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Problem with same API with different varsions of ms word.
We are accessing ms word using MFC in our C++ application. Using MFC AppWzizard(dll) and with office11 type library(MS Word 2003), a regular MFC static dll has been created and linked our application.
Using MS word for spellchecking functionality.
I am using CheckSpelling function API of ms word as below for spell check.
Application.CheckSpelling(Word, CustomDictionary, IgnoreUppercase, MainDictionary, CustomDictionary2, CustomDictionary3, CustomDictionary4, CustomDictionary5, CustomDictionary6, CustomDictionary7, CustomDictionary8, CustomDictionary9, CustomDictionary10)
(reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff822597.aspx).
The CustomDictionary represents the name of the .dic file to which the application would refer while checking for spelling and IgnoreUppercase is a flag to ignore the uppercase characters.
In the system having only word 2003 installed, Whenever this API is called sending Custom dictionary as parameter, exception occurs with the message cannot open the dictionary. And if the same exe of the application is run on the system having word 2010 installed, this works fine.
If the dll is built using office14 type library(MS Word 2010), this API works with word 2010. However if the same exe is taken to system having 2003, the same problem.
Though the same function API is present in both the versions of ms word with same parameters, the problem occurs with word 2003.
The statement I am using is as below.
bool res = m_word.CheckSpelling((LPCTSTR) text, strFilename, m_vFalse, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt, m_vOpt);
text- has the word for spell check.
strFilename is COleVariant. COleVariant strFilename ((LPCTSTR) Filename). And Filename is Cstring of the location of Custom dictionary.
m_vFalse - COleVariant((short) FALSE);
m_vOpt = COleVariant((long)DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND,VT_ERROR);
If no custom dictionary is sent ( i.e. instead of strFilename, if m_vOpt is sent), the API gives no errors in both the version.
Since the same function API is working in higher version, it must also work in lower version.
Is the problem because of creating MFC regular dll statically? Will it work by creating the dynamic dll?
And also please let me know if any modifications to be made to the parameters for word 2003 from MFC code perspective.
Kindly help.
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Hey Toby,Toby wrote:so far nothing beats the Dyno 2011 18. hands down the best kite for me.
trying to convince North to redo it. Airstyle needs that kite...
can you do a quick comparison between the 2012 Dyno 17m and the 2013 Fuse 18m, are they similar in power delivery and steering speed/bar pressure?
I figure the old 2011 18m has no competition so far for power yet but was wondering what you think of the Fuse overall compared to the 2012 Dyno.


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|System: Wii, PS2
|Review Rating Legend
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: NIS America
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: March 30, 2010
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
As for sound, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is that the soundtrack is very hit-or-miss. A handful of good tracks are weighed down by the fact that many combat scenes are framed by goofball music. When giant mechs go to war against demonic invaders, we shouldn't be listening to something out of Grampa's dusty "dance mix" record collection. Only the last few combat scenes are given appropriately dramatic music. However, these recurring moments of musical incompetence only stand out because of the many fine tracks, and great voice work, also available in Sakura Wars. There's a recurring theme that plays whenever the team cleans up their act and makes a stand against evil, and this theme hits hard emotionally, especially as you grow closer to your team and begin to care about their psychological issues.
The voice work shines. Sakura Wars would be nearly unplayable if it did not because most of the game is about interacting with your team. Not every interaction is voiced; there's a lot of text, which means a lot of reading, which means you need to be able to care about what you're reading rather than just blast through the text in order to get to the "real game", so anyone looking for the next God of War button-masher needs to put Sakura Wars down and run in the opposite direction. But interactions are often voiced, and they are voiced by talents perfect for each role. Mysterious Subaru sounds sometimes like an emotionally distant genius with occasional flashes of fanaticism; Cheiron is equal parts aggressive and overbearingly friendly; little Rosita is so cute and nonsensical that I had to assume she was brain damaged.
In short, once the characters grew on me, I couldn't get enough of them. (I especially miss hearing little Rosita, who was obsessed with food due to being starved before joining the team, announce at the beginning of her special attack, "STEAK! POTATOES! BURGERS!!!") Ironically enough, we are occasionally given glimpses of the team giving theatrical performances to packed houses, and these performances are laughably bad. Fortunately, it only happens often enough to be humorous rather than annoying!
Some gamers might take issue with the lip synching, or lack thereof, during character interaction. Sakura Wars does not have bad lip synching... it has no lip synching. Basically, when characters are voiced, their lips move completely at random. This is less a fault and more a creative choice on the part of the developers. This will be off-putting to anime purists who insist on listening only to Japanese audio tracks (but who do not necessarily speak Japanese themselves), which might be a problem because, let's face it, someone who doesn't like anime in the first place isn't going to see Sakura Wars on a store shelf and think, "This is the game for me."
Sakura Wars was brought to America with the hardcore otaku in mind. But, in terms of the lack of lip synching, believe me, you'll scoff for the first five minutes and then you won't even notice it at all. I promise: the lack of lip synching was a sound creative choice that helped bring Sakura Wars to America that much quicker, rather than adding another year of development spent fixing something that can't be described as broken in the first place.
And really, none of Sakura Wars' shortcomings are glaring flaws. I may have spent the first hour of gameplay twitching in my chair because of some of the more goofball moments, but the game won me over, and won me over completely. In fact, the worst part about So Long My Love is that awful feeling when you realize that there are at least four other Sakura Wars games that have never come to America. I desperately need to return to the warm and happy world of Sakura, but the best I can hope for is a second (or third) playthrough that takes advantage of Sakura's branching storyline.
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What Stuart O'Grady says...
We start with Mount Barker and it's a pretty nasty way to start any day. It's a solid climb. I start my training up there everyday. It's going to put the squeeze on a lot of guys, especially after the first couple of stages. We go up the main road and then turn off onto the old highway [Mount Barker Road]. That could hurt a lot of legs but it will depend on whether the peloton want to race that early.
It's a touch circuit around Sterling and it seems like every year we are doing more and more laps. This year we have five [after coming through the finish line the first time]. Three was already extremely hard and five is just going to be very, very difficult.
For me, Corkscrew on Stage 2 is going to be selective and this day is going to be quite decisive. There's no where to recover. It's like a world championship circuit and the pace is going to get quicker and quicker every lap. We'll see coming into the finish with the final five kilometres, probably not a huge group, maybe 30 or 40 guys.
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Pictured: Audrey Mangan led the Crimson with a 13th place finish in the women's 5K (Gil Talbot).
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - In the first EISA ski weekend of the season Harvard finished ninth out of 15 participating schools. The Crimson was led by an impressive fifth place performance in the women's 5K Classic event where the team finished one point ahead of Saint Lawrence and in front of contenders Vermont and Williams in one of the closest competition of the carnival weekend.
Audrey Mangan and Esther Kennedy placed 13th and 14th, respectively in the 5K - just seconds out of a top 10 finish each. Cara Sprague also delivered a top 30 finish in 27th overall.
"Conditions were really tricky with alternating rain, sleet and snow creating variable conditions on the courses," said Nordic head coach Chris City following the weekend. "When we wax for these kinds of conditions, it's very difficult to find a wax that will work through all those conditions. With the women, we found something that would work on the rainy parts of the course and not be too slow in those areas at higher elevation where the precipitation was falling as snow."
Trevor Petach and Kevin Sprague led the men in the 10K event with 42nd and 44th place finishes.
"When the men's race started, the snow line shifted and in a few short minutes it had covered much more of the course," said City. "Because of their early start positions, Trevor and Kevin were able to finish much of their races before their skis stopped working; (Anthony Ryerson) wasn't so lucky and his finish place reflects that."
Saturday conditions for the men's 20K and women's 15K were more stable than on Friday; however, warm temperatures and the multiple lap of the field in each Nordic race led some uphills to turn to the consistency of mashed potatoes. For the same reason, many of the downhills developed large berms of snow on the turns, which can make steep downs rather tricky.
On the steeps of Whiteface where the Alpine Slalom was held there was another familiar name from yesterday, the University of Vermont's Giant Slalom winner also became their Slalom winner. David Donaldson (1:36.30) commanded another win with two consistently fast and aggressive runs. Kevin McNamara led the men in 34th with a finish of 1:51.71 in the slalom while Chris Kinner led in the giant slalom with a 32nd place finish in 2:07.49.
The women's side saw a familiar face from last year with Courtney Hammond (1:52.33) returning to the winner's circle. Catherine Sheils led Harvard with a 21st place finish (1:57.45). In the GS, Margie Thorp narrowly edged out teammate Caroline McHugh by .24 of a second with the duo finishing 37th and 38th overall.
Looking at the team results the University of Vermont took the Alpine events both days but Dartmouth's crushing Nordic performances more than outdid any lead won by the University of Vermont on the steeps to give victory to the Big Green. The final tally was Dartmouth with 957 points to Vermont's 849.
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Sony announces 13 new handycams and 2 pro camcorders at CES 2010
Posted 07 January 2010 - 12:28 PM
The real shocker is that Sony has finally moved away from its proprietary Memory Stick format and included SDHC, which means it's finally feeling the heat from competitors. The new FX 24mbps 1080/60i still has no native 24p. The camera is now capable of 3 lux with 1/30 shutter speed with ASS mode on which is a new mark for small form camcorders. Other features include GPS, a wider 26.3mm G lens and the sensor is interpolated to 12 mp for stills.
The new range of cameras are slight larger than the out going models but only by millimeters. They should fit back into housings designed for the previous XR and CX range.
Included in the 13 handycams are 5 new SD cameras.
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Also announced were 2 pro camcorders recording in 24mbps AVCHD, the 3 EXMOR-R 1/3" sensor NX5 and AX2000, which is the consumer version of the NX5. The NX5 has 1080/24/30p and 720/60p plus HD-SDI and XLR outputs. The camera also has SMPTE time code and dual channel PCM audio. The new optimized EXMOR R sensor can record at 1.5lux at 1/30 with auto exposure/gain on.
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Posted 10 January 2010 - 03:54 AM
1. Opt for the Canon HF S11/ Gates combo that has manual WB (Single sensor)
2. Wait for the review of this new AX2000 for underwater shots
3. Forget tapeless and look for a 2nd hand A1U & housing (Single sensor)
What do you think Drew?
Posted 10 January 2010 - 11:41 AM
Still for pros who don't need PAL/NTSC, the specs look great. Looking at the Pana's HMC150, 3xSensor AVCHD looks great. As good as XDCAM EX sometimes, and that's nothing to sneeze about. And if it's as clean as they claim, it'll be a great camera.... IF housing manufacturers make a housing for it. I'm sure the non-molded housing manufacturers can easily adapt their housing to fit the pro cameras though, but I'm not sure the molded aluminum housings will be available.
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 11 January 2010 - 09:11 AM
On the Panasonic front, Ive yet to check the specs, my question is how will it perform in low light. The HVX 200 was a great camera above water, but its low light performance underwater didnt cut it. After shooting with an EX1 for a year and a half underwater, bar has been raised quite a bit for these prosumer and pro level cameras I feel. The difference in $1000-$2000 for the camera when you are investing 12-20k for the total underwater system, is minimal.
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IF housing manufacturers make a housing for it. I'm sure the non-molded housing manufacturers can easily adapt their housing to fit the pro cameras though, but I'm not sure the molded aluminum housings will be available.
That's is why I am amazed the no one makes a hi end housing for the JVC 100M...here is a great cam, shoots in several modes and can capture in QT envelope. Is a perfect size and price for everyone. The only negatives on this cam is JVC's less than stellar rep for durability which I have heard has been improved greatly.
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It's About More Than Me
Editor's note: In December, the More Than Me Foundation won $1 million from Chase at the Second Annual American Giving Awards, which aired on NBC. More Than Me was chosen from among five finalists.
When Grace Schroeder '15 traveled to Liberia this past August to meet the young girls being helped by the More Than Me Foundation, she was prepared to hear some shocking stories. What she didn't expect was to be told about prostitution by a young girl who hadn't even gone through puberty. Even though the girl talked only about others who had been prostitutes, Grace suspected that this girl, too, even at her young age, had been involved in the sex trade.
These are the girls that the More Than Me Foundation seeks out: girls scratching out a living on the streets of West Point, the slum jutting out from Liberia's capital city of Monrovia. Public school is free in Liberia, but the teachers are poorly paid and sometimes don't even show up to teach. Some 75,000 people live in the slum of West Point, but it has only one public school. Young girls often take to selling fruit or trinkets on the streets of the impoverished township and may resort to prostitution. Some are forced into it by their own mothers. When identified and selected by the foundation, the girls receive funding for education and food. The foundation pays $300 for each girl to attend school for one year. The program recently added a lunch (which accounts for $100), so that the girls could eat instead of just watching their friends eat. The organization also provides after-school programming to keep the girls safe and off the streets.
Schroeder first heard about the More Than Me Foundation last November. She was tagging along with her younger sister when she agreed to participate in a flash mob for the organization in New York City. The flash mob, which was choreographed to Beyonce's "Run the World (Girls)," raised $250,000 for the cause through Chase Bank's Chase Community Giving Contest.
Before the dance routine, More Than Me founder Katie Meyler gave a pep talk that lit a fire in Schroeder. She says that she had never worked on something that meant so much to her.
"This experience was my first introduction, face-to-face, with somebody who has known girls selling their bodies and who are desperate for a meal and to go to school," Schroeder said. "So I think what clicked that day was that 'This is real. This is something that I can do, and these girls need my help, and I know I can do it.'"
After the flash mob dissolved, Schroeder and her sister decided to join Meyler as she continued to drum up votes for the contest on Facebook. They took to the subways, and Meyler was impressed by Schroeder, who shouted out the message and danced in the aisle. "I could tell right away that she was a leader; she loves to be in front of people, and she's good at it," Meyler says of Schroeder.
Meyler offered her an internship with More Than Me that same day.
Schroeder originally took on the task of helping maintain More Than Me's website and Facebook profile, but in the early months of 2012, Meyler posed a challenge to her and two other college interns: raise at least $5 a day for the girls of Liberia—the cost of one day of school. The person who raised the most would earn a trip to meet the girls and assist More Than Me's work on the ground in West Point.
Schroeder decided to conduct a meal giveaway to raise money for the challenge. For nine consecutive Mondays during the contest period, which ran from mid-February to the end of April, Schroeder set up a table in the Campus Center. She used her training as a communication, management, and design major to promote the fundraiser—calling it More Than Me Mondays.
The result? A total of $6,320.26. The majority of those funds—$5,290.26—came from IC students.
"The experience I had during the contest solidified that I wanted to be a communication, management, and design major because of the marketing skills that I used," she said. "To see that so many students cared so much about the rest of the world and these girls in Liberia and about me and what I was doing—it really warmed my heart."
"Ithaca College helped me realize that students my age were just as passionate as I was and would give up their breakfast for a girl to go to school in another country," Schroeder said. "To be honest, I didn't think I'd get the reaction that I did. But so many students really were interested in helping me and following up and asking whether I had won the trip to Liberia. It really helped renew my faith in my generation."
Schroeder was the runaway winner of the challenge, and she traveled to Liberia for the first time during the summer after the contest. Although the girls were on summer break, More Than Me was running weekday programs for them. Schroeder sat in on several sessions and even ran her own project, showing the girls how to craft colored bracelets. On other days, she went into West Point with a clipboard and camera to collect biographical info on the More Than Me girls to tell their stories more fully on the organization's website. Most important, she got to spend time with the girls, talking with them and getting to know them.
While Schroeder was in Liberia, the organization received a $150,000 donation from various partners to help renovate several bombed-out buildings donated by the government to turn into schools for the girls. The organization is also looking to construct a boarding school.
Closer to home, Schroeder started the first More Than Me college chapter this fall, drawing from the students who worked with her last year during the More Than Me Mondays campaign.
"My interest in human rights is very new for me," she said. "Coming to Ithaca College and seeing how different it was from my hometown, I became more aware of the rest of the world."
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — As Memorial Day approaches each year, many advisers — like clockwork — begin referring to a so-called "summer rally."
Here's what to do if yours does so this week: Get rid of him.
That's because advisers' "summer rally" is entirely a figment of their imagination. If yours actually thinks one exists, who knows what else she is also claiming to see that is entirely fictional?
To be sure, the stock market will rally sometime this summer. But it rallies at some point during every season of the year. There is nothing exceptional about the summer in this regard.
That, at least, is what I found when I fed into my PC's statistical software the Dow Jones Industrial Average's return from the end of May to its highest close at some point during June, July and August. Though no adviser I know precisely defines what he means by a "summer rally," this way of measuring it presumably comes close. It reflects the maximum gain an investor could achieve if he had the clairvoyance — or sheer luck — to get out of the market at what, in retrospect, is its highest value during the summer.
At first blush you might be impressed: On average since the Dow was created in the late 1800s, the Dow gained 5.27% from the end of May through its highest close over the following three months. That comes to an annualized equivalent of around 23%.
If the stock market enjoys even an average summer rally, the Dow will be trading at more than 17,300 sometime in the next three months.
There's less here than meets the eye, however: When measured this way, every month can boast a rally of similar magnitude.
Consider what I found when I calculated, for each of the other 11 months of the calendar, the potential for a similar three-month rally. Specifically, I measured the Dow's average gain from the end of each month to its highest close over the subsequent three months.
Those other months' average rally was 5.22%. That is statistically indistinguishable from the 5.27% that was the case historically for May.
Furthermore, the only reason May compares even this favorably to other months is because of what happened in 1932, during the depths of the Great Depression. In that year's summer, the Dow nearly doubled.
Without outlier years like that one, the summer rally loses even more statistical support. Since 1940, for example, the average Dow gain from the end of May to its highest close over the next three months is just 4.0%. Seven of the other 11 months of the calendar sport higher average "rallies" than that.
Here's one way to make this summer special: Resolve to use it as the season to subject any of your hunches — summer rally being just one of them — to rigorous statistical scrutiny. You'll find that almost all of them are worthless.
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Mimi > Dembabies
Nick Cannon went baby crazy yesterday on his Twitter with new photos of Dembabies, Roc and Roe. Please note that their mother, the real Mariah Mimi, has to be present always, even if it means luxuriating her foot in their faces, clad in a pink dressing gown (which I imagine she only wears for an hour of the day before changing into a different colour and style). And when Roe is reading, it still has to be about Mommy, see?
While Daddy was busy on Twitter being proud of his twins, Mommy was, as you'd expect, busy being proud of ...herself. She apparently appeared via hologram or something in several countries across Europe for a special holiday concert and THIS, this is what I am talking about. This, after all, is a woman who has to be carried everywhere.
So much sense! It's f-cking brilliant!
She gets to stand in one place - for short periods - in her house as technology beams her around the world while earning millions so she can spend more time, you know, admiring herself. Yesterday Mimi wasn't posting pictures of dembabies on her site, hell no. She was posting pictures of her size 4/6-ness. Like, look how thin she is when photographed from above as she's angled away from the camera and looking down. God I love her. And she apparently loves her new grey sequined bandage dress that's very flattering on her new Jenny body. It's plastered everywhere on her site. Click here to see.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 9th Nov 2006 10:00 UTC
The Syllable team has just released Syllable 0.6.2. Highlights: "A new audio framework for the media server, with new and improved audio drivers and support for multichannel and digital audio; a new look, with new fonts, icons and wallpapers; a huge number of translated applications for non-English users; upgrades to important system components and a switch to GCC 4.1.1, which has yielded noticable performance improvements, and much more."
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The Smiths have kind of been there for me for a while now - at few years at least (6 to be exact, since i first bought the "singles" compilation), and ive never been able to adequately explain why i liked them (i once gave an (ex)friend a kicking for suggesting it was merely because i percieved them as being "cool"... i would never view music so frivolously!)... then last week it struck me; id had a pretty bad few weeks and felt pretty low,
i put "strangeways" on and something Johnny Marr said in Uncut came to mind: "me and morrissey used to discuss it quite a lot - depression is useless, but mlancholy's a genuine place". And that was it - i realised why id liked the Smiths all this time without being able to explain it, but now i can.... Last week hearing "a rush and a push" felt like a gentle caress alleviating my troubles - They sooth my melancholic moods!
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2nd Founders & Funders Montreal Announced
Patrick Lauzon and I are pleased to announce that we are going to be holding the second Montreal Founders and Funders dinner on the evening of May 14th.
To help expand the community of people we can be invited, we are opening up a registration system for invites allowing anyone who is a founder, angel investor or VC investor to register for an invitation.
We are limited to 100 seats for the dinner. The fee for the dinner will be $100 which will include drinks and dinner. This is a private networking event and we select the audience to ensure a quality group of attendees have a chance to network together.
Given the interest we received after the first event and the fact that we won't be able to invite everyone who has expressed interest to the dinner. As a result we are also going to be hosting an after dinner open cocktail networking (A nice roof top terrace party). The networking event will cost $20 and include two drink tickets.
Attendees to the dinner will be able to attend the networking event. The networking party afterwards is open to anyone interested in the technology community in Montreal (not just Founders & Funders).
All profits from the event will go to support Barcamp events in Montreal.
How to Get An Invite
If you would like to attend the dinner, or the networking event after the dinner please fill out the following form and let us know who you are.
We will be contacting those invited with details on the registration and attendance details for the dinner in the coming weeks.
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The corrected 2013 electronic editions of the Plan Bothnia summary outcome "Planning the Bothnian Sea" and the separate poster map are now available!
Besides Plan Bothnia, the joint Swedish-Finnish pilot plan for the offshore Bothnian Sea, the publication provides a summary of the underlying analyses on the different characteristics, uses and future developments in the region.
We are also very glad to inform that the print version of Planning the Bothnian Sea, released in 2012, has won a prestigious Finnish design prize. Our book was selected "Book of the Year" and also won the price of the best publication out of almost 200 in the Antalis Design and Print Awards 2012 on 14 February 2013. See some pictures.
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Dear friends of Mrs. Hannah L. Edwards,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your attendance, gifts, expressions of love, and the many other kindnesses extended to my sister Hannah at a celebration honoring her Oct. 28 at St. Paul Tabernacle AME Zion Church on Sixth Avenue.
Hannah was so happy to see friends from her home church and other churches as well as those friends who came to witness this event. It really touched her heart deeply.
Again, on behalf of my sister, thank you.
Mrs. Nellie L. Mooney
Thank you Hendersonville! The Hendersonville Woman's Club Inc. would like to thank all sponsors and attendees for their participation in our 20th annual Card and Game luncheon/raffle fundraiser held in October, benefiting the Henderson County Boys & Girls Club.
We are grateful for the generous raffle items donated by the following local businesses: Appearances Hair Salon, Barnes & Noble, China Dynasty, Crooked Creek Golf Course, Chef Star Gourmet, Diamond Rush, Fatz, Feather Your Nest, Fresh Market, Friends Hair & Nail Salon, Goldcrafter's of London, K C Hair Salon, Macon Bank, Mean Mr. Mustard, Millers Fine Dry Cleaning, Pampered Palate, Pardee Wellness Center, Silver Fox Gallery, Sol Y Luna and Villa Roma.
A very special thanks to our many donor friends: Joan Bissonette, Nora & David Schumacher, Mr & Mrs Harold Jackson, Evelyn Lansden, Diane Lapp, Ann Mayer, Lynne Stafford, Priscilla Wilson and Marlyn Wrone.
We also want to include appreciation for the support the club received for our first fashion show fundraiser in June that benefited Mainstay.
The Hendersonville Woman's Club will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2015. A total of 97-plus years providing funds for scholarships, support for charities in need and working with our local veterans. For more information, email email@example.com.
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Kildeer are a common sight at the puddle, but this is the first year I've seen them with a chick (the small bird in the forground in the inset). Since they nest on the ground, and the lawn mowers have been around several times already, I was surprised to see that the little one wasn't harmed by them. It doesn't seem ready to fly yet, but it can certainly run!
This will be part of this spread in my album.
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Most interesting battle in PIT camp is who gets to play wing with Malkin and Neal. Eric Tangradi, Dustin Jeffrey and Beau Bennett in hunt.
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Most interesting battle in PIT camp is who gets to play wing with Malkin and Neal. Eric Tangradi, Dustin Jeffrey and Beau Bennett in hunt.
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Jesse wrote:I spoke to Beau at prospect camp and he told me by his own admission that he wouldn't even be 100% healthy wrist-wise until around December. His wrist was so bad he had actually changed the flex in his stick to get a better rip off his shot and to sacrifice for the lost strength in the arm.
Bennett has been great this year, but he has missed time with WB/S recently for other injury issues. The majority of his points have come on the power-play. When I spoke about him at draft time one of the things we talked about was how violent his shot was and how great he was from the half-wall with that Mario-esque one-timer. That's a good indication of how he's scoring his goals right now. He's certainly upped his play in the physicality department and isn't getting pushed around a lot, but I really don't know if he's ready for a top 6 role yet; that's one of the tough determinations that Dan Bylsma is going to have to make in a very short period of time at training camp.
I will say this, if the indication is that BB isn't ready to take time along someone in the top 6, send him back down immediately. This is not a player that would have anything to gain from limited time in a bottom six role. It's either big minutes in WB/S or top 6 in the NHL. There isn't much in-between there.
Patience is required for a player of his ilk in the development realm. If he doesn't make it right now, it's not cause for concern, he just started playing pro hockey 4 months ago.
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Three Seconds from Death (Nov, 1938)
Wow, it's hard to imagine that in 1938 Hollywood only had 17 stunt men and and 6 stunt women. I wonder what the count is now?
Three Seconds from Death
THERE are seventeen men and six women in Hollywood who live entirely by seconds, seldom being more than a count of three from disaster while working. Among the highest paid individuals in the world per employed minute, they are seen daily by millions, yet are unknown except to friends and fellow workers.
This little group composes the "stunters" of the movies. Their job is to manufacture thrills—to cash in on hairbreadth escapes.
In their work, a second generally spells the difference between safety and tragedy. "Timing" is their religion. They work entirely by count, a count that becomes almost subconscious with them, but which, if they forget it, may mean death.
Let's go on location with Cliff Lyons, one of the stunt men. He has been called by Warner Brothers to do two stunts for $1,200 in the picture, "The Valley of the Giants." Each stunt will take about a minute and will be flashed on the screen for a few seconds. One is a cable swing and a bump, the other a "Brodie," or fall.
In a fight scene, where a lumber crew attacks the guards and blows up a dam, Cliff's job is to "bump" a guard stationed on top of a big boulder at the water's edge. To accomplish this, a cable is stretched from the top of a rock to the ground at the far side of the river, passing about eight feet above the rock on which the guard is standing.
Traveling by pulley, Cliff is to sweep down from the larger rock, dump the guard into the river and continue across the water. But what will happen when Lyons reaches the end of his improvised speedway? Traveling down a forty-five degree angle he has every prospect of reaching the ground at eighty to ninety miles an hour. That is where the special effects department of the studio comes in.
"I don't think there is anything a major studio won't do to protect stunt men," explains Lyons. "They will build any sort of gadget you want. A piano wire "holdback" was attached to the pulley I was to ride, and wound around a drum with a brake on it. This wire could be unreeled at any speed desired. And as a secondary safety, they spliced a heavy wire into the cable about fifteen feet from the ground. This wire slanted upward, so no matter how fast the pulley was traveling, the tension of the separated cables would bring it to a gradual stop."
But how about the fellow who was to be bumped? The script said the attacker was to kick him in the back with both feet. The speed of Cliff's descent, plus the force of a two-footed kick, could break his back. The answer is "timing," working by seconds and split seconds.
Three trial slides established the elapsed count required to put Lyons over the spot where his victim was to stand. The same time, in counts, was used by the man on the rock to get himself ready to plunge into the water at the slightest touch. This permitted him, when Cliff called just before kicking, to relax and give way as the feet struck.
"Whether it's bulldogging steers, taking riders out of saddles, tipping stage coaches, doing plane stunts, crashing automobiles or going through a fist fight, timing is everything," says Lyons. "If one fellow gets out of time in a fast fight before the camera, somebody is going to get hurt—and half a second spells the difference between a smooth scene and a bro-ken nose."
Leaping from trees and roofs into saddles and upon passing automobiles calls for split-second timing. Misjudging the position of a horse by inches in such a leap is liable to end a "stunter's" career. Ione Reed, one of the best known stunt women, almost lost her life because a scene was not timed. "The scene," she relates, "called for three of us to jump off a moving freight in the path of an oncoming passenger train. We were to run forward along the tops of the cars, climb down, jump off and scurry across the tracks in front of the approaching locomotive. Had we rehearsed and timed it, all would have been simple. But it looked too easy. And it would have been, if the two who jumped first had given me sufficient lime. But they didn't and I had no time to climb down to the bottom step, but had to jump while half way up the side of the car. I fell and rolled off the track. The locomotive was so close I felt the rush of the passing wheels.
"Another time, while doubling for Gracie Allen in a scene involving riding the back of a bear that is climbing a tree, a slip in timing gave me an embarrassing moment. The bear was going up the tree, after hot cakes the trainer was holding. I climbed on his back and the wire from my belt to the catwalk overhead was supposed to carry most of my weight. But the operator of my line wasn't in step with the bear, and soon my full weight was on his back. This interfered with his progress toward lunch and he turned to give me a nip.
I let go and fell backward, expecting to be brought up by the wire. But the man above was out of step and I hit the stage floor with a jolt."
Letting a stunt man work out every detail of his "action" is an unwritten law in a studio, and failing to keep in time in such instances is unforgivable. Lyons once was called upon to drive north on a road paralleling a double-track railroad. He was to race a passenger train, also going north, and beat it to the crossing. Immediately after he crossed in front of this train, another train, traveling south, was to pass the north-bound train at the crossing.
Cliff and the director worked out the timing and rehearsed it with the trains. But an assistant director decided that if the engineer from the south stepped his speed from twenty to thirty miles an hour, it would still give Lyons time to beat him and would make the race look better.
He probably thought Lyons would just step on the gas. But to get his timing right, the stunt man traveled by watch and speedometer—not by keeping his eyes on the train. So instead of beating the train, he tied it. He made the turn to cross the tracks when he saw the engine bearing down.
With a whirl of his wheel, he headed down the railroad—between the two tracks. But now he was driving toward the south-bound train, less than 300 feet away. To jump one way would put him under the wheels of the train by his side. To jump the other would hurl him in the path of the approaching train. To stay in the car would be suicide.
"Grab a car window," Lyons yelled to a companion, who was doubling for a girl in the picture. "Get out of this!"
He held the bouncing automobile beside the train while his companion pulled himself out of danger. Then it was Cliff's turn. How he got from under that wheel, smashed a closed window of the railway car and jerked himself out of that trap, he doesn't know yet. But his feet left the seat of the automobile just as the trains met. There was a grinding crash—and the two trains rolled the light car between them.
That was perhaps the most spectacular stunt ever filmed, and would have been worth much to the studio—except for one thing. When they saw the car between the trains and coming their way, director, assistant director and camera crew ran. The camera was smashed and not an inch of the film was salvaged. The whole thing was a total loss because of interference. Such interference, however, doesn't crop up once in a thousand stunts.
In the runaway scene in, "In Old Chicago," where the father of the O'Learys is killed, Fox built a complicated device that pulled the pins to release the tongue from the wagon, and send the horses away, dragging Cliff after them. Ordinarily a tongue is released when wooden pins that hold it are broken by driving the wagon into a bump. Fox, however, devised a gunlike release in which a dynamite cartridge exploded and threw a lever which automatically pulled the pins.
"All I had to do," boasted Lyons, "was to touch a button and the whole thing was set off electrically. They even made a light steel sliding plate that fastened along my chest and stomach, so I could be dragged along the ground without injury."
"Unexpected quirks in the disposition of animals are the most dangerous elements in our calling," Ione Reed says. "Nobody ever knows exactly what an animal is going to do. And that goes for the meekest old saddle horse in Hollywood. The time a trained lion turned on me, ripped my leather coat, nipped me and then pulled me down with him, I faced no worse possibilities than when my gentle little pinto suddenly went cold-jawed and started to smash me against some big rocks. In the first case, the trainer reached us before the lion started chewing. In the other, when my pinto was headed, apparently crazy, straight for two enormous boulders, nothing but good luck saved me. Just as he reached the rocks he wheeled, whirling me from the saddle. Somehow, I was able to ward myself off the rock and bounce back in the saddle again.
"But if you want a really interesting story, ask Cliff about the haircut he got when he bulldogged the steer."
"Oh, that," Cliff grinned. "Because it was done on a stage, the steer was pretty wild and we didn't have much room to prance about. So when I threw him, I found myself on the ground in front of him, with the side of the arena about four inches behind me. He was down, but I didn't have room to twist him off his knees. Also I didn't have room to jump back.
"I called to the men on the stage to take him when I let go. But when I released his horns he began hooking. So I flattened out, trying to burrow into the dirt on the floor. Then I saw the steer twist down and whisk a piece of paper off the floor. He could certainly use those horns.
"I flattened closer to the floor and closed my eyes as I saw his head twist again. I felt a little sting on my ear and something brush my hair. How long I lay there, with him over me, I don't know. But finally they got him away. A bit of skin was taken off my ear and a rough path was cut through my hair above the ear. The hair wasn't pulled out, it was cut—ragged and uneven, but cut."


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Clarkson University Program Named Most Innovative in the Country
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The Digital Arts & Sciences major at Clarkson University has been named the most innovative program in North America by the International Digital Media and Arts Association (iDMAa). The organization serves educators, practitioners, scholars, and organizations with interests in digital media.
The 2010 Innovative Program Award was presented last week at the association's annual conference at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia. Past winners of the Innovative award include University of Florida, Savannah College of Art & Design, and The University of Georgia.
Ray L. Steele, senior executive director of iDMAa, presented the award to Clarkson, saying, "This honor comes from a broad base of potential nominees, totaling over 700 digital art and media programs across the country. It is intended to acknowledge the unusual, creative, and outstanding program where innovation is an easily recognized and ever present element of its operation. The judging process involves an experienced group of senior academics and industry individuals, many of whom are the leaders in the field of digital media and arts research."
Dave Beck, director of the Digital Arts & Sciences Program, and Peter Turner, dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, accepted the award on behalf of Clarkson.
"It is fitting that our program achieved this honor, as the major was originally conceived by Dean Turner to replicate the cross-disciplinary state of the digital media industry," said Beck. "It also reflects the quality of our students and faculty. Without their support and dedication, this accomplishment would not have been possible. It is our goal to continue as one of the only programs in the country to successfully offer an innovative education that is balanced between the left and right side of the brain."
The major was created at Clarkson five years ago, as the country's first program to combine equally the digital arts and sciences. The 50 students currently enrolled in the program focus on both the art and science of design, which is unusual in comparison to the core curriculums and missions of other programs in the field.
"Clarkson University is pleased to receive this validation of what we believe has been a very successful new program," said Turner. "Because of the balanced training in sciences and arts and our professional practice course, the program's alumni have been finding jobs that fit perfectly with their interests and skill-sets. Their employers immediately appreciate our students cross training and extensive experience in collaborative environments."
Clarkson's program implements a foundation in the digital arts (including areas like 3D modeling and animation, interactive design, graphic and web design, and video) as well as a foundation in the computer science and mathematics areas (such as programming for video games, virtual reality, physics, and imaging-based math courses).
For more information about Digital Arts & Sciences, visit http://www.clarkson.edu/digitalarts.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: The Digital Arts & Sciences major at Clarkson University has been named the most innovative program in North America by the International Digital Media and Arts Association (iDMAa). The 2010 Innovative Program Award was presented last week at the association's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dave Beck (left), director of the Digital Arts & Sciences Program, and Peter Turner, dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, accepted the award on behalf of Clarkson.


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Style # 190459
Wide Oversized Hoop Earring is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 4 out of 5 by sbrya35 from Different and fun! I purchased these in the chocolate...such a beautiful color for fall and will compliment with a lot of other colors. Yes, they are heavy, so they're not for everyone. I wore these and had no issues at all!
Date published: 2012-10-30
Rated 2 out of 5 by kay_6 from cute BUT HEAVY! "I honestly cannot wear these earrings for no longer than an hour. They are heavy and uncomfortable. However, if that's what you're used to, then, these earrings are for you! Other than that they are beautiful and unique just like they are portrayed..."
Date published: 2012-02-26
Rated 1 out of 5 by stiletta from Way too heavy They're beautiful (much larger than expected but I like big earrings). But these things are EXTREMELY HEAVY (painfully so..). I have 2 holes in both ears..tried each hole...TOO HEAVY!
Date published: 2012-02-16
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Date published: 2012-01-16
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A winner was selected from 22 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
I'm looking for a visually talented designer to create a stunning, but simple and intuitive design. I have a few examples that you can mimic, but add your own flair.
As you can see, I currently have a plain wordpress template. I want to have people say, "wow, look at this guy's blog, he must know what he's talking about!" (this is where you come in)
I work in the health club industry, but I've been working behind the scenes under a company name. It's time I break out on my own. I feel a solid blog design will allow me to do just that.
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I want a site that looks VERY similar to: http://www.marketingtechblog.com
Recreate as closely as possible.
See below for the specifics that I like on this site and what I would like to see changed....
- I am a big fan of red/gray/black/white theme similar to http://www.espn.com.
- The header on marketingtechblog.com is weak. I need it to be stronger. I like the headers found at: http://www.edge-book.com/blog/?79562180 and http://www.therandtoday.com .
- The menu tabs on marketingtechblog.com are too plain. I like tabs more like: http://www.ryanlee.com any tabs that change as you hover over it.
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- Some type of tagline or subtitle can go on the header as well. For now it can be: "A Fresh Perspective for the Health Club Industry"
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- middle column must be white. It would also be nice to have a gray line separating each blog post, to make it a cleaner flow.
- On the right column, at the top will be a subscribe to the blog field (I can provide code, but a simple, sign up/first name/email address fields) Below that, the column headers can be: *Recent Posts, *Categories, *Archives, *Favorite Resources- Categories can be: Announcements, Resources, My Opinions, Personal Growth, Video Tips, Book Reviews, Current Events, Random
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SOELDEN, Austria, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Switzerland's Lara Gut kicked off the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup season Saturday with a comfortable win in the women's giant slalom at Soelden, Austria.
Gut finished with a combined two-run time of 2 minutes, 25.16 seconds, nearly a full second ahead of Austrian Katherine Zettel.
Viktoria Rebenseberg of Germany took third with a time of 2:26.44. Mikaela Shiffrin was the first U.S. finisher with a sixth-place time of 2:26.78.
Gut was the top finisher in Saturday's first run and followed up with a solid second run that nailed down her first career win in the giant slalom. "In the second run I just thought about skiing fast and didn't think about what could happen. It is really nice that I am finally back on what I can do in GS," she said.


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Greetings everyone!
So almost a year has passed since our last news post and certainly we owe you an explanation. But as that would be to boring and long to read we move on over to the news :)
What you will see it the fruit of collaboration between several member this year. We finished the explorer, drivable, and new weapons, usable, like the machete and SPAS12 which has been redone. We also advanced a lot with NPC, our character models, Nedry and Hammond are still in progress but have advanced much more and are included in the game.
New fauna has been added, birds, insects, crocodiles, and, of course, many new dinosaurs, animated, and hostiles.
We are also working on a whole new AI for dinosaurs, so the most clever of them will patiently hide so he can ambush you when you feel safe. All levels have been greatly improved, with better lights, better design to enhance your experience. Optimizations have naturally also been done to, in fact they take up a lot of the mappers time as each individual object has to be addressed and given the properties to give the smallest amount of mark on the performance while still looking good.
One of our dearest member is releasing the MESA (Maya Exporter for Source Absolute), which is a script that improves the valve's one used to export models and animation from Autodesk Maya to Valve's source² for the newer versions of Maya. This contribution should help a lot of people in the modding community with an incredible workflow of one effective click import to source. It's still being enhanced, but it's already a great tool for all modders working on Maya. Some of our members in JL make use of it already of course.
We mainly need a coder/programer to help on AI, and unique features of Jurassic Life that need improvements (inventory, climate change...). We could use an helping hand from yet another modeler so if you are interested contact us via the forum. Make sure you do have the skills we request. Good modeling knowledge and knowledge of Zbrush or Mubox for example. Rigging and animation skills for Source is a large plus. Knowledge of exporting to Source is preferred. We could also use the help of someone who knows well the choreography tool.
Open request about Source engine error: Maybe someone in the community can help us out with a problem we encountered recently. When using the flashlight that casts dynamic shadows we get a crash in one of the levels in a certain area. When setting shadow settings to medium the bug is gone. Seems related to flashlight in other words. To many vertex for a dynamic vertex buffer (number value)>(number value) Tell a programmer to up VERTEX_BUFFER_SIZE is the error. It could actually be hardware related as only 1 of us gets it it seems (still needs verification).
Credits : Nicolas Redeyes Kirsch, Robert taurus Olender, Julien "izZz" Desnos, Nicolas infernal_cheese Castagnede, Alexey aka SIR_Halyavshik", Régis "weSh" Boissenin.
Good day to everyone in this new year. We hope you had great holidays and had a good time on any new years eve celebration you may have attended. We know though that not all celebrate in the traditional way, I myself (taurus) worked nighttime at the factory, and I'm sure there are some that did that too or simply just stayed at home gaming as the clock ticked by 00:00. Whatever floats your boat we still wish you a happy new year :D
So what more can we say? I suppose I could mention that we have some news to show too? I think you agree it's time for that :)
First out we have a few lab models. An stereo microscope, with an cold light unit.
Our second model is an egg crib.
The famous embryo cold strage tanks. It's still a work in progress. I must add more detail to the texture and make some tweaks. This one is already animated . Btw, all models in this entire newspost are created by me (taurus). Promise of models from Redeyes have been made for next news!
Leaving the lab we march out into the bush and find a fence. This one is one that keeps the somewhat smaller sized dinosaurs, like the Dilophosaurus, away from your children.
Something that also keeps dinosaurs on safe distance, at least the small and medium sized ones, is the Taser. Zapp! Zapp!
The last thing we have to show this time is a walk cycle I created for the T-rex. I recorded this from HLMV, so it's what you'll see ingame. I had to animate this in XSI and it's my first encounter with animation ever in this program so I hope you are not to hard on me. :o
We continuously try to find recruits to the project and have at least two new members for the time. SIR_halyavshik who will be our helping hand in mapping apart from what I do in this area. Jacob aka Jakeh111 is another new member we are getting help from, but in the sound department. He will be creating various sound effects we will need. Also we have continuously spoken to other potential recruits but we can't definitively say they are members at this time.
Yes, it's news and it's as much an surprise to us as to you ;)
No not really but we actually did not plan on posting anything from the game two weeks ago but things took an turn for the better in a short time and so now we are here.
So what do we have to share?
We can say that we are very thankful for Thibaults aka CameleonTH work and he recently enabling lights for our Jeep so we now can see where we are heading. Off a cliff or still on the road? Those questions are history! ;)
We do however not have any screens of that but it will come in time to illustrate this. He also continues to work with various user interface elements.
Our new members Chris "Nexus" Choi, and Christopher "ChrisTanky" Chai have collaborated on the SPAS12 model to get it rigged and ready for animation. Animation was handled by ChrisTanky and he really does an impressive job we think. Nicolas Kirsch aka RedEyes did the first compile recently and we finally have custom arms and a custom weapon ingame! That's a milestone we are glad we have reached :)
RedEyes has been making some really nice progress on is human NPC model and some animal NPCs, those we also will tell you more about some other time though.
Robert aka Taurus has been mapping a lot the last year between modeling and he now has some screenshots to show. Over time people have been wondering if there will be any daylight maps and we have planned this yes. These screens show how Roberts day map will look. There is various new vegetation in the map which also has been made by Robert.
One thing that used to be vegetation is Roberts East Docks sign that is seen at the bottom of this post and is the last thing we show this time. Hope you liked the news and see you some time again in the future :)
We've come out of the computer caves and have gathered some things to show and tell you this end of May.
Four new members are at this time creating some work for the mod and we are pleased to have them on because they are doing a very fine job so far.
Nicolas Kirsch aka Redeyes is currently looking over the weapon code and hopefully soon we will have our first fully functioning weapon working. It's been an area of low priority before due to main focus on prop & model creation but now that animations and coding are being fused together by help of Nexus and ChrisTanky (two of the new members) then we finally got the right recipe for this to get done!
Apart from that some modeling is in progress but that we save for another news-post.
Robert Olender aka taurus has been modeling and texturing for the most part and testing the Source engines limits... and reaching them several times way earlier in the tests than we hoped for but we will continue to make the best of the situation.
Here below we got some models created by Taurus:
Greetings to everyone in the new year. We hope your holidays were wonderful and colorful as the clocks hit 00:00 on new years eve.
This time we have a bit to say and a bit to show.
KIRSCH Nicolas aka Redeyes has been working his butt off with the coding trying to get an even better understanding of how NPCs work and we've had some really nice progress especially the last week. It's nothing we will show but I think it should definitely be mentioned. After all the interaction with everything living is a very important part of a game that doesn't really get that much attention, probably mostly due to it's format. Not really easy to grasp what his stuff below says, right?
(excerpt from ai_default.cpp)
void CAI_BaseNPC::InitDefaultScheduleSR(void)
#define ADD_DEF_SCHEDULE( name, localId ) idSpace.AddSchedule(name, localId, "CAI_BaseNPC" )
CAI_ClassScheduleIdSpace &idSpace = CAI_BaseNPC::AccessClassScheduleIdSpaceDirect();
void CAI_BaseNPC::InitDefaultScheduleSR(void)
#define ADD_DEF_SCHEDULE( name, localId ) idSpace.AddSchedule(name, localId, "CAI_BaseNPC" )
CAI_ClassScheduleIdSpace &idSpace = CAI_BaseNPC::AccessClassScheduleIdSpaceDirect();
I would like to present you with our 3rd, or is it 4th, version of the T-rex. Why? You may ask. Well the story is this that people simply forgot to leave their models or don't finish them. Our second T-rex was missing nails and teeth and left in a pose we did not want to reset manually. The transfer of the texture didn't really go to well ether which resulted in some texture deformation. We did a new try, but this model was never finished because of lack of time so OLENDER Robert - taurus, took it upon himself to finish it. This meant reshaping the last T-rex by Regis (wrong reference images were sadly used) and then making a new sculpt for it and new texture. 3 weeks work non stop pretty much and so finally it was at this stage which is presented in the images below.
Also when there is a T-rex around one can also expect lambchop... ehm, goat. Bääää :)
ROWNEY Joel aka BaRaDa is working on this model which still is a WIP.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 (UPI) -- As the time nears for U.S. President Barack Obama's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the opposition approaches hysteria.
A case in point was testimony by Anthony Swift of the National Resources Defense Council at a congressional hearing on April 10. Swift said nothing new or creative; he dusted off old falsehoods by environmental groups who will do anything to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. His misstatements showed how far they will go.
Lacking the humor and logic of Jonathan Swift's "Modest Proposal" several hundred years ago, Anthony Swift said that the Canadian oil sands will never be developed if the pipeline isn't built; he said that there are no possible alternatives to the pipeline to move the oil, and that the risks of building the pipeline are so great that it shouldn't be built.
He's wrong on all counts; worse, he and the NRDC must know that, but he stuck to falsehoods.
First, the Canadian government has been committed to full development of the oil sands for at least 10 years, since they began to include the "new" 170 billion barrel resource as proved reserves. Production has been on the rise during all of that period, driven by improving production techniques and technology.
Recently, one Chinese national oil company paid billions to partner in an oil sands development project. They understand, better than the NRDC does, the value of the oil to their energy and economic development.
U.S. companies and governmental bodies have analyzed the projects from every angle and see the value of the oil sands to our economy and energy security. Somehow the NRDC ignores those things and continues to misrepresent every aspect of the issue.
Second, the NRDC and others who oppose the pipeline argue that rail transport to refiners will never work. That's as wrong as the claim that without the pipeline, oil sands development will come to a halt. Already about 300,000 barrels per day are being shipped by rail and companies are looking at additional rail investment.
The NRDC could logically oppose rail transport to refineries but, to do so truthfully, they would have to support the pipeline and they have dug themselves too deep a hole to do that.
Pipelines are the safest, cleanest way to move oil, gas, chemicals and other fluids; the Association of Oil Pipelines said spills are down 59 percent since 10 years ago; quantities released are down 43 percent. Compared to oil pipelines, trucks are 1,000 times more likely to be involved in a spill; barges are 13 times more likely; and rail transit is five times more likely. The NRDC knows those facts but misrepresentation is their new default mode.
Third, another consistent bleat by pipeline opponents is that the crude oil from oil sands is more corrosive than other oil. That's wrong, also. The oil industry has been pipelining and refining oils with similar chemistry for years -- virtually all California crude, for example, is almost road-tar heavy, as are Venezuelan and Mexican crudes. All are diluted with lighter petroleum products and fluids and move by pipe; all are refined into gasoline and other petroleum products vital to the U.S. economy. And, the government hasn't found a single instance of oil sands crude causing internal corrosion in pipelines.
Jonathan Swift's treatise shocked all of England -- as he had set out to do, in hopes of changing British policy toward Ireland ("Let them starve"). Anthony Swift apparently meant to scare Americans with his litany of false claims. Unfortunately, his claims are too easily disproven. The NRDC used to be better than that.
(John Rafuse, Ph.D., is a former energy adviser in the Nixon White House and currently principal of the Rafuse Organization, a public policy consultancy.)
(United Press International's "Outside View" commentaries are written by outside contributors who specialize in a variety of important issues. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of United Press International. In the interests of creating an open forum, original submissions are invited.)


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Oh, Race, it's good to be back. I've missed you. And I've missed Phil's hat and Phil's Maori fishhook necklace, too!
It's been two weeks, do you remember what happened? Africa? Speeding tickets? Fearless Friends got eliminated? Okay then, we're caught up, let's go to Switzerland.
I've done very little international travel, but I did spend five days in Switzerland once between my junior and senior years of high school, so I'm totally an expert. Bern: city named after a bear. Interlaken: city named after the intersection of two lakes. Nailed it!
All the teams are traveling together by plane and train. Except this one part, when they have to change trains in Bern, and Joey and Meghan and Mona and Beth miss the connection. Run faster, you guys! The other teams laugh and high five as the train pulls away from the platform.
In fake relationship news:
Remember how Hockey and the Singers were teaming up and pretending to flirt? Their pretend relationships have been going on for two weeks, now. I'm guessing that Caroline and Jennifer are more competitive than they are romantic at this point, because the banter between the teams is maybe seven degrees warmer than friends.
Speaking of warmth, literally
It's December in Switzerland! Shepherds deliver clues by traveling on a bike thing with skis instead of wheels. (Joey: "[shriek!] I want to ride it!")
Speaking of warmth, metaphorically
Chuck and Wynona, man. He tells her to run, she tells him not to run. He takes her pack and tells her to run faster, she doesn't run as fast as him. It's a theme this week.
So they take a train to the highest rail station in Europe, Jungfraujoch (and oh how that word rolls off Phil's tongue). Eleven thousand feet above sea level, which is only like ten thousand eight hundred and sixty feet higher than my house, so big whoop.
They each get a St. Bernard to take on a train, and we get to see the Singers make out with their dog while Wynona tells the camera that Chuck treats the dog better than her. Again: theme.
After traveling with the dogs and running them through some snow to deliver them, the teams take an elevator that goes to a little station perched on the summit of a mountain. When you see this building, in the middle of a mountain range, surrounded by, well, nothing, you realize that humans are just crazy. Why did they need a train to go that high? Why build a station on a narrow summit? It's insane!
Speaking of insanity, meet Eiger
Eiger is a mountain with a north face that's pretty much a 6,000-foot vertical drop. It was first climbed in 1878, by some guy who was angry that no one had climbed it yet. Come on! That mountain's been there forever and no one's found a way to the top? What's wrong with you people?!?!
Once Eiger was conquered, it was tunneled, and then they put in some nice observation windows, so just about any fool can go outside and stand on the side of the mountain. That's progress.
For the Roadblock, team members climb out of one window onto a narrow (man-made) ledge, and inch their way across to the next window, collecting a gnome along the way. It's freaky, but they have lots of safety cables (assuming they're smart enough to keep all the cables connected, I hope there was quadruple redundancy), and they face the mountain so they don't even have to look down.
Bates just cruises along the mountain, of course. Katie takes it bravely, not even scared. Jennifer is afraid of heights -- so she claims -- but seems to go quickly. Beth finishes quickly, too.
Wynona and Meghan are the last to do it. Meanwhile, a punctual Swiss train comes and takes the top four teams on to the next destination.
Hey, Chuck and Wynona, how are you doing? Wynona is nervous and troubled and shaky. It takes her a little while, but not hours and hours. They missed that train, though. The next one is in a half an hour, because people on mountain tops have places to go! Frequently! Chuck: "Babe, I wish you coulda moved. Katie did it in like two minutes." Wynona correctly points out that his only response should be, "Good job."
Oh, the cheese!
Do you remember in Season 14 when they had to transport giant wheels of cheese down a hill? And the cheese kept escaping? And people were going crazy with the cheese? That was a good time. One of the best, apparently, because they're doing it again, only in the snow!
Both team members have to climb up a pretty big hill to a shed. Then, using a traditional sled, they transport four fifty-pound wheels of cheese to a barn at the bottom of the hill. Katie gets some free points from me for remembering the challenge and being fearful because of it.
The hill is covered in snow. There's a rope they can use to help climb up, but when their shoes have no traction it's still tricky. Katie and Max, Bates and Anthony, Mona and Beth, and Caroline and Jennifer all head up the hill.
Team Hockey gets there first and they each put two wheels of cheese on their little wooden sleds. Then they get in front of the sled and let it push them down the hill. Whoosh! Coming down is a lot easier in the snow, the cheese just doesn't escape as far. With some minor avalanches, all the teams finish the cheese just as YouTube and Chuck and Wynona approach the challenge.
Wynona has trouble climbing the hill. Chuck has both sleds and puts his head at her behind to literally head-butt her up the hill. Chuck really does not want to lose. Near the top, he climbs ahead of her and pulls her up. I give him credit for not leaving her behind, but then again, he needs her.
Joey and Meghan slide cheese down the hill, shrieking, "Oh, the cheese! The cheese!"
At the top of the hill, Chuck loads the sleds upside down because he thinks the cheese will stay on better. The trouble is, then the sleds don't slide so well. Wynona grabs a wheel and starts throwing it down the hill, saying she'll take care of one if he does the other three. So they roll the cheese down the hill without their sleds. Uh oh — we get an ominous shot of an abandoned sled at the top of the hill.
Pit Stop shed
Hockey comes in first place, again. Mona and Beth are team number two, Max and Katie are third, and Caroline and Jennifer are fourth.
Meghan and Joey have delivered their cheese and are looking for the Pit Stop. Everyone else has taken a cab, but they can't find one and end up wandering towards the Pit Stop on foot.
Chuck and Wynona deliver cheese as Wynona observes, "Who in the hell puts cheese at the top of the hill?" Wynona, you are in a country that put a train at the top of a hill. That's just what they do here in Switzerland.
Oh boy, Chuck and Wynona find a cab! They are at the Pit Stop! Holy cheese I did not expect that! Phil greets them, but then says that they didn't properly transport their cheese. I fully expect him to send them back to the cheese hill to either retrieve their sleds or do the whole thing over, but instead he gives them a 30-minute penalty. Only 30 minutes! Maybe that task went pretty fast after all.
So Chuck and Wynona hang out on the mat. Joey and Meghan are walking, Meghan is crying because with the cold and the altitude she can't breathe well and she can't go fast. They see Phil, but they see Chuck and Wynona on the mat, too, so they know that they're last.
Arriving at the mat, Meghan blames herself for not being quick enough coming up the hill. Phil lets her be sad, and he lets Joey hug her, and then he tells them that Chuck and Wynona have a penalty so Joey and Meghan are still in the Race.
That is a tough mat! One team so relieved, one team so sad. I'm glad. I think Chuck and Wynona have a good relationship, but the Race was making them relate so negatively to each other that it was just going to get worse. They interview afterwards that the Race didn't tear them apart, so that's good.
Next week! They're still in Europe somewhere, falling off of buildings, so that will be exciting.


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I bought a firewood-rack kit at Lowes on clearance last spring. It looked really easy. The only tool needed was a screwdriver to put in four screws. The finished rack looked sort of like a shelf with attached bookends, quite similar to the rack at this link. The kit had the end pieces and screws in it, and the buyer had to supply two 2x4s. The directions said it would take about 15 minutes to assemble.
Today, I decided to put the kit together. I got a couple of used-but-sturdy 2x4s out of the shed and tried to "slip" the end pieces onto them, per the instructions. Ha ha. It took me an hour and a half. I had to rasp off the high spots for four inches back on each end of each 2x4. Then I beat the pieces on with a sledge hammer. (Maybe I should buy a little wood plane? Maybe I should have used new 2x4s. Maybe I should have let Dennis do it!)
I still haven't completed the assembly. I quit and came inside when I got the last piece beaten on. Tomorrow, I'll put in the screws that hold the pieces in place, whether they're necessary or not. I think it will take about, oh, maybe 15 minutes.
Just think of all the entertainment I've had already, and I haven't even stacked the firewood on the rack yet. That kit was definitely a bargain.
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Nymbler is the smart baby name guide that responds to your personal taste.
Nymbler makes name connections with insights from baby-naming expert Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard.
A boy's name of English origin. Green was most popular in 1916 and is currently not among the top 1000 U.S. boys' names. Meaning: English: green forest.
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