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Add a CommentI liked this book it was very funny. I thought Matilda was clever and funny and I liked that she wanted revenge!!
The recently published editions of Roahl Dahl's books I've seen have included the proclamation, "The World's No. 1 Storyteller," on their covers. That's a bold statement, and my skeptical nature has me instinctively questioning any such claim. How is such a thing even determined? Based on what measurement? Validated by whom? Is it undisputed? Based on what definition of the word "storyteller?" And on and on. Instinctively, I'm inclined to argue any such claim, or at least dismiss it as meaningless boasting. Yet I don't really feel the need to dispute Dahl's claim to it, valid or not. ----- I read--or had read to me--a number of Dahl's stories when I was young, but Matilda was not one of them. I was recently exposed to the excellent 1996 film and decided I must read the book. It did not disappoint. Clever, sardonic, holding intelligence and learning in the highest esteem, never treating the young as anything other than completely capable and deserving of respect, funny, and entertaining, this book is a send-up of all those bullying adults who quickly dismiss children as incapable and bothersome pests and intelligence and learning as impractical elitism. Charming, polite genius Matilda has many such adults standing in her way--particularly her parents and her school's headmistress--but she finds a way to persevere and win out in the end, seeing many hilarious comeuppances delivered along the way. It was a delight.
This book is so good! I really enjoyed it because of the main character, Matilda. I love the image that Roald Dahl gave her. It's a really interesting book filled to the brim with excitement and humour. A must read for all ages.
Matlida is really intresting. The way she livs through her life. It sounds horrible. But she is very smart to do things her own ways.But also some parts are a bit weird and........... awkward. Well for me....
Great book for kids who live with horrid adults in their lives (though read as an adult - some of the tricks bothered me) Publisher has a great reading challenge to celebrate anniversary of Matida printing here: http://www.roalddahl.com/downloads/usapdfs/Matilda_Readathon_Entry_form_and_rules.pdf
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Mass Meeting Held to Support MPS schools, Supt. Barbara Thompson
A mass meeting was held to support Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Thompson. This comes in light of the state's findings that additional people were involved in grade changing. More than 75 people met at New Life Baptist Church to voice their support and praise for Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Thompson, who they say is being unfairly targeted by the media. The state Department of Education says it recently found even more of the school system's staff were involved in grade changing during the 2011-2012 school year. But those are the meeting say the media shouldn't focus on that and shouldn't hold Thompson responsible. "People try to look for the fault and there is no fault," says supporter John Richardson. "She's doing a great job." Members of the school board were also in attendance, some even taking the podium to voice their support. Everyone had the same message, they want the media to back off. "They print what they want to print," says Reverend Alphonso Pharson. "And whatever they print, once it's out there, it's just like what comes out of your mouth, once it's out, you can't change it." When we asked Thompson if she thought the media was being unfair to her, here's what she said. "We care about kids and we want them to learn and master the content and skill areas so the perception that we're doing anything other than that would be a wrong one." Though there are some who disagree with the superintendent. Protestors marched in front of New Life Baptist Church throughout the meeting. "Students, parents of Montgomery Public Schools, please don't support this faros of a meeting," says parent Karen Jones. "We need to save our schools. This is one way that they're taking us back." Jeffrey Steele tells us he was once employed by Montgomery Public Schools but says he now believes a state takeover is necessary. "What's going on with this lady and these folks on this board? Something is not right." Still, all of those inside the church say they will continue to support Thompson no matter what. "She has come in and turned it around tremendously so I'm a great supporter of her," Richardson explains. And Thompson says the support is encouraging. "I think every school district has challenges but I think it speaks volumes that they're saying, if there are things that you're dealing with, that you're working on, we still support you and we're here for you." |
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If there's been any advantage to this crazy, mixed-up, spring-that-never-gets-here weather it's the fact that bug season has been pushed back. There's not too many mosquitoes flying around here in the North Country dodging May snowflakes. But now with all the water that's sitting around out there and some warm days the mosquitoes and gnats (read blackflies) are sure to come. And they'll likely come on with a vengeance to make up for lost time! The last days of turkey season and spring bear season will probably be downright scary.
It used to be that your only option was to lather up with potent insect repellants. On the clothes worked OK, but most effective was right on your skin. It might not be the best for long-term health, but it sure cut down on the nasty, itching welts. Yet, it sometimes seems the bugs consider insect repellant nothing more than meat tenderizer.
A universal laws of spring bear hunting is the bugs will be bad. It's simply part of the price you pay to take a monster bruin. Thankfully, a combination of old-school and new-school technology takes a serious "bite" out of the insect annoyance.
First is a good, fine-mesh bug suit. I wear mine almost all the time while both turkey and bear hunting. While affording good protection against mosquitoes and black flies, it's more important to me that the suit is the best defense against ticks. Tape the suit secure around your wrists, ankles and waist with duct tape and you make it nearly impossible for ticks to get to your skin. A good shake and inspection when you're out of the woods makes doubly sure.
I'm not hinky about ticks because they crawl or bite, but I ended up in the hospital back with some kind of infection they never were able to pinpoint, though we're pretty certain it came from a tick bite on my scalp. Ticks aren't a laughing matter to me.
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Double Fine Kickstarter campaign raises over 700k in one day -- make that 1+ million
Video game developer Double Fine Productions recently launched a joint campaign with 2 Player Productions on Kickstarter to raise money for the development of an upcoming point-and-click adventure game. In less than nine hours, the team surpassed their goal of $400,000 with more than a month of donation time remaining.
Kickstarter is a crowd funding site that is used to generate financing for a variety of projects such as indie films, music endeavors and comics. As an established game studio, it may seem a bit odd for Double Fine to seek public backing for their next game but founder Tim Schafer and staff believe it's a wonderful opportunity that will benefit both gamers and the studio.
Not having to rely on traditional financing methods such as investment firms, publishers or loans will give Double Fine the freedom to experiment, take risks and design without any strings attached. Backers (those who pledge money to a project) will get an inside look at how a game is developed from start to finish, free of commercial marketing.
The game itself will be created over a six-to-eight month period and is described as a point-and-click adventure. Where it goes from there will unfold in real time for all of the backers to see. 2 Player Productions will be documenting the entire process and releasing monthly videos exclusively for Kickstarter backers.
In addition to the documentary, there will be a private online community for backers to discuss the project and submit their thoughts regarding the game and its development. Beta access will be provided for anyone that pledges $15 or more and once the game is finished, the completed version will be available in the format of their choice.
As of writing, over 17,000 backers have donated in excess of $700,000 to the project. All extra money over the original $400,000 goal will be put back into the game and documentary. Those interested in pledging can do so through Double Fine's Kickstarter page.
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Nice, this is great! Very passionate bunch of people ^^ Good luck to them and their future projects.
It's past $800000. I imagine it will hit a million be week's end.
Was never a fan of adventure game, but I'm glad to see publishers getting a boot in the nads. It's about time publishers keeled over and died.
I'm certainly happy for them, it's a tough arena fighting with publishers when you want to maintain creative control of an original IP. This support certainly should show publishers that new and creative titles are certainly still in demand and sought after by the gaming market.
I'm a huge personal fan of the Psychonauts and Costume Quest, so I have no ill will against their success. As a small developer, however, I'm concerned to see what trend this will set in the future concerning game developers. The crowd funding initiative spearheaded by Kickstarter has been a very useful tool for innovative games to be made and shipped with much more modest funding goals. Our company, Mighty Rabbit Studios, launched our Saturday Morning RPG campaign literally one hour before Double Fine, much to our dismay. I fear ours may fail on account that regular contributors are all funneling money into Double Fine well past their campaign goal, where we will have much difficulty releasing our game and staying afloat with the goal we stated.
As mentioned, I'm a huge fan of Double Fine and very happy for them, but I wonder if this isn't a precedent that will lead to have a detrimental effect on small creative developers in the future if more prominent studios begin stepping into the arena. Just a thought...
If they do this well it will start a whole new wave of game development funding. If they botch it up it could close the doors on this opportunity for future game developers.
Good luck, Mr. Schaefer!
There have been a lot of projects hitting the top ten lately, like the elevation dock. I'm really excited that projects like double fine and the Order of the Stick are making money too, as creative projects!
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If they do this well it will start a whole new wave of game development funding. If they botch it up it could close the doors on this opportunity for future game developers.
Good luck, Mr. Schaefer!
Technically, it would help old developers. I think the only reason this did so well is because of Psychonauts/Monkey Island influences.
It would be interesting to see if this could work with new indie developers too, though somehow I'm not as hopeful.
kickstarter is a great tool if you have something good to campaign. i don't fully understand how it works but i've seen some pretty interesting things on there. a lot of people are getting funded and the numbers are pretty impressive. makes me wonder who is actually backing the projects...
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After getting blown out on Sunday by the Pacers, the Bobcats lost again on Wednesday to those same Pacers in the most hotly-anticipated sequel since The Human Centipede 2. For Charlotte fans, this season has long been an exercise in coping, and now the same can be said for journalists, too. In his recap this morning, Rick Bonnell took the rather remarkable step of ignoring last night's game completely and focusing instead on Bismack Biyombo's improving performance. Kudos to Rick for thinking outside the box, and I encourage future recaps that don't actually recap anything. Maybe he can just list his favorite Muggsy Bogues moments or Matt Devlin catchphrases.
Might as well, because what is there to say about the action on the court? The team is so shit-your-pants embarrassing that we take solace when they only lose by 14 as opposed to 35. Picking apart the Bobcats' performance on Sunday would be like identifying all of the bad scenes of Gigli. The Pacers bench was in full-scale laugh-and-point mode midway through the third period.. The team was outrebounded 40 to 26 and turned the ball over 18 times; even Lance Stephenson got in on the act, racking up steals as if they were felony assault charges. Meanwhile, Tyrus Thomas was back to his old tricks, firing off his long-range 2's that even had Pacers fans groaning. The Bobcats also put the Pacers in the bonus in all four quarters, including a possible record-setting effort in the third quarter that took just 3-and-a-half minutes to complete. That's twice I've mentioned the third quarter in this paragraph, by the way, in which the team was outscored by 20. I know it's never cool to compare people to Hitler, but what about basketball quarters?
Wednesday's game was incrementally more palatable. But still, both games featured ample doses of Tyler Hansbrough strafing the Bobcats' frontcourt and getting to the line a combined 16 times. It's especially painful to behold someone like Hansbrough stomping all over our testicles, because his game is uglier than JR Smith's haircut, and he shoots free throws like Mitt Romney sings America the Beautiful. It's also completely humiliating with the Pacers coming off of an overtime win the night before. The Bobcats managed to keep it close for about 30 minutes, despite a comedic second quarter of Egon Spengler-style marksmanship (5-for-19). But midway through the third quarter, Charlotte's rebounding collapsed on top of its shooting, killing them both (the Cats were outrebounded 35-to-18 in the second half). DJ Augustin and Kemba Walker have fallen off the wagon again, electing for impossible finishes rather than dishing it off: the two combined for 8-for-23 shooting with just 8 assists. The only functioning part of the offense is Corey Maggette, but even he infuriates with his long 2's, especially that curl route at the top of the key that he stubbornly tries and fails at least three times a game; like Darryl Jenks, the man refuses to give up on the curl.
Thus the first half of the season ended on a highly appropriate note, with the team more in the toilet than Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting. I don't think they'll finish with the league's all-time worst winning percentage, but it's staggering to think that just two years ago they were playoff-bound. How I'd love to go back to complaining about Gerald Wallace attempting too many 3-pointers or Tyson Chandler mishandling too many passes down low! Of course, their record was just 44-42, so I suppose I shouldn't get too misty-eyed. At this point, I'm like a hobo looking back on his glory days as an up-and-coming panhandler.


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i to am also handicapped and do use the handicapped piers. i just wish i could find more to fish from.
maybe this would be a good thread to post any tips
I am in a chair, so fishing places are pretty limitted. I also find that some of the places they place piers for handicap is far from the best spots. They still have those reserved for the masses.
I really don't understand that mentality since the people without disabilities fish beside us in the piers as well..I hav eye to catch anything of any size from the disabled areas but do well in other places at the same lake/pond. or parks..


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Just finished an editorial piece of the Financial Times about the up and coming Vietnam War based novel, Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes.
It was a short turn around and a small space to work but I'm happy with what I managed to get done! Below are a couple of my initial rough sketches that I started with focusing on the author, Karl Marlantes himself and 1 other that focused on his novel as a piece of army equipment.
They decided to go with the second idea although I did like the concept of the bullets turning into novel pages myself ;)
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From the south, coming from Carolina Beach Road, Third and Castle will be blocked off.
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I think I finally realized the moral of Super Mario Bros.
I played two tracks on Mario Kart 7 during my brief time with it at Comic-Con. I wish I could have played more, but there were so many other games to try. I played the underwater track and the Donkey Kong Country Returns based track (courtesy of Retro Studios involvement in the game). Both were pieces of excellence. The 3D greatly improved Mario Kart 7. There were many subtle things, and many massive/in your face things. In many cases the subtle things seemed to be better. For one, when I was driving through the course, my little character (I was playing as a Koopa) looked behind his kart at me, and his little face stuck out of the screen. Not by much, but still very noticeable. There was no blur, just a crisp Koopa face staring at me. Sure there were bigger 3D things (like the blooper ink spraying in your face), but I found all the small things particularly eye catching. Of course there is depth too. When you look ahead you feel the expanse of the track. It really helped judging distance and added a whole new element to the amazing virtual mushroom kingdom. Main gameplay is set in standard Mario Kart style, but there are a large number of new features (customizable karts, kites on karts, and underwater karts) and one major returning feature that hasn't been around for a long time (coins that increase your speed the more you collect). I can't really talk about the customizable karts because I didn't get the chance to build my own kart, although I've heard it works very well, and the giant kart someone had created before me was quite awesome. Let me go into detail on the other features. The kites on karts gimmick works really well. For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, in Mario Kart 7, when you catch some air after going over a ramp, your kart sprouts a kite that allows you to fly back down to the track. It's a great change of pace from standard driving and a lot more fun than I thought it'd be. Also, I can see how you could really shave time off courses by cutting corners with practice. In Mario Kart 7, when your kart goes underwater, it sprouts a propeller/jet/thing that propels you forward. Underwater you move much slower, which gives you more time to avoid the giant cheep cheeps and clams. The under water level I played had particularly good 3D effects. Bubbles and such were very pronounced. Coins have been in only 2 of the previous 6 Mario Kart games (Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart: Super Circuit) and not sense the Gameboy Advance. Like I said before, coins in Mario Kart 7 increase your speed. The effect is noticeable, and occasional influential in getting that last bit of speed. I am happy to see them make a comeback. Next year at con, if Nintendo has a lounge, you'll find me there for at least a few hours. There was so much competing for my attention, but the two tracks I did play made me want more. The two tracks, the one that was under water and the track based on Donkey Kong Country Returns, were both well designed and very memorable. The underwater track was full of life and had some nice branching paths. The Donkey Kong track used enemies from Donkey Kong Country Returns and was super fun to race on. Other tracks include one where you race on Wuhu Island (from Wii Sports resort, PilotWings Resort, and Wii Fit) and some great "retro" courses including Maple Treeway from Mario Kart Wii (which is one of my all time favorite tracks) and Luigi's Mansion from Mario Kart DS. Everything in Mario Kart 7 seems to offer the complete package. Graphics, gameplay, and many new goodies. I can't wait to play it more after it is released this December.
Just a little twisted.
Mario is near death on the cover of Super Mario Bros.
(See also: Mario's Overalls)
At the end of my Comic-Con adventure, I walked over to the Nintendo gaming lounge at the Marriott to play Nintendo's newest games before they hit stores. I played quite a few games at the con, but nothing compared to the happiness I got from playing Super Mario 3D Land. Before I go into details on the game, I need to give some backstory. I am colorblind, wear glasses, and have a stigmatism. I have been unable to see the 3DS's 3D effects on demo systems at Target and Best Buy or playing on my friend's. I have been thinking it was something to do with my eyes. I was wrong. In the dim lighting of the gaming lounge I could see the 3D perfectly. I'm assuming that it has something to do with the lighting, but I don't know for sure. If you have a 3DS, can you let me know if there is a difference between playing in dark areas and light areas? Maybe it's just the quality of the game. I don't know. Anyway, the four 3DS games I played at the Nintendo lounge (Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Starfox 64 3D, and Kid Icarus briefly) all had 3D effects that worked flawlessly for me. Now on to my impressions of Super Mario 3D Land. There are 2 things you first notice after picking it up, how good the mushroom kingdom looks with all that depth and how slow Mario moves. First let me talk about Mario. As a design choice in this game, Mario moves much slower, strangely that's ok. You can hold down a button to make him run faster (I ended up holding it down a lot), but you really don't need to. It works surprisingly well. Now, for the 3D effect. The world looks clear, crisp, and full of life. The 3D depth and effect looks amazing. I was truly mind blown just how everything looked from the depth into the world to the fireballs and ink that would fly at the screen. Once I even ducked to try to avoid ink hitting me in the face! One of the coolest experiences playing the game is when Mario goes down a warp pipe and you appear in a zoomed out room with a overhead-ish view. You are standing on a platform and there is a block with a large coin on it floating above you and in front of you. Now because you are viewing it from a top down view, that normal block floats a good inch and a half out of the screen in clear, crisp 3D. I was ecstatic. Then when Mario jumps on it! Just amazing. I played all four levels available (cause that's just how I am) and every level worked very well. I played through an outdoor grassy level, an underground dungeon-ish sort of level, a level based off of moving platforms, and what looked to be a mid-world airship boss with a mid-world boss character from Super Mario Bros. 3. There were two items available in the demo: the Tanooki Suit and the Fire FlowerIn all 4 levels you have the option to use your Tanooki once a level. For reasons I can't figure, the Tanooki suit doesn't let you fly or turn into a statue like it did in Super Mario Bros. 3. It only let's you flutter around and swing your tail. Now Nintendo has said that that it would be difficult to be able to fly in a 3D Mario game on a handheld. What no one is pointing out is what nonsense that is. Mario flew in Mario 64 DS just fine, and that was 5 handhelds ago! It makes no sense to me. Then why can't you turn into a statue! There is no limitations with that! This whole Tanooki suit thing just makes me think that Nintendo is lazy. However, the game plays just fine without either of those abilities. The Tanooki suit is very fun to use and really helps complete levels in Super Mario 3D Land, it just makes me more annoyed than anything that I can't fly. Gameplay itself is fantastic. Mario has a full arsenal of moves including a new summersault roll move that came in handy a lot during my demo. The levels I played were well thought out, fun to play, and showcased the 3D effects well. So many great little moments. One of my favorites is when Mario is going to walk through these giant swinging spiked balls that are moving toward and away from you. Just brilliant. The game is filled with shout outs to past Mario games, from the airship with the mid-world boss from Super Mario Bros. 3, to the way every level ends. Every level that I played ended in Mario jumping on a flagpole for the first time in a 3D mario platformer. I didn't think this would work well, but surprisingly it worked great. They did it perfectly. It's hard to explain just how good Super Mario 3D Land is, and I could go on and on trying to. It is the perfect example of a Mario game. A great mix of quality, fun, and a great new gimic. I personally can't wait to play more when the game comes out this November.
In a recent announcement, Nintendo has said that they will be coming to Comic Con with a huge line-up of games for the 3DS, Wii, and DS. They will only have a small booth on the show floor, but they have a gaming lounge set up at the Marriott Marquis & Marina at 333 W. Harbor Drive, adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center. Here is the full list of playable games.
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Super Mario
Mario Kart
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Star Fox 64™ 3D
The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D
Pokédex™ 3D
METAL GEAR SOLID® Snake Eater 3D from Konami
Shinobi™ from SEGA®
Super Street Fighter® IV 3D Edition from CAPCOM
RESIDENT EVIL®: THE MERCENARIES 3D from CAPCOM
DEAD OR ALIVE® Dimensions from TECMO KOEI
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Kirby™ Wii
Rhythm Heaven™
Fortune Street™
Captain America™: Super Soldier™ from SEGA
Just Dance® 3 from Ubisoft®
Nintendo DS™ family of systems:
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It's not surprising that A.J., 24, is a barback at The Fireplace and at Secrets. It's the perfect job for a guy who likes clean surfaces. ''If you go in a bar and there's just empty cups, I pick 'em up and take 'em to the bartender. It's a pet peeve. Like OCD. I'm looking at a messy table right now I need to straighten up.'' If you see A.J. on the job, you'd better not litter on his watch. And if you like what you see, be aware that the Hyattsville resident is happily single – but open to updating his status for the right guy.
What's on your nightstand?
My TV.
What's in your nightstand drawer?
What ratings?
R, PG and XXX. The good, the bad and the nasty.
What are your television favorites?
True Blood and Glee.
What was your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?
What superhero would you be?
Batman. He's the most realistic.
Who's your greatest influence?
Life in general. It's taught me to treat others the way I want to be treated. That's gotten me a long way.
What's your greatest fear?
Losing everything I've worked for. Falling backwards is my biggest fear.
Pick three people, living or dead, who you think would make the most fascinating dinner guests imaginable.
Martin Luther King; my best friend, Stefan; and Steve Jobs to get some insights on new technology.
What would you serve?
Some good ol' soul food. Pork chops, greens....
How would you describe your dream guy?
Multicultural, a good kisser. Someone who loves music and knows how to dance. Good personality. Between 5'3'' and 5'8'' – I don't like guys taller than me. Not skinny, not super buff, but lean and defined.
Define good in bed.
It depends on the chemistry. Good chemistry makes good sex.
Who should star in a movie about your life?
Jamie Foxx.
Who was your first celebrity crush?
Bow Wow, before he grew up and became a so-called ''gangsta.''
Who gets on your nerves?
People who think they're better than everyone.
If your home was burning, what's the first thing you'd grab while leaving?
My laptop. It has all my family pictures and important documents.
What's your biggest turn-on?
A cute guy with a really nice ass.
What's your biggest turn-off?
A really cute guy with a foul odor.
What's something you've always wanted to do but haven't yet tried?
What's something you've tried that you never want to do again?
Go to jail.
What did you go to jail for?
Transporting katanas, Japanese swords. They were a graduation present. The way the officer explained it, even in the box it could be considered concealing a deadly weapon. They held me for about half a day then let me go. I went to court, but they dismissed it.
Boxers, briefs or other?
Boxer-briefs. Regular briefs are a little too tight, and if you get a random hardon boxer-briefs keep it concealed.
Who's your favorite musical artist?
I like the music that OneRepublic does.
What's your favorite website?
I'm going to be good and say Facebook.
What's the most unusual place you've had sex?
There's plenty of those. Maybe a football field in the middle of the night.
What position do you play in the big baseball game of life?
I love a good catcher. I'm the pitcher.
What's your favorite retail store?
Target – a little bit of everything at reasonable prices.
What's the most you'll spend on a haircut?
Coverboy A.J.
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What about on shoes?
Maybe $100.
What's your favorite food to splurge with?
Flamin' Hot Cheetos mixed with Fritos Twists, and some salt-and-vinegar chips. I love the three of those together.
What's your favorite season?
Summer. I'm more energetic, and you don't have to wear as many clothes.
What kind of animal would you be?
A black panther or a tiger.
What kind of plant would you be?
Bamboo. Living or dead, it's strong.
What kind of car would you be?
A new Corvette. Black with red interior.
What are you most grateful for?
The people in my life that actually give a shit about me.
What's something you want more of?
State your life philosophy in 10 words or less.
I don't remember where I heard it, but, ''Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That's why they call it the present.''


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Hey guys, I'm going to be away at midnight tonight, so I just wanted to get this thread up early for everybody to identify as soon as they can, seeing as we're really cutting it close here with respect to the first ADV Tour. This is just an identification thread, so simply post your account names on the ADV ladder. Iconic will be taking a screen shot at midnight of the ladder rankings, so I will be referencing that when figuring out the top 15+15 of the ladder (thanks Iconic!). Also, if you did not get a chance to test on the ladder, but feel like you are knowledgeable enough of the ADV metagame to vote anyways, please post explaining what makes you qualified. Feel free to list any accomplishments you've had in ADV tournaments, etc., and don't be afraid to toot your own horn here. As soon as I get back tonight or tomorrow, I will post the voting thread in PR and I will be giving people access as they identify here in order to save time. So once the voting thread goes up, please be sure to vote ASAP (I will also PM every identified voter once the thread goes up to remind you), as the vote will end on Thursday, March 24th at 11:59pm. Thank you all for your efforts! PS: Before you ask, the vote will be tallied using an Instant Runoff Voting scheme (much like how we did our Initial Gen V Banlist vote). This way, every ban option provided in the RSE Baton Pass thread can be voted on at the same time.
Not sure if this matters but I am appledrank in that. I won a match literally as the time ended that pushed me up to 1185. Ladder shot from after I won (Move your mouse to reveal the content) Ladder shot from after I won (open) Ladder shot from after I won (close) The log from then (Move your mouse to reveal the content) The log from then (open) The log from then (close) (23:59:18) D.E. Lolcat: just one more time (23:59:55) Clefable: so when she's happy, just encore her (00:00:00) Clefable: she would be stuck being happy (00:00:07) Benson: Why can't you do it on Gen 5 but insist using Gen 3 Pokemon? (00:00:10) Rocket Grunt Amy: its too late (00:00:12) tom jane: lol (00:00:24) appledrank won against Tails chao. (00:00:30) Henrietta: Benson, the mechanics in Gen 3 were very much different from what they are now. There's a big difference. (00:00:44) tom jane: henrietta hippo (00:00:53) Benson: Ah, I'll give you that Henrietta. (00:01:17) jezéus: f (00:01:19) ~~Server~~: SIGN UPS FOR LNT ARE NOW UP It was only 24 seconds after the deadline and puts me with in range of the +15 if their are a couple of people with two alts in the top 15. I can provide the logs up until the time of this post to prove I didn't play any battles after this point if neccessary. I also have the log from the battle to prove the match was indeed a +25 variation. If not then I am sorry for wasting your time with this post.
what the above said. made it to the final rounds of smogon tour back when it was old school before. also wrote both the bp guide and the general guide to adv article for the smog so i wager i know more about adv than anyone who just started playing it in order to vote.
I'm not sure if this going to count, but I've made it to the voting reqs on my alt Not one, yet have not settled there due to constant internet disconnections while I was trying to prevent rating decay. If you need any proof, ask anyone from my SPL team channel, my tutee (who watched many of my games) or just watch the amount of times I disconnect from #dreamworld and log on back roughly a minute later. Screenshot of my position on the 17th March ~5pm GMT (Move your mouse to reveal the content) Screenshot of my position on the 17th March ~5pm GMT (open) Screenshot of my position on the 17th March ~5pm GMT (close) I've been playing ADV for about a year, and feel I have gained enough experience to vote.


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When surveying the coastline, the integration of bathymetric (below sea level) and laser scanning (above sea level) data causes problems due to the different imaging properties. However, by ensuring that the different data sets have been accurately georeferenced and oriented, a complete and accurate model of the terrain above and below sea level can be obtained. This technique was employed to survey the area of Portovenere in Italy, including the San Pietro church located on a steeply sloping rocky promontory, with positional accuracies in the order of 5cm.
One of the biggest issues in coastline survey is the accurate combination of terrestrial and marine data. This problem is caused by several issues. Different data sources have different image resolution and accuracy. in addition, integrating data retrieved from different sensors at different times introduces problems with georeferencing. Codevintec Italiana and its partners have overcome these problems by merging terrestrial lidar and bathymetric data in order to obtain a high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) model of the coast (see article on waterside mapping,
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Recently, Optech laser scanners were updated to operate with position and attitude information. Codevintec equipped a vessel with a boat-mounted Optech intelligent laser ranging and imaging system (ILRIS-3D) to survey areas above water level. A SWATHplus-H wide-swath sonar system from Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd (SEA) was also established to collect underwater topographic data. The combined GPS and inertial Applanix platform – position and orientation system for marine vessels (POs MV 320) – measured the position and attitude of the two sensors during the survey. This integrated approach allowed us to obtain a complete 3D model during a single survey, including locations that were impossible to reach from land. trial surveys were carried out by the Italian Navy in Portovenere, Italy, around the area of the Church of San Pietro. The church, which sits on a rocky promontory, was built by the Genoese between 1256 and 1277 on the ruins of a Paleochristian church, which in turn was built over a pagan temple dedicated to the goddess Venus Erycina.
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since one of our goals was to compare results obtained using both static and dynamic lidar, the site was surveyed over two different time frames using two different approaches. in 2006, the entire church exterior and interior were surveyed using the terrestrial laser scanner ILRIS-3D. The second survey, in the summer of 2008, involved two different sensors. The dynamic laser scanner ILRIS-MC (motion compensation) and bathymetric sonar SWATHPlus-h data sets were acquired at the same time. both data sets were georeferenced and oriented using the Applanix inertial system. The 3D model of the entire bay above and below sea level was then integrated with the high-resolution scan of the church acquired in 2006.
Static Survey
Fifteen external stationary lasers were positioned around the church for a total of 32 acquisitions. An additional scan was also performed from Palmaria island in order to improve the model along the south side. Three scans were acquired of the church interior. The pan and tilt technique allowed the entire 360° field of view to be measured. While the laser scanner survey was conducted by Codevintec, the navy completed the topographic survey using a high-precision total station. Those points were used for the final georeferencing of the entire 3D point cloud. PolyWorks software from InnovMetric was used to align and georeference the point clouds and to create the triangulated model of the church. Z-Map software was used to create the orthophoto and the CAD model of the main façade.
Dynamic Survey
The naval hydrographic office tested the integration of different sensors on the same boat in June 2008. being able to scan from a boat allowed us to collect data along the southwest façade of the church (impossible during the 2006 static survey). The vessel followed several lines at a speed of 2–4 knots in order to cover the entire area at an optimal resolution. At the heart of our system is the Applanix POs MV, which acquired data at 100hz in order to provide the necessary attitude corrections. it comprises three accelerometers and three gyroscopes, which measure the acceleration and angular velocity in order to compute all aspects of the boat motion: position, speed, tide, acceleration, orientation and rotation. two dual- frequency (L1/L2) GPS receivers track and record the vessel's path. Differential GPS processing was used to correct and refine the georeferenced data. The position and motion data can be processed to increase GPS accuracy to approximately 1cm.
Installation of the ILRIS-MC on the boat
The ILRIS-MC offers several advantages compared with traditional survey techniques. Dynamic scanning is carried out quickly and efficiently, allowing previously inaccessible locations to be measured. The system records the Cartesian coordinates of every measurement, as well as the intensity of the beam, which is dependent on the target level of reflectivity. two different ILRIS-MC surveys were completed. The first involved blocking one mirror and scanning vertical lines (yielding a resolution in the direction of the vessel dependent upon its speed). The boat was then anchored in front of the rock face and a pseudo-static survey was performed. This allowed the final resolution to be increased (to 1–2cm) and precise motion-compensated 3D data sets to be automatically generated.
The SWATHplus interferometric technique can collect wide-swath high-resolution bathymetric data. It is especially useful in shallow water as data can be collected quickly. A high-frequency (468kHz) transducer was used to survey the seabed at depths of 2–25m, obtaining a resolution of 10cm. The technique measures range from timing and angle by comparing phases at vertically spaced transducer staves installed on the hull. The interferometric technology allows simultaneous collection of side-scan data at the same resolution as the bathymetric data. This allows a point cloud to be acquired with the same features as the laser scanner (range and intensity). The final output is a XYZ georeferenced point cloud grid.
Systems Integration
One of the biggest issues in this type of survey is the knowledge of the relative distances between every object. The POS has its own orientation and position inside the boat, and it is important to know the exact orientation and location of the ILRIS-MC and SWATHplus sensors relative to the POS. The connectivity between ILRIS-MC and positioning system is limited to synchronising the clocks between the instruments. SWATHplus received binary data directly from the positioning system. To regulate the two sensors with the POS, two different calibrations were performed for both ILRIS and SWATHplus:
lever arm: relative position with respect to the POS (X, Y and Z); and
boresight: angle orientation with respect to the POS (roll, pitch and heading).
High-resolution integration of the static survey (2006), dynamic survey (2008) and bathymetry
Processing Data
The binary data collected by the POS were processed with the GPS reference data using POSPac software. The result is the smoothed best estimated trajectory (SBET) that is used as input to correct both laser and bathymetry data. The ILRIS-MC data were processed with the SBET using the parser software, inputting the previously calculated calibration file. The same SWATHplus software that was used to collect the bathymetric data was also used to process them, applying the observed motion, speed of sound in water and tidal data. The processed data were gridded and edited to create the final ASCII digital terrain model (DTM). PolyWorks software was used to integrate the three data sets (ILRIS-3D 2006, ILRIS-MC 2008 and SWATHplus 2008), yielding a complete model of the Portovenere area.
Complete Data Set
Both dynamic laser scann and interferometric multi-beam allow large areas to be surveyed quickly with an absolute accuracy of about 5cm. Georeferenced data sets are automatically generated. The two systems can be considered to be complimentary; in conditions where neither technology can operate independently, the two techniques provide a complete data set. This fusion of two methods generated a complete and accurate digital model of areas above and below the water level, a result that cannot be duplicated with any other topographical survey instruments. The georeferencing accuracy allowed these data to be integrated with the results of a static lidar survey in order to increase the resolution of particular objects of interest.
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Marco Bacciocchi
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Paul Byham
holds a joint honors degree in Geography and Computer Science. He has worked in the offshore survey industry for 15 years. He is a support engineer, trainer and survey consultant for SEA.
Dario Conforti
graduated in Urban Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan. He joined Optech Incorporated as an international technical support representative. He has extensive
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Friday, 18th November, 2011, 10:11 PM #41
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ø Ignore MowgliAlready voted YES for sticky-ing DWI and MP; second the props for IW and SK!
(I tried to change the ownership of the 'Welcome' thread I stickied to Living PF Juge, but got a message saying I'm not allowed to do that)."Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
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Friday, 18th November, 2011, 11:20 PM #42
Definite props to both for all the hard work!
SK, the table I'm thinking of is here:
Character Status - L4W Wiki
The Role, Approved, and Notes fields don't seem like something we need (possibly also 'Status,' since I'm not sure there's enough retired / dead PCs that we need to sort them out), but the others are pretty much everything we'd be looking for.
It looks like that table pulls from values of pages using the L4W Character Template. That templates a much more elaborate one, visually, than I think we've been going for with the LPF sheets.
Basically, I was trying to figure out how to make the field defines they have there, but make it essentially look like the Basic Info box we have at the top of the current wiki sheets, adding in fields for player and location. I got about as far as identifying the background color, then got hopelessly lost trying to parse the page source / figure out the Templates Wiki instructions to get what I was after.
If it's an easy puzzle for you, it seems like it would take care of a lot of character tracking automatically on the wiki and save some time in the long run.
If it's a major pain, I'm not sure it's worth the backbending.
Saturday, 19th November, 2011, 12:45 AM #43
Good news is "Yep, I can do that."
Bad news is "It is just a glorified hand coded table."
Looking at the code with edit, it is just a wiki style table, with the only redeeming factor being that columns can be sorted. I checked the "7 Rabbit" character and confirmed that the info on the character sheet is not being imported to the table. The table is at third level, and the character is fifth.
So, for the moment, my glorified hand coded tables and divs are just as good.
What we need is a category processor that reads templates. But, I cannot find any of that. On the Approved Characters category, there is something that is doing a for(1,8) get file, get first image, print first image or 50 chars of text, endfor. But I cannot find where it is. Once I find that and clone, I could create new categories that would do the equivalent of the Roll Call page for the DWI by a person just adding the DWI category to their character. Could actually do that now, but only the first eight characters in would get their pics used. The rest would be just an alphabetical list.
Saturday, 19th November, 2011, 01:12 AM #44
SK: does the wiki have a database you could use for that table? Ideally, you would have a table for each character, and have it update when new characters get added, ones quiet etc etc.
or would re-fitting everything into a database be more work than I am thinking?
Saturday, 19th November, 2011, 01:36 AM #45
So far as I have seen, wiki's have databases as the backend storage for the data, but do not have any access to the database functions for the wiki user or script programmer. The scripts are very, very simple text substitutions, if then statements, and a very few math expressions. And since the text substitutions can be both recursive and interpreted, they are comparatively slow to any real language. If you cannot do something with cut|grep|awk|sed, you are not likely to accomplish it within a wiki. They are designed to be very simplistic and static once the editing is finished.
And the coding is just plain ugly. The eidolon template is about as complicate as I would want to get. A spare space or new line in that one, and it does things you don't expect it to do.
Obligatory: Just my opinion
Besides, free form for our character sheets allows more full and complete sheets. If you take a look at Arianna, she just doesn't fit if I tried to squeeze her into normal fields a character sheet would have that are chunked from a database. Too much is weird. And auto calculating, nope.
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ø Ignore MowgliI was a big proponent of the current "free form" sheet, primarily because of my experiences with LEB and the complaints I heard about their sheets. Once you get used to them, those sheets are . . . well . . . still a bear for a lot of people. Updating a character takes a considerable amount of time, and accidentally changing any of the coding syntax results in something really ugly. Plus, when you open up those character templates to edit your character it can be really intimidating.
I muddled through over on LEB, but editing my character was always a chore and it seemed like there was always someone asking the judges for help fixing the format on their sheets.
While the end result of our sheet is not nearly as decorative, it's much simpler for the average user to maintain."Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
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Saturday, 19th November, 2011, 02:36 AM #47
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ø Ignore SystoleI don't think we need a hard coded sheet, but if someone could design a block of code that listed out classes and maybe current availability, it would be a good thing.
Saturday, 19th November, 2011, 04:54 AM #48
That was what I was taking a quick look at doing. There doesn't seem to be a way to grab X information from all the pages that are sitting in a category, that is public for scripters to use. The category pages are doing a little bit of what I want, but don't show me any source code that I could expand upon. They also stop at reading eight files in the category.
Monday, 21st November, 2011, 12:44 PM #49
First things first...hello and congrats on the upgrade.
So I'm having some issues regarding the wiki. For some reason the wiki won't allow me to add catagories to my character sheet. I've been trying to place the character in question into the Unfinished Characters catagory as he's not ready for approval and I'm still deciding on who'll be my first character for play. Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.
*EDIT: WOW, can't believe I forgot his name Jarak Crownblood.
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ø Ignore perrinmillerWhen you are editing, go to "Visual" view instead of "Source". Then when you click and type in the little box that says "Add a category" you can get a drop-down to select the ones you want.
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- MP4 (320x240, source 9.8 MB): BG/WEEKNUMMER303-HRE0000CC8E.mp4
- MPG (352x288, source 32.2 MB): BG/WEEKNUMMER303-HRE0000CC8E.mpg
Week number 30-30
Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.
Footage of the to a large extent drained part of the ZuiderZee (Wieringermeer) and some (excavating) activity. -Pan from the IJsselmeer Dam and electrical pumping-engine (Lely) to the drained land of the ZuiderZee 1'04"; -two gentleman cycling across the dyke 14"; -men digging a trench in drained land and laying a pipeline 17"; -tractor ploughing the earth 34"; -excavator at work 54";
- Creator:
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
- Publication date:
- 17 November 1930
- Length:
- 03:08
- Type:
- video
- Original format:
- User:
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision


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Pacific Sherman Oaks 5
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