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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Writing for Cartoons - Stimpy's Invention - Outline Hierarchy
In this outline you can see the whole structure of the story. The way the outline is formatted is designed to help you easily follow the story and the main events in the structure.
Not only the structure of the overall story, but the sub structures within.
The setup has a structure
the body has a structure
The climax has a structure
and the end has a structure
Each of those major sequences has its own hierarchy of scenes happening that define the larger purpose of the sequence.
Each scene that describes the sequence in turn has gags and events that define the purpose of the scene.
The headings that are numbered with a number and dot "- 1." are the main sequences.
Each main sequence has a number and a title heading that describes quickly what the scene is about.
eg. 3. Stimpy Works Hard
You can read all the numbered headings without the text underneath and follow the structure of the story.
Having headings for everything is really handy. It lets you see at a glance where every main point in your story is headed and how it fits into the larger picture.
A script doesn't do that. You can't see the structure of a script at a glance (if it even has one!) It is unwieldy and hard to follow and can easily meander off course by getting lost in random details.
Scripts are a chore to read and really hard to work from.
Some of the sequence headings in an outline have more than one scene each helping define and adding details to the sequence. Each scene has its own heading.
Seq. 6. REN DOES NICE THINGS
1) Irons BVDs
2) Cleans Litterbox
3) Cleans Stimpy
All 3 of those scenes help describe the idea of Ren doing nice things.
Under each scene heading is a simple description of what happens in the scene.
After Stimpy's Invention I discovered that it's easier to read an outline in list form rather than in paragraphs.
One point at a time.
In this cartoon, I raced through the end, rather than to have a slow wind-down like most filmed stories do. I figured that I wanted to pack as much pure entertainment into the cartoon and not waste time with formula structure that usually includes formula filler. Why do movies and TV have filler? Because everyone in Hollywood is so used to seeing it in other movies and TV shows that they automatically assume it is needed. They even write books about it.
We absorb bad Hollywood habits into our system, unless we constantly question every rule to see if it has any real basis in pleasure.
Over time, without radical sceptics to shake things up and ask why there are formula ways of thinking, the bad habits build up and get larger and more prevalent until they become the sole elements of a story. Filler movies.
I figured Stimpy's Invention was over after the song; there was a big climax with Ren exploding so let's just STOP and leave everyone with their mouths hangin' open. I didn't want the audience to settle down to calmness. I wanted them to crave more.
I eliminated the filler. Jackie Gleason did that too in the Honeymooners. He tagged his pathos onto the end of his shows but got it over with quick. He just put it there so the women in the audience wouldn't hate Ralph for being such a bully. Happy endings should be fast.
Here's another version of the outline. We always have to do a million nitpicky changes in every TV or movie story to make the execs feel like they have a reason to exist.
Actually, the one exec that was really great was Vanessa Coffey. The rest of her team wanted to kill this cartoon, but I begged her to trust me and she did. The rest of the band of no-goods were so mad! Until the cartoon aired and was a hit. Then they all took credit for it and asked me to make more just like it and to stop coming up with new ideas.
Note that every story detail and gag of the cartoon isn't in the outline. That's left to the director and the storyboard artist.
The storyboard artist will use this idea of hierarchical gag structure as well. All his details, and dialogue must help define the scenes, characters and sequences in the structure of the story.
He can't just veer off on tangents that have nothing to do with the structure.
In my cartoons, every detail helps define some larger point which in turn defines an even larger one.
It's like a studio system.
Leon Schlesinger is the boss.
He has 3 teams that work under him.
Each team has a boss or director.
Each director has 6 animators who answer to the director.
Each animator has an assistant.
The assisted animation has to be inked and painted.
This is a hierarchy.
The painter follows the assistant animation that follows the animator who answers to the director who answers to Leon who answers to the audience.
The people underneath have to follow what the person next up on the ladder commands. Everyone can't just go off and be creative on their own and draw whatever they want. That would be anarchy.
Stories are like that too.
Every detail answers to a larger point or gag which describes the point of a scene which describes the sequence which fits in an order in the overall story.
Hierarchy is better than anarchy.
Everything wraps around something larger.
The word "composition" applies to both art and story....and to music. It's the control of the rest of the creative elements.
All this should apply to shorts, half hour shows and feature films. There is no need for filler if you are an artist with lots of interesting and fun ideas and understand what makes characters fun to watch.
Now when you go to an animated feature, there are a hundred characters, none of which have a shred of real personality who act and move like every other animated feature character. This crowd of fake characters travels in a pack from place to place and learns to share and cooperate. There's a fake death scene to milk the pathos, heterosexual love interest between blank characters with no personality, a contrived complication that keeps the lovers in an obvious misunderstanding, non-melodic songs about hetero love by gay bands,... and on and on into endless formula and filler while you writhe in your seat waiting for something fresh and interesting to happen.
This wasn't in the Stimpy's Invention outline, we made it up later:
25 comments:
- katzenjammer studios said...
John. You make a great point and made it clear. Cartoonists/film makers should aware of the primary goal of the picture; to entertain.
I think bad filler comes:
1) not understanding the format.
2) people often using "long format" hack formulaic story structure and pacing for short films. Which is boring and inefficient. By design they have to do things differently.
For shorts the payoffs are quick and often; good gags. the audience won't loose they're attention in 2-11 minutes. quick set up, then get to the point.
long format stuff needs more meat, defined character arcs, story theme, and face time to get in deep with the characters so the audience sticks around for over an hour.
All that stuff doesn't need to be crammed into a short, which inherently doesn't allow enough time to get deep into the characters. It's good to bring in good story telling elements, character arcs etc., but the formulas just won't fit the short format pacing.
Also, the captive audience has changed. People watching stuff on the web will fall asleep to hack formulas adapted for shorts. This has to make us think critically again and redefine the set-ups and pacing even quicker. Why does the audience care, what's the information they need, how can I make it entertaining and clear.
Anyway, formulas aren't all that bad, just as long as they're right for the job and the creator doesn't live by them. I heard somewhere that a few of the old master illustrators would reuse compositions just to crank out some of their work; and I think to good results.
John, what do you think about formulas? Mostly a bad thing, or not bad if in the right hands?
Have you found certain "general rules" that you think us young punks should be aware of for web based stuff; as it's a different kind of audience.
I'm not sure I agree that happy endings should be fast. But ending on a high note is really important. Going limp at the end of a picture is the worst.
Anyway, great post on the story spine/hierarchy. Very cool to see examples of the story outlines too!
- R said...
Why don't you write a book? Your blog is chock-full of great material. You even have a fantastic outline for an animation school program. Convert that outline into book format.
I'd buy it.
- Pedro Vargas said...
Holy crap! This helps me out so much! Thanks, John! I love it more like this than making a script out of it.
Even though I've seen Stimpy's Invention, I could make out the story in my head by reading the outline. It's like I'm creating a new version of that episode. Amazing! Thanks again!
- Tibby said...
Wow - Animators had Assistants? So that's what that guy was talking about.
I would give my spleen to be a part of that structure. Even a lowly assistant. But - those are days seem long gone now. I have to make all my cartoons by myself. It would be nice to have an assistant or a BG painter once in a while.
Maybe a lot of the problem is that after the director and the main Keyframe animators - the process is chopped from the artists and people working on the story. Because then it all goes overseas. And you don't see your cartoon till it comes back from the slave ...er, Korean "Production House".
All very nice points. But still, formal script writing is respected more thruout the field. And everyone who wants to be in cartoons should learn how to write a formal script. Even if you don't need to for "your" process. Think about it - studios these days - with the exception of Mr. K's experience want to see a formal script and an outline. You can write it in Mr. K's fassion for planning purposes. But still, if it was my studio - I would want to see a formal script at some point. Eh - just call me "Teh Hard-ass".
- peldma3 said...
This is helpful... but, are there any cartoons on tv NOW that use outlines like this?
- JohnK said...
Hi Katzenjammer
this all should apply to features too.
>>long format stuff needs more meat, defined character arcs, story theme, and face time to get in deep with the characters so the audience sticks around for over an hour.<<
The audience sticks around if you bore them?
What depth is there in any animated feature characters?
I like my movies without filler, thank you.
- Gabriel said...
John, I'm reading this book called Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics, by Maureen Furniss. It's an academic book so I bet you'd never pick it up, it probably talks about many 'serious' artsy fartsy animation which you despise (i can't be sure, i've just begun). Anyway, I jumped back to the index and looked for your name. It talks about your troubles with censorship and it mentions that Vanessa Coffey sticked by your ideas. It also talks about how you couldn't deliver the cartoons in time because they asked you to change them over and over again. That's common knowledge around your fan base, but it's interesting to see it said in a book that strives for some objectiveness and whose author has not anything to do with you, as your supposed failing to meet the deadlines is a constant thing brought up by your defamers.
This is a really good cartoon, but the ending shocked me. There was alot of changes from that first draft. I'm glad to see its structure laid out bare like this. Thanks, John!
- Mr. Cunningham said...
I apologize if I'm wasting anyone's time here (though I imagine this blog is well managed), so I'll keep it short. I have to say it's been at least ten years since I've LAST viewed your work Mr. K, but I do have to say, in comparison to so much other media, that it stands the test of time. I've recently enjoyed the first season again and respond the way I did the first time I saw it. Laughter and joy. Thank you for creating something purposeful and exemplary.
a fan,
trevor cunningham
- Ted said...
"Over time, without radical sceptics to shake things up and ask why there are formula ways of thinking, the bad habits build up and get larger and more prevalent until they become the sole elements of a story. Filler movies."
Have you considered that various people will find various things to act as filler for their formulas? For example, when the formula is to solely use what looks good in an individual drawing, or what is funny in an individual gag, that they could be put together to form a giant mess of a tv half hour?
- JohnK said...
that would be at least a step in the right direction.
but it's not what this post is about. It's about story structure.
- Roberto González said...
>>Now when you go to an animated feature, there are a hundred characters, none of which have a shred of real personality who act and move like every other animated feature character. This crowd of fake characters travels in a pack from place to place and learns to share and cooperate. There's a fake death scene to milk the pathos, heterosexual love interest between blank characters with no personality, a contrived complication that keeps the lovers in an obvious misunderstanding, non-melodic songs about hetero love by gay bands,... and on and on into endless formula and filler while you writhe in your seat waiting for something fresh and interesting to happen.>>
This is quite true, especially in all those CGI "wacky animals" movies we have had recently. However Pixar movies have usually good characters and the "filler" they use is not so different to the filler Disney used in the old days. In fact I think there are very few, if any, animated movies without filler. There is nothing like a Looney Tunes cartoon in a long feature movie. There is not a Bob Clampett movie (I wish there would be) I guess movies like The Three Caballeros or Make Mine Music have very little filler, and they are among my fave animated movies ever.
I think some people had asked about it and you have not answered this before, but how do you feel about Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends? I have been watched a lot of episodes recently and I think it's a very good show. I guess you're going to have some sort of problems with the visual aspect of it cause it stays too on model for the most part, but it's a very character driven show, dialogues are mostly natural and the best episodes consist only on funny sequences one after another.
- JohnH said...
Holy crap, Stinky Wizzleteats was originally going to be Burl Ives, Mr. Voice Of The Narrator from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
Perhaps it is good that it was changed, as I'd have died of delight if I had heard that.
- Clinton said...
Awesome lecture, John! This will help me write my portfolio short, many thanks for sharing!
- Tommy said...
This is awesome, John.
Thanks for posting this. It makes me want to start writing cartoons again.
- Kali Fontecchio said...
The stuff that didn't get to be in this cartoon kills me! I remember lifting up and reading under those post-it notes at ASIFA. YAY for Steve!
"Happy endings should be fast."
Very true. My favorite way is how Buster did it. Do everything he wanted to do in the film, and then get married in the last 10 seconds. I think in Go West though, he went for the cow in the last 10 seconds, hahahahahhahahaha.......
- Shawn said...
Interesting. Yet some of my favorite movies are by the Marx Brothers, which has tons of "filler". Some of the filler is good, and some of it is completely horrible. There's always a boring love story where someone like Tony Curtis sings his pompous love songs, and makes me want to blow my brains out...yet there's also scenes with Chico playing piano and Harpo playing harp, which I love. In fact, I'd be disapointed if they DIDN'T do those scenes. Do you hate ALL filler?
- Fco. de Borja said...
I'm very happy to see through the story process of Stimpy's invention, was one of my favourite shows. Hope some day you'll use the Canadian kilted jacks man to explain more animation lessons.
- he said said...
The Marx brothers movies weren't stuffed w/ filler. The plot was the filler. They were originally just vehicles to show off their stage act. That was what people wanted to see.
Monty Python wasn't full of filler either just cause they used lots of bits that stand alone. It was the point.
- Thomas said...
Yeah, don't ya just hate those Marx Bros. movies co-starring Tony Curtis?
- Brenton said...
Thanks John. Very helpful.
I'll be sure to work this into my storyboarding service, and to call you when it's ready. =)
- Enclothe said...
Awsome awsome awsome!!! Thanks for this post. This is good stuff right here.
- PooButt said...
Dude, from the first time I saw Ren & Stimpy I have been a fan. Stimpy's Invention is, in my mind, the most perfect cartoon ever created. Ren enduring the pain from smashing his head to break the happy helmet was simply brilliant on so many levels.
Nickelodeon can eat a pile of Stimpy's hairballs.
- IrritatedIndex said...
Your blog rocks; it's awesome reading someone who has so much insight about the industry. To be honest, I'm not much of an animator myself, past stick figures (I'm lucky enough to know how to shade a circle), but you have inspired me to learn and do more. Sounds like Hollywood is a total bitch, hope things go well for you along the path.
- Cameron Robertson said...
The storyboard artist always needs a proper place to store all his ideas, stories, paper and colors pens. A working board can be converted into a storage compartment once he has finished working on his animations and stories. The compartment can then be shifted away to the side of the room, ensuring it's not messy after he finishes his work.


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Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne: If Tony Iommi Dies, I'm Gonna Kill Him!
While fan outcry grows over the recent rift between Bill Ward and the rest of his bandmates in the newly reunited Black Sabbath, guitarist Tony Iommi continues his battle against cancer -- and he can count on vocal support (in more ways than one) from Ozzy Osbourne.
During an interview broadcast on Ozzy's SiriusXM station, Osbourne commented on Iommi's ill health, saying, "He needs more and more support. He doesn't have a brother or a sister -- it's just him and his wife and the members of Black Sabbath. So any encouragement, any support."
Osbourne is keeping a positive outlook about the situation, insisting, "He's gonna beat it. What it's down to is determination and believe me, this guy's got more determination than anybody I've ever met. It's gonna be fine. It's just one of those trials in life that happen."
He went on to recall the aftermath of Iommi's diagnosis, remembering how "When the bombshell hit about Tony's cancer problem I came to England. It would've been pretty bad if I would've stayed in L.A. When (producer) Rick Rubin found out, he said 'I will accommodate wherever they are.'"
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Hard-core PAC for hard-right GOP
A former one-term congressman from Louisiana aims to keep stirring up trouble on Capitol Hill from the outside with a new super PAC to support hard-right conservatives in the House of Representatives.
Former Rep. Jeff Landry, who lost his bid for reelection last year, will helm a group dubbed Restore Our Republic. The goal of the super PAC, he told POLITICO, is to give conservatives aligned with the GOP's activist base the same outside support that establishment-side Republicans get from independent expenditure groups.
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Assisting Landry in the enterprise is Republican strategist Nachama Soloveichik, a former senior aide to Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey and a onetime spokesperson for the conservative Club for Growth.
Landry, who has been viewed as a possible Louisiana Senate candidate in 2014, said launching Restore Our Republic doesn't necessarily close other doors for his political future. But he emphasized that the super PAC is a long-term project, which most likely lowers the odds of a challenge next year to Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu.
"These super PACs are great avenues for candidates such as myself — such as I was back in 2012 — and gives them an added boost in a race when they are challenging more establishment Republicans or Democrats," Landry said. "This super PAC is designed to protect, secure and advance conservative principles in the House of Representatives."
Added Landry: "I want to make sure that conservatives in the House of Representatives know that there's a group out there that has their backs."
The former congressman said it's too soon to say exactly where Restore Our Republic will focus its resources next year — or what the scale of those resources will be.
But Landry said the group will not shy away from going after incumbent lawmakers who are insufficiently conservative or taking sides against other national GOP groups in open-seat primary races. A first target could be the soon-to-be vacant House seat in Louisiana's 6th District, which GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy is leaving to run for Senate.
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Local Episcopalians petition to put Waubun priest on bishop ballot
A small Episcopal church - so tiny it had to merge with a Presbyterian church to survive - has offered one of its own priests to be the next bishop of Minnesota.
Doyle Turner of Waubun was nominated by a petition circulated by members of Trinity Church - Episcopal and Presbyterian of Park Rapids. Petitioners actually drove the papers to the diocese offices in Minneapolis Aug. 14, the last day to submit petitions.
The petitioners solicited funds to help finance the drive. Typical of his unpresuming nature, Turner thanked parishioners for their support, but told them to keep their donations modest.
"The church needs a rural voice," he said in accepting their support.
Candidates for the 9th Episcopal bishop of Minnesota will undergo background checks and be formally announced Sept. 25. Three candidates gave already been solicited by the diocese search committee, but the process allows for public petitions for nominations such as Turner's.
The election of the bishop will take place Oct. 31 at the Diocesan Convention in Minneapolis.
"The process of calling the IX Bishop of Minnesota is designed to be deliberate, thorough, and prayerful," said Dr. Scott Crow, chair of the diocesan Standing Committee, which conducts the search and election of bishops.
"These candidates come to us out of a process that has been well-organized and spirit-filled and always in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of our church.
"I look forward to continuing to witness the work of the Holy Spirit among Episcopalians in Minnesota as this process unfolds," Crow wrote for the diocese Web site.
Turner was born and raised on the White Earth Indian Reservation and served as tribal chair for four years until 2004. He joined the Episcopal church 44 years ago when he married his wife, Mary, a church member.
"I fell in love with the liturgy with its beautiful and poetic language," he said. "It spoke to me and called me deeper and deeper into my faith journey."
He began studying for the priesthood after college, graduating from the seminary at Seabury Western - Theological Seminar in Evanston, Ill. He was called to the four Episcopal Chrches on White Earth and ordained to the priesthood in 1986.
He serves as a supply priest to various churches around the region, including Trinity.
He said rural churches are facing issues of sharing spaces and priests.
"The diocese sees itself as a metropolitan diocese," he said. "We need to draw attention there's a wider diocese and make our voices heard."
In many rural congregations, he said teams of parishioners have assumed the roles of ministering to their own flocks, becoming lay visitor ministers and sacrimentalists, accredited to serve communion.
He would like to see the Episcopal diocese become less issue-centered and more spiritual. The Episcopal diocese nationwide has been mired for the past few years in controversy over the ordination of a gay bishop, an issue the Lutheran denomination faced in Minneapolis last weekend. For Episcopalians, the issue has caused a deep schism in the church.
"People are looking for things," Turner said. "They're tired of issues being the center (of the church), not the spirit.
"We've identified ourselves with our issues. Look, we have beautiful liturgy, beautiful images, beautiful structures."
He cautions that he is only a prospective candidate at this point and would never have thought about entering his own name. He's humbly surprised that the Trinity congregation thought so highly of him, it would petition to submit his name for consideration.
"I prayed about this and asked a friend, 'How do I get out of this?' He told me, 'You don't,'" he said.
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The Prevalence of Neurocognitive Disorder in a Primary Care-based HIV Cohort Compared to a HIV-negative Control Cohort - (CNS HAND)
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To determine the prevalence of HIV associated Neurological Disorder (HAND) in a population of HIV positive patients within a primary care setting compared with the HIV negative population. The investigators aim is to assess the use of optimal screening methods to assess HAND. For this the investigators will be comparing the performance of a group of persons who are HIV positive and a group of persons who are HIV negative to test their memory and concentration abilities over-time.
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|The CNS HAND Study: The Prevalence of Neurocognitive Disorder in a Primary Care-based HIV Cohort Compared to a HIV-negative Control Cohort
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Subjects must have documented HIV, be english speaking, with life expectancy greater than 6 months, and must have adequate information available in their medical record to apply HAND predictive algorithm (HIV-associated neurological disease)
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Must have documented negative HIV test within 12 months of study entry, have no traumatic brain injury or history of chronic neurological illness/psychiatric conditions (such as bipolar or depression),be english speaking and have no history of drug or alcohol abuse.
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- The primary outcome measure is percentage of patients with abnormal (-1.5 SD in 2 domains) CogState battery in HIV positive patients vs HIV negative patients. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]The primary outcome measure is percentage of patients with abnormal (-1.5 SD in 2 domains) CogState battery in HIV positive patients vs HIV negative patients.
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- Life expectancy <6 months
- Inability to attend the clinic for required study follow up visits
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- Negative HIV-1 test within 12 months of study entry
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- Life time traumatic brain injury leading to loss of consciousness of at least 30 minutes.
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HIV Infections
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The Bush doctrine continues to live a charmed life less than a week before the US Presidential elections. It has made sovereignty nigh redundant – attacks on the soil of Washington's close ally Pakistan, and now, Syria. The Sunday attack on the village of Sukkariyeh near Abu Kamal, ostensibly to capture or eliminate the insurgent leader, Abu Ghadiya, is causing more problems than its worth.
Curiously for a country so addicted to such moral categories as 'rogue' states and outlaw regimes, the United States has maintained the Damascus Community School (in operation since 1950), and a culture centre at the embassy. Presumably, hope still burned brightly that locals might desist in disliking the great power and ultimately embrace the virtues of Americana in droves. In the end, such centers simply provided a base for US expatriates.
That won't be an issue now: the centers have been closed by the Syrian authorities in retaliation for the American incursion as Washington contemplates its next move.
Given that Syria remains one of the key powers in brokering settlements on various fronts in the Middle East (the problems of Iraq, hostilities with Israel), such raids do little in the way of making any headway.
The mission had been authorized by the Central Intelligence Agency, using four specially fitted helicopters with special forces. The target was, as ever, members of that ubiquitous yet amorphous network Al Qaeda. Some people specialize in funnelling undocumented immigrants past porous borders; others prefer moving foreign fighters to such Iraqi cities such as Mosul where frontline forces can stage strikes on the Great Satan. The latter cottage industry has proven particularly successful since US-led forces decided to beef up the reserves of terrorists by attacking Iraq, effectively creating a market Ghadiyah supposedly specializes in.
The success of the operation, like so many CIA operations on the ground, is questionable. We do know that eight people were killed, including four children and a married couple. A man may have been bundled into one of the helicopters to be whisked away to an uncertain fate. It is questionable whether slaying four children in the course of an 'elite' raid raises expectations in military effectiveness, but that is something US authorities remain mute about.
The Syrians are very clear about the situation. 'Killing civilians in international law means terrorist aggression,' said foreign minister Waleed Moualem. 'We consider this criminal and terrorist aggression.' Syria's press attaché in London, Jihad Makdissi, told the BBC that Damascus should have been approached first instead of 'applying the law of the jungle and penetrating, unprovoked, a sovereign country'. Maura Connelly, US charge d'affaires in Damascus, has been saddled with a demarche.
The Iraqis have commenced an investigation into the raid, which is only fitting, given that Iraqi territory was used as the staging ground for the assault. Iraqi government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, whose utterings are often more confusing than anything else, released a statement condemning the attack. 'The constitution does not allow Iraq to be used as a staging ground to attack neighbouring countries.' But al-Dabbagh has also made it clear that Syria had to hand over combatants responsible for the deaths of Iraqi policemen from the Ministry of Interior. Such is the price of impotence.
There has been condemnation by a host of countries, fearful that the hand of US unilateralism has again shown itself. Predictably Iran has weighed in, as has North Korea. Many European states aren't particularly comfortable with it either. Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa suggests that the incursion 'should not pass by without clear condemnation.'
The mess the US and its allies in the Middle East find themselves in seems intractable. But an inability to appreciate the very concept of sovereignty (the current crisis over the status of US forces in Iraq being one such example) dooms the operation further. And we still remain in the dark as to what actually happened to Ghadiyah.
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McHENRY – A sports bar and residence both caught fire Thursday from power lines brought down by heavy winds during the first winter storm of the season, according to the McHenry Township Fire Protection District.
Crews were called to Windy City Wings, 1266 N. Green St., at around 9 p.m. Thursday for a report of flames coming from the business, fire Battalion Chief Mike Majercik said. Firefighters arrived to find sparks and flames comin from an arched utility pole and downed wires that fell on the front of the building.
Three families who lived in apartments above the business were also displaced by the fire losing all of their belongings days before Christmas. A donation event is scheduled for this morning at Duker School.
"It was like a fireworks show," Majercik said. "While ComEd was shutting off the power, the fire extended into the building. The high winds just fed the fire and made it hard to get under control."
The fire quickly spread as crews focused on saving an adjoining business.
The blaze completely destroyed the bar and grill, but the adjoining business was saved, Majercik said.
Roger Phelps, of McHenry, lives near to the two-story wooden frame building.
"It looked like someone was [shooting] off fireworks," Phelps said.
Route 120 and Green Street near the incident was closed until 6 a.m. Friday.
Ron Theodore, 43, of McHenry, watched on Green Street as crews worked.
"It's a historic building that will be lost ... forever," Theodore said. "It's a sad thing to see."
This was the third fire at the building over the years, Majercik said.
The blaze also displaced three family residing in apartments above the business. Those families are now staying with family members or friends.
Students and staff from Edgebrook Elementary School and Duker School are hosting a fundraiser from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday to help the displaced families, who all have children in McHenry School District 15.
The event will take place at Duker School, 3711 W. Kane Ave. The district has already received more than $2,000 in monetary donations as well as donated toys, coats and other items.
"All the schools have come together to do everything we can to help these families," said Michelle Reinhardt, principal at Edgebrook. "Everybody coming together has just been an amazing sight."
Earlier Friday evening — around 6:30 p.m. — crews were called to an unoccupied home in the 3000 block of South Pool Street in an unincorporated area near McHenry for a report of downed power lines.
Firefighters later found a utility pole and wires arched against the top of the home, which caused the attic to catch fire, Majercik said. Crews were able to extinguish the fire rather quickly, limiting the damage to the attic of the home.
"Two fires caused by downed power lines is unheard of," Majercik said. It's strange to have something like this, where both fires were a direct result of the high winds."
No one was injured during either incident, and the township received assistance from several area departments.
• Reporter Joe Bustos contributed to this report
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McHENRY – A sports bar and residence both caught fire Thursday from power lines brought down by heavy winds during the first winter storm of the season, according to the McHenry Township Fire Protection District.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the first regular-season meeting between both squads, nationally-ranked No. 19 Williams College defeated MIT, 1-0, in a non-conference men's soccer game on Saturday afternoon. Philip Vestergaard's lone marker in the 33rd minute held up as the Ephs improved to 4-1-1 on the year while the Engineers' ledger dipped to 4-5-0. MIT and Williams first played each other in the 2003 NCAA Regional Final, which was won by the Engineers in Williamstown.
Williams came out of the gates firing as Dan Lima unleashed a shot that sailed over the crossbar. MIT's best attempt of the opening half came in the 14th minute when a shot by senior Max Stein-Golenbock (Boston, Mass.) was blocked in the box by a defender. The loose ball rolled to the goal line and was smothered by goalie Than Finn at the last moment before it could get across.
The Ephs controlled the ball the majority of the frame and eventually ended the deadlock in the 33rd minute. A deep throw by Doug Weinrib from the far side landed in the box and was headed by Vestergaard to the nearside post. Williams nearly increased its margin with 1:25 remaining before the break on a Matt Kastner header at the top of the box. However, MIT senior goalie Dylan Rankin (Providence, R.I.) was in position to make the point blank save in midair.
The Engineers opened the second stanza with a low rolling shot by sophomore Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass.) from the far side that went across the goal mouth and just missed the near post. In the 61st minute, sophomore Jonathan Tebes (Hamden, Conn.) sent a strike from the far side that Finan covered at the post, denying MIT a follow-up attempt. On the counterattack, Lima chipped the ball past the defense into the box but Rankin grabbed it before he could make a second bid. Williams almost tallied an insurance goal in the 75th minute on a corner kick taken by Andres' Burbank-Crump. Off the booming kick in the box, Kastner headed the ball but it went right at Rankin's chest.
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The ETSU men's basketball team only added to its rich history of success during the 2009-10 season, capturing its second straight Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and earning the program's ninth trip all-time to the NCAA Tournament ... Posting the program's fourth 20-win season in the past seven years, the Bucs overcame multiple challenges during the season before dropping Mercer in the A-Sun finals ... Only losing senior guard Jocolby Davis off the roster from 2009-10, the Bucs will add Smith back to the mix after receiving a medical redshirt a year ago, and a trio of incoming recruits will also add to the talent pool.
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The Bucs are 9-5 all-time against the Hatters ... However, ETSU and Stetson split two games a year ago, with each team winning on the road ...
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DELAND, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2010) - Junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) matched his career high with 22 points and junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) posted his 12th double-double of the year with 14 points and 10 rebounds, as the ETSU men's basketball completed a perfect road trip with its second straight win, defeating Stetson 75-60 in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the Edmunds Center. ... The Bucs shot a strong 56.3 percent from the floor and 40 percent from beyond the arc, holding Stetson to just 35 percent from the field. ETSU also outrebounded the Hatters 38-24 and outscored Stetson 30-22 in the paint. Along with Williams' and Hubbard's efforts, the Bucs also got 14 points and seven boards from sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami), while sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) added a 10-point, five-assist effort to the cause. ... In the first half, Stetson went on a 12-3 run of its own to make it 34-32 with 2:39 left. Bartow called a 30-second timeout at that point to stop the momentum, and it worked as the Bucs scored the final seven points of the half to make it 41-32 at the break. ... The Bucs shot a sizzling 64 percent from the floor and 60 percent from beyond the arc in the first half, while holding Stetson to just 37 percent from the field. However, Stetson shot 90 percent from the charity stripe and hit seven more free throws than the Bucs to stay close at the break. ... In the second half, the Bucs got the lead back to 11 early on, but Stetson responded with a quick 5-0 spurt to make it 43-37 with 16:24 left in the game. The Hatters later got the deficit to just three at 48-45, but the Bucs pulled away late with a 15-7 run to make it 63-52 on a layup by Brown with 3:31 left in the game. From there, the Bucs only extended the lead at the foul line
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 8, 2011) - Senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) produced an historic 20-point, 20-rebound effort and junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) set a new career high with 20 points as the ETSU men's basketball team dropped Atlantic Sun Conference foe Florida Gulf Coast 84-65 Saturday afternoon inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... According to the records available to the ETSU media relations office, Smith's effort was the first time an ETSU player has eclipsed 20 points and 20 rebounds since Feb. 14, 1959, when former Buccaneer great Tom Chilton posted 35 points and 25 rebounds against Wofford. Along with Sollazzo, the Bucs got 16 points from both senior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) and junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) to pick up the win.
Smith's 20 rebounds was a career high for the senior. ... With the loss, FGCU dropped to 3-11, 0-5 in league play. ... The first half was highlighted by Smith's performance and a 13-0 run that put the Bucs up 15 points at 30-15 with five minutes left before the half. Smith finished the first 20 minutes with a double-double already in his pocket, scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Meanwhile, Tubbs finished with a game-high 11 points in the first half thanks to a 3-of-7 effort from 3-point range. ... ... In the second half, FGCU got no closer than 13 points at 67-54 with just under six minutes left. From there, the Bucs pulled back ahead to enjoy their largest lead of the game at 82-60 with 2:29 remaining in the contest. ... The Bucs shot 52 percent from the floor for the game and out-rebounded the Eagles by an impressive 44-29 margin. ETSU also held FGCU to just 35 percent shooting from the floor and a 28 percent clip from the 3-point arc.
Smith's 20/20 vision leads Bucs
With his 20-point and 20-rebound effort against Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, 2011, senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) made history ... According to the statistics available to the ETSU media relations office, Smith was the first Buccaneer since Feb. 14, 1959 to post a 20/20 effort ... The last was Buc great Tom Chilton, who scored 35 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in a win over Wofford during the 1959 season.
Williams chasing 1,000; Smith moving up scoring list
While senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) is already a member of the 1,000-point club, fellow senior Micah Williams has a shot at making it to the group., Meanwhile, Smith continues to climb the all-time scoring chart. Below are numbers for both players:
Name Current Points
Micah Williams 882
With those point totals, Williams would need to average 8.2 points a game for the Bucs' final 16 regular season games to reach 1,000. Smith stands at 1,409 points, and just recently overtook former Buccaneer great Jerald Fields (Gainesville, Fla.) for No. 10 on the ETSU all-time scoring list. Here are is the breakdown:
Name Place Points
Troy Lee Mikell No. 7 1,684
Mike Smith No. 8 1,409
Zakee Wadood No. 9 1,382
Harley Swift No. 10 1,367
Sollazzo wins his first A-Sun POTW honor
MACON, Ga. (Jan. 4, 2011) - With his late-game heroics against Mercer and solid offensive efforts in ETSU's last two games, Buccaneers' junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday. ... It is the first ever POTW honor for Sollazzo, whose baseline layup with 3.7 seconds on the clock lifted the Bucs to a 62-61 win over Mercer Monday evening. In addition, the 6-foot-6 point guard has averaged 16 points and 4.5 assists over his last two games, while shooting an impressive 75 percent from the floor (12-of-16). ... Last week against Campbell, Sollazzo posted a career high 17 points as ETSU dropped the Camels 72-59 inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. He has scored in double figures for four straight games.
Sollazzo rolling in last six games for ETSU
Junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) has really found his rhythm in the last five games, leading the team with 5.0 assists per game, and ranking second on the team with 15.7 points per game ... in those six games Sollazzo is shooting an impressive 34-of-50 from the field for a 68 percent clip ... he is also averaging 3.2 rpg in this stretch.
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Coming into this season, the Bucs were counting on quality offensive production from their "Big 3" senior guards in Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.), Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) and Micah Williams (Manchester) ... All three have had double-figure scoring seasons in the past ... However, so far this season, six of the Bucs' seven losses have coincided with poor output from the trio .
Bartow among best in the country over last five years
When looking at coaches across the country, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow stands among a select group ... Of those coaches that have been at their current school for at least five years, only 24 have averaged better than 20 wins a season ... That list includes coaches such as Dayton's Brian Gregory, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, UConn's Jim Calhoun, Florida's Billy Donovan, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Duke's Mike Kryzewski, Louisville's Rick Pitino, Kansas' Bill Self, Maryland's Gary Williams and North Carolina's Roy Williams ... The list also includes Bartow, who is average 20.2 wins a year since 2005-06.
Bucs help bolster A-Sun to strong RPI standings
With a pair of signature wins already this season, the ETSU men's basketball team - along with other members of the Atlantic Sun Conference - is doing its part to put the league in some impressive company on the national hoops stage. ... With wins over Atlantic 10 Conference stalwart Dayton and Southeastern Conference West Division favorite Mississippi State, the Buccaneers have helped the A-Sun generate plenty of waves across the board in the national RPI rankings. As a result, one month into the 2010-11 NCAA men's basketball season, the Atlantic Sun Conference is ranked ahead of other mid-major leagues including the Southern, Ohio Valley, Big South, West Coast, Mid-American, WAC and Sun Belt. ... The A-Sun remains among the top half of the conferences in the country. CollegeRPI.com ranks the A-Sun 14th, immediately behind the Horizon, Conference USA and Missouri Valley, and ahead of the conferences mentioned above. Against the Southern, Big South, Sun Belt and Ohio Valley conferences, the A-Sun owns a 15-8 mark. ... The conference has more than held its own against the BCS conferences. With ETSU's win at Mississippi State, the conference grabbed its fifth win against the "Power-6" leagues. No conference eligible for consideration for the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll owns as many BCS wins as the A-Sun. The five wins represent the most for the league since 2007-08.
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Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 143-45 inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 76 percent ... The Bucs had won five straight at Memorial Center during the 2006-07 season before a loss to Belmont (1/2) ... The Bucs then rattled off 10 straight at home to stand at 15-1 on the Memorial Center floor that season ... In 2007-08, the Bucs were 11-2 at Memorial Center ... In 2008-09, the Bucs were again 11-2 at home, and last year the team was 9-5 at the Dome ... This season, the Bucs are 4-0 at home.


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New Summer Titles: Monogatari, il sole penetra le illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion, and Town Doctor Jumbo!!Post Reply
Good news for Latin America:
They are included in the regions for il sole penetra le illusioni. (I suspect that Love Lab and Silver Spoon will be similar)
pistolsaf wrote:
Good news for Latin America:
They are included in the regions for il sole penetra le illusioni. (I suspect that Love Lab and Silver Spoon will be similar)
I hope you are right about Silver Spoon.
And another available title, maybe I still can be a bit optimistic.
I might subcribe to CR again if they get Silver Spoon for South America.
I'm boycotting Daisuki and I don't even watch the Monogatari series.. They lied when asked point blank if they were aiming to be "competition" for CR and Funi. They outright lied.
I had a BAD feeling about Daisuki when it was announced, I was hopeful, but had a horrible feeling. I'm just not sure why when there is at least one very successful model of online streaming setup already to go based off of, that companies can still fail so badly when introducing a new streaming portal.
It took Funimation MONTHS to figure out people want to see simulcasts at least within a day or two of the release date, not weeks, they wanna know about it before the season starts, not a month later, and that paying a for a premium membership should mean HD with no commercials. Even at that they still have a website that takes a week to load, sometimes it's down, the player is an atrocity, and their mobile app is horrid.
Sentai seems to have given up on same day simulcasts and just handed it all off to CR to take care off, probably because Sentai can't convert JP time to US time.
And now there is Daisuki... it's like Funimation had sex with NicoNico Beta and this "special" child was born. If Monogatari is any sign of whats to come, then Daisuki has not increased the availability or quantity of anime available, but hindered it's growth. I've heard that the endless number of committees and entities involved in the production of an anime series make things like licensing for streaming, blu-ray releases, or even not being able to translate the opening and ending themes.
I think the next time anyone complains that an anime series is a week late, or not available in their country, they should look to Daisuki, these are the guys actually producing these series and they are screwing the pooch.
So far behind on anime... need to catch up
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Crap, and I still need to catch up on the classic anime such as Berserk, Dragonball, and Astroboy.
You and me both. There are still a lot of older titles I'm interested as much as modern and newer ones.
You got Day Break Illusion! Sweet! Kind of figured you'd get this and I'm glad I wasn't wrong. Only one other show would please me more but I'm sure Funi is going to try to get it as well. Well, it was a good day for me, regardless of what the 3rd announcement is.
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leokiko123 wrote: I might subcribe to CR again if they get Silver Spoon for South America.
But so far, only one new simulcast is premium-only to Latin America, so you can still watch most of the shows on free streaming.
pistolsaf wrote: Good news for Latin America:
They are included in the regions for il sole penetra le illusioni. (I suspect that Love Lab and Silver Spoon will be similar)
Yes, as I said, I was getting worried, but seeing Aniplex with an "English Speaking Countries Plus Latin America" for its new series is good news. Its actually not surprising that Monogatari 2 has the same region as Monogatari 1 did ~ that's the normal pattern for sequels (whether its good or bad depends on how broadly the original series was licensed).
8 years as a premium member, but no more
I think they're going to get The World God Only Knows Season 3 for sure. They can't just stop with Seasons 1 & 2. I need more ELSIE!
You got Monogatari! Hyesssssssss
we already done with anime? they anounced a drama
Thank you so much for il sole penetra le illusioni being made available for Latin America =))


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3D Machine Vision Improves Quality Control
Customers and machine builders always look for ways to cut component counts, reduce complexity, and increase throughput in a manufacturing process. New 3D camera technology can help improve quality and reduce costs by measuring the shape and color of an object during production.
Users can improve system up time, increase throughput of quality parts, and scrap bad parts sooner. 3D imaging is ideal where height, shape, volume, and even color is important. This is common in grading fruits and vegetables, baked goods, lumber, electronic assemblies, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. With 3D and color, more reliable inspections improve quality and reduce waste.
One such product, Sick ColorRanger 3D Camera, can replace several cameras for the same task, reducing cost and complexity by combining functionality of a 3D camera and a linescan color camera. The camera can be configured to provide several measurements at the same time, such as 3D shape, laser scatter, color, and monochrome, according to the needs of each application.
The camera works on the general principle of laser triangulation for the 3D data acquisition, collecting up to 35,000 3D profiles per second. Chip design parses the imager into separate cameras so multiple algorithms can be run simultaneously, allowing acquisition of the color data. Color data is acquired from three rows, creating a special offset among the three color segments.
A combination of algorithms, color, and 3D has been used in the baking industry and construction materials, such as bricks and clay, for years. Manufacturers often used large, complex systems to measure the overall product shape and compare it to the desired part. A second color camera would image and analyze the items for baking degree or "doneness." With one system, machine size can be reduced, and throughput of the line can be increased due to the camera's high-speed imaging.
This article appears in June/July 2010 issue of Control Engineering. Learn more about this 3D imaging system below.
-Jim Anderson is vision product manager for Sick, www.sickusa.com.
ONLINE extra – The following information didn't appear in print, but does appear with this online posting.
Software helps the hardware
Sick's "iCon" PC software handles that offset. The filtering function adapts for the variation in speed using mark data from an encoder. Improved structure for getting encoder data eases color image registration.
The camera can take advantage of the recently implemented "Coordinator" tool, calibrating the 3D data. The calibration and scalable target for different fields-of-view, reduces to minutes a job that could have taken hours or days.
Calibration look-up file is stored in the camera's flash drive, making real-world calibrated points available for application programming.
See other machine vision articles in this issue.


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