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After Returning
When your student returns home, s/he may experience "reverse culture shock" in readjusting to American culture. Time abroad may have changed your student in some ways, and therefore, the place they return to may appear to have changed. If they have been away on a program for a long period, some things may have indeed changed while they were gone, and they may feel that they no longer fit in. For some students, this re-entry adjustment can be just as traumatic as the adjustment to a new culture overseas, although it is usually shorter.
We asked a former study abroad participant to contribute her feelings upon returning to the United States after a semester abroad. She hopes her thoughts will help you and your family prepare for your child's return.
"I was flying home on Christmas day. Not the most convenient time for my family, I know, but the ticket was cheaper. I had teased my mom about the surprise party they were going to throw me when I returned. I had only been teasing, but after missing Thanksgiving, I couldn't wait for some good, ole' turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy. My flight didn't get in until 9 p.m., but after a semester of late-night European dinners, it didn't seem very late, and I figured my family would wait for me. After a day of traveling, my study abroad buddy and I arrived at the Kansas City airport. Her entire family had driven from Western Kansas to meet her at the airport. I walked off the plane, and nobody from my family was there. My dad was only 10 minutes late, but it still hurt a little not to have any excited faces to meet me at the end of a long flight. I had been gone for four months!
We went back to the house (the rest of the family didn't want to be bothered to drive out to meet me), and I got a couple of hugs and a, "So how was it?" And, well, that was it. I didn't get the good, ole' turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy. I got leftover Kraft macaroni and cheese because my mom hadn't wanted to cook a whole meal. They hadn't even waited to eat the Kraft dinner. I ate the leftovers, distributed the Christmas gifts I had bought for my family, and then I opened my Christmas gifts -- they hadn't waited to exchange the presents, either. Then everyone went to bed. I was still wired, so I stayed up by myself and watched Cosby Show re-runs until I was finally ready to sleep. I didn't expect a song and dance. I guess I just wanted a little special treatment—four months is a long time. I wanted a little recognition they were happy I was home. I came back a completely different person. My career goals had changed. I had a million stories to tell. I had made a million new friends. I know my family loves me, and I love them, but there is nothing harder in this world than experiencing something only a few really care about. Those who can't relate to the monumental experience you just had want to know you had a good time, and that's it. They don't care about all the glorious wine you drank, all the wonderful, exciting people you met, all the things you learned in your classes. They want to hear, "Yeah, it was awesome!" and then go back to their daily lives.
My situation was pretty much a worst-case scenario. The best you can do is be there for your child and listen to the stories when no one else will. At the most, throw your son or daughter an elaborate welcome-home party with imported wine and cheese. At the least, turn off the television, have a family dinner and ask questions. Then listen to the responses. So many people don't want to hear about the details. You and your family might be your child's only willing ear.
Your son or daughter will also probably experience homesickness for the other culture. Again, be there to listen. It's hard to return from a place you just got used to. Encourage your son or daughter to think about joining international clubs on campus or think about other international experiences like the Peace Corps. There are lots of resources on the Office of International Programs Web site at www.ksu.edu/oip. Please-oh-please encourage your child to share their feelings with you. After returning home, I woke up at 5 a.m. the next morning and couldn't go back to sleep. I decided to cook my favorite meal from my host country. Not only did I get in trouble for making too much noise, but no one wanted to try what I made when they did wake up. I would have been ecstatic if someone had just shown an interest in something they had never experienced before.
Your child will also probably have very different world views. They've lived and adapted in another culture. They might be a little more critical about the U.S. government (lots of places see things differently than George W. Bush); they might see home with critical eyes. I did, which really surprised a family full of Republicans. Listen to and respect their opinions—even if you don't agree with them. Your son or daughter will come back a different person, but he or she is also going to return ready to make the world a better place. And they'll thank you for all of your love and support."


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Round four
Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
''This one's just a warm-up. It's a bit of a teaser of what's to come I think - the start of things, because he unfortunately doesn't get a lot of lift from Justin Sherman underneath him. He takes it in the hands and what we can see here is a progression towards what we call 'hovers'. He's got just a little bit of 'hov' happening, he hangs up there for a little bit and he lands well on his feet. It's a speccy, but it's a 'just getting the job done' speccy.''
Round four
Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
''I like the jump here. This is a bit of a warm-up too, a sign of what's to come, because he goes straight up with his eyes on the ball and manages to get a bit of 'hov' just through his ability to jump. He loses a few points here because he takes a teammate out on the way, and the landing isn't as spectacular as some of the others, but points for some excellent height, and points for bringing the ball down with him.''
Round six
Melbourne v Geelong
Simonds Stadium
''This one's a better mark than the first one because of the landing. He gets a better sit as the ball comes in, which makes it a slightly easier mark. It's much more difficult when you're one on one or coming in from the side, because when you get up super high and get the nice sit it's human nature. You think: 'I'm up here now, so I'd better take the mark.' But he took it in the hands again, which ups the degree of difficulty. He identified the launch pad, got the timing right, keeps his balance in the air and there's a nice little bit of elevation going on. I like this one.''
Round eight
Melbourne v Sydney
''This one's my favourite. You've got two people standing up on the wing, and nothing special usually happens when you've got two people standing on the wing and the ball coming out. Two players who don't take speccies would run up, use a bit of body and force the ball to ground, to their advantage. Jeremy's jumped early, his spring has got him right up onto the guy's shoulders, his centre of gravity is straight up and down and he doesn't push the player forward or knock him over, which means he can get that rest at the top. It's an incredible 'hov'. He gets the second little lift, too, so he stays up there, and the dismount is sensational. What the dismount shows is an innate ability to protect his body: he lands nicely on his bum, which means he's not going to break any ankles or land on his head. The thing I always tell young kids when they ask about how to take big marks is that you can't think about how you're going to land until you've got the ball in your hands. If you think about anything else but the Sherrin you'll drop it. You can't think about landing until you have it and that's what Jeremy's done here. He's loosened the legs, hit the ground loosely and landed perfectly.''
Round 17
Melbourne v Port Adelaide
''First, it's on two ruckmen, so kudos. This one was set up for him perfectly because when two big blokes are jostling, it's a really strong launching pad. He takes the ball at the highest point and he got higher than he was against Sydney, but the degree of difficulty against Sydney was much higher because he only had the one bloke to get hover on. I thought there was less hover in this one. The dismount was much more spectacular, he's got the dive forward happening and lands hard, but he still tucks the ball away and protects his shoulder. For pure hover, it's pretty awesome and they do love a good mark in the Top End, but the one against Sydney still wins, for mine.''
Round 19
Melbourne v Gold Coast
''This one's really nice, but he collects Rohan Bail on the way through so there's a couple of points lost there. It's not as quite good as the others, but there's still a lot to like about this one because he gets some pretty good 'hov', even though there's no player in front of him to really ride. He keeps his eyes on the ball and takes the ball high, but this one's all jump, and Jeremy has got a very pure jump on him. He reminds me of Shaun Smith in this way - he's tall and sinewy and he knows how to jump over people without touching them.''
Round 20
Melbourne v St Kilda
''I like this one because of his pure commitment to the mark. This isn't really a hanger, it's more of a speccy. A hanger, by definition of the word, is being up in the air and hanging there. We get the terminology wrong sometimes, but a speccy is a much broader category and people can take speccies by diving or coming in from the side like Jeremy does here. So a hanger is always a speccy, but this one I'd describe as a speccy without hover. It's a beautiful mark and looks spectacular because he's going full tilt, he's committed, he's not worried about getting hurt. He lifts his knee up a bit but still exposes his ribs, which is always a scary proposition coming in from the the side like he's done here. He grabs it and takes it to the ground, holds it all the way, so this is definitely a speccy.''
Round 21
Melbourne v GWS
''This is a very nice mark. You wouldn't go crazy over it, but it's still very, very nice. I like it because he got good hover, but once he takes the mark he sort of rides the two players around him to the ground and you've got to love that, don't you? That's just a great moment, when you've taken a mark, you're on top of all these players and looking around thinking: 'Oh yeah, I'm just gonna ride these guys down to the ground.' You're taking it in, you're thinking: 'I'm on top of Everest here, I'm taking in the sights.' It's a bit like that, and Jeremy's going to take a lot more marks like this. Defenders will be onto his tactics, but he's working really hard on the other parts of his game and he's a good one. He's going to get better and better.''


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In the case of the Boston Celtics. Not everyone is ready to wave the white flag on their season now that Rajon Rondo's season is finished, courtesy of the torn right ACL the Eastern Conference All-Star starter suffered over the weekend.
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Tony Stewart's frustrating season might have come to an end after picking up a much-needed win on Sunday at Dover International Speedway.
Stewart, who was not that much of a factor for most of the 400-mile race, passed Juan Pablo Montoya for the lead with just three laps to go. He snapped a 30-race winless streak in the Sprint Cup Series. His previous victory came in July 2012 at Daytona.
Dover marked the halfway point in the 26-race regular season. After the Sept. 7 race at Richmond, the 12-driver field for this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship will be determined.
Prior to Dover, Stewart's best finish of the season was seventh, which came last week in the 600-mile race at Charlotte. His victory moved him up four positions to 16th in the point standings.
"God, as much as I hate to say it, it's good to be back in the media center," Stewart jokingly said to reporters at the start of his post-race press conference.
Stewart's win came at the expense of Jimmie Johnson's mishap. NASCAR penalized Johnson when he jumped the restart with 19 laps remaining. He was running second to Montoya at the time. The five-time series champion finished 17th after he had led 143 laps.
"I feel bad for Jimmie because I don't think that's what he deserved," Stewart admitted. "You work hard all day to put yourself in a position to try to win the race at the end. You don't want it coming down to a decision that NASCAR has to make. But there can be some adjustments made to the restart zone.
"In my opinion, if you lengthen that restart zone and give the leader more flexibility of where they pick the restart up at, it takes away that opportunity for the second-place guy to take advantage of the restarts. Jimmie is not a guy who messes with the system and takes advantage of systems, anyway. That's why it's so bad to see him get penalized in this situation, because he's somebody that plays fair by the rules, and doesn't abuse things like that."
Johnson disagreed with NASCAR's call.
Stewart won both races at Dover during the 2000 season, but had not been to victory lane at this one-mile, concrete-surfaced racetrack until Sunday.
Right now, Stewart is 33 points behind 10th-place driver Paul Menard. He is the only driver between 11th-20th in points that has a win this season. The three-time Sprint Cup champion is hopeful of making the Chase for the seventh consecutive year, but he's more focused on keeping his team headed in the right direction. Stewart did not qualify for the Chase in 2006, the year after he won his second series title.
"I've done this enough and been in the Chase enough that being in the Chase is not a novelty for me," he said. "I don't care about being in the Chase unless I have an opportunity to win the championship."
While Stewart drove into victory lane, his teammates, Ryan Newman and Danica Patrick, had a tough day at Dover. Newman was involved in a wreck with David Gilliland late in the race and ended up finishing 36th. Patrick finished four laps behind in 24th.
In his fifth season as a team owner, Stewart has his work cut out with all three of his teams. Newman is 20th in points and Patrick 29th.
"As much as this is a great win and a great victory for us, and great momentum builder for our organization, I will go back and instead of just focusing on the fact that we won, it's going to be, what happened in Ryan's day, what happened in Danica's day," Stewart said.
"And it does make you have to play cheerleader. I like looking at cheerleaders. I think they are hot. I'm not much of one, but that's my role. I can't sit there and go down on a shop floor and tell these guys what to do to make changes to the car to make it better. My job as a car owner is to go down there and keep the morale of the guys good. I would say 'Zippy' (competition director Greg Zipadelli) has done a much better job of that than I've had. I've struggled with it."
With Stewart's No. 14 team struggling a third of the way into the season, there had been rumors of crew chief Steve Addington being replaced. In Addington's defense, Stewart lashed out at the media when he was asked about any possible changes being made in his organization.
"It ticks me off that I've got to sit here and go through this (expletive) because of you guys (media)," he said. "If you're going to put something in there that there's going to -- possibility of somebody moving around, you might want to talk to the guys that write the checks, the guys that work there, and find out the facts before you guys go throwing darts on the dartboard.
"I'll be honest, it (ticked) me off because it was a big distraction to my team, my organization. It kept us from doing our job because people are hearing humors and reading what you guys write, and it was totally inaccurate and unprofessional in my opinion."
Addington has served as Stewart's crew chief since the start of the 2012 season. Dover marked their fourth win since they have been together.
"It's really big," Addington said. "It's not a fix-all for what we've got going on. I think that it's a step in the right direction. We've got to keep our heads down and keep digging, and I think that everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing understands that."
Stewart has generally been one of the hottest drivers in Sprint Cup during the summer months.
Maybe his summer has started early this year.


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A federal grand jury has issued a superseding indictment with new charges against the Plano man accused of trying to set off a bomb on an above-ground gas line last year.
Anson Chi, 34, has been jailed since his release from the hospital last year. He was critically injured in June when he said his homemade bomb "accidentally exploded" in the 3600 block of West Parker Road.
The new indictment lists the original charge, possession of a firearm (in this case an explosive) that's not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. It also includes two new charges: malicious use of explosive materials and using or carrying a destructive device during a crime of violence. The indictment, signed by the grand jury foreman on Feb. 14, describes the third count as "the malicious use of fire and explosives to damage and destroy an Atmos natural gas pipeline."
If convicted, Chi faces up to 30 years in prison.
Court hearings have been on hold while Chi undergoes a mental evaluation at his defense attorney's request. Brook Busbee wrote in her request last year that Chi has "a delusional mindset which prohibits him from understanding the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him."
A hearing on his competency to stand trial is scheduled for March.
A search last year at the Plano home Chi shared with his parents turned up extensive amounts of chemicals and lab equipment, as well as written instructions on how to make a bomb. Police also found three shotguns, two 40-caliber semi-automatic handguns, books on domestic terrorism and technological slavery and $2,000 hidden in a spray can with a false bottom as well as euros and Asian currency.
An FBI special agent testifying in court last year described Chi as an anarchist who was anti-government, anti-big-business, anti-technology and pro-environment.


text: To comment a bit on the article: >What if a high level programing description language was developed. Note I did not say programming language. >This description language would allow you to "describe" what you needed to do and not how to do it (as >discussed before). This draft description would then be presented to an AI based clarifier which would examine >the description, look for inconsistencies or missing information and work with the programmer to create a formal >description of the problem. At that point the description is turned over to a really smart compiler that could target >a particular hardware platform and produce the needed optimized binaries. >Perhaps a GA could be thrown in to help optimize everything. The typical average PHD way of approaching problems they need to solve: Suppose you need to solve a huge problem A at a major parallel machine. We throw the problem A into a blackbox B giving output A'. Now our fantastic new brilliant method/algorithm comes into place that works on A' what our paper is about, and we solve the problem with that. I see that scenario a lot in all kind of different variations. A great example of it is: We invent algorithm f( x ) Now in our program we have if( magicfunction(x) && f(x) ) then printf("problem solved. jippie i got my research done.\n"); They test it at 1 case C and shout victory. typical AI way of doing things. There is so little AI dudes who do more than fill 50 pages of paper a year with ideas that keep untested, and because of never testing their understanding of the problem never advances and the next guy still shows up with the same untested solution. So the above guy who actually is *doing* something and testing something, already gets cheered for (with some reasons). But of course magicfunction(x) only works for their case C. There is no statistic significance. The number of AI guys who test their algorithm/method at state of the art software, be it selfwritten or from someone else, AND test is statistical significant without using some flawed testset where magicfunction(x) is always true, those guys you can really count on 2 hands the past 30 years. In parallel AI it is even worse in fact. There is for example just 2 chessprograms that scale well (so without losing first factor 50 to the parallel search frame) at supercomputers. There is some fuzz now about go programs using UCT/Monte Carlo and a few other algorithms combined; but these random algorithms miss such simple tactics, which for their computing power should be easy to not miss, that they really should think out a better way to search there parallel. Each AI solution that is not embarrassingly parallel is so difficult to parallellize well, so not losing a factor 50, that it is just real hard to make generic frameworks that work real efficient. Such a framework would pose a solution for only 1 program; as soon as you improve 1 year later the program with a new enhancement the entire parallel framework might need to get rewritten from scratch again, to not again lose some factors in speed in scaling. The commercial way most AI guys look to the parallel problem is therefore real simple: "can i get faster than i am at a PC, as it is a government machine anyway, i didn't pay for efficient usage of it, i just want to be faster than my home PC without too much effort". I'm not gonna fight that lemma. However a generic framework that works like that is not gonna get used of course. It just speeds you up so much to make a custom parallel solution, that everyone is doing it. Besides, the hardware is that expensive, that it's worth doing it. >This process sounds like it would take a lot of computing resources. Guess what? We have that. >Why not throw a cluster at this problem. Maybe it would take a week to create a binary, >but it would be cluster time and not your time. There would be no edit/make/run cycle >because the description tells the compiler what the program has to do. The minutia >(or opportunities for bugs) of programming whether it be serial or parallel would be >handled by the compiler. Talk about a killer application. On Oct 2, 2008, at 11:05 AM, John Hearns wrote: > I just read Douglas Eadline's article on Linux Magazine, entitled > "What He Said" > http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7087 > > Very thought provoking article, and took me back to thinking about > genetic algorithms, > a subject I flirted with 20 years ago. I didn't find it worthwhile > on a Sparc1 system with a whopping 2 Mbytes of RAM. > > I guess I should encourage responses to be made on the Linux Mag site. > > John Hearns > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


text: On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 10:10:27PM +0200, Toon Moene wrote: > Nope. gcc-4.0 won't have g77 (it's close to impossible to upgrade that > front end to the new Tree-SSA infrastructure) and it will have the new - > and extremely dangerous :-) - gfortran, a Fortran 95 wannabe front end. Toon, I was talking about C/C++ front-ends. As you probably know, we use the CraySoft Fortran front-end. -- greg


text: Jason Holmes wrote: > Joe Landman wrote: >> >> I have it on good authority that with the other chipset (we have a >> Blackford here), we should see higher numbers. Not exceeding the >> Opteron 275 though. > > We have both a greencreek based (the one with the snoop filter.. I guess > they're calling it the 5000x now) and a blackford based system and I'm > not seeing any difference beyond a percent or two of performance either > in stream or in real applications. Maybe we just haven't hit the magic > app that greencreek helps yet. There is some magic incantation to turn on some super-magic feature. I think it is like an "11" setting for the memory system for specific workloads. Since I don't have that one, I can't play with it :( >> What I can say is that Woodcrest is interesting. It just may be >> overhyped by a "compliant" media. > > I'd say it's a bit overhyped, but it is giving us some good real > application numbers compared to the opterons. On NAMD, Amber, and VASP > so far, we've seen 2.66 GHz Woodcrest between 10-20% faster than our 2.4 > GHz dual-core Opterons while using all 4 processors in a box. It's not > the 50% media hype numbers, but it's definitely an improvement on the > Intel side. I agree its an improvement for Intel. My question is how much of that is due to a larger cache per core on woodcrest? Memory bandwidth doesn't look like its quite where I wanted it to be. I am seeing some anomolous results with GAMESS that I need to try to understand better. Some things the 275 is within a percent or so of the 2.66 GHz woodcrest, and others, the Woodcrest is like 70% faster. The latter it is not demonstrating with all, or even a majority of workloads. 10%=20% ain't bad, but if it is all due to clock, or all due to cache, then thats not as good. Thats an ephermal lead. Will change. While I would like to take the hype at face value, it is after all hype, and marketing fluff. The only important data is where the binary meets the silicon ... :) running real apps with real input decks they way people really want to run them. Nothing correlates as well with application performance as the application itself. I want to get as much testing in with the 2.66 before I change up to 3's. Once I have that hopefully will be able to get a clearer sense for what is clock dependent and what is better architectural changes. Joe > > Thanks, > > -- > Jason Holmes -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 fax : +1 734 786 8452 or +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


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New trailer looks epic by the way, I'll be downloading the new version when I get home!
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I am a Beta level backer and I was wondering if the current delay is about where you expect to be for the beta version? So right now you are about 6-7 months behind the original timeline so does that mean we should see beta access in something like 6-7 months? I don't mind not chomping at the bit just curious, thus why it took me a month to ask. As always the game looks great so keep up the good work!
Indie Gaming World on
Dam no Linux port yet can't play the Alpha version :(
David Asselin on
@DarkSeas The only added value of walking back on foot to your bike seems to be a nostalgia factor. So I personally agree that it shouldn't be added at the cost of the rest. As interesting and immersive it is to do, it would get annoying really fast. The reset is I think a good enough penalty, remindful of old arcade racing games like Hang-on.
DarkSeas Games Creator on
The game's main campaign mode will be very challenging. The current plan is for you to journey across America as a single seamless world. If you die, you have to start from the beginning, but the game is different every time. It's similar to games like Rogue Legacy, Spelunky, etc.
As far as your second question goes:
We aren't planning to feature running back to your bike on foot. This is for a couple reasons.
First of all, we don't see what it really adds to gameplay.
You can't really do much on foot, considering your opponents are on motorcycles going 150 miles per hour. All you can do is run back to your bike as fast as possible. This is all you really do in the old Road Rash games.
If we gave the player a weapon while on foot, he could maybe try to time a melee attack, but connecting would be very very very difficult because of how fast the bikes move. Melee attacks really only work in Road Redemption because the relative velocity between you and your opponent is often very small, since you're both travelling in the same direction.
If you were on foot with a gun, on the other hand, I suppose you could try to shoot the other racers, but ultimately, you want to out-race them, so stopping to try to line up a shot doesn't seem like a good use of time.
So from a gameplay standpoint you have to ask "how does this feature make the game better?", and I don't really have an answer for that. It seems to me like making the player stop and run in a straight line for 5-15 seconds, every time he crashes, makes the game worse.
The second issue involves development time and energy. It takes time to create all new animations, controls, tutorials, etc for on-foot gameplay. This issue is less important than the first, but it's still a factor.
So ultimately we believe that forcing a character to run back to his motorcycle after a collision isn't a great gameplay decision nor a good use of our development time.
Daniel Smith on
Hi Guys,
Played around a bit, was good fun. Now I know it's very early days but I just wanted to ask a couple of questions that I have on my mind right now.
Will there be options for rider health etc in the final game? It feels a bit easy at the moment and I'd love an option to be on a level playing with the AI and have the same health with a head on collision with another vehicle essentially being insta-death etc, a 'realistic' mode if you will.
Also, will hunting your bike down be a thing? Having a reset feature seems a bit too simple.
Keep up the good work regardless :)
Adam Cardillo on
Hey guys, the Alpha build so far is amazing.
Positives would be how crisp and smooth the game feels, I'm using an xbox 360 for pc controller, and it plays awesome. Graphics are very very nice, playing on high settings.
My suggestions would be to add a police AI to come in like in RRash2. (I forget if RRash1 had it), but I remember the police being the real game changer in RRash2, and stealing his baton (Maybe add a Tazer, or another weapon obtained only by defeating a police-racer).
So far, amazing work! Just played it for an hour easy. Wanted to write this comment.
Draken Stark on
Derp, pasted that into the wrong window. lol Anyhow, I'm really enjoying the alpha. It's a lot better than I was anticipating!
Draken Stark on
"Congratulations, you're the first loser.
Try not to lose so badly next time."
Just a few things to nit pick. Graphical settings set in the in-game pause menu are not preserved. For the next alpha, could we customize the race settings ourselves?
Tokarev Sergey on
After playing this alpha version for a couple of hours I have few complaints about SFX (sound when you get a points) and music. I guess it's a placeholders. If not, well, I hope we would get an option to disable/change default music tracks with a custom soundtrack.
Can't tell about performance issues because I only have played it on a decent rig. Anyway, no crashes or BSODs so far)
I'm very pleased to see this game is developing in the right direction. Looking forward to the next update.
David Asselin on
The only thing I can say is wow... it meets all my expectations. The sense of speed is there, the feel of the weapons is great too. All that's missing is variety in the maps, and longer races, but it's just an alpha so I know it's coming down the road. Any worries I had are now gone. :)
DarkSeas Games Creator on
Adding mouse and keyboard support is our number 1 priority right now. We're also hoping to get a Mac build out sooner than later.
The game requires some Windows-specific dll's at the moment (for instance, the one that allows for accurate Xbox gamepad input), so that's the main hurdle for porting, but one that we'll easily surpass.
Anthony Miller on
Wow. I don't need to play the alpha to know that it's already better looking than the last Road Rash game I saw (Road Rash 64). I'm hoping that you guys could add a 'Slo-Mo Impact' camera option for those of us who want to see our enemies really eat it. Maybe you can have a replay system so that it doesn't have to be featured in game. Now I guess all those people complaining about the graphics months ago can eat their words.
Michael Wopsle on
Will the alpha support OSX? Or will that be more of a beta thing?
Kevin G on
@ Zool, You are wrong that you don't use the handlebar, you actually countersteer, turning the handlebar opposite the direction you want to turn in order to initiate a lean. I think the amount of lean shown in the video looks appropriate for the speed being represented. I do think it would be cool to see the rider lean with more than just their shoulders though, sliding their butt half off the seat in the direction of the lean.
Do I need to pick up an XBox controller to use the alpha? My keyboard inputs didn't seem to be doing anything at all.
DarkSeas Games Creator on
We may increase the leaning ability. It's a very simple change to make for us. Thanks for the suggestion.
DarkSeas Games Creator on
ZooL email us at firstname.lastname@example.com if you don't receive your key.
ZooL on
it wont deliver my key. Waiting for an hour now. very sad :-(
Also from watching the alpha video:
The steering looks so wrong. The bikes dont lean at all in the corners. When you ride a super sport bike like seen in the video you dont use the handlebar at all, you only turn by shifting your weight and leaning the bike.
DarkSeas Games Creator on
We've been thinking about implementing a 'throw melee weapon' feature. Once we finalize our gun combat system, we'll probably include this ability.
Will on
Fun stuff so far. I do hope the finished game lets us throw weapons, even at riders ahead of us.
Also, I'm not sure what the planned limit is for AI opponents, but I hope it's as high as the engine will allow. I think the most entertaining part of this game will be going up against 20 to 30 opponents or more in long, extended races, where you would really have to be on your guard.
Daniel Meinzer on
Oh, is alpha a higher tier than beta.
Daniel Meinzer on
When I visit my Humble key page it says it's not released yet.
"When available, you'll be able to get all your digital content listed below right here on your download page!
Your purchase of Road Redemption ($20 Tier) gets you:
Open beta access
Road Redemption, cross-platform and DRM-free"
Jason V on
Just played it on max and only noticed some stuttering with the multiple insane collisions. The thud sounds with the weapons are fantastic and make you cringe and smile at the same time. I can definitely feel the Road Rash vibe here and the sense of speed is pretty good. Overall this alpha to me is a good sign things are in the right direction.The hit detection on the riders is pretty good, you need to be lined up properly to connect, and kicking a bike into a car (or into a ravine) is quite satisfying. I didnt notice if the riders were attacking each other on the road, but I imagine there is still a lot coming. So far my fav weapons in this version have to be the katana and the sledge lol.
DarkSeas Games Creator on
You might be surprised. With the settings turned to "very low", it's playable (~30 frames per second) on my 4 year old laptop with an integrated Intel HD3000 graphics card.
This same laptop gets about 2-5 frames per second on pretty much any Unreal 3 engine game.
Try playing on a low resolution and changing the graphics settings to "very low" (via the pause menu).
Michael Wopsle on
Justin Holmes on
Cool! My laptop won't run it, but I'm excited to hear the feedback from our alpha peeps.


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Back in 2010, I ran a contest to give away an extra copy of a book, so I decided to do the same with this wall calendar.
Since we're finishing an election year, here are five questions about early American politics.
1) What office(s) in the government of the United States of America did John Hancock hold and when?
2) Gouverneur Morris was never a governor, alas, but he was a member of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Senate. From where?
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5) Of the first seven Presidents of the United States, which men had publicly acknowledged biological sons as heirs when they were in office?
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After a disappointing couple of years for Liverpool, can the next campaign give them the opportunity to play at the top level of European football once again?
The last time the Merseyside club played in the competition was in 2010, when they were eliminated in the group stage. Since then it has been a long and painful wait for the fans who are longing to see those famous European nights return to Anfield.
Also the fans have not only had to endure the wait for Champions League football but also the pain of finishing below city rivals Everton for the past two Premier League seasons.
The last campaign was Brendan Rogers' first for the club and although it was seen as a season of transition while the side adapted to a new style of play, the Reds still finished in a disappointing seventh place.
However, January signings Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho impressed since their arrival at the side and showed great promise for the next season.
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WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund approved a $6.7 billion loan for Pakistan on Wednesday in an effort to help the strategic country stave off an economic crisis.
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The international lending agency's approval allows the release of a first installment of $540 million with the remainder of the loan to be paid out over three years.
To secure the loan, Pakistan had to commit to changes in the economy designed to increase growth and improve financial stability. The measures aim to bring down the deficit, reduce pervasive electricity shortages and increase the country's poor rate of tax collection.
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393 West Broadway, New York City
The Broken Kilometer, 1979, located at 393 West Broadway in New York City, is composed of 500 highly polished, round, solid brass rods, each measuring two meters in length and five centimeters (two inches) in diameter. The 500 rods are placed in five parallel rows of 100 rods each. The sculpture weighs 18 3/4 tons and would measure 3,280 feet if all the elements were laid end-to-end. Each rod is placed such that the spaces between the rods increase by 5mm with each consecutive space, from front to back; the first two rods of each row are placed 80mm apart, the last two rods are placed 570 mm apart. Metal halide stadium lights illuminate the work which is 45 feet wide and 125 feet long.
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text: Hi Joe, The Eagle ride-share requires no engine from AMSAT as it is supplied by and operated by Intelsat. They have an order of magnitude more experience than any AMSAT organization and a better track record. It also eliminates more than half of the work in building the satellite. That has to reduce risk. AMSAT-NA members are working on P3E and AMSAT-NA has supplied money for the project so I don't see a lack of support. Since a HEO and GEO are at similar altitudes, I don't forsee a big difference in signal strength. The only disadvantage of a GEO for hams is that it doesn't move so I can't work India from here as I could on AO-13. However, Molniya orbits aren't very useful to outside funders so there is an advantage in raising funds. Making satellites hard to use certainly doesn't help in rasing money. The aspect of AO-40 that QST pushed during fund-rasing was that it would be easier to use than AO-13. 73, John KD6OZH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Westbrook" <k7zt at suddenlink.net> To: "John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh at comcast.net>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 22:06 UTC Subject: AMSAT UK P3E Lecture HEO vs GEO. and AMSAT-NA Priorities > John: > So regarding risk, how many HEO Satellites has AMSAT-NA launched that > required firing a rocket motor to achieve a Molniya Orbit? > It seems that AMSAT-DL has the lead on that front, additionally, the > gentleman that did the PE3 Presentation at the AMSAT-UK Symposium > indicated > that PE3 uses the same platform as AO10 and AO13, and has been tested. At > least we have a more predictable risk. I took a look at the Satellite > history and it appears that the HEO Flights were all joint ventures with > AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-DL. I recall a great deal of publicity in QST > surrounding the AO40 launch including fund raising activities. Why don't > we > observe the same level of commitment that we had for those projects from > AMSAT-NA Leadership?. > > AO40 provided extraordinary opportunities for the satellite experimenter, > it > wasn't that difficult and was great deal of fun. Additionally, it did push > the operator to work on improving their station for weak signal work. > Remember all of the great AO40 how to web sites that popped up? > Lots of home brew projects! Lots of pictures of stations! > How many of those are out there for AO51? > > I believe for those who endeavored to develop hardware and software > definitely > furthered the science. I constructed many different antennas and feeds > learned a > great deal all in my back yard with minimal investment using "arm strong" > , home-brew az-el set up. > > Regarding GEO vs. HEO, I would argue that in terms of the overall > experience, there are significant differences that boil down to the > following:: > 1. GEO isn't a moving target > 2. HEO has a weaker signal > 3. With GEO, the antenna is locked down to a fixed Az-EL. No Doppler, no > need to synchronize the orbit or to integrate software applications. > > I would challenge you to tell me how GEO wouldn't be an appliance. What's > left > once you mount your Downconverter, feed, LNA, etc, bring it to your xcvr, > short of tuning across the transponder to find a clear frequency to call > CQ, > or to locate a contact what's left to do? I agree that GEO would be great > for emergencies, nets, and long rag chews on what will be extremely > crowded xponder space. > Additionally, I think that you would agree that the skill level and > overall experience is diminished. But > that's just me. > > All I'm saying is allow the membership vote on how AMSAT-NA resources > should > be used, I don't mean to suggest we vote on the type of RX to use, but on > the overall project. > It is my belief that most members wouldn't want resources diverted to a > GEO Project before an HEO Project is fully deployed. > If we loose sight of the main goal, this process could go on for years. > To be successful, AMSAT-NA needs a narrow focus as it has very little in > the way of resources, both human and financial. > > I would be satisfied if AMSAT-NA would simply articulate a clear set of > goals and priorities, hell even use the survey that was accomplished in > 04. > Communicate these goals to the members at large and finally stand by them. > If at the end of the day those goals are not what the members want, then > they can vote with their wallets. > > Regards, > - Joe K7ZT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh at comcast.net> > To: "Joe Westbrook" <k7zt at suddenlink.net>; "Luc Leblanc" > <lucleblanc6 at videotron.ca>; <eu-amsat at yahoogroups.com> > Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: [eu-amsat] AMSAT UK P3E Lecture Available > > >> Since AMSAT-DL and AMSAT-NA both require funding from outside the amateur >> radio community, are going after different sources of funding, and >> neither >> can predict when they will get that funding, having two efforts would >> seem >> to double the opportunity for a non-LEO satellite. >> >> I don't think that the risk decreases with P3E. 50% of P3 satellites were >> lost due to failures of engines in the launch vehicle or in the >> satellite. >> >> I don't see how having a linear transponder in a geostationary orbit >> versus a Molniya orbit makes it an appliance satellite. The antennas and >> transceivers on ground are the same in either case. >> >> 73, >> >> John >> KD6OZH >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joe Westbrook" <k7zt at suddenlink.net> >> To: "John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh at comcast.net>; "Luc Leblanc" >> <lucleblanc6 at videotron.ca>; <eu-amsat at yahoogroups.com> >> Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org> >> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 16:32 UTC >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [eu-amsat] AMSAT UK P3E Lecture Available >> >> >>> John: >>> Yes, you may have heard statements like in the past we've relied on >>> charity, >>> and Amateur Radio Operators alone can not fund a launch, what you >>> haven't >>> heard are any solutions for launching any HEOs. It seems that the DL >>> folks >>> haven't lost that as a focus, they acknowledge that as expensive as it >>> is >>> to >>> launch an HEO, it is still doable. 3 - 4M Euros $4 - 5M at least they >>> gave >>> us a tangible figure we can work with. This amount may be a reach for >>> AMSAT-NA alone, but given that we finally understand what it would take >>> to >>> make a HEO Launch reality, then why wouldn't we shift ALL funding toward >>> that effort? Following the PE3 launch, if any surplus remains, the >>> surplus could be transferred to the next HEO opportunity (Eagle). If no >>> surplus remains then at least we would have one working HEO deployed. >>> >>> Additionally, at least we know the PE3 platform is well vetted, and >>> would >>> have the lowest risk. Rather than spending time and resources on a new, >>> untested platform why wouldn't we just facilitate PE3 FIRST? >>> >>> Ok, I'll speech for myself here, but the GEO ride-share simply isn't an >>> opportunity that will interest the HEO crowd. Launching an appliance to >>> serve the disaster response community and entry level satellite users >>> won't >>> do a thing to satisfy the need for a HEO. I don't care if it's free, >>> like >>> AO51, I would probably get on it, make a couple contacts say "that's >>> nice" >>> and be done with it. Please understand, I'm not saying to abandon GEO >>> as >>> a >>> viable option, just don't spend a cent on it until we launch an HEO. >>> >>> What we need is a satellite that enables the real sprit and intent of >>> the >>> Amateur Radio Service, to push the envelop of the technology, allow for >>> experimentation, consider all of the alternative antenna solutions that >>> our >>> resourceful community developed to receive the 2.4Gig Down Link. No >>> rotator >>> required, different feed systems, a fairly modest resource outlay to get >>> on >>> the air. I did it with a totally home brewed system in a restricted >>> neighborhood back yard. Had a blast and learned allot. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh at comcast.net> >>> To: "Luc Leblanc" <lucleblanc6 at videotron.ca>; <eu-amsat at yahoogroups.com> >>> Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org> >>> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 3:14 PM >>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [eu-amsat] AMSAT UK P3E Lecture Available >>> >>> >>>> I've been hearing these two statments from AMSAT-NA officals for at >>>> least >>>> 2 >>>> years -- in person and on this BB. >>>> >>>> 73, >>>> >>>> John >>>> KD6OZH >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Luc Leblanc" <lucleblanc6 at videotron.ca> >>>>> >>>>> Very nice presentations. One attract my attention was made by Peter >>>>> Guelzow DB2OS one one of his slide we can read: >>>>> >>>>> ATTRACTIVENESS OF AMATEUR RADIO HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY >>>>> >>>>> FUNDING A SATELLITE FROM AMATEUR RESSOURCES ALONE NEVER WORKED BEFORE >>>>> AND >>>>> WILL NOT WORK NOW. >>>>> >>>>> I don't how to explain how all the wisdom and reality knowledge seems >>>>> to >>>>> be concentrated in Europe when speaking about amateur satellite? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the >>>> author. >>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >>>> program! >>>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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On previous trips, we'd stayed in a hotel or pension in town, but this time, we decided to shake things up a little, and we rented an apartment on the peninsula for a week. Overall, we enjoyed it -- the peninsula is really quiet and we had a spectacular view of the Mediterranean and the Greek island of Kastellorizo from the balcony. The only negative (if it's really a negative) is that the peninsula houses are deceptively far from town, probably 20-25 minutes from the farthest point. That means you need a car -- it was fine for us as Cagatay's uncle let us borrow his but might not be all that practical as a visitor (unless you were going to do self-guided day trips to places like Saklikent Gorge, St. Nicholas Church in Demre and ancient ruins like Patara and Tlos, where you'd need a rental car anyway).
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We originally planned to do some sightseeing, like finally make it to Saklikent Gorge, but in the end, we didn't do much besides hang out at the beach with Cagatay's family, enjoy the view from our balcony, and eat. What can I say, we were exhausted from packing up for America and traveling around for a few weeks. But doing nothing is lovely -- Kas is such a great town to just wander around in.


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The Line Must Hold
Directed by the maniacal Regent, the enemy pressed forward with one goal - the destruction of mankind.
The Superpowers of Earth, enemies for over a century, have banded together to face the threat from outside, and their combined forces have fought, delaying actions to buy time. But now the Rim has fallen, and the heart of human space lies before the invaders.
On three worlds, mankind will make its stand, and all the power Earth and its colonies can muster has been gathered there. Three worlds - Sandoval, Garrison, and Samvar. The Line.
Erik Cain grimly leads his Marines and their new allies to Sandoval, to fight and to hold that world against anything the enemy throws at it. But Cain plans more than just a defense; he intends to annihilate the enemy forces...and he'll sacrifice anything to win the ultimate victory. Even himself.
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No. Jeff Bower makes the audio version obnoxious. I only keep buying the series because it's good enough to offset Jeff.
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Near to the strict center of Portorož we have for sale a beautiful two-room apartment on the ground floor of the facility, built in 2009, never settled in. The apartment comprises an entrance hall, bathroom, living room connected with kitchen, bedroom and balcony (6,40 sqm). Facing the south (towards the sea) — exposed to all-day sun. Underfloor heating in the bathroom, the other rooms are heated electrically (inverter air conditioner). Due to the high quality of construction and excellent insulation of the building, which brings low monthly cost. The facility has an elevator and common areas (bicycle shed) in the basement. Apartment has one ownership parking space — option to purchase one additional parking space.
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Apache Turbine™ is a servlet based framework that allows experienced Java developers to quickly build web applications. Turbine allows you to use personalize the web sites and to use user logins to restrict access to parts of your application.
Turbine is a matured and well established framework that is used as the base of many other projects (like e.g. the excellent Jetspeed 1 Portals framework.
Turbine is an excellent choice for developing applications that make use of a services-oriented architecture. Some of the functionality provided with Turbine includes a security management system (decoupled in Fulcrum Security), a scheduling service, XML-defined form validation server (Fulcrum Intake), and an XML-RPC service for web services. It is a simple task to create new services particular to your application.
The Turbine core is free of any dependency on a presentation layer technology. Both JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Velocity are supported inside Turbine. For developers already familiar with JSP, or have existing JSP tag libraries, Turbine offers support for the Sun standard. Velocity is the favorite view technology of most users of the Turbine framework; try it out and see if Velocity can help you develop your web applications faster and work more easily with non-programming designers.
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How to Find a Molding Machine in Kitts Hill ?
Whether the fabricator's store is large or small, the Ironworker is the backbone. The Ironworker isn't a single machine; it is five machines united into an engineering wonder. It has much more versatility than most people would imagine. The five working sections that are involved in the make-up of this machine are a punch, a section shear, a bar shear, a plate shear, and a coper-notcher.
A number of the cheaper ironworkers are constructed to employ a fulcrum where the ram shakes back and forth, making the punch go into the succumb at a small angle. This normally leads to the eroding of the punch and succumb on the front rims. The higher quality machines incorporate a ram which moves in a direct vertical line and utilizes modifiable gibs and guides to guarantee a constant traveling path.
When you look for a End of Arm Tooling (EOAT) that develop a Molding Machine in Kitts Hill, looks for experience and not only pricing.
That devotes more life to the tooling, and allows the punch to penetrate the succumb right in the middle in order to capitalize on the machine's total tonnage.
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The most commonly used robot configurations for industrial automation, include articulated robots, SCARA robots and gantry robots.
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Leashed dogs are allowed at this 50-acre show-place of floral finery offering spectacular views of gardens. You and your pup can stroll along meandering paths and expansive lawns. But Butchart Gardens does more than just allow dogs. These dog-friendly folks have placed running dog drinking fountains throughout the entire garden. Thanks to one of our readers for recommending this place. The Butchart Gardens is a must visit if you are on Vancouver Island!
DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it's Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while intended to highlight top places that are especially pet-friendly, is not designed to be the absolutely top 200 places that we could find, but a sampling of the top places so that all regions, types of attractions, hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, parks, beaches, shopping and more can be considered. No doubt each of you will find many other places not on this list or our full list of dog-friendly places at https://www.dogfriendly.com. Please let us know about them by commenting on the blog or emailing us at email@example.com. You can also let us and our readers know if you agree or disagree with the selections, or your experiences there. Please keep in mind that places often change their policies regarding dogs and thus may have different policies at any time in the future.
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Terri Braun needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 106 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
I need a cover design for a new fitness book. This book is about living a Healthy Lifestyle and working out. It is written by Hannah Templer. We are open to many different styles and would like see a variety of styles and options. I will uploading the requirements from the publisher so you know what we need to send them. The book is 9X6.
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For months, are the queens of the first pages of the magazine world. One is Catherine Elizabeth Middleton (Kate Middleton), soap and water girl on April 29 last he married William, Duke of England, son of Charles and Lady Diana. The other is चालट, चार्लोट, शेर्लोट Middleton Philippa (Pippa Middleton), younger sister of Kate, on her wedding day, has gained a lot of flash cameras and reporters. Here is a...
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Jewelry, dream homes, castles in the country, workers are ready to do anything to satisfy every need ... tough life of the princess, right? Knows the beautiful Kate Middleton, the lucky girl who married Prince William of England. Becoming his wife and becoming part of real famiflia, Kate has gained some "privileges " ... what? Here they are! View our gallery and see how it feels to be a...
A GLOSSY magazine is under आग for allegedly slimming down Kate Middleton's waist for the cover of its royal wedding issue.
Kate's waist on the cover of Grazia in the UK appears much slimmer than the rest of her body and does not match other चित्रो taken on the day, which showed her with a much fuller waist.
Other publications all ran pictures of the fuller figured Kate - including the Australian edition of Grazia, which also featured Kate on the cover in her wedding dress.
Kate Middleton was born January 9, 1982. Royal insiders have called her, natural grace and sporty elegance, as Prince William's princess bride-to-be. The captivating brunette may not come from royalty but ends like a fairy tale romance when Prince William proposed to Middleton with his late mother's engagement ring. The couple plans to wed on April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey declared already as bank holiday in the UK.
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Illusion Suicide — SuicideGirl of the Day
Meet Illusion Suicide, a 20-year-old SuicideGirl living in Portugal who calls herself a "pack leader" and loves to hang out with "magic souls."
We think Illusion has a little bit of magic in her soul too. Do you agree?
Name: Illusion Suicide
Age: 20
Location: Portugal
Age: 20 (Sep 16, 1992)
Location: Portugal
Occupation: Pack leader
Makes me happy: Magic souls
Hobbies: Art
I spend most of my free time: Stumbling on my feet
Bands: God is an astronaut, Cult of Luna, Converge, Rise and Fall, Isis
Films: Underworld Awakening, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Remember me
Books: The Mists of Avalon, A Game of Thrones
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Oh, those crazy Shanzai manufacturers. Long renowned for their… er… unconventional way of doing business, they're the folks who churn out millions of gadgets every year that are "inspired" by devices like the iPhone, iPad, and Galaxy S2. Their latest masterpiece: the Angry Birds tablet.
It's built by the folks at Shenzen Technology Company, who have plenty of experience churning out low-cost Android devices and the Wopad V7+ Angry Birds tablet continues that proud tradition. The V7+ is nearly identical to the Wopad V7 from last year, with a 1GHz Vicom VC882 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, VGA front camera, and 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi. It's also got dual mini-USB ports, a full-size HDMI port, and microSD expansion.
There are two big differences with the V7+. First, its 800×480 touchscreen display is capacitive (as opposed to the resisitive one on the V7). Second, it's slathered with what's probably unsanctioned Angry Birds branding.
The iconic Rovio imagery is plastered on the outside of the box and it's everywhere once you power the tablet on. There are scads of Angry Birds apps pre-installed, including the genuine articles from Rovio as well as several wannabies. Dynamic, Birds-themed wallpapers are the default, as you'd expect.
Maybe the folks at Shenzen are on to something here, though. We're well aware of the fact that Average Joes buy a tablet for the whole experience, not so much for the hardware or OS. If Amazon can sell 1,000 Kindle Fires an hour, you've got to think that a Rovio-sanctioned Angry Birds tablet could do pretty well.
Angry Birds has long been one of the top-selling apps on iOS and Android, it's the second most used channel on Roku, and it's available damn near everywhere now — from the Chrome and Opera browsers to Intel's mostly-unknown AppUp store. The Mighty Eagle Tablet might just be the next logical step in Rovio's quest for world domination.
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Last night, the Art Theater in Long Beach, California hosted yet another radical video premiere. This time it was Blind's new offering Damn… with two showings so the local skaters and industry bros alike could take it in. After a quick roll around the ever-evolving Cherry Park, we grabbed some popcorn and candy and settled in for the show. The video knocked our socks off! Seriously gnarly skating from TJ Rogers, Romar, Sewa, Filipe Ortiz, Cody Mac, and everyone else. After the show, it's tradition to take it down the street to the Red Room to crack a couple with the homies and talk skateboarding. Having Thrashin' playing on the bar's TVs was a nice touch. Until next time Long Beach! Check out the photos below and the Busted Shoe Diaries recap.
Damn… will be out on DVD May 24 and on iTunes May 27!
Words and photos by Blair Alley