibility for monetary and credit management, it needs the means with which to carry out that responsibility. The imperative work we began to that endparticularly to wrest control of public policy from the privately run Reserve banks, to require state banks that join the FDIC to become Federal Reserve members also, to consolidate all bank examinations and regulatory functions under the single roof of the Reserve System, and to define the objectives of national monetary policy clearly and specificallyremains still incomplete after more than 60 years. Let us honor Carter Glass for the achievements of his middle years, but let us not forget the harm he caused in old age when, blinded by willful men who played on his ruffled vanity, he angrily turned his talents and energy to blocking vital structural changes.
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Dark Harbor, Nathan Ward's riveting book about the New York Waterfronts, got a good review in the New York Times over the weekend:
For a writer of history, there is always a risk in telling a story that's been told before. In this case, the bar is especially high, because Ward presents a tale that has been told not just often but quite well, first by Johnson and then in the Oscar-winning movie.
To make his challenge even greater, Ward brings no huge trove of new information to his account, and he offers no novel grand view to reshape our thinking of this chapter in American history. But he does have a few weapons at his disposal — namely, meticulous reporting, a keen eye for detail and an elegant writing style — and he uses them to make the tale seem new again.
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It seems I've spent almost the entire weekend surrounded by junk – other peoples and mine. First of all I took in two car boot sales in search of the holy vinyl. Not much to report unfortunately, but for the record here is what I invested in this time around:
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness' First Finale LP (1st issue)
Gruppo Sportivo – 10 Mistakes LP (remembered this group from John Peel shows – good fun)
Elton John – Honky Chateau LP (I have all Elton's earlier albums on vinyl except this one which I bought on the then new fangled musicassette. Have been on the look out for vinyl copy recently to fill my collection. Bought this copy for the cover - the original gatefold one still complete with it's extra flap thingy- which was in perfect shape. Alas, more than can be said for the record itself. Still, half way there)
Hot Hits 11 – LP & Capitol's Country Festival LP (bought these for the covers – they both have, ahem, pretty girls on them. I have to say I'm getting a bit worried about this trend in my record buying!)
Today turned into a rainy day in (last year at about this time I posted Gwen McCrae's "It Keeps On Raining" and said 'rain rain go away come again another day – preferably next year'. So the washout July - in the west of the UK at least - is all my fault!). So what else to do on a rainy day in but have a tidy up? In my case, as I am a hoarder, a "tidy up" essentially means rearranging the various junk lying around the house as opposed to actually throwing any of it away. This can lead to some tense moments with Mrs Darce who is at the other end of the spectrum and whose motto is "get rid". The tidy up process typically takes most of the day as I frequently pause to read an old magazine, build a lego model – or look at my old music cassettes (of course).
And so it was today that I came across one of my John Peel show compilations AND an old Sony Walkman cassette player! It had to be done – I put some new batteries in the Walkman, hooked it up to our DAB radio and was transported back to the Spring of 1979 and a blinding selection of reggae, punk, and a dash of r&b and funk. Most of the tracks are very professionally faded in and out (even if I say so myself – I've no idea now how I did that) so not much is heard of John Peel - but enough, as you can hear below. I've played this tape through twice today now and I was moved enough to wipe the dust off hi-fi cassette deck and hook it up so I could transport you back to 1979 too for some long overdue reggae here on Feel It.
John Peel (the man himself!) Spring 1979 (mp3)
My quest now starts to find the Jimmy Riley and Judah Eskender tracks on 12". It could take a long time.


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BALTIMORE- Junior Geaton Caltabiano (Lothian, Md./Mount St. Joseph) scored four minutes into the contest and the UMBC defense made the goal stand up as the Retrievers blanked American, 1-0, in their final preseason tune-up on August 23 at Retriever Soccer Park.
The game was a match-up of two teams predicted to capture their conference titles this year, with the Retrievers a unanimous coaches' choice in the America East Conference and the Eagles the selection by coaches and sports information directors in the Patriot League.
Caltabiano, who scored a pair of goals in the 3-2 preseason opening victory over James Madison, scored on the first shot of the game. Junior Jordan Becker (Pocomoke City, Md./Pocomoke) served a ball in from the left side towards the near post and Caltabiano headed it just underneath the crossbar from nine yards away.
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When our children were young they all enjoyed one of those delightfully intricate Richard Scarry books, What Do People Do All Day? This book introduced them to the great spectrum of work done inside and outside the home every day. My grandchildren are about ready for it now.
I sometimes think that the first question to be answered on internship is, "What do pastors do all day?" The average person might be a faithful participant in the life of a congregation, but only have a vague understanding of what it is the pastor does to fill up the week. Sunday morning is pretty clear, but what about after that?
On Easter Sunday, I saw an interesting example of what it is that pastors do; a microcosm of the pastor's life in the actions of one young pastor over slightly more than 60 minutes. This pastor serves on a large staff, but there is a truth here that fits the pastor in a congregation of any size.
We arrived for the sunrise service at about 5:45 a.m., and there he was, standing alb-clad in the doorway, coffee in his hand, greeting worshippers as they arrived. He started with hospitality. At that particular worship service, he had no particular up-front responsibility, but when the time came for sharing communion, there he was in the chancel, taking bread and wine and heading up to the balcony to serve communion to the choir.
Worship ended. The sunrise service congregation was leaving. The crowd for the next service was starting to arrive. This is a city congregation with limited parking. Arrangements had been made for off-duty police officers to be present to direct traffic, but some apparently were late in arriving. So there was the same pastor again, in alb and orange reflector vest, yellow flag in hand, standing in the street by the entrance to the parking lot directing traffic.
So he went from greeting, to serving communion, to directing traffic. What's the point? He was doing whatever needed to be done at the time. Humble work, a lot of it. Not high profile. But necessary just the same. And the great thing about this pastor is that he was willing to do whatever needed to be done. I can only imagine what he wound up doing the rest of the day.
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Your lungs are organs in your chest that allow your
body to take in oxygen from the air. They also help remove carbon dioxide (a
waste gas that can be toxic) from your body.
The lungs' intake of oxygen and removal of carbon
dioxide is called gas exchange. Gas exchange is part of breathing. Breathing is
a vital function of life; it helps your body work properly.
Other organs and tissues also help make breathing
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Dudley Laufman has his own way of making music with words and words into dance and song. For him it's always been one thing: the music, the movement, the poetry. Here we have poem and song lyric and story and myth. The words are by turns elegiac, celebratory, raucous, randy, funny...
Marie Harris, New Hampshire Poet Laureate, 1999-2004
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Mayer Hawthorne has come a long way since his 2008 debut, and right now he says, "Life is great." He's released three well-received full-length albums, had songs licensed for film and television, and toured the world with Bruno Mars, Foster The People, Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, and the late Amy Winehouse. His latest, Where Does This Door Go (2013, Republic), features production work from Pharrell Williams, Greg Wells, Jack Splash, John Hill, and Oak (of Oak & Pop), who contributes the smooth and powerful single "Her Favorite Song."
Mayer grew up just outside of Detroit in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and remembers, as a child, driving through the Motor City with his father and tuning the car radio I n to the region's rich musical tapestry. He has produced music and played multiple instruments for much of his life and uses skills honed as a club DJ to create his own original dance floor fillers. Throughout the years he's cited Soul legends Barry White and Curtis Mayfield as inspiration, along with late hip-hop producer J Dilla.
But comfortably relocated in Los Angeles, the hat he now wears is that of a yachtsman in the mold of Hall and Oates, Steely Dan and Michael McDonald. The old influences remain—the creative vision of Dilla, the urban elegance of Mayfield and White—but today's Hawthorne is a smiling sophisticate. Some have described the vibe of Where Does This Door Go as "Steely Dan meets the Beastie Boys," which suggests both a studio seriousness and playfully irreverent approach.
"The only rule I had when I went in to make this album was that it had to be fun," he says.
In the last five years, Mayer has grown as a singer, songwriter and in his desire for collaboration. Working with touring partners like Winehouse and Badu bolstered his vocal chops by teaching him how to use his voice as an instrument. Lyrically, he's moved away from the bitter break-up tone of his first two albums toward more diverse storytelling and personal coming-of-age content, and he's relaxed his DIY ethos of crafting every song from start to finish.
Now, he's motivated to create soul music that can win—win on the radio, win on the charts, win over clubs and win over hearts. With Where Does This Door Go, Mayer is back to his soul foundation and hip-hop roots, and is making the most enjoyable and youthful music of his career.
"This record for me is really about a journey into the unknown," he says. "As a musician, you're only as good as your next record, and you never know what's through that next door."
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Myron Floren, accordion player on 'The Lawrence Welk Show,' dies
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. - Myron Floren, a maestro accordion player who entertained generations of TV viewers on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died Saturday at the age of 85.
Floren died of cancer at his Rolling Hills Estates home in Los Angeles County, his daughter Randee Floren said.
A consummate musician versed in everything from polka to Bach, he joined Lawrence Welk's band in 1950 and stayed on until the television show ended in 1982.
The orchestra, which also included saxophonist Dick Dale and singer Jim Roberts, was famous for bouncing, effervescent dance music that Welk began playing as a young man in his native North Dakota.
More recently, Floren performed at music festivals around the country and frequently appeared at the Lawrence Welk Resort and Champagne Theater in Branson, Mo.
Parody singer "Weird Al" Yankovic, who also plays the accordion, has called Floren an inspiration in his youth.
Singer Bill Lennon, whose older sisters were regulars and who occasionally performed on Welk's show, described Floren as a gentlemen and a dedicated musician.
"A lot of folks in the orchestra said he conducted better with his elbows than many conductors do with the baton," Lennon said, referring to Floren's ability to play the accordion and keep the band on tempo.
Randee Floren recalled going out in public with her father as a young girl.
"People would recognize him and go crazy. It was like going out with a rock star in those days," she said.
Born on a farm outside Roslyn, S.D., in 1919, Floren took up the instrument after hearing an accordionist at a fair as a child. He married his former student Berdyne Koerner in 1945 and first played with Welk when the couple saw the band leader play at a ballroom in St. Louis.
The two musicians had met previously, and this time Welk invited Floren to perform a number with his band.
Myron chose "Lady of Spain" and the crowd was so enthusiastic Welk asked him to play the rest of the evening and quickly hired him, according to Margaret Heron, syndication manager for the show.
He and his wife Berdyne had five daughters, none of whom were musically talented, Randee Floren said.
She remembered one Father's Day when band members taught her and two of her sisters to sing a three-part harmony.
"We were terrible, but he was proud even though we stunk," she said.
Floren is survived by his wife, five daughters and seven grandchildren.
A memorial service was pending. In lieu of flowers, the family requested that donations be made to the USO.


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Olympic champions Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers defeated Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena 21-17, 21-18 in an all-American final in the season-opening beach volleyball World Tour event Sunday.
Dalhausser and Rogers, gold medalists in Beijing, needed 44 minutes to beat their countrymen in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, earning their third straight title at the event.
It was the duo's first tournament since Rogers injured his knee last August.
Brazil's Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha won the bronze medal by beating Spain's Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera 21-18, 21-14.
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- 4 Beds
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SubdivisionSky Legend F1
Listing Date11/01/18
Year Built2018
AreaCotton Ranch and Chatfield Corners
Lot Size0.34 Acres (14,810 SqFt)
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Property Description
Sip wine on your deck, overlooking the Sawatch Range, while enjoying your elegant ranch-designed home. Mountain chic, with knotty alder woodwork, huge windows and warm colors. 4-bedrooms, 3.5-baths with unfinished space to make your own in the walkout basement. Quartz counters, a pantry, laundry room and oversized 2-car garage. Showcasing hardwood floors, graceful living areas and a family room with a big patio. Set on the mesa of the desirable Cotton Ranch neighborhood.
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Located west of Eagle, not far from Glenwood Canyon and the airport, as well as a convenient drive along I-70 to the up valley resorts, Gypsum offers opportunities for the first time home buyer and outdoor enthusiast. Enjoy town festivities at the Lundgren Ampitheater and a variety of recreational pursuits at the impressive Gypsum Rec Center. Horse properties, ranches, golf course homes and modest houses mix in this authentic Western town, all with mountain views.
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