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We're in a recession, which could be severe. Several financial services companies have either collapsed or been bailed out by the government. And the stock market is down about 45 percent since hitting its peak in October 2007. Is this a "perfect storm" that should blow investors out of the market - or is it actually an opportunity for investors to jump back in?
While small business lending is down in Georgia, a recent spot check of lenders who make SBA guaranteed loans showed they are doing deals for start ups and expansions and perhaps climbing back from a recent 28 percent drop in total loan volume.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate in metro Savannah rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 6 percent in October, up 2.2 percentage points over the year from last October. The unemployment rate rose to 7 percent in October, the highest rate in more than 16 years. The jobless rate was up 2.5 percentage points from 4.5 percent at this same time last year. The October unemployment rate was up six-tenths of one percentage point from a revised 6.4 percent in September.
Adam S. Bryant, advisor for Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate in Savannah, was awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation in October by the CCIM Institute, one of the leading commercial real estate associations in the world.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) reported that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 7.0 percent in October, the highest rate in more than 16 years. The jobless rate was up 2.5 percentage points from 4.5 percent at this same time last year. The October unemployment rate was up six-tenths of one percentage point from a revised 6.4 percent in September.
Concerned about lower consumer spending this holiday season, Effingham County retailers are trying to lure holiday shoppers with huge discounts of up to 75 percent and buy one, get one free specials Dec. 5, as part of the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce Holiday Business Tour.
The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Eggs and Issues Breakfast on Dec. 3. The event will be held in the Social Hall of Springfield United Methodist Church, 210 Cleveland St., Springfield at 7:30 a.m.
Luke and Linda Kulp were presented with a check for $500 from Konter Quality Homes and SunTrust Mortgage, according to Steve Petro, sales and marketing director of Konter Quality Homes. The Kulps entered the drawing at the Saddle Club booth at the October Effingham County Fair.
If you're an investor, you might be shaking your head in dismay after looking at your recent brokerage statements. In fact, you might even be thinking about giving up on Wall Street altogether. But before you do, consider the following story.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor announced that 74,480 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits in November, an increase of 54.7 percent from November of 2007.
ATLANTA - The tax filing season is just around the corner. "Taxpayers can take the first step now by planning and reviewing tax law changes featured on the IRS Web site, www.irs.gov", according to IRS spokesman Mark Green.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A plan by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to improve market conditions for asset-backed securities - including those composed of SBA-backed small business loans - should be welcome news to credit-hungry small businesses across the country, said U.S. Small Business Administration Acting Administrator Sandy K. Baruah.
Dr. Andrew H. Abbott has joined Redick Family and Cosmetic Dentistry in the Silverwood Business Center.
Long-term care refers to the many services beyond medical care and nursing care used by people who have disabilities or chronic (long-lasting) illnesses. Long-term care insurance helps you pay for these services, which can be very expensive. A policy also ensures that you can make your own choices about what long-term care services you receive and where you receive them.
WASHINGTON - Small businesses won a record $83.2 billion in federal prime contracts in FY07, an increase of almost $6 billion from 2006, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's annual small business procurement scorecard recently released. In addition, each socio-economic group increased its share of federal contracting dollars by at least $1 billion.
Medient Studios, Inc., will release Nick Cassavetes' "Yellow" on Aug. 29 in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago, followed by a planned expansion nationwide, the studio announced.
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black hopes Effingham County businesses will get on board with a growing initiative in his department.
Medient Studios, Inc., announced that former New York Gov. David Paterson has accepted his nomination to join the board of directors of Medient.
Ten Effingham Health System team members have earned Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
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Tonawanda News — Three teenagers turned themselves in to City of Tonawanda police Tuesday morning for printing and using counterfeit bills, authorities said.
Nathan J. Clifton, 19, of Morgan Street, Casey J. Willis, 18, also of Morgan Street, and Sean C. Felix, 18 of Penarrow Drive, were charged with third-degree forgery and first-degree possession of a forged instrument, which is a C felony.
The defendants allegedly began using counterfeit $20 bills in May.
"Fictitious bills were starting to appear at different businesses in the city ... gas stations, convenience stores," Lt. Fredric Foels said.
City detectives and the U.S. Secret Service, which investigates counterfeit money cases for the federal government, investigated the incidents.
"They determined that they were allegedly making fictitious copies of $20 bills on computer paper," Foels said. "They had somewhat of a sophisticated copy machine ... they were making the bills and passing them around the city."
Authorities determined the three teens were responsible and issued warrants for their arrest. Clifton, Willis and Felix surrendered to police at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
"They made admissions that they did make them on computer paper, and that they were the ones responsible," Foels said.
Tonawanda City Court Judge Mark Saltarelli arraigned the defendants on the charges.
"They are looking at C felonies, that's a pretty hefty charge," Foels said.

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Immortalized by Elvis Presley and having spawned a phrase used to describe something rare, blue moons are part of pop culture - despite not actually being blue or all that rare.
Essentially, the term blue moon describes the times when there are more full moons than usual.
A blue moon is the third full moon in a season or the second full moon in a month, according to EathSky.org. Something that only happens every two to three years on average.
The last blue moon occurred on Dec. 31, 2009. The next blue moon will happen on July 31, 2015, according to msnbc.com.
Sandy Springs residents could see the full moon at its largest Friday, Aug. 31 at 9:58 a.m., if we see it at all since the National Weather Service predicts cloudy weather that may eclipse our view.
The moon also may be visible Friday night, weather permitting.


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Recently I have had pain in my left tricept. At first I thought I tore my tricept but after visiting the doctor and having an EMG I was diagnosed with Parsonage Turner Syndrome. Has anybody ever heard of this? Does it have anything to do with lifting? Basically my nerves are damaged and my tricept has atrophied from lack of use. Any info?
Didn't your doctor give you any info? Try doing a search on google. :P
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"Most patients with Parsonage-Turner Syndrome will recover
without any treatment."
Parsonage-Turner Syndrome, also known as Brachial Plexus Neuritis or Neuralgic Amyotrophy, is a common condition characterized by inflammation of a network of nerves that control and supply (innervate) the muscles of the chest, shoulders, and arms (brachial plexus).
Individuals with the condition first experience a sudden onset of severe pain across the shoulder and upper arm. Within a few hours or days, the muscles of the affected shoulder may be affected by weakness, wasting (atrophy), and paralysis (atrophic paralysis). Although individuals with the condition may experience paralysis of the affected areas for months or, in some cases, years, recovery is usually complete.
The exact cause of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome is not known.
http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/nord726.asphttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...urner+SyndromeParsonage-Turner is a clinically defined syndrome that is easily confused with other neck and upper extremity abnormalities. Affected patients present with a characteristic pattern of sudden and acute pain across the top of the shoulder, lasting a few hours to a fortnight, followed by flaccid paralysis of some muscles of the shoulder girdle. Features supporting strongly diagnosis of Parsonage-Turner disease include:
-discrepancy for muscles wasting and denervation between muscles innervated by the same nerve;
-patchwork distribution of muscles denervation for muscles that are innervated by several nerves or nerve trunk arising from the brachial plexus;
-dissociation between sparing of the sensory nerve action potential and muscles denervation depending from the same mixed nerves.
The incidence has been estimated at approximately 1.64 in 100,000, with a peak rate between the third and fifth decades and a slight male predominance. Although different precipitating factors, such as infection, trauma, surgery, immunization, and autoimmune mechanisms, have been suspected and incriminated in the occurrence of Parsonage-Turner syndrome, the etiology remains unknown. Prognosis is generally favorable, with about 75% of complete recovery within 2 years. Treatment is symptomatic and is based on analgesic drugs and physical therapy. *Author: Dr I. Kolev (July 2004)*.


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From Staff Reports
The Athens Review
Rice dominated on both the offensive lines and defensive lines as the Bulldogs earned their first victory of the year, 48-12 over the Cross Roads Bobcats at home on Friday night. Rice (1-2) rushed for a season high 387 yards while holding the Bobcats (1-2) to -5 yards on the ground to dominate from start to finish.
The Rice defense started the pressure early by forcing an errant snap on the Bobcats' first possession, resulting in a safety when Rice's Sergio Gonzalez dropped Bobcat quarterback Aaron Arden in the end zone. The safety gave Rice an early 2-0 lead less than a minute into the game.
Following a Cross Roads free quick, the Bulldogs quickly moved into Bobcat territory behind big runs by Gonzalez and Austin Peppers. The drive culminated when Chris Atchley scored untouched to increase the Bulldog led to 9-0 after the extra point by Alberto Avila.
Cross Roads appeared to get back into the game early in the second quarter when Arden found a wide-open Raleigh Scilheimer in the Bulldog secondary for an apparent touchdown. But before Scilheimer could cross the plane of the goal line, Peppers stripped the ball from him and the Bulldogs recovered for a touchback.
The Bulldogs then drove 80 yards in only eight plays to increase their lead to 15-0. After several tough runs by Atchley, Gonzalez scored on a 37-yard run for his first touchdown of the year.
Gonzalez scored his second touchdown on the next Bulldog possession, scoring from 43 yards out with only 0:45 left in the second quarter. Gonzalez led all rushers on the night with 147 yards on only eight carries.
On the ensuing kickoff, Cross Roads fumbled and the Bulldogs recovered at the Bobcat 32 yard line. It took the Bulldogs only one play to score, as Peppers found Sim Nezar for a touchdown pass for the second Bulldog touchdown in only 11 seconds. The score put Rice up at halftime, 28-0.
The Bulldogs increased the lead as Rice took the second half kickoff and scored quickly. Big runs by Peppers and Angel Oropeza set up Atchley's second touchdown of the night to increase the Bulldog lead to 34-0.
Cross Roads finally found some offensive success with their passing game. The Bobcats scored on their next two possessions, both times on passes from Arden. The first touchdown, a 36-yard pass to Trey Hazelip, culminated an 8-play drive in which Arden completed 5 out of 6 passes.
After recovering an onside kick, Arden again led the Bobcats down the field. The drive ended with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Scilheimer to cut the Bulldog lead to 34-12 late in the third quarter. Arden finished the night with 18 completions in 29 attempts for 257 yards.
Any hope for a Bobcat comeback was quickly dashed as Rice only took three plays to score as Oropeza scored on a 48-yard run to increase the Bulldog lead to 41-12.
The Rice defense took over, stopping the Bobcats on interceptions by Reece Whitt and Reece Barlow. Whitt's pick set up the final touchdown of the night, a 24-yard run by Dylynn Anderson.
Rice is off next week as the Bulldogs prepare to open district play at home against Scurry Rosser.
Rice 48, Cross Roads 12
Cross Roads 0 0 12 0 — 12
Rice 9 19 20 0 — 48
First Quarter
R — Safety, Sergio Gonzalez tacked Aaron Arden in endzone, 11:06
R — Chris Atchley 1 run (Alberto Avila kick), 7:40
Second Quarter
R — Gonzalez 37 run (pass failed), 5:50
R — Gonzalez 43 run (Avila kick), 0:45
R — Sim Nezar 32 pass from Austin Peppers (kick failed), 0:34
Third Quarter
R — Atchley 4 run (kick failed), 9:25
C — Trey Hazelip 36 pass from Aaron Arden (pass failed), 6:02
C — Raleigh Scilheimer 10 pass from Arden (pass failed), 3:56
R — Angel Oropeza 48 run (Avila kick), 2:50
R — Dylynn Anderson 24 run (Avila kick), 0:14
First downs 11 19
Rush-yards 20-(-5) 42-387
Passing yards 257 42
Fumbles-lost 7-4 3-1
Punts-avg. 3-42.3 2-35.5
Penalties-yards 8-55 6-60
Rushing — C: Raleigh Scilheimer 10-18, Taylor McKenzie 2-6, Aaron Arden 8-(-29). R: Sergio Gonzalez 8-147, Chris Atchley 13-66, Austin Peppers 10-63, Angel Oropeza 3-55, Dylynn Anderson 5-47, Alberto Avila 2-7, Peyton Allen 1-2.
Passing — C: Aaron Arden 18-29-2-257. R: Austin Peppers 2-4-0-42.
Receiving — C: Trey Hazelip 6-75, Raleigh Scilheimer 4-104, Taylor McKenzie 4-60, Garrett McCurley 2-15, Justin Vaughn 2-3 . R: Sim Nezar 1-32, Chris Atchley 1-5.


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Topic: Film
Jugg of whine
No 'bigatory' in 'American Juggalo,' just awesomeness.
En route back to Oklahoma City from Austin, Texas, this weekend, I listened to a lot of episodes of the "Doug Loves Movies" podcast that had been piling up on my iPhone. On one, host Doug Benson's guests included two music podcasters who came armed with lists of their favorite "rockumentaries." Among their tops were "The Kids Are Alright," "Some Kind of Monster" and "Dig!"
I'd like to think if only they'd appeared several weeks later, they would've had "American Juggalo" on their list. Oh, if only!
Directed by Sean Dunne, this 22-minute nugget could be two hours and 22 minutes, and I'd still be riveted to every minute. Armed with two Sony EX3 cameras, Dunne attended the Gathering of the Juggalos, the annual festival held by Insane Clown Posse, either the most beloved or reviled musical act of our generation. He asked questions; he got answers.
Boy, did he ever get answers. NSFW alert: Very few do
use the word "fuck" in some form or fashion. (Example: "I'm fucked up on E and vodka.")
The results are fascinating, and speak for themselves ...
See? —
Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
09.29.2011 2 years ago
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Signal Sigur
Post-rock flick to chill our town Nov. 9.
This friendly notice is for all the Sigur Rós fans, and we know you're out there: The Icelandic band's second live film, "Inni," is headed to Oklahoma City.
According to the website of its distributor,
Cinema Purgatorio
, "Inni" is scheduled to screen at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch.
Given our apparently never-ending heat wave, it may not be all snowy here come November, but I get a chill just watching the trailer. —
Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
09.30.2011 2 years ago
at 09:00 AM |
'Craft'y chapter
These boots were made for being featured on PBS.
When the next installment of PBS' Emmy-nommed documentary series "Craft in America" premieres Oct. 17, it'll feature an Oklahoma connection.
Guthrie's own Lisa Sorrell will be among the four families featured on the "Family" episode, which aims to answer the question of whether talent is passed down from generation to generation. Sorrell is a bootmaker who opened her own business, Sorrell Custom Boots,
more than 15 years ago.
For more information, visit the
"Craft in America" website
For a polar-opposite experience, Oklahoma City's Lekeytha Dukes will appear on the Oct. 6 episode of "Judge Joe Brown." She's suing her brother, Randell Dukes, for $650. According to a CBS press release, the money was "for a loan the defendant used to promote a concert. Lekeytha says the defendant promised to repay her within a few days, but never did. Randell says he lost money on the concert and doesn't feel he owes the plaintiff because he baby sits her kids for free all the time." —
Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.05.2011 2 years ago
at 03:50 PM |
You can call him Al
Pacino brings his brand of 'Heat' to our sweltering state.
"Say hello to my little friend!"
"Attica! Attica! Attica!"
"I am the law!"
"You ever take a dump made you feel like you'd just slept for twelve hours?"
No doubt about it: Al Pacino is a living Hollywood legend, with an Academy Award on the mantle and his legacy in cinematic history secured.
So why, then, is he appearing next Friday night, Oct. 14 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville? Does he owe Beverly D'Angelo several months' child support or something?
Either way, he is, and you can be one of the 1,600 lucky people to have an audience with him. At
9 p.m. Oct. 14
, Pacino will give a one-man show about his career, rife with backstage scuttlebutt and film clips. A Q-and-A will follow. If I could be there, I'd ask him about that time Ben Stiller portrayed Pacino auditioning for the kiddie film "Beethoven." (Didn't see it? Skip to the 7:53 mark ...)
Tickets are $85 to $150. Call 800-622-6317 or visit winstarworldcasino.com.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.06.2011 2 years ago
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Poe 'nuff!
Quoth the raven, 'Here's the trailer.'
With today marking the 162nd anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's death, the trailer debuted for next March's "The Raven," a mystery-thriller that stars John Cusack as Poe.
My take: Perhaps the third time will the charm for director James McTeigue ("V for Vendetta," "Ninja Assassin"). Being a longtime reader of Poe, this one looks packed with elements straight from his stories, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and, duh, the poem from which the flick takes its title.
Plus, I'm also a fan of Alice Eve's curves.
But March 9, 2012, is a long way away. Until then, Relativity Media offers these 20 "unusual facts about Poe, the 'Enigmatic Master of Darkness'":
• Poe wrote a fabricated news story of a balloon trip across the ocean to garner attention and publicity in New York City.
• Poe was a champion for higher wages for writers and international copyright law, as his writings were continuously published without him getting credit or compensation.
• Prior to becoming Poe's wife at the age of 13, his female cousin Virginia acted as a courier, delivering letters to Poe's lady loves.
• From 1949 to 2009, a mysterious figure has left a half-empty bottle of cognac and 3 roses on Poe's grave every day on his birthday.
• Poe formulated rules for the short story, including that it should relate a complete action and take place within one day in one place.
• Poe was deeply interested by cryptography, the creation and translation of secret codes, and was very proud of his ability to translate them. He would challenge readers of various publications where he worked to send him codes to decipher and, by all accounts, he seemed able to unlock the secrets to any he received.
• Poe's lifelong dream of owning and operating his own publication never came to fruition.
• Poe met with Charles Dickens while Dickens was in the U.S. on a lecture tour, and solicited his help with getting published in England — nothing ever came of it.
• Poe's grandfather was an important figure in the American Revolution, contributing a large sum of his own money to outfit local branches of the Continental Army.
• Poe's grandmother, personally sewed over 500 soldiers' uniforms for Lafayette's troops as they passed through Baltimore.
• Poe joined the Army in 1827, lying to recruiters about his age and name. He also published his first collection of poetry during this time. He achieved the rank of Sergeant Major.
• Poe experienced periods of extreme destitution, often having to burn his furniture to keep warm during the winter.
• Poe successfully sought expulsion from West Point. That being said, he was one of the top students in his class.
• Wrote poetic tributes to all the pivotal women in his life.
• Poe had two biological siblings, but all were raised in separate foster homes.
• Poe's childhood hero was Lord Byron.
• The Poe House and Museum in Baltimore is in jeopardy of being closed in mid-2012 due to Baltimore City budget cuts. The city eliminated the Museum's funding in 2010.
• Edgar Allan Poe was buried in Westminster Burying Ground and had no headstone for years after his death. In 1860, Poe's relatives commissioned a small headstone that erroneously listed Poe's birth date as January 20 instead of January 19 and was destroyed in a train accident before it made it to the gravesite.
• In 1875 Poe's remains were dug up and moved to a memorial site to be near his family and a gravestone was placed in the wrong spot and was moved around several times.
• This lead people to wonder not only where Poe's original burial spot was but also if the man who was moved to the spot by the memorial is even Edgar Allan Poe.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.07.2011 2 years ago
at 02:00 PM |
'Avengers' assemble!
I like when Iron Man says funny things.
Assuming the Internet doesn't collapse today with the debut of the first trailer for next summer's sure-to-be-a-record-breaker, "The Avengers," feast your eyes on it:

Pro: ScarJo.

Con: Real 3D.

May 4, tick-tock. —Rod Lott
Pro: ScarJo.
Con: Real 3D.
May 4, tick-tock.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.11.2011 2 years ago
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At a clip
More yoga, Butterfingers, hairy bikers, Mick Jagger and walruses than your peepers can handle.
Lotsa local film and TV happenings are on the immediate horizon, so let's run through them on the record so I can say, "I told you so!"
• Yo' go see "Yogawoman," a documentary on — wait for it — yoga and its influence on the modern woman. Narrated by three-time Oscar loser Annette Bening, the film screens Oct. 20 at Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, 706 W. Sheridan. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.; drinks, appetizers and live music will be provided before the 8 p.m. showing. A recommended donation of $10 at the door will benefit the YWCA, and the screening is hosted by Yoga Room OKC. For more info, call Laura Lester at 823-7838. Check out the trailer or skip to the next item, about candy bars and serial killers.
• Fathom Events Presents "Fathom Thriller Thursdays" on Oct. 13 and Oct. 27. This is a fancy-sounding name for a double feature, one of which is a commercial directed by Rob Lowe, and the other like something my dad would watch on History Channel. At 7:30 p.m. both nights, see the horror-comedy featurette "Butterfinger the 13th," followed by the documentary "Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story." You can see them at Cinemark Tinseltown USA, 6001 N. Martin Luther King, and Hollywood Spotlight 14, 1100 N. Interstate Drive in Norman. It's not quite "The Exorcist," but hey, it's more Halloween-y than Fathom's opera lineup.
• Speaking of History Channel, it debuts the reality show "Hairy Bikers" on Oct. 14, in which two guys on motorcycles (spoiler alert: the "Hairy Bikers" of the title) trek around the U.S., fueled by their passion for good food. On Friday's very first episode, they visit Okahoma — specifically, Meers Restaurant, the Choc Beer Company and the Stroh Family Wheat Farm — all while you're on your couch, eating a Hungry-Man Dinner. Again. (I should note that the bikers are British, but they do like hot chocolate.
• Speaking of Fathom Events, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 brings "The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live in Texas" to the aforementioned Hollywood Spotlight 14. The concert film was shot in Fort Worth on July 18, 1978, but has been digitally remastered in HD and features a new, 20-minute interview with Mick Jagger.
• For those who like their music less with less swagger, check out Lang Lang with the Philadelphia Orchestra for "Lang Lang Live on Franz Liszt's 200th Birthday," showing live at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 (with a replay Oct. 24), at Cinemark Tinseltown USA, 6001 N. Martin Luther King, and AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial. At 200 years old, don't you think Liszt is starting to look a lot like Jagger? We shall see. '
• Finally, local filmmaker par excellence Mickey Reece debuts his latest way-out effort, "Walrus," Oct. 22 at City Arts Center, with a live music performance by Samantha Crain. It's about underground arm wrestling, and Reece promises his "most alienating movie" yet, so take that as a gotta-attend! Your trailer awaits below, and look for my review in the Oct. 19 issue of
Oklahoma Gazette.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.11.2011 2 years ago
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Giving zombies pause
Not as great as Walken flying through a hotel, but still ...
Were you one of the 7.3 million viewers who broke a basic-cable record by tuning in to the sophomore-season premiere of "
The Walking Dead
Yeah? How about that first half-hour, huh? Whoa! A series best, amiright? And zombies in church? Whaddup wit' dat, huh? And that final shot, too! Wow! Hey, is it weird that even a dirt-streaked and sweat-stained Laurie Holden still sets my heart a-flutter? Agree — didn't think so. Oh, and that stomach scene! Eewww! I know, right? Ha!
Regardless of whether or not that made any sense, feast your eyes on
the trailer for "The Walken Dead,"
brought to our attention by the good people of the Nerdist podcast. No, it's not real. Yes, it's funny. Yes, it could use more cowbell.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.17.2011 2 years ago
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Creature of the note
To help sell the scares of 'Nosferatu,' the key is live organ accompaniment at the University of Oklahoma.
Rod Lott
8 p.m. Friday
Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center
500 W. Boyd, Norman
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Still 'Corn'y after all these years
OCU professor reveals how he harvested 'Children of the Corn.'
Oklahoma City University clearly is in the Halloween spirit. It'll screen 2001's remake of "Children of the Corn" for free at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. tonight in the United Methodist Hall dorm theater room. Despite that strange-sounding setting, the public is invited.
What makes this interesting is that Fritz Kiersch, chairman of OCU's Moving Image Arts Program, will discuss "Corn" between the showings, because he directed the 1984 original.
Five years ago, I interviewed Kiersch about making that minor horror classic — spawning a franchise that's now up to part eight, with the brand-new "
Children of the Corn: Genesis
" — so why not yank it out of the
archives to share it with you? Here goes!
Just think: Had economics graduate Fritz Kiersch not stood on Wall Street wearing the same blue seersucker suit as everyone else, the world may never have experienced the cinematic pleasure of seeing kids murder all the adults in their town and promptly establish a Satanic cult in the Nebraskan cornfields.
Today a department chair and artist-in-residence for Oklahoma City University's Moving Image Arts Program, the Texas-born Kiersch was all set to embark on a career as an international banker when he was struck by the realization of how dull it would be and thought, "This is stupid. I'm outta here."
One coastal switch later, Kiersch pursued a love of filmmaking that eventually would lead to his directorial debut on 1984's "Children of the Corn." Based on the short story by Stephen King (the first of his short fiction to make the jump to screen), the low-budget shocker starring a pre-fame Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton proved a sizable box-office hit — one that still enjoys a healthy cult following more than two decades later and spurred a profitable (if uninspired) franchise, currently six sequels strong.
Kiersch cut his artistic teeth making TV commercials. He got along well with an assistant director he hired, who went on to become an executive in charge of production for New World Pictures.
"One day he called and said, 'Because you put all this ice cream in my freezer, I'm going to give you guys a chance to make a movie,'" Kiersch recalled.
Scripts followed; Kiersch declined. A couple months later, his friend pressed on with a script for "Children of the Corn," telling Kiersch, "This is right up your alley." Kiersch went in to talk and left with a green light; he was off scouting locations in Iowa the next day.
"I've never had such an easy motion-picture hire," he said. "It was out of a fairy tale. People wait their lifetime for this kind of stuff."
According to Kiersch, New World saw a lot of potential in King's story "about children in an environment of terror." Kiersch himself was game, seeing the trappings of the movie's low budget as an opportunity for "a world of creativity and imagination and innovation."
"The script was specific to a certain level of generality: corn fields, isolation, abandonment," he said. "We had to fulfill those requirements … at a time when harvest was going on and the corn was turning from green — the good color — to dead yellow, which did not photograph very nicely. One day, we'd shoot, and return the next day and the corn would be gone or dead. So the invention came with 'What do we do? How do we fix this?' We took scissors (to the script) and literally cut around scenes to make things happen."
Another challenge: The monster — known as "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" — was never described in George Goldsmith's script.
"So I invented everything," said Kiersch. "I said, 'On a dark country road when we were 12, every sound made us wet our pants. Over the wind! Let's use those influences and do an homage to the horror movie on the B level.'"
This entailed a conscious decision to let the acting be stiff, the characters cardboard, the threats obvious and the monster intangible. Its terrifying menace would have to be suggested, via moving corn and upturned soil — effects creatively gained through no-nonsense use of fishing line and an upside-down wheelbarrow.
When it came time to blow up the monster at the end of the movie, "we were going to be able to make a 10-story fireball twice. The second time, it went off incorrectly," Kiersch said. "The guy who loaded the gas pumps was drunk."
With only one take to use, the new director realized it wasn't visual enough … until a friend later let him crib some clouds from a Kawasaki ad to add in to up the ominous factor. Admitted Kiersch, "Luck played a tremendous element in the success of the film, but so did inventiveness and gut feeling and just the idea of honest filmmaking. We weren't trying to be slick and cool; it was to be rough and pay tribute."
It paid off. Shot over four weeks, "Children of the Corn" took in more than $10 million upon its release in spring 1984 — not bad on an investment that didn't quite clear $1 million. Its true fortunes would be found on home video, first on VHS and then in DVD editions from Anchor Bay.
Critics were unkind — not surprising, given the genre.
"I was called 'the hack's hack,'" Kiersch remembered. "People looked at its value and said, 'Here's a story about children killing adults. This is not good!' That was a big lesson for me. When you make a film, you don't think globally about what you make, but when it's released, it goes all over the world. You have to accept responsibility for it. I was completely naïve to that at the time."
Said Gray Frederickson, a friend and collaborator of Kiersch, "Other than maybe 'The Bad Seed,' I don't think there was a movie where the kids were the bad guys. It was a very unusual first experience for people to see kids doing bad things."
One of the harshest critics was King himself. Perhaps already indisposed to like the film since his own screenplay had been jettisoned — Kiersch said King was "not a competent screenwriter at the time" — the best-selling author penned a savage letter to the director and studio, claiming they "destroyed" his source material. Said Kiersch, "He was somewhat angered and frustrated."
Because of "Corn"'s success, Kiersch fielded numerous offers for more spook shows — "Howling II," "Nightflyers" and, he said, "movies about worms and Native American shape shifters." Instead, he turned them all down and went on to direct several movies involving kids and teens — though far less homicidal — like "Tuff Turf" with James Spader and Robert Downey Jr.
"I just didn't want anything to do with horror, because I felt that was not where I was strong," he said. "But what I've realized retrospectively over the years is horror is a form of storytelling where you can do things outside the norm and play around."
Eventually, he returned to deal in dread. And all it took was a move to Oklahoma City. In 2000, he was recruited by Frederickson — an Oscar-winning producer of "The Godfather" films and "Apocalypse Now" — to make movies in Oklahoma for Graymark Productions.
Lensed in Meridian, Norman and Oklahoma City, "The Hunt" is the first result of that partnership, about a group of hunters having the tables turned on them. "Surveillance," a Penn Square Mall-shot thriller with horror elements, soon followed with star Armand Assante.
"We love the pictures he's done for us," said Frederickson. "He doesn't subscribe to the new slasher school of horror, like 'Saw' or 'Hostel.' He's more of the Kubrick/Hitchcock guy, and he's very good at it."
"Suggestion is far better," agreed Kiersch. "I think it's cool to manipulate an audience, to sucker punch them. I love watching an audience that talks back to the screen."
He said he will "try my best" to make all his films from here on out. "I'm very proud to be a part of this community. Our creative energies are terrific here."
Odds are, none will have the shelf life of "Corn," but that's OK by him.
"It's nice," he said of its enduring legacy. "It's just one of those things in your life that, for whatever reason, sticks around. I'm proud of it. I came up with something that has generated a particular reference in American pop culture. Even though it's not a positive reference, it's cool."
Told of recent whispers that Hollywood has eyes on remaking his baby, Kiersch sighed, "Oh, my. Life is getting boring if they want to redo this."
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (WBIE) is a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. It is a worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of video games for both internal and third party titles. Under the WBIE umbrella is Warner Bros. Games (also the division's major publishing unit), which focuses on the creation, development and production of first-party titles. Because of the distribution, marketing and sales infrastructure of Warner Home Video, WBIE is a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third-party game titles.[2]
In 1995, Warner Bros. Interactive licensed out their first game property under their current name, Batman Forever to Acclaim Entertainment.[citation needed] They continued to license games based on Cartoon Network, DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes and various Warner Bros. film properties over the years to such video game publishers as Ubisoft, EA, Infogrames and THQ.
In 2003, they co-published their first video game, Looney Tunes: Back in Action. EA was the other publisher of the game.[3] In 2004, Warner Bros. acquired developer Monolith Productions.[4] In 2005, the WB Games label was created. The first game that Monolith developed in conjunction with Warner Bros. Entertainment was The Matrix Online which SEGA helped co-publish. Warner Bros. also helped distribute both Enter the Matrix and The Matrix: Path of Neo for the Matrix series. In 2006, they bought a 10.3% stake in SCi Entertainment, the owner of Eidos Interactive. That same year, they released their first self-published title (with no co-publishers), Justice League Heroes, which was distributed by Eidos on the Xbox. In 2007, their goal was for a five-year plan to expand in the video game industry, which includes the acquisition of studios for internal development and the creation of a studio (WB Games) in the Seattle area that will run all the games published and developed by the company;[5] starting with the acquisition of TT Games that same year for the amount of £100 million.[6]
In April 2008, they increased their stake to 35% gaining distribution right of all Eidos games in the United States, Canada and Mexico.[7] On December 15, 2008, right after SCi changed their name to Eidos plc, Warner acquired a total of 10 million shares of the company, raising its owned amount to 19.92%, after an agreement which prevented Time Warner from acquiring more shares was scrapped one month earlier.[8] On January 28, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter reported the deal also gave Warner the rights of the Tomb Raider film series,[9] previously owned by Paramount Pictures. On February 12, 2009, SQEX Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix, announced a takeover offer worth £84.3 million (32p per share) for Eidos plc,[10] which was backed by Warner Bros. as shareholder.[11] Square Enix eventually took over the company April 22, 2009 and later changed the name to Square Enix Europe.
Warner Bros. announced on February 4, 2009 it had purchased independent developer Snowblind Studios.[12] Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition serves to strengthen the publisher's internal development effort. In 2009, Warner purchased most of the assets of American publisher Midway Games, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, for $49 million. The assets purchased include Midway's studio in Chicago[13] and Surreal Software, resulting in the ownership to the rights to the Joust, Mortal Kombat, The Suffering, Spy Hunter and Wheelman series.[14] Midway Games had previously worked with Warner Bros. on several games including Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Midway intended to hold an auction of its assets on June 29, 2009, but no other bids were placed. On July 10, 2009, the sale to Warner was completed for approximately $49 million.[15] In the process, WB Games became the owner of the Blitz: The League series. On July 28, 2009, Midway's Mortal Kombat team was rebranded WB Games Chicago by its new owners[16] and, in 2010 was merged with Midway Games to form NetherRealm Studios.[17]
On January 13, 2010, it was announced that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will produce and have exclusive rights to Sesame Street video games starting in fall 2010 with Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure and Cookie's Counting Carnival.[18][19] On February 23, 2010, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced it had acquired majority stake in Rocksteady Studios, an independent development studio based in London. Rocksteady and Warner had previously worked together in Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, and as been announced to work in the future with more Warner Bros. licenses.[20]
On March 22, 2010, Warner Bros. Interactive is the latest videogame company to open a studio in Quebec. Current president Martin Tremblay will lead the new Montreal studio, which will be known as WB Games Montreal. This new studio will gradually grow to include more than 300 people by the end of 2015. Tremblay also said that Warner will open another studio in another city soon. Martin Tremblay told us that the new Montreal studio will focus on creating games based on the DC Comics license.[21] On April 9, 2010, Warner Bros has announced it will publish a third installment to its F.E.A.R. series in fall of this year.[22] Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced on April 20, 2010 the acquisition of Turbine, Inc. the developer of the famous company MMOs Asheron's Call, Dungeons & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online.
On June 4, 2010, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Turbine, inc. have said that the massively multiplayer online title Lord of the Rings Online is to become a free-to-play game this autumn.[23] Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces on June 10, 2010 that Mortal Kombat, the most brutal installment of the landmark fighting game to date was due for release on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in 2011. Mortal Kombat was developed by the newly renamed NetherRealm Studios, led by Mortal Kombat creator and creative director Ed Boon.[24] Branching out from Game Party for the Wii, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment set its sights on the Xbox 360's newest piece of technology on June 14, 2010, revealed Game Party: In Motion for Kinect. Arriving November 4 as a launch title, In Motion for Microsoft's full-body motion-sensing technology brings sports and arcade games to the hardware.[25]
Warner Bros. Interactive also published Grasshopper Manufacture's Japanocentric game Lollipop Chainsaw, which was produced by Suda 51 of No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned. It was also penned by James Gunn.[26]
- Monolith Productions in Kirkland, Washington, founded in 1994, acquired in 2004
- NetherRealm Studios in Chicago, founded as Midway Games Chicago in 1988, acquired from Midway Games on July 27, 2009 and renamed in 2010
- Rocksteady Studios in London, founded in 2004 and majority stake acquired in February 2010
- TT Games in Maidenhead, England, founded in 2005, acquired November 8, 2007
- Traveller's Tales in Knutsford, England, founded in 1989, reorganized as division of TT Games in 2005
- TT Fusion in Wilmslow, England, founded in 2005 as Embryonic Studios, acquired by TT Games in 2006
- Turbine in Needham, Massachusetts, founded in 1994, acquired in 2010
- Warner Bros. Games Montréal in Montreal, founded in 2010[21]
- Warner Bros. Games San Francisco in San Francisco, founded in 2013[27]
- Snowblind Studios in Kirkland, Washington, founded in 1997, acquired in 2009. Merged into Monolith Productions in 2010.
- Surreal Software in Kirkland, Washington, founded in 1995, acquired from Midway Games on July 27, 2009. Merged into Monolith Productions in 2012.
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See also[edit]
- List of Batman video games
- List of video games based on DC Comics
- List of Looney Tunes games
- List of Superman video games
- List of Tom and Jerry video games
- List of Tiny Toon Adventures video games
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- ^ Cullen, Johnny (2011-08-01). "Warner to publish Grasshopper's Lollipop Chainsaw". vg247. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ Graser, Marc (2013-03-22). "Warner Bros. Opens San Francisco Game Studio". Variety. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
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Joel Schwartz's latest, on EPA's toxics report, in TCS Daily.
New York and California have the most toxic air in the nation, according to a new EPA report widely covered by the news media.[1] But having the most toxic air doesn't tell us much. After all, no matter how clean the air is, somebody's air has to be the worst in the country on any given measure. What we really need to know is how bad EPA claims the air is, and whether that claim is credible.
Based on EPA's own estimates, air pollution even in the "most toxic" areas of the country poses a miniscule cancer risk. More importantly, EPA's cancer risk estimates are grossly inflated, because they depend on the false assumption that chemicals pose the same per-unit cancer risks at real-world trace exposures as they do at massive laboratory exposures.


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The Art of Bathroom Art
As we close up bathroom and kitchen month, maybe you're looking for some finishing touches in the bath and kitchen, maybe some art. If so, here's a roundup of fabulous ideas from this month and our archives, including: inexpensive Etsy prints, Flickr collages, toilet paper rolls and stretched canvas.
• 1 Affordable Art for the Bathroom sources lots of inexpensive prints on Etsy. (You don't want your nice photos in the bath, where they can wrinkle and warp!)
• 2 Download Art for the Bathroom or Kitchen shares some Flickr collages with us.
• 3 Look! Art Collections in the Bathroom encourages us to display collections of glassware, prints, etc.
• 4 Before & After: Lauren's Lovely Bathroom shows off a wall sculpture out of towel paper rolls.
• 5 Stretched Canvas for the Bathroom has inspired us to find something funky for our bathroom.
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The Sailor's Delight works well in Maine cottages. Thanks, AT!
I, for one, love fun art in the bathroom. But am always wary about humidity. I was lucky enough to find this stretched canvas print for my bathroom on clearance!
Do you like particularized s### on your "art"? Then keep it out of the bathroom. Disgusting.
c'mon, m. if that's the case then shouldn't you be more worried about your toothbrush, towels, bathmat, and self than a couple canvas prints on the wall?!
Seriously. My toothbrush is on the sink next to the toilet. Not dead yet.
I read somewhere (Real Simple, maybe?) that you should be closing the lid of the toilet while flushing so that no 'particularized sh*t' ends up in your bathroom belongings (toothbrush and art included).
When decorating my bathroom, I was also concerned about the moisture, so I used a photocopier to make ok-quality prints of some old black and white photos I found in a book!
I framed them in inexpensive frames and hung 'em up. They've been in my bathroom for 2-3 years and are still in great shape. I really like the way they look and I get complimented on them often :)
Photos here: http://www.jetkatdesign.com/blog/2009/8/3/our-bathroom.html
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By KATE COIL
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
A satellite broadcaster is bringing 200 new jobs to Mercer County just in time for the holidays.
Aaron Johnson, a spokesperson with DISH network, said the company will be hiring 200 new customer service representatives for their customer care center on Coal Heritage Road/U.S. Route 52 in the Bluewell area.
"These are 200 new jobs coming into the area," Johnson said. "Around this time of the year, a few things increase in demand. More people are watching TV and new shows are starting their seasons. During the holidays, more people buy TVs and make decisions about TV service. We are staffing up to meet the increase. We typically add jobs around this time."
Though business tends to increase for the company around the holidays, Johnson said the positions are permanent jobs rather than temporary holiday employment.
"These are full-time permanent, not temporary for the holidays," he said. "If people want to keep working beyond the holidays, they certainly can. This is not seasonal holiday work. This will all be at our customer service center, which is one of 11 customer service centers throughout the country. People in this service center manage calls from all over the country and help customers sign up, manage accounts and with any other issues."
DISH will be hosting a job fair on Nov. 8 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the DISH Bluefield Customer Service Center off of Coal Heritage Road, but Johnson said people can also apply online before the job fair.
"People can apply online in advance and learn more about the call center and the jobs online," Johnson said. "They can also come in person and apply during our job fair. We had the fair scheduled originally for Nov. 1, but we have postponed the job fair due to the storm."
Johnson said those wishing to apply for a position can do so online at www.dish.com/bluefield to complete a pre-hire application or stop by to apply.
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Trout Areas
Oklahoma has two introduced species of trout - rainbows and browns, with rainbows being far more abundant. Brown trout are stocked in the Lower Mountain Fork River below Broken Bow dam and in the Lower Illinois River when available, while rainbows are usually stocked every two weeks at all eight of the state's trout areas during designated trout seasons. Anglers can use the following tips to help them put trout on the stringer:
Trout Areas
The following links are too the corresponding pages in the 2013 Fishing Regulations.
- Lake Pawhuska
- Robbers Cave
- Blue River
- Lake Watonga
- Quartz Mountain (closed due to golden Algae)
- Lake Carl Etling
- Lower Illinois River
- Lower Mt. Fork River
- Medicine Park (November 1 - March 15)
Check out this video about Whitlock -Vibert box planting to boost brown trout numbers in the Lower Mountain Fork River by planting eggs in the river to allow them to hatch and boost the population.


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You too can take part in the celebrations by organizing an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the reign of Her Majesty as Queen of Canada. If you need ideas, we have lots of them!
Consult the calendar of events to find an activity in your community.
Do not forget that you can receive community funds for your project. You can also order some Diamond Jubilee promotional materials or feature the Diamond Jubilee Emblem to promote your event.
All parties wishing to use the Diamond Jubilee Emblem are asked to first provide a description and detailed sketch of the intended use to the Department of Canadian Heritage. For more information, see Guidelines for Non-Government Use of the Diamond Jubilee Emblem.
7 Tips to Ensure a Successful Event
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- Get together for a brainstorming session
- Develop a realistic budget
- Secure support for your activity
- Plan a detailed schedule and delegate
- Publicize your activity
- Ensure your celebration is accessible to all
Start early
Start planning your Diamond Jubilee community celebration now. Join with other organizations or individuals to form an organizing committee or keep things informal by holding your own neighbourhood meetings. When choosing your committee members, try to keep a balance between creative and practical individuals, include those who have special organizational and promotional skills and make sure you have individuals who are representative of your community.
Get together for a brainstorming session
Review our list of suggested activities to get you started and come up with your own creative ideas. Consider linking Diamond Jubilee celebrations with municipal, provincial/territorial or national key dates or holidays.
Develop a realistic budget
A simple, well-organized event is always preferable to a lavish celebration that you are not able to afford. Keep within your means and everyone one will be able to enjoy themselves.
Secure support for your activity
Money, services, volunteer assistance – you need all these forms of support. Your activity cannot be successful without community involvement. A successful fundraising drive requires good organization. Involve the businesses in your community by inviting them to donate goods or services.
Recruit volunteers of all ages. Encourage people to participate and remind them that the Diamond Jubilee celebration is their event.
Remember, you must acknowledge financial support from the Department of Canadian Heritage in all promotional materials in a manner consistent with the Public Acknowledgment of Canadian Heritage Financial Assistance guidelines.
Plan a detailed schedule and delegate
Try to prevent last-minute problems by assigning to each member of the organizing committee a different task along with a deadline. Ensure that all involved know clearly what is expected of them. If you take the trouble to do this in the beginning, it will save you great deal of confusion in the end.
Publicize your activity
Media coverage and other forms of advertising are necessary for any event. Advertising can be expensive, however, so an effective way to get media attention is to involve local media right from the beginning. Ask them to promote your activity as a public service. Have people in your community put up posters, deliver flyers, and spread the news by word of mouth. Ask local businesses, hotels and restaurants to lend a hand.
Ensure your celebration is accessible to all
Ensure that your activity is fully accessible to everyone in your community, including those with disabilities.
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Simulation in Paris
Maybe not your everyday's title when reading an aviation column in a largely US centered publication. On the other hand, who doesn't have some or other fantasy with the word 'Paris'? Not only is it still one of the most wonderful and special cities in the world, it is also home to a lot of aviation history! And although Let's Go Flying may be focusing on getting NEW people to fly, it all started with 'them old folks' way back when. They not only invented these 'flying machines' - and they were exactly that! - but they also had the incredible courage of mounting them and taking off where nobody had ever gone before...... up into the sky !
(Maybe) fortunately that is not how things go anymore. Nowadays you typically go to a small airfield, enter the flying school and start taking lessons, maybe after a trial lesson. And those lessons are done in perfectly safe and thoroughly tested aircraft, with well trained instructors, in a very much regulated world of aviation, technology and science.
So what has Paris to do with all that, except for the fact that Blériot must have left many footsteps on its sidewalks?
Well, for one they have an awesome aviation museum, situated ON the old Le Bourget airfield. The same place where history was made almost 100 years ago. It shows you each and every step that aviation has made, from the very feeble hot air balloons of Montgolfier, through the Blériot and Wright brothers age flying machines, through 50-60 era jets, airliners and all the way up to the Ariane space rockets and associated satellites!
But there's more, and that's what I am writing about today. Already since a few years Paris has its own 'simulation show', maybe modeled after a very famous Dutch Flightsim Weekend that already exists for more than 20 years in my little country. This year was the first time I attended in Paris, and the 6th time they held the 'Mondial de la Simulation 2011' (or the World Simulation Event) at the Musée de l'Air et Espace . This year was also the first time the museum organized it themselves.
The idea of this 3 day event is to get people in touch with aviation. And what better way to do it than through the simulated flying (and driving), because let's face it; playing games is what we humans still do and like best ! Not only are we good at playing games, and simulating reality is 'playing' in one way or other, we are also not very rich. Generally speaking. So especially outside the US the cost of flying, or even thinking about it, is prohibitive!
That's where simulation comes in. Yes, many people never get BEYOND simulation. They buy, run, play, use and build their PC Flight Simulator, or maybe even their home cockpit, and that's it. They fly!
Others however use this particular form of playing to get in touch with aviation, and continue from there. They 'get their interest' from the simulator, or as is the case with these sort of events; from the community occupying itself with it !
When you walk around events like these, with aircraft sounds screaming from every booth, wide eyed boys clenching plastic yokes and sticks, wrenching Spitfires and Rafales through the monitor sky in front of them, with fathers bending over and behind intricately soldered cockpit panels with colored lights flashing everywhere and with presentations by professional looking 'hobby companies' showing some incredibly advanced technology...... you know that 'aviation' is NOT just what takes place on the green lawn in front of the FBO or club house.
Aviation, my dear friends, takes place in the hearts and souls of boys and men, of girls and women, all 'aviators' one way or other! It helps to be rich, but it is not necessary. And it is fun to be able to fly for real, but not the end of the world if you can't, either!
I would encourage the Aviation Industry and the (real) Aviation Community to take note of the ever-increasing technology advance not only in the 'real' world, but also in the virtual world. Today there are way more Simpilots than real ones, and many of them, especially the young ones, could well end up in the real aviation industry, either as pilot or something else.
This year in Paris there were a lot of 'associated' booths of organizations who have understood that message. The French Air Force was there in numbers, the aviation department of the 'Gendarmes' (state police) too. As were many other real-world organizations, showing their services AND showing how THEY use simulation in one way or other for training of their staff and customers!
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From Looking at lazyfoo's site his animation tutorial looks like you have to set the position of each frame individually. My image has 64 frames of animation. I am looking for another way of cliping the sprites.
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#3 Crossbones+ - Reputation: 2312
Posted 06 December 2012 - 07:43 AM
Instead of cutting sprites out of a sheet in a shader you can do it at load-time.
Edited by eppo, 06 December 2012 - 08:03 AM.


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